Very systematic and good outline of key 🗝️ points

Great video! I'm planning to run a heist soon and these were all great reminders.

@TheFirstArcadianDnD

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad I was of any help :)

Much needed info for any DM running Waterdeep: Dragon Heist who wants to add a heist, since the module's title is a misnomer and a disappointment for players.

@TheFirstArcadianDnD

9 ай бұрын

So true, that one was a real disappointment

AMAZING VIDEOOOO!!! I went to having 0 idea of how to turn a normal session into a heist into actually being able to craft a detailed heist one shot :D

@TheFirstArcadianDnD

3 ай бұрын

Really glad to hear that :D

@LaPtaVerdad

3 ай бұрын

@@TheFirstArcadianDnD yeah man saw couple more dnd videos on making heist but this one is 100% miles better :D Thanks!

Very helpful structure

Like the 4 phases for a few can be overlooked while creating the situation based on DM Bias on how “we might go about it”

Nice video. I really liked the examples you gave for each section.

@TheFirstArcadianDnD

Жыл бұрын

Thank you :D When this video got out it didn't do as well as I hoped, I'm glad it's still being watched and being useful!

Thank you sir im about to run something like this. Iv been struggling with this type of moment.

@TheFirstArcadianDnD

Жыл бұрын

If there's any way I can help, let me know :)

Great video! I'm working on my first campaign and this has inspired me to add heists, if not making it an entire heist campaign. Cheers mate!!

@TheFirstArcadianDnD

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! For a first campaign I'd advise you go with something more generic and sprinkle heists in the middle as you feel needed. Heists make cool arks, but for whole campaigns you'll want more variety :)

@chefsg591

Жыл бұрын

@@TheFirstArcadianDnD good advice. I came to that conclusion last night as well

The one thing about Heist movies or really any other kind of "epic" thing your players might want to engage in in the game is that in those stories, the events are scripted to work. In any Tabletop game, whatever you attempt will ultimately risk to completely fail as soon as you hear the words: "Roll the dice." Risk is an inherent part of tabletop RPGs, it's what makes them exciting. But also what makes telling some kinds of stories difficult. As an example, I have a friend whom I played the old "Swords of legend" books. In that book the Thief is a very suave and manipulative sort. Able to schmooze his way into and out of any kind of trouble. And my friend loved the character. And mentioned how he'd love to play a character like that in other games. The truth is, that character is only so awesome because his interactions were pre-determined to succeed. If he had to roll anything, I doubt he'd ever be able to trick the barkeep with the "Two coins before, two coins after." trick he pulls or faking drinking a poison without immediate consequences to him or the group. How many times have we heard of or been part of a scene where some heroic action is being played out only for the randomness of the dice to just turn everything to ash? A rousing, well roleplayed speech, which turns to apathy or hostility because the D20 saw fit to be rolled as a 1 despite all the stacked bonuses the DM might have given you. Or even the reverse, a mangled, handwaved act that somehow succeeds beyond belief at a whim of fate? As I stated, the inherent uncertainty is what makes the game exciting and unpredictable. But sometimes, when you hear "Roll the dice", you don't roll so much as to see whether you can pull it off but whether you fail spectacularly. That is, unless the DM just wing-it and accepts that you narrate the outcome, foregoing rolling. But that doesn't feel as exciting, does it? Food for thought. My apologies for the text wall. Your video made my brain churn. It's a great watch.

@TheFirstArcadianDnD

Жыл бұрын

Apologies? For what? Thank you so much for the read, it was quite delightful XD Your comment made me think about an experience I had in my first RPG convention (I must make a video about that story eventually), in which I raised the outrage of a whole convention when I said that D&D is not an optimal game for telling stories. While I recognise it might be controversial to say it like this, the fact is that even the most finely tuned campaign may turn to nothing in the most anticlimatic way due to a bad dice roll - I've had this happen at my table several times- and sometimes this might be extremely unsatisfactory to the players. It may ruin the story, just because it will trample all narrative promises you've made. Playing D&D comes with accepting that fact: it's a game with uncertain outcomes. If you want to live through a story where your success is guaranteed, and you're just there for the journey, there are better systems for that other than D&D. In essence, while it is certainly possible to tell great stories with D&D, it is not a game mechanically optimized for that, if anything else due to that little chaotic math stone we like to call dice :p That you for your comment, it was a great read too. If I ever make a video to tell the full story about what happened at that convention, I'll try to remember to come here again and let you know, just so you can have a laugh XD

@Xaxares

Жыл бұрын

@@TheFirstArcadianDnD I will be looking forward to it.