I made it, and there's a reason I'm glad I've done music and haven't dug too deep into the drama unless it mattered to me. I've definitely learned some amazing things that I'm trying to be better about in my own games and future projects, but I am also just trying to enjoy this for what it is. I will say I miss hanging with creators in the field more and want to try and be better about staying connected ;u;

@BlaineSimple

19 күн бұрын

Definitely get that, and yeah there's so many great people in the scene! One of the big motivators in building a community was to have a chance to talk to them all

@alvinleonardo1263

18 күн бұрын

I really have enjoyed your music cami and I really hope see you do more collaborations or to hear more d&d inspired songs from you soon! Hopfully about Paladins or sorcerers as those are my favorite classes :3

@vallettapetracyneran8587

18 күн бұрын

Blaine and Cami both you have been great creators and have made me laugh and in Cami's case made me cry. So please don't you two ever change from who you are.

@lukaspequenomatos1681

18 күн бұрын

why some somments like this aren't complete and there's no button to read more?

@lukaspequenomatos1681

18 күн бұрын

in another subject, Cami can you give us one song for each class? ^^ i truly want more songs from you for my characters inspirational playlist

Thought this was going to be a 29 minute getting over it video without any commentary

@startourzdcs

19 күн бұрын

I know right 😂

@whyhellothere2008

19 күн бұрын

now that's what we call a shitpost

@sharalakid

19 күн бұрын

That would be funny, the problem is it would obliterate his algorithm, and even this stunt probably tanked his watchtime anyways

@hunsoulo8112

18 күн бұрын

ya... i get what you mean and frankly i got board watching/waiting for the actual commentary so i gave up less than halfway through.

@rook8822

18 күн бұрын

It's disappointing how it's not just getting over it tho (at least for me)

I made it. I guess I'm sad that the "D&D Community" seems to take precedence over "the TTRPG community." Don't get my wrong, I love D&D--I've been playing since 2016 for a reason--but I love Pathfinder, and Call of Cthulhu, and LANCER, and... so many other games I haven't got a chance to play. I ran a game of F.I.S.T. recently, using a pre-written adventure. Prep, including __learning all of the rules I needed to know__, took under an hour. And the concept of the game--independent militia trying to figure out what bound a part of Nevada up in so many parallel universe copies of itself in a horrifying fractal zone before the U.S. military moves in and wipes everybody out--is the sort of thing I'd never think to do in D&D. And it was so much fun. For sure, some people are toxic about this. Some people are so hostile to the idea of using D&D for anything that isn't medieval fantasy--or even using D&D for that, if they're the worst kind of Pathfinder fan--when in reality 5e is a super flexible, super hackable system once you're into it. But when I say "don't just homebrew D&D, play another system," I don't say it because I don't love D&D, I say it because I love so many other systems too. It's a problem that Pathfinder is the model D&D system. D&D is complicated. Pathfinder is even more complicated. It creates this perception that to play any other game you have to do all that learning all over again. But you don't. There's so many systems that are so much easier to learn. Mothership. Powered by the Apocalypse games. Etc. We need an iconic rules-light system to teach people that they can branch out without a huge commitment, and they can branch out without abandoning the "D&D community." I love D&D. But I also love vanilla ice cream. Doesn't mean it's the only kind of ice cream I want to eat. And I would certainly be more interested joining an ice cream club than a vanilla ice cream club.

@nimlouth

13 күн бұрын

The Ice Cream analogy is so good!

@cheesy_87

11 күн бұрын

Amen to that! There are so many cool systems out there and people should know about them. I blew some people's minds when I mentioned that other systems than DnD exist. DnD is just synonymous with TTRPGs as a whole for many people and that's a bit sad because there are so many cool flavours of TTRPG ice cream. But one should never be a douche about it and make people feel bad for sticking with DnD. As long as someone's happy with the system they're playing, everyone wins.

@copiumkiller

3 күн бұрын

This is a really well thought out and nuanced take. For me a part of fun is to make my own simplified TTRPG system. Just barebones and adding stuff as it is needed. Including borrowing mechanica like flashbacks (from Blade if I remember correctly).

@saddlerrye6725

2 күн бұрын

Couldn't agree more! I'm somewhat of a ttrpg system munchkin myself, and I adore the base feel of so many games! I can most definitely see why would some systems be daunting to start (I'm looking at you, any Warhammer 40k ttrpg ever), so having a staple game that's very light on rules might actually be a huge help to a lot of people to try new things. (And don't get me wrong, I love Imperium Maledictum and Rogue Trader as well, but those rulebooks deal psychic damage and drain intelligence on a failed save.)

@Andy-lo2cb

Күн бұрын

I've been wanting to try out Lancer

[I made it] Over the past 2 months or so, I completely switched to Pathfinder, solely for one of my players being unsatisfied with D&D's Warlock and thought Witch looked neat. I stopped listening to all my D&D podcasts, because switching systems mid-campaign is tough as a Dungeon/Game Master and learning foreign rules is hard when you're listening to a podcast that has the old ones. Then I stopped watching D&D content. Then this video appeared on my recommended. And now, without really joining the Pathfinder 2e community, I've come back from a time from when the only thing I watched on KZread was either you or Zee Bashew, to PF2e tutorials, and now completely TTRPG-unrelated stuff. And coming back to this video, I feel a bit of regret. I pawned off my D&D books so the system switch would pay for itself, and watching this video made me realize how much I miss, and how much I will miss, being a true part of the D&D community. The Pathfinder community, while large, is so small that it's mostly that niche, core audience that you talked about in the video, and I just can't enjoy that. And while I can feel myself becoming a by-the-books grognard, both from Pathfinder being easier to game master and just generally getting used to TTRPGs more and more, I'm still sad about having to leave the D&D community, because I simply can't consume content about one game and play another with the way my brain works. I'll miss Zee Bashew, I'll miss Legends of Avantris, I'll miss Tales from the Stinky Dragon, and I'll miss Blaine Simple. This comment will probably be the last time I interact with the D&D community for like, a year, until I've memorized PF2e enough so consuming D&D content won't fry my brain. Giving one last little bit of feedback before I go, know that it doesn't go over too well on the algorithm side, but I adored your "off topic" videos like your Four Souls one, and I'd love to see more. Sorry for wall of text, bye.

@firechaser4095

14 күн бұрын

I can’t wait to have you on the D&D community again, teammate 🙏💕 Do enjoy PF2E, I run it and it’s really complex and super fun. When you’re ready to come back to dnd though, the community will greet you back with open arms. I bet you’ll be really excited with the new D&D edition, I personally believe it solves all the core class issues in 5E while largely remaining the same system. If you can, save up, I really encourage getting the new books, instead of switching systems so it pays by itself. Having both 6E’s books and PF2E’s books will be extremely solid, and you won’t be sad about having sold 5E anymore, I believe. Either way, whichever system, have fun 💖

@azureemarald5722

12 күн бұрын

I think what you are feeling is just what most people feel when they are homesick , right now you feel a sense of longing for dnd and its community remembering it through colored glasses , but the fact of the matter is that the dnd community has become one of the most toxic communities there is , mainstream appeal from critical role made it that a lot of tourists are coming in the dnd community and making it just bad, most of the changes wotc made in the new dnd lore and mechanics are just plain bad, and lets not forget the egregious policies that wotc have been making of late ,for example the pinkertons incident comes to mind. You should move on to other systems permanently and in time you will realize how good the communities of these what you call niche systems are .

@nabra97

12 күн бұрын

Your choice is perfectly valid, regardless of whether the system you play is a part of your identity or if you have any other reasons. But I don't really get the idea of the Pathfinder community that engaging in both is inappropriate or unethical. I was called names for playing D&D multiple times by different PF fans. I don't specifically prefer 5e and am open to trying almost anything, but I'm not dealing with that.

@firechaser4095

12 күн бұрын

@@nabra97 I completely agree. I’m system agnostic and I love being a Polyglot when it comes to learning many different TTRPGs, but communities, particularly the PF one, can be really harsh at times if you show any type of interest for normal D&D too. It doesn’t bother me much, since I play both systems with my friends who are awesome, and I don’t have to engage with the fanbases often. But yeah I’ve had a much better time in the 5E community overall.

@coolboy9979

12 күн бұрын

​@@firechaser4095 Hi! PF2e isnt complex at all if you are used to other rulesheavy games like DnD5e. It has more depth in combat, but its not much more complex than DnD5e(Also really depends on the class). Its really PF1e that is complex and got its name as mathfinder for a reason lol. Its just a common misconception that people have with PF2e which I want to clear up about. Also the best thing for OP is that they dont have to buy a single PF2e book, since all of it is for free on archives of nethys.

24:52 This definitely contributes to the toxic atmosphere in online discourse. People ran out of things to talk about, so they usually either fade away, or make bold and controversial statements to maintain their following.

@bittermixin

16 күн бұрын

i want to take this opportunity to tell you that your videos are slop devised to make the people that watch them more unhappy.

@ocksahlnestreves6139

15 күн бұрын

​@@bittermixinhuh? You calling his stuff bad? ok dont know what he did to you but I enjoy listening to his vids to go to sleep and I always find it funny to here cartoonishly evil people in those D&D horror stories again I don't know what personal beef you have with this man but I'm just going to say it I think you should let it go

@ocksahlnestreves6139

15 күн бұрын

Just in case my first reply didn't go through just wanted to say love you stuff then and ignore this hater man's just sad about himself

@thetrainerknownasx

14 күн бұрын

@@bittermixin false. I'm a recent subscriber to this guy, and the stuff he puts out is genuinely very insightful and has actually taught me a lot on how to/how not to DM and be a player

@SevillaLorenzo-kd2ef

14 күн бұрын

The only sin committed here is that there are not enough Crit Crab videos. :(

I made it. You say this video is a love letter to the D&D community, but it feels like it is also a love letter to "Getting Over it with Bennett Foddy". It perfectly captures its style and purpose in a way that evokes exactly the types of thoughts the actual game did. Thank you for your amazingly dedicated work!

I made it. As a longtime 5e DM with ADHD the more sessions I run and the more I need to homebrew to fix rules gaps (or more specificaly the chapters that say "The DM can decide how it works"), the more I seem to forget which rules are mine, the game's, or a mish mash of stuff scrounged from across the internet. And the more I forget how any of them even work. For me the behaviours of Wotc in 2023/2024 were simply the straw that broke the camel's back. I was already struggling but I wasn't considering other systems to try. It gave me to poke I needed to search and I found many I want to try including Call of Cthulu, Blades in the Dark, Cyberpunk, and PF2e. I was lucky to get to be a player to try Blades and Cyberpunk, and they were fun but not what I want every week. The codified nature of PF2e seems to be what I want as a DM, in order to support my poor memory by having access to free rules I can lookup as I need without needing to shill for all the books (or pirate them all). Having more rules means I can choose to ignore what I don't like instead of the problem with 5e where I needed to keep making the same stuff up over and over. I am still running 5e, doing more experimental sandboxy stuff, and I am a little concerned that at least 2 of my lingtime friends/players won't like PF2e, but I don't know yet. I bought the Beginner's Box and am hoping to get together in person (we usually play online). I do still love the idea of D&D. It is more than an edition or even a brand. All TTRPGs are one. Pick your fancy.

@Andy-lo2cb

Күн бұрын

I love DM Pathfinder 2e. When a player asks if he can do something, I ask, "I don't know, can you?" and I have them look it up.

I made it. My biggest gripe with D&D and in part the community as well, is that a lot of the time it is discouraged to try out other systems, advising instead, to patch up the game until it's unrecognizable from the base material into the thing you want to play. I understand being afraid of starting the climb all over again,( I was as well, until the OGL fiasco encouraged me to stop supporting WOTC) but you lose out on so much by not taking a step outside your comfort zone and propagating the idea that you can make 5e into whatever you want, just makes taking that first step harder. It's a shame but it is what it is, the problem comes with D&D overshadowing every other ttrpg to the point that most people don't know that other tsystems exist. People new to the scene are often directly funneled into 5e and there's only a precious few who get to experience another game as their first tabletop, and that only aggravates the issue. I've personally left the system behind for pathfinder 2e because after years of playing 5e it never clicked for me, thanks to this, I found myself more willing to try out other games that I really enjoy, games I wouldn't have tried if I fervently stuck with 5e as the sole system. In summary, I think homebrewing the game to an absurd degree is fine but there should be more encouragement to try other systems and holding up D&D in a pedestal like it used to be, is ultimately unhealthy and detrimental to ttrpgs as a whole. As a brief final point, with D&D being virtually a monopoly, it drowns out content creators for other systems. Making it much harder for people to find out about other systems and impossible for creators for other systems to make a living, which sucks imo. Sorry for the lengthy post, overall great video.

@sufjanwaleryszak1765

14 күн бұрын

I very much agree.

@dungeondr

11 күн бұрын

This echoes a lot of my own thoughts. I was very disappointed by the lack of perspective Blaine showed in this video.

@danilokartalovic7521

11 күн бұрын

I haven't watched the whole video yet, I'm at 18:31, but he's not saying anything against switching to other systems. In fact, he encourages it if that is what you want. But he is just not cool with all those other youtubers and forum goers who will literally try to force you to play something else even after you tell them 5e is just fine for you.

@dungeondr

11 күн бұрын

@@danilokartalovic7521 He's describing learning new systems like it's a mountain to climb... Feels like a weird stance tbh

@danilokartalovic7521

11 күн бұрын

@@dungeondr As someone who learned at least 5 TTRPGs, it sure is a mountain, and a difficult mountain at that. And I'm a History major, so absorbing hundreds of pages with little details is not difficult for me. Just switching between Pf1e and Pf2e was a bit of a hassle.

I made it. There's an old quote from a military officer: "A soldier shouldn't fight because he hates what's in front of him, but because he loves what's behind him." It's important to take a step back and remember what we fought for; not a hatred for WOTC, but a love for D&D. I dont have any interest in the new system myself, I'm perfectly content with 5e as it stands. There's more than enough room for creativity, and experimention. There's some things I might borrow from the new system(I hear the second attack from duel wielding weapons will be a free action, that sounds good to me), and when WOTC changes things I simply choose to ignore them and encourage my players to do the same. I for example don't like the Monsters of the Multiverse book because i don't like the changes made to some of the playable races; when my players create characters, i tell them they can use the new or old version of the race, either to represent where they come from(goblins in MOM are from the Feywild, goblins in Volo's are from the material plane), or just as a different version of their race. Silvery Barbs is a stupidly powerful spell, so only one caster in my playgroup can have it at a time. The game is, always has been, and always will be what we make of it. So long as we take that to heart we will always be playing dungeons and dragons exactly as Gary Gygax intended

@stevecrafter518

18 күн бұрын

Yeah, it’s hard to remember that we’re fighting for Dnd, not against WotC/Hasbruh. I wish that passion for dnd to demand changes would be in other franchises like beyblade and nerf because maybe then Hasbro would actually do something. Something I really liked about DnD was that it felt like you could make whatever changes you wanted to it. The two other ttrpgs that I’ve played (Avatar the last Airbender and Panic at the Dojo) feel like there’s less you can change without straying far from its identity, while DnD feels like Minecraft in that you can mod it to be literally whatever you want.

@AtelierGod

18 күн бұрын

The second attack will only be free if you use specific weapons with the nick weapon mastery otherwise it’s still a bonus action

@adambartholomew6575

18 күн бұрын

@@AtelierGod Ah so it's basically the exact same way it is now. Cool, that's one less thing I need to think about 👍

@azureemarald5722

12 күн бұрын

Tourists coming from other avenues of mainstream entertainment will always destroy the community its trying to wedge itself into , at least other small ttrpg communities are not affected as much as D&D has .

I made it. D&D has never been about the company for me, or the wider community, it’s been about the imagination and the game, I love roleplaying stupid scenarios with my friends as well as serious emotional moments, I love refining my rules to make a balanced game and throwing a rules out the window because my friend wants to try something stupid, I love brainstorming ideas using the newest official subclasses and spending all of my money on homebrew books to support businesses and to broaden my ideas. But above it all, I love spending time with my friends, i could stop playing dnd and instead invite all of my friends over to just come up with stories and it would probably get the same effect, but dnd gives us a refined lens to experience all of our stories through, if it wasn’t obvious by this point I’m a forever DM but I don’t think that’s a bad thing, it’s always worth it everytime my session ends and my players talk about much they enjoyed the session or everytime one of my players messages me with ideas or their character or to just simply say how excited they are for this weeks game. It was never about the company or the community or the discourse, for me it was always about my friends and the people I play the game with.

I made it, yay. I do remember the OGL debacle as well as the beginnings of OneDND as my group did actually try to do OneDND but we moved away to Pathfinder. However, those were more like the final nails of a coffin rather than the main reason. In spite of that, I still wish to join a 5e group again but I can't seem to find the magic of it again. Pathfinder is enjoyed by everyone in my group to my knowledge and I am mixed on it. 5e was just something special for me as it was my first step into Tabletop RolePlaying games and I am greatly thankful for it. It inspired so much creativity in me through MANY homebrew classes, races, or worlds and I don't think there is a single other game that could have done that to me. Heck, a friend and I regularly make solo games for one another using our iterations on the d20 and D&D/Pathfinder systems while also getting inspired from other places. I don't think I'll stop any of that soon, but I do owe everything to D&D for that. So long as that passion drives me and others, I know this game will survive.

@coolboy9979

12 күн бұрын

I think its just the process of letting go in a weird way. I had that also for a short while when I switched to PF2e, but then I thought again why I switched and all the advantages it gives and then I just had to put in the same love I had for DnD5e and its homebrewing into PF2e. Which is also easier in a way to do due to its rather tight balance (no need to worry about numbers) and guidance, but also harder in other ways, cause a class just offers much more, especially when you compare DnD5e races to PF2e "races". Why are you mixed on it? As a person who wants the PF2e community to grow and enjoyed by everyone I would love to hear you out and hear your perspective!

@mechajaraxxus3510

18 сағат бұрын

I thought OneDND was still waiting to be released?

That was some intense Getting Over It gameplay.

I made it. *flashbacks to getting over it playthrough* "Oof, you just lost a lot of progress, a real punch in the gut." (cool format for a video tbh, very creative)

I made it. I have to say it feels good to hear someone talk about the dnd community like this its usually a touchy subject for most people i encounter cause they are defensive of how they play but in the end i think you were right about having to try systems yourself. I tried pathfinder a while back and i couldnt really get into it i preffered the homebrew dnd i played more often but i still want to give other systems a try in case i find one i enjoy. Sorry for the long message.

I made it, TLDR: don’t sweat things like what system you use or specific rules. Try new things and find out what’s fun for your friends I got into dnd from Jocat’s crap guide series, so I was 100% HYPED for over the top antics, weird and unorthodox characters, and dumb comedic bits. I first played because I was staying at a friends house for a night to watch all the alien movies and he had forgotten he had a session that night over discord so he played with his group while I half listened. I thought to myself “hey I’ve been listening to this funny guy say some funny things about this game. I could use some funny in my life right now.” So in the middle of them doing something that sounded important I blurted out “You guys got an open spot?” The DM made some kind of joke with the party and played it off. But the others asked if I was serious and basically forced the DM to add a 6th character to the party. And I knew nothing about how to play so the next night me and the dm hopped on a call to explain rules, give introductions, and get a vibe for me. 2 weeks later I’m playing. Now this campaign was level 1-20 and had been going on for a year at this point. So I was out of my depth. I’ve never done roleplay I don’t know the mechanics. I just wanted to play this funny water genasi character. Everyone was real supportive though. They worked with my clunky roleplay, helped me understand combat, and the dm let me try stupid stuff without insta killing my character (there were times we he should have). As I played I noticed everyone had parts of a session that piqued their interest. One liked rolling big damage numbers with divine smite, while someone else liked the tense moments of story roleplay while everything could go wrong if the guards found out we were lying. Another one. She seemed to like the deep cathartic character moments. I found myself enjoying all of those things, but I never really had that one thing until after one session where my character caused an entire castle full of people to start attacking us. The group has NEVER had so much yelling in a call as that session. Now I need to clarify no one actually had a problem with me. In fact most of them found it hilarious that the party was so thoroughly screwed. So the session ended with howling laughter. Realized then that what I enjoyed most was just hanging out with those people. We still play. I’ve even dm’d a campaign. And I’ll talk about other systems all the time. We use crazy amounts of Homebrew and I’m sure one day we will switch to something else but for me it isn’t about the game. It’s always just been finding time to hang out with these people. I feel that(on the internet at least) people tend to care too much about the rules of whatever system they play. But I’ve found that the best system to play, is the one that you and your friends enjoy the most. And if you aren’t enjoying the rules of your game then it’s a good thing it’s all imaginary anyways. When it comes to rules written by developers (both large and small) I don’t tend to care if they’re bad. Because whether you’re chatting over a group call, or sitting around a table playing the most intense and emotional story of the decade, remember this; “this is for us. We don’t have to follow someone else’s idea of ‘fun’” And hey, if you realize your group has more fun doing something else. Anything from video games to weekend mini golf, then you can do those things too! Do what makes you happy. And if anyone reads all of this then here take this:🍪

@flow6694

18 күн бұрын

Lovely comment, thanks for sharing your story and the cookie. 😛 I’m much the same, just having a good time with friends is what it’s all about!

@hauntorthegiraffebiscuit

16 күн бұрын

I also believe that a core problem is people having spilt digital ink over what amounts to house rules, and losing sight of that. I’ve been running a game set in a world I made from scratch, set in the modern day, and I’ve never once calculated things like my player’s carry weight or had them choose an alignment. I can absoluthly see games where people would need to know how many pounds you can carry or if the evil living weapon would hate you immediately, but I’ve never ran those kinds of games and my group has been fine with it. D&D is made to be what **you make it to be.** And that’s not really a thing that can be sold.

I made it. I've long since gotten over the D&D community and started forging my own path, but I think it'll do me good to leave this comment. It might help others find their own paths as well. I started playing D&D 5E around 2017 with a small group who had an interest in a certain trilogy of games that won't be mentioned here. I've since moved on from this group, but we talk from time to time. When I first started D&D 5E I was enamored by it's simple to learn ruleset and ease of play. It allowed me and my friends to enjoy the story our GM wove into existence. It was great and no feelings I have towards the system can sour those memories... However, slowly, 5e seemed to... degrade to me. I moved onto another group, one I've been with since I accidentally created it, and continued playing 5e as my opinions slowly began to turn... harsher. Newer content felt either underwhelming or over-tuned, none of that balance I felt with the core content. There were some standout things, like Ravnica that came out that my group enjoyed but it felt like the content continued to decline in quality... what set the final nail in the coffin was Strixhaven, a skeleton of a setting guide that presented itself as an adventure... my GM still has nightmares from running it. We realized that 5e lacked a lot of rules we felt were necessary. Rules like crafting being shallow to the point we made our own, us needing to improvise rules for certain scenarios because the game didn't account for them and other such things. I could specify everything I mean, but this text wall is already becoming cumbersome, so don't worry about this too much. I don't hate 5e (anymore at least) for feeling like an ocean's width with a puddles depth but at this slowly pushed my and my group away. So one could say my core issue was the lack of rulings for certain things and not wanting to always have to wing it. After this point, somewhere during our time with Strix, we heard about Pathfinder Second Edition and we all realized it's what we wanted. While I will not shame anyone for not caring for the combat side of D&D as much as the roleplay, to say that PF2e is purely about the mastery of the combative side is shortsighted at best. There are so many rules for those specific things me and my group found ourselves desiring, even if they were niche. Yes, PF2e is notably more complex than D&D 5e but that's only when you start that it feels like any work to get into. Not that there's any shame in just not enjoying it. We didn't swear off 5e entirely at this point, but slowly we found ourselves completely transitioning to PF2e because it had every 5e offered and more for us, just in different flavors at times. And I think part of what motivated us was the stigma that 5e players weren't willing to try other systems over simply homebrewing things that WotC wasn't interested in adding, so we didn't wanna fall into that stereotype. However, I'll be clear when I say this, there is nothing wrong with loving 5e despite what I consider it's flaws. The simplicity is a great thing for new players and experienced players alike because it allows for improvisation and other such things. It's just not for me. As I climbed down the other side of the mountain and look back on the trip that lead me to other systems and even developing my own, I realize I'm thankful for 5e and it's flaws for bringing my friends together and giving us a shared hobby... I however, will never stop hating WotC for what they tried to pull and how they destroyed the last bits of enjoyment I had with their products. To anyone who took the time to read this, I hope you find what you're looking for like I have, whether it's still within 5e, another D20 system or an entirely other style of TTRPG.

Honestly I think we as a community needed this video, to clarify for and console those of us unsure what to think in, frankly, this turbulent time for dnd o7 Blaine

I made it. I'm brand new to the D&D community. I'm playing for the first time in a couple weeks. I've been growing to love this game as nothing but a spectator for around a year. But almost all of the online discourse around it seemed like it was trying to dissuade newcomers from even giving it a shot. Every comment section had the army of people saying "Pathfinder is better," the army of people saying "WotC sucks, don't support the game," and the army of people who, like myself, have never even played but still want to learn. To everyone else like me, I urge you to give it a shot. You may find a hobby that will stick with you for years, or you may find that it's not for you. I'll be finding out which group I'm in soon enough. But don't let the online drama make your decision for you. Go play. Have fun with your friends. Make memories. And don't forget to take a few pictures to look back on in a few years and remember the first time you tried Dungeons and Dragons.

@ianstewart-vital

19 күн бұрын

I mostly agree with you, though I think it is perfectly reasonable to point out all of the scandals from WotC/Hasbro and for people to make a decision on what to try based on that. Much like it is fine for people to point out what a terrible TERF JKR is when talking about the HP IP. The company/person behind the thing matters, to some more than others, and those it matters to should be informed.

@CarlThePirateYT

18 күн бұрын

@@ianstewart-vital yeah I do agree with that. Balance is always important. Point out flaws, but don't let them make you forget the good either

@KnicKnac

18 күн бұрын

Enjoy the hobby. I hope you have fun. Glad more folks are venturing out.

@AtelierGod

18 күн бұрын

You can still enjoy and support the hobby while not supporting WotC. There’s online sources with the materials they’ve put out that doesn’t require pay, and you can support the hobby by supporting homebrew creators who’ll keep 5e alive after WotC cuts it off with the new edition.

@TheJuicyTangerine

11 күн бұрын

I'd like to make the same argument for every ttrpg out there. Give Blades in the Dark a shot. Give Avatar Legends a shot. Give FATE a shot. Give Shadowrunners a shot. Why, do people only suggest DnD when it comes to TTRPGs? You can equally make memories in all of these wonderful systems. At the end of the day, I think TTRPGs aren't so much about the system you play in, but rather the stories that you want to tell. And the reason is that DnD markets itself as an omni-TTRPG that is capable of running every situation. It's the TTRPG equivalent of 10 in 1 men's sanitary products. You COULD be lazy and just use it for everything it's advertised to do. But I can guarentee you that other systems will let you tell your stories and let you experience roleplay in ways you might have never imagined possible. For example, Blades in the Dark is by far the greatest way to tell a story about a heist. Blades in the Dark is fast paced, and focuses on fiction first, allowing your story to be cinematic and efficient. And Blades in the Dark is far more Rules Lite than DnD, for all of those people who got told to try Pathfinder and found it too crunchy. So my recommendation is to shop around, and not to let the popularity of a game discourage you from trying it. Try out different systems, I promise it isn't as much of as a "mountain to climb" as Blaine Simple makes it out to be. You'll learn exciting new things, tell completely new stories. I personally made the jump after many years of a "I just want to learn a single system" to trying different ones, and I've been happier ever since. I'm personally actually going back to DnD 5th edition for a campaign my friend wants to run soon, and if that's the system that allows him to tell his stories the best, then so be it.

I made it, and I'm gonna risk sounding like a cranky old asshole here, but goddamn does some of this discourse feel so othering. I started playing TTRPGS in my teens and I'm in my 30s now. D&D wasn't my first system, but when I started D&D 4th had just dropped and the community was in the throes of edition purism and thinking WotC suck (they did then and do now) but we enjoyed 3.5 so we played it. What really strikes me about the recent turn in the culture around 5e and the 'drama' is that it feels to me like 5e hardcore fans are just like the way the fanbase were during peak 3.5 but on different platforms. Now there's Reddit and KZread, back then there was GitP and forums and /tg/, but we all love fun stories and fun builds and the culture is so much the same, but since all the drama happened it feels like the deep core of people who started with 5th ed want nothing to do with the wider community, whether that be people who want to play older editions or people who play other systems even though the fun and the culture are relatively speaking the same. I'm a big pro wrestling fan and right now that community is completely plagued with toxic factionalism. You're only allowed to like one show in the eyes of a loud minority, and if you like the one they don't like you're an awful person, and I feel like TTRPGs are headed in a similar direction, it feels like we're standing on the precipice of a repeat of early 4th ed where a loud minority are going to be evangelising their game of choice and putting down people who disagree and that sucks because we're all having the same fun. I'll admit, the drama made my group revert back to playing 3.5 and we're loving it, but we didn't play a huge amount of D&D to start with. But I'm here for anybody who's using any system or engine to tell stories with their friends as long as they're not being an ass about what system I'm using to tell mine.

I made it. I jumped ship from DnD to Powered by The Apocalypse games years ago. The number crunching was never for me. I always kept an eye out for what was happening in DnD since it is the biggest ttrpg in the space. If something bad happens in DnD it bleeds parasitically into the rest of the space. As someone who has tried to stop caring about DnD it feels impossible to truly leave it.

I made it. This is such a relief to find, being new to DnD and seeing all the fire and brimstone being tossed about is overwhelming and not understanding why everything seems to be so loud just makes it worse, it's nice to see something different, and it does make me more hopeful for the future of DnD.

I made it, and personally I don't really feel affected by any of this because I haven't even truly started DnD yet. I tried, but I struggled to find a DM. The only DnD thing I ever participated in was a single session that was meant to continue but was cancelled because we the players couldn't find a schedule that worked for everyone. It was pretty fun though, and I still wanted to play in an actual campaign, but I did not manage to find a single available DM after that, until I got bored from searching and stopped. Well I searched a bit here and there afterwards, but still to no avail. I don't really care that much about big people in the community, or popular DMs, or what version of the game is used... I just wanna be able to play the game man.

@noabsolutelynot4587

19 күн бұрын

that’s the truest dnd experience i’m afraid. i mostly run campaigns now just because i worry about campaigns i care about getting canceled, never getting like the proper resolution to the story

@Oceane1803

19 күн бұрын

@@noabsolutelynot4587 Well I mean if you run campaigns, could I be part of one of them ?

@zenmaster8

19 күн бұрын

I know its scary but honestly sometimes you need to be the gm if you want to get started with a system. Instead of trying to plan a whole camapign, just ask if anyone wants to play a 1 or 2 shot. The starter set works amazing for this. Also ive found that online dnd is a lot easier to schedule than physical dnd and i personally find it just as enjoyable. It wont work for everyone but it worked for me. Being a gm is one of the best things you can do to be a better player and understand the system more. And trust me, no one will care about your mistakes as long as they're having fun.

@Oceane1803

19 күн бұрын

@@zenmaster8 Nah being a DM seems way too complicated for me. I tried making a campaign for my father once with a pre-existing story he bought me, but even without having to create an entire world and having a single player to take care of, I wasn't really good. There are so many rules to take into account on the fly... not for me. I'd rather be a player.

I made it! This absolutely helped me. I've felt so many of these things over the last two years. It's comforting to know an actual voice that's heard in the wide spread of the community has similar thoughts and feelings about it. Thank you very much!

I made it! I started D&D because i liked RP chats on Amino but the lack of rules and setting really started grinding my gears. I had ideas to play so I took up the DMing role and hosted a game with a simple premise. There's been years and i've been through burnout to passionate rp moments between characters that were the highlights of my time. I slowly tried to move on to WoD, however it is not so popular and it makes it so much harder to find groups. I still hold 5e close to my heart tho and I still love to play it because it is just easy to grasp and because it is easy to find groups in this game. Listening to all that's beyond my interests is an interesting insight into the whole D&D community. Kinda sad in a way too, and I'd say I wouldn't want to change 5e's rules to the "newer" edition cuz It just works the best for me and whenever I found something I don't like I'd just tweak it to my taste and talk with my players. Thx for the video, btw. Glad to see that it made so many people gather here to discuss their opinions, clever way too! Cya!

So far im only at the start of the video, but i must say i enjoy your videos in general, whatever you want to move on to, il most likely watch it

I made it. One of my favourite things about TTRPGs is the game is what you make it to be. D&D isn't a whole, finished game, it isn't like video games where any updates are unavoidable and the game is played in the same way (or multiple same ways) every time. D&D is a foundation and something to be changed and customised. I think the community has a tendency to view it as this unchanging thing, that what WotC says is some kind of mandate, and though WotC has an effect on the mechanics of the game as they dictate it, nothing is stopping players from making the most customised, personal version of the game. Whether they use D&D or another system as a foundation, each TTRPG is totally different table to table, and I love that so much.

I made it. I felt a lot of what was said pretty deeply. I started D&D in 2016 and I quickly fell into the DM seat happily. I started a local in person D&D club and I was almost immediately the most veteran player. I very quickly lost interest in the One D&D playtest packets because I felt like my position as DM was attempting to be written out, so I stopped following it. At the same time my journey as a DM was plateauing with strictly 1 game. So I started looking out for new TTRPGs to continue my growth. I had almost 100 members in the club, all waiting to try D&D for the first time and then the OGL fiasco hit. I fought hard and was as loud as I could be without being a Content Creator. I ended up no longer following particular D&D creators and following different ones. But then the unthinkable happened. We the people won. I didn't known what to do, I still felt like there was a war to fight, and even though we got everything we wanted, I still felt like the game was tainted, but it wasn't, it was safe now and forever, and a mountain of other TTRPGs have spiked in popularity. We are TTRPG players suddenly were (and still are) feasting. Now I'm in a weird place where I have no interest in the 2024 edition and can't help but to see flaws in it, however I want to play and enjoy 5e because we have fought for it and won and I wish to enjoy our spoils of war, however I still want to try other TTRPGs but when I do it feels like I'm doing it out of malice now even thought I know it's not because my personal journey to grow as a GM still needs me to try other systems. And worst of all my local in person club is still growing. I'm running three different 5e games and learning 2 new systems at the same time with a dozen more I and others want to try. Even though this is exactly wanted, everything feels tainted. Everything is different now. With the loud politics in the community now, it's hard to relax and simply enjoy this overflowing garden of TTRPGs. It's a beautiful time for the hobby and I feel oily and dirty about it

I made it, and while I will continue to pirate their books online, I don't think I'll be playing their "polished" 5e (warlock, cleric, and sorcerer getting their subclasses at 3rd level like everyone else does not make sense and I will not change my mind). I got to the party pretty late and still have a decade of adventure modules me and my group wanna play through. I love my group of friends, and I'm so lucky that some of them are willing to learn pathfinder with me. We have one DM that loves DMing for 5e, and then there's me, willing to take the GM seat for Pathfinder 2e, and give the forever DM a break and my fellow players a peak into other systems outside of D&D. DC20, MCDM, Daggerheart, I love that they exist to show D&D players that trying a new system isn't so scary. I may not play them, but I admire them for trying and doing enough things right that they're gaining traction. Any competition for D&D is a good thing, even though at this point D&D is so big it might just never go away unless it really messes up. I don't want to judge anyone who wants to stick with D&D 5e, keep making content for it, and even accept sponsorships from WotC, but I do wish we wouldn't give WotC our money. Let's just enjoy this hobby we love without supporting a company that objectively sucks.

I made it. The best way I see it is that D&D feels like, and should feel *more* a game engine. It gives you the core fundamentals, all the tools you need to create something great, but ultimately leaves you with the tools to build your own thing. I'm currently in a campaign where 5/7 players are new to the game. And most of the stuff we use are homebrew. I feel like sourcebooks should give guides on how to create and balance homebrew mechanics, because trying to outsource to community forums feels daunting at least to me. Tl;dr. I feel D&D should embrace a mindset of "here's how you *can* play the game, here's some worlds we created, which you can use. BUT, here's how you can create your very own worlds and mechanics to the best abilities, and we'll give you the tools to do so"

I made it. Honestly this was a pretty chill video. I got into DnD 3.5 around late middle school to early high school a little after it came out. I played it at a campout when a bunch of regulars in that group I was with started playing. It was really fun and even though I was the youngest at like, twelve, they gave me a seat and walked me through it. I had fun playing it up until 4th edition came out. Now while I have my issues with 4th edition it was pretty much all my friends played for a while even after 5th became a thing. Then we just kind of stopped. Mostly because I, and all of my other friends, moved on from DnD. Why you may ask? Well, most of our games didn't last till the end and people just kinda tuned out during them. For me though, It's mostly a setting thing. Some people didn't like the rules sure... but it's not like pathfinder was a better option either. When we branched out however... Everybody suddenly started having a hell of a lot more fun. Some of my best TTRPG memories aren't from DnD (3.5 or otherwise) but other systems with more varied settings/goals. Games like Call of Cthulhu, World of Darkness, this cool final fantasy inspired TTRPG called Fabula Ultima, to even wild and whacky systems like maid RPG. I feel that, while scary, players should step outside their comfort zone and play a game that looks interesting if they so wish to. Whether it be because of cool lore, interested rules, a whacky tone, or whatever. I say even branch out and play games initially written in other languages if you have the means. There are some really fun JTTPRGs, like sword world which is sort of an alt DnD itself. That said I think DnD is a good starter system and if people want to stick with it since it jives with them then all power too them. But if they wanna branch out or start with something else then that's fine too... However I agree with you that I don't like it when people push pathfinder down people's throats. I really don't care for it's setting and it seems like it's biggest claim to fame is just being alt DnD. Somebody offering Pathfinder as somebody's first RPG without even considering the kind of genres, gameplay styles, etc the person in question is into. Especially if it turns people off the hobby. That said... DnD might not be the best first option for people too since i know people that might like other TTRPG systems but grew to hate the hobby after one game of DnD and not jiving with it. Personally I'd say if you wanna get somebody into it, and you're used to Dming, learn more about the person's personality, figure out what their interests are, and get them into a setting that matches their style/appeals to them. The TTRPG world is just bigger than one pond, it's got limitless potential.

@Rashagar

11 күн бұрын

Personally, I wish with all my heart that I'd found a group to play Deadlands with. And Paranoia. Never experiencing those two games are like my biggest TTRPG regret from when playing in person was so much easier for me.

@shikitohno1756

11 күн бұрын

@@Rashagar Paranoia is extremely fun. My friends and i played with a module but we ended up having a blast when we decided to play into the absurdity of it all. Just get prepared for people screaming over each other all of the time LOL.

I made it. I'm surprised I did, but I did. I have a lot of thoughts about tabletop roleplay. I grew up in it, and I was there when the 4e/Pathfinder split happened. I have, suffice to say, a lot of feelings on the TTRPG space. D&D 5 has done good things. It's done good things for TTRPGs, for people's lives, heck even for streaming services. However, as someone who actually really enjoys second- and third-string RPGs D&D 5 is also a bit agitating. Does anyone want to try Mutants and Masterminds? Star Trek Adventures? Lancer? I mean... yeah would could hack 5e until it functions in that genre but it isn't really made for that. A system actually made for... you don't want to have to learn a whole new system? Understandable, I guess... Now, I've played a 2-year D&D 5 campaign. It was enjoyable. We split the party so hard that we had to make a second party. That said, D&D 5 isn't my favorite system, and it actually bugs me some. I don't like how messy it is, I don't like how loose and open it is, and I don't like how sparse character customization is. The thing is, both of these downsides are just upsides from another angle. The lack of customization makes D&D5 second to none for one-shots. The plug-and-play power is unreal; you can throw something together in 30 minutes and play. That's rare, that's powerful, and I will respect that. Just... when you've come over from systems with more customization it's also rough. A level-up that gives you nothing but slightly larger numbers never feels good. At the same time, D&D 5's messy nature makes homebrew systems and mechanics a breeze. There's no rules. Just do it. Can't break the game harder than how it's already broken. Have fun with the wackiest homebrew you can think of, so long as you don't do anything too wacky with the proficiency modifier it'll probably work. That's respectable! Heck, as someone who likes homebrewing and more structured RPGs I kinda envy that; no combing back and forth to see if your idea makes the system explode. But all the same, after 2 years of D&D 5, I want to play something else. Now, you've played PF2 and didn't like it. I respect that, it isn't for everyone. The mechanics of it also discourage experimentation a tad, which is outright bad and something the GM needs to be aware of and mitigate when running it. Downside of a system that's so structured. I simply ask that you, and others, maybe swing further out a little. Modiphius's Star Track Adventures is pretty approachable. It's coming out with a new version later this summer, but they swear it'll be backwards-compatible. Of course, I've heard that one before... hm. (I'm not going to tell you to play PF1e. Yeah, the space is still alive but that system is a mess. Both too structured and not structured enough. I'm just saying, at this point if I had to choose between a PF1e campaign and a 5e one, I'd probably go for 5e.) How about you go looking for some odder stuff then? There's plenty of weird things out there. Fanmade RPGs for pokemon or dragonball? Call of Cthulhu is a classic for a reason. Too bleak? How about Delta Green? Lancer the mech RPG for mech fights? Rumor is the people behind Mutants and Masterminds are up to something, too... I can't promise that any of these games will be for you. The chances of you finding a group for them is slim, too, given that they're not 5e. But... hey, if even a half of 5e players try one other system, that'll change in a hurry. I think that's what I want, in the end. I want a lot of people playing a lot of different games; not one monolithic GAME that eclipses the rest. If you want recommendations, just ask. I've got them. I could talk for DAYS...

I made it And I just wanna say thank you for speaking about all of these issues in the community in such a love letter style format. The tone, the information, the personal anecdotes. They create such an interesting atmosphere and really give a good encapsulation of what this community is really like

I made it. I started playing D&D the 3.0 days over 20 years ago. It has been a formative part of my life and taught me better methods of personal interaction and how the person I was pretending to be at the table was just a piece of the best parts of me. I migrated to Pathfinder 1, when I saw that it was 3.5 with just more. More options, more customization, and some rules fixed. Because of that I completely missed 4e and the growth of the 5e community until I picked up 5e after a long hiatus from RPGS. The prevalence of discord and Start Playing was what turned me towards the KZread creators that bow populate my feed everyday. The OGL crisis hit for mostly the reason it was hitting many of these creators, I was concerned that they, not me, would be losing some part of their livelihoods due to restrictions on content creation. DM’s online would lose out when VTT’s would be threatened. I felt for the community, because I am just a casual player with no stake in the game beyond my enjoyment, which has not wavered. I’m excited for the revised 5e. I’m excited for the content creators that will have new things to discuss and create. I hope that the people who are making new systems and 3rd party books prosper and continue adding to the play space so everyone can zero in on the things they enjoy. I’m in America and it feels like negativity is part of the cultural fabric some days. I’m not here to add to it. I’m here to find joy in what I can, and I applaud anyone trying to do the same. Thanks, Blaine, for the insightful words and a calm pause to my day.

I made it. I get PF2 not being everyone's cup of tea. But, I've just run out of things to play in 5e. Every character just feels the same after you've played a lot of characters (mine die a lot) to the point where I've had to come up with ridiculous homebrew to keep in interesting. Pf2 has exactly what I'd wanted to sink my teeth into, to the point where it's hard to make the name character twice. Still hoping to get my main play group to give it a try. 🤞

@logan6232

3 күн бұрын

The reason why i believe p2e is so much better is the customizability and archetype feats. You can essentially multiclass without it being completely overpowered or utterly useless

I made it. I genuinely love that you made this video. Personally I have a hard time socializing, so I often end up a bit out of touch with the wider community in a lot of things, so I haven’t realized things had gotten like this, so thank you this was very informative. You honestly hit the nail on the head here in a lot of aspects. To me D&D is a game, and games are about having fun. If you not having fun, find your fun, whether it’s in a different game, or changing the one you’re currently playing. Also, since your speaking of D&D being a tree and it having many boughs, each being the many ways people enjoy whatever D&D means to them; Could we perhaps call D&D the Yggdrasil of RPG’s? It runs through and connects and supports everything, from the RPers to the Wargamers, the World-weavers and Lore-smiths to the Hack-and-Slashers and Grim Gauntleteers; Power Gamers, Suboptimal Builders, Min-Max-Er’s, The Jack of all trades, and every other style, fashion, and taste. I very much like this idea you’ve inspired in me, of a grand tree of D&D spanning the vast reaches of the community; it warms my heart, and I thank you for that, and for all you do and make.

I made it. I made it to the last second. This video feels like something I really needed to hear, being stuck in the miasma of DnDrama. I’ve been on this ship for 7 years now, and I’ve loved most of it. The highs and the lows too. The Ouroborosian way the community consumes itself honestly hurts to see and this feels like a small glimmer of light in this vast sea of void

I made it and havent skipped any second of the Video i honestly just enjoy rp with friends when something doesnt fit us we just adjust it / add it so we can enjoy the time we spend together

@amelialonelyfart8848

11 күн бұрын

I used to think I was super attached to Pathfinder since it fixed a lot of the issues I PERSONALLY had with 5e, making martial characters just as diverse and unique as casters. I was really disappointed when my GM said he didn't want to run a rules heavy game again -- at least for awhile, and switched us over to Powered by the Apocalypse. I still prefer PF2 over POTA (i love the crunch), but it did make me realize what I ultimately enjoyed the most was simply hanging out with my friends.

@lixnix2018

11 күн бұрын

@@amelialonelyfart8848 same i play online and rp is what i love and well i do also love min Maxing after rp

I made it. Despite the controversy I still love D&D and all the content the fans are still making. I hope one day they'll see pass the fact that D&D was made by wizard of the coast, instead see that D&D was made by the fans. And for those who are hiding the fact that they like it because of the community, hope they see this video and know it's okay.

@nimlouth

13 күн бұрын

The only "d&d made by the fans" is basically everything out there not made by wotc and hasbro, like Cairn, Dungeon World, DURF, etc. You guys are just waaaay too invested into this brand and product for your own good.

I made it. I started playing D&D in 2015, this was 5E of course, I have never played any TTRPG up until this point in my entire life. I never had the idea of, or faintest clue what I was getting myself into, but I'm so glad that I did. 9 years later I still play 5e with the same friends that I did all that time ago... I owe many thanks to who I have become as a person to D&D and by proxy WOTC I guess. When the OGL things were going on, some of those same friends were getting a bit upset ant that's understandable, but when one would mention that we should switch to another game, or older edition only because of the OGL, I wasn't having it at all. I explained to them that this is the game that we all love, that we all play consistently on a weekly basis for the past 7 years at that point, I explained that the game hasn't changed, just the perception of it, and that they were falling for it and becoming just another sheep in the flock. It wasn't me trying to change them or alter their view, but only to make them realize what they were saying they didn't really feel, and to that they agreed, and we are still playing 2 years later. Things like DC20, Daggerheart, and other games that are splinters from D&D are cool, but if you want to go play those games, go play them because you are genuinely interested in them, not just because you want to somehow stick it to the man and show WOTC whats what. I have played AD&D 2e and I can say that it is fun, but I don't get the same feelings I get when I play 5e, nor did I feel the same excitement, and sheer happiness I did when I tried 5e for the first time, when I tried 5e for the very first time it was like I unlocked a part of myself that I didn't know I had locked up, and that is the reason why I love 5e so much. To see WOTC try to fix 5e brings me so much joy I can't even explain it, it's is my favorite TTRP I have ever played, and I look forward to what happens with it next, 5.5, 6, 7 or whatever edition it is.

I made it. There's a lot you've said in this video and a lot of opinions you've shared that have really struck a cord with me. I couldn't tell you just how many videos I've seen riddled with toxicity and resentment in this community. It's honestly shocking how at times, we the nerds playing tabletop role playing games can be just as awful as the stereotyped nerds playing online multiplayers games that we always hear about. Every now and then I ask people why they stick around in these kinds of communities, whether they be communities for people playing Dungeons & Dragons or for something else entirely, when they seemingly don't have anything positive to add, and the loudest responses I get always seem to be people accusing me of praising and defending the companies behind whatever piece of media the discussion is about, believing myself to be the only true and righteous warrior left. I just wanted to have some fun, but the truth is nowadays I don't really know why I stick around. I started out just being another random guy doom scrolling through KZread shorts when I saw one about D&D. I didn't play the game at the time, but I thought the short was interesting. And then I saw another. And another. And pretty soon I had seen enough to convince me to try playing the game, it was something I had always been interested in, so why not go for it? Now I've been playing the game for just under a year, and I've had a lot of fun playing it, though I must say it feels like I've spent much more time thinking and talking about playing the game or watching more KZread videos about the game than I've spent actually playing it. Sometimes I have to stop and ask myself if I'm still actually interested, or if I only carry on watching these videos or talking about it out of routine. Regardless, it's been a lot of fun. I'm not sure if this comment even still relates to the core theme of this video still, but I'm glad I took some time out of my day to think about this.

I made it. I recently saw a video about from a pretty large creator how optimizing character builds, learning the math, multiclassing without an in-character reason and using features from new books to make stronger characters perpetuates a cycle of dopamine-inducing power and buying new books to make even more absurd characters until there’s no game left to play, that you’ve “won dnd” and “if you wanted to play a game you should go play baldurs gate 3” with enough heavy cynicism to almost make me choke. At the end of it, i remembered a flood of other similar videos throughout the year I saw and just… got tired. I’m tired of just seeing nothing on my feed that’s positive for dnd. My friends won’t stop going on and on about how bad dnd is, echoing the same problems over and over and at this point it makes me just wanna curl up into a ball. It’s exhausting.

@Majo_Ellen

18 күн бұрын

Holy shmow it's Momiji! Small world!

I made it. Thanks for such a calming video about this situation. I really needed the reminder today that this IS a hobby that I do for fun and that is important to remember. Also, I love the editing style of putting this discussion over gameplay of getting of it, really well done video.

I made it. After the whole Pinkerton situation, I immediately tried jumping ship and switching to Pathfinder, but I felt myself being drawn back in. I'm still very much into 5e, mostly because I really like the people in the group Im in. But in terms of the whole OGL debacle, I personally think it was beneficial to certain TRPGs. For instance, because of it, Pathfinder 2e is now developing more of its own identity with the remaster in its goal to break free of the OGL. I'm trying to get into other TRPGs, but now, it's mostly so I can play a TRPG at all. Nowadays, I don't try to get people to switch to Pathfinder, I try to get them to play Pathfinder as well. When I heard my brother was getting into D&D, I was elated. So, yeah.

I made it. D&D appeared in my life at a time I really needed it. I started making new friends and I found a love of roleplay and weird obscure rules everyone ignores. I've never truly been a D&D fan, I've been a fan of all the experiences and games I've played through D&D. I love the game cause I love my friends. I love the game because it's a way to share all the crazy ideas running around in my head. I love the game because, honestly, I think it's really fun. it was never about the $60 books, it was about all the great times we got out of them.

I made it. First time I watched a complete playthrough of Getting Over It. Your points about modifying D&D to get what you want out of it were really good. The idea that the rules are completely static may be one of the biggest problems in this community. I would love if there was more emphasis on picking and choosing what you keep and what you change in official D&D content. It might prompt more collaboration with the Dungeon Master over what you want to do, rather than trying to "break the game" by finding loopholes.

I made it (though I skipped a few parts without commentary). I will admit, it is hard to talk about this as I haven't played any TTRPGs. All I have is the D&D 5th ed player handbook. I don't even have a die set of my own. Most of what I gotten have been stories from KZread channels. I've know about the issues that was 4th ed and the cluster that One D&D was. But because I have never played I have felt like it has never truly concerned me. I just like hearing stories of groups (both the good and bad), learning about things like I did from The Crap guides,, and other things here on KZread like what potential balance changes could be made for classes or monsters. I don't view things anywhere else so what I have seen has been limited. It has been good for me and makes me hope for a day where I can play (I have my reasons that I don't wan t to discuss). My post isn't much but I think X20Adam said it best "is that D&D is fun, and that's all its ever needed to be." I just get in my own way from people like you and the others here on this network. So thanks.

I made it. Tbh. I feel like whenever I try to bring up something in youtubers commented section about xyz about dnd having issues. It feels like I get ignored or censored. My frustration with 5e has gotten to the point where I'm doing the equivalent of Luther nailing a list of complaints to a door. Its a Google doc outlying every problem 5e has going on and WOTC or nobody else addresses. I'm not just making this doc out of frustration, but passion too. I genuinely want 5e/5.5e to succeed. But wotc's greed and incompentnce has been an issue.

Well, I made it, and while I don't like WotC for what they tried to do and are doing, I can't write off a hobby that's been part of my life for so many years and brought me so much joy. I started with 5E, the beginning, raised on stories of TTRPGs told by my own father, a man who started DMing 1st Edition. His style influences my games and yet I've made it all my own, but I feel he impressed a lesson on me that I've carried through all my games as a DM and a Player: "You don't have to use the rules you don't like. It's YOUR game. Play it how you want, tel the story that you want, use the Rules you want, and if you don't like a ruling, make a new one." I've strived to teach other DMs that as well, to mixed results. I'll look at the new rules, and if I don't like them, I won't use them. WotC can get me on its VTT when it makes it better than pen and paper, or the myriad other VTTs out there. D&D survived the fall of TSR, it'll survive WotC, as long as we remember one simple lesson passed down to us from Wargame to Tabletop, player to player, hand to hand: "Bear in mind the principle that anything can be attempted." We're all Grognards now.

I made it, I appreciate that you spoke to something I have felt for a long time. I love this hobby I love dnd but whenever I find myself trying to talk to people about the hobby I am almost always immediatly and often violently met with bitterness and frustration. It has actually been silently pushing me away for some time, I am a forever dm, and everytime I think about trying to start a new game I am turned away why would I want to put all of this time love and effort only for all of my work to be spit on and discarded like trash. I love DND yall, that is my tagline my cord in the dark holding onto what little positivity I can as me and my friends build worlds together, I refuse to let my flickering candle go out. If you made it this far, please show kindess to each other, we all are going through tough times so be a brightspot in the dark, peace.

I made it. I may not be a player, but as an observer, D&D is just a fun little thing I like to hear about. At the heart of it all, I just view it as a fun story to hear about. All the fun adventures that people have and talk about, like its local gossip or something. I may not have a horse in this race, per se, but I'd hate to see people try and destroy something that clearly means so much to a lot of people. While I may not have a huge stake in D&D as a while, I do have a stake in the happiness of people.

I commented *before* the video before I made it, talking about how my group is trying out Daggerheart (which is that open beta ttrpg started by critical role) and joking about how timely it is that the video showed up right after night one of the Daggerheart campaign I joined up with a campaign for family friends (which drifted apart eventually), but my first long term dedicated campaign was during high school, and it sparked what is basically a multiverse that's spanned 5 years of shenanigans I will say that it's a little nice that the lore stays consistent even across different systems, so I don't think the system was necessarily a problem, that or the storytelling rode out no matter what

I made it, Thank you so much for coming forward and saying all of this to the community, Blaine. Im proud and happy for all of us with enough passion to come together like this. I've been running a homebrewed Tomb of Annihilation with my buddies we call Catacombs of Catastrophes where my buddies backstories are more heavily involved. It has been TASTY for the past 3 years, and genuinely some of the best D&D we've all ever played. Im beyond grateful to have this experience, because some parts of the community have sadly grown to just being nauseatingly negative and sour about anything D&D. Its such a shame to see, and for a while made me feel like i was in a safe and fun D&D bubble while others stir fires that shoulda died out long ago. I swear some people are just forgetting to roll dice with some awesome characters to create some amazing tales & journeys through this one of a kind experience. So if I have anything worthwhile to say, it'd be to just get our heads back to the tables, throw some dice, and have some damn good D&D Thank you to anyone that listened and understands, you are what makes D&D amazing Thank you again Blaine for putting out there what really needed to be said, this community wouldnt be the same without you ❤

I made it. it feels so refreshing to see a video on this topic that is not radical/extreme to one side of the argument and acknowledges different perspectives. sometimes I feel a little alienated from the community just because I stayed with 5e and didn't switch to a different system. for me, 5e works perfectly fine and I like a lot of things in the system but I feel alienated when people shit on those things and say how better it works in X system. I really like combat in 5e and some of my most memorable moments are combats but when everyone is saying 5e combat is slow and limiting and basically shit and How it's so much better in other systems. comparing other systems to 5e in this way makes me want to try these systems even less because it feels like they are just hating on what I like more than showing what cool and new things are in this new system they are talking about. anyway sorry for the long rant. great video I would love to see some more discussion videos like this in the future.

I made it. As someone who was a gm for a group in high school, dnd has been part of my life for quite some time now. Even as I'm trying out new systems like pathfinder 2e or Lancer, I still think that dnd will hold some place near and dear in my heart. A lot of my creative passions came from wanting to make cool stuff in those early years, and they've stuck with my ever since. Bit sad to see that some circles in the hobby have gotten sour, but it always makes me happy to see that some places are still flourishing despite it. To anyone reading this, I hope you have a good day, and if you're in any sort of tabletop rpg group, I hope you have a real fun time next session :)

I made it. What I love about D&D is the lore - the weird, nonsensical world that was hinted at in my old copy of the 1E Monster Manual 2, and fully expanded upon in the first Manual of the Planes. One of my favorite D&D creators, thus, is AJ Pickett, who does deep research into older editions of the game (4E not included) and can make you an expert into all facets of, say, Sahuagin, if you simply put him on in the background for 40 minutes. I feel that he and people like him are putting work into preserving all the wonderful ideas and thoroughly off-beat world that this game is so good for.

I made it! I came here indirectly from OSQ's video that mentioned you on the topic. He discussed how you had opened his mind to the ideas that had been brewing in him about how he doesn't want to pretend to hate DnD. So, I was expecting _some_ of what was discussed in this video about respecting other players and their journeys. But I was also mistakenly expecting that typical "perpetually constipated with frustration" persona you usually don, paired with the typical devil-may-care attitude presented in your cartoon drawings. What I was not expecting was this immaculate piece of art--a perfect hybridization of "Getting Over It" dialogue with an introspective and deeply thought-provoking analysis of where we've been as a community. This complete with a perfectly synced playthrough of Bobby's masterpiece, delivered in his perfectly nonchalant tone. In my other comment, I mentioned the sheer appropriateness of falling down half the furniture section just before you deliver the line about how much it means that we've come this far, and I'm fairly sure that you have managed to work every beat of Bobby's original dialogue into this analysis in sequence. Kudos! 🎉 I did not expect Blaine Simple--the master of being intentionally bluntly belligerent, to be the first one to present a peaceful take on this topic that relaxes the nerves and encourages us all to get along, but here we are. I'm glad you made this video, because right now, the world needed your "healing word." Thanks Blaine! 💙

(i made it) im just tired of people yelling and hating whenever i say i enjoy playing dnd 5e, i know hasbro is terrible but i still enjoy the books that wotc make.

@indiana47

19 күн бұрын

I hate Hasbro and some of the dnd books I dislike, but others I love. I love 5e. A company isn't going to ruin that for me.

@n0etic_f0x

19 күн бұрын

Yeah I think that’s fair, I don’t like any of what WotC has done but… who cares. I also don’t like NASCAR but I don’t I am going to go be mad a fans of NASCAR. Heck the fact is people want to play that, I don’t want them at my table, we’re playing different games, they can go play at your table and that’s very useful.

@SeathThePawn

19 күн бұрын

Even as one who has switched to Pathfinder 2e, I will say there is absolutely nothing wrong for those who enjoy playing 5e, and those that do, should hold onto that passion and love for the game. In the end, we're all still players of TTRPGs, and what system in particular it is, is irrelevent when compared to our enjoyment of it.

@15098D

19 күн бұрын

Preach!

@ianstewart-vital

19 күн бұрын

​@SeathThePawn heck yeah.😊

The honest truth for me, is that D&D is fun, and that's all its ever needed to be.

I hope we will soon find a consensus on a new and better RPG to migrate to as a community, because a lot of content creators can't afford to move to a niche RPG with less audience than D&D. This Monopoly had outlived its welcome

I made it, despite tuning out somewhat at points. I personally haven't played a lot of 5e. But i feel like this is a good place to ramble about my history with TTRPGs. I had heard of dungeons and dragons a lot. It seemed like a very nerdy hobby, but also kind of interesting. So i went to a local game store who said they hosted weekly pathfinder society organized play games (1st edition at the time) that i should check out. After that i played nearly every week where a game was available. I loved building all kinds of characters using the incredibly diverse set of rules options available, scattered about many many different books, but also all available for free online. At some point people i met there invited me to start a campaign outside of the organized play environment. So i looked through the classes i hadn't played yet and found the kineticist. A class that does everything i like in an rpg character. Highly specializing into one thing, and then using it to solve many different problems. However after some time, a majority of the group wanted to switch to 5e dnd. I was fine with this. I didn't really know much of the specifics but i had heard good things about it. But of course that was a problem for my character. A kineticist doesn't exist in 5e. But with some homebrew from my GM i managed to get a decent substitute. But over time i found myself not really enjoying the game as much. Sure it was fun hanging out, and experiencing the story. But even with the pretty wide range of options provided in the homebrew 5e kineticist, i felt like i couldn't really do much to shape my character. Much of the levelups didn't allow for a lot of choices if i didn't. Where pathfinder had new choices to make about what your character might learn nearly every level. 5e usually just told you what new power you got. I did play some one-shots trying different characters, but i eventually decided to leave the group. I continued playing pathfinder society. I was pretty excited when starfinder was announced. A fantasy setting is fine, but at some point you have seen enough elves and dwarves. And parts of it can start to feel generic. While starfinder promised to be a wild setting where there was plenty of magic but also weird aliens, and robots that have ascended to godhood. But when it first came out, there weren't a lot of people willing to switch over from pathfinder. But once it got going i absolutely fell in love. It had a super interesting setting, but more importantly for me it allows you to play as the weirdest creatures you can think of. Want to be a guy who can detach his arms and then grow them back, that's a Brakim. Want to be a tiny squid controlling a human sized water bubble, that's a stellifera. When pathfinder second edition came out. I was a bit hesitant at first. The game i played worked just fine, and now they're changing everything about how it works. But after a bit of trying i really started to like the way it handled things. The three action economy allows for a lot of flexibility in how you play your character. Some kind of feat at every level, means that levelups are always exciting, and always have some choice for you to think about. And the +/- 10 crits, make all your stats and bonuses feel important. Now with the announcement of starfinder second edition i'm very excited to see the best parts of my favorite game be combined with the best parts of my other favorite game. At the same time I'm also watching a lot of TTRPG youtube, which mostly means a lot of dnd 5e youtube. And i see that a lot of people are really liking playing 5e. Many of them having a lot of fun making up things as they go. Many treating the rules as suggestions, to be changed on a whim when that seems more fun. While i personally get a lot of enjoyment out of trying to find ways of combining different abilities to get interesting effects without needing to worry about what my GM says. But while my preferred way of playing is different from the mainstream, i do feel like we're all part of the same community. And i want the best for all the players and creators out there. Which is why i'm usually so disappointed whenever i hear about the latest thing hasbro/WOTC has done. So often they do things that are simply bad. Sometimes it's as simple as making bad rules. Other times it's mass layoffs, or replacing artists with AI. And sometimes it's them saying something that makes it clear they view their customers as nothing more than their bank accounts. I hope the game you all love will survive. I hope you find a version of dnd that you connect to, whether that's pathfinder or mcdm or daggerheart or even an OSR game. I hope hasbro/WOTC change their ways and start respecting their employees, and their customers. Or in the likely case that they can't that dnd can live on outside of their sphere of influence as a game that all can enjoy.

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I made it. Personally, I’ve been playing D&D for over the past 4 to 6 years, give or take what you really consider to be the actual way of playing the game, and I’ve admittedly grown somewhat tired of playing the same system for so long. Between new rules barely making an effort to change and improve, and the conflict caused by the company behind the game itself, I chose to start trying out new systems to play with. Personally, I did adore Pathfinder 2nd Edition when I gave it a try, but I was aware some of my friends who weren’t as into the hobby as me didn’t share my excitement, but this video did help me out understand that I don’t have to be angrily loud about the distaste I’ve acquired for D&D’s current system, and that instead I should simply try to enjoy both old and new things with my friends at our own pace. I will probably still play D&D with those friends who don’t feel like playing combat with a lot of mechanical depth, and with those who don’t want a system so light in rules that it could fit in a single sheet of paper without missing a thing, as after all, the idea of the game and of nearly all TTRPGs is to hang out with friends and enjoy playing make believe.

I made it. I used to love this system 3-4ish years ago, but now it’s gotten stale to me. I have made my own system, and even delved into some obscure ones, but even then, I always remember my first table, my first natural 20, the friends I made. In conclusion; this community means a lot to me, thank you all!

I made it and you've made me realize me realize some hypocrisy I had about the game and the fans because I judged the new system without actually reading what it had to offer and I would die on that hill (or mountain ig). Thank you for making this video Blaine, while I am shopping around systems (partly to get a taste of new things and for the love of learning a system) I won't forget the good times I've had with this game and its dedicated content creators.

I made it, Captain Blain and I just wanna roll dice and have fun

@BlaineSimple

19 күн бұрын

That's the goal at the end of the day

@TheEnder515

14 күн бұрын

Heck yeah, Kentity. Me too.

@DaveMcDavesson

14 күн бұрын

Same here.

I made it. I love that you are a rock to hold on to in a sea of anger and controversy staying calm and asking specifically for our thoughts so that you might learn something. That is truly touching.

@BlaineSimple

19 күн бұрын

Already learning so much from everyone's comments so far. Glad I could start the conversation!

I made it. I think I only started to look into D&D around 2017. I've tried playing RPGs for a long time, but thanks to been a young person with few friend, it was a very slow start. It was only around 2 years ago that I finally played D&D for the first time, but I can't say I wasn't experienced on the game. Between 2017 and 2022, I consumed everything I could about the game, going into forums talking only about D&D, reading blogs on rankings about each player options, learning the best and worst parts of the game. There were many times I got so hyperfixated on the game that I got burnt out without ever have played it (unfortunately, I do this to all my hobbies, get so fixated before trying the thing that in the end I don't even do it) When I finally played the game, it was right when I started hearing and reading everywere online about how the game was getting worse by X and Y reasons, and soon after the OGL stuff happened and that soured my view on D&D to this day. But I still get excited to see people talk about the game, because at the end of the day I like this game even after all this. Thanks to D&D, I discovered a passion for the whole TTRPG community, and even if my main campaing isn't using D&D, its using a game that directly branched out from it. Tahnk you for doing this video, I and many others needed it right now :)

Edit: I made it! Per your request, sir. I think my first issues with WotC was when they made a humerus commercial suggesting players were too intellectually deficient that they didn't think of using the INDEX when trying to find rules on grappling... and then banned people from the forums for asking if they thought we are really that dumb. I watched even calm, polite questions being banned. That's when staff quit and created Pathfinder. I primarily play Pathfinder 1e for fantasy, though I have played some 5e. It depends on if you want streamlined or crunch as to which of those you'll prefer. In some ways, I like both systems... just not WotC. I have also played many versions of Mechwarrior/A Time of War, Shadowrun, Star Wars, many of the 40k RPGs from Fantasy Flight, and old out-of-production games from Leading Edge Games. I recommend trying lots of things. You might make some new friends trying a different system, or just find more fun fiction to enjoy. And Blaine - keep up the good work, man!

I made it... I kinda of want to make videos about D&D and writing. But never figured out how to put all the parts of the process together. I can write, I can record and I can edit. But it was never clear how to make one fit into the other.

@lukaspequenomatos1681

18 күн бұрын

you can try to make a storyboard of sorts, some sketch to help you envision what you want to see as the final product

i made it, and i can now see that D&D just isn't for me- not yet. i really just had nothing to do and no one to talk with, and i thought i could hit three birds with one stone with D&D, as it was seemingly being a hobby with aspects that seemed right up my alley. it didn't turn out the way i expected. maybe it was the group, maybe it was just me. my guess is both. but if i have anything to say, it's... thank you. you've provided countless ways for me to pick this back up when i return, and have given me a lens into what i see as the most interesting part of this community. i stuck around your channel for over a year despite having never played due to lacking a group, and it helped me find my way to a core part of the things i seriously enjoy, and that very interest is what will have me back... someday. i probably will stick around this channel (don't wanna miss out) but i feel like this is some sort of goodbye, haha. thank you.

@BlaineSimple

19 күн бұрын

Glad to be that bridge to help you enjoy the tabletop scene while you worked out those feelings

I made it. Been playing D&D and been apart of the community for a decade now. Shortly after finishing my first campaign I was asked to DM, I haven’t looked back since. I was always agog at how much content there was for players over dungeon masters. I am so thankful for creators like yourself that have sprung up helping me along my journey to be a better DM. Thank you.

I made it. There are so many things I personally needed to hear and change my mindset on. At time's I unfortunately would get sucked into that "Negative Mind" space because that is what all videos around me and comments are feeding me. I love D&D. I love the game. I love being in this space. I absolutely love the point you made how playing a different system may work for that commenter, but not the one receiving it and I'm going to be using that phrase alot more! Ill stop now because ill be writing a book, but many of the points you hit were very validating to thoughts and feelings I was also having about the current state of this community. Thank you for being brave enough for making/ posting this.

I made it! Honestly, maybe you're right that something other than DnD could be better for me, but I'm here to have fun and spend time with my friends... and if they wanna stick to DnD, so be it. I like the storytelling aspect more than the rest, and the mechanics are broad enough to make tons of stories possible. No diplomacy or interaction mechanics other than some rolls works just fine in my case. I *am* branching out a little, like checking out Grimoire of the Heart, which is a Persona system, but that's gonna be for next year, at least. Too busy with real life to DM or participate in another campaign right now. Maybe I'll check out Pathfinder and DC20 'till then and who knows! I might like it! I joined DnD to be able to talk to people better among other things, and I might just make new friends by branching out too! Not like that means I gotta stop playing DnD and my old friends either. I hope everyone here can just... have some fun in their free time, and get enraptured in a story when the world seems so damn horrible. If it's a break for the mind so that we might keep going forward and changing things, then might as well do what we find fun, right?

@noabsolutelynot4587

19 күн бұрын

very much in the same boat. dnd is just the most convenient tool to tell fun stories with my friends

I made it! Honestly, what I like about 5e the most is the abundance of homebrew. I like to have as many toys to play with as possible and as many options as possible. I personally do not mind when WotC tries to make their game as easy to access as possible, sinec it just means more people in the community, who can make more things. So far, the only change WotC made that I was fully nagative about was monster Spellcasting - turning Inate Spellcasting and Spellcasting into the same thing. I understand that it makes the monster easier to use and easier to design since you don’t have to give a monster dozens of spells since, even if it doesn't die in 2 rounds, it will probably stick to 3 spells and not use any others, but it feels like putting mechanics over lore and roleplay. I wish they would do what Jetpack 7 did where Spell Casting works like Innate Spellcasting, but you still have their level in a specific spellcasting class, like Level 20 Druid. It can be both simple if needed, but I can also look up what a 20th level druid can do if I want some more complexity. The monsters that suffer the most are legendary spellcasters like Vecna or Tasha. Of course, the yop results when you try to look them up are people who also weren't fans of the change, and so made their own statblocks, and honestly some are pretty great, AND I can simply choose the one I like the most, or get inspired and make my own. That is why despite everything, no matter what WotC does, I still love the game for its community.

I made it. Thank you for your input. I've been playing Pathfinder since 2016, but D&D 3rd edition was my first dive into the tabletop gaming scene. In a few years since, I found that Pathfinder (and the friends I've made since who also play) was the system for me. D&D is not a terrible system. It's not for me, but I appreciate how easy it was for people to find their niche in it. My main problem came when the Magic: the Gathering community had their anger reach my ears. After War of the Spark (admittedly I wasn't particularly tethered to the game anyway) I gave up on the game seemingly because I saw that WotC cared about that product less and less. Over the next couple of years anytime I heard something about WotC it was claims about terrible business practices and other hot topics, some of which were debunked. Racial discrimination towards their writers, the whole proxy special bs, and my personal dislike for cards and mechanics they were printing that I just could not wrap my head around. After the OGL announcement, and researching what that meant, it was clear to me WotC was being a bully trying to take advantage of the success from others. I refuse to forgive them, and I quietly do it by not giving them a penny from my wallet. Sadly, I've also sworn off buying 3rd party publishings for 5e because it endorses the game made by a company that bullies its own customers. That being said, I still play 5e with friends when invited. I make it known I will not buy anything, but will happily use materials that are free or else supplements I do not have to pay for. I sadly cannot keep up with players who know everything inside and out, but I have fun showing off even the core foundation of a basic character. Human Fighter (cavalier) is my current one and I'm having a lot of fun! I don't like hearing people getting betrayed and backstabbed on a game they made a living with. But it gets to a point I just gotta let them lie in the bed they made. For whatever reason D&D remains as your favored game, I'm simply happy you found a game that's fun. Everyone's preferences differ, and I respect the separation players are making between D&D and WotC. (Have fun reading THAT! 😂 Wow, I got way too into it. Lol TL;DR - Not a D&D player, no hate towards D&D, I just despise WotC.)

I made it. Though, sometimes it has felt like I haven't somehow. Dungeons & Dragons has always been an escape for me, an escape from reality. An escape from a middle school where I would get bullied. An escape where I could be a strong, powerful character that could overcome anything through sheer power, adapt to any situation, optimized to perfection. Of course, back in 7th grade when I stumbled upon my friends playing D&D in one of the hallways at my Middle School, I didn't know what D&D or optimization was. And before you ask, yes, I am one of "those" optimizers who like building absurdly powerful characters and who whines about the Martial-Spellcaster gap. Honestly, I don't know why. I've always just liked the idea of being efficient, being powerful. I've always enjoyed a power fantasy. Maybe it has something to do with me getting bullied, who knows. Well, eventually I play an in-person game with one of my friends at the time, his younger brother, and their father as the DM. In retrospective, it was a good game, but we weren't the best to one another in that group. We would yell at each other, get angry. The DM was bossy at times. Yet, I had fun. I played a Paladin, I enjoyed fighting monsters and slaying dragons. I didn't really know how to "roleplay" at all, how could I? I was a socially awkward kid with anger issues and ADHD who got bullied regularly. Then COVID hit, and that game died, and I went to High School. Left with nothing but the memories of that game and confirmation that it was never coming back, I ended up hosting my own games online with my friends. And to be honest? I did a rather poor job all things considered. Maybe it was because the only part of D&D I truly knew was combat. Maybe it was because the whole group was, all in all, rather dysfunctional. Maybe it was because it was my first time DM'ing and my only experience with other DM's were rather controlling DM's, who knows. At the end of the day, I ended up hosting meatgrinder campaigns with practically zero roleplay with my friends at the time, until that group collapsed during a frankly terrible level 20 one-shot I tried to run, where I got mad and snapped at my players and declared that I would "never DM for this group again!" I would later apologize a few years later to some of my players from that one-shot who I still had contact with. The space between 2022 and 2023 was a fairly dead year in regards to how much I hosted and played D&D. I was increasingly grappling with the fact that I was becoming the dreaded "Forever DM," which I wasn't sure how I felt about. I would eventually start up a new group, which I still play with to this day. First I tried hosting a homebrew campaign in the Eberron setting, which was still rather combat-heavy, and not my finest work. Then, one of my players tried DM'ing Lost Mines of Phandelver, which fell apart due to scheduling issues at the time, but was, in retrospective, a much-needed break for me. Once we got our schedules under control, I tried forcing myself to host a modified version of the Baldur's Gate: Descent Into Avernus module. It was honestly my best job DM'ing yet, but the burnout was quickly becoming unbearable, and strained due to scheduling conflicts forcing me to look over the same material again and again. Eventually, I broke, and told my players that I was burnt out, and asked them to try hosting instead. Following that, we did what half the D&D community seems to recommend nowadays and tried some other systems. Not Pathfinder though, but we did try Monster of the Week and Dark Heresy. But those were even more plagued with scheduling issues, as three members of our group (including me) took drama classes and did plays outside of school, kneecapping the time we had available to play. Then finals and tests showed their ugly face, and eventually after running one full two-shot of Monster of the Week, and one session of Dark Heresy, we reach the month of May 2024, and I start thinking about hosting D&D again. But this time, I wanted to do it right. Then, I spent all of May procrastinating and doing nothing, mainly because scheduling issues and AP tests were doing their thing again. Eventually, however, I made a huge feedback form for my players. I asked them countless questions which were essentially me trying to figure out everything "wrong" I was doing when running D&D. And do you know what I got in response? The vast majority of those questions got zero responses. None. The more important ones did get answered, of course, like "How focused on RP do you want the new campaign to be?" "Homebrew or Module?" etc., etc., but the majority did not get answered. As I found out, they didn't need to be, because my players did not secretly hate me. It made me feel like I was finally a "good" DM. Though even then, I still had my doubts of my abilites. Then this video popped up in my recommended. I've been watching your channel for so many years now that I forget how long it has been since I first subscribed. I thought this video would be a rant of some kind. But, it wasn't. So I kept watching. And watching. And watched to the end. And somehow, come the other side of it, I felt confident about my DM'ing abilities again. Honestly, I don't even know how. Maybe it was this small bit of sanity coming from a community that has felt like its gone insane over the past few years that finally made me take a step back and look at everything over again. In retrospective, none of my players would have stuck with me for so long if they weren't having fun. Even back in those low-quality meatgrinder campaigns from COVID, my group at the time was having fun. It didn't matter whatever kind of D&D 5e we played, just that we had fun. And somehow, that one epiphany made me feel like I was a good DM, or at least one that my friends enjoyed playing with. I made it. To be honest, I did not plan on making this comment this long. If you really have read this to the end, thank you. Where I am going from here, I don't fully know. I'm writing up and planning a new homebrew campaign with my friends, and for the first time I am finding out just how difficult it is to write a whole new setting all on your own. Soon I'm going to be heading off to college, and scheduling issues will probably continue to torment my group until the end of time. Despite all that though, we're having fun, and I hope you are having fun as well, and succeeding in all your endeavors. But with that, I do fear this comment has become long enough, and this is where I must get off.

I made it. But I also left the game about a year ago. My group and I left for greener pastures and haven't really looked back.

@noabsolutelynot4587

19 күн бұрын

out of curiosity, what have you been playing since

I made it, I started with the community, I watched you and Dingo doodles (Fools gold) who got me into d&d. I think something about the classes and spells resonated with me. I had known about d&d for a long time, always wanted to play it but never wanting to read the books or dm a game for my friends who also had no idea how to play the game. Getting into the community meant I learned a few of the rules and had fun doing it. I slowly learned about roll 20, picked up how to use the platform, then started playing d&d with a group, who taught me how combat worked. Now I dm a most homebrew campaign and (Well I am- still very much here- in the community) I still enjoy d&d. Regardless of the new edition, regardless of what ever WOTC says, regardless of what anyone says to me about critical roll or pathfinder or what ever other table top game exists. I am aware the d&d is a broken mess of a system, I am aware that we don't have as many spells as pathfinder, I am aware that a lot of homebrew is compatible with other table top games....although I am aware d&d is a rough, broken mess (Opportunity attacks and Flanking make it so you always want to be with 5ft of your enemy, then with surroned you got a whole new mess.) but- I think I will continue playing my broken little mess of game...because at this point it is my broken little mess of a game. I love it's flaws, and I'll be sad to watch people from the d&d community slowly leave to go to other things (it's just going to happen) I'll keep watching the old videos and endlessly being thankful for how I got here. TLDR: I never asked for a good game, I asked for d&d. :D

I made it. sometimes it feels like the kind of game I enjoy to playis impossible, I enjoy rivviting stratigic combat and deep immersive roleplay, I enjoy crunchy realistic traveling where rations are checked and water is measured, I enjoy more player focused, XP driven, and downtime focused game where the players can make an impact in the world and shape it with their actions. I really dive deep into the game and feel its depth, both in its limitations and vastness. The Creativity is really what I desire in a game, DND is just the canvas, and my character is just the brush. Weather or not people change to the "new" OneDnD rules or call it 6e, I'm still going to be marking the game as my creative outlet ...until I find a group to actually play in 😅

I made it. I plan on making a dnd book someday, but i’m afraid that once i finish it, everybody will have already moved on. I already got two full homebrew classes, each with more subclasses than clerics. I am also making a third one, which will have just four(maybe more If i get some new ideas). I created mechanics for the setting and i got the idea for the adventure with multiple routes.

honestly, i think of it as a separating the art from the artist thing, i enjoy the game itself, the game is going to be there no matter what hasbro tries to do with it, as long as people stil enjoy playing it

What D&D class is the getting over it guy?

@Skeleton52925

17 күн бұрын

Barbarian

I've made it. I value the passion of D&D's fans, but I have a lot of gripes with the actual system itself. It's incredibly obvious that D&D 5e could not be what it is today without the creativity and passion of its fans. My group and I prefer a system that does a lot of work for the players not the other way around so we switched. D&D players are still my compatriots and I hope they have fantastic adventures. One day, everything ends, so whatever brings people their happiness and doesn't harm others is a beautiful thing.

I made it. Right now I am wanting to explore more systems but that isn’t out of a hatred or thinking D&D is boring or anything. I truly believe it’s the perfect rpg for new players and I can’t imagine having as well a grasp on other systems without my background from this game. I’m running like a super homebrewed and crazy version of 5E atm with my friends while some of my other friends run other systems and have been having a blast. 5E is such a free and malleable system. That’s its main appeal to me, so it’s hard to break away from that and imagine something more rules heavy or rules light but I do think overall it’ll make me love the other systems and D&D itself more.

I made it. As someone who doesn’t play pathfinder and has no interest in ever playing pathfinder, calling people recommending it “selfish” and “wrong” seems like a weird overstep here. They clearly prioritize a different aspect of the game than you, but I don’t see how their perspective on what DnD players frustrated with the system might enjoy is any less valuable. Sure, there may be less people interested in that crunchy combat aspect than there are interested in systems made for in depth roleplay, but both types still exist. It’s no less fundamentally incorrect than recommending something like Burning Wheel, or a third party 5e supplement.

@BlaineSimple

18 күн бұрын

The issue is entirely on how the argument is presented that Pathfinder is superior, and not in any other way. To explain, the bluntness of that segment imitates how it feels to see "just play pathfinder instead" as a comment on every video that discusses the rules of D&D in any critical way.

@DGenHero

11 күн бұрын

​@BlaineSimple Then you illustrated that specific concern in a very unproductive way. You made a blanket statement that villanized that community.

@marimbaguy715

4 сағат бұрын

​@@DGenHero "You made a blanket statement that villanized that community." His point is that's what it feels like to enjoy D&D and see "Pathfinder fixes this" in every comment section discussing D&D. If that comment made you feel bad for being part of the Pathfinder community, imagine reading that comment every single day and you'll have an idea of what it's like to participate in D&D online discourse as a fan of D&D right now.

(I Made it). Being able to immerse oneself into a game that doesn't require a console or a Steam account has always been a draw. The modern age of DnD, especially with all of the fun storytelling that KZread creators make, really has shown a light unto what the typical "gamer" is. My partner has embraced this. We have allowed this to enter our lives (at a rather late stage tbh) and we enjoy it. We don't live it, if that means anything, but we will spend time doing it. We both could walk away at any moment and replace that time with some other projects, so we aren't married to gaming. Because of that, we really don't care what politics and brew-ha-ha that arises (I used to be an EVE Online pilot back in the day, so I DO know what drama can be). It is what WE make of it, not you or Wizards or any other person does. The books exist, they don't magically disappear. We will continue doing what we like at our level, be damned at what the macro level is doing. We do hope that Creators like yourself continue to do what YOU want to do, and that it aligns with what WE like, and we both are happy...-Cheers-

@BlaineSimple

19 күн бұрын

cheers!

I made it ❤ Thank you for putting this together Blaine. This style of video was nice to see. I've got a complicated relationship with D&D. Originally I fell in love with it as a player, but soon I couldn't help but take the DM chair. And it really was a fun trip. I met a lot of people, learned a lot about myself in the process. An unfortunate thing I learned is how much of an all-consuming thing it can be. Especially if you're letting other people's expectations control you. D&D helped me learn the difference between good friends and good players and even people who just use you for their amusement. Always speak up about how you're feeling, and if you don't want to run a game then don't. TL:DR If you're going to share a passion with other people, make sure they can respect your boundaries.

I made it. I'm glad I did. Felt great listening to you express all these thoughts and feelings about the premise of rpg's, d&d's ubiquity, and the community as a whole. Made me think back on my relation to rpg's. As much as I love it in premise, it can be hard to get into it with so many hurdles involving social interactions and rules that don't match what people want out of their experience. I found that even if I'm not gonna play a perfect game of "d&d", a game where my siblings simply say what they do, roll a d20, and we go off of both the roll and vibes of the time is more than enough. I hope everyone is able to enjoy whatever their version of this is. Hope y'all have a great day.

I made it, and have felt much the same as you in regards to switching to D&D derivative systems. Sure, I play Savage Worlds and PTU, but I've never really felt that those games were for me. Why hop off 5e when I still have so many stories to tell?

I made it. As somebody who saw the rise of 5e in real time and who lived through 4e's edition wars, there is something bizarre about seeing the struggles of the TTRPG community play out on a scale I couldn't have imagined in my youth. The stakes are different, the reasons for dispute muddied by a thousand social and economic factors heaped on the unstable foundation of personal perspective and struggles for belonging and community. One thing that I will say this video helped me with is coming to terms with how my method of playing RPGs is just as valid as anyone else's despite its obscurity. My game of choice is a version of Pathfinder 1e that is heavily modified by dozens of 3rd-party books and subsystems, many of which I have written myself (most are tied to Spheres of Power, which I highly encourage folks to try if they want more robust and dynamic engagement with magic). What I have at my table won't be emulated by folks who play 5e or Pathfinder 2e or MCDM or any other game, and that's fine. Something else that I would like to say to the players and DMs among you is to just try climbing some of the other mountains. Check out an odd game at a convention or LGS and read through its rules, maybe try a oneshot. Those sorts of experiments have been among my most rewarding times with RPGs, and I have fond memories of sitting down to a system I knew nothing about and exploring its wonders bit by bit.

I made it. I’m not really sure on my thoughts on the new PHB, but I imagine I’ll get a more solid idea once I actually can read it for myself. Thus far, I’ve kinda adopted the attitude of “ignore people’s opinion” around controversy in the D&D community, because often the most vitriolic and “play Pathfinder”-esque people are the loudest. Though I’m still not supporting Hasbro whatsoever. I’ve found that I’ve gotten more interested in online homebrew, particularly a document called the Warrior’s Codex that adds a lot of complexity to martials. I’m interested in seeing if it’s backwards compatible with the new rules, but it might be a bit overtuned. In any case, I’m actually decently excited for what the new monster manual may look like given they said they’re gonna rethink CR.

I made it! I recently returned to playing TTRPG's (I was one of those old paper and pen D&D'ers back in the days of 2e) and have been pretty disillusioned about how WOTC has been treating the game I used to love. What's interesting also to me is the comments about community - I've been researching and contemplating writing a book about fandoms (there's fandom scientists out there!) and it's interesting for me to see the same sorts of things at play in the D&D fandom as I've seen in others. Anyway, thanks for the measured video and perspective - I love that you used Getting Over It as the 'backdrop.'

I made it. I’ve been thinking about quitting the hobby entirely over the past week, no more playing, no more DMing, no more creating. All gone… of course I’ve had similar thoughts of not wanting to play anymore but it was only recently that the thought of throwing everything away was so exciting and made me really happy. That being said it’s honestly really scary to think about just ending and deleting my campaign, I want to tell that story and I want to spend time with friends, I’ve put so much time into this hobby that ending it feels like a sunk cost fallacy, I still have ideas that I want to share with my friends. I don’t feel like it’s all bad, that it’s complicated, that there’s enough malice to relish the idea of being done with it all but still a sense of hope and optimism for the future I was hoping this video would help with the process but it could never be quite that simple, still it’s nice hearing someone talk about DnD like this

@BlaineSimple

19 күн бұрын

Curious as to why you feel like you should end your time with the hobby? Any reason in particular?

@freezeburn9875

16 күн бұрын

Honestly it just so so easy to burn out with it especially with weekly sessions and having to prep with all of them as well as also generally having to put so much time and effort into my player characters too, ultimately the hobby as a whole takes so much more commitment than video games or just passing the time watching KZread. It’s so conflicting because I genuinely do love roleplay and I 100% have faith that I can make a fun game and an interesting world for my players, it’s also been a really large part of my life for the past 5 years so I want to be able to really find that joy I had when I was new. Overall it’s just really really exhausting and I don’t really know if a hiatus from my campaigns or anything would even fix anything because I’d mostly likely burn out again a week after that hiatus ends anyway. Anyway I’m giving it a month long break to hopefully work things out, thanks for asking ❤

@davlew6

11 күн бұрын

Sorry to hear this, I had a similar burn out a long while back. I had to switch to DM a session every 2 weeks and it helped me out a lot. It gave me time to sit with ideas and get prep done without feeling rushed week after week. I used to be an over prepper and get super anxious before sessions when I first started DMing, and I had to learn to try to improvise more. Also sometimes you can just turn some creation ideas to your players and they can make the lore/background part for you. Hope this helps

I made it. Truth is, there is no perfect, one size fits all fantasy game, and there never will be. It's time to move past the judgment and let people like what they like

*Falls halfway down the furniture section* Blaine: "It really means a lot to me that you've come this far." Perfection. 👌

I made it. I deeply love my D&D games, especially the ones I DM in. It's my deepest expression of creativity, love and gratitude, every week i try to put on the best story I can for the people I care the most about. And I'm lucky to be rewarded with 5 of the best players in the galaxy. Before I started seriously DMing, I was much more active in the community, watching tutorials or D&D news, reading the latest books, asking for advice in discord and then feeling shut down when someone shames me for asking too simple a question. But that all fell to the wayside when I started DMing, because now my limited time I have for this hobby I want to spend on crafting my narrative instead of arguing over the latest drama or whatever. I certainly got my money's worth out of the books I bought from WotC, but I don't need to support them further unless they truly come up with something special. 5e works exactly how I need it to for my games to run. It's a mechanical set of rules that are there if and when I need to leverage them, but most of our time in games is storytelling. There are plenty of games that intrigue me(Like Heart/Spire from RRD) that inspire me to tell different stories, but D&D is the one that I keep coming back to for my world. I love that this community has so much to offer in terms of Homebrew, actual play, third party content etc, and I'd want to see that for any system that I would want to switch to from D&D. But sadly, what I've seen from those other systems is mainly an arrogance that they are not D&D. I'll keep on telling my stories in 5e, and wishing WotC would find a better method for encounter balancing than CR, for the forseeable future.

I made it Much like any other fandom or subreddit or discord, the worst part of a community is always the most vocal. My friends and I all play 5th edition, but none of us are even remotely interested in what Wizards are coming out with for 2024. Will we switch to another system? Probably not. There's so much third party 5th Edition content that we could probably play forever, and the creators of that deserve our money more than Hasbro does.

[I made it] when I was like, 13 I had no idea what d&d was until I was introduced by a freind I only know for a couple months, they introduced me to dnd via discord where I would play it online in one of those weird setups... I had no idea what the rules were, and the dm was making up the rules as we went along. It was fun at the start until the dm went crazy and doing these "resets" and everyone got tired of the dm... I'm 18 now and love dnd and been trying to play it despite me living rural area. My grandparents hate the game calling it "dungeons and demons" yet I got three books that they don't know about... not sure why I wanted to share this. I just wanted to say that I'll probably never stop trying to learn about the game

@BlaineSimple

19 күн бұрын

Hope you are able to keep enjoying it, and sorry to hear

I made it The last two years or so have been quite a journey for me. I had grown really unhappy with DnD over time, despite the fact that I had started playing it with such enthusiasm and whimsy just a couple of years before that point And then the whole hoopla on January 2023 happened, and it made me take a hard look at myself, and what was around, and the problem really became clear - the problem wasn’t that I didn’t enjoy the fun and creative roleplay and storytelling with my friends anymore, but it really was that the rules and the game itself just weren’t calling to me anymore, because they really matter - a lot, even! The event in January was the catalyst for me to look into different games, I gave Pathfinder a try, I fell in love with it, and I swapped wholesale with my friends. We just took our stories and our beloved characters and we just…converted it, and it worked really well for us. In a lot of ways, the ways we played dnd already aligned with pathfinder. This ended up meaning that we had both fun and engaging roleplay, and also combat that really satisfied all the people in our table who were more combat-oriented (me especially) So in the end…it really made me realize that I never really liked dnd all that much. I just enjoyed my friends, I played 5e because that’s what they were playing, but now we do something different, and we even do different other systems for other types of games (cyberpunk and delta green, for example), and it’s really what works for us You feel DnD is close to perfect, and I think that’s perfectly valid. How you feel matters, and I think that we just coexist fine as just people who want to share beautiful stories with our friends. That’s what matters, isn’t it? I never was active in the dnd community, and I stopped following after I left around January last year. I’m saddened to hear that things haven’t stopped, and I honestly hope it settles - because you guys deserve better. I might not be in this community anymore, but I do wish you all the very best

I made it, and respectfully disagree a tad with some of these points. I’ve seen plenty of videos that I expected would me more than drama being just that, with disastrous comment sections to boot, but at risk of outing myself as having been unobservant or offline during the worst of it most of what I saw was drawing attention towards corporate problems more than fearmongering or rage-baiting. Perhaps I was lucky enough to avoid the bad apples though. I have had plenty of moments where I would voice an opinion on or around D&D and face some extreme and bizarrely pointed bad faith arguments, and am by no means pretending like online discourse has been pleasant simply because I haven’t experienced the worst of it. And I find my interest in reading someone’s advice drops when the bulk of it boils to little more than “Play Pathfinder” or “Abandon D&D”, but I think it bears mention that glueing yourself to 5e by the hip robs you of top some rather worthwhile systems that are absolutethly worth your time. I started with 5e after years of growing up in nerd culture that gave me plenty of expectations on what it would be, and it was a good mixture of easy to learn with some light crunch and gave plenty of breathing room. As someone who now runs a group at the school I work at for nerds very much like I was, I **started** them with 5e, before asking how they felt about trying other games that I had learned. Learning systems like Chronicles of Darkness or Mutants & Masterminds isn’t easy, but 5e hardly was either. Especially without any other TTRPG experience, but I was willing and able to help them in learning whatever system they wanted to try and doing my job as Gamemaster to make the game what we as a group wanted it to be. I made sure they knew the rules and mentioned tools they can and should use like 5etools for D&D or CompCon for Lancer, and I’ve seen many students who started with D&D move on to start a Lancer group, or run their own games of 5e, or whatever weird systems they find and tell me about before I look it up myself. While 5e is hardly the worst system to exist simply because it’s creators are flawed, I would the common notions of it are heavily flawed. It’s toted as a good entry point for newcomers because people have entire chapters memorized and can recall rule for things like grappling immediately. This isn’t invalid, but there are systems that are lighter on the rules (or forego them entirely) that can be and usually are a better initial experience for tabletop gaming than the wall of math that I’ve seen many people across multiple groups see it as. 5e not being simple is hardly a bad thing, were it simpler I think it would be much worse, but things like hit dice and expertise can be another straw in a pile that starts quite large at level 1. I would consider myself a part of the D&D community, given I’m running a game a week of it and hombrewing things just as often, and have definitely noticed a palpable change. But no matter what change may come, D&D has always at its core been about the same thing as any other game: The stories you tell with the people you play with, and all the myriad ways people enjoy telling them.