“Misscliks D&D: Pirate Edition,” is a live Dungeons and Dragons show, streamed every Tuesday at 8:30pm EST/5;30pm PST on www.twitch.tv/livinpink. It is a tale of four adventurers sailing the high seas, and battling monsters and brigands.
Meet the crew : • Neal “Koibu” Erickson starring as the Dungeon Master • Anna “uNcontroLable” Prosser Robinson starring as December : the confused assassin • Dana “JforJade” Marie starring as Eliana : the darkest cleric • Genevieve “Livinpink” Forget starring as Lily Dudley : the new wizard • Stephanie “missharvey” Harvey starring as Fe : the monk who takes disarming to a whole new level
Still a fledgling community, "Misscliks" is an open online group devoted to “creating a future where people of all genders can participate in geek and gamer culture without fear of prejudice or mistreatment, enjoying acceptance and opportunity.” Misscliks D&D is our first project: an initiative to promote female geek and gamer role models in the online community. We hope you enjoy!
Isn't JP and your hubby doing something like already.. GL I guess. Not into D&D, but from what I saw on the streams they were getting a decent amount of viewers.
Well that turned out to be a fucking awesome first episode!
The cast already reminds me a lot of the cast of rollplay...
Gen is Gen (goofy, silly, lighthearted) Anna is Geoff (WTFOMGAMAZINGLYBADASSCHARACTER!) Steph is Ryan (awkwardly carrying the whole team in battle) and Dana is JP (always throwing a wrench in the gears)
Thanks for tuning in guys! Suggestions are more then welcomed. We will be making the quality of the show better as time goes on.
- Overlay for the map + how to set this up properly with xsplit etc. - Overlay for the rolls on roll20. - Introduction video + music. - Will get better at making it smooth and start on time
*@AlexMFletcher commented about Jade's mic - Will look into what we can do about that. *enbeez from reddit commented about the volumes - Will do mic check next time and figure this out as best as I can.
On July 03 2013 16:14 Livinpink wrote: Thanks for tuning in guys! Suggestions are more then welcomed. We will be making the quality of the show better as time goes on.
- Overlay for the map + how to set this up properly with xsplit etc. - Overlay for the rolls on roll20. - Introduction video + music. - Will get better at making it smooth and start on time
*@AlexMFletcher commented about Jade's mic - Will look into what we can do about that.
Why don't you ask JP how he does the overlays or is it just a matter of time?
Hey guys, I absolutely loved the show, it was so amazingly funny, cool, bad ass, and extremely entertaining to watch.
I wanna do the Geoff Robinson thing here and critique the show, and its not a negative thing, its the fact that on your first day you had 2 thousand viewers, and its easy to see this show will explode (in a good way) very soon
So for the good, first of all, you guys "rollplayed" really well! JforJade, I thought you did well and were playing a reserved person that didn't want to give to much sensitive information away to these new people you were meeting. At the same time, you weren't quiet or scared to talk the whole time, you readily danced, and acted out your surviving the water. (THAT WAS HILARIOUS, DONT CHANGE )
Anna, I kinda feel like the nerds around the world just really like seeing you and Geoff on stream, you guys are extremely likable and attractive (Fine I said it Geoff lol). So its really interesting to see you guys' personality. Anyway, You and Steph are tied for best RP'ers, and your solutions and the way you talked in character was really amazing.
Steph, I thought you were one of the best at Roleplaying. I think this is because you just jumped right into your character from the first minute, pretending to be her, and doing a great job as acting out what she would say and do. I think you read in chat that you always smile, and I think you tried not smiling, but dont do that! Somehow you just naturally smile just 24/7 and thats awesome, we are all jelly of your nice smile.
Livinpink, I think you did really really well. You have this certain personality in dnd that is so mischievous, and I think we all really enjoy it. It has been fun watching you steadily improve your roleplaying-ness. I think that you are awesome to watch play dnd.
Criticisms - Because this show will get so many viewers I will list some things to improve upon, Livinpink you touched on overlays for the map etc, and I think thats a great idea that may take time, but will be greatly appreciated. Livinpink, could you get everyone together maybe 10 minutes early and do a soundcheck, the sound was fine 90% of the time, however your (livinpink) mic would blow up many nerds ears (it got REALLY loud for like one second) when you got excited. I think that was the biggest issue for everyone. We want to hear you get excited about things, and for some reason your mic would spike and kill our ears.
For the girls - I actually have no criticisms on your rolleplaying. I thought it was amazing that you guys were this "good" on your first try. I think for me it flew in the face of any kind of preconceptions that girls don't like dnd, or that they wouldn't be good at it etc etc. Once a week I play dnd, and on the drive over, I try to think of little things to help show my character's personality or back story, so maybe do that. Honestly I think you four are already naturals at that, you really were not afraid to talk or just let it out what your characters were thinking or feeling. Great job, cant wait for next time.
On July 03 2013 21:14 Lightning07 wrote: Hey guys, I absolutely loved the show, it was so amazingly funny, cool, bad ass, and extremely entertaining to watch.
I wanna do the Geoff Robinson thing here and critique the show, and its not a negative thing, its the fact that on your first day you had 2 thousand viewers, and its easy to see this show will explode (in a good way) very soon
So for the good, first of all, you guys "rollplayed" really well! JforJade, I thought you did well and were playing a reserved person that didn't want to give to much sensitive information away to these new people you were meeting. At the same time, you weren't quiet or scared to talk the whole time, you readily danced, and acted out your surviving the water. (THAT WAS HILARIOUS, DONT CHANGE )
Anna, I kinda feel like the nerds around the world just really like seeing you and Geoff on stream, you guys are extremely likable and attractive (Fine I said it Geoff lol). So its really interesting to see you guys' personality. Anyway, You and Steph are tied for best RP'ers, and your solutions and the way you talked in character was really amazing.
Steph, I thought you were one of the best at Roleplaying. I think this is because you just jumped right into your character from the first minute, pretending to be her, and doing a great job as acting out what she would say and do. I think you read in chat that you always smile, and I think you tried not smiling, but dont do that! Somehow you just naturally smile just 24/7 and thats awesome, we are all jelly of your nice smile.
Livinpink, I think you did really really well. You have this certain personality in dnd that is so mischievous, and I think we all really enjoy it. It has been fun watching you steadily improve your roleplaying-ness. I think that you are awesome to watch play dnd.
Criticisms - Because this show will get so many viewers I will list some things to improve upon, Livinpink you touched on overlays for the map etc, and I think thats a great idea that may take time, but will be greatly appreciated. Livinpink, could you get everyone together maybe 10 minutes early and do a soundcheck, the sound was fine 90% of the time, however your (livinpink) mic would blow up many nerds ears (it got REALLY loud for like one second) when you got excited. I think that was the biggest issue for everyone. We want to hear you get excited about things, and for some reason your mic would spike and kill our ears.
For the girls - I actually have no criticisms on your rolleplaying. I thought it was amazing that you guys were this "good" on your first try. I think for me it flew in the face of any kind of preconceptions that girls don't like dnd, or that they wouldn't be good at it etc etc. Once a week I play dnd, and on the drive over, I try to think of little things to help show my character's personality or back story, so maybe do that. Honestly I think you four are already naturals at that, you really were not afraid to talk or just let it out what your characters were thinking or feeling. Great job, cant wait for next time.
Thank you very much for those comments. I love constructive criticism. Let's make this show amazing now eh? :D
I really like that you guys tried a lot of stuff. You could have just put down the plank and attack everything and you would be done with it one way or the other in less than 20 minutes. Instead we got some planning and scheming, attempts at stealth and disguises and a boatparty. Please keep up the good roleplaying
This was really excellent for the pilot episode. Keep it up! I have full convidence Gen will up the production stuff, just like JP did after the first episodes.
Small thing though (which also bugs me sometimes on Rollplay), i personally dislike watching people eat on stream. Anna was eating the whole 4 hours, and at some moment, all four of you were eating at the same time. Hell, even Neal was eating something... I found it a bit annoying. (though hearing Geoff eat chips is even worse!)
But hey, maybe i'm the only one who feels this way, and i'll still watch both shows nonetheless. Do with it what you want.
That might be more of a personal thing Cali, usually dungeons and dragons is kind of known for a gathering / playing / and eating together thing. That combined with the fact 4 hours is a long ass time, ninjas get hungry. But I can see where you are coming from, being loud can distract etc etc
lol @ Anna eating for 4 hours, I honestly didnt even notice any of them eating.
I really like the different personalities their character already have. Specially Anna's character, she really nailed the mix between being a cold blooded assassin, but being very naive personality at the same time.
On July 04 2013 01:15 Noocta wrote: I really like the different personalities their character already have. Specially Anna's character, she really nailed the mix between being a cold blooded assassin, but being very naive personality at the same time.
Yeah definitely agree there. Episode 1 was a lot of fun to watch. I really enjoyed the interactions between December (Anna) and Elianna (Dana). A lot of tension and mistrust between the two. I can't wait to see how that works out in later episodes.
I was also kind of unsure about how well Neal's new system would be, but it actually worked quite nicely.
This show was awesome, so much fun to watch please keep it up =) It was so amazing when Dana was acting out the drowning , it was hilarious ( gif please !! ).
I got to say, i HATE D&D starts like what you guys have, for exactly the same reason it was so awkward at the very beginning. As soon as pimperneal broke the ice though, you guys just started up. It felt like once that awkward "what do i say first" went away with that comment that everyone basically came out strong. Excellent roleplaying, and it's nice to find a (i think) true neutral who is able to do true neutral without just seeming like an ass but just as a natural extension of her character.
Really enjoyed the pilot episode as well. Not bad, you guys!
I especially liked Anna's and Steph's playing their roles. Gen was her goofy self again and somewhat held up with production issues, while Jade seemed a bit distracted at times or even missing (maybe bored occasionally?). What I really enjoyed was how they actually put some thought into how they would want to tackle a task, unlike the Rollplay gang charging blindly without any questions asked. One could definitely see the difference. Props to you all, as well as to DM Neal!
The most mysterious (and to me interesting) character for now seems to be Anna's December. I was quite fascinated when she introduced herself in the initial bar scene. What I seem to have missed though is what actual classes they play. I guess December is a thief/assassin? Lilly the Halfling is some kind of mage? Jade's character apparently is a priest/healer? And Steph's (Fade?) is a brawler/fighter without any weapons? But then what's with the pirate theme? -- I guess it will clear up once we get to see the character sheets.
Anyways, well done! Had some really good laughs with the "boat party" plan and the dealings with the men in the end, hehe! Looking forward to seeing more of this gang.
On July 04 2013 08:07 Proseat wrote: Really enjoyed the pilot episode as well. Not bad, you guys!
I especially liked Anna's and Steph's playing their roles. Gen was her goofy self again and somewhat held up with production issues, while Jade seemed a bit distracted at times or even missing (maybe bored occasionally?). What I really enjoyed was how they actually put some thought into how they would want to tackle a task, unlike the Rollplay gang charging blindly without any questions asked. One could definitely see the difference. Props to you all, as well as to DM Neal!
The most mysterious (and to me interesting) character for now seems to be Anna's December. I was quite fascinated when she introduced herself in the initial bar scene. What I seem to have missed though is what actual classes they play. I guess December is a thief/assassin? Lilly the Halfling is some kind of mage? Jade's character apparently is a priest/healer? And Steph's (Fade?) is a brawler/fighter without any weapons? But then what's with the pirate theme? -- I guess it will clear up once we get to see the character sheets.
Anyways, well done! Had some really good laughs with the "boat party" plan and the dealings with the men in the end, hehe! Looking forward to seeing more of this gang.
Chat seemed to have settled on these: December is a Thief, Presumably Lily is a Mage (Wizard? Elementalist?) like you said, Aliana (?) is some sort of Druid, and Fe was a Monk.
How was Aliana/Eliana Spelt? Neal had mentioned he didn't like Druids in the version he uses, it'll be interesting to see how it plays out.
According to this, the names in the first episode were as follows:
December (Anna's char, apparently a Thief) Elianna (Dana's char, apparently a DruidCleric) Fe (Steph's char, apparently a Monk) Lily (Gen's char, apparently a Mage) Kaster (their contractor, one-legged captain with a wooden stump) Corlath (handsome shirtless guy on board the ship, hubby of Vishna, part of Kaster's crew) Vishna (possessive wife of Corlath, part of Kaster's crew) Bertram (not sure who he was) Orlandeau (their main antagonist, the ugly captain) Tom (last man standing of Orlandeau's crew)
On July 05 2013 23:34 MstrJinbo wrote: Etoilelion on reddit compiled stats on the last episode. You can find them here http://misscliks.shadowrequiem.com/
Brought together by Kaster, a peg-legged middle-aged man who is offering work.
Kaster throws some money around to get the ladies drunk. Disposable cash? (Promised reward for job: 600g each)
Gen: Halfling, 3'6" ft tall; 20 years old (23 in halfling), 64 lbs, red puffy/wavy hair, green eyes, dressed in red. Tattoos on shoulder visible. (Lily Dudley)
Anna: 5'2, 100 lbs, nondescript half-elf, pale skin, pale grey eyes, long wavy medium-brown hair, hooded cloak, (December)
Jade: Long (back) golden hair, pale skin, green "cat-like" eyes. Elvish features. Tattoos up back, over shoulder, partial arms. 5'5, 110 lbs, wearing dark purple. (Elianna)
Stephanie: Human, appears 16, 5'10, long braided black hair, ass-length, brown eyes, athletic, tanned skin (Fe)
Fe reveals she is from the "snowy mountains at the top" (Rastagar???), and is a monk on the final steps of her journey to being a monk.
December reveals to be an orphan, and a exiled secret assassin. Also implies she speaks another language than common.
Elianna reveals she is from the elvish kingdom of Vathian(sp?); here for vengeance against her lover's killer.
Lily reveals she is from a travelling carnival/circus. "The Fortune Crystal". Family of fortune tellers.
Pimperneal Goodbody is Mafia, for certain. Also the reason Lily left her family circus. He's also an Elementalist. Which, it turns out, is pretty much what it says on the tin.
Lily reveals to have stolen 2 crystal balls from Pimperneal.
December passes out momentarily (Narcoleptic?) [Actually an Internet Outage]
Lily reads December's future via a Tarot Reading. First Card: "I see that you have embarked on an adventure, plentiful of booty", Second Card: "You will have conflict with someone with dark hair, soon." Fe has dark hair... Third Card: "Danger"
December reveals a lost male friend, but does not elaborate.
Elianna is still in love with her dead male lover, jaded however. (Loss? Hurt?)
Kaster is leading the group on a mission for the map to Dead Pirate Robert's (Robert Blackheart) treasure.
Kaster's Ship: Single-Mast 40 feet. Crew:
Bertram. Mute helmsman.
Corlath, Muscle bound dude.
Vishna. Corlath's wife. Dark skinned half-elf. Snappy.
December is the only one of the group that can swim... in a pirate adventure.
Depart Hawksburg; intercept ship captained by Orlandeau
Lily reveals spell "Grease"(?)
OOC, Dana reveals spell Entangle.
Lesson for swinging across between ships: Have a landing point in mind!
A lot of not-saying-it-was-groping-buuuut... later, December records the first kill of the campaign with a little stabby stabby.
Anna's first kill was named Geoff. Stabbed in the gut and throat slit. Freud would have something to say.
Lily reveals spell Burning Hands... namely by setting a dude on fire.
Lily the 3'6" halfling kicks someone in the face. Bet you didnt think i'd be writing THAT line.
The first "named kill" of the game goes to December as well, taking down Orlandeau with a garotte.
December loots a dagger and a couple of coin bags from Orlandeau's corpse.
December loots a series of navigational maps, and an unmarked map from Orlandeau's cabin.
December blacks out mid-combat. Woman either has narcolepsy, or REALLY cant hold her liquor.
Showing mercy pays off in information from Tom, leading the crew to Orlandeau's previously locked footlocker with cash.
Elianna reveals the spell Cure Light Wounds(?) {"Heal Bitch"}
So after a shirtless montage, apparantly you want to be unconcious, it gets you rubbed.
Kaster knows a guy. A guy who knows how to read a map.
"I will gladly tie the knot" -Elianna
Kaa'rorgh - next destination, for next week!
Stats Note from Week 1: Anna currently has both the lowest modified dice roll (2), and the highest (31). She's also had the lowest initiative (4, tied with Lily), and the highest (13).
Nice. I'm only so far as them plotting how to get aboard the ship, but I'm liking it already. I love watching the frontal assault approach of Bregor's Boys, but the girls' elaborate plotting is more my style of role play.
Also Summon Trout does have a precedent in Darth & Droids! Summon Bigger Fish
On July 04 2013 22:09 Proseat wrote: ... December (Anna's char, apparently a Thief) Elianna (Dana's char, apparently a DruidCleric) Fe (Steph's char, apparently a Monk) Lily (Gen's char, apparently a Mage) ...
Character sheets are up on misscliks reddit now, so classes are confirmed:
Elianna = Priest December = Thief Fe = Monk Lilly = Wizard - Air elementalist
On July 04 2013 22:09 Proseat wrote: According to this, the names in the first episode were as follows:
December (Anna's char, apparently a Thief) Elianna (Dana's char, apparently a DruidCleric) Fe (Steph's char, apparently a Monk) Lily (Gen's char, apparently a Mage) Kaster (their contractor, one-legged captain with a wooden stump) Corlath (handsome shirtless guy on board the ship, hubby of Vishna, part of Kaster's crew) Vishna (possessive wife of Corlath, part of Kaster's crew) Bertram (not sure who he was) Orlandeau (their main antagonist, the ugly captain) Tom (last man standing of Orlandeau's crew)
Don't forget "Geoff" the first to die at the hands of December. Oops. Thanks Neal.
On July 10 2013 02:23 Proseat wrote: Is there a difference between a Wizard and a Mage in DnD or are they the same thing? How about Cleric/Priest?
Mage and Priest are more like job descriptions (a sorceror can also be a mage and a paladin could concievably work as a priest) but the actual classes are Wizard and Cleric.
On July 05 2013 23:34 MstrJinbo wrote: Etoilelion on reddit compiled stats on the last episode. You can find them here http://misscliks.shadowrequiem.com/
Brought together by Kaster, a peg-legged middle-aged man who is offering work.
Kaster throws some money around to get the ladies drunk. Disposable cash? (Promised reward for job: 600g each)
Gen: Halfling, 3'6" ft tall; 20 years old (23 in halfling), 64 lbs, red puffy/wavy hair, green eyes, dressed in red. Tattoos on shoulder visible. (Lily Dudley)
Anna: 5'2, 100 lbs, nondescript half-elf, pale skin, pale grey eyes, long wavy medium-brown hair, hooded cloak, (December)
Jade: Long (back) golden hair, pale skin, green "cat-like" eyes. Elvish features. Tattoos up back, over shoulder, partial arms. 5'5, 110 lbs, wearing dark purple. (Elianna)
Stephanie: Human, appears 16, 5'10, long braided black hair, ass-length, brown eyes, athletic, tanned skin (Fe)
Fe reveals she is from the "snowy mountains at the top" (Rastagar???), and is a monk on the final steps of her journey to being a monk.
December reveals to be an orphan, and a exiled secret assassin. Also implies she speaks another language than common.
Elianna reveals she is from the elvish kingdom of Vathian(sp?); here for vengeance against her lover's killer.
Lily reveals she is from a travelling carnival/circus. "The Fortune Crystal". Family of fortune tellers.
Pimperneal Goodbody is Mafia, for certain. Also the reason Lily left her family circus. He's also an Elementalist. Which, it turns out, is pretty much what it says on the tin.
Lily reveals to have stolen 2 crystal balls from Pimperneal.
December passes out momentarily (Narcoleptic?) [Actually an Internet Outage]
Lily reads December's future via a Tarot Reading. First Card: "I see that you have embarked on an adventure, plentiful of booty", Second Card: "You will have conflict with someone with dark hair, soon." Fe has dark hair... Third Card: "Danger"
December reveals a lost male friend, but does not elaborate.
Elianna is still in love with her dead male lover, jaded however. (Loss? Hurt?)
Kaster is leading the group on a mission for the map to Dead Pirate Robert's (Robert Blackheart) treasure.
Kaster's Ship: Single-Mast 40 feet. Crew:
Bertram. Mute helmsman.
Corlath, Muscle bound dude.
Vishna. Corlath's wife. Dark skinned half-elf. Snappy.
December is the only one of the group that can swim... in a pirate adventure.
Depart Hawksburg; intercept ship captained by Orlandeau
Lily reveals spell "Grease"(?)
OOC, Dana reveals spell Entangle.
Lesson for swinging across between ships: Have a landing point in mind!
A lot of not-saying-it-was-groping-buuuut... later, December records the first kill of the campaign with a little stabby stabby.
Anna's first kill was named Geoff. Stabbed in the gut and throat slit. Freud would have something to say.
Lily reveals spell Burning Hands... namely by setting a dude on fire.
Lily the 3'6" halfling kicks someone in the face. Bet you didnt think i'd be writing THAT line.
The first "named kill" of the game goes to December as well, taking down Orlandeau with a garotte.
December loots a dagger and a couple of coin bags from Orlandeau's corpse.
December loots a series of navigational maps, and an unmarked map from Orlandeau's cabin.
December blacks out mid-combat. Woman either has narcolepsy, or REALLY cant hold her liquor.
Showing mercy pays off in information from Tom, leading the crew to Orlandeau's previously locked footlocker with cash.
Elianna reveals the spell Cure Light Wounds(?) {"Heal Bitch"}
So after a shirtless montage, apparantly you want to be unconcious, it gets you rubbed.
Kaster knows a guy. A guy who knows how to read a map.
"I will gladly tie the knot" -Elianna
Kaa'rorgh - next destination, for next week!
Stats Note from Week 1: Anna currently has both the lowest modified dice roll (2), and the highest (31). She's also had the lowest initiative (4, tied with Lily), and the highest (13).
Makes for a good summary!
Whoa awesome website mr star lion. Love the summary
I'm really enjoying the show, but I feel it suffers a lot from the extreme peaks and valleys it goes through. At some points, you've got me half-killing myself with laughter with absurd situations and attempted solutions far outdoing anything from RollPlay, other times ... not so much. If you'd want one piece of advice, I'd suggest get a definite leader-type character who'll cut through when the planning is dragging on, and lead you all into action regardless of how sane it is.
@Suggestion for Season 2: I wish they would feel more into the campaign, and less 4th wall breaking. There are too many occations, where you just talk with your partners, whereas everybody is watching you and your character don't get the chance to talk that free... it happens way to often for my taste and i would love to see you girls improve there =)
EPT
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Oops. Thanks Neal. ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/aMS1OvR.jpg)
