13:31: "Oh, I have no intention of fighting you. But my friend, my friend is a different story." A fight breaks out between the group and the wooden statue. From off in the distance comes the haunting voice: "I waaaaaarned youuuuu!"
i like the wording of that because it means if they win then she "cant" fight them because that would mean going back on her word and as we learn next strahd doesn't like lying
The gothic horror can break such a character, this is in no way suggesting that a DM should aim to break a character, but I remember playing CoS and having the life drained from my halfling who was lowkey meant to be the parties comedic relive character. To be fair, our DM didn't resurrect us and we lost two characters in a modified version of the death house
...when he notices: the Ninja Turtle, Donatello a gnome in a peacock outfit a lizardfolk with a potato sack over his head ...and someone he recognizes. It's just Krusk.
Without reading it, it's very obvious the bones were the reason the town was safe, and the baron just mistakenly believed it was people being happy that did it.
I mean, you may as well hear him out; he's not going to kill you if you do... not immediately anyway. Refusing him just likely hastens your death (or at least makes your life quite inconvenient). Strahd is not a nice guy by any stretch of the imagination, but he is a man of his word.
17:23 "We still can't go even [if] we wanted to because we're busy. We have an assassination. We've got the festival coming up tomorrow. We can't make it, even if we wanted to." You have just transposed _The Princess Bride_ 's Prince Humperdink's wedding problems onto your D&D characters!
@@alexanderzhmurov9624 In life, there is no ultimate villain. Sometimes you don't have all the information and you have to make a choice. I think that's what's going on here. Nobody is good, we're just doing our best.
@@Speed001 Nobody is good but as society we ought to value actions and people that help us collectively, not for abstract virtue but because it directly improves our own odds of survival. Ot's why altruism is a natural instinct to most humans, not talking about psychopaths and other people with mental disabilities, it's in our own egotistic interests to reward those that make our world better and our community stronger.
Im DM'ing a game of Strahd, and I love how drastically different your groups experience is from mine. Shows how much small changes and different choices can completly differentiate one one game from another
"Heh, 'grasp'. On the town. Cuz, y'know, he's got a magic arm." Oh Gouda, you precious cinnamon bun. EDIT: When he did the rant about the ghosts, I had to go back and listen to it four more times. It is HILARIOUS.
I once gave my players a cursed ring that had a revenant soul tied to it. The creature would attack the player wearing the ring once every night at random times. The only way to be rid of the attacks was to have a thief steal the ring (you couldn't just take it off) or have someone steal the ring and slip it onto the finger of the person who created it. Once the revenant killed the ring maker, both the ring and the undead would be destroyed. The NPC who made it would mail it to his targets and it was a lavish ring magicked to give the impression it was a ring of true seeing. If the undead killed the ring bearer, it took the ring and vanished, returning it to the Crafter to be mailed to the next target. My players were ones who had made many enemies and the ring was mailed to them as a gift.
Moderately familiar with, but never actually played much Ravenloft, so I'm loving to hear these stories. The issue with the number of things to do strikes a particular chord, as we had a running comment in one campaign about how our "quest log is full."
I had an idea for a character concept based on the stories of creepy people wanting to play under aged children, basically a 30yo mage who was physically transformed into a 10yo via a wild magic cascade due to a failed experiment involving wild magic., who is pissed off and annoyed by that, and looking for a way to fix his situation.
Actually not a single character I have played has been over twenty years old, though I am sort of a forever DM. Only two use magic, my teleporting shadow elf boy and a little pirate girl who is not what she seems. She's part beholder. She doesn't really use her eye rays though cuz she has to keep them secret so she has a sword and a flintlock pistol. Other than that she has only one spell but any actual spell she uses only has a 1% chance of working. Yeah, I like to make creative characters.
@@CallenExile I figured if you're going to play an under aged character then being the elder person turned into a child idea is probably the best way to do it as it also adds some funny moments where they get annoyed because they can't act their real age, like forgetting that you can't drink anymore.
Critical Role is good, but is a lot to go through in one sitting. I got up to episode 15 or so in the CR campaign 2 and got burned out with it. Puffin's videos are nice and condensed. Like Anders said, you don't have to slog through all the rolls and every little bit of game mechanics, here you can just sit back and listen to Puffin narrating.
Puffin, watching your videos right away is an offer I can’t refuse. I don’t have a life. Edit: I was implying that only I don’t have a life, I’m sure others have them. Sorry if I offended anyone
Still have a job, fiancee, 3 kids. I'd call that a life. These videos remind of the (different) good times I had before all that and I genuinely wish I could sit 'ol Puffin down for a 'thank you beer' or 6. So many hours of mirth and merriment with good friends and he manages to capture that spirit. I won't say we need it right now, but we can damned sure use it. Cheers.
@@door1722 Hard to do man. Sorry if I gave that impression. I'm pretty sure we're all here for the same thing. Hope you enjoy whatever "life" is any way you can.
My party has a rouge-monk multiclass character from a noble background. When he saw the state of the town, he came to the only logical conclusion for a solution- kill the Baron. He insisted on burning down the Baron's house, so we did, killing the Baron and his wife. Later at the tavern, a woman came to the tavern, and somehow ticked off our rouge monk. So he killed her. Turns out she was the cult leader. Then later, Izek came to hunt us down for killing the Baron. Rouge Monk fought him, and since I was bored from not being able to do anything all session, so my Eldricth Knight finished Izek off in three hits. After beheading him, she took his head and put it on a spike in the center of town. After that, no one contested our rise to power. And this all happened in one session. Our party was either level 5 or 6. Our poor dm.. Edits: spelling issues
Holy crap, after hearing Puffin's story of how this module goes, I can only think that either: 2 levels make all the difference in the world, or your dice were on FIRE that session. ...Either that or Puffin's DM really hates his group.
....so ...what you're telling me is that your Rogue Monk was a conquering usurper..? Or rather, perhaps a reincarnation of Vlad the III, the Impaler, Tepes? How ironic, or maybe apt, considering Strahd...
9:30 Awwwww Your innocence is palpable. I mean, you're thinking about it as a D&D player and not a Gothic Horror fan. Crazy, half-mad woman in league with the Big bad and she *doesn't want her kids to know she has her husband's body* which *She keeps in her bed* and *treats as if he was still alive* . If she was just going to resurrect Him why do either of those things?
@Platypus At the risk of taking the bait I'm going to assume you're genuinely asking....Okay, here's the thing about Gothic horror and horror in general. Taboo plays a huge role in creating the atmosphere, from the creation of Adam Frankenstein by unethical experiments to Pennywise the Clown targeting children as a food source. The whole thing that frightening about those ideas is that at their core there is something forbidden or defying of human convention about the action. So. How do you Corrupt the act of an old married couple in bed together? How do you turn love into possession and the sanctity of the dead into something that defies all of the above?
@Mr. 13-- i'm in total agreement with you. While Gothic horror isn't my usual cup o'tea(i perfer Noir), it's a facinating subject to dissect. All the most iconic Horror monsters are generally from Gothic origins; Frankenstein/Jason Vorhess (unethical experiments/Necromantic Ressurection), Dracula/Saw(Strange Foreigner/destruction of idealism) and The Wolfman/Pennywise(Degrees of Cannibalism & Cunsumption). It's amazing what normal concepts you can twist for a Gothic horror game. A harmless looking grandmother offering you a small delicious smelling meatpie, for instance.......
@@johnnysizemore5797 Exactly, But what I find amazing is that either puffin dodged that plot point to avoid being demonetized or didn't catch it at all....and that's adorable.
Strahd: sounds like a mafia boss Me in my head: I gave you my trust, mother's cannoli and you betray that trust. That scared cannoli from my mother. Shes dead now but i raised her back. But shes just not the same. Now puffin are you ready to die for your betraying of my trust?
I’m in a Curse of Strahd campaign right now, and when we went to the winery, we lost our bard and paladin (half the party) to those Druids and twig-blights. It was a rough day in Barovia.
These are fantastic! Keep doing them please! I am currently running CoS and I love seeing the twists your DM trows in, and how the players handle situations differently than mine have.
I’m planning on running curse of strahd but I needed a good way to see how everything ties together. Super useful… Also DAMN. The time crunch in curse of strahd is insane. You are dancing around a clock the moment you enter Vallaki. Beyond this, definitely making like a skyrim esque quest log for the players. Mainly to meme but still
...I was thiking Victor' experimental cat might be the same one, and then that would mean that Stella's mind, or an aspect of it is actually within, it would've been quite problematic if they destroyed it only to later realize that... reminds me of when Clerics had a panic attack over unwittingly murdering children in that one Halloween special one-shot... also that whole situation with Victor that's such an ingenious bit of storytelling, so many possibilities to go with it... and how Ben worked in the brides as an element for the storytelling, some people mentioned it before, but yes, very likable :) great work! and Fiona too of course, not to mention I can't wait how that whole business between the party and the hags is going to be resolved, especially Boshack's involvement is of interest to me, seeing how lawful evil warlocks are a staple of mine.., yes indeed, this is actually turning out to be *a lot* like Ben said, so many quest entries, quest log so full! So full! So fun! ...16:04 ...also, I don't know, I feel like Boshack at least could work something out, if not for his relentlessly slef-centered personality, idk, is he a megalomaniac? or who knows maybe even Gouda, maybe she could patch things up for Strahd between him and his son and maybe even his public "image?" With help from Garo of course.... I feel like there are actually quite a bit of a future for this party as NPCs for other tales, a not so merry band of "fixers," rather than straight-laced heroic adventurers, ala detective agency circa 1920s or 30s... I know my character would of course at least try to make some sort of devil's bargain, with extra extra steps and notaries....my character deals a lot with demonic lawyers, a lot ...16:52 ...if we don't know what the Big Bad wants, how can you be certain he's The Bad of the story..? We technically can't say that he is The Villain... no actual direct proof that ties him to the actual evil goings and such and such(and like Ben mentioned, neither do they have much on the Baron, only secondhand, maybe he's not even the one truly in charge of all this "happiness patrol" oppression?) ...and why am I suddenly turning into the Devil's advocate? Or well, a Vampire advocate anyways... Poor Garo, can't wait to see how all of this will turn out for him and his massive file folder, how he's going to manage all of this, how all of this is going to be remembered in his later adventuring days...the poor undying Garo...
Thank you for the story! Obvs can't be done all the time since there's a finite supply of experiences for stories, but I really appreciate how you're sharing this story with us.
Thank you for making this series! this is my second time listening through it. and its just great. I look forward to when you do another series playlist like this ^^
I remember when I played CoS. I was playing a yuan-ti storm sorcerer. When we fought Izek, I would go down in one attack. Our druid would keep bringing me back up. What'd I do? Did I move away from attacks? No! I repeatedly thunderwaved him until I was out of spell spots!
New fan here. Your content is great. I haven't played for many many years however the way you present stuff doesn't make this a problem. I enjoy this long form in the car and the vids at home. Anyway, thanks, and good job you make me laugh.
“Dragonborn, can you help me recover my statue from some Forsworn?” “Sure. One second.” *Puts a new entry into his encyclopedia of quests.* “I should get it back to you by some time about two years from now.” No matter what RPG you play, the long list of quest backlogs stays the same.
how come everytime i find a smallish youtuber several months later they get extremely popular. you deserve all the sucess you have puffin and im glad i could see you grow like this :)
So I'm listening to this and I'm thinking to myself if they had someone in this group that was more towards stealth orientation I wonder if that person could solo up getting the bones I doubt it but you know maybe scout it
so I'm going back and listening to this a second time because I love this series. I realized the first time through that I didn't like any of the videos (maybe the first one) and I know youtube has changed to a more interaction based algorithm. I hope my retroactive interaction helps. Thank you for making this
I liked Ben's Strahd impression, he did a decent job at it . If anyone enjoys the module I highly advise reading I Strahd by PN Elrod ! I have owned it since it's initial release in the 90's and it is by far one of my favorite books! The way Strahd is portrayed in it is a bit different than this incarnation of him but I always preferred how he was in 2nd ed. Many of the other books in the Ravenloft series are great as well like Vampires of the mist by Christy Goldwin ( also involving Strahd), the Knight of the black rose ( about Lord Loren Soth) by Jim Lowder is amazing ( though it's sequel is not as good IMO) as well as many others
I predict that Ehzek was the one protecting the town from Strahd, Fiona's husband is dead, and she believes Strahd can resurrect him, she will let Strahd into the town during the coup. (I havn't played Curse of Strahd and do not know how it goes)
It's up to the DM of the story how things unfold. So maybe Izzek was what was keeping Strahd out? Or maybe Strahd had little reason to attack Vallaki up to this point.
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NPC: asks the party for help
Garo: *adding another page to his files* "we can get to your request in 3-5 business days"
10/10 comment right there!!
Then it will require another 2-6 business days to complete
Sorry, but due to Covid it's going to be 3 - 5 weeks.
We recieved a RUSH Request from the Night Hags demanding the orphans from the church.
I like to think that strahd just watches the party every fight, and snickers every time time gouda makes a joke
Seriously! Who would want to kill her? She's the best.
Truely, a man of pur evil
@@tdragonz2405 you mispelled evil, the true pronounce is EEEEVILLL
@@alecioffi3173
Actually, he misspelled "truly," he misspelled "pure" and you misused AND misspelled "pronunciation."
But who's keeping track?
He probably is...
I love how Strahd in this sounds like a mafia boss
Benjamin Buchanan
Would he leave a horse's head on the parties bed if they didn't do what he asked?
@Boruch Arnold can they afford not to?
He’s more like a mob boss then I really thought he would be
@@devotedicytea minus anything remotely similar.
Kid: I CANT EVEN GET OUTSIDE!
Us: *awkward silence*
ZA WARUDO: Crickets
@@XellosNi we need killer Queen for this.
"You're gonna get asshole-stabby ghosts! I'm a cleric - I seen it, more times than I can count!" I am keeping this quote. It's too good to forget.
I actually used this line during my session tonight lol. We're playing Icewindale and I'm the death cleric lol
13:31: "Oh, I have no intention of fighting you. But my friend, my friend is a different story." A fight breaks out between the group and the wooden statue.
From off in the distance comes the haunting voice: "I waaaaaarned youuuuu!"
that sword would run out of breath in this place :)
i like the wording of that because it means if they win then she "cant" fight them because that would mean going back on her word and as we learn next strahd doesn't like lying
that sword is the best magical item ever
Is that ever going to get old?
@@Reishadowen 478 people and counting say no... 😋
Every DM about to run CoS
“This is going to be so dark and edgy.”
Then you have a Gouda player
No wonder this DM tries to avoid Stan Velsing...
I wouldn't tolarate Gouda in a session like this. This one really pissed me off. But overall, funny as hell
there are good players, and then there are gouda players.
The gothic horror can break such a character, this is in no way suggesting that a DM should aim to break a character, but I remember playing CoS and having the life drained from my halfling who was lowkey meant to be the parties comedic relive character.
To be fair, our DM didn't resurrect us and we lost two characters in a modified version of the death house
I have a party full of Goudas and it’s...challenging
...when he notices:
the Ninja Turtle, Donatello
a gnome in a peacock outfit
a lizardfolk with a potato sack over his head
...and someone he recognizes. It's just Krusk.
...ALWAYS the silly Paladin...
Also that means Ben was the Ninja Turtle, and he made Ogway that must mean he is big fan of Turtles.
@@AMPMASTER10 the turtle f*****s
@@elohimcabrera Crap I set myself up for that. I ment he was most likely a Tmnt fan.
@@AMPMASTER10 true... And also because he likes getting **** ed over by turtles.
The party: We can deal with returning the bones after the festival
Me, reading this module rn: Oh. Oh no.
Yeah I had the same thought. And that was without Meta
Ooh, that means it's about to get *really* good! 😃 Also: spoilers!! 🤐🙃
YEP
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Without reading it, it's very obvious the bones were the reason the town was safe, and the baron just mistakenly believed it was people being happy that did it.
The _________ of ______________ is coming up soon babies woo
The "Do we accept an invite from Straud?" question is like the "Are you a God?" question....
You say YES
Me a non-intellectual, "nah, ima just take a nap"
I mean, you may as well hear him out; he's not going to kill you if you do... not immediately anyway. Refusing him just likely hastens your death (or at least makes your life quite inconvenient). Strahd is not a nice guy by any stretch of the imagination, but he is a man of his word.
Don't tell me what to do!
He promised safe passage to his castle.
Never said anything about leaving it safely.
Ray if someone asks if you are a god you say YES!
Gouda: Magic is for big boys!
Also Gouda: Acts like a child
Puffin: we've been keeping an eye on irena
Me, an intellectual: we've been keeping an *eyerena*
Goddamnit, not another Gouda!
@@scytheseven9173 ey, *GOUDA ONE*
@@gremlinwc8996 stop
@@henry3503 no u
@@gremlinwc8996 I skip your turn
I’m loving this story, your storytelling is the special sauce that takes an ordinary D&D dish and elevates it to gourmet greatness. Delicious!
That's a great analogy xD
Kapten Krok And I’m not a fish
Video title: An offer you cannot refuse
Me: Why do I hear godfather music
Un’offerta che non potrai rifiutare
but which offer that they cant refuse, they've gotten so many of those lately
17:23 "We still can't go even [if] we wanted to because we're busy. We have an assassination. We've got the festival coming up tomorrow. We can't make it, even if we wanted to."
You have just transposed _The Princess Bride_ 's Prince Humperdink's wedding problems onto your D&D characters!
i love that the accent keeps going back and forth between Dracula and a mob boss
“What are the odds that there are two Hitlers in this city?”
“I think we’re gonna have to go with our backup plan...murder!”
Lmao
It seems like in this campaign,
Strahd is the bad guy,
Not because of the people he kills,
But the ones he left alive.
@@BramLastname Yep, that's how dictatorships work.
Yes, yes, indeed, makes one wonder.., who's it really who is the villain of this story...
@@alexanderzhmurov9624 In life, there is no ultimate villain. Sometimes you don't have all the information and you have to make a choice. I think that's what's going on here. Nobody is good, we're just doing our best.
@@Speed001 Nobody is good but as society we ought to value actions and people that help us collectively, not for abstract virtue but because it directly improves our own odds of survival. Ot's why altruism is a natural instinct to most humans, not talking about psychopaths and other people with mental disabilities, it's in our own egotistic interests to reward those that make our world better and our community stronger.
i mean, what are the chances of a town having 2 hitlers?
oh boy, let me tell you...
There is a Hitler and one Stalin
1) Stalin and Hitler were very dissimilar
2) Himmler and Hitler are the same person down to the name
@@jaimeparker2161 they were both dictates that is all I was trying to say
Only two? Fairly low.
Have you heard the old folk tale of far cry 4?
Im DM'ing a game of Strahd, and I love how drastically different your groups experience is from mine. Shows how much small changes and different choices can completly differentiate one one game from another
Indeed!! Indeed!! So very true
2 years later- lol my groups campaign is widely different but I like to hear the similarities
HUZZAH! WHAT A GLORIOUS AND ABSERD DAY! THANK YOU PUFFIN
Thanks I hate it.
The Godfather voice for Strahd killed me 😂
Wanted to reply with the Godfather theme, but that looks really stupid when you try to type it out.
"Heh, 'grasp'. On the town. Cuz, y'know, he's got a magic arm."
Oh Gouda, you precious cinnamon bun.
EDIT: When he did the rant about the ghosts, I had to go back and listen to it four more times. It is HILARIOUS.
when we played through this we didnt have her as a option to leave in charge of the town so we campaigned to put the toy makes monkey in charge
I once gave my players a cursed ring that had a revenant soul tied to it. The creature would attack the player wearing the ring once every night at random times. The only way to be rid of the attacks was to have a thief steal the ring (you couldn't just take it off) or have someone steal the ring and slip it onto the finger of the person who created it. Once the revenant killed the ring maker, both the ring and the undead would be destroyed. The NPC who made it would mail it to his targets and it was a lavish ring magicked to give the impression it was a ring of true seeing. If the undead killed the ring bearer, it took the ring and vanished, returning it to the Crafter to be mailed to the next target. My players were ones who had made many enemies and the ring was mailed to them as a gift.
Moderately familiar with, but never actually played much Ravenloft, so I'm loving to hear these stories.
The issue with the number of things to do strikes a particular chord, as we had a running comment in one campaign about how our "quest log is full."
Ezmerelda was a beast during my party's run of CoS. Cool character and very useful to have around.
Barons son: I’ve been locked up here for as long as I could remember
Me in quarantine: same here bro
PCs: First time?
22:43 "You've been practicing necromancy? That's a BIG BOY magic!!!" - This had me in stitches.
Wheeeee!
"Magic is for adults!" Me staring from the corner with my 14 year old elf ranger boy who uses magic all the time.
I had an idea for a character concept based on the stories of creepy people wanting to play under aged children, basically a 30yo mage who was physically transformed into a 10yo via a wild magic cascade due to a failed experiment involving wild magic., who is pissed off and annoyed by that, and looking for a way to fix his situation.
Actually not a single character I have played has been over twenty years old, though I am sort of a forever DM. Only two use magic, my teleporting shadow elf boy and a little pirate girl who is not what she seems. She's part beholder. She doesn't really use her eye rays though cuz she has to keep them secret so she has a sword and a flintlock pistol. Other than that she has only one spell but any actual spell she uses only has a 1% chance of working. Yeah, I like to make creative characters.
Children characters are fun, my favorite are sorcerers. A ten year old girl with wild magic is the funniest shit.
@@Nyghtking Sounds like Nyx from Fire Emblem: Fates.
@@CallenExile I figured if you're going to play an under aged character then being the elder person turned into a child idea is probably the best way to do it as it also adds some funny moments where they get annoyed because they can't act their real age, like forgetting that you can't drink anymore.
During this time working at the fire department has been rough but your videos always find a way to being a smile to my face!! Thank you!!
For some reason I cant get invested into Critical Role but I am INSANELY INVESTED in this story. I rank these videos as 10/10
I its because with this you can follow the story without it getting bogged down in the "game", and it helps that each episode isn't four hours long.
Critical Role is good, but is a lot to go through in one sitting. I got up to episode 15 or so in the CR campaign 2 and got burned out with it. Puffin's videos are nice and condensed. Like Anders said, you don't have to slog through all the rolls and every little bit of game mechanics, here you can just sit back and listen to Puffin narrating.
@@krampusklaws2238 Made it to 17. And I watch their one shots or Undeadwood
Yup
Same here, mad props to them but same
Wow, That was surprisingly easy.
That is not something I want to hear moments before I die.
Fighting Mimic Tear in Elden Ring be like:
Puffin, watching your videos right away is an offer I can’t refuse.
I don’t have a life.
Edit: I was implying that only I don’t have a life, I’m sure others have them. Sorry if I offended anyone
Do any of us right now?
I have a life, but I still can't refuse a puffin video as soon as it posts regardless. Especially these new longer ones. :)
Still have a job, fiancee, 3 kids. I'd call that a life. These videos remind of the (different) good times I had before all that and I genuinely wish I could sit 'ol Puffin down for a 'thank you beer' or 6. So many hours of mirth and merriment with good friends and he manages to capture that spirit. I won't say we need it right now, but we can damned sure use it. Cheers.
evilestmonkeey It’s good to remember the fun moments. Sorry if I offended you in any way.
@@door1722 Hard to do man. Sorry if I gave that impression. I'm pretty sure we're all here for the same thing. Hope you enjoy whatever "life" is any way you can.
You won't believe how much I been anticipating the continuation of this series. Took some warming up to but I really like it now.
I love these stories! I love how your DM used the wives of Strahd in your stories.
Loving this series puffin. :)
It's lovely seeing someone elses experience with Crust of Strahd, it's a totally different flavour of catastrophic mess to my party's!
The Crust of Strahd is thick and crispy.
My party has a rouge-monk multiclass character from a noble background. When he saw the state of the town, he came to the only logical conclusion for a solution- kill the Baron. He insisted on burning down the Baron's house, so we did, killing the Baron and his wife. Later at the tavern, a woman came to the tavern, and somehow ticked off our rouge monk. So he killed her. Turns out she was the cult leader. Then later, Izek came to hunt us down for killing the Baron. Rouge Monk fought him, and since I was bored from not being able to do anything all session, so my Eldricth Knight finished Izek off in three hits. After beheading him, she took his head and put it on a spike in the center of town. After that, no one contested our rise to power.
And this all happened in one session. Our party was either level 5 or 6. Our poor dm..
Edits: spelling issues
Didja getcher own demiplane in Ravenloft for all that? Kudos!
Holy crap, after hearing Puffin's story of how this module goes, I can only think that either: 2 levels make all the difference in the world, or your dice were on FIRE that session.
...Either that or Puffin's DM really hates his group.
....so ...what you're telling me is that your Rogue Monk was a conquering usurper..? Or rather, perhaps a reincarnation of Vlad the III, the Impaler, Tepes? How ironic, or maybe apt, considering Strahd...
And that's not the only thing my group's got away with either.... Our dice seem to appreciate chaotic stupid desicions
Claire Bowers hmmmm
That poor little manacled gazer!
Also, love that Strahd is also the Godfather.
No Stan velsing mention 0/10 terrible episode
"Worst. Episode. Ever."
@@IAmAlgolei "I will only watch it 9 more times... today."
Cause he wasn't there for this session.
@@NoodleKeeper oh you're right. It's all good.
@@SairinEarthsea He was though, right? Didn't he finish the absent-session in the first three minutes?
I love these stories, it's like an audio book being read, and helping me deal with the isolation here.
I love this series so much. Makes me miss playing more than anything.
You just gave Strahd a leitmotif. Wow... Sideways would be proud.
9:30
Awwwww Your innocence is palpable.
I mean, you're thinking about it as a D&D player and not a Gothic Horror fan.
Crazy, half-mad woman in league with the Big bad and she *doesn't want her kids to know she has her husband's body* which *She keeps in her bed* and *treats as if he was still alive* .
If she was just going to resurrect Him why do either of those things?
@Platypus At the risk of taking the bait I'm going to assume you're genuinely asking....Okay, here's the thing about Gothic horror and horror in general. Taboo plays a huge role in creating the atmosphere, from the creation of Adam Frankenstein by unethical experiments to Pennywise the Clown targeting children as a food source. The whole thing that frightening about those ideas is that at their core there is something forbidden or defying of human convention about the action.
So. How do you Corrupt the act of an old married couple in bed together? How do you turn love into possession and the sanctity of the dead into something that defies all of the above?
@Mr. 13-- i'm in total agreement with you. While Gothic horror isn't my usual cup o'tea(i perfer Noir), it's a facinating subject to dissect. All the most iconic Horror monsters are generally from Gothic origins; Frankenstein/Jason Vorhess (unethical experiments/Necromantic Ressurection), Dracula/Saw(Strange Foreigner/destruction of idealism) and The Wolfman/Pennywise(Degrees of Cannibalism & Cunsumption).
It's amazing what normal concepts you can twist for a Gothic horror game. A harmless looking grandmother offering you a small delicious smelling meatpie, for instance.......
@@johnnysizemore5797 Exactly, But what I find amazing is that either puffin dodged that plot point to avoid being demonetized or didn't catch it at all....and that's adorable.
@Mr.13-- i'm thinking Puffin just didn't want to think of the implications(especially the idea of Nercrophillia)...
Johnny Sizemore I’m thinking he likes making money off of this channel and not angering the algorithm gods with necrophilia
Love this series, can’t wait for the next episode. Your storytelling is amazing with or without animation.
I love listening to these especially since I like the game and quarantine is stopping it
what about online
@@catattackmakesmusicsometimes thats a lot of computer nerd work. Im more into the social nerding.
@@mikestrouse I didn't ask but ok.
@@catattackmakesmusicsometimes .... you said what about online.... was that not a question???
@@mikestrouse I didn't ask _you_.
Strahd: sounds like a mafia boss
Me in my head: I gave you my trust, mother's cannoli and you betray that trust. That scared cannoli from my mother. Shes dead now but i raised her back. But shes just not the same. Now puffin are you ready to die for your betraying of my trust?
"I've seen anime before, I know where this is going." My ears touched while laughing. Thanks Ben. 4,988 ups.
I’m in a Curse of Strahd campaign right now, and when we went to the winery, we lost our bard and paladin (half the party) to those Druids and twig-blights.
It was a rough day in Barovia.
I like the one manacle around the baby beholderkin's eyestalk.
really enjoying these! would love more in the future
Really enjoying this longer form of storytelling for the videos. And I get more caught up in the characters when I hear more of the story. Well done!
awww, they even chained up the gazer.
And he's crying! Poor little buddy! Talk about unjust!
Who else here has been loving these stories?
I cant tell how much I love this story.
Am I the only one that thinks it's absolutely adorable in a sad kind of way that they had a little tiny chain for Snacks too?
When i was playing a my Preppy Wizard, i managed to get Victor as a n apprentice by convinceing his Dad to sign him up....
Loving this series! It's a-gouda one!
These are fantastic! Keep doing them please! I am currently running CoS and I love seeing the twists your DM trows in, and how the players handle situations differently than mine have.
I love all the puns, they're so Gouda 😁
I’m planning on running curse of strahd but I needed a good way to see how everything ties together. Super useful…
Also DAMN. The time crunch in curse of strahd is insane. You are dancing around a clock the moment you enter Vallaki. Beyond this, definitely making like a skyrim esque quest log for the players. Mainly to meme but still
I'm loving this story! I really need to get back into D&D, stupid shift work makes it tough though. I haven't played since 3.5 edition!
Couldn't help bursting out laughing at the 28 min mark. Those costumes.
...I was thiking Victor' experimental cat might be the same one, and then that would mean that Stella's mind, or an aspect of it is actually within, it would've been quite problematic if they destroyed it only to later realize that... reminds me of when Clerics had a panic attack over unwittingly murdering children in that one Halloween special one-shot...
also that whole situation with Victor that's such an ingenious bit of storytelling, so many possibilities to go with it... and how Ben worked in the brides as an element for the storytelling, some people mentioned it before, but yes, very likable :) great work!
and Fiona too of course, not to mention I can't wait how that whole business between the party and the hags is going to be resolved, especially Boshack's involvement is of interest to me, seeing how lawful evil warlocks are a staple of mine..,
yes indeed, this is actually turning out to be *a lot* like Ben said, so many quest entries, quest log so full! So full! So fun!
...16:04 ...also, I don't know, I feel like Boshack at least could work something out, if not for his relentlessly slef-centered personality, idk, is he a megalomaniac? or who knows maybe even Gouda, maybe she could patch things up for Strahd between him and his son and maybe even his public "image?" With help from Garo of course.... I feel like there are actually quite a bit of a future for this party as NPCs for other tales, a not so merry band of "fixers," rather than straight-laced heroic adventurers, ala detective agency circa 1920s or 30s... I know my character would of course at least try to make some sort of devil's bargain, with extra extra steps and notaries....my character deals a lot with demonic lawyers, a lot
...16:52 ...if we don't know what the Big Bad wants, how can you be certain he's The Bad of the story..? We technically can't say that he is The Villain... no actual direct proof that ties him to the actual evil goings and such and such(and like Ben mentioned, neither do they have much on the Baron, only secondhand, maybe he's not even the one truly in charge of all this "happiness patrol" oppression?) ...and why am I suddenly turning into the Devil's advocate? Or well, a Vampire advocate anyways...
Poor Garo, can't wait to see how all of this will turn out for him and his massive file folder, how he's going to manage all of this, how all of this is going to be remembered in his later adventuring days...the poor undying Garo...
'Disguises are for low lives' proceeds to murder the head of the guard and two other people in an alleyway to overthrow the local government
This is a really nice series. I love your animation, but I appreciate the additional content and am particularly fond of the more detailed stories.
Thank you for the story! Obvs can't be done all the time since there's a finite supply of experiences for stories, but I really appreciate how you're sharing this story with us.
Using "From Russia with Love" for Strahd's entrance is dope
Curse of strahd more like curse of over booking
Why you chain da poor gazer he’s so sad now :(
Thank you for making this series! this is my second time listening through it. and its just great. I look forward to when you do another series playlist like this ^^
I remember when I played CoS. I was playing a yuan-ti storm sorcerer. When we fought Izek, I would go down in one attack. Our druid would keep bringing me back up. What'd I do? Did I move away from attacks? No! I repeatedly thunderwaved him until I was out of spell spots!
New fan here. Your content is great. I haven't played for many many years however the way you present stuff doesn't make this a problem. I enjoy this long form in the car and the vids at home. Anyway, thanks, and good job you make me laugh.
“Dragonborn, can you help me recover my statue from some Forsworn?”
“Sure. One second.” *Puts a new entry into his encyclopedia of quests.* “I should get it back to you by some time about two years from now.”
No matter what RPG you play, the long list of quest backlogs stays the same.
I'm a fan of these, it is something nice and relaxing to do at the end of the day for me. Thank you, for the content!
I hope you do a lot more series like this! I'm loving each episode! Can't wait till part 5
Arbutus: Your sword may sever every limb, but my power will always bloom!
This is great to listen to when I am at work, I can visualize what is going on. Thanks.
*Writes down the secret of becoming a catgirl*
Had an episode of Tales from my D&D Campaign, and then this. Tonight was a good night.
If this doesn't end with a burger cook off I'm going to be very hungry.
Buts that’s just unfair obviously the burger master would win I mean he’s the master
how come everytime i find a smallish youtuber several months later they get extremely popular. you deserve all the sucess you have puffin and im glad i could see you grow like this :)
I have a feeling that the paladin not being disguised will be a problem 😁
Amazing episode; really enjoy this kind of content
Thanks again man. Your doing the good work. These stories are keeping me sane.
Dude. Keep up with this format. It's also helping me with my cos campaign as the dm.
This is easily your best and funniest video. Great job!
Puffin Forest, this is really good. I'm enjoying this format a lot.
So I'm listening to this and I'm thinking to myself if they had someone in this group that was more towards stealth orientation I wonder if that person could solo up getting the bones I doubt it but you know maybe scout it
so I'm going back and listening to this a second time because I love this series. I realized the first time through that I didn't like any of the videos (maybe the first one) and I know youtube has changed to a more interaction based algorithm. I hope my retroactive interaction helps.
Thank you for making this
I'm really liking these. I can't wait to see where the story goes
I wasn't sure I'd like this new format, but its looking pretty good so far.
Thanks for the laughs.
The puns.... Please, Grant me the powers of your brilliant punnatic powers, please!!
13:08 LOVING these piano chords in response to the reveal.
I liked Ben's Strahd impression, he did a decent job at it .
If anyone enjoys the module I highly advise reading I Strahd by PN Elrod ! I have owned it since it's initial release in the 90's and it is by far one of my favorite books! The way Strahd is portrayed in it is a bit different than this incarnation of him but I always preferred how he was in 2nd ed. Many of the other books in the Ravenloft series are great as well like Vampires of the mist by Christy Goldwin ( also involving Strahd), the Knight of the black rose ( about Lord Loren Soth) by Jim Lowder is amazing ( though it's sequel is not as good IMO) as well as many others
I'm loving the series, really nice work!
One of the best C0S run throughs I have heard of.
I am loving this I can listen to the story and do my stuff around the house, makes me wish I was good with art so I could tell my own D&D
stories
"Asshole stabby ghosts! That's what you're gunna get! I'm a Cleric and I've faced this more than you can count!" Lmaooooo
This episodes are getting better, keep on the good work
Love these stories, hope this is the first of many adventures retold.
I predict that Ehzek was the one protecting the town from Strahd, Fiona's husband is dead, and she believes Strahd can resurrect him, she will let Strahd into the town during the coup.
(I havn't played Curse of Strahd and do not know how it goes)
It's up to the DM of the story how things unfold. So maybe Izzek was what was keeping Strahd out? Or maybe Strahd had little reason to attack Vallaki up to this point.