Generation Nord

is the 49th one-shot. It takes place in the NordVerse, a narrative developed through series of ad sketches for NordVPN, which also sponsors this one-shot. The one-shot features Sam Riegel as Game Master with Laura Bailey, Aimee Carrero, Liam O'Brien, Christian Navarro, Lou Wilson, and a surprise special guest.

Returning
These characters previously appeared in a NordVerse sketch.
 * Alex Peters, WYREWIZZARD
 * Fontaine Savoy, CompostGuru or UnseeingOracle
 * Lilith Ferrera, Jinxx
 * Lucas Dankworth, NerfWormGrim01011
 * Wrigley Rincon, Rigglemethis89

New
These characters have not previously appeared in a NordVerse sketch, though they may have been mentioned.
 * Emmanuel Goldstein, director of the Nord Project (played by Matthew Lillard)

Mentioned

 * Bill Clinton
 * Julia Roberts
 * Kiefer Sutherland
 * William Baldwin

Behind the scenes
The one-shot uses a modified version of a d20 system where the players instead roll a d8, to match the 8-bit aesthetic. The system is untested, and at the beginning of the one-shot, Sam was uncertain that he was even balanced.

The pixel artwork for the player characters were created by Justyna Rerak (@Justyna_Rerak).

Trivia

 * This one-shot is mentioned off-hand by Marisha Ray in ; while the guests joked about Criss Angel briefly appearing at the end of Campaign 3, she said that this would be a good cameo for this one-shot. The one-shot was announced about three hours before that 4-Sided Dive episode was broadcast.