Line #18 WebVideo/CastersAndCastles


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:It's [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/Overwatch Overwatch]] League casters![[note]]And Ashley, from Production![[/note]] In D&D![[note]]Clockwise from top left: Bren, Uber, Ashley, Reinforce, Sideshow[[/note]]]]
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4	->''"On the shores of a secret island, in the middle of a mist-shrouded lake, far from the sight of any other land, stand four heros... unfortunately."''
5	-->-- '''Bren''', ''Episode 1''
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7	''Casters & Castles'' is a [[WebOriginal web series]] where a group of casters for the [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/Overwatch Overwatch]] League play ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''.
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9	The games are broadcast live on [[https://www.twitch.tv/sideshow Twitch]] and posted later to [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLs8PITS62wDZIkVyEGPgJRYKGjxV8uaXS YouTube]].
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11	!!The cast is as follows:
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13	* Brennon "Bren" Hook as the [[GameMaster Dungeon Master]]
14	* Jonathan "Reinforce" Larsson as Jonny the Wise Cleric
15	* Josh "Sideshow" Wilkinson as Allan O'Dale the Bard
16	* Mitch "Uber" Leslie as Eren Vol the [[spoiler:Aasimar]] Fighter
17	* Ashley "[=DriftwoodAsh=]" Middlebrook as Lysha Norwalyn the Wood Elf Druid
18	* Additional writing and consulting is offered by Joseph "[=TormentedByGnomes=]" Carothers
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22	%%To Be Added:
23	%%YMMV: Adorkable
24	%%May Come Up Later: AerithAndBob
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26	!!Tropes found in Casters & Castles include:
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28	* BigCreepyCrawlies: As a druid, one of the creatures Lysha can Wild Shape into is a Giant Spider.
29	* BroadcastLive: On Twitch.
30	* CommonTongue: A literal example, as Dungeons & Dragons uses "Common" as the basic language for all characters to use, despite members of the party being of different races (which all have their own languages).
31	* DamselInDistress: Subverted. Lysha is the only woman in the party, but often ends up being the most effective in and out of combat.
32	* {{Hypocrite}}: Lysha always wants to avoid killing and berates the others for killing, but it usually the most deadly in combat (and once combat has started, rarely looks to stop it peacefully). See also HypocriteHasAPoint, since Bren likes to make the players feel bad about murdering, by telling them the backstory of the [=NPCs=] they kill.
33	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: The players occasionally use suggestions from Twitch chat, and chalk it up to "voices" inside the characters' heads.
34	* LeaveNoSurvivors: What most of the party wants to do, most of the time. Much to Lysha's distress.
35	* LostOrphanedRoyalty: The party's quest is to find the lost heir to the throne.
36	* TheMagnificent: Jonny the Wise.
37	* {{Nerf}}: Due to a misunderstanding about the spell's description, Lysha's Moonbeam in Episode 3 does way more damage than it is meant to. This, presumably, will be altered in future installments.
38	* TheRolePlayer: As a whole, the group seems more concerned with having an interesting character than having one with perfect stats.
39	* RPGMechanicsVerse:
40	->'''Lysha:''' I don't want to burn a 2nd level spell slot on this.\
41	'''Alan:''' What's a spell slot?

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