Oxventure

Oxventure is a British YouTube channel dedicated to the ongoing adventures of the Oxventurer's Guild, which has been spun off from Outsidexbox and Outside Xtra, featuring their ongoing campaigns of Dungeons & Dragons and Blades in the Dark, performed by Mike Channell, Johnny Chiodini, Jane Douglas, Andy Farrant, Ellen Rose and Luke Westaway.
==Oxventure==
The Oxventure began in 2017, with the combined OutsideXbox and Outside Xtra teams roping in Johnny Chiodini (then of Eurogamer) to be the campaign's Dungeon Master. The initial campaigns were filmed at the Loading Bar in London, but as the campaign grew in popularity the Oxventure has been filmed in a studio as well as performed live, with performances taking place at the Vault Festival, EGX Rezzed, PAX East and the MCM Comic Con, among others.
The Oxventure takes place in the Kingdom of G'eth, where the guild bounce from caper to caper meeting many new characters along the way, and occasionally sparing those new characters lives.
On March 5th 2024, it was announced that the upcoming season of Oxventure would be the last to feature the guild of Corazón, Prudence, Merilwen, Dob and Egbert, and starting in the summer a brand new campaign with all new characters set on a new world would begin.YouTube: We Need to Talk About Oxventure...
===Corazón de Ballena===
Formerly known as Corazón de León, this human pirate rogue (played by Andy Farrant) is the guild's self-appointed leader and captain of their ship The Joyful Damnation, who turned to the pirate life after running away from home and leaving both his life of riches (and his real name, Percival Milquetoast) behind. Since being involved in the Oxventurer's Guild, Corazón's boastful nature has repeatedly come to the fore, even if most of the feats he is boasting of were performed by the other members of the party as his first move in combat can usually be summed up by the phrase "I immediately hide." When not boasting or hiding, Corazón can usually be find pilfering gold coins and other valuables as any legitimate aquatic businessman would, and insisting that his casting of Grease had absolutely nothing to do with Merilwen's Meat Grinder.
===Prudence===
A tiefling warlock (played by Jane Douglas) who, after being abandoned by her parents due to her half-demon nature, was adopted by a hermit-warlock and trained in her abilities. During her adolescence, Prudence fled the cave where she had been raised, only to experience how the world viewed tieflings, causing her to return to the cave an enter a pact with Cthulhu. On the surface, Pru is a reasonable and charming member of the party even if she finds it hard to trust people, even if she does like to spider climb up walls entirely because of how creepy it looks. But when in combat, Prudence is anything but reasonable or charming and instead is unleashing Eldritch Blast on anybody who stands in her way, and those are the lucky people as she also has Hunger of Hadar in reserve for the foes who get on her bad side.
===Dob===
A half-orc bard (played by Luke Westaway) who sees himself as the heart of the party, although Corazón does not necessarily agree due to Dob's habit of offering their services for free and casually tossing all their loot into a lake. Prior to joining the guild, Dob had spent years searching for his long-lost sister Suzette, who disappeared after setting off for a human settlement to find medicine as the young Dob was recovering from a wolf attack, with her disappearance being the reason Dob became a bard as his first action when reaching civilization was to steal a lute to play the tune of the lullaby his sister used to sign for him. In spite of this, Dob has a cheerful and outgoing personality, even if this sometimes backfires horrifically, as those fifteen orphans in Bumble who Dob unintentionally had repurposed as mortar discovered. On the plus side, as part of the Oxventurer's guild, Dob finally managed to find his long-lost sister Suzette.
===Merilwen===
A wood elf druid (played by Ellen Rose), Merilwen is a fiercely protective lover of nature and animals, due to her background of being born and raised in the woods where she would commune with nature. As she was growing up, Merilwen freed a wildcat that was caught in barbed wire, and after calming it down she gained its loyalty and gave it a name, Simon. Merilwen initially came across as the kindest and gentlest member of the guild, with her quiet and unassuming character a million miles away from the bombast of Dob and Corazón, or Prudence's casual sociopathy. When she levelled up, however, Merilwen became a force to be reckoned with in combat, with Wild Shape and Moonbeam often wreaking havoc, while her tranquil fury when finding a poacher wearing Simon as a hat was the second most terrifying thing in the guild's history - after Merilwen's Meatgrinder.
===Egbert the Careless===
A dragonborn paladin (played by Mike Channell) and follower of La Vache Mauve, who seeks atonement so that he may be readmitted to The Noble Order of Le Dragon D'or...although his quest doesn't seem to be going well, considering Egbert's penchant for solving any problem that comes the guild's way with either his seemingly limitless supply of bombs, or liberal use of his Flame Breath. When not seeking absolution or causing destruction, Egbert also found himself on a quest to regain his stolen kidney, which had been stolen by arc villain Liliana to create an army of cloned dragonborn super soldiers.
===Literally Everyone Else in the World===
Played by Johnny Chiodini, filling out roles as diverse as regular characters The Wizard Bingbag, Alfred Strangetide and Ethelfrith's Chosen, to quest-specific characters such as Flannery the Jester and The Lads.
==Gallery==
Oxventure Guild.png|The Oxventurers Guild (l-r) Dob, Prudence, Egbert, Corazon, Merilwen
Oxventure cast.jpg|The full cast prior to an Oxventure live show
Ox and johnny.jpg|The full Oxventurers Guild during their November 2019 charity livestream
Oxbox bitd.jpg|The Blades in the Dark guild (l-r) Edvard, Lilith, Barnaby, Kasimir, Zillah, with Luke sat in front
Literally everyone else in the world.jpg|The Oxventurers Guild's 2019 Christmas single
==Trivia==
*The various members of the Oxventurer's Guild have all been included as playable characters in the game Idle Champions of the Forgotten Reams,Idle Champions: Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms is a Dungeons & Dragons strategy video game that brings together D&D characters from novels, adventures, and multiple live streams into a single grand adventure. with Prudence and Corazón being announced in August 2021,Twitter: @OutsideXbox we're thrilled to announce everyone's fave Cthulhu-loving, violence-choosing warlock is coming to official D&D game Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms! look out for Prudence eldritch blasting her way into @idlechampions on 11 August from 12pm PT | 8pm UK timeTwitter: @OutsideXbox Hot on the heels of Prudence, we're excited to announce that Lil Stealy himself, Corazón de Ballena is coming to official D&D game Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms! Look out for Corazón swashing some buckles in @idlechampions on 1 September from 12pm PT | 8pm UK time Merilwen in June 2022,Twitter: This is the tail of a druid who might look cute, but when her friends are in danger there's no kitten around! Merilwen is joining Idle Champions! @Wizards_DnD @icklenellierose Find out more about them in our Champion Spotlight: http://codenameentertainment.com/?page=idle_champions&post_id=1403#blog and Dob and Egbert were added in August 2022.Twitter: @OutsideXbox you can unlock Oxventure bard Dob in official D&D game @idlechampions from today! go get him! but not only that... #dnd #dndgameTwitter: @OutsideXbox Egbert is available to unlock in @IdleChampions! Get him during the Highharvestide event (ends 10th October) and for more on the big gold dragon man: http://idlechampions.com/oxventurers @Wizards_DnD #dnd #dndgames
*The Oxventurer's Guild all appear as official pawns in Dragon's Dogma 22Dragon's Dogma: 22.3.2024 Official pawns are now available! Check out new details of the following Official Pawns:Baghera Jones,Oxventure - Prudence,Oxventure - Egbert,Oxventure - Merilwen,Oxventure -Dob,Oxventure - Corazon,Two Angry Gamers,Cyborg Angel, which were created by the members of the OX team.YouTube: Dragon's Dogma 2: Watch Us Make Official Pawns of Our Oxventure D&D Characters
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