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When Vax confessed his love to Keyleth there were no dice rolls. It depends on the situation and the game master, but much roleplaying is just that, only roleplay.
I dont think Thadeus was turned into a Ghoul, I believe he was given a form of FEV (Forced Evolutionary Virus) by the chicken doctor. Which would turn him eventually into a super mutant.
It’s such an awesome perspective to see new Critters who aren’t familiar with this world. Just getting to see you two experience the stories and characters for the first time, and seeing how well they did to make the show amazing even for new people is just so awesome. I wish more people would give this show a chance!
I think that’s because the “nature” of China official, they like to “add” Chinese elements to whatever it is, so it becomes weird when it comes to something that should be cool I don’t have a clue why they add this kind of Chinese kung fu style into this song and having those traditional masks, weird af
7:19 I loved the way the animated her. So beautiful 8:26 the line about death giving meaning to life is so good 12:22 they went in differently in the campaign but this version is hilarious Enjoyed your reaction as usual. Looking forward to the finale reaction.
Notice in the opening, it starts with seven separate golden threads, and by the end of the opening, they are intertwined into a combined fate. The Matron of Ravens is the goddess of death and fate (and winter, etc...)
For history and lore on Fallout you should check out Shoddycast The Storyteller series. It's told from the prespective of a Knight in the Brotherhood of Steel.
The mysterious figure that Garmelie transforms into is a bit of an easter egg for the Mighty Nein. But for now, he was merely a traveler on this journey.
Vax'ildan being fate-touched is why he saw the Matron of Ravens in Emon when the Chroma Conclave attacked, and again in Vasselheim. It's also how he was able to see the thread connecting him and Vex in the sunken tomb. The Matron being the goddess of death, fate and winter has an important aspect to it in Exandria that doesn't exist with death in our world. There are demons and devils that will try to capture mortal souls by deception (like Orthax, a demon) or infernal contracts (this is the devils' schtick), which means the soul does *not* transition into the afterlife naturally. And above that, there is necromancy and the undead. Remember when Delilah raised the dead in Whitestone? Those people were already dead, but her steward who was the catalyst for that Raise Dead spell was living. And she used his blood and soul as fuel for her spell when she killed him, the spell then amplified by the residiuum glass in her necklace. The stewards soul is consumed, and that means it can't pass into the afterlife. Necromancers can also bind souls into dead bodies, which also prevents them from passing on. All this is why the Matron of Ravens hates (unsanctioned*) necromancy and the undead. They violate the natural order and breaks the cycle of life and death. In our world, the moment of death can be untimely, people dying "too early" due to accidents, illness or murder but nothing can stop the soul from passing on as it should, according to your beliefs. But in Exandria, the very moment of death and the soul passing on can be violated. Vax'ildan is now the champion set to protect that moment so it happens as it should. Which is why the Matron of Ravens counts as a neutral goddess, not evil. *resurrection rituals, like Kashaw did with Vex'ahlia in the Sunken Tomb, also counts as necromancy. But, these rituals performed by clerics asks the soul to come back and gives it a choice. The soul can refuse. Necromancers will force the soul to do their bidding, or use them as fuels for their spells.
The arrowhead Percy gifted Vex is cool- it opens up on impact, making a larger wound, potential internal bleeding, and makes removing it cause even more damage.
The Matron of Ravens is sort of a 'psychpomp', a guardian and guide of the passage from life to death. She is especially opposed to necromancers and the undead, as they defile the sanctity of that passage.
It's like the fan theories on whether Ant-Man could've just flown into Thanos ass and expanded from the inside to kill him. But unlike Hollywood where we'd not see this possibility even considered, let alone explored (aside from maybe meta franchises like Deadpool), at the table you can just live out those theories in practice. lol
In D&D, there is a feat you can take for your character called "Lucky" and it lets you reroll if you get a crappy dice result, a limited number of times per day. Vax had that feat, which was translated by Matt Mercer as 'fate touched' like that. And Umbrasyl going invisible wasn't due to a vestige. Anciant dragons like him can learn and use magical spells beyond their natural powers and attacks. Some dragons or types of dragon may put more or less time into mastering magic, depending on their personality, rather like some dragons are less incline to shapeshift than others as part of their trickery. (I once had an idea for an evil NPC who was a green dragon who shapeshifted to look like a pretty harmless older woman and ran a 'murder inn' like there's folktales or stories about IRL out in the wilderness, at a place where adventuring parties might be inclined to want to stop and rest at a quaint inn rather than camp, and who had trapdoor beds and poisoned meals or drinks to take out anyone with loot she felt was worth it or just found annoying as a guest. SOME day I will get up the nerve and energy to DM a campaign with that as a possible side happening.)
Also, it's great seeing the Matron of Ravens finally reveal herself and speak with Vax one on one. She's based on the Raven Queen, the goddess of death, fate, and winter in DnD. So as the Matron's champion, Vax's duties include protecting the sanctity of life and death, which also means that anyone who would try to cheat death by unnatural (non-holy) means would be an enemy of the Matron. Vax is a protector of the balance that is the natural order of life and death. So necromancers and any undead entities/creatures would be considered mortal enemies of the Matron and thus also Vax.
Dragons gain more and more magical powers as they get older. If you're facing an ancient one, it's going to be full of tricks, like Umbracyl's invisibility.
Wow you ladies are putting these out fast! I am so happy you loved last episode as it is my favorite as well! Good stuff as always and thank you for your reactions!
Bro. . . That radio station guy though. I mean, they be out here trying to merc him for years, and he just keeps doing his thing lol. Its also a fan theory though it's not confirmed. That somehow the chicken f**ker made what's known as an F.E.V. a forced evolutionary virus, simply it one of the 2 ways you can become a ghoul. The other is through extended radiation exposure and having just the right genes.
The Kaylie reveal in the livestream game was hilarious. Sam (Scanlan) was more than a little bit flustered and caught off guard by the reveal, and you could see the rest of the cast members in the background trying hard to keep quiet and not burst out laughing.
Fun Fact: In the campaign the magic word for Vex's flying broom was the Draconic word for candle. Laura (Vex's VA) decided that was pronounced... Hawk Tuah! Matt, the DM, said, you better write that down. And thus, Vex had to hawk tuah anytime she wanted to use the broom. This was in 2016. Laura Bailey is the OG hawk tuah girl.
The burden Kaylie left Scanlan was not in a cursed sword. Its the knowledge he has a daughter that sees him as a despicable selfish man that is not worthy of being a father to her. And that he can probably do nothing to fix it. Tho she did give him some hope at the end: "After all the wrong you have done, you would have to do a hell of lot to right."
So a little bit of context. In the original campaign vax and scanlan did also end up in the dragon. Only then scanlan used a spell called dimension door to teleport them in. It was pretty messy, because they didn't perfectly end up in the stomach. They also didn't have the sword from scanlan's daughter, but instead an item called the immovable rod. Probably changed all that because of copyights or to not overcomplicate things for new critters.
This is so good. In the game, they have a lot more spells, so they just teleported into the dragon, but this is so much funnier. And yeah, speaking of Vax and his chat with the Matron, have you re-watched the intro they've had for two years now? How's that for foreshadowing?
It's very common for gods of death to be against undead creatures and necromancers. The sancity of life and death is basically to make sure people don't try to unnaturally avoid death. Like a certain couple.... other things too but yea. Basically Vax is her agent to handle people who to mess with death or fates.
When you two started talking about Percy's 'John Wick' stuff, I had to see if you'd reacted to Hellsing Abridged yet. Because when he hit the 'silhouette in front of the explosion' pose, that was absolutely Alexander Anderson.
The show had to cut the best part of the Twins meeting their dad. Check out moments from ep 60, the live show. That moment has been animated as well. the look on Laura Bailey's face was genuine cause she didnt see it coming. Check it out!
