Star Wars taught me three things related to D&D: 1) Shoot (stab) first. 2) Never go down a garbage chute. 3) Don't jump into bed with a new NPC until you determine whether you two are related.

@taiganwind7787

4 жыл бұрын

Goya Solidar -or that they can bleed.

@williamthomas4125

3 жыл бұрын

4) The Devil Mouse is evil.

@DUNGEONCRAFT1

3 жыл бұрын

True. And with so many sperm donors--you never know. They oughta be an app for that....

Players walk through a strange market run by goblins (I haven't created any NPCs, gonna wing it) Player asks if there are any goblins selling food. "Yes, he has a small table with a basket of fish." "What's his name." (Uh....) "Gripp." Gripp the Goblin was with us for 36 more sessions and survived the whole campaign.

I don't think Grumm should return, but they should recover his body for a proper burial. Make him go to a Valhalla sorta place where he will train for a Ragnarök sorta event, and if a player dies in combat he/she can meet him there.

@benvoliothefirst

4 жыл бұрын

Heartily seconded! Let him enjoy his eternal reward.

Don't forget that Luke and Ben meet Han Solo and Chewie in a seedy tavern in the beginning of Star Wars before going on their quest to save the kingdom (I mean galaxy). I think George Lucas was a secret D&D player. :-)

Hmm, you yourself said, “Don’t subvert player expectations, meet them and exceed them.” So I say, “Give them Baby Grumm!” I have spoken that this is the way. The little, bearded Grummling even comes with a book of bedtime stories that some normally gruff and grumpy but soft-hearted player character is pestered to read from every time the party stops for a long rest. The title: “Grumm’s Fairy Tales.” Okay, okay, I’ll see myself out now. No need to push. :)

@miladoro

4 жыл бұрын

This is excellent

This is the best breakdown of the issues from TLJ. You're the best.

@DUNGEONCRAFT1

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, John.

I had one of those NPCs in a game over 20 years ago that my players still bring up. It was a halfling warrior in AD&D 2nd Ed, Zodal the Small. He was just supposed to be a throwaway character! He had three things I used to describe him; he wore a chain shirt, he was small, even for a halfling, and he waved hello and goodbye with both hands. THAT'S IT!!! Yet still he is remembered, over 25 years later! You can never know where the next Zodal the Small will come from.

@DUNGEONCRAFT1

2 жыл бұрын

Absoutely.

I want to base an entire series of adventures around the life and times of Porkins.

Love your Stars Wars commentary, thank you

@DUNGEONCRAFT1

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

At least you've got the guts to say the truth about Star Wars. Besides the amazing content you make. Keep it up!

Perfect video for today sir. I am more excited to see your videos then that movie masquerading as Star Wars. The heroes journey is what we all want in our movies and games. I regret I have only One like to give. Sharing this video to even my non DnD friends.

@DUNGEONCRAFT1

4 жыл бұрын

Many thanks, Myke!

Luke meets Jabba the Hutt scene Skyrim soundtrack ;) thank you professor dungeon master you earned +1 inspiration

@DUNGEONCRAFT1

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome. Share it!

I think the ultimate lesson is don't love D&D because one day Disney will come along and destroy it.

@herohiroguy

3 жыл бұрын

Disney doesn't have t, WotC is doing destroying DnD themselves.

@kalenplant2675

2 жыл бұрын

@@herohiroguy How is WotC destroying D&D??

@herohiroguy

2 жыл бұрын

@@kalenplant2675 It sure is, a quick search is wotc destroying dnd beings up videos talking about all the different ways they are doing it, I when full OSR because of what they are doing.

@kalenplant2675

2 жыл бұрын

@@herohiroguy I just want your view on it man, not regurgitated crap from angry people online because as we know, the Internet will get angry over anything.

@Cov1ngtonsGhOst

Жыл бұрын

If only yall knew then what we know now.

Elegantly veiled movie critique. Thanks. My wife and I love your channel.

Along the Grumm line of thought.. One of the best NPC's in a campaign I played in was a mimic. Instead of fighting it we fed it some rations then offered it a job as doorkeeper of the dungeon which was under a key shop in a city. We lured it with the promise of fresh pastries and cake which were way better than dry rations. Very memorable role-play moment because the dwarf could speak undercommon.

started watching mandalorien last night with the kids, they noticed right away that ir was just like DnD. but star wars. we looked up Jon Favreau wiki and it has a paragraph on how he credits dnd with his storytelling.

I got my friend coming over tomorrow to play d&d for the first time. He is joining in on my sons campaign and I can't wait to unleash the dungeon craft and runehammer style of play onto him. Great story, fast combat and "don't let them see how the sausage is made". Your content is simply amazing and my go to place for d&d ideas, even the videos I've already watched. Keep up the great work.

@tommynaclerio

4 жыл бұрын

Those channels are the best by far!

@DUNGEONCRAFT1

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks and let me know how it goes!

Yet another well crafted video. One thing to mention is the when and how of removing the mentor. Once the 'kids' have leveled enough that they can handle things on their own, having a memorable and story-driving exit to the mentor is very important. It cements the 'old fool' as a beloved NPC and puts a bullseye on the baddie who brought him down.

Just like Babe Ruth said in The Sandlot, "Remember kid, there's heroes and there's legends: Heroes get remembered, but legends never die." Don't take that literally though... Grumn's legend will be reduced if he's brought back from, what was presumably, his death.

This was such a great video. Down to earth, very clear and precise ideas. I loved it.

Great DM'ing advice! Sharing with my son, who is preparing to run his first D&D game, in a few weeks. Been at this DM'ing stuff for 39 years... Still learning! Finding a few gold nuggets in your videos, to add to my dragon's hoard of treasures. Huge fan of X-DM -- amazing book, amazing techniques within it. And... It has amazing gamer humor in it, too. I laughed out loud reading it -- my D&D-playing family thought I'd lost it. ;-) Keep this stuff coming. I learned all of this, the hard, slow, torturous way. I am helping my son learn it fast, easy, and well. Your videos are a wonderful resource. Cheers!

The Throw Away NPC can be solid gold. One of the most memorable for my group was a tavern mutt named Frank the Dog. It was simply an ambience piece in a murder mystery adventure in a large port city. I had no intent of having the animal be anything else, until the Druid cast Speak with Animals and interrogated it. Frank wound up providing a nugget that lead the party to discovering the murder was an undead monster disturbed from a centuries long sleep by an expansion of the city sewers. Frank is now legendary from two interactions in a campaign I ran 12yrs agon

Thank you for explaining this, and roasting EP 7-9

Great episode! Aside from the excellent DM’ing tips, I was starting to feel grumpy and cynical for thinking the new trilogy is terrible. Glad to know I’m not the only one!

The force was strong on this one!!! Keeping it real as always!!! Thank you good sir!!!

Great video, appreciate your insight and ideas to help run the best game of DnD ever

What's really funny is that admiral akbar actual DOES die in TLJ but it's so underplayed most people didn't even realize it happened

Another great video. Your points on the Star Wars characters was articulated very well and made me realize precisely why I didn't like the newer movies.

Excellent as always! Merry Christmas Professor!

Wow, I just discovered your channel, and honestly, I am super impressed. I have had a WEG Star Wars gaming happening for 11 years, and it's been one of my most memorable game of all time. Each of us has a nemesis or villain that will show up once in a while and try to screw with us, and our GM has told this beautiful story. Having high powered characters I often wonder how he did it, and he told me something very simple that I use in my own games is scaling. Honestly I would love to sit down and converse with you on so many things. so impressed by your insights and I think very much in the same lines. Looking forward to watching more of your videos. (sorry this is long)

My players attached to a throwaway NPC merchant, to the point of involving themselves in a war, (a war that wasn't part of the main plot as nobody had skin in the game until said NPC) just to save the NPC.

My party's all time favourite npc was an orcish shaman that was supposed to appear once to sell info and potions to them midway through a dungeon. He was always kind of annoyed by them and became a recurrent shopkeeper throughout the campaign.

@DUNGEONCRAFT1

4 жыл бұрын

Lol. That's how it happens!

Your advice on NPC’s is spot on. I made probably 15+ NPC’s over the course of a year and the one that stuck was a prisoner I made up on the spot he joined the party and is now 11th level. Almost all of the comic relief comes from this NPC’s actions and commentary. He’s everyone’s favorite.

My player's favourite NPC was a donkey they bought and it would follow them everywhere and was useless at carrying their stuff.

I seriously don't understand why this video doesn't have more views. This is excellent!

“Destroyed my childhood” 😂 In my house we don’t talk about episodes 8 and 9.

@DUNGEONCRAFT1

Ай бұрын

Amen.

played what you described !!! love every minute of it !!! started in the kings chamber and wallked in to a siege battle and then started the quest and ended in the kings chamber

Old school DM/player (1e/2e)who got back into the hobby a year ago. 5e is awesome , the choices, and options for PC’s is a breath of fresh air but as a DM I find it extremely difficult to truly challenge my players without going to great lengths that border on cheating. Your channel and advice have helped me tremendously to combat this problem. Thank you, Professor, and keep up the good work.

Professor Dungeon Master had made so many good recommendations that I came here to thank you for them and the ones that will surely come. I just watched Skyfall and S.W. Episode IV, V & VI. The last one I will never forget, specially the funeral pyre scene (the moment here was very deep). I think this was a great way to start my 2020.

@DUNGEONCRAFT1

4 жыл бұрын

Great movies!

@DUNGEONCRAFT1

4 жыл бұрын

Michael Johnson I have not seen ROS.

“Grumm must return. You said yourself tweed man. Give player want they wants.”

@spacedinosaur8733

4 жыл бұрын

Or the Son of Grumm, looking to avenge his fathers death.

@theChillDude

4 жыл бұрын

“I am Grumm son of Gumm. I slay the milk drinking elves who murdered Grumm”.

I would like to wish everyone a safe and happy holiday season! If you had fun acting out Grumm's personality, then I say bring him back. I really enjoy your video!

Right on! Great content.

LOL... I totally agree.... I refuse to go. I will just remember the originals

@dungeondumbo

4 жыл бұрын

William Hoover ...you missed....nothing.

What Star Wars can teach about Dungeons & Dragons: Don't let Disney buy your IP or it will be ripped into the abyss of eternal suckage.

@foxunix101

4 жыл бұрын

Ya it is a garbage fire.

@GameNightTV

4 жыл бұрын

Two words: Baby. Yoda.

@ChrisGeisel5000

4 жыл бұрын

It's been a garbage fire since the Prequels, Disney is just carrying on the tradition of completely misunderstanding the appeal of the original trilogy.

@MoragTong_

4 жыл бұрын

@@zacharyhoover5588 Or there are retards that will watch anything and sing its praises like a bunch of zealot fanboys. Isn't there a Jonas Brothers album you should be pirating right now?

@terrybeal2252

4 жыл бұрын

Disney did a great job with Marvel. Rogue One, Han Solo, and The Mandalorian are good but this trilogy just sucks.

I've been feeling bad about not watching the latest Star Wars films. Now, not so much. Thanks Professor!

Re: NPCs who the players unexpectedly like... I was DMing a game with one player... I had this mage NPC, Felonius who, along with a thief NPC, Greegan, regularly bullied a dwarf NPC. When goblins took down Felonius in one of the party's first battles, I was surprised that my player didn't want him to die. 😯 As a result, I bent the rules to allow Felonius to survive on death's door and recover after much rest. Felonius might get killed later (his survival is not inevitable), but it depends on what happens in our campaign.

well done! Perfect illustration of the Campbellian (sp) Monomith!

Don't listen to those who complain loudly about your preferred style of game not being theirs. My friends and I love your channel and enjoy your insight, experience, creativity and approach to the hobby. It's easy to find "how to overpower the game" advice on other channels if that is what someone is looking for. We students of Professor Dungeon Master need our mentor!

Very well made points, sir.

@DUNGEONCRAFT1

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Sebastien!

Thanks for the video.

Lol my players favorite npc is a gnome carriage driver with a donkey that takes forever to get wherever you need to go and talks about all the things he's done in his very old age. Thought him up in a second when someone asked me what he looked like when they needed a carriage to the other side of town.

My characters role played with a minor villain so hard they eventual convinced him to turn on the big bad lol. He was supposed to be an epic combat to finish level 3 of my dungeon, but they sacked his room and learned what made him tick before confronting him. They now have their fav NPC 😅 who uses Time Magic. They love this guy!

I played the Star Wars RPG a bit back in the 90s. Worth a play.

@spacedinosaur8733

4 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed it immensely as well.

Great video sir. I personally think the challenges of running high-level games comes more from the level based systems itself then it does the imagination of the storyteller. In games like Exalted and Vampire, everyone is uber powerful and yet its still easy to write campaigns. It’s psychologically and mechanically limiting when you have a 1-20 level system.

Number eight is what I love of rpgs, how players can change the thing that you narrate and attach or hate others npcs. Something similar happen to in my campaign, I created a gravedigger that not talks to much (was a helper for a sidequest) I don’t know why the players created a mysterious background around him that I have to make him a villain... he ended to be a not too powerful cleric worshipper of the death but the players fear him to much that never make an attempt to stop him.

Grumm had a son that no one knew about. The managed to recover his body and favorite weapon. He talks to the weapon and seeks its counsel in battle planning.

@DUNGEONCRAFT1

4 жыл бұрын

Cool idea!

Some solid advice here. And I agree with the Star Wars commentary as well.

Good advice and video

Thanks you very much ... yes we can learn very much from Star Wars... also Episode 7 and 8, the fails you don't have to do :D. ... The question why some side NPCs become greate and important NPCS are overseen... May be the first Situation in the game, if they come with a benefit (for the moment, for the situation, for the party, for the players or born out of the chaos of a fail.... I think if they trigger the right emotions they get the focus... Darth Vadders, in his first scene your emotions build an archetype.... you know how he (should) work.... first Order General Huks, you think he should work as an evil general... We know what he became... I think the first moment must be planed very well (make own notice to remember that for next time) As every time, great video with good support thoughts :)

@DUNGEONCRAFT1

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your thoughtful commentary and for watching DungeonCraft!

I love how you think. Both for GM advice and film/screen writing perspective. I first saw "A New Hope" in 1977 when I was 5 years old. I can still recall the grandeur of the theater lobby and some scenes from the movie. You're correct about there being something inside us that resonates with traditional tales (DNA?), and this feels just right to us. Maybe it's a mystery to all humans. IDK BTW, I vote to leave Grumb be. His memory can be romanced by players for years to come. But...if you do decide to revive him, a planar adventure may be in order: have the party quest to find Grumb's soul. Once he's found, they can role-play their desire for him to return to the world of the living.

@DUNGEONCRAFT1

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for commenting. I'm fascinated by the Grumn responses.

Liked, subscribed, and still looking for those blasted droids.

I think there aren't many modules for high-level characters because the higher level you are the more integrated into your campaign world you are. When you can stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the most powerful well-known NPCs of your setting, your characters are now among the movers and shakers. It becomes more about accomplishing their goals and bless about merely surviving and getting rich. When my player characters were approaching level 20, I was worried that the DM was going to want them retired. We discussed it and neither of us wanted to do that so we elected to paraphrase an ex-president and declared "life begins at level 20!" I think low, middle, and high level gaming is like breakfast lunch and dinner. We may have a favorite meal of the day, but we're happiest when we have all three

Basically the same thing, but I wrote my campaign using Dan Harmon's story circle. One of my players agreed to let his character die in a very dramatic fashion. It devastated the party. That arc felt so rewarding.

Professor, you are gold.

A new video, huzzah! So about Grumm... what if Grumm did survive but he was severely hurt and bashed in the head, giving him that good old amnesia trope. While he has recovered physically he's had the mindset of "die a glorious death" scrambled into "give others a glorious death" and one day he shows up wanting to kill the PCs. Does he do it, do they kill him, can they figure it out and 'fix' him?!

this is actually a great video. ive based my own DMing on everything in this video. Star Wars really is the perfect model for an adventure story. Id say this is crucial viewing for any new DM my only thing is that ive end up making like 4 “mentors”. Ive got a lot of killing to do. Perhaps a Red Wedding???

Many years ago, I actually played in a session with Grumm. He was awesome.

Nice video professor.

But Gandalf coming bad to life lead to one the coolest dialogs ever, when he talks to Pippin about death.

My players love and actually adopted a throwaway dwarven teenager kid who speaks like morty that i created out of improve. Now he’s one of the favs

Your right on about joseph campbell.

loved your realistic approach to NPCs.

Grumm returns, as an undead lieutenant. He seeks revenge against any who stopped him from achieving his goals. Party must confront him several times before recapturing his soul, and giving him a heroes place in the halls of his ancestors

@DUNGEONCRAFT1

4 жыл бұрын

Great idea! I told my group I'm only bringing Grumn back if this video hits 10k views, which is looking unlikely. But your idea is one of the better ones.

@stefanvoss6341

Жыл бұрын

@@DUNGEONCRAFT1 I’ll be looking for Grumm in a future campaign video 😉

I completely agree about level. The journey to level 10 is usually the best part of the game. I've had more games die out after level 10 than at level 5.

I had an NPC whose only description was "he's a young guard used as the errand boy by the mayor", and he was just supposed to ask them to meet the mayor. Well, it wasn't one of the more than 10 NPCs with backstory the one they fell in love with, it was this Gawyn boy who didn't even had a name before they asked it.

Excellent Vid! I liked it so much I watched it twice. "Meet expectations and exceed them," should be carved in stone somewhere.

@spacedinosaur8733

4 жыл бұрын

Rian Johnson needs to get it tatto'd on his palm so he'll never forget in the future.

@jdmcdonnell71

4 жыл бұрын

@@spacedinosaur8733 Or at least he will see it and be reminded every time he does a face palm.

@irishthump73

4 жыл бұрын

Commodore Stargazer I’d prefer it on his headstone.....

Needs more Grumm! Also, the two second character who became a staple in my current game: Donnie the requisitions officer. He was the guy who hero worshipped all the pilots he filled orders for, and was always tripping over himself when he met them in person. He appeared in two scenes in session one and very briefly in session three. After his little cameo, one of my players paid a visit to the bar and immediately said "I'm gonna look for Donnie." The guy's been in damn near every session since. They can't part with the dude.

Best episode ever

Gandalf should have stayed dead he says! Not even skipping a beat!This is why im subbed right here!

If you haven't watched RotS yet, you're in for a surprise. The first hour had me watching in disbelief how similar to a regular D&D session the plot was. In the end I got the feeling I just observed 3years worth of a campaign, compressed into 2h... I'm not complaining, I actually enjoyed it.

Amazing ! I never considered Star Wars like a D&D game. What you said makes absolute sense. 4 to 6 was a great campaign compared to 7-9.

Star Wars is a huge part of my personal Appendix N.

Grumm needs to show up in the caverns of carnage to save the day in some fashion. Maybe a prisoner the players rescue who comes back to help.

Hey again proffered I talked to DM Scotty in his comments (if you even know him) and I told him to check out your channel!

There is a webcomcis that reimagines all of Star Wars in order as a dysfunctional D&D game that Qui-Gon derailed in first five or so seconds enteirly.

I also find it good to start with a terse descriptive of your character whether they're a PC, NPC, or otherwise. With a simple sentence, you can just run on the fly with any character. It also makes it easier to to remember a large cast of characters... and keeps notes to a minimum. Mostly you just want to sum up their personality and profession (which is often a descriptive in of itself). Examples: - Marty Mcfly: A young musician and lab assistant. - Falstaff: A heavy drinking, fun loving knight and swinger. - Macbeth: A corrupted noble driven insane by his own lust for power. - King Richard 1st: A battle hungry King. - Saint Olga: Loyal widow and Queen fueled by vengeance. - Brian Blessed: A hammy fellow with no inside voice. KZread Examples: - God Emperor of Mankind: A grouchy, profanity spewing, manipulative godlike being - Jack the NPC: A wisecracking investigator/adventurer who's here for the lolz. My examples: - King Faen: Elvish gardener turned king. - Renard Silverhands: Cynical master swordsman and alcoholic. - Hygeia: Hippy herbalist and physician. - The Wanderer: A byronic warrior. - Aria Del Espada: A young, resourceful princess and aspiring mage.

You have a chance to introduce imposter Grumn, so they can relive the tragedy all over again when they are forced to kill the imposter themselves. Imposter Grumn could be a magical monster (Doppleganger, devil, etc) or just a shady dwarf with disguise skills that wants to screw over the PCs for some reason.

Prof DM: puts up pic of BABY YODA Me: AAAAAWWWWWW!!! Wait, what was this video about? Aw, look, it’s baby Yoda!!!!

"Dey cannot kill Grumm. Grumm stronk. Stronk like owlbear. Stubborn like General Winter."

Truest DC ever on all counts. Except why we referring to initiative? :D Awesome Video thank you.

I created an NPC in probably five minutes that was a big tough grunt, and when he wasn't fighting, he was sipping lemon tea from his silver mug. At one point the characters and the grunt got captured and had all their possessions (including the tea and mug) taken away. I slipped on accident and said that the grunt was still sipping his lemon tea, in prison, and he has been a player favorite ever since. It drives the Bard crazy to try and figure out where the tea is coming from.

Not even NPCs have this effect of becoming universally loved/quoted. Even objects can have that. Like the cake in the first portal game.

I think it would be fun to have a mentor that ends up corrupted or ideologically opposed to the players and they have to fight them. especially if the players really like the mentor. Imagine if Gandalf got a hold of the one ring and the fellowship had to put him down, it would be a real shock while also being quite sad (like it's not really his fault). He would have made an incredible reoccuring villain while also acting to reinforce the danger and importance of the main quest (IE destroying the ring).

I watched this one again it's still a great, more DM GM 's should watch this.

Hmm. The bit about impromptu NPCs inexplicably becoming beloved may actually tie into the previous point, Professor... methinks it could be because of the difference in expectations, and presentation. If you're quietly designing an NPC in your head, alone, you've only your memory and your understanding to base them off of, and you might think of ways to sell their personality or make them memorable in your own time, then drop them off into the world for the players to meet, already pre-developed... but, when you make one on the fly, suddenly you're not the only factor in the creation process anymore, you've got like four other blokes and sheilas looking at you like chicks in a nest, each with their own expectations, having had their own days, just looking to have a good time and you as the dungeon master are receptive to that, so you may well inadvertently create a more likeable NPC with that indirect input rather than hours of thought on your own... Plus, the players can usually pick up on that subconsciously, right? Impromptu NPCs likely have a different air, a different vibe about them, they feel fresher, not rehearsed, "straight from the cranium", as the audience might say to a freestyler. The players feel like that NPC might not have even happened without their being there to instigate them-like they somehow contributed to this moment, and combined with your new on-the-fly creation process, that "say something now, figure out why later" type deal, it comes together as this perfect storm of memorability. I think that's a beautiful thing, at least how I've pictured it happening. Not to say that spending time writing up NPCs with their own goals and capacities isn't of value, just that those tend to feel a bit more played-up. Compare the community aspect and personability of knowing that your DM is doing a funny voice from behind a paper plate with a face crayoned onto it that he's holding there with a ruler to a dude whose make-up budget alone could probably pay your rent for two months, and who's probably spent that long rehearsing his delivery for this very day. One's only separated by a piece of dead tree flesh, the other looks like he's just here to do his job and get paid for it, whether or not you're entertained. So, I guess it's about connecting, that. The dungeon master being a human being and a player besides all of them probably lends itself to the thought that an NPC they just sort of popped into existence is one they can be more themselves with, and who knows? They may even have a better time re-hashng the process of creating motivations and things like that on the fly as the session progresses and plot develops. Now everyone's having fun! Only just thought of that thanks to you and your big brain bits of knowledge, thanks. ~

You should have a sideshow called the "Tales of Grum"

This is what Star Wars taught me about D &D, D6 system is best system

In regards to Player's loving NPC's, I had my player's fight a boss fight against a little girl Assassin with the power to disappear and reappear and sing a creepy little tune as she did her work of death, the party was able to defeat her through great hardships by removing her source of power, what they did not know was that her source of power was also tied to her vital functions, so The living Teddy Bear and Kenku in the group who wanted to help her have a better life are pretty sad at what they had done the Kenku holding her in his arms as she is slowly disinfectant in his arms, the Kenku in the depths of despair from not being able to save her. Fast forward to one of two one on one session to set stuff up for the next part of the campaign, the Kenku and Doppelganger members of the party meet another little girl, this one is a lost noble girl with amnisha, they take here into the group later introduce her to the Teddy Bear and remember what happened to the little assassin girl are determined to help this new little girl find her way home safely.

Good point about the characters in the new Star Wars trilogy; the whole main cast is overpowered. It really is just a fan fiction. In fact, I'd go one step further : I think it is infantilizing. Even old-school shows for kids were more intelligent than this trilogy... Anyway, always happy to see new videos from you! I love how you give insight in how to enhance the experience of D&D. A subject I would love for you to tackle is depth, complexity and engagement as I am having a lot of trouble with my group who **really** enjoys Pathfinder for, what I consider, pretty ridicule reasons, while I much more enjoy the engagement at the table, the way the game will be played and the relationships between the characters as a party! *Yes! Bring Grumn back!*

I can attest to the NPC part. My players loved a Nosferatu named Franky who was just there to give them quests and weasel them into owing him favors. He was just a sarcastic, witty douche and he was their favorite.