The Chain of Acheron: Ep. 12 - The Mad God's Pawns | Matt Colville's D&D Campaign
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- Опубликовано: 18 сен 2024
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Boots has always been a Bard.
Boots has always been at war with East Ajaxia
ah, yes. I hear he plays with panache!
@@lobstershoes9273 "Clever girl..." 8X
He just didn't know it himself yet
A bard is perfect for a lieutenant, as someone who carries out orders and inspires the troops
Phil: He's knocked prone
Matt: Are you done?
Phil: Yes
Matt: He stands up.
Yeah, I commented about this in chat. Prone in 5e seems underwhelming if the turn order doesn't work out ideally.
@@SquatBenchDeadlift455 Yeah, poor Phil :D Battlemaster requires a bit of planning. It's great if you don't forget important details!
This is where the 'Dazed' mechanic might work/feel better.
@@SquatBenchDeadlift455 prone is great, it just depends on how it's used, and it's really only worth if if it's step 1 of the attack on a target.
Attacking a prone target within 5ft of you means you attack at advantage. Alternatively you can knock them prone and move away and their opportunity attack is at disadvantage because they're prone.
So if you have shield master feat, or two attack actions you can put your enemy prone and then attack at advantage. More, your allies can also attack at advantage if they're coordinating by using the Ready action, or initiative lines up properly.
As far as movement goes, they only move half, and moving out of your reach grants an attack if opportunity. So they're never going to catch up to your squishies or range attackers, and if they even try you get free swings.
@@iflyxwings The only thing I would like it to have is something that makes getting up actually difficult. That just seems to break my sense of how the game should be.
Can O'D be in every episode from here on out? He adds so much to the group!
in Matt's (colville) "campaign diary" episode for this episode, he said he would be asking all of the other players if they are O.K. with Matt (O'Driscoll(O'D(not odie))) staying, and if they all say yes, then he will probably stay.
typing this out made me realize they have 2 toms, matts, and (O'D/odie).
@@fishecod2552 Glad to hear what Matt plans to do. I can't fathom what would make them say no, his sense of humour seems to lift the spirits of the entire table. Even Lars has been smiling these past few episodes!
@@fishecod2552 Six players isn't that bad next to five either.
O'D was kind of annoying (but funny) as the host of Chain Reaction. He's a very good roleplayer, though. I'd love to see him become core cast!
AGREEEEEEEEEE
PHB pg. 190:
* Breaking Up Your Move * : You can break up your movement on your turn, using some of your speed before and after your action.
*Moving Between Attacks* : If you take an action that includes more than one weapon attack, you can break up your movement even further by moving between those attacks.
Basically, translated from the D&D legalese, you can break up your movement however you want with all your actions.
“It’s a good sword idk if it’s a great sword” thank you Matt that made me chuckle
I want the SPOILERS! You can't handle the SPOILERS!
0:00:00 Tales of heroism
0:00:02 Intro
0:00:25 Welcome sponsors!
0:00:56 Change of heart
0:02:45 When last we left our heroes
0:05:36 Initiative
0:09:50 Football of Silence
0:13:40 Unwilling uninvitation #2, failed
0:18:03 Insanity!
0:23:48 Be inspired
0:25:33 Mad lad
0:40:03 Coronation #2
0:49:38 Jerry vs DM
0:54:53 Disrespecting the cleric
1:03:08 Unwelcome guest #3
1:05:38 Roll to disbelieve
1:13:48 I can see me
1:29:18 Gong time
1:29:58 Senior perks
1:36:28 Odie, the Taste Tester
1:39:18 Into the water
1:41:58 Into the maze
1:45:06 Stuck in the middle with you
1:46:10 Fanmade content
1:52:19 Feature Fanart
1:56:09 The maze
1:57:29 #1 Riddle me this
2:00:19 Odie, the Mirror Tester
2:01:59 Boss?
2:11:39 Through the mirror
2:12:59 #2 Roads and trees
2:24:49 #3 Weight in boulders
2:28:59 #4 Peripheral problems
2:42:49 Initative
3:15:34 Ooze down
3:24:34 Combat finished
3:28:29 #5 Bathhouse, for next week!
3:31:49 Actual crown
Let me know if I missed anything or wrote too much/little, happy travels!
Yay! Senpai noticed me!
I enjoy Matt’s habit of playing around with words, people who enjoy language are always interesting to listen to.
All I do is paint mini's while watching you guys, it's the best. You guys are the best.
Same!
Maybe you can touch up Lars' since his whole world just ended 3:13:00
That sounds relaxing 😎
I miss watching these guys do stuff.
Same
Same 😪
Wow, Anna being a boss and answering that riddle immediately!
2:04:00 You can always get your familiar back if its not dead.
You can, at any range, pop it back into the pocket dimension, then pop it back right beside you.
As a warlock, he can just get it back anyways. Dead or not.
"Has nobody else read house of leaves?"; well that was a reference I wasn't expecting, good one Anna!
I was checking if anybody else had caught it! That book is just brilliant.
Brute force algebra for the win!
And here I am with a systems of equations...
It's nice that they have their own rules lawyer just off screen.
No longer a 'guest player'....but a 'regular' (Matt to O'D)
Yay! No more dumb twitch commercials! Thanks for uploading to RUclips, so much easier to watch here then the twitch app.
When you catch up on all of the Colville videos and the MCMD chain vids... refresh youtube and BOOM the latest Chain ep comes out!
Jerry made an appearance! Thank you for your hard work!
11:25 don't worry Matt, I laughed.
Also, I believe twitch tv partners have something in their ToS that indicates you can't stream on other platforms without getting the partnership revoked. I'd check with a twitch rep before doing anything just to be safe. Twitch does also have viewership analytics somewhere in the channel's dashboard but it doesn't get into age, gender, location, and other such demographics that RUclips does.
8:15 "no gongs allowed", sung to the tune of "no dogs allowed"... LOL was a cool throwback. Someone should start a "References" list with all the cultural references, authors, topics, etc mentioned by Matt and Co. In fact, why not do this for everything and just have this kind of metadata on all RUclips channels...? Hmmm.
at 45:50 "thuuuuh Wizuurd" made me laugh pretty good. Is that a reference to something? I would absolutely love a reference guide
Possible reference to dope metal band Electric Wizard?
The battle in the beginning ends at 1:29:00 FYI
50:35 is my favorite moment so far. The look Phil gives Matt before he rolls along with Matt's reaction is a great look at what it's like playing DnD with an old friend
I do love watching the Chain!
Watching these guys play is like watching pro pool players to me. The time taken to really to maximize every decision in combat is fascinating to me and exciting. This is some high level D&D play. Congrats to everybody this is really fun to watch! :)
This kind of ruling is also what makes Adventure's League so good. Any time until level 5 you can change your class. You thought you wanted to play an Rogue but then Bard said maybe not.. I like this ruling because it gives your players latitude to shift within the rules at base levels without breaking continuity. This mechanic is spot on as far as curating an cohesive experience. The DM has the final say of course but the shake down tour will settle things.
I'm glad I came back and watched this by the way. I originally skipped The Underdark Job episodes for sake of expediency, but I think that did the campaign a disservice. The temple of antisanity is really really cool and the encounters were solid.
Dig how Matt throws in elements of older editions. Neat way to mix it up.
- Is this is one of those things where when you figure it out you feel like a complete idiot?
- I cannot discount the possibility.
I must say, I like OD much better as a player than as a host.
53:00 only 2 1/2 years later and you finally finished those ferocious beasts.
On a side note, that outtro music is wonderfully calming. A proper end to an episode.
That tree puzzle was fun to solve.
toast isn't burnt bread
bread is raw toast
"why do bards suddenly appear..."
I spent nearly 1 hour on the damn line puzzle. I think the angel would have killed me.
Derro, is it me you’re looking for?
Colville is so adorable, “I’m trying to be responsible.”
I really enjoyed the puzzle scene, which i wasn't sure I would. In my games I never really employ puzzles, and when my buddies do they usually feel forced or unnatural.
So it was dope to see cool and solvable puzzles using real things from dnd, great job to Matt and the Chain for solving them so fast!
0:20 Somebody help me with this.
In order to affect the death of archwizard Mortum, I, Kenway Dalrath, bearer of the Shield of Aendrim and rightful duke of Aendrim, in alliance with Sariel, Princess of the Orchid Court, Oracle, hereby swear to pay the officers of the Chain of Acheron golden crowns upon completion of this task.
I, Duke Kenway, agree to provide the CHAIN any support necessary to complete their contract insofar as the assassination of the wizard Mortum may require special tools unavailable to The Chain.
Mortum's body must be deceased, delivered, and verified by myself or a duly appointed representative.
In the Event of my death, verification and payment will be handled by Lady Sariel, Nekodemus Baron of Rend or my lieutenant, Lady Avelina Knight of the Coals.
This contract does not forbid The Chain from assuming other duties, undertaking other contracts, or obligate them to field their soldiers in battle except insofar as doing so may be a necessary component of affecting the death of the archmage Mortum.
Should the undersigned perish ??? combat, natural causes, chance, luck, suicide, or the ??? of a ??? SAINT or ??? of the timescape, the next ranking officers of The Chain assume the responsibilities of the undersigned and agree to complete the terms of the contract even should ???
By order of
Kenway Dalrath
Witnessed by
Sariel
Princess of the Orchid Court, Oracle
Signed by
The Chain
SHOULD THE UNDERSIGNED PERISH due to any cause, including treachery, combat, natural causes, chance, luck, suicide or the direct or indirect intervention of a GOD, SAINT or agent of the timescape, the next ranking officers of the CHAIN assume the responsibilities of the undersigned, and agree to complete the terms of the contract, even should it cost their lives.
@@JoeAuerbach Thanks! That's very helpful.
IN ORDER to affect the DEATH of the Archwizard MORTUM, I, Kenway Dalrath bearer of the SHIELD OF AENDRIM and rightful Duke of Aendrim, in alliance with SARIEL, Princess of the Orchid Court, Oracle, hereby swear to pay the OFFICERS OF THE CHAIN OF ACHERON 100,000 golden crowns upon completion of this task.
I, DUKE KENWAY, AGREE to provide the CHAIN any support necessary to complete their contract insofar as the assassination of the wizard MORTUM may require special tools unavailable to the CHAIN.
MORTUM’S BODY must be deceased, delivered, and identified by myself or a duly appointed representative.
IN THE EVENT OF MY DEATH, verification and payment will be handled by Lady Sariel, Nekodemus Baron of Rend, or my lieutenant, Lady Avelina Knight of the Coals.
THIS CONTRACT does not forbid the CHAIN from assuming other duties, undertaking other contracts, or obligate them to field their soldiers in battle except insofar as doing so may be a necessary component of affecting the death of the Archmage MORTUM.
SHOULD THE UNDERSIGNED PERISH due to any cause, including treachery, combat, natural causes, chance, luck, suicide or the direct or indirect intervention of a GOD, SAINT or agent of the timescape, the next ranking officers of the CHAIN assume the responsibilities of the undersigned, and agree to complete the terms of the contract, even should it cost their lives.
BY THE ORDER OF
Kenway Dalrath
WITNESSED BY
Sariel, Princess of the Orchid Court, Oracle
SIGNED and SEALED
THE CHAIN
of Acheron
They got that puzzle pretty fast. Good job Tom!
I'm with you on House of Leaves, Anna! One of my favorites.
OD as Leech = Archbishop of Banterbury 😂
Boots got his degree from the University of Phoenix while they your on the dark dream
He went to a college 'of sorts' but they misheard him.
This is a fun one to rewatch. Slim is here, Leech is here, and Boots has always been a bard. The circle is complete
My family has had that same cup Lars has for years, but we’ve never been able to figure out where it originally came from.
Oh man I am making all of my DM puzzles math from now on.
"The wraith hisses that you can enter the tomb but only if you answer his riddle... Prove that the set of real numbers between 0 and 1 is uncountable."
One can create an infinite list of real numbers with infinite digits each different from all the others and use this list to generate an arbitrary amount of new real numbers not already on the list.
Loved hearing Matt say "can't be arsed",
Madness is in the mirror where true reflections hide.
1:13:28 I see you Colville with the Hearthstone reference
Oh that’s cool my favorite enemy is a grey slaad lol. I like them so much I have one as a npc in my own setting
I got the trees puzzle too! Didn't time it, but I think I must have taken just a little longer than Töm!
Rule of Substitution would make the hound and pup puzzle so much easier
9:43, this is about how eloquently I describe the enemy to my players... and I only get more eloquent in this way after a few beers, and as the night nears an end.
“Because I... *sigh* ... have no idea what I’m doing.” As a DM I feel this in my SOUL.
Would love it if the riddles were added to the description, or as a pinned comment or something, so that we can read it and try to figure it out as we watch...
MATH COLVILLE
No Gods No Masters!
Hey, if you like those puzzles, shout out.
I'm a mathmetician/physicist/data scientist that has a passion for riddles, puzzles, and logic. I publish stuff on GMs guild, and I would like to know if people would be interested in more of these kinds of puzzles. I could compile hundreds of them skinned for D&D. What do you think?
Bone Bow Bonus!
Best Ranger!
OMG. We can all sing... This Dwarf
...is on FIRE ....
I wonder how much chat was screaming about the familiar thing.
I love the illrigger but still I think ferocity is my favorite homebrew thing. Finaly the ranger is a cool class!
Some light none intrusive bg music would lift what is already a quality production to even greater heights imo.
I wish we could understand Jerry when he mumbles into the feed.....
Getting closer to catching up to live.... Judge, yeah love me some judge!
Placing a standard should assist in saves a beacon of courage
"I am an expert in pudding." That joke works on more than one level.
I figured out the math puzzle really quickly, but I couldn't figure out the trees puzzle at all!
2:27:19 Time to bust out some linear algebra! RREF of the augmented matrix, baby!
Damn, Matt throws an Elder Oblex at a level 6 party...yikes! I hope they rest before they take on the Lord of Madness!
and a Balhannoth, just goes to show that a party of 6 is really powerful when facing a single opponent. The monster might one-round one of the party members, but theres still 5 dudes whacking at him. Game balance in terms of CR kinda goes out the window when you go above 4 players, so you really kinda gotta go on gut feeling...the most unintuitive difficulty marker and ways to interpret difficulty, imo.
You can put a familiar in a pocket dimension then pop it out within 30 feet of you
Halberds pikes and glaives are all great weapons with reach. Would be siiiick if slim got a glaive
As an action, you can temporarily dismiss your familiar. It disappears into a pocket dimension where it awaits your summons. Alternatively, you can dismiss it forever. As an action while it is temporarily dismissed, you can cause it to reappear in any unoccupied space within 30 feet of you.
so no need to cast the spell agian that is only if u need a "NEW" familiar and it has a casting time of 1h
Being able to use channel divinity to max damage on Fireball is too OP
I think it's interesting that opinions diverge on whether you can split up your attack action.
There's a good argument that having multiple attacks is possible within an action because you're chaining movements together, as opposed to making discrete single attacks.
But then there's a tendency for people to see multiple attacks as distinct from a monster's multi-attack - they'd argue multiple attacks just means you're attacking faster and so can do it more often. Meanwhile, a multi-attack is a different thing where a monster makes multiple simultaneous attacks (e.g. a bite plus a claw attack.)
After all that torture, they only got 1 level?!?!? I must admit, after watching this whole series, it really felt like it was the DM versus the party.
Hounds puzzle is actually pretty easy: just set up a system of equations.
4x+3y=37,
3x+4y=33
Subtract the equations:
=>x=y+4
Substitute into first equation:
=>4(y+4)+3y=37
=>7y+16=37
=>7y=21
=>y=3
x=y+4, y=3
=>x=7
Solution: An adult weighs 7 boulders and a pup weighs 3 boulders. Took me ~15 seconds to solve.
EDIT: Or Lars can do the ol' guess 'n check.
I _knew_ there was a more elegant solution than the way I solved it.
Basically, I just multiplied the first equation by 33 and the second by 37 to give two equations with a common answer (1221). Worked from there to get y=3.
Took a _bit_ longer than 15 seconds though.
In my defence, it's been a couple of decades since I did any serious math.
Nick Williams that’s an equally valid method (assuming you didn’t make any errors, although getting the right answer indicates that you probably didn’t), although it is a bit longer.
@@QuiescentPilot
The real problem with an inelegant method like mine is that dealing with large numbers increases the likelihood of an arithmetical screwup throwing a spanner in the works.
For no other reason than me being at a loose end, I'll show my working:
4h+3p=37
3h+4p=33
=>
132h+99p=1221
111h+148p=1221
=>
132h+99p=111h+148p
132h=111h+49p
21h=49p
3h=7p
=>
3h+4p=11p=33
p=3
So yeah. Gets the answer, but more scope for potential error.
@@nickwilliams8302 That's exactly right. Your mind doesn't deal with larger number well for mental arithmetic, which is why I chose a method that did not require me to use them. As I said before, as long as you don't make a mistake, your method is perfectly valid. (Also props for writing it out in an understandable way in a comment section).
@@QuiescentPilot
That's very kind of you to say. Props for your solution.
It's just that ...
You realise we're two people discussing math in the comments section of an hours-long D&D stream, right?
Do you think we might be nerds?
I bet Nails was already a bard...
Can we keep leach? Forever
It really is like anime they even have tentacles
~Promotion talk~ *Spoilers* I guess
It's funny how both Copper and Judge got passed over for a promotion and the 2 former Junior officers immediately got promoted to not only top brass, but 1st and 2nd in command of the whole company lol
I wonder if Judge really cares since the Lieutenant when the stream started was someone he recruited into The Chain (Sweet).
Promotions SHOULD be based on the principles of Meritocracy and tempered with situational needs for an organization. After all the math is tabulated the best person for whatever job should be awarded the position, temporarily. If the situational need of that person filling a position is no longer pertinent, then the decision should be revisited/recalculated. If the person is not creating beneficial progress for the organization because their previous placement was better suited to their capabilities, or someone else appears to be better suited for the job, then the decision should be revisited/recalculated. No one should be allowed to remain in an organization in an inappropriate position such that they create movement contrary to the aims of the organization. This is true for every rung of the organization’s ladder, all the way to the top. Seniority should only be part of the equation when there is more than one qualified choice. More directly: Leaders should be able to quickly coalesce information provided by their own senses and the proffered perceptions/opinions of others, make a decision, implement it, and do what is needed for the decision to bear fruit or rot. Everyone else should obey the decision maker and do everything in their power to manufacture a success. As well as the above, sub-leaders should monitor the implementation of the decision and communicate in both directions on the ladder. Umlaut Tom, in combination with how his character is played, is actually the best P/PC combination for the position of Lieutenant.
More exact in reply to your comment, OP: It appears to me that TNT is playing Copper as someone who is very comfortable in his rank, and with no ambition to take on further responsibility. Judge appears to be a perfect candidate for either of the top two positions in leadership, on paper. Lawful, a massive amount of charismatic presence, and pretty serious backup in the form of his master. He just shouldn’t be looking for personal fights with unthreatening town-folk, or be doing anything else that may bring unpaid conflict to The Chain’s doorstep. Considering that, and his recent action that PO’d Asmo, maybe he is being played as someone who is conflicted and possibly looking to change in some manner(s).
oh wow, the only one in their party that lacks the ability to heal others is slim lol
Don't you dare cheer for chat. They're a fickle mistress
Those healing potions should have dice numbered 2-5 :)
The 3 9 10 puzzle made me pause, good fun.
For what it's worth, if you cannot take an Action, then you cannot take a Bonus Action. Rules-interactions like these are probably part of the reason 5E eliminated the Dazed condition.
I think he's trying to simulate something like the slow spell, which has a similar action-restriction mechanic, without the reduction to movement speed or Armor Class. Either way, it's effective.
@@geoffdewitt6845 totally agree
Vulnerability = either 1.5 or double damage ...not that i want Slim to die since him and Boots are my favorite characters now...since we lost Nails
OD the dancing fool....lol!!!
Not only can he write slim's story, he can inscribe it with blood, in the flesh of their enemies
Might be the wrong place for a dragon ball reference but... "MY INSANITY IS MAXIMUM!!!
I wanna do the hounds and puppies thing.
So we know 1 hound equals one puppy plus 4 stones, just looking at the different sets - replace the 4th pup with a hound and add 4 stones in one case and you produce the other case.
That means one scale has 37 stones equalling the weight of 7 pups plus 16 stones - subtracting the 16 stones from both sides of the equation reveals that the 7 pups alone would weight 21 stones.
Same is true when looking at the other scale - 33 stones equals 7 pups plus 12 stones, meaning 7 pups equal 21 stones.
Obviously this means each pup weighs 3 stones, and we already know hounds weigh 4 extra stones.
So 3 pups and 4 hounds would be... 3*3 + 4*7 = 37. Checks out.
I wonder if there's a more sophisticated way to deduce the answer... But I was not even good at this in high school, let alone 13 years later.
OR.... you can brute force it.
This is why I thought the riddle's result should be in non-integers.
Ok two years later and I'm doing this again, with equations.
3hounds+4pups=33 boulders.
4hounds+3pups=33 boulders
So:
3h = 33b-4p
4h = 37b-3p
1h = 33b-4p/3 = 37b-3p/4
= 11b-1.33p = 9.25b-0.75p
= 11-9.25b = -0.75p+1.33p
= 1.75b= 0.58p
1.75b*100/58 = approx 3.
1p = 3b
Do the same for hounds.
I don't know how to do this while maintaining integers. x)
I love how this came out after the overview, made me go watch this on twitch instead :(
That 4 hour upload is a bitch. Personally I caught the podcast
Watching on twitch is a pain.
I started watching campaign diary 12, and I was all "wait, what ... when did that happen?!?", until I figured out it was for this stream that I hadn't watched yet.
I think I need a #NERT shirt
still hopefully waiting 😋
I misread the title at first as The Matt God's Pawns
I would just go ape shit if leech could stay in the party! I love that flare it adds to the game plus o.d is just a an asshole and its fucking working for me.
i hope O'd can stick around, if not at least be recurring. You compared the chain to star trek once or twice and i hope he can be a Barclay or O'brien, i guess leech can be there too or whatever
First time through here. Do they eventually figure out that they need to move Phil’s chair to his left to compensate for his natural lean to the right in front of the camera? 😜
It took me way too long for the math one.
shoutout to systems of equations