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0:00 Welcome
1:16 PC Introductions
00:33:45 Combat 1
02:52:43 Combat 2
04:07:21 Closing
#dc20

[@TreantmonksTemple]

Thanks so much for inviting me to this game DC, I had a fantastic time!

[@TheDungeonCoach]

No no! Thank YOU bro! You have been a HUGE Beacon of the DC20 community!!!

[@emperortime4380]

Seeing you actually play a humanoid tree was awesome. I’m excited to watch this system develop.

[@RedsByrd]

Yes thank you for putting so many of us on to this system!

[@boldnotbald3705]

You were hilarious! Loved your character AND how well you knew the rules. Keep being awesome!

[@frankmartinjr6236]

I do not like initiative beginning random checks that bothered me. The initiative dc was fine though.

[@-Xabash-]

Love how forced movement spaces that are prevented get converted into damage.

[@TheDungeonCoach]

Thanks! That’s one of the rules I feel is very “intuitive” 👍🏼

[@-Xabash-]

Absolutely, it's like "that makes sense!" when I heard the rule in play.

[@zacharycompton5624]

I love how much it makes sense.

[@thatscuestionable]

@@TheDungeonCoach I was wondering if you can convert that somehow to structural damage to the wall. Like, is so much you take the wall down or open a hole. Maybe at higher levels, when a pc does, i don't know, 10 damage or something like that

[@theDMLair]

My cats really wanted to play in this game... :D :D :D

[@taelok]

me-ow

[@KaleDavid]

An Avengers-Level Team Up ❤

[@brandonlaneva]

What a star-studded cast!

[@jf649]

It‘s wonderful to see you content creators all working together and help one another. Also DC20 is a raw diamond. The „better 6E“ that we were never supposed to get. Thanks Coach

[@brettmajeske3525]

I like chairs, some of my favorite cousins are chairs.

[@UltimosGabriel]

All that combat with Dungeon Coach seemingly nervous ( around 1 hour in) just made me want to play it. He really tried to showcase his rpg and was nervous during it. This humanizes a lot the dude behind the cameras. I hope your game fares well.

[@kilrkitty0818]

Luke's Cat is the star but you all did Amazing! Great Game so Fun! 🎉

[@GryphonDes]

Luke's cat is remarkably HUGE and my cat was instantly smitten!

[@paulcave87]

I have been waiting to watch a DC20 one shot for forever. Can’t wait to watch this unfold! Lezzz goooo!

[@PietroMarcer]

This was a ton of fun, the guests were amazing! I like how much freedom this system allows, it looks like it's really easy to just bring character concepts to life and I like that very much. It was clear Luke and Chris were more familiar with the system, they breezed through combat with their combos. That 12 damage Guiding Bolt at level 1 was insane!

[@Hallinwar]

God I'm so happy to see ttrpg tubers collaborate, it's the golden age after darkness of OGL

[@emperortime4380]

Duke’s AGI Wizard is the most anime thing I’ve seen in a ttrpg, and I’m here for it.

[@dungeondr]

Got a long watch time ahead of me, but just wanted to say the way you breezed through establishing the introduction and groups past mission in so little time was legit inspiring. Excellent pacing!

[@TheDungeonCoach]

Hearing you say that means a LOT! That’s a huge goal of mine (especially when filming it lol) Thanks!!

[@jonothanrennert3098]

It really is super impressive! It also helps that everyone there are DM’s so they also understand storytelling and whatnot

[@sesimie]

That was amazing... the System was fully on display...first time seeing you as a DM Coach! Loved it!! great Collab!

[@TheDungeonCoach]

Thanks Sesimie!! Was so much fun!

[@EnterThePocketDimension]

All stars! SUCH a fun romp through one of the best systems. Cannot wait till KZbin is flooded with DC20 content! 💜

[@yourfavoritesteve]

Dwight was a good sport. 😂 Seriously though, this was so good. I loved it.

[@leviticusward1]

Awesome! Treantmonk man over here representing :)

[@TMKing_MS]

It's trentmonk now

[@stordarth]

I was kinda on the fence about this, but the fact that you are honouring all purchases with updates, and the quality of this one shot and how the action economy works convinced me to buy in. This is also probably the first time I've watched a youtube video of this length.

[@SenseiSuplex]

Dang! You really had the Avengers Crossover with this cast! I watch all of these creators!

[@pharbex]

I couldn't stop watching. It was pure joy to see the system I follow from the beginning unfold and grow so well in this game. Watching it in action makes everything make even more sense.

[@BIGBENMACDOUCE]

I hope to see a day when these youtubers make content for DC20! I was so hyped to see this video!! Lets go DC20 💪

[@RikThunder33]

okay. ..okay, the one guy basically plays Shadowheart.

[@boldnotbald3705]

Love this whole session! Now we just need some more DC20 content from these guys!!! A big genuine thank you to all 5 of you!!

[@CeliriaRose]

When this started initially I half wanted the reveal that Juliet and Finley were a thing just so she’d come in and be horrified at seeing her lover slain by her purported bodyguards. Little did I know I’d still get that result regardless just later in the story.

[@darthemphatic4654]

So, hearing the boulder made me immediately think of The Last Airbender and the boulder for that, which was funny because I played a one-shot character called The Fossil, which spoke like the boulder in Avatar, speaking in the third person, but was a super old monk, she he would generally sound and look decrepit until he pulls off his robes and is super ripped....oh, ya, he fights in essentially a diaper.

[@verminsfate]

"The Boulder feels conflicted about fighting a young blind girl."

[@fanboykc9140]

This was a blast! Cant wait to DM this and play myself! But nearly 7k views and only 50 likes? C'MON Y'ALL! SMASH THAT LIKE BUTTON!

[@dungeondr]

Great to see this in play. Some initial feedback from an outside perspective all with the caveat that this outside looking in on a first session for many: I was sceptical about the prime ability, but seeing Duke's Agi Wizard has turned me around on this. I do worry it may lead to characters defaulting to RP stats like Charisma (i forget the equivalent stat off the top of my head) so combat and social encounters are both covered, but that aside i think it's a good system in a ruleset without multiclassing. 4 AP is a lot of actions to juggle per turn. It does allow for a player to have a more complex turn, but it also (may) slow things down turn per turn. I'd be keen to see it reduced to 3 AP with some Movement Points added. This way characters are always assumed to be on the move during their turn (which is less punishing for melee characters) and it reduces the action management to three points only. It'd be a happy middle ground between 5es regimented 3 prescribed actions + movement and Pf2's flexible 3: flexible 3 +movement. I do however appreciate aspects like shared initiative and interactive features like easy help actions. The use of Damage reduction on top of Brutal Heavy and normal hits looks a bit cumbersome. I like Brutal and heavy a lot, but would recommend that Damage reduction be... Reduced? Some instances of it may be okay but as a core system it feels like it sliws things down. A system where your brutal and heavy thresholds are increased/decreased by armor/features feels like a way of potentially wrapping damage reduction into the armor without additional maths? General theme of my feedback: You've got a lot of great ideas on show in this alpha. I think they could do with some trimming and streamlining, but the core engine is sound. Great work on this coach!

[@kaisolacegames]

1:23:09 This moment. The horror/shock on their faces when you say “four points of damage” 😂 Proves you don’t need large numbers to have big impact in game design!

[@danmcphee1429]

The boulder is a guy from the last Airbender

[@DiscoSamurai]

I'm very glad I bought the Alpha! Also, I'm glad we can see how you're playing and noticing what could use some tweaking or, even better, how to create other classes ourselves and make 'em work within DC20. Thank you so much to you and your team for both your work and effort!

[@hugoacosta9415]

Love it!! Can't wait to grab DC20

[@airdragon11studios]

Hype!!! Hype!!! Hype!!! So excited for this!!!

[@GryphonDes]

This was just so ridiculously fun! You have a winner with this one!

[@pina6540]

Petition to make Mega Brutal be called Cruel hahhahaha Great One Shot and System!

[@JackOfHearts42]

Question... Why is this my most anticipated and exciting TTRPG of late?

[@colbyboucher6391]

As someone who _isn't_ a big fan of 5e, I think it's because this guy recognizes a lot of where 5e goes wrong and is actually trying to fix it, while still keeping the _vibe_ of 5e around. Somehow no one's done that yet. Project Black Flag is just an straight 5e clone in a bad way and while there's tons of other great games out there, none of them _quite_ fill the niche that 5e does.

[@TheDungeonCoach]

@@colbyboucher6391 thank you both so much!! I appreciate that and am truly trying my hardest to make the best game possible!! 💜

[@alchemicalcreations]

Best of 5e and Pathfinder 2e together with it's own innovations without being bloated and complicated, keeping it complex and dynamic, but immersive and easy to play.

[@PeakDnD]

THIS is why we invented the internet!!! Great vid guys!!!

[@scatterbug]

LETS GOOO!!!

[@darthemphatic4654]

I knew 3 of the 4 creators here in addition to already following Dungeon Coach already, so I am now very excited to go check out the content for the unknown-to-me channel! Excited to see DC20 in action.

[@galaxyfoxnightsky2042]

Loved the coach his halfling god father. You can tell he is a passionate famely man "You dont want me too see what this ring dos you dont want me too kiss it or ill kiss you goodbye" Might be my new favorite maby villan maby ally line

[@linkatronic]

It's so evident how much thought, care and love has hone into this system! Thank you for putting all this work into DC20 and looking forward to picking it up soon!

[@Quon_the_Destroyer]

You picked some great players to bring on. Not a dull moment & so fun to watch!

[@minimoose7890]

That was comical and made the characters really seem like powerful goons with crazy cool moves. I'd be interested to also see a scenario that is deadly and challenging for the players.

[@LookItsBaz]

This was brilliant! It's been a good weekend for DC20 between this and The Pocket Dimension got lots of fun moments and interesting rule clarifications and interactions. Very excited for the future development of this system!

[@EnterThePocketDimension]

Dawwwww THANKS! 💜 Loved getting to watch Coach and friends play! So inspiring!

[@4FunCycle]

When Treantmonk chooses to play a fighter, you know the martial classes are actually engaging to play.

[@pixelexpgaming2657]

Just finished watching it and absolutely amazing can we get this as a campaign 😂

[@TheDungeonCoach]

Thank you for that! I would love to have a consistent DC20 campaign! Will happen soon!!

[@TheNakash]

That was awesome!! And the rules presented here were really easy to understand!! A very interesting approach, as usual. =]

[@AJBernard]

This is fantastic! Can't wait to see it!!

[@RedCoolade]

Great video, backed the Kickstarter! But damn Luke seems wicked annoying in this one shot 😅

[@Daniel40freeman]

Thank you for this one shot! It was nice to see the game play and all the things you can do with this system. I have the Alpha and look forward to running a game.

[@Dmcdougall1019]

You have freaking Treantmonk!!!! I'm running his God Wizard in Pathfinder 1st ed right now!

[@MareduddapCynan]

This was awesome! I’m looking forward to Alpha .5 and beyond!

[@samuelbroad11]

Only halfway through but cracking up with this adventure, great NPC's, hilarious plot, cool maps and brilliant PC character play.

[@TheDungeonCoach]

WOW Thank you for that!!!

[@samuelbroad11]

OK, just finished watching: instead of working:) I read the whole 0.4pdf yesterday and for this to come out with treantmonk was great timing. Trying to turn my 5e crew onto this when it launches proper, expect more comments on more vids! chur!@@TheDungeonCoach

[@davidrose7938]

Generally, I have a hard time watching one shots and campaigns. I certainly don’t pay attention to entire episodes. However, I absolutely watched this entire thing. Absolutely wonderful 4+ hours. Kudos to everyone. Great job, Coach!

[@daanbeukers181]

Super excited to see the system in action. I like a lot of the ideas and want to playtest it, so this is perfect!! I am going to keep some notes to come back to, so feel free to ignore them. 1. I think vulnerability and vulnerable scores should work the same in virtually all ways except the amount of damage they do. 2. I love the idea of using whatever skill is appropriate for initiative, but it somehow feels a little forced/slow. Maybe I will give a default option to my players like awareness and just let people decide in the moment if something else feels more appropriate. Then they can incorporate that flavor in the description of the first turn. I think this is important because the escalation towards the "Role initiative" is a super fun moment at the table that feels a little undermined, by asking each player what they are doing at this exact moment. 3.chris seemed confused on what counted as an attack or being targeted for the purposes of his reactions and I agree that I didn't intuitively got that either. Is there some standardised marker? Like every roll against your physical defence qualifies as a trigger for your defensive maneuvers for example. 4.

[@RichardtheregularDM]

I loved watching this crew play together. This was a much better live play than some others I’ve seen. It was real and raw. Thank you for doing this y’all. I’m looking forward to seeing this come to fruition.

[@evanbasnaw]

So many great moments!

[@PanicSatanic]

Coach's mobster accent keeps veering into a Nathan Lane 😂

[@johnhein1663]

This was EPIC. Great to see this in action and these four are a great group. I appreciate how often success was determined by rolls and checks out of combat as it makes role play relevant. I would ❤ to see more I depth play testing with these guys that would test their mettle more as they get more familiar with the system. Following along along and waiting for more progress. LET’S GOOO!

[@emperortime4380]

Heck yeah, I’ve been waiting for something like this

[@minimoose7890]

Been waiting for this! Yessh, sir :-D

[@eliasbaker850]

I need to run a one using this system. It is so smooth and creative. I look forward to the finished product. Great job DC!

[@quincykunz3481]

Where did Luke get the name Torm from? Because the forgotten realms god Torm is an EXTREMELY lawful good deity. Blunt and unyielding, but known for saving orphans and upholding justice. Not exactly murder and darkness...

[@pyotrpustota1053]

Damn, Sally is intense!

[@Tusitala1967]

Let's GOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! I'm looking forward to Chris and Luke playing off of one another. I only know a little bit about Duke and Bob, but looking forward to learning more.

[@TreantmonksTemple]

The moment when I'm trying to save the gnome...🤣

[@Tusitala1967]

@@TreantmonksTemple YES! Omg! Is there such a thing as desuscitation??? Just got to the part where Stout Trunk adorns his branches. Jeebus! I've never heard of Keanu Wreathes before. How gloriously gruesome. It would have been hilarious if the enthusiastic crowd had pulled out lanterns and torches in lieu of lighters as Stout Trunk peeked out from behind the curtain. "They hate us. They want to kill us. We have to get out of here." *roar of the audience*

[@scottnufer3632]

I love that crew so much! I want to see them again and again

[@colinbraddock7185]

This system looks like that rarest of things...a ruleset that is as much fun for the DM as for the players. I'm excited for the release!

[@Axiom_Link]

Dude this awesome!!! I’m just seeing this and this is awesome!

[@TheDungeonCoach]

Thanks for the hype bro!

[@RoyBlumenthal]

That was hilarious! Thanks folks!

[@Thumperoo]

25 minutes in and I must say: first time I see Dungeon Coach DMing and the NPC voices are AWESOME. (also, Luke is playing the creepiest Cleric ever, but that's beside the point ! lol)

[@rorybeckstrom9602]

The dungeon coach. "the mast member of the family goes to flee - what do you do" Overly long pause... During which time my mind screams TOOOOORRRRRMMMMMM

[@Israelmadruga]

Yooooo, DC20 baby!!!!

[@rcschmidt668]

Wow! I am seeing stars, and love everyone’s channels. Finally, Luke has someone besides himself to rag on him. 😂

[@jspsj0]

fantastic

[@susannahammond2033]

The action economy is really fun in DC20. I love the options that it provides.

[@agilemonk6305]

Keep it coming!!! ❤

[@michaelbell2309]

Coach living the rule of cool! 😎

[@AylonH]

By the end, I really wanted a character to say “thank you, we call our act The Aristocrats!” 😂 If you know, you know 😉

[@tgpart72]

Omg i looooved this 😂 Supergood guys ❤❤❤

[@tazdevil144]

Great one shot! system looks awesome.

[@michaelkramerados3751]

This was amazing!

[@magnusio5292]

Man, these characters are so cool!!

[@DinmoneyArt]

That was a blast to watch. Well done, coach. DC20 looks really good. I didn't catch the Romeo & Juliet till that stage worker got intimidated! Was cool to see everyone in action too. (=

[@TheDungeonCoach]

Ahhh so cool to hear that those hints landed! Thanks dude!! It was a blast!

[@josequiles7430]

God Sally is intense

[@youdeserverealmoney1290]

Oh hey let's goooo- 4 hours? Gonna have to make some time for this, will watch.

[@Commodore468]

Glad I bought the alpha. I do think there should be a condition the takes away some AP and not all, unlike stun and paralyze which shut down your turn and aren’t fun because of that

[@TheDungeonCoach]

It’s so cool that you say that! That is one of the reworks! You actually see it being playtest Ed by the enemies in this exact one shot (the second combat)

[@joell21]

The Boulder from the avatar 😂

[@Slaughterhouse_Floor]

You should have kept Findley in the game but made him a spirit that was haunting Salley the priestess for his parts.

[@minimoose7890]

That would've been an alternatively funny option. Lol. Something for people to think about if they run this adventure again. Become a haunting ghost, is that a Fate roll?

[@mctoasty1789]

I made it to Sally’s first sentence, then went, “Oh no.” Promptly stopped watching before there was even a combat.

[@McScottem]

I was really disappointed in Luke's style of play for a oneshot among this group of friendly characters. It was the kind of character KZbinrs caution against bringing!

[@mydknightcloud]

I wil say, if you stopped watching you missed the reason why he acted that way. The cleric is a good person but worships an evil deity. So she says some crazy stuff. But her actions are wildly different.

[@JacobOphir]

This was amazing, and I finally got through all of it, and it was just hilarious to no extent. P.S. Does your almanac have different stuff from your play Books or all your playbooks in the almanac?

[@tomasrodriguez796]

I really like these dispersed lair actions. I'll steal that for sure. Aside from that seeing this system executed in general has gotten me a lot more invested in it. The action/reaction economy feels really engaging.

[@user-wr8sr9fe4m]

Great scenario and great game!

[@DrBeerface]

This is so cool :D Great session, all brilliant players. I really like the system and I'm excited for where it goes. Is the damage scale ok? Going from a base 2-3 damage up to 10 or 12 damage for a hit is a huge difference. Feels like either normal hits are pointless or the big hits kill too easily. Thoughts?

[@Iaadpgg92]

I don't understand why KZbin showed me this 2 days after release. Can't wait to see this

[@zachswanson6643]

As a system I'm very excited for this system and this was a great demonstration!! Some points of feedback: Initiative takes too long and it seems distracting and confusing to roll twice for the same check, like in the case of attacking the animated armor. I would prefer if agility was the default initative as in D&D (even if there's a framework for rolling something else) because going first is every agile character's dream. I'm not certain if you're supposed to be intended to reroll with an action point afterwards, or just grant advantage in advance. It should be the latter; the former is FAR too powerful. Allowing heroic bash in any direction INCLUDING downward is too powerful since that's 3 extra damage at a minimum. In this specific case it makes sense since he was falling on him, but in general vertical motion in either direction is too powerful. Falling damage is too much. Getting mauled with an ax is 2, but a 15ft fall is 3? Sure it'll rarely come up, but it should be closer to 1 dmg per 2 squares fallen after the first 2 squares (akin to DnD).

[@TheDungeonCoach]

LOVE the feedback, so thank you! Here are my thoughts on it! - Initiative. This is definitely something I am watching CLOSELY... VERY closely. I think it is unique to have the initiative roll be the thing you were doing leading into the combat... does it slow it down? Yes... BUT I think it does add some nice RP and a KEY moment of transition from "Exploration" into "Combat" so I have loved it so far and it has been a favorite rule of some playtesters, btu well see. Also there is already a variant rule of "just use Agility" to be normal anyway, so either way everyone will be taken care of :) - Heroic bash ONLY worked "downward" SINCE he was jumping down from above, so I think it was fitting and "worth it" in this case, you normally cant do that (and if you go vertically it is 1/2 the distance) - I would have to disagree with you on the fall damage thing. First thing is I want fall damage to be scary... when its not... its just LAME and takes the tension out of moments that should be tense. The big disagreement is your statment about the axe compared to 15ft fall. Firstly, you said "MAULED with an axe" so if you got MAULED that would be a BRUTAL HIT or a critical hit... which would be 4 or 6 damage respectively. if you JUST get "hit" that represents it smashing into your armor or knicking your skin and drawing some blood... at least how I would describe it as a GM, its not a HUGE BLOW ya know? So falling 15 ft (3 Spaces) for 3 damage... that would HURT ya know? and getting sliced in combat... would HURT too. Falling from that high might sprain an ankle (or worse etc). So I think fall damage is fine currently and has felt great in playtesting.

[@zachswanson6643]

Those are all very good points. I think for myself I will prefer to use the agility alternate rule since it's what my players are used to / expect, but I can see the merits of both. As to the other two bullet points, thanks for the clarifications about the intent. In comparison to a brutal hit, fall damage makes a LOT more sense. Im super excited to see where this system goes!!

[@markloeffler85]

I think you can only grant an advantage in advance normally. He just allowed it as a reroll as part of learning the system.

[@dyronbarro9968]

What @markloeffler85 said, the advantage has to be called before rolling the first roll. I think Coach mentioned that in the video, but I could be wrong

[@GlenFinney]

This feels very fantasy Godfather III!🤣😎

[@shananrodgers6157]

Congrats on $2.2 million looks like you can now buy whatever shirt you want!

[@BD-pb1pg]

The Boulder is confused about crushing tiny mage. Honestly I am over here just silently enjoying the Avatar airbender reference. (Not sure if it was intended or not.)

[@Israelmadruga]

Hey coach, can there be a way for a lightning attack, like zephyrs, to push away enemies using a action point or two? Loved the one shot. Keep 'em comming. Cheers!

[@user-wr8sr9fe4m]

Bobs jump was genius