Emily is an absolute master at igniting situations like this. As a viewer I absolutely love it. As a forever DM, I am absolutely floored by the direction changes she can make. Brenan's ability to be able to roll with these curveballs in a way that still forms a cogent story is absolutely inspiring. Legends, all of them!
i love so much emily going "i wanted to be someone from this world and he's the first person i've really met!" and her beloved husband immediately seconding this chaos by going "the logic is sound" couple goals right there
"Emily is one of the best D&D players in the world. Endlessly creative, so fun to play with. She was also sent from Hell to kill me." -Brennan Lee Mulligan
it's so iconic that the bad kids' response to riz almost getting hate crimed by a random pirate is to psych the guy out until he k!lled himself (also fig is so pretty in this I love her
Riz as he's picked up... Riz in this whole thing is just. A Scrunkly little baby small man with big gun and big dreams. He is. A mischevious little boy. When Kristen picked him up like a small child I knew God was real. I love how everyone looks, the shot of the gang turning around was really well done. Brennan interrupting the scene like it's Emperor's New Groove KILLED me, and him looking down from his cloud... Y E S. This is how DM's should be depicted. I've only ever seen one other animation that did this, and it was of the sexy rat scene. Fig's shit eating grin as she rolls a 25 AS HERSELF, just on the floor was swell too. Your expressionsa re fantastic, love the emotion that you put into the eyes... Everything going to shit was great, so was Brennan just SHOVING Riz by the face. Also I love when animators give a character All The Frames for like one second and you did it with Kristen Running. Magnificent. Beautiful. 10/10.
the sheer speed and dedication with which they all join the absolutely unhinged "i disguise myself as him" bandwagon is so deeply high school friend group core
Brennan took those few seconds when the group was taunting him after the roll figuring out how to still upset the group while honoring the role and I think he nailed it
This is making me laugh SO HARD. The way that you drew Kristen as she said "I jump in after him" like she devolving is so fucking funny. Incredible Animatic.
I like how, instead of what most DnD animations do, when the ooc talk starts you animate it as if it’s still the characters talking to Brennan, and time has just paused everywhere else. Also Boggy’s giant eyes at 2:23.
FABIAN HELPING RIZ UP 😭😭 BRENNAN IN THE CLOUD BRENNAN PUSHING RIZ DOWN RIZ'S LITTLE TAIL THE PAUSE OVER THE SCREEN THE CHAOS OF EVERYONE TALKING OVER EACH OTHER RIZ'S ANGRY FACE WHEN KRISTEN WANTS TO HELP THE GUY KRISTEN GETTING A SHITTON OF FRAMES I LOVE THIS SO MUCH HOLY SHIT THANK YOU FOR CREATING THIS
What a fantastic rendition of the half in character, half talking to the Dm parts of dnd. I adore riz climbing back into the grapple right before you hit play again
This is really everything, love the liberties you took with subtle tweaks to character design and love the way you interpret how the blocking would look in this scene I think it’s very in character for everyone, subtle Fabriz as well? So incredibly swag
Riz freeing himself in the pause and making Fig and Kristen reply to Brennan but they are characters and he is the god is so funny. I love how you captured his outrage. Thanks for making and posting this animatic!
just rewatched this part in the actual episode and had to rewatch this animation. It's absolutely genius, and gives so much heart and humor to this scene; great work!!!
I see Brennan designing this encounter thinking "Fire crackers in the beard is a cool look - kind of a Blackbeard the pirate thing, and it gives the players a funny way out of this by lighting them up with a prestidigitation or slight-of-hand check, and will set the tone for the world I'm putting them in...." Then "I disguise myself as him" breaks his mind.
Loved this, your gesture work is really good. The characters personalities really shine, and your depiction of the DM and table talk was cute and funny!
@@acesnickerdoodles4773 The first time, someone had called a guard on me to check if I was Allowed to be where I was, I was Caught due to some bad rolls, so when I was taken to a guard captain I turned into the Person escorting me. It didn’t work. After that I did it one more time as a joke. That character was very much a himbo.
