This Rick Perry documentary could've been an hour longer. I loved watching Rick talk about art and creativity and the people with whom he gets to work. It's also heartening to see that every type of art kid from high school is employed in his shop. The community Dropout, D20 and Rick have built and the show they create are spectacular. I love seeing all the artists and I really appreciate how inclusive Dropout continues to be. Also his home is lovely.
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This week on Dropout: on Monday, the season finale of Make Some Noise, featuring the original Noise Boys: Josh Ruben, Zac Oyama, and Brennan Lee Mulligan (there will be a cut for time season 2 special in January, don't worry); on Tuesday, a special holiday episode of Dirty Laundry featuring the Dropout production team (Ebony Elaine Hardin, David Kerns, Kyle Rohrbach, and Chloe Badner); on Wednesday, a preview of what's in store for Dropout in 2024 AND a special documentary about the legendary Rick Perry; and on Friday, a deeper dive into the make-up process for Very Important People's Princess Emily episode.
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alright let’s go over the junior year clues we got in the rick perry documentary thing (disclaimer: i’ve definitely missed stuff, but i think i got the big things, feel free to reblog and add with stuff that i missed though)
[at the bottom of this post I've typed out the decipherable words that plan out some combats and NPCs from Rick's screen. it's the most interesting thing but it's super long so it's at the bottom under a cut]
We get a blurry look at some minis. I’m seeing at least the PC’s minis, as well as what looks like Baxter the Gryphon.
There’s some major shots of this battle. Includes a Baby mini, the Hangvan with some kind of laser canon on top, a stingray-esque monster that is likely Night Yorb (see below), something that looks like maybe an ice elemental or the crystal (see below), and some large bugs and shirtless people. Clearly set in the Red Wastes. Detailed info of the planning for this battle below.
One of the shots had reference boards in the background. One is clearly for the Hangvan (see earlier screencaps), but the other is unclear. It looks like it includes some sort of tennis or tennis-adjacent sport.
Confirmation that Mordred Manor is a set piece.
Finally, one shot showed Rick’s computer screen with some critical info about planning. I’ve put what I’ve been able to decipher below the screencaps. and under a cut, as it’s very long.
EP. 701 DEFEATING NIGHT YORB CHASE (RED WASTES)
Hangvan, Night Yorb is giant flying Manta Ray thing? Rainbow road, being chased by night yorb while trying to throw crystal into portal.
Crazy gun on rough [roof] that gorgug made, I can’t get a lock on it. Just need one last final thing to defeat night yorb.
Red wastes, chasing the night yorb around, flying bats teleporting onto rough [roof] of van, NPC allies, Balthazar, two other cars they are in contact with, tiefling bakers or sidekicks are reveals
Stormchaser twister, trying to get a lock onto it, Night Yorb is escaping the world.
Maybe night yorb gets away, why didn [didn’t] you get it? And Balthazar died?
Murph invented the Night Yorb. Don’t fuck with the Night Yorb.
Exploded out of riz’s chest, needs to be dumb as hell. it’s the jabberwocky, it burbled, hugely terrifying, Horrifying cursed thing. Unending night for two months. Dragon sized, bigger than the Hang Van, 30’ wingspan Stars and moon.
While the night yorb flies it is night and not day.
Not malevolent force, but everything on earth will die
Have giant ghost busters canon, Honey I shrunk the kids cannon
Driver, mechanic, gunner, navigator (using SW 5e mechanics)
Hang Man - Fabian motorcycle
Tether is attached to night yorb, either magic or harpoon
Night Yorb could out pace them. Could smash van.
Cultist of the night yorb appearing on the road, mad max style
”The night yorb is our god”
Red Wastes Cultists: Riding skeleton horses, classic fantasy cultists, Manta ray night yorb masks
Sword and Sorcery vibes, MUSCELY, oiled, black leather, rings
Shadow of Night Yorb
Tether must be reeled in over 4 rounds
Success Meter - 4 rounds or it escapes
Pop up cultists in the middle of the road
4 maps
Straight away, gully bridge crossing, rap popping up, giant portal
It’s going to another world but if it gets away thats just as bad
Ayada [Ayda?] thing built in. Chekov’s gun.
Gun has cool helix of energy that is getting cranked in. Gun is on the back and on the hood is a binding circle that Adaine does.
Cultists are making the portal.
YORBIES
if they catch it, it gets bound into the paint of their van
Gun is gorgug’s stuff and circle is adaine
6 cultist perusing them, 4 or 5 at the portal, 1 or 2 back up
Single person traps, Vulture with cactus
MINIS: Night Yorb - Giant shadowy manta ray, inky black dripping, made of liquid, different underbelly, deep indigo or bone white. Made of shadows, dripping aberration, flat plane, long tail, two weird eyes coming off front on stalks. Second set of PCs
TERRAIN: Red Wastes!
NOTES: favorite crazy dnd monsters, beholder, [unclear word, bu…ette]
Fungal Black light portal battle! Dr. Strange battle set, pseudo pods of elder pod night yorb, day glow run fragments, purple stone castle night yorb temple, floor is octopus made of shadows. Starting mid battle.
[blank sections]
PROJECTION: Counter here of some kind?
POTENTIAL LOCATIONS
Basrar’s icecream shop?
Mordred Manor
Seacaster Manor
[crossed out] Strong Tower Luxury Apartments
SAT Prep class
[screen cuts off]
EP. 704 DENTENTION [detention] STEALTH CHASE SEQUENCE/ QUIET LIBRARY/
Aguefort chase sequence? Combine sets interrupted by having to make it past a hall monitor
Underwater? Books suspended floating, everything is affected by water
Don’t wake daddy?
Start in Library to get to Aguefort’s office
Hallway Classroom Bathroom Lockerroom
[blank sections]
DYNAMIC ELEMENT: Water
CONCEPTS
Dicks!
SPIRITUAL GUARDIANS - Full service on minis, summons, etc
Psycadelic fungal giant, black light, trippy, beautiful
Revisiting old set
[screen cuts off]
[fyi everything past this point was very blurry, so I could only decipher pieces here and there]
EP. 706 OUTDOOR CONCERT COACHELLA
Music feature?
Flaming [?], giant [?]
[???]
Fig and Gorgug on stage [???]
Lighting effects, [???]
Floating stage or something [???]
Demons?
PROJECTION: Lasers?
NPCS/ VILLAINS/ MONSTERS/ ETC.
PORTER CLIFFBREAKER is secret servant of nightmare king
tactical battlefield combat that [?] 2-3 times larger than PCs
LED buried inside him [???]
Porter was [???] basketball player
[screen cuts off]
[the rest was too blurry to make out anything other than a blank section titled ROLE PLAY/ NEUTRAL BOARD and a section that seems to be for EP. 708 and says EXTRA with some blurry words after it]
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