the reveal 

i have played dnd for years and completely forgot that "barbarian healing" doesnt fucking exist. this was the craziest twist in d20 history

The way that Brennan looks Murph dead in the eyes, the Investigator Rogue extraordinaire, a fellow DM who knows the rules front to back, *"What the fuck is Barbarian Healing?"*

Even in the biggest payoff of plot this season Zac manages to sneak in a classic one liner- "I knew he was a bad teacher!". God I love how Zac has played Gorgug this season

In Captain Holt's voice: *"VINDICATIOOOOOOOON!!!"*

i was genuinely jumping and screaming at the fact that this has been brewing for FIVE FUCKING YEARS

What's so funn is I went into this season mistrusting Porter and then Brennan had to gaslight everyone into liking him so the betrayal felt more real.

Porter takes over as host of Game Changer: “I’ve been bad the whole time!”

The “barbarian healing” comment. Brennan said it with such great acting and with such confidence it fully flew over like almost everyone heads 😭

1000$ Aguefort knows Porter’s true identity. He knows Porter needs people to literally worship rage and conquest to end the world, but that ironically makes him a great teacher for barbarians

I’m being so real, this might be the best episode of d20 ever. Like any season. I was so engrossed in the whole thing, the reveal, the jokes, the lore

Dropout:this episode is 3 hours long prepare accordingly Me by the end of the episode:wow... Three hours was not long enough

Lunch lady Doreen said it way back in episode 2, "Don't trust the faculty". Every single one of those mother fers are plotting some shit.

brennan was so tired of being psychologically tortured by sam that he just went and pulled a sam gotta love his smug ass look while everyone is so shocked lmao

Can we just give it up for the dome effects this season? 0:57 The D20 team has truly outdone themselves this season

I love how when Zac says “fucking porter” the background slowly turns red which matches his anger at the realization

I truly lost my shit when this happened. My favourite episode in a long time, maybe ever because of the meteor shower and how completely EVERYTHING was revealed.

And Ally is STILL CONVINCED Kalina is bad! She gave you this info Ally! Ally please!!!

Between this and Loose Duke, all of Emily's crazy conspiracies have come true!

Aguefort having an entire Rogue's gallery working in the staff all with their own plans on how to change the world the way they want but not being able to do shit till Aguefort leaves.

It's so crazy in hindsight because there were even meta clues for viewers. Brennan mentioned at some point that the holy artifact of the dead goddess is a hammer and Porter's art shows him with this runed hammer made of stone that looks ancient af.

I was SHRIEKING in joy because I, like Emily, never trusted him.

That last time I felt this blindsided and shocked was when Calroy Cruller betrayed Amethar Rocks 💯

From the moment we found out Porter was a paladin I was certain his god was the rage God, rage was literally the only thing he ever talked about and hes giantkin, the glove fit absolutely perfectly. I'm so glad that we know he's evil now so people can stop trying to defend his teaching methods lmao

Now knowing Brennan was always planning on porter being a secret villain is so funny cause now it makes me wonder how pissed/astonished emily caught onto him being bad just 2 sessions in to this setting xD.

The fact that I remembered Ragh saying “barbarian healing” in sophomore year but I thought it was just Ragh being Ragh. It completely slipped my mind even though I rewatched sophomore year before this season came out

I remember thinking how Ragh was able to see Kalina was a loose end for season 2, but let that slip away. Truly incredible.

As soon as I saw the clip, I was screaming at my friend "Barbarian HEALING... WHAT THE FUCK IS BARBARIAN HEALING" I genuinely just got it right there and then. Even though I've played a ton of DnD and watched season 1 and 2 multiple times, so I should've known. But I didn't.

Love that this was the payoff he was talking about when Emily said in that interview that she decided not to retire Fig because Brenan said he had something really important for her. Also can't wait for next episode, preview looks like its the thing Ally did that almost made Brenan quit lol.

Playing a clip on the outside of the dome was such a cool move

Same energy: “Lose duke has been on the ship the whole time”

Im so happy this show got to this point where people could all remember at the same time when the season 2 clip plays for the players, i was eyes wide open and silent. one of the best episodes of dnd content ever!

Ever since kalina said Ragh Barkrock I was screaming at the screen about how Porter and Jace were with Ragh before he started seeing kalina but if this is the result of waiting all of those episodes id say its kinda worth it

Nothing would be more reality shattering than seeing your dm projected on the walls around you

My favorite part was Brennan shaking he was so giddy and excited to finally reveal this secret😂😂

I was making my sibling eggs and I had to lay my head on the countertop, head in hands, and then I was borderline hyperventilating from laughing. I'm not even mad

Being a DM is really magical when the work pays off.

The soundtrack this season has been phenomenal at setting the scene

Oh man the multiclass too - 5e paladins have that aura where charisma is added right? If he has 20 strength and 20 charisma hes gonna be a tough bitch to fight. Literally the class for damage and the class for defense in one.

Congratulations to Brennan for managing to keep that secret for so long, not least because Emily called it the very first time she saw him.

Aguefort needs a new hr person asap, half the staff is evil!

1:30 Love Emily just leaning back and taking it in that she was absolutely right

Knew it. The moment he wanted Gorgug to get so mad was when it clicked.

The editors are always good but the slow zoom on Brennan as he started Riz-monologuing was great

Barbarian Healing wouldn't have tipped me. I mean, since when has any game run by Brennan been 100% vanilla and straight down the line?

This was so damn good. My wife and I watched Freshman year ahead of this season debuting, and as we watched it, I said to her, "What do you want to bet Brennan has been holding onto this Porter thing" I felt beyond vindicated!

they are so damn good at creating an atmosphere! I got chills all over

I love that this season all the callbacks to freshman year. Vulture dimension, ghost steak, now fig’s assumption about porter and honestly, I was always with her about the fact that there was something off about porter. I love how d20 always manages to work in everything the guys add to the plot of fantasy high as well as everything campaign they hold.

Brennan pulled an Aabria and he was so proud 😎 will never forget you Dr Wenabocker

To me the biggest clue that I just blindly accepted is how bad of a teacher Porter is. Brennan KNOWS kids. Misfits and Magic was an entire season of Brennan dunking on the failures of education systems BUT he never admitted that porter's methods with gorgug were straight up bad and unhealthy. Not ONCE did porter do the obvious thing and ask gorgug if being barbarian was right for him. Porter only told Gorgug to get angry. And Brennan never drew the proper focus to it. I just went along with it assuming that was just the character Brennan had made. Nope. What a fucker.

This is genuinely one of the best reveals in D20. What they’ve been able to do with the dome season to season is so cool and immersive

Brennan is a crazy person in all the best ways

Loved the way this played out. While I caught a lot of the clues (scales being converted into a warhammer, his paladin ancestor oath, the fact that as Brennan said in Adventuring Party it would be so funny if Fig was right especially now that people kinda trusted him), I could never quite bring myself there as I was like "well if he's evil doesn't that sort of mess with the message about rage isn't bad?" Looking at it now, I guess that doesn't necessarily hold and I'm super excited to see how that ties into the final episodes. I did suspect Porter was going to be important to this whole thing somehow because he more than any other teacher had so much knowledge of the Bad Kids adventures (choke on grapes, Ayda calling Gorgug the greatest wizard of our time, etc.), but I couldn't quite piece it together how until this scene started playing and I gasped at the barbarian healing that I had absolutely missed despite rewatching the scene recently. And then I thought it was so neat how he weaved this together as a recent thing only for Brennan to drop the whole "I've been sitting on this for five years" and I became even more impressed with him managing to not only craft this but then manage to keep it a secret up until this moment despite all the incredible sleuthing the Intrepid Heroes did this season and previous seasons. This was an absolute masterwork and I would be thrilled if I ever DMed something a fraction as cool as this.

I was absolutely gobsmacked. My jaw dropped. A chill went down my spine. I was absolutely speechless. Best reveal in D20 history!

I knew it omg I SCREAMED when this happened crazy how he kept it a secret for FIVE YEARS!

The barbarian and the sorcerer are the most classes ever to be an evil duo. Wizards and Paladin duo out, Barbarian and Sorcerer in!!

The flashback video really recontextualized Brennan’s comment that he’d “never been more prepared to honor a nat 20”!

The live Discussion chat for this was actually going insane, it was wild

Ive been screaming at my friends how weird it was for Rahg to see Kalina that specific moment 😂 Fig writing if he is still evil or not at the last possible moment is just so Emily

I have been screaming since last night

I FEEL SO VINDICATED

this episode was insane. so good

I mean like goddamn, such a great twist!! Porter was probably my favorite NPC in the series, I always thought he was tough on Gorgug in a way to bring out the best from him. But goddamn is this done in such a satisfying way, I just can't wait to see how this all goes down.

*It was Porter all along plays*

For anyone wondering- Fantasy High Season 2 Episode 4, at around the 50 minute mark.

This was one of the greatest scenes . Brennan Bringing his A game this season

Emily manifested Porter's villainy into existence (as confirmed by a later clip). The power she wields is legendary

God, the malicious joy in Brennan's eyes is contagious! You can just tell he's been DYING to let this one out of the bag for years!

“Five years of my real life” I felt that SO HARD

im going to be honest, I assumed he just meant ‘i used a medicine kit’ but it was flavored

How has this man never written a fantasy series. World class storytelling.

I did find it weird that he said Fig shouldn't choose Cassandra.. but I still believed he was just a normal guy wtfff xD

The betrayal felt too fking REAL as an audience IT WAS CRAZY TO HEAR FIRST THING IN THE MORNING😂

I have zero context for the entirety of this video but god damn was that some great production. Really pulls you into the vibe

The music during this scene was incredible. Honestly everyone that's been working behind the scenes and editing are simply amazing.

This is HANDS DOWN my favorite season of dimension 20

That smug look on Brennan's face as he watches it finally dawn on everyone tho

This was BRENNAN at his *most* LEE MULLIGAN

The music combined with the projection and the insane lore drop and the FRICKIN CELLO. BLeeM Is an absolute madlad and this episode was insane

i was so stoked that even though i suspected porter ahead of the time, this reveal still managed to floor me. very well done Mr. BLeeM.

THE REPEATING GOT ME SOOOO GOOD

God the CRT and VCR effects on the dome animations were so cool!

Man, I've got a similar twist for my party that I've been holding onto since session 3 and I can't wait for them to figure it out! Good on Brennan for this!

Arthur Aguefort is out here making Dumbledore run for his money by collecting as many bad guys for his faculty.

can we take a moment to appreciate the music for those sequence? it is so enrapturing

i love the music as Brennan points to Murph/Riz

I remember when that happened years ago and I was like wtf is barbarian healing, that is sus, and now Ragh sees Calina and then Tracker similarly caught Calinaitis from Sandra Lynn, but the Porter thing was never followed up on and I was like, ok, I guess it's NBD then XD

As someone who has never played or watched anything dnd prior to watching FH FY/SY for the first time, Ragh describing having minor injuries and then saying that Porter did some “barbarian healing” made me pause and go hmm that’s kinda sus and then moved on… this reveal was so exciting

Can I just say that the world-building in this episode was *chef's kiss* 💯

This was genuinely such a shock. I haven’t felt this much devastation and betrayal and absolute madness since Crown of Candy

Brennan's delivery of this was just PERFECT. I have watched this scene over and over and over and over again. I love it.

This was so freaking cool. This season is the best actual play I've ever watched.

All I want is to experience this once first hand. To sit there, play whatever TTRPG of choice and be genuinely surprised.

i binged watched the entire series from season 1 to now in three weeks, so I didn't have the 5 year long wait, but boy did I scream

I was screaming, crying, throwing up, etc.

The smile on Brennan's face. He's so satisfied with himself.

That’s awesome using the flashback in the dome

I always thought it would've been funny if it was never confirmed if Porter was evil or not, but I also kinda wanted it to be true.

I was nearing the end of a rewatch of the previous episodes just to get caught up and watch for little things....guess I gotta start over now.

The walls playing flashbacks from shomophore year was INSANE

I literally saw a tweet about this suggesting that she was saying Ragh in reference to that exact moment and it has been living rent free in my mind. That person must feel SOO VINDICATED