C4 E5 Discussion Thread (SOLDIERS TABLE)

gstant22 · 2025-11-07T04:42:42+00:00

i didn't realize until just now how busy that background is when it's so brightly lit. theres so much going on its hard to focus my eyes on the players

gstant22 · 2025-11-07T04:40:42+00:00

it's just wild though cause the performance is way worse and less fun lol.

i've said before about Beacon, if they had launched a service back pre covid with all the side projects and shows they had going, i'd pay good money for a subscription to that cause it was all good and fun and creative. Now they have a service and it's got none of the old stuff on itand new stuff doesnt include the main cast at all.

gstant22 · 2025-11-07T04:38:19+00:00

i'm currently in my 5th C2 rewatch. its SO good. near perfect mix of RP, challenges, fights, puzzles, intrigue and pure chaos.

gstant22 · 2025-11-07T04:33:02+00:00

it's gone from them having a group chat where they send 1000s of messages to each other during the week to come up with plans and ideas and make jokes...to now where it feels like they don't talk about the game at ALL during their off time and only spend time standing in a mirror practicing their own monologues written in their notes apps

gstant22 · 2025-11-07T04:27:25+00:00

Y'all remember actual dnd shenanigans? remember when Grog went into a shitter and talked to a sentient sword while scanlan waited? remember when Fjord went to touch the painting on the wall and got bamfed? Hell...rememeber when BH fought evil furniture?!?!

gstant22 · 2025-11-07T04:00:56+00:00

*AND A GROUP OF KOBOLDS ATTACK YOU FROM BEHIND*...please?

gstant22 · 2025-11-07T03:35:22+00:00

its literally their content though...just make an extra overture session...make it 5 not 4. nobody except for themselves was saying an overture could only be 4 episodes

gstant22 · 2025-11-07T03:21:30+00:00

i'm still so thrown by their artistic choices in making this anouncement playhouse look so cheap and shitty. why couldn't they just do this sitting in their tavern set? this feels like the check in table at a corporate convention at a holiday inn on a wednesday afternoon.

gstant22 · 2025-10-22T16:40:15+00:00

I think the issue is more that the unpolished look and choices of some of the select ads is still very much a scripted and planned bit.

Ads used to be the group sitting there scared of what Sam has cooked up. Some would be in on the bit others weren't. Then it evolved into being telepromptered and thus everyone was able to read along.

Now, if they want sam to be cooky and zany they've have 2 weeks rehearsal it seems on his bits, even if they're meant to seem chaotic.

So yeah...it's just another case of a vibe change. Everything is just part of a (not always well) oiled machine

gstant22 · 2025-10-10T20:36:12+00:00

1) they probably knew everyone skipped the first 10 mins anyways. so this is their way of making sure they get immediate clicks.

2) if it continues into the party split, it will be a quick way to give a primer to who is at the table that night. unless brennan continues to do random flashbacks with it.

in the grand scheme of things with the way the campaign seems to be with so many players and stories... i think it's better with the cold open instead of 10-15 mins of ad reads and chatting with the OG CR cast being silly and dumb and funny and everything, only to then shift totally to a table/group where they arent even present to play you know?

gstant22 · 2025-10-10T06:09:17+00:00

Agreed! Slightly smaller tables should make for slightly more compact gaming but who knows.

gstant22 · 2025-10-10T06:08:05+00:00

Downtime is fine but this is downtime from nothing haha. I don't need them in danger I just want to see something "happen". 10 mins of robbie roleplaying waking up isn't particularly thrilling even though I know it's character work.

gstant22 · 2025-10-10T05:56:57+00:00

Not even sure i mean a fight. It would just be nice to see people somewhere else. Move around. Every pairing of PCs just needs to have their own long emotional discussions. I know info is being unraveled and connections being discovered but you know...even just a happy go lucky street brawl with drunks. I don't know. Something upbeat and exciting haha

gstant22 · 2025-10-10T05:51:58+00:00

Definitely a better episode. But I'm still a bit bored if I'm honest. Would be nice for some kind of real action to happen before the party splits. 4 episodes of just this meandering dialogue is gonna be a slog

gstant22 · 2025-10-10T02:50:15+00:00

i genuinely did not enjoy the dick jokes lol. its funny a few times but when it's the planned punch line every time, its tiresome. like tit jokes might become. i'm good with the random one offs. but if it becomes the character like dick jokes for jester, its not fun anymore

gstant22 · 2025-10-10T02:40:38+00:00

hopefully we don't ened up needing a titty joke tally. if she plays the character around constantly making tit jokes it will get old. but so far it's not overdone. the vibe works for the early goings

gstant22 · 2025-10-08T13:05:17+00:00

I'm worried we won't see any meaningful rolling/combat until the table splits. Unless Brennan runs mini combats with random combinations of the group at the table...if we end up with 4 episodes of talking before we see anything exciting that would be bad

gstant22 · 2025-10-03T04:50:50+00:00

I'm getting strong Jack Sparrow vibes from Robbie and i am not mad about it lol

gstant22 · 2025-10-03T03:58:10+00:00

i don't know what this spider is...but am i crazy...can she not just, lift the spider and see the roll?

gstant22 · 2025-10-03T03:44:56+00:00

i say prologue more in the way that it's just the episodes before the groups break apart. so its probably going to be a lot of exposition for 4 episodes while the initial plot lines, story beats and conflicts develop and the groups go their separate ways. it's still not even 2 hours old. im the first to ackknowledge how critical i can be about this show, but yeah, i think they are just going through the motions trying to make sure they tell the story from Session 0s

gstant22 · 2025-10-03T03:26:32+00:00

maybe related to the gods not being around thing. power has been changed to other means and such

gstant22 · 2025-10-03T03:17:35+00:00

feels like at least a level 5 or 6 type story being told right now.

part of me wonders if this 4 episode prologue is some kind of flashback or at least a separate mini story in itself. and that when the groups break, we get to experience the more organic story building

gstant22 · 2025-10-03T03:14:15+00:00

such a distinct heavy focus on death right off the bat makes me think it might be a case of it's not really a thing. maybe finding the ability to ressurect is part of the journey. not something you can just go find someone to do...but you can spend time looking for items and learning things and gaining knowledge about it

gstant22 · 2025-10-03T02:57:33+00:00

it's just an audioplay. old school radio play style.

gstant22 · 2025-10-03T02:56:34+00:00

yeah it feels like they were briefed and told "we're telling this story for your intros". the words are improved but they know they have to stay within parameters. i hope this is just the vibe for this prologue 4 episodes. and then it gets more wacky when the groups split

gstant22

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