Handbooker Helper: Dice 101

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Marisha Ray teaches us all about polyhedral dice in this kickoff episode of our new D&D Player's Handbook tutorial series: Handbooker Helper.
Featuring doodles by our friend Wendy: / wendydoodles
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  • @mavoc3094
    @mavoc30945 жыл бұрын

    An episode about dice without a cameo from Laura Bailey just feels wrong.

  • @brycelloyd3592

    @brycelloyd3592

    5 жыл бұрын

    She's busy teaching Ronan about them.. from afar.. because choking hazard.

  • @Soter94

    @Soter94

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ye, they missed the whole "dice jail" part of the gameplay!

  • @megatennepster3833

    @megatennepster3833

    5 жыл бұрын

    Naw fam, she is too busy excorcising the demons out her cursed dice

  • @mollymauktealeaf

    @mollymauktealeaf

    5 жыл бұрын

    At least they kept Wheaton away.

  • @alfredoromans1543

    @alfredoromans1543

    5 жыл бұрын

    It's about dice mechanics not dice hoarding 😁

  • @Pingviinimursu
    @Pingviinimursu3 жыл бұрын

    D20: "The die you'll be rolling the most" Rogues with sneak attack: X to doubt

  • @simardevsandhu6415

    @simardevsandhu6415

    3 жыл бұрын

    lol

  • @cipher0328

    @cipher0328

    3 жыл бұрын

    What dice do they use

  • @Pingviinimursu

    @Pingviinimursu

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@cipher0328 A d6. Every couple of levels rogues get an additional sneak attack die to scale their damage output with their level. In the end they have like 6 or 7 of them, and with good teamwork they can sneak attack almost every round.

  • @Ajehy

    @Ajehy

    3 жыл бұрын

    Also wizards/sorcerers with Fireball, Lightning Bolt, etc.. Upcasting those suckers can lead to crazy rolls, but the biggest is 9th level Meteor Swarm: 20d6 bludgeoning & 20d6 fire. That’s 40d6 in ONE SPELL! Better have a rolling app handy or this will turn into Warhammer.

  • @snakeinabox7220

    @snakeinabox7220

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Pingviinimursu it's half / rouge lv rounded up..... So at lv 20 they have a 10d6 sneek attack.... That's why asain subclass..... Just one shot Hill giants.....

  • @bowes98
    @bowes985 жыл бұрын

    Sam’s intro song though

  • @mrtodd1010

    @mrtodd1010

    5 жыл бұрын

    Right? i spit soda when it kicked in. LOL

  • @jonc.6046

    @jonc.6046

    5 жыл бұрын

    I laugh every time.

  • @jpumbaa1

    @jpumbaa1

    5 жыл бұрын

    You can't keep a good bard down for long.

  • @majestyc0359

    @majestyc0359

    5 жыл бұрын

    DING

  • @kei2kei

    @kei2kei

    5 жыл бұрын

    I love the DING at the end. It feels so SCANLAN!!!

  • @CriticalGeminiHero
    @CriticalGeminiHero5 жыл бұрын

    What a great start! I'd love to know who does all the cute doodles :)

  • @criticalrole

    @criticalrole

    5 жыл бұрын

    Those are drawn by our friend WendyDoodles (link in the description above to her Twitter)!

  • @jonyleo500

    @jonyleo500

    5 жыл бұрын

    here was I thinking it was Jester... should have known from the lack of penises.

  • @CriticalGeminiHero

    @CriticalGeminiHero

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@criticalrole Thank You!!! Keep up the great work, I'll be sharing this series with my family so we can play :)

  • @jasonpbass

    @jasonpbass

    5 жыл бұрын

    ever need motion graphics? i'm available!

  • @knightzer0fy

    @knightzer0fy

    5 жыл бұрын

    hey duuude when is your next crack vid? been waiting for it for a while!

  • @somethingillremember
    @somethingillremember5 жыл бұрын

    How did you not use a picture of Sam Riegel for the charisma picture

  • @browncoatkevin

    @browncoatkevin

    5 жыл бұрын

    Maybe because one of Sam's current characters has 5 Charisma - nearly the polar opposite of both Scanlan and Sam.

  • @MJ-jd7rs
    @MJ-jd7rs5 жыл бұрын

    The irony is that Dungeons and Dragons doesn't actually involve that many dungeons or dragons.

  • @Desertpuma

    @Desertpuma

    5 жыл бұрын

    Actually it can involve a lot of dungeons depends on the style of your campaign. As for dragons, what level are you starting at? ... I've encountered a baby dragon at 1st level. it was guarding a bridge and demanded a toll to cross it.

  • @Basko234

    @Basko234

    5 жыл бұрын

    Someone forgot about the Chroma Conclave

  • @volatilesky

    @volatilesky

    5 жыл бұрын

    Are you sure you're doing it right?

  • @bluecliff03

    @bluecliff03

    5 жыл бұрын

    Correction most GOOD Dungeons and Dragons don't involve dungeons. Sometimes they involve dragons, but only for two dozen or so sessions.

  • @CelticRider84

    @CelticRider84

    5 жыл бұрын

    The Yawning Portal; nuff said.

  • @gabrielmendoza8316
    @gabrielmendoza83165 жыл бұрын

    “Stay Natural my friends.” Is going to be my new catch phrase haha.

  • @virtzilla

    @virtzilla

    5 жыл бұрын

    "I don't always roll dice. But when I do, it's usually a d20."

  • @theDMLair

    @theDMLair

    5 жыл бұрын

    Oh, yeah, same here. Hilarious. 😂

  • @justthegoals1344
    @justthegoals13445 жыл бұрын

    Marisha is such a good host, I know how the dice work but I still watched the whole video

  • @tonywilson5708

    @tonywilson5708

    5 жыл бұрын

    All 3 minutes? Wow, invested...

  • @probablythedm1669

    @probablythedm1669

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@tonywilson5708 I respect your sarcasm. Enjoy the addition of +1 to the number next to the like-button bellow your comment! Can't you just feel your self-worth just soar with that number? That is how much strangers who don't know you and will probaly never meet you like you. I'm told by younger people than myself that such things are very important and makes one feel good. So I hope my button press brought you the same happiness and brief joy that your comment gave me. Have a nice day, funny stranger! :)

  • @tonywilson5708

    @tonywilson5708

    5 жыл бұрын

    Alright then buddy...

  • @tonywilson5708

    @tonywilson5708

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'm just saying i wish that there was a bit more content to the episodes. I love Critical Role, i just had higher hopes.

  • @StormNightGaming

    @StormNightGaming

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@tonywilson5708 tbh though theyve aleays said these videos will be bitesize

  • @GraphicAnomaly
    @GraphicAnomaly5 жыл бұрын

    also a quick note: When reading a percentile die. Read the double digits first then the single digits. The result 70 and 3 = 73; a 00 and 1 = a 1; a 00 and 0 = a 100. I know weird, but it works. Think of it as a digital display that is only capable of showing you 2 digits at a time. since 100 is 3, you can only see the zeroes. :)

  • @koldrake2746

    @koldrake2746

    5 жыл бұрын

    Why isnt rolling a 90 + 10 not 100 rather than rolling 00 (= zero) + 0 ( = 10) suddenly becoming 100 instead of 10?

  • @GraphicAnomaly

    @GraphicAnomaly

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@koldrake2746 because they are digits and not added

  • @Evija3000

    @Evija3000

    5 жыл бұрын

    What would 90+10 be though?

  • @GraphicAnomaly

    @GraphicAnomaly

    5 жыл бұрын

    90 is the first digit and 10 is the second digit so reading it would be "90". 90+1 = 91, 90+2 = 92, 90+3 = 93, 90+4 = 94, 90+5 = 95, 90+6 = 96, 90+7 = 97, 90+8 = 98, 90+9 = 99. This way you can get all the digits in the 90s

  • @m_d1905

    @m_d1905

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@koldrake2746 I'm a bit after the fact, but it's place value. The 00-90 die is the 10s digit and the 1-10 is the ones digit. Yeah it's a bit funky but it will give you correct percentages.

  • @EmittOkondria
    @EmittOkondria5 жыл бұрын

    When you've played D&D since second grade but you still want to watch every episode of this.

  • @sirpj8382
    @sirpj83825 жыл бұрын

    "Some classes have some abillities that requires a percentage dice roll" Hellyeah! That's definetedly the sorcerer with the Wild magic suge!

  • @JirkaKunst

    @JirkaKunst

    5 жыл бұрын

    Clerics use it too with their Divine Intervention ability. Roll d% and if the result is equal or lower than your level, gods will help you in some major way. Can not think of any other use for d% tough.

  • @maitrecorbeau_gm

    @maitrecorbeau_gm

    3 жыл бұрын

    Loot !!

  • @Threll_Ignis
    @Threll_Ignis5 жыл бұрын

    This is a clear, concise, and interesting introduction to polyhedrals! Great first episode, I can't wait for more!

  • @rcschmidt668

    @rcschmidt668

    3 жыл бұрын

    Intro: Which damage die hurts worse? Rolling: d12 Stepping on it: d4

  • @Se7enYearItch
    @Se7enYearItch5 жыл бұрын

    The only thing I wish would have been touched upon, and maybe they will in a future episode, was the term Nat or Natural 20 / 1 and what that signifies. When I first started watching Critical Role I didn't really grasp the concept of Nat 20s and Nats until a few episodes in and didn't really understand the significance and why they got so excited or so down.

  • @CriticalGeminiHero

    @CriticalGeminiHero

    5 жыл бұрын

    She did say at the start that a 20 is the best and a 1 is the worst, but yeah I guess she didn't use the term natural which means only the number the dice rolled with no modifiers.

  • @Se7enYearItch

    @Se7enYearItch

    5 жыл бұрын

    I more meant that rolling a Natural 20 on attacks will give you a Crit or if you roll it when investigating something you might get more knowledge than if you rolled let's say a 15. Also let's say you roll a Natural 1 on an attack roll, your weapon might get stuck on a door or you could lose it all together if your DM is extra nasty.

  • @tighearndraiocht7555

    @tighearndraiocht7555

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hey Se7en, that is a great point. Natural 20s or Natural 1s (Criticals) can be a big deal and tough to understand why they are so great... or terrible. But you can cover that whole point in a short 3 minute video dedicated just to Criticals. Especially due to how they impact damage, overcoming difficult situations, etc. I am sure they can add a bunch of other explanations. But, it is great to mention the point as it might give them an idea for an episode that they didn't think about yet.

  • @Humble197

    @Humble197

    5 жыл бұрын

    you wouldnt bring that up since some dms dont even utilize them at all. This episode was just understanding dice.

  • @Floofffy.

    @Floofffy.

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yup same, was JUST about to write that

  • @Kill3rR0s3
    @Kill3rR0s35 жыл бұрын

    Real life Bard, Sam Riegel will one day kill me with laughter from his jingles, I swear. Also I’ve been avoided the percentage die for a while now good to know what it actually does finally 😂

  • @SebiStr99
    @SebiStr995 жыл бұрын

    "Now, how about the 6 other dice?" me: *counts dice*.... wait what? d4, d6, d8, d10, d12... that's only 5!?! later in the video: "... it's a percentile die." me: oh well....

  • @Terahnee

    @Terahnee

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hah, I was doing the same thing. (counts) that's 5... .>. Oooooh, right. Percentile die.

  • @jpumbaa1

    @jpumbaa1

    5 жыл бұрын

    You have to use those occasionally in my campaigns. You have a 1% of spontaneous combustion every now and then.

  • @Cyrribrae

    @Cyrribrae

    5 жыл бұрын

    Can someone explain to me, who has never touched D&D, why a percentile die is necessary? Why don't you just roll two d10s?

  • @jpumbaa1

    @jpumbaa1

    5 жыл бұрын

    You can, and many do. But with the percentile die it's a lot easier to remember which one is the tens place...and harder to lie about which is which.

  • @KickyFut

    @KickyFut

    5 жыл бұрын

    Otherwise you have to declare beforehand one of the D10's as the tens die... A bit of a pain.😅

  • @Azuremane
    @Azuremane5 жыл бұрын

    Is that Bigby's Hand on the title graphic? ;-)

  • @cxfxcdude

    @cxfxcdude

    5 жыл бұрын

    Every1Talks The one and only

  • @WadeWilsonKPop

    @WadeWilsonKPop

    5 жыл бұрын

    That's kind of a reach... around.

  • @theDMLair

    @theDMLair

    5 жыл бұрын

    That's what I'm thinking. Either Bigby's Hand or Scanlan's Hand.

  • @liammckenney6792

    @liammckenney6792

    4 жыл бұрын

    Or Mage Hand.

  • @BecauseOfDragons
    @BecauseOfDragons5 жыл бұрын

    Neat video - I've got some friends playing for the first time this weekend and I shall be forwarding this onto them so that they know a bit more about the dice they're rolling :)

  • @CALEDONIAisInMyVeins
    @CALEDONIAisInMyVeins5 жыл бұрын

    "Stay Natural, my friends." Hmmm, I like it. It has potential.

  • @ssoperific580

    @ssoperific580

    5 жыл бұрын

    Without explaining what that means it falls flat. Nat 20/Nat 1s were not even mentioned.

  • @Supernovagirl69
    @Supernovagirl695 жыл бұрын

    I am so looking forward to this series. I have a friend who has been wanting to dip their toe into the D&D waters but had been nervous. This is perfect for them. Also, another one of Sam's jingles that is going to be permanently stuck in my head forever. I'm only wondering what useful knowledge is being pushed out to make room for the jingles, lol 😂

  • @Supernovagirl69

    @Supernovagirl69

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Jean-François Mongrain And here I was thinking I was the only one who did that! 😂 High five!!!!

  • @EthalaRide
    @EthalaRide5 жыл бұрын

    I remember the first time I rolled a percentage die in-game and not just for an "Okay you'll start the game with a wonderous item, roll to see what you get" kind of thing. We were in a town were weapons were banned so we turned them in at the gate and later the town was invaded by hobgoblins that stole the weapons from storage and started attacking people. We rolled a percentile die to see what kind of Loot they had, and if they had any of our weapons, and I rolled *00 0* I thought I was boned but it turns out the hobgoblin didn't just have one of my weapons like the other members of my party, BUT BOTH my quarterstaff and my dagger!

  • @thomascarpenter3967

    @thomascarpenter3967

    5 жыл бұрын

    So you rolled a ten?

  • @EthalaRide

    @EthalaRide

    5 жыл бұрын

    Dope! I didn't know that! I would have assumed 10 and 0 would be 100 but yeah, how you explained it makes sense! Thanks!

  • @thomascarpenter3967

    @thomascarpenter3967

    5 жыл бұрын

    I thought that the single digit 0 stood for 10 like when rolling 1d10 damage 0 is 10. Is this different with percentile checks?

  • @thomascarpenter3967

    @thomascarpenter3967

    5 жыл бұрын

    If 00+0 is 100 what is 01?

  • @valasafantastic1055

    @valasafantastic1055

    5 жыл бұрын

    Have been doing random percentile rolls in my current campaign for special random events and had 6 yes 6 natural 100 show up so many powerful special events have happened! No one can believe so many have showed up! I made an expanded chart now. And I’m only rolling once for every 2 days in campaign. Lower rolls are just lesser random encounters. But hey it’s been fun and the players actually love the random events so fate has chosen well!

  • @arkmann
    @arkmann5 жыл бұрын

    "Why didn't this pop up in my feed" (Unlisted) "Oh.... why?"

  • @ratpac_m

    @ratpac_m

    5 жыл бұрын

    It was 'pre-released' on SYFY, it'll probably be listed in a few hours.

  • @oOPPHOo

    @oOPPHOo

    5 жыл бұрын

    On Talks they said it would premiere 10am pacific time, which is in 10 minutes as of this comment. They also had an interview on Syfy to promote it which was released before that and perhaps accidentally links to the unlisted version of the video. I type slowly so expect the video to go public in 5 minutes.

  • @ratpac_m

    @ratpac_m

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ah, I haven't watched last night's Talks yet.

  • @sarahfischer4064
    @sarahfischer40645 жыл бұрын

    I am so excited for this series! I've never played D&D, only ever watched Critical Role, but I want to learn!

  • @ImaginaryJeremy
    @ImaginaryJeremy5 жыл бұрын

    Looking forward to this series! I think this will be really great for new players!

  • @deltaiczap
    @deltaiczap5 жыл бұрын

    This series couldn't have come at a more perfect time! I just found my first group and these videos are sure to be a godsend!

  • @creed1005
    @creed10054 жыл бұрын

    "Stay natural my friends" My heart!!!!! She's so precious!!!

  • @WilliamLWeaver
    @WilliamLWeaver5 жыл бұрын

    Fantastically awesome explanation. This is going to be EPIC! =]

  • @JurtEJ
    @JurtEJ5 жыл бұрын

    Just wanted to say, while I personally won't get a lot out of these videos, I think they're a great idea and this first one is very well shot, good audio, and great little doodles to help along. This'll be really helpful to some people I play with and my daughter one day when she's old enough to get into it!

  • @jclefbouncyrock
    @jclefbouncyrock5 жыл бұрын

    Very cool - nice production. Looking forward to whatever other shows you guys are working on!

  • @jacko7755
    @jacko77555 жыл бұрын

    Oh my god Sam, that theme song

  • @redvalkyrie84
    @redvalkyrie845 жыл бұрын

    OMG the “ding” at the end of the intro music - i died laughing. What brilliant intro music

  • @kareth117
    @kareth1175 жыл бұрын

    Love this. I'm so looking forward to saving this on a playlist and showing my group. Thanks!

  • @lawrencebarber8583
    @lawrencebarber85835 жыл бұрын

    Great start! Very entertaining as always and I hope this series continues for a long time!

  • @stormaggeden
    @stormaggeden5 жыл бұрын

    This was a really cute start to the series! Maybe I'll show my Mom and Sis and see how well they understand after this. (My secret goal is to eventual whittle them down so they actually play with me.)

  • @davidparkes7741

    @davidparkes7741

    Жыл бұрын

    Did they ever play with you??

  • @stormaggeden

    @stormaggeden

    Жыл бұрын

    @davidparkes7741 Yes actually! It was just one small game. And my Mom wasnt a fan. But my sister might play again someday!

  • @kennithweber2703
    @kennithweber27035 жыл бұрын

    Holy crap Marisha! That reached epic levels of cheese and awesome all in under four minutes!

  • @ChandlerLawsonPlays
    @ChandlerLawsonPlays5 жыл бұрын

    I love this. It is everything I needed in my life. Bless you, Handbooker Helper. Also, love the jingle.

  • @UnseelieSidhMor
    @UnseelieSidhMor5 жыл бұрын

    This was excellent Marisha! I've played D&D on and off for decades now and this bit was explained really well. Love Sam's vocals for the theme! Look forward to the rest.

  • @BiggySn1p3r
    @BiggySn1p3r5 жыл бұрын

    *DING*

  • @jeremycoleman2736
    @jeremycoleman27365 жыл бұрын

    Natural 20!

  • @KingAm0
    @KingAm05 жыл бұрын

    My summary of dice and their uses: D20: The one used for everything that isn’t combat or healing. The other ones: The ones used for combat and healing. Percentile: Wild Magic, some encounter/treasure charts, and the Maze Engine encounter.

  • @nickwilliams8302

    @nickwilliams8302

    5 жыл бұрын

    _Damage_ and/or healing. But I get what you meant.

  • @Andromeda7Music
    @Andromeda7Music5 жыл бұрын

    Awesome! I cant wait for more episodes. I feel like this series will evolve into valuable resource.

  • @The44thHour
    @The44thHour5 жыл бұрын

    This was really good! I'll totally save these to help explain things to new players. I usually roll a nat 1 on my explanations it feels like.

  • @Jesse0Lucas

    @Jesse0Lucas

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yea same here, it also helps it's only 3 minutes long and not 20 minutes like some other dnd explanations lol

  • @buboniccraig896
    @buboniccraig8964 жыл бұрын

    Percentage dice are "old dusty?" I think your referring to the d12.

  • @teosdytoast2462
    @teosdytoast24625 жыл бұрын

    This is awesome. Sending it to a few of my newer friends to help them with dice mechanics. Great video :-)

  • @clumsybookgirl13
    @clumsybookgirl135 жыл бұрын

    I’m so excited for this series!! It’s going to make explaining dnd to my friends so much easier and hopefully I’ll be able to dm my own game soon!!

  • @RatNuggins
    @RatNuggins5 жыл бұрын

    But Marisha Ray, how do you read the results of an enigmatic d100 when you DO use it?

  • @robbywings

    @robbywings

    5 жыл бұрын

    Brent Bolton - thought the same: For percentile dice you roll both dice and read the double number as the tens and the single as normal, for example if we rolled a 70 and a 4 then you have 74 (pretty easy hey!); But what about 00? Well that means zero tens and you only read the single dice and have gotten a score between 1-10. I realise you probably know but I'm putting this here for those that don't :)

  • @Finkeldinken

    @Finkeldinken

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@robbywings If you roll 00 + 0 is that zero or a hundred? And if it's zero how do you roll a 100? And of it's a 100 how do you roll a zero?

  • @emmote77

    @emmote77

    5 жыл бұрын

    In D&D, it pretty much always asks for 1-100 for the percentile. So 00+0 is considered 100. It's the special case.

  • @QemeH

    @QemeH

    5 жыл бұрын

    And you roll a zero just like you roll a zero with any other die... you don't ;)

  • @robbywings

    @robbywings

    5 жыл бұрын

    It depends on the game and DM's discretion whether the 0-00 equals 0 or 100 :)

  • @TrainerJodie
    @TrainerJodie5 жыл бұрын

    As much as this is a pretty decent start to a very promising series, I do think as a Dice 101 episode you left out a few things that will confuse new players. As has already been mentioned, you didn't explain nat 1s and nat 20s, which are a major part of almost every d20 based RPG and play a huge part in 5e specifically. Also, when explaining the percentile dice, you didn't explain how to read them, or that rolling a 00 and a 0 = 100, not 0, which is a really confusing aspect of percentile dice. It also would have been nice to see at least one example of what percentile dice are used for, like just mentioning the wild magic table would have given people a clear example of a percentile roll. Actually rolling some dice would have been nice too, just to, again, give a clear picture of how they are used. Like, in the healing example, you could have said, "For example, let say I'm casting a healing spell that heals 3d8 damage. I roll 3 8-sided dice and got a 3, a 5, and a 1. 3+5+1=9, so I did 9 points of healing." That would have been a concrete example that's easy to follow, but shows instead of just tells new players how things work which helps people who are visual learners. I also think you didn't really need to go into ability scores just yet, since you mentioned them without explanation and then specifically said you can't get into them right now. From a training perspective, that's something you don't want to do because it causes your trainees to focus on the idea that things are going to get even more complicated and can discourage and distract them from learning what you're trying to teach them. In a live training session it makes sense if one of your trainees asks about a subject, like ability scores, that you aren't ready to cover yet to answer them with a simple, "Right now we're focusing on this, but we'll definitely get to that later. One thing at a time." This shows them you're listening and that their question will be answered, but lets you refocus the group on the task at hand. In a situation like this where you completely control the conversation, things that you'll be covering in later episodes shouldn't even be mentioned unless it's a preview of the next episode type situation like, "Next time, we'll talk about Ability scores and how all those dice you now know about work with them!" Overall, I like this as the start to the series. I just don't want to see you guys fall into the pitfalls a lot of new trainers (and experienced ones from time to time) fall into, like jumping between subjects or moving forward before your trainees have mastered the first step. Great Job overall though!

  • @koldrake2746

    @koldrake2746

    5 жыл бұрын

    ? 00 0 = 100 ? the percentile die goes 00, 10, 20, 30... 80, 90 A roll of 00 is zero + whatever the d10 rolls, so you might get a 1- 10. (10 being the zero for this die) The way to 'roll 100' would actually be 90+0 = 90+(10) = 100 00 IS zero... so that if you rolled a 00 + 1... you might get a strength bonus of 18 (01) -- the value in the parenthesis can be 01 to 100).. which can push your strength into superhuman / giant strength levels of flexing.

  • @TrainerJodie

    @TrainerJodie

    5 жыл бұрын

    page 6 of the 5e PHB under the section entitled Game Dice, "Two 0s represent 100." and later on at the end of the paragraph, "Some ten-sided dice are numbered in tens (00, 10, 20, and so on), making it easier to distinguish the tens digit from the ones digit. In this case, a roll of 70 and 1 is 71, and 00 and 0 is 100."

  • @michaelsellers4788

    @michaelsellers4788

    5 жыл бұрын

    00 & 0 is 100. Percentile dice is ALWAYS between 1 and 100. It's why d100 dice were sometimes used.

  • @koldrake2746

    @koldrake2746

    5 жыл бұрын

    So.. roll a 00 = 100 and then roll the 'ones' die... we are looking at 101-110. This is why the book must sometimes be questioned.

  • @koldrake2746

    @koldrake2746

    5 жыл бұрын

    How do you roll the single digits if you eliminate the 'zero' tens? Using the example above.. you could only roll numbers from 11 to 110.

  • @johnnyhath
    @johnnyhath5 жыл бұрын

    Good, concise, informative, and I'd reckon helpful to boot. Nicely done.

  • @danjames4852
    @danjames48525 жыл бұрын

    Great start to the series!! I'm going to use this when introducing friends to D&D. It'd be awesome to have different members of the cast cover each of the different topics, e.g. Travis doing combat, Liam doing spell-casting etc... and maybe everyone could take a different class to introduce (not necessarily the ones they're known for)!

  • @dippy4514
    @dippy45145 жыл бұрын

    you didnt mention how to read the percentile. i racked my brain for quite a while before understanding that 00 0 is 100. it feels obvious now, but i use to think 10 0 made sense becausee it shows 100, or maybe 1 00.

  • @danieldurham5891

    @danieldurham5891

    5 жыл бұрын

    you aren't the only one to have thought that.

  • @theDMLair

    @theDMLair

    5 жыл бұрын

    Maybe we need to graduate 101 first, and then they talk about that in Dice 201?

  • @billjones3963
    @billjones39635 жыл бұрын

    I already know how to play, I just want to support Critical Role because they’re the best

  • @apocalypsehunter106
    @apocalypsehunter1065 жыл бұрын

    I'm so excited! I love the idea that I'll be able to just throw these videos at friends if I ever don't have a way to explain something. This was very well thought out, and straight-forward.

  • @OnePersonPast
    @OnePersonPast5 жыл бұрын

    Great first episode! I really hope this can help my overwhelmed friends decide to play D&D with me!

  • @kevins9205
    @kevins92055 жыл бұрын

    I don’t actually think this video needed an explanation for nat 20s and 1s. Auto hitting and auto missing can be covered in a combat episode, but that’s all nat ones and nat twenty’s do RAW.

  • @docnevyn5814

    @docnevyn5814

    5 жыл бұрын

    I agree with you. The extra effects on death saving throws (the only other place they apply) can be included if the series ever gets there.

  • @kevins9205

    @kevins9205

    5 жыл бұрын

    Doc Nevyn exactly. It just doesn’t feel like the place to delve into the those topics.

  • @mathsalot8099
    @mathsalot80995 жыл бұрын

    Can we have these with zero cussing? It seems like a great way to explain D&D to kids, and I'd love to show them, but I don't feel comfortable doing so with swearing in it. Even something as innocuous as "bad@$$" makes me uncomfortable sharing with my 7 year old.

  • @thewargodaries
    @thewargodaries5 жыл бұрын

    Great start to the series. We didn't have fancy percentile dice back in the 1980s. We used two different colored d10. Purple was the tens and Orange was the ones. Rolling two Zeros was a 100.

  • @danieldurham5891

    @danieldurham5891

    5 жыл бұрын

    I was taught to use a d10 and a d20 for percentile. the d10 being the first number(s) and the d20 being the second number

  • @lynds5815
    @lynds58155 жыл бұрын

    I'm so excited for this series! I just started a game with two friends who are completely new to the game, and I will be referring them to this as more episodes come out!

  • @rvb629
    @rvb6295 жыл бұрын

    I thought this show would have people knowledgable about d&d host, not someone who spent years only reading half of the spell descriptions

  • @ThatRandomGirlAndrea
    @ThatRandomGirlAndrea5 жыл бұрын

    What a lovely little show this is gonna be! Looking forward to seeing what they do with this!

  • @FlatFilms
    @FlatFilms5 жыл бұрын

    Love this! Can't wait for more!

  • @uninvincibleete
    @uninvincibleete5 жыл бұрын

    LOL THE DOODLE OF MATT IS SO PERFECT. I'm so glad you guys made this series, I can't wait for more!

  • @ellythia484
    @ellythia4845 жыл бұрын

    Really well done! Made me think back to when I started out and was clueless. A video series like this is great when you are trying to know the basics before a game. Critical Role is an awesome teacher, but this is a nice slow down and close up look at how things work. I like it. :-D

  • @stephaniehayley7766
    @stephaniehayley77665 жыл бұрын

    Very straightforward and helpful. Thank you!

  • @NaluhCastro
    @NaluhCastro5 жыл бұрын

    YAY! thank you, marisha, and thank you to everyone involved!! this is already so helpful!

  • @JSimonettiBryan
    @JSimonettiBryan5 жыл бұрын

    LOVE IT! Thanks so much!

  • @arthenrowansbay4425
    @arthenrowansbay44255 жыл бұрын

    This is great, even though I've played D&D for years, I'll still watch all episodes of *Handbooker Helper*

  • @jefftruchon7644
    @jefftruchon76445 жыл бұрын

    Great job with that first episode! A great start to what will be a fantastic series for beginners (or even a refresher for long time players)! Yay!

  • @Torbomonk
    @Torbomonk5 жыл бұрын

    very useful format, keep up the good work guys!

  • @ktswann406
    @ktswann4065 жыл бұрын

    Love it! Do we get to see each member of the cast, and maybe even guests, do future episodes?

  • @Quadraxis
    @Quadraxis5 жыл бұрын

    Great start on a new series. I remember back when I started playing and even the simple information Marisha just mentioned was complete astrophysics to me back then. I have a plan to run a game with someone new to D&D, so when we start up, these will be a great help.

  • @nope9732
    @nope97325 жыл бұрын

    I love the handbooker helper intro and outro. I'm completely only waiting for the *DING* at the end. Best part of it by far

  • @darkagesvampire6926
    @darkagesvampire69265 жыл бұрын

    Can`t wait to see 1000 more episodes of this series!

  • @aarons.watches
    @aarons.watches5 жыл бұрын

    Good job Marisha, this is really cool. Love the animation, and Sam's stereo jingle is really, er, um, ding-errific!

  • @Tarmachan
    @Tarmachan5 жыл бұрын

    I need to recommend later eps of this series to my gaming group, as they've just started out. They know the basics of dice, but I think they'll benefit from understanding more about some other stuff. This is a great series idea!

  • @tonywilson5708

    @tonywilson5708

    5 жыл бұрын

    At one 3 minute episode a week, your players will be waiting a looooooooonng time for explanation...

  • @Tarmachan

    @Tarmachan

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@tonywilson5708 well they already understand how to play more or less, but I know they only half understand some of the stuff about playing. Like they know things to play the character they have but sometimes don't get why a rule/mechanic is like it is. Does that make sense? They're still learning so I think these will help give context to some things they've been told are rules.

  • @tonywilson5708

    @tonywilson5708

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Tarmachan I have a pretty fresh group of players too, a couple of them never having played at all before. I was just hoping that there would be a bit more content to the episodes than 3 minutes a week. It's not like there is lack of material in the 5E PHB for several 10 minute episodes.

  • @Tarmachan

    @Tarmachan

    5 жыл бұрын

    I figure they're trying to make it less intimidating by doing small topics one at a time. And also if they do super short vids on one topic each time people don't have to trawl through ten minutes to find the one things they want to know about. I think it's a bit early to judge off of one ep, but I like it so far :)

  • @okashi10
    @okashi104 жыл бұрын

    My friends and I are all starting our first campaign next weekend, and we're all totally new to DnD (including our DM). These videos are so helpful! Thank you!

  • @RobertMcGovernTarasis
    @RobertMcGovernTarasis5 жыл бұрын

    Nice start to the series. I used to just roll the d10 twice for percentage rolls, rather than have a special extra dice. Only thing I might have touched on in the video, is just letting some know that one dice is a die, multiple are dice. I know various people who refer to 1 die as dice

  • @ssoperific580

    @ssoperific580

    5 жыл бұрын

    YES!

  • @kmcd6140
    @kmcd61405 жыл бұрын

    1 minor thing I would have liked to see is the method for percentile rolls when a decader (the patent name for the 2 digit d10's) isn't available. The 1 where you take 2 d10's that are distinctly different (usually different colors) and declare 1 "high", as in X10, and roll them together. Or rolling 1d10 twice for the X10 and singles digits. I know it can sound confusing, but they might not have a percentile/decader die. Save the d100, d3, and d30 for the "other stuff you don't actually need" episode.

  • @templar_1138

    @templar_1138

    5 жыл бұрын

    She was addressing the dice you will find in a standard set you can buy in a game shop.

  • @kmcd6140

    @kmcd6140

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@templar_1138 "standard" implies there is a common definition of what goes into a "set". Many games use different setups. Besides, many people start off with a la carte dice either given to them or pulled from bins. As I said, a minor point that I simply would have liked to see. These videos never cover 100% of the topic, and they should not be expected to do so.

  • @Malhaloc
    @Malhaloc5 жыл бұрын

    Love this already!

  • @GloriousBeardy
    @GloriousBeardy5 жыл бұрын

    Awesome. I already know a lot of the basics, but this was an excellent explanation for new players. I’m looking forward to other episodes that can help me fill in the gaps of my knowledge.

  • @krisbarski4226
    @krisbarski42265 жыл бұрын

    We used two different color d10 for percentile dice, declaring which color was the 10s column.

  • @nickwilliams8302

    @nickwilliams8302

    5 жыл бұрын

    Most dice sets these days contain two d10s, one of which is clearly meant to be the "10s column".

  • @hatfm
    @hatfm5 жыл бұрын

    Already loving this series

  • @cardboard-boxgames9308
    @cardboard-boxgames93085 жыл бұрын

    Everyone did a super good job putting this together! (especially Wendy)

  • @lanceoconnell4340
    @lanceoconnell43404 жыл бұрын

    I literally just wanted to hear that opening jingle again XD but stayed for the helpful content

  • @WayneMcCormick
    @WayneMcCormick5 жыл бұрын

    Love the jingle. Great episode too!

  • @Kul4s918
    @Kul4s9185 жыл бұрын

    Portuguese subtitles? JUST WOW. Brazilian here and I always thought I was a lone critter in this big country. Você que está legendando, estou orgulhoso! Planos para legendar os episódios? Se tiver, eu gostaria de contribuir!

  • @alexjohnston2734
    @alexjohnston27345 жыл бұрын

    Nice work! You might want to talk about how to read a percentile throw. I can't wait to see what you all come up with next!

  • @TheMummymc76
    @TheMummymc765 жыл бұрын

    I want another episode, waiting sucks. Love the bitesize help.

  • @julioc.toledo
    @julioc.toledo5 жыл бұрын

    I didn't know about the percentage die! Thank you! Nien! Love the little "diddy" (theme song?), btw.

  • @Ristro44
    @Ristro445 жыл бұрын

    The 'ding' at the end of the theme song gets me every time.Omg

  • @jayh8336
    @jayh83365 жыл бұрын

    I also recommend you test how well made your dice are. Get a glass of water with salt in it. The drop your dice in it and start rolling them around. If they’re poorly made then they will always prefer a certain number and the glass of water will make it easier to tell if they are are well made and truly random or if they are badly made and are a bit weighted.

  • @ijk7Seven
    @ijk7Seven3 жыл бұрын

    Finally, I can understand now all the stuff I've been watching for ages O.o Thanks

  • @GraveyardRomance
    @GraveyardRomance5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for explaining the percentage dice! I was always wondering the purpose.

  • @jonathanalvear8256

    @jonathanalvear8256

    5 жыл бұрын

    There aren't all that many uses for them, especially for players. Like the Druidic spell Reincarnate. And the Cleric ability Divine Intervention. DMs most likely will use them much more.

  • @evalynnscott9492
    @evalynnscott94923 жыл бұрын

    I love how both Mercer and Marisha do the little shoulder wiggle at the end of half their sentences in these

  • @jeremydriggers308
    @jeremydriggers3085 жыл бұрын

    Love it! Great job Marisha! :D

  • @GreekPackDragon
    @GreekPackDragon5 жыл бұрын

    Short, informative and entertaining. Marisha and company keep pumping out the great content. A+

  • @GobanShodan
    @GobanShodan5 жыл бұрын

    I've been playing D&D for years but I still watched this, good start to the series!

  • @MystWalkur
    @MystWalkur5 жыл бұрын

    This is exactly what I needed for my new players!

  • @Abelhawk
    @Abelhawk5 жыл бұрын

    Ha ha, I imagine there's eventually going to be links to other videos at the end, but seeing it empty like that is pretty funny. :D

  • @windwulfboi
    @windwulfboi5 жыл бұрын

    Good start!

  • @limors
    @limors5 жыл бұрын

    Omg, that theme is a thing of beauty. Loving the idea of this show! My only knowledge of how D&D actually works is form watching CR, and although I picked up a lot through watching it will be nice to get an official explanation of all the terms and things. Especially for the more complicated/not as common things!

  • @kostas5180
    @kostas51805 жыл бұрын

    I love it! Keep up the great work.

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