To Climax Or To Anticlimax – Storyteller’s Guide Ep 11 February 12, 2022Zoltar hello friends welcome to the storytellers guide on gilding light where we take adventure storytelling to the next level thanks to our sponsors idol champions of The Forgotten Realms and world anvil I’m Satine Phoenix your story guide for today’s storytellers guide episode called story climax and reward [Music] your story is epic the players are invested you’ve traveled and explored strange new lands and planes of existence now it’s time for crescendo and reward it’s time to take all those threads you’ve introduced and put them into an ending this seems to be the hardest part for many storytellers no one wants their story to end we weave and weave and weave and sometimes your adventures stay and keep playing and sometimes some fall off and life gets in the way the story never ends consider putting your story into a TV show format is it a miniseries of three to four games eight to ten episodes 16 to 22 episodes by doing this you aren’t railroading you’re making sure the world is moving with your story things happen even if your players are on a shopping day and we miss out on something and even that lack of doing effects things down the road when you design your adventure with indefinite ending it reminds your players that there is a story to keep pace with and reminds you the GM to pay attention to the story threads that will lead up to the final story climax I suggest you tell your players how many sessions to expect so they have dates to look forward to and can schedule things like holidays are on games or give you a definite in or out on each date wouldn’t that be fun to know when your players will be able to make it even if you think your players will be able to play longer breaking down their adventure to shorter story arcs helps you best create the build-up and reward your players of the sense of accomplishment for their days of attendance and story by in by knowing how long 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director the showrunner of the curious creations of Christine McConnell there’s a lot of season and the co-creator for a long time yes no I don’t tell people what I do over the punch yes I’m so happy to be here with you guys so happy p.m. – I’m so happy to pull some stories out of your heads I want to share you with my friends in the audience why don’t you guys share what your favorite aspects about building characters in your stories are I love character building that’s that’s one of the things that get me into the story is is creating my characters usually I start with a character something that’s really interesting to me intrigues me maybe I start with a plot situation like you know someone someone just a child is kidnapped or someone has has something called go wrong with their marriage that turns out to be really some dark underlying alien invasion or something going on so the important thing though is how the character reacts there’s always I think when I start with character it’s what they want and what they need which usually two different things want need which is always warring within the character and you have to sort of figure out as you go through how to deliver that in each scene in each and make it uh make it work with everyone else and life like that’s pretty much the cure for life yeah that’s maybe why I like storytelling so much is it’s you sort of figured out life and yourself but according to plan right I always start with a premise that makes me laugh I mean I tend to write comedy and even when I watched her ominous I’m like he’ll be funny so in some ways for me I start with a premise and then for the conflict who would be the worst people to be involved in that situation and and not necessarily worse like they all kill each other but worse and like you know you put a claustrophobic in and it collapse mind on and and then then you put him with a really annoying person who’s very needy you know who wants the tension all the time and so you go oh my god it’s like The Odd Couple when working with them up it’s a lot you you have these very extreme characters and and what Matt was saying is like what they want and and what they who is it what they want and what they need are two different things so their obsessions again with comedy and and drama to to some degree I mean honestly it’s the same thing it’s just the flip side yeah you’re just going for less and and in the drama side we’re trying to bring out the emotion the emotion yeah um so I think yeah for me it’s it’s finding the conflict and for again what makes me laugh could also be drama I mean I tend to laugh at a lot of things that’s mine it’s my stress relief is like oh I’ll go to horror movies and I laugh because especially if it’s obvious so I think I start like that and then I try to the other really fun thing for me with characters is the relationships and kind of saying how they poked each other or you know prod each other or or even help each other but in a way that they don’t necessarily like I think that’s where it always gets layered and and more subtle in a way and that this person is exactly the wrong person for them to be stuck with but in some ways that their journey together they learn you know they each learn how to either shut up or how to relax or whatever it is so it’s actually the perfect person for them to get that it’s that they don’t realize is what they actually need it’s like creating a perfect cocktail party you know you’re gonna invite like a to your friends and they’re all creative and funny like oh we’re gonna get along really great not know that you don’t want conflict yeah you don’t fight diet diehard Republicans you here or do you the more uncomfortable is the more right for the characters the more it’s fun yeah yeah it’s fun for us to watch but it’s also they’re gonna break out of their stasis they’re there every day this is what I do all the time now suddenly something comforting yeah something’s come in and screwed that up so now they’re like oh now I gotta figure out a new way of dealing with things so I think actually comfort someone putting characters out of their comfort zone yeah yes again if a guy’s like a battle guy and he has to talk someone outside as opposed to cutting his head off because that will work you know it’s a Hydra or something it just keeps your generating has to think differently I think that’s where people for me at least you enjoy I don’t know if it’s character growth but you see them I think we like to see people conquer problems right cuz it makes us feel better about our life things are conquerable well it sounds like you guys are the perfect two people to be on this specific episode sweet it’s like you took two characters you knew you said well are you ready to create this adventure sorry alright so the prompts are now you’re a dungeon master yeah you are not a dungeon that’s what you have played Andy I’ve seen it than that it’s played it with you yeah that’s right it um so this will be really interesting okay prompt is the climax is the climax of the adventure right although there’s gonna get interesting and rewarding characters for their hard work that is going to be the focus of what we’re building today and so whatever it is you build make sure that it builds up to that big crescendo there and how to reward the characters for their hard work imagine six level five characters for you that would be experienced less experienced journeyman yes and a four hour game or Quentin Tarantino movie recently yeah ready all right so we have the characters they have the players who they are but their fifth level characters hopefully we play with them for a while maybe not we want to create something that’ll that’ll make it interesting for them and apparently the one huge climax would be it so I think we start with how do we get them together maybe they’ve I personally like when when playing D&D with and running campaigns I like having them already know each other in some way say so much time you don’t have the standard in in where they’ll be in the tavern which gets a little late I mean everyone does it which it’s fine I get it but sometimes you want a little something different that was level one anyway yeah level one yeah v lo the cool thing about it that I like to do is have like one having a connection with someone else and then some one that one of the other characters have a connection with the group maybe but not all of them you know knowing each other well you know if we’re talking fifth level characters at this point they’ve probably had been adventuring for a while but they’re still like someone who’s like best friend in the group and someone who’s who’s none so it can lead right we can lead this so these are it may say it’s a one shot right but building the building it’s so that they’ve already the characters know each other right we can choose who is right exactly to what other things but still giving them the freedom of choice yeah right and then I think sometimes calling on their backstory is fun to bring them into an adventure maybe you know their long-lost sister has called them she’s getting married or maybe she’s uh she’s her child is missing she needs help for or maybe something you know where your your family is dysfunctional and they won’t they want you can come in and now it becomes a whole thing what are you’re dealing with with this one characters dysfunctional family and it turns out they’re all like killers or something would you be really interested I also like to bring in something where one member of the group is from a clan or something that has actually been the bad guys in previous battles or something it’s like a it’s like more fun on track where he’s like typically the enemy and now he’s part of the group and so there’s a lot of bad blood there’s mistrust and yeah of course the first thing that goes wrong everyone blames him or thinks he or she is guilty and I think that always creates an interesting group dynamic and they do it a lot and I like that so I mean going with that you can have say any outsider character like a barbarian or or a rogue or someone they they have a family connection that calls on them and brings them in needs them for some reason let’s say just randomly it’s a death in the family to make it you know and they have to come in for the funeral it’s like their mother and then the rest of the the parties to support them you know one of us their best friend is like all right we’ll go we have to go come on okay and they’re like but they’re not people we trust these are like a barbarian tribe Rises marks we fun orcs yeah that’s a half working this right so they all end up hopefully going on this mission okay so bigger picture yes the whole thing oh geez I think that’s usually why yeah there’s figure out first really is what’s what is this story when I I personally think you know just grabbing an item or something it’s fun but it’s it’s something you do early on and everyone’s done it I think if you want it do something interesting you make it where the characters are invested in it so they meet some character that they they start to care about it may be that character goes missing and they have to find that character so what is it all about maybe that characters about to be sacrificed to this demonic entity that’s gonna be brought in and they have to stop that or else or is it saving them the catalyst for something else that happens well that’s I’m just riffing off your general idea like if they’re hauling away to this funeral but there’s two warring tribes essentially going there and it’s sort of like when rival gangs declare a peace mm-hmm you’re like okay we each lost people there so it’s essentially and then there’s a necromancer something who’s trying to bring the deceased back so you’ve got all these elements coming up to the big crescendo his kind of a hellzapoppin funeral just you can even go at that a little bit and play played with the Warriors trope and have got blamed for something yeah like you you basically frame them for firm thing I’d let both tribes are yeah like the funeral itself that’s regal where somebody correctly I objected that’s the big climax is this funeral or you’ve got people hating each other people morning and if someone trying to bring the dead back alive I mean that’s a pretty good do I always talk about what’s the stew what are the elements in the suits do or the soup that’s gonna make it like oh crap I just want to see this movie or play this game because how the hell is it gonna end it just sounds like a clusterf ooh oh I picked proportions so I mean a lot of it can take place in the people interaction and expectations like something you know one of the tribe I don’t think to be conflict to if that’s wrong you blame the other people on the other side of the casket or wherever it is going you’re it’s because of you you know you know other fluffers then we’re we’re here because you caused their death and like no this was you know and then there’s a third party yeah exactly we’re kind of sexy and there’s a journey to it where you find out about each other and then the end is this epic event way funerals and weddings like you said are these huge emotional event emotional and having an ax necromancer just makes it fun for me it’s like and this guy’s trying to in other words he thinks the way to broker the peace is to bring the dead back to live and it definitely fits in with and then also sort of times does he semantically okay so okay we’re don’t thank you Joe the adventure what I want to build out actually is the location location itself can be a character right so you’ve got the ante room where you walk in a lot of things happen there there’s the greeting of people who’s greeting whom who’s waiting and then you have this seating area with the viewing seating area but then there’s other rooms you know there’s the snack room there’s like the kitchen right cuz everybody has to mingle like imagine awake in here but you’re imagining it like an what if it’s like a temple building I’m wondering what if it’s out like and you know the frozen wasteland it’s like it’s yeah I’m it’s a barbarian thing sorry yeah no but I’m just thinking like I don’t think it’s a you know if you don’t home with organ music playing I think it’s like I just think like where’s the worse way there’s nothing wrong no and that’s you know typically for our civilization that’s but I did that I would yeah but I like they do you have awake because traditionally have you know the people who are people who celebrate wakes get drunk yeah and prop up the dead and sing to it and toggle that take their picture until the other ones are completely mortified you know like there’s no respect for the dead you’re singing you’re making jokes about them so right there you have it but actually is you have one group is facing barbarians and one that’s like this civilized noble right exactly and they’re and they’re just a complete flash the barbarians are like throwing this way killing the nobles are like would maybe there were a couple maybe just a barbarian married this noble woman or vice a noble um yeah married a barbarian cuz he was sexy and you know and made decisions Conan business yeah some princess married Conan and baby was as you know some of the family wanted it he rescued it from the drag yeah well that’s great that classic and so the families are getting together being like we hate these guys like weak you got sore pansies you guys are you know that’s fun how do you decide which ceremony to run right well you know again some people burn their their dead other people you know freeze them in glass coffins that’s like and arguing over what to do over the bodies and and there was no will because they didn’t work planning on being killed both clans United trying to kill you we bring in this necromancer right it was actually the one behind you know now to maybe the kid of the the couple he went he was well no do you think about it was I guess his barbarian bad Brian he becomes a necromancer because he’s like you never live up right my first time I like that he’s like Marilyn Manson he’s just like I’m rebelling against your entire ocean and maybe went too far maybe was trying to mess with things that he killed his dad accidentally now he wants to bring it back and anything misses him he feels bad he’s trying to you know a classic father what he doesn’t want to be like blamed for this so he’s okay I think so that’s not bad start loose this guy means you can basically come use ideas from anywhere I like this outdoor area in the in this frozen step is probably some kind of snacks snacks and then the the nobles come in they bring those tents right like large you know your fires to and all that water brings are just outside their skins yeah yeah cuddling next to their yaks yeah cooking fires okay so now we’re going to I mean start wherever you want sure but what does this look like what does this outline actually look like oh you mean from beginning to end like yeah all right I think we’ll first we have the adventurers get this invitation right this to the speeder all the day one of the members is related to and it has to go to and it sort of brings everyone into it and it’s you know I think as the gamemaster you sort of have to bring home this is a serious loss bring bringing a character who brings the message in who’s maybe a relative as well and no long loss like a little sister that was that was really close to to the character or a little brother or whatever and looked up to them and was just like you know devastated by this loss and and have them sort of convince the characters to go I think that’s a journey they don’t just start yeah I think they might go through treacherous mountain pass with ice trolls nice encounters on the way so a nice drills different actions going so maybe they were like two barbarians and three and four nobles or whatever the number is they have to catch a ride together because no matter who they are they still have to get up this treacherous path right so that’s where you can get these other factions start working together and trusting each other well role I love trolls yes trolls to go up and this is like a very ceremonious place right yeah when you say trolls to go up you mean to guide them yeah yeah actually what’s fun is if they have a guide who’s not as a troll like in other words it’s kind of like having a Sherpa but he’s a troll but he kind of thinks Charles are a doll so he’s he’s like also were he’s just doing for the money so maybe he’s not even trusted it’s like you know give me enough gold and I’ll take you on the safe room or some some light race like a full of work or something so yeah that you wouldn’t expect oh man okay you know how like okay so you introduce this casual to I will he talks like Yoda so you go up do all this stuff happens like we got to reintroduce this troll maybe actually saves the entire funeral thing from peak attack what I’m saying yes Paul okay so you make your way up you get there now we have to like browsing tribulations now we lay out the actual playing field right real playing field is the emotional duress between the tribes you’ve got these social interactions between parents and the warring factions what is this exactly look like or yeah because it is a choose-your-own-adventure type of thing right the players only have a certain amount of time to explore socially and share like look around the environment for information hi I like using as little guide rails as possible though so I let them do whatever they want to do if they want to talk to certain people they can talk to whatever they want I try to have as many ideas of who’s around the room that I can so that they can interact but still what’s fine if there’s clergy from the two different in other words it’s like a mixed religion wedding where there’s a rabbi and a priest like so there’s a barbarian Crum yeah yeah and then some noble born you know like Mao edge that kind I was like kind of fussy and I think and also the cultural differences what they’re supposed to do you know maybe there should be a lot of conflict between sacrifices like the more kind sacrifice I think it starts off sort of just we don’t want we don’t want to burn the body we want to bury the body and just like just the sort of tension between the two sides but I think it slowly builds I mean that is cool so that could be the actual conflict where whoever gets the final say of what is the ceremony is all their part of the negotiation and part of the exploration so whoever the people decide like whoever the players decide to side with yeah right they’re gonna try to manipulate and move and there’s also that’s again I was thinking conflict there’s also the barbarians tradition is to sacrifice someone or something that’s very close to the deceased to journey with them to the afterlife yeah I mean because you know the Egyptians did that and the entire battle I think that’s funny and having the group and I think if that is follows you should definitely introduce it later like yeah no one killed out there I think he’s like a while into it and then it’s like oh now we have the ritual of this or I want to make this is alive actually moving like death of a funeral but you know because that’s the way my brain works but I just think yeah it is funny like thrown away through two thirds away and it’s like okay so we’re gonna sacrifice and that’s an interesting thing and how they solve that is it bite do they battle for it do they buy do they buy their lives back I don’t mind you could have that you could have like the champions have to fight each other that’s I love that when it’s plays against our architects like I want to go know I want to go okay so two barbarians like his best friends fight each other it’s my it’s my honor to escort him to that you know they have to valhalla essentially but then you have to have a cost so what is that that person leaves then that person’s wife who is whatever then they’re left to take care of their 12 kids right now so there’s a lot going on you said you wanted to climb no this is good so all of these will say that there are four major ideas they need to overcome right before the big thing happens this way there every time they talk with somebody new they learn a piece of each four puzzle right so that way we’re building a building conflict we’re building stories sure they’re exploring and they’re revealing this history of these people – they’re just awesome oh my god and I think that’s the best way of like finding out about you know different different areas in your in your world is interacting with the other characters in finance their history their personal history and connections with what’s going on okay so we’ve got how we have one item that branches into two different things so we have who what ceremony is going to take place right they have to help figure out which ceremonies and anyways consequently who would preside over it yeah it’s priest or a clerk yeah exactly and then a winner of that so if it’s the Barbarian which is a game master I don’t want to make that tasty because that consequential and I think you should make the barbarians as attractive as possible the players so maybe they really want to side with them they’re the honorable cool and then it also the ones who do the sacrifice the other ones I mean it’s really easy to make just like looking down their nose is that the characters and everyone else just just move it’s a boring ceremony the other one is very short okay so that is one now you’ve got the so that is a ceremony religious and you got political reactions what is the political faction idea that we can thank you we have a necromancer kid let’s say it’s the kid of the of the guy who’s dead and he wants to basically bring his dad back so that either he’s survives right or he he if he brings him back he’ll be in control of him and then he’s basically in charge but no he won’t be in charge otherwise yeah and I think the other side oh so be that other people want him to to bring the father back right because they’re like oh this guy’s a loser right right maybe there was a true like this father it was a kind of a noble barbarian who brokered a truce and him dying suddenly makes a power vacuum yeah so there’s there’s Jesus super I mean he’s basically code and Conan conquered this whole area right he’s kanga and now he’s he’s dead and this is huge vacuum where everything can cause chaos throughout this entire land particularly with the barbarians within themselves and then the barbarians and the noble blood everywhere saying our noble people are because there was Ryan the Barbarian trust oh well now I created even more of a power vacuum because his mother you know wants him to not be killed and wants to see him leave even though he’s you know it’s the printer prints Herbert kind of a girl into it zombie acts that he provides I smell even worse than regular yaks so those are two and if whoever wants to run this game they can come up with a fourth sure interesting I think the third one is the idea that our players are blamed somehow for this murder and they’re interesting and they’re framed for it and that’s that sort of unites all the the noble and the Barbarian factor than trying to get them well also in other words if this let’s say the necromancer son engineered it right so he doesn’t get blamed and everyone’s sort of for that because suddenly there’s a third party that really has no relation to even those who suspect he might have been right they’re like oh no it’s definitely these guys well it’s funny what do you arrive at the at the funeral and everyone’s looking at you like you can kill them okay I mean I think that’s yes but we know that you know we’ve heard the stories or something that’s fun we’ve exaggerated what you can do what you’ve done why some circuitous route as to how it makes sounds so so the earning is there you’re blind your group is Boyan okay how soon after you get there are that would be at least some movie has to be the last half hour only that’s the worst thing that could happen integrated are interested in what we’re doing yeah oh and then he’s trying to spread that okay so what is the benefit of him telling everybody they do that like did he actually killed his father that would be yes he killed his father why I think I think he could be two reasons a it could either be accidental if you want to make him a little more likeable redeemable character or you know he was experimenting with magic and he just went wrong well that trained his father’s life yeah and now that’s a pretty bad he wanted to be powerful like his father and he actually took the bit you wanted the strength of his father’s right took you yeah yeah I think that makes sense it makes him somewhat right relatable and also like a little sympathetic he’s not and the other one is the more traditional he’s a dark right next to have let me kill them because he wants to spare and let me realize he couldn’t take over it himself much I like villain to nobody will trust the villains are just flawed people trying to do like maybe be a selfish aims but no I want to take over the world it might have been if he’s the the villain version it might be that he actually still thinks that he would be a better ruler than his dad his dad was a dumb barbarian right and he’s this genius could bring the dead back to life so he could totally fix things if these people just listen to but maybe he’s the linchpin because he’s a barbarian son but his brothers and so he was raised like in the private school he was raised with the noble people and so he’s like okay my dad’s a good strong man he’s got morals but he’s kind of a barbarian I think because of I have barbarian blood they trust me and I have the noblemen so he thinks he is that we saw her up he well combine the two so it’s not that he hates his dad he just thinks and he wants his dad’s but I like that he wants his dad’s power but you know you could definitely go a darker route that he actually intended to kills but those are the two ranches what is that so what is the whole game yeah if you’re doing the one-two one-two version the first two versions words it’s then it’s bringing the father back and and and it goes wrong you know cuz he’s still not easy that yeah you have to actually kill the zombie dad yeah they kill the dead and barbarian and they probably have to fight a portion of both sides troll friend back he’s right he’s like he’s like are planning to attack okay so that’s one route right what is the other the other round is you’re basically facing the kid and you’re his money up squirrel he’s I mean you could go really dark and have them poison the entire party and then and then bring the ball back right trust them all all the leaders yeah I love poisons and so and then brings them back but now their name is thrall yeah yeah so you have to fight something more instant right because if you’re gonna try to bring people as a necromancer would that’s why we were but if you wanted what what is that like what what could you do as a bad guy if your necromancer they’re mostly good he could have been starting a ritual that he’s been doing this whole time right and well actually you can put lose oh maybe he’s got food there’s been giving them to give them strength and keep them warm and it’s actually been part of the ritual of the room and you can have that’s one of the keys you can leave throughout that the characters to be like what’s going on what this is if I always find these these areas that are carved in this design I’d seen signs and signals and like beasts sigils don’t aren’t related to these villages right what you can be religious chance to do all sorts of fun stuff and maybe he writes them in their native tongue so each character has to read it because they yeah okay well I still love is he’s trying to fix yeah screw ups with bigger screw ups he’s like oh okay this is bad I don’t want I’ll do I’ll kill everybody and then bring it back the last version that was the one where we had them being blamed for it then they have to basically fight fight everybody it’s just they have to be it do a run for it and do the whole warriors stay with it they’re gonna chase the difference and maybe the ice could come in the hole oh my goodness there’s your choices okay big climaxes oh my god there’s a satellite in space with a laser what are the how do you reward your characters in this case survival is always good I think that they stopped a big war is good I get here get here metals from that they might if they basically sided with one side they’ll probably get the and some sort of will do you a favor in the future and everything they got 100 acres in the action the barbarity of my gosh or do some really good swords the barbarians you know we we gifted with a magical life right that is that has been with the tribe forever right and if everybody fights you then the trolls the trolls make you know and you suddenly have a troll army at your disposal because or are you you get their literal treasure the special treasure because there’s always treasure and they always they kill people on the mountain pass and see look what we found you could have it okay so a couple questions have no idea how much time has passed I’ve had so much fun you guys you’re else um it’s my beard white okay so what are the names of these two factions so the barbarians I like some sort of animal like like the word warga stompers maybe a little too bad Tiger is the ice leopard at least Tiger three two let’s do ice Tigers nice tiger stole okay nobles and the nobleman I think that’s like a race should instead of like make them part of a like AB Cynthia seasons they sound pretty yes and they take a lot what is the name of the creepy son [Music] barbarian last I understood what mister questions what is the name of the troll Sherpa Sherpa he’s rim li Brimley really the warm see you’ve got an order to it’s an animal yeah how about a horse true it’s a really small care I’ll call him so far yes are the undying yeah there you go I’m the last question are you writin what does the name deaths at a Funeral apparently a definite future huh a parent parent death and a funeral heir apparents yes the English adventure how about four deaths and a few for necromancy for killing one one more investor in the well waking the dead hands down snow is a tough playoff wake okay last one you like we have something like there’s a care parent yeah a parent like the word a parent apparently did apparently dead could be very simple and yeah okay yeah not that it is called apparently dead storytellers guide we do did you see how easy that was yes so simple it’s fun oh it was very rewarding for me drag yes please share with everyone in the audience either what you’re working on where they can find you on the Internet I am Madeleine – on Twitter and Matt Altman on Facebook and I have a TV pilot that we’re about to go out with as soon as my showrunners ready and totally that hopefully will sell yeah if if something you’ll be seeing a show called crazy girl let’s see Kirk Thatcher Kirk are Thatcher on Facebook Kirk no without the R Kirk Thatcher on Instagram I’ve got a couple shows I’m developing one based on an animated short that someone did that I’m friends with and then I’m gonna do a Kickstarter on the name captain Randy submarine when I say is if Benny Hill did pee-wee’s Playhouse and was written by Monty Python I love it stuff so it’s a giant potpourri or cornucopia of it’s framed like a kids show but I say it’s not dirty it’s naughty it’s fun take my money every crew so the exciting for me is it’s really a clearing house or a a testbed for other people’s stuff because like a kids show you go to cartoons and things so in the submarine you’ve got the periscope which is a TV screen and you can cut to varieties yeah exactly but it but at the wraparound is Captain Randy and his adventurers and this magical submarine called the rusty funbucket it’s amazing it’s yeah thank you everyone I tell it you like I’m just shocked how people react to it so so I’ll ask all of you to tell your friends if you see it’ll be on either will either be Kickstarter or IndieGoGo and we’re trying to raise enough to do a couple episodes and actually pay people but up so the the tiers the stretch goals and this is not for sure yet but I’m trying to get the offender to direct if we get a million dollars to do eight episodes david fincher will direct the last one so I’m gonna hit him up this next week so fingers crossed Wow not a guarantee well yeah we have a lot of people interested that’s right well he’s a friend and I really wouldn’t be a stay out of his life yeah but you know Wow yeah that was one hell of a story tellers guy thank you guys so much for watching I’m Satine Phoenix at setting Phoenix on all the things you can catch me on a ton of things here on building light and I want to give a huge thank you to Idol champions of the Forgotten Realms and world anvil our wonderful sponsors and in extra extra extra extra thank you to our location this is the Sherman at the Sherman in Sherman Oaks it is a rad bar they had their restaurant also and I believe we’re going to be doing some D&D events here so yes that is all dungeons and drinking D&D MD do um B&E so thank you dear storytellers for watching we have one more episode left after this episode for season one I hope you’ve learned a lot I know I have and I will see you guys next time [Music] Share this:TweetWhatsApp
