Improvising An Entire Campaign In D&D

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[@FreedomAndPeaceOnly]

Railroad: _" Fame, glory & more await you - all you need to do is follow my lead! "_ Murderhobo: _" I wake up and choose violence. "_

[@masterjarl7569]

Well the Link doesn't seem to work. It opens the Playstore where I'm shown an error message...

[@firstlast8114]

I really want to play the game get a working link

[@SchwarzSchwertkampfer]

Bad game glitch.

[@mornhammer]

"What if inception, but with a tired DM"

[@Alakazzam09]

It's called DM-entia. Perfectly normal when dealing with a party like this one.

[@davea6314]

Getting DM-entia could become an official medical diagnosis.

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

What are the recommended treatments?

[@GBS4893]

@@eldorados_lost_searcher Giant anvils falling from the sky on pc's

[@davea6314]

@@eldorados_lost_searcher If the DM-entia afflicted DM is a Limey, Aussie, or Kiwi then I recommend a treatment plan of spelling words according to Noah Webster's guidelines as we bloody Yanks do. For example, chopping the offensive letter "u" out of words like favorite, harbor, color etc... 🤪 -Dave the Bloody Yank

[@theoutergod8666]

@@GBS4893 Quantum anvils are also my solution!

[@TMAC_burninator]

The hug Nixie give Antrius is precious. "Usually we cut back to tabletop by now" 🤣 I love the idea that if the DM falls asleep, the characters are just stuck in a void.

[@kryptonianguest1903]

Bit of a tangent, but one day I want to see a DND movie where the BBEG discovers the existence of the players, so he sends monsters to our world to kill them, so their characters have to rescue the players and take them to the campaign world to protect them.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

@@kryptonianguest1903 Which film is this? It sounds quite interesting.

[@WellintentionedWarlock]

@@kryptonianguest1903 or the players have to take on the role of their characters and if they do not defeat the bbeg in time they lose all memories of the real world and become a part of the dnd world. They slowly take on the bonds and flaws of their characters and stuff too. i.e. if they had a character flaw of being too self-absorbed at times they take on that trait. They would also take on traits reminiscent of their character class. i.e if the player played as a rogue and they wouldn't normally steal, they would start to get kleptomaniac tendencies.

[@kryptonianguest1903]

@@Thurgosh_OG Apologies. My wording was unclear. I meant that I wish that movie existed. It sadly does not.

[@Priestofgoddess]

@@kryptonianguest1903 The Gamers had a bit of this 4th wall breaking if I remember correctly, if you do not know them yet.

[@ograndegatomike8661]

This is why Patrick is the best character, cuz he's every character, even his own mom

[@Daemonzword]

I thought it was impressive when Fry from Futurama was his own father, but Patrick just went ‘ Hold my beer’.

[@thomasbecker9676]

@@Daemonzword He was his own grandpa, not father. He diddled his grandmother.

[@Daemonzword]

@@thomasbecker9676 Right, my bad. Still, beer held stands.

[@robaldridge6505]

but he is no Nixie.. I'd like to see her take on and fall in love with a dragon... fire vs. fire ... LOL

[@RayramAureanBlue]

@@Daemonzword Well, grandfather. He accidentally killed his original grandfather and then banged his own grandma, thus re-ensuring his own existence.

[@derklemmbausteinbahner]

Can we please apreciate in how many costumes the DM went during this episode. Great.

[@Puschit1]

Permission granted. You start.

[@MichaelSplatkins]

Read my mind haha.

[@NarItaKon]

Hear hear!

[@svenjurgenson_]

In the early season he just always was every NPC. Kinda miss that joke in the newer videos

[@kjellnehring6390]

Admit it, you just had ALL these props and sets lying around and were like: What if we used them all in one video?

[@Puschit1]

Or it's already shot but unused material, leftover from previous episodes.

[@timwoods2852]

That's how fruitcake happens.

[@SteveSmith-os5bs]

Great way to recycle.

[@andreychaginskiy9017]

Congratulations: to Nixie, for passing that fire resistance check, to Evandra, for legitimate marriage, to Antrius, for being himself, and to DM, for losing sanity in style!

[@lewayprevis]

Yep. This campaign's rails are in another castle.

[@xaviercross7952]

Ur Patrick is in another castle

[@thesephiam]

I baked you a cake… it’s rail flavored

[@jonathanwessner3456]

I'm pretty sure their rails are in another plane of existence

[@MaxWolftank]

Is this our quest giver? *No, this is Patrick!*

[@princessblazena]

😂

[@lucifers.morningstar3805]

🤣💀

[@demonkingbadger6689]

Are you our quest giver?

[@twilightgryphon]

Props to Kendall for all the numerous costume changes and characters he had to portray for this one. I can only imagine how exhausted he was by the end of it all. 🤣

[@owenoulton9312]

And how does his beard keep disappearing and returning?

[@Sol-mr1lv]

Nixie choking out Antrius with the pillow is a great touch

[@demonkingbadger6689]

Sumber party. We must never forget Nixie has the mentality of a 5 year old. A very evil 5 year old.

[@seanv3997]

Nixie eating flowers at the wedding. Love it.

[@rage4play78]

Special Effects guy: "Which kind of Special effects you wann have in this final episode?" Deerstalker:" Yes!"

[@clem_approves5020]

oh god, they're all Patrick! The shear amount of time this must have taken in makeup alone is insane, was it just Soylent on this one? This was such a cool episode, I think my favourite moment was either "usually we cut back to tabletop by this point" or Patrick's lowercase scream at the end! Also, was this shot on a purpose built set, or is it somewhere we can go visit?

[@mickeymickey9914]

@@davea6314 ...what.

[@kendalldrury8156]

Shot at Kryal Castle in Ballarat. Open to public and run by very lovely people

[@mickeymickey9914]

@@kendalldrury8156 you guys always find cool sets.

[@sammiller6631]

@@davea6314 I think you've gone too far with chopping out letters. "Noah Wester" would not be impressed. How can you rant about spelling but still misspell his name?

[@rolfs2165]

Depending on how early they've started planning for this episode, they could easily have squeezed in a quick shoot with him when he was already in costume during other episodes.

[@xnmrry]

I completely lost it when I heard the random chicken noises. Another set of wonderful episodes! Thanks a million ☺️

[@TheKasimkage]

I remember playing a paladin once. He wasn’t a bright one, but it allowed me to dumb our way back onto the rails if I got worried we were getting too side tracked. The Dungeon Master worked hard. He didn’t deserve to deal with ALL of the rogue’s B.S..

[@camblycreeper7999]

The paladin: The Dm's best friend until inititive is rolled and the monster dies early.

[@thomasbecker9676]

@@camblycreeper7999 Why do people think paladins are *that* strong?

[@sammiller6631]

@@thomasbecker9676 Because they are. If yours aren't, you're doing it wrong.

[@WellBattle6]

@@camblycreeper7999 I’d argue the spellcaster with Animate Objects is really OP at the level they get the spell.

[@rstlr01]

@@WellBattle6 as a DM with a wizard I concur. The spell is ridiculous! Pretty much every combat encounter is now cranked up to deadly.

[@thesonofdormammu5475]

"Usually we cut back to tabletop by now" had me cracking up!!! This was one of the best episodes ever.

[@merla692]

It sounds like the party has basically given the DM PTSD 😂😂

[@joew8438]

Or LSD

[@valiroime]

Not mutually exclusive. Just saying.

[@muskatDR]

So the DM was Antrius, Evandra and Nixie all along. Didnt see that coming

[@Maninawig]

Patrick does deserve his own episode.

[@Myxril]

That campaign was a fever dream.

[@BerserkGriffon]

There is no such thing as too much Patrick, loved the episode

[@ihtfp01]

"Oh Patrick, you don't have and friends, and what's D&D"... Relatable TBH.

[@PokerJeezus]

Evandra marrying a Dragon...still a better love story than Twilight

[@velveteenv76]

She just joined legends like Donkey with that marriage.

[@shanewaters592]

Dude, Silence Of The Lambs was a better love story than Twilight.

[@BerlinRams85]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

[@Scott-ql2kx]

I know Australians are way behind, but what is this, 2010?

[@demonkingbadger6689]

Can we really name a love story worse than Twilight?

[@adriannelson4214]

Guess the DM had a stroke of some kind from sheer frustration 🤔

[@Raoul9753]

Holy f*ck, now i want to make a session like this, where i always change stuff around, but play it totaly straight

[@Someguy_9]

Try Call of Cthulhu. With madness being a central theme in that game, that could legitimately add to the atmosphere!

[@DemonXeron]

This reminds me of my dreams. Very inconsistent, very chaotic but incredibly entertaining. 10/10

[@kevinmack5618]

Have to say love the costume design in this show

[@ryadinstormblessed8308]

2:52 "its fire...?" But it was a white dragon and they don't... oh, now it's red. Silly me, why am I still expecting consistency from this character by this point? 🤣

[@CheddahSlammer]

Yep actually had dreams like that. Mine was a bit weirder with people in my life, even people that wouldn't be playing dnd, all playing as characters in my game, but it was so many people that no one was getting a turn while fighting.

[@catindigo9907]

As a FORMER DM I totally get this.

[@foldionepapyrus3441]

You can become a Former DM? And still get to play the game?! All those wonderful character concepts created that never saw the light of day, or were murdered by the players so early can be reborn as the one character the murder hobo won't kill, as often anyway, their party member! Seriously though I find the best bit of DMing is when they go off the expected path, as long as it is in a reasonable way - it is much more interesting if nobody knows where the story is going. Also keeps you on your toes which is more interesting that just sitting there rolling die in the expectation of failure..

[@Luredreier]

@@foldionepapyrus3441 That sounds scary. Fun but scary.

[@renab.7390]

me too

[@raznaak]

Don't lie, you're still a Forever DM. We always will be. The only way to be a player is to play in another higher ranked Forever DM campaign in addition to our regular game(s)...

[@rodrigotm1461]

This looks like a perfectly normall D&D session to me.

[@FairlyStated]

Great job! I love that you went back to having more in and out of game content.

[@Blueblue__]

It's okay, Patrick. There is no DnD. Your mother is right, and you'll be better off without the murderhobos. Who wants to spend time with a pyromaniac, a shagaholic musician, a violence response-first half-elf? I mean, surely no one. No one. Well, maybe a few people. Only a small group, maybe a dozen at most? A couple of dozen. Less than fifty, surely. A hundred? Maybe add a zero or to to that, tops? OH GODS please don't leave us, what will we do with you you?!?!?! 😭

[@OleandyrTheGreatDragonGod]

Damn, this video was good enough to be a Twilight Zone episode, especially with that twist at the end. Also I wish I could get a hug from Nixie. 🥺

[@Puschit1]

So they finally broke him ... but we got a lot more, Evandras new hair style, Nixie nibbling on flowers, pillow fights ... but I have seen none of the rails they were all talking about!

[@LLJW4]

Nixies new gold eye make up looks great!

[@pogchamp5484]

Another great video! Thanks Deestalker pictures

[@princessblazena]

Congratulations Evandra!! 😁

[@MeyrinkG]

Вот что бывает, когда забываешь выпить свои таблетки, после того как тебе исполнилось 30.

[@crazydog3307]

lol fuck pills, id rather live in reality XD

[@alkister]

Я думаю это опять козни Загс'гадота!

[@lihoholi7141]

...у тебя нет личной жизни, и поэтому предпочитаешь полностью погрузиться в виртуальную реальность придуманного тобой мира. .. Это я о себе. Но это прикольно

[@janwojtyna3392]

Damn I can read orkish...

[@alkister]

@@janwojtyna3392 RED GOEZ FASTA! SPESHAL FOR U: "I FINK ZIS IZ ZAGSGADOT MAHINASHION AGAIN" *read this with russian accent*

[@AelifasGT]

Watched them run through the corridors and thought: well, that's just a common graduates party... looks exactly like it.

[@caracal429]

Well that was a fever dream… LITERALLY!

[@Luredreier]

But without the fever, hopefully?

[@LinaScott]

Off the rails in time for Xmas 😁❤ Thank you for another amazing season.

[@sontypohnenamen5161]

„Patrick, you don’t have any friends“ - „Well thanks mom, i know that myself, no need to rub it in!“

[@2chaskell]

It wasn’t as central to the ep as I’d hoped but glad the series finally had a dragon appear

[@GBS4893]

Ah, the dreaded 24h session that goes of the rails during the first. Those eyes at 0:50

[@skycr7059]

Well that was bizarre and terrifying.

[@lyonmane2689]

Loved the lagged out werewolf stuck running against the wall

[@lochthefox6397]

I love this show, it never fails to put a smile on my face.

[@antwan1357]

The DM steals the show again , but the psychedelics was worth it now give the DM some acid trips , and watch the story unfold.

[@jyveturkey8072]

I was just talking to some guys about how I pretty much improv entire campaigns and they somehow work, great skill to have when you can't predict the players. Love you, Deerstalker team!

[@RolfStones]

This was like an off the rails version of inception. You're welcome

[@torinnbalasar6774]

Nixie has learned to use Fireball as a utility spell to create a light source. Be very afraid.

[@JonathanToolonie]

Somehow this is how I imagined Matt Mercer would be if he encounters a party like this.

[@JazzJackrabbit]

Off the rails? Happy trails!

[@arokh72]

Can't go off the rails if one is never on the rails in the first place :P

[@spungfoo]

Not the first DM I've seen those their mind, and it won't be the last

[@sulik4035]

I love this 90s Xena/Hercules computer effects.

[@EuFaloDeCarro]

What a Crazy Train

[@MberEnder]

My brother's friends came over for a super bowl party and wanted to play D&D. So I ended up improvising an entire one shot as my first ever time being DM. With a party of ten people. It was chaotic but everyone seemed to have fun.

[@mikbdee2186]

Patrick needs a break. Maybe a hug.

[@jeremytarr6602]

I love this show. Thank you for continuing to put out funny sketches!

[@MarvelX42]

I kinda like this as an idea for a game. Maybe a one-shot. Things just randomly shift around, see what the players do. Hmmm

[@scottsmartky]

"Now I can roll a 1 online too!" I feel personally attacked! This is one of the funniest videos you all have done. Of course, the real question is, Has a campaign ever stayed on the rails? Or not obliterated the rails in the first session? Have a very warm Christmas and New Year down there while we in the US freeze. Can we borrow that dragon?

[@Venomtankmod]

SSS-Seduce steal stab. That was legit my rouge’s family crest

[@eruverille]

thank you guys for spare serotonin! hope u have nice holidays now if you celebrate them!

[@matyaskleparnik8302]

This video Really Went off the rails

[@Blackfox_Kitsune]

to be fair, Most times going of the rails is thanks to the dice rolls, SO MANY campaigns have ended up in the bin thanks to that roll 1

[@earlwyss520]

My group just finished a campaign, and we did a first to our DM, we killed his BBEG in one round. We all landed hits on him, but one guy got a natural 20, and did close to 150 hp worth of damage in that one hit. We had already circumvented a battle by lashing a wand of frost onto an arrow, and shoot it into a fire (that we assumed was home to fire elementals or some such). The resulting blast killed anything present. Before that the party had to drag my Swashbuckling Horn Dog Satyr Rogue/Fighter Pirate (the only non-magic in the party) away from a Siren who he had just fallen in lust with.

[@jeremiahlewis410]

Gotta say, that White dragon mask/helmet? Oh yeah! Very nice!

[@ReclinedPhysicist]

This one is different. One of my favorites

[@weareharbinger914]

As a DM, i learned to just not have rails. They drive the car, I'm just the backseat driver pointing out what stuff they can do along the way. Whatever they stop at, thats what we play. Players are the variable you can never entirely predict. Just the other day I managed to skip a chunk of plot because i could summon a creature to tunnel through rock when we were shunted to a dungeon couldn't teleport from.

[@Kjorn90]

Well, it could be worse... At least Adendale didn't replace DM again :p

[@LivenPL]

Woah, I think that was one of, if not the best episode you've ever made

[@JayJayFlip]

I also have DND dm terror dreams about being unprepared for sessions and the like, perfectly normal.

[@HardiH00d]

looks like the seams have come apart. oh it's a plot. (c)

[@morrigankasa570]

We love Nixie!!! She is the best character and super adorable!!!

[@isidornimages]

Who would have thought this campaign could possibly go off the rails with such a stable cast?

[@Someguy_9]

They had a cast member who was in a stable. It was distressing.

[@nelsinki5177]

Hahaha, for just a little bit you miss the ''Allan'' dragon head mom dream joke. XD

[@kathryngordon5115]

I just binged every season and all I can say is more please - like now!

[@demitri9830]

After watching a couple of your movies, I tried to pick my favourite character, and I can't. Your characters complete each other, and not one of them would be so much fun and interesting without the other two.

[@ellabartal4652]

This is the most unhinged one by far. Very weird you guys, very weird...

[@Bladez10]

When the campaign goes off the rails, the DM becomes unhinged.

[@THS_UH66]

Improvisation is fun, and can give a nice surprise for the DM who usually knows every little thing that’s going to happen. Had to improvise one of the party members going berserk, turning evil and attempting to kill the party with a devil lizard pet. It was fun and has now opened up yet another sub-plot for us to explore. And me to write. Fun.

[@alinastrekozka2837]

Poor Patrick! I wish him to get enough sleep. However I hope to see Evandra's wife again! ♥️

[@suzandouglass5241]

A good DM always has a strategy for bringing the party back to the storyline. Random games are a blast. That's what makes them so much better than video games.

[@vickykendallweiss6428]

This was insanely good! Now let's hope the comment section doesn't go... OFF THE RAILS.

[@darkserpentcat3309]

I’ve only just finished watching these and I would love to see an episode where Antrius is the on the receiving end of a new player flirting with him. Whether he ends up enjoying it or becomes uncomfortable is a toss up, just think it would be funny to see.

[@WynneL]

😂🤣 I love you all so much. Seriously, your work just keeps getting better! This season is the best yet. Please never stop.

[@Srefined]

nixie just keeps getting more and more lovable.

[@Born_Yashish]

Hurray.

[@simonioos]

what in the name of antrius did I just witness

[@NoXHealeR_Exile]

It's literally EVERY dnd session I've ever played And - hopefully - new Pathfinder session would be this way as well

[@adrielroman1496]

As a current DM I must say that the DM must always be prepared for the decisions made by his players, he plans a thousand paths and the players will be in charge of looking for the ones you did not plan, in my case my games are a mixture of planning and improvisation

[@greenechri]

Pretty nice production quality on these video, Deerstalker team. I come for the written humor but the touches in the sound, wardrobe, and effects are a nice plus.

[@etherealdragon207]

If this is the end, it is my second guess on how it would end.

[@themad8088]

sometimes improvisation goes wrong, thus problematic results are unavoidable, HE HE HE.

[@donaldporr9682]

My friend never really had a plan. He just adlibs everything and singles makes a cohesive story. Fun times.

[@kiramiller568]

Patrick needs to chill the beans lol loved seeing past NPCS such a great season! Can't wait to next season

[@CrimznRaven]

Love yall and your works!!