Check out Humblewood!: www.kickstarter.com/projects/hitpointpress/humblewood-campaign-setting-for-5e-dnd

@caseyc.8171

5 жыл бұрын

Please link the playlist, Cant find it on spotify

@nikitaszacharakis7004

5 жыл бұрын

I prepared my game by seeing this video

@bokerlong03

5 жыл бұрын

PLEASE XP, YOUR LOYAL FANS SEEK YOUR SOUNDS TO PAINT OUR TALES!

@MrBlutkeks

5 жыл бұрын

I fourth the question for thy music, XP!

@ironfire_4218

5 жыл бұрын

I too seek the sicked RPG beats.

Step 1: Regret Step 2: Profit

Played a one shot last night. It was 12:30 and out DM literally said: "I need to end this soon" then the giant grabs our druid and throws him in its mouth. Druid: "Okay, I transform into a blue whale" giant's head explodes. Campaign done.

@JhonnyD88

3 жыл бұрын

Soooo... Did the druid died for lack of breathable water?

@MrIzzy5466

3 жыл бұрын

@@JhonnyD88 whales breathe air...

@trallius1173

3 жыл бұрын

@@JhonnyD88 wha

@FalconOfStorms

3 жыл бұрын

@@JhonnyD88 Whales are mammals duder. Not fish.

@samjones7196

3 жыл бұрын

@@JhonnyD88 wales breathe air, they die on land because of their weight

Don't call yourself a dungeon master if you haven't eaten the DMG

@theblazingcrusader6322

5 жыл бұрын

What does one mean by eating them?

@deplorablemecoptera3024

5 жыл бұрын

The Blazing Crusader get out a fork and a knife, but no milk.

@fester5616

5 жыл бұрын

@@deplorablemecoptera3024 Never. Use. Milk. *Vietnam war flashbacks*

@arandomzoomer4837

4 жыл бұрын

@@deplorablemecoptera3024 Heavy cream is okay though, but you can't have more than a quarter of a cup, because a true DM eats the DMG with no liquid to wash it down.

@commandercaptain4664

3 жыл бұрын

But is it keto?

**LICH KILLS THE BABY INTENSIFIED**

2:44 he sat in silence doing random expressions for a solid 25 seconds. imagine some guy breaking into his house and seeing this man doing random crazy confused expressions at a camera

@sploofmcsterra4786

4 жыл бұрын

Naw he probs had his audio playing

The intro is just calling me out cuz I have a game to run tonight lol

@darkos1012

5 жыл бұрын

Good luck !

@eamartig

5 жыл бұрын

Me too

@dingochungis6814

5 жыл бұрын

AAAA I HAVE TO PREPARE FOR MY GAME TONIGHT AND I HAVE LIKE NOTHING READY

@mayodog2866

5 жыл бұрын

@@darkos1012 thanks! I took some time to plan a few things and my players had a blast.

@mayodog2866

5 жыл бұрын

@@dingochungis6814 I'm sure you'll do great!

I had a friend who wanted me to run the campaign but when the whole time he kept judging saying I was breaking the rules and stuff. And I knew it was wrong, but half of the players weren’t there for dnd they were there to play with their friends and since they were having fun and I was having fun I played a bit different especially since it was their first time. He sent me a bunch of your videos as well as the Matt Mercer guides, all of which I had studied beforehand. He obviously has not seen them all considering how you end this one “none of these rules matter as long as everyone is having fun”. I’ll remember that. Thank you(:

@lobiankk77

3 жыл бұрын

Ok

@alucard5841

3 жыл бұрын

your friend had what we call the matt mercer/critical role syndrome (not joking). in which the player wants their DnD game to be exactly like critical role.

@Mirekluk

3 жыл бұрын

Altough it is late, another great DM tips would be Matt Colville

Mama mia! Literally the second I needed it.

@fancyb.p.6122

5 жыл бұрын

Same here

@just_turt6546

5 жыл бұрын

same the night before

@kobecarbajal9733

5 жыл бұрын

Same

@chrisschmeitz1139

4 жыл бұрын

Same

@brooksbrigmon2533

4 жыл бұрын

Just_Turt Same lmbo. I usually prepare a week before, but I had a busy week this week lmbo.

Procrastination is awesome It lets me see how to get ready while not getting ready!

In my experience its best to prepare for a beginning and end to a session and have some ideas for what's gonna happen in between but not planned in a chronological order. Overall you will never be prepared for what your players actions.

@sploofmcsterra4786

4 жыл бұрын

I did that for my first few sessions, and they got about a fifth as far as I expected each time lmao

Having session zero of my first homebrew campaign tomorrow. Wish me luck, I need it.

@jaredbrothers1344

4 жыл бұрын

Gooooood luck, in the same spot

@timeguy6112

4 жыл бұрын

how's the campaign going?

@dylanenriguehuntington2908

3 жыл бұрын

Wow it's been a whole year since you have wrote this. Idk if you are still on youtube, but if you are, how is the campaign going?

@smartart6841

3 жыл бұрын

Howz the campaign going

@yigitsener5543

2 жыл бұрын

How is the %&!#'ing campaign going! We need answers!

2:30 ok, so why is the party fighting a Brass Dragon AND an Aboleth?!?

@kindacruise

4 жыл бұрын

that is a level one encounter, what do you mean?

@spamthetree3455

3 жыл бұрын

Plot twist: the Aboleth and Dragon are fighting each other and the PCs are involving themselves to convince the two creatures of the truth that there is a third party and greater foe that tricked them both into thinking the other was their enemy

I'm dming my first game tommorow and this comes out hahaha send help Edit: thanks for all the support, you guys! Edit 2: It went great! Thank you all for the support, I was pretty nervous until I read those.

@guildoftheskilled9952

5 жыл бұрын

jared bumblecrum good luck bro! Just say everything with confidence and make sure you understand the material and the rest will follow!

@fernandotorres749

5 жыл бұрын

I'm starting today(god help me)

@STARWARSMAN7000

5 жыл бұрын

Have a blast, I was nervous not too long ago when did mine not to long ago.

@ddDreaming

5 жыл бұрын

Good luck mate!! You got this.

@thenintendobros9918

5 жыл бұрын

Just have an understanding of the rules, a vague idea of what you want to do/run, AND TAKE A LIST OF NAMES OR A NAME GENERATOR

You remind me about 80% of a housemate of mine. Mannerisms, speech patterns and looks... It's freaking me out dude

@CritCrab

5 жыл бұрын

Your house mate is just a DMPC he made, she got a little bit lazy with the character design so yeah.

@sirianimates8973

4 жыл бұрын

CritCrab Hey, hi CritCrab! I watch your videos a lot dude!

@eamartig

4 жыл бұрын

CritCrab How TF do you not have a check-mark!?

@commandercaptain4664

3 жыл бұрын

80% housemate 20% Body Snatcher

Thanks for making this. I'm thinking of making a DnD club at my school next year!

@JayF2912

5 жыл бұрын

Do it. Bring your friends in. One of us One of US *One of us* *_ONE OF US_*

@cryw1092

5 жыл бұрын

That's a really good idea, actually. I know I enjoyed the DnD club at my college, and there were a lot of people joining it.

@eldrichhorrornya5933

5 жыл бұрын

What a coincidence! I’m planning on starting a DnD club at my school as well!

@ASDArtistry

4 жыл бұрын

I’m working on starting one

@dwitsell

2 жыл бұрын

As am I

God the timing on this video, I'm running a session today

FINALLY! I’ve been running the starter set over discord for some friends in another state. This’ll be helpful

@JayF2912

5 жыл бұрын

Lost mines? If so; *Nice*

@koboldbussymuncher7240

5 жыл бұрын

Hello fellow alphahead

Just wanted to say Thank You for being awesome. You are my favorite D&D channel and have helped me from my first time as a player to now starting as a DM and I absolutely love your story videos. Also your class videos are the BEST THING EVER.

Use click pencils Have sticky notes Have page marker sticky notes (come up with some sort of code to tell you what each tab have, unless your hand writing is small enough) Have a miniature whiteboard if you’re planning to have multiple but small encounters Don’t be afraid to spend a month writing out lore (Google world building tips for writers not just DM’s) HAVE A SESSION 0! (My very first campaign crashed and burned because I didn’t know that there were so many books and I didn’t know to tell my players to only include things from the basic players handbook) it helps to know your players backstory, it helps to know their stats ahead of time, and it helps to know whether your party is balanced. Come game time don’t be afraid to tell your players you’re not ready (although you can Google a one shot and have that up and running in like 10 minutes so that they can learn to role-play their characters if they’re new) Clean your table (there is a very good reason that I will never run a DND campaign at my house) If you’re planning for a longer session have some food planned, doesn’t matter whether it’s online or in person (except if you’re online you only have to worry about yourself) Bring some water (or something to keep you hydrated) If your sessions are going to be capable of running more than eight hours bring some five hour energy, coffee, something that will keep you awake. Never let a player run a class or a race that you don’t know I haven’t been a DM for long but I have played out multiple campaigns and talked with my DM on a few occasions about the struggles of making a campaign, in summary make sure you’re prepared for game day

Another thing I'd add is to have a document listing not only the players and their respective characters but also every house rule/homebrew/variant rule that is going to be used, and make that document available to everyone via cloud sharing (or make it a handout if you're using roll20). You don't want to wait until the middle of a gaming session to let your players know that you're running Lingering Injuries, Insanity, and Variant Encumbrance in your campaing.

I enjoy your videos so much and this one is quite helpful as I am currently DM-ing a campaign for my friends and I found that these tips will help me more then just describing Scenery and what the battle area looks like. Another day saved by Jacob.

Hey! Tech DM here! A great method to keep online players immersed is screen sharing photoshop and tablet to toggle maps, move personalized tokens of npcs and players, and improvise a battle grid on the fly. You can also nest each map with a texture for cities, dungeons, and the wild. Iiii havent figured out how to add ambient music to a discord live stream yet, but i have a playlist of dungeon and dark synth.

When I first read the title I thought It was a tutorial for fleeing from combat. Holy Bahamut I need to improve my English

@hopelessly.lavenderly

5 жыл бұрын

I'M CRYING. HOW TO PREPARE TO R U N

@kindacruise

4 жыл бұрын

@@hopelessly.lavenderly step 1: TAKE THE DASH ACTION AND HOPE TO GOD THEY ARE SLOWER

@hopelessly.lavenderly

4 жыл бұрын

@@kindacruise FJSFJSFJDFJ A LOT OF THE MONSTERS IN THE CAMPAIGN I DM END UP BEING S U P E R F A S T SO :,)

@kindacruise

4 жыл бұрын

@@hopelessly.lavenderly step.2: caltrops

I legitimately just got my first group ready to play dnd and I need this Ps: it’s my first time DMing

@jgr7487

5 жыл бұрын

you will feel bad afterwards. it happens to everyone.

This popped up today, in 2021, and it's really striking how some of it hasn't changed a bit even with all the *gestures at plague* stuff going on out there.

The timing of these videos are just scarily accurate... Thanks for this!!!

I literally was just thinking of how to prepare for my brother and cousins campaign. Thanks Level 3!

Dude! Thank you so much for creating those playlists! I'll use them from now on for my own game!

This was very helpful! Though I am a very new player of d&d, I'm very invested in the creativity of it and want to run my own homebrew campaign in the near future. This has put my one step ahead in completing that goal

this video was so helpful , for so long i wanted to host a dnd session but didnt know what to do , and now that i see what i have to do i changed my mind and let my friends continue to host the games and ill just enjoy the story and bag of chips we get.

This honestly helped so much I had no idea about the Initiative website and the Spotify playlists help a lot as well

Ironic. I just had my first ever session as dm today and this was literally me getting ready. Down to the Spotify playing music! Great guide Jacob keep up the good work. (It really does help)

I love narration videos like this, they're really funny to watch.

Keep up the fantastic work dude. You're really informative. You and Logan all the way

If i only saw this BEFORE my first guest arrived at my door ;-;

'Ey! Kraken Dice stickers! Love those guys and their products. Have stuck a sticker of their's on my own laptop.

Awesome playlist!! Next level stuff!!

Crazy going from this video to seeing the Humblewood campaign live in store

Thank you for giving me anxiety about running my session this weekend Jacob! Now I have frantic reading to see to

I am literally starting my first campaign next week. This was PERFECT TIMING.

Could you please drop a link to your Spotify? I can't seem to find it.

@pterodactyl6071

5 жыл бұрын

i managed to find it! open.spotify.com/user/bom90e0ch22pjbuiwg0spenwk

@mcdirty764

5 жыл бұрын

@@pterodactyl6071 thankyou

@AkitaTom

5 жыл бұрын

@@pterodactyl6071 Looks like it's gone missing? :(

@death_unitedgaming1740

3 жыл бұрын

Thx

Running my first campaign witha completely new to DnD party so this couldn't have come at a better time! Cheers Jacob

This video is a blessing thank you! I'm running my first game soon and I'm frigging terrified lol

Those playlists are amazing dude

As a fellow tech dm, I highly recommend the app Encounter+. It’s free to use, but has additional in app purchases such as spell links, battle map support and air play support. It allows you to track initiative, player xp, as well as letting you upload maps that you can run your encounters on

I was actually in the middle of getting things together for tomorrow’s session. Thank you as always Jacob.

I've been using little personal white boards for initiative and monster hp, and it's been working really well

Your timing is gosh darn incredible

Whenever I start to stress about my DMing or feel like I’m not doing enough prep, it helps when I remind myself that this game is designed for children age 12+.

You should do one of those for Dming online, since you know. Who actually gets to see their friends in person anymore these days? *Cries in quarantine*

@dylanenriguehuntington2908

3 жыл бұрын

Idk if you still need help with this, but you can use discord to communicate and owlbear rodeo for battle maps. If you make a server you can invite music bots and dice bots to manage those aspects of D&D. I reccomend Avrae and Groovy.

Thank you. This was so helpful with me dming for the first time.

Thank you so much for introducing me to Improved Initiative! It's exactly what I needed except for the fact that it's 5th Edition....but I can make it work

I have a good suggestion for DM's who really like using mini's: Our group's DM has this grid sort of thing that he can draw terrain on with markers. And then he can just wipe it off if we move somewhere else. It's not a whiteboard: it's this beige sort of board thing? It's kind of like this one: www.amazon.com/Battle-Grid-Game-Mat-36/dp/B01MQHECUR His is a more cheaper option, since he just moved into his current home. Either way, I really recommend it: keeps the game going smooth. In one session, we went from escaping a cult compound to a town, and to a desert camp. And from a player perspective: things never felt slow for a minute. It's also perfect if you have a visual learner on the autism spectrum in your group (like myself). I'm the only autistic member of the group, and I just need more visual aid if I don't want to forget important terrain details in puzzles or something. Long story short: seeing something drawn out saves my brain energy to remember it. Which it can then use to visualize other stuff. Think like computer RAM: I can only remember this much at a time in the Theater of the Mind. If things stack up too much, then I can't even properly focus on what the DM is saying. But this mat definitely solves most of my issues, allowing me to actually enjoy the game without straining myself. For example: We went to 2 floors in the cult compound, since the mechanism for the portcullis we needed to go through was on the second floor. The portcullis mechanism wasn't even drawn on there, but in the context of the map of that floor, I still knew where everything was. I knew exactly how to get to the dang staircase when the cultists spotted my Paladin (she betrayed the cult). So all in all: that wipe-able mat is a mini-using DM must have if you ask me.

That very basic setup (plus a board) is my real life one.

I had this wooden box I would put over the terrain and set it in the middle of the table then reveal when the time was right. Sometimes, the wooden box just stayed there. It was a reminder anything could happen at anytime.

Running a game tomorrow. I needed this

I love that I was learning how to run an AL game on roll20 as this video came out

I am literally running my first campaign TOMORROW. THANK. YOU.

Some excellent tips in this one I'll definitely be recommending this vid to dms.

This came out at the perfect time I’m about to run a game for some of my friends tomorrow

thanks for your help it made my game more fun

Glad I found this video, my friends are coming over in four and a half minutes!

I am running a DnD game later so I got to play along with the video.

Great help. Thank you. I feel like I'm almost ready to GM my first game. Almost. Just have to find some players.

Perfect timing for me lol 👌🏻 Nice job ^^

May you please do a sorcerer beginner's guide? That would be pretty awesome. I love you guys beginner videos. I would also consider this viseo as one of them.

First...? I'm hoping this will help me GM the first tabletop RPG I'll play, even though it isn't D&D.

This is basically what I do before every session, but it's good to have a verbal checklist like this now. I'm stressed enough about running my own new homebrew campaign.

3:43 ah yes gotta clean the mess that was my other groups campaign. . . Aaaah teaching new players how to fight unexpected large goblin hordes☺️ warms my heart

Two great tips I use I’m my games is… 1) Grab a big scary monster mini and put it next to your dm screen where everyone can see it. Fear is power. 2) if you want to create fear or paranoia, ask them to roll perception checks or mental saves now and again for no reason.

The combat tracker is amazing!

This is perfect timing tbh

I use the spell cards, I keep a stack for any casters the party may encounter ready, its a nice tool made by wizards.

When he asks "Dont you have D&D today" and you aparently do and totally forgot about it feeling is priceless

Damn I love these videos

Encounter Plus is also a good resource. It has initiative tracker and a map maker

Forget t-posing to assert dominance, just carry around a DM screen.

I live for these intros. I'm definitely not a tech DM aside from using my phone and a speaker for ambient music. Everything else is written down if it's not entirely in my head (i have a memory that's been described as near-idedic).

Dude, 0:39 I see Death Wish Coffee notebook there, you got good taste in coffee.

I read the title text before looking at the card, and I thought the video was going to be about how to effectively disengage from combat.

Here's my set up! It's a long one! TLDR: -Amazon Kindle fire tablet--40$ (used for music) -Chomebook laptop--150-200$~ (used for notes) -JBL clip 3 Bluetooth speaker--50$, mobile, great sound, long battery - initiative tracker for D&d by Malono D'antonio - 3$ -spellbook app (free) -Miniature markers by stuffer shack (10$~) I have 2, foldable white tables linked together, and I sit at the longer part of it. It has lots of leg room and leaves lots of room for battlemats and players to set down their backpacks and stuff. In front of my DM screen, I have my computer. I have all my notes and monster stats on my computer. I always print out monster stat blocks in paper as keeping track of what they can do on the computer is a nightmare. I recently got a 40$ Amazon Kindle fire 7 tablet for my birthday. Why? Specifically for Spotify and KZread, MUSIC! music is a huge part of my games and I have my own play lists for everything. Having the tablet specifically just for music is very, very handy. (I also have a Bluetooth speaker) My phone! I have a spellbook app (which has all spells in it, and has lots of great filters) I can find the spell I need in seconds without having to flip through books. I also have an initiative tracker app (initiative tracker for D&d by Malono D'Antonio.) he's a really nice guy and replies to your reviews in Google play very quickily. It's 3$ for the full version (totally worth it) it has almost all monsters from the monster manual in it (there's a few that aren't there, which is a bummer) however, it's also very fluid, easy to use, and you can track conditions with it with little emojis, that give an entire discription of the condition with just a tap. You can also see the whole monster stats by pressing the monster. You can track AC, HP, PP, it's very handy. I also, would highly recommend miniature markers from stuffer shack! They're a small business, but basically you can order any number of markers (I have 5 sets. 2 sets of 1-5, 2 sets of 1-3, and 2 set of 1-20. I have never needed to have more markers than that, and they work really great! They have a sticky bottom and are very adhesive, even if left out overnight! (sometimes I don't clean up after late night d and D sessions and wake up in the morning and they are still sticking fine!) it you use mass minis, I honestly cannot recommend them enough, they are really great people and their customer service is great! Quick tip for anyone who wants lots of minis, by the D&D board games, they are expensive, but have a ton of minis. I basically threw out the board game and just used the minis. Their high quality, give you monsters in groups, and can be used for almost anything. I didn't get the tomb of anihilation one as that one has really specific minis I don't need, but wrath of Ashardalon, temple of elemental evil, wrath of the Giants, and castle raven loft are all very valuable and great for their cost. well worth the buy.

I'm just here instead of actually writing the 1-shot that I've barely started for this weekend.

Wow this was actually helpful, thanks

I have the same speaker and its basicly used for shower singer and d&d.

humblewood is the reason I want to learn to run games also "because what is beyond this WOOD blow your mind" that is how my brain processed that sentence, you're welcome :)

Wow! In a span of four and a half minutes I learned a lot.

Will admit,going to run one Tommorow,a one shot with some newcommers in Ravnica 5e.I will admit this helps with quick tips.Better finalize the notes with my players info.Also maybe give a quick Shout out to Orcpub2 as well.Its great for player creation with room to add existing content besides the SRD

Well what I do is have post-it-notes to have the plot written on them and sheets of paper that shows the encounters , stats and stats. Every session I think before hand about secret encounters , regular encounters and items that my players could get. I also read the stats of monsters before hand and list there Ac , hp and hit dice. I also have read all challenge ratings when I want to decide on monsters for my players to fight. That’s just my simple things though. I won’t explain the rest even though I could but it would take too long to type. Edit: if I have a plot that revolves around an Item that a player has I make a villain who with the item will become unstoppable but also the item might be the one true thing that could fully kill them but if I want to get creative I do a time travel thing where the players have to fight and participate in things such as wars and escort missions using mini’s. I also make things like monsters who when have too much hp for my players to handle I nerf there hp, that’s just how I handle my campaign though so don’t get mad if your players don’t like the Idea and Just be As creative as you can be as the D M. Oh also don’t forget to read the players hand book when you have a spell caster in the party and prepare to read the spells before hand. you also will need to check the challenge rating for each monster but remember they usually are wrong cuz I played a level 3 in a party of level 3’s who beat a chimera. 4 people killed it together.also don’t forget to think about what could kill your players. Think about this, 400 nothics burst into a bar and attack. Who do you think would win? Nothics or a level 1 gnome monk? 3 nothics vs 2 players at level 2 - 3 is still going to be a challenge so keep numbers in mind. You also need to read any extra detail, say you made the party fight a red slaad. What would happen if you read about the tadpoles?you would regret it and you would either let it kill you party or remove it from the story. This is very simple logic that all D M’s should follow if they don’t want to make mistakes, read stats before using anything yet. There are also conditions but they should be on a D M screen but if they aren’t read the players hand book or the dungeon masters guide. That is all I must truly say for some D M’s.just remember to balance wars and battles out.

I'm starting my campaign (as the DM) tomorrow. I'm not sure if this helped or not. Thanks?

@Retired3115

5 жыл бұрын

howd it go?

what a helpful video.thanks

that intro was unreasonably funny

this is actually helping me!

Literally working on notes for AL sunless citadel haha

I'm running a game tomorrow, so thank you.

This literally got my butt moving. Lol Were starting Dungeon of the Mad Mage tomorrow! Its been a long week.

Literally was the DM for the first time last night. Everything was fine and we had a good time, but god damn I could’ve used this that little bit earlier :”).

Oh gods I have D&D today & I'm not ready!!!

I had a session a few days ago, it went well for the most part but keeping them on track is difficult. Part of it is my fault, in most of they’re past campaigns the DM’s they had(we had) didn’t put as much detail into basic things, they only put work into the main thing not backgrounds and side characters. So when I described the inn rooms as “having a cabinet with two shelves, the bottom one with a spare set of sheets with small layer of dust on it.” They went crazy, for some reason they believed that the dust was important otherwise why would I mention it?(they were wrong) eventually I got so annoyed I told them to make a perception check, the reason for the dust was the fact that the servants switch the sheets every two weeks, meaning the sheets on the bottom are about to be switched onto the bed. This kind of thing is a problem for me because I absolutely love putting all of that work and thought into my worlds but I feel bad for stressing them out sometimes. Any tips for how I can avoid this kind of thing while still putting all of that depth and detail into my story?

Also a designated dice rolling area so it doesn't hit anything or roll off the table