#liv watches d20

[botanicallyinclinednerd]

"K, the last time you played doctor, you fucking killed me." I AM DANILLE RN

[starstruckodysseys]

alex playing liv playing kingskin as The Most earnest crime lord boss guy ever is so funny to me. sitting down on a curb with his head in his hands. hand on your shoulder. kissing his hand where simon kissed it. i’m obsessed

[dawnarts]

Image description: A digital drawing of Liv Skylar from Dimension 20: Never stop blowing up. She is sitting on a bench with her leg crossed and her chin resting on her hand. She is looking off to the side. There is red lighting illuminating the ground. From the pavement weeds sprout. One long plant wraps around Liv’s leg. Behind her is a faded missing poster of Olivia Skylar and the corner of a caution sign. Below the drawing is the words “Fetch the bolt cutters. I’ve been here too long.” A chain and lock are between the sentences. It is signed dawnarts at tumblr End image description.

She doesn’t want to go home

[hi-intrepid-heroes]

kingskin deserves the name the way he was skinning all those warrior kings

[anarchypumpkincowboy]

Paula slamming the tv and then walking with Liv to the Walgreens cause she caught Liv stealing

Russell’s thong sticking out

USHA TAKING THE TV OFF THE INVENTORY LMAOOO

[thisisnotthenerd]

active stat tracking for never stop blowing up: episode 3

check out the spreadsheet here

we're getting into the groove of things; everyone has at least a d8 for their highest value. we got our first d12 and our first d20 in this episode, from jennifer drips and g13 respectively. this means that they can auto-succeed on rolls under half their die value when not high stakes; for g13 that means any dc <10 tech check.

jennifer/russell currently has the best average distribution, with 6 skills blown up: 1d6, 4d8, and 1d12. vic/wendell isn't far behind, with 6 skills: 3d6, 1d8, and 2d10. on the other end of the scale, jack/paula, g13/usha, and greg/dang are specialized, with a relatively high success rate for their best skills. kingskin/liv is a bit of an outlier, with only 3 skills and a d8 to hot, but has some in-character abilities that make up for any deficit, e.g. reputation and unbelievable stunts (the grenade).

it's fun to watch how the mechanics reflect the story; it's self-evident that the more one rolls in a skill the more likely they are to blow it up. that's how we get g13's d20 in tech and jennifer's d12 in sneak. but the distributions also reflect how the character archetypes work:

jack manhattan is a hardy cop with a gun. best skill is weapons, with stunts, tough, and wits blown up as well. he doesn't need to be doing the more specialized skills, i.e. drive, tech--he's an investigator.

kingskin is a mafia don; he has people to do things for him. best skill is hot, with stunts and tough blown up as well. the fact that he doesn't have as high of die values comes down to luck, in part, but also to fewer rolls, given that he can succeed based on reputation.

greg stocks is an international spy; he has to be able to pull of the impossible and survive. best skills are stunts and tough, with weapons and wits blown up as well. he tends to prioritize his better skills in order to ensure success in the face of potential disaster.

vic ethanol is a guy whose superpower is car, but we haven't gotten him in a car for very long. best skills are tough and hot, with brawl, stunts, weapons, and drive blown up as well. he has to be more well rounded--when he's not working the specialty other skills have to come into play. he’s the only one who’s blown up in drive—i suspect as we come into the race that this will change, but vic will still be the driver of the group.

jennifer drips is a femme fatale spy. best skill is sneak, with brawl, tough, wits, hot, and weapons blown up as well. she has to be able to do it all; her strengths are split around the board so that she can get herself in and out of scrapes unscathed.

g13 is a genius hacker. best skill is tech, with stunts, sneak, and wits blown up as well. he has to be one of the best in the business to compete against the superhero types. he’s the only one to have blown up in tech, but is at a d20, and so serves as the tech specialist for the group.

paula donvalson / jack manhattan

abilities: duelist, burglar, trained (brawl)

stunts: d6

brawl: d4

tough: d6

tech: d4

weapons: d10

drive: d4

sneak: d4

wits: d6

hot: d4

liv skyler / kingskin

abilities: wealthy, menacing, demolitions

stunts: d6

brawl: d4

tough: d6

tech: d4

weapons: d4

drive: d4

sneak: d4

wits: d4

hot: d8

andy 'dang' litefoot / greg stocks

abilities: trained (brawl), trained (weapons), smokin'

stunts: d10

brawl: d4

tough: d10

tech: d4

weapons: d6

drive: d4

sneak: d4

wits: d6

hot: d4

wendell morris / vic ethanol

abilities: transporter, protector, trouble maker

stunts: d6

brawl: d8

tough: d10

tech: d4

weapons: d6

drive: d6

sneak: d4

wits: d4

hot: d10

russell feeld / jennifer drips

abilities: trained (hot), neck snapper, quick healing

stunts: d4

brawl: d8

tough: d8

tech: d4

weapons: d6

drive: d4

sneak: d12

wits: d8

hot: d8

usha rao / g13

abilities: transporter, hacker, trained (wits)

stunts: d6

brawl: d4

tough: d4

tech: d20

weapons: d4

drive: d4

sneak: d6

wits: d6

hot: d4

group abilities: la familia (stepping in for a tough roll, lending tokens at a 1:1, sharing skill dice for optimization)

[doug-meat]

i think alex song xia needs to just be part of every side quest on d20 from now on i’m trying to watch other campaigns and i just keep going I miss alex song xia……. conrad and liv u will always be famous

[halevren]

Never Stop Blowing Up Spoilers || my live thoughts as I watch episode 3

I have plushie of one of my beloveds with me today. Very special! I also didn't realize it was 7pm already but I had perfect timing because I just made popcorn

HELLO ONE AND ALL

"You stopped the cameras right?" Nooooooo

I'm getting gender envy from Alex's hair style and it's. Awful because I'm currently trying to grow my hair out

I wonder if they need all the objects that they were given to get out of Never Stop Blowing Up. Maybe that's why the lights turn on and off. making that theory into its own post

I love this cast so much

crushing style

BLOW UP

So much blowing up already!!!!!!

PAULA

KINGSKIN IS STILL HOLDING HIM

OH GOD

I need Greg Stocks in ways that is concerning to feminism

"Going down?" I love you Jake

MORE BLOWING UP

uncle meat....

OH MY GOD THE SLUT DAD SHIRT IS IN THEANIMATION AND ITS A CROP TOP

BLOWS UP

LA FAMILIA

CAN I TOUCH HIS NECK

I love Rekha

2 INCHES OF BLOOD

So thin and weak

I love the dome effects, it really adds to the vibes

Kosher belly roll

PROTECTOR WENDELL

one

5E X NSBU

i don't care how small the room is i cast fireball

YOU HAVE TO HONOR THE COCK

can I just shoot the people unconscious

DOUG MEAT DOUG MEAT DOUG MEAT

"What's the status of the elevator right now" "bloody"

slither out

we're here for you rekha

"Not everyone."

DOUBLE BLOW UP FOR USHA

G13 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

DID IT

shshshhshshshhhhshhshshhh

I like Ally's method of collecting fail tokens on non important rolls

I LOVE YOU DOUG

SO HOT

"You're my warlord" DOUGGGGG

DOUG WILL NOT DIE I WILL CRY IF HE DIES

this is called yelling........

Russell is so stressed

FIRST D20 LET'S GOOOOO

Nat one.

NUKE CODES...

DON'T GET BACK TOGETHER WITH YOUR EX WIFE

SHOPPINGGGGG

"All that is menopause blood?"

WENDELL.

LONG KIDS SIZE

I feel so bad for this shop keep

how is this shopping the funniest thing ever

YOUNG GIRL OF 50

"Are you going to fuck this couple?" "I'd love to."

AUSTIN POWERS.

CUCK. CUCKHOLDING

I'm having a sexual awakening right now chat. I don't know what kind but it's happening

dang dang dang dang

WAAAAAAAAAA NOOOO HE'S STILL A VIRGINNN

CAN I SAY SOMETHING CAN I SAY SOMETHING CAN I SAY SOMETHING

30 BACKFLIPS

BACK FLIPPING AT 15 MPH?????????

oh Paula.....

BLOW UP

oh nevermind

that's such a good boy ♡

BLOW UP

absolutely beefed it. screwed the pouch

SMELLING SALTS

hey so. what's this. what is this.

latex throat pocket

throat purse.

jake is slowly bringing up his kill count

BACK FLIPPERS

"What weapon are you looking for?" "a grenade....." "It's not a gun"

SIXTY TWO OR LOWER

BUTTERFINGER IT

SHES CRYING

so much giggling

"FOR WHAT?"

that is terrifying

NO ONE SEES USHA'S BACKFLIP

WITH BIRTHDAY MONEY

YOU CAN RECON THAT

THEY TRICKED HIM

USHA

"OH MY GOD I AM JACK MANHATTAN"

CLETE GUNSHOOT

BIG TAKE OF GATORADE

I would love to see the character sheets at the end of this episode. So much exploding has happened

DOUGGGG!!!!!!!!

"I thought I was just like this."

"you HAVE to go to Stanford Liv"

supra

HOT RODS

SHAUN NITRO

THE END? I WANT MORE ALREADY PLEASE

[bean-there-before]

okay I have some thoughts about liv and Wendell being a couple

first of all, all their interactions are cute and I love it

second, I don’t like pc/pc romance mostly because I feel awkward watching it. I already feel a little weird watching any d20 romance even if it’s between a players character and an npc because I feel like im seeing something I shouldn’t be but it helps that the dm plays a lot of characters and that’s just one of them. I feel extra awkward watching pc romances because I feel like a lot of characters have a lot of similarities to their players and players put a lot of themselves into their characters. Not saying because their characters have romantic feelings they as the players do, just that it feels significantly more like I’m not supposed to be there with pc romances

[botanicallyinclinednerd]

Oh my GOD, Jammer having this forced cheerful bubbly persona around his college friends that he simply doesn't make himself have around the misfits

[starstruckodysseys]

liv “my mom has a miniature pinscher named dilly” skyler telling wendell he beefed an interaction is so fucking funny

[note-katha]

TWC 5: The Worst Consequences

My lovely friends: @spacebrick3 , @arynneva , @no-url-ideas-tho , @superwaywardangel are back at it again in Chapter Five!

Want to help them live? Comment with ideas for them to suffer in!

Chapter 5: The Worst Consequences

The room was silent, as the characters watched the black cloud linger at the top of the room.

“What is that?” Cayol asked, hoping to get some kind of answer.

“Yeah, Notey! Tell us!” Ellienne Emperaire shouted. She looked around the room, maybe something else had appeared in the room. The room was still empty, but not so white anymore. The black cloud’s shadow cast it in an eerie gray.

“Notey?” Aspen called out, “Hello? Notey?” He frowned when there wasn’t a response. ���Earth to Notey! Did you just get distracted or something?” Aspen sighed and looked at his disc once again. Then at the cloud. He shrugged, why not?

Aspen proceeded to chuck the disc into the cloud.

“ASPEN!” One of the other, more concerned about the mysterious cloud, characters shouted.

The cloud rumbled and something dropped out of it.

A d20. 17. It read.

“What does that mean?” Aspen questioned, rolling his eyes. “Notey’s just fucking with us.”

“Yeah, like c’mon Notey!” Ellienne Emperaire agreed, “You promised us drama, where’s the betrayals! The actions! The fight scenes.”

“Would we have to fight each other?” Ion asked, “Or would there be people for us to fight?”

There was a beat of silence, as everyone looked to the black cloud again.

“I’m getting concerned,” Aspen mumbled, “And why did it give me a dice in return for me throwing my disk at it?” He picked it up, and looked around, “Wait...can I?” Aspen rolled the dice, “Roll for, uh, what is it again?”

“Initiative?” Ellienne Emperaire offered, “I don’t know, I don’t play DnD!”

But, in fact, they had done something. They had done something very bad.

The room rumbled loudly.

Roll for It.

“This is just DnD!” Aspen shouted, getting annoyed.

They had to huddle around the small die, ever so aware of the looming presence of the cloud, just a few feet above them.

“8.” Ion winced at the number. “That’s...not a great roll.”

Ellienne Emperaire grabbed the die next, “You fools, this is how you roll a die,” she said, rolling the die with confidence and flare.

“...10,” Ellienne Emperaire paused, “Well, it’s better than 8.”

“And I got a 12,” Aspen noted, “Well, I hope that’s good.”

“10 as well,” Cayol said. “That’s not much...a total of 40 though.”

The cloud seemed to react to the number. 40. There was a rumble, a loud aching rumble.

Then the walls fell and they weren’t alone.

~

Cap was online again, after ages, hoping to see her friends online.

But liv wasn’t online. Notey (PST) wasn’t online, neither were Aspen (PST) or Cole (EST). Not even Charlie. It was weird, they weren’t in a call or even online, not even Do Not Disturb!

What was happening?

[stormliveblogs]

watching the dnd episode of izombie and when the witness estimates something at a one in a hundred liv pulls out a die from her pocket and rolls it, but it’s a d20

[anarchypumpkincowboy]

Ms. D’s fucking hilarious lmao

Liv is also adorable like stealing the black nail polish

Also the pure teenage crush awkwardness of Wendell saying hi to Liv

[botanicallyinclinednerd]

"Does Evan Kelmp carry a grenade?"

"I dunno, will you let me?"

Brennan lays his chin on his hands while Aabria loses it

Truly amazing

[botanicallyinclinednerd]

"We're not going to let my death keep you from what you needed" assuming that the magic beings claiming them is a good thing