Start Spreading the News (Ep. 1) | The Unsleeping City 

Josuke Higashikata the way he said LGBT just KILLED me

@@archiejohnston8 elgibit

@@maeve909 eljeebitee

The best doctor ever lol

"I am normally pulling bullets from mobster, so chance to help elgibte people feels good."

Lmfao best part just saying

[Loads a shotgun] hes about to be

that scene is playing right now. So, funny

Right?? And just the way they look at eachother all the time is so sweet 😭💕 like they are having little conversations of their own and their little grins, gahh.

I was so confused for a second until I remembered Murph’s first name is Brian

@@kharonhaden5136 everytime someone calls him by his first name, my brain lags lmao

Whoa timestamp? I couldn't find it

Crouching idiot, hidden badass

Ah yes, the twink dreams of being a himbo

And whenever he plays anything else, the universe decides he will not. (Shoutout to Lapan 😢😢)

Pov he's not playing a character HE is the pure of heart and dumb of ass

@@superslayer1770 Honestly, Lapin was awesome. As a frail, intellectual warlock with a quite complex personality, he's a far cry from Zac's typecast. And the play he made at the end of Episode 4 was when Brennan realized that Lapin was too powerful to live.

Was having a bad day, stuck in over an hour long traffic going into work. Emily drops that line and I'm dyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyying! LOL!! Day is insta-better.

Her dialogue is absolutely spot on.

You should never dis a comedian, they will eat you alive

Emily somehow cast vicious mockery and everyone in the bar was there for it

I wish I could do that out of game

If you check they barely moved them. Aly is swapped with Murph, Lou with Siobhan, and Emily with Zac, the only major camera change is Lou and Siobhan which granted through me for a second.

@@TheSlick44y there are six people at this table and, as you just stated, every single one is in a new place

dude same

well at least they're all on the same side of the table as they were

@@wildpath6730 No Lou is different

Same, that shit sent me for a minute

ITS SO PERFECT

Il-ge-bitte

I love Lugash, I hope he shows up again. (no spoilers please.

El ge bitte el aye

"I thought it was just this plate!" 😭😭😭

RIGHT?? like that’s Black Relative Over 55 Energy

I have bad news…the person you thought was your mother was actually Brennan in a mask

@@monokumaprincipalofhopespe8295 idk if that's bad or good news

@@monokumaprincipalofhopespe8295 I’ve been duped😂 but fr he’s hella good at bringing the npcs to life

It most likely was

Or it was made to play into Brennen's childhood dreams of there being magic in NYC

And to swear a bunch

New York is a hell town for bastard people. Its also the best fuckin place on earth.

I mean he had to get out of there.

I think it's uncensored on dropout. It is jarring, and honestly I would prefer the bleep censor than just sudden silence.

@@xxxdumbwordstupidnumberxxx4844 yeah it kinda throws me off. With any censorship I find myself thinking of every possible word that makes sense which is confusing and distracting.

Comments like this are why my understanding of New York is basically "downtown, but it's the entire town"

@@lindseyfrancesco4 bro you don’t even know

It's discrimination, really. That's censoring cultural heritage.

Wow, do they all seem to have a theme of strengths, virtues, good being able to endure hardship? Thanks for this ^_^

Круто что я не один пытался понять откуда татуировки

I straight up need the link

Are you talking about the “Oh Ron!” vid? Because that was a cat scaredy jumping into a pool

I was thinking Tony Soprano

THANKS RAWN

Oath of the Crown paladins, they just wanna watch the city thrive.

Nick Watson Ricky’s the Oath of Devotion. Because he’s straight DEDICATED to the betterment of his community!

I have only just found this series, and I wanna know what level are they starting at.

@@williammckenzie5008 I believe, for this season, they started at level 3. In the first season, Fantasy High, they started at 1st level, which was appropriate both for the young characters and mostly inexperienced players.

Thank you

All we need now is a ninja tortle.

apparently he was gonna go as a rat/other animal infestation exterminator, but instead went for an actual rat 😂

@@alijoc epic and valid

Pretty sure it was partly due to Emily’s sexy rat bit

I love this

It's such a great blind introduction, letting us experience the supernatural world for the first time through the eyes of someone who is also experiencing it for the first time. Probably the best beginning to any D20 campaign at just how good it introduces the world and sets up the plot. Just stunning.

"Maybe see a therapist- THAT'S A THIRD ONE!"

especially since it was by chance that Pete was introduced first, it was meant to be

Time stamp, tried to catch it but I missed.

45:00

Oh yeah, Murph totally got Emily an egg sandwich and a Gatorade for a recent hangover. That was such a sweet little moment

Hope some gets this reference “hey there it’s josh welcome back to let’s game it out”

@@tzeechgodofchange3197 oh theres a grace? perfect

look...my mom was a nurse for almost 30 years...thats not even that uncommon...

The Mad Hacker I’m a medical graduate. That doesn’t surprise me anymore.

Pro tip if you ever do get something up there just tell the truth. It's already assumed no matter what that you did it

GYAHA

I think their character from Crow of Candy does, but I'm just assuming from the D20 shorts I've seen, 'cause I haven't watched that campaign yet.

Honestly, I'd be content to see one that isn't a lightning-rod for fever-dream sequences.

@@Caitydid561 Liam in a Crown of Candy has what passes for a good relationship in the world. They have some issues, but given the other issues and family drama happening between the PC's and the world, Liam is on pretty solid ground with his parents.

@@kylebeardsley6200 if nothing else, Joren accepted Liam's asexuality despite being... probably the most sexual character in D20. Thats gotta count for something. Also yeah compared to the mess that is Amethar (Lous character for the uninitiated) and his whole family (including Ruby and Jet, Siobhans and Emily's characters in that campaign), it is for sure some of the more wholesome content in ACOC. Btw, if anyone is reading this thread out of morbid curiosity, I highly recommend subbing to dropout for ACOC - that season is by far my favorite of the inteprid hero seasons, and has some of the most dramatic storytelling and emotional gutpunches, alongside some comedic goldmines (Swifty, Slammed Down Big Style, Gooey and Theos weird relationship, Primsy, etc.). Honestly, if fantasy high weren't available for free on youtube, ACOC would be what I recommend to D20 newcomers. Sorry I'm just kinda gushing about this campaign now lmao, just thanks for reading this comment if ya did, and I hope yall watch ACOC.

Right off the bat, I think Kingston is going to be one of my favourite characters. He's older, and with that you get some nice advantages that you have established credibility into this world. You have family, you have a well placed job, you have history with the story. It proves to me that Lou knows how to take characters and put soul into them. I literally can imagine Kingston in a movie like reel doing that bit with his cousin. Absolutely amazing.

There's this great moment in the second season... Spoilers ...Where Kingston finds out that a non copyright equivlent of amazon is buying up massive pieces of NY real estate and putting New Yorkers out of work and home and "This isn't happening, not in my city. This means war." And Brennan says "As Kingston says this his voice reverberates outward and you suddenly become aware that his title, Vox Populi, Voice of the People, is not figurative. He speaks for the people of New York, and they've just declared war on Amazon." It's amazing. He such a good character.

“KINGSTON, FROM UPTOWN!” -St. Peter at the Pearly Gates

@@quinnsinclair7028 thanks for the spoiler warning or i would have just clicked read more

He should do voice acting or audio book reading, he has such a nice and distinct voice.

Freaky ain’t a crime and neither is DnD

@@lillyshirel8356 This comment pleases me

@@lillyshirel8356 But that cabbage smell sure is!

@@lillyshirel8356 i love you guys for this reference

It's late, I read this as NYC in a nutshell, but I guess it applies either way, right?

That name is spelt Siobhan, if that’s of any aid to you

Oh crap my bad 😅😅😅

​@@marcetteb6064 Well it only took a year and a half but I finally corrected the name of one of my top 20 faves performers 😅 Sorry Siobhan! I spell everything phonetically 😅

Expecting a mob doctor, who is dealing with injured mobsters, to be abrasive is just expecting they have a very short life span.

Ideally most train to be doctors to help people.

@@kevinwillems8720 you’d be surprised how many people become doctors because they’re looking for a power trip

@@lexingtxn and how many people become doctors because their parents forced it on them.

@@lexingtxn The existence of Dr.Oz is demoralizing in and of itself.

I think Brennan was thinking "deer? In statton island?"

@@justanotheranimeprofilepic yeah if i was a deer i wouldn’t want to go to station island either

@@justanotheranimeprofilepic there are deer on the island :)

@@paulchavez3039 The more you know

I love how tenderly this comes back later

Literal garbage boy in this case

Gremlin, Bastard, and Garbage are my 3 favourite words :)

@@Willllowes Theo is not small. Sprinkle is cute though.

Cody is a garbage lad in a different, but very fun way as well.

I mean they did choose to make a wild magic sorcerer that has a reliance on psychadelic mushrooms what else is supposed to happen😭 they already cant control their magic sober let alone while high

I feel as if that's optimal for a Paladin anyway, I mean, you've got so much of an helper complex that you've made it your religion, how wouldn't you be a nice person?

'Lawful Good' does *not* mean 'Lawful Nice'.

lydia diddia BUT IT CAN!!!! You’re completely right btw but I..... i just wanna be extremely nice and handsome....

@@lydiadiddia6428 but,,, what if you were nice

I saw Ricky’s design and immediately went “that’s a good soft boi, I wanna hug him”

Fruzzinoid we're at 69 likes boys

can I ask what race is a rat man?

@@funpuns085 american

@@funpuns085 it's some home-brew shit if ever I saw it. Brennan made it in other words.

Cake Cinema oh yeah, thanks

Take what you can get

in fairness, there was a non-negligible quantity of psilocybin in his system

Lou is like D20's Sam. Just effortlessly charismatic and likeable but just in a completely different way . Was amazing to get to see them both together in EXU.

omg yes

what is that??

cheng meme in fantasy high one of the characters gets a jacket that holds a small city in it.

Dennis Field It's Fig that has the jacket of useful items.

@@thegardenerofbones7598 It's Adine actually I believe

I binged all of Fantasy High yesterday, all I think of when I hear Lou speak is PAPA and I fuckin love it

Bill seacaster's ending was so amazing. I loved everything about their relationship together and the turns it took. Brennan is the best dm I've ever seen.

@@phantafalconpunch You binged over 30 hours of videos in one day? That's impressive.

@@faintedmemo I'm 14, I have no life lol. And interms of hours, It was only the original episode 1-10 that was out so about 15 or so hours

AHHHHH PA PA

Made it even better when he became the big dumb hulk in Starstruck

The question is, which is the superior rat; the mythical rat jesus or the legendary sexy rat

Papa!

Was literally thinking the same thing XD

same lol

Ikr

Fabian was legendary

That needs love.

We

Wally is so wholesome

It's the stage of patheticness

SimonSonian same energy.

This reply section is the perfected portrayal, in order, of Slytherin, Gryffindor, and Hufflepuff.

@@sin4406 and you, my friend, are the ravenclaw

@@meandtheweirdos I take the tests and I normally come out to be either a Slytherin or Hufflepuff but in this situation yeah I kind of do play the role of a Ravenclaw

Nice sickle pfp, druid-comrade

God I really wish he was my neighbor

@@yourlocaldemon2195 i wish i had neighbors worth anything

The islanders though

and the fact they’re all themed to the characters

And the rest of the party showing off the boxes is adorable🥺

i love ricky's fire engine red dice box. I want one.

​@@joannabrooks8599 "ILL SHOW MINE LATER 😡" I love ally

Awkward badass energy

unholy_ghost111 Himbos

That's just Zac oyama babeeeeeeeeeeey

.....and then theres lapen

Theresa now there’s cumulus

Fr I was pleasantly surprised when she said “You leave that bachelorette alone! She’s got a good long life ahead of her!”

‘Emily is one of the best D and D players there is… She was also sent from hell to kill me’ -Brennan Lee Mulligan

Make that 'one of' and 'd&d' and I 100% agree

@@xombiexd Nah because if Brennan wasn't DM I don't think these would be as great at all. His flexibility and his witty remarks and jokes really carry these campaigns

i disagree i preffer adam

My top 3 favorite college humor members Brenan Adam Zac

he literally saved college humour singlehandedly

RIGHT?!?!?!

They were improv partners for literal years so I think that explains a lot.

@@elizabethlockhart2103 Them being very good friends helps too.

Nat 1: he’s your dad Nat 20: he’s your daddy*

@@big924 nah he said he ain’t kinky

Gorgug?

Grogrug: “are you my dad?”

Or, well, not-so-straight (or cis)

@@johnnyshortfor lol I was just gonna say that. I’m pretty sure Pete IS straight, though. Isn’t he? I just started this campaign, so I’m not sure.

@@awkwardukulele6077 I don’t know either, but I don’t think so? I think he’s bi or pan or something like that, but that’s hearsay from me

I've never heard those words before but I felt my bones turn to goop.

Bruh I literally flinched

And most of the drugs

Anyone who doesn’t know, they’ve been married for a while. They’re so great.

@@joe.5103 Loved their "Hot Date" series)

They're always so lovely together

They are so wholesome

@Anton Kishkowsky Yes, Its awesome! My gf and I have rewatched the first season a couple times.

Maybe it's because they're married

that has the same energy as adiane saying “Magic is real and so is my frog!”

1:43:40

I thought the SAME freakin thing-- Daddy issues right off the bat Lmao

I'm waiting for, "Are You My Dad?"

Yeah, well, they're the generation for it, aren't they? I'm just a bit older, and even like 40% of my friends have daddy issues.

The 'D' in 'Dimension 20' is for 'daddy issues'

C. A. The ‘D’ and the ‘I’. Daddy. Issues.

I love watching him and Emily, the goldenrod/fig interactions in fantasy high were great. But Lou just leans in to the epic moments and Brennen just eats it up. Seacaster manor, bill seacasters last stand, the bloodball games, fighting on the dragons back etc... Lou and Brennan have awesome energy crafting epic scenes... when the rolls go his way and don't cause him to run in terror continually or slip off of tables and side rails.

year late to this conversation, but he was really good in NADDPOD, episode ...60 ish? They played off each other so well!

Never forget Hilda Hilda.

Sean?

@@jasonkimbrel8212 tomato tamato

"Comfort Ax" lmfaooo

Brian?

@@uncomfortable_1558Brennan

@@uncomfortable_1558 *Brennan I’m assuming

I was starting to wonder if they were all about to be severely broken people XD Still ready for some surprises down the road of course!

Half the cast is broken people, the other half have all their stuff together.

@@wolfofsummerbreeze So true, half the story is always "My family doesn't love me and I have depression" and then literally everyone else is "I ride the dragon, killing the god of death with my bare hands while my loving family cheers for me"

I think it might have been intentional in the best way possible

Yknow considering Brennan and the amazingly casual ways he does representation, perhaps this isn’t too far off

I agree with the comments above. With how he represents characters in every facet, he is an extremely thoughtful and empathetic person.

tro?

​@@j-bob_oreo Very tro

Wait til crown of candy

@@wolfofsummerbreeze such a stark shift in character style for CoC. He plays it amazingly

He likes Himbos

i dont understand, could you maybe elaborate on why you thought it was so sinister? sorry

@10,000 bees in a trenchcoat Well it's the fact that those famous lyrics (to "New York, New York" by Frank Sinatra) are being said by something that sounds incredibly evil, and using them to imply that it's coming out of whatever dark place it's currently residing in. It's just a brilliant way of setting up the Big Bad in this campaign, which was developed as a huge love letter to New York and New York culture.

It IS indeed pretty fuckin terrifying. But as a fan of the song, it still kills me hearing the song lyrics being used with like nobody acknowledging at all.

​@@Spooderman-sq5ujI took the laughter after Brennan said the first line as acknowledgement, I think they all know the song lyrics lol

Worst part?....i used to do this......and o feel kinda called out lol

Fr had me hooked

Start spreading the news / I'm leaving today / I want to be a part of it / New York, New York

Seriously, Ally's description of her typical night hit me hard.

@@wouldiwasshookspeared4087 their* (ally uses they/them)

Imagine if he'd rolled to start on anyone else! Now banish the thought

100% this, I love the energy they created here

Wait, I thought D&D was always improv with a gay twist?

@@jare3959 yeah

We love our trash goblin dad.

Emily Axeford's improv rocks my universe

Have you checked out Brennan (the DM)'s comic with Molly Ostertag, Strong Female Protagonist? I just binge-read it and it's SO GOOD. If you enjoyed this, I think you'll dig that, too.

It's the little details that can truly bring a story to life

I'm using him to learn how to dm

If you like this type of stuff watch not another dnd podcast and or trinyvale they are both great campaigns

Omg, I was homeschooled and do this too- is that a homeschool thing?? XD

_I do it too but not homeschooled- weird kid quirk as well?_

I do this too but I started it bc of Phil from Dan and Phil and I haven't been able to stop in the past 8 years

He essentially is by doing this

He needs more lol. But true.​@shotosynthesis312

Brennan doing audiobooks would be OP.

BRO SAME, I WAS LIKE “...huh?”

Yeah every time she says it I'm like.... 😲

Same

The prophecy

We all have ptsd. In 2025 everyone will react to that word like it's 9/11

It makes sense

I, too, rolled a nat 1 on insight for a second there.

@@uhkingdom alas, that 8 year old is not your dad.

@@yellowstalk6653 you can't say that for SURE.

@@oscarpines7927 Exactly bro, Chronomancy is wild.

I've watched a lot of D&D content, even in the era before CritRole when it was harder to find. Brennan is by far my favorite DM from any group I've encountered. You should give NADDPOD (Not Another D&D Podcast) a try if you haven't already and you're looking for more content to consume. Murph is the DM over there and Emily is one of the regular players, and sometimes other D20 cast members make appearances on there and it's great too.

This has better pacing

I needed this in my life so badly

Thanks!

+

"love is eternal", "mastery", and, for some reason, "manuscript".

Yeah, that seems right. (*Ba dum tish*)

Love ends at them STRANGLING HANDS

And one of the letters in love is turned sideways lol

I'm probably wrong, but I got the impression (maybe it was just because of his appearance) that Dr. Lugash might be a golem whose creator erased the ת in the אמת on his forehead to let him become human.

Thanks for the reference when I rewatch.

Obrigado Thank you Gracias Arigato

@@TheBestGoblinKing .....mr roboto

@@guywhotellsthetime1585 thank you friend, you were brave enough to say what we all were thinking

Thank you.

This is one of the most correct opinions I’ve ever seen

ABSOLUTE ACCURATE TAKE

Most sane Brennan character portrayal: