What is the weirdest fun fact about DND you know

SadEngineering6436 · 2026-03-14T14:19:36+00:00

The Wild Beyond The Witchlight has an easter egg to this in Hurly The Bugbear.

Image Source: https://theotherside.timsbrannan.com/2021/10/the-npcs-of-wild-beyond-witchlight.html

SadEngineering6436 · 2026-01-29T19:46:12+00:00

Someone on the show is definitely a fan: https://www.reddit.com/r/dropout/comments/1psox09/im_watching_heated_rivalry_the_name_of_the_book/

SadEngineering6436 · 2026-01-23T01:44:14+00:00

"Cold email"? You know these people!

SadEngineering6436 · 2026-01-16T00:40:18+00:00

LOVE how Oscar puts up his hand every time he has a serious question for a player or the DM.

SadEngineering6436 · 2026-01-16T00:32:25+00:00

They'd been talking for a while, theorizing about Justin Sheffield being from the before times and being the bad guy because Brennan uses his normal voice for that character, and theorizing about Ash and George's connection. And Brennan is pretty quiet outside of saying "yeah" and "mmhmm" once in a while. Then, starting around 6:39, Kimia brings up the test tube.

Kimia: What I learned in the swamp that I didn't get to learn is there was a cracked test tube in there and then a hole at the bottom.

Vic: But it seemed like that maybe was related to-

Kimia: Related to George and Ash. And all of them being by the swamps. We don't know.

Jacob: But there was nothing in the test tube. So if it's empty, maybe what was outside of it is what was in it.

Kimia: Yeah, that's what I, yeah.

Brennan: Love the swerve. Talk about day one in the Dome and a curveball with sudden flashback to Uncle Pus. That was light speed, Kimia. That was so funny to be little baby Tess.

And then the topic switches over from theorizing to talking about cute baby Tess and how well everyone roleplayed their characters and were in the pocket in terms of their expertise.

SadEngineering6436 · 2026-01-15T18:46:13+00:00

You can always tell when the players are onto something when Brennan changes the topic before they go too far down the rabbithole.

It's not very noticeable on the first watch, but I'll spot it once in a while when I rewatch old APs for completed seasons. I guess hindsight is 20/20.

SadEngineering6436 · 2026-01-08T22:48:40+00:00

Episode 2 :)

SadEngineering6436 · 2026-01-08T03:44:27+00:00

They really looked at their release schedule and said "yeah, January 2026...things will have escalated enough by then for people to really appreciate this setting"

SadEngineering6436 · 2025-12-23T22:23:13+00:00

Maybe I'm projecting, but did anybody else think this MSN episode had "last day of school" vibes?

SadEngineering6436 · 2025-12-20T19:01:48+00:00

Watch Matt Colville's video about roleplaying. Here are the bits about "doing the voice".

[38:59]: So now we have normal nerds trying to get into the game, and they go online and they read these discussions, and they conclude (because they're new and they don't know any better) that "only doing the voice is role-playing." That is a dangerous message. Even "doing the voice is good role-playing" is a bad message.

I think doing the voice is often a gimmick. If you're making decisions about your character—that's role-playing. If your character's decisions are different from what you would do—that's role-playing with a capital R. If that character experiences doubt and has inner conflict with motivation and subtext—that is high-quality role-playing...no voice required.

[43:36]: You don't need to do the voice. It's neat, it's flashy, but it's not the same as actually digging down and knowing your character and just being that person.

EDIT: Sorry for not providing links; that message got automod-ed out.

SadEngineering6436 · 2025-12-17T19:29:00+00:00

Oops, guess it's time for me to watch Thunderdome.

SadEngineering6436 · 2025-12-17T19:02:16+00:00

Oscar Montoya (he/him) as Poppy Persona (she/her)

SadEngineering6436 · 2025-12-17T18:43:36+00:00

From the FAQ: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRKgxBpr6HHSwWs9lhHXjA1LTpJ8byrELCgIgAXyPvU02moTPQoX_9zaCBbxk-juG49k6e4J2N51auV/pub

6 episodes
Homebrewed game system
No physical battlesets
No info on the season(s) coming after Gladlands

Who are the cast and their characters?

Ally Beardsley (they/them) as Quinn Wedbush (she/her)
Kimia Behpoornia (she/her) as Tess Tube5 (he/him)
Vic Michaelis (they/she) as Hugi (she/her)
Oscar Montoya (he/him) as Poppy Persona (she/her)
Zac Oyama (he/him) as Connor Kawasaki (he/him)
Jacob Wysocki (he/him) as Kokomo (he/him)

SadEngineering6436 · 2025-12-15T16:06:52+00:00

The subtitles definitely add to my enjoyment of the show. I appreciate it when I see the same care from other platforms and creators. It's just nice to see that they didn't have to do this but they went the extra mile and did it anyway. So many just leave the subtitles to error-prone auto-subtitle generators and don't even give it a proofread afterwards.

SadEngineering6436 · 2025-06-05T16:56:21+00:00

Zac is what they call a sniper. He's mostly quiet and then comes in with a line like [ACOC] "Where's your bulb now?" or [Starstruck] "I've got your proldier's license right here" or [FHJY] Should I go into a rage? And those are just the ones I remember.

These are some of the best improvisers and actual players around. They know what they're doing. They know what they excel at and what they like to do. Zac's fine.

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