AD&D Cards (1992) │ D&December

[@CreepsMcPasta]

But the real question is- do it smell good? Seriously though, these look SUPER useful for creating randomized loot decks, and quick play one shot characters. I can get down with the idea of these cards.

[@kingjshgrumpy5481]

I still have a lot of these cards in storage

[@timraulerson6793]

I just opened 2 boxes of these and yes they do still smell good.

[@KaibaSeto.]

Shouldn't you be playing Call Of Chtulu?

[@BrenTenkage]

@@KaibaSeto. don't you have a company to run?

[@Uejji]

I wonder if you could craft a campaign from these cards. You have locations, items, characters.

[@genowyn]

Sounds like a fun exercise... a DMing prompt rather than a writing prompt. Shuffle your deck of AD&D cards and draw a hand of 10... now write a campaign around the ten cards you drew.

[@armokgodofblood2504]

That's actually what I'm working on now. A game based on Hand of Fate using the 5e system with hand-drawn cards.

[@dragon1130]

That sounds pretty fun. I hope it works out for ya.

[@Gensolink]

yo that sounds awesome, kinda reminds me of hand of fate

[@jonilind6138]

Sure, why not. Not DnD, but my old Runequest DM had cards for items, events and enemies. When something was bout to happen, he drew event-card. "oh, it's ambush! And enemies are... Three bandits!" After battle he took item card and loot was that. Usually shitty stuff like a lantern. One of us was like "oh, it could be magic lantern..." and story goes on. Great concept if GM likes to improvise.

[@jusjuicebox]

"Oh! I know this one, the ring of winter!" Yeah, you're about to know it a lot better, Diath.

[@Angel_Asphodel]

I'm petrified of what's about to happen next... Spoiler: Also I just realized that Paultin owns 2 very powerful evil items at this point that terrifies me even more.

[@kabobawsome]

Shinigami King I love that the imminent looming of Darth Paultin doesn't even go away after there's a whole arc about it.

[@esper6119]

wahahahha

[@TheXtremeBoltGuy]

Considering this comment is from years ago... context?

[@wombatgirl997]

@@TheXtremeBoltGuy Jerd was part of a D&D podcast with Chris Perkins called "Dice, Camera, Action!" Apparently that was another character in the campaign. I don't particularly know anything more about it, but since nobody did ever answer you I figure I might as well.

[@sirwinsalot]

I love how you look at the hand held camera next to you like you're explaining this to a child This is amusing to me

[@leathery420]

haha I laughed at that too, but I think he's just checking the view finder.

[@SlitherLament]

My marathon of rewatching, liking, and commenting on every Jared video continues. Video 74

[@kingofsicily]

You might want to head over to the Original Trader Bob's. He notched a dugout into a hollow along the Carrillon River. If you ride the river, you won't fail to see it. Trader Bob, the Original Trader Bob, is hunting north of the Picketwire and would not begrudge its use.

[@HEARTLESSKAMUI]

They should remaster these and make more d&d trading cards

[@danielgehring7437]

Justin Mchenry Perhaps sadly, these have been outmoded by a number of apps. Why shuffle when you can swipe?

[@dragoncorn7391]

Or read from a 329 pg book

[@sirmrthe3rdesq974]

Dragoncorn which one the dm’s guide?

[@PaladinArchives]

DnDecember is always my favorite time of year thanks to your videos. Honestly, do whatever you like. Unboxing, stories, tips, whatever. I love watching all of it.

[@Fuzzycat16]

This seems pretty awesome to just throw into a game as physical objects for certain items.

[@theboneybrown2563]

Yo ProJared, I really love your DND videos. You always know how to make your DND stories sound real interesting, keep up the good work! Thank you for making these awesome videos.

[@womanofcubesdestroyerof4th623]

Yeah, I'd love D&D all year and more D&D in December. We love D&D and we love ProJared so why not have it all year?

[@supremeleaderofpetoria9424]

You still love this guy?

[@RJ-SaeDus]

I love seeing videos like this ProJared, and I love D&December. I used to have a group to play D&D with, but after schedules started conflicting and group members moving away, I have not played a session of D&D in over three years now. I loved it, as I have a mental disability, and it provided me with a form of escape that video games come close to; but the amount of roleplaying in D&D cannot even be compared to. I need to start looking for an online group because each and every video you have for D&December only makes me long for another session of D&D -- the amount of stories that you have are amazing to watch, and remind me of the stories we had within our group when it was still functional. I hope you continue to enjoy making these kinds of videos (and everything else D&December-related) as it is amazing to watch, and I love every minute of them. Stay awesome, ProJared!

[@tomasmolina7588]

you can use the cards to make a ramdomly generated d&d session!!! love your videos man.

[@russwaddel08]

I have two 500 count boxes (I think they are 500) of these, and I use them extensively in my games. You can use these in D&D basic, 2nd Edition, 3rd and 3.5. With some tweaking, you can use them in 4th and 5th as well as Pathfinder. They are dead useful. You can also use them as DM characters, because they have the levels, and you can even use them for quick villains when needed.

[@TonyPizzaPie]

Man, I love your D&December intros. It makes me feel warm and nostalgic. The rest of the content is gorgeous as well =) Thank you

[@hexlockegaming1344]

The Bald Pigman's undercover work as a Half-Orc was going so well until ProJared found him out D:

[@caspianbchalphy]

Funny enough if I recall correctly in the older editions if D&D orcs had pug like features so it’s not too far off

[@theAlchemyst11]

Wow, this is actually a pretty neat concept. I'd totally buy DnD trading cards if they were a common thing nowadays. That is super rad.

[@WilliamWallace-re4bc]

Al Quadim is a campaign setting set in the Zakhara peninsula to the west of Kara-Tur an south of Faerun on Aber-Toril. It's a part of Forgotten Realms.

[@ilyadanielovich]

I loved those cards when I was younger. I actually found them recently and the stories I made up for the one's you can write yourself are fantastic, especially for the half-orc card you showed. Love the D&December videos, brilliant to watch.

[@jennyinutil2018]

Make an arcana check

[@roflzwafflez117]

Do I have advantage?

[@victhecyborg5623]

I'm actually crying of laughter with your descriptions of the bad art, this was amazing

[@Lemon_Squalo]

Just gotta say I'm loving watching these vids while writing my next campaign. Especially with your more educational videos which have really started to make me think about what I want to go into a good campaign as the DM. Thank you for so much inspiration, I think you have single-handedly helped cure my lack of motivation to write.

[@datguy8805]

4:04 head on someone elses body? Must be a jojo vampire

[@aswprime]

I've been really enjoying D&December this year Jared. two years ago it was part of the reason that my friends and I started playing D&D , and it has only gotten better.

[@rngfactor]

Man, i love these. Keep it up projared cause it's fun to hear you ramble

[@ericthered1154]

I like seeing the history of D&D as much as I like hearing your stories and advice.

[@Arithmancer2]

Recently moved in to a friend's house who had some D&D novels sitting in a box on the porch. They told me I could look through it. I did that today after watching this and this box also had a long container filled with these cards. Today was awesome.

[@DekuLord]

I like how you constantly look at the camera sitting next to you. It's like you're showing these cards to a friend and keep checking to see if he's interested in them.

[@carterschulte7997]

I'd love a love stream where you go through the whole bunch, backs included. Those are amazing, I want to see more weird stuff, like dnd board games or that dnd cartoon. Or the adventure based off that dnd cartoon...

[@TheNerdySimulation]

This was actually really cool, Jared! I mean, the art on the cards may have been... Meh, but honestly the idea of these cards are pretty nifty, especially for a way to hand out items (Before this video I was actually going to take index cards and use one side to draw something to represent the magic item and the other side to represent the cool effect it has, despite not being the best artist). Anyways, I would definitely enjoy seeing something else like this or similar to this video.

[@berserkdatagaming]

How to scare Jared HYDLIDE

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

BerserkData Games YAH!

[@jonfro-mez]

*anyone, not just Jared

[@wynbarrett2989]

And in Hydlide... *BEES*

[@azathoth7587]

BerserkData Games how to make Jared hyd lide a coward

[@bleb5518]

Spooky

[@bradcook1537]

You've converted me from not caring to ready to make characters and play right now. Thanks Jared!

[@goldmoon251]

I have enjoyed my stay by the fireplace, here at the Inn of the Last Home.. Nice to see you got the Dragonlance.

[@newbluedisk]

Great work as always, I'm a huge fan of Dndcember! This his a soft spot for me, nostalgia-wise, as I had hundreds of these cards I had picked up from a closing card shop back in the day, and seeing them again reminded me of something we used to do with them.The DM of our game would pull out items and make a deck (using card sleeves and regular playing cards to hide the back) and anytime we'd need a treasure for doing something, we'd draw from the deck depending on the situation. This lead to some interesting plot hooks, and some fun stories!

[@Bloodgaze]

So used to talking to the camera, talks to the side of the camera on the tripod that he's addressing with the cards. Love it.

[@sparrowsparrow7505]

I like how well centered and clear the image looks.

[@hellnugget]

Tanis, Tasslehoff, Raistlin, etc were all in the 1991 series of cards.

[@LinoonerBlue]

I love seeing stuff like this! Please keep the D&Dcember coming

[@pcport2698]

2:05 *phone rings* "Bodhi's Pool Repair. ...Really? Counterfeit-proof... Jared said that? Hmm... Sorry to hear that, sir. We'll send our guys over right away."

[@sandbakk77]

For some strange reason, I keep thinking it would be awesome if Jared wore a robe in these videos. Or have Heidi make a Diath-costume for him. The background already has a DnD tavern feeling to it, so why not go all the way and dress up like a DnD character? :-)

[@myae3915]

PikachuchuTrain she did make him a Diath costume.

[@GmodPlusWoW]

If anything, he'd probably dress up as Diath Woodrow, looking like everyone's favourite human Thief.

[@Sylliest]

He might have lost the Diath Costume in the move from LA, however.

[@sandbakk77]

She already made him one? Nice. Now he just needs to wear it. :-)

[@sandbakk77]

I know this is just youtube, but why are so many people so obsessed in telling me I'm wrong all the time? If he has a Diath costume, it would be cool if he could wear it for DnDecember. If he doesn't have one, it would be cool if he got one.

[@biscuits_cake]

I love how Jared even uses a dagger to open the packaging.

[@raidmaster6879]

I'm here to help Jared get back to where he was and deserves to be.

[@brycevo]

These cards are so classic

[@azuza2525]

Another great DNDecember video. Keep up the good work.

[@seankearney3122]

How about a guide to preparing games. If you care read this Hi I am a beginner DM and I have ran a few games. All of them I have not really prepared anything, I have thought of the basic plot and that’s about it. I have seen other guides but they all say prepare as much as you think you need to, I personally write 2 pages of notes but that doesn’t help me or (I can’t speak for all beginner DM) any starting DM. What I am looking for is something more specific like for example what to take notes on. I know this is one comment out of thousands but I hope you take this into consideration or reply if you see this.

[@thedarkness125]

Sean Kearney it is going to vary wildly between groups. You need to know your players the kinds of things their characters do and what direction the story is going. Important places, people and plot points are good notes to have but nothing too specific and have npc names and place names ready. Thats really all i ever prepare..with character sheets and enounter sheets made up and battle maps drawn or made for the area of course.

[@MrEnziteBob]

Is it me or was that tavern music from Dungeons and Dragons Online that you used for background music? If so hells yeah.

[@boxboris]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJbOmpSfbph4qbM yep it is

[@OtioseFanatic]

The opening frame of this video is a very good photo of you Jared. Very handsome. I'm not trying to meme either, you legit have good energy in that pose with the chest. Love it. Can't wait for this year's D&Dcember!

[@DeadDuckD]

This was cool! It actually made me remember that I found and bought several packs of these cards at a thrift shop as a kid. Still have them somewhere.

[@jaysonstewart3537]

I had a few of these growing up. They constantly spawned ideas for my imagination. I really enjoyed the art and the stats on the back.

[@Blandco]

I saw these for super cheap on ebay and I was tempted. Maybe they would be useful for ideas for new magical items.

[@Incompetent_Hero]

D&D side stuff is great, I'd love to see more. I got into D&D from R.A. Salvatore novels, maybe you could talk about D&D related books?

[@heromcdohl]

Thank you for this. I am now going to roll a derp warrior that holds their sword by the blade portion and goes around with the "Come at me, bro!" look.

[@lessonslearned2569]

I remember those. alongside Spellfire.

[@Argetlam3002]

This was pretty cool. I've only been playing D&D for two years, but I love jumping into its history in any form, so this is really fun!

[@AZURAKAZ]

Al-Qadim was an overkill on depth. I remember the 3rd Edition sourcebook had tables for wind direction.

[@swordpanda7panda795]

just love these AD&D videos jared! i really enjoy the lore and puns you jest with ^^

[@TheNewSam]

A wave of nostalgia washes over me as I realize I remember these. I might still have some hidden somewhere

[@tylerfun3158]

Context, even if it's only very base level for this kind of stuff is really neat. Personally I wouldn't mind deeper dives in to any specific cards or anecdotes you might have around them. Obviously with this more fringe stuff those connections might not be super abundant. The bad art really made the good art stand out in this case. I've always wondered if artists got commissioned to create a handful of cards and the rest got farmed out to art students or accountants. I'm personally a sucker for blind style opening videos. The obvious potential for fun surprises + the gambling style thrill is great. Great work as always. Happy Holidays Jared

[@Swordsmage]

I'd love to see you talk about Dark Alliance and its sequel. I grew up with them not knowing they were D&D, and to this day I still love pulling them out and playing one.

[@Akojiguy]

That camera's tripod must have some sort of charisma modifier cause the other camera absolutely loved it.

[@FriarTug]

Can you take us through the steps you take when building a campaign? Not just a one-shot adventure, or a quick encounter, but a full-fledged campaign.

[@advancedlevelgaming]

Wasn't expecting too much coming in.....but Jared had me laughing all throughout.

[@finderfinder100]

We had a few packs of these, I think I still have them in a card box along with a mess of silly cards from the 90s --Star Trek, Roger Dean art cards, etc.

[@axepuff411]

goddamn i loved this....i'd watch you open more of these and talk about the cards

[@ZircronSwift]

This sort of thing is super cool! :D Never heard of these before and I love hearing some stories that you have from the mere mention of the card names.

[@kahaole123456]

Your videos are always improving. I don't know why your subs don't increase faster. Keep it up, you are awesome.

[@gilessaint-loup2426]

Oh gods, I remember these. Some of those cards had amazing artwork.

[@dreddbolt]

ProJared Holding onto the blade, if done correctly, is actually part of a technique called half-swording. The character depicted on the card isn't doing it right. Holding onto the blade is also done for the murder stroke, which is striking the enemy with the sword's guard like a hammer.

[@TheCreepypro]

what a neat video love looking at old cards of just about anything because art work is just so good and by good I mean it is an acquired taste

[@m2pt5]

When he was talking about the Hand of Vecna, all I could think of is the Head of Vecna, possibly the funniest D&D story I've ever heard.

[@Ghalion666]

I have got some of these when they were new and I totally dont remember from where. Inquist magazine? Not sure

[@nicholasmorgan7609]

I saw a box of AD&D Collector Cards once. A few years back, this guy had been selling different collectibles and other things and I saw some of those cards

[@ChiefXuligan]

I really like this concept. Wish Gale Force Nine would sell packs like this with the spell cards they already have and additional magical items and such. If I would have played more AD&D back in the day I would have loved this!

[@carmineacciai1087]

Oh wow, I remember these. I must have been 12 or so when a friend's aunt gave him a box of those for his birthday and we just sat back cracking open packs and wondering how the hell D&D worked.

[@pcport2698]

Jo's Liquid Road is my new favorite magical item.

[@xxCrazyIzzyxx]

Years later but the notable characters were foil rare cards. I remember having Lord Soth who was the only character I actually knew from all of DnD as a kid.

[@beccasanders7962]

You whipper snappers and your new fangled Photoshop art! Back in those days, all we had were crayons, colored pencils, and finger paints!

[@charlesgray6385]

Ayyyy cheers Jared: I bought those cards a while ago and never looked up what the heck they were. Glad I finally know!

[@d6rkw6lf67]

So far all the episodes are great. I am enjoying all of them.

[@Boltizar49]

Watching this late, but I might get index cards for equipment. Those cards are a neat way to remember what you have instead of just writing it on a character sheet.

[@SojiroEX]

It was fun sharing the discovery with you

[@Mandroo]

This was a cool video, i very much enjoyed you checking out the cards

[@C._Bradford]

Dndecember is really the best Christmas gift I could ask for.

[@lancewhiteeagle3203]

Quite liked that, would enjoy you going through more old D&D stuff

[@danioshea]

I used to have some of these, back in the day. Mine were all mixed in with my cards from Dragon Quest (One of the "introductory" D&D games from the 90s).

[@SeraphimKnight]

Those item cards could make for a really cool replacement to a loot table. Shuffle a deck and draw a card from the pile.

[@andreavila6610]

Hey, Jared. Would you please do more D&D videos like this one - showing products, settings, video games, etc... sprinkling personal tales in them? I fell in love with D&December when you reviewed the Rules Cyclopedia and loved the ones about the Arcade games, but so far this one about the cards is the only one I'm inclined to watch this year. How about one on the Pocket Books or one of those sexy campaign setting boxes containing maps, tiles, books, screens - everybody had a favorite one! Thanks!

[@cursedex]

Thyl Kealta was apparently the inspiration for Soul Calibur outfits. Also, the Ring of Winter's description made me fear what Chris has in store this Tuesday.

[@JazzyBassy]

Separate the cards into the categories of the same setting "NPCs, Items, Locations" and shuffle them. Now you basically have an organic rollable table to generate stuff for your campaign. I recommend next time you get a Forgotten Realms only set since that's what you are most familiar and you will have higher chances of seeing cool NPCs that you recognize.

[@systemid3864]

I used to play a crap ton of Spell Fire (Card Game) with a bunch of friends. Spent way too much money on that series. lol but so many good AD&D characters in that series of Cards. I particularly was into Dragon Lance at the time because of the Novels and Graphic Novels. Those were so well drawn for the time!

[@patricksmith5946]

This is super cool I love how your changing it up with all of this new content. Also I wonder maybe you could do an episode on other games like maybe a quick review of some other games out there maybe a top five?

[@a1pha527]

Seeing these relics of the past was pretty neat

[@TenDamage]

I enjoy these kinds of videos once in a while. I really liked the dual camera action so we could all laugh and admire the art in these cards!14

[@1groovigyrl]

I literally just finished watching the tower of doom video...

[@xyamuchax]

I had some of these growing up though looking back at them now a lot of the artwork is horrible. As for other ideas I would love to hear just your her general thoughts on some of the D&D books like the Dragonlance Chronicles, the Drizzit books etc.

[@Dietskittles]

Wow, what a great find. It was even still sealed.

[@Kreeschon]

Hey Jared, love your DnD videos. I would love to see more opinion pieces for DnDecember. Like favorite or least favorite feats or spells or what have you. I love seeing or hearing other's opinions on the different facets of the game.

[@blackraptor311]

You should look into the 1991 set of AD&D cards. That one has all the Dragonlance characters you are expecting and more.

[@AlekPixi]

This was fun! I enjoyed seeing these cards. Maybe it wouldn't be as fun if you did it again, but as a one-off thing once in a while (once per D&December) it's super neat!

[@snekks7497]

ProJared In the study With the dagger

[@crabman3144]

Now I'm curious; just what is Thyl Kealta's AC?