D&D Story: How 1 WORD Almost Killed Everyone...

[@patrickdees5256]

Xanathar: HOW ARE YOU NOT DEAD?!! Bard: Silly Xanathar, you cant kill stupid!

[@atsukana1704]

Fatherhood transcends disintegration beams

[@LocalMaple]

Bard: “I said I was your fish’s _dad!”_ Reminds me of “I said you were a _bold_ woman!”

[@afellowpotato]

When I got to that scene I was laughing laughing so hard!

[@potassium8702]

Naruto?

[@catbatrat1760]

Where's that from?

[@bubbasbigblast8563]

The Bard is clearly 'blessed' by some god of Mischief, and that sounds like an amazing story arc.

[@LocalMaple]

That God’s name is Genevieve. Genevieve Lavorre.

[@musicalsystem927]

@@LocalMaple Yep. I just emailed Blaine asking for an explanation, and he said this was the truth

[@SilverShards]

Loki...

[@justabardfromdnd]

LOKI!

[@IndustrialParrot2816]

ikol bacjwards

[@MGlBlaze]

The exploding candle trap is fucking gold. I'll need to remember that one.

[@pandoratheclay]

No you just paint a stick of dynamite to look like a candle

[@haoxinlinying5278]

It's right out of Looney Tunes.

[@KingOnoob]

Please for the love of God I don’t

[@pulsefel9210]

they trusted a light source in the room...need i say more?

[@intheftin2861]

Just put a firetrap spell on a candle so when someone touches it- explosions begin

[@MLittleBrony]

"your dad was pronounced dead" "i can't believe i've been pronouncing it wrong this whole time"

[@Heidijackward]

Your dead was pronounced dad

[@thegrapetree652]

@@Heidijackward your pronounced was a dead dad.

[@Heidijackward]

@@thegrapetree652 your dad was dead pronounced

[@ESparkAster]

Dead was your dad pronounced

[@ericb3157]

reminds me of an online comic where the Queen's private guard appeared to be calling her "MUM", but the author posted an explanation that it's pronounced "MA'M"

[@troperhghar9898]

How one sentence from the cleric completely ruined the campaign "DM your trying to make me feel bad for a guy who's making a construct version of a body pillow"

[@aizer5877]

Can you elaborate more please? I need the context

[@infect3dbiohazard393]

CONTEXT PLZ??

[@fredchallenger5278]

Real Question: Do they have spares?

[@JessDC2006]

I need context on this

[@NStripleseven]

c o n t e x t ?

[@lanteanboy]

I think this is a brand new take on the Bard... well.... fluffing everything.

[@justafan9206]

Haha yep new.

[@GlacialSkyfarer]

Now he's even pretending to have fucked things he hasn't!

[@jogldied5491]

I was expecting him to eat the stone not just teleport away

[@pandoratheclay]

Just saying, Xanathar being a crazy paranoid beholder would also mistake the two words.

[@epsilon1372]

Yes despite it being a mistake on the dm’s part it really fits xanathar

[@ChaosBeaver]

I mean that Kalas guys seems 100% trustworthy.

[@perrywakeman4087]

Oh my god you are quick

[@specterarchives5943]

naturally.

[@ChaosBeaver]

@@perrywakeman4087 I've been waiting for this video. I've been checking my feed everyday for the past few days for this moment.

[@master0fthearts894]

@@ChaosBeaver Are you the actual Player of Kalas?

[@ChaosBeaver]

@@master0fthearts894 Yeah.

[@scyobiempire4450]

To be fair, it would be in character for Xanathar to get "dad" and "dead" mixed up easily in a crowd of people. Made for a humorous story though, so you have my sub.

[@ultimatememer2235]

One thing i love about dnd is that you can legit just grab dice, and then think up the story as you go and still have an amazing time

[@ryankim1993]

"Your fish is dead" to "I'm your fish's dad." That's more than one word... Regardless, that was a humorous story. I love your work.

[@DerivativeOfJungbluth]

I thought that as well, but the monster asked who he was and the answer was "Your fish's dad", similar to "Your fish's dead".

[@icarue993]

It was probably: Player: ______ your fish's d___d (where the __ means when they cut off).

[@dezmas9332]

no he's talking about dad and dead

[@victorhugo4072]

Do you got any working neuron on your brain? The beholder asked "Who are you?" and the bard answered "your fish's DAD!", but the beholder understood "your fish is DEAD". That last word that destroyed everything.

[@CharlesChaldea]

No no no, see, it's the word "dad" that he's talking about! If he had properly heard "dad" instead of "dead", he'd have more likely gone "Come again?" rather than trying to murder everything. It was the one word in the sentence that was misconstrued, so it was the one word that nearly killed everyone!

[@mrglitchy1847]

Bro chill i said i am your fish's dad. *That killed me 💀💀*

[@slimecore3920]

We’re actually about to finish Waterdeep: Dragon Heist, and we survived Xanathar last session. I was the only one to get touched by a damaging (death) ray, and survived by one HP. The other ones succeeded in all their saves.

[@gamingwithspooder6214]

ironically I recently started running Waterdeep: Dragon Heist for my friends and I'm doing gestalt rules, I hope it's not as insane as your party, of course I don't have the same set up with the magic staff and stone

[@Gam3Junkie7]

"-Get comfy on that office chair, toilet or BED-." Me: HUZZAH! A man of quality! *sips soda while laying in bed.*

[@MarcTelang]

how can you drink laying down

[@blacklight683]

Exsact same 2years later!

[@loganfrandrup6590]

4:54 This is what happened in my last campaine, only replace the stone with The Eye of Vecna Edit: also I am taking notes of ALL these traps!

[@zimattack9994]

May i suggest a crystal clear gelatinous cube maze with a salt path with a skeleton minotaur chasing them through and a rotting beholder eye damping magic

[@basmbee4325]

Same, am taking notes

[@vitorsoares5809]

Honestly, that was the most realistic way that xanathar could have reacted and it made for such an incredible scene

[@buddyplayz4208]

"I'm your fish's dad!" "Oh ok." The bard became a supportful father of his new fish son and is owned by a very evil beholder. They all lived happily ever after. The end.

[@mrtoast244]

I like to think that bard is actually a powerful spellcaster who invented the 10th level spell Power Word: *kill all*

[@100dfrost]

Quite frankly Waterdeep Dragon Heist sold me on 5E. I think it's the best prepared and developed module I've seen in the last 45 or more years I've been playing. My opinion only of course. Good video, thanks.

[@musicforu5819]

6:15 omg, this is the best trap i ve ever seen in my life

[@R3GARnator]

Actually, that kind of trap with Natural Gas detonating is pretty common in fiction.

[@hometimemayhem928]

"tell him his fish is dead" "your fish's dad" " *ohno* " "Alright So It can now ride a bike... if it had legs"

[@chefrowlet]

"oh so someone got creative with Command, or one of them Power Words snowballed?" Goes to show even as a DM it's so easy to underestimate just how wild things can go

[@johnathanfurber976]

During a mini heist/assassination, my players teamed up with some NPC's to kill a mad merchant mayor. Before the mission began, they made a plan: half the party would distract the mayor, half the party would sneak inside to block off any escape routes, and the NPC's would wait outside until the players were in position. After a long discussion, they decided that the code word to summon their backup would be YEET. Of course, about 2 minutes into the mission, the rogue yelled YEET, having completely forgotten that it was the secret signal... I will always cherish their look of confusion turn to horror as I described their plan falling to pieces. Didn't kill everyone, but it certainly came close!

[@lawaern3474]

So... Xanathar got angry at the idea of being taunted, as opposed to going into maddened fury at the undeniable evidence of Sylgar's death?

[@keylimepython641]

Both?

[@roguespectre9656]

The fish boy bard is going on my wall of fame.

[@eeveefan]

damnit, I want to watch this, but /my/ group just started waterdeep dragon heist and I don't want to be spoiled XP Our group has grown a lot, and we have quite the eclectic party this time. I'm playing your AID slime race as....basically a pinky slime from terraria who worships the empress of light and was sent to faerun as a test to become queen slime (paladin multiclassing into a homebrew white mage class). My wife is playing an elderly aarakocra artificer with a plague doctor motif, and we also got an lung dragon style dragonborn who's a sorcerer with a katana, a firbolg wizard who's an ex pirate, and a deaf mindflayer rogue who can only communicate telepathically. We only just got to the part where we're restoring the pub, which we've dubbed "ghost fish tavern," with our artificer setting up a clinic upstairs. We've already had several great shenanigans, I could go on for a while but i'm gonna myself before I rant too much XP

[@Manorbis]

I've decided you're in my top five favorite KZbinrs.... JP Sears... Rslash, motomadnass....not sure who I'd put in that last spot, but those are the top five in no particular order

[@Lawrence_Krystle]

You earned a sub, the only reason isn't DnD but the 2 Rem posters in the background... Oh and the body pillow

[@liamwing5038]

The return of the king…

[@johanhi2]

I really don't want to be 'that guy', but you said he was paralysed while evading the disintegration rays. When you are paralysed you automatically fail dex saving throws and the disintegration ray requires a dex save to evade it. If there was another way your player was able to dodge the rays while paralyzed i think it would have been nice to explain it, so we might use the trick in our campaigns too. :D

[@kairuw6477]

Some of the beams are con saves I believe?

[@kairuw6477]

Also pretty sure he would have started with the disintegration bean then paralyzed him. On the account of being a rampaging beholder

[@trexdrew]

@@kairuw6477 they very specifically said disintegration many times. Idk how you missed it but he even said if one of them hit him he would’ve died. It was disintegration and that means DEX. That said it’s supposed to be randomly determined which beam you use so there’s that too.

[@Biosquid239]

Blaine doesnt really follow the rules too closely so who knows

[@trexdrew]

@@Biosquid239 honestly he could’ve just been picking disintegration every round to be a dick lol even though it’s supposed to be random

[@emzlovez1337]

I remember when I purified the drinks in a tavern in my last session because I thought they were poison but when I purified the the drinks well ... the ale turned into water.

[@firelord1607]

This reminds me of when I told my DM that I jumped out the window so I could get stab less by my party member but sadly he didn't hear so DM had him, a rogue to stab me multiple times when I saw him entered the room, attacked me and didn't he do anything even though I told him I jumped out the window three times; he only understood what I said after my second character of the campaign in his first session dies and the campaign at the time had a few sessions before I needed to make a third character that shows in one session then the campaign ends. Almost as bad as the day I lost two characters in one session.

[@sofieselene]

Something I quite like about the Pathfinder system in particular is that it gives you tools to create very high level encounters that'll be tough even for the most experienced characters - assuming you don't allow some of the more munchkin insanity, anyway.

[@Tyguy774]

I tend to make a set of super op twins and try to keep my party under them in terms of power at all times the twins are evil and good respectfully so no matter who they run into there is always someone somewhere to keep them in check (for example preventing mass exctinction from a wish spell by having the twins come stop them)

[@SeaIbass]

1:08 nah man im on a pillow on the floor

[@StinkerTheFirst]

That was a fun story.. I wasn't expecting that to be the "word" that almost killed everyone. I just have one question, did the party ever get to smack Kalos silly for stealing the stones?

[@ChaosBeaver]

Nope.

[@koathekid8255]

@@ChaosBeaver well I’ll be damned

[@Ikventum]

Ive been waiting for so Long i even forgot you existed

[@Noah_Michael_Stirk]

I used to watch your videos before watching re:zero and was so confused about the backdrop now I’m just like … R E M

[@brutusthebear9050]

Who?

[@MorningDusk7734]

...Is no one going to mention that the bard transformed while in Xanathar's cone of anti-magic coming from the main eye?

[@Wholattasmoke]

Omfg, Blaine simple is back!!!! The story's are going to be great :3

[@cratorcic9362]

I caused a TPK because I didn’t realize I only needed to say “HELP!”

[@georgemasgalidis2940]

Video idea : what your favourite d&d supplement book says about you

[@crowbar_the_rogue]

One of the best plot twists ever. I love it!

[@tripleh327]

also i would like to compliment the party players that thought after 3 different traps to actually lit a very conviently positioned canlde in a not suspicios at all basement

[@specterarchives5943]

*Chaos melodia* Also nice vid never expected chaos to- actually no thats exactly something he'd do

[@ChaosBeaver]

What do you mean?

[@clericofchaos1]

...that was 4 words. 1 word wiping the party would be power word kill or meteor swarm if the guy only had to say meteor.

[@coletrainhetrick]

Wrong, it's one word. Rewatch the video.

[@rawrgawr1492]

I love how a single fish survived all that destruction.

[@Celestial460]

Is it not just raid shadow legends to kill everyone

[@BlackKaiserDrake]

I’m in the midst of a Waterdeep playthrough on the second part, it’s pretty fun so far despite the fact I’ve been unconned by teammates 2-3 times so far.

[@norishimogawa6125]

unconned?

[@notoriouswhitemoth]

... you actively encouraged your PCs to try to fish-nap Sylgar!? _You monster!_

[@DillioGherkin]

I'm actually sitting on a couch watching this on TV. It's that good.

[@purevessle2641]

Vendor being attacked by rats perfectly describes a one shot a friend made completely on the spot

[@nuppetgemino1451]

But, if he was paralyzed... "The creature automatically fails Strength and Dexterity saving throws." And the 2 Beholder main attacks are DEX saves.

[@rpglover5955]

If Blaine only rolled rays such as slow, fear, sleep and charm over and over again, never rolling for death/disintegration/enervation (which actually does damage), then it is plausible to never get killed. although with him being paralyzed, depending on the distance, the beholder could just have hovered over to him and bit him a couple of times (as soon as it hit it would have auto crit, and the rest of the party was obviously fleeing, so they wouldn't be a concern to xanathar)

[@aschaff3995]

I stated that as well, but I think he deleted my comment

[@ericb3157]

reminds me of a scene in "order of the stick": one of the main characters, Hayley the Rouge, was fighting a crazy necromancer. the villain says "you're right, you can dodge ANY spell that permits a DEX save. so i researched some spells that use an Attack roll instead. *electric orb.* Hayley: "hey, that's not a Core sp-" BLAM! Hayley gets blasted CLEAR OFF THE PANEL OF THE COMIC!

[@hyzmarie]

@@ericb3157 hey, fellow OOtS fan!

[@Oshawott4096]

Our lord is back

[@Forestdude9000]

Glad your feeling better!

[@saqvobase4301]

The dynamite candle trick is so evil I love it

[@geraldballinger6428]

"the new plan was finding kalas and snapping him in 2" yeah seems like a reasonable thing to do

[@Greggorto]

"Nah; I'd prefer a Cabbage Vendor getting attacked by Giant Rats." relatable, huh?

[@MiloTheMightyDude]

That was so funny, it knocked me dad.

[@paradichlorobenzene4132]

wanna hear a story of something that happened to me today in a campaign? After figuring out sending the killer to his punishment since we were doing a danganronpa campaign, i immediately asked the dm if i could kill someone since i had an idea on how to hide the murder

[@kiilgore806]

ooooh... that sounds interesting.

[@Kaiju-Driver]

OMG I'm new to this Channel and that was absolutely hilarious

[@ch1pr1to]

"Yes" Probably is the word that kill more player, usually by themselves against themselves

[@cryptocommand3752]

1:06: "get comfortable on that chair toilet or bed your relaxing in" me sitting on a stool: "w-wait, b-but... DOES MY SEAT NOT EXIST?" Falls through the stool because logic

[@spaghettiwithachickenpatty7877]

4:37 are they team rocket???

[@alexanderberrones2165]

imagine being an MPC in that situation watching all your comrades being vaporized all because your boss misheard the bard that turned into a fish

[@GoldnSteak]

Kind of reminded me of when my friends bard avoided several turns of attacks from 6 skeletons while he was paralyzed

[@HistorysRaven]

I am equal parts excited and terrified when my players get through CoS. I have a world wandering homebrew for levels 10 through ~20 and know the absolute mayhem that the Barbarian Gnoll is capable of with makeshift weapons, she made an "axeshot" out of an old shovel, and fear what she'll do when she gets other feats and high level items. Okay, SHE didn't build the "axeshot". She had the artificer create it. But let's just say she was as much danger to her allies as she was to the werewolves.

[@retrojohnny1899]

Kalas Melodia sounds like a Baten Kaitos reference...

[@ChaosBeaver]

100% is.

[@nicolasbiasin3395]

Good work, love your videos 😂😂😂😂

[@ejoty_6128]

The joke at the start of the video with the milk rowboat is an unintentional JRWI reference and i cant [the ones with ranboo]

[@hellothere7491]

Return of the king

[@Noah60]

I was on the couch and just moved to my bed when you said get comfy on toilet, office chair or bed

[@Basilno3]

same on the high level struggle. my last session i only "fought" one player. used 5 vampire spawn all boosted by the necromancer wizard boost. 10 animated halberds...the single player won. technically i did kill them but they had a reincarnation boon. and i couldn't stop it because subtle spell teleport.

[@killianrutherford4285]

Blaines saying he made chad waterdeep. Me creating a campaign where there is a phyco chef called chef Antonio

[@BCRyot]

The lawn chair i am sitting on: “i took that personally”

[@filipp5369]

5:11 My god

[@ashtongiertz8728]

A beholder who's prized possession is a pet goldfish... I think PuffinForest also played this.

[@taylorman666]

I thought this was going to be a "WE didn't kill him" sort of thing. I am amused.

[@Sepi-chu_loves_moths]

The questonomicon youtube ads and sponsorship lol

[@WanderingSoul999]

If I was in the beholder’s place I would believe the bard too. After all, he’s a bard.

[@quagsiremcgee1647]

Xp to level three book. Let's go.

[@cccaaawww8685]

2:20 oof felt that,so much like war thunder.I always have fun with the faster lighter bombers of 1.0

[@codycarney2311]

Hey burnout can lead to worse things, it's important and okay to back away from things that we enjoy ever now and again.

[@rotaderp88]

1:08 I have never felt so called out before.

[@anryx555]

Once i burp, meanwhile we were making a sneaky assault to a camp... As the master smiled, the other player look bad at me

[@hedwigon6951]

Dawn of the first day, 72 hours remain.

[@WolvenSwiftwind]

me being a bard:Oh thats gooooddd *writes notes down*

[@sfvmexe]

Plot twist: The bard did say his fish was dead just to see what would happen.

[@justabardfromdnd]

thanks for giving me an idea

[@Mgauge]

I didn’t think I’d get a reminder of the sadistic tendencies of 90’s kids movies when I clicked this video, but here we are.

[@sugarpacket7251]

I’m actually finally having a session zero for a campaign today

[@edmg7]

Yeah, that misunderstanding was amazing.

[@strikerdx2]

Honestly if he'd just taunted that'd be huge powermove

[@calebleach7988]

And that one word was… Power word kill

[@Viasom]

The man is a legend

[@personsomeone2760]

I had an encounter to an important npc waiting by the side. Cleric almost shot him in the face with a blinding bolt. Thank God I made him blind beforehand or that would have derailed any chance at dilopancy

[@oldsoldier4209]

Dang! Had to pause the video, and wait for someone to get out of the bathroom, because he didn’t say I could get comfortable in my recliner. 😡