"I woke up in a field, that's my backstory." You laugh, but thats literally Mollymauk's backstory

@shealupkes

Жыл бұрын

It was probably on purpose

@SpectreCiNW

9 ай бұрын

Pfft, try the undead race: Reborn I woke up as skeleton in a coffin so i dug my way out and now got no previous knowledge other than my name on the tombstone

Can we all just appreciate how well animated that last "FUCK" was?

I highly recommend all his DnD guide videos, even if you don't play they are incredibly entertaining and funny.

@greenquartz8554

Жыл бұрын

I mean, they got me to play the game :)

@CarlosVldz

Жыл бұрын

@@greenquartz8554 same its been a blast i volunteer as DM 😅

As intimidating as this was, There's an entire 3rd sheet devoted to the backstory.

@BlueBeast125

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, the backstory sheet is it's own beast

@BramLastname

Жыл бұрын

@@BlueBeast125 Oh hey, nice seeing you here.

This does take a few times to get used to his chaotic energy, but once you figure that out this is actually very helpful. I'm in a campaign with 2 new players, and they find this vid very helpful when they have questions about their sheet

@Burgertimee

2 жыл бұрын

Same Actually

@korok7523

2 жыл бұрын

I have not played yet and found them more helpful than real guides

@myrathewitch3155

Жыл бұрын

I’ve always recommended his crap guides whenever I have new players in my dnd sessions

@kaikornahrens1412

Жыл бұрын

This is how I actually learned dnd, as it was the only guide video I could understand

@donutlovingwerewolf8837

Жыл бұрын

Sameeee

My dad has been DMing since the very first white-box edition of D&D and he LOVES these videos! So many stories about so many characters and the sheets they went through! I particularly remember one campaign he told me about - a Tunnels and Trolls game, and it was a vicious run that dropped everyone in the bottom-most level of a dungeon with nothing but their underwear (and a spoon if they were lucky). His players had to make a lot of character sheets for that one because, well... as the story goes, "poor Mother McKree lost many sons that day"!

Poor guy. About halfway through I could just see him floundering and in need of help. Remember what Jocrap said. "Some people are intimidated by this mighty thingie's magnificence but mourn them ye shall not for they are weak ass bitches."

I've only just started dipping my toes into D&D but these videos have been wildly entertaining. The accuracy of some of his jokes may vary depending on the group you're with, some things he's brought up I've never experienced with my group (in fairness we're a little more loose on some standard rules which is fine since it's D&D) but they're all in good fun.

Admittedly I was pretty intimidated by DnD but once you play it, you start to get the hang of it. It's better to learn by playing.

oh god this man's laugh is infectious I swear XD

I legit use this video as an aid to crash course new players. Either by just showing them the video and then following up with clarifications, answering questions, and further explaining rough bits; OR by just stealing the structure of what he introduces and when for my own explanations, because its well laid out.

Dude, your facial expressions are always hilarious.

I woke up in a field is an excellent backstory ;-)...

It's always cute to see people confused about the D&D character sheet. First system I ever played has a dedicated page full of tables for the skills and combat stats each - on top of the one for base stats & traits, and not counting inventory and spells. By comparison, D&D's sheet is almost restrictively simple. Honestly though, I love The Dark Eye's extreme focus on role play skill diversity. Splitting "Acrobatics" and "Athletics" into its own table that can (but doesn't always have to) include more differentiated skills like climing, motor control, riding, swimming, dancing, and even drinking, allows to create more unique characters. Not everyone who's good at climbing is a great swimmer or runner. Also, every skill check includes 3 base stats each, like climbing uses Courage (another great addition - are you mentally prepared for the task?), Agility (which is split out of Dexterity here) and Strength. So your success depends on if you're okay with the height, can find & reach good holds, and are strong enough to pull yourself up. Swimming on the other hand asks for Agility, Constitution and Strength (= form + endurance + force), while something like disguising yourself takes Courage, Charisma and (actual) Dexterity (= confidence + acting + accurate application of your disguise). Also also, the combat system is more dynamic, with active parry and dodge rolls as default reaction abilities (which you can spec into to become near untouchable), as well as an armor system based around damage reduction (per hit zone) instead of a static hit-or-miss AC value. (edit: oops, I'm rambling again)

Building a new character is the hardest part. Once you’ve got that done, it’s just upgrading the numbers a bit every level. My kids play and I make their characters and level-ups for them (they’re very young). Good times though. Sometimes I make them a weird character just to see what they do with it at the table.

During HS we had a D&D club after school in one of the Math teachers classrooms. The teacher was cool and let us stay for a few hours to play. They didn't stay in the classroom that often but would come by and check in on us. I remember one afternoon it was end of year finals and we only had to be in school for 3 hours-as they broke up the 6 hours block into 2 days and than let us free. So here we are it's noon we all have our lunches, snacks and bottles of drinks and we've been going for about an hour when the teacher comes in to check on us as well as do end of the year prep work for finals the following day. We didn't think anything of it, so we're fighting a horde of Goblins, Hob Goblins and Worgs-We're getting really into it-solving problems, working out strats, our turn order and than came the MATH. The whole encounter took us about 45 minutes with just the five of us plus the GM-we get done, sit back come down off the battle high drink water eat snacks the whole thing when the teacher comes over sort of interested because they've been listening to us for the last 45 minutes talking about Modifiers, damage rolls, crit rolls, Nat 1's and Nat 20.. and than asked what the character sheets meant. Since we're on break the whole group decided to help our teacher make a character in order to join in on the session as a Guest-we go through pretty much this whole video-explain everything, get him all set up and continue with the session for another 3 hours. We all part hyped and ready for the game the following day since classes would be done at 11am, and most of us would be stuck at school until 4pm-We walk in ready to take our Math final for the year-for us this was our last Final so we just wanted to get it done so we could break grab snacks, lunch and drink for the next 4 hours. Teacher comes around hands out the test form get's to our group and just hands us a blank sheet of paper. Confused we rolled with it-after class when we asked why we didn't have to take the final the teacher said he was so impressed with our Game.. he felt we had a solid understanding of what would have been on the test anyway he just passed us with A by default. After graduating HS in 99, I went back a year or two later to sort of check in and attend the graduation of my cousin and friends when I stopped by to say Hi. Apparently.. we left such a huge impression on the teacher-that now every Friday in their class they play quick speed 45 minute rounds of D&D combat scenarios-with the GM rotating every week between the grouped tables so everyone gets a turn and it always stays fresh since no one in the group knows what's coming the following week with a new DM and it works on their creative thinking as the new GM has to pick up where the last one left off. I went to my 20 year reunion back in 2019-and was pleased to see the Teacher was still there. The Friday day D&D games have now spread through the School-several Math, Science and English teachers use quick lightening round sessions on Fridays as rewards, with the English teachers focusing more on telling a story and world building with light fast battle encounters and creative problem solving. Many of the same students have the same kids and teachers who run the micro sessions-so they do a whole 2-3 hour session while at school and learning things like crit thinking, cooperation, problem solving, speaking, descriptive narration, several flavors of Math- while also promoting friendships across multiple different backgrounds, hidden talents and helps kids feel included with common interests and building friendships. And all this was started back in 1995.

9:37 That face he makes when he has an epiphany of his own desk.

Pleasewatch the entire series of Crap Guide to D&D. 🥺🤣

Yep makes your brain melt. I remember a while back me and some friends were poking around a target and decided to buy a dnd box set. They all decided I should be the first time DM and figure out how all of this works. Countless KZread videos later and we hardly play anymore but I still know how it all works.

I JUST NOTICED 14:20 That lady is a Lizard from DOS2

Yeah, it seems hard at the beginning, but after 2 years of watching DnD content (still haven't been able to play even though I've been applying to plenty of online groups, weehhh) it becomes quite easy to fill out. Honestly it becomes quite easy the moment you realize "Oh that's just a bunch of addition and substraction, combined with reading."

17:13- I grew up playing 3.5e, and am currently writing my own gaming books: this is baby stuff.

"Intelligence is dumb" Artificers including me: ....Take that back Barbarians: No No he has a point

Character sheets can be super tricky at first, but by the time you make 2 or 3 characters you'll be a natural Most races have a speed of 30, occasionally 25 if you're small. Some larger races can go up to 40 Temporary HP, in simple terms, is a singular buff that you get from certain spells or abilities. If you get multiple sources of temporary hitpoints, you cannot stack them. You need to choose which one you want to keep. Once you run out of Temp HP, you then start taking damage from your regular HP Combat is surprisingly straightforward. You pick a target, roll a d20, and add your attack bonus. This roll goes up against the current AC of the target. If the roll "meets or beats" the target's AC, you hit the target and roll for damage. Say I'm fighting a goblin with an AC of... let's say 14. I have a longsword with me, which deals 1d8 slashing damage. However, because I have a +3 mod to strength and am proficient in longswords with a bonus of 2, I can add 3+2=5 to my attack roll and 3 to my damage roll. I roll and get a 12 on the base die. 12+5 = 17 to hit, which beats the goblin's AC of 14. I'm now able to roll a d8 and add 3 to determine how much damage I deal to the goblin. Player's Handbook and all other sourcebooks are available online, I recommend getting D&DBeyond, which is a website that houses all the official D&D sourcebooks and allows you to create characters fairly easily in a step-by-step fashion. Been using them for literal years and the character builder is super easy to understand.

my brain melted while watching this live on kbs twitch lol

KB, you think your intimidated now. This is for 5th edition, and they're already talking about 5.5 and/or 6th editions soon to come out. Which means possibly everything could change. And I got to the party late. Only in the last year I've managed to stock up on a few hundred dollars' worth of dice, trays, the core books for 5th, supplements, main campaigns, even a few card supplements..... and I have no one to play with. That's right fellow nerds, I'm in college AND I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO PURCHASED THESE THINGS AT THE SCHOOL BOOKSTORE. No matter, I can always play with myself... (giggity)

@Narokh

2 жыл бұрын

The good thing is, even if new versions come out you will usually be able to find someone who will still be interested in the previous versions.

@Jirodyne

2 жыл бұрын

@@Narokh And depending on what little they changed, you can just reuse the old books. Or just homebrew and combine the two editions and create your own unique game experience.

@steadfastscout4606

2 жыл бұрын

5.5... 5.5 WHAT?! I HAVE TO LISTEN TO MY 3.5 OLDHEADS BITCH ABOUT ANOTHER "INFERIOR" EDITION?!

My backstory?: Just wanted to adventure because they were bored at home.

It's more of a meme than a guide. When I watched his videos years ago I literally got spooked from learning how to play D&D and decided that it's too smart for me. I love jocat, but this information is 20 times more simple and digestible if you slow it dow a little, take a pause after sections, and get rid of the joking comparisons. But I know it's his job and loved him for this content for years.

I love Jocat, he taught me and my friends to play DnD

You have taken your first step into the depths of D&D. Now, when are you gonna have your first session? XD

2.0?!?!/1?1?! We are on 5th edition ( arguably 5.5 edition).

5:45 can confirm, 20 int 4 wis is a blast to RP.

Warlocks spamming eldritch blast at lvl 10

The easiest way to learn it, play Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic. It uses 3rd edition, but most translates over.

Yeah, most D&D from 3rd edition on are a bit math heavy. There are other systems with different ways of doing things, such as savage worlds, where your stats are directly noted as the die you roll for it, World of darkness, where everything on the sheet is represented as dots, which are the number of dice you roll, and Dread, where there are no stats and the whole game is played through a Jenga tower.

@curiouscork6302

2 жыл бұрын

Hmm isn't this 5th edition?

@jesternario

2 жыл бұрын

@@curiouscork6302 Yes, the video is on 5th edition. I was pointing out that 3rd edition is where the math heavy gameplay started. All editions since 3rd have used the basis of 3rd edition: roll a d20, add/subtract modifiers, compare to the difficulty the Game Master has given to the task.

@curiouscork6302

2 жыл бұрын

@@jesternario oh sorry

@jesternario

Жыл бұрын

@@curiouscork6302 No need to apologize. What I said applies to 5th edition as well.

16:46 that fuck is priceless

D&D beyond takes all of the fear out of creating a character now, even a goblin could do it

@Dragon_Lair

2 жыл бұрын

Now everyone makes so many character sheets knowing they'll never play any of them because once you get to a high enough level death is an inconvenience.

I could have missed them but I haven't found any reactions to Pints content. His recent predicting Stormblood is hilarious.

Your beard caught my attention but it only took five seconds of you speaking to make me like the video

If keeping track of your character sheet sounds hard, don't worry. There's always 'DnD Beyond'.

What's that song just before the outro plays?

I love this xD when you explain it to someone, it's the worst thing ever. play for 5 minutes, it's easy and intuitive xD

❤️❤️❤️

I failed math cause I didnt like sitting in a room and working alone. Now I've been playing D&D for 4 years and am So MUch BETTER as math now because D&D made it seem less of a chore.

I just got here, and I have to say, boy did this get easy, I get for new players is overwelming for sure, but having played older versions of the game, I can tell you this is a walk in the park

You should watch all DND crap guide videos

Really, it's only intimidating the first time you make a character and play a game, after that it gets fun to tinker around with builds. Mind, you have also have find a good group to play with, usually with at least one person who's played for while, but after that the possibilities are infinite. I highly suggest watching the class videos before the DM one, it'll give you a lot more context for what he's talking about in there...plus like this one they're all a stitch 😋

Where does one find a pair of those gloves you got ther man 😎

"99% of players misunderstand what a 'flaw' is." 99% of players, and just about as many writers as well (especially fanfiction writers.) What is a character flaw? It's something about that character that HOLDS THEM BACK AND NEGATIVELY HURTS THEMSELVES AND/OR OTHERS, specifically it's something about themselves that they need to overcome in order to live a better and/or more fulfilling and/or more moral life. Depression? Not a flaw, that would be a personality trait. Refusing to acknowledge the depression and not taking steps to deal with it, such as talking with others and letting them know your problems because you don't want to be vulnerable, THAT is a flaw.

wait until you try shadowrun and you will beg DnD5e for forgiveness xDDD

LAHEE

5e ironically enough is the *easy* version of the game, from what I understand it's much more confusing in previous editions.

What's that glove you're wearing?

i strongly recommend the rest of his crap guide to DnD videos. ideally in the order he released them, but character sheets was a good first one anyway

Not going to lie it's a pain if you first started. Gets easy later.

He looks so lost XD

It looks and sounds daunting as shit, especially if you never played the game, but with a patient dm and a session of playtime its easy to figure out. I recommend at least trying dnd to everyone because its a game shaped by you and your fellow players, theres something for everyone.

Watching TTRPG babies get upset at 5e being “complicated” is incredibly hilarious when you know that THAC0 used to be a thing or just how the character sheets for 3.5 or Call of Cthulhu look like lmao

@thecharmer5981

Жыл бұрын

Call of Cthulhu looks complicated but it’s actually really simple

@MaindexOmega

Жыл бұрын

But mourn ye shall not for they be weak ass bitches

I mean, pretty easy. Try doing 4e or Pathfinder. (Pathfinder is actually pretty easy, but you just need to understand it is different than DND).

Where’s the rest of the reactions?

Do you plan to watch anymore jocat DnD videos?

Your reaction to seeing the skills list, you think this is complicated you should read the rules to Cyberpunk 2020. Just understanding your armor and its damage mitigation is complicated AF.

Can u react to the others?

@KrimsonKB

2 жыл бұрын

I think I shall!

@meepmeep7634

2 жыл бұрын

@@KrimsonKB well this is a surprise, never expected a reply let alone from the creator lol

It isn't that complicated. Once you get it down you understand how to play 90% of the game