Meeting Your Heroes | Sword AF: Delivering Destiny #1 

became immediately clear within the first 10 minutes that Fernie is a role Shayne was born to play

fernie just being a bumbling idiot of a giant, dolores being a momma bear with single horny divorcee energy, koda bursting into a sword song, and angela just being angela. love this so much.

Dolores flirting all episode just to turn around and go “oh no he’s dumb” KILLED ME 😂

It amuses me that Amanda, the newest player at the table, is IMMEDIATELY a monsterfucker, just out the gate. RESPECT. For the record, this is meant as a COMPLIMENT. ;)

I’m so proud of this cast and crew. 😭😭😭 I hope you all enjoy our passion project!!!

“I’ll have four meads, what is everyone else having” is such an underappreciated bit

Shayne "protecting" the Dryad that charmed him by hitting the other one was a genius move. It's also perfectly in character as the himbo.

Damien has always given the vibe of being a great DM but seeing him do it is so so much better 🥺

For those new and familiar to dnd. We have to keep this series alive as long as possible. Please. The cast and crew have worked so hard on this. Let show them that we love them!

The fact that Bug says to Fernie "oh so it's your eyesight that's bad" about the squirrel/girl thing and then later Fernie rolls a NAT 1 for perception in the forest is so fucking funny

Fernie knowing what a museum is and not knowing what a squirrel is, peak Shayne Himbo energy

I just adore how when Gunthar was introduced he kept asking Dolores and koda to keep Bug away from him but like Bug instantly won him over in the carriage and they just are best friends now with Bug cuddled up next to him just chatting and I feel like Gunthars energy is just “I just found this, and if anything happened to him I would kill everyone in this room and then myself.”❤

Holy shit, Bug is amazing. Having Angela just constantly talking and filling silence with awkward muttering to herself, and misplaced one-liners is just a whole thing unto itself.

Amanda so immediately getting into character and her repeated "oh my God" over the description of the centaur is why she's my absolute favorite.

I LOVE how much Angela loves Shayne's character

Delores sounds like a mom that finally got a chance to head out on her own with her mom friend group.

25 minutes in an Shayne is already almost drowning. That boy has got a running gag and he is holding onto it.

Shayne kept rolling the lowest roll will never not be funny to me LMAO

"What does that look like to you?" instead of "How do you want to do this?" is such a breath of fresh air. Critical Role has had such a huge effect on DM style over the years that seeing Damien having his own style which takes good ideas and tunes them to fit him just shows how much of a natural he is.

The social dynamic of this group is just incredible. I have never laughed so hard from a D&D stream.

I’m so proud of Damien for all of the effort he put into this. We are all so lucky to get to see this group of ridiculous humans play D&D.

Angela fucking in awe of Shayne’s description of Primal Savagery is the best lol 😆

Fernie is right, you can choose your family. You have mother Delores, little cousin in honors Bug, Cousin Koda who is definitely a drama king, and youngest kid Fernie who everyone has decided to protect.

Damien’s barkeep voice awoke something in me Edit: I’m sorry, all of the voices he’s doing is awakening something in me

I so want Angela to continue blaming the crossbow for everything lol

"he was a really weird looking horse" WAS HILARIOUS

Notes in the end! 01:15 - the story begins 02:50 - First time meeting Bug 03:35 - First time meeting Delores Paradise 04:28 - First time meeting Koda Amakiir 05:18 - First time meeting Fernie 05:39 - ALCOHOL 06:45 - Krungdar the Bloodsmyth 14:00 - Gunthar (Delores is thirsting) 17:36 - First roll of the campaign 18:14 - Koda and Fernie (does girl rhyme with squirrel?) 19:41 - Adventures bully our heroes 20:55 - “Age is just a number” 23:34 - They go into the forest, Gunthar stays behind 24:33 - Shayne rolls the campaigns first nat 1 25:28 - Fernie is “swimming” in the mud 26:00 - Combat begins 26:49 - Damien rolls the campaigns first nat 20 30:30 - “He definitely means to say what he’s saying.” 30:56 - The things that are attacking are dryads. 32:48 - “You can choose your family, but you can’t choose your friends.” 34:11 - “Crossbro” 34:23 - Bug is stuck with his arrow in his shoe. 37:44 - Fernie has an idea of why they are delivering things. 39:43 - “Don’t trust the creepy wooden tree girl”🎵 42:42 - Fernie comes back to reality from being charmed. 45:28 - Delores kills the last Dryad and combat ends. 46:00 - Gunthar returns 49:06 - “Please don’t be my mom right now.” “I don’t know what else to be.” 49:48 - They arrive at Gren del 50:51 - “You know he was a really weird looking horse.” 52:11 - Rum Pum, the greeter of the gates 54:39 - “Well, Gimmie, can you gimmie some treats?” “That is the first time!” 56:11 - Garland 57:06 - Bug blames everything on his crossbow 57:09 - Episode ends Hi guys! I’m so excited for this series and I plan on writing down important/funny moments from every episode! If you watch critical role you might know what I mean. Please enjoy and comment if I have missed anything :D

"We're not nerds, I dont read!" Thanks for making me spit out my coffee😂🤣

If this series keeps going for a while, they should all dress as their characters while filming an episode

14:27 dolores going "oh my god" at every gunthar description kills me every time

Shayne's character, immediately, is exactly what I expected from him and it's perfect.

This is like hearing a book while watching the characters have dialog live. Beautiful idea whoever came up with this.

7:38 fernie and bug looking in opposite directions in perfect sync for who Krungar was calling dumb was PEAK

Dolores' fascination with the Gunthar is my favorite thing in this episode. "I haven't finished in a long time.." KILLED ME

I just have to say, I am so very happy that there are closed captions for this video, as someone with auditory processing issues, this makes the difference between understanding and enjoying a video ❤

I can tell Damien put a lot of effort into this and he did such a great job with making the setting come to life, it was fun imagining what things looked like!

Amanda playing a tiny character and Shayne playing a huge one is wholesome.

I can’t wait for fernie to start his literacy arc

"Hey, we're not nerds. Because I don't read. Can't read!" Fernie is best boy

Timestamping my favorite moments to show my gf later >:) 14:23 "oh my god... 😩" 18:15 "That is... a bird..😊👏👏" 21:55 "SQUIRL 😐" 31:48 "this is my BEST friend! 😃" 35:43 "I'll protect you 🙂" 46:29 "my braids are out 😳🥴" 49:00 "plz dont be my mom rn ☝️" 49:36 "that is so hot 😮‍💨... and kind 😌" 50:41 "oh no... ur dumb 😔"

I didn't expect the halfling grandma to be the horny character that hits on everybody but I'm all for it. Also love Bug's personality of being insecure wanting to prove themselves but not really having to cause everyone is just so supportive. I'd expect her big bad to be one that plays exactly on those fears.

Shayne choosing to be the most himbo character ever is so great 😭 everyone falls into their roles so naturally, I loved every minute of this!

This was amazing! Someone should animate this if it hasn’t been done yet. They’re all so good at describing the scene and characters, it would be so awesome.

I love the contrast between Amanda playing a shorter character and shayne playing the tallest one

I just can't get over the fact that Shayne's VERY FIRST ROLL to this was a Nat 1. He literally is Fernie, I don't know what to tell you.

“It’s crazy to see your heroes at work” is a favourite quote of mine

i love to see damien shine this brightly

"When I look at the four of you I know in my heart, that you're the ones that didn't quit yet." - absolute greatest line

I love how every character is just themselves except for Shayne being a giant

The roleplaying is great and the smaller party size is refreshing to watch. I think Damien is a great DM. Can't wait for more

So so so good. Damien kills it as a DM and Amanda was great for her first time playing! So excited for more episodes!

Watching Shayne nod and smile to himself at 5:21 when Damian started to introduce his character is the most wholesome thing ever

Angela peaking over the DM screen every couple minutes is hilarious

koda: "it rhymes with girl" fernie: *so proud * "GIRL!" 😂😂

While Dolores is on this journey, i constantly think of her hands as constantly busy in a flurry of *passive aggressive knitting*

The character synergy is just incredible, I could watch Bug and Fernie all day

Chanse/Koda: “maybe shoot the target.. the first time…” Angela/Bug: “👁️👄👁️”

I need another episode of this immediately. 10 days is too long... This was so wonderful. Every cast members' creativity shines in this group, playing the characters they're playing.

Honestly the fact that this almost has 1mil views is fucking amazing! I'm so proud of all of them 😭🥰❤️

Angela’s mouth being agape while Shayne describes transforming is priceless

I’m so in love with this series

Angela's face when Fernie uses primal savagery is me whenever someone does something cool at the dnd table

I think I may be adding Damien to my list of favorite DMs. He did so well! This is so chill and light hearted. I adore it so far. This is also a perfect short first session to show to friends who are interested in playing D&D but dont know what it looks like yet.

Can we just appreciate the sounds the editors put it? Like the horse running and neighing, the wind, the birds, the doors creaking, the whistling etc. It just brings everything to life

The best part of was Fernie being so clueless they literally couldn’t be charmed.

"I'll protect you... from your friend, who just hit me. She seems crazy." LMAOO Shayne's amazing

I need so much more of this, I immediately love the characters, the cast, and Damien is a solid DM!

Fernie is an absolute treasure. We must all protect the big dumb cinnamon roll.

I can not tell that this is Amandas first time playing dnd, she's so effortless

just want to say how Damien said that fernie killed dryads a lot before and then they immediately started talking to fernie and saying he’s murders many of their kind. also that when he breaks out of the spell shayne says that something deep and innate in fernie unleashes in him. idk what it means but definitely interesting

The chemistry between the characters are so gold.

Shayne channeling his inner toddler, Amanda channeling her inner mom instincts, Chanse being the cool older sibling, and Angela being a literal goblin = chef's kiss 😘 Edit: Damien being THE voice actor and lore master aaaaaaaaa

This is the perfect series for Damien to use as a voice acting resume.

Who else came back to the beginning after the finale?

Angela living for other people's characters is so pure

ok but can we acknowledge how AWESOME the character art is like wow

I feel like the further we get into this campaign, Fernie and Bug will become really good friends.

Coming back after catching up on Season 2, seeing the small things they foreshadowed here and tie into later is just absolutely immaculate

NOT ME, IMMEDIETLY LOVVING ANGELAS CHARACTER... THE OVERLY ANXIOUS OUTGOING SOCIAL AWKWARD CHAOS GOBBLIN 😅 ALL OF THIS IS SOO GOOD I LOVE THIS ❤❤❤

Now we just need the costumes and this will literally be the best D&D campaign ever.

I have rewatched this probably about 5 times now bc I want the second episode to come out so bad! And I’m just so excited that I can’t help but rewatch lol

So brave DM’ing first time on camera… seconds in and my heart is already captured by story and crew. Thank you and always love and laughter my friends ❤

Shaynes history with dice in this will absolutely run terribly well with this! Plus his character is top tier comedy. And Damiens natural DM air is gorgeous, I can't wait for more!!!

damien pointing out garland is in fact a name while looking at angela bc in the 2 truths 1 lie episode he said his parents almost named him garland and angela questioned if it was even a name💀💀

Around the 20:00 mark. Im realizing that if their production can do and they get some artist on board they can add some visual cues to really help with engagement. Imagine an in house animation/digital art team that can make super quick rough but clean legible artworks. Like the art pieces in visual novels

I can't believe I didn't watch this earlier. This is such a FANTASTIC video. I love D&D and I can't wait for more.

Every DM needs a player like Angela with a wide eyed wonder and appreciation with how the DM and other players contribute to the narrative and the ability to have amazing contributions as well

This is golden. I am already hooked. Also, I’m so glad Shayne and Angela are sitting next to each other. They feed off of each other’s energy so well.

I am so excited, I don't know how we're gonna manage with a release every like... 2 weeks? A month? HELP

It’s been a long time since I’ve watched an entire RU-vid video through without skipping anything. It was such a blast to watch and I love every single one of the characters. Can’t wait to see more.

Good to see that Shayne's luck is still affecting his dice rolls with D20s

Amanda being a halfling is perfect. Angela, the chaos goblin is playing a chaos Goblin? Also perfect. Whoever did the art is fantastic!

This is SOOOO good. Honestly better than I expected somehow. You guys really playing the part of your characters and Damien is a really good DM. I'm loving this I can't wait for Episode 2

I'm so impatiently waiting for the next episode!! Love these characters and theyre such strong bases and it makes me so excited to see how they grow and develop over the course of the campaign!! Please keep making these!!

Shayne as a gigantic wooden robot who doesn’t know what a squirrel is is hilarious

I hope we eventually get an animated version of this. I need to see Fernie chugging a barrel of mead

Amanda’s character immediately gives off Molly Weasly energy

After watching all the fan art in the live stream yesterday, it’s time to spend my day restarting this campaign from the beginning ❤

I’m already in love with the party dynamic, I think everyone can agree this series will be one of the best in recent times

Fernie got that Baymax energy and I'm enjoying it