hello, sexiest man alive committee? yes I'd love to nominate Lou Wilson and Brian Murphy for attempting to speed-write an actual in-universe 300-word essay in 5 minutes of real time as Fabian and Riz posing as Fabian with complete earnest and a 120 percent commitment. both this effort and the incredibly smooth hand-off in the middle of it was maybe the most attractive thing i've ever seen a man do
yes it's a dungeons and dragons show. don't put me on hold. hello
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What a masterclass of D&D combat from the players and the DM.
Brennan did such a good job of making the combat engaging and dynamic. He juggled so many plates and kept his cards close to his chest regarding aspects no one was aware of until near the end.
The Bad Kids maximized their effectiveness and importantly, they stayed on top of their HP better than they ever have before.
Adaine did some really great spellcasting plus the exploding mephits. Her Bigby’s Hand (or whatever it’s called) dealt solid damage and using it as a bonus action after casting is great. Really helped whittle down the purple worm’s massive HP.
Gorgug took all the punishment from a CR 15 purple worm and beat it after already fighting other monsters. Zac was in crit city this episode and he needed to me to beat that fucker.
Fig got to smite and used Booming Blade and spirit guardians to fuck up enemies basically doubling (sometimes more) her damage output every round (Really effective against the swarms.) and she 1v1ed a Wyvern, which is only a CR 6 but she also had other monsters after her because was disguised as Gaven. Really the mix of hexblade, paladin and bard stuff she did was cool. (Bonus action heals were good.)
Fabian as sort of a floating fighter, getting into the mix and fighting monsters wherever needed was so helpful and his flourishes and using his spell slots for his magical sword were great. He didn’t necessarily get the biggest moments this fight but he was integral and they’d have sorely missed him because he killed a lot of creatures. Not to mention the Hangman’s breath and bite attacks.
Riz doing peak rogue shit with haste and coming in clutch sniping monsters. Saving Gavin’s life, being able to ready an action to shoot from hiding and just all the sneak attack goodness. Plus Murph was so good about the test parts. He and Riz both seem to really thrive in stressful situations.
And Kristen who took her role as the primary healer so seriously it kept everyone up and banished a monster for good. Ally has been far more diligent about using Kristen’s abilities this season and it’s been such a big help. Plus truesight wrecked Killerpally’s plot to fuck them.
And they did all of this while answering timed test questions. This is the best they’ve ever played from a technical standpoint. Bill Seacaster would be proud they took his afterschool lessons to heart.
my favorite moments of episode 15 of fantasy high junior year!!:
brennan making his friends write a limerick in 5 minutes
siobhan just immediately recognizing the elven bc she’s read lord of the rings so many times
ROCK HEAVEN BABIES MENTION!!
SHRIMP DRAGON!!!!! (literally such a beautiful mini)
the drivers ed question (i am so nostalgic ahh)
"not the same dice as before, right?" "it's a different die" “want one that's been rolling good for me?" "no cuz i'll ruin it" (literally the most romantic convo ive ever heard)
the rats HAVE to defend their livelihood
the stamps all over siobhan’s arm
PENTACORN!!!!!!
PURPLE WORM!!!!!!!!!
"let's kill all the monsters and then if we feel like we're gonna fail we'll kill each other" *arguing* “i'll cut off my head" “i'm just saying i call fabian"
gorgug’s absolutely endless supply of crits
“sit down you’re fricking rocking the boat my guy”
mephit bombs!!!!
emily and her characters constantly making out with the people they’re about to kill
“the fighting’s over it’s all love now”
NOT WHEN KIPPERCUNT CHEATED?!??!??!? HOW’S THAT FAIR BITCH WHAT?!?!?!
the pull up bar (cinematic parallels to the ribbon)
aguefort’s lil video recording (i miss him so so much AND I MISS AYDA MORE BRING BACK AYDA , YOU COWARD)
“so we didn’t have to study at all, we could’ve just done this”
gavin’s very kind and trusting conversation to the bad kids after the exam
personally, the most upsetting thing ab that episode to me is that brennan doesn't seem to remember making rat city, jobs, and shops cannon in the episode where they found lucy's body, hence why lou keeps saying 'rat livelihood'
i know we're all on the same page abt aguefort not favoring the bad kids, but calling them out by name on a pre-recorded message to be the only ones to actually fully pass the last stand??? i HIGHLY doubt that he made one of those for every single party at the school, i mean he could have but ,,,