Okay, okay. Of the the available races, 10% of them have negatives. Ya caught me red handed (I really think there should be more but eh)

@Birbucifer

4 жыл бұрын

That's it. I'm making a video called "Races With Negatives are Dumb".

@piemaniac9410

4 жыл бұрын

@@Birbucifer yes orcs are dumb... its their whole thing

@Birbucifer

4 жыл бұрын

PieManiac Bro that's pretty racist

@piemaniac9410

4 жыл бұрын

@@Birbucifer hey you are implying that orcs being dumb is a negative trait, like it makes them lesser beings, you bloody racist! ill have you know my dad was an orc, he wasnt too good with numbers, or staying long after the raid, or not dying, but hes still my dad!

@kylethomas9130

4 жыл бұрын

I orginally thought the Elves were given all those buffs, because their downside was being a prick to everyone else, even other races of elves.

*PITCHFORKS LOWERED* You make a lot of sense, person within fireball distance.

@bskec2177

4 жыл бұрын

Especially the Wizard

@AmigoRoberto

4 жыл бұрын

@Selarom Ogeid pitchfork arcane focus

@hasseo195

4 жыл бұрын

I would use acid spells^^

@hardcoe0rocker

4 жыл бұрын

Bread

@kylethomas9130

4 жыл бұрын

@@AmigoRoberto okay, now I want to play a folksy farmhand, who discovers they're a Sorcerer, or learns how to read and inherits a Wizard Tome. Either gotta dump Intelligence or Charisma for some good RP.

"that's a lot of talk for someone within fireball distence" *How dare you use my own spells against me Potter*

@lorekeeper685

4 жыл бұрын

Power word pain

@OneEyeShadow

4 жыл бұрын

EM DM is Half Nlood Prince confirmed!

@saintpoli6800

4 жыл бұрын

I’ll cast _Divine Word at 9th level_

@ColdspaceDog

4 жыл бұрын

I use power word kill and animate dead

@plmPissekatt

4 жыл бұрын

Say hello to Whisper, my lil Dagger of Silence. Lets have a look at that spell list of yours... Mhm, components part, please.

The stinky floor goblin makes a good point. Raise your pitchforks to the magi, fellow dungeon masters!

@gtmmp

4 жыл бұрын

Why doesn’t this have any comments and only like 50 likes after 6 months?

@The_Gelatinman

4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha only 56 in 6 months

@somerando6243

4 жыл бұрын

ColoredComet 365 57 now nerd

@The_Gelatinman

4 жыл бұрын

@@somerando6243 58 checkmate

@goosle

4 жыл бұрын

@@The_Gelatinman 76 parry

If wizards are so smart then how come they can’t even use a battleaxe hmmm? Checkmate nerds.

@agilemind6241

4 жыл бұрын

*catapults battleaxe into barbarian's face.*

@Bellathor

4 жыл бұрын

Mountain dwarf wizard in half-plate with a battleaxe in one hand says hello. :D

@stretopovermind9680

4 жыл бұрын

We can't? _Animate Objects_

@bankasai3120

4 жыл бұрын

Weapon master would like a word with you.

@enderking5220

4 жыл бұрын

Tenser's Transformation. Nope, the wizard can now swing any weapon, wear any armor and shield and even has advantage on str and dex attacks and gains the extra atack ability while dealing extra 2d10 force damage per hit

bold words for someone without counterspell prepared

@hugofontes5708

4 жыл бұрын

Inb4, he has mage slayer D:

@alexkorinth6459

4 жыл бұрын

In before he has calls in a magic eater.

@megashark1013

4 жыл бұрын

@@hugofontes5708 Shame that Mage Slayer kinda fucking sucks.

@kylethomas9130

4 жыл бұрын

@@megashark1013 been trying to figure out a good build around the feat, but it feels underpowered and unfulfilled.

@lattekahvi1298

4 жыл бұрын

Killed lvl 10 wizard using lvl6 (fighter 2, warlock 4) multiclass all thanks to mage slayer

“Wizards just solve everything” *Sorcerers crying in a corner since lvling is milestone based and can’t change spell list whatsoever*

@override367

4 жыл бұрын

vaaaaaaaaaariant

@TNTLLYftw

4 жыл бұрын

They can change one spell every level that they know to a different one on the sorcerer list.

@Killstone12

4 жыл бұрын

Kunaiechi I know was implying the condition of “party is about to go in an underground dungeon” Every other caster: Long rest to prep needed spells Sorcerer: Stuck with spell list from 3 sessions ago.

@jaric5566

4 жыл бұрын

Oof

@AflacMan13

4 жыл бұрын

New Sorcerer fixes that. :-)

A wise man once said "Magic is dumb, and stupid, and makes no sense" and I trust that guy. He wields a sword and a shield.

@ms.centurion9708

3 жыл бұрын

JOCAT Sincerely, Ms. Centurion

@ethanhayes9362

2 жыл бұрын

IIIINNNNNCREEEDDDDIIIBILIIIIISSSSSSSSSSSSS!

@dirkloid4261

2 жыл бұрын

And now we Go on and spread the Name of sword and shield in all the Land

@badwolf3618

Жыл бұрын

Boy do I love the smell of justice in the morning!

@georgeserban7032

Жыл бұрын

Wellcome to a crap guide of dnd!

Problems with magic in 5e: -There aren't enough spells for every school of magic -The power gap between spells is massive and there are clear frontrunners leading to homogenization of spell lists or self-nerfing for flavour -90% of players don't read past the first sentence of the spell

@magicrainbowkitties1023

4 жыл бұрын

There are literally 3 necromancy cantrips in the entire game.

@supremehare9893

3 жыл бұрын

@@magicrainbowkitties1023 and one, (spare the dying), is basically just a healer kit lol

@MalloonTarka

3 жыл бұрын

@@magicrainbowkitties1023 Toll the Dead is pretty good, though. I've heard. I'm more annoyed that there is only _one_ necromancy spell that does damage (besides cantrips) at level three, namely poison spray. One of the features of the necromancy subclass is getting hitpoints by killing creatures from your (non-cantrip) spells, so you either have to pick that or wait for that feature until later. Edit: Not Poison Spray, Ray of Sickness.

@magicrainbowkitties1023

3 жыл бұрын

@@MalloonTarka Thing is all the Necro spells are pretty good. They're just far too few and far between to use Death Clerics or Necromancers effectively

@MalloonTarka

3 жыл бұрын

@@magicrainbowkitties1023 Pretty much. The necromancer I'm going to run at third level (admittedly a little nerfed for flavour) has a grand total of _three_ necromancy spells, the ones I've already mentioned and False Life. Admittedly, she can fake having an undead under her control using Phantasmal Force, but the options are rather sparse. I'm seriously considering multiclassing into a death domain cleric, just to have access to a few more necromantic spells and abilities, as well as the cleric spell list, even though my character's Wisdom isn't great and her Constitution and Strength really rule out melee attacks.

nobody wizards when dm is half way talking: "fire bolt"

@riol2_

4 жыл бұрын

“I cast fireball” -Any wizard, any time

@ZombieDish

4 жыл бұрын

or my High Elf Light Domain Cleric.

@tylerian4648

4 жыл бұрын

Me: Your party has found a basket full of firebolt scrolls. My players: A basket of FIRE BALL scrolls!? 😀😃😄 Me: Fire BOLT, I said fire BOLT.

@ZombieDish

4 жыл бұрын

Firebolt is a handy cantrip. I took it due to the fact that clerics attack cantrips are few. Sacred flame but it requires a dex save.

@Femaiden

3 жыл бұрын

i learned to start calling it "bolt of fire", because every time i say firebolt, people think i'm saying fireball. . .

"Races dont have negatives." *cries in -2 strength kobold*

@matteussilvestre8583

4 жыл бұрын

Cries in small-brain Orc

@deltaphant_

4 жыл бұрын

Actually, Orcs got buffed in the Eberron book, and one of the buffs is no more -Int. I think kobolds are the only ones with negatives to stats.

@pedrohenrique-et3fs

4 жыл бұрын

a caster smaller, so harder to hit to interrupt?

@liam1558

4 жыл бұрын

That's a Ko-bold statement.

@hellbringer96

4 жыл бұрын

Sunlight Sensitivity is also a bitch. "Oh, you're fighting outdoors? Well, fuck you, enjoy disadvantage on everything." Thankfully my Kobold is an Artificer and the DM let me retool some Goggles of Night into what essentially is just magical sunglasses

8:28 "a wizard with counter spell" monk and fighter: "oh no...what ever will we do?"

@ColdspaceDog

4 жыл бұрын

“He also has fireball” RUN

@Verbose_Mode

4 жыл бұрын

Shield Master dives through the fireball and rolls to his feet, rapier in hand. “Bonjour!”

@elbruces

4 жыл бұрын

BEAT UP THE NERD!

@somedrunkdude5728

4 жыл бұрын

@@Verbose_Mode Wizard casts "Shit Pants".

@mordet2

4 жыл бұрын

@@Verbose_Mode yes, of course, How did I not think of changing my feat selection in middle of combat!?

The other reason we always use fireball is because if we take all the spells the party wants you to (like detect magic, identify, hut, feather fall etc etc) then there's only room left for one damage spell...

something about jacob tellin me to have a good day at school even though i start classes agian in another week fills me with the need to make him proud. ...i'll get those As for you

@Idefkmahn

3 жыл бұрын

Did you get them As tho?

I have a roleplay reason for my wizard to not take fireball. My wizard has a minor phobia of fire, because it can burn books.

@hugofontes5708

4 жыл бұрын

Interesting Hope your DM doesn't give you a book you can't read without placing a damn lit candle on top of it's pages

@arandomzoomer4837

4 жыл бұрын

Is there an interesting backstory reason for this? If so, tell me. This character sounds cool.

@Gime0racle

4 жыл бұрын

You get inspiration...but at what cost.

@davidparkes7741

4 жыл бұрын

The Halfling Wizard i made one day on Beyond (out of boredom & who i have yet to play as) has a similar head-canoned reason as to why no fireball.

@Atariese

4 жыл бұрын

That's cute! They may like this book a friend of mine wrote. Its called "Fire and You!" Chapter1: You are on fire (explosive runes) (in 5th ed you could use symbol and create a new option. But in 3.5 my friend used a feat to change the element too. Then just stuck it in a library and walked away from the town forever.)

Dnd: there are infinite possibilities when it comes to character creation Me: nah my character’s just me but a wizard

@himboghost629

3 жыл бұрын

Same tho

@EvilPaladin11

3 жыл бұрын

Same.

@gtwarden7292

2 жыл бұрын

Ayyyyy Same

@FlatOnHisFace

2 жыл бұрын

All your sames are different, for you are all different. D&D has infinite possibilities. Whether you choose to explore those possibilities is up to you. And you can base your choice on an infinite number of reasons. Who'm I kidding?? You're all alike.

@estefizamora

Жыл бұрын

same 😂😂😂

"wizards are over powered" Me the WIZARD who nearly died 11 times and just got to lvl 3 and i only have 15 hitpoints...

@RockyLXXXVIII

4 жыл бұрын

Playing my first ever campaign as a wizard. Got straight fucking oneshot in the second session. Wizards are great for utility but in combat literally all the DM has to do is target us and we’re kinda fucked

@sefatsilverlake3816

4 жыл бұрын

@@RockyLXXXVIII This only happens in the lower levels. Wizards become OP 5+ levels in

@ozymandias7392

4 жыл бұрын

Trevor Mouse I had a wizard player go so overboard with his wizard going down that at lvl4 he chose the “Tough” feat (mind you I reworked it to match my “higher threat setting” and combat fatigue system so it is overpowered for any normal game) and with his +2 Con mod he went from 17hp (a paltry sum) to 54hp at lvl4. And then they decided to go and attack Zell’s Tower of the Whimpering Dead to try and stall an event foretold by the town’s druidic guardian (who was a patron of the groups). Literally got hulk smashed by a forest encounter of Duergar Slavers (his Passive Perception was/is 8) and after the party got summarily trounced he declared “ When we get back to Orlain I am buying all the silver thread in that god forsaken Province and THAT is final.” Because the DC for seeing silver thread is merely a 15 perception, so even with the Tiny Hut and an Elven Druid taking watch after 6hrs of rest (another homerule because 4hr long rest is BS for a level 1-9 character in my opinion) a party can still be direct ambushed by a gang of Duergar in Hate-Steel Plate.

@mattiaroccaro3544

4 жыл бұрын

Yes they are

@pbisverykewl

4 жыл бұрын

Tell me those stories brave adventurer

“Have a good day at school son.” Posted on a Friday night.

@commandercaptain4664

4 жыл бұрын

*The Breakfast Club has entered the chat*

@duncandownham4726

4 жыл бұрын

It's always monday somewhere...wait, that ain't correct.

@shakethatcake2667

4 жыл бұрын

Shabbat is now in session

@XPtoLevel3

4 жыл бұрын

the people with saturday school prolly need it more than everyone else...

@Heliaclay

3 жыл бұрын

I watched this on a Tuesday morning 5am before school

How cen wizards bee dumb when they have high intelligence?

@adromea5628

4 жыл бұрын

low wis

@GreatBeanicus

4 жыл бұрын

Wisdom

@janelantestaverde2018

4 жыл бұрын

Are you a wizard?

@calasurien

4 жыл бұрын

Intelligence is dumb

@ps5056

4 жыл бұрын

Bee

Current DM is writing side quests around and based on the backgrounds of each specific character in the party. It's going really well. So yeah, definitely write your game around your players. It's great.

@SusCalvin

Жыл бұрын

I'm not doing that. I have no idea what chumps are going to turn up for an adventure. They get to make up their own sidequests as much as they like.

@SusCalvin

Жыл бұрын

They found that two wizards had a shootout with glocks and magic outside the apartment of a PC and turned that into a quest themselves. They stole the insurance papers from the car, found the apartment of one wizard and got hired for a job.

Jacob:"Races don't have negatives" me: Meat the orc barbarian can only say meat for a reason...

@phelps6205

4 жыл бұрын

And you ain't gonna see a Kobold swinging a greataxe around for a reason.

@christiangjernes3629

4 жыл бұрын

Krieg, is that you?

@Ilzhain

4 жыл бұрын

@@phelps6205 We actually have a Kobold Barbarian with a greataxe in our party, they sort of make up for it with the kobold pack tactics but mostly it's just a funny concept.

@sinnerthesinful552

4 жыл бұрын

The kenku: "Races... Negatives..."

@ColdspaceDog

4 жыл бұрын

As a drow is waiting til night to complain

"races don't have negatives" *cries in kobold*

@jgr7487

4 жыл бұрын

& common Orc

@Maid_of_Spiders

4 жыл бұрын

*Sobs in drow*

@5-Volt

4 жыл бұрын

*laughs in Yuan-Ti pureblood*

@rateros9006

4 жыл бұрын

*SCREAMS IN FULL BLOODED ORC*

@janelantestaverde2018

4 жыл бұрын

Ah, ah, there are the memes he talked about in the beginning!

“Wizards are dumb” This post has made by sorcerer gang

It's a fine, fine line between "tailoring your challenges to the player to avoid them solving everything easily" and "Bullying your players by deliberately making everything immune to the tools they have, or choosing enemies that are only weak to things your party doesn't have"

"Wizard is OP" Cleric: "Ha! Is that all?"

@Rishkar-Peema-Pants

4 жыл бұрын

* half-elf Cleric has entered the chat *

@magicrainbowkitties1023

4 жыл бұрын

*Druid has entered the chat*

@Rishkar-Peema-Pants

4 жыл бұрын

@@magicrainbowkitties1023 hmmmmm do you think they're OP?

@magicrainbowkitties1023

4 жыл бұрын

@@Rishkar-Peema-Pants Sorry should have clarified: CIRCLE OF THE MOON DRUID HAS ENTERED THE CHAT

@Rishkar-Peema-Pants

4 жыл бұрын

@@magicrainbowkitties1023 lol

I wonder can you make a barbarian have more versatility than a wizard? Ideas: -pole vaulting to replace jump/ movement skills -Seduction with your buff muscles glistening in the moon light to replace charm person/fear -out tank fireball to replace counter spell -lasso people to replace entangle Got any other ideas?

@0Crawler0

4 жыл бұрын

countercham is a bard feature...

@DavidAnderson-cw7oq

4 жыл бұрын

Spare the dying is you just beating the grim reaper in a stare down, so he backs off.

@hugofontes5708

4 жыл бұрын

Your fist to replace fireball and the river of blood you let as your trail to replace fear?

@patheronaetherson2860

4 жыл бұрын

@@hugofontes5708 And Intimidation for Invisibility

@Aplesedjr

4 жыл бұрын

The barbarian is fairly versatile, because they can get through most situations by forcing the problem. It won’t be unique, but they will be able to solve a surprisingly high number of problems with muscles.

If I could make one change to wizard, it would be to bring back an opposition school from previous editions. Let them choose any school they want that isn't thier subclass, and just make it so that spells from that school are a little bit harder to learn, and a little bit harder to cast. This would also bring out a bit of their character as well.

@piranhaplantX

3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, WOTC is becoming increasingly allergic to negative modifiers and class features. Despite them opening up the road to cool abilities that would be broken without some sort of offset.

@williamwontiam3166

2 жыл бұрын

Isn’t that the BLANK savant perk that every school of magic wizard subclass gets?

@FlatOnHisFace

2 жыл бұрын

The problem with opposition schools in 5th edition is that in 2nd edition, school specialization was optional. If you specialized, you were forbidden from casting from an opposing school of magic. Even in 2nd edition, a general mage had access to all wizard spells. In 5th edition, all wizards choose a specialization*, so opposing schools wouldn't work well--especially since any non-wizard would be under no such restriction--making wizards seem like anything but the masters of magic. * Until supplemental material came out offering archetypes not in the Player's Handbook.

@exantiuse497

10 ай бұрын

@FlatOnHisFace I think there's a simple solution: add another subclass, e.g. the generalist wizard, who has no restricted school

"DM around your players" Such a simple concept that so many people don't seem to get.

I started playing dnd a year ago, they told me to make a character that isn't too different from myself to make roleplaying easier. So i made a wizard school graduate who, to pay his wizarding school fees, chased after money like a dragon whose hoard has vanished.

@kylethomas9130

4 жыл бұрын

I'm picturing the Dean as a Mob Father wizard that slurs his speech so much he has to talk with the Message Spell.

@coeruleum7563

2 жыл бұрын

New Strixhaven campaign

@coeruleum7563

2 жыл бұрын

@@kylethomas9130 This shall be the way Embrose, Dean of Shadow will be voiced

I feel like the solution of "the DM just takes everything the wizard can do into account and counters it" is a bit ridiculous and makes the game feel like DM Vs Players. If every second enemy you fight has some sort of magic countering abilities and every dungeon you go into has this elaborate anti-magic, anti-wizard defense system it becomes super obvious that the DM is trying to counter you, and it makes a lot of people get annoyed or upset.

@logickedmazimoon6001

4 жыл бұрын

At that point, the dm would be railroading if you have to make anti-magic stuff. Just accept whats going to happen. Or have a session 0 (like the video stated)... Honestly there are many other points stated just watch the video.

@DawnfireGalinndan

4 жыл бұрын

1) It's not supposed to be an "all-the-time-every-time" opposition. As the DM it's your job to make sure that the players are both challenged and rewarded for their character choices. From encounter to encounter, players should feel a mix of being powerful and being challenged. 2) If you feel like one of your players is too powerful for the good of the campaign... have a talk with the party. Let them know that you plan on designing more difficult encounters for them, or might throw in more features of encounters that make certain characters be more creative with their abilities to still be helpful.

@CombatSportsNerd

4 жыл бұрын

Why wouldn't you run into your counter in a game of D&D though?

@boianko

4 жыл бұрын

@@CombatSportsNerd The issue is that you run into your counter constantly. Having a counter is fine if it's a rare occurrence, but for wizards to not trivialize encounters or dungeons you need to do it constantly.

@mauriceanderson5413

4 жыл бұрын

In a world with magic the rich and able actually would built and set up anti-magic systems. Its just logical and believeable, and I design it so players can get the knowledge about it and how to counteract it, which turns into sorta sidequest itself. But I agree when its a location like petty bandits den or completely wrecked ruins or just some cave in wilderness then its stupid to have those, atleast working well.

"They have a spell for every situation." Aaaaaaannnnnnd its called fireball you puny barbarian.

@deanholderde5959

3 жыл бұрын

Party with a barbarian runs in to fight evil wizard, wizard casts enemies abound at 6th level on the entire party, half of them probably fail their saves and they start killing each other, barbarian is doing quite a good job killing their companions. I would love to see how an adventuring party deals with that situation. Really.

@benzehunteer7411

3 жыл бұрын

*Jocat has liked your comment*

@FlatOnHisFace

2 жыл бұрын

_Enemies abound_ affects one creature, so not really possible. Also, when the barbarian (assuming a failed save) must choose a new target, it must do so among the creatures within range of its attack, and for pretty much every barbarian ever, that means melee range. So, it'd be pretty easy for the adventuring party to not stand next to an afflicted barbarian. Plus, the afflicted gets a new save every time it takes damage and barbarians are really good at tanking lots of damage, so to deal with it, the party snaps their friend out by making many minor attacks at him, from a short distance. So, that was easy. A ranger would've been a better choice of target, here. In fact, the only character you could've picked for a worse example would be the paladin.

@coeruleum7563

2 жыл бұрын

@@FlatOnHisFace Not if you're a sorcerer, but then, a sorcerer isn't a wizard.

"Have a good day at school, son." Me, a woman who graduated 2 years ago: Thank you I will ☺️

@spudsbuchlaw

2 жыл бұрын

Have a good day at school son

@cachorrodekatana117

2 жыл бұрын

Have a good day at school son

@warmice4136

2 жыл бұрын

Have a good day at school son

@FlatOnHisFace

2 жыл бұрын

Ahh! I see you mastered _alter self._

"Races don't have negatives" Drow, Kobolds, Kenku, and other races with weaknesses built in: Am I a joke to you?

@bonefetcherbrimley7740

4 жыл бұрын

What's the weakness of the Drow?

@Arby631

4 жыл бұрын

Bonefetcher Brimley Sunlight sensitivity.

@dyslegein

4 жыл бұрын

none of those are from the players handbook.

@zeusdemi6858

4 жыл бұрын

@@Arby631 Kobolds have that as well as a -2 to strength, none of the other small races have that, and the only other race with a negative is Orcs -1 to int. Overall, Kobolds get a whopping +0 to all stats

@inferxan

4 жыл бұрын

@@dyslegein drow is from PHB

I like this video because it applies to so much more than just the wizard, or classes/character choices in general. Whenever I'm on a dnd reddit there are always a bunch of stories about how a player or players ruined something in the game by picking/doing x, y, or z. And every time I'm just like, "you don't have to let them do it." It is perfectly reasonable to say that the dragon does not and will not have any attraction to humanoids and therefore you can't charm it, or the BBEG has a necklace or ring or something that prevents scrying, or a dead body didn't see who killed it. There are so many ways to avoid these pitfalls and tropes if you just use more of the books than just the numbers.

@WayanMajere

3 жыл бұрын

I would be fine with most of this, unless it's obviously stupid. E.g. the guy with the dagger in the chest should have seen his murderer. And charms are magic,.the dragon doesn't need to feel attracted.

@thothrax5621

3 жыл бұрын

@@WayanMajere Yes, obviously there are situations where this doesn't work, that is why I'm saying MAKE IT WORK or don't complain about it. As for your specific examples, even those can be dealt with. For a guy with a dagger in his chest, Invisibility or a simple mask means he has no info on his attacker, effectively the same thing unless you want him to give them a clue. For the charm, that was just poor word choice, I meant charm in real world definition which I realize is confusing in this context. I meant for like the stereotype of the bard seducing the dragon, don't let them make the role, because no matter how high they go, they can not succeed.

@WayanMajere

3 жыл бұрын

@@thothrax5621 Yeah, that reminds me of that one reddit story who could fly because he rolled a double 20 after saying "I flap really hard with my arms." I wouldn't want to play such games...

@EvilPaladin11

3 жыл бұрын

@@WayanMajere I dunno. The team barbarian being able to fly by flapping their arms particularly hard sounds like a fun session.

One thing to note, this makes it seem that wizards are always op. I can assure they are not. At low levels they are practically useless since they are so limited on quite almost everything. All of the points in the video are made when the wizard is high level and ARE extremely powerful.

@klauskeller6380

2 жыл бұрын

i mean thats mostly because people dont use their spells right. your wizard cant be that smart if hes throwing his fire bolt from within 30 ft so he can be ganked up by all melee enemies.

@lordpepper6932

Жыл бұрын

@klauskeller6380 sometimes (alot of times) that's not a choice, thats being in an enclosed space

@Prinygod

Жыл бұрын

​@@lordpepper6932 even if your ambushed at low level you can still thunder wave, its a good spell even if your surrounded because how box area effect spells works, you can usually shape it to avoid your allies and has good damage for level one spell plus knock back on a fail.

a wizard is never dumb. nor is he smart. he is always precisely as inteligent as he needs to be

>it's just really fun to make a 5e character finally someone explained it. I always found it fun and have more characters on D&D Beyond than I'll ever use...

@DarkDoomguy

4 жыл бұрын

Character customization in 5e is actually pretty damn limited. Pathfinder 2e has it beat easily as far making characters goes. We actually switched over to P2e and it's been pretty fun. Also, they are going to release even more classes this year (4) plus even more options for other classes, as well as a bunch of other races, compared to wotc releasing only artificer in however long 5e has been out.

@arsarma1808

4 жыл бұрын

@@DarkDoomguy Pathfinder 2e is like 4e minus any of the innovation. It's like the worst aspects of every dnd based system in a long while, with meaning less choices and no actual meaningful choices.

@gabriel300010

4 жыл бұрын

be the DM. watch them all get slaughtered by PCs. its fun.

@viniciusskalski8622

4 жыл бұрын

@@DarkDoomguy I agree with you man, after some years of playing d&d 5e it makes me really sad that characters aren't that versatile at all, at least from a optimized point of view. It really makes me think if at least 5e had some really meaningful feats outside from standart feats like GWM or Polearm Master, I think 5e also starves from having a larger pool of actions a martial character can do.

Especially the Wizard....... Ｅｓｐｅｃｉａｌｌｙ　ｔｈｅ　Ｗｉｚａｒｄ

Lack of imagination is the true crippler to everything D&D

@Wellshem

4 ай бұрын

Meta gaming inspire lack of imagination

I had an encounter, the party took it out. One of the encounter enemies was an occultist wizard. When the party wizard took the enemies book he wanted to use that book or copy it down onto his book. He only ran into one snag. The book was written in infernal. So now the wizard had to get along with the partys tiefling and essentially have study buddy sessions to translate the book. One spell at a time.

@samholden5758

4 жыл бұрын

Make the last spell they translate is comprehend languages...

Christopher Tolkien, son of the legendary JRR Tolkien, died today. You couldn’t have posted this at a more appropriate time.

@XPtoLevel3

4 жыл бұрын

oof

@tomsawyerpiper9412

4 жыл бұрын

XP to Level 3, big oof chief. Big oof.

@zippy5448

4 жыл бұрын

why does Christopher Tolkien dying affect jacob

@doomguy19931

4 жыл бұрын

@@zippy5448 Gandalf

@mystic1029

4 жыл бұрын

Tom Sawyer Piper NOOOO

When he mentioned a encounter that was supposed to be difficult but wasn’t at all it reminded me of my party’s fight against Strahd. Our first fight was an epic battle that involved a dead PC brought to life to fight for Strahd and while we technically killed him, we forgot the sunlight was a thing so he got away. The next time we fought him it took two rounds, Grave Cleric Channel Divinity and a Paladin smiting Strahd for a mega powerful blow that killed him so fast we didn’t even know what happened.

“Make 400 back up characters” I’m being called out here and I know it

@michaelpettersson4919

3 жыл бұрын

Playing a whole clan of rouges, barbarans or whatever. Whenever one fall the clan send another to evenge the fallen. 😉

"see you tomorrow, hope you're getting good grades!" Me, a teacher: Wait. I'm getting what now?

Yeah Ive made like 10 characters and Ive only had two sessions of DND in my life

@johnnapier8830

4 жыл бұрын

I cannot stop making them lol. I think I might actually enjoy that more than playing.

@chukyuniqul

4 жыл бұрын

Then both of you should try writing short stories instead. No seriously, it's a fold sign you might be talented at that.

@juicyjuustar121

4 жыл бұрын

@@chukyuniqul well, I have been thinking about writing fantasy novels. Im just not super good at description so I was thinking more about being a game dev for story focused games

@chukyuniqul

4 жыл бұрын

@@juicyjuustar121 unless you've written stories before, you're prolly not good at anything. You have the talent for it and clearly the passion. My point is- no one is born skilled, hell my first drafts of writing were so painfully cliche I cringed once I started proofreading them.

@juicyjuustar121

4 жыл бұрын

@@chukyuniqul yeah, Ive written some stories for English before, and while they arent great, I have certainly gotten better.

I personally disagree with the notion that since you want to limit the party's wizard, you have to kneecap the party by not giving them spell scrolls, and remove wizard NPCs from the game. Also, the thing with the other classes that can change their spell lists, is that they have a total of like 100 spells or so. Not the near 500 that wizards do. Either way, I hope they revise wizards so that the subclasses divide up their spell pool. Not too much, but enough to the point where an evocation wizard specialises in evocation magic, especially at high levels

@kenmann4074

4 жыл бұрын

3.5 does exactly that, Idk why WotC took thar mechanic out

"Really really awesome" 3.5 characters be like "Y'all so weak, i'll hit you with my +20/+15+/10/+5" "LOL you gotta concentrate on your spells, let me caste haste+stoneskin+mirror+image+mage armor+fly+improved invisibility"

@Nukestarmaster

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, what is he talking about.

@FFXfever

4 жыл бұрын

That's exactly why 5e feels awesome. None of this numbers grind that you have designed at level 1, but need to wait 2 years to come alive. And none of this take 5 turns to do something action economy battles that makes everything takes 2 hours to finish just the prep. The building process can be fun if you're a minmaxer who just wanted good damage. But if you're a person who wants to see the battle field change quickly and effectively, 5e is the game.

@keagasourus9883

3 жыл бұрын

@@FFXfever Pathfinder and 3.5 just have more and more interesting options yeah feats might be weaker but they can completely change your playstyle, a rogue that gets +4 AC versus attacks of opportunity has a lot more options for positioning which is really important because you need to be flanking to sneak attack which makes positioning really important and just matter more there is just more to consider of what options you have in combat or in character building

@bud389

2 жыл бұрын

Casters in 3.5 had to concentrate on spells too, just an FYI, and most of the time the DM could literally make up any excuse in the world out-side of the usual reasons. "Oh, it's really cold outside, roll a concentration check," "The creature is so scary and hideous that it unnerves you, make a concentration check," "Hey, it smells really, really, really bad down here, roll a concentration check."

"Wanna do damage, have a purple beam of destructive energy" - Patrons

@coeruleum7563

2 жыл бұрын

I usually assume mine is black and I've seen it as green in some D&D video games but purple is nice too.

I feel bad for that halfling with the polearm mastery feat

@nathanholyland9493

4 жыл бұрын

Yes

Jacob: Design encounters to challenge your players. Me: Um...there are like 10 Alps.

@hugofontes5708

4 жыл бұрын

Have they seen us? Nevermind, I cast fireball

@Em3.14re

4 жыл бұрын

You see a Tarrasque in the distance. On its back is a howdah, with what appears to be every demon lord and archdevil inside. Also, Tiamat is behind you and has levels in barbarian.

@lorekeeper685

4 жыл бұрын

And you made angery a time dragon cause you warped time with wish

If I dont want my wizard player to get a spell, lets say force cage, I do this crazy thing where I ask them not to do it because I dont want all of my BBEGs to know how to teleport. Crazy I know.

@deathwrow9652

3 жыл бұрын

Technically, misty step alone solves the issue. Or dimension door. Also, if the bbeg is a spell caster, force caging them can actually just kill the party. There are plenty of sight only needed spells in the game :)

@yukariyakumo8300

3 жыл бұрын

@@deathwrow9652 Yes thats what I said, spell casters solve the force cage problem but I dont want all of my tough guys to be spell casters or able to teleport

@thothamon9046

3 жыл бұрын

That's lame

When you mentioned diseases I had to chuckle because yesterday I was dungeon mastering a one shot game with a new player and no one in the party could heal diseases.. specifically russet mold... one of my characters had to seek out a potion that cure diseases just to live... now we know why we need a healer

Wizard, more than any other class, is implicitly balanced by how much money they have. Another really good approach is to ensure that the other characters have things they can and want to spend money on so it's not just funneled into the wizard's ability to buy all the spells.

"So what's the problem ? How do we fix this ?" We play D&D 3.5 !

I love this style of video and the way you talk. It’s honestly so relaxing

2ed had a really cool idea in opposing schools of magic that I liked. If you were an evocation wizard you couldn’t learn enchantment spells for example. Maybe that could “solve” some of the issues of access to so many spells.

@cymond

Жыл бұрын

3 and 3.5 had a similar system In 3, you had options. IIRC, specializing in any school of magic would exclude the wizard from one school *of their choice*. I think I chose to exclude myself from necromancy. IDK, it was a long time ago. In 3.5, reach school excluded you from another specific school. For example, an evoker could never learn any conjuration spells. When I rebuilt my character in 3.5, I abandoned my school specialization because the drawback was too much for my taste.

@exantiuse497

10 ай бұрын

Actually in 2e the specialist class barred you from TWO schools. An invoker could not cast enchantment or conjuration spells. (I think people believe there's only one barred school because video games like Baldur's gate and BG2 only had one school to not make specialisation so punishing, I doubt most players today have played 2e) Also 3.5, Rules as Written, makes the specialist wizard give up two schools of his/her choice. Most video games only make you give up one school if any, I'm sure many tables use that as a house rule, but in the official rules it's two schools

I had a funny character idea A Hyperactive Pyromancer Gnome That fireballs himself He’s an Evocation Wizard, so he can make it so he takes no damage from *BLOWING HIMSELF UP* Also, apparently Orcs’ stupidity and Kobolds’ physical weakness aren’t negatives

@anarcnamedjustin3451

4 жыл бұрын

Sadly sculpt spells specifies OTHER creatures, so you can't make yourself immune to your own fireballs, only your friends

@daleyhuard3675

4 жыл бұрын

@@anarcnamedjustin3451 eh, dm can change stuff to make it more fun

@whiskeyhound

4 жыл бұрын

@@anarcnamedjustin3451 Mike Mearls would disagree with that. www.sageadvice.eu/2016/02/09/can-sculpt-spell-target-the-wizard/

@whiskeyhound

4 жыл бұрын

@@thefallencat2080 How's that relevant to my comment linking to an explanation of how the other guy was wrong about that mechanic as printed?

@whiskeyhound

4 жыл бұрын

@@thefallencat2080 All good.

"Wanna be safe? Tiny hut." *Laughs in dragonbreath*

@FlatOnHisFace

2 жыл бұрын

I don't get what's so funny. Dragon breath can't penetrate the dome.

@PatrixBest

2 жыл бұрын

@@FlatOnHisFace it can, it is neither a spell nor a physical object

@FlatOnHisFace

2 жыл бұрын

I notice you forgot to include "other magical effects" which are specifically blocked, as per the same line in the spell description from which you got the spell example.

@PatrixBest

2 жыл бұрын

@@FlatOnHisFace It is irrelevant as it is not a magical effect

@FlatOnHisFace

2 жыл бұрын

@@PatrixBest ​ You know what? You are right. It is a weird technicality, but verified it isn't counted as a magical effect. So, I do apologize. Nonetheless, the dome also blocks objects, so it still blocks the non-magical effect.

"All of the different choices and combinations can be so wildly different." *Laughs in Pathfinder 2e*

*Vorpal Sword light-sabers level 20 Wizard's head off* Level 1 Fighter: "Huh...I thought there would be more to it..."

@MJ-jd7rs

2 жыл бұрын

Wizard instantly resurrects using his pre-prepared clone hidden in a pocket dimension. Crushes several stones to recall all his powerful magic items, uses a ninth level wish to instantly create a second ready to go clone. Takes a long rest to get his spells back, planeshifted back straight to you and casts power word kill.

@FlatOnHisFace

2 жыл бұрын

@@MJ-jd7rs Some level 1 fighter has a vorpal sword and just takes rolling a natural 20 for granted. He comes from Munchkinland. There's no need to respond intelligently.

jacob wishing me good grades gives me the will to keep living

@XPtoLevel3

4 жыл бұрын

❤️ you can do the thing

@_TimelessX

4 жыл бұрын

@@XPtoLevel3 ; w; your content always keeps me going

*Raises my wand in anger at seeing the title of this video.* After watching said video: *lowers wand a little bit.* Hmm.

The beautiful intro and the sarcasm throughout was so refreshing

Well put. However, there is one thing Wizards can't do: heal, or otherwise undo damage done to them or their team. Unless there is something I've missed in the new books or Unearthed Arcana. Anyhow, yes. Tailoring your game to your party is probably about as good as DM advice can get.

@enderking5220

4 жыл бұрын

I mean, there are some tad more indirect ways. There's the enervation and vampiric touch spells, both which can drain hp from the target Then there's the life transference spell, which can be used to heal other by losing some hp, or just straight up healing yourself And finally there's the healing elixir spell from the starting spells ua, which creates healing potions

@Stormfire1777

4 жыл бұрын

Multiclass with a cleric, and boom mega healing

@GoGoJoe16

3 жыл бұрын

Don’t forget false life, even though it isn’t that effective (well now that I think about it on a level 1 wizard it is)

@coeruleum7563

2 жыл бұрын

@@enderking5220 Also the Shadow Touched feat has Cure Wounds as an option, and I've seen a lot of artificer wizard multiclasses which also have healing spells including Healing Word at level 1.

Game: Gives players the tools to solve problems DM: Makes problems that need solving Players: Use the tools they were given to solve problems DM: *You weren't supposed to do that*

The wizard is my favorite class specifically because of how their spell list works. They get 2 spells from their list, and if they want to increase their spell list to up their options, they need to explore, spend money, and track down that spell. That really fits with the theme of the wizard being a scholar, learning how things work to attempt to unravel the mysteries of the weave and bend it to their will. As opposed to clerics for example, who quite literally pray to a deity and request power. Which isn't bad by any means, I really like all the classes in 5E (Some maybe with a few tweaks), but the Wizard I believe has the best theme and works the best WITH that theme. This interacts with the world as a whole the best, as it encourages you to explore the world and make allies, especially to ally with other wizards. You can avoid the wrong spells falling into their hand as the dungeon master, or require extra steps to get a specific spell. I'm making a DnD world actually, and in my world, in the "main" kingdom, Enchantment magic is actually basically illegal. You CAN practice it, but you need a license to even KNOW spells like charm person or suggestion. Cause magic like that is SUPER powerful actually, and given a high enough level could collapse an entire empire with ONE casting. Enchanters in this kingdom have to abide by certain laws and breaking those laws result in jail time AT BEST, more often than not though, they result in execution. If an adventurer finds a spell scroll of dominate person, they HAVE to turn it in to an authority. However, they'll be PAID for the scroll, so they'll be encouraged to turn it in and not just keep it and sell it on a black market. This also makes these kinds of scrolls VERY expensive on said black market, since they're so damn dangerous to have and hard to get. This really only works very well with the existence of Wizards, as they can turn spell scrolls into infinite castings. If say a druid uses a charm person scroll, that's just ONE usage. Wizards, with a bit of time and money, can use it forever.

@FlatOnHisFace

2 жыл бұрын

*This really only works very well with the existence of Wizards, as they can turn spell scrolls into infinite castings. If say a druid uses a charm person scroll, that's just ONE usage. Wizards, with a bit of time and money, can use it forever.* That's misplaced logic. Druids don't need to track down a scroll and spend time and money to cast it forever. It's on their list and they can prepare it every day, just like a wizard who went through all that extra effort. Yeah, they can use the scroll only once, but so can a wizard. For a wizard to do it as well as a druid, he needs to sacrifice a scroll netting him one fewer castings.

@haku8135

2 жыл бұрын

@@FlatOnHisFace This is under the assumption that the Druid CANNOT cast it normally. It's illegal for them to TAKE the spell, if anyone finds out they CAN perform the spell, well for Dominate Person they'd be executed literally on the spot. It's actually for that reason I alter the spell lists of Clerics and Paladins to remove those spells normally if their patron god is good, and only enable access if that player has gotten the permission. If they travel to a kingdom where Enchantment is NOT illegal they can take those spells, and then they will be automatically replaced if they go back into those kingdoms. Scrolls enable almost ANYONE to use these spells, and wizards can take one, learn it, and start producing scrolls for other people to use. This is REALLY powerful magic. Dominate Person is a 5th level spell, which is NOT magic many people can get access to. So a wizard that can produce scrolls of Dominate Person with enough time and funding could topple empires without once setting foot into the kingdom. Hence why they're so well guarded against.

@FlatOnHisFace

2 жыл бұрын

@@haku8135 Oh, I see. You're claim that wizards are better than druids because they can scribe the spells is based entirely on the lore of your personal campaign setting. Under RAW, druids have better access. But even then, how would anyone know what spells the druid prepared that day? I mean, you can physically apprehend and read a wizard's spell book and discover that he has illegal spells in it. The only way to know a druid is using an illegal spell is to witness her performing it, which is already a risk a wizard would face. How does this favor wizards?

@haku8135

2 жыл бұрын

@@FlatOnHisFace Whaaaat are you talking about? Ok, first of all, this is DISadvantage, not ADVANTAGE. This is a NEGATIVE for wizards because if you steal their book you can with some work figure out they know spells they shouldn't. Druids have different restrictions placed upon them, I'm not going to sit here typing out the entire legal structure of a world I've not fully created yet. Enchantment is RESTRICTED so NOBODY has an "advantage" regarding it. Second of all, Druids have access to only a small selection of enchantment spells. Wizards get a LOT of them, and the POWERFUL ones too. Druids have 10 enchantment spells, not even reaching 9th level, they cap out at Feeblemind at 8th level, which is a REALLY powerful and useful spell, but it can't topple an empire with one casting like the lower level dominate person can. Wizards have MANY more, including cantrips and VERY lethal spells that deal damage. Third, never claimed Wizards were BETTER than any other class. I said their spell system was my favorite. I mean they are my favorite class, but I like all the classes. Lastly, if a wizard gets their hand on ANY enchantment scroll, they can certainly learn it and have permanent access with the ability to create MORE scrolls of that spell. Druids need the scrolls to PERFORM most of the enchantment spells that exist, and they certainly need them if they want to cast spells such as dominate person (they only get dominate beast) or power word kill and so on. Druids may have access to their entire spell list, but their spell list is also much shorter to compensate. They do have VERY powerful spells in their arsenal, but those spells generally focus around summoning lightning or fire, conjuring beasts, teleporting via plants, and so on. Wizards can specialize with their subclass, but they can also diversify as much as they want. They have greater access to ALL the spells available in exchange for not having their entire spell list available to them. Aside from letting the DM balance around their spells more easily, this encourages exploration to earn loot and maybe find some helpful spell scrolls. THIS is the opening I utilized to focus my banned enchantment laws around. A Warlock can still take Crown Of Madness, and there's really nothing anyone can do to STOP them taking it. However, if they USE it and they're caught doing so, the punishment is SEVERE. So that's something that player has to take into account, do they take this useful spell and risk getting caught using it? Or do they choose to obey the law and pick a more legal spell? The act of choosing an enchantment spell itself is an illegal action in world, so the players taking that action is basically an indication they're willing to break the law for their own benefit. Lawful good characters just won't do it on principle. Evil characters will do it regardless, but they make themselves bigger targets if they're caught using them, and the ones it's easiest to catch, is wizards. Cause they write their crimes down.

@cymond

Жыл бұрын

@@haku8135 "The act of choosing an enchantment spell itself is illegal." Ok, how do you enforce the law against a druid? True, they have weaker enchantments, but they do have them, and there's no way to objectively determine what spells a druid has prepared. Lawful Good doesn't always obey the laws as written. Sometimes they follow a personal code of conduct. A Lawful Good character might decide that their personal code requires them to resist oppression, and defy unjust laws. I would argue that Rosa Parks was LG, even though she broke the law. Also, remember the existence of Chaotic Good characters who believe in doing whatever they determine is "right" regardless of whether or not it's illegal. They might be "the end justifies the means" kind of good characters. My CG character discovered a black market brothel. I had to ask for clarification: is it a black market because of anti-prostitution laws (and this is consensual)? Or is it black market because they're enslaved and trafficked? If it was consensual, I would leave them alone, regardless of the law. If they were enslaved, I would dispatch the slave masters in cold blood, regardless of the law.

These have been very enjoyable to watch.

I love everything you did here. Thank you.

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"5th Edition has so many choices" Pathfinder wants a word with you

@WayanMajere

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, with every reason he mentioned why 5e is awesome I could just think how pathfinder does it better. The main reason people like 5e is that it's simple to play.

@keagasourus9883

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I don't like 5e's lack of choices it feels restricting

Our party wizard NEVER found scrolls or other (sane) magician in the whole campaign. I guess this is a way to solve it

@connormcgehee9349

2 жыл бұрын

This is the least creative and worst way you could fix it

@nigermessor7

2 жыл бұрын

@@connormcgehee9349 I entirely agree. Amd sp did the magician. Vocally,ultiple times.

This was a great, chill video

Wizards get 44 spells total across 20 levels + whatever they scrounge up from spell scrolls. Yes, other classes get their entire spell list, but Wizards have the most extensive spell list in the game. In spite of the seeming limitation they still get more spell variety even if you give them NO scrolls, which is unrealistic across a full campaign. Limiting them to their school choice doesn't fully work however, since there simply aren't 44 spells of every school on the list. Additionally, it's actually DEEPLY suboptimal to pick too many spells from your chosen school when you level up, because those are given to you FREE while the subclass gives you a heavy discount on copying spells outside of levelling, making it better to take other types of spells that you don't get that discount for. Finally, due to simply how good the spells are, there are some spells you basically MUST get through levelling to be playing well, including: Fire Bolt, Expeditious Retreat, Shield, Alter Self, Dragon's Breath, Invisibility, Counterspell, Dispel Magic, Fireball, Fly, Haste, Leomund's Tiny Hut, Otiluke's Resilient Sphere, Polymorph, Bigby's Hand, Teleportation Circle (Fast Travel Yay), Disintegrate, at least one Investiture, Crown of Stars, Mordenkainen's Magnificent Mansion, Plane Shift, Teleport, Meteor Swarm, True Polymorph, and Wish. Long story short, the problem with Wizard isn't overwhelming choices, it's that some choices are inherently superior, meaning once you know those choices you basically HAVE to use them or be playing sub-optimally.

@hugofontes5708

4 жыл бұрын

I absolutely see your point and agree But also... You don't have to be optimal all the time... Kinda? Might also help with the versatility thing

@Aplesedjr

4 жыл бұрын

Counterpoint, optimization isn’t the most important for most people. Nobody wants to be a weakling, but most people don’t memorize every book and make the perfect character by choosing every correct choice to get there. Sure, you can take fireball and counterspell, and you certainly shouldn’t be frowned upon for doing so, but nobody is forcing you to, and there are other spells to choose from.

@supersmily5811

4 жыл бұрын

@@Aplesedjr I can agree that sometimes having fun means playing suboptimally, but that feeling that you could be doing better than you are will still always be there. This is one of the reasons I like Sorcerer better even though it is INFINITELY worse, because you have ways to change the spells you get so having worse ones doesn't always matter when you're skilled enough. The Unearthed Arcana that expands what you can do with Sorcery Points makes it even better (And not infinitely worse than Wizard anymore yay!), although you could argue that it should have been part of the class the entire time.

@danielhanson2417

4 жыл бұрын

supersmily 5 yes but, A they can’t have all those spells at the same time( they essentially have to predict the encounter ). B their Limited by spell slots once they run out they’re very screwed. C. Their very squishy if you focus them they will either die or be forced to burn a spell slot. D what’s the last time you’ve made it to level 20. E wizards are vulnerable to strength, dex, and con, saving throws . F just give an enemy wizard counter spell. G read the rules and spells most often you’ll find a flaw in them. H. Learning spells, and spell components have insane gold and time investments if your dm is giving them that much gold the party is gonna be pretty powerful anyways

This is always my biggest argument when it comes to people complaining. Like I know some people hate flying PC because noone else has range. I always say if noone has range why did the dm design the encounter that way. When I had a flying PC. The wolves were goblin riders with shortbows. The owlbear had a team of giant vultures(used giant eagle stat block) that would feast on the carcasses it would leave. None of these singled out the flying PC but now he can be damaged just like everyone else. All the problems in dnd5e can be fixed by a session zero and a good DM. nothing in it is inherently broken or OP and if it is for your campaign then just take it out or modify it.

@thechatteringclown

4 жыл бұрын

It's the whole "why didn't the fellowship just use the eagles to fly to mordor" argument all over again. Somehow people think flying is way more OP than it actually is. There's so many ways to deal with it, that it's just ridiculous to think you could fix everything with just flying alone.

@jnf333

4 жыл бұрын

..."The wolves were goblin riders with shortbows"... Sounds like something I'd like to see painted professionally. Rabid goblins foaming at the mouth being ridden by wolves carrying bows.

@override367

4 жыл бұрын

in my second run of Lost Mines, one of my players asked if he could be an aarakokra ranger with a shit eating grin. I said sure. He was like "holy shit". First encounter along the road he took to the air. A goblin pointed up. An aarakokra fell. An aarakokra died.

@theodorehunter4765

4 жыл бұрын

I'd be upset if I learned the Fly spell and suddenly 99% of our encounters had ranged/flying enemies. It would be like grabbing the Dungeon Delver Feat and having the DM stop using traps because the PCs are just going to find it anyway.

@timercolen1586

4 жыл бұрын

@@theodorehunter4765 why wouldn't encounters have ranged options the whole time. Like ranged weapons are the most effective weapons in human history. There is a reason today we use guns and not swords. Also I never really plan an encounter in the first place without ranged options. Why would a fearful goblin run up to you with a sword if he has too. He will will try to shoot you first. Same with human and any thing that has ranged. If everything was melee then rangers who have high movement speed would be op af. There will be some encounters that the PCs can just fly away from but most of the time it doesn't make sense that the whole group of enemies has to be within 5 feet of you or else it cant do damage. Also i probably wouldn't let a PC take the dungeon delver feat in a long campaign because they will probably feel like they wasted a feat unless I include alot of dungeons. If I was running a dungeon and someone had the feat I probably would give them plenty of time to shine but there will still be puzzles that are as easy just a saving throw and then your good.

that was a really well thought rant, both on topic and visually.

I just discovered your channel, I love it! Making videos on the floor looks very fun :D

As a necromancer, I do my best to pick necromancy spells, but like divination, I get about 1 spell per 2 spell levels. Many sad. At I can look forward to 9th level in Xanathars!

@madevich4784

4 жыл бұрын

As a necromancer i build more into minions and safety stuff like fly, invisibility, shields, self heal. And when i don't have any undeads i feel a bit useless cause all i have is like haste, magic missiles and disintegrate.

Aight, I guess I need to help That's a bold video for someone within fireball distance

Just found this channel, I'm hooked.

Great job! The smooth transition near the end made me laugh. It is on the DM to work with the players to keep them “powerful” but still part of the group so that Wizards are not OP

When I play wizard i always choose a theme for choosing my spells related to it, my last wizard got a primal mana and he could only cast fire damage spells, it was very cool

One issue I find the wizards have concerning their large list of potential spells is that the more you have...the harder it is to choose. Just like having not enough options having to many can be an issue. I played a wizard who, late into the game near max level, acquired a spellbook with all known wizard spells and at the time we ignored prep so I had every option...however...with all those options and limited slots it becomes hard to know whats best to do in any given situation. Lastly I think the school subclasses do lock you into a type of playstyle cause Evo Wizards will focus on damage given the fact its just better to do that thanks to their abilities while Abjur Wizards will focus on protection magic since they get more benefits from them. Basically a school dosnt lock you out but it does enhance that type of magic giving you flavor and theme for your character. My current character is an Eldritch Knight and his teacher/mentor was a Conjuration Wizard which influenced his style of magic. He has 2 levels in wizard and his school is Conjuration. This adds to his backstory and character cause it fits with how he was taught magic, it's fitting with the race of his mentor (Tiefling), and it hints at the fact that he understands summoning and likely knows something about Demons and Devils. In his story he summons a devil and makes a deal with it to let him win a fight, summoning it by using an old tome his mentor had. While it dosnt lock you in the subclasses add flavor and themes while leaving you with the options to customize further.

Iv never seen anyone make a youtube video while laying on the floor but i like it its chill.

2:37 damn right! Character creation is my favorite part of DnD! My friend says backup characters are dumb, but I always like to have one. If I don't need it, I save it for another campaign and make ANOTHER backup character.

I find that the common consensus is that 5E has much less choices within a class to differentiate characters of the same class compared to Pathfinder and 3.5. Pathfinder has archetypes and 3.5 had a shit load of prestige classes. Wizards also choose a school and ban 2 schools and get some special school specific abilities. Feat selection is also very important for a wizard. That includes metamagic feats and spell focus (insert school here). You can also specialize in a particular favourite spell using spell specialization and spell perfection feat. For 3.5, there's a hella load of difference between an Incantatrix metamagic wizard and a Rainbow Servant theurge wizard. And you can mix like 3 to 5 different prestige classes. 3.5 and Pathfinder simply have an unholy shitload of shit to mash together to make whatever shit you want. And I can't believe you're saying there are 300 feats with not a lot of differences between them... when the difference is fucking spontaneous divination (technically not a feat but you trade a feat for it and it qualifies you for Versatile Spellcaster feat) vs metamagic school focus vs some useless trash feat to qualify for a good prestige class. That's a massive fucking difference from feat choice. That's a whole hella lot more character distinction from feats than +2 int, alertness, and war caster.

@WayanMajere

3 жыл бұрын

I am pretty sure he never played 3.5 or pathfinder because otherwise he should have noticed how weird his pro 5e arguments sound to someone who did.

@bud389

2 жыл бұрын

He comes off as the one kid that played 3.5 when he was younger once or twice but never got the hang of it, then started playing D&D again when 5th came out. I mean sure, there were a lot of really useless feats (some might say that feats did more harm than good, turning what should've been skill-based actions into Feat requirements), but there's also skill point selection, prestige classes, class specialization, and then all of the races you can play as which have hard penalties to make them lean towards certain classes, which combines to make character creation more impressive in a way. You could also create entirely new skills and add them to your skill list with DM approval, extending the applicability of features.

@dakat5131

2 жыл бұрын

@@WayanMajere tbf in this video at least, it didn't sound like he was specifically tearing down or even addressing how it worked in other game systems. It probably would have been beneficial to compare them though, even if just to explain why 5e is the way it is.

@cymond

Жыл бұрын

Plus 3/3.5/Pathfinder has a lot more character choices on leveling up. There are more feats, more often. The freeway prerequisites encourage you to plan ahead, making early selective much more important. There are skill points to allocate, including the option to learn more languages. In 5e, leveling up usually just felt like "time to pick 2 new spells" with no other options, except for the possibility of multiclassing. I can't imagine playing one of the classes that get literally *no* choices when leveling up.

Literally just played a session today where our monk stun locked a young green dragon for the entire fight. Monks are broken and it’s great

@deezboyeed6764

4 жыл бұрын

Monks are broken if they get lucky lol beyond that they're pretty good dps

@kenmann4074

4 жыл бұрын

@@deezboyeed6764 a monk can spam stunning fist provided they have a large pool of ki, almost as ridiculous as 5e limitless cantrips that power up as you level

@deezboyeed6764

4 жыл бұрын

@@kenmann4074 yes and no, they can, but at beyond level 8 you really start fighting things that are good at resisting it. So you need to spam it just to get to go off, monk is a good and really only a massive damage dealer with support

I've only played 1 campaign ever, but the warlock did use Eldritch blast a lot and fireball and tiny hut were often used by our illusion wizard.

I like this editing style

Honestly I do actually really limit myself in D&D for character creation by focusing on a certain element or style for spellcasting for eg. I make a wizard that focuses on acid spells, I make a full on conjuration spellcaster(when I say conjuration I mean summoning minions). with a necromancer I can do either antilife or raising the dead for spellcasting. What that does is it actually gives off the idea of specialization in certain spells which is what most wizards in almost all forms of fantasy actually have. They are limited by the focus upon which they learn. I also do a similar thing with Clerics but moreso who is my god in game and whether they be a God of War or a God of Knowledge I focus on the specialization of the god, which makes sense to me. Druid is like Wizard to me I like to focus on certain types of spell but with a focus on plants or animals. Paladin is the same as Cleric and so on.

Elderich Knight: YOU SUCK, WIZARD! Wizard: Tough talk for someone within Fireball distance. Elderich Knight: You are aware I can throw TWO fireballs, right?

@deadlyslayer271

4 жыл бұрын

and give disadvantage on the saves

@Syrence.

4 жыл бұрын

Tough talk for someone who can't fireball till 13th level.... :^)

@treacherousjslither6920

4 жыл бұрын

@@Syrence. Funny 😀 where'd you get that thumbnail?

@primeemperor9196

4 жыл бұрын

@@Syrence. Tough talk for someone who can't handle 2 fireballs AT 13th level.

@Syrence.

4 жыл бұрын

@@primeemperor9196 At 13th level, a good Wizard won't be effected by a fireball. Just cast Globe of Invulnerability. lol

I am seriously impressed with the product integration on this one

I like how schools of magic were handled in second edition where you get bonuses for your school and can still cast other spells, but just can’t cast the opposite school of magic

"So DND 5e tries its absolute hardest to make every choice unique and interesting." Me: *laughs in Power Surge* Honestly, wish the Power Surge was actually more useful. I can see that it is useful to increase concentration check DC's. That is the ONLY thing that I can think of this is supposed to do. But then there is the Evocation Wizard. I can see what they were going for and I like my Wizard that specializes in *WAR*. But it is slightly missing out I feel.

@SupaDanteX

3 жыл бұрын

Power Surge is dumb and I have literally never used it. But I think the rest of war wizard more than makes up for it.

@heilmodrhinnheimski

2 жыл бұрын

Wat Wizard’s offensive capabilities are universally shit but holy hell their defensive options are amazing

Especially the wizard within fireball distance

Sounds like a book that helps DMs design a wide variety of encounters based on the players at the table would be a useful tool for DMs.

Good vid, Mr. Floormaster. Thanks for the big thonks you be doing for us!

This is why I like wizards in 2nd edition... they were glass cannons. Your hit dice are 1d4s so you are easy to kill if someone can kill you but you are able to unleash hell upon your foes so long as you have a party good at crowd control.

*limitations are lessened* I understand that, for the most part, limitations are lessened. But I still want some of those epic-level multiclass combos Edit: also poison is trash in 5e

@whiskeyhound

4 жыл бұрын

There's a few decent ones buried in the DMG, which is pretty dumb, considering some of the items that WOTC wasted page space on their descriptions in the PHB.

Just watching this now, but yes, epic transition.

When the cam comes back to Question and his hat is over his head...... I feel like that when I ask a question.