Thanks so much for making this, Blerdy! This is so wonderful. I'm sobbing!

You literally didn't show us anything about setting up the discord for D&D and TTRPGS

the concept sounds great, but how is this an RPG? It sounds more a list of prompts to think about. I don't want to downplay the meaningfullness of this, since i believe it's ultimately helpfull, but it doesn't sound like there's a game here.

"I can feel your anger. It gives you focus, makes you stronger!" ~ Emperor Palpatine Another great essay, Blerdy! And this one may certainly be valuable because of the current poignancy in the USA right now. Introspection like this, illustrates how close we all are to one another, regardless of minor variances. - One thing I wanted to mention is that the dangers of using tools like these, unguided by a professional, may include delusional thinking - as one may mistakenly justify their egotistical biases. It can actually make the issues worsen, and become harder to overcome. Taking precautions can be as simple as being very aware of those "unhealthy thinking patterns" 5:04 and snap out of them if veering in that direction. Those unhealthy thinking patterns are prevalent and really do shut people down, which means they may never reach their best self. Take a break if the game is increasing stress, perhaps that Pomodoro method could be used in playing the game. The goal of the game is to understand oneself so as to feel better, not worse. - People gotta remember that the body is but one thing to care for. The mind is absolutely another. Of course some would further say that the soul is another. When the self is healthy, then there will be benign growth. When the self is unhealthy, then the growth will be malign. The journaling helps to "get it out of your system" via processing it meaningfully, and when combined with self reflection to work out what one feels and why they feel it - this self-enlightenment leads into the stoic, when one can temper themself with self control and further be empowered by themself. We've known about ourselves for thousands of years, and the ancients were able to codify and explore the psyche even back then. Modern techniques will still trace back to these ancient philosophers and their observances of human behaviors. - I'm definitely interested in seeing America become healthy again. There's too much stress, and not enough compassion. Too much corruption, and not enough integrity. It surely causes people to wild out when so frequently - up is down, and down is up - and this ends up making people weaker as a result. Society has shifted to accommodate all of the pressures of day-to-day life with all of it's expectations, and the result is very unhealthy. In a word: decadence. We've lost touch with the natural world and our natural selves because of the clockwork nature of our society that we depend upon. We become less human, and become more enslaved drone, as a result - and so our minds rebel while they have the strength and wherewithal to do so, before being suppressed entirely. "You know that pain and guilt can’t be taken away with the wave of a magic wand! They’re the things we carry with us, the things that make us who we are. If we lose them, we lose ourselves. I don’t want my pain taken away, I need my pain!" ~ Captain James T. Kirk

I Liked the video, but it still says +0. WTF KZbin?

Sad I listened to this thesis. Edge lords are assholes in a social setting. It works individually for Bateman or Batman.

I'm sold

I am broke and i want to play dnd with my friends

I love the idea of playing a "fake" edgelord. Bro is trying his best to be dark and dangerous, but his dex isn't that high, and he's a young man so his voice occasionally cracks. He's undeniably good with a sword, but thats from being tutored at his wealthy families house and his precise form is the opposite of the street smart badass he's pretending to be. leans on wall to brood: slips and falls

Their fantasy is being mask-off about it 🤗 Their fantasy is poc and lgbt people not being alive This recent Dragon Age hate train is crazy. People will bitch about remains if there is a gay person, but are perfectly fine with rampant white supremacy being displayed throughout. The reason I never pursue tabletop anything. It would require making the mistake of interacting with my oppressors, who fantasize about me being dead….

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I would not classify every brooding character automatically as edgelord. From all the characters I would only take Reaper from Overwatch and agree that he is an edgelord. In my opinion an edgelord is not just a misunderstood character, but someone who enjoys hurting others for the sake of hurting them. And most of your characters you listed don't do that. So sure, brooding characters can be interesting, edgelords are more than that and thus there is no excuse for edgelords.

New Blerdy less gooooooooooooo

this is my favorite edgy moment in media kzbin.info/www/bejne/gna2qJ6ea9udeKs

Vampire the masquerade is just edgelord the game

I haven't played yet but been learning about it for a little now and it looks fun.

14:09 "Ma'am, I... you say you're about to go adventuring, right?" "Yup!" "I see. And, I don't want to be rude or assume or anything, but... are you planning to do it in that outfit?" "Uh-huh..." "Hmm. I see. Would you mind a little constructive criticism?" "I-" "You don't mind? Splendid! It looks beautiful, honest. If you get into an actual fight wearing that, you're going to wind up the cutest, best-dressed corpse in the dungeon. Please put on some actual fucking armour have you lost your MARBLES-"

_adds to my stack of games I wanna play_ gods, I need to find a gaming group before this stack of games I wanna play grows too tall and collapses on my head 😬

I read some of the comments and some people are confusing “dnd racism” by player and by characters. What i mean is, some of the comments talk about not agreeing with the notion that a specific race is “bad” or “lesser”, and that to me is dnd racism by players and dm. Now, when the characters in the game have racist views due to their experiences, then thats racism by characters which to me is fine.

Hey there! Just got here and wanted to check out your vids. They're great quality, and I really like what you have to say. Edit: You got yourself a new sub!

So glad you started this series! I’m planning this for my first campaign with my group and was sad to see the lack of video resources for beginners. Your tips and insight will definitely be helpful to not overwhelm myself with the amount of work I’m undertaking. Thank you!

5:28 made me laugh so much. i used to pride myself on being able to balance really well, even on the fly - not so sure anymore :P i really liked your point about providing different types of solution to encounters. i think my players might have to be eased into it, but i think there's a lot of potential for really dramatic encounters with this strategy

this video improved my GMing at least tenfold

wonderful video! thank you for linking all the sources, and i hope you have more videos in the works, because i already binged your whole catalog

Factions absolutely do interact and also exist in dungeons (mega-dungeons anyway).

Hey man do you know about any good discord bots that have the ability to use map 🗺️ and tokens like owlbare but works inside discord ?

I absolutely agree with the comment about the HUGE blocks of text. I was so excited picking this book up, but I haven't read through it all yet because it feels like far too much writing for the amount of information in it. IMO There's also too much emphasis on the existing lore throughout for a game that actively encourages players to toss it away and run their own setting.

Yeah okay, the terminology is so on the nose that I kinda feel like it could turn some players off, but I love the art!!! And I love the intense queer flavoring!

Thank you! This will be a big help!

I really love this jam, i participated this year for the first time with MicroPhantoms, but looking at all the fun and creative concepts makes me want to improve more so i can appear in videos like yours. Thank you for showing all the amazing games, personally, I've played A perfect rock. a couple of times with my friends and it can get really fun with the collaborative details each of us made.

Why would you think it’s for the experience my phones all I have….

Nice overview

How great, I didn't know about that adventure!

When the most recent version was published I passed up my chance to play this and I've regretted it ever since. The completeness of the CoC campaigns is unmatched

Sad not seeing my game Reachspan. I think I couldn't manage advertizing it and published it very late but it was my first experience. The jam was great and a lot of fun , nice review.

Hey there, I’m the author of Le Klepto, it makes me so happy to see my silly little game being mentioned at all! Thanks for sharing! 💚

Thanks for commenting the games!

Hey! I'm the creator of Unknown journal, thank you so much for featuring it and all the other awsome games from the one page jam! I'm really happy you enjoyed playing it <3

PS: If someone wants, please make a timecode for every game featured since I do not have the patience for that!

One RPG I thought was really creative was TicTac Adventure. You use a stopwatch instead of dice!