#dr shaq

[misza-dva]

I made some creature concepts from Eethersea , the Adventure Zone podcast :) I hope that I’ll draw more 🔥

[asimovsideburns]

I can’t wait until Dr Shaq comes back as a lich in 70 episodes and has a beautiful slowburn romance with Devo’s secret twin sister that nobody knows about yet

[briony-poisoned]

I'm so glad Dr. Shaq is BACK and apparently knows how to FUCKING PARTY

[sirislayer]

Part 2 of “Devo fucking looses it because he grew some extra fins” resulting in a real Howl Jenkins moment. Image description: Upper Panel showing pretty boy Devo with beautiful eyelashes, dramatically yelling at the viewer, showing off his new jawline-collarbone fins. “MY BEAUTY! My YoutH! GONE! Look at me! I’m an abomination of the sea!!!” He looks absolutely not hideous. Dr. Shaq, a puffer-fish face resembling more a pufferfish than a person, is on the lower left half of the image, facing the right side saying “I’m so sorry for your loss.” 

[guthrie-odonto]

Tell me this didn’t happen in episode 23

Devo: Yes, Amber, you are a proper living fossil, who cares? WE HAVE A CRISIS ON OUR HANDS!

[nerdychatterbox]

Thoughts on Ethersea so far

Overall I am ba-da-ba-ba-ba loving it; these characters are fascinating and diverse, the seeds being planted are exciting, and the world-building has been a blast. Here are some specific questions / predictions / issues / standout moments I want to ramble on about:

(Spoilers through episode 7 of Ethersea )

*The Cern family: Devo mentions the Cern family twice; once when pretending to be Jack Noir (says they hired him as a private investigator) and once to Felix (saying they'll cover his debt, no questions asked, in the event of his passing). The first mention felt like a goof, and a good one, but that second mention felt perhaps more grounded... is that Devo's default name to use when lying, or is this family actually connected to him in some way? I'm excited to find out.

*The Katana: when the crew first boards the corsair ship Emery is said to have a katana behind his back, which Griffin mentions is odd ("He reaches behind his back and pulls out a katana, which is weird? And like, sets it down on the ground..." Ep4 1:14:30). Beck later picks it up for self defense [and takes it with her to the Dreams of Debra. She presumably still has it.] I wonder if this was taken from the gallery when they looted it and it is going to turn out to be some amazing artifact from surface life.

*Ship cost: I fully understand that a DM/Game Leader has full authority to (re)design the world while they're in it, and I fully understand not wanting your PCs to have too much power/access too early in a story. Having said that, in ep 2 Griffin told them a ship would cost about 20 lux; I'm betting that's why the Curator was planning to give them 25 lux (enough for a ship and one or two add-ons from Felix). Then they manage to get 42 lux from the Curator, and suddenly getting a run-down, old ship costs 30 lux... I get it, I do, but it still bugs me a little.

*YumNut(TM) shenanigans: When they discover the YumNut(TM) it is very clear that either Clint knows his son well-enough to sense shenanigans or Zoox has great passive perception about caution in the wild, and yet the dice are ignored. When they're working to get the YumNut(TM) Zoox makes it very clear they're not cutting roots, they're gently prying. They specify that they sense unease in the environment (ignored). They even roll an investigation check and get a 17, which Griffin acknowledges is high, but then he says, "We'll sit on that" and never returns to it. There was every opportunity for Zoox to discover the turtle ahead of time and avoid some/all of their Hurtle-based fate, even from the dice, but it didn't happen. I get that a GM (especially in an actual-play podcast situation) would want to keep the tension and allow for the reveal, but it's a bummer to feel like the story isn't true to the tools. And I know good and GD well that if Travis were helming that moment, he'd be dragged for railroading... I'm assuming that the Hurtle, not the YumNut(TM) was what they rolled on the encounter table, so maybe Griffin felt like it wasn't fair to allow them to escape it, but that's not fair either, because they could have ignored Guthrie's suggestion to acquire The Nut in the first place. I don't know, I never really criticize Griffin's story-leading, this just bugged me, especially after how folks treated Travis in Graduation.

*Dr Shaq: Fantastic bit, could've been forgettable, but they all chipped in to make it hella memorable, and NOW the freakin September Pin Of The Month is none other than Dr Shaq!! It's adorable, it's for a good cause, and it makes it more likely we'll see them again, so heck yes.

*The Parrish: I’m loving the hints of backstory so far. I’m used to the boys dropping hints about their personal experience with (and hesitance about) the church, knowing they grew up in it, but I don’t feel like I have tons of reference for Clint responding to that, and I find I’m very curious to see how he’ll participate. Obviously it’ll all be in character, I’m just curious. And this Hand of Guidance is going to be fascinating to learn more about…

*Ship worms (Phantam Sea Coast Co.): I really love the visual of these ship worms sliding up through the floor or walls to do Felix’s bidding, and I’ma need some animatics immediately. Once Griff stared describing them in job-specific attire (one with glasses, one with a visor, etc) I started picturing Lowly Worm from the Richard Scarry books, and it’s giving me life (did I just age myself with that reference? Probably)

*URCHIN: Y’ALL!!! As soon as Griff started describing that thing I KNEW it was a sea urchin, and it is adorable, and I love it, and I want one, please put a plushie in the next merch drop, athankyou! Having this reaction to it probably means it’ll turn out to be a little shit but I don’t care, I’m picturing a soot sprite with a live bomb and I want one!

*Devo: I loved learning that Devo is short for Devotion, and knowing the bois were church kids I love this bit of “the shine is off the apple” in a way that feels tangible for them

[weirdcateyes]

Dr. Shaq who are you?

[cool-gary]

yall so sorry i feel like a total idiot but can someone remind me who Dr Shaq was cuz i GENUINELY don’t remember and it’s driving me nuts thank you