An 8 Bit Reenactment of Dungeons and Dragons

[@Aswaggoner]

14 years later….still good.

[@spencergray9315]

23 years for me

[@tsriel]

Damn... This is still here. This skit itself is from 1990s. The Deadale Wives were a troupe much like Critical Roll or Dimension 20 today, but they never got the fame. Truly they were ahead of their time.

[@banmenow16]

At least one of them found fame. Dan Harmon, the creator of the series Rick and Morty, was part of the Deadale Wives.

[@lalallama2298]

Black Mage: I'm attacking the Darkness Kazuma: Jokes on you, Darkness is into that shit

[@FatherYeat]

"I'm attacking the darkness!" AND THUS THE DESTINY STORY WAS BORN!!!!!

[@angelmembrane909]

Heheheheheheheheheheheheh

[@devincampbell4401]

and more magic missle spells!!!!

[@RememberPluto]

This man knew the future.

[@darkfiire1647]

Any1 come from puffin

[@RobertPendell]

I have a fellow player that says they disbelieve everything.

[@KaliKat]

I remember finding The Darkness in Borderlands 2 and telling my husband that I could attack The Darkness. When the "Like that one video" achievement popped I about died. XD

[@gilessaint-loup2426]

It is mandatory to attack it with the Magic Missile grenade mod.

[@Brawndo2008]

How the heck did I miss that?? Also how is this comment 6 years old while referring to Borderlands 2!?

[@gary4014]

@@Brawndo2008hey bro, borderlands 3 came out 5 years ago

[@gary4014]

@@gilessaint-loup2426that’s actually the only way that the door behind it opens

[@TesseraCraft]

Never gets old. I share this with people each time someone asks me what D&D is.

[@TesseraCraft]

been sharing this for years

[@CumCaptain]

Luggstern you are my hero

[@Psychonaut316]

Luggstern Likewise! Then again, this is what most of our sessions wind up like, so it is a pretty good representation...

[@2Infinit2]

Luggstern ditto lol

[@2Infinit2]

Psychonaut316 yeah, there's a reason most of us use it... it's accurate... lmao

[@CoopCheese]

"I can cast any of these, on the list?" I remember being that guy and I remember being a DM with that guy in the group. oh good times.

[@Selrisitai]

+Coop Cheese Explain.

[@AaronAlso]

I'll one up you... I once had a player stop just short of saying "I cast magic missile at the dar.."

[@StriderHiryu120]

yes any any of the first level ones.

[@Bluemilk92]

I don't think it's possible for me to cast "Magic Missile" without at the very least adopting his exact tone and inflection.

[@chrisolson948]

I swear he sounds like Pauly Shore X'D

[@startears9442]

This is scarily accurate to what dungeons and dragons with my friends sounds like

[@dave90046]

I like how the DM just makes an obligatory roll for the guy that asks if he's drunk yet. Don't know how many times I rolled dice behind the dungeon shield to make the players feel like something serious was going on.

[@larrymitchell6470]

During the time this was so popular that the game guild wars put in an actual ogre slaying knife with a +9

[@kryp7777]

really? gotta love these kind of easter eggs

[@Vampirewerewolf1]

Whoever had the idea of mixing in 8Bit Theatre... I give you many applauses.

[@Ahrpigi]

I feel like it might have been the comic creator himself, but it's been so long I don't remember for sure. He might have just shared it there, but I'm pretty sure the "hang in there baby" poster is from the comic.

[@sgtgiggles]

@@Ahrpigi I think this is like some CD the group released in the late 90s. The 8-bit video was something someone else did

[@drunkmage6297]

​@@Ahrpigi It wasn't Brian, this was flash was made by Mystery Ben back when he was known as Cybermoon Studios.

[@Ahrpigi]

@@drunkmage6297 Neat! Thanks for sharing! :)

[@drunkmage6297]

@@Ahrpigi S'all good! The actual year this was uploaded was 2003, at least for Newgrounds. Cybermoon's personal site had a bunch of flashes and AMVs.

[@GUNDAMURX73]

The longer I run D&D, the more hilarious this gets.

[@ManDudeMcHumanGuy]

"If there are any girls there, I want to do them!" That has stuck with me for so long.

[@OriginalJramion]

That is what I typed into the search bar to find this video. I had it saved on a hard drive, but that was a bout 10 computers back.

[@sweetsummerschild]

@@OriginalJramion Lol this is saved on my external hard drive too. Just one of those videos you can't risk losing

[@kryp7777]

@@OriginalJramion hahaha i typed "i wanna cast a spell", glad i actually found this gem that way since i forgot the original title of the vid

[@d.j.mulcahy1657]

When I first saw this flash animation as a kid, I never really got the joke at the start of talking about Satan's Game. Now that I know more, it's insane that, at some point, people were afraid of D&D.

[@ev6558]

Because they were, lmao. You just weren't born yet.

[@miguelnewmexico8641]

to be fair, from a hyper-religious standpoint i can see how it looks like a training manual for Satanism. if only they ever actually READ the dang things.

[@JackXombi]

@@miguelnewmexico8641 too busy burning them to read them. No joke. Boomers employed nazi propaganda tactics on anything they found socially unacceptable.

[@TheCheshireMadcat]

@@miguelnewmexico8641 Our youth pastor did, and sat in on a game. He told the parents it was just make-believe with rules. A lot of parents were not happy with this, and some tried to get him removed from his position. He stayed, but it opened his eyes to how some people are. My mom didn't like it due to the BS stories that were in the news and radio. She did come around, but it still sucked back when the panic was going on.

[@HenryGray-sy4pu]

@@TheCheshireMadcat Your pastor sounds like a decent guy.

[@Kekistos]

My DM told us to make a perception check. I heard a vicious snarl from the shadows (Shadows - Darkness). I attacked it with magic missile.. I felt like the greatest dnd player ever.

[@rileedavis397]

Not to be 'that guy', but doesn't magic Missile require visual sight line, in the targeting? "You cast at one or more creatures *that you can see*" so, only if you had Darkvision to have dim vlight level of perception (at disadvantage) in the Darkness would you have been able to target and cast Magic Missile. At least in 5th edition. Also, I'm old enough to remember this skit before it was animated. Love it, I'm not busting your chops, just having fun with it.

[@yalkn2073]

@@rileedavis397 You can see the darkness, therefore cast magic missile against it

[@BrenTenkage]

@@yalkn2073 no no, he's got a point

[@ImFangzBro]

@@rileedavis397 Actually, in 3.5, it doesn't require that. You can target something that's totally concealed or has total cover.

[@demonzabrak]

@@ImFangzBro *has less than* total cover or total concealment, not just “has.” From the SRD: “The missile strikes unerringly, even if the target is in melee combat or has less than total cover or total concealment. Specific parts of a creature can’t be singled out. Inanimate objects are not damaged by the spell.” You still have to be able to target the thing you want to hit.

[@USMC49er]

A childhood classic. Magic missile, attacking the darkness, the laugh in the background.

[@duskfallmusic]

This defo never gets old, because before we had FF 8 bit, we had the original audio XD

[@wolfkniteX]

+9 ogre slaying knife, that's actually not bad.

[@ViralCrush1]

I thought it was only possible to get enchantments up to +5. Then again I've been only playing 3.0 and 3.5.

[@yoshimario40]

Eli Stauffenecker Maybe they're playing with the Epic Level Handbook. (That knife must cost a shit-ton if that's the case though).

[@ViralCrush1]

yoshimario40 Like I said, never really got to read or play beyond what was in the Player's Handbook XD

[@C._Bradford]

Viral Crush if it was master crafted on top of the enchantment it might be able to have a plus six but that depends on the dm as for some reason the rules say they don't stack

[@KickyFut]

Hmmm... Mental note: Create a vendor/shopkeeper char who makes fake "+9 to______" tags for all my weapons.😏

[@TheeAntiFOB]

Absolutely criminal that the credits were cut out of this since it includes the Hey Jude D&D parody

[@harxcirdj1486]

I remember back in the 2000s I was playing Summoner on PS2, and buried in the credits was this video using their own sprites. No context whatsoever but even then I found it hilarious

[@littlecombatmusic]

It wrinkles my brain to know that Dan Harmon was the voice of the DM in this sketch.

[@AsdfAsdf-jd6tj]

A classic. I swear I watched this for the first time on Flash Portal. May that website rest in peace.

[@analyticalhealth]

I can't believe this came out 14 yrs ago and I never heard of it! My dnd group just put me onto it today - it's insanely hilarious!

[@ImpendingJoker]

There was a rare drop in the OG Guild Wars that would get you an Ogre Slaying Knife with a +9 to ogres despite the game not actually having ogres in it. haha

[@AriaGinmizu]

One day, out of nowhere my memory was like, "BUT IF THERE ARE ANY GIRLS THERE, I WANNA -DO- THAM" I knew I had to come back to watch this again.

[@ueberRegenbogen]

In case anyone cares, the audio is a Dead Alewives bit from 1996.

[@vikingstigr]

I shared this with my kids. I'm teaching them dnd next week haha. I've been playing playing 32 years.

[@HunterRichardson]

This needs to be a TV show. Seriously.

[@whiteglovian]

It's a webcomic called 8-Bit Theater.

[@JanoyCresvaZero]

This video is what Big Bang Theory should’ve been. Not shoehorn a weird geek with a hot blonde, as well as having some of the WORST stereotypes and shit... I’m genuinely surprised they didn’t have one of the characters being the patient zero of geek culture stereotypes; red curly hair, braces, glasses with tape on the bridge of the nose, a pen in his shirt pocket that’s leaking ink, flood pants, and some kind of dress shoes.

[@urpetdog]

Look up Harmonquest, its literally this concept created by the guy who plays the DM here.

[@TheFlamingPike]

@@JanoyCresvaZero Yeah well the difference is that back then there were nerds and now there are geeks. Geek culture is basically taking nerd culture and making it mainstream.

[@jackadams3878]

well, its been a minute, but viva la dirt league has some videos on their youtube channel. 'vldl npc dnd' should see you there

[@valeriaescalona1195]

I used to watch this all the time on NewGrounds like 12 years ago! Still know the dialogue hahahahha

[@whiteglovian]

I frickin love the 8-Bit Theater Webcomic.

[@jeffdiamond486]

I quote this with my group all the time.

[@benjamingrissom1828]

Now it's 17 years. How the time flies.

[@admthrwn]

You mean.... 17 years ago.

[@reginajanelilianapatterson5838]

Thing is, Mordenkainen's Faithful Hound isn't a 1st level spell. :P

[@Yakumoke]

Man i love the style of these old videos

[@Mathieu_Plasse]

This is an accurate reconstitution of a dnd session.

[@kittyneko7]

I think I’m reminded of this because my husband just bought Mountain Dew.

[@BrenTenkage]

still here after all these years...good times

[@randypanthegoatboy7114]

"Okay, but if there's any girls there I wanna do them!"

[@IrvingIV]

Bard, as the party approaches the den of the dragon.

[@ldyapo23]

“Sir Robin ran away, he bravely ran away away!”

[@Sakaki_xd]

@@ldyapo23 ni he has hid behind a shrubery

[@HenryGray-sy4pu]

@@Sakaki_xd That actually fits the meter.

[@pupper5172]

The algorithm just rolled a d20

[@Nomadmandude]

I would like to go back in time... Right at the year 2000.

[@CrystalMcNair]

[@whiteglovian]

ME 2

[@loganfarley129]

me 3

[@aaronmorrison8050]

It's funny I've only been playing D&D for about a year yet all these stereotypes heard in this 20+ year old audio is still very true to this day this reminds me of some folk in the groups im in goes to show that no matter the year or edition D&D is still the same game through and through and that's why we love it.

[@DanaHoltzbert]

"I'm attacking the darkness!"

[@Matthew.Wade27]

Used to play D&D, Magic, and other tabletop and card games at my friend Jimbo's house in the late 90's. The originators of this sketch were from Milwaukee, local to us, and my friend had this CD... This brings back some memories. Hilarious.

[@sylvongotz584]

Dude, I was there when this was recorded originally. We were all sitting there getting ready to play and JP wanted to make a skit.

[@CammySly]

Now I finally know what the guys in my D&D group are quoting... XD

[@dicebagdaryl]

Damn, +9? That's pretty freakin' good.

[@Brantadot]

Just found out Dan Harmon is the DM in this!!

[@BlainePlaysGames]

YEP

[@tradtke101]

That's nuts I never knew

[@devent10n]

I'm sorry WHAT

[@notmiked]

It's by his old Milwaukee improv group Dead Alewives. Rob Schrab is the guy yelling from the kitchen getting drunk at the tavern.

[@ldyapo23]

Omg for real?! That’s freaking amazing!

[@mastercgaming20]

DEAR LORD THIS WAS A PART (even if a small one) OF MY CHILDHOOD

[@OtakuHanzo]

It was also used at the end of Summoner (early 2000 CRPG) as a bonus skit after end credits. It used characters from the game plus one of the guards from the first Red Faction, also from THQ.

[@DotsHouseofShenanigans]

I think it was supposed to be their teaser for the game, but also to demonstrate their new animations for the PS2/PC. It was a launch title on the PS2, if I remember correctly. Good game though.

[@urpetdog]

fun fact: the guy playing the DM is Dan Harmon, creator of Community and Rick and Morty. he has a show on vrv called Harmonquest, that's just animated DnD.

[@BrenTenkage]

so it all goes full circle, that is pretty neat

[@DonkeyBuns]

I'll never forget this video. I quote it too often.

[@sgtgiggles]

This is exactly how the underclassman back in high school would talk if they played DnD

[@Taterzz]

one of the dudes that was in this troupe ended up making rick and morty. grandpa rick is everywhere.

[@chainoundjanged8731]

An absolute classic. Confirmed still funny in 2022.

[@MrOnosa]

Confirmed for 2023

[@spencergray9315]

​@@MrOnosafunnier still in 2024

[@AegixDrakan]

I keep forgetting about the honestly STELLAR animation on that +9 tag on the ogre-slaying knife. XD

[@Reinshark]

The original is from the Dead Alewives, an improv comedy group. They released this on a CD back in 1996.

[@kryp7777]

"roll the dice to see if i'm getting drunk"

[@weckar]

...So.... accurate....

[@catoticneutral]

I like the lighthearted no-f*cks-given mood of youtube videos from this era. It's kinda wholesome, in a weird way.

[@AugustTheStag]

This was pre KZbin I believe. In the KaZaA days

[@devent10n]

This was from the really early aughts, like 02-03 I think? I remember watching it on some really old site with a ton of flash animations. It was with that one version of all your base with the photoshopped pictures. I wish I could remember the site I saw it on as a kid, just to see if it still exists lol

[@Sedines]

@@devent10n Albino Blacksheep or Newgrounds?

[@OrthodoxyAndEnvironment]

This was a flash video, I was there - 20 years ago

[@lecafard4327]

@@devent10n ebaumsworld?

[@WyntheRogue]

Ah memories,this came out as my friends and I had gotten into 3rd edition and 3.5 edition D&D in late high school.

[@v-d-os8747]

2018 is such a great year for this video to regain the spotlight

[@kirk1968]

I was playing D&D back in 1986. Can confirm this audio/animation as accurate. Scary, but we all turned out OK 😁

[@HenryGray-sy4pu]

I knew this was going to be good when the Light Warriors showed up...

[@Nerdarchy]

Hilarious! Funny is even funnier in 8 bit.

[@megasaur6511]

Lucas Brony No

[@barrybend7189]

You just attacked the darkness.

[@nickfrego6642]

What is this even from?

[@kennethkitchens88]

I come back at watch this every year. Funnier each time lol

[@Pastshelfdate]

Thank you for posting this. A friend emailed me a link. I haven't heard this in years. I've seen part of it with pretty good computer graphic monsters, but this 8-bit version has its own charm. :)

[@Firestar4041]

Dungeons & Dragons: A part of our history ~

[@MrSpade2003]

WHERE ARE THE CHEETOS

[@Sitharos]

They're right next to you.

[@MrSpade2003]

I cast a spell

[@russwaddel08]

Nick Spade Where is the Mountain Dew?!

[@Sitharos]

In the fridge, duh!

[@russwaddel08]

Can I have a Mountain Dew? Hey Graham, I'm not in the room, right?

[@JCMPRadio]

Thank you for re-uploading this!

[@lanceknightmare]

I remember this when it was new yet I have never played a game of Dungeons and Dragons.

[@Klaaism]

The final irony is its the old DnD fans that are collecting the old anti-DnD propaganda. An interesting look back and highly amusing.

[@richpoppengs7528]

Jedediah Galloway REALLY

[@richpoppengs7528]

Is really

[@richpoppengs7528]

HOW did you get to get a geda not pretty easy

[@mariic2]

I-R-O-N-I-C-I-N-O-R-I-R-O-N-I-C

[@whade62000]

I fail to see the irony

[@kapparomeo]

I remember when this was new, and Onion Boy was an 8-Bit Theater reference. I feel old.

[@theyugiohcardforger]

I saw Cheetos in a vending machine, and they made me think of this

[@LordLucario12]

I found this funny before I started playing DND. Now that I've been playing DND for years, this is hysterical because of how goddamn ACCURATE it is

[@justinarthur1451]

Classic. I don't know about Dungeons and Dragons, though. Now Mazes and Monsters, there's a far-out game.

[@Daxinar]

I understood that reference.

[@The3Stooges]

Justin Arthur Great movie... I have it on VHS...

[@SMAXZO]

Justin Arthur Swords, Poison, Spells, Battles, Maiming, Killing...it is pretty far out.

[@unusualfrog779]

I prefer escalators and eels

[@SMAXZO]

red ketchum Ah...a game that made you swear like a sailor.

[@daoskannar]

An absolute classic I am happy to share with new friends ^.^

[@LadyJen13]

I remember when I first watched this video years ago; though I forget exactly how many. I thought it was hilarious then, and I find it hilarious now. It took be quite awhile to find this video again; since I forgot what it was called.

[@whitewolf1112]

"Cool, I get drunk" Lol that was me back when I would play this.

[@MaliciousCat]

Old skool. I remember this vid years and years ago. Love it.

[@Trolbon]

Phillip J. Fry: When will young people learn that playing Dungeons and Dragons wont make you cool?

[@PaladinHeart]

This video is still the best thing ever. I could watch a whole movie of this!

[@RedBlitz174]

this is pretty good and realistic

[@silverdongsaeng2873]

"WHERE'S THE MOUNTAIN DEW?" 😂

[@hell5309]

It's in the fridge!

[@silveringsaeng7950]

CAN I HAVE A MOUNTAIN DEW?

[@devincampbell4401]

IN A FRIGGIN FRIDGE, DUH!

[@Js103036]

So old, yet so amazing! XD

[@letstakeagander4599]

A guy a work today kept asking if he could have a Mountain Dew out of my refrigerator and this popped into my head. Classic

[@littleravendesigns5587]

Omg tens years ago I saw this and I swear it never gets old!

[@starocean6013]

The summoner Playstation 2 hilarious

[@unstableordinance]

For anyone watching for the firs time, this video misses the ending of the original flash animation, which had a rendition of hey jude with other video attatched

[@apsycaeosp3480]

It's amazing how accurate this is.

[@practicalmagic9]

I needed this!It's been awhile since I watched a new animation of this skit, which is always hillarious because it is true!

[@ldyapo23]

I have watched this video so many times. It’s my go to still when my uninitiated friends ask me about how RPGs work 🤣🤣🤣

[@newflesh666]

You must play a lot of clerics because you're doing the lord's work

[@xipherzen]

How does this classic meme only have 13k likes...

[@SerDinoOfficial]

Man, i remember listening to this from Dead Alewives soooooooo many years ago xD good times, i like the 8bit animation you have hear but i prefer the older one with this audio cuz it just seems to fit better. nice video btw =)

[@blizpix]

+TheDailyDino what do you mean by older one? I'm pretty sure this is the original taken from the dead alewives old site.

[@SerDinoOfficial]

***** i meant like the original video, it's the same audio, but not this 8bit video of it. idk if i explained right but yeah haha

[@josephmort4039]

+9 vs Ogres (or giantkin of any kind) would be the most epic knife in the entire game.

[@monot00nz]

Ahh, this brings me back. So quotable 😂

[@RyleeStrange]

Ohhhhh you mean Bunkers and Badasses!

[@bryanegelhoffsanimationtec257]

You have my respect.

[@rileedavis397]

I .. I understood that reference, Tina.

[@changvasejarik62]

I have never played dnd but it has been confirmed you cannot cast magic missile at the darkness. Results on if you can cast darkness at magic missiles is dubious however.

[@sonsofsparda22]

thanks lordminion777 fot unearthing this core memory

[@thisisforplaystation4264]

I just reread this, it was a surprising good read

[@Hawkatana]

The Virgin Magic Missile Vs. The Chad Eldritch Blast

[@PossMcLeod]

Still love this golden oldie! haha. Almost as much as I used to love MAGIC MISSILE! YEEAAAH BOY! OP OP!

[@hdofu]

God... this takes me back... to when life didn't suck.

[@VromNath]

this NEVER gets old.

[@RThyrring]

"Okay, but if there's any girls there I wanna DO them!" 😆