Overall the episode feels shallow. Rushed. A stream of predictable nonsense further burdened by millennial-tier writing and DEI-driven assthetics. In other words, precisely the sort of post-modern slop you’ve come to expect with anything associated with the current version of WokeC’s Greygoo Skinsuit Dungeons & Dragons derivative.

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Basically, you’ve got four characters and let me know if any of this surprises you:

None of them are human

One is a half-orc (ie, tall human with grey skin and tusks)

Another is a goliath (ie, tall human with grey skin and face tattoos)

One is a World of WarCraft gnome but they never explain how she was punted into a different franchise

Only one is male

The male is a dwarf

The dwarf is black

All of the women are ugly

I’m not sure if they are all actually women

There is no fighter or rogue/thief (ie, someone without inherent magical powers). Instead you have an ugly paladin, ugly druid, ugly wizard, and then there is Token Black Dwarf monk. You know, classic D&D party.

The ugly paladin has a mental illness haircut

My wife thought the ugly paladin was a man at first glance, and I can see that so I am calling him Troon Paladin.

In normal fantasy you might call this a cliffhanger, and wonder how the party will emerge victorious or even escape? Will they all make it? Will they all make it in one piece? Pffft, this isn’t normal fantasy: from the hilariously impractical-and-overdesigned armor and clothing, to the near absence of (boring) humans, visual overload, pervasive magic and complete lack of anything even vaguely resembling beauty it’s post-modern power fantasy pandering.

In other words: the party isn’t in any genuine danger.