Look at that smug face. Don't you just want to sucker punch him and slap his robot?Official Taryon art has dropped...those boots though
I'm shocked he wasn't robbed blind and left bloodied in an alley before VM even found him.
Look at that smug face. Don't you just want to sucker punch him and slap his robot?Official Taryon art has dropped...those boots though
Look at that smug face. Don't you just want to sucker punch him and slap his robot?
I'm shocked he wasn't robbed blind and left bloodied in an alley before VM even found him.
They all bonded after the hazing and some drinks.If he carries on the way he's going VM might very well beat him and leave him in an alley...
Right, but if Vax hadn't hit him it wouldn't have caused VM trouble. Whether or not Kynan would have done the same thing to someone else is irrelevant. Vax directly caused Kynan to set his sights on the group, so it was his fault.
I didn't say his opinion carried more weight. Matt usually lets things unfold and rarely feels the need to voice his opinion on what the group does. The fact that he felt the need to say something shows how extreme of a choice it was for VM.
I may be wrong here as I don't know all the responsibilities of a DM. But is this entirely true? Would he not be the one that decides if a character strays too far from their alignment and shifting it if he thinks it's appropriate? I think I remember one of the characters getting an alignment shift from him not too long ago (going back to good, from neutral. If I remember correctly).
Not that I'm in the camp demanding alignment shifts.
I took it as Jest saying Matt the person, not necessarily Matt the DM. Understandably we rarely get to know what the DM thinks about the events, but Matt voices his opinion from time to time.
Kynen set his eyes on VM first, couldn't take a hint, then turned vengeful fedora when Vax shut him down completely. That's not on Vax in my eyes at all.
It's interesting how alignment change is usually seen as a punishment that people feel limited by. In reality, I think it's just the DM saying, "here's the alignment that describes your character's actions". You're defining your alignment, it shouldn't be defining you unless you're a Paladin or Cleric whose power comes from being virtuous in the name of a deity.
I understand why people feel that way, I just think it's interesting. You would think if people were so hung up on being considered "good" that they would just behave virtuously all the time. But the reality is that people want to be told they're good while trying to push the boundary and get away with as much dubious behavior as possible. People want to act like chaotic neutral characters so they can feel free to do whatever they want, but the allure of being a good aligned character is too strong. Everybody wants to be considered a virtuous hero even if they don't feel like living up to that standard.I feel you when it comes to the mechanics of alignment, but you could tell from previous interactions that their alignment matters to them. When Vex got bumped back up to good, you could see it on her and everyone else's face. So to hit them in alignment is akin to your parent saying "I'm disappointed in you." A lot of times that is repercussion enough to have them choose if they want to change or not. If they all got hit to neutral, you'd see them all actually strive to be better people instead of the lip service they tend to give.
Do you really not see a problem with how Vax "shut him down completely" by physically attacking him for no real reason? The kid shows up idolizing the world renowned Vox Machina and gets knocked out by one of them. Hell, the whole bringing Kynan back into the story thing was pretty much Matt saying "You shouldn't have done that to the boy!".
Possibly. Or they all just read the room after and adjusted themselves accordingly.Watching the last episode, I think it's obvious they were told to to chill concerning Tary.
They've alluded to auditioning their Grayskull NPC guards before, but it was amusing to find out the audition was the same ambush they pulled on Tary.
When he saved her in the ocean, Keyleth and Tary should have kissed lol
I'd be all for that. It'd be a hell of a lot better than Vax/Keyleth. Their relationship is basically Vax constantly validating the questionable decisions Keyleth makes and then she whines to him about something. That's pretty much it. It's even more evident now that Percy/Vex is a thing and they actually seem like a good couple.
What is Keyleth's intelligence score? I assume she is smarter than Grog, but some of her decisions last episode really make you wonder.There is socially awkward and then there is just stupid.Throwing the fish monster into the water, sinking the boat for little reason, immediately thinking a small child is the leader of the Druids, bowing while she is knee deep in water, etc.
Note this is all criticism of Keyleth, not Marisha. She is free to roleplay her character as she sees fit. It's often-times humorous but her character despite her magical power is a joke.
This seems like the kind of encounter where Scanlan would have saved everyone an hour ago if he were with them.
Theis around 50%: I'd wager this will bekrakenVax's first death
edit: Grog is clutch. Nevermind! OMG there is a sliver of hope!
He'd be more clutch if he didn't drink his last potion when he didn't find Vax in the stomach.
LuckilyGrog is a 1 man regurgitation machine.
Oh shit, no idea he was that low
i missed the amount. how much health was left?
Wow! Too close! If Matt had remembered to givethen GrogGrog the acid damage from the 2nd swallowing eventwould've died
Didn't it take a turn in there to get acid damage because it was the stomach acid, so they had to get to the stomach first?
Not the least bit surprised that Reddit was apparently a shit show afterwords and needed Matt to come in and calm all the children down. It's always either a sycophantic cult or the Children of the Corn over there.
I enjoyed Percy trying to completely over design a solution and just ended up being useless the whole fight. Rather than trying to make brave new advances in un-pop-able bubble technology in an hour, just ask for a crossbow, dude, I'm sure they had them.
As much as I'd like to see them save Vax tonight it would also be kinda fun to see one of the party final die and then have Vex blame Scanlan for not being there to save her brother should be return.
I didn't really do a deep dive, and just saw people talking about it second hand. It seemed like mostly people complaining about how badly the group played last week, backseat driving and getting rude to specific players. And then the opposite where anyone who politely critiqued the group's actions was met with vitriol and downvotes. Matt had to come in and tell everyone basically, "Hey it's alright to disagree, we actually want discussion, everyone on both sides should stop being dicks".What were they upset about this time?
Druids are OP as fuck.
They really aren't. I don't have my PHB handy but I don't recall anything like that for Druids. I think it's a custom thing Matt came up with for the Aramente.