D&D Story: DM.exe has crashed! || Attack at the school

Got another Dungeons and Dragons story from when I started up a new campaign. This one takes place 500 years after my previous story ended. The players tracked down a Lycan cult and invaded a boarding school, leading to a rivalry between our paladin and samurai. Enjoy! D&D Story: DM.exe has crashed! || Attack on the school
End music "This is a Jazz Space" from KZbin Audio Library

[@RobynReanimates]

So...he's still alive. That means there's at least one person who can still tell the story of how they got the name "The Turtle F*ckers"

[@justineberlein5916]

Who? Are you talking about the Turtle Friends?

[@mestre12]

They are all alive. They dont age.

[@Banksran]

F R I E N D S

[@wakawakawakawaka8804]

@@Banksran the marvelous turtle fu&*ers!

[@leon_blackpaw]

Why didnt mischelle use cocaine,didnt he learn that cocaine solves everything.

[@Nobleheart111]

My favorite line: "A hat does not count as character development!!! ...It does in anime...but not here..."

[@jesterssketchbook]

(rian johnson and David Benioff take notes furiously)

[@LeCanardBelge]

*Robert E.O. Speedwagon liked this post*

[@katzewerfer63]

for me It was "wait I know I can make this work for them"

[@quietdignityandgrace]

But Final Fantasy 8, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turttles are just fine. Nope, no bias here.

[@hatmcshooty]

Sounds like a thinly veiled jab at Speedwagon

[@MrPenguinFingers]

Will’s development from “I’m not going to play” to “I’ve been invisible for 500 years” is incredible

[@ScoutStrider007]

lmao will went through more character development then his character 🎩

[@noahsaunders7775]

That’s character development

[@matthewweng8483]

Will gave up and embraced 'the Sadness'

[@dragonluck777]

​@@matthewweng8483holy crap somebody said it.

[@crinosG]

More likely will realized how much fun he could have effing with his brother in game.

[@km1dash6]

Mom: Are we going to see you for dinner? DM: Sorry, I can't. I'm trying to handle a child hostage situation.

[@TrojanGamer10]

Now I'm picturing the mom having the same worried look that Ben draws for his characters

[@Vashy434]

I would have just said "His character thinks he is invisible, but he is just really annoying so people ignore him."

[@luiseduardoperezvilchis3698]

Perfect 😎👍🏻

[@gamerz1172]

I would say due to his invisibility, he cant hurt people they dont seem to acknowledge his presence when he whacks them with a sail boat

[@hanelyp1]

Indeed, invisibility is one of those details that tends to disrupt plot lines severely, so should have prior GM approval.

[@kadengoodrich2540]

Vashy434 it would have been hilarious if the GM would have decided this, but only told every player but the one playing the character.

[@TheThrashingBurton]

"Though he was invisible for 500 or so years, a curse of lonely proportions to be sure he is now visable due to the shifting moon pattern." Boom stupid player, eah, thing dealt with. Yes you can do pretty much anything... but I as DM reserve the right to keep the game on track and that permanently invisible crap does not work!

[@sonicboomers122]

When the guy who bullshit their 500 year old character into being permanently invisible and unnoticeable is only the second most annoying guy in party.

[@MasterCookies]

Yea, he also happend to be his Brother, and he did bulid this character to be useless since thats what he wanted to play

[@eric_moore-6126]

He quite specifically didn't want to play

[@bthsr7113]

3 most annoying with the rogue trying to con the kids and the law enforcement system.

[@kyuven]

@@bthsr7113 the rogue probably did the LEAST amount of chaos. I mean, trying to con a bunch of kids out of their lunch money? That's completely in-character and would fit in in any campaign that takes place at a school. The druid set children on fire.

[@kirbystarwarior]

@@MasterCookies Out of curiosity, how do you know that? Were you a player in the campaign?

[@Riftimmortal]

"I have no one to blame but myself for this" - Every DM that has ever lived.

[@matiasclark7840]

I felt that. It usually comes after two sesions of a "sure, why not?"

[@cosmoniums5990]

Yeah my dm felt like that when he walked right into a Monty python bring out your dead joke.

[@LocalMaple]

Aabria: I can’t believe I get to DM for Critical Role. Critical Role: Oh No Plateau, and Ash Hole, in the same episode. And the Crocodile flipper. And…

[@Regfife]

@@cosmoniums5990 How did they pull THAT off?

[@cosmoniums5990]

@@Regfife there was a necromancer who made a comment such as watch out for dead. Which everyone in the party replaced with being out your dead, as we were all familiar with the Monty python skit.

[@GaussNine]

Permanently invisible Still takes out teachers so they don't see him

[@reiman1308]

I would have said no to the idea all together. Also, how did the Monk survive for that long?

[@playtime1926]

@@reiman1308 At the end of the Covenant Wars they were all given semi-immortality (won't die normaly but can be killed) after becoming demi-gods as a reward from a god of law.

[@GamerTowerDX]

My guess is that Will just wanted invisibility for flavor instead of using it for practical uses.

[@kly8105]

but that means he can blame it on the haunted boat.

[@MajinEvelyn]

"Modern-esque D&D campaign quickly develops into a school shooting"

[@wakawakawakawaka8804]

@@toddlafrance4521 they were trained to descalate the situation bruh!

[@jpereda97]

@@toddlafrance4521 The samurai was white, duh

[@Lycaon1765]

@@toddlafrance4521 it would have escalated wildly, also plot or rolls?

[@CrazyDutchguys]

@@toddlafrance4521 European officers instead of American ones

[@bibbobella]

@@toddlafrance4521 "so..he shot himself...? Yep! 24 times in the chest and the back? Aha! before falling down the stares? Yup! and then died while trying to run away after having gotten shot..by himself and falling down the stairs...? How many times do I have to say yes Jeez!"

[@Oddmanoutre]

"Okaay...you're permanently invisible...and you have been for FIVE. HUNDRED. YEARS...in consideration of this, I declare that your character has also acquired another trait." "Telepathy? Divination? True Sight?" "Dementia."

[@anon2447]

uncontrollable bowels since he no longer needs to go in a private place and sometimes some meaticks have been up his ass while trying to use urinals, perks of him being invisible

[@jamesanthony8438]

He should've told him that his character was now permanently blind (since his retinas were now invisible too). =)

[@narwaler2898]

James Anthony that sounds like an actually interesting character if played right

[@dddmemaybe]

@@jamesanthony8438 uh- I... Uhh... wow, gg.

[@yugitrump435]

@@jamesanthony8438 brilliant idea.

[@Rebellions]

"Dont worry guys I've got an idea!" "So anyways I started blasting"

[@milovanstrikovic5780]

Here's a reply bcs you deserved it after 8 months

[@CaptainShenanigans42]

Milovan Strikovic Here's a reply because I'm unoriginal and want to start a month long chain

[@eric_moore-6126]

Did Ben know he had several makeshift explosives?

[@thesixthkid7689]

Leave the likes at 666 just because this line fits in.

[@Medaumplay3]

"Oh, look at that druid. She is so cute and adorable! We completely trust her." LITERALLY one minutes later: "OUr druid set one of the kids on fire." Well, that escalated quickly

[@wikinfei]

I like to think she killed and skinned that bear she's wearing herself.

[@gremlinwc8996]

Vibe check

[@gremlinwc8996]

@@wikinfei ye its really weird for *MANY REASONS*

[@insertoriginalyoutubeusern6229]

SHIT JUST WENT FROM ZERO TO ONE HUNDRED REAL FAST.

[@haosmagnaingram6992]

At first I thought the monk wasn’t actually invisible, but he just annoyed everyone so much that they collectively decided to ignore him. I was disappointed when I found this wasn’t the case.

[@King-ze2kt]

Too be fair when he used stealth he just knocked people out so we haven't disproven it.

[@drautomaton6010]

What if he isn't invisble? Maybe he was so annoying, reality just made him a non-entity to all who look at him directly.

[@aaronhumphrey2009]

There's a facinating Twilight Zone episode about a "Mark of Banishment/ invisibility" that is placed on ' non- conforming offenders'. Those bearing the mark cannot be aknowledged as present or existing.. total social ostracization

[@Sigilstone17]

"Sweet, the paladin left. Time to do what we do best!" - PF's group, everytime

[@UltimaOmega777]

EVERY TIME I turn around the party does just that!

[@ZoeKitten84]

I literally had a campaign that I called “When the Paladin’s away the Cats will play.” Went through 3 paladins (3 separate players) and each time a Paladin couldn’t make it to a session the Catfolk characters did shenanigans. Like accidentally going to the plane of fire.

[@Jayman1clone]

@@ZoeKitten84 That sounds amazing

[@SpookyMarine]

Sigilstone17 Paladin: “Don’t do anything stupid while I’m gone...” Fighter: “So what do you guys wanna do?” Rouge: I don’t know... let’s do something stupid!”

[@aaronhumphrey2009]

Engage plan MURDERHOBO. KEWL,look thru thier stuff quick, before the Paladin gets back ! 😉😯 These guys were like this when we found them !-roll bluff ck

[@fox_8714]

I love when a samurai, a notably honourable person gets played like a crazed murderer, it really keeps you on you’re toes

[@belgianfootball4529]

I mean samurai werent really....thaaaat honerable, irl atleast

[@DreKozar]

@@belgianfootball4529 Depends on the era, but yea, it tended to depend on who they were dealing with.

[@smartart6841]

Ronin werent very honorable. More like thieves

[@completelyrandom7480]

@@belgianfootball4529 you

[@joshshore27]

@@smartart6841 I believe even regular Samurai participated in a tradition called Crossroad Killing where they would test a new sword by killing a human opponent, usually a defenseless peasant traveling at night.

[@ClayDress]

The story is only strengthened when you realize that Mi-Chel is Ben's brother.

[@zulaikaali4101]

Where is Mi-Chel?

[@cognitivedissonance8478]

@@zulaikaali4101 shadow monk

[@silverdandylmao]

@@zulaikaali4101 eyyy the character development is so real, u didn't recognize him xD

[@chrisbartow192]

he probably did that on purpose to annoy his little brother

[@supersinger9000]

I get the feeling that the whole “permanently invisible” thing is payback for the Chadwick Strongpants incident.

[@dracosfire7247]

Paladin: Ok idiots! Not you Druid, you're a sweetheart and we all love you. Druid: I set a child on fire!

[@branfeather]

With a smile so adorable you pat them on the head and tell them good job. ^-^

[@C0medySeniorz]

Sweatheart*

[@dracosfire7247]

@@C0medySeniorz *Sweetheart She's sweet, not sweaty.

[@Heavenlyhounds96]

To be fair there's a chance it was either a low-level damaging spell, a harmless cantrip, or an illusory spell making the child think he was on fire. Either one of these cases would lead to the child, (whose hp must be lower than a level 2 Sorcerer's max :P ), being fine.

[@getthegoons]

@@Heavenlyhounds96 ignoring of course that she took a small child and either lit them on fucking fire, or made them think that they were on fire, which is hideously brutal or dickishly cunning, depending.

[@TheArmyOfOne100]

I know how you feel about that "Where the Wild Things Are" joke, I once made the mistake of calling a dagger "perfectly balanced" and two players responded in near perfect unison "as all things should be."

[@caitlynnhatch9254]

One my fellow dnd players and I freaked out when our DM mentioned someone leading us towards an Obelisk. We immediately were like "this is where we all die" and "lets not knock it over." Yeah.... it turns out it was used to open a door to a dungeon. Anyways after everything that followed THAT we all hate the person who sent us on that mission.

[@Inkastar-tz8yd]

what did it cost?

[@thetriforceeagle8161]

DtM982 you can’t tell me the wild things joke was unintentional

[@Telsion]

Explain the "Where The Wild things Are" joke to me please, I don't get it

[@TheGreener]

@@Telsion Seems to be a children's book and a movie adaptation of said book. *shrug*

[@eros5420]

That rare moment when your dungeon music gets to be Pumped Up Kicks.

[@tikalthewhimsicott2736]

EROS M speaking of Pumped up Kicks there's a medeval version of it kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZ2XYX1rjrKgmas

[@eros5420]

@@tikalthewhimsicott2736 Saw it recently actually lol. Not half bad.

[@stuffingtonjfluffypantsiii]

Guard: "Are these companions of yours?" Paladin; "Never seen them before in my life." *slowly backs away*

[@quietdignityandgrace]

"She's so cute"... She looks like she skinned an Ewok. Adorable. Bring her along.

[@FriendlyArchpriest]

Those things deserve it

[@c.d.4319]

XD yesss

[@zephyrstrife4668]

Of course, she has the skin of one so she can hunt the delicacy much more efficiently.

[@feralchangeling97]

Those things don't blink!

[@Abdega]

All the more reason to trust her!

[@timbaleno9269]

Permanently invisible, by the way. Me: *grabs lighter* yeah, can I see your sheet for a minute?

[@kharnthebetrayer8251]

Me as a GM: Sure, you're permanently invisible GM Notes: Character believes himself to be invisible, is not actually invisible, people just ignored him

[@retrovortex624]

Permanently invisible to the point of being completely intangible as a curse. Flares up at the worse of times.

[@jago668]

Trogdor strikes again.

[@retrovortex624]

And by intangible I mean. It flares up so bad he kind of doesn't exist at the time. Like he can't communicate. He can do recon, find things out, but oh dear. He's drifted off into another dimension so someone else will have to redo the job. Oh look a high level minotaur. Shadow Monk could solo him, but oh no, his illness has flared up after making his first blow, now the creature is pissed and he can't do anything but watch as the party now has to flee or be brutally slaughtered by a creature they could have otherwise tried to sneak past.

[@gaburelmesmo3824]

I would give him advantage on stealth+SOH checks but disavantage in everything thats related to people seeing him (intimidation, persuasion etc...). He's not invisible,He's just not noticeable or interesting AT ALL. Basically kuroko...

[@cytofusion6072]

This really hits different with the newly uncovered Asiago lore. I’m starting to think the flame-roasted children were intentional…

[@widdershins3785]

"Don't worry! I know just the thing that will defuse this situation!" "Oh. Great. What did. You have. In mind?" ... **ARSON!!!**

[@rarescevei8268]

More like terrorist threat

[@feralchangeling97]

"A hat doesn't count as character development, it does in anime but not here!" -Ben

[@jesseward4115]

Still better character development than Jaime Lannister.

[@feralchangeling97]

@@jesseward4115 sad part is that is completely true.

[@artofthepossible7329]

@@jesseward4115 Are we going by the books, the tv show or both?

[@jesseward4115]

@@artofthepossible7329 I'm only on book 2 so TV show.

[@artofthepossible7329]

@@jesseward4115 Read further.

[@GreatFox42]

"I was too busy handling the child hostage negotiation to pay attention." The upside to a trainwreck like this is beautiful sentences like that one.

[@comradecrossbow9741]

GreatFox42 Hostage negotiation is cool but have you took your joy today?

[@prince_nocturne]

Best I've gotten to say is "No, you cannot punch the Death Star to death." to a player.

[@GreatFox42]

can i hear that story

[@comradecrossbow9741]

GreatFox42 Well I’m pretty sure someone in a Star Wars game flew up to the Death Star and asked if he could punch it to death

[@GreatFox42]

I'm sure bu t I was hoping there was a reason a player would ask that.

[@MoonbeamPony]

"A society broken down into predator and prey." You know, Puffin should count himself lucky that Beastars hadn't come out yet.

[@ethanhampl1520]

Zombie is not an option

[@azurebalmung4520]

Invisibility thing aside, it does make some degree of sense that he could use his old character: - He'd still be around, as he doesn't age. - Given that he saved the multi-verse, it would also make sense that his job as an adventurer was done, and his skills became forgotten and abilities atrophied from disuse, so he could be lv1 again. - As for his things, easy, he misplaced them over the course of 500+ years.

[@Sorain1]

I'd probably have the character pursue a different class. How fast the character picks things up is easily explained as 'well there is some carry over.' but needing to work up from first level is also covered by 'I never did this before.' So, dex focused fighter, rogue, what have you instead of Monk. Leave it open for the DM to whip out "Yeah, you either go back to the old ways or everyone of their deaths is on your hands." to prevent a TPK. (Come up with a handwave like 'Ki backlash' for why your back to normal stats from then on as needed.)

[@ATFPredator]

He managed to lose the legendary mourne blade / infinity sword, so why not meager possessions over the course of 500 years of insanity.

[@the_Miles_crew_fun]

What happened to bity

[@Unotuchable]

@@the_Miles_crew_fun He buried it in a playground and some kids took it

[@jaychow2414]

@Douglas Bonbeck Who says it can't be both?

[@bestaround3323]

You could have made it so he wasn't really invisible, just everyone was ignoring him.

[@TheRezro]

That probably was the case..

[@linkadoodle9568]

why would he need to knock out people, with a boat, if he was invisible??

[@qberrygamz5008]

@@linkadoodle9568 why wouldn't he if he knew the group could see him so he was unsure so he was being cautious

[@MazorKuziaki]

I love you

[@qberrygamz5008]

@@MazorKuziaki wait what? I'm lost

[@schwarzerritter5724]

The player switched his character to Shredder? You should make a houserule: If you change your character during the session, you can only switch it to Chadwick Strongpants.

[@Deathwindgames]

Too op abserd

[@madhatten00]

Honestly tho, changing to shredder isnt really a big deal since the samurai was alrdy basically a villain and the guy playing the baron probably didnt want to play a villain. Also nothing actually happened during the campaign so switch all you want.

[@schwarzerritter5724]

@@madhatten00 It was not the samurai who switched his class, but another character who did not want to be associated with him.

[@madhatten00]

@@schwarzerritter5724 oh well that makes sense too. The samurai derailed everything too much

[@Akbar_and_Shaa]

But if he made that rule everyone would fight for the honor of being the greatest hero who ever lived

[@StrayBulletXIII]

Did anyone else notice that the person who made Michelle is Will, his brother who doesn't like playing rping games? Just pointing it out.

[@Sarah12471]

I mean from what i understand of the events, Will just had a very bad first time with Ttrpgs and so didn't like them, but it obviously grew on him after he got into dnd

[@RaynmanPlays]

"She's so cute! I completely trust her." Me, who's watched later videos in this series: "You... probably shouldn't."

[@StealthMarmot_]

After a couple more videos this needs to be upgraded to "DEFINITELY" shouldn't.

[@redghost-uy7hq]

That samurai just sounds like a very toxic character to have in the party.

[@patrickholt2270]

Or player.

[@Stonezorz]

Makes for really funny stories like this one though, cant complain!

[@treycool9565]

I didn’t find his antics funny. It felt more like he was doing his best to ruin a game setting he didn’t want to play

[@Undomaranel]

@@Stonezorz I would rather have funny stories spring up organically than have a violent, fool hardy instigator.

[@greatgodpan5001]

Stonezorz I’ve played with people like him, it may be fun to hear about but it’s seriously annoying to play with them.

[@mrmacju1530]

Why would a permanently invisible person need to knock out anyone, with a boat no less? And that's a sentence I never thought I'd have to write.

[@LibraGamesUnlimited]

Need to? No. Want to. Hell yeah. :)

[@douchevick309]

@RedShadow why do i have the disturbing impression that you are speaking from experience...?

[@Lukas-yt1mn]

You get used to it

[@khhnator]

lemme guess... Shredder was the same player as Mobile suit gundam wing?

[@sampeng1]

Im guessing the Samurai was the Fighter they left paralyzed in the tower?

[@aaronhumphrey2009]

Next he'll be a T-800 Terminator/ warforged Titan !

[@epicgamer6678]

Paladin was Asreal the sorcerer?

[@GamerTowerDX]

@@sampeng1 wrong guess,nice try tho.

[@cralixthegameking4408]

I love how the invisible one is the only one who doesn't take the sneaky route

[@Practicallypreposterous]

"A hat does not count as character development, it does in anime" Speedwagon: *tips his flying, checkered and bowl hats*

[@LinkJTO]

Lord Hypnocat that’s also a spinning hat blade

[@silmeerman9471]

ZA SPINNU

[@EzekiesAcheron]

@@idoitonastick8689 He is.

[@monokumaprincipalofhopespe8295]

Lord Hypnocat Luffy just has a flashback about his hat and that is just good enough character development

[@jacobschott6955]

DWPF Horsemen to be fair, it’s a very important hat.

[@amateurprogrammer25]

"Are these companions of yours?" My response would have been: "They WERE, until ABOUT 30 SECONDS AGO"

[@Heavenlyhounds96]

My options would've been A, If I denounce them as possible allies am I free of associative charges? B, I told them to stay put while I get this warrant shows Warrant so I am not guilty of THEIR actions, do as you please. C, everyone but the samurai; he's kookier than a worshiper of Ralishaz* *Deity of insanity.

[@funnyblog100]

My response: Never seen these people before in my life!

[@nyotamwuaji6484]

I know how to defuse this situation! Oh good! How so? Explosives! Are you aware of what defuse actually means?

[@firewolfandrewb]

Yeah! Ya know? Like how defusing a bomb means to blow it up, right?

[@348joey]

Sure, you remove the fuse. That's the pin thingy, right?

[@EzekiesAcheron]

@@348joey Pahaha

[@monokumaprincipalofhopespe8295]

Nyota Mwuaji HE LITTERALLY DID THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF DEFUSE

[@desertkil]

Well, you need a fuse in play to defuse something right?

[@tsifirakiehl4250]

7:17 reminds me of a moment from my Curse of Strahd campaign. Our party had just met Stella, a teenage girl who was cursed into thinking she was a cat. Our druid was crawling around on the floor meowing back at her and our monk was waving a dead frog on a stick. The rogue was just awkwardly standing there with Stella’s mother, Fiona, and said that they didn’t really know the rest of the party that well when Fiona asked what was wrong with the druid and monk.

[@bast4rdlyreaper]

Wow...

[@albinobigfoot1]

Ahh the old "get a bounty placed on a pc, turn them in for the reward, and break them back out of prison" scheme. *Works* *every* *time*

[@ArawnNox]

I had players successfully pull this off... once. And only once. I actually had to dial back the bounty reward because it would have been way too much cash to give the players. I explained part of the reward money was swallowed up in taxes, fees and other bureaucratic BS, which they bought. :D

[@Ellisepha]

We're doing this in our current campaign, except that we're all innocent, got framed, and are now awaiting execution, unless the new player's warlock (who joined after the whole getting framed thing) manages to talk to the city's lord... Edit: oh i forgot to mention, the Lord was the one who actually commited the murder and framed us...

[@AlaineSerran]

Welcome to the good the bad and the ugly

[@Poglavnit_Pferdefuhrer]

I did something like this in a pretty tricky way. They collected the reward 3 times by 3 different members, the villagers unaware they were connected. Then they needed to get through a mountain pass, but OOPS, look at that! It's been sealed! With no money to pay for security, the guards were dismissed and the decision to prevent anything else from coming through was made. They blew up the entrance! Time to go around! Doubling the hurt, I brought up I'd had a side quest tomb raid planned, but they exchanged the possibility of getting a magic weapon (which no one had yet) for plain raw coinage. There were no purchaseable weapons at the previous town or next two upcoming towns, either. They luckily only rolled two physical immune encounters before then, but both were the hardest fights of the campaign _since only one character out of five could do damage!_ Everyone else was just a glorified meat shield.

[@HWFchamp]

Pretty much the story of Dragonheart.

[@merpius]

The player of that samurai must not realize that "defuse" is not a synonym for "escalate."

[@toddlafrance4521]

Do you really think the Samurai knows what synonym means?

[@HairyHariyama]

@@toddlafrance4521 Probably thinks it's something you put on donuts.

[@cobraglatiator]

well,it could have worked...if it wasn't for the fail.

[@dicerson9976]

Yeah, you can't defuse an explosive by blowing it up, Therefore, neither can you defuse a school shooting by blowing it up.

[@cobraglatiator]

@@dicerson9976 well,i mean, if it explodes, is there a fuse left? i'd call that defused.

[@A.Elbereth.Gilthoniel]

She actually behaves as a paladin, and the best one on KZbin so far.

[@eric_moore-6126]

"Actually behaves like a Paladin" is the stupidest thing I've read all day.

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

Yeah! There's plenty of stories about paladins that behave closer to the samurai than to her, so it's refreshing to see Lawful Good played as intended.

[@rowmacnezumi8953]

3:57 in awe at this character design. Absolute cinnamon roll.

[@bomberfett3439]

The real question is Is the fighter still sitting in that tower paralyzed to this day unable to do anything but think about his life and the choices that led him up to this point

[@bernardosardenberg7569]

Why did you tell this to us now I will ha e nightmares about him

[@prince_nocturne]

Yes.

[@river8803]

This is just a JoJo reference with a disguise on

[@sananaryon4061]

That would be a great Big Bad

[@defensivekobra3873]

@@river8803 havent seen jojo but this campain is probably just a bunch of jojo references in a trenchcoat

[@kronksstronkstonks6360]

Okay I love how the invisible peep is the one who feels the need to knock people out and destroy the wall, as opposed to just walking inside...

[@DatCameraMON]

Old habits die hard.

[@e.k_liadon]

I didn’t even think about that xD

[@electricpepperoni4789]

His name is michel

[@Sagetower7]

I had a similar? Situation where I was doing a "just about anything goes" campaign for laughs... And one of my players, on the first session that his character gets introduced... decided it was a good idea to shoot a police officer. Not one that was attacking the party, literally a police officer asking a party member some questions. His shots almost hit the party, and struck two police officers, about 30ft from the police station. A firefight ensued where the police officers chased him around town until he eventually died. The rest of the party either ran or hid. It was a shitshow. Just to add the icing on the cake, the character was a demonic version of Po from the teletubbies...

[@whocares6757]

My only regret in life is not being a part of that campaign

[@Arcticmaster1190]

The first red flag for me would probably be the fact that this guy was RPing as a demonic Teletubbie.

[@YEETUSDAFEETUS]

paladin: "we're gonna do this legal" samurai: "heh noooooo"

[@notaseagull3320]

5:40 "He then whips out his pistol-" **Pumped Up Kicks starts playing in the background**

[@Banana_Zach]

*I'm in danger*

[@Mango_mahogany]

*m o m c o m e p i c k m e u p i m s c a r e d*

[@ThatRoundFops]

*Everybody gangsta till the dude with a gun draws first blood.*

[@asteriskthegamingstar1891]

BETTER RUN, BETTER RUN, FASTER THAN MY *INSANITY*

[@ProgramViBee]

Travis got a quick hand

[@SilverChicken64]

Michelle: is invisible also Michelle: uses a giant foldable boat to beat everyone (including a wall) into submission

[@comradecrossbow9741]

Silver Chicken Do YOU want a giant foldable boat? Well join the memeulous army

[@pedrowag868]

Remember, Michele is the same guy who burried the mournblade on a park

[@SilverChicken64]

@@pedrowag868 fair point

[@comradecrossbow9741]

Pedro Wag That child who dag it up is now dead though...Unless it grants him immortality

[@defensivekobra3873]

Wait, is the giant spider immortal too? Or did he have to watch his best friend die a slow death?

[@axios4702]

3:25 that would have been a perfect moment for a RWBY reference: _"Whats that?!" -"Its my blade! it´s also a gun...

[@void_stranger6353]

RWBY: where every weapon is also a gun

[@Arow2001]

I just say Jaune and Neopolitan

[@kookio4284]

That Samurai *LOST IT* whatever marbles he had before, he lost them during this story

[@raymondmacdonald2464]

*Somewhere in the background* "I warned you"

[@alintanase3296]

underrated comment

[@robloxwithfriends9264]

Something bad will happen today!

[@ThePigeon5734]

why did I laugh so hard at this?

[@mrpeanut7778]

Amazing joke

[@caesar6733]

*IIIIIIIII WAAAAAAAAAAARNDDDDDDDDDD JOOOOOOOOOOOOO*

[@MasterDuelist17]

I feel like this campaign is gonna be a train wreck to some degree. You basically have one character-technically still a demigod if the last campaign holds up in this world, who gave their character an op feature; and another character that more or less became a psychopath, in the span of a few minutes. I'm honestly waiting to either hear that the samurai gets an alignment shift to Evil and/or the paladin just has enough of the samurai's antics that they decide to PK.

[@puppets1979]

Shit, I would have TPK this group IRL so they wont do this to another GM.

[@Deathwindgames]

Yeah its the same universe he has AN EPIC BOON AND 2 FINISHED CAMPIGNS OF XP

[@icngames1032]

@@Deathwindgames Probably reset the level.

[@SporeTres]

Shift? SHIFT? If the Samurai started off as anything but neutral evil I am disappointed in the player.

[@raphaelalexandreyensen6291]

@@SporeTres I feel it's more chaotic evil, Neutral evil, you should at least have a plan other than solving every situation with threats of violence or graduate to Massive violence.

[@Avigorus]

My response to the "permanently invisible" claim: "You _were,_ but you aren't any more. As you think on the miracle of the end of your permanent stealth you realize that somehow, overnight, you lost levels gained in your previous campaign and are now the same level as the rest of the party; congrats, if you need to adjust your stats to match the rest of the party do so now."

[@albertchristian1]

The thought of a session where the characters are filling out paperwork is immensely hilarious to me. 🤣 "I get the forms and begin filling them out." "Roll a Survival check, please." "Uhhh ... 4." "You don't have a pen."

[@isenokami7810]

Other party member: “Uh, I rolled a 1…” GM: “You literally die of boredom. Here’s a new character sheet.”

[@user-ni2vd7ft6u]

It’s a school there are probably pens in one of the classes

[@BucketCrust]

Samurai: "Great, you're here! Now you can get me out!" Paladin: "Yeah, I'm getting you out! Out of that cell and into the guillotine!"

[@hanelyp1]

A paladin, being Lawful, would insist on a proper trial before the beheading. After the proper sentencing he might volunteer to perform the execution.

[@darthvimes]

@@hanelyp1 p

[@darthvimes]

¿

[@darthvimes]

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[@asdrubalvect6328]

@@darthvimes Nani?

[@azurebalmung4520]

"I shouldn't trust someone offering magical support mid-battle.....buuuuuut you ARE incredibly adorable, so we can still be friends."

[@ATFPredator]

The same rules as if you get hit on at a dive bar.... or anywhere.....

[@rhysjonsmusic]

Atleast you have one player that isnt a total murder hobo. I'd have dm'd it that the samurai got gunned down and I'd have just down right said no to that permanent invisibility bs

[@frankg2790]

Same here.

[@danielleasewala2225]

To be fair invisibility dude is played by his brother who he's just glad is playing Table Top rps given the hell he went through to make it occur.

[@gornfoo]

@@danielleasewala2225 adding to that. Wouldn't be surprised if the brother had blackmail material. He might have the baby pictures.

[@jeremyf6821]

You know, the permanently invisible shadow monk, feels like a good training description for teaching new DMs when they should recognize it’s time to say “no” to their players.

[@lauravturner]

I got a new group recently. They decided to try break into a church... a church that was open to the public... they were climbing on the roof and sneaking around in a public place for no reason... and tried to steal healing scrolls... which were free giveaways anyway from the church as most of the church was run by clerics anyway... Some new groups are just so excited to get to the action that they create crazy scenarios for the hell of it.

[@Jake007123]

I just imagined them as a group of very mad goblins.

[@bestaround3323]

That reminds me of the spongebob episode where they "steal" a bloon on free Ballon day.

[@ninjapotatolorf6237]

@@bestaround3323 I was just thinking about that scene!

[@dracocrusher]

I'd love it if there was just one guy who just went in, got the thing, and left before anyone else could finish their convoluted plan.

[@ArawnNox]

Question, did you explicitly note to them that it was freely open and available? One thing I've noticed with running games is its easy to assume something is a given, as a DM, but the players misinterpret because they're lacking sufficient context. For example, I once set up a scenario where the players had to head off a cult wanting to steal the body of a saint from the monument where it was interred. I had to explain to the party that, during the day, the monument was open to the public so they were free to poke around and set up their surveillance because they weren't going inside.

[@Mystakaphoros]

an assault on a boarding school this is like prime D&D happening here

[@l0stndamned]

"Raid to see is recon is needed" the motto of an old group of mine.

[@Reishadowen]

At least the security guards weren't the ones knocking the stuffing out of the kids this time.

[@TheSuperSpud]

No one: The monk: *knocks out person with boat*

[@Gormathius]

"I have no one to blame but myself for this." When you leave yourself wide open to a super obvious joke.

[@abv9118]

If the Samurai Player got another character, the Samurai can always come back as a foe of the party. Just reaching new levels of derangement whenever they meet him again.

[@eric_moore-6126]

I'm honestly surprised that Ben didn't mention this person's new character showing up.

[@legolvr1997]

The Samurai uses a gun and did not commit seppuku after failing? SHAMEFUL DISPLAY!!!

[@DanielPembrink]

legolvr1997 rome II reference?

[@legolvr1997]

@@DanielPembrink nope Shogun 2

[@DanielPembrink]

legolvr1997 darn it

[@CT-3743_DeadEye]

@@DanielPembrink Not sure why your brain would sent you to ancient Rome when hearing a total war reference combined with samurai...

[@stavtri987]

1000 years dishonor!

[@diarya5573]

And herein we find the origins of the cannibalistic chaos druid

[@jesternario]

This reminds me of the society I had in one game that was powering devices with “mage batteries.” Turned out that they made these batteries by slowly draining the life force of arcane casters and mixing it with liquid ether. The players left that city in a runaway rail car as the mage battery factory exploded.

[@199022009]

WAIT WAIT WAIT We need to talk about this "massive foldable boat"

[@tommcewan7936]

I think it's actually a standard spell! (Either that or it's a Lord Flashheart reference - "Am I pleased to see you, or did I just put a canoe in my pocket?"

[@Godoflegos]

@@tommcewan7936 Its a magical item.

[@RelativelyBest]

Character is so sneaky that he is permanently invisible. Could easily just stealth past the teachers. Instead starts knocking them out and breaking walls with a boat.

[@whiterabbit75]

@@tommcewan7936 Ho-ho! Hello, Queenie!

[@theodensuhrie7915]

The foldable boat is like a boat that you fold. I've seen pictures. It's technacly a magic item, but it looks entirely mechanical.

[@zuzz9352]

It would be cool if the whole campaign turned into a manhunt where all the players are trying to track down the samurai as he makes his moves in secret slowly making more erratic decisions leaving a trail of chaos in each town he visits as the bounty constantly increases. It seems all the character motivation is there (from what I've seen). The paladin wants justice and the thief wants money. not sure what the other 3 want but hey I'm just thinking out loud here. edit: Spelling

[@PyrusFlameborn]

Samurai slowly but surely develops to become the BBEG?

[@NimhLabs]

I mean, it would also allow the Samurai to continue to control his own character. There would still be an overarching story and villain... but the Samurai would be like a side thing that would add to it.

[@GeorgeKinsill]

Yeah, seems like a great way to take the campaign. The Samurai slowly starts to acquire greater and greater power while on the run and hits up even more towns for quick cash. Then, as he starts to become infamous and acquire a gang, he prepares to make a stand against his old comrades. It is at this point that the big bad approaches the samurai with an offer: become my underling and I'll give you the power to have your revenge. It is at this point that his lair becomes a no man's land, filled with explosives, firing lines, formations, and more, as the samurai waits in the throne room as some type of underling to the big bad as a season finale to a campaign before a break.

[@somerandomdude5638]

While that does sound pretty cool I would like to see the Rouge's plan of capturing him and setting him just they can keep getting to bounty money.

[@GeorgeKinsill]

@@somerandomdude5638 , that's definitely the way to take it if the campaign takes a more humorous and light direction. The DM will have to gauge what to do based on the feelings of the group. Regardless, this is an excellent plot thread that can go in a number of fun directions.

[@clownygamingcircus]

"I am different. I've gone through a lot of character development. I'm wearing a hat now!" Not gonna lie, that line got me an 80% on an essay. Thank you Puffin.

[@levibrechbiel2183]

PALADIN: LAWFUL GOOD SAMURAI:EVIL EVERYONE ELSE: CHAOTIC GOOD(I THINK THAT THEY ARE GOOD BUT THEY COULD ALSO BE NEUTRAL)

[@ericb3157]

reminds me of this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2K7Z2OJobWMf8U it actually involves a paladin and a Thief...

[@kingdonut8272]

WHY ARE YOU SHOUTING?

[@the_last_ballad]

The druid set a child on fire, and the guy _who is permanently invisible_ hit people with a boat to sneak by them before destroying a wall. And the thief stole from children, which is literally the least of their crimes. They are chaotic neutral at best, because if they were good _they would have done literally anything else than become terrorists._ Actually, no, they weren't terrorists. Terrorists create fear in the pursuit of a goal. These guys (their characters, not the players) didn't even do it for the fun of it!

[@WildBluntHickok]

I was expecting the "fire the gun upwards" fiasco to lead to the DM saying "this school is multiple stories high, you just shot a random kid on the 2nd floor"

[@mestre12]

Omg, the samurai is a freaking murder hobo.

[@BVBrocks927]

The worst kind of player

[@troodon1096]

A murder hobo is reasonably tolerable. This is a psycho hobo; that is not tolerable.

[@scantrontheimmortal]

ironically enough that sounds like how samurai acted during the crazy Japanese civil war era lols "listen mate you cant get that sweet loot or promotions if you dont keep stacking enemy heads"

[@dynamicworlds1]

Just gonna leave this here kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHKweaR6mdWFY5I

[@veng3r663]

I can only imagine what kind of terror someone playing a Ninja WOULD be then...

[@owenbever4689]

This reminds me of a story of my group. We were playing Fallout D20, not DnD. We arrived at a small town, where one of the kids pickpockets one of the party. He finds out, then proceeds to attack the kid. He and another member of the party kidnapped a bunch of the kids after they tried to help their friend. The rest of us were trying to stop them. However, we didn't need to. Turns out, it was home to the families of a BROTHERHOOD OF STEEL outpost. Meaning, for those that don't know, they kidnapped the kids of a lot of highly trained soldiers with Power Armor and Heavy Weapons. Anyway, one of the kids ran, and the guy who started this mess SHOT him. Naturally, the Brotherhood turned them into paste, while the rest of us quickly and quietly abandoned those two to die.

[@majinshadow0516]

"Don't come to adventurer's league tommorow" - this guy

[@aidanhochanadel8756]

>enters school with intent to do bad stuff >man pulls gun in school Hey I've seen this one before!

[@Lobsterwithinternet]

m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2LUm6hsi5adgq8

[@Domin8or592]

0:43 Ben - "A hat does not count as character development!" Smithers - "...But he's got a new hat!"

[@Roaming_Hermit]

'Takes deep breath' *WILD THING, YOU MAKE MY HEART SING!!!* *YOU MAKE EEEVERYTHING GROOVY, WILD THING!* Sorry... I'll see myself out.

[@hockeystickbag2]

Puffin's new video makes Asiago's entrance much more devious...

[@angeloweldevil3121]

yes

[@54lolman]

This seems more like Puffin's therapy session video then anything.

[@commonviewer2488]

That Samurai is clearly Chaotic Evil! Party killing, murder-hoboing, and school shooting! Rewriting him into an enemy would be the only way to keep the character involved.

[@Shalakor]

Or has a way too low Intelligence score.

[@SolarFlairIsBestPony]

Even a dog learns not to eat out of the trash with some persuasion. If this guy is 'too stupid' then that's just an excuse.

[@asdergold1]

Honestly, I would say Chaotic Stupid with very low intelligence. Very, very low.

[@SpookyMarine]

common viewer *Chaotic Stupid

[@Entropy67]

yep, as a disturbance to other party members and story in general, in my game he would immediately have a hit on his head. I would probably get the rest of the party to hunt him down and kill him for the money. He shouldn't even be mad seeing that he is playing an evil character in a party of HEROs.

[@pugfugly1989]

I personally like when players can creatively write an old character into a new story, no matter the circumstances. I had one wizard or something that would explain it away by casting a simulacrum of spells (back when Simulacrum was still a thing), where he'd spend all his levels on wish's to become young again. He was technically thousands of years old, but used the rules of the spells to make it lore friendly how he could live, say, 500 years.

[@josephmort4039]

In one of the maps for my setting, I made a mountainous region called "The Wild Lands" because, due to all the monsters and such, no one had ever settled it. I couldn't get them to stop asking if that's where the wild things lived.

[@isenokami7810]

“Your terrible pun causes 1d4 psychic damage to the rest of the party.” That’d get them to stop. I mean, might wanna hold that one back just to not stifle the party’s humor, but if they’re just repeating the same stupid joke like that, might be time to pull out the penalty. Also, is 1d4 fair for that? Ideally I’d rather have the penalty be light: enough to be an deterring annoyance, but the party shouldn’t get screwed for the next fight just because the guy playing the bard thought he was funny.

[@TheSeventhZombie]

This is why as a DM I require ALL characters be finished and turned into me BEFORE the first session. And all mechanical stats, powers, effects, etc be cleared before being written into backstories. LOL

[@Damalon01]

Clever.

[@TheSeventhZombie]

Mad Hatters in jeans Oh well one-shots are a totally different beast. Most of my players don’t wanna even make characters for them, preferring pre-gens. I was obviously referring to campaigns...and the fact my players have destroyed my trust 😂

[@j.t.5178]

Wait, wasn't this the same monk that got hocked up on shrooms and lost the Mournblade in the playground sandbox?

[@thatguy-pl8py]

I believe so

[@bthsr7113]

Eeeyup

[@j.t.5178]

It was a retorical question but thank you for answering, lol.

[@danielf.7151]

also, not sure if it was intentional on Ben's part, but: "What dou you mean 'you lost the mourneblade'?" "What do you mean 'you're permanently invisible'?"

[@darkhorseash4337]

YUP

[@isenokami7810]

I freaking love how the guy playing the baron realized real quick how badly this all looked for him. Feel like this could’ve come back in a nice way that could bring the baron back. Samurai returns as a villain, baron returns to clear up the dishonor to his house, baron and Paladin have a climactic standoff against the samurai.

[@MarqZePancakeNinja]

It doesn't matter how many times I hear the wild things bit, I still laugh like an idiot. XD

[@isenokami7810]

Terrible puns are always funny in Puffin stories. Well, not the puns themselves, more the awkward silence where Ben contemplates using his GM position to end them instantly.

[@TheDragonCat99]

Should've named this episode "The time my group accidentally started a school shooting!" ...on second thought the title's fine.

[@vasudean]

I would've called it "Samurai Shenanigans."

[@spencersonnefeld]

I think you mean school shooting/bomb threat

[@drunkenbastard2324]

Sounds like an isekai

[@hamburgersandwich4273]

Just a normal day in America

[@NoLan_YT]

I like how the Shadow monk slowly turned into Shaggy from 1:10 to 1:20

[@Slye_Fox]

Fun fact: Gun blades were actually a real thing... they wern't very popular.

[@exiegelastweekgamer1571]

They'd be popular with today's weapon collectors and fanboys/girls/badgers.

[@eric_moore-6126]

@@exiegelastweekgamer1571 fanbadgers?

[@faerylnhiikira1053]

@@eric_moore-6126 Yes. Fanbadgers. You telling me you don't know someone who identifies as a badger? (this is a joke)

[@isenokami7810]

I remember when the Phantasy Star games added gunblades, and they were just more trouble than they were worth to use.

[@Micolino9878]

"I guess you could say-" "Don't you dare!" "We're looking for-" "DON'T YOU DARE!" "Where the Wild Things are?!" You mean. . . You DIDN'T intend this from the beginning? . . . That's weird.

[@maurobianchin8862]

tbh "Wild Things" made me think of the movie Major League at first and I completely missed the other possible reference...

[@radianceguardians]

I agree with you, Micolino9878. Ben should have seen this coming. As soon as I heard him say the “Wild Things”, my brain immediately went to that book.

[@AzureIV]

He has had this done before, where he creates things that have existed before, but he didn’t think about that beforehand.

[@TheKidnappedOne]

I think it's an issue where as DMs when we are working on a campaign we tend to pull from our subconscious far more often than we should, NOT FREAKING REMEMBERING HOW THAT BASTARD IS, about dragging existing crap up that already exist! Yes I might have a problem with this from time to time.... I might have also started cursing my subconscious and calling it "that bastard" for doing so. I may have recreated the brothers from boondock saints as two NPC halfling brothers seeking revenge against the local gangs, late night hoping to clean up their city from the bigger gang heads. One of them even carried like two hundred feet of rope. I fucking did the rope gag and still didn't register till my wife called it out. W: "That's the MacManus bros from Boondock Saints" M: "no, I just thought these two up a week ago prepping for this session" W: yes, yes it is and the one even has a shit load of rope he tried to push on the rest of the group" M:*sweating* "no I swear" W:***glare*** M: "gods damn it I did it again didn't I?"

[@AzureIV]

@@TheKidnappedOne Hey, the Boondock Saints are just telling the truth about rope. I've made sure my D&D characters have had plenty of rope years before the movie came out. It is one of the staples of good adventuring.

[@rtasvadum1810]

“So I guess you could say” “Don’t you dare!” “We’re trying to find where the Wild Things Are!” Me: on the floor laughing in tears

[@mikehenderson7907]

Donovan Blake His face in that moment was mine, every time I make a pun.

[@AvidgamerZ]

I need a captain. T_T

[@jacksonh.552]

@@AvidgamerZ captain Morgan?

[@helgenlane]

Can someone explain this one? I don't get it.

[@wakeley4984]

This tends to be the problem with naming NPC's as well and any location or organisation.. dodging all pop-references

[@xhuger1]

Oh man... this episode had me laughing my drunk ass off to tears. Thank you good sir.

[@tornadoblast]

5:50 all the other kids with there pumped up kicks you better run better run out run my gun

[@tornadoblast]

what the fuck is this edgy shit

[@Clare9189]

That character art for the Druid was pretty dang good,can’t lie

[@CCaseyTnT]

"Permanently invisible" ... Sounds like your brother watches your videos

[@clever_girl_766]

I bet after the campaign ends his character will find a cure for his invisibility

[@allanlocke5749]

I thought his brother was really made up. Maybe he has a sister named Michelle who's husband's name is Billiam Dichard.

[@unoriginal1562]

Wait, if he’s permanently invisible why did he have to knock out the teachers and destroy the wall? He could just follow people through all the doors he needed to go through

[@austinlanman162]

ikr

[@captainfroggie6099]

IKR I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMEONE POINTING IT OUT.

[@JohnSmith-ex8iw]

That's exactly what I was thinking.

[@WildBluntHickok]

I'm guessing he forgot he was invisible halfway through the story. I wonder if the DM did too?

[@Teixas666]

you are asking the questions the monk didnt think needed ot be asked

[@shadowgod3211]

4:01 adorable bear cloak and hood +12 cuteness and 50% chance to cause heart attacks to enemies

[@ImAStarf1sh]

“I guess we’re trying to find where the wild things are!” Hilarious

[@deamon6681]

I don't get it. Explain please?

[@ImAStarf1sh]

Jürgen Hans It’s a joke in the video :p

[@MisterLimeLemon]

@@deamon6681 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_the_Wild_Things_Are

[@deamon6681]

@@ImAStarf1sh I know it's a joke in the video, I just didn't get the joke, but you seem to have

[@deamon6681]

@@MisterLimeLemon He is referencing a children's pictue book from 1963? No wonder I've never heared of it.