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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 7981541" data-attributes="member: 37579">Thinking on this more, I’m not even sure Matt Mercer is still Matt Mercer. The Matt Mercer of early 2016 would be in forking awe of the Matt Mercer of 2020, who now has four years of weekly Dungeon Mastering; sponsors throwing terrain at him; the budget of a hit show to use on minis, terrain, and maps; and the free time of being a paid DM to spend preparing for the game. And Matt Mercer is still nothing without the cast, who are trained actors and know they’re planning a show for entertainment. So we have characters with secrets and slow character arcs planned to unfold over years. Fjord who is using a fake accent for a year of play and Knott the Brave who wasn’t what they said. There’s foreshadowing to both of their reveals and twists in the first dozen episodes but no payoff until six months to a year in.Players willing to take notes and remember NPCs and take the plot hooks. And pay forking attention and not spend half the session playing Candy Crush.</blockquote>