I Hit It With My Axe: Episode 10: Trying To Kill The King Has Consequences

rddj623

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Great episode! Zak I loved seeing some of your drawings during the credits. One of my favorite aspects of this series is how thorough you are as a DM. I like the story of the campaign and KK rolling the 20's at the wrong time was awesome. We've all seen the dice make us or break us. :)
 

chepenoyo

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Firia said:
GM person, you have no character or color to your world. You have "dudes" on a table, numbers on a paper, and that is all. Lose the "and these guys are all like, 'Aaaah,'" and act a little. Get into a persona or two.
Are we watching the same show? He's spent half of the recent episodes talking in goblin upside down and backwards. We've had a half-medusa hiding in the party, and another player whose lycanthropy has caught up with her. And best of all he backs off and let's the players take the limelight. Beats having a DM who's in love with the sound of his own voice and who narrates everything to death while accenting every third word, don't you agree?
 

Cosplay Horatio

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Boyninja616 said:
Anxiety is the least of your problems if you decide to play D&D.

As I found out, sleep and nutrition are also quite large problems.

What would other Escapists do if they are asked to play in this game?
Although I don't have my original papers I'd may bring back either my Elf or my Fighter Wizard unless Zak has a character that is needed like the Half-Medusa for Justine. My favorite parts were Kimberly's 20's, turning her back into a human with a purple and orange mushroom, and finding out the plot of the Medusa Queen and the Goblin King. For the end part if I had to choose fighting against a grub monster and that hydra I'd choose the grub monster too.
 

EchetusXe

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One suggestion for the future would be to have a little cartoon visualising the player's characters fighting goblins and what not. I know this would take away the visual of stunningly beautiful women, but maybe it could switch between real life and cartoon, y'know?
 

MasterSplinter

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This is one of my favorite weekly "things" here at the escapist.
I've wanted to play at least some form of D&D for a long time, but mainly not knowing anybody that plays it in my area (or has invited me) and time constrains have kept me from even have a taste of this game.

It's kinda cool that the players, like me, don't know much of what can happen in this sort of things.
 

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Nomnomnomitron said:
I also know not to play serious D&D/RPG campaigns with women. It's the difference I am trying to convey. Each player I looked up with a bio showed to have a great professional appealing personalty and assets (ya sorry about the pun).

It's not the players faults they are losing our interest when trying to play a pro-dominant mathematic game. No, that doesn't mean women are bad at math and I don't devalue talent on the screen. Paper RPG's require imagination to stay enthralled into the game. It feels like your substituting it for beautiful ladies and it's starting to insult us all.

P.S. Please ask one of the players to motor-boat (yes with a bra) the GM. I would hope this would be entertaining to us all for 20 seconds and give him a more enthusiastic tone for him.
I'm a 25 year old female graphic designer who's played her fair share of pen and paper rpgs amongst other things and I think that was an incredibly offensive and generalized statement. Sometimes I'll play a game lightlyheartedly, sometimes deadly serious - it depends on the gm, the party, the story, etc.

More on topic: The initial idea of this show didn't really appeal to me, but I was curious and it's definitely hooked me in. It's also awesome seeing the production quality go up every episode. Keep up the awesome work, guys!
 

LunarTick

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"Aaahh! People are turning to stone! This is fucked!" was my favorite line of this episode.
Tom Roberts said:
"That's the cutest thing ever" about the beetle-riding goblins pushing a hydra towards you.
This, was my favourite* line of this episode. Quite frankly, it was a cute miniature. It's a miniature that reduces the need for needless goblin killing in players. Join the Goblin Rights Advocacy Komittee!

Also: the collective "Ewww!" at the end and the notebook credits were nice.

*Different spellings causing me to be able to have two favo(u)rite things.
 
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I loved it how Mandy (I think) goes "Is Connie hurt?" with genuine concern, by the Werewolf falling on her. In any other D&D game I don't think anyone would have given it a second thought.

Justine is so ace; I love her enthusiasm.

Poor KK; I know what it's like to turn into an uncontrollable monster.
 

Dave Michalak

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Jebus Crow, has Kimberly's Rage paid off even once this whole game?

Justine seems definitely more into this than Sasha. That could be because she's not constantly getting boned by the dice like Sasha was... or because her character is actually tied into the setting... who knows?

Frankie: "I wasn't afraid, I just didn't want to deal with it" =(

Again, this was the best show yet. Keep up the crescendo and hopefully we'll get a big cymbal clash at the end.
 

Dave Michalak

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Nomnomnomitron said:
Like many, most of us were excited, by that we held our manhood and boldly clicked the first episodes. Who can blame us chasing an entertaining profit? Adult entertainers + D&D = Profit? This has to work, right? Let's clear the goblins, sphinx's, gazers, and whatnot in the room to help Escapist pitch a more effective revision to their subscribers.

I'm 27, male, and work in IT. I enjoyed playing paper based RPG's in my teens and now apathetic to the video game constructs they attempt to make now. I've also dated a stripper and have had plenty of social experiences to see the attempt here that allows such a high resistance. I'm obviously also not your target demographic your shooting for. What is it by the way, 18-25 and FEMALE? I feel compelled to speak out on content like this to help us all.

Okay, fess up Zak Sabbath and Escapist, you thought everyone would just willingly accept the two dimensional hotness your splaying out like a Bards spell of Irresistible Dance. But just like summoning 'BOOBS' you quickly learned the stun effect wears off. It's somewhat entertaining to hear the players personalities. I also know not to play serious D&D/RPG campaigns with women. It's the difference I am trying to convey. Each player I looked up with a bio showed to have a great professional appealing personalty and assets (ya sorry about the pun).

It's not the players faults they are losing our interest when trying to play a pro-dominant mathematic game. No, that doesn't mean women are bad at math and I don't devalue talent on the screen. Paper RPG's require imagination to stay enthralled into the game. It feels like your substituting it for beautiful ladies and it's starting to insult us all.

P.S. Please ask one of the players to motor-boat (yes with a bra) the GM. I would hope this would be entertaining to us all for 20 seconds and give him a more enthusiastic tone for him.

What the HELL, dude. This comment is comprised entirely of fail and jackassery.

EDIT: I went on to further insult this person and tell them off, but then realized that I was flaming and that's not cool, so I am self-censoring. /EDIT
 

ThaBenMan

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"Actually, they'd be like 'People aren't turning to stone, everything is cool'", heheh

And a hydra? Oh man, bad news...
 

Eversor01

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It may have come up earlier but I read this thread and saw no evidence of it... actually I could probably find the answer by reading an earlier comment thread but I'm gunna openly admit to being lazy.

I do have some questions though and this is the only reason I even joined the escapist. What level are they? I assume they're played 4th ed, cannot stand that edition although still funny to see people play it, and the seemingly universal assumption even new players jump to of the DM trying to kill them (think mentioned a few episodes back).

The other thing I noticed is a lot of people find it strange girls playing DnD, I haven't been playing since it started but since second ed, and I've almost always had at least one girl in the group. They really aren't bad players or anything just seem to run on a different line of thinking to the guys, and is usually useful to have both.

Some people have commented the DM seems flat, as a DM I gotta say give him a break, he caters to his audience, if you get too immersive for people who are new it can put them off or make it a chore if they are just looking for a game with some friends.
 

chozo_hybrid

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I have to say, I don't think I'll continue watching this series. Gave it a good shot.

It just seems forced and weird...
 

mandymorbid

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Eversor01 said:
It may have come up earlier but I read this thread and saw no evidence of it... actually I could probably find the answer by reading an earlier comment thread but I'm gunna openly admit to being lazy.

I do have some questions though and this is the only reason I even joined the escapist. What level are they? I assume they're played 4th ed, cannot stand that edition although still funny to see people play it, and the seemingly universal assumption even new players jump to of the DM trying to kill them (think mentioned a few episodes back).
We are playing 1e AD&D and 3.5 homebrew hybrid. The rest of your question IS answered in the comments thread from two weeks/episodes ago.

Summary: I'm 4th lvl (playing this character since August 2009). Frankie 3rd. KK 2ond. Satine 2ond or 3rd same as Connie. All playing since fall or winter 2009. Guests are 1st lvl.
 

MortisLegio

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nice episode, keep them coming
Dave Michalak said:
Nomnomnomitron said:
Like many, most of us were excited, by that we held our manhood and boldly clicked the first episodes. Who can blame us chasing an entertaining profit? Adult entertainers + D&D = Profit? This has to work, right? Let's clear the goblins, sphinx's, gazers, and whatnot in the room to help Escapist pitch a more effective revision to their subscribers.

I'm 27, male, and work in IT. I enjoyed playing paper based RPG's in my teens and now apathetic to the video game constructs they attempt to make now. I've also dated a stripper and have had plenty of social experiences to see the attempt here that allows such a high resistance. I'm obviously also not your target demographic your shooting for. What is it by the way, 18-25 and FEMALE? I feel compelled to speak out on content like this to help us all.

Okay, fess up Zak Sabbath and Escapist, you thought everyone would just willingly accept the two dimensional hotness your splaying out like a Bards spell of Irresistible Dance. But just like summoning 'BOOBS' you quickly learned the stun effect wears off. It's somewhat entertaining to hear the players personalities. I also know not to play serious D&D/RPG campaigns with women. It's the difference I am trying to convey. Each player I looked up with a bio showed to have a great professional appealing personalty and assets (ya sorry about the pun).

It's not the players faults they are losing our interest when trying to play a pro-dominant mathematic game. No, that doesn't mean women are bad at math and I don't devalue talent on the screen. Paper RPG's require imagination to stay enthralled into the game. It feels like your substituting it for beautiful ladies and it's starting to insult us all.

P.S. Please ask one of the players to motor-boat (yes with a bra) the GM. I would hope this would be entertaining to us all for 20 seconds and give him a more enthusiastic tone for him.

What the HELL, dude. This comment is comprised entirely of fail and jackassery.

EDIT: I went on to further insult this person and tell them off, but then realized that I was flaming and that's not cool, so I am self-censoring. /EDIT
yeah that pretty much sums it up
 

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Really pleased to see how much the show has improoved - it looks like your really listening to the feedback you're getting!

I've said this before but i'd like to reiterate - You are bound to get complaints because D&D fans will want to see their experience recreated when they see a show like this. D&D is a very flexible game and every group plays differently, for anyone that wants to complain about the group dynamics and how they play the game just remember that everyone plays it differently. I really like seeing the game being played like this and although its not how i've played D&D its close enough!

As far as DMing goes, i know it can be difficult to keep a balance between making it accessable to new players, while keeping it complex enough for more experienced ones, but your doing a good job and the story is intriguing so keep up the good work and I'll keep watching!

my favourite part this week: girl with glasses climbing over the wall After the fight is over :D