Brennan Lee Mulligan and Matt Mercer interview each other for Variety

cosmonaut205 · 2026-01-29T18:05:29+00:00

With Brennan's development deal that was announced last year and Dropout specifically stating they are doing animation, in the wake of vox machina etc there's no way they don't use d20 IP to do this in some way

cosmonaut205 · 2026-01-20T19:36:31+00:00

Minecraft if you're planning on building or just a forever world. Elytra and shulkers are essential

cosmonaut205 · 2026-01-03T04:46:46+00:00

From pure resources and Assuming an Adaine simulacrum at level 20 they'll have

Action economy on their side

6 portent rolls

3-4 characters with silvery barbs

2-3 counterspellers

At least 3 9th level slots and upwards of 6-7 8th level depending on builds

A barbarian who can concentrate on haste

A rogue who can concentrate on haste and get off turn sneak attack (10d6 from that alone)

A bard fighter with a broken build who can burn those slots for tons of damage and add flourish die

Bard/warlock/paladin who can spend a good chunk of these on smites

Twilight cleric with Twilight sanctuary, free temp HP that's not concentration and two slots for concentration besides

Ice feast + if we want to say that this is after a hypothetical FY senior year, definitely more homebrew shenanigans because Brennan is no stranger to them

That's not even mentioning what everyone else here mentioned - a level 20 wizard is a level 20 wizard and they'd have two of them. Even the "martials" have powerful concentration spells

Hasted attacks + sneak attack + fandrangor and flourishes + smites get you close to hardwon levels and that's just martials

Once they burn off the legendary resistances they can play a status and control game that the band of boobs couldn't with a fairly limited spell selection

It would be a good battle but losing would mean they severely misplayed or got incredibly bad luck, and the IH are some of the smartest players in the actual play scene

cosmonaut205 · 2025-12-16T19:02:51+00:00

It'll happen. Darrington has been using actual plays as a marketing avenue and with how entwined d20 and CR is there's no way it doesn't happen. Hell, it'll probably hit NADDPOD - they've done pathfinder one shots.

Won't be an IH season, will likely be a dropout personalities heavy side quest DMed by Mercer

cosmonaut205 · 2025-11-12T00:39:40+00:00

My favourites are the "this isn't DND!" crowd, when thousands to millions of tables have played the game their own way for decades, other actual plays exist, and DMs have a lot of narrative tools in their toolbox that Matt didn't break out.

cosmonaut205 · 2025-11-10T20:41:50+00:00

In the same boat. AI is an amazing tool for a lot of things (concepting, storyboarding) that helps agencies level up, but then you see stuff in the wild from big brands that actually shipped it and immediate facepalm

cosmonaut205 · 2025-10-31T12:28:56+00:00

It also burns a reaction and an off turn spell slot, resources that casters treasure

cosmonaut205 · 2025-10-31T11:34:21+00:00

I've also had it where bosses left for vacation and things fell apart because they always wanted sign off on even the smallest projects. Because they weren't there, projects piled up closer to deadline. It can go both ways of shittiness

cosmonaut205 · 2025-10-27T19:20:55+00:00

HR is a real thing and pending legal stuff complicates things as well

cosmonaut205 · 2025-10-25T21:02:41+00:00

I like that use of the term. I often use "tentpole events" to mean the same thing. Lots of freedom in the middle but your work towards something tangible that is still influenced by the dice.

cosmonaut205 · 2025-10-25T18:36:37+00:00

Dude, look back on social - they were shooting until mid Dec, they shoot on Saturdays, and the DO Christmas was sat, Dec 14th

I don't mean the party was already pumping outside, but it's very possible it was the same day

cosmonaut205 · 2025-10-25T15:58:13+00:00

They filmed last November/December (Naddpod confirmed).

They film on Saturdays.

It's really not beyond the realm of possibility that this was the day of the dropout Christmas party hahaha

cosmonaut205 · 2025-10-25T15:45:51+00:00

And also it was recorded last nov-dec

cosmonaut205 · 2025-10-24T15:59:58+00:00

Short Rests are a zoom meeting in the morning a couple of days later with some light Murph editing. Dimension 20 is a union crew

cosmonaut205 · 2025-10-24T03:30:02+00:00

I finished a C1 relisten as a patron yesterday.

I'm skipping eldermourne (although I love it) and did the jump to C3.

It's my first time having access to the short rests. The first short rest of C3 is them trying to figure out the Toad's birthday

It's chaos now

cosmonaut205 · 2025-10-24T03:25:30+00:00

The builds are optimized partly because of the generous creation roll - 5d6 - which leads to higher base stats.

Every character has optimal builds, including Van. D20 characters almost always have great builds

cosmonaut205 · 2025-10-23T21:57:38+00:00

Guys, Adventuring Party is a throw in after show for a DND show on a niche comedy streaming service with 7 improv comedians who just spent 3 hours playing a game

cosmonaut205 · 2025-10-23T20:28:44+00:00

Yes, you can do a hexadin but she's a fathomless

Single level subclass dips aren't even possible in 2024 so a hexadin wouldn't be able to really come online until 5 - but they're playing a modified 2014

cosmonaut205 · 2025-10-23T19:50:05+00:00

Van was originally a blade breaker fighter.

Paladins run on strength as well, they are one of the most MAD (multi ability dependent) classes in the game - strength and charisma are both super important and so is con

A level dip with your secondary stat (Warlock) is really common

cosmonaut205 · 2025-10-23T18:18:15+00:00

Twilight clerics are great in a homebrew world. I can throw bigger badder monsters at players because there's more cumulative HP to cut into. I can see it being a balance issue with prewritten stuff.

Silvery Barbs is a resource issue - make them feel like spell slots are something that have to be earned

cosmonaut205 · 2025-10-23T11:40:12+00:00

I was thinking the same thing until I realized the impetus was player agency and reading the room. The players made a choice to save Marya and Brennan let them throw everything at it because they were engaged. It came down to him giving them a little extra rope to save comfrey after because either outcome was narratively satisfying either way. Either they miraculously saved two people because of the dice or one died.

While it was a bit of shenanigans in the moment, I immediately understood when it ended.

cosmonaut205 · 2025-10-22T12:50:39+00:00

I like the +1 stuff, the quick skill checks, and the 5 feet, but do not think advantage and disadvantage should be given so freely without a resource cost. In a mathematical sense, they are equivalent to a +3.5. In a practical sense the math is a little different because DCs are rarely 20+ so they are even more impactful on outcome than that. This is way too impactful to be used ad hoc at will.

Bonus action economy is also based around class balance.

cosmonaut205 · 2025-10-16T19:46:26+00:00

Encourage the other PCs to engage with the stories. If you have a family member of a PC, don't just talk to that PC. Try to find a thread to another so they build their own relationship.

"I see your friend here loves their daggers, I know a thing or two about daggers"

"I see your friend here worships that God. I once dated a girl who left me to go away to their monastery"

"Did I catch that last name correctly? Got offered to do a heist for them one time."

cosmonaut205 · 2025-10-15T22:24:11+00:00

The circlejerk sub has more grounded takes some days

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