D&D Story: Hopeful or Helpless?

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    Well time for more angst and more decisions.
    I don't know if you guys can tell, but at this point in the campaign each of us were feeling the anxiety at the table with every session :'D
    This episode really kicked my ass. I think it’s because it’s the end of the year and I’m pretty tired. I’m off for the rest of December then I can get back at it in January for episode 29 :’3
    RIDE THE WAVE OF DRAMA MY FRIENDS BECAUSE THAT’S DND SOMETIMES!!
    Happy holidays and keep safe out there!
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  • @DingoDoodles
    @DingoDoodles  Год назад +785

    WE GOT A DISCORD!! So you can go discuss and shit: bit.ly/3SCX9Mf
    Well time for more angst and more decisions.
    I don't know if you guys can tell, but at this point in the campaign each of us were feeling the anxiety at the table with every session :'D
    This episode really kicked my ass. I think it’s because it’s the end of the year and I’m pretty tired. I’m off for the rest of December then I can get back at it in January for episode 29 :’3
    RIDE THE WAVE OF DRAMA MY FRIENDS BECAUSE THAT’S DND SOMETIMES!!
    Happy holidays and keep safe out there

    • @rempsa
      @rempsa Год назад +6

      I cant wait for the next part

    • @shanewarrior2507
      @shanewarrior2507 Год назад +4

      you totally deserve the break!

    • @grandcommander1140
      @grandcommander1140 Год назад +4

      Can i feel a romance in the air perhaps? Ya' know between Mr. Jack and Miss Mesika

    • @jeffmcbuckets2780
      @jeffmcbuckets2780 Год назад +1

      @@grandcommander1140 for sure!

    • @agentk5991
      @agentk5991 Год назад +3

      NO! DON'T GET ME IMMERSED THEN LEAVE!! AAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHH!
      Edit: this was amazing 👏. Your storytelling is something I aspire to. I hope you and Felix are doing well. Take care :)

  • @SilverCrowSoul
    @SilverCrowSoul Год назад +1351

    "You're not defective because you have empathy. You're defective cause you have too much." I could only imagine what the silence at the original table must have been like.

    • @mah1na
      @mah1na Год назад +157

      god imagine how this would've been like to play there's so many mind blowing moments

    • @tanknomaniac
      @tanknomaniac Год назад +115

      "... So I roll to attack..."

    • @TheRealAlpha2
      @TheRealAlpha2 Год назад +112

      @@tanknomaniac Roll for emotional damage.

    • @NotMe6044
      @NotMe6044 Год назад +84

      "I didn't think sorcerers had Cutting Words, yet here we are..."

    • @steadfastscout4606
      @steadfastscout4606 Год назад +27

      I don't get moments like these at my Table someone always has something smart to say (90% of the time it's not even clever)

  • @hopesndreams5033
    @hopesndreams5033 Год назад +485

    Obsessed with the fact that the rebels called themselves "Stella's Children". Stella, as we know, is the star they used to create the power crystals as well as Xanu. They don't use the power crystals anymore because they regret what they did to Xanu and want to be better. Their society is built out of the idea that they shouldn't have reduced Stella to a tool... no, they were never meant to be its masters, they were meant to be its children.

    • @gratuitouslurking8610
      @gratuitouslurking8610 8 месяцев назад +20

      Even more ironic/horrifying, that the other child of Stella is willing to ignore that for the 'chance' they may return to the Old Ways and condemn them as well. At this rate, just add Gothi to the pile Xanu, you can't be sure of her not having an infandecimal change of heart too *eyeroll*

  • @keegandaurity304
    @keegandaurity304 Год назад +1513

    "I fear no man"
    "But that...thing..."
    **Felix asking for a Will Save**
    "It scares me."

    • @P-man_XD
      @P-man_XD Год назад +4

      XD

    • @p0tatoa1m
      @p0tatoa1m Год назад +9

      Any dm asking for a will save is scary.

    • @benjaminbrowne7126
      @benjaminbrowne7126 Год назад +2

      @@p0tatoa1m true

    • @minestar2247
      @minestar2247 9 месяцев назад +3

      You aren't afraid of the will save, you are afraid that the rng gods would make you unlucky in your rolls, making you loose your character

  • @dy4914
    @dy4914 Год назад +306

    TLDR:
    gothi: "i can fix him"
    xanu: "i can make him worse"

    • @laugebylovnielsen8777
      @laugebylovnielsen8777 11 месяцев назад +8

      *crying after Ep 30*

    • @dy4914
      @dy4914 11 месяцев назад +10

      @@laugebylovnielsen8777 dont tell me shit im still gathering strength to watch 29

  • @leonmercury3732
    @leonmercury3732 Год назад +1441

    "This one is named Johnson"
    "God, these really are my people"
    After having just rewatched the Dwayne scenes, this one hit me like a bag of rocks that caused me to chuckle.

  • @matakm8749
    @matakm8749 Год назад +2483

    "Stella's Children have decided to use their empathy instead."
    (10 seconds later)
    "so a lot of people... starved"
    "Eh, what ca you do, happens."

    • @orsolyafekete7485
      @orsolyafekete7485 Год назад +344

      Well, they only said they use their empathy, not that they are good at it

    • @kalypso4133
      @kalypso4133 Год назад +158

      They have a point though. It was an inevitability. When there is no food, people die. Does it suck? Sure, but feeling bad doesn't make it so it didn't happen. In hard times, empathy is worse for you. It does nothing but hurt you, over and over. Can easily cause severe depression.

    • @bernatsaenz5100
      @bernatsaenz5100 Год назад +64

      She never said they were good with the empathy stuff.

    • @knightmare6229
      @knightmare6229 Год назад +41

      Ehhh they are trying.

    • @Nerdnumberone
      @Nerdnumberone Год назад +61

      @@kalypso4133 Also this is ancient history. Foreclaimers might live long enough that some lived through it, but after a couple of centuries you get over it.

  • @Tr0lliPop
    @Tr0lliPop Год назад +575

    **Elowen hands Gothi a rock** This one is named Johnson.
    Gothi: God, these really ARE my people.
    💀

    • @EdgedPixie
      @EdgedPixie Год назад +38

      She remembers Dwayne.

    • @marcialeijen8897
      @marcialeijen8897 Год назад +18

      Legende say She still has dwayne to this day

    • @Heashanbre777
      @Heashanbre777 Год назад +10

      Do you liek my rock? His name is Dwayne

    • @localpyromaniac.
      @localpyromaniac. 11 месяцев назад +8

      grandma foreclaimer is just none senile gothi

    • @potato0958
      @potato0958 7 месяцев назад +4

      I was hoping someone commented on that moment lol

  • @patdav56
    @patdav56 Год назад +286

    I cant wait for a conversation of Sips "Whose curse was it that got your city overrun?"
    Erina: "whose hairbrush was it that saved an entire city and changed the baron for the better?!"

  • @thatgirllll1133
    @thatgirllll1133 Год назад +1696

    I love the contrast of:
    Episode 1: Sips accidentally does wacky Hijinx during drunk karaoke
    Episode 28: The group gets torn as Sips is committed to carry out the will of an ancient artificial god inhabiting his body, as Gothi struggles to convince him to not commit genocide against her people

    • @Starfloofle
      @Starfloofle Год назад +75

      that's dnd for ya!

    • @gilgameshdevourerofworldsg4101
      @gilgameshdevourerofworldsg4101 Год назад +90

      @@Starfloofle yeah dnd is weird, like I made a criminal character who went from picking pockets for extra cash and only helping the party cause there was money involved to blowing up the hideout of a Mafia and killing several gang leaders cause they hurt a child.

    • @silvanbarrow86
      @silvanbarrow86 Год назад +50

      It's almost like JRPG:
      Level 1: Kill rats to stop them from eating the inn's food stores
      Level 99: Kill a god to protect all of existence from being erased. 🤣

    • @MisterClear_DaveDave
      @MisterClear_DaveDave Год назад +39

      Session 1:
      "Hehe lmao, I'm gonna hit my teammate cause its funny"
      Session 24:
      "... I need to kill him... He's become... Something else"

    • @isabelleneckel1153
      @isabelleneckel1153 Год назад +17

      Session 1: alley cat Tabaxi stowing away on a ship in a barrel (for 2 weeks apparently, found this out later) to “start a new life off the streets”
      Session 30 or so: elven undercover agent has memory suppression and Tabaxi transformation fading while the rest of the party is liberating a village from the elves
      My character died two sessions later and the only option for resurrection made me not an elf, so I just made a new character. It’s a shame, I really wanted to play it out.

  • @ethanemerson4862
    @ethanemerson4862 Год назад +7229

    If Xanu can’t have empathy for Stella’s Children, then he’s no better then the old society.

    • @gamershadow8
      @gamershadow8 Год назад +646

      EXACTLY...lets just hope that sips makes the RIGHT decision

    • @meekyocrann6506
      @meekyocrann6506 Год назад +73

      True

    • @misaka-342
      @misaka-342 Год назад +5

      Looks like he have empathy.
      BUT he is a psycho.
      Cares for himself and Guthi, but not for anybody else.

    • @nananutdreamers4644
      @nananutdreamers4644 Год назад +283

      Lmao me reading comments before vid "who the f*ck is stella-"

    • @connortg5
      @connortg5 Год назад +346

      he really is just out for revenge, not for the greater good, and at this point i think this campaign is gonna end with either sips turning on Xanu at the last moment, possibly sacrificing himself to stop him from wiping out the foreclaimers...
      or... more worryingly...
      sips embracing the role Xanu claims he is to fill... and committing a genocide

  • @psyxypher3881
    @psyxypher3881 Год назад +250

    "You're not defective because you have empathy...you're defective because you have too much."
    What a line.

  • @naproupi
    @naproupi Год назад +248

    "So I guess we can trust you or at least fear you enough to share our story"
    is the most D&D NPC sentence I ever heard

  • @Practicallypreposterous
    @Practicallypreposterous Год назад +917

    I really love how Felix didn't take the easy route, and simply gave the Foreclaimers empathy, but neither did he paint them as still pretty bad for lacking that empathy. He acknowledges the difficulties in lacking it (social awkwardness, only helping out because the enemy's sickness is interesting, only letting them in under threat, casually threatening with death, etc.) but also shows that smart people are willing to be introspective and to learn, and yearn for self betterment even if it will make their road a bumpy one. I don't think he should've done it any other way, giving them empathy would make Xanu overly vengeful and keeping them cruel would've made the party besides Sips naive. Just such a simple solution, but Felix really executed it so well

    • @alexinfinite7142
      @alexinfinite7142 Год назад +36

      Watching their clumsy steps to be better should have inspired xanu

    • @acespades2387
      @acespades2387 Год назад +41

      I really love things that don't portray empathy as the end-all be-all of whether or not you deserve to exist. Empathy does not make you kind. You ACTIONS make you kind. As a very low empathy person I spend a lot of time doing my best to help the people around me because that's what I should do, not because I feel how bad other people feel. I don't need to UNDERSTAND and FEEL other people's pain to want to DO something about it

    • @quinnholloway5400
      @quinnholloway5400 Год назад +5

      They are learning
      They have the capacity to be good like any race does
      But they are also overly logical, and thus can be more Pragmatic

  • @NinJenna
    @NinJenna Год назад +911

    So much irony in Xanu basically becoming the things he hates.

    • @dindapriska
      @dindapriska Год назад +108

      Gothi said it best: his goal is pretty much revenge at this point. Deep down, Sips probably want this to stop, but what can he do to convince Xanu? A(n artificial) god who still doesn't want to accept the fact there are foreclaimers who are learning to feel emotions, to be like Gothi?

    • @maplepainttube8158
      @maplepainttube8158 Год назад +50

      @@dindapriska Especially when Sips has this inner conflict about needing help and wanting the power to not feel helpless. Xanu has promised him that power, and Sips is so desperate to not be a helpless burden, or to not be taken advantage of ever again, so he convinces himself that helping Xanu is what he wants, missing that Xanu is just using him as a tool to get what he wants, just like Kinora.

    • @masterreaper115
      @masterreaper115 Год назад +12

      @@dindapriska I mean this keeps being said but....Xanu doesnt control sips. Sips still has more control that Xanu does. He doesnt need to convince him of literally anything. Xanu cannot cast without Sips's permission.

    • @masterreaper115
      @masterreaper115 Год назад +11

      Except hes not..this is the same comparison that would say that a judge sentencing a murderer to death is no better than the murderer. Same with the jury that found them guilty. Same with the lawyer that won and the one that lost. That isnt how it works though. Xanu IS a higher power than them.

    • @gilgameshdevourerofworldsg4101
      @gilgameshdevourerofworldsg4101 Год назад

      @@masterreaper115 no this specific situation is more like killing a kid cause their father did something bad, the kid is different but could possibly do the same cause of who their father is. It's like saying it's okay to kill white Americans cause a couple hundred years ago their ancestors did fucked up shit like murder and slavery

  • @lanterngacha1777
    @lanterngacha1777 Год назад +162

    OMG I just remembered something from the previous eps. Didn't Xanu say that if him and sips aren't alligned to control the curse, the curse can spread? So if sips wanted to save the foreclaimer on the floor, and Xanu wanted to kill it, then there goals arent alligned! One of them would stop pushing the door in fighting the curse, so the will save is just the curse taking the opportunity to push against the door. Which is why Xanu and sips were confused.

    • @MrKideon
      @MrKideon Год назад +15

      Right that way sips is ok because they already come to terms to have control of themselves he must kill the foreclaimers because if they don't alligned the curse will do what they want and I like how sips tell about in the story the bad things he did as sips see himself as a destructive and not a helper because he watch squeeze die help get the little get back and the other good thing was saving Vicky he chooses genocide because perfection is something they may desire again in a rich economy of technology and material and will kill those not pure.

  • @StupidCatLady
    @StupidCatLady Год назад +203

    I got such chills when Sips and Gothi were talking. It's always interesting when a player ends up being the villain of the campaign. Like yea, technically it's Xanu, but Sips is actively participating in this. Angst doesn't feel like the right word because there's so much more to Sips. Well done

  • @thesupernaturalhouse
    @thesupernaturalhouse Год назад +1506

    Leader: this on is named Johnsen *holds up rock*
    Gothi getting flahsbacksto dwan: damn....these really are my people-

    • @owenburns730
      @owenburns730 Год назад +85

      Crazy Gothi = Best Gothi!

    • @ReverieNightengale
      @ReverieNightengale Год назад +45

      Dingo's voice for the elder sounds like the old senile Gothi, too.

    • @riven5677
      @riven5677 Год назад +4

      Yup

    • @damiennightmaresx7950
      @damiennightmaresx7950 Год назад +12

      i didnt even notice that we finally have dwayne the rock johnson it just took so long xDD

    • @dragonboom88
      @dragonboom88 Год назад +13

      Loved the callback; and the parallel of "Dwayne" and "Johnson" couldn't be better

  • @joselynvifquain9406
    @joselynvifquain9406 Год назад +433

    holy. fucking. shit.
    that confrontation between Sips and Gothi!
    "You're not defective because you have empathy, you're defective because you have too much"
    DAMN Sips, going straight for the throat I see

    • @foul-fortune-feline
      @foul-fortune-feline Год назад +48

      Honestly, I feel like there's some amount of projection going on there. Sips is having doubts, and is responding by very harshly pushing against anything that resembles them

    • @Blizz3112
      @Blizz3112 Год назад +1

      To be fair... Sips might feel himself defective as well, considering he's no longer acting like a normal monkey, let alone looks anything close to a monkey anymore... and now with a god inside of his head, he is really losing his own identity as a person...

    • @isabellarobinson6082
      @isabellarobinson6082 Год назад +19

      Yeah, but he's not fully himself at the moment. If ep 13 sips was their in that moment, he probably would've choked out 60% curse sips for saying that to his friend.

  • @Iblitnes
    @Iblitnes Год назад +738

    Jack giving Masika glasses is cute. Her thinking for a bit before asking him why he’s wasting recourses on her is adorable. I’m calling it now
    Masika x Jack❤

    • @harrisonmillar8399
      @harrisonmillar8399 Год назад +44

      THATS WHAT IM SAYING

    • @OneEyedRyu
      @OneEyedRyu Год назад +33

      I am HERE for it

    • @Iblitnes
      @Iblitnes Год назад +19

      @@OneEyedRyu I see a man of culture

    • @mrdeadinside9462
      @mrdeadinside9462 Год назад +21

      I swear to god if Felix does a damn thing to either of them!

    • @robotoorigato7288
      @robotoorigato7288 Год назад +24

      GOD, I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO THOUGHT THERE WAS CHEMISTRY! They'd be so cute!

  • @elprimo8639
    @elprimo8639 Год назад +71

    Trauma and drama aside, we NEED a foreclaimer outfit variant for Erina’s magical girl form!

  • @alexi4829
    @alexi4829 Год назад +1009

    I like how even Xanu says "what..?" when Felix asks for a Will save, like normally, when Felix asks for a save out of the blue it's Xanu and it just throws you off and honestly is good writing!

    • @lumberluc
      @lumberluc Год назад +17

      It was the murder hobo... I thought we were past that

    • @glitchyfox8706
      @glitchyfox8706 Год назад +46

      @@lumberluc I don't know... There is another being in with sips and xanu isn't there? Sips gets a boost after xanu gets up and around so it stands to reason the other guy might aswell

    • @lumberluc
      @lumberluc Год назад +24

      @@glitchyfox8706 The Cursed Being. The primal manifestation of murder

    • @Faeonify
      @Faeonify Год назад +9

      @@lumberluc Naw fam, it's the Spirit of Harambe throwing the empathy into the mix again.

    • @vantharion
      @vantharion Год назад +11

      I think it was the chaos monkey pushing back against Xanu

  • @angel30382
    @angel30382 Год назад +2110

    Sips' speech hit so hard.
    The yelling, the raw emotion, the restraint trying to hold back even *more* emotion.
    Just....outdid yourself Dingo. It was an amazing episode.

    • @TheCart54321
      @TheCart54321 Год назад +40

      I know right, Make this women a voice actor for Sips sake!

    • @trickortreat0755
      @trickortreat0755 Год назад +13

      Agreed "I'm built for this!" Hit hard

    • @DrBunnyMedicinal
      @DrBunnyMedicinal Год назад +12

      Wasn't it just? All of the misadventures of this ship of fools have been wonderful, but this one is well above the pack.

    • @senritsujumpsuit6021
      @senritsujumpsuit6021 Год назад +11

      @@trickortreat0755 moments like that line is why I never stop fighting for an losing myself in Dubs I will never forget how they can shift tone so fast an naturally

    • @g1hannamax514
      @g1hannamax514 Год назад

      Man, the story that Dingo and Felix have made hits like a truck at times. The final outcome seems uncertain.

  • @thedanishcatgirl3205
    @thedanishcatgirl3205 Год назад +158

    As a person with a lot of empathy it can sometimes feel like that making me “defective”. It’s certainly sometimes a burden that makes me overreact to things but having a lot of empathy is also mostly a gift. Empathy is a very important thing that can bring forth good changes

    • @echonvoid
      @echonvoid Год назад +2

      Oh good god yes! And it sometimes feels like it switches from low empathy to high empathy! Like I am an empath with zero people/ social skills

    • @derrtyworks
      @derrtyworks Год назад +1

      In DND or irl? Cause if it’s in real life then I can relate to you guys

    • @thedanishcatgirl3205
      @thedanishcatgirl3205 Год назад

      @@derrtyworks real life. The joys of autism

  • @ghennahforde382
    @ghennahforde382 Год назад +107

    "Don't be cliche" "Don't be naive."
    Gurl you been WRITING MY GOSH

  • @GZilla311
    @GZilla311 Год назад +476

    "We have determined that you are all… weirdos."
    Ah, so they realized they’re dealing with a DnD party.

  • @MasterZeus94
    @MasterZeus94 Год назад +1982

    "Jack is going to check on Masika"
    ...Jack is gonna land himself a piece of that 'crystal', won't he?

  • @Kazu-don
    @Kazu-don Год назад +32

    The more the story goes on, the more I feel like Sips's going to be the last boss and I love it. The image of him realizing he is going to hurt the ones that once were his friends but having to do so any ways because he is too far gone, it pains me and I love it.

  • @boilingpot
    @boilingpot Год назад +23

    The fact that this WHOLE CAMPAIGN has gotten me into DnD and soon I'll be making my own campaign, I love this series so much.

  • @jorgegurrola7783
    @jorgegurrola7783 Год назад +1428

    Let’s be honest, dingo could make a tv show out of this story, and we’d all watch it

    • @marcialhd
      @marcialhd Год назад +35

      personally i hope that they do it at some point (or even just a show about another of their dnd campaigns).

    • @Slugcatsam
      @Slugcatsam Год назад +35

      Critical role did it, who says dingo can't (granted critical role was one of the largest campaigns of all time)

    • @Debatra.
      @Debatra. Год назад +26

      I mean... she pretty much *is*.

    • @ArmadaX1
      @ArmadaX1 Год назад +5

      Fuck YEEEEEEEESSSSSS

    • @serenitythelightone7541
      @serenitythelightone7541 Год назад +14

      If a tv show actually happened, I would 100% watch it, and pay whatever I would need to watch just it-

  • @BvzSA
    @BvzSA Год назад +402

    Xanu talking about Sips' purpose is pretty damn telling. He clearly views Sips as a tool to be used, not a person going through something extremely difficult. How ironic that he still advocates the death of all Foreclaimers because there's the *potential* that Stella's Children will revert, even though they've managed to achieve a level of empathy that he himself hasn't been able to in hundreds or thousands of years.

    • @janeenschultz8502
      @janeenschultz8502 Год назад +25

      All Skyrim players have flashbacks to the Blades.

    • @mlodykasztelan
      @mlodykasztelan Год назад +30

      Im suprised that Sips dont Jump on that mention of "purpose". One this smell "you outlived your usefullness" second Sips dont like Talking about that stuff

    • @MaximusChivus
      @MaximusChivus Год назад

      So I don't think Xanu would be right to kill Stella's Children, but try and think about it this way
      The foreclaimers literally removed their own empathy to be better at science
      They create an immortal near unkillable being to torture
      Said being tries to wipe them out for obvious reasons
      Only after that do some of them decide to try and use empathy, which has given them minimal empathy after thousands of years
      Meanwhile the being has been languishing in hatred for said society after having been tortured for who knows how long
      Being sees the empathetic society, having held the belief for an impossible to comprehend amount of time that their species should be wiped out. Have you ever had someone try and convince you that a fundamental belief of yours is wrong, after you having had it for over a decade? Imagine someone trying to change a belief you've held for literal thousands of years.

    • @flyingturret208thecannon5
      @flyingturret208thecannon5 Год назад +12

      @@mlodykasztelan I think it's because of how much Xanu has poisoned Sips' mind.

    • @oversecus833
      @oversecus833 Год назад +3

      I still hope Xanu succeeds though, that would be way more interesting compared to if the "good guys" just won, and everybody lived happily ever after.

  • @TheOblivionsGamer
    @TheOblivionsGamer Год назад +37

    I'm loving Dingo voice over, with every episode she's improving more and more at a point that I can't hear her voice anymore, all the characters feel unique, as they are voiced by different people, congrats Dingo you are amazing!!

  • @Tr0lliPop
    @Tr0lliPop Год назад +13

    I just binged the whole series so far in the span of 2 days and HOLY SHIT THIS ESCALATED. From accidentally summoning a tarasque during karaoke to trying to convince an artificial god inside you that some of these people might not be worth killing and also being bound by deal to commit a genocide

  • @AntProxy
    @AntProxy Год назад +673

    "So yeah, Forclaimer's did 'Big Whoopsie' of peesing off an artificial god" I liked her before, but now she's my favorite character.
    Also holy hell Sips, that was uncalled for.

    • @lumberluc
      @lumberluc Год назад +26

      He did it because he's in pain.
      Hurt people hurt people

    • @AntProxy
      @AntProxy Год назад +21

      @@lumberluc I know. That doesn't mean it wasn't horrible

    • @NoNameJester
      @NoNameJester Год назад +3

      That frog witch is amazing

    • @AntProxy
      @AntProxy Год назад +2

      @@NoNameJester Indeed

    • @lunnaflame12
      @lunnaflame12 Год назад +1

      I KNOW RIGHT!?

  • @SketchingPandaRen
    @SketchingPandaRen Год назад +612

    Dang Sips! That... wow.
    Also Sips' speech is the exact type of speech a person says to convince THEMSELVES that they are actually bad and that they are actually capable of doing the horrendous thing.

    • @MrKideon
      @MrKideon Год назад +15

      But remember before joining the group he cruse objects and sell them to others he brought all kinds of pain and suffering without zaun then let go of control the cruse and become more apart of it thinking being bad all he can do. I know he can do good he save Vicky from her cruse. He save his friends when there needed he care for squeeze is the good in him but with the artificial god whispering the olny choice he wants as sips mostly olny done bad deeds and the small good doesn't make a difference.

    • @callmev3531
      @callmev3531 Год назад +26

      Furthermore, harming others and intentionally causing chaos are the only ways he consistently demonstrates having control over his situation rather than waiting for some new development he wasn’t prepared for or should have seen coming as a result of his prior antics. At this stage, he’d rather deny any evidence that he’s not in control because of how outwardly bleak his situation is starting to look. Zanu IS the one in charge and IS using his insecurities against him, as much as he pretends otherwise to not have to face his helplessness. With his prior bout of hesitation, either he will falter and Zanu will attempt to steal more control from him, something incredibly tragic will have to occur in order for him to decide to abandon his goal, or he will fully commit to genocide to continue his narrative of being a villain that had to sacrifice his conscience to make a difficult choice to benefit others.

    • @oversecus833
      @oversecus833 Год назад

      Let's just hope (I at least do) that Xanu succeeds and commits genocide.

  • @adude6910
    @adude6910 Год назад +8

    Masika: holds knife to Jack’s throat
    Me: “So this is my new ship, huh?”

  • @keithjohnson7893
    @keithjohnson7893 Год назад +16

    Considering my own dnd group, I wonder how many running gags and table jokes we miss since we only see the main story of Fool’s Gold. For example, Felix probably put in the Rock-Named-Johnson joke because of Gothi’s player naming a rock Dwane. I’m pretty certain about this because I, as Mr. God Master DM himself, would totally do the same exact thing.

  • @Someloser3232
    @Someloser3232 Год назад +610

    So glad Zanu has completed his irredeemable villain arc by losing empathy to become no better than the people he hates ❤️

    • @colinz226
      @colinz226 Год назад

      °-°

    • @masterreaper115
      @masterreaper115 Год назад +9

      Its odd that so many of you are missing the point...

    • @masterminer176
      @masterminer176 Год назад +34

      @@masterreaper115 ...then what *is* the point? This seems to be what's going on so far

    • @peterbrasier1450
      @peterbrasier1450 Год назад +23

      I think it isn't irredeemable I think Xanu can't let another person be harmed by the foreclaimers (a if nothing exist then everything is at peace philosophy) what I look forward to is the big reveal of Xanu 2.0. She pointed it out the old society built a new god. We are tots gonna get a god fight. The question is who is Xanu 2.0 gonna possess.(my bet is jack)

    • @masterreaper115
      @masterreaper115 Год назад +6

      @@peterbrasier1450 they didn't say there was a second God though?

  • @lolli_popples
    @lolli_popples Год назад +275

    “You are fine to stay, unless you do something stupid, then we kill you.”
    Group: Oh no! Our weakness!

  • @Hybridcrows
    @Hybridcrows Год назад +43

    DAMN the voice acting is absolutely ON POINT! You can feel the emotion and GOD DAMNNN this is amazing

  • @thehistoryandbooknerd8979
    @thehistoryandbooknerd8979 Год назад +10

    “Because tomorrow… is decision day.” WOOOOOO EPISODE 29 is coming out tomorrow let’s GOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! (Just finished my binge of the whole series again, love it!!!!!)

  • @amevlia
    @amevlia Год назад +586

    "Oh good we start at juicy part!" Is killing me lol

  • @amandalydick5146
    @amandalydick5146 Год назад +184

    I love how Gothi had a rock name Dwayne and the old lady had a rock name Johnson. They truly are her people.

  • @nathanielgrindstaff4909
    @nathanielgrindstaff4909 Год назад +13

    You know things are more super intense than usual when Erina is reading the room.

  • @funartifact4400
    @funartifact4400 Год назад +13

    This series should be made into a movie. (Not live action.) The emotional highs are high, and so are the action scenes, and the comedy is interlaced in the campaign without being unnatural. It’s perfection!

  • @disableddragonborn
    @disableddragonborn Год назад +242

    I love that Felix's "Make a will save." caused both Sips _and_ Xanu to both say, "What?" 🤣

    • @callmev3531
      @callmev3531 Год назад +31

      It really adds character to Xanu that even at his most manipulative, even he can’t predict every possible outcome of this situation, especially having an increasingly erratic and unstable cursed monkey as the main vehicle for his plans.

    • @hopesndreams5033
      @hopesndreams5033 Год назад +17

      And it proves that the will struggle wasn't against Xanu, but was from some other source.

    • @disableddragonborn
      @disableddragonborn Год назад +10

      @@hopesndreams5033 I assume it's The Curse, seeing as it has a habit of doing fucked up shit such as eating a heart.

    • @Autizm_factory
      @Autizm_factory Год назад +6

      @@disableddragonborn well that was xanu who made sips do that

    • @disableddragonborn
      @disableddragonborn Год назад +2

      @@Autizm_factory I disagree. I checked the video, and that does not look like Xanu controlling him. It looks like whatever the thing Xanu is helping Sips restrain.

  • @limesparrow
    @limesparrow Год назад +90

    "I'M BUILT FOR THIS, AND YOU KNOW IT" i got CHILLS. the voice acting for that monologue was ON POINT.

  • @redmaxxs
    @redmaxxs Год назад +32

    The Queen of cliffhangers 🙇 has gotten a new title of Queen of heartbreak. Oh My my ❤️. Also for The Good Evil DM award goes to Felix. For making people think about their characters and different way good and bad. Also fun enough to have everyone back for next time. 👏

  • @surroundsound4508
    @surroundsound4508 Год назад +16

    To think sips feels empathy for Stella’s children yet he can’t do anything about it

  • @lpskittymaker
    @lpskittymaker Год назад +529

    The progress in this series is CRAZY. From going to a silly little story about a tarsque to voice acting that gave me chills is insane!

  • @xpearl_heartx
    @xpearl_heartx Год назад +276

    So my theory is: sips’s mind has been tainted/fused with the curse permanently. In broad strokes, *it* is pretty much in control at this point, trying to play like sips is still driving, when really, he’s tied up in the backseat. What does it want? Nobody knows. But maybe it’s trying to hide its bloodthirst by playing smart. Pretending that it has a plan, while really, it’s waiting to be in the right position to obliterate, annihilate, and eradicate. Even Xanu might have been tainted slightly. Obviously, a curse from a random witch can’t take over an artificial god, but maybe it had just enough power to push Xanu to keep on the path of genocide, no matter what is lost in the process.
    Sips is still there, though. He’s stuck in the backseat, but he can still try to break free. Every now and then, he gets a moment to stop himself just enough to doubt his motives.
    By now, the monkey/crocodile is basically just a host/corpse for three people fighting for control. Xanu, the artificial god, Sips, the poor monkey caught between it all…
    and *it.*

    • @moonwolf6540
      @moonwolf6540 Год назад +52

      THE WILL SAVE

    • @chaincat33
      @chaincat33 Год назад +55

      I don't think it's necessarily that. But you're close to what I think. The curse alters Sips' judgement. His perception of himself. Once Sips experienced continuity of consciousness after the curse reached both his hands, he felt as though he would always be himself. But in reality, it is affecting him. Warping his mind, influencing him toward evil, instilling within him... Helplessness. Xanu isn't working with Sips to hold beck the curse. He's working with the curse to influence Sips. To force Sips to accept that the genocide must happen. And what can Sips do? Xanu is a god. It's learned helplessness

    • @nikki607
      @nikki607 Год назад +7

      Yup was thinking the same

    • @duncaneigg8819
      @duncaneigg8819 Год назад +17

      If the current theory applies then that means the will save was imposed by the real Sips against the curse who’s in control. The curse failed the save so it couldn’t bring Sips to kill the NPC. That’s why Xanu’s confused, the curse shouldn’t be restraining Sips from going murder-hobo, so what happened? And if Xanu realizes he’s working with the curse, what will he do? Will he work with the curse to get his revenge at any cost, or will he realize the curse is a danger to Gothi before it’s too late?

    • @mah1na
      @mah1na Год назад +5

      @@duncaneigg8819 ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i'm not ready for next epeisode

  • @ddcreativeideas6115
    @ddcreativeideas6115 Год назад +9

    7:08 she's just too funny
    10:37 I really like the rock forest outfits

  • @thomashernandez6536
    @thomashernandez6536 Год назад +7

    Guess who just ordered their daughter a Sips and Sneeze for Christmas this year! She is going to FLIP THE TABLE!

  • @mariopanczel8581
    @mariopanczel8581 Год назад +674

    My dude!
    Why are you so good at voice acting?
    I'm kinda jealous!
    Eyes? Teary.
    Heartstrings? Pulled.
    Emotions? Pressed.
    Wig? Snatched.
    On a serious note, you are amazing and this whole campaign and everyone in it is awesome.
    Props to all y'all!!

    • @liviapearls6436
      @liviapearls6436 Год назад +21

      Hotel? Trivago.

    • @Spencer1590
      @Spencer1590 Год назад +4

      hotel: travago

    • @JetAnimates329
      @JetAnimates329 Год назад +2

      Wait
      What do you mean by wig

    • @mariopanczel8581
      @mariopanczel8581 Год назад +6

      @@JetAnimates329 Urban dictionary defines it as follows:
      Wig Snatching
      A term used mainly by gay men and women to express extreme happiness or excitement when their diva has done something amazing, shocking, or gives life by any means.

    • @notme3603
      @notme3603 Год назад +4

      For real though
      Shut wouldn’t be as intense as it is if dingo wasn’t a god at the mic
      She really know how to get the tension up

  • @monke7914
    @monke7914 Год назад +121

    Even though Zanu is helping Sips fight off the curse, in a way he's also using the curse (The source of Sip's of mental instability) to manipulate Sips. Making Sips second guess himself and rely on Zanu. WOW I love this series!

  • @starsilverinfinity
    @starsilverinfinity Год назад +9

    This story has always felt like an epic but now it feels even more prevalent

  • @LunarEclipsedd
    @LunarEclipsedd Год назад +7

    I honestly forgot this was the same person voice acting each character it was so good I couldn’t tell

  • @disableddragonborn
    @disableddragonborn Год назад +269

    "Masika, drop it."
    "She's not a dog."
    "I'm a druid, people skills aren't my strong suit."
    From now on, I shall blame my lack of social skills/social anxiety with that line from Gothi. 🤣

    • @titan8019
      @titan8019 Год назад +9

      eh cant do it before you've cast 15 nature rituals saved 26 injured animals and decimated a lich with the power of N A T U R E (yes im gatekeeping druids sue me) /joke

    • @1stCallipostle
      @1stCallipostle Год назад +7

      Druid players can pull that
      Us Wizard players can't, because then we just sound like the Turbovirgin kind

    • @titan8019
      @titan8019 Год назад +3

      @@1stCallipostle 🤓🤓🤓 umm yeth ith you want to be a wizard🤓🤓 you have to cast fireball🤓🤓 read 30 books a day and have a 2nd degree in theoretical physics🤓🤓 /joke wizard is my 2nd favorite class

    • @disableddragonborn
      @disableddragonborn Год назад +2

      @@1stCallipostle I've only played a few sessions and one-offs (I left the group) and I've played a warlock, a rogue, and a druid lmao.

  • @disableddragonborn
    @disableddragonborn Год назад +96

    This series has completely altered how I react to certain phrases in these videos. "Party time" made me literally jump because there has not been a single party/ball/gala that *_hasn't_* gone terribly. The Tarrasque, the blood moon berries, etc.

  • @ObsidianOx-GM
    @ObsidianOx-GM 6 месяцев назад +1

    The best character arc is Dingo's constantly improving voice acting skills.
    I got chills during the line read for "I'M BUILT FOR THIS, and you know it." 15:20

  • @Legozanman
    @Legozanman Год назад +3

    Felix casually giving us a moment between Masika and Jack. Like you know Felix that we will definitely ship them and I swear he is a mastermind who will bathe in our sadness when he enviably kills one of them.

  • @nickolasrealmjumper5172
    @nickolasrealmjumper5172 Год назад +80

    11:45 Please Don't kill the toad, Don't kill the toad, Don't kill the toad, Don't kill the toad, Talk to the shaman, Talk to the shaman, TALK TO TGHE SHAMAN!! I've sat here at 11:45 for 15 minutes in terror.

    • @thelegendofrosetyler
      @thelegendofrosetyler Год назад +15

      You just known he's probably going to do it anyway before he leaves, this is Sips we're talking about... 60% cursed, Xanu-influnced Sips.

    • @Daioblis
      @Daioblis Год назад +11

      He won't have to, Jack had a shard in his gut and it popped out harmlessly.

    • @nickolasrealmjumper5172
      @nickolasrealmjumper5172 Год назад +1

      @@Daioblis oh yeah... forgot about that.

  • @confderatechocolate4645
    @confderatechocolate4645 Год назад +43

    That “I forgot” about the dragon: most realistic DND moment ever

  • @spacenburgers
    @spacenburgers Год назад +3

    i feel so sad for gothi
    seeing how much she and sips were close at first and comparing it to now- it's just heartbreaking.

  • @shaynatang8888
    @shaynatang8888 Год назад +9

    Sips: "I know my own destiny, Gothi."
    Gothi: "Is it your own destiny, or is it a destiny someone else has tried to force on you?"
    Sips: "Stop it, Gothi! I have to do this!"
    Gothi: "I'm begging you, Sips! It's time for you to look inward and begin asking yourself the big questions: Who are you? and What do you want?"

    • @P-man_XD
      @P-man_XD Год назад +2

      Aw~
      Ihro and Zuko quote. ^^

  • @jariusreece1931
    @jariusreece1931 Год назад +96

    I'm not sure what hurts more. The fact I used to be as vindictive as Sips, or the fact later on I've been in Gothi's shoes trying to reason with someone just like that too.

  • @MurderTwink
    @MurderTwink Год назад +405

    Wow, can believe the episode ended with that big a cliffhanger

    • @moppelgames2107
      @moppelgames2107 Год назад +2

      This was commented one minute after the upload?

    • @taekwonditto
      @taekwonditto Год назад +30

      Please every episode of Fools Gold had a Cliffhanger ending

    • @stlchucko
      @stlchucko Год назад +7

      First time, eh

    • @BroodingEdgelord
      @BroodingEdgelord Год назад +12

      In my opinion it's not a cliffhanger. It's satysfying for me because I know what to expect

    • @aadenclark6394
      @aadenclark6394 Год назад

      @@moppelgames2107 was he wrong?

  • @RobertHartleyGM
    @RobertHartleyGM Год назад +6

    I would kill to play in a campaign with you guys some day. You're such a fantastic storyteller, Dingo, and Felix is an incredible DM. Bees and Carson are excellent players. You're all so fun!

  • @Blender.bunker
    @Blender.bunker Год назад +4

    I’m waiting for sips to say “we’re making the mother of all omelettes here jack we can’t fret over every egg” in response to jack saying something to try and change sips mind

  • @Nuggette
    @Nuggette Год назад +73

    Everyone is talking about the story so let me just tell you Dingo. Those outfits? They are amazing! Especially Erina's, that one is so adorable

  • @izzy4125
    @izzy4125 Год назад +73

    I was prepared for a lot of horrible things, but Sipps saying THAT to Gothi was not one of them

  • @brandonvidell6201
    @brandonvidell6201 Год назад +4

    It’s odd to think that this story has been going on for so long and is so beloved,while it has already ended long before the first episode,we are just seeing how it plays out

  • @danielknapp159
    @danielknapp159 Год назад +1

    "Oh good, start at juicy part!" That character is funny.

  • @kristyrivera4559
    @kristyrivera4559 Год назад +72

    Top tier voice acting especially when Sips and Gothy were arguing ! Can’t wait for the next episode! As the old lady, Elloen once said, "OOOH GOOD, STRAIGHT TO THE JUICY PART!"

  • @silvertheelf
    @silvertheelf Год назад +59

    What in the 9 hells of Bator is this?
    I didn’t watch this series for movie level acting and one of the the most amazing stories I’ve ever heard.
    The effort
    The drama
    The action
    It’s driving me insane because of how good it is!

    • @madfox7758
      @madfox7758 Год назад +2

      I get more out of this than Hollywood these days.

    • @silvertheelf
      @silvertheelf Год назад

      @@madfox7758 same

  • @Heavenlyhounds96
    @Heavenlyhounds96 Год назад +1

    Xanu will never be convinced. He's an old God hellbent on revenge.
    So basically an Old God

  • @misterdayne2792
    @misterdayne2792 Год назад +4

    YES! GIVE ME THAT SORCERER ANGST!!
    I'm a sucker for stuff like this, my own sorcerer is scarily similar to Sips. From the evil, superior being inhabiting the body, to the "cursed" magic, to the absolute distrust from strangers, and as of this weekend, even a little from the rest of the group.
    I cant wait to see what happens, and I would rewatch the whole thing in a heartbeat if it was turned into a proper animation show.

  • @nigeldepledge3790
    @nigeldepledge3790 Год назад +50

    This has been an astonishing story arc.
    It's hard to reconcile that this deeply emotional moral crossroads is where we've got to from clicking on "Karaoke = Death".
    Great storytelling.

  • @moneyman2256
    @moneyman2256 Год назад +40

    The “You have too much” line from sips and the “I don’t know…I don’t know” from gothi…it got me and I love it

  • @sofiarocha9907
    @sofiarocha9907 Год назад +13

    Not as many comments about it as I thought it would be but the voice acting on this episode is FENOMENAL. I got GOOSEBUMPS on sips part

  • @Cookies_World
    @Cookies_World 6 месяцев назад +1

    “Crisis averted! With the power of *FEAR* “

  • @THE_STORM_THATS_APPROCHING
    @THE_STORM_THATS_APPROCHING Год назад +132

    This entire episode was E M O T I N A L D A M A G E

    • @tyrekerobinson2394
      @tyrekerobinson2394 Год назад +2

      Yep

    • @LookItsBaz
      @LookItsBaz Год назад +1

      tbf with the artistry of episode endings most of them are in some fashion. I can't wait for what happens next

    • @THE_STORM_THATS_APPROCHING
      @THE_STORM_THATS_APPROCHING Год назад +1

      @MAXYMUS121 TV your going to need to make a wisdom saving throw to not cry but you'll still get hit in the feels

  • @qberrygamz7049
    @qberrygamz7049 Год назад +39

    "I'M BUILT FOR THIS!!" Hot Damn
    This story is getting real and its giving me chills.

  • @MasterOfTheBrood
    @MasterOfTheBrood Год назад +1

    "So Naturally Civil War broke out."
    Ahh yes, a tale as old as time...

  • @user-sp3mr3zr6v
    @user-sp3mr3zr6v 6 месяцев назад +1

    "you're not defective because you have empathy, you're defective because you have too much"
    i'm gonna fight that monkey

  • @mattwardproductions7399
    @mattwardproductions7399 Год назад +58

    I routinely make my players suffer. I have never done anything as unimaginably sadistic as making someone make a save and having ABSOLUTELY NOTHING happen, at least... for a while.

  • @zakuraRabbit
    @zakuraRabbit Год назад +46

    My boys already arrived last week... and the delivery note got buried in the bottom of my mailbox so I didn't discover it until a few days later. They are lovely new roomates. They have only attempted to stab me twice.

  • @pjsmith97
    @pjsmith97 8 месяцев назад +1

    Erina this episode: "As the leader, you have to be ready to make the tough decisions. Or I might..."
    Erina a few episodes later: *HAMMER TIME*
    Hey she made good on her words lmao

  • @M4xH4xCentaurus
    @M4xH4xCentaurus Год назад +2

    * flips over last page *
    NO! WHERE'S THE REST OF IT!?!?

  • @patrickmorrey8722
    @patrickmorrey8722 Год назад +39

    Seeing Sips with his cursed eye taking the focus as he talks about what he is and what he'll do... Just wow.

  • @ren_suzugamori1427
    @ren_suzugamori1427 Год назад +175

    AND THE SPIRAL KEEPS SPIRALLING! Honestly a great story so far. The conclusion of the campaign is almost upon us! I really love this story. If it ends, have it end on a high note. And, when this story ends, what campaign do you want to talk about next?

  • @HazySkies
    @HazySkies Год назад +3

    Yep, after that whole glasses interaction, you cannot convince me otherwise that Masika and Jack are definitely getting shipped now xD

  • @sleepy_m0th388
    @sleepy_m0th388 Год назад +1

    "I'm built for this" his built different

  • @kateorgera5907
    @kateorgera5907 Год назад +15

    "Big whoopsie of pissing off an artificial god" "These really are my people" XDDD

  • @deucesommerfeld1248
    @deucesommerfeld1248 Год назад +28

    Wow... Sips and Xanu make such an interesting comparison and duality. Xanu was built to be a god, to be perfect. But because of the abuse he has taken, and the love he received from Gothi helping to balance it sure, but at the end of the day, Xanu is angry. He feels like this is the only choice, to eradicate those who wronged him. Sips... did the same thing

  • @kiaraultima
    @kiaraultima Год назад +1

    After episodes to episodes, THIS one made me cry. The last time I cry is when Sips needs to explain *WHY* he needs to depart from the Fools Gold group and *why* goes on his own. It's just sad because I'm literally seeing multiple color change aura from him, I can tell through his emotions and expressions, he wants to do it but already puts his mindset of where he wants to be, which is sad because he *wants* to change, but with Xano in his head and *can* control Sips' body... he doesn't want to risk it. At all. It's sad...

  • @zude_theguyiguess1095
    @zude_theguyiguess1095 Год назад +1

    how did this start from "haha look at this stupid thing that happened in my dnd campaign" to "GENOCIDE AND INTERPARTY CONFLICTS LETS GO WOOOOOO"

  • @disableddragonborn
    @disableddragonborn Год назад +31

    Xanu wants to kill all of the Foreclaimers, but it sounds like they may do that for him themselves, considering Masika's attitude and Elowen's hostility towards Masika. 😂

  • @animalgirl8181
    @animalgirl8181 Год назад +150

    Gothi: I'm a druid people skills aren't my strong suit
    As someone who relates to animals and struggles with talking to people I relate to this 😂

  • @airconditioning5740
    @airconditioning5740 9 месяцев назад

    I love how stella's children name thier rocks, showing that the whole "Dwayne the Rock" thing from Old Gothi actually had an explanation that was entirely unnecessary but still a neat little addition.