What I love is that it was a team effort to get that nat 20. Siobhan suggested him having advantage and Zac pointed out he should still get to roll. If either of those didn’t happen Lou wouldn’t have gotten that nat 20
DMs- this is exactly why there needs to be a chance of failure in your games. Your players will NEVER hit highs this high if they never feel their backs against the wall.
My DM just stopped asking me to roll tonight. I just automatically succeed. He's like: "Your rogue needs to beat this guy's passive perception of 16 to suc.." me: "That's a 26 Stealth." Dm: "Ok... make your attack" Me: "Nat 20. That's a 16 with the Rapier, and 24 sneak attack. 40 total damage." DM: "Would you stop breaking my game, please?" 😂🤣😆 Swashbuckler is great!
@@ZackScroggins oof, I feel that. Super awesome powerhouse life cleric? Can't roll anything above a 7. Way of the open hand monk whirlwind of death? Imagine rolling above a 5 on an attack, cause it sure won't ever happen.
@@Phoenixqueen77 I feel that so hard. It gets worse though, I'm playing a Soul Knife, so eventually I'll be able to just turn invisible and it'll be even easier to pass my stealth checks but wont do anything for perception, lol. Also, first nat 1 of the campaign, deception (which I'm expert in, so I was getting like, a plus 8) wild lie that resulted in combat.
@@scandalousbeans2591by the time Fabian got stuck in the video game they already beat Biz and the girls already got downloaded. Still the greatest roll in fantasy high I think
@@rejuvinatedghostd8769this one WAS pretty iconic, but the best roll in Fantasy High *has* to be Ally's "can I like, roll a nat 20 to be alive?" when they were *fully* on the brink of a tpk against Goldenhoard (Fabian was the only one still up and there was no way he could bring any of the rest of the party back since he had no healing spells or medicine proficiency) Then Ally just off the cuff asking if they could roll a nat 20 to wake back up, Brennan nonchalantly going yeah sure 🤷, and Ally *actually getting it* leading to the return of Aguefort in Heaven with the chronomancy twist and the tide turning... It was fucking magical, one of the most memorable moments I've seen in a DnD campaign 😌💗
This or the one Ally did "If I roll a 20 can I just stand back up?" which ends up being a deus ex machina that literally saves everyones lives during the final boss fight
I think ally had already rolled one success on their death sabe though. I guess it wasn’t their turn but it’s still legal since a nat 20 is 2 successes just like a nat 1 is 2 failures
@@k80_ I think they actually rolled 3 successes and were stable but still unconscious. So they were done rolling death saving throws, but asked to roll one on their turn anyways in hopes of a nat 20.
@@alexisbaron1594 Definitely not out of the story. It would be very poor DMing to let something like that take him out of the story itself and Brennan is top of the top quality DM, he would never make that happen.
@@alexisbaron1594 not out of the story, he would’ve been trapped in the crystal with the ball, when gorgug attacked the wires later they both would’ve been freed
@@The1awesomeman1 not necessarily. Penny was also in the crystal with the Ball, when Gorgug cut the wires there was only time to save one. Adding Fabien into just means that at least one member of the party would be gone, at least for a little, maybe even both if Brennan put a time crunch on the decision or they chose Penny (but if two party members are gone I doubt that’d happen). If I remember correctly (which I may not, it has been a couple months since I last watched this) but it was another episode or two after before Penny and the other maidens were freed and we could get the whole party back in the scenario of the Ball and Fabien getting trapped
yeah the casts reaction wasn't as good for it, but from a storytelling perspective and the fact that it was the only chance for them to win the fight against kalvaxus, and then tied the entirety of the story together with the watch and aguefort and kristen applebees' religious story arc.... it was all just perfect.
@@A-Certified-Dumbass if you're calling out people who don't have imagination, shouldn't you're main point be about the role playing aspect. larping is in a similar field as dnd with it's role playing, although dnd has became way more mainstream in the past decade
@@caenir I probably used the wrong context when I said "imagination." I meant more like "Oh, DnD is just maths, must be nerd shit, lmao." So yeah, you're right, I did mean the RP side of things. But I was also referring to the raw chaotic power that this specific dice roll had on everyone at the table. Once again, "Dnd = Maths, so DnD = boring" is not true.
@@A-Certified-Dumbass I do wonder where you get the math thing from. I have never played dnd, but have watched a few videos, and the only math involved is simple addition. That kind of math is involved in pretty much every game
I come back to this whenever I’m feeling down. I don’t believe in fate, but the set up to this moment, the minute leading up to this amazing moment, feels like providence. It feels scripted, I don’t believe it is, but just everything and everyone’s reaction before and after that amazing nat20, feels like I’m watching some Shakespearean epic. Like a Michelangelo painting come to life. It’s truly an epic moment and I’m glad I get to experience it with all of you.
Truly incredible things have happened on this show that I have trouble believing were real (though I do, obvi). This show has been blessed by the not just the dice gods but the gods of DnD.
This reminds me of one time where I was in a similar situation where basically only a Nat 20 would get me out of it, everyone around the table is like "ooo RIP" and I, having accepted me fate, just shrugged and was like "well I guess I'll roll a Nat 20", rolled without looking, hit that Nat 20, and was just like "what? like it's hard?" as the whole table freaked the fuck out
I've learned so much from Brennan as a DM... it's simple but the way he celebrates with his players whenever they succeed at something is remarkable. It's a small thing but it goes the longest way to making sure that player and every player at the table has an amazing experience.
what about the 20 that brought Kristen Applebees(Ally's character) back from death which lead to a whole shenanigan where Arthur Aguefort has knocked Sol unconscious and taken over heaven without anyone noticing, and it was Kristen's fault for previously sneaking him into heaven. Now Kristen has created a new god that she hates within a minute and has snuck Aguefort back out of heaven, but not before he could shoot an angel in the forehead, killing it instantly. He then gives her a time watch after they come back to life with which the party stops time and makes small talk and plays music on the band equipment before getting a long rest right next to the dragon demon, Kalvaxis, who was just trying to kill them all when time was moving. Aguefort is also stuck in stopped time because if he was allowed to keep moving in stopped time, the soul of mr Gibbons trying to get revenge on Aguefort would possibly kill him.
This reminds me of a clutch moment I had in a D&D campaign. I was trying to smuggle my party into a noble’s house disguised as a merchant and flubbed the first two charisma checks; the guard got suspicious and asked for the exact contents of his master’s order. So I was doing a deception check with disadvantage and a -2 to charisma, it wasn’t looking good. Two nat 20s, TWO OF EM! It was the most perfect roll one could have gotten in D&D! A 1 in 400 chance!
Maybe I should start watching more dnd podcasts. Jrwi's really fun tho! The best ever nat 20 over there btw was the one where 2 of the main characters needed to perform an "act of love" to pass a trial and one of them was already dying to the room so in a panic they kissed, BOTHA rolled natural 20s on performance, best kiss either of them have ever had and one of them was an absolute bumbling mess after. They were shipped before and already had an in canon ship name, fish and chips (because one is a fish and the other's named chip) but this is where the Fnc train rlly kicked off!
It’s funny that Brennan almost didn’t give him a chance to roll, because he had just under a 10% chance of rolling a nat 20 with advantage, which isn’t really that bad. Of course the chances of them BOTH rolling nat 20s is much lower, but the first one happening doesn’t impact the odds of the second, and it seemed like Brennan forgot that for a moment. Now the odds of rolling a nat 20 as you say the words “nat 20” on camera… harder to calculate 😄
I had this moment at our game too. xD I asked DM if I could throw my lit dynamite at enemy and he said that its very close to exploding, but if I throw nat 20, he allows me to throw it. xD So first roll was nat 20 and he just sighed and let me kill three enemies with it. xD
Story Time! My friends and I used to play the Dragon Age Tabletop Game. You use 3 D6s rather than a D20. After an enemy suddenly disappeared without warning during a chase, I asked the DM if I could roll to try and figure out when he went. He said sure but laughed and said that I wasn't going to make the roll needed. Rolling a Nat20 is a 1 in 20 chance. Rolling 3D6 and getting 18 (3 6s) is a one in 216 chance - almost 11 times harder. I literally made eye contact with my DM, said "I'm a dice witch" and rolled without looking. 18. The table went insane and my DM (my best friend) has refused to play any game against me if it involves dice ever since, even though it's been almost a decade since this happened.
What I love is that it was a team effort to get that nat 20. Siobhan suggested him having advantage and Zac pointed out he should still get to roll. If either of those didn’t happen Lou wouldn’t have gotten that nat 20
there are a lot of timelines where he got the nat 20 even without advantage
@@San-lh8us there's always that one person
Who's Lou? --- All I see is the son of a Pirate King. :)
its luck lmao
I know it's old an all but I have zero clue on D&D so bear with me:
Was the advantage the reason why he was able to roll twice?
"Does he get advantage?" - the ask that changed reality
‘Twas as if Matthew Mercer’s glorious hair had dropped down from the heavens and blessed the mighty d20
She saw that nat 20 in the weaves of magic, just like a true Oracle!
Some real oracle shit.
@@boopsboops6250 100th like for you, good knight
DMs- this is exactly why there needs to be a chance of failure in your games. Your players will NEVER hit highs this high if they never feel their backs against the wall.
My DM just stopped asking me to roll tonight. I just automatically succeed. He's like: "Your rogue needs to beat this guy's passive perception of 16 to suc.."
me: "That's a 26 Stealth."
Dm: "Ok... make your attack"
Me: "Nat 20. That's a 16 with the Rapier, and 24 sneak attack. 40 total damage."
DM: "Would you stop breaking my game, please?"
😂🤣😆
Swashbuckler is great!
@@Dakarn See, my dice found a way to counter my massive stealth by always rolling like shit for perception. My character is basically a blind scout.
@@ZackScroggins Same. My stealth rolls make my rogue basically invisible, but he couldn't spot a monster to save his life.
@@ZackScroggins oof, I feel that. Super awesome powerhouse life cleric? Can't roll anything above a 7. Way of the open hand monk whirlwind of death? Imagine rolling above a 5 on an attack, cause it sure won't ever happen.
@@Phoenixqueen77 I feel that so hard. It gets worse though, I'm playing a Soul Knife, so eventually I'll be able to just turn invisible and it'll be even easier to pass my stealth checks but wont do anything for perception, lol. Also, first nat 1 of the campaign, deception (which I'm expert in, so I was getting like, a plus 8) wild lie that resulted in combat.
Y’know, the story significance of this was pretty low, but the sheer HYPE is unparalleled
weren't they all going to get tpked by that nerd?
@@scandalousbeans2591by the time Fabian got stuck in the video game they already beat Biz and the girls already got downloaded. Still the greatest roll in fantasy high I think
@@rejuvinatedghostd8769 oh
@@rejuvinatedghostd8769this one WAS pretty iconic, but the best roll in Fantasy High *has* to be Ally's "can I like, roll a nat 20 to be alive?" when they were *fully* on the brink of a tpk against Goldenhoard (Fabian was the only one still up and there was no way he could bring any of the rest of the party back since he had no healing spells or medicine proficiency)
Then Ally just off the cuff asking if they could roll a nat 20 to wake back up, Brennan nonchalantly going yeah sure 🤷, and Ally *actually getting it* leading to the return of Aguefort in Heaven with the chronomancy twist and the tide turning...
It was fucking magical, one of the most memorable moments I've seen in a DnD campaign 😌💗
This or the one Ally did "If I roll a 20 can I just stand back up?" which ends up being a deus ex machina that literally saves everyones lives during the final boss fight
‘can i roll a nat 20 to be alive?’ the day brennan truly learned sometimes just say no lmao
The nat20 that saved a TPK.
I think ally had already rolled one success on their death sabe though. I guess it wasn’t their turn but it’s still legal since a nat 20 is 2 successes just like a nat 1 is 2 failures
@@k80_ I think they actually rolled 3 successes and were stable but still unconscious. So they were done rolling death saving throws, but asked to roll one on their turn anyways in hopes of a nat 20.
@@bnv12h33333333333333 I don't think it was really their turn it was more like a team talk
you can tell Brennan is feeling REAL good about his Nat 20, but he’s even happier Lou beat him. i love this show sm.
brennan is like arthur auguefort. he loves to set his players impossible challenges and see them tell him to suck it when they beat him
This is the best one bc they all went wild and it wasn't for any major stakes they just went wild with excitement on it
if Lou hadn't rolled that nat 20, he'd be out of the fight and might even be out of the story so .... there were indeed VERY major stakes here
@@alexisbaron1594 Definitely not out of the story. It would be very poor DMing to let something like that take him out of the story itself and Brennan is top of the top quality DM, he would never make that happen.
@@alexisbaron1594 not out of the story, he would’ve been trapped in the crystal with the ball, when gorgug attacked the wires later they both would’ve been freed
@@The1awesomeman1 not necessarily. Penny was also in the crystal with the Ball, when Gorgug cut the wires there was only time to save one. Adding Fabien into just means that at least one member of the party would be gone, at least for a little, maybe even both if Brennan put a time crunch on the decision or they chose Penny (but if two party members are gone I doubt that’d happen). If I remember correctly (which I may not, it has been a couple months since I last watched this) but it was another episode or two after before Penny and the other maidens were freed and we could get the whole party back in the scenario of the Ball and Fabien getting trapped
this would have killed fabian. the only reason the dc was so high was bc it was set by Bizs nat 20
No no, the best nat 20 was Ally’s finale resurrection
Deadass thought that was gonna be the video
yeah the casts reaction wasn't as good for it, but from a storytelling perspective and the fact that it was the only chance for them to win the fight against kalvaxus, and then tied the entirety of the story together with the watch and aguefort and kristen applebees' religious story arc.... it was all just perfect.
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@@perpendicularsloth second to last episode of fantasy high
This; This is not it
I love the look on Brennan's face. At first it looks like he doesn't understand why people are yelling then he gets it.
Ally saying “I FEEL LIKE IM ON DRUGS” at the very end 😂😂😂👌🏼
I like that the only reason they introduced the box of doom is to have a dice cam
I think I finally understand why Vegas is a thing
“It doesn’t matter! All the girls are gone! But YEAAAAAAH!”
So funny that he gets in a racing game and the hangman basically goes “you think I could lose to a nat 20? hold my hellfire”
it truly is the most amazing nat 20 ever
I can think of one other time where a Nat 20 came at an epic moment
You say that like it brought a God into existence
@@sadlobster1 just one??
@@fosterdawson7339 The moment I was thinking happened when Riz jumped into that corn creature's butthole
Beating a Nat 20... I remember it to this day...
And people say that DnD is boring, this shit was the best thing ever
Who says it's boring. The classic stereotype is it's for nerds or possibly lame but idk bout boring.
@@will224488guy the maths aspect and the "strategy" tends to get people to view it as boring. Mainly cause those people don't have imagination
@@A-Certified-Dumbass if you're calling out people who don't have imagination, shouldn't you're main point be about the role playing aspect. larping is in a similar field as dnd with it's role playing, although dnd has became way more mainstream in the past decade
@@caenir I probably used the wrong context when I said "imagination." I meant more like "Oh, DnD is just maths, must be nerd shit, lmao." So yeah, you're right, I did mean the RP side of things. But I was also referring to the raw chaotic power that this specific dice roll had on everyone at the table. Once again, "Dnd = Maths, so DnD = boring" is not true.
@@A-Certified-Dumbass I do wonder where you get the math thing from. I have never played dnd, but have watched a few videos, and the only math involved is simple addition. That kind of math is involved in pretty much every game
Siobhan is a real one for making sure Lou had advantage to be able to beat that roll.
When the dice gods giveth they giveth good
I come back to this whenever I’m feeling down. I don’t believe in fate, but the set up to this moment, the minute leading up to this amazing moment, feels like providence. It feels scripted, I don’t believe it is, but just everything and everyone’s reaction before and after that amazing nat20, feels like I’m watching some Shakespearean epic. Like a Michelangelo painting come to life. It’s truly an epic moment and I’m glad I get to experience it with all of you.
Truly incredible things have happened on this show that I have trouble believing were real (though I do, obvi). This show has been blessed by the not just the dice gods but the gods of DnD.
This reminds me of one time where I was in a similar situation where basically only a Nat 20 would get me out of it, everyone around the table is like "ooo RIP" and I, having accepted me fate, just shrugged and was like "well I guess I'll roll a Nat 20", rolled without looking, hit that Nat 20, and was just like "what? like it's hard?" as the whole table freaked the fuck out
Just wanted to point out that you said "me fate" and now all I can think of is Bill seacaster
Legally Blonde reference? 😂
Brennan: [Rolls a Nat 20 in the box of doom.]
Lou: Aight. Imma head out.
I've learned so much from Brennan as a DM... it's simple but the way he celebrates with his players whenever they succeed at something is remarkable. It's a small thing but it goes the longest way to making sure that player and every player at the table has an amazing experience.
Even when he's annoyed or frustrated like Operation Slippery Puppet he still hyped up Emily's genius play
The best natural 20s and 1s are those that people lean in to the dice to see what's gonna happen.
Me too Ally, me too
I love the immediate cut off after "I feel like I'm on drugs"
1:17 *i feel like I'm on drugs*
Lou looks like he was about to pass out for real at the end
The fact that Lou called the Nat 20 _as_ he rolled it is just... *Chef's kiss*
what about the 20 that brought Kristen Applebees(Ally's character) back from death which lead to a whole shenanigan where Arthur Aguefort has knocked Sol unconscious and taken over heaven without anyone noticing, and it was Kristen's fault for previously sneaking him into heaven. Now Kristen has created a new god that she hates within a minute and has snuck Aguefort back out of heaven, but not before he could shoot an angel in the forehead, killing it instantly. He then gives her a time watch after they come back to life with which the party stops time and makes small talk and plays music on the band equipment before getting a long rest right next to the dragon demon, Kalvaxis, who was just trying to kill them all when time was moving. Aguefort is also stuck in stopped time because if he was allowed to keep moving in stopped time, the soul of mr Gibbons trying to get revenge on Aguefort would possibly kill him.
Um actually, Aguefort didn't give the watch to Kristen, he just reminded her she had it, (from the fight with aelwyn)
~1:137 odds to get 2 natural 20s on 3 die-rolls. Dayumn.
You know exactly what is about to happen when you click on the video and it actually makes it better
Moments like these is why dungeons and dragons is the best game you could ever play with your friends
Personally think the best was “can I roll a nat 20 and just be alive”
This reminds me of a clutch moment I had in a D&D campaign.
I was trying to smuggle my party into a noble’s house disguised as a merchant and flubbed the first two charisma checks; the guard got suspicious and asked for the exact contents of his master’s order. So I was doing a deception check with disadvantage and a -2 to charisma, it wasn’t looking good.
Two nat 20s, TWO OF EM! It was the most perfect roll one could have gotten in D&D! A 1 in 400 chance!
The way Lou put up his leg for that captain Morgan stance I felt dat
I LOVE THE WAY EVERYONE JUMPS UP bro this was such a great roll
"I feel like im on drugs" is the perfect end to that
"It doesn't matter, all the girls are gone, but YEAAHHHHHHH" lmfao
I've never had a great moment like this in any dnd game.
you know a nat 20 is hype when even the dm is freaking out
Watching nerds nerd out is so cute
I wish I had that kind of passion in my life
this gives me so much serotonin
The reactions when he got this i felt the same way as i watched the whole season this had to have been the craziest shit ever
this is the clip that finally convinced me to play d&d
As a DM who’s just starting out, these are the moments I dream of having with my party.
Oldie But A Goldie
The way everyone just fuckin LOSES IT gets me
Maybe I should start watching more dnd podcasts. Jrwi's really fun tho!
The best ever nat 20 over there btw was the one where 2 of the main characters needed to perform an "act of love" to pass a trial and one of them was already dying to the room so in a panic they kissed, BOTHA rolled natural 20s on performance, best kiss either of them have ever had and one of them was an absolute bumbling mess after.
They were shipped before and already had an in canon ship name, fish and chips (because one is a fish and the other's named chip) but this is where the Fnc train rlly kicked off!
It’s funny that Brennan almost didn’t give him a chance to roll, because he had just under a 10% chance of rolling a nat 20 with advantage, which isn’t really that bad. Of course the chances of them BOTH rolling nat 20s is much lower, but the first one happening doesn’t impact the odds of the second, and it seemed like Brennan forgot that for a moment. Now the odds of rolling a nat 20 as you say the words “nat 20” on camera… harder to calculate 😄
You know they're having a good game when everyone is so emotionaly invested during the celebration. The room beomces more alive out of this.
Rolling a 20 on a 20-sided die? But that's impossible!
I have no idea what a nat is or what’s going on, but I must say I do love the energy.
Ally: Here, hold my beer!
This is awesome…check out the back to back Nat 20’s by Travis Willingham in the One shot where his character’s soul goes to another plane
Siobhan the real MVP
Dimension 20 has some of the craziest nat 20 moments.
i'll take your nat 20 and fight it with my own nat 20
"It doesnt matter, all the girls are gone but YYYEAAHHH"
Beautiful beautiful moment of pure joy
Video: This is the best Nat20 ever!
Erica Sinclair: Hold my Hi-C
This makes me want to play so badly!!!
They all seem pretty excited about something.
The Hangman for the win!
That wasn't just a Nat 20, he Babe Ruth'd that shit and called his shot.
As someone who has no knowledge about DND, i can say that i have no idea what is going on
when even the DM cheers you know its real
That feeling you get when you come in clutch 😁
And that’s why we roll dice.
First season of fantasy high is a trip
i have no idea what's going on, but good energy
Nat 20 baby
A great one, sure. But are we neglecting the literal necromancy that was Ally’s nat 20 in the season conclusion?
Also if Siobhan didn't suggest him having advantage he probably wouldn't have gotten this.
I didn’t even need to see the thumbnail to know EXACTLY what this was
Hell yeah :)
no one:
Ally: i FeEl LiKe i'M oN DRugS
When you win in Fortnite - Belle, creator of SnapChat
NAT 20 BABY
You could base entire movies off dnd games
20-10-20..... Jeez the possibility of that is so damn low.
I think the better 20 is Kristen Applebees coming back to life
I've just started watching dnd Podcasts literally yesterday and I'm already stressed
Lou is my favourite
Blimey
The best nat 20 was in Critical Roles Search For Grog, when Travis rolled two of them
Wow...everyone flipped out over a number
Everyone just like 😮nooo way 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Brendan is genuinely trying his best to just WRECK his players and it doesn't work.
legend
Nope the best one was when Kristen asked if she would roll a Nat 20 to save her life.
I had this moment at our game too. xD I asked DM if I could throw my lit dynamite at enemy and he said that its very close to exploding, but if I throw nat 20, he allows me to throw it. xD So first roll was nat 20 and he just sighed and let me kill three enemies with it. xD
Story Time!
My friends and I used to play the Dragon Age Tabletop Game. You use 3 D6s rather than a D20.
After an enemy suddenly disappeared without warning during a chase, I asked the DM if I could roll to try and figure out when he went. He said sure but laughed and said that I wasn't going to make the roll needed.
Rolling a Nat20 is a 1 in 20 chance. Rolling 3D6 and getting 18 (3 6s) is a one in 216 chance - almost 11 times harder.
I literally made eye contact with my DM, said "I'm a dice witch" and rolled without looking. 18. The table went insane and my DM (my best friend) has refused to play any game against me if it involves dice ever since, even though it's been almost a decade since this happened.
A nat 20 v a nar 20 🤯🤯🤯
So... I’m good at Backgammon, would I be good at D&D?
Lmao murph
SPOILER
Kristen's nat 20 in the fight with kalvaxus was way cooler
You cant nat 20 skill checks sillies!
Neeks
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Fantasy High