#avantris and chill

[bakugo-th]

I watched the Stardust Rhapsody Pyke and Rett backstory stream last night and was able to catch the Avantris and Chill session. There was a question about what campaign they would like to do again, for either perfecting it or just reliving the glory. Mace said IceBound and Mikey was in chat saying how Jornir would have been the only character to survive a re do of that campaign, all others would have been scrapped and maybe reused in a different campaign. Richie even ended up saying that as well with Andy agreeing.

It was kind of surprising to hear because I truly love that crew and campaign as it is. I do understand making characters more to the theme of the story and having personal connections to the main story in the way Jornir does. I do wonder what characters everyone would make as a replacement. Icebound is still probably my favorite campaign by LoA so far but its kind of an "Oops! All Bangers!" series of Campaigns so I think all of them are phenomenal.

[jadecantcreate]

late autumn nights, sitting in front of a campfire…

[ouaw-facts-i-just-made-up]

The reason Gideon seems to not be weighed down by his truama is because he's actually a DID system and his headmates hold that truama for him so he can just exist like nothing happened to him. Gideon has repressed most of his truama. When he does try to think about it his mind just goes fuzzy. So he just doesn't think about it. When he gets a flashback someone else fronts until they system feels safe again. And Gideon is completely unaware of that for years because the system is just hiding from Gideon for his own safety. When that happens the body kinda goes mute and whoever's fronting pretends to be Gideon. Any memory issues he has he just blames on brain fog or ADHD. I think YEARS later (after the entire adventure) when he's in a more domestic life he starts gaining more awareness of his headmates. And yeah it confuses the fuck out of him because he doesn't know anything about dissociative identity disorder or plurality lmao

Chuckles is absolutely not a headmate but because Gideon is haunted by Chuckles, ironically Chuckles is completely aware of the headmates inside of Gideon's mind. The headmates are also aware of Chuckles. Chuckles keeps debating wether to tell Gideon or not. Instead he just vauges about it in a way that's confusing to Gideon.

"Oh I'm not the only one in your mind Gideon."

Gideon assumes Chuckles is talking about other possible clown ghosts

[likaoniar]

[idkartbychillsfrosty]

HE HAS ARRIVED! THIS IS NOT A DRILL! I REPEAT: THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!!!!!

I'd imagine he'd be quite confused over my persona and the fact that it actually seems very friendly <3

[vampiric-succulent]

OUAW EP 22 second half:

TW for a bit of gore

COMBAT TIME BABEY

I need a detailed description of how Gideon’s manacles work I Need to Know

TORBEK W MOMENT WHEN HE BECOMES GOREBEK AND MAKES AGDON ACTUALLY SCARED

HOW DID THEY DESIGN THESE CHARACTERS HOLY SHIT

Mace i like your ignition idea but aren’t you also gonna burn down the bridge you’re on??? Nope okay nvm

This guy has a 15ft long scarf. Can’t we just grab that? It’s literally trailing.

Oh fuck. Is Twig dead? No no no

love how Derek just goes “nah fuck that I cast Shield”

“These awesome guys…. And Gricko…..”

THANK GOD SOMETHING HITS HES GRAPPLED GOING DOWN

I LOVE MACE BANGING THE TABLE SO HARD THE BATTLEMAP CAMERA SHAKES

Y’all are IGNORING Twig rn. Can’t someone stabilize her????

Twig is so iconic

NOT TORBEK. THAT IS NOT TORBEK. WHO IS THIS GUY

Oh my god.

GEAR TWOOOO— Woah that’s a bisection.

MY HEART. KREMY DO NOT LET TWIG DIE.

“I don’t feel so good Mr Kremy” GAH

Hootsie is magic??? I guess that makes sense

DONT CLOSE YOUR EYES TWIG

I feel like maybe Gricko should have been able to roll a perception check when Agdon stole something from him underwater— even at disadvantage— how is Agdon seeing? Magic?

Frost could be such a good villain who uses sympathy as a weapon— “I can save you”

What is this random frog doing here? Also I bet Frost looks lowkey ridiculous trying to talk to Agdon through the swamp midfight

YES GRICKO IS GOING FOR THE SCARF wait. This could uh. Be a trap

HARE TODAY GONE TOMORROW I GOT IT

not the chuckles coming out for battle 😭

Gorebek is so fucking scary. I love this so much.

YES THEY GOT HIM HOLY FUCK

Oh fuck Torbek is gonna drown

Twig how are you just making banaña bread right now

TORBEK MY LOVE

Oh fuck vaguely Russian gourd headed scarecrow

WHAT?????? GEHENNA????????? WHAT KID CAME UP FROM THERE????????????

Holy FUCK that’s a way to end a session

PLEASE tell me more about the Gear System. Also oh my god this was such a good episode. Holy shit.

[cake-chad]

Kelsey: "I'd eat five pigeons for some pussy!"

*table erupts in horror*

Derek: "Somebody quote that!!"

Andy: "What the haell!!!"

Nikkie: "Kelsey! The corner, the Time Out Corner!!"

Richie: "To horny jail!"

Andy: "Between that and all of chat with their fanfiction bullshit, you ALL need to go to Horny Jail!! Unbelievable!"

Kelsey: "I thought this was a safe space..."

[luna-the-cretar]

I love the fact that, the first time any official combat has been initiated, it’s with fucking Evil Torbek.

[the-wandering-st4r]

upset over just now learning that depending on how episode 36 went down, we could’ve had more gorebek moments because of the boon they were granted. FUCK.

that did however remind me that they have the wine in the first place, which will help a lot for the start of the next season so they BETTER remember they have these or all that was for naught

[avantroodles]

I need someone in Avantris HQ to add the link to the unedited Icebound E31 into the spreadsheet because my brain CANNOT move on to any other campaigns until I watch it.

[bakugo-th]

I'm shocked that the crew would nix at least 3/5 of the Icebound gang in an optimized redo of the campaign; imo, a large part of their charm is that they have such varied backstories and vibes, and that most of them are there purely by happenstance. They have such a lovely group chemistry, regarding interactions? It makes me curious who/what they'd be replaced with... but akin to what someone in the tags of your post said, I think the story overall would be less satisfactory if more of the characters were like Jornir.

Right! I completely agree! Icebound is my favorite campaign of theirs so far and the crew holds such a lovely place in my heart. The characters that they feel are "out of place" thematically creates that feeling of out of place, sense of dread, and hopelessness really shine though in my eyes at the beginning where they were struggling to survive.

I think they meant to have the party kind of be "on theme" for icebound like how the Edge of Midnight party is all on theme but still unique. Richie was saying that the Icebound crew was the last of the old ways of character creation where they all are just a collection of races, classes, and backgrounds without the understanding of the core theme of the story. Andy said he wanted to re do Beneath dark wings for the same reason, he thinks Skrimm is a more fleshed out character than Felix and would completely rebuild Felix from the ground up which I found interesting as I am watch bow for the first time rn.

Mace said he was still VERY new to playing a long campaign, it was monthly, they were all working and not doing dnd full time so he struggled keeping Taisen characterization consistent. He wanted to re do icebound, I am assuming, to give the campaign and Taisen justice.

I am glad IceBound is the way that it is and that they have grown as creatives from it. Maybe next time they do a hardcore survival campaign we can see a glimpse of what they would have changed without touching the magic they have made so far.

[sevenminiaturemonkeys]

inktober day 3: path

with derek’s iconic icebound quote

[journal-number-3]

I'm very curious as to how Nikkie decided who would show up in who's portraits

Like it can't be just love like Torbek's showing the gang would suggest- Gricko didn't even know his dad and it sounds like he sucks. I feel like Frosty would show up before Gricko senior. Nor is it blood relation cause Pa Coal didn't show up for Gideon.

[trashyswitch]

Day 19: Secret

It's Avantris & Chill, and the members of Legends of Avantris are answering questions. When one question comes up that scares Andy, Mikey decides to read it out and enlighten the fans on a little secret about the man.

More Legends of Avantris! This time, it's somewhat behind the scenes! Hope you enjoy!

The crew of Legends of Avantris had just done an entire session of D&D, and were now in the rest-mode of the session: The Avantris & Chill. All 7 players were answering questions brought up by the live chat. 

“Hi everyone, I loved today’s session today. A question for Mace: Of everyone in the group, who makes you laugh the most?” Richie read out loud. 

“Oh god…” Mace sighed and thought for a moment. “Well…It depends on the circumstance. During D&D, it’s usually Mikey or Derek that make me laugh the most. But off-screen, Richie and I have a lot of inside jokes that make me lose it each time. So…” Mace thought for a moment. “I’d say it’s either Mikie or Richie.” Mace replied. 

Mikey smiled brightly. “Oh Gideon, you were always soooo sentimental~” He said in his Chuckles voice. 

Mace threw his head back and laughed at Mikey’s Chuckles character. 

And his laughter would only increase when Derek spoke up with his Bitsy character. “You wanna say that to my face, motha-fucker?!” Bitsy (Derek) yelled back at him. 

This made Mace wheeze and lose it with even more laughter. 

“Alright, alright. We get it, you two. Let’s not fight over it.” Richie told them. 

Derek chuckled and nodded. “Okay.” 

“Rats…Foiled again…” Chuckles (Mikey) said, before laughing and dropping the act. “I’m done now, I promise.” Mikey reassured them. 

“Alright. Andy?” Richie asked. “Sure.” Andy looked at the live chat. “Amazing session as usual. I have a small question for Derek about Morning Frost:” Andy read out loud. 

“Oh? Do tell.” Derek encouraged. 

“They said “With Frost being a Tabaxi, does Frost act like a cat too?”.” Andy asked. 

“Oh, of course!” Derek replied. “I base a few of Morning Frost’s shenanigans on my own experiences with my cats Tiny and Mr. Sir. I’ve also watched a lot of orange cat videos because…Let’s face it: Orange cats have a personality of their own.” Derek explained. 

“So does that mean Frost would jump and run if a toaster popped?” Mikey asked. 

“Uhhh…Yeah, probably as a kitten.” Derek replied. 

“What about knocking over things?” Nikkie asked. 

“Again yeah, probably as a kitten.” Derek replied. “Unless someone were to piss him off enough. Only then, would he purposefully-” Derek mimicked the action of pushing the pencil off the desk. This made everyone laugh while Derek picked up the pencil and held it up. “Pretend this pencil is Gricko’s carving knife or something.” Derek told them. 

Mikey gasped and let out a disappointed “Awwww…” in Gricko’s voice. “Frosty…Again?” Mikey kept up the voice. 

“Keep this up Gricko…And your ocarina will be next.” Derek warned in Frost’s voice. 

The whole crew cheered and freaked out in response to the threat! Mikey had dropped his jaw before yelling “FROSTY!” at him, once again in Gricko’s voice before dropping the act. 

“Wow!” Andy reacted, turning to the laptop. “Okay…” Andy read through the comments and started to read one. “Seeing your notifications makes me jump for joy. I feel like a child waiting patiently for more content. You guys all rock.” Andy read out loud. 

“Thank you!” Mace cheered. 

“Glad to hear it.” Richie replied, pointing to the camera. 

“I have a question for Andy:” Andy smiled a bit. “Alright.” He kept going. “Is…” He paused his words, and reread the question. “Uhh…” He stared at the question. “Oh…” 

“What’s wrong?” Mikey asked. 

“Uh…” Andy looked to the others and awkwardly cleared his throat. “I think I’m gonna just…skip that one.” Andy muttered, scrolling down on the touchpad. 

“Wait wait, what was it?” Mikey asked. 

“Was it not safe?” Mace asked.

“If it wasn’t safe, the question would’ve been removed by the moderator.” Richie told him.  

“It was fine, but…” Andy bit his lip.

Mikey gently pulled the laptop closer to himself and scrolled back up to the same comment. “Let’s see…” Mikey looked at it. “Da da da…makes me jump for joy…You guys all rock…” Mikey read the question and laughed a bit. 

“See?” Andy told him. 

Mikey looked at Andy with a rather smug look on his face. “Dude…”

“What?” Andy asked. 

“The question was: Is Andy ticklish? If so, how ticklish?” Mikey read aloud. 

The whole crew had a large collection of reactions. Mace’s eyes had widened as he snickered and covered his mouth. Derek raised his eyebrows and smirked rather mischievously. Nikkie bursted out laughing and covered her face with her blanket, while Richie tittered and hid his lips. But of all of them, Mikey had the look of infectious excitement on his face while Andy looked all nervous and embarrassed. 

“Of all the people to be asked that!” Nikkie laughed.

“What a wonderful question!” Derek declared. “Where ARE you ticklish, Andy?” Derek asked him. 

“No, no, I am not falling for that.” Andy warned. 

“Falling for what?” Derek asked. 

“Your evil schemes.” Andy warned. 

“Oh, don’t worry.” Derek looked at Mikey. “It’s not me you’ll have to worry about.” Derek told him, staring right at Mikey. 

Mikey giggled and wiggled his fingers at him. “But me on the other hand…” Mikey teased. 

“And this is where I take my leave-” Andy yelped as the back of his shirt was grabbed by Mikey’s hand. 

“And where do you think you’re going?” Mikey asked, before gently pulling him back into his chair. 

“Now HOLDON-” Andy flopped into the chair, and widened his eyes as his arm was lifted up by Mike’s left hand. “Mike, NO!” He warned. 

“Is Andy ticklish?” Mikey danced his fingers against his now-exposed side. 

“NonoNO- GAHA!” He guffawed and curled his body in, trying to get away from his hand. “aaAAAAH!” Andy squealed and kicked his feet a little bit. “AAAH-STAHAPIT!” He shouted. 

“Oh wow!” Mikey reacted. 

Derek straightened himself and pretended to hold a microphone to his own mouth. “As you can see, Andy appears to be quite ticklish.” Derek said in an old-fashioned baseball-narrating voice. “Through the masterful technique of holding his arm hostage, the calculated Mikey has confidently turned Andy into a puddle of laughter.” Derek narrated. 

Mace wheezed and laughed, loving the narration and the absolute tomfoolery that this already turned into. 

“So true, narrator.” Mikey reacted in his Gary Goodberry voice. “But there appears to be one question the viewers want to know: where else is he ticklish?” He asked. 

“SHUHUHUT UHUP!” Andy yelled at them. 

“Indeed, that is the question.” Derek continued. “Will Gary Goodberry find a new tickle spot on the wildly entertaining head honcho?” Derek asked. 

“Well let’s see here:” Mikey went up to his armpit for a moment to see what that did. And sure enough, Andy squeaked and tugged on his hand. “eEEEAAAAH! NAAAAAHAHAAAAHAAA!” Andy’s deafening, yet unique laughter filled the room, leaving everyone erupting with laughter and cheers of their own! 

“And you say MY laugh is loud?!” Mace reacted. 

“Holy shit!” Richie reacted, pure shock on his face. 

“Goodness me! In yet another feat by the world-famous Gary, Andy has found himself unable to hide the growing redness on his dimple-filled cheeks! Leaving the comment section to wonder: Is Andy blushing? Or does Andy secretly wear makeup on stream?” Derek continued to narrate, giving the camera a little wink. 

“IHIHO’M GONNA KIHILL YOHOHOUUU!” Andy shouted at them. 

“Dear me, I’d like to take a moment to apologize for any damages we may have caused to your speakers. Though Andy’s laughter is well-known around the world-wide-web, we will not be held responsible for your impending hearing loss.” Derek continued to narrate. 

“MIKEHEHEEEY! HAAAHAAHAHAAA! EHENOHOHOUGH! NOHOHO MOOOORE! PLEEEHEEEHEEEEASE!” Andy shouted. 

“And this folks, is what happens when Avantris & Chill turns into Avantris & Mayhem.” Derek concluded his narration before stopping his act. 

Mikey stopped his act as well, stopping his onslaught and letting Andy go. “Well, there’s your answer!” Mikey replied. 

The group were all still laughing at Andy’s reactions, while also cheering for Derek and Mikey’s amazing improv skills. Meanwhile Andy was sitting there, letting himself take in some much-needed breath. “You guys…ahare…so mean.” Andy muttered at them. 

“Oh, we know…” Derek replied. 

Andy took in one last deep breath, before sitting himself up. “Well, now that THAT’S done and over with…” Andy turned to Mikey. “Are you ticklish?” He asked him. 

Mikey’s little smug look quickly faded from his face. “Uhhhh…” He mumbled. “......No comment.” Mikey somewhat whispered. 

Andy sighed and looked to Richie for help. “Where is Mikey ticklish?” He asked. 

Richie stared at Andy, before looking at his twin brother. “His neck, belly, hips, knees-” 

“Wha- HEY!” Mikey shouted. 

“Am I wrong?” Richie asked him. 

“I-” Mikey muttered. 

“If you want to hear that classic dolphin sound, go for the back of his neck.” Derek spoke up. 

“DEREK!” Mikey pushed Derek’s shoulder. 

Derek laughed a bit as he was pushed. “If you draw a finger up his spine, you’ll get it instantaneously.” He added. 

…And so the tickling continued for a little longer than expected…And even though Andy was heavily embarrassed at first, he did get a chance to get Mikey back. So…maybe it’s not so bad in hinge sight? 

[fruitloopinbowlocheerios]

“Next is Avantris and Chill”

Me: *lets lose a loud guffaw*

[cptn-briggsy-kratch]

jerry have you been feeding virgil ? its creepy when he writes nonsense on your feed :(

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