First video from you I've seen. Does Lars always looks miserable when he plays?

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Y did the game end?

The half time music was muted, then super loud.

Those people need to play Mutants and Masterminds

What if you roll 18d4 and take the average of 10

It's a sort of prescriptive heroism, which has it's place. But I find it far more compelling to see people overcomes odds than be statistical shoe-ins to be the chosen one. E.g. it's so much more enjoyable to see the barbarian seduce the bartender after the bard failed miserably. More applicably, I'm fine with having these characters be relatively more powerful, but that will be a consideration in how I make their encounters appropriately compelling for their power level in turn.

I have had 4 charecters with thier hiest stat being a 9... it can really hurt.

Matt is the best. That is all.

Score minimum 10, then divide by 2 is easy compared with almost copyright protection to 1st & 2nd edition D&D charts.

The problem is that there isn't a die that csn roll from -4 to 4. You could use a d8 and just go from -3 to 4. But the problem with only rolling one die is consistency. 2 d6 rolls is more consistent than a d12. Its why you don't just roll a d20 for stats. Also, a lot of stuff adds plus 1 to abilities, which translates to 1/2 a modifer point, so then we'll need fractions. That'll be a whole thing.

A lot of it is confusing, and largely a holdover from previous editions. Why not just have your Stats go from -4 to +4? "I have a +3 Strength" instead of "I have a 17 strength, which converts to a +3 Strength Modifier" It's also very silly mechanically: If you have 13 Dexterity and lose 1 point of Dexterity you have... exactly no change to anything.

I always appreciated that D&D4e used the Constitution stat for Max HP, instead of using just rhe modifier.

I say this all the time. The status the modifier.

This is why I argue we could do away with Ability Scores and just point buy modifiers. Example, Fantasy AGE.

Man, I wish someone would make a cool game where we just have the smaller numbers to use. 😏

Please do something like this again. I’d even sub to Patreon for more Dune 😎

Wow I have just watched it all in preparation for playing our new Dune game. My 17 year old is so excited but couldn't quite get him to explain it all to me. Thank you so much for such a great game - learnt so much. All of you are such lovely people though I was routing for OD but when he did the dirty! The ebb and flow best game!!! Wish me luck love from Huddersfield UK

But when more?

While I love the bite size advice from old videos I feel like the extreme close-up it's a bit intimidating haha 😅

To me, the point of the 10 foot pole is to identify a player who sees the game in a way that is fumdamentally different from how I see it. (Not a judgement, really, just a difference in style and preference)

Some games even use 5! ;) (Yes I’m talking about Draw Steel! It doesn’t have a stat analogous to Constitution, which I think was a good choice overall)

I think the reason for 6 stats is each one represents a means of being proactive in the game. Strength to move something, dexterity to do something with nimbleness, constitution to push through something in you or your environment, intelligence to use your mind to solve something logically, wisdom to read the environment and gauge people, and charisma to influence someone.

Matt, is the man...

Mage: the Ascension _mi amor_

It's basically the special from fallout but the luck skills hidden.

cool

The 2 optional scores from the dmg in the corner

I had this play out in my last session with a player who desperately felt the need to make a character based on Uzi from Murder Drones.

Lots of stuff I still try n get that every game lol

I love these interviews, im gonna be sad when ive watched the last one thats up so far

Bring Wolverine's character but leave the self healing at the door please.

Dragon's Age

Wolverine basic recipe: Paladin of Ancients. Lay on hands for “healing factor,” and some cantrips for claws, or even give them claw gauntlets (reskin daggers?) they can smite with

Hey Matt, thanks for doing this video in person :) I did enjoy it.

I would be thrilled if they wanted to play "Wolverine" They usually say things like "Can I play Michael Bolton in "The Tale of Captain Jack Sparrow" music video?"

Since everyone else is trolling Coleville here with Wolverine builds, here we go: 3 levels Beast Barbarian, then full Long Death monk. Mountain Dwarf. Dwarven Fortitude feat. Periapt of Health. Done.

Druid with Wildshape enters the chat.

Hahaha 😂 I loved the real-life wolverine. 11/10

Does Wolverine ruin the game for everyone else? Fundamental problem with bringing the wrong archetype to a game. Cyclops and Juggernaut don’t work either. But Gambit? Professor X? The basics of their character can fit. I like the idea of a cestus wielding high strength badass, But that healing thing is going to be too much.

I laughrd at the "Plugged in" image. Nice edit.

Ok, you're a dual wielding Path of the Totem Bear Barbarian. But instead of handaxes, you have claws. And instead of resistance to damage, anytime you take damage, your healing factor heals half of it back unless it's psychic damage. And whenever you take a long rest, your healing factor restores all of your Hit Points. Flavor baby

The Titan of Vanigar better be a gigantic Abominable Snowman or I’m going to throw a fit.

When the art started popping up, I needed a Smash Love button cause HOLY AMAZING!!!!

Back when players would actually think and come up with solutions. Now you have to specifically tell players and even then they complain its too complex.

2:39:00 This whole sequence is BS. First, it wasn't something that O'D was asking to do in the first place. It was a decision by Lars to give the Rod to Leech because he didn't want any of the Evil aligned members to have it. Then Matt is basically goading O'D into attuning to an item that Matt has decided will break his link to his patron, giving him no indication or warning that this is even a possibility. Then, if you think of the command structure of The Chain, Leech is following a direct order from the Commander of The Chain. He wasn't acting on his own free will. This whole episode was pretty sadistic, especially after already having to retcon an entire storyline because it forced one of the players to be possessed and had no interest in role playing this scenario. Matt likes to say he is challenging his players, but these are the type of game sessions which cause his players to just not want to continue the campaign (which survived only two more sessions), and that is a shame, because the storyline of The Chain of Acheron could have been just as dramatic and engaging as any of the Critical Role campaigns without the unnecessary sadistic BS. Matt also gives his players these cool powers and abilities, then specifically designs encounters so that they circumvent them. Phil Crits on one of the "Autophages" and Matt rules it doesn't have a head. RAW, a critical hit against a creature that cannot be beheaded does an extra 6d8 damage to the strike, but Matt doesn't let Phil roll that damage. So unless this session was supposed to be an example of how not to Dungeon Master a game, new and learning DMs should not model any of the behavior on display in this episode.

Well, all I can imagine now are the Time Bandits

The Mind Witness has no mouth but must scream

Some say their modularity even extends into their music where they build great, interwoven monoliths which synthesize the timescape itself into sonic waves.

“Alright, I’ll give you 5 minutes” Time raiders: 🔫🗿 “make it 10”