Same. My rogue joined the group by killing his captain who attacked the group, basically starting a mutiny. They still don't completely trust him, despite all his explaining that the other guy deserved it xD
@@ChartreuseDan Pfffft, _alignment._ As if that makes any difference, when you can just insist you hold certain beliefs, and then when you die beg to the right god or two that you didn't know any better and were tricked, while deep down you're a really good person despite not assessing your actions.
Augury: "Could you be bought?" Me: "I'm a Mercenary. That means I would listen very carefully to their offer and then see if you are able to beat it." Augury: "Anything anyone offers you to turn on me, I will double it" Me: "This could be the start of a beautiful friendship"
Why did I have this exact same thought process when asked that question. Like word for word. Do I have to get out of your head or do you need to get out of mine?
My mercenary with morales was like, "Once I'm in your employ I am loyal until the job is done" Augury automatically says she'll give me double whatever they offer. "I knew loyal was the right thing to be"
My wandering fighter Logan: I aint stupid enough to try. I know your type, you'd hear of it soon enough, and decent odds you set it up to test my loyalty
Well if you work with other villain it is NOT a good idea to turn your back at them as that would give my character for example enough time to cast hypnotic pattern paralyzing augary then trap her in a wall of force with a faithful hound and kill her
The proper answer to "Are you a good lier?" is clearly a sincere-sounding "Of course not!" If the interviewer doesn't appreciate your practical demonstration, it's probably not a company your want to work for.
Augery the Tiefling: "We agreed on sundown" Hakaan the Goliath: "The sun sets later on the treetops, I'll have to remember that to judge sundown at the trunk."
Wizard: When you have business on top of mage tower, sun sets much later than in this cellar Necromancer: Yes, sundown. My maid gets sunburn if we travel in daylight... Oh, and I hope you don't mind that guy at the gate - those beverage preferences of hers...
I took that as a cue for one last In-character response. "Your obvious power play is cute, but considering you already had your guards take my guns, meaningless."
@@bcfb21 Clearly, that's an Oni, a variant of the Ork metatype, bit ostentatious with the prosthetic horns, but ain't my place to judge. (I'm playing a Shadowrun character. Tieflings don't exist in the setting) I expect any Johnson to want to control the guns situation, and I expect them to be wary if they don't find hidden ones. So I let her guards find the pistols and I couldn't very well bring my sniper rifle to the meet. Thus: magic.
@@dayzwithdaniel Both Ginny and John are lying. One of Ginny's unadvertised patron rewards is a 24 hr time portal. You can only use it a certain number of times, of course, but it comes in handy if you've made gaffes in comments.
"we agreed on sundown" My human ranger who was a member of a terrorist organization who has been caught up in sting operations before by arriving on time: "yeah we don't do that"
From my fighter shifter female: "If you were to identify your main weaknesses, what would they be?" (looks down to the pen and paper) If you are writing it down, im partial to a pretty face. "interesting... i do like you. I find you, unique." (stammering) wait wait wait, i meant, ummm, (clears throat) i wouldn't complain.
Augury: "Refilling my wine." Me: "Why does your tone make me feel like that would require my blood?" I agree with your sentiment about her. I've watched one one-sided conversation of less than 6 minutes and I want a whole series with just her haughtily talking at people.
"What are your feelings about torture?" "Inefficient. Impractical. Doesn't do anything of consequence except make the torturer feel good. I prefer to get somebody thinking about the information with leading questions and then just pry the answers I want directly from their brain. Actually made a guy into a vegetable with that once. He's dead now, anyway. Do you want his social security number?"
I absolutely agree. In addition, the problem with torture is that the victim will, quite literally, say *anything* to make it stop, making it difficult to trust anything they say. I much prefer the verbal approach. A nice sit-down, perhaps some tea, a good biscuit or two, as we discuss what information they need to provide and give them a chance to offer up the information willingly *before* we stop listening to anything they say.
Sounds like my LE wizard. My party keeps trying to torture info out of people and every time I need to remind them that detect thoughts is a thing. It's a lot easier if they're in a coma first though
@@JohnWilliams-cr2sz less "kicking", more "hurling a boulder at faster than the speed of sound by means of a bit of D&D rules chicanery". The "peasant cannon" is my favorate example of a rule being stretched to its boundaries I've seen.
"And if they torture you? Will you break easily?" My squishy level 1 wizard: Well, I only have the seven hit points, so in a literal sense… probably, yes.
If you want to get a good job you don't just sign the interest paper and wait for them to call you. You walk into that office and don't leave untill they speak with you.
@@strawberrana nope! Human step father but still evil. Her mother disappeared leaving her and brother behind. He turned her into a tiefling via doing experiments and trained them both to be rogues.
Once again, you bring a whole world of depth to a original character, with only a few minutes of one sided dialogue, and make it so that I'd want to see more of them in future works!!! If a meeting between her and Aisling is on the cards, that will be more spectacular than words could convey!! And again, your accent work is absolutely awesome!!! You made her sound like the formidable character of power and influence, that one would have to be in her profession!! Dangerous to cross, with a mind sharper than any blade, and more than a little badass!! Also, the lighting captured everything perfectly! Altogether, another masterpiece of creative genius!!
Augury: "If you were to identify your main weakness, what would they be?" Tamini, being a tiefling who's afraid of fiends, talking to a tiefling contractor: "err...having too much passion?"
Ginny, is that a functional quill and inkpot?? That's so freaking cool, and Augury is great. Never have I felt more menaced by a woman uncorking a bottle and quietly beginning to write down my answers to her increasingly incisive questions! This video is awesome. :D
It is!! I've been using random feathers as "quills" for YEARS whenever I need props, and this felt like the right time to invest in an actual quill fountain pen. I admit that the way it works still seems like magic to me. It's shockingly functional!!
"If you have a super lawful good character, this might not mesh very well" Well now I feel obligated to use my pacifist barbarian Never trust an edited comment
"We agreed on sundown" my Half Elf Druid: "Yeah sorry, I had to stop and speak to a cat I saw" Definitely not the ideal job offer for my druid but an interesting video nonetheless. Answered all the questions, but yeah feel like that job offer is gonna be rescinded
@@l77vrain80 yeah, saw that one when it first came out. Love them because it gives you more experience of thinking in your characters mindset, looking forward to any more that are done in the future
My elven fighter/warlock. "Bandits attacked my village when I was 9 in the early hours of twilight. One of them shot my father in the chest with a crossbow and I suddenly found myself on top of him stabbing him with his own dagger again and again. I didn't stop till morning. I still feel the fire in my veins from that night though nowdays it's a touch more literal"
...I slayed an entire battallion on mighty ants! They cowered in fear as I smashed their forteress with a mighty blow from my legendary fist of the dead!
@@AJSZodiac As one does. I have a feeling the Pact could get transferred to someone else via a gamble as well (now picturing a fey losing to a fiend in a game of poker, and suddenly your Tabaxi's fey magic is all fire.
Augery: Tell me about your first kill. Jade the Rogue: *framed for the actions of her serial killer ex-finacee* Why? What have you heard? WHO ARE YOUR CONTACTS? (She probably wouldn't say that. But she'd be thinking it)
Tell me about your first kill My Warlock: I killed a spider once. I felt kind of bad, so now I just capture them with a cup and let them out the window.
My old pc, a Tiefling rogue, who is already blindsiding her party, would go to this interview in a heartbeat. And she'd probably get the job, sneaky lil businesswoman XD
As long as she has time and access to a library, my wizard is happy to travel with such an inconspicuous crew. It'll be a nice change from the flamboyant nonsense of her current traveling companions
This made me realize that my warforged nun (cleric of the Raven Queen), Angel, is way more amoral than I expected... Going in, I knew she was not a good person, but realizing her response to people that are off limits is "The only people I consider off limits for any negative action would be fellow servants of the Raven Queen, I consider them to be siblings, however, if they are proven to be disloyal, I would actively prefer to harm them. Otherwise, there are no restrictions on who I would do harm to when provided a proper reason." really made me realize I goofed up and made her way more evil than I intended. Oh well, that's character spice for ya!
I love how everyone else is rping morally conflicted characters meanwhile my vampire took augury’s villain vibes as a challenge; I straight up threatened to make her a meal if she brought dishonor to the sanguine arts
My character is staunch LG, but even I found a use for this video. I discovered my character stutters when uncomfortable! Thanks for helping me find a neat roleplay quirk.
Augury: so what was your first kill. My chaotic good character who has been trying to redeem himself after being tricked into killing his parents by framing them for murdering the high prince: there have been so many I can’t recall the first (nervous sweating inside).
Drashar Slitherscale, huge for a Dragonborn and a gold coin-coloured morale, that doesn't care much for where the money comes from. "First kills? 2 smaller people that didn't deserve it, they just made some wrong decisions. Can I be bought? They'd have to pay a pretty good sum for that, and as far as I've heard, it's barely an inconvenience for you to double it. My weakness, though? Magics, and the casters that fling it around. Sure, it can be useful to you, but I've been at the fiery end of too many times to like it. Can't trust a caster is all I'm saying." And then there's Ciron, my green boi sorcerer, that really just does what he considers right. "My first kill, you say? As far as I can recall, it was either a few goblins burned alive with magic on my very first mission, or it was in the end of that same mission, where I smothered the last one with poison gas. It was very messy, either way. And no, miss Augury, I can not be bought, unless the people paying will give me all of the mightiest artefacts on this plane. When it comes to weaknesses though, I'm not fond at all of people getting too close. I prefer to fly high above them or make their bodies stop moving. That, and wizards, are my weaknesses if you must know. Can't stand them, the majority I've met seem to think themselves better casters just because their family wasn't given favours by greater beings."
When was your first kill? My neutral good character raised in a chaotic evil world realizing he is a murderer: “I was uhm... six” also that was followed by an in character shouting of “and you can go back to the nine hells.”
I'm about to guest in a Humblewood campaign as a draconic bloodline sorcerer who's part of a group of NPC bounty hunters. This was INCREDIBLY useful to help me figure out what RP'ing him is like. Ginny, thank you *so much* for making these RP videos! They're so well made and so helpful.
My character would definitely-someone with enough money to pay for all the random jewelry and clothes he wants and his morals have always been a little shaky
Ahhhh this is so cool! My Cleric would have a heart attack right then and there after the internal monologue of "oh no! she's hot!" LOL Have you considered putting a little timer or something to indicate how long the player has to respond? I think it would be helpful in trying to determine an appropriate response!
Ginny reminds me of my favorite DM. I’ve used these videos to prepare for campaigns with her because she focuses quite a bit on the characters and I have to be ready for that.
Ginny this RULES. Every POV you do is so solid and excellent. I love how you're doing this to provide creative tools for roleplayers to develop their own skills, I think that's amazing. Your dialect work is always very good, too, which as a dialect coach is awesome to hear!
Augury: "Are you a good liar, then? Can you keep a secret?" My Neutral Good Cleric (silently): "Well, you haven't figured out I'm a double agent working to bring down your organization from the inside, so I'd say I'm doing pretty well so far."
Am I the only one who would love to see different people on full cosplay answering these in a tiktok kind of way? Will we get another Ginny character answering next? Or maybe some random people, that could be cool too. I love these series so much, as a DM I send it to all my players when they go out!
My neutral good monk wouldn't really fit in a scenario like this in normal circunstances, so I created a little story in my head foi it to fit: Me and my party were caught in the middle of Augury's business interests (Maybe they stopped a negotiation? Found a stash of smuggled goods and delivered them to the police? Who knows), and in the heat of the battle, every single member of my party was captured. Everyone but me. I go to meet Augury in her lair, to offer my work in whatever she needs, so in exchange, she won't kill my companions.
I imagined that there was another half orc in the town who fit the description of my Cas who made this deal and her other guards brought him in by accident. I almost died of laughter because he's very lawful good
I though a good way of doing this with a very "good" aligned character would be imagining what goofy stuff they would try to say if they, for instance, were trying to infiltrate this organization in some way! Great POV as always, loving it along with your great fashion videos!
"Could you be bought?" My assassin Halfling: You're asking me that right after asking if I'm deceptive and capable of keeping a secret. No matter what my answer is I've given you reason not to trust it.
My druid would probably fit in with that job... He's good with secrets... And... is maybe a little into "torture"... My artificer would definitely not... She just wants to buy books and send them home to her wife...
It was actually interesting to answer the questions for my neutral good (leaning towards lawful good) character :) Your character is so charismatic! I loved her ^)
Augury: "Are you a good liar then? Can you keep a secret?" Azrael, Aasimar Assassin: (smiles) "No." *Augury rolls for Insight* *Azrael rolls +9 for Deception*
Ghel, my Mastermind Rogue who co-founded the gang that started with our party would really fit in, I think. He does want to know if he can bring his friends along.
>“Would you consider yourself a moral person?” My Neutral Good Warlock, who banged his succubus patron to give her his firstborn child and subsequently married her: “Considering the company I tend to keep, that’s a yes. I know, it’s shocking, a warlock with a conscience, but I’d rather die a good man than live long enough to be a villain. Besides, I wanna set a better example for my daughter to look up to than what I had growing up.” >”Were you raised with this outlook or did you come to it on your own?” Warlock: “I was raised to view those...*beneath* my station as...expendable. Nonexistent. Worthless. So when my father, a Count, raised the taxes in my province to prohibitive heights, my protests and pleas that they be lowered substantially were not appreciated and I caught several different flavors of hell for championing the ‘rabble.’ And when my mother tried to falsify genealogical records to get me a spot on the Duke’s council to further my father’s agenda of exploitation, my exposing of her misdoings didn’t go over well. And before you ask, the Duke did offer me the spot in the council my family wanted as a reward, but I turned it down. “So you could say that I was taught by a combination of my family and my experiences. I’m certainly passing those lessons along to my own brood, at least. “Also, real talk; you are reminding me of my father by the way you’re phrasing these questions. Not a good way to endear me to you.” EDIT: (Adding some more responses to some of her questions!) >”Please describe your first kill.” Warlock: “Well, ‘kill’ isn’t exactly the term I’d use to describe the outcome of this particular tale...long story short, my father hired several assassins to...’remove the stain,’ as one of them put it. My wife and I put each one into a sort of suspended animation, tied each of them to separate wooden poles, dressed them up as scarecrows, and last I heard, they’re still out in some farmer’s field, watching over the peasants my father so very much ignores. Pretty sure that got the message across to Father Dearest.” >”What did you feel?” Warlock: “Regret. They had so much potential...” >”Would you say that some people deserve to die?” Warlock: “Something tells me you have a very specific person in mind as a target and are trying to make it so I’m morally compelled to carrying out their death. Good tactic, but obvious.” >”What are your feelings on torture?” Warlock: “Brutal, cruel, and unnecessary. I don’t care if you’re trying to get information out of someone, there are less morally reprehensible ways to do it than...that.” >”Is anyone off limits to you? Women, children, the innocent?” Warlock: “All of the goddamn above. ESPECIALLY children. If any of your schemes involve harming kids in any way, lady, we WILL have words. And I know of a few different farmers who are in DIRE need of new scarecrows should you refuse to reconsider.” >”What will it take? How much a week to tempt you away from your party and whatever your current objectives and bring you into the fold?” Warlock: “Hmmm, good question. How about...living JUST long enough to see you getting your dose of karma, whatever form it takes, and seeing if and how you react to your little empire crumbling down around you? Can you arrange that for me? Or is that too big an ask?”
Seems like an interview this guy wouldn't get out alive. Her final question after killing you would probably be, "what the blazes was he doing here?" *stares at wall & sips wine*
I actually really like the moral grayness of this one! It goes so far with pushing a character into areas where most would be uncomfortable and asking, "Is my character okay here or not?" *Especially* that question about the first kill! That actually gave me insight I didn't have before into a character of mine. Thanks for that!
I'm kind of obsessed that she just turned around and looked at the wall at the end XD "What makes you so special" My Bard "Well I'm a bitch of a tiefling so I think we have that in common"
I had to actually think about the first kill. That's an important note added to this character's backstory, thanks! "200 gold a week and a private room and I'm yours."
I think as my Archfey Tomelock with these RP videos when they're released. Usually chaotic good, but his vice is an infatuation with beautiful and interesting people. His pact is to gather stories and songs for his patron, be they his own or things he's heard from others. Not too big on the torture and busy work of a servant, but I think he'd find some interesting folks and make some equally interesting stories through this job. And for him to be tortured they'd need to catch him first, or realize he was the right guy.
The horns are beautiful and I LOVE the accent. I cannot IMAGINE my Kyanaita sitting there calmly while this woman speaks like this, but I absolutely love the mood and aesthetic you've created. It's absolutely amazing. I cannot wait to see what else you do for this series!
Augery: I do like you, and you bring something different Azara Bern (Blue Levistus Tiefling of conquest): *smirk* ohh? I wonder why? I have a vision, a vision of a nation made of the forgotten, troden, and weak, made stronger and more powerful than any garrison. Each like a fine crafted blade from what was initially a dull piece of iron. Augery: ohh? and where do you find them? Azara Bern: from the sides of the road from a job loss, a jail cell for rent pay evasion, a wodden box of half rotted food. Anyone, anywhere, who has been spat upon, and would indulge a second chance to live.
It's fun to answer these questions as a character who wants to be good but has no idea what that means and murders people when it's convenient but wouldn't torture someone because it doesn't make sense to her
This is such a brilliant idea. Like a serious flash of genius. I am an actor and have no problems with RPing or coming up with character history but I got well into it, thinking about things I hadn't before. This method of open questions is essentially an actor technique called hotseating but putting that into a themed RP scenario is damn smart. And your cosplay was, of course, on point. Congrats.
“If someone were to bribe you, how much would it take to turn on me?” “If my word can be broken by something as trivial as money, then my word means nothing. And my word is the most valuable thing I own.” Later “And how much would it take for you to abandon your current goals and party in favor of my business.” “...”
@@GinnyDi “That’s What I’m saying Augury, I gave those people my word that I would assist them, and so until our business is concluded, I’m afraid I must decline. Hopefully we are able to resolve these issues soon, and I can depart from their company in favor of yours.” (I love Boot because he’s Lawful Good by way of Lawful Evil)
Tiefling: "And are you a good liar then? Can you keep a secret?" My changeling rogue who is keeping her changeling nature secret at that moment: "I am capable of keeping secrets, yes."
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wow love your new hair, my fav color
If you do an answer video to this one, it is going to be really interesting.
This one helps quite a bit for a vampire the masquerade character i am creating currently. Thank you so much for this inspiration
Also that was an amazing Roza Diaz quote near the end there.
Time to make your character’s responses.
Tiefling: “What was your first kill like?”
My chaotic neutral goblin bard realizing his first kill was his previous boss: ._.
I feel you, my warlocks first kill was a powerful and "morally ambiguous" business owner.
Awkward.
Oop...
Same. My rogue joined the group by killing his captain who attacked the group, basically starting a mutiny. They still don't completely trust him, despite all his explaining that the other guy deserved it xD
“I slayed a mighty ant when I was a wee little kid”
The moment she said that she didn’t want to change my morality, just determine how much it would cost to override it, I was a fan.
She definitely wants to shift your alignment though, beware
@@ChartreuseDan Pfffft, _alignment._ As if that makes any difference, when you can just insist you hold certain beliefs, and then when you die beg to the right god or two that you didn't know any better and were tricked, while deep down you're a really good person despite not assessing your actions.
My character just went " _well how much are ya willin' to pay?_ "
my character couldn't understand all those words and just muttered '...what did you say?'
Augury: "Could you be bought?"
Me: "I'm a Mercenary. That means I would listen very carefully to their offer and then see if you are able to beat it."
Augury: "Anything anyone offers you to turn on me, I will double it"
Me: "This could be the start of a beautiful friendship"
*laughs in doubling the amount before I tell Augury*
@@torsegundo637 I have a strange suspicion that somehow, she would know.
Why did I have this exact same thought process when asked that question. Like word for word. Do I have to get out of your head or do you need to get out of mine?
My mercenary with morales was like, "Once I'm in your employ I am loyal until the job is done"
Augury automatically says she'll give me double whatever they offer.
"I knew loyal was the right thing to be"
My wandering fighter Logan: I aint stupid enough to try. I know your type, you'd hear of it soon enough, and decent odds you set it up to test my loyalty
"You may go," she says, staring at a wall while drinking wine, as villains often do.
Hey, when you have luscious silky hair like that, you want people to see it.
Maybe she's checking for secret doorways or compartments?
Well if you work with other villain it is NOT a good idea to turn your back at them as that would give my character for example enough time to cast hypnotic pattern paralyzing augary then trap her in a wall of force with a faithful hound and kill her
@@amendersc1650
Why would someone do that?
I mean, she is civilized and polite.
Really, that there exist such barbarians...
"Are you a good liar then?"
My character: "I was literally raised by infernal lawyers... that answer your question?"
The proper answer to "Are you a good lier?" is clearly a sincere-sounding "Of course not!"
If the interviewer doesn't appreciate your practical demonstration, it's probably not a company your want to work for.
As opposed to what other kind of lawyers?
"Of course not, I am not permitted to lie, only to obsfucate, omit and mislead - I am a devil, not a lawyer"
@@ianr.1225 but to be a good liar your employer must be convinced that it is a sincere answer, making it rather contradictory
The thing is, devil lawyers, evil lawyers or lawyers so good that they make you feel the heat of hell with each "¡Objection!"?
Augery the Tiefling: "We agreed on sundown"
Hakaan the Goliath: "The sun sets later on the treetops, I'll have to remember that to judge sundown at the trunk."
Cool answer
That's a really smart observation. Wouldn't have thought of that!
nice
Me: There's clearly light casting your shadow.
Wizard: When you have business on top of mage tower, sun sets much later than in this cellar
Necromancer: Yes, sundown. My maid gets sunburn if we travel in daylight... Oh, and I hope you don't mind that guy at the gate - those beverage preferences of hers...
“You may go I have a wall to stare at”
🤣🤣🤣
busy lady 😂
Like many tieflings, she is part cat.
Staring at the wall helps her think. :)
I took that as a cue for one last In-character response.
"Your obvious power play is cute, but considering you already had your guards take my guns, meaningless."
@@thanatos5150 you let her take your weapons? Bad choice man. You can never trust these tieflings.
@@bcfb21 Clearly, that's an Oni, a variant of the Ork metatype, bit ostentatious with the prosthetic horns, but ain't my place to judge. (I'm playing a Shadowrun character. Tieflings don't exist in the setting)
I expect any Johnson to want to control the guns situation, and I expect them to be wary if they don't find hidden ones.
So I let her guards find the pistols and I couldn't very well bring my sniper rifle to the meet. Thus: magic.
I might have some moral quandaries, but she seems like an interesting person to work for.
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@@GinnyDi I still think there be time travelers about...
@@Henrinator it is highly possible.
@@dayzwithdaniel Both Ginny and John are lying. One of Ginny's unadvertised patron rewards is a 24 hr time portal. You can only use it a certain number of times, of course, but it comes in handy if you've made gaffes in comments.
Is this just a polite way of saying you want the hot evil lady to step on you?
Augury: "Describe your first kill"
My elf who was a brigand for over 140 years before adventuring: "uhhhhhhhhh, it's been a while"
How Elf does even happen to be brigand,bruh
Augury: You’re late
My wizard: A wizard is never late nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to
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Haha, after she said "I thought we agreed to meet at sundown." my Wizard said "Well, the sun is down, isn't it?"
"we agreed on sundown"
My human ranger who was a member of a terrorist organization who has been caught up in sting operations before by arriving on time: "yeah we don't do that"
From my fighter shifter female:
"If you were to identify your main weaknesses, what would they be?"
(looks down to the pen and paper)
If you are writing it down, im partial to a pretty face.
"interesting... i do like you. I find you, unique."
(stammering) wait wait wait, i meant, ummm, (clears throat) i wouldn't complain.
*oops*. Probably best to run..
My tiefling bard's response to that: Booze. Booze and hot people.
Augury: "Refilling my wine."
Me: "Why does your tone make me feel like that would require my blood?"
I agree with your sentiment about her. I've watched one one-sided conversation of less than 6 minutes and I want a whole series with just her haughtily talking at people.
"What are your feelings about torture?"
"Inefficient. Impractical. Doesn't do anything of consequence except make the torturer feel good. I prefer to get somebody thinking about the information with leading questions and then just pry the answers I want directly from their brain. Actually made a guy into a vegetable with that once. He's dead now, anyway. Do you want his social security number?"
Had the same answer. (except the vegetable detail)
I absolutely agree. In addition, the problem with torture is that the victim will, quite literally, say *anything* to make it stop, making it difficult to trust anything they say. I much prefer the verbal approach. A nice sit-down, perhaps some tea, a good biscuit or two, as we discuss what information they need to provide and give them a chance to offer up the information willingly *before* we stop listening to anything they say.
@@VivaLaDnDLogs Yeah, it's better to buy people. Everyone has a price, and most people want better lives for their loved ones.
@@DatBrasss I definitely approve.
Sounds like my LE wizard. My party keeps trying to torture info out of people and every time I need to remind them that detect thoughts is a thing. It's a lot easier if they're in a coma first though
Hmmm, I wonder if Augury is offering a dental plan. I could totally compromise my morals for a decent dental plan.
If she's not, you can check in with Offbeat Outlaw. I hear he offers good dental. If you help him take over Hell.
@@cryofpaine I would be up for kicking down the gates of hell.
@@JohnWilliams-cr2sz anything for good dental.
@@JohnWilliams-cr2sz less "kicking", more "hurling a boulder at faster than the speed of sound by means of a bit of D&D rules chicanery". The "peasant cannon" is my favorate example of a rule being stretched to its boundaries I've seen.
They did say you could have ANYTHING you want...
"And if they torture you? Will you break easily?"
My squishy level 1 wizard: Well, I only have the seven hit points, so in a literal sense… probably, yes.
As all wizards I have being cursed with an arcane illness known as "pain".
My rouges answer was similar. I don’t know, I’ve never been caught. Not looking forward to finding out.
I could totally imagine my tiefling druid/rogue's "father" making her go to this interview. It's amazing and I love it.
If you want to get a good job you don't just sign the interest paper and wait for them to call you. You walk into that office and don't leave untill they speak with you.
Is your "father" a demon of some kind?
I have to interject to say *high 5* for tiefling druids and same 😅😂
@@strawberrana nope! Human step father but still evil. Her mother disappeared leaving her and brother behind. He turned her into a tiefling via doing experiments and trained them both to be rogues.
@@citsoria I love it. I have two. Plus a goblin one too
Once again, you bring a whole world of depth to a original character, with only a few minutes of one sided dialogue, and make it so that I'd want to see more of them in future works!!! If a meeting between her and Aisling is on the cards, that will be more spectacular than words could convey!! And again, your accent work is absolutely awesome!!! You made her sound like the formidable character of power and influence, that one would have to be in her profession!! Dangerous to cross, with a mind sharper than any blade, and more than a little badass!! Also, the lighting captured everything perfectly! Altogether, another masterpiece of creative genius!!
Everyone talking about their character in the comments is so cool! You’re very creative, guys.
Are there any characters you would wish to discuss?
Augury: "If you were to identify your main weakness, what would they be?"
Tamini, being a tiefling who's afraid of fiends, talking to a tiefling contractor: "err...having too much passion?"
Dude,its like if dog would have zoophobia,bruh
"I- lady you are staring at a wall. Are your horns screwed tight?"
Clarification. I know it is a powermove. But my trickster would totally say that XD
@@hmcloud8487 they would be dead within seconds lol 😂
@@elijaaaah "....Worth it" *rip*
@@hmcloud8487 the pinnacle of YOLO
Ah, interesting... several of my characters would instantly suspect there's some for of scrying spell on that wall visible only to her...
Ginny, is that a functional quill and inkpot?? That's so freaking cool, and Augury is great. Never have I felt more menaced by a woman uncorking a bottle and quietly beginning to write down my answers to her increasingly incisive questions! This video is awesome. :D
It is!! I've been using random feathers as "quills" for YEARS whenever I need props, and this felt like the right time to invest in an actual quill fountain pen. I admit that the way it works still seems like magic to me. It's shockingly functional!!
@@GinnyDi haha come to the dark side. You won't be able to go back now😈
"If you have a super lawful good character, this might not mesh very well"
Well now I feel obligated to use my pacifist barbarian
Never trust an edited comment
Specific emphasis on paciFIST
"Pass a fist" Nice...👍
@@brentage5000 I do my best. He is a Barbarian after all. A good monk joke as well.
That both sounds like an oxymoron and VERY interesting. :) :) :)
@@acarnivorouslizardfolk1033 Thank you for enhancing my life with this pun, though at this point its rather paciAXE
"We agreed on sundown"
my Half Elf Druid: "Yeah sorry, I had to stop and speak to a cat I saw"
Definitely not the ideal job offer for my druid but an interesting video nonetheless. Answered all the questions, but yeah feel like that job offer is gonna be rescinded
there's also 1 on healing if you haven't seen it
@@l77vrain80 yeah, saw that one when it first came out. Love them because it gives you more experience of thinking in your characters mindset, looking forward to any more that are done in the future
Awe dang it why didn’t I think of that! Lmao. Ima tiefling Druid. That answer would’ve been perfect lmao
Literally my half-elf druid lol
my half elf druid lmao
Augery: What was your first kill like? How old were you?
My Aarakocra paladin: So I was about 3 years old when...
My kobold paladin: ha, I laugh at you!
Why is it that paladins kill at young ages. Racial lifespans make sense, but still.
My elven fighter/warlock. "Bandits attacked my village when I was 9 in the early hours of twilight. One of them shot my father in the chest with a crossbow and I suddenly found myself on top of him stabbing him with his own dagger again and again. I didn't stop till morning. I still feel the fire in my veins from that night though nowdays it's a touch more literal"
...I slayed an entire battallion on mighty ants! They cowered in fear as I smashed their forteress with a mighty blow from my legendary fist of the dead!
@@thegreatandmightyseff7214 did you destroy an ordinary anthill as a young child? That seems like a terrific kill!
“Would you consider yourself a moral person?”
My Oath of the Common Man paladin who’s basically just a yandere for Robespierre-senpai: Eh....oui?
Excuse me wtf ?
Interviewer: You're late. We agreed on sundown, did we not?
Me: I arrived 6 hours ago.
"what was your first kill like?"
my warlock who killed her brother in order to get her magical powers: uhhhhhhh
Aah, the Uchiha clan lives well in DnD, I see
Tis not a murder, just overly agressive barter.
POV: Berry Ditches her party to work for the pretty tiefling who suggested she could give her enough money to go towards her forest being replanted
Aw Berry, I have a bad feeling about this choice for you! lol
@@annafantasia Can't be worse than last session where she very nearly signed a contract with Asmodeus LOL
I mean, I would too Tieflings are my favorite race--
As an update. I signed that contract with Asmodeus
Oh Jessua--
My chaotic neutral tabaxi warlock during this whole thing: errr....i think ive got the wrong room...is this not the gambler's anonymous meeting?
Okay, but what patron they got?
@@WinterPains fey Lord called Mizzi. My warlock accidentally lost their soul to them over a poker game.
@@AJSZodiac As one does. I have a feeling the Pact could get transferred to someone else via a gamble as well (now picturing a fey losing to a fiend in a game of poker, and suddenly your Tabaxi's fey magic is all fire.
Augery: Tell me about your first kill.
Jade the Rogue: *framed for the actions of her serial killer ex-finacee* Why? What have you heard? WHO ARE YOUR CONTACTS? (She probably wouldn't say that. But she'd be thinking it)
Love the fact that this will be a series! Awesome character progression resource! Thank you!
Tell me about your first kill
My Warlock: I killed a spider once. I felt kind of bad, so now I just capture them with a cup and let them out the window.
My old pc, a Tiefling rogue, who is already blindsiding her party, would go to this interview in a heartbeat. And she'd probably get the job, sneaky lil businesswoman XD
As long as she has time and access to a library, my wizard is happy to travel with such an inconspicuous crew. It'll be a nice change from the flamboyant nonsense of her current traveling companions
I see we drank out of our chalices at the same time, true villian potential.
Augery: “you’ve killed before, I assume”.
My necromancer: -_- “no, I just find the body’s like that.”
Sarcasm by the way.
These questions are perfect for a Vampire: The Masquerade game I'll be starting soon.
Ha! I came looking for potential ideas as well! I could see this interview for a bodyguards for a Tremere or Lasombra 😂
This made me realize that my warforged nun (cleric of the Raven Queen), Angel, is way more amoral than I expected... Going in, I knew she was not a good person, but realizing her response to people that are off limits is "The only people I consider off limits for any negative action would be fellow servants of the Raven Queen, I consider them to be siblings, however, if they are proven to be disloyal, I would actively prefer to harm them. Otherwise, there are no restrictions on who I would do harm to when provided a proper reason." really made me realize I goofed up and made her way more evil than I intended. Oh well, that's character spice for ya!
Ngl this helps me a lot to flesh out some "evil" minions for the big baddie of my campaign. Also tbh I love your character a lot!
I love how everyone else is rping morally conflicted characters meanwhile my vampire took augury’s villain vibes as a challenge; I straight up threatened to make her a meal if she brought dishonor to the sanguine arts
My character is staunch LG, but even I found a use for this video. I discovered my character stutters when uncomfortable! Thanks for helping me find a neat roleplay quirk.
Augury: so what was your first kill.
My chaotic good character who has been trying to redeem himself after being tricked into killing his parents by framing them for murdering the high prince: there have been so many I can’t recall the first (nervous sweating inside).
It's so great that you've embraced this style of video, and a lot of fun to follow along! You keep being you, boo~!
Drashar Slitherscale, huge for a Dragonborn and a gold coin-coloured morale, that doesn't care much for where the money comes from.
"First kills? 2 smaller people that didn't deserve it, they just made some wrong decisions.
Can I be bought? They'd have to pay a pretty good sum for that, and as far as I've heard, it's barely an inconvenience for you to double it.
My weakness, though? Magics, and the casters that fling it around. Sure, it can be useful to you, but I've been at the fiery end of too many times to like it. Can't trust a caster is all I'm saying."
And then there's Ciron, my green boi sorcerer, that really just does what he considers right.
"My first kill, you say? As far as I can recall, it was either a few goblins burned alive with magic on my very first mission, or it was in the end of that same mission, where I smothered the last one with poison gas. It was very messy, either way.
And no, miss Augury, I can not be bought, unless the people paying will give me all of the mightiest artefacts on this plane. When it comes to weaknesses though, I'm not fond at all of people getting too close. I prefer to fly high above them or make their bodies stop moving. That, and wizards, are my weaknesses if you must know. Can't stand them, the majority I've met seem to think themselves better casters just because their family wasn't given favours by greater beings."
When was your first kill?
My neutral good character raised in a chaotic evil world realizing he is a murderer: “I was uhm... six” also that was followed by an in character shouting of “and you can go back to the nine hells.”
I answered this as my overly hammer-happy barbarian. It wasn't hard to tempt her away from the party. Just give her things to hit!!!
Same with my Lizardfolk fighter. Give him something to hit or eat or both and he’s on board.
I'm about to guest in a Humblewood campaign as a draconic bloodline sorcerer who's part of a group of NPC bounty hunters. This was INCREDIBLY useful to help me figure out what RP'ing him is like. Ginny, thank you *so much* for making these RP videos! They're so well made and so helpful.
My character would totally take a job like this.
My character would definitely-someone with enough money to pay for all the random jewelry and clothes he wants and his morals have always been a little shaky
Ditto. Forget the money, she seems like the kind of person who could help him get what he wants. A trade, then? Favor for favor... :)
I would take that job, forget about my characters.
Beats most companies by a long run xD
I feel we need an NPC guide to the denizens of The "Ginny-verse" characters that can appear in a campaign and please take my money for it thank you.
"We agreed on sundown"
Me: "Oh darling, everyone is fashionably late around here. You must be new to town."
we also need to get Ginny her own Critical Role show, like ASAP!
"Are you a good liar then?"
My birdfolk monk: I was raised by pirates, then by infernal nuns, then pirates again, I would hope so!
Are youvplaning on doing a back-and-forth with a character like you did with the last one? I think that would be fun. :)
Would she use Aisling or a different character?
Augery: when was your first kill?
My warlock who left his parents home exactly two days ago: uuuuuuuh about that
.... my alignment just changed.
Ahhhh this is so cool! My Cleric would have a heart attack right then and there after the internal monologue of "oh no! she's hot!" LOL
Have you considered putting a little timer or something to indicate how long the player has to respond? I think it would be helpful in trying to determine an appropriate response!
That's a good idea, I'll look into that for future ones!
All I want to say thank you for all the content. You make getting to know my character super easy
"errands, chores, are you too good for them?"
Andraste (Rogue): If you pay me not at all
Ginny reminds me of my favorite DM. I’ve used these videos to prepare for campaigns with her because she focuses quite a bit on the characters and I have to be ready for that.
Ginny this RULES. Every POV you do is so solid and excellent. I love how you're doing this to provide creative tools for roleplayers to develop their own skills, I think that's amazing. Your dialect work is always very good, too, which as a dialect coach is awesome to hear!
Your attention to detail always amazes me
Augury: "Are you a good liar, then? Can you keep a secret?"
My Neutral Good Cleric (silently): "Well, you haven't figured out I'm a double agent working to bring down your organization from the inside, so I'd say I'm doing pretty well so far."
Am I the only one who would love to see different people on full cosplay answering these in a tiktok kind of way? Will we get another Ginny character answering next? Or maybe some random people, that could be cool too. I love these series so much, as a DM I send it to all my players when they go out!
My neutral good monk wouldn't really fit in a scenario like this in normal circunstances, so I created a little story in my head foi it to fit:
Me and my party were caught in the middle of Augury's business interests (Maybe they stopped a negotiation? Found a stash of smuggled goods and delivered them to the police? Who knows), and in the heat of the battle, every single member of my party was captured. Everyone but me. I go to meet Augury in her lair, to offer my work in whatever she needs, so in exchange, she won't kill my companions.
I imagined that there was another half orc in the town who fit the description of my Cas who made this deal and her other guards brought him in by accident. I almost died of laughter because he's very lawful good
@@elijaaaah that's amazing!
@@adami6187 thank you :)
No one:
Me: *Furiously taking notes*
Augury: How good at you at keeping secrets?
Yangini: Lady, my existence is a secret in some circles. As you can see, I keep myself pretty well.
What was your first kill like
My Tiefling rogue: Well you see, I knocked over a candle and my parents couldn’t get out fast enough...
Oof
I though a good way of doing this with a very "good" aligned character would be imagining what goofy stuff they would try to say if they, for instance, were trying to infiltrate this organization in some way! Great POV as always, loving it along with your great fashion videos!
"What makes you thing you'd be a good addition to my guard?"
Me: "I'm good at killing people"
"Could you be bought?"
My assassin Halfling: You're asking me that right after asking if I'm deceptive and capable of keeping a secret. No matter what my answer is I've given you reason not to trust it.
My druid would probably fit in with that job... He's good with secrets... And... is maybe a little into "torture"... My artificer would definitely not... She just wants to buy books and send them home to her wife...
Aww your artificer sounds so pure
@@annafantasia She really is. Which is very funny coming from a 7ft tall tiefling that a lot of people see as a devil...
It was actually interesting to answer the questions for my neutral good (leaning towards lawful good) character :)
Your character is so charismatic! I loved her ^)
Augury: "Are you a good liar then? Can you keep a secret?"
Azrael, Aasimar Assassin: (smiles) "No."
*Augury rolls for Insight*
*Azrael rolls +9 for Deception*
"You could have anything you wanted, you know."
My decay cleric: "Could I have that urn?"
Ghel, my Mastermind Rogue who co-founded the gang that started with our party would really fit in, I think. He does want to know if he can bring his friends along.
Augury: "Your late"
My Birdman: "A wizard arrives precisely when they mean to."
Yay! Thanks for making these Ginny
I like these because I can spew my tiefling bard chaos at these NPCs without having to roll initiative or fucking up a whole plan😂
>“Would you consider yourself a moral person?”
My Neutral Good Warlock, who banged his succubus patron to give her his firstborn child and subsequently married her: “Considering the company I tend to keep, that’s a yes. I know, it’s shocking, a warlock with a conscience, but I’d rather die a good man than live long enough to be a villain. Besides, I wanna set a better example for my daughter to look up to than what I had growing up.”
>”Were you raised with this outlook or did you come to it on your own?”
Warlock: “I was raised to view those...*beneath* my station as...expendable. Nonexistent. Worthless. So when my father, a Count, raised the taxes in my province to prohibitive heights, my protests and pleas that they be lowered substantially were not appreciated and I caught several different flavors of hell for championing the ‘rabble.’ And when my mother tried to falsify genealogical records to get me a spot on the Duke’s council to further my father’s agenda of exploitation, my exposing of her misdoings didn’t go over well. And before you ask, the Duke did offer me the spot in the council my family wanted as a reward, but I turned it down.
“So you could say that I was taught by a combination of my family and my experiences. I’m certainly passing those lessons along to my own brood, at least.
“Also, real talk; you are reminding me of my father by the way you’re phrasing these questions. Not a good way to endear me to you.”
EDIT: (Adding some more responses to some of her questions!)
>”Please describe your first kill.”
Warlock: “Well, ‘kill’ isn’t exactly the term I’d use to describe the outcome of this particular tale...long story short, my father hired several assassins to...’remove the stain,’ as one of them put it. My wife and I put each one into a sort of suspended animation, tied each of them to separate wooden poles, dressed them up as scarecrows, and last I heard, they’re still out in some farmer’s field, watching over the peasants my father so very much ignores. Pretty sure that got the message across to Father Dearest.”
>”What did you feel?”
Warlock: “Regret. They had so much potential...”
>”Would you say that some people deserve to die?”
Warlock: “Something tells me you have a very specific person in mind as a target and are trying to make it so I’m morally compelled to carrying out their death. Good tactic, but obvious.”
>”What are your feelings on torture?”
Warlock: “Brutal, cruel, and unnecessary. I don’t care if you’re trying to get information out of someone, there are less morally reprehensible ways to do it than...that.”
>”Is anyone off limits to you? Women, children, the innocent?”
Warlock: “All of the goddamn above. ESPECIALLY children. If any of your schemes involve harming kids in any way, lady, we WILL have words. And I know of a few different farmers who are in DIRE need of new scarecrows should you refuse to reconsider.”
>”What will it take? How much a week to tempt you away from your party and whatever your current objectives and bring you into the fold?”
Warlock: “Hmmm, good question. How about...living JUST long enough to see you getting your dose of karma, whatever form it takes, and seeing if and how you react to your little empire crumbling down around you? Can you arrange that for me? Or is that too big an ask?”
this character seems so interesting!!!
I barely know this character but I love him.
Suspending the killers and use them as scarecrows. I see what you did there, Doctor. :D
Seems like an interview this guy wouldn't get out alive. Her final question after killing you would probably be, "what the blazes was he doing here?" *stares at wall & sips wine*
@@NightshadeTS You’re forgetting that he’s married to a succubus. One who is very...protective of him.
I actually really like the moral grayness of this one! It goes so far with pushing a character into areas where most would be uncomfortable and asking, "Is my character okay here or not?" *Especially* that question about the first kill! That actually gave me insight I didn't have before into a character of mine. Thanks for that!
I'm kind of obsessed that she just turned around and looked at the wall at the end XD
"What makes you so special"
My Bard "Well I'm a bitch of a tiefling so I think we have that in common"
I had to actually think about the first kill. That's an important note added to this character's backstory, thanks!
"200 gold a week and a private room and I'm yours."
Yay! Another one, I love these so much!!
I think as my Archfey Tomelock with these RP videos when they're released. Usually chaotic good, but his vice is an infatuation with beautiful and interesting people. His pact is to gather stories and songs for his patron, be they his own or things he's heard from others. Not too big on the torture and busy work of a servant, but I think he'd find some interesting folks and make some equally interesting stories through this job. And for him to be tortured they'd need to catch him first, or realize he was the right guy.
My pixie Flax would be down as long as he got payed in shiny things and probably bones 👀 chaotic neutral baybee
The horns are beautiful and I LOVE the accent. I cannot IMAGINE my Kyanaita sitting there calmly while this woman speaks like this, but I absolutely love the mood and aesthetic you've created. It's absolutely amazing. I cannot wait to see what else you do for this series!
Augery: I do like you, and you bring something different
Azara Bern (Blue Levistus Tiefling of conquest): *smirk* ohh? I wonder why? I have a vision, a vision of a nation made of the forgotten, troden, and weak, made stronger and more powerful than any garrison. Each like a fine crafted blade from what was initially a dull piece of iron.
Augery: ohh? and where do you find them?
Azara Bern: from the sides of the road from a job loss, a jail cell for rent pay evasion, a wodden box of half rotted food. Anyone, anywhere, who has been spat upon, and would indulge a second chance to live.
It's fun to answer these questions as a character who wants to be good but has no idea what that means and murders people when it's convenient but wouldn't torture someone because it doesn't make sense to her
I am totally filming a reaction/response to this
Same. I might do a couple different characters and post the one that comes out best.
This is such a brilliant idea. Like a serious flash of genius. I am an actor and have no problems with RPing or coming up with character history but I got well into it, thinking about things I hadn't before.
This method of open questions is essentially an actor technique called hotseating but putting that into a themed RP scenario is damn smart. And your cosplay was, of course, on point. Congrats.
I would 100% let Augury ruin my life
I went from answering the questions happily to shamelessly flirting in classic bard fashion
amazing thank you for making it
I'm playing a True Neutral character for my next campaign, very different from my usual Good-oriented builds, and this is a great help!
“If someone were to bribe you, how much would it take to turn on me?”
“If my word can be broken by something as trivial as money, then my word means nothing. And my word is the most valuable thing I own.”
Later
“And how much would it take for you to abandon your current goals and party in favor of my business.”
“...”
backstabbing someone and leaving their party are NOT the same thing lmao... you can leave a party without breaking your word!
@@GinnyDi “That’s What I’m saying Augury, I gave those people my word that I would assist them, and so until our business is concluded, I’m afraid I must decline. Hopefully we are able to resolve these issues soon, and I can depart from their company in favor of yours.”
(I love Boot because he’s Lawful Good by way of Lawful Evil)
"Are you a good liar then?"
My warlock tiefling whose patron requires her to lie as much as possible: ..... No....
"What makes you so special?"
Lawful good wizard: "Fireball"
Roll initiative!
Your Lawful Good Wizard obviously failed the Knowledge check; fire immunity!
Tiefling: "And are you a good liar then? Can you keep a secret?"
My changeling rogue who is keeping her changeling nature secret at that moment: "I am capable of keeping secrets, yes."