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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Wolves teach superior values like community and sacrifice compared to human parenting

The wolves taught him [Big Cat] well. It taught him about community, talking about teamwork, sacrifice. Nature being noble, humility, pack above self.

Theoretically possible but practically a satirical take on fictional backstory.
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Big CatBig Cat

I am the reason my father is dead because he died during my birth

My father Mr. Tradewind was actually like the greatest dad ever. But he passed away during childbirth... Mama Tradewind said that I reminded her too much of the barbarian father and that's why she cast me out... the reason that I'm alive, he is dead.

Fact ClaimLifeMediumSarcastic
This is a fact-claim within the established fiction of the D&D session.
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MaxMax

A Dungeons and Dragons player who shapeshifts into an animal too early cannot be trusted

If you morph into something else already, how can you be trusted? Right. It's not even, especially if it's not even known yet. [I need to] fit in with like the rest of the crowd.

The concept of 'trust' in D&D roleplay is entirely subjective.
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Big CatBig Cat

There is nothing more satisfying than killing NPCs that you cannot normally kill over the internet

And nothing more satisfying than getting to kill people that we can't normally kill over the internet. Yes. Suck my dick, Poopy Stinks.

Satisfaction is an internal emotion and can't be objectively verified, though he seems to mean it in the moment.
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MaxMax

I am going to replace Hank as the person who gets killed and fucked in this Dungeons and Dragons adventure

I just know how this is gonna go. I'm just gonna replace Hank is the guy who gets killed and fucked.

Max's eagle dies in this episode, though Max himself survives, successfully fulfilling the 'suffering' part of the prediction.
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Big CatBig Cat

I have a higher alcohol tolerance than dwarves because of my size

But I'm bigger than [the dwarves]. It will take me a lot longer to get drunk. I think [I] might just get drunk with them.

In most fantasy settings, including D&D, dwarves have a natural resistance to poison and alcohol that far outweighs human size advantages.
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HankHank

The Dwarven vault is in the western portion of the mountain, and the mentions of it being in the east are a faint switch

I think this safe is in the west. It keeps, everyone keeps talking about the east, but if it was in the east and they have the key, they would find it. I feel like it's a faint switch.

Timm Woods confirms later that the vault is in the eastern portion of the mountain.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The key to the vault is likely located in the chasm

Sounds like [the chasm] is maybe where the key is. ... Since I am a dwarf, I would assume my stepsister also has advantage when it comes to deception and persuasion.

Timm Woods previously stated the key fell into a chasm far below the mountain.
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Big CatBig Cat

The chief of the orcs probably has the key to the vault

I think the chief, the chief... the chief probably has the key. We gotta just, we gotta tell him. Hey dude, let's, there's five of us. There's one of you give us the fucking key and let's go.

The key was actually held by the Aog (the super orc), not Great Ulf the Ogre.
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MaxMax

The ogre likely swallowed the key to the vault

What if [Great Ulf] swallowed the key? Who swallowed the key? The the fucking guy we're trying to kill.

The key was found on the Aog's body after it was exploded by a fireball.
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MaxMax

A wasp and a bee are the same thing

I'm a wasp. It's the same thing [as a bee]. ... I'm a wasp. It's the same thing. It's not. Yeah, I would like to go into that chest.

Wasps and bees are distinct families within the order Hymenoptera with significant biological and behavioral differences.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I know how to fly a plane, I just don't know how to take off or land

I just know how to fly. I don't know how to take off and land. Exactly.

Fact ClaimLifeMediumSarcastic
PFT is not a licensed pilot and likely does not know how to fly a plane in any capacity.
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Timm WoodsTimm Woods

Lost Mines of Phandelver is the quintessential D&D adventure that almost everyone who has played the game has experienced

The adventure that I have planned for us today is a classic. It is known as Lost Mines of Phandelver. It is one of the most well-known D&D adventures. ... honestly, it's a well-known adventure. It's in the beginner box. So if anybody has played any adventure here, it would be that one.

Lost Mines of Phandelver was the adventure included in the 5th Edition Starter Set (2014), making it the most-played introductory module in history.
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Big CatBig Cat

My character, Norm, is going to be a problem in 2030

I'm like the kid that Bleacher Report posts like this, the seventh grader, who's seven feet. And he's just dunking on a bunch of like five foot kids. Yeah. That's me right now. This kid's going to be a problem in 2030.

The take refers to a fictional character's development and is a satirical application of sports tropes.
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Big CatBig Cat

People get freaky at D&D conventions

People get freaky at the conventions. It is known, I will say no more than that.

This is an anecdotal claim about a subculture that is broadly unverifiable but based on common stereotypes.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Jake Marsh's character, Cake, is definitely a narc or a member of the city watch

[Cake] is a cop like you on the basketball court, check to see if he's a cop... he feels like a cop.

In the context of the game's roleplay, the character was a wizard, not an official 'narc', but the take is subjective comedy.
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Big CatBig Cat

Everyone craps themselves right before they die

[PFT Commenter]: Then he craps himself before he died. [Big Cat]: As everyone does before they died. Jake tried to eat his, but—

Relaxation of the sphincter often occurs at the time of death, though 'everyone' is an exaggeration.
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Big CatBig Cat

I am 100% going to kill Billy Football's character in Dungeons and Dragons.

Get the wizard ready just in case we decide to kill [Berserker] Billy... when I say 'just in case' we are 100% going to kill Billy Football.

PredictionLifeFireSarcastic
While Big Cat expressed 100% certainty, Billy's character 'Berserker Billy' survived this session and was eventually phased out later rather than being 'killed' immediately by Big Cat.
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Big CatBig Cat

Children can't lie

I would like to speak to the children? Children can't lie. Okay?

Children can and do lie frequently as part of developmental growth.
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Billy FootballBilly Football

The T-Rex is an absolute fraud of a dinosaur

T-Rex is an absolute fraud. We got Giganotosaurus, that's like the alpha of all the roars. It's just basically T-Rex with functional arms but like four times as big. Looks like a dragon.

While Giganotosaurus was slightly larger, T-Rex had a significantly stronger bite force. Calling it a 'fraud' is a characteristic Billy Football exaggeration.

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