3:40 "Don't let your players roll the dice unless there are going to be consequences--positive or negative." Good advice!
@jherseyjamesgamboa79055 жыл бұрын
that's every minute for me
@stefaniejohansen1935 жыл бұрын
This was super helpful advice for me. Don't be a slave to the dice! They're a tool!
@KaiserAfini6 жыл бұрын
The first thing the pixies says is "Listen !" and 3 magical spinning triangles show up as she highlights the traps.
@tjbarke60866 жыл бұрын
"I cast fireball" "But..." "Fireball"
@BlackOctoberFox5 жыл бұрын
@@tjbarke6086 But we're underwater. How can you- *Fireball*
@emanergza63836 жыл бұрын
A quality content with low sub count? One of the earths most cryptic memories; as to why? We may never know.
@Elias-eh6qd6 жыл бұрын
Thanks this have been so helpful
@ByztinBadger6 жыл бұрын
Never heard of that kobold fight club before but I’m gonna have a way easier time making combats.
@hjuliochaparrochapapapa90816 жыл бұрын
The image of players with red eyes made my day.
@lliamthrumble2 жыл бұрын
If you want to hurry along players then create an in story time limit like a rival team going after the same object or a bad guy going to enact a plan. This encourages a sense of urgent pace. Keep reminding them about the progress and it will kick them into gear
@EduHBa5 жыл бұрын
Nice tips! Thanks for the video!
@autotechdjhelmut46863 жыл бұрын
I love these videos, very helpful.
@littlegamerguy48036 жыл бұрын
I love your channel! Also, surrendering to the enemy? Let’s be honest, that almost never happens. For me, anyway.
@smol_hornet6136 жыл бұрын
Well, I think that's one of those things that are only to be taken in mind during exceptionally tough campaigns, where the opposition is so brutally unforgiving that complete failure for the party to pull through at all is very likely. When playing with such little lee-room between advancing the story and abruptly ending the whole campaign, it could be better to give the party a chance to submit and live to fight another day, rather than temporarily dumb down the blatantly superior enemy for the party to make it away with their dignity intact :)
@hungphanquang6056 жыл бұрын
It would be better if this video had engsub below. Anyways, thanks for being so helpful.
@theparijat10003 жыл бұрын
Please enable subtitles, as many of us are not native English speakers, and learn better by visualizations.
@TheQuyman6 жыл бұрын
I love his voice
@awesomeperson1006 жыл бұрын
So helpful now my lvl 3 friends won’t be facing a few goblins
@Hoodieboy-ro4pw3 жыл бұрын
Anyone notice that whenever combat starts the rouge is facing the other direction?
@tribaljungle68654 жыл бұрын
As an encounter I had a angry cook throw a raw chicken across the tavern as if it came back to life just missing all the feathers.
@saunexs87375 жыл бұрын
What page is that table on?? I can’t find it
@SirDrasticG6 жыл бұрын
Why the dislike?
@manimgayforjunko67573 жыл бұрын
I feel bad for the elf
@kekero5406 жыл бұрын
When your party is full of maxers and they can kill literally anything thrown at them... Oof
@javierdelarosa89105 жыл бұрын
I don't wanna be rude or anything but I enjoy your videos it's just that your accent is very thick and it's hard to understand sometimes 😕👍
@DontStopThinking5 жыл бұрын
No worries, Javier. I get that quite a lot. Just asking, btw, which country are you from and what's your primary spoken language? I want to know who are having difficulty understanding my accent.
@javierdelarosa89105 жыл бұрын
@@DontStopThinking lol well I'm Hispanic but I mainly speak English and I'm from. America
@jherseyjamesgamboa79055 жыл бұрын
I'm a great dm it's the players that are the problem
@maxortman91186 жыл бұрын
First
@philwhite27305 жыл бұрын
CJ: “Just like striking up a conversation in real life is easy” Me: *Insert hide the pain Harold face here*
@Zegger2 жыл бұрын
I was just looking to start DMing as well, until I remembered now only I have to socialize with characters, but also socialize a lot. God damn wish me luck 'cus I will need it
@mme.veronica7356 жыл бұрын
We've named the characters, now it's time to name the players
@willb94316 жыл бұрын
Savage Mum: Shirley
@LeonKerensky5 жыл бұрын
"this can make players want to roll perception every 10 seconds!" aah um... yeaahhh... about that: I might have been the reason the Deamon House in Curse of Strahd took 18 hours to complete.
@zoruasnivy6 жыл бұрын
I like that you give alternatives for when things don't quite go the way you expect.
@vytenemunyte72566 жыл бұрын
you are great DM teacher
@asiriusmedaius34296 жыл бұрын
I have a D&D session in 6 hours, and I still have to plan some encounters. This video helped me a bunch, CJ, and just in time too. God bless you bro. Edit: What's that song that is playing between 6:05 and 6:25 ? It's pretty good.
@bauxite136 жыл бұрын
Asirius Medaius hey same here xD
@Trekeyus5 жыл бұрын
T minus 10 hours for my first time d&d DMing. These videos are a fantastic
@elifaletgutierrez91414 жыл бұрын
I've never played DnD whatsoever but I'm about to run a campaign as a DM for my nephews in a few days and your videos are so helpful, thanks for your content!
@Jigpy6 жыл бұрын
Waited 2 weeks. Worth it
@underhaykids68616 жыл бұрын
C.J I would love to have you as a DM it would probably be one of the most interesting games of my D&D career! (not that it's very long yet)
@shockzone45956 жыл бұрын
Being new to d&d, I tried to test my limits with the dm to see what I could get away with. I realized that I could have died many times from the dumbest things I did. The dm was being generous since I was new. Can someone give me the 10 commandments of d&d that you should or should not due as a beginner?
@gonxbr48896 жыл бұрын
SHOCK HUNTER63 1:Do NOT split the group
@Jpteryx6 жыл бұрын
1: Don't split the party 2: Don't roll before the DM asks you to 3: Know your abilities (or at least, start learning them) 4: Don't cheat, there are no winners or losers in D&D 5: Think about what your character would do 6: Protect the healer 7: Expect the best-laid plans to fall apart 8: Make a character who will work with the group and go on adventures willingly 9: Don't get in the way of someone else's fun 10: There are no limits, be creative!
@SomeJustice19k6 жыл бұрын
Rule zero and the most important : Don't ruin other people's fun! 1. Don't meta-game. 2. Role play your character correctly. 3. Don't be a dick unless it relevant to number 2. 4. Don't meta-game. 5. Learn your skills. 6. Learn the other PC's skills. 7. DON'T META-GAME! 8/9. Let the DM develop the story/humour the DM. 10. Have fun.
@jarrodfrizzell60616 жыл бұрын
Build a backup character with an excuse to join the party when your shenanigans get you killed. Have fun!
@underhaykids68616 жыл бұрын
These are things to remember; 1; It's just a game. 2; You can do anything but only within reason. 3; If you see a Sleeping dragon don't poke it with your sword no matter how tempting it may be. 4; Make sure you ARE your character, it much more fun when you are able to think from inside your characters head. 5; Have fun. 6; Don't stress out. 7; Don't worry about being perfect remember your character is just as new as you.
@elliottwalker86246 жыл бұрын
The new Crash Course: D&D! Love the content man, helps me a lot.
@peinoftheakatsukiXx5 жыл бұрын
First rule of Kobold Fight Club is ***YIP YIP***
@adityarao28276 жыл бұрын
CJ, could you maybe explain how to use modules?, I'm going to run PoTA next week (my last campaign was basically me just doing dice rolls (Master's Vault on Roll20)) and I'm completely confused
@Longlius6 жыл бұрын
This might be a bit late, but you should ideally read through the entire module and take notes ahead of time. At the very least, you need to read each chapter in its entirety before running it. Also, if you're playing on Roll20 and not using their prepackaged modules, then you should prepare feelies ahead of time to hand out to players (for notes, I copy them into a text file and for images, I scan them into image files).
@thecantina60296 жыл бұрын
hi thank you for showing me the website in the last video i got the minis today and they are great
@nerdbow91926 жыл бұрын
Man I love this series because I couldn't DM too well because I started a group and I was just finishing your 2nd video.
@ebear55952 жыл бұрын
I wish I knew how difficulty and action economy worked when I DMed my first game, cuz I think I accidentally put my 3 lvl 1 players in a "very deadly" encounter. Where they all almost died if it weren't for Deus ex Goblina
@YouSoSpice8 ай бұрын
what did Goblina do
@breadbyss53116 жыл бұрын
From your videos I got in to DnD and play it with my friends all the time.
@ddlover73954 жыл бұрын
I only fake the dice rolls if its important to help them so they don't have to accept the roll just be happy.
@3004Marbles6 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for making these videos! I started DMing very very recently and these videos have proven to be incredibly useful~!
@padmanabaraorudrresh49136 жыл бұрын
Nice math @7:14, besides, your winners do math series inspired me to learn probability and I did (eventually) it. Then I imagined a situation it goes like this, "A lich raises his staff utters some arcane syllables and casts 'power word kill'(which is indeed a powerful spell in D&D) on a seemingly hurt paladin. Thankfully they have a wizard in their party (an Abjuration wizard in this case). The eager wizard casts counter spell." The wizard casted the spell using a third level slot .When I did the math , I found out that the probability of success is 65% and it increases to 87.75% with the lucky feat.
@jemm1136 жыл бұрын
Yeah, counter spell is an amazing spell, especially on halfling, lucky, divination wizards... (damn and now I want someone to do the math)
@dlear852 жыл бұрын
i was kinda following along on parts 1 and 2 but now im lost again lol
@amichi27146 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for making these. I’m just starting out as a gm and although I’m running pokemon tabletop instead these have really helped me plan out how I can run the game
@lukejohnson2608805 жыл бұрын
Just starting out in D&D. LOVING THESE VIDEOS. So much useful info. Keep up the good work.
@safehavenonice64315 жыл бұрын
Now I want a video game where you play a GM ushering in a group of players with varying skills and turning them into seasoned veterans. No idea what the endgame in something like that would be.
@andronixbegayaf2 жыл бұрын
The Kobold Fight Club site got deleted, does any1 know any simillar app?
@hugolevesque15702 жыл бұрын
Oh no!
@samtrue36 жыл бұрын
Thank God you don't have a ranger in your party
@dynamicworlds16 жыл бұрын
A good technique for any perception-type roll in any system is to not let players roll them at all, but to roll them yourself in secret. If you're doing little rolls periodically as you GM (as I do to randomize small details and npc reactions) your players shouldn't even notice. That said, I find most traps rather contrived and shy away from them.
@tyr41485 жыл бұрын
Thanks, I used to be like. “Alright so u arrive after 3 days of traveling “
@loserloser35443 жыл бұрын
It’s video don’t have caption on :(
@tjlynch68174 жыл бұрын
3:13
@firstnamelastname35476 жыл бұрын
Best D&D tutor channel.
@rebeccamccartin5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for making these videos! I'm planning my first campaign and these tips are super helpful to a new DM like myself. ❤
@NatLopezOnYoutube5 жыл бұрын
I was enjoying this series until you mentioned dawnforgedcast... Ugh. Oh well. Thumbs up anyway
@singingcrow4395 жыл бұрын
I got a question on the CR. Do allied NPCS change it at all. Like make a hard threat medium or easy?
@DontStopThinking5 жыл бұрын
Yes, it would.
@singingcrow4395 жыл бұрын
@@DontStopThinking how?ike do you subtract the the allied npc(s) ex from the number. Treat them as other party members and move the encounters multiplier.? What system do you used?
@DontStopThinking5 жыл бұрын
I would just look at the allied monster's XP and match it to the nearest hard difficulty for the closest player level. For example, for a vampire spawn with 1800 XP, I would just match it to a level 10 character, because it has 1900 XP hard difficulty threshold.
@singingcrow4395 жыл бұрын
@@DontStopThinking ok thank you
@ImRandumb6 жыл бұрын
13:30
@darthvein35 жыл бұрын
I very rarely roll dice in front of players as a DM. I understand D&D is a game, but what I try to do is making it feel more real. When it comes to new players I don't just leave them in the dark, and I let them know what im doing. But they will never, ever see my dice. My players always play like its a video game or less. So when I need my players to do things and actually play. I have to stop treating it to much like a game. But don't get me wrong, I am not an anti-fun DM.
@MrFuzzyscreen3 жыл бұрын
new dm. thank you
@louisfrnd3 ай бұрын
Do you recommend the without imitative combat style ?? Like only on narrative and fighting way ?
@SprocketWalker4 жыл бұрын
I love the tip to switch to narration when players are hung up on NPC conversation.
@kombatace79712 жыл бұрын
I (think) I got this Exploration: Interact with the inanimate environment Social: Interact with the animate environment Combat: Interact with the environment that wants to interact with you using the business end of their weapons accurate or not accurate?
@SauceyNoodle6 жыл бұрын
13:33 OMAE WA MOU SHINDEIRU
@vytenemunyte72566 жыл бұрын
thanks for doing this video
@tonybo3126 жыл бұрын
I love these! Thanks for all the advice and the animations help make it it easier to understand. Awesome!
@seigel22896 жыл бұрын
Can someone tell me where in the DM's guide is the charts and formulas that appear in 11:16 and 12:10 please? :)
@Tuariq15 жыл бұрын
I love the design of the video! It looks soo good!
@nicholassucre48344 жыл бұрын
ARGONIAN MAID
@fuski236 жыл бұрын
12:54 aww i have been giving out way to much XP then...
@coachbubba51076 жыл бұрын
I realized that as well at that same point.
@quaaludes91456 жыл бұрын
Your videos are really informative and to the point. Contrary to the majority of ramble videos we get from other creatores. Impressive work, been subbed for a while, and after each video I watch, I feel like subbing once again. Great work CJ, cheers.
@stevemorris37466 жыл бұрын
This was useful. Twice I have killed a player by making too many wolves.
@gregthepeglegpregdreg5 жыл бұрын
one thing I plan on doing for some of my more complicated puzzle based traps is have the players encounter them twice. First going into the dungeon where they find the traps set off, it's be described so the players know it has to be important and gets them thinking on what the trap could be as well as prepares them for any traps that are set. The second time they see it is on their way out when the traps are perfectly reset and any clues of the traps having been there are gone.
@lefttofray5 жыл бұрын
These videos are making me feel less nervous about becoming a DM myself. I play a game weekly with friends online and I have been wanting to start my own game for all of us and be the DM. I am pretty new to DnD so I'm a little scared to learn all this to be a DM and make a fun game for my friends, but I really want to try. So thanks for these videos. They're really helpful.
@joleeg.84815 жыл бұрын
Could you never have that sound for the text scroll again. it is extremely irritating
@earnestdelafe16684 жыл бұрын
These videos are so incredibly helpful. I have yet to run a game, but definitely feel more prepared! Thanks
@Hithroc3 жыл бұрын
I'm in love with the always-tired elf wizard.
@TazbowGMV6 жыл бұрын
Great series and very useful information! Thanks for your work!
@rimboman36 жыл бұрын
Could you activate the automatic subtitles? Thanks! :)
@underhaykids68616 жыл бұрын
4:04 Grent's face looks like he is saying" but why....".
@bionizard54806 жыл бұрын
heres a must: name your ranger NPCS Morning wood
@Sparkle5fanboy6 жыл бұрын
I would love If you could do a video on the Mystic class as it'd be nice to see how a class that uses Psionic's works
@allthattech73485 жыл бұрын
Love your content man!
@jinxtheunluckypony6 жыл бұрын
I’m running a solo game with a friend of mine and it’s gotten pretty weird. His good aligned Druid seems almost averse to combat, he hasn’t fought a sentient creature yet that he hasn’t first tried to negotiate with. The prime example is that a man he didn’t know attacked a friendly npc and despite the fact that his rogue sidekick had already retaliated by attacking the guy he still tried to talk to the guy while he was digging a dagger out of his torso. I appreciate that he like role playing with me but we’ve been playing for nearly 12 hours and he’s still level 2 because of his passive nature. I tried to have him fight a tragic villain to bridge levels 2 and 3, the boss was a tiefling fighter who stole a sacred relic hoping to sell it so he could buy food for his starving town. Without fully knowing the tiefling’s backstory he willingly gave the man all of his gold and most of his sidekick’s, after learning about the tiefling village he helped the town hunters map out migration patterns for desert boats and he took several villager back with him to the main town and got them jobs so they could send back money. He’s literally an anti-murderhobo. How to I get him to interact with the combat aspect of the game when he seems just as happy helping npcs with relationship issues and looking for lost pets. (Those are both things he’s done in the past)
@Oznerock5 жыл бұрын
Well. Give XP per solved encounter, not kill count. ;p That will make him way happier.
@itscarlosreally6 жыл бұрын
13:03 YOU BROKE RULES ONE AND TWO OF KOBOLD FIGHT CLUB
@davemarx78565 жыл бұрын
Tell me you work for Kurzegast
@aliromen22245 жыл бұрын
"Socializing is easy in real life" *REALLY?*
@commandercrimson58586 жыл бұрын
14:38 "It's time for EGG DELIVERY!"
@the113826 жыл бұрын
Can't wait til we get to the homebrewing section, is it going to contain anything helpful for homebrewing classes or archetypes?
@DontStopThinking6 жыл бұрын
I can cover a bit of it.
@jorunholm90605 жыл бұрын
How dos mindcontrol in d&d work
@silverlysage60912 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this!
@davisboyz65114 жыл бұрын
This man is a freaking legend.
@FlyingDominion6 жыл бұрын
Is there a reason that this video isn't on the how to play D&D playlist?
@DontStopThinking6 жыл бұрын
Oh, I must have forgotten.
@Devalation5 жыл бұрын
So many good tips in this one!
@meganchristensen10683 жыл бұрын
we have decided for our group to have each of us to create a section of world and then we agreed that each of us would dm the part we made. I became a lich! its our first campaign/game, but we're working through it!
@twilightwisdom51396 жыл бұрын
I made my players roll for hydration in a dessert every hour for hydration I'm still fairly knew to this so do you think my dc of 15 for level one players just starting out was fair of realistic?
@DontStopThinking6 жыл бұрын
That is very harsh. How many rolls do you expect them to make?
@twilightwisdom51396 жыл бұрын
Don't Stop Thinking I ended up skipping most of the rolls they weren't rolling low and I wanted to get them to a town reasonably quickly if they rolled low I would've tried to give them a chance to catch up