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achorusofnonsense · 3 years

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sure, fine, my entry into the what-if fantasy high junior year wishing pool:

we're not going to get ordinary uncomplicated high school life ever again. the pandora's box of the wider world was opened in sophomore year, and life doesn't get less complicated with each passing year. also just in terms of basic narrative structure, they're adventurers and need to go on an adventure, which means bad things are going to happen to them and they're going to have to be in danger of dying. a junior year in which everyone just goes to therapy and deals with their issues sounds noble and satisfying in theory, but it would be repetitive and tedious in practice.

now that a second party of pc adventurers has been established in the world of spyre, i want to see the bad kids interact with the buccaneer buddies in some way, whether it means splitting the parties so that brennan only ever has to dm six people at a time, or expanding the dome to fit twelve pcs at a table and combat taking literally forever to get through.

i've talked about this before but since we dug deep into fabian's and adaine's ancestral homelands in sophomore year i want to see orc and goblin societies too. what are the mountains of chaos like, brennan? i bet they're pretty cool! and if they're not why the hell aren't they, brennan?

from the boys' night one-shot we know that the seven maidens (with adaine, fig, kristen and ayda) were in throshkk defeating a medusa. the seven maidens feel like they would be natural antagonists in a junior year; not necessarily because they turn evil or anything, but because they will naturally end up having different priorities from the bad kids (in like a captain america: civil war type of way), and of course brennan knows how to use his npcs for juicy drama that will hurt so good.

dangling plot threads that will be obvious pick-up points from the end of sophomore year: tracker in fallinel (ragh was a little bit cagey about how she was doing in boys' night), the night yorb (joke that should be dealt with quickly), and of course chungledown bim (very real, very powerful, very terrifying). if they wanted to lean into fandom interest, the baronies would be an obvious place to start (not that baron would be at all representative... or would they?), and of course there's still the idea of extraplanar college percolating in the background. i wouldn't be surprised if major chunks of junior and senior year take place entirely off the material plane, now that the nine hells and elysium have been visited.

i guess it turns out i don't have a lot of "what i want to happen" so much as "what i think would make for a good story," because like murph says in short rests sometimes i'm kind of a story robot: of course i want to be invested, but that doesn't mean i'm protective. more than anything i want to see brennan hit them hard and them come back at him swinging even harder. the thing about d20 is that it's both a narrative show in which characters grow and develop and it's also a sporting event in which you're rooting for a team and cheer when they succeed wildly. i don't want the story without the game, and i don't want the game without the story.

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thisisnotthenerd · 6 months

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and the other half of round two, the sidequests!

feel free to give reasoning/propaganda as you like!

the intrepid heroes poll

quick episode descriptions:

volcano of violence: all of the lotr parallels in one place. leiland being a cringefail after casting circle of death. markus negotiating with an eagle. the combination of grasping web and reverse gravity. balloon elf. sokhbarr raising the lava mog. the concept of galfast hamhead. efink facing her father and husband and beign conflicted

the great chase: caravan chase, mad max style on the teenager's bed. ti wants to blow up the boy. car-go and bean are remarkably effective. boomer is a boarding party. jizz balloons. lots of toy vehicles. car-go transforms with felix inside.

the horizon beyond the squall: marcid attacking a chimney. you wrote a whole song just to be mean to me. cheese, prince bitch. no kings for this captain. nat 20 medicine check to revive myrtle. destroy undead. beating a motherfucker with another motherfucker. bob's inflict wounds. ending with cheese getting a ship and the buccaneer buddies sailing off.

unfinished business: splitting up to resolve the mystery. buckster's legendary nat 20 persuasion to give advantage on stealth. daisy and the vicar sneaking in. sylvester failing at climbing the tower. lars killing the constable and pretending to be a ghost for lucretia. gangie and the vicar undulating. daisy and sylvester simultaneously arriving. shitting out of a window to "provide a cushion". daisy getting her story with sylvester's help. gangie falling into mrs. molesly's room. sylvester almost dying but getting a nat 20 death save with buckster's help. a wedding and bacchanal.

we're the heroes: one of these things is not like the others. collecting the bag of socks. jammer crying about weights. sam and philtrum. dates at the questing beast. the tournament. dream's cinderella moment. where did those mice get lithium. you don't get wet fire. i disavow you. what do you want me to tell your family. he had enough. blast him to the underworld. you can gps a phone. my girl just glinda'd your ass! that's some american magic, bitch! evan and dream lock up tallulah's wand in an orb.

i fucking love you: no one is surprised. incendiary cloud. OSTENTATIA'S DIVINE INTERVENTION ON A 19. god wants a bag from ostentatia. antiope will not submit. penny texts i'm in. nta 20 counterspell on finger of death. nonna wallace approves. katja trips a snake. i didn't even know you could trip a snake. antiope's incredible action surge turn that ends with showing her ass. sam is power word killed. that's my sister. danielle channels anima. revivify. bringing talura through the doorway in death. ending with graduation and 'take us to the book!'.

waylaid by werewolves: the werewolves are girls. zarb mini with six buttholes. chewing gum mist. fifi. shooting through the flamethrower. losing dracula. drago was the star. fifi becomes a werewolf. reading a letter in the middle of battle. florina under the carriage. enraged frenzy. i've heard of a cat scan. i make the horse fly. something seems very familiar about her. the dog is my wife! izzy holds with disappointment. a monster has been eating my letters to you.

duel on the southern lawn: rumor phase. rue writes the letter and commands wuvvy to burn it. i drank tea and went to bed. letter to wrackingspelt. rue's assistant. hob getting clocked by rue. wuvvy demanding satisfaction. andhera demanding satisfaction. wet wrestling. this is the biggest stretch of a fuckin' lifetime. nat 20 to be a slippy boy. hoisting andhera up by his taut cotton pants. accepting the hand of friendship.

yonder where the fruit do be lyin': quichei. deli's perception roll. raphaniel as a youth pastor. giant radish head. colin is covered in blue. extremely realistic fake orange. rick perry, you dog. silence. queen's losing it. raphaniel gets the orange down. banana boat guy. come on provolone! deli attacks queen pamela rocks. subtle spell shatter in the carriage. brennan kills pamela rocks again. you died for nothing. chasing and murdering the mushroom guy.

in the heart of death: brennan walks jujubee through an optimized turn. 49 damage immediately. troyánn slips. keekee starts falling. scorching ray. the devil works hard, but d20 works harder. buddy bear shoves zaria into the pit. lightning javelin in the titty. fireball. princess does like 70 damage and pushed kerwyn into the abyss. troyánn goes down. princess gets keena. nat 20 counterspell. twyla crits on morgan to end the battle.

case closed: the party converges on oblongata station once more. they're facing down the don and madam loathing, who can turn them against each other. imelda and dan flash the gangsters to wildly differing results. ivana rolls a 59 on hunch and he still comes back. elias punches his boss. dan goes down. the fix eats the key. conrad rolls a 57 [the number of heinz varieties] to bring down madam loathing. elias steals a birthday cake and runs out into the street, gets a date and reconciles his childhood trauma as he goes into witness protection.

evolution & revolution: warning the populace. pitching scam calls. driving the truck. phoebe is jaegering dr. wenabocker in a very gross maxi. the ground collapses. revenants are charmed. viola is very efficient. thorn calls lightning. tula attacks her son for 67 damage. ava attacks the groun for 109 damage and a long rest. jaysohn gets phoebe. lila fireballs. viola crits twice and kills one guy with paladin/fighter shenanigans and then kills the rest by kicking the trigger of a gun and hitting a gas tank. tula heals jaysohn, lukas, and herself a little bit. battle is over in 1.33 rounds.

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