D&D in every popular tv show, movie, or internet series

[@itshammertime4297]

Missed the part where everyone is dressed in elaborate yet generic fantasy costumes and the DM is wearing a robe

[@grizzlyowlbear3538]

To be fair I'd love to play any TTRPG in full cosplay

[@BAGELMENSK]

The official dungeon master's robe?

[@sirmclovin9184]

I so want a robe.

[@mentalrebllion1270]

Honestly? Everyone in my dnd group just wears sweatpants or a tshirt and pants style of pjs. Long hair of anyone is usually up in a messy bun and no one wears make up. We do not care, lol. But we enjoy the game! I think a few of us have shown up and played in work uniform but that’s about as dressed up as any of us have remained during dnd day. I think most of us take that day as our day off for the week which is why most of us don’t even bother working that day.

[@magicrainbowkitties1023]

Hey my first DM wore his robe to every session he could get away with

[@greathorn]

The only rolls in D&D media are 1 and 20, but 1 just means “you didn’t do the thing” and 20 means “you win the game”

[@elephantchessboard9060]

to be fair everyone markets it that way in thumbnails, logos, etc. no wonder someone from outside would think that.

[@Chilliconkanye]

Not true

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

I think I've seen ONE instance of someone rolling between a one and a fourteen in DND in a movie or tv show. Yes, it's the two Community episodes, before you ask.

[@FuraFaolox]

only time 20 is that special is when you get two, which Brennan Lee Mulligan got in Dimension 20

[@sourwitch2340]

@@FuraFaolox didn't Ally also get it in Unsleeping City?

[@kaip310]

Only missing the part where hollywood DnD has the mother come in mid-way to offer up snacks and tell the main character of some embarrasing personal detail!

[@frimi8593]

Check description

[@arizonaranger2333]

@@frimi8593 perfection

[@yourbeardlybro5887]

DM’s Mom: “Who wants snacks?” Player Bard: “You’re a snack!” DM: *angerly* “Roll for-“ DM’s Mom: *blushing* Stop, you don’t need to roll, that was a critical success” DM: “I banish you all, I’m done” Bard: *takes out lute* “the seduction has only just begun”

[@janelantestaverde2018]

@@yourbeardlybro5887 Seductive bard, that's a new one

[@obadijahparks]

Bold of you to assume that these guys aren't hiding this from their religious households....

[@shoopydoopy6062]

Movies always seem to forget that player who asks for the most specific scenarios like “are the cultists robes made of cotton? and is the humidity in the room above 35% and is anyone thinking of the color orange right now?” just so their attack can do 1d4 extra damage

[@sevested]

I'm now gonna think of the color orange whenever I cast a spell because of you. Who gave you this much power?

[@shoopydoopy6062]

@@sevested I needed that 3 extra damage bro I’m sorry

[@nobody5333]

“Does the ancient green dragon weigh more or less than a purple worm?” “What is the PH level of their stomach acid?” “How big is the nasal passage?” All questions I asked during combat.

[@plugshirt1762]

@@nobody5333 I remember once I had to ask about the layout of their internal organs as I was playing as a plasmoid and was completely determined to enter a dinosaur through its anus and chill in its lungs

[@aurum3747]

​@@plugshirt1762why would you enter through the anus to end up in the lungs that's terribly inefficient Just go through the mouth

[@AndieTerror]

The most unrealistic part is how they actually made it 18 levels into a campaign

[@Uta_193]

I Made to level 23 in 2 campaign, level 14 in another, level 17 in a campaign we are playing right now (we are not at Half campaign)…

[@ActuallyDeath]

@@Uta_193 🧢

[@froggod5770]

@@Uta_193 how fast are you leveling up?

[@knightoftwilight2122]

@@Uta_193 um... are you playing skyrim?

[@jetstreamsam9069]

@@Uta_193 Seems your just using milestone on a DM who can’t plan milestone well 🙃

[@monkeytime3169]

In real life, one of them would have an item stowed in their backpack that could end the entire encounter in one round, but everyone, including the guy who has it, forgot about it 20 sessions ago

[@quailypoes]

Omg you just reminded me I have something that may help our party in tonight's game, thanks! Am having a facepalm moment

[@monkeytime3169]

@@quailypoes good luck lmao!

[@DJB3lfry]

In our game last night, the gnome wizard accidentally started a rock avalanche, and we were desperately trying to avoid being squashed by giant, tumbling boulders. It wasn't until the very end of the encounter that one of the players remembered they'd found a magical drill spear that does double damage to stone creatures and objects.

[@smpandlox]

Me forgetting about the runt baby emerald dragon my wizard currently has strapped to his chest like an infant. Or forgetting the fact that another character of mine was gifted 30ft of true sight. Made an encounter with a polymorphed dragon from a previous campaign in the same setting very hilarious.

[@nuclearcatpotatoe3714]

Yesterdays session of mine we only just remembered we had found the sword of an actual God, heimdal, midway through a fight, after it being amongst our items for like an actual year... We had it written and remembered as "bridge sword", with no further information noted...

[@ASuspiciousCrab]

Also don't forget the "I ROLL TO KILL HIM." *Nat 20* "YES I WIN THE FIGHT"

[@Nightly-]

Nat 20 just eradicates their entire living bloodline

[@discipleofdeath2517]

Recent campaign my buddy gives me the stink eye because I've insta gibbed his big bads as the great weapon Master barb 4 time's now.

[@Chris_winthers]

Well, you shouldnt expect Hollywood executives to know anything about the game

[@eddieoneil2919]

@@Chris_winthers unless the game is a part of their show/movie, in which case research is expected to be done just as with everything else they include in their show

[@ASuspiciousCrab]

@@discipleofdeath2517 sounds like you just like bullying the dm lmao

[@YorkJonhson]

The open-mouthed lip quivering when he hears that fireball won't work had me in tears.

[@DominoPivot]

The Fire Genasi Wizard in my party is silently crying, counting all the times he used firebolt or fireball on creatures immune to fire.

[@LordDragox412]

@@DominoPivot "So what if they're immune to fire? Never heard of "Fight fire with fire?" - every mage ever

[@deevee5327]

I had to immediately try replicating that. I cannot do it. I'm very sad.

[@katherineminor3402]

Where is bigdickwizard69 when you need him

[@torsegundo637]

I came down here to comment on this and so glad I found this comment. Its the small touches that keep me coming back to this channel.

[@Abelhawk]

I liked the detail where the DM just said "Roll." They never say "Make a Persuasion check" or "Make an attack roll with disadvantage." They just roll dice and apparently a 1 fails and a 20 succeeds epically.

[@Lanesra62905]

I usually tell my players to roll without telling them what it is for. After they get a number, I then tell them what modifiers they can use or if they have advantage

[@mariox204]

​@@Lanesra62905but if they have advantage they have to roll another dice, isnt better to say that at least?

[@Sephiroth517]

@@mariox204 Strictly, can just pick up the same dice and roll it again... But yeah, since the game has a variety of one-time use bonuses you can apply to dice rolls under various conditions, and for most of them you have to announce you'll apply them before rolling... you supposedly should never roll a dice withouth knowing what you're rolling for.

[@AverageEggmonEnthusiast]

I mean I do like it way players come up with epic ways to fail or succeed or fail.

[@dominick1750]

That second one is so accurate omg. Everything from the random songs that players keep interjecting with, the snarky player contesting every call you make, forgetting about a passive ability (usually darkvision), the player who isn’t paying attention at all, the players looking for confirmation on some obvious thing, and finally the player who took tons of notes but projects his essay of a backstory onto every encounter. This video is just perfect. Both halves can stand completely on their own.

[@kamikeserpentail3778]

Since most races seem to have dark vision, I feel like most people forget to even think about a light source when only one party member doesn't have dark vision

[@millirizzy3996]

My dm just realized that he has the ability to keep enemies on the DM screen only (we play on roll 20) so for a year he’s just been showing us 10 feet in front of us and we all have darkvision

[@Silkyfin_]

the like count is 666, time to summon tiamat my dudes. Edit: the like count *was* 666. >:(

[@decoydesignz290]

@@millirizzy3996 It's more interesting that he's been DMing for a year but hasn't paid to use Dynamic Lighting for your darkvision.

[@NoriMori1992]

Whenever our DM says "You start making your way to [location]" we sing "Making our way downtown~"

[@David9413]

The lines: "That's my hometown. This is a big deal to me. I'm not gonna let that happen." *successfully saves hometown* "Woo." becomes way funnier if you assume these are fully acted in character, just this very involved and caring but completely stoic wizard.

[@theuncalledfor]

The lead-up was great too. "Does that do half on save?" "Yes." "They're all dead."

[@magicrainbowkitties1023]

His name is Thiddlebart the Unfeeling, a title which anyone who gets to know him understands is extremely misleading

[@banter2143]

Aspie wizard

[@patriclosjameson5230]

Is my party just built differently or is this rare occurrence? I can't remember the last time they even told me about their hometown. If we end up doing anything to 'save' anyone it usually doesn't go well for where we are liberating...

[@josiahp.6960]

*woo*

[@TheToneBender]

Not sure which I find funnier, the other player singing "turn around" at the mere mention of it or the "I can cast detect magic." "so can *I* " "how would that help?" "what's going on?"

[@DominoPivot]

Has the same vibe as my party when the DM asks "can you read Primordial?" and half the party is like "I can read it!" "no me, pick me!"

[@ucalove10]

I felt call out by that one. Shame on meeeeeee

[@cowinjapanese6896]

Reminds me of the time my DM gave me inspiration for singing Wonderwall when we encountered a wall mimic

[@demonzabrak]

@@cowinjapanese6896 I want extra context, feel free to ignore me: what part of the song did you start at? How long has the mimic fight been going?

[@cowinjapanese6896]

@@demonzabrak "Cause maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me." After we use the wall mimic to hide from a ballista mimic.

[@CallMeSketchie]

Don’t forget them using borderline calculus when rolling because Hollywood can’t comprehend that no, the math isn’t that hard, I just forgot what 13+4 is

[@whitebread7953]

It’s not hard I’m just an imbecile

[@evrypixelcounts]

It's like math has some sort of hex that makes is significantly more complicated when other people are waiting on you lol

[@Glennjamyyyn]

19

[@Axetwin]

I mean, trying to figure Thac0 might as well have been calculus.

[@vuelle9816]

Seventeen

[@dhinkakmed]

"I have detect magic" "I have detect magic too" "How does that help?" "What are we talking about?" Exactly my group. God I love them.

[@sarasteege2265]

That was totally the part that made me click 'Like'. lol The "What's going on?" vibe sometimes, yo.

[@larsg.2492]

I must admit, I was part of very similar exchanges at least a few times.😅

[@PlayerZeroStart]

I swear, my ADHD brain just so happens to tune in at the exact moment to make me look like a dumbass every time.

[@i.am_berserk]

Literally me and my party in Curse of Stradh

[@NerdsterStein]

Literally my players didn’t realize a character was a vampire despite me saying you didn’t see his reflection, he bit someone and they died. It wasn’t until someone found garlic in a box and he panicked saying he was allergic and everyone just “:0 is he a vampire?”

[@ob2kenobi388]

I'd totally have roleplayed that like "Wh... yeah! No shit! I've been dropping hints like crazy, I thought you guys were just cool about it!" It's like the opposite of coming out and someone being like "Yeah we know" lol

[@justincurra1384]

dude predicted Astarion

[@edackley8595]

Sign of the times. Takes a Foo allergy to make things obvious. Enjoy your game.

[@Kadel___]

If this was from a Curse of Strahd campaign I'ma laugh.

[@emmasilver2332]

​@@justincurra1384lol yeah XD

[@liamboudreau8415]

That one player singing random song lyrics of what the otyer player just said in the "real D&D" segment is way too accurate

[@YouFoundTheOcarina]

That's me as player

[@chukyuniqul]

One of the other party members just said "kill it, kill it, KILL IT!" and I started humming the cybergrind.

[@ostelaymetaule]

@Robert Nope at least at my table this is and those players are not really into CR, so I guess it's natural accuring

[@bruisedfrog]

@Robert Nope I'm guessing a little column A, a little column B. Ever since I was little I've been singing songs who's lyrics come up in everyday conversation. But, others have started and asked if I do because of Critical Role.

[@awookieandagerman]

That's me too, lol

[@shaclown7721]

I love how jacob started laughing at his own idiotic scream at one point, and had no way to cut that part out. Also, VERY true story!

[@JoeyJojoJrJr]

Well, of course he could've cut it out, he just leaves in the laughter sometimes for comedic effect, kind of like when SNL cast members break.

[@plasticflower]

Also when at 1:50 the same "Uhooo" he does is overlaid again over the audio a a second or so later, so it sounds like "Uhooo-uhoooo!"

[@Vanq17]

I'm pretty sure he left it in, because it adds to the fun. He could've easily cut it out.

[@Mel_the_Pirate]

I noticed that, too! I love it!

[@mr.tomato4306]

The argument about detect magic attracting peoples attention and them not doing it after hearing the consequence was too accurate

[@LunaHeroflare]

"I didn't say it in-character!"

[@demonzabrak]

@@LunaHeroflare classic

[@zubbworks]

That's just part of the game man.

[@mkklassicmk3895]

DM should have either told him it was too late to change his action or pointed out to him that what he wanted to do was clearly not going to be effective and then ask him if that's really what he wants to do.

[@DisastrousCake]

@@mkklassicmk3895 you are watching a skit

[@yeetoburrito9972]

The "How does that spell work again?" is by far the most accurate part 🤣

[@RandomBooksXD]

And then the player reading the description way to fast.

[@krustylesponge6250]

I legit can’t remember half the spells I have access to usually

[@EnFr]

​@@krustylesponge6250 same.

[@steffenweppler9612]

@krustylesponge6250 thats why I try to level-up my players at the end of a session, when we have a bit of time between sessions (usually 3-4 days or a wekk) so they have time to learn their new spells

[@override367]

tbf the area spells work in at least 3 different ways and it's really annoying and not intuitive (they do nothing when you first cast most of them)

[@zenmaster8]

Love that they also never use anything but a d20. No percentile, no damage

[@saparapatepete]

some game systems only use a d20.....but not D&D XD

[@tldmbruno]

I play using pure d20s. My players just say what they wanna do, I tell them what number they should roll (there aren't any numbers on their character sheets, just items, hp and notes). Easy: roll 7+; Medium: roll 10+; Hard: roll 13+; 3 hits = unconscious (a 4th means dead). I determine the difficulty according with situation and their archetypes. Character creation takes less than 2 minutes.

[@AverageEggmonEnthusiast]

@@saparapatepete GURPs runs entirely on d6!

[@PieletPi]

​@@tldmbrunothat sounds pretty boring, it makes everyone just as good at something as everyone else. Might be fun with people who are new and cant play for long but otherwise i would not want to play in a campaign like that.

[@TheMike0088]

Tbf I have never, not once in my life, used a percentile dice.

[@leaf_of_the_wind]

The “so can I :D !” “How would that help?” “What’s going on :D ?” Is the most relatable thing I’ve heard all week

[@sarahbs9191]

Having ADHD is a curse for people who like playing rpgs, swear I'm trying my best to stay focused!

[@12HitCombo]

I lost it at: "I can cast detect magic" "So can I!" "...how does that help?" "Wh....what's going on?" This is so accurate for my table 🤣

[@Nazeem-hx9gf]

That’s me lol, everyone takes 15 minutes with their turns so I sorta enter a quiet zen state until I hear some words addressed to me or something like that.

[@henryhere]

Wizard: I polymorph into a tyrannosaurus rex! My Bard: that's my thing...

[@Loukyan]

Won't lie. I have done it.

[@Ijuuin]

@@henryherethe bard wanted to have tyrannosaurus sex.

[@Shadethewolfy]

"Focus on what now?"

[@deanreaver3268]

Honestly, I would kill to play with players this enthusiastically immersed.

[@Blu_Moon_Owl]

Who’s to say campaigns aren’t as immersed

[@verianlewolf2417]

thats how my dnd group be like so uh, yeah (without the anime level explanation but yee)

[@TheRoloSound]

@@Blu_Moon_Owl No one. Not even Dean Reaver. They just said they'd love to play with a group that is as immersed. So much so that they'd commit murder and risk prison for it. Sounds like they've never tasted the sweet nectar of INVOLVED PLAYERS!!! Honestly, the more I see examples of "how D&D games really go" the more I realize that a large portion of players really do play it like a board game. Which is sad. Because rarely is my table ever as boring as the "real" D&D example. Everyone plays in-character. Very roleplay heavy. People missin' out man.

[@Blu_Moon_Owl]

@@TheRoloSound same here, my groups are a bit of both examples, we get immersed but it’s still a game we try to play and beat the bad guys

[@JoeyJojoJrJr]

I assume you're talking about the first OR the second group.

[@fangworl5170]

As someone with a passing knowledge of D&D lore, hearing the phrase "Baphomet the Undead from the 10th circle of Hell" makes me want to rip out some spines

[@jopestus]

As forever dm it makes me laugh like a maniac and makes me recall a lot of misinformation the stupid npcs and atrocious religion/history checks have given to the pcs

[@CatkinsonGD]

The first time I watched this, I didn't know any better and thought nothing of it. Now... now I do.

[@artemiswolf4508]

Don’t forget about how some shows seem to think that DND minis are supposed to move exactly like monopoly pieces, for some reason

[@Warwipf]

I call dibs on the car mini

[@kindacruise]

i move them square to square like a real gamer

[@rowboatcop4451]

The DM's sad quiet "...yes..." absolutly killed me, really well acted there Jacob

[@gureiratto]

IKR

[@wrongtown]

💯💀

[@extrasyllable3865]

I would unironically love to play a one-shot like this, where everything is extremely overdramatic yet somehow entirely unserious

[@cristonmost9974]

It is pretty much every first session ever for me

[@daelinstrause1563]

Look up chuckle dungeon on KZbin

[@BennettRDavis]

Oh the chuckle dungeon. Charlie smilcicle might be my favorite human.

[@Natwenny]

I ran a one-shot like this for my best friend's birthday. everyone had to play a "cliché" character like the BoRiNg Human Fighter or the lawfull stupid paladin. we had a blast. they killed a dragon who kidnapped a princess. The princess was a mimic.

[@a.t.o.mworkshop6409]

I personally got both type of games... It really depends on the players...

[@tanna_k]

3:10 Unrealistic, the players remembered what schools of magic mean

[@ketra1504]

that's because they played skyrim and it the level up showed up from time to time when casting some spells to try them out

[@sage2500]

@@ketra1504 hell yea I only know from skyrim

[@tadferd4340]

I have strong opinions on the schools of magic (Conjuration master school. Enchantment is trash.). Makes them hard to forget.

[@gustavoaraujopenha8463]

@@ketra1504 But DnD and Skyrim don' use the same schools

[@Konpekikaminari]

It's not THAT hard Then again I do play SotDL, we got like... 40±

[@MidgarMerc]

Missed the TOTALLY HILARIOUS part where the mom comes down the basement stairs and says "BILLY WHEN YOUR FRIENDS ARE DONE WITH YOUR IMAGINARY FUN I MADE PIZZA ROLLS!" followed by the EQUALLY hilarious "MOOOOM DON'T INTERRUPT MY SERIOUS STORYTELLING!"

[@oneyearunder]

everything is gold, but I love the "yes" when he says the conjuration circle is gonna summon something, and the "woo" at the end 🤣

[@oneyearunder]

To the individual who liked my comment, thank you kindly for reintroducing me to this video, that woo still cracks me up wonderfully 😂😂😂

[@viggofriberg]

@@oneyearunder I hope you'll enjoy it again

[@rebekahhiggins9002]

"woo" is my favorite part of this video

[@zynstein8059]

woo

[@CausticFoil]

Well, not everything is gold. Some of it is Electrum.

[@bastionunitb7388]

The "turn around" running joke is so true. My group has like 5 trigger phrases that whenever anyone says them we sing or mutter the reference.

[@aldrinvendt8524]

Same, don't say "*blank* starts making his way toward..." in my play group unless you want " A Thousand Miles" sung at you from all sides.

[@bastionunitb7388]

@@aldrinvendt8524 that's certainly one of them for my group

[@McBehrer]

5? those are rookie numbers

[@kawiianimekitty7472]

My group whenever someone's dies we sing scatmans world

[@riChchestMat]

Making mah way

[@Ambiguousakira]

Imagine if the upcoming D&D movie periodically smash cut to a group just genuinely, realistically playing the game. The full range of distraction, banter, corrections, callbacks the audience has zero insight on, the whole thing. Then back to the big Hollywood move.

[@einfangirl2351]

or one of these weird encounters where a single Kobolds misses every single hit and the party does the same so they just stand there awkwardly

[@Keyce0013]

Add to that when someone casts a spell or uses an ability there's an argument going on between the players and the DM while on the PC's side of things reality is literally changing to fit the players' narrative in real time.

[@user-ft7fq4ou4v]

A bit like the Princess Bride, but for DnD? That would be awesome!

[@FulcanMal]

There's an old video called "The Gamers" (last time I checked it was on youtube). Very dated by this point, but same premise.

[@einfangirl2351]

@@FulcanMal I'm watching it right now and holy shit its awesome early youtube

[@rayvongarlic1996]

The second part of this skit really made me want an office style show about playing dnd

[@rayvongarlic1996]

@@nubertuberluber Wow Fear of Girls directly hit that mark. Thanks, hadn't heard of it!

[@captainkoala641]

In my personal opinion community did the best at interpreting dungeons and dragons Jeff says “ Abed, you aren’t helping” then Abed says “ I wouldn’t be a very good Dungeon Master if I was” that one hit close to home

[@AbacusWizardd]

"I can't hear you over the sound of me rubbing your sword on my balls."

[@the.duck.is.ronin.]

"Hector the Well-Endowed"

[@a_wild_Kirillian]

Community is generally great. And the D&D episodes were fun: one of the reasons I went into TTRPGs

[@somebody4952]

I'd like to imagine that the spell they spent 18 levels to get, the Power of Zeus, is just Lightning Bolt

[@toxicdemon1315]

Would probably be pretty accurate.

[@silverysky7040]

sure, but it's *upcast* lightning bolt

[@Perhaps21]

​@@silverysky7040 I wouldn't be sure if that lol

[@silverysky7040]

@@Perhaps21 oh you're right, the directors probably don't know about spell upcasting

[@PonrokoArchive]

The "So can I" on the detect magic hit home for me, I also cant help but say it in that exact way when I have the same spell as a party member

[@farrex0]

His "What is going on?" right afterwards killed me, lmao.

[@kawiianimekitty7472]

I don't have anyone to say that too in yhe party cause I'm yhe only spell caster in my group.

[@GASlenderman80085]

Sometimes i get so immersed i forget Jacob is one person and think he has quadplet or triplet for some reason. Maybe he is actually a wizard and casted symulacrum so he could have players that never cancel sessions... plot twist they still cancelled.

[@dan_aca]

wait ... what? they're the same person?

[@willieearles3151]

@@dan_aca No. this person just hasn’t heard of cloning.

[@myrdelgonway5119]

I was literally writing Evard’s Black Tentacles onto my character sheet just as Jacob said it. I’m going to assume that’s magic.

[@justpassing2533]

I cast "Detect magic"

[@dustyn4970]

Yea Evard’s Black Tentacles is a magic spell. A safe but correct assumption on your end. 🎉🎉

[@hinamiravenroot7162]

DESPELL MAGIC

[@deusdamnit]

@@hinamiravenroot7162 Dispel*

[@AdmiralKarelia]

@@deusdamnit he meant despell. As in, you are going to de-spell the magic.

[@DenvaProbablyDraws]

Bruh the last guy in the second half is my favorite. Explains their entire backstory in 7 seconds, casts their spell, and actually just ends the encounter entirely XD Plus the little ‘woo’ 💀

[@grantbaugh2773]

The speed-reading description of the spell is spot on. As was the random "turn around" singing in the background.

[@Amanugai]

To be fair, if my players were getting paid an actor's salary to be on my game I'm sure they'd be this enthusiastic about it as well (or else YOU'RE FIREBALL'D)

[@nessesaryschoolthing]

The best part was when the Wizard came in and said "It's Fireball time" and fireball'd all over all the enemies. Truly the D&D session of all time.

[@SammyNail]

@@nessesaryschoolthing 10/10 comment

[@DeathnoteBB]

Critical Role disproves this.

[@FulcanMal]

@@DeathnoteBB Not sure what you mean. The cast of Critical Role is very enthusiastic, and approaches their roles more and more dramatically as the years go on (while still having fun mind you).

[@DeathnoteBB]

@@FulcanMal But they’re genuinely enthusiastic. Not “doing this for the pay and over-expressing to the point of disbelief” enthusiastic

[@sofer2230]

That half-hearted "woo." is so spot-on it hurts.

[@CyberSif]

I was waiting for the classic really long slow motion dice roll. The second half was painfully accurate. Also, someone snickering at the way you describe things. Of course, there's also the constant "You walk into a dimly lit room and..." "I have darkvision!"

[@theuncalledfor]

"MOST of you walk into a dimly lit room, Oblin the Goblin walks into a brightly lit room because of darkvision, HAPPY NOW?!"

[@goodgulfgas]

this is why I hate darkvision

[@hopelessly.lavenderly]

had a player who would instantly cast dancing lights the second i mentioned any form of darkness or shadow. drove me a little insane LMAO

[@CrizzyEyes]

@@hopelessly.lavenderly Honestly, I'd prefer this to the stereotypical "party of people who chose races with darkvision"

[@ncasey9853]

@@theuncalledfor It's 5e. EVERYONE chips in at this point they have dark vision. "FINE, you all walk into a brightly lit room". Jim: "waid, do dragonborn have darkvsion?". The rest of the party then proceed to make fun and play jokes on Jim's character and forget about cultists.

[@candmlyons]

The cliche that gets me is the "Dude, we only have a 15.184% chance to survive!"

[@emblemblade9245]

Leerooooooy Jenkiiiiins! (Which was itself a parody)

[@Jagger-Tyr_13]

🤣 God...

[@jasonfenton8250]

At least we got chicken.

[@PRGME7]

Never tell me the odds!

[@darylesells19]

The random person singing “turn around” after someone said it was so accurate to every D&D campaign podcast I listen to. Never played and have no desire to, but man is it fun to see a proper video on how a session goes, the back and forth and constant chatter is spot on.

[@hxhatomsk9566]

" probably means they're going to summon something" DM: whispering, .......yes.. Disappointed head nod.. OMG I'm dead! 😆😂

[@saparapatepete]

lol, players taking too long to connect the dots......been there in both sides of the table XD

[@dew-it8744]

“It’s baphomet the undead from the 10th circle of hell; he has like a 32 strength, his stats are off the charts” How much cringe I just felt almost made me die.

[@sophiavickers8955]

As a foreverDM, I physically cringed.

[@kamikeserpentail3778]

You might want to get that checked

[@CrizzyEyes]

One of my players is kind of like this but less dramatic because he reads supplementary material just for fun without any malicious intent, and sometimes the metaknowledge becomes relevant.

[@malachismith6444]

Love this. Like I watched Stranger Things and was like “this is gonna be intense.” Then it turns out there was just a big goblin slave trade for 5 hours of the campaign then seducing townspeople to tell secrets. And yeah it’s just complete chaos

[@saparapatepete]

Depends a lot of the player group and GM how the pace goes. Some players are more comfortable with the roleplaying part which in my opinion is part of the core experience and a key part of what leads to the immersion.

[@philipgood5041]

I remember, in my first campaign when we found the villain, a shape shifting wizard named Spider, I was mildly disappointed because it was my first game and I expected it to go on and on until we got to level 20 and had a big climactic battle. How very naive.

[@bitscholar577]

"We quested 18 levels to get that spell!" Implying that a group sticks together past level 6.

[@TheHalogen131]

The best example of DnD in mainstream was that episode of Dexter's Lab. DnDeeDee it was called, I believe. The creators really did understand the appeal and the weird quirks of a TTRPG, especially the LONG walking part.

[@shlemekian]

"Monsters n Mazes" was played by characters in that show too. dunno if it's from the same episode, but probably.

[@FemMushroom]

You missed that after casting a spell, players have to take 30-60 seconds to search for it.

[@demonzabrak]

Gotta enforce round time discipline if that’s a problem you’re having.

[@tatuira93]

"What does that spell do again?" *Someone gets up to grab a beer* *Bathroom breaks* *GM gets out for a cigarette*

[@scienceface8884]

A digital copy on a device with a basic search function cuts that time waaaaay down

[@haldir56]

You forgot the part where when you join the campaign, you just get to pick your character level and the magic weapons you have without once asking anyone else at the table what level they are.

[@scienceface8884]

Just showing up with a character from a completely different campaign from a different DM and probably a completely different setting with whatever level and equipment they had when their last game fell apart.

[@filiformis]

​@@scienceface8884 My poor fighter has been yanked around three separate universes and before too long he'll be ending up in a forth.

[@cookie856]

@@filiformis *Take out my universe where inhabitants all comes from parallels universe or descend from people from those different universes because of magic going haywire* I have a setting for this. Unfortunately, I don't DM in English :(

[@Blu_Moon_Owl]

I think it’s obvious to say, DND campaigns are usually a mix of both immersion and friends playing a game together. Still a great video, the little “wooo” at the end was funny

[@Shadowmib]

Don't forget the whole group leaving the table to do a football huddle to discuss tactics while the dm sits at the table taunting them and rubbing his hands with glee at the thought of a TPK. Then they come back and roll a nat 20 and win.

[@pein260]

The lip quiver after the "Nooo!!" was EVERYTHING

[@angrychickengod3831]

you forgot the part where they oneshot a demon lord who is immune to fire... with fireball *looks pointedly at stranger things*

[@Tareltonlives]

I think fireball is the only spell Hollywood knows about

[@hugofontes5708]

Was immunity already a thing back then? And more importantly, was there any way to change damage back then?

[@LordDragox412]

Gotta fight fire (immunity) with fire.

[@tamagochi_egg]

Does someone remember why will had to throw a dice to cast fireball?

[@kryptonianguest1903]

@@tamagochi_egg Or why rolling a 20 meant that a Demon Lord died in one hit?

[@cobrachicken1869]

That Evard's reading just needed the whole paragraph of flavor text added before it and the player thinking that it also had something to the effect

[@smashbrandiscootch719]

1:44 The parts where Jacob can't stop himself from laughing are always my favorites hahaha!

[@TravelWithBradley]

Nobody break this man's illusion.

[@Kyodie-bz1sf]

It's funny that dnd sessions often have better and more emotional acting in them then any recreation made by professional actors.

[@AaaAa-pq1gb]

This is absolutely one of my favourite skits you’ve done because it’s reminiscent of the community d&d episodes that are like jokes on how bad television d&d is whilst the episode (and this skit) we’re still entertaining

[@Spiceodog]

The little slam on the table after saying he has 32 strength was just such a good detail

[@alotno5978]

Every time dnd is brought up in stranger things

[@starterking]

Moments like these make me wish cultist didn't have just nine hit points but at the same time that little woo was definitely deserved

[@demonzabrak]

Have you ever tried older editions?

[@starterking]

I don't need to play different edition to change a monster's stat block I'm just saying that a normal 5th edition cultist has 9 HP so moments like these become anticlimactic

[@kamikeserpentail3778]

@@starterking but there's so many ways to not let it be anticlimactic.

[@ascendingseraph3371]

It's funnier when the cultists dying is a part of the ritual tho-

[@ChargeQM]

​@@ascendingseraph3371Yeah that's what I'd have had happen, their deaths cause their souls to be trapped in the spell circle and fuel the conjuring. However, it'd be a less overwhelming demon because the ritual was unfinished.

[@assass7012]

This is exactly why I've always said ET: The Extraterrestrial is the most accurate depiction of DnD ever. It's just five 13 year olds sitting around shit talking eachother, eating pizza, and bullying one of their little brothers not letting him join in while the DM occasionally narrates like "oh yeah so you enter this dungeon and this guy appears."

[@NoriMori1992]

Huh I didn't remember there being a D&D game in that movie, I'll have to rewatch.

[@assass7012]

@NoriMori it's at the very beginning when Michael and his friends are hanging out at their house, and Elliot keeps asking if he can play, they tell him they'll write a character in for him if he goes outside to wait for the Pizza delivery man.

[@Cahtt]

It should go like this: Warlock: "Oh no, its baphomet, I cast hold person" Paladin: "Neat! I cast divine smite" They then succeeded and killed baphomet

[@SimonClarkstone]

(No-one noticed that Baphomet is not a valid target for Hold Person.)

[@revthescatman137]

@@SimonClarkstonejust about to comment that

[@easiestcc6451]

​@@SimonClarkstoneHold Monster.

[@bob-859]

Oh, and you can't forget about that one person who rolls for every joke they make, and then try to get away with following through when they roll high

[@xdeathcon]

Sometimes we just randomly say I roll to do x and roll a d100. Unfortunately the one time someone rolled a 100 and then a 99 right after it wasn't to do something important

[@SuperUTubeLogin]

"turn around" I was so hoping there would be a player who would continue the song

[@samuellund1377]

Where someone starts singing part of a song when they hear a phrase is so accurate.

[@PerihelionmQQn]

@@samuellund1377 xDDDDDDDDDDD

[@sneakyking]

"What's going on" ahhh the most common player phrase

[@kawiianimekitty7472]

I'm the note taker I take detailed notes but I'm also slow so I'm constantly asking whats going on cause I'm like 10 minutes behind everyone else.

[@sneakyking]

@@kawiianimekitty7472 this is allowed. Note taker - what is going on. Me - informs them. Phone browsers - what is going on Me - suplexes them.

[@Tareltonlives]

"Is it my turn? No?" (goes back to phone)

[@sneakyking]

@@Tareltonlives SUPLEX TIME

[@partiallypeculiar4545]

That guy instantly killing the entire cult circle is a mood. I have a player that can attack SIX TIMES in one round. And run on water. And often ends up with stupidly high rolls. He can kill the final boss I have planned and he's only level four.

[@nahuelmat]

Ok but why did you allow such overpoweredness at lvl 4? Unless the other players are equally OP, it's kinda unfair to them.

[@partiallypeculiar4545]

@@nahuelmat It was my first time running a campaign. We agreed to kill off his character and he made a new (support-class but still power-built) character. The rest of the party knew practically nothing about power building so it was just painful trying to make encounters. The party had some good character interactions with NPCS and whatnot, but the campaign is dead now.

[@Politizer]

Assuming you're talking about 5e, I don't think there's any way (aside from homebrew) a 4th-level character can make six attacks in a round.

[@MrLuchenkov]

@@Politizer Not six, but he could realistically get to 3 without that much effort and he probably counts two weapon fighting for two different attacks. A fighter dual-wielding would have two attacks per round, with a third if he used action surge. As the OP said he was a very inexperienced DM, I'm going to assume he gave the player some kind of object with haste or something similar to that. In a single round, that fighter could then use 4 attacks. If he specialized as a Battle Master, he could add Riposte for a fifth. That's a pretty basic, not-cheese build. You could start going into stuff like sorcerer/bard using scorching rays or samurai fighters specced into rangers to really abuse the system, especially as you go past level 5-6.

[@skruffytiger2002]

give the final boss a dead man's trigger

[@JLittleBass]

That lip quiver at 0:22 is really something special

[@loganmitchell9254]

The excited screaming at the end is very accurate to how dnd is shown in movies and TV shows.

[@formoney5255]

that yes after "they are probably about to summon something" was so spot on perfect it was painful

[@ob2kenobi388]

Also, all of the players constantly speak in faux-Shakespeare (lots of "doth" and "eth" and "thee") even when out of character

[@Pyriphlegeton]

2:47 "What's going...what's going on?" So accurate.

[@connordervoncyberlifegesen8529]

0:36 that over exaggerated roll was definitely inspired from Stranger things 4.

[@Hawkatana]

0:51 I know this was intentionally wrong, but this hurts my soul.

[@AzarakiDragon]

The fact that all of the deliberation about detect magic and stealth accomplished literally nothing, just giving information they already knew that doesn't matter because the enemies all get one-shot by an unrelated spell that took half as much time as the argument. Perfect, really

[@TheKeaver]

Ok but honestly watching DnD in Stranger Things kinda like reminded me what fun DnD could be like. It kinda rekindled my interest in the game really.

[@Zappz2000x]

2:42 - 2:48 called me out so much omg I literally am like that everytime because I have a hard time keeping track of things and get excited when I recognize something 😭

[@tawatikata9530]

3:43 perfectly decribes my table. I only need one detail of the spell to remeber it but my players read it in its entirety every time.

[@Cement_Pinata]

Hearing "from the 10th circle of hell" made my die a little

[@Dyanosis]

Made your die a little what? A little sad? A little smaller? A little what?!

[@Zonic3451]

@@Dyanosis It became little, obviously.

[@sylvan-the-necromancer]

@@Zonic3451 No no no, it became *A* little, very different

[@incognitoburrito6020]

@@sylvan-the-necromancer I'm proud of it for figuring out what it's into

[@Jake-rf5gc]

“I will cast fireball at them” 🤓

[@dumbautisticmutt]

"Stop breaking my concentration with magic missile" 🤓

[@slammurai6492]

The delivery of that "....yes." at 3:15 killed me

[@ReallyRedPanda]

DUDE. This is some of your absolute best fucking work. The contrast between the two scenarios and omg, that second half. The lowkey petty but vital conversation about detect magic had wheezing. Love your work so much hahaha

[@randomlygeneratedname]

Don't forget the mum coming in to offer snack and tell them that one kids parents are mad they've stayed over too late. Also there's a lot of DND podcasts/shows like this a well xd

[@pierregrubb7323]

The bit at the end is easily the most accurate portrayal of a real dnd game I have ever seen

[@dbhDilemma]

So curious how many times that nat 20 roll took

[@maffiatmarcatto367]

About 20

[@AlanW]

Statistically? 20.

[@theinfiniteking]

somewhere between 8 and 12 rolls

[@nanogeo6105]

@@AlanW thats not how statistics work

[@maffiatmarcatto367]

@@nanogeo6105 naaah it is

[@sirbraveheart6535]

The little "woo" at the end is so good!

[@Frosty4427]

The acting in these skits just gets better and better every time. Every character is on point

[@Karma_Sans]

1:23 I really thought it was gonna be power of friendship 😂

[@hightechredneck8587]

Loved it, down to the finest details. But don't forget on the real side the DM getting super pissed off when the high level paladin with haste just laid down two crits and put high level smites on both and now has to roll for 5 min and add the damage.... (happened in our game last week, It was awesome, 190 damage in one turn with a level 18 paladin)

[@40Found]

Our Paladin specced out so that at level 17 he *averages* 406 damage on any humanoid AC 18 or less on his nova round. We're all waiting for the day he fails a dominate person roll and wipes us out.

[@Dyanosis]

@@40Found Except that not everything is a humanoid sooo... for the most part, his spec doesn't work.

[@40Found]

@@Dyanosis he can do it against other stuff, numbers just go down slightly. Or he gets one of us to cast hold monster first.

[@Biezer]

The randomly singing "turn around" is gold.

[@subhuman1637]

I laughed SO HARD at that "euugh?" in 1:34. GOD DAMN you absolutely freakin nailed it.

[@Dyanosis]

You people that will say things like "GOD DAMN" but then say "freakin'" confuse me. If you're going to "use the Lord's name in vein", then you might as well say fuckin'.

[@subhuman1637]

@@Dyanosis english is not my native language

[@pedropachecosantos4477]

@@Dyanosis not everyone sees a blasphemous connotation in saying "god". If you're not religious, it's just a word for you.

[@juliangines6764]

When my players start making above table house jokes, like the "turn around" singing, i always think "damn... we're really in this

[@nachosquid763]

2:06 with all the shots fired against Hollywood dnd, It was a missed opportunity to have the melody be from Never Ending Story, just as another nudge in the direction of stranger things. Also, really liked the unsubtle exposition every time something the average audience wasn't aware of came up (which was every time). great video Jacob :)

[@primedog100]

Real Dnd game Player: can i roll insight on that plant? DM: sure? Player: nat 20 DM: it's a plant

[@rodrigonoffs1369]

Insight?!

[@primedog100]

@@rodrigonoffs1369 indeed lmao

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

"Nature check?" "It's a tasty plant."

[@phillydaize9634]

Hard to believe that we never really advanced past chick tracts when it comes to representation.

[@shaclown7721]

Chick tracts? What?

[@terrafrisbee]

and you are talking about the second group

[@nemo-zl1vm]

@@shaclown7721 Guy named Chick made little evangelical Christian comics called "chick tracts." They're all awful, but the ones that talk about D&D are hilariously bad.

[@phillydaize9634]

@@shaclown7721 A man named Jack Chick used to make hateful comics named “Chick tracts”. His most successful one was about DnD. It got a movie adaptation that Jontron reviewed some time ago.

[@TheRoloSound]

@@shaclown7721 Oh, you don't know what a chick tract is? You are the innocent the rest must protect. Seriously though, fuck that shit, don't even bother looking it up unless you want religious extremism to be attached to your search history and marketing data.

[@BolteckFox]

I love this, the first half was so painful. But the second part absolutely nailed how true it really be.

[@katchereye]

The goofy faces and that big gulp before throwing the dice, I’m laughing too hard here.

[@skivernatnjilten493]

If we are talking about Stranger Things, I was completely stunned by the idea that a new player would dictate her level on entry.

[@mattvancamp764]

back then, players would take their characters between DM's. Makes no sense in retrospect. but that was the idea.

[@InfamousGeff]

That harkens back to the way D&D use to be where everyone played their character and could gain levels from going on other adventures. So if you had two of your friends running two separate games you could play your character in both and gain levels from both and then turn up to games with whatever level your character was from other games

[@hugofontes5708]

@@InfamousGeff freaking adventurers' league before it was business

[@InfamousGeff]

@@hugofontes5708 lol basically yeah