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@hypershadic98

3 жыл бұрын

This is great Davy Chappy:No it aint

@empirecrumbles615

3 жыл бұрын

no

@wolfmajor1

3 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry. But I see that costume as "Uncle Iroh" From Avatar: The last airbender. I thought you were gonna talk about making an "Uncle Iroh" character that dies. And THAT"S what would torture a party.

@WhisperingShade

3 жыл бұрын

Bout time you got the official Dungeon Master uniform. Now you can be legit.

@TheGuardDuck

3 жыл бұрын

You gotta have Dungeon Master Guy face off with BigDickWizard6969!

my favorite part of this is that several of these are things he has literally said that he does in his games

@Flowtail

3 жыл бұрын

Torture is ok when preformed between consenting adults

@finderfinder4290

3 жыл бұрын

@@Flowtail bruh, this is some high tier masochism

@GarfieldiusPrime

3 жыл бұрын

yo t1j.

@ZyroShadowPony

3 жыл бұрын

Jokes aside i find weapons having hitpoints interesting. Gives me a dark souls vibe

@Dehalove

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah those are awesome touches

"I'm going to roll individual initiative for each zombie" is more how to torture yourself.

@Syenthros

3 жыл бұрын

And here we see one of the advantages of the virtual tabletop. Too bad it's got so many downsides too. T.T

@Nionivek

3 жыл бұрын

@@Syenthros Honestly once you start hitting 20, even in virtual tabletop you might want to group them.

@deltavictor8369

3 жыл бұрын

Until you "accidentally" skip someone's turn...

@themagescorner

3 жыл бұрын

And then everytime a zombie falls u have to roll to see if they stay alive, which will probably happen a lot with a horde so... yeah, fun stuff.

@Syenthros

3 жыл бұрын

@@Nionivek Aha! But I have a macro to automatically roll individual initiatives for all tokens I have selected! :D

"This really stupid video was sponsored by..." Me. Yes me. :D

@kylepessell1350

3 жыл бұрын

Well done, you've created a new monster to be added to Monster Manual.

@Xenibalt

3 жыл бұрын

awesome! =]

@douglashoffmann5943

3 жыл бұрын

Kyle Pessell the scary dm

@feedbacking6306

3 жыл бұрын

I will pay you to add Jacob in the OFFICIAL Dm outfit to the monster section.

@quendi5557

3 жыл бұрын

And we thank you, we got a new Mario NPC out of it.

"I just rolled three 4s." "With a Strength and Dex that low, looks like you won't be playing a Fighter." Me: With a Con that low, looks like you won't be playing at all.

@dynamicworlds1

3 жыл бұрын

I've played with an exceptionally low con before...on a 3.5ed wizard (which means a d4 hit die). I think I had 2 hp with only a 25% chance of gaining more than 1 on each level up. Went through multiple combats (at least 3, probably more like 5) and did not die. Only damage I took was accidentally from another party member and it was subdual (non lethal and goes away quickly).

@Femaiden

3 жыл бұрын

i'm more bother by the fact the DM referred to "Ability Scores" as "Skills"

@TTOF_JB

3 жыл бұрын

@@Femaiden It adds to the torture.

@squattingheads

3 жыл бұрын

Nothing a Moon Druid cant fix

@macsimo55

3 жыл бұрын

1 time a was a Sorecerer whith -2 un Con, all muy stats seré shot exept my Charm 20. With that shitthy i play a age 5 Tiefling Sorcerer of wild magic

"...and a spell scroll of True Strike" That's more useful as a toilet paper

@Ditidos

3 жыл бұрын

I mean, you could sell it, right?

@akrinornoname2769

3 жыл бұрын

And was more valuable that way earlier this year

@doppelhelixes

3 жыл бұрын

@@akrinornoname2769 wait for the second wave

@nessesaryschoolthing

3 жыл бұрын

Apparently, Wizards can't even learn Cantrips from scrolls, so that sucks even worse than I was thinking it did.

@expertionis794

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine going to wipe but you stop and accidently cast true strike. Now you have to wait til your next turn to wipe with advantage

Jacob: We're not using DNDBeyond. Sam Reigel: So you have chosen death.

@rompevuevitos222

3 жыл бұрын

Why use dnd beyond tho? you have to re-buy every single book from THEIR store which is absolute bs, use Dungeon Master Vault or just keep them on roll20's vault, those ones at least support actual homebrew unlike the stupid system of dnd beyond

@OriginalKasym

3 жыл бұрын

@@rompevuevitos222 I mean, I was just making a joke...

@rompevuevitos222

3 жыл бұрын

@@OriginalKasym ik, i just don't understand why it's the go-to site for online d&d

@theargawalathing

3 жыл бұрын

@@trapical Hey, uh, you, I uh, I appreciate what you're doing here, have a blessed day

@Elessar0wind

3 жыл бұрын

@@rompevuevitos222 Well if you don't already have the books and don't want to use up the space for them, It's a good alternative. Not to mention, you don't have to buy the entire books, you can just buy certain things from the books that you need for just a few dollars.

You want to buy that dagger. That will be 1 "ELECTRUM PIECE".

@darienb1127

3 жыл бұрын

You truly are a monster!

@haku8135

3 жыл бұрын

Ok, I've got a higher tier piece. "The shopkeep does not have change." Ugh, ok, FINE, I've got a pretty good amount of money, just keep it. "The shopkeep has a high amount of integrity and refuses to accept overpayment." .......I stab the shopkeep.

@maker0824

3 жыл бұрын

@@haku8135 that’s fair

@epigone1796

3 жыл бұрын

Electrum piece cost 5 silver pieces and 5 copper pieces. Half-gold and half-silver.

@maker0824

3 жыл бұрын

@@epigone1796 Electrum is not worth 5.5 silver It’s 5 silver or 0.5 gold

“What’s that?” “Umber Hulk” “Ha! It looks stupid!” “Suddenly, An umber hulk appears in front of the fighter.” I see no problem.

@DeathlyDrained

3 жыл бұрын

ikr, that was funny as hell

@nuclearcatpotatoe3714

3 жыл бұрын

thats just fair play on the DM,

@bloonjitsu7148

3 жыл бұрын

Who dares disrespect the umber hulk?

@LunaDuels

3 жыл бұрын

“Wait no”

@Akakiryuushin

3 жыл бұрын

if i was proud enough to display a mini and some one dissed it, damn right they are gonna have to fight it right now.

“Wow!” *a spell scroll of true strike* “This is worthless”

@bezretmet

3 жыл бұрын

nice meme

@isthisajojoreference

3 жыл бұрын

"It's less than worthless my boy"

@RasmusVJS

3 жыл бұрын

Gravity Falls in D&D when?

@vernonhampton5863

3 жыл бұрын

"I would like to rage." *flips table*

@arcxjo

3 жыл бұрын

Can I just cast it right now so I don't have .25# of extra weight on me?

"All your weapons have hitpoints and they deteriorate!" All the wizards and sorcerers: "Neat, sounds like a fun mechanic."

@majickman

3 жыл бұрын

"Oh, thanks for reminding me! Wizards' spells burn from their books after you use them, so you better get to copying!"

@evedoggo5830

3 жыл бұрын

"Spellcasting focuses have hit points too. Cantrips damage them as normal spells do."

@KB-oh7xk

3 жыл бұрын

"your mind is your weapon"

@morgansearle3912

3 жыл бұрын

casting cantrips damages your limbs individually, and we'll roll to check for dismemberment after each firebolt.

@qualandrew201494

3 жыл бұрын

@@evedoggo5830 Unless it has a M in it. you dont need a focus.

Player: "I open the door to the next room" DM (suddenly looking very interested): "Which hand do you use?"

@thevoid6756

2 жыл бұрын

I was gonna say mage hand, but casting it has somatic components...

@Rosawyn

Жыл бұрын

My DM legitimately said something almost exactly like this. I was holding my holy symbol in one hand and placing the other hand flat on a wall where a disappearing magic door used to be, and she asks, "Which hand are you placing on the wall?" I was like..."Shit, why should that matter??" I never did find out why that mattered. 😞

@user-tl6jr2ez7s

Жыл бұрын

I’m going to steal this

@erikhuang878

Жыл бұрын

@@Rosawyn I've had a door that I trapped with a sticking spell, while triggering a fight. Lead to some interesting things while the party maneuvered around the fighter, unable to move and without their dominant hand.

@darkmatter9643

11 ай бұрын

@@RosawynI’m gonna be honest as a dm I do that every like 4 seconds

"The mage casts create water and pours water onto the wizard, permanently ruining his spellbook"

@VoidplayLP

3 жыл бұрын

And thats why you buy waterproof spellbooks

@FearSFC

3 жыл бұрын

.thissiht doneenos I'veeveI .YeppwY

@o__o.6212

2 жыл бұрын

That’s why spellbook pages are vellum rather than paper.

@kronkrian100

2 жыл бұрын

That's why I keep my spellbooks in plastic zipbags while also having them waterproofed. Rule number one of playing tabletop - never underestimate the water.

@ahmadaladhami4005

2 жыл бұрын

that's why you get an induring spell book

Not torturing the party was never an option :^)

@benjammin5328

3 жыл бұрын

DM “The spell fireball is banned”

@CygnusTheSilly

3 жыл бұрын

@@benjammin5328 no that's not true that's impossible

@benjammin5328

3 жыл бұрын

@@CygnusTheSilly Search my rule book. You know it to be true.

@swordhunter12

3 жыл бұрын

@@benjammin5328 NNNOOOOO!!! NOOOO...

Should have put a ranger joke at the foraging part. "This would have been completely unnecessary if you told me what terrain we'd be playing in!"

@VaSoapman

3 жыл бұрын

We're ALL Rangers and we ALL have Goodberry!

@Bowserjr-wi4dn

3 жыл бұрын

@@VaSoapman My newest character is a Dragonborn Ranger and because my DM has underestimated just how stupid/convoluted my ideas are, I thought up the ultimate method of assassinating people...through GOODBERRY. I'm not even joking, the DM is gonna hate me when I manage to assassinate some poor cocky NPC or something through the power of BERRIES.

@Chrokosaur

3 жыл бұрын

@@Bowserjr-wi4dn Goodberry alone?

@Bowserjr-wi4dn

3 жыл бұрын

@@Chrokosaur Yep! Well, that's the only spell in use. There is another thing at play, but it doesn't require magic or anything special, just something my party has already collected...

@blackfang0815

3 жыл бұрын

@@Bowserjr-wi4dn It's poison. Everyone knows what poison is.

"Weapons now have hitpoints" Hooray for mending! Praise the wizard!

@alnu8355

3 жыл бұрын

DM: Oh thanks for reminding me spell Casters, your spells burn out of your spell book as soon as they are casted, you better get to copying! You too Clerics! You just call it a "Prayer Book!" Oh you're a Sorcerer? You know take damage of 1d6 × Spell Level to cast (minimal 1d6).

@Raptorman0205

3 жыл бұрын

"Cantrips have spell slots"

@jakoblent4694

2 жыл бұрын

@@Raptorman0205 Monk: "...*silent whisteling*"

@Predator20357

2 жыл бұрын

@@alnu8355 This sounds less like annoyance and more like a DM versus Player Thing, the DM trying his hardest to be the biggest douchebag in the group that even 2 “That Guy” players wouldn’t handle it.

@alnu8355

2 жыл бұрын

@@Predator20357 I found most terrible annoyances in D&D are Player vs. DM kind of things and it's usually the DM being a dick head flexing his "power" because said DM has no controll in life.

Jacob: "We're going to be running Horde of the Dragon Queen!" Jacob 5 second later: *shows Argynvosholt, a Curse of Strahd dungeon.*

@gingainfinity1034

3 жыл бұрын

And not the castle at the end of the carvan torture

@MinnehahaSybyl

3 жыл бұрын

Having "played" dragon queen, I assumed he meant doing so was torture on its own.

@donb7519

3 жыл бұрын

@@MinnehahaSybyl whats funny is i was disappointed when a school club campaign feel through when we were supposed to play hoard and now from everything i heard im glad

@jayhill8892

3 жыл бұрын

@@MinnehahaSybyl How bad is it? My only experience with 5e modules is Curse of Strahd.

@MinnehahaSybyl

3 жыл бұрын

​@@jayhill8892 I played it for almost two years before we quit because it was making us miserable. We felt railroaded from the beginning but spent six months trying to figure out WHY we were doing what the story told us to do. Then it's written so that nothing you do really makes a big difference to the bad guys, you're just supposed to scrape by, getting there too late and missing things until you snatch victory from the hands of Tiamat by the skin of your teeth at the last possible second.

„WAIT, THEY‘RE IN ORDER?“ classic.

@JTheTeach

3 жыл бұрын

that is the OG way.

@caleb688

3 жыл бұрын

I HATE THAT SO MUCH. My first IRL friends group's DM was that way. He even made us roll actual d20's for stats.

@toshomni9478

3 жыл бұрын

@@caleb688 D20s? He was going easy on you. Back in the day it was 3d6 and that's the way we liked it!

@FireUIVA

3 жыл бұрын

@@toshomni9478 3d6 is faar more likely to roll an average stat

@michael_betts

3 жыл бұрын

3d6 means you have a 1/216 chance of rolling a 3, and a 1/72 chance of rolling a 4. Your average stat is 10.5, and almost half of all stats are between 9 and 12. It's decently balanced for pure randomness.

"Alright, you fight 12 bandits...and you all die. Too bad." "Did you change the battle to account for the two missing players?" "That wouldn't be realistic."

@dylanenriguehuntington2908

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine balancing your encounters at all lmao

@dedf15

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, at least d&d versions have gotten better about preventing pc death at the hands of a random bar brawl or a tiger jumps out of the bush and gets 4 surprise attacks AND their regular turn before the players can react...

@nuckinfutzsf822

3 жыл бұрын

Literally me

@christopherpoet458

3 жыл бұрын

"That wouldn't be realistic". The only time I ever have a situation like this is if I have warned the party in advance that there is no possibility of getting through 3 players down. Thankfully, the group I have is rather intelligent and can find work when players are missing. Or we just do a 1 shot to sub for the missing peeps. We only had one situation when a player engaged a fight they could not win while the rest of the party was not there. And the funny part is it was not because the players were missing, they were just three doors down checking out another abandoned house. So what does the Monk do? Punch the spirit that is guarding the book and otherwise not attacking them. I had not even asked them to roll Ini. -smh-

@Limrasson

3 жыл бұрын

I did that when the problem player of the group decided to go solo. At that moment the evil wizard they let go had recruited an army of gobbos and laid an ambush on the road. The party stayed in the hills trying to finish their quest while the problem player walked right into the ambush. The gobbos caught him and the wizard made a deal, for his service and help against the players his life would be spared. So the player led the gobbos and the wizard to the player who at that moment were dealing with a necromancer and his zombies. Now of course the player decided to betray the wizard. But the wizard being a wizard accounted for this and used charm person on the player to pacify him while the gobbos and the zombies duked it out. The ranger died to the warlock, the rogue disengaged from the fight and the sorcerer fought an epic duel against the wizard and won. So did the zombies.

"I'm going to be using a new homebrew mechanic where your weapons have hit points that deteriorate over time!" So it's _Fire Emblem_ now?

@completelypurplexed6578

3 жыл бұрын

BRO I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING

@Firestar4041

3 жыл бұрын

I was picturing more Dark Souls *tosses Goblin with that troll spear from Demon Souls (a spear made to breaks weapons) (or Breath of the Wild, in hindsight)

@stevdor6146

2 жыл бұрын

Nah mate, Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

@sega3607

2 жыл бұрын

I can’t believe I didn’t think of that.

1:00 so in Chrono Cross, at one point you can get a musician on your team. He asks if you want to hear a song in celebration of it. A menu pops up giving you three responses to choose from: "No thanks." "Nah." and "Maybe Later."

@sarahross975

11 ай бұрын

Now I'm inspired to play a wizard bard in a glam metal band

@TheSmart-CasualGamer

2 ай бұрын

​@@sarahross975I have a Cleric who's just George Harrison.

he has the spirit halloween dungeon master costume, so you know he's legit

@masterboa6321

3 жыл бұрын

I actually saw that and I was very happy that the old cartoon is finally getting recognised

THE OFFICIAL DM UNIFORM!!!!

"with a strength and dex that low, you wont be running a fighter" "theyre in order!?" i lost it.

Variant Encumbrance: Meh Coin Weight: Meh No DND Beyond to track it: AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

You forgot a classic "You eat at the tavern? Well, let's roll and see if you get food poisoning"

@itsyaboiChubbs

3 жыл бұрын

Who hurt you?

@CidGuerreiro1234

3 жыл бұрын

"You leave the brothel. Run a Constitution check".

@warpath6666

3 жыл бұрын

DM : Well, your entire party dies of dysentery. No saving throw ... just painful death. *Welcome to The Tavern of Horrors* 😄🤣😄🤣

@dannybozo

3 жыл бұрын

@@warpath6666 LOL

@tylerellis7333

3 жыл бұрын

First D&D game even, we leave the tavern, roll, the others got 2 and I got 1 “You are all drunk expect for the elf, who is passed put from the fumes, also, have fun fighting those wolves”

Oh no its the legendary chaotic evil DM

@AuntieHauntieGames

3 жыл бұрын

I would argue Neutral Evil DM. Some of the things he insisted on (resource management) are deeply lawful DMing, while others (random encounters) are deeply chaotic.

@Lorddacenshadowind

3 жыл бұрын

need to have him fight the wizard

@lamplighter922

3 жыл бұрын

@@Lorddacenshadowind There eventually going to have the team up to defeat the rogue, He spent preparing a sneak attack since Jacob stopped making videos about him

@lordfelidae4505

3 жыл бұрын

@@AuntieHauntieGames is call it ‘split alignment’. One or the other, never between.

That reminded my last DM in curse of strahd: >Sanity stat that we roll each time we see new undead species and eventually causes us to get behavior/personality and stat degradation >No paladins allowed >Strahd is "not strong enough" so now he is a stronger variant with 25 charisma among other things and can also shapeshift into a Balor. >Some of you caught in the castle elevator trap? A couple of hags carry you away and hack off one of your limbs and also take away the sunsword and the icon of ravenkind and send them to Strahd who destroys them and now you have to later fight him with one arm and no magic weapons. Also your party member that ragequit earlier is also a vampire spawn helping Strahd in the fight.

@celestialtree8602

Жыл бұрын

Aside from the last point (and possibly the second), that sounds neat honestly, as long as some unsaid details are good (i.e. in-world explanations, a bit of forgivingness about it, etc). Brutal mode campaign.

@octapusxft

Жыл бұрын

@@celestialtree8602 Everything goes as long as everybody is happy with it.

@philipweber9545

Жыл бұрын

That's terrible all around jeez

@RokuHanmar

10 ай бұрын

Sanity doesn't sound too bad I can understand the no paladins rule This is a problem. Aside from anything else, Strahd is an intelligence caster I have no words to express my hatred of the last point. I hate that DM

0:46 this is the only one I can get behind, that is THE perfect level of petty

Now I can take Jacob seriously, he’s finally in professional attire

"Why did I even take the keen mind feat?" So that you can navigate your way out of the dungeon with ease. ^^

@spudsbuchlaw

3 жыл бұрын

I think you missed the point there

@hadarc01

3 жыл бұрын

@@spudsbuchlaw You think?

@hugofontes5708

3 жыл бұрын

@@hadarc01 yeah, but people apparently also missed your sass

@morantNO1

3 жыл бұрын

I mean, would it be better if the dm said "Thanks to your keen mind player, you navigate your way out with ease."? Still not fun at all.

@stevdor6146

2 жыл бұрын

@@morantNO1 they would have gotten out just fine without it.

0:54 Ok the fighter genuinely deserved that one

"Congratulations you have gotten your basic needs together, what an excellent 6 hour session." This was the entire first 4 sessions of the survival campaign the DM decided to run. We also had magic blocked for like 6 sessions, so of course we had a party consisting of a druid, bard, wizard, and cleric. Only non-magic dependents were me and the rogue (even so, I went eldritch knight).

"uh, I'm gonna be rolling individual initiative for every single one", I'm sorry thats not torturing the party, thats torturing yourself.

@christopherpoet458

3 жыл бұрын

Funny enough, my experience has been the opposite. Having ini's rolled individually for a large group of say, 20, has made a huge difference on how my party approaches their encounters and fights. And the real kicker is they even asked me not to use hoards because of how much more difficult the encounter can be. It has become a bit of a norm that the party I have will always have 2 wizards or some other class that has at least 1 reliable crowd control attack. We have a dedicated healer, a character than can fight at range (typically a role passed to our wizard who can snipe with eldritch blast), and a tank to cover the front line. The first two roles tend to fall on people who play a character who can also run in the front line.

@Marpfie

3 жыл бұрын

Nah I prefer that a lot. Gives way more depth to players turns rather than having a huge wave of enemies do every single thing at the same time

@KoscheiMorevna

3 жыл бұрын

@@Marpfie i only use group initiative when i am using a stupid amount of the same statblock.

@joebynum9056

3 жыл бұрын

Ugh ur telling me. I hate using horde mechanics because it makes the horde less challenging when the creatures don’t have as much agency do I do individual initiative a lot of the time. Even 10 monsters can be over whelming I can’t imagine doing 20

The Wizard must come back and defeat this monster.

@BigDickWizard6969

3 жыл бұрын

Why would I need to defeat someone who's read the first chapter in my guide on how to DM?

@meirfa

3 жыл бұрын

@@BigDickWizard6969 because fireball?

@sadiemcc9363

3 жыл бұрын

Oh no that was the Wizard--the campaign ended and his player is DMing now.

@Kebutor

3 жыл бұрын

The Wizard got reincarnated into this monster

@KasaiYuppa

3 жыл бұрын

if this crossover doesnt happen ill unsubscrible

I like how a quarter of these are actually fine, and another quarter also suck for the DM

This just sounds like Breath of the Wild with extra steps

@visageliquifier3636

3 жыл бұрын

Oooh-la-la... sounds like someone is going to get a whole lot of secret ending after sealing away Ganon.

"all right everyone, we're starting at level one!" _this hits stronger than it should've_

@blacksarlacc91

3 жыл бұрын

Technically if you have new people to d&d it's not a bad thing to start at level 1 for session 0 or something like that. You can easily let them skip a level after this session and continue at level 3...

@hugofontes5708

3 жыл бұрын

@@blacksarlacc91 I kinda agree, have them level up after one session feels like a great reward

@BreakerX42

3 жыл бұрын

Wait we were not supposed to do that

@blacklion8307

3 жыл бұрын

@@BreakerX42 More experienced players like to use at Level 2 or 3 to skip the "literally anything could 1-hit you" section of the game and start with being able to do stuff.

@rockkatona100

3 жыл бұрын

Did the same with a new group. They did not know 5e, so I wanted them to learn stuff.

That fighter had it coming.

"So the music playing npc joins your party! So anyway, here's Wonderwall."

Nah mate, you gotta start the party off as homebrewed level 0 characters that have, at maximum, ten hit points and pit them against CR 5 monsters We're also using homebrew stress rules, variant resting, and brutal criticals Oh, and darkvision doesn't see in complete darkness

@HitomiXKaori

3 жыл бұрын

oh, a man of culture. May I assume you are talking about Darker Dungeons?

@somejackassontheinternet

3 жыл бұрын

@@HitomiXKaori Yes indeed I am

@zinogrevz7389

Жыл бұрын

stress rules u dont even need to homebrew. is in the dmg

@zinogrevz7389

Жыл бұрын

level zero charakters are the survivors out of vrgtr

@victorgamez8885

Жыл бұрын

Ah so Darkest Dungeon

"We're starting at level 1" *has started multiple games at lvl1 last year * "We're playing Hoard of the Dragon Queen" *main campaign is HotDQ * "Also we're not gonna use D&D Beyond" *doesn't have the money for all the books so just uses pnp *

@andres6115

3 жыл бұрын

what’s pnp?

@preoklenthe

3 жыл бұрын

@@andres6115 Pen and paper.

@deandoubek3075

Жыл бұрын

I unironically love the HotDQ campaign and frequently refer to it as hot dairy queen

@Rosawyn

Жыл бұрын

Only one player in my group wants to start at anything other than lvl 1, so when he DMs we'll start at lvl 3 but for now the rest of us are extremely content starting at lvl 1 and roll our eyes when he starts spouting off about why that's bad and wrong.

You forgot, "You have work and are going to be late to the session? That's fine, you just wont get experience"

@garuelx8627

3 жыл бұрын

Oooooh! That infuriated me for the first few campaigns I played. Thank god for the milestone progression rule.

@TrickyTrickyFox

3 жыл бұрын

@@garuelx8627 why do guys bother with milestone progression? Just have 1 party level and all PCs level = party level. This way players don't even need to track the exp, you can just add it to your summary.

@beardalaxy

2 жыл бұрын

@@TrickyTrickyFox that just sounds like milestone progression with extra steps. we use the rule that if you give the DM less than 24 hours notice, your character gets half XP. otherwise we just won't play that week.

"Personally I think the feywilde is a bit underdone in 5th edition---" That's it. You are my favorite. Also I like variant encumbrance -because I'm a masochist.-

@anachronity9002

10 ай бұрын

Honestly I also like variant encumbrance. I also won't say I hate D&D beyond in and of itself, but I do hate a certain subset of players who use D&D beyond as an alternative to actually knowing the rules at all. This inevitably results in having to explain to them how their character works three times per session.

I'm not joking when me and friends first got into 5e we thought we got our ability scores by rolling a d20 for each ability. This resulted in players having 22's and 2's.

No joke, I just started a campaign where the DM just said "There's no common language, instead there's this list of a dozen continental languages that are spoken around the world because why would I ever want to simplify something, right?" Edit: I quit the game because half of our session time was the DM boasting about how great his worldbuilding is, it got old very quickly...

@gamingmaster6377

3 жыл бұрын

just tell him that he boosts too much, or yeah, just quit

@chrishubbard64

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah thats a red flag for a dm who just wants to read you his fanfic, not play a campaign.

@jacobb5484

3 жыл бұрын

It could be fun if it was abstracted away as int/wis checks that get harder the further from home you are.

@notbob555

3 жыл бұрын

Actually, I like the idea of not having common, but having more languages like in real life. Done properly it can help a lot in world building and gives more merit to certain spells, items, and feats. Just needs to be done correctly. If in your campaign you are traveling the world, maybe dont stick your PC's in a situation where they cant speak the language.

@jacobb5484

3 жыл бұрын

@@notbob555 unless it’s abstracted to a degree, or is gradual based on location. Unless you go to another continent most issues will just be slang or things with obvious root words that can Still be understood (the northerners call their leader Jarl and graybeards are basically monks.)

he's wearing the Official Dungeon Master's Uniform. Gods help us all

@Predator20357

2 жыл бұрын

I thought it was the cartoon uniform of the DM

“Why did I choose Keen Mind?!” Why DID you choose Keen Mind?

@AllyOJustice

2 жыл бұрын

I use it for my necromancer so he knows how long until he has to re-cast animate dead to maintain control of his skeletons.

"We're playing Hoard of The Dragon Queen!" *panicked screaming*

"an umber-hulk" that sounded so sad.

@nicolasvillasecaali7662

3 жыл бұрын

That fighter had it coming

@pixellighthouse621

3 жыл бұрын

Unironically one of the dms I played with put a party of 4 level 5s against two Umber-hulks.

@Aplesedjr

3 жыл бұрын

Khaeldranis they’d have to pretty lucky to have little trouble. Umber hulks aren’t pushovers, and their gaze is likely going to be quite the surprise for any character that doesn’t know much about the underdark. It’s not impossible, but it’s unlikely even with good tactics and smart playing.

@pixellighthouse621

3 жыл бұрын

@Khaeldranis my dude, it was an ambush, in the middle of a forest.

@Aplesedjr

3 жыл бұрын

Khaeldranis preparation can only do so much. There’s hundreds upon hundreds of entirely unique creatures in the underdark. Learning about all of them to the extent that you would know the exact capabilities of each and and every one would take a lifetime, not a quick trip to the library. And even if you could somehow learn most of it, carrying useful equipment to deal with every possible situation wouldn’t be feasible. And in the end, all of your preparation can be for nothing if the dice decide that this is the day you die.

How to Torture Your Party: "We'll be playing by 4th Edition rules."

@OniNoSweeney

3 жыл бұрын

... but Puffin Forest said it was a good system!

@51gunner

3 жыл бұрын

Bring it on, I'm rolling a Warlord.

@sirgaz8699

3 жыл бұрын

@@OniNoSweeney That is not what I got from that video at all or his more recent 4e video.

@arkurianstormblade4109

3 жыл бұрын

@@OniNoSweeney ironically in puffin's old 4e video, didnt it start as "hey I think 4th gets a bad rap" and ended with "holy shit I am FINDING MORE AND MORE things wrong with this game system!"

@XPtoLevel3

3 жыл бұрын

Ya know. This was actually supposed to be in the video and I completely missed it while editing. And only remembered that is was supposed to be here cause of this comment. I’m mad. Why is it not here? No idea.

"were not using dnd beyond" "why" idk i dont wanna rebuy all my sourcebooks to use them online? I lied. I bought them all. i have a problem.

@lucyfleet1944

3 жыл бұрын

Hey are you me?

@beardalaxy

2 жыл бұрын

if you buy just the stuff in the sourcebook it's cheaper :) not that it helps you now, but maybe it'll help someone else. i always end up spending like $20~ instead of $30 because of that and if I REALLY need to see other stuff in the sourcebook I can look it up online super quick.

As a DM and player that likes the early levels the most and always starts at Level 1: I am offended.

@superhuman33

2 жыл бұрын

its really more a problem with 5e. theyre built to be dumbed dow. for newer players because wotc didnt think veteran players would like actually earning things at lower levels

@rikusauske

Жыл бұрын

You ever try something like call of Cthulhu or cyberpunk? I also prefer lower level play, but my 5e players hate it because DND is so much power fantasy

@coolboy9979

Жыл бұрын

@@rikusauske No I didn't. I am the willingly forever GM and have Pathfinder2e as my main game which fixed my complains with 5e. Now I also really like higher Levels haha. I don't like sci-fi much, but always wanted to try CoC, but never had a situation, or an idea for a one-shot where I would use CoC. Also how adaptive is CoC? Could I use it in a medieval or medieval fantasy setting?

“Wait, no”

"Ok guys, we are starting at level 1" -: "Oh no !" -: "Let me finish: as level 1 villagers" -: oO' " I am out of here !"

@thicclander6785

3 жыл бұрын

Is it really that bad to start at level one. Cause I was going to start a new campaign pretty soon. My players are pretty new they have only played like half a campaign that I started like a year ago. Should I bump up the level.

@ryanm6004

3 жыл бұрын

Thicclander Yes, I prefer to start at level 3 or 5 that way I have at least some more basic customization for my builds. Starting at level 1 isn’t that bad though.

@ryanrhino2318

3 жыл бұрын

@@thicclander6785 level 1 is the best level

@miniclip13sa

3 жыл бұрын

@@thicclander6785 My first ever campaign (it went all the way to level 19, was amazing) started at level 1. Now that I know the mechanics, I'd pretty much rather start a big campaign at 2 or 3 for subclass stuff. But as a brand new player level 1 was nice because I had so little options it made learning the basic mechanics really easy.

@henkerita1471

3 жыл бұрын

I don't like levels above the ONE

I enjoy literally every single one of these additional rules.

If the fighter was underground it actually make sense that a Umber Hulk appears out of nowhere. That's what they do.

A spell scroll of true strike. You absolute Monster

I have a Hoard of the Dragon queen, I feel attacked

@LordDragox412

3 жыл бұрын

Roll for initiative.

@ShoutingDerek

3 жыл бұрын

Man, my GF gifted me 'Tyranny of Dragons', which contains Both Hoard of the Dragon Queen and Rise of Tiamat, and I am just now starting to see people talk sh*t about it

@admiralrick

3 жыл бұрын

@@ShoutingDerek yeah! Like there's definitely some flaws but I enjoy it with my players

@bezretmet

3 жыл бұрын

It's ok to have HotDQ it's not ok to run it. run rise of Tiamat instead like every other sane person

@ShoutingDerek

3 жыл бұрын

@@bezretmet Isn't Rise of Tiamat the sequel of Hoard of the Dragon Queen?

I love how you say "true strike" with that grim smile hahaha. And, I'm pretty sure everyone here would love to watch a video about the Fireball Mage agains't Dugeon Master hahahaha.

Caleb is a great example of how to force Keen Mind to be actually useful lol

I can't tell if the thumbnail is cursed or blessed

@proxy90909

3 жыл бұрын

Thats what you call *Blur*_ssed_

@Kebutor

3 жыл бұрын

What is a True Strike! A miserable pile of Divination!

@proxy90909

3 жыл бұрын

@@Kebutor But enough cantrips, HAVE AT YOU!

Ah yes torture nice suit btw

"wait, no" such a real reaction XD

"Each weapon had hit points." Older Editions Of D&D: Well....yeah.

"A spell scroll of true strike" oof

“Why am I even playing a bard?!” XD

@chrishubbard64

3 жыл бұрын

Its the eternal question really.

"Hey, Strong Bad, I really like your 'Shang Tsung from the first Mortal Kombat' costume!"

2:33 the face of "knowing how badly you're torturing the party, and how much you're enjoying it"

EDIT: Don’t need help anymore. Keep scrolling. Smart dudes answered already. Can someone answer a question that’s been pestering me for a while? There’s this page I’ve seen in KZread videos from WoTC and I need to know the book it’s from. It’s got different weapon pictures and stuff like the falchion, warhammer, war pick, and scimitar. It’s in black and white. Please someone answer if you know it’s been bothering me a whole lot.

@crash6269

3 жыл бұрын

seven likes already and not a reply, so here's this useless one because I have time.

@rompevuevitos222

3 жыл бұрын

Doesn't the base game have War picks and warhammers? Falchions and scimitars are just short swords, in the same way short swords can also be re-skinned as Katanas

@ACraven

3 жыл бұрын

This sounds like it's probably from the 3.5e weapon pages in the PHB. www.beerandbattle.com/wp2/pics-of-dnd-weapons/

@thaddeusstedman7783

3 жыл бұрын

You may be thinking, unless I’m mistaken, of the 3rd or 3.5 edition players handbook, around the section discussing weapons. They have item descriptions along with pictures. I may be wrong tho.

@guyvingelli9046

3 жыл бұрын

Andrew Hughson I appreciate your diligence.

Bard: Okay, I'm going to charm the dragon. DM: Okay, Roll your D10 Bard: Why? DM: The Dragon is a Top.

@drago3036

3 жыл бұрын

Could you explain this joke to me? I don't get it, but i have a feeling i would like it a lot if i did XP

@D3athstreak

3 жыл бұрын

@@drago3036 Normally you roll 1d20, but the dragon is a top, so you only get to count numbers 1-10 anyway as the dragon is 11-20.

@drago3036

3 жыл бұрын

@@D3athstreak oh, i see the problem. I don't know what a "Top" l means in this context.

@tomtom7955

3 жыл бұрын

@@drago3036 I think you should be asking your parents about the birds and the bees not strangers on the internet

@drago3036

3 жыл бұрын

@@tomtom7955 Maybe it is the fact english is not my native language, but if you are saying "top" in *that* way, then i still don't get what is the relation between that and the numbers

I’ve seen this video 10 or so times, and only now am I seeing the gem that is the last 5 seconds

Honestly the look he had when the "fighter" was insulting the Umber Hulk hit me in the feels

@custardvoodoo8259

2 жыл бұрын

Same, He Was So Sad

I absolutely love the new outfit Also lots of this stuff has happened to me sadly. and i have many horror stories about it

@gamingmaster6377

3 жыл бұрын

That is not an outfit, is Jacob's crippling body

Hey now, don't poop on theater of the mind or resource management. That's like pooping on vanilla ice cream just cause you like chocolate.

@U.Inferno

3 жыл бұрын

He himself has said he uses Variant Encumberance.

@AuntieHauntieGames

3 жыл бұрын

@@U.Inferno Oh I know. I'm just giving him guff.

@proxy90909

3 жыл бұрын

You dont poop on other peoples ice cream!?

@theshadowyparasite9448

3 жыл бұрын

Not to be that guy, but I'm pretty sure it was more about that specific dungeon being annoying in theater of the mind due to it's complexity.

@elf-lordsfriarofthemeadowl2039

3 жыл бұрын

it works, except for combat more than about 3 enemies.

You take that hoard of the dragon queen comment back right this instant

Some of these sound like ways to torture yourself. Like "I'm going to roll initiative for every single one."

@blacklion8307

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed, who wants six full hours of combat.

I thought you were gonna give tips for like CoS. Torturing the characters and not the players.

Give your party an airship. Boom, fixed that damn book

tbh weapon durability might be an interesting mechanic, if instead of hitpoints it has something similar to points of exhaustion where the effects can be reversed by maintenance and/or paying an npc blacksmith a few silvers to a gold (more for magic items).

My worst experience: "you find yourself in a maze"

I saw the thumbnail and just started laughing. 10/10.

"We're playing the Hoard of the Dragon Queen" Me, who played that as my third session: "That was kinda hard and long, lol"

You forgot, "Okay so to determine the order of actions taken for this NON-COMBAT RP session, we will now roll initiative and replace the Dex modifier with a Wisdom modifier."

Thanks, Jacob, I'll be playing with my friends this weekend and needed a guide

Are you trying to torture your players, or start an arms race of pain? (edit): never mind, I forgot, *that's all D&D is*

My eye twitched when he said they found a scroll of true strike

"We're going to be playing Hoard of the Dragon queen". I feel ya, had the terrible idea to DM It before Rise of Tiamat module

I always start lvl 3, otherwise I feel all fighting classes are the same and all the spell casting classes are the same, but on lvl 3 you can already tell 2 wizards apart

"We're trying to be positive here on XP to lvl3"

I like that you're cosplaying that awful DM from the D&D cartoon "hey kids welcome to the world of dungeons and dragons! Here is your first opponent....TIAMAT!"

1:21 We're not gonna use DND BEYOND, 2 years later and this is actually not a bad idea!

That was amazing. Also, the Toad impression at the end - 10/10. It's like you've watched the Super Mario Bros. Super Show before.

The "Dungeon Master" costume totally makes the video.

The deteriorating weapons looks like a fun mechanic

I love your costume - the D&D cartoon was legit

I like that your outfit was based on doungen master, from the old dnd cartoon who launched Tiamat at his party that had just gotten their weapons

Me in the beginning: "I have been hearing only good ideas" Says roll d20 for stats: *"HEATHEN"* Me later in the video: "thats a couple good ideas" and "hey, I do a few of those things" Me when I remember the vid title: "oh sh*t, wait a sec"

I can’t even question the authority of the DM due to the attire.

"also we're not going to be using dnd beyond" Well that aged like milk lol