D&D But... It's Pokémon | Oxventure

Let's cram the Pokémon you know and love into Dungeons & Dragons! DM Luke Westaway is joined by players Ellen Rose, Andy Farrant and Johnny Chiodini as they wrangle the latest D&D But!
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[@TailAbNormal]

Everyone else came to play D&D like Pokemon, but Andy decided he was gonna play D&D like Palworld.

[@drakenraugh1841]

"Pikachu, kill them!" That is one of the funniest goddamn things I've heard in my LIFE

[@CuteKiller313]

reminder pikachu sent 685 kids to hospital in real life, he's a menace

[@BlackMoonHowls]

@@CuteKiller313 Only by Nuzlocke rules and that's nothing compared to Tantor the Champion.

[@insainraven9875]

It’s like I can still hear Luke…it’s like he’s still here with us

[@SirStanleytheStumbler]

He is right there in the thumbnail.

[@billthebodyguy]

His memory haunts me like a ghost...

[@TheYorkRose]

He literally never said he's leaving Oxventure lol

[@LungsOutJem]

He calls me from beyond the beyond!

[@bustinarant]

Perhaps his spirit is still watching over us in the form of one-shot tabletop rpgs..

[@Gorthaur42]

For the record I would ABSOLUTELY watch a “DnD but digimon” one-shot!

[@sterlohull4557]

I agree digimon is sadly underrated

[@lukas8670]

Same!

[@haravikk]

Same. I feel like we need Oxventure to finally deal with important digimon related issues like… why are some of them weirdly sexy? And what even is going on actually?

[@justmonifer]

Yes please!

[@Elementaro17]

Same! Please make it happen!

[@adammax912]

'Keep it up, The Other One!' Good lord, I love when Johnny plays a character.

[@anthonyfinnimore7394]

Unbelievable that Ellen wasn't given a Pinsir, the most iconic pokemon

[@Joe90h]

I have already forgotten which Pokemon you mentioned in your comment.

[@BENch_Gaming44444]

A what? sorry I'll have to spend the next few hours painfully remembering what that one is.

[@Git13ox]

@@BENch_Gaming44444 if you lie very still ... it may come to you

[@kaniamia]

The fact that it never occurred to Luke to include a Pinsir in this session is the most fitting tribute of all.

[@AlexanderOsias]

I am here for this comment, and all subsequent replies.

[@monke7919]

"I miss my wife" meowth

[@rawtoast1112]

Is this a drawfee bit?

[@weneedaladder8384]

​@@rawtoast1112reminds me of the Snapcube bit "i miss my wife, tails".

[@davissjoberg1503]

Amazing! Loved how realistic this became. "...but there is another factor I hadn't counted on, which is Oxventure"

[@waterbucketfarms6276]

And then Johnny's "That's the bit I fail to account for as well."

[@BladeOfTheHero]

More! I want more!!!

[@RavenGrave113]

I've never seen murderous disappointment as so clearly conveyed by Luke's Clefairy face.

[@sambridgett]

"He's forgotten my name. Which is surprising. 'Cos it's Meowth." 😂😂😂 I'm only five minutes in but if this is just two hours of Andy and Johnny Noo Yawkin' at each other then it might be KZbin's finest moment.

[@SolaScientia]

I love Johnny losing it at Skull just running in for the moonstone instead sending in a zubat. I also love the psychotic/psychopathic Clefairies. I feel like Johnny didn't even know how to react to Andy's "constrict his balls" comment.

[@BladeOfTheHero]

"Wha... my head, I cant... no... the shame... glasses, and let the shame pour over me... why am I here?!" Johnny moment?

[@KaraDennison]

Sometimes family is a sad backpacker, a divorced Meowth, and a maniac with a kidney infection.

[@youfromthefuturee]

if i had a nickel every time family was that particular thing, id have one nickel. and, you know what, its pretty weird that it even happened once

[@telboy007]

Character motivation: I'm trying to get my backpack back.

[@ColonelHazard]

Honestly, a masterclass in how to build a one-shot character.

[@PureBlackDragon]

The dynamic of how Meowth slowly questioned his life choices, Skull fought against his own clearly inherent weaknesses to become a true villain, and Pearl reluctantly and continually gave into the violence until being the hero(villain) TR needed just for her backpack worked for one insanely likeable watch.

[@MrMessyy]

I've only got as far as Johnny's introduction as Meowth and I simply have to comment. Johnny, you are a genius

[@milese3620]

Andy as Skull: searches unconscious Hiker Jim's pockets. You can take the man out of the rogue but you can't take the rogue out of the man 😂

[@TheYorkRose]

Johnny's Meowth 💖💖💖 Johnny's Meowth's Ex-Wife & Kids 😭😭😭

[@MrGibsonian]

The fact that Andy didnt put any people in a pokeball was a surprise.

[@mclarge90]

Andy not evolving into a blood-bonded ape whilst inside a gyarodos is a crime

[@weneedaladder8384]

Andy becomes a psychic magician ape, meditating for peace at the center of the gyarados.

[@psychotic-nerd]

Around 40 comments at time of writing have backed me up on this: "We would 100% watch Digimon D&D".

[@davidaward82]

Ellen is missing her backpack. Ellen was too nice to take the Hiker's backpack after they met Andy.

[@SHADOWofJUSTiCE]

backpack, backpack...

[@BlackMoonHowls]

@@SHADOWofJUSTiCE Lol.

[@NameRealperson]

She doesn't want _a_ backpack, she wants _her_ backpack

[@Storm0483]

1:40:20 The moment that made me almost choke on my food, such a funny session. Johnny didn’t really roll a lot I think, but they were so great and every time they started up a letter I knew I would lose it. Ellen looked like she was having the time of her life, and I appreciate her trying to roleplay as a nice person even though Andy’s shenanigans were having none of it lol. I cannot imagine all the work Luke had to have done to make this work. And everything Andy did made me double over, because you never expect what he’s gonna do next.

[@frozenfaeitv3894]

nightmare Clefairy is now living rent free in my head :x

[@TheYorkRose]

Without spoiling anything..... why does the finale feel like Luke has some pent up pikachu frustrations for Andy and Ellen? 🤔

[@lukas8670]

All of the pikachu drawing challanges maybe?

[@mar_speedman]

@@lukas8670 But that doesn't make any sense... He won virtually all of them!

[@cmartyn4833]

Things I never expected to hear Andy say... and didn't know I needed to hear him say to make my day...The Episode.

[@scottanderson8329]

And now Hiker Jim is going to hunt down and kill the party then completely dismantle Team Rocket because they John Wickd him by throwing his growlith down a pit.

[@cordeliaseil]

Uh ohhh someone didn’t see 10 minutes later into the video 😢

[@scottanderson8329]

@cadenseil5630 😂 I typed the comment thinking, "I'm sure they're done tormenting this person."

[@queenoffabulous2156]

MIKE AND ANDY DOING A WRESTLING ONE!!!!!!!!!!

[@PrinceFerocity]

With Dan Layton from NRB/Wrestletalk! So hyped. I know Dan wasn't in WT's CBW series but he's like any of the wonderful characters from that it's gunna be a great laugh.

[@fungi5350]

Ok I don’t really watch wrestling but a one shot could be funny lol

[@sacrificiallamb4568]

As long as they don't break the kayfabe.

[@MikesPortugal-zm4oy]

​@@sacrificiallamb4568I know Andy will non stop selling but Mike is dangerous. Lately I keep imagining Andy as a mad chad gable style with alpha academy

[@Lionfire42]

Honestly, Luke's Clefairy voice is exactly how I imagined they'd sound and speak.

[@torgranael]

I know nothing about the Pokemon universe, but I'm not surprised there's a Pokemon equivalent to the gut cutters.

[@circuitousprime]

Heavily inspired by the Pokémon Stadium minigame 'Clefairy Says' methinks.

[@BlackMoonHowls]

@@torgranael Well if one day it interests you to look into Pokemon, do not look or think too hard about typing because it makes less sense if you try to make sense out of it. Until a certain point Dragon and Fairy type do not exist but moves exist. Dragonite is a Dragon but does not know Dragon moves. Charizard is also a Dragon but falls into that same pitfall of earlier Gens. That's why I like later gens but not so much the "other" Pokemon added, like Vanillite and those kinds. I'm more of a "if I'm going to play then Nuzlocke rules or not at all", but if not Harem Waifu time and I do not discriminate when it comes to Love.

[@ShadowDancer98]

21:18 minutes in and I already love Johnny-meowth more than words can describe

[@adammax912]

And the glorious callback on 'failed to account for the ancient leopard'. I love this channel

[@billthebodyguy]

I'm really surprised they hadn't played World Wide Wrestling before knowing Andy and Mike are such big fans. Dice Breaker's videos of WWW are some of my favorites, and I can't wait to see how the Oxventure handles it!

[@LungsOutJem]

They probably put it off because they saw the numbers on those videos. 😂

[@sebastianwlodarczyk]

As one would expect from Oxventure, it went in a completely unexpected direction:D Bravo everyone- can't wait for more one-shots and for the Wyrdwood campaign!

[@haravikk]

This was… not quite as wholesome as I remember the TV show being… but oh so very Oxventure. 😂

[@lespaulpanhead025]

1:30:13 Johnny starts having stressful OXVenture DM flashbacks

[@sloppy8149]

this was hysterical, and id for sure watch a digimon d&d session

[@kayla_eevee]

Feeding Rare Candies to a Magikarp like a reverse PEZ dispenser 😂

[@BlackMoonHowls]

Feeding Rare Candy to my Gardevoir in desperation.

[@anniebengtsson8328]

Luke has become such a wonderful DM!

[@RecurringRob]

Johnny’s meowth is already legendary

[@dee...]

Omg I just went back and watched the "which Pokemon are you?" oxtra video from 2 years ago and it gives light to the characters here! Makes me love this video even more.

[@BlackMoonHowls]

OMG, never did i connect the dots, thank you for this comment. That was forever ago. Dahyumn.

[@midg3tninj4]

i'm 30 minutes in and i swear to god i would die for Johnny's Meowth ...it's an hour later and hooooooly crap i was not prepared for this! my face hurts so much from laughing, this was unbelievable! outstanding work everyone!

[@intothenothing750]

I think luke underestimates how funny they are. I’d watch that Dnd x Digimon, even if i don’t know anything about digimon

[@billthebodyguy]

I think this is up there with Nate as some of my favorite Johnny work!

[@Alizardwithdaftideas]

I was not expecting quite how this went 😂 I'd totally watch a 'What if D&D but Digimon'

[@SyncSeiryuu]

Now make Ellen GM a Kingdoms of Amalur D&D session. Since she's the number one Kingdoms of Amalur fan, has played countless hours of the game, and knows absolutely everything there is to know about the lore.

[@sacrificiallamb4568]

I need this now.

[@green_dragon_knight]

And Grant Kirkhope needs to be playing a bard

[@SirStanleytheStumbler]

Look away Nintendo, look away.

[@sacrificiallamb4568]

This isn't Pokemon, this is Polcemon. Completely different game.

[@SirStanleytheStumbler]

@@sacrificiallamb4568 the name Pokemon in the title confused me.

[@sacrificiallamb4568]

@@SirStanleytheStumbler What do you mean? (They could be listening.)

[@SirStanleytheStumbler]

@@sacrificiallamb4568 they are watching us right now. RUN!

[@etherialaardvark9780]

Hey, if they come after them they can just change the balls to icosahedrons, jumble the letters in the pokemons names and draw a moustache on all the artwork. I'm sure that's probably distinct enough for a marketable system!

[@jasonbeets]

1:35:29 If Oxventure made a "DnD but Digimon", I'd watch it. If you have an idea you are excited to try, the passion could compensate for the smaller audience.

[@Michael_Lindell]

Oxventure, I choose you!

[@sabretoo]

Drawfee moment with Johnny apologizing at the end😂 Looking forward to the upcoming 4 part session! Yay new characters!

[@lisahunt2195]

Want to put it out there that I would be all-in on D&D but Digimon and if Luke figures out how to make it work, I'd both watch and play it myself.

[@ZenSkates]

This did NOT go the way i was expecting. this had me cracking up.

[@toratio8547]

I have never been so here for something so unhinged.

[@brockmarie]

Remember back when Andy didn't want to do "mean" things in D&D? 😂 This was great lol And oooo, I see Dan Layton, more NRB/Ox please!

[@ApesWithEgos]

Good to see the Time Traveling Pikachu again. Luke, too, I guess...

[@BlackMoonHowls]

Pikachu on Acid coming full circle finally.

[@DJHoward82]

This was so chaotic but really fun which basically describes Oxventure in a nutshell. 🤣

[@MrPardoMe]

This has made me realize how much I'd love to see a DnD style adventure featuring Pokemon in the GoT universe as interpreted by Oxventure.

[@MikeSchinlaub]

Johnny: "Hey oh, it's Me Big Meowthy Smash Things!"

[@MikesPortugal-zm4oy]

1 min role-playing and Ellen is being bullied, Luke has killed lovely pets, Andy is ranting and Johnny is crying to hold laughter, sounds like oxventure is back indeed❤❤❤

[@stormy7745]

this was hilarious! very excited for the 4-parter with Jasper! (also, please do a digimon one)

[@teddychu1177]

Ooohh... Nice to see Luke still hanging out with the OX crew :)

[@npc_N8]

Please keep this world going as a series!!

[@NameRealperson]

wow, Andy really went in studs up on this one

[@anubislover8989]

This was amazing, though I would also love them to play AS the Pokémon, Mystery Dungeon-style. That would be pretty rad. Also, I would watch the hell out of Dungeons & Dragons...but It's Digimon. Trust me, you'd have two people watching it!!!

[@MattSkudlarek]

As someone who has told people "I heard this joke earlier, and now I'm telling you because I refuse to suffer alone..." I fully appreciate Ellen having Luke direct the Clefairy stare to the camera. Why should generosity be limited to good things? 😆

[@zenwatchesyou]

I was going to say something about how they spent 6 minutes pissing, but what happened to magikarp (Fishskull) was much worse Good episode, 9/10, because you assume incorrectly that I would not be hyped to watch a digimon themed D&D episode

[@robodogmech]

Luke has done a bang up job making this campaign

[@neolexiousneolexian6079]

This reminds me of a Lukism from I think the Garfield Lasagna Party video: "Nintendo's lawyers flummoxed, they don't know what to do with themselves."

[@TheYorkRose]

4 part mini campaign! Yay! And with Jasper!

[@zacharysmith4856]

Not sure which of these I’m most excited for… probably just all of it. 🙂

[@adamhauntsplants]

I appreciate how much effort Luke is putting into making these Dnd Buts

[@SamFisk]

Hiker "John Wick" Jim

[@flytowerstandingby]

Beyond delighted to see Andy stamping on pokémon

[@JervisGermane]

I'm also very impressed with the work Luke put into this. This is some great game design. Luke really knows both games inside and out, and he managed to make this work beautifully.

[@DungeonBricks]

This was hilarious. But for future reference: Confusion wears out at the end of the battle or when the pokemon is called out in battle (so does all the buffs and debuffs) but status effects (poison, burn, paralysis) stay out of battle until healed by an appropriate item or in a center. On the other hand, each pokemon has an asigned catchrate, as well as pokeballs having an assigned success rate, which is how the games calculate wether a pokemon is catched or not; granted the catchrate changes with the HP and statuses aflicted on the pokemon. ... And there are other tidbts of nerd info I could have, but I'm not going to nerd out on you; the approximation was quite good!

[@neolexiousneolexian6079]

6:33 "If I was a Pokémon, I'd just kill the trainer." *....slowly puts pokéball away.*

[@not_a_frog]

i did not know that i needed this, but i absolutely needed this 💚

[@ikeseff]

I would watch Digimon. They are the champions

[@Crossyonthetube]

That moment when Luke mentions that '/there's one factor I didn't consider, and that's oxventure is just amazing haha

[@jamisonedwards8162]

Three things: I noticed the one sound panel that was incorrectly placed, the call ack to Dicebreaker's 'aaracokra' discussion, and the Meowth language thing reminding me of Zathrus from Babylon 5.

[@antreiriukula4015]

Oxventure, that ancient leopard

[@paladin595]

Jasper’s back!!! Yay!! 🎉🫶🏼👏🏻

[@starwarssith7778]

I totally would watch a D and D with Digimon completely! Digimon is awesome!❤❤❤

[@Yin-Faren]

"Wow wow, Clafairy, take it down a notch !"

[@torgranael]

"They seem to vibrate with pleasure." Going by the look on Ellen's face, we had the same thought, and it's not what Luke was going for.

[@krimzonknight]

D&D But Digimon sounds like a BLAST tho

[@HowToTrainYourDuncan]

The concept was great. But Johnny’s Meowth was better. I’m gonna need Meowth to be an Oxventure regular.

[@jono3952]

I would totally watch a Digimon version of this.

[@Leith_Crowther]

That game is called Animon Story.

[@rorysmith9857]

This looks amazing!

[@mms16]

Wow that Luke guy and Ellen sure get along, they should do more shows together. Preferably in the weekend

[@glenharris9366]

This was an instant classic and I will happily watch many more 😂

[@matthewwalewangko1995]

YOU HAD ME AT BARD'S COLLEGE OF ROMANCE ❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥

[@cainrahl]

Would definitely watch a Digimon version of this. Sorry Luke, no getting out of more system merging😂😂😂

[@teafling]

Gonna start practicing the Clefairy face to scare my players

[@redevolution686]

Yo! This was amazing! I hope the views let you do more one shots like this

[@15Rystad]

...I'd watch a digimon version

[@MikesPortugal-zm4oy]

"we have ranch poffin in the back" - you might want to see a doctor for that

[@samhill7190]

Skull wants to be the very best Like no one ever was He wants to throw trainers to certain death.

[@sacrificiallamb4568]

This should be a series.

[@jamesrichards2720]

I liked that Andy did stuff I always wanted done in pokemon.

[@TransHammer]

Honestly i wouldn't be surprised if PETA sent them a letter after this.

[@lachrym0se975]

Is Johnny supposed to be Christopher Walken LMAO