I understood that reference!

Nothing like a good Tyrande reference to go along the Stormrage brothers

Does anyone else think about that his name is Vax-Illidan. His twin is an archer and his love is a druid... who turns into a white tiger

I'd highly recommend an Arcane Trickster Rogue if you like the playstyle, but want a bit more magic. They're surprisingly similar, they just achieve things differently. And some people might prefer Spellslots over Ki points. With Arcane Trickster, you should take a lot of utility - which, I think, is the reason Arcane Trickster are limited to Enchantment and Illusion spells. I played one for 5 years in a massive campaign, and was never bored because Spells were almost always more flexible than Ki points. Finally, I think the Arcane Trickster Rogue is the ultimate 1 on 1 class - their flexibility and ability to manipulate the battlefield is just insane. Fighting an evil wizard? Steal his spellbook with an invisible Mage Hand within 60 feet. Fighting a barbarian? Just outrun them and hold your distance - you're faster in every way. Fighting a monk? Steal their weapon, use simple spells to distract them. I do think you'd need to be the instigator against Monks, as a monk is *technically* able to completely disable any character - assuming the dice is in their favor. How about a giant, ancient Dragon? My character researched red dragons heavily and even went to a plane that's basically hell and talked with the former red dragons. Then he got a specific poison made. When he arrived at the dragon' lair, he used Gaseous Form to go throug the dragons' mouth as a mist while it was sleeping. Then he unleashed the potion and started killing it from the inside. The red dragon was unable to act. And while my character took quiet a few hits, he ended up *soloing a dragon*

@@nivyan I like your enthusiasm for your favorite thing, but please don't frame it as "this is why I think my fave is better than your fave." That's very much what this comment came across as from an outsider's perspective, and people have a right to like what they like without having others try to convince them otherwise.

@@NoahofWill Just because you interpret my comment as negative or arrogant, doesn't mean it was or that everyone else does. I literally said: [...] if you like the playstyle, but want a bit more magic If you interpret that as me saying arcane trickster is better, then you fail to understand what I said. Assuming I'm hostile is extremely self-destructive. On the other hand, if you're genuinely just making an observation and giving out advice: Thank you! Seriously. That's really nice of you. But I made the decision long ago to be willing to step on people' toes to get my point across. I will then apologise if I've accidentally said something hurtful or ignorant - but more often than not, I'll quickly identify who understands what I'm trying to say and who are just looking for a fight or being idiots.

Mine is Anji from Rurouni Kenshin (or Samurai X), they even look a little bit similar

@@nivyanguy just said he has a new favorite class. There’s no need to “um actually this is better” him with a 5 paragraph essay. He didn’t ask for alternatives

I think Grog doing it alone makes it more personal and more character growth for him

For me, season 1 was a good adaptation, but season 2 was an elevation of the source material

I agree with all the takes here so far!

@@scepta101 Agreed! It feels like the first season was for the fans. Then they realised they got something really good going and went all-in on telling the best story possible. Critters/fans would have a really hard time to argue that changes are bad when they're this good.

*tears in my eyes* shut up bro no you're crying.

all kingdom hearts quotes:

Sora off in the distance: "My FrIeNdS aRe My PoWeR" or "YoU'lL nEvEr TaKe KaIrI's HeArT"

There's a difference in terms I think is quite important Having emotions, or ethics, or care for others vaguely is all nice but it's not actually anything. Like, okay and? Knowing that your strength specifically comes from others- that you became truly strong to protect them- that's specific, that's purpose

EG: The FitnessGram™ Pacer Test is a multistage aerobic capacity test that progressively gets more difficult as it continues. The 20 meter pacer test will begin in 30 seconds. Line up at the start. The running speed starts slowly, but gets faster each minute after you hear this signal....

@@HereticalHorusleAD mE uNtO eVeRlAsTiNg DaRkNeSs!

In the wise words of one of my favorite characters; "The weapon does not make the man."

@@RuneKatashima unless its like super cursed with an ancient bloodthirsty evil....

@@magicalfungi3206No, that weapon un-makes the man.

It's twofold because not only did he make him drop the sword but he showed him that he could beat the shit out of him because he didn't have his friends there to support him and make up for his own weaknesses

Well to be fair this is skinny grog and he's also in a... Situation, so to say

Grog was shrunk in this part of the story, remember?

@@sen7826 was he ever shrunk in the dnd campaign? its been a while I forget

​@@cubic_regentno, but making him slimmer was a visual way of representing that his strength score was reduced in the game

@@ryanjackson6298 ohh i didnt know he also lost his strength score

Well said

@@raytimorason9691 thank you

Literally what i was gonna comment. Old wizened dude who's built like a tank and will fuck you up. That's my man bumi!

I never realized it until you pointed it out. I also got a lot of Master Roshi vibes.

Bumi would be a great visual for a drunken master monk.

That’s amazing! One of the best things about the game is the ability to twist a beautiful narrative like this out of what is just game mechanics on the surface

this is such an amazing character arc! love it

Ish. This monk is specifically a way of the open hand monk, and was clearly at least 17th level (probably 18th). Open Hand's 17th level ability is bonkers good, and would allow him to stand toe to toe with a much lower level berserker barbarian no issue. Especially if his high Ki save DC allows him to get stunning strike off, thus preventing Grog from raging (as we saw in the animated show)

Hand to hand a monk shits on a barbarian. With weapon, probably not unless they roll poorly on their con saves.

As any Monk, or Liam O'Brian, can tell you: "Raw power is no substitute for true strength"

@@jeroen92 Depends on the additional, but in 5e a barbarian that's raging has advantage on strength checks, so grappling and shoving a monk prone would basically annihilate them.

@@The_Crimson_Witch Oh yes. It's very much a level mismatch but from my admittedly limited experience, barbarian skills and stats translate pretty good against monks. Advantage on initiative should theoretically allow them to rage before most monks act unless they really are taken by surprise like here, their improved moment speed allows them to mostly keep up with the monk if they try to retreat, rage is very effective against most monks due to their requirement for close range and reliance on physical damage (bearbarian is also good against sun soul). Additionally most barbarians would have high constitution and proficiency with constitution saving throws. AFAIK the only class which would be better against stunning strike is a paladin with resilient. Additionally monks defence is their high AC, evasion and ability to deflect missiles which are generally negligible to a reckless barbarian unless they rely on throwing weapons. Grappling also cancels out patient defence and raging barbarians will always be good at that.

Yep. Two of them even got to fight Goon alongside Grog, otherwise the fight would've been over too quick. ^^

Well Matt is the one who is writing the show also so he is just improving his story

The team writing the show is primarily the cast from the game. So they are changing things around slightly to refine from the table improvisation, improve flow and delivery of the story.

In this setting, Kord the Stormlord is the god of storms, battle and warfare. The monk class is heavily based on eastern unarmed martial arts and the stories told about it. So yes, it would be a shaolin monk worshiping something akin to Odin, where greatness comes through battle. They may kill in combat, because that happens when two mortals engage in mortal combat, but one should be merciful when the foe is beaten. If they surrender or are incapacitated, there is not glory in killing them. It's not about how many kills you score in a battle, but how hard the fight was and you still won.

Sure thing!

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Yeah that one got deleted, it had the F word in the first 7 seconds, So I re-edited it and uploaded it and YT got upset with that as it was seen as repeat posting of the same material, by then I had already deleted the first one. So sadly its gone for eternity.

Man, that's unfortunate. Thanks for responding in any case!

But all of them were deceived, for another highlight was made in secret for just one person, rescued from the archives late at night, adjusted to slip past the KZfaq watchers on the walls and clipped of feathers so that the Amazonian warriors did not get offended. by the Grace of the almighty edit suite the highlight was forged and passed to @Exvaris with love for a rainy day. ♥ kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gaiJppd90tPJgoU.html

Holy shit I see it

2.2 "The Rematch" (1x23) 2.3 "Return to Vasselheim" (1x43) 2.4 "Loose Ends" (1x84) 2.5 "A Bard's Lament" (1x85) 2.6 "The Endless Atheneum" (1x106) 2.7 "The Ominous March" (1x109)

For context I survived from being abused by a narcissist

You meant "Anybody else notice that groon is dressed like a buddhist monk, same as goku", right? I really hope that's what you meant, because it'd be rather sad if your knowledge of the world is limited to what you've seen in cartoons…

Groon is wearing blue and orange u freaking weirdo also its rather sad that I gotta point out that goku is in an anime and not a cartoon

@@faeeqsolomons8061 Okay, let me rephrase: I really hope you're a small child, because you speak like and have the knowledge of a small child. Groon isn't dressed like Goku. Groon and Goku are both dressed like Buddhist monks - specifically, Shaolin. That's the point. The Western idea of heavily stylized, almost superhuman martial arts is based on Shaolin kung fu. If you don't believe me, just do an image search for "Shaolin monk". And there is no meaningful difference between cartoons and anime. "Anime" is just the Japanese word for "animation". It's a medium, not a genre. In Japan, everything from the silliest children's show to the works of Hayao Miyazaki is called "anime". If you keep stamping your little feet and insisting "Anime is better!", then you really are a small child.

@@faeeqsolomons8061clearly you’re under 12. Anime is just Japanese cartoon and a style of cartoon. The two characters are dressed as monks, not everything is Goku

@@Celedameven so no need to be a snobby c*nt lol

It was a boring, cliche, shōnen-anime moment at best, and the DM neutering a PCs agency to force a story moment at worst. Mercer is usually better than this.

I agree with you on how it was really rushed, but keep in mind they have a lot of content to cover. The writers probably condensed this part of Grog's story was probably because of a short straw situation, which sucks because it's an important part for Grog in the stream.

Primarily due to needing to cut content to prioritize what to animate, it would cost a literal fortune to try and animate and voice act the entirety of the campaign

I haven't seen campaign 1 but I thought this was done pretty well. Grog bumbles around like the big idiot he is, therefore he is drawn to a temple of warriors. Groon beats the stuffing out of him - as it is a temple of warriors, that's what they do - therefore showing Grog that his raging Barbarian shtick isn't as potent as he thinks it is. Therefore Grog begins to rely on the evil artifact he found even more, therefore injures Pike by accident. Therefore he realizes he can't go on with Craven Edge and destroys it, therefore taking the false strength with it. Therefore, Grog has some angst before he starts having to think outside the box but being clever will only get him so far. Therefore, he confronts his Uncle but blind courage will only get you so far. Therefore, Uncle kicks the stuffing out of him and threatens his best friend, therefore he gets his strength back. Kevdak still has a vestige of power, therefore Grog still needs help from his friends to kill him. It's all very fluid as far as storytelling goes and has a very logical and in character through line.

?????? All of s1 was for Percy, all of s2 for Grog Tf you mean

@@Fearienify I misspoke, I meant to say "scene" instead of character arcs.

@@anthonysunseri1865 probably impossible to fit all that into a series, i think they handled it pretty well

Disagree hard, show did it better than the live stream

Each has its charm. The livestream is an actual D&D game, thus... is more free form and has the time for that kind of business. A show has to tell a cohesive narrative within a certain window that doesn't have time for improvised humor and dicking around.