Whoppingly late to the game because when I watched it when it aired, it was after downloading the episode to my phone in low resolution without any captioning and while being besieged by airplane noises, so now I'm finally watching Dungeon Masters campaign 2, episode 3, while actually being able to hear everything!
(Upside, it was kind of a vibe watching it while flying over an actual desert!)
One thing I totally missed the first time: the chat! I missed you all! Watching the chat replay as well, already giggling at, "gonna be a short session if they all die of dehydration"
Wow, Dev looks really pretty :o
Is it a good or bad sign when the first roll of the session is both a nat 20 and a nat 1? XD
Poor Cadmus, not having Darkvision is a definite hindrance!
Egg! History check with a DC15 but that's okay because he has a +11 goddamn.
Man side note but the rugs they have on the set are really pretty.
You got this, Cadmus. I believe in you, bby <3
Jasmine: "Your windskiff is moving much slower than usual -" Dev: "Hey now."
Li'l P gets a rest! None for Sailor, alas.
Jasmine as Big A/Anton: "I was worried about you." Li'l P: "You were? 🥺" Big A: "I worry about you a lot." Li'l P: "In like a friendship way? Like would you say that we're frien-" Big A: "Well…" Neil: "Coming on a little strong~" Dev: *thumps Neil*
Big A: "Got one third of that Elminster blood in me… one tenth even, maybe… okay, maybe less than that…" Li'l P: "You're full Elminster to me, mate." Jasmine and Dev: *fistbump*
Ohh Sailor getting hit by that guilt/panic :(
Jasmine, rolling a die: "Ohh, that's a fun random encounter…" Mayanna: 😬 I'll take 'things you don't want to hear from the DM' for 100, Alex!
Jasmine: "You see in the dark padding forward from behind a pillar, two lion's paws. Above them, a humanoid torso. Long black braids, bright green eyes tinged with amber that gaze at you through the darkness like two lanterns as a Lamia approaches you." Dev: "I'm gonna need a picture." Neil: "Sexy cat man." Christian: "Lamia? I barely know her."
Sapphira: "Phaerimm? They eat magic." The Lamia: "Yes." Sapphira: "I've never seen anything like that in my life." The Lamia: "…Tourists."
Sapphira: *has a much-needed crash-out/trauma dump* The Lamia: "😬 …Emotional."
Neil: "I've never been so attracted to an NPC in all my life."
The Lamia: "…But sometimes, a little bit of patheticness is kind of what you need. See, I've been trying to find my way into a Zhentarim-held encampment. They operate the only functional oasis in this area. I just need a way in. And perhaps your patheticness, they'll find it disarming and you can help sneak me in, as like your…" Sapphira: "Girlfriend." The Lamia, simultaneously: "Sister." Jasmine: o.o Dev: "Get it, girl!" The Lamia: "…Sure, why not?" Sapphira: "You're very beautiful, sorry." Jasmine: "This is a crazy time to shoot your shot. This is a crazy time!" Mayanna: "I might die tonight, babe ¯\_(ツ)_/¯"
Jasmine absolutely losing her shit at being rizzed up <3
Jasmine: "I must admit to you all above the table, the DM is also a player. My flabbers are gasting in the wind." Mayanna: "You're here, I'm here, night sky, I don't know ¯\_(ツ)_/¯" Neil: "Is that a bottle of wine?"
The Rizzening continues, the table lowkey collectively dies. Dev: "I've got secondhand blushing right now!"
Jasmine: "You enjoy the benefits of a long rest. …We're not going further than that." Dev: "Sorry, just to be clear, together?" Jasmine: "Yes -" Dev, making… hand gestures: "Together??" Jasmine: "You both enjoy the benefits of a…" Neil: "Loooong rest." Dev: "A long hard rest." Jasmine and Mayanna: *fistbump*
Cadmus surrounded by Zhentarim, I'm sure this'll go great.
Chat comment: "Mayanna putting the Sapphic in Sapphira."
Jasmine as a Zhent: "…I didn't know Pirouette had a son." Cadmus: 😔
On the plus side, he passed the CON saving throw and could leave a trail! That's useful!
Sailor really, really needs a nap. On the plus side, a nat 20 on his luck roll! :D (I refuse to confirm that I literally did a fist pump watching this in the plane.) Meet Gnarly, one of Sailor's sisters, and her Eldritch Shotgun!
Gnarly: "My god, you look like you've aged thirty years!" Sailor: "I know it 😔 It's been a time, and to be honest with you, my dogs are barkin'. We need to lie down here, if that's okay. How y'all been, sis?" Jasmine: "She takes a round shield from her back and comes sliding down one of the rock surfaces as she does so, kicking it up at the end and then putting it back on her back perfectly, and she looks delighted to see you with that natural 20." Sailor: "Hey, Gnarly." Gnarly: "Baby brother." Jasmine: "And she just kind of like pulls you into a big hug." Neil: "To be honest with you, I don't realise how much I need this hug, and I just hold onto it." Rest of the table, most of the audience: 🥺
Twin siblings, Chop and Rip! What fab names the siblings have XD Things are kind of tense with the Dukes of the Dunes, alas.
Li'l P: "When you get this thing up and running, yeah… can I drive? :D"
Li'l P: "I'm a very good driver… also a very good fighter… I'm good at most things. And I'm a quick learner! And I'm very eager to please." Gnarly: "I like that. Not a lot of people pleasing me these days, if you catch my drift." Dev: *goes on a face journey* Gnarly: "It's a refreshing change." Li'l P: "…I absolutely don't catch it :)"
Cadmus rolls a nat 20 on perception, spots bandits, and is able to warn his Zhentarim captors! It pays off and they start treating him just a bit nicer. (Zhentarim: "It is clear in the lease: no wizards are allowed in the party. Sorry." Cadmus: :) Zhentarim: "OK I will make an exception because he looks very polite.")
Sapphira is bonding with the Lamia, who's now trusted her with her real name, Rabia. Close enough to the fake name she gave earlier, Rubia ("A sapphire and a ruby make an amethyst~").
Oops, messed up on the fight. Alas. Rabia is apparently quite willing to share her bed with Sapphira, but not so much her provisions…
Sailor: "Hey, Li'l P, you know what we always say around these parts, don't you?" Li'l P: "I don't." Sailor: "You're gonna Weave upon the Wind. *wink!*"
Jasmine: "I think this is going to be probably an Intelligence check." Dev: "Actually, I have a quite high Intelligence!" Jasmine: "You do!" Dev: "I have a plus three! *rolls a 2*" Music: *stops*
Li'l P and Big A proceed to make homemade moonshine out of prickly pears and go temporarily blind :D
Sapphira and Rabia are now the Amethyst Raiders :') Sapphira is exhausted and frustrated and Rabia wants to know who she works for. Sapphira angrily infodumps about how the whole world will become desert and Rabia just rests her chin in her hands. Sapphira: "You're so cute when you do that and it makes me crazy >:(" Rabia: "I kind of like the sand. But you're saying it would be bad if it went everywhere? Let me see if I can find it within myself to care about this." Sapphira: "Do you care about me?" Jasmine: *lowkey bluescreens*
Joseph the Younger does his best octopus impression :D Butt naked and sand-coloured against the rock, doing a Meccha Chameleon run and getting sunburned in awkward places.
Cadmus Sends a message to his mother, giving his status and location, adding that he's tougher than either he or she thought. His mother replies to Sailor saying her son needs help - "Oops, have a son. Long story -" and that he's not as tough as he thinks :') Sailor: "Off to find your long story. See you soon."
I goddamn love the Workshop Wrecker. Thanks, Joseph the Younger! Cadmus and Sapphira, who get whacked, probably don't love it so much. Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.
Sailor: "Yo, Misfits! Time to hustle your caboosles!"
Sapphira invites Rabia on board :D Jasmine: "Give me a Persuasion check with advantage, your friends are kinda aura farming here." Dev: "The situationship is about to come on board the ship! :D"
Sapphira: "*holds out hand* Come with me." Jasmine: *does what can only be described as a verbal keyboardsmash* Neil: "We broke the DM!" Dev: "We broke Jasmine!" Jasmine: "That was a - she unholstered it upon me! I wasn't ready to be rizzed today, guys!" Dev: "Yeah, girl~"
Jasmine: "Behind you, Young Joseph comes running over. Joseph the Younger goes, 'We might want to make our escape now!'" Christian: "*holds out hand* Come with me." Table: *LOSES SHIT* Joseph: "…I think I've been waiting for that my whole life :D"
Dev: "So many situationships on this ship. …It's the Situation-" Players: "SHIP!"
Gnarly helping Li'l P drive the ship. Now we just need to find a nice NPC for Sailor and we have a set XD
Jasmine: "There's no way they could possibly catch up with you -" Mayanna: "…Uh oh." Jasmine: "- and then you see it."
A giant purple worm! Roll for initiative… next week! (Or later this week, anyway!)




















