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alright here we go again. for this episode of thisisnotthenerd's d20 stats, we're talking seasons. specifically how to categorize them because not all d20 seasons are run the same way. here goes:

season concepts

this list is not intended to be perfect, it's either official description or how i can best describe them in a few words:

Fantasy High Freshman Year: John Hughes/DND

Escape from the Bloodkeep: The Villains Side of Lord of the Rings

The Unsleeping City: DND/NYC

Tiny Heist: Ocean's 11/Borrowers

A Crown of Candy: Game of Thrones/Candyland

Pirates of Leviathan: Pirate City/Insurance Fraud

Fantasy High Sophomore Year: John Hughes/DND with a Haunted Forest

The Unsleeping City Chapter II: DND/NYC in Quarantine

Mice & Murder: Wind in the Willows/Sherlock Holmes

Misfits & Magic: What if Americans went to Hogwarts?

The Seven: John Hughes/DND but WOMEN

Shriek Week: Cryptid Dating Sim

A Starstruck Odyssey: Retrofuturistic Space Opera with Buffoons

Coffin Run: Dracula's Followers save Dracula

A Court of Fey & Flowers: Regency/Fairies

Neverafter: Horror/Fairytales

The Ravening War: Game of Thrones/Candyland + Wartime Espionage

Dungeons & Drag Queens: DND meets Drag Queens

Mentopolis: Noir/Inside Out/Retrofuturistic

Burrow's End: Watership Down/DND

if you read through, you'll notice some repetitions--several are in the same d20 created universe. those are:

those are helpful for understanding the tone/genre chart & the shifts therein, which i borrowed from the wiki:

now there are some other classifications i would add--thankfully i have my spreadsheet to do just that:

and that's all i have to say for this time. check out the spreadsheet for a better look at the charts.

EDIT (10/21/23): adding a few more charts for perusal and because i think length/vibe is a fun way to sort these seasons:

sorted by length

the first chart is sorting by length; we have:

short and sweet (4 episode seasons):

misfits & magic

shriek week

dungeons & drag queens

on the salami scale* (6 episode seasons):

Escape from the Bloodkeep

Tiny Heist

Pirates of Leviathan

Coffin Run

The Ravening War

Mentopolis

10/10 would watch again (10 episode seasons)

mice & murder

the seven

a court of fey and flowers

burrow's end

in it for the long haul (17-20 episode seasons/intrepid heroes seasons)

fantasy high

the unsleeping city

a crown of candy

fantasy high sophomore year

the unsleeping city chapter ii

a starstruck odyssey

neverafter

the other chart sorts the seasons by how i would adapt them. sometimes this is based on content. sometimes it's based on gm style. sometimes, it's just the vibe the season gives off as a whole. without further ado:

adaptation styles

feature film (live action):

escape from the bloodkeep

misfits & magic

dungeons & drag queens

these seasons are short enough to fit in a single feature film and not quite long enough for a series. the source material just feels more live action to me, especially because there are other seasons that just feel more animated. keep in mind there will be a practical effect focus. just imagine the balloon elf. cartoon logic, live action movie.

feature film (animated):

tiny heist

pirates of leviathan

mice & murder

mentopolis

burrow's end

a bunch of these are the little guy seasons. you can't tell me you wouldn't want a heist movie with characters voiced by the mcelroys, jess ross, and lily du. pol is a spinoff movie of the fantasy high series.

tv series (live action):

the unsleeping city

the unsleeping city (chapter 2)

a starstruck odyssey

a court of fey and flowers

these are long enough to be series with some depth. tuc is on here because it feels like a superhero series. they're teaming up to save new york, but also really finding the humanity in each other. the funny reason is because finding someone to play ricky matsui is hilarious. also i want to see a kugrash puppet.

aso is on here because it's space opera and watch the gunner channel be bozos in live action? hilarious. i've seen some animatics that are incredible though, so this season could go either way.

acofaf is here because i'd want to see the costume department go ham. bridgerton but fairies? guess what. diverse actors, tons of practical effects, a little raunchy, a little heartbreak, what more could you want.

tv series (animated):

fantasy high

fantasy high sophomore year

the seven (miniseries)

a crown of candy

the ravening war (miniseries)

neverafter

as stated earlier fantasy high is a running animated series with two current spinoffs: one movie (pol) and one miniseries (t7). combination high school slice of life with action/adventure.

acoc is a game of thrones style series--animated to keep the comedy, with trw functioning as a hotd style prequel series. the calorum seasons could easily read live action though, just like aso could be animated.

neverafter is animated, but the style changes throughout the season. maybe they start live action and become animated when they wake up in the new timeline. no change in world physics, no acknowledgement, just a seamless switch. ooh maybe they shift to traditional animation when they're in the lines between.

video games:

shriek week

coffin run

these come down to gm style and also system. shriek week is already a cryptid dating sim. coffin run is crunchy, a little bit horror with a lot of adventuring options to explore.

anyway, i hope you enjoy. check out the spreadsheet if you'd like.

*this is in reference to the adventuring academy episode the new mr. peanut, wherein lou wilson creates a snack rating system for brennan lee mulligan based on a scale of 1-5 almonds. exceeding the 1-5, i.e. reaching 6, means you go to the salami scale.

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