D&D lives as long as there is a GM and players...new content can be self-made, I don't ever buy commercial content. I am almost 60, been playing and GMing since 1979. I am playing a Pathfinder 2e game online and GM a D&D 5e in-person game for my best friend's family. I really appreciate your videos, I came here originally because I wanted some insights for running Lost Mine of Phandelver, which my friends had in a box set they owned for several years but had not read/played it yet. As their son hit 12 they asked if I would run for them. So game on! I have always had an aversion to spending money on an intellectually driven game, all you need is a group of keen players and your imagination. The basic D&D rules are free...I also house rule A LOT. My games are entertainment and suspense-driven...it is about having FUN. Music theme band Jethro Tull. Thanks again my hippie punk friend 😈

@RdotDoyle

7 ай бұрын

Love to hear it, I agree 100%. I have made a few how to play for free videos for D&D and PF2E to help spread that concept. You don't need anything but friends and an imagination. And if you have enough imagination, you can play with imaginary friends!

@Antipodeano

7 ай бұрын

@@RdotDoyle Haha imaginary friends! Wait who said that... :P almost spat my coffee out ..keep up the great work/fun/entertaining content - love it.

@RdotDoyle

7 ай бұрын

@Antipodeano love a good spit take. Thanks again, I appreciate you

@timgalivan2846

7 ай бұрын

I have a friend that works at B&N, buys all the books and gifts me many. All the players I currently play with were introduced to D&D by me. They all prefer to run modules when they DM and are generally in awe of my ability to make it up as I go. I frequently tell them they're all capable of it, but so far, only 1 has had the confidence to try (to great success, in my opinion)

I really like this channel. Ryan makes me feel like he is speaking directly to me. He is quick to the point without a lot of fluff. The temptation to constantly self-promote in order to "get the numbers up" is strong, no doubt. But my hope is that solid, clear content like this will one day be rewarded.

@RdotDoyle

7 ай бұрын

Hey thanks man, I really appreciate that one. I do try to focus in on the fact that there’s someone on the other side of the screen who has their own ability to think

I'm a new DM and our table has only been doing 5e for about a month or two and we're fully bought in with physical, digital, Roll20, Beyond, etc... There's almost zero chance of anyone in our group desiring to shift to One D&D and learn something new or unlearn things they JUST wrapped their heads around. We're currently doing Lost Mine for the first time (which brought me to your channel) and we're already discussing what the next adventure / module should be or if I should slap on Icespire Peak or go on to Shattered Obelisk with a big tone shift. Tomb, Rime, and Ghosts have also been heavily discussed. 5.5e or One or w/e came at such a bad time for us that it's probably going to get completely ignored by our entire group until we've gone through most of the adventures we want to do in 5e. If they double down on it and start messing with digitial content and books that we've already purchased we might just completely pull out of Beyond / Wizards entirely and do our own thing. We also have people in our group (including myself) that are interested in Call of Cthulhu and one of my players originally came from Pathfinder. All of this is happening before we even get to the can of worms that is the politics behind some of the decisions being made or the obvious greed from Hasbro / WotC. All that's just the cherry on top.

@RdotDoyle

3 ай бұрын

I think there's going to be a lot of tables out there in similar positions for a while now

Best commentary on this yet. The first “dnd” table I ever sat at the dm brought pathfinder 1e and to all of us that was dnd and we knew nothing else. Seeing all the online vitriol over what WotC is doing, I instantly thought of the potential for another pathfinder to emerge. But I’m also not going to panic until I see what WotC cooks up. My only concern as a new dm is not having much official content/modules to run, but maybe those are easier to convert than I realize

@RdotDoyle

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for that. I think wherever we land we're going to be great, and we're already seeing some great games come out of this with more on the way. I believe it gets easier to convert things as you gain more experience, and ultimately it depends on what system you land in. It's easier the lighter the rules, but with crunchier stuff like Pathfinder it's smart just to find appropriate monsters to slot in and use their official stat blocks to keep some balance. Obviously you can reskin the monsters to fit the theme/story you're telling.

Steampunk Warlord by Bossfight was playing in my head during the Eberron campaign last night

@RdotDoyle

7 ай бұрын

Awesome. I’ve read some but that was actually my first foray into Eberron. Really enjoyed if

All very true points. It's a shame the rest of your video's and the less tabloid style video's don't get more traffic or views. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

@RdotDoyle

4 ай бұрын

Thanks I appreciate that. I know you understand this more than most out there but...Yeah it's tough to decide how much to serve people and how much to serve the algorithms. But I keep choosing people most of the time.

@HowtoRPG

4 ай бұрын

@@RdotDoyle Everyone I know on KZread is moving away from video's to Publishing books, zines and PDF's. Video's are just a marketing tool.

@RdotDoyle

4 ай бұрын

Yeah I started out making things for the table because I frankly enjoy it more than making videos. But even that side of things has been soured by the past year, even more so in some ways

Love the Strangelove reference. 😂

@RdotDoyle

7 ай бұрын

Thanks! I was going to use the riding the bomb down clip but I the little flash of the man himself felt better

My biggest concern is the books going out of print before I can get what I want (money is tight atm)

@RdotDoyle

7 ай бұрын

You've got time and the holidays are coming up lol. But all that you really need is free in the SRD, especaiily since the bigger creative commons one came out thanks to the OGL nonsense. I have a couple videos on playing for free you could check out for a ton of resources

Hey mate, long time lurker. I have really appreciated your guides and takes on D&D. Loved this video! Keep on being awesome!

@RdotDoyle

7 ай бұрын

Thank you, what a nice comment. I appreciate you

100% with you on this! I would love to read the script for your "Gary does cocaine" video... I mean the "Business History of D&D". And would love to discuss that!

@direden

7 ай бұрын

OH... and Zeppelin... the answer is alays Zeppelin!

@RdotDoyle

7 ай бұрын

Ha! We can absolutely do a Gygax goes Wild talk, that could be fun. The history stuff felt a little out of context because the 2E era tanked for different reasons but set up the circumstances for 3/3.5 being huge. The 4E fiasco feels a lot more like what's happening to (definitely not) 6E but led to 5E being the biggest version ever. And the wheel goes round

@RdotDoyle

7 ай бұрын

@direden YES! I knew we were kindred spirits

Jethro Tull has some of the best D&D music, their "Songs from the Wood". Although I wouldn't debate which album .

@RdotDoyle

7 ай бұрын

Oh amazing call. I saw them once, way past their prime, and dude was still prancing circles around the stage with his flute. He’s definitely some form of fey

This is one of my favorite channels right now. Keep up the good work.

@RdotDoyle

7 ай бұрын

Thanks, I appreciate it

This is my first time experiencing an edition change as an active player and as a GM. I've got a long running game going, and I know we'll finish it out in 5E, regardless of the changes that come about. But change is good! I'm looking forward to seeing what the new year/edition brings

@RdotDoyle

7 ай бұрын

Same actually. We’ll see what we get but I was looking forward to change. I’m afraid what we get will be insignificant but I am willing to be pleasantly surprised for sure

I listen to a lot of Morbid Angel when I prep and drive to sessions. Gateways to Annihilation in particular sets a tone that is my DM style. My players have no idea.

@RdotDoyle

7 ай бұрын

Oh new one for me, I’m not a big metal guy but that is definitely the tone to what I go for sometimes. I enjoy developing stories but I also revel in the wanton destruction

Hej Verdi, I am super excited about DC20! So, can't wait for your DC20 video. The attack roll/damage die in one and the spell upscaling sounds awesome!

@RdotDoyle

7 ай бұрын

Yeah it looks great. I’ve been reading through it and formulating my thoughts. I don’t want to just repeat what DC says about it himself and honestly it’s hard not too lol.

@GrippaNL

7 ай бұрын

@@RdotDoyle well, I read abit through the Alpha and mastery was something that wasn't very clear to me how it works. I do not know pathfinder and I guess that is where he got it from. Then again, I came to your channel due to LMOP vids. I think you eventually get the most reach with that kind of vids (DM prep)

@RdotDoyle

7 ай бұрын

@@GrippaNL I like the mastery idea for skills. He's definitely looked around and taken the best ideas from several systems, including a lot of PF2E DNA. It seemed weird to me there for a second as well, but it's a lot like many games skill trees where you can invest multiple points in the same area to make it better and better. LMoP is where a lot of folks found me. I was in the middle of DoIP last year when the OGL rumors started flying, and it's made it a little trickier for me to just be the WoTC guy, you know? But I'm also not going to stop talking to the majority of people here just because the Monopoly man is being a jerk, so there's more official module coverage in my future I'm sure Thanks for the feedback

This is the same argument I make with people who get upset about movie remakes, just because they remade it, doesn't mean that the original no longer exists.

@RdotDoyle

7 ай бұрын

Great point. When the new thing comes around I'm always hoping for something either better or distinctly different and new. Jury's still out if that's what we're getting in the next edition but that doesn't mean we're stuck with it either way

Well I gut said D&D is Nightwish, but then you said Rush and I was like, "Hell yeah D&D is Rush!"🤘

@RdotDoyle

7 ай бұрын

Good call. But yeah you need a little mathiness in there too lol

Thanks for the mention of DC20. I agree that Hasbro is pretty screwed, but the games will continue!

@RdotDoyle

7 ай бұрын

Oh for sure, I've been going over the DC20 Alpha, it's a big pdf, but video soon!

Thank you for that!

@RdotDoyle

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for this lol

Metal D&D music? Medieval Steel - The Dungeon Tapes.... The opening lines of the Medieval Steel song: Beyond the sands of time within the realm of the mind There's a land where life and death are ruled by steel Out of this land five conquering heroes arose to make their stand....

@RdotDoyle

6 ай бұрын

Oh another new one for me, I'll check them out

@Grumpy-Dice

6 ай бұрын

@@RdotDoyle I hadn't heard of them either until I ran across "Eddie Munson's Hellfire Basement Tape" (on Mixcloud). This, even though I'm an 80's child and metal fan. Another good one I discovered from the mix is Savatage's "Hall of the Mountain King". They have an earlier album called "The Dungeons are Calling".

Weezer's In the Garage... is the song for me.

@RdotDoyle

7 ай бұрын

Man I love Weezer. In my crappy cover band days we played a few of theirs. I mumbled in the intro to the sweater song, is was the only time I got on the mic lol

@angelusdemorte3

7 ай бұрын

@@RdotDoyle Love to See trashy cover bands!

RPG video game music is my choice currently. I like immersion in the games I run. Back in the day I used to run the horror RPG, "Chill" and had some of the best and scariest game sessions while playing the soundtrack for a theatrical stage production of "Dracula". The music was so inherently creepy that it fed the tension around the gameplay. I want my D&D music to mesh with the setting in the same way. Off-topic point. I disagree about the D&D movie. It sucked badly. People are giving it a pass because it's the first commercial success of a specifically D&D movie to hit the big screen. But if you were to say, put it on a scale containing all the MCU movies, it would rank near the bottom of that list. Better than "The Eternals" but worse than "Thor: Love and Thunder". On the bright side, if another D&D movie gets made, they've set the bar really low for making a better one. And they don't even need to use the same characters.

@RdotDoyle

6 ай бұрын

Oh great recommendations. I used to use a lot of video game soundtracks in session, threw off my Spotify algorithm big time lol. It's perfectly reasonable for us to disagree about the movie, it's all opinion after all. I think I liked it for the ways it wasn't like an MCU movie. I was afraid they'd try and fail to make a low budget version of those, but they did actually steer more towards the tone and vibe of D&D, at least to my eye.

Long live home brew , DYI D&D. No company can hold us to our money to play. I had played AD&D without even knowing new editions (I'm old) existed. nothing diminished fun. I have caught up to 5th because of new players.

@RdotDoyle

7 ай бұрын

Heck yeah, power to the people baby ✊

Yeah, I don't see myself buying the Dungeon Master's Guide at all. I have used my current verson so few times it's embarassing! I hope the new PHB comes out soon.

@RdotDoyle

6 ай бұрын

It's funny, I did a couple videos on hidden gems in the DMG because it is so hard to find exciting and useful content in there. I'm actually looking forward to the new version because they seem to be acknowledging the weakness of the 2014 version. But I doubt I'll be buying it sight unseen lol

Mork Borg is by far the best ttrpg. imo.

@RdotDoyle

6 ай бұрын

I love the tone and approach of it and I understand why it has a strong following. It seems as if nobody likes Mork Borg, they either love it or haven't heard of it lol

Hey, The doom and gloom works. I literally clicked this video in the hope of getting some epicaricacy from Wizards. I'm glad to hear their stock is the lowest it's been in a decade. Fuck around and find out!

@RdotDoyle

7 ай бұрын

People like Doom and Gloom, I might have to serve up more of it lol. What amazes me is that they already did this, they F’d around, they found out, and now they’re doing it all over again. It’s wild

I vote Amon Amarth

@RdotDoyle

7 ай бұрын

I’m getting a lot of good recommendations out of this video. This is what big orc armies sound like in my head cannon

@zachreads

7 ай бұрын

@@RdotDoyle they are named after Mount Doom in LOTR

@RdotDoyle

7 ай бұрын

@zachreads oh amazing, I thought I recognized the name. Then I saw the term Melodic Viking Death Metal and kind of forgot about everything else lol

Came here for phandelver but going to disagree. First there is no real alternative to d&d. Pathfinder was a substitute just like drakes was a substitute when hostesses went out of business. The miniature line is dying on the vine for pathfinder and most local stores don’t run it. People complain about GW (me included)but every time I walk into my local store the tables are packed. Bg3 has pumped my d&d group and just like another poster I am older but d&d hasn’t lost anything. It’s like critical role speculation they would drop d&d. They would be insane!

@RdotDoyle

7 ай бұрын

Disagreement is welcome. And honestly, we don't disagree about much based on this comment. I don't think D&D is going anywhere but to I'd love to see other alternatives grow in popularity as well

melon

@RdotDoyle

7 ай бұрын

This made me think of Blind Melon, who I love but isn’t my D&D vibe usually. I also found this synthy 80s band named Melon that seems way closer to RPG theme, though maybe more sci-fi. This could also be an autocorrect thing or just an inscrutable comment on purpose, but either way I’ll be singing “No Rain” all day now

@MyFireVideos

7 ай бұрын

@@RdotDoyle"speak friend and enter" (from your door behind you)

@RdotDoyle

7 ай бұрын

Hahahaha! Amazing. Right over my head

Judas Priest. BABY

@RdotDoyle

7 ай бұрын

Solid choice. I chant Breaking the Law when I am going thru a yellow light that’s pushing it

WoW is doomed, D&D is doomed... Same old story Ofc D&D is not about one company, cause it never was. I thought it was obvious for, like, every dnd player in the world. If you are a fan of trademark, well...

@RdotDoyle

7 ай бұрын

“Every generation thinks it’s the end of the world.” Totally agree with you, but it does seem easy for some folks to forget

I'm literally 5 minutes into the video and you haven't even stated exactly why DND is "doomed" that's a pretty big and pretentious statement. Without a specific reason given, i am just getting more and more irritated with this video and this sentiment. How exactly is DND doomed? it's literally more popular than it ever has been

@RdotDoyle

7 ай бұрын

Yeah this one kind of assumes a familiarity with the d&d discourse of the last year. I don’t think it’s doomed but WoTC has definitely made a series of missteps and driven folks to other systems

The title of the video is literally, "Dnd is doomed". At the end of the video he says "Dnd is not doomed". What even is this video, what are you even saying?

@RdotDoyle

7 ай бұрын

Yeah I guess the humor here kind of hinges on being informed of the discourse on WoTC this year. Or maybe knowing Dr Strangelove

Clickbait video

@RdotDoyle

7 ай бұрын

Man you had some feelings on this one huh? Sorry you didn’t like it, I thought it was funny