The Walking Dead Let 39;s Play Game
Tanja Freeze
I've been a part of this forum for years, the funny/serious/passionate discussions surrounding TWD series, and honestly other telltale games, is what made me want to get into making youtube videos in the first place, and you guys have been incredibly awesome and supportive. I can't believe this is the final season of the walking dead, but it started off with a bang. I would love to know what you guys think of my decisions and opinions, I would love to hear yours!
For the most part the idea of combining D&D and The Walking Dead is laughable. None of the characters have super human abilities and their humanity is sort of the entire point. Plus, we all know that there are many better systems for playing a horror or zombie game than Dungeons and Dragons. Many of the characters would make for boring or strange sheets unless you were drawing the most basic inspiration from the character.
However, a game catered to a zombie story may lean into the normalcy of your characters and find ways to celebrate that and let it inspire you as a player. Daryl Dixon however stands out between his background and his unique skillset as a perfect example of a modernized ranger. Plus zombies are encounterable monsters in D&D so your DM could very well throw you into an undead themed session this Halloween season.
Like I said, Daryl is a ranger. His hunting background and uncanny ability to survive just about anywhere with as many or as few supplies as he happens to have make him prime ranger material. The bigger question for me was if if was of the Hunter or Beast Master conclaves. Beast Master would have given him a companion animal in his dog, Dog, but Hunter fits his background and abilities better. Plus, I decided to give him Dog anyway justifying it with some animal handling and animal friendship.
How would you make Daryl, or any other Walking Dead inspired character for a D&D game? Are you excited for the final season of The Walking Dead or did you fall off of the show at some point? Who is / was your favorite character and are they still around? Let us know in the comments!
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"Suffer The Children" is the second episode of The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series - The Final Season. It is the eighteenth episode of the series overall. It was written by James Windeler and Mary Kenney and directed by Chris Rieser.
Beginning the next morning after the end of "Done Running", the children of the Ericson's Boarding School group take a vote to exile Clementine and AJ out from the school after their actions led to Marlon's death. Clementine and AJ are forced to leave after being told by Louis and Violet that they were voted to be exiled out of the school. After being left in the woods to survive on their own, the pair run into Abel again, the mysterious man that had been sabotaging the School's traps or trashed their Fishing Cabin.
Clementine subdues Abel, only to be overpowered by another person from behind and they reveal themselves to be a ghost from Clementine's past. AJ himself is overpowered by Abel, with his arm on the verge of being broken by Abel. The two explain members of a community called The Delta, as they are the group Marlon had been involved with prior to Clementine's arrival at the School. They ask Clementine to take them to the school and surrender the kids to fight in the war they are in with an unknown community, but if she refuses, they'll do it by force.
After Louis and Violet notice Clementine and AJ held captive by the two members, they distract the adults and help them escape in a pack of walkers. As they escape, Clementine is approached by another young man named James dressed in walker skin, and he helps her deal with a wounded AJ, as he suffered a gunshot wound sustained by buckshot from Abel. The damage requires proper medical attention however, so the next morning, the three of them head back to the school in an attempt to let AJ rest. Before they get in, James leaves the two at the gates and disappears back into the woods, and Clementine and AJ spend the rest of the episode earning the school's trust back and helping them prepare for the Delta's attack...
The morning after Alvin Jr. shot and killed Marlon, Clementine awakens back in her bed. She notices AJ sitting on the floor, heating up a cup of coffee for her. Seeing that she is awake, AJ brings it to her and explains that he had found it in the kitchen and had gotten permission from Tennessee to take it. She takes a drink, then pauses when AJ asks if Louis had been right to label him a murderer for what he had done to Marlon.
In a flashback, Clementine recalls the moment immediately after AJ had casually explained his actions to the group. Louis is distraught to see his best friend dead. Ruby is initially too shocked to recognize that Marlon was already dead and hurriedly requests getting medicine from the nurse's office to save him. Mitch calls AJ a "psycho" and Louis calls him "a murderer" for shooting Marlon after Clementine had stopped him.
Back in their room, AJ asks Clementine why what he had done was wrong, believing that Marlon was just another monster and that they were supposed to kill monsters. Clementine has the option of either agreeing with what Louis had said or saying that Louis had reacted out of shock. If Clementine agrees with Louis, she says that some people did bad things and needed to be stopped, but Marlon had been no threat to them when AJ had shot him. AJ becomes despondent and asks what they would do next. (Determinant) Alternatively, if Clementine disagrees with Louis, she says that he was justified for having shot Marlon. Relieved, AJ repeats that he was justified asks what they should do next. (Determinant)
The previous night, Clementine notices Mitch and Ruby angrily approaching her. Before anyone can initiate another fight, however, Violet steps in front of AJ and draws her cleaver, ordering everyone to stand down. She tells Clementine to take AJ and go back inside so that the rest of them could deal with his actions among themselves. Louis is outraged that she was simply sending them inside, questioning what they would do to stop AJ from shooting anyone else. Clementine can defend AJ, but the others are unconvinced by any argument she makes. Clementine takes AJ away from them.
Back in their room, AJ again asks her what they should do next. If Clementine had said that he was a murderer, he asks if he was going to die for his actions. She says that they would try to atone for what he had done. (Determinant) Alternatively, if Clementine had said he was justified for killing Marlon, he asks how they would deal with the others seeing him as a monster. Clementine says that they would have to try to prove to them that AJ was not something they should fear. (Determinant)
Leaving the courtyard the previous night, Clementine and AJ are stopped by Mitch, who draws a handmade knife on them. Clementine can either talk him down or forcibly disarm him, but either way, Mitch irritably walks away, swearing at both of them as he goes to tend to Marlon's corpse.
In their room, AJ points out that Clementine had killed people before, bringing up her friend Lee. If she had left Lee to turn, he asks her why she hadn't killed him, giving Clementine the option of either explaining herself or not. If Lee had been put down to prevent reanimation, he asks her why she had killed him despite him not being a threat to her, giving her the option of explaining why it was different or not. After a moment, AJ tells her that he loves her, making Clementine emotionally reply that she "[loved him] back" and hug him.
Tennessee lets himself in to their room, informing them that Violet had wanted them to come to the funeral the students were holding for Marlon and Brody. He offers one of his toys to AJ, explaining that it was a fireman, someone who protects people like AJ did. AJ asks where the firemen had all gone, giving Clementine the option of saying that they had died or perhaps he would meet one someday. Tennessee offers the fireman to AJ again, and, depending on whether or not Clementine told him he was justified, he will accept it gratefully or somberly deny it because he felt he did not deserve it. If AJ rejects the toy, Tennessee comments that he was not a murderer because courts were supposed to decide a person's guilt, leaving Clementine with the option of refuting his opinion. Tennessee leaves them alone, and Clementine and AJ follow him outside after a few moments.
In the courtyard, AJ immediately notices Marlon's blood, pausing to examine it and somberly stating that he had caused it. Clementine manages to steer him away and lead him over to the graveyard, where the rest of the students are holding their funeral. AJ and Clementine remain at the perimeter of the ceremony, a few of the other students giving them bitter glances as the two of them remark to themselves on why people held funerals at all. Tennessee recalls Brody's desire to go to the beach and places a drawing of the beach he had made for her upon her grave, wishing her well in the afterlife. Violet steps up to deliver a eulogy, but cannot bring herself to speak for Marlon after what he had done to Brody and Tennessee's sisters. Willy accuses her of having disliked Brody when she was alive, but Violet is still unable to deliver her eulogy.
This agitates Mitch, who then directs his anger at Clementine and AJ. Clementine can either defend AJ against Mitch- further angering the others- or agree that Marlon hadn't deserved to be killed for his mistakes. AJ steps forward to speak for himself, repeating what he and Clementine had said over Marlon's death in their room. If Clementine said she would help him atone for his actions, AJ tries to relate his intentions, but his uncertainty makes Louis leave in frustration. If Clementine told him that he was justified, AJ repeats her words to the others, making them resentful and some of them outright hostile as Louis leaves in his frustration.
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