Siobhan Thompson is a Dungeon Master's Dream Player

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  • Siobhan Thompson of Dimension 20 is a wonderful roleplayer, but more importantly, she creates characters that deepen and expand the Dungeon Master's campaign world.
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  • @SheBeast-OG
    @SheBeast-OG Před 11 měsíci +2952

    I love Siobhan in character, but her greatest moment is translating one of Brennans Latin clues on the spot and making him go “WTF Siobhan!”

    • @thatlycantomboy
      @thatlycantomboy Před 11 měsíci +238

      honestly, I think that was the exact moment I was like. well shit. guess she’s my favorite now

    • @rachela7
      @rachela7 Před 11 měsíci +39

      omg when is that from? i need to see that clip!!

    • @dnsl4176
      @dnsl4176 Před 11 měsíci +63

      @@rachela7 uhhhh considering it's a "latin clue", I imagine it could be something in fantasy high, unsleeping city, crown of candy, or neverafter? I don't recall anything about a latin clue in crown of candy or fantasy high.

    • @rachela7
      @rachela7 Před 11 měsíci +64

      @@dnsl4176 i ended up googling it and it was from TUC2!

    • @omerdar1966
      @omerdar1966 Před 11 měsíci +43

      @@rachela7 it's from season two of the unsleeping city - I don't remember which episode it's from, but I do think it's a clip on the d20 channel

  • @jonathanschaefer9848
    @jonathanschaefer9848 Před rokem +1412

    You helped me realize that I do sometimes look over Siobhan as a player, because her characters feel SO integral she almost feels like a co-dm as a storyteller.

    • @liamross340
      @liamross340 Před 11 měsíci +114

      you perfectly put it into words. she’s so good at working with what brennan gives her it sometimes feels like she’s an npc there to guide them along with their journey. i don’t think the intrepid heroes really have a group leader in any of the campaigns they all work together and listen to one another but Siobhan always seems to know what to do next

    • @jonstewart5525
      @jonstewart5525 Před 4 měsíci +45

      She is the ultimate in supporting. I can’t think of a time she tried to take the main role in a story arc but I can’t really think of one she didn’t help shape. She has also let more characters go than any other d20 actor I think. Both Riva and Misty Moore were retired after one season. She fulfilled their character arcs while helping her friends and so she let them retire.
      She definitely also fits the co-dm role. There’s a reason she’s the first non-dm hired to the Iyengar-Mulligan Rules Lawyering firm.

    • @Firegen1
      @Firegen1 Před 4 měsíci +25

      She also rarely steals the spotlight to make a bit happen. Zac, Murph and Siobhan are very giving improvisers. They would rather fade into the storyline than step on someone's shadow. That said, CC's video aged like fine wine because since Mentopolis and Burrow's End we got to see her as a vital lead and, Man did she shine 🥰

    • @jamesfletcher3202
      @jamesfletcher3202 Před 3 měsíci

      I don't think there is a second season of starstruck Odyssey ​@@jonstewart5525

  • @liamross340
    @liamross340 Před 11 měsíci +662

    a detail i really love that’s very small is that Adaine didn’t fail her entrance exam to Hudoll because she wasn’t smart enough, we all know she’s insanely intelligent, it was because her anxiety got to her and she had a panic attack and couldn’t finish the test. the panic attack thing is something i really love because it’s not a mechanic in game, she and brennan homebrewed something that would objectively make the game harder for her because it benefitted the story she wanted to tell and Adaine’s story of mental illness is one of my favourite things about fantasy high

    • @ProducedByMERC
      @ProducedByMERC Před 11 měsíci +23

      And doesn't jawbone have a super sweet moment with her regarding her anxiety?

    • @greyklopstock7155
      @greyklopstock7155 Před 2 měsíci +10

      ​@@ProducedByMERChe does! It's such a super cool mechanic they homebrewed, her anxiety is almost like a status effect that actually has real world implications

  • @isaiahjohnson3487
    @isaiahjohnson3487 Před 11 měsíci +1210

    She's also so good at one-liners. I think of "Jet, we can't worry about getting in trouble, there's war going on" and "Only if she can get here, and I have her goddamn shoes" daily.

    • @green_dragon_knight
      @green_dragon_knight Před 11 měsíci +80

      My favourite is when she demoralises an Alligator by telling him he’ll never work in showbusiness 😂

    • @liamross340
      @liamross340 Před 11 měsíci +60

      ‘look darling we’ve all had different lives… let me tell you about my good friend john wilkes booth’

    • @stormsapphic
      @stormsapphic Před 11 měsíci +53

      "well she can't have been that good of an oracle if she didn't see the storm coming" 🔥

    • @math9172
      @math9172 Před 10 měsíci +34

      "Is it your child or is it your body's child ?"
      _wide eyed thousand yards stares_
      "Please hooold !"

    • @Beuu0920
      @Beuu0920 Před 9 měsíci +6

      My favorite line was "Hello! NEVER MIND! 👀"

  • @Scandal262
    @Scandal262 Před 11 měsíci +579

    I love how physical Siobhan gets while roleplaying. Her body language and facial expressions and voice really manage to sell the emotions she's trying to convey. It would be fine if she didnt do this, arguably not everyone in the group does to this degree, but she manages to elevate any scene she's involved in that much more.

    • @pearljam6976
      @pearljam6976 Před 11 měsíci +31

      She also, from the very beginning, coordinates every single outfit that she wears to fit her character. I honestly think the other players saw her do this from the early episodes of Fantasy High and decided to join her. She commits to her character harder than anyone else.

    • @IamJacksSTD
      @IamJacksSTD Před 6 měsíci +19

      I know this comment is from five months ago, before Burrow's End, but just tacking on to this are all of her bits as Jaysohn. Siobhan doing the little punches and kicks while pretending to be asleep when she's not even in the conversation that occurs are absolutely hilarious. It really does make the world feel more lived in.

    • @lineetta
      @lineetta Před 6 měsíci +9

      Totally agree - I first saw Siobhan in Starstruck Odyssey, and when I moved on to Unsleeping City I was shocked to realize how much of what I thought was her real life physical presence was actually her embodying the character. Like I swear she seemed physically TALLER as Misty. But it really clicked for me in UC s2 when she played Iga and you could see her *blinking* differently, embodying the character even while just staring at her zoom camera during long scenes she wasn’t in. She’s an incredible actor!

  • @Firegen1
    @Firegen1 Před rokem +798

    I love a bit of Siobhan appreciation. She gets overlooked often. Including by me. I didn't connect to Adaine (exploring why she reminded me of someone I used to know who forward projected that anxiety and became mean often). But by Misty I got it. She is a wonderful screenwriter and I think that feeds into her ability to scope Brennan's world for opportunity. She is often the hero of another story and prodigal child in one. I adored Rosamund and Riva

  • @DillyBlue
    @DillyBlue Před 11 měsíci +608

    I love how Siobhan often plays characters who are immigrants within their world/context (drawing on her own experience as an immigrant, I assume). As you say, she makes choices which both fit perfectly into the world and help to expand it. Adaine being from Fallinel enriches our experience of Elmville. Misty being from Faeirie enriches our experience of NYC. Iga being from Poland enriches our experience of NYC.

    • @CentaurTesticles
      @CentaurTesticles Před 11 měsíci +48

      Riva is a sheltered aquatic alien who is finally learning the galaxy can be AWFUL! 😁😁

    • @pencils7351
      @pencils7351 Před 11 měsíci +20

      As someone who loves the Far Traveler background, my experience definitely plays into that. I'm not an immigrant, and I've lived mostly in a single county my entire life, but in my childhood we moved _a lot._ I went to 4 different elementary schools and 2 different middle schools, and as a kid, your whole world is your school and your neighborhood. I was the new kid four times before I turned 14, and two times before I was 8. The culture and everything was all pretty similar, but the specific people around me and the established social dynamics were vastly different each time. I had to restart the process of making and maintaining friendships several times as an ADHD weird kid, which increases the difficulty a lot
      So I'm pretty familiar with being thrown into a completely new place and having to survive socially with very little established knowledge to draw on. It's something pretty integral to my being, I'm not even sure if i could play someone who's been in the same place their entire life, bc I just don't have the experience to understand that

    • @cherry_top
      @cherry_top Před 11 měsíci +15

      Most recently Sleeping Beauty discovering how common ppl live compared to the rules, expectations, and “happily ever after” she is thrust upon as a fairy tale princess

    • @paragonjones13
      @paragonjones13 Před 2 měsíci

      You are SO RIGHT!! Riva especially encapsulates Siobhan's entire outlook on character building!

  • @icmyfood
    @icmyfood Před rokem +464

    It’s also interesting to note that she also pitched a different character for Unsleeping City. She also pitched a Rogue that lived in the sewers. But she chose the Broadway Star archetype because Kugrash already fulfilled that part of the world and she purposefully wanted to explore a different part of the world. Unsleeping City chapter 1 would have been immensely different if we didn’t have Misty and we might have missed some really cool perspective on the setting.

    • @devenseltzer6618
      @devenseltzer6618 Před 11 měsíci +34

      I went back and watched the video where she talks about that other character option, and her crust punk rogue lived in east village, not the sewers. definitely a cool character concept, but as Brennan explained it it was kind of halfway in between Pete and Kugrash, and like you said without Misty we lose the entirety of broadway in Unsleeping City, and a lot of the fae stuff is significantly less important and represented by the characters. Misty isn’t really my favorite character of Unsleeping City (I still really like her and she’s a lot of fun, but i don’t connect with her the same way i do with other character Siobhan plays), but i think she was the right choice for the campaign, even if the crust punk rogue is more individually interesting to me

    • @saimilind9086
      @saimilind9086 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Can you share the name of the video?

    • @devenseltzer6618
      @devenseltzer6618 Před 9 měsíci

      @@saimilind9086 “recapping fantasy high with Siobhan and Lou”, it’s from a mini series of live streams they did on twitch that they’ve now uploaded onto youtube and dropout. the full series of these livestreams is called Fantasy High Extra Credit

  • @victoriarotramel2274
    @victoriarotramel2274 Před 11 měsíci +434

    Riva from Starstruck Odyssey is one of my favorite actual play characters. "Please hold!" has me cackling like a jackal every time. It can be hard to play a naive character without making them stupid or obnoxious. Siobhan plays Riva as sweet and understanding and as someone who isn't phased by the cruelty of a galaxy in chaos.

    • @Immunity_ow
      @Immunity_ow Před 3 měsíci +5

      That last fight she was a fucking God. Every time I hear please hold it sends me lmao

    • @benpurcell4935
      @benpurcell4935 Před 2 měsíci +2

      Travis Willingham with Grog played a dumb character and manages to make him not feel like he doesn’t not know what’s going on just because of his low intelligence. The trust me with my 6 intelligence is an incredible line as well.

    • @KaristinaLafae
      @KaristinaLafae Před měsícem

      The "Please hold!" bit was great. I want to handle conflict as smoothly!

  • @tikalupit
    @tikalupit Před 11 měsíci +280

    Adaine's scene with Jawbone and Misty's with the American Dream are my favorites of the season so thank you for the Siobhan love!

    • @daalimbe
      @daalimbe Před 11 měsíci +10

      God, I remember watching the unsleeping city finale and reaching the "my love" scene and just choking up on the bus, I was getting through one of the toughest semesters of college because of a combination of depression and burn out, and that scene just pulled at that part of me that loved my art and writing, through it all, it's always going to be my first love, my biggest dream
      (also the Adaine and Jawbone scene was so important to me, goddamn, thank you for everything Siobhan Thompson!)

  • @liamross340
    @liamross340 Před 11 měsíci +62

    Adaine is one of my favourite fictional characters of all time. Siobhan often falls into a leadership role but in a very subtle way. The rest of the table will almost always listen to what she has to say and follow suit. She’s incredibly intelligent and so goddamn funny and roleplays excellently. Adaine’s relationship with Aelwyn is one of the best pieces of roleplaying i’ve ever seen. And she does this all without hogging any spotlight (not that I think any of the d20 players do) but she does have a great amount of restraint. Her characters have so much heart and just based on the characters she likes to play you can feel how kind funny and smart she is. I don’t necessarily think she’s overlooked I think everyone gets a lot of love but she’s not talked about that much and I’m glad that’s changing

  • @eskimpertush
    @eskimpertush Před 11 měsíci +130

    Just stumbled into your video and cannot pass up the chance to sing praises for Siobhan as a player. She may not have Ally's iconic nat 20s or Emily's combat prowess, but she's the brains of the group. How she always stumps Brennan and the rest of the table with how knowledgeable she is of the setting, without it being meta game-y is a delight to watch.

    • @fatim0nster
      @fatim0nster Před 11 měsíci +17

      Oh but she does have Emily's combat prowess, it just so happens that her moments either have smaller kill count, damage total, or she prefers to make actions that help other players shine. She's a fantastic and incredibly creative team player. Remember the way she used Web so that she and other players would throw concrete golem off balance in FH? What about that time she used Dimension Door to teleport above the spell-cancelling bubble, bypassing it and allowing a martial character to get close to the lich in the Stock Exchange battle in TUC?

    • @logicaloverdrive8197
      @logicaloverdrive8197 Před 3 měsíci +3

      @@fatim0nster Or when she used Dimension Door to save Ricky's body after he died in the American Dream battle

  • @AmourEtRespect
    @AmourEtRespect Před 8 měsíci +29

    On a more direct playing perspective, Siobhan really is the one that cements the whole party together by always putting herself in the middle ground. Even when the story focuses on her character she always leaves room for other players to interact, and never completely disappears when not in the spotlight. It helps compressing the highs and lows of other more intense or chaotic players toward a more stable center, which is perfect for a show like D20.

  • @skyboy7244
    @skyboy7244 Před rokem +211

    Siobhan is my favourite D20 player, so I’m always sad that it feels like she’s the least appreciated of the main cast. Great video 😊

    • @hoid9407
      @hoid9407 Před 11 měsíci +19

      Same here. As a forever DM Siobhan is easily the player I would want at my table. She invests in the world, she plays to the other players' strengths, and she is ALWAYS enjoying herself.

  • @ninajane9098
    @ninajane9098 Před rokem +116

    I love siobhan as a player shes so smart with it but supports everyone at the table. Her characters have flaws but are realistic. And she will instantly back up a bit no hesatation. Her outfits are also amazing

  • @CalumanderTube
    @CalumanderTube Před 2 měsíci +12

    It’s very telling how good Siobhan is at putting her characters in the world, when on multiple seasons there is a fight almost solely based around her character. Aelwyn at The House Party, Her Opening Night on Broadway, Majority of the Falinel arc. Honourable Mention to the Neverafter Princesses. She’s rarely the main character but she always gets her main character moment which I just love.

  • @math9172
    @math9172 Před 11 měsíci +95

    Siobhan is definitely the most underrated member of D20, so thank you very much for your video.
    She also is genuinely an excellent mechanical player.
    Her move with Riva in StarStruck Odyssey when she teleported into an enemy ship and one shot basically the entire crew??
    When she Scried Kalina in Fantasy High season 2 using the divination Nat 1.
    Basically her entire gameplay as Misty Moore in USC.
    (And I am surely forgetting a ton of other moments).
    And of course finally she's IMO the one with the best roleplay capabilities. She feels very connected to her character and does not hesitate to make decisions that on a meta level as a player she full well knows aren't optimal, but are what the character would do (Like with Iga in USC when she was very reluctant to join or help the group because of her fear of magic).
    Anyway Siobahn rules, she might not be the most abrasive, chaotic or loud but she definitely is a crucial part of the cast, and her absence is very noticeable when she's missing.

  • @JLMac322
    @JLMac322 Před 11 měsíci +53

    Minor point, but I LOVE the voice that Siobhan puts on for Misty!

    • @math9172
      @math9172 Před 11 měsíci +6

      It's also a great detail that when she reincarnates into Rowan Berry she changes her voice a bit.

  • @BestgirlJordanfish
    @BestgirlJordanfish Před rokem +119

    Her dedication in looking at a setting and responding to it is amazing. The presence of her characters instantly enriches the world.
    Highly recommend for other players here!! Don’t paste your character concept or build into a game, learn about your setting and other stories and then make a characters who lives there! Oh my god it makes a difference.

    • @claudiolentini5067
      @claudiolentini5067 Před 11 měsíci +2

      This advice is golden

    • @CindersSpot
      @CindersSpot Před 11 měsíci +1

      I have worked with many DMs and none of them give me proper information about the world or genre when asked beforehand. Many campaigns are set in bland fantasy worlds and most DMs don't even know what genre their game is.

  • @sanjuseesstuff
    @sanjuseesstuff Před 11 měsíci +46

    Rosumand as a princess whose perspective has changed and Riva being the alien psychic who is naïve truly cement this notion as well.

  • @Vector-th8dr
    @Vector-th8dr Před 6 měsíci +19

    One thing I love about Siobhan's play is her undercover chaos. While Emily is very explicitly chaotic, Siobhan is quieter. I often think of her as an instigator, like when she told Lou that she'll pay him twenty dollars if he swallowed the little orange hat. She wanted to start some chaos, and used Lou as a weapon for it.
    As much as she makes Brennan's life as a DM easier, she is completely willing to cause absolute chaos. Often using the other people at the table to do it.

    • @Trefox87
      @Trefox87 Před 4 měsíci +3

      Her and Lou are great foils for Brennan in my eyes because they play off, with and against him so well

  • @corneliastreet2491
    @corneliastreet2491 Před 11 měsíci +19

    I also love her in Um, Actually. She dominates and it feels so rewarding. She’s just so charismatic and intelligent but not in an obnoxious, throw it in your face type way.

  • @scottwagner2566
    @scottwagner2566 Před 11 měsíci +41

    As a DM myself who just started watching D20 (Finished first Season of Fantasy High and am currently on Unsleeping City), Siobhan has been my favorite so far, and I wasn't sure exactly why. You've put it in words for me.

  • @thatlycantomboy
    @thatlycantomboy Před 11 měsíci +33

    goddd thank you for articulating why siobhan is prolly my favorite player. look I adore the entire cast but there’s just something about her vibe

  • @jaidaessencehallsleftshoul5027
    @jaidaessencehallsleftshoul5027 Před 3 měsíci +4

    Her playing Imelda pulse in mentopolis was my favourite character she’s played.

  • @TK_Brainslug
    @TK_Brainslug Před rokem +25

    ​Siobhan is such a Broadway Fan. To me it was a no brainer that would play a Broadway star in unsleeping city

  • @notoriousrrz
    @notoriousrrz Před rokem +32

    Hadestown is still very much worth seeing live! And thank you for showing the love for Misty Moore. As a theater director, she's my favorite Siobhan character and my favorite on Unsleeping City.

  • @sunnybloom7272
    @sunnybloom7272 Před 4 měsíci +7

    Siobhan is honestly tied for my favourite member of the dome cause of one reason: her utter commitment to the character and the energy, from my first love Misty/Rowan blending a grounded immigrant story of home and belonging and a fantastical story of fae and the merit of adoration, to her underrated run as Sleeping Beauty as someone lost but wanting to find love and purpose on her own, to her more comedic characters like Imelda Pulse in Mentopolis and Jaysohn in Burrows End. Regardless of the circumstances everything character wise is real and expressed in Siobhan and it feels just so sincere I love it and her so much, plus I love a more subtle presence of quiet wit in the dome.

  • @topherhilberg5076
    @topherhilberg5076 Před 11 měsíci +9

    I feel like Siobhan is the best actor of the group, she has so much empathy

  • @lilithreusch2614
    @lilithreusch2614 Před 3 měsíci +5

    One thing that I really appreciate about Adine as a character is that she keeps evolving. In the first season, her main conflict is around her anxiety. Then, in the second season, you can *tell* that she's gone through character development because suddenly she's this amazing, spiteful, hilarious character that's just so much fun to watch. Fantasy High has a lot of fantastic characters, but Adine is consistently fun to watch no matter what's going on. It's really phenomenal.

  • @luka-gl9dz
    @luka-gl9dz Před 11 měsíci +17

    i love siobhan so much she’s just so cool and i love all her characters sm, i don’t know if she’s my favorite because idk if any of them are really my favorite (they’re all just so good in different ways), but when it comes to who i try and emulate the most in my play style and character creation is siobhan and she’s easily one of my like,,,,role models lmfao

  • @elichan7
    @elichan7 Před 11 měsíci +21

    I know u did a murph video already but can u do a murph video with the perspective as him as a player. I love his approach to being chaotic or lawful good characters. And how good he did playing as Gerard being a lawful or neutral bad character

  • @quenepacrossing4675
    @quenepacrossing4675 Před 4 měsíci +4

    Not only that, i do believe her to be the best ACTRESS in d20. her character choices are fantastic and then she delivers incredible physicality and emotion on top that really sells it all. Thinking of her incredible showing in burrow’s end.

  • @harveyholmes9533
    @harveyholmes9533 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Her character in Fantasy High is so good that her family were convincing major antagonists for 2 seasons. That basically says all that needs to be said

  • @CalamityCannon
    @CalamityCannon Před 7 měsíci +3

    As a New Yorker, who has already been charmed by this group of adventurers and their campaigns, I'm so delighted that people from other places got such a delightful impression of NYC. It really is a love letter

  • @browndog6004
    @browndog6004 Před 11 měsíci +9

    So glad to see some love for Siobhan!!!!!

  • @Velmakinz
    @Velmakinz Před 2 dny

    She does always seem to be thinking about the campaign, characters, and setting as a whole and I agree that is invaluable. I also love how much she contributes knowledge/lore wise. Brennan works in niche real world facts (like the latin) and Shiobhan easily hops in with her innate knowledge helping the party approach puzzles in the light the DM intended.

  • @darkmarvel1953
    @darkmarvel1953 Před 2 měsíci +1

    She is a dream full-stop 🎉

  • @kulgydudemanyo
    @kulgydudemanyo Před 11 měsíci +6

    One time I tried to create a character that was a "recovering edgelord". He was raised by a family of people who worshipped a dark god and ran away with his little sister to start a new life. I felt like I never really dialed into this character though. The way I played him, he just ended up being a full blown edge lord all the time lol.
    I think if I had played more into the idea of "searching for joy and light" it would have been a much different experience.

  • @choobers26
    @choobers26 Před měsícem

    Dude Siobhan is such a good role player and rules lawyer! I loved her the most as Jaysohn on Burrow’s End, since she showed her playful side, but I was already taken in by her as Adaine. Special mention, she was also great as Imela Pulse on Mentopolis. Her Stacy Fakename bit made me laugh every time 😂

  • @green_dragon_knight
    @green_dragon_knight Před 11 měsíci +9

    Great video! I also like that Siobhan leans into her character’s flaws, even when that makes her character less likeable. Adaine is pretty rude and stuck up, particularly at first, and really hates her sister, although it is mostly deserved. Misty, while fun, is also vain and very selfish, and is terrible to her assistant. I love that Siobhan doesn’t just make likeable sympathetic characters.

    • @ProducedByMERC
      @ProducedByMERC Před 11 měsíci +1

      This just made me realize I do this, gotta start leaning into these flaws

    • @grahamready1065
      @grahamready1065 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Not to mention the whole thing with Ruby in the latter half of A Crown of Candy: from what I understand, some people got really bent out of shape about that whole dynamic, but I really liked it personally.

  • @theunwelcome
    @theunwelcome Před měsícem

    I wish I was 1/10 of any of the players Brennan has at his table, they're all just soooooo good

  • @obrien92
    @obrien92 Před 11 měsíci +2

    yes yes yes, she’s fantastic. i feel like this really came to a point during neverafter as a princess who is struggling to believe in true love, but maybe i’m bias because it’s my favorite season of d20. but good for you for using examples from the seasons you can find on youtube!

  • @kashtrey
    @kashtrey Před 3 měsíci +1

    Just got into d20 and watched all of adventure high. Siobhan is amazing. I love all the characters but from her first scene Adaine had such a well developed character with a very clear arc. Her family being central to season 2 felt so rewarding after all the ground work that was laid.

  • @rockassassin64
    @rockassassin64 Před 11 měsíci +6

    Adaine is my favorite character in roll 20

  • @runnfromtheak5972
    @runnfromtheak5972 Před rokem +3

    I’ve been waiting for this one!! Siobhan is my absolute favorite player

  • @sanjuseesstuff
    @sanjuseesstuff Před 11 měsíci +3

    I love Siobhan appreciation on my recommended feed!

  • @duishungry
    @duishungry Před 6 měsíci

    Love your outros talking about other videos we might be interested in. I clicked on one video and now I'm watching breakdowns of all the intrepid heroes!

  • @Verylengthyapple
    @Verylengthyapple Před 11 měsíci +2

    sioban improv is fantastic, when I watched the unsleeping city. Man she rlly jus blended right in with the amount of open ended ness Brennan was offering to the players.

  • @jonathanpaullovell
    @jonathanpaullovell Před 11 měsíci +7

    I do not suspect there is a great overlap between DnD and NBA fans, but here I go. Siobhan seems like a John Stockton, in that both their claims to fame are not in point scoring, but in setting up the assists for other players (whether they be the DM or PCs)

  • @dambrony1394
    @dambrony1394 Před 7 měsíci

    I always loved that she really places herself in character while also ensuring that she knows her skills set without being too in character.

  • @digitalemptyness
    @digitalemptyness Před rokem +1

    Another wonderful video, keep up the great work!

  • @EnbyOtta
    @EnbyOtta Před 11 měsíci +2

    This was a fun and informative video. I am commenting for the algorithm. All praise the algorithm. Glory be to the algorithm.

  • @blinkyedit2588
    @blinkyedit2588 Před 11 měsíci

    I can't stop seeing the color correction changing everytime we see his lowers arms in the frame

  • @Monkeygoboom
    @Monkeygoboom Před 10 měsíci

    Ruby is one of my absolute favorite characters in Dimension 20, she made me realize how good Siobhan is so love this video giving her the respect shes due! Her characters are always so consistently good i feel like she gets overlooked since shes at the table with so many great players!

  • @AbiramiPhilosirid
    @AbiramiPhilosirid Před 4 měsíci +1

    Siobhan Thompson is my dream full stop

  • @RandiBurdette
    @RandiBurdette Před 4 měsíci +1

    I definitely believed her as a karate boy stoat 😂😂

  • @Michael_Killey
    @Michael_Killey Před 4 měsíci +2

    In the penultimate episode of Fantasy High: Freshman Year a character throws a Molotov cocktail he pulled from his jacket and Brennan doesn’t narrate that he lit it and Siobhan says ‘Was that lit?’ So quickly and it was such a hilarious moment

    • @eddiemate
      @eddiemate Před měsícem

      Even better because she asks "Was that lit the whole time?" in character, which is both a fair reaction to that happening and establishing that it was actually lit.

  • @AP-dx4mq
    @AP-dx4mq Před 11 měsíci

    Good to someone appreciate her!

  • @georgeurquidi1602
    @georgeurquidi1602 Před 11 měsíci +1

    This is a super great video that is making me want to go back to watch Fantasy High. Thank you! I will watch the rest of your videos now.

  • @jamestakenaka9247
    @jamestakenaka9247 Před 11 měsíci

    Found your channel only recently, but you're the dnd commentator I've been looking for for YEARS!!

  • @JadeyChi
    @JadeyChi Před 4 měsíci

    Siobhan I don't think has ever had my favorite character in any series, but she always fills a very practical and critical spot and she's very good at keeping track of spellcasting in a technical way. She is also very emotionally involved in all of the seasons.

  • @weinderdog1184
    @weinderdog1184 Před 3 měsíci

    She's just such an A+ person that it translates to her characters perfectly

  • @aromaladyellie
    @aromaladyellie Před měsícem

    My friend has told me a few times that out of the whole D20 cast, I am a player most like Siobhan and that in combination with the title to this video made me so nervous to watch it lmao. But listening to you break it down, I totally see what my friend means. I think I feel a little more confident as a player even though this video is about Siobhan lmao.

  • @romxxii
    @romxxii Před 2 měsíci

    Always loved Siobhan even before D20 -- her CH skits are always a hoot -- but it was in ACOC where she _really_ nailed it. When that big spoiler thing happens, it was the best acting I've ever seen in a live play. Her sorrow and grief and anguish felt all too real.

  • @Kadmos_of_Tyr
    @Kadmos_of_Tyr Před 11 měsíci +4

    Loving the content so far! I feel like Siobhan doesn't get nearly as much love as the other D20 cast!!! I love talking about the craft of playing D&D so I have just been eating this shit up XD

  • @katteather4599
    @katteather4599 Před 4 měsíci

    Riva was my favorite. One of the best parts of her characters is that they really feel alive, constantly changing and growing. Riva coming from a race that literally has no concept of lying and therefore has no jumping off point was wonderful. She was able to play in the space still because she is very intelligent, but her naivete still shines through so beautifully in her clinging to the idea of being her own boss.

  • @LoveValentineXO
    @LoveValentineXO Před 2 měsíci

    I've only been watching dimensions 20 stuff for a few weeks, and only seen the high-school one (currently near the end of season 2, but I keep thinking about when she is panicking too much to fight Golden Hoard and says to Jawbone, "My parents left and I don't know where they are." God, that broke my heart!!

  • @zyaicob
    @zyaicob Před 11 měsíci

    Siobhan has been my favourite long before D20 was even thought of, and I'm so happy people are appreciating her properly

  • @redsuncloud
    @redsuncloud Před 11 měsíci

    Enjoyed the analysis

  • @elderwyrmstudio5133
    @elderwyrmstudio5133 Před 11 měsíci

    Crushing it dude

  • @brandynotabrand
    @brandynotabrand Před 3 měsíci

    this video got me back into d20 during the summer of 2023, just cuz I needed to see what a fae Broadway star would be like. incredibly grateful cuz otherwise I would have never seen tuc (which is now one of my favorite pieces of media) and would have never gotten the balls to go look for people who'd like to play dnd with me. wild how something can change ur life so drastically lol.

  • @ChadBarnier
    @ChadBarnier Před 2 měsíci

    Came for the D&D, stayed for the Hadestown and Stephen Sondheim references

  • @krona3803
    @krona3803 Před 2 měsíci

    "orphaned straight out of the womb" is crazy

  • @ryanwatt6706
    @ryanwatt6706 Před 3 měsíci

    I love building characters its my favorite passtime ngl lol

  • @eddiemate
    @eddiemate Před 2 měsíci

    I’ll be honest, I had always liked Siobhan as a player but until recently I hadn’t realised how much I’d been sleeping on her as a player.
    Fantasy High Junior Year specifically was what made me realise it, when after the party everyone is talking and they more or less go "god I’m so drunk" (I'll admit I’m not good at analysis, I probably missed some subtle roleplaying elements) while Siobhan was roleplaying like she was a drunken mess. It’s that kind of immersion I always strive for as a player, and I’m so upset I didn’t notice it sooner.

  • @CameronHollis
    @CameronHollis Před 11 měsíci +5

    you did it! you completed the full D20 cast video series! And of course it was another banger video! well done man!

    • @castlecaster
      @castlecaster  Před 11 měsíci +1

      Thank you!

    • @dlvnmedia
      @dlvnmedia Před 11 měsíci

      Well there all the regular guest stars that I would love to see covered

  • @tysondennis1016
    @tysondennis1016 Před 2 měsíci

    “What’s the point of magic if it can’t bring her back?!” always gets me.

  • @NekoMimiMisa
    @NekoMimiMisa Před 10 měsíci

    My husband is that player in my games. I find myself writing more storylines and plot threads for his characters than the other players, because it is jusy easier to do. He makes these interesting characters that have these well defined backgrounds with puzzles to unlock and clear npc entanglements. His characters are intrinsically a part of the world, and the other players just live in it. I in turn try to do this in the games I am in too, I love giving my DMs story fodder.

    • @NekoMimiMisa
      @NekoMimiMisa Před 10 měsíci

      My first DM hated that I wrote a backstory for my character, because he wanted to make it up himself. He told me I was an orphan, so I wrote WHY I was an orphan.

  • @realisticphish
    @realisticphish Před 8 měsíci

    "How does your sister cast her spells?"
    Siobhan - "Like a b****"

  • @starkid910
    @starkid910 Před 4 měsíci

    0:38 I think this character concept actually has a ton of comedic potential for the kind of campaign you described lol

  • @knightsljx
    @knightsljx Před 2 měsíci

    "Siobhan Thompson is a dream"
    There. Fixed it for you

  • @vikingshark2634
    @vikingshark2634 Před 11 měsíci

    Meanwhile I get the one that always going to play either a tiefling who's goal is to throw a wrench into the rest of the party's plans, and the one guy that resolves every conflict by throwing an axe at someone.

  • @Phantisma09
    @Phantisma09 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Next will you revisit Murph as a D20 player??? I'd love to see the cross- comparison of all the Intrepid Heroes

  • @mangoacc9935
    @mangoacc9935 Před rokem

    Awesome series ❤ would love for you to expand into other shows when you are finished with the dimension 20 cast!

  • @Mis.tresss
    @Mis.tresss Před 3 měsíci

    Completely unrelated but my parents have a friend whose name is also Siobhan Thompson and I think that’s just neat

  • @bensutton3527
    @bensutton3527 Před 2 měsíci

    I would absolutely welcome Darkstar Nightwalker in my silly chaotic game, and make it my personal mission the whole time to get him to smile. Just once.

  • @franklinlewis1097
    @franklinlewis1097 Před 3 měsíci

    I thought that this was about the 13th doctor until I actually used my eyes to read

  • @thejameslehman
    @thejameslehman Před 3 měsíci

    She has genius-level intelligence. It helps.

  • @tonylusa9951
    @tonylusa9951 Před 11 měsíci +1

    God DAMN this dude has big elf ears.

  • @neverbanana
    @neverbanana Před 11 měsíci +5

    Adaine really doesn't come off as stuck-up to me. Am I missing something?
    That aside, thank you for your great videos, I thoroughly enjoy them!

    • @erikaiverson4122
      @erikaiverson4122 Před 11 měsíci +10

      I agree- rich girl, but not stuck-up.

    • @sampogmore6655
      @sampogmore6655 Před 11 měsíci +1

      I think stubborn is the correct wording for it

  • @gazzamuso
    @gazzamuso Před 10 měsíci

    My favourite part of this is the clips of Siobhan being praised by Brennan and emphatically agreeing with him. Yes! Yes, you don't have to be humble and meek - reject that English heritage and embrace your strengths!

  • @bananabanana484
    @bananabanana484 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Honestly, while my father isn’t the cold piece of shit Adaine had, that whole “mind of a researcher” speech I have heard too many times.

  • @boo9909
    @boo9909 Před rokem +1

    great video

    • @boo9909
      @boo9909 Před rokem +1

      really
      enjoyed it

  • @Lazurmang
    @Lazurmang Před 11 měsíci +1

    Me watching this video:
    - hell yeah, I’m a DM who digs dnd, and this is a dnd channel w good content
    - hey that’s dimension 20! I’m a dropout subscriber too, pretty neat
    - hey this guy mentioned wanting to see Hadestown with OBC? Same!
    Now I’m like - did I make this channel? Are we the same person?

  • @HopeF749
    @HopeF749 Před 10 měsíci

    We stan

  • @levi1929
    @levi1929 Před 11 měsíci

    And her little daughter Siobhan
    Who pulled beers from dusk til dawn
    Well amongst the town folk
    She was a bit of a joke
    But she pulled the best beer in town

  • @danielmejorado6098
    @danielmejorado6098 Před 11 měsíci

    What is this? Is this a Roleplay improv gameshow? It looks really fun.

  • @tesstucker3311
    @tesstucker3311 Před 11 měsíci +4

    All the intrepid heroes are incredibly intelligent people, but I think Siobhan is also the only one at the table smarter than Brennan. Obviously smart is subjective but she’s always such a surprise with random facts and her understandings of language, sometimes spoiling reveals that Brennan has teed up like when she translates the Latin.

  • @OldMouseInAHugeForest
    @OldMouseInAHugeForest Před 11 měsíci

    She’s like Janet from The Good Place 1:07