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Matt: "Selling weed is still a federal crime."
Charlie: "Well we have to have another Civil War about this.... except this time, it's about something important, and not whether or not it's cool to own people. Turns out it's not! Freedom is the right of all sentient beings. So says our lord and savior, Optimus Prime."
From what I experienced, it seems like 2nd ed is more of a soft reboot - there's a lot of the same themes, but there's been an awful lot of shuffling about of lore and mechanics. Much of it at least plays well, although I would argue that the Corruption system is a tiny bit vicious:
Every time you do a notably non-heoric deed, you gain 1 Corruption and roll 1d10. If you hit your Corruption or go below, you become a Villain (essentially your character is out of the game bar a significant GM fiat).
The next time you act out, you gain 2, then 4, then you just insta-Villain. So you have three strikes, then your fourth is game over for your player. You can get rid of corruption, but it's a long and fairly arduous process to do so.
Now I don't mind much of this, but as my group discovered, rolling a 1 on your first Corruption check is a bit harsh. Losing my character by drinking a potion that conferred an automatic check was...well...let's say I swore. A lot. Particularly when the GM decided to go with it since it was the end of the campaign.
>:C
Matt: "That's not even the embarassing story I'm going to tell. My one friend had Mario Party, but I didn't own Mario Party. So my friends and I made up an analog version of Mario Party. We had all the minigames, but we created a dice mechanic..."
Charlie: "What I'm hearing is that you made a superior version of Mario Party."
Oh man, I was just making a dumb joke but you actually delivered, thanks! This will do well as a new notification to be clearer from the default beeps and bells.
I can totally see what you mean that the 2nd game went too far/ tried too hard. They chanced upon some unsettling athomosphere and some unintentional comedy and that ss hard to replicate.
I just watched the Darkseed LP and now on ep3 of the second game and all I have to say is that I want you guys saying "DARKSEED!" as a multi-purpose soundbite.
James: "The classic game of Hidesmen and Lookyloos."
Axe: I have the Swinging Knack... Hahahah! Fuck you 7th Seas, I'VE BEATEN YOU!!!
I've watched through most of them, and something about the pokemon LP's just work of Charlie remembering the 90s and going on tangents between Matt being baffled or steering his attention as necessary
my face when I almost thought the Taco Bell dog was an animorph...
