Know Your Player: The Explorer

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[@Runesmith]

Gonna throw this down here for the concerned. twitter.com/the_runesmith/status/1163933116592881664?s=20

[@tobistein6639]

Runesmith thank you!

[@warlordofvideogameglitches]

This needs to be added to the playlist you made.

[@rosure7]

What do you mean kill the bandit... I wanna befriend it...

[@TheRedRobin96]

1:37 Doin' LSD be like...

[@Brightp546]

He threw it down on the comments like that trash in the river... Smh

[@flarenite1004]

8:28 "A Bear suit to help marry his daughter?" Thanks for the campaign Idea, Logan!

[@kylepessell1350]

I once traded a pirate cosplay to a smith god for a legendary sword. I also got a ring of three wishes from said pirate just because I casually asked if he had an extra one. He did.

[@SariusxX]

the bear and the maiden fair

[@axlerate1960]

3:16 "peed in their waterskins, and made a poopoo inside the gnome's component pouch!" I think I enjoy that line too much.

[@murrayfeck]

Ya, gnomes... *shiver*

[@stockvillain]

Gnome didn't even notice. Thought it was more bat guano.

[@CL30]

That merch drop from the treasure chest was pretty smooth.

[@negative6442]

"There's A WHOLE MUG"

[@noodlesgamebox5903]

It really was

[@kajetansokolnicki5714]

As a DM, I LOVE a good explorer. If they are creative enough, you can get THEM to tell YOU what exact kind of fish lives in that lake :D

[@ToXic_WeaponZ]

:D

[@Fazmukadar]

:D

[@quinnthehobbit6680]

:D

[@timberwolf306]

:D

[@holidayoreoreal]

:D

[@UnholyBasil]

Explorers are some of my favorite players, because every time they ask me something like "Who lives here?" or "What's this plant for?" I respond with "Why don't you find out? Knock on the door and ask!" and then I have excellent social hijinks that may or may not end with that player in a Hag's Hut with little to no means of escape. OR I tell them "You're not sure, you haven't seen that plant before, but you feel like you've seen something like it; roll Nature to see if you can remember and deduce the plant's uses through guesswork." and then the number they roll literally just ... gives me ideas for what the plant does. If they roll a 10, they aren't sure what it does. 15? It seems edible, probably useful for brewing some potion, but beyond that you aren't sure. They rolled a 20? *This is the Novruus Leaf, it's a primary component for Potions of Jumping, but you'd need two other ingredients to make it. One of those is the component of the Jump spell, the other can usually be found nearby - dandelions, and many of them.* I literally thought of all that on the spot, and could have done so in the time it took my player to roll and give me their result! Sure, it takes practice, and may result in a little wait time for the players while you figure out the kinks, but it makes for a fun, more interesting session overall imo

[@DeathnoteBB]

UnholyBasil You... I like you.

[@akumari6450]

Bruh, respect, i love when a dm actually plays along with their players' intrests in the world

[@horstheinrich9746]

One type of player that i've never seen anyone talk about is the engineer. While most explorers seek to explore the world the engineer will usually explore crafting and game mechanics, just because it's interesting. Many times misunderstood as a rules lawyer or a min-maxer the engineer will try to find the limits and possible boundries of his respective field (e.g. alchemy, smithing, enchanting, etc...). This has some of the same problems as the explorer, as the GM will probably be overwhelmed, because he will never have read the crafting rules as exactly or crafted theories around it than the engineer. The added problem is that engineers have a tendency to become utterly broken if the GM doesn't realize the engineer as such, and as a result the engineer is either useles or a dispenser of limitless wealth and artifacts so powerful that they may be able to slay god. The trick with engineers is giving them riddles of sorts where they (just like the explorer) have to apply their skills in a new setting or enviroment. Like for example an alchemist specalized in potions has to aid a smith in creating a magical metal to forge a legendary sword, the engineer has to apply his specialization in a new enviroment and explore the options therein.

[@Adam-cq2yo]

Oh, I like that you came up with this player type. I've often considered making a "secondary class" thing. (D&D 5e, for context.) Secondary classes would work pretty much just like regular classes, but they wouldn't _technically be_ classes. They'd be levelled-up and such _parallel_ to classes. Anyway, I was always considering making a "chef" secondary class, that'd fit the engineer player type perfectly. You'd put together a few ingredients, maybe spices, and the meal would give the party temporary bonuses depending on the quality of your meal, the categories of your ingredients (meat, veggies, etc.), any special ingredients (dragon meat, hell yeah), and such. Other potential engineer player style "secondary classes" could be alchemy, smithing, and enchanting, like you mentioned. It doesn't even have to be limited to "crafting," although I'm too tired to think of any good examples.

[@emmanuel8679]

ENGINEER IS CREDIT TO TEAM

[@Red_Bubble]

6:35 “Nothin here but nature” I just found this My mind: ITS AN ANCIENT RELIC!

[@TheVelvetTV_Riesenglied]

nice I got an idea for a magic item the golf club of badassness

[@TheVelvetTV_Riesenglied]

finesse weapon, deals 2 magic damage on a hit, throws your opponent up to 30 feet away from you on a crit if he is not more than 1 size bigger than you

[@SladePate]

Grim Hollow Ads: YOU WANNA BE SAD?????

[@alexgeorge8645]

Cow The God I’m only sad because it’s not out yet!!

[@Tmanowns]

Hey kids! Tired of being _happy?_

[@mainaccount3087]

That's my default state. Wonder if there's a reverse Grim Hollow out there?

[@flarenite1004]

1:15 The explorer sounds like my grandma when I take her outside to a park

[@skyguy713]

Yes. That is a bandit camp grandma.

[@mastervule1844]

@@skyguy713 *grandma puts hood on and takes bow and arrow out* - After I drop the first one attack them from the other side

[@stockvillain]

Know Your Player: The BBEG in Training "Okay, so you cleared out the goblins from the old abandoned tower in the forest . . ." "I want the tower." "What? Why?" "I need it. For reasons. Also, I'm gonna need all the goblin remains. Also for reasons . . ."

[@egg4444]

OH MY GOD YES I HATE IT SO MUCH when people just say "for reasons" or "because yes"

[@RocKnight11]

You gotta do a "Know your Player: The Social Gather" These people play D&D mostly as an excuse to get together to hang out, have coffee & cake, and gossip. They may not ever really understand the game mechanics because learning the game isn't really a priority to the Social Gather. Keep in mind, there isn't anything wrong with such players, they can be easy to please if given the right environment (having food/drinks and plenty of smoke breaks may go a long way with such players) but these players may not be as committed to the campaign as others might.

[@TheMetaKaiser]

RocKnight i would be this person but everyone I play with has different special dietary needs who choose not to eat NORMAL FOOD LIKE NORMAL PEOPLE

[@stakefr0mjatefarmvods534]

Idk man, using the game as an excuse for a social outting when (assumingly) everyone else want to actually play the game seems like a pretty shitty thing to do

[@pennding3415]

Wouldnt they be very commetied to the campiagn just because they like to hang out with the people?

[@TheMetaKaiser]

Jacob Stevens for my group, literally all my players are like that, and I the DM am the only one who’s not.

[@RocKnight11]

Keep in mind, I don't think that the "Social Gather" people are bad players, in fact most of these players are super-chill and could be a lot of fun to be around. D&D by it's very nature is a "social gathering" activity and playing without snacks/drinks is just wrong to me. My only problem I have with such players is that some may not be as committed to the campaign. They may spend much of the session gossiping, complaining about work and such or canceling meet-ups altogether.

[@Alhelir]

They removed the car manual from the car and ended up in a stream, that’s what happened!

[@soshalconstruct5463]

Logan: "I know running around a creek won't earn you a magic scroll or gold, but..." Ad: "earnin is an app that lets you cash out instantly" Me: "Cool, KZbin is completing our sentences now"

[@manafestering7385]

I hate how I started reading this comment the moment he said it, and then that same add popped up, quite frankly i am scared

[@theheretic7622]

"That sucks" Runesmith 2019

[@mainaccount3087]

Welcome to 2020, when that quote summarises (edit) most everything so far.

[@FictionRaider007]

The entire group I DM are explorers! I've ended up doing the "go round the table" method for downtime. The Sorcerer built an spy network, the Rogue goes on dates with multiple high-level NPCs trying to gain favours or secret information for the party, the Fighter set up a hospital to combat the plague raging throughout the city and the Bard had a different "get-rich-quick" scheme each week which led to him starting a rat circus, a detective agency and a drug dealing empire. It can be tough to balance it out so that everyone feels included and to stop people getting fidgety when they aren't in the spotlight (the Sorcerer especially suffers from former-DM syndrome) but the sort of stuff they get up to adds so much life to the game. I usually measure it out so I have a major event planned that should take about 15 minutes with each player (the Sorcerer's favourite contact's cover has been blown, the Rogue's suitors have uncovered their infidelity, the plague has adapted to resist the medicine, and the Bard... he normally just grabs his sidekick and they go out half-cocked looking for platinum), so they all get equal amount in the first hour and then go round the table asking if people have more they want to do. Sometimes it can take an entire session to get through all the things but the group all seem to love it as much as combat and adventuring, so I reckon as long as everyone is enjoying themselves there's nothing wrong with that. However, I'd also point out that I'm very lucky with my players. This sort of thing really demands for your players to be the sort that are bursting with ideas about things to get up to. If they are the sort to slide into the background and not get involved then it could be rough.

[@spehizle]

a suggestion: to actually experience this sort of game, play a campaign where a constant time crunch isnt present. Where exploration is actually in the narrative. my personal favorite I ever ran was a pseudo monster hunter sort of game, where the party were hired onto a Royal Society type expedition as guides and muscle for the hapless nerds looking to publish their next book about monstrosities in a new, primordial continent.

[@pohatunuva3771]

Yep, that's me. Often goes hand in hand with kleptomania. And it's bled into my DMing significantly...

[@LibertyOfDoom]

Kleptomania? I burnt down a tavern and framed another patron to steal a neat sword from an old lady.

[@creativedesignation7880]

If this playlist contained Know Your Player: The Kleptomaniac that would be me. But the explorer also fits. I mean technically I am just exploring the contents of NPCs pockets, right?

[@ruki4929]

I didn't realize that I was an explorer. Or just addicted to down time.

[@rita6355]

My heart kinda broke when Logan threw trash in the water, I kinda hope he fished it out

[@Ghastly_Grinner]

LOL

[@TheNSJaws]

on the bright side it looked like paper, so at least it degrades quick?

[@TheAbruptdeath]

He replied to another comment saying it was a spur of the moment mistake, and that next time they film there, they're going to bring a trash bag and collect what they see. I felt the same, but if he follows through on that, its a net positive overall.

[@rita6355]

@@TheAbruptdeath oh that's really good to hear

[@bens1cultist405]

Nick it already looked like it was exposed to a lot of water and would probably shatter in the waterfall

[@brannonmachir7363]

2:53 "Some explorers just wanna go fishing" Oh boy, I have some memories...

[@fireknight4151]

the shooting from 4:35 - 5:46 actually is really impresive. Its like something out of The Revenant

[@VictorRodriguez-yx8mf]

*gets revenge on those who left him behind*

[@EthalaRide]

6:43 I'm 60% sure that's a murder weapon

[@ThePurbleKing]

I mean, there's really no other reason why a golf club would be ditched there.

[@commissarlugh1040]

Yeqh but is it enchanted?

[@EthalaRide]

@@commissarlugh1040 Is it talking to whoever is holding it?

[@blazesalamancer8767]

@@EthalaRide I am a paladin. Let me see if I can smell any evil on it

[@juliododd860]

@@blazesalamancer8767 roll a d20

[@Niemandzockt]

I guess that would be me. I would go around and ask as much about the world as I could until the imperfection of the DM breaks my immersion.

[@mastermuffles7097]

9:24 Just by seeing how far he threw that thing, I don't think I'd ever want to get into a fight with Logan

[@JoyAndAgony]

when he started describing wandering in the woods and i just thought back on how some of the most famous mods in skyrim are survival and chill mods

[@niallkinsella2687]

One game the party got to a point where it was clearly a "you've finished for today, continue tomorrow" part of the game. So we all did. We all went home to sleep. All but one person who decided to become an explorer. So he breaks into a mansion, hide in a box of onions until everyone has gone to bed, sneak into the basement, explore *the whole goddamn place* and solve most of the scenario in one sequence of lucky stealth rolls.

[@vicariousxiv2436]

My group is actually made up of a bunch of "explorers" and our GM has practically a photographic memory and spends most of his free time developing campaigns for after we finish the current campaign, so by the time we get to them they are in fact filled to the brim with secrets/treasures/death for us to just happen upon and discover. And each of our campaigns have lasted a few years while playing once per week, so it's not like we run through them or anything lol But yeah, honestly being able to play in a campaign where we can just discover and essentially LIVE in these fantasy worlds without constantly being dragged into end-of-the-world scenarios that keep us running forward without any time to enjoy yourselves and explore character development with fun RP...... I consider myself lucky to be part of such a "slow moving" group as some of my other friends have called it lol

[@gearholder8882]

_Paaarty encounters a traaaveler whose carriage has fallennnn in a riverbank_ Cool, thanks for the plot hook idea at the end there Logan!

[@brianthegreat5994]

Isn't that the start of Jojo?

[@jonathancapehart4669]

@@brianthegreat5994 Yes. Yes it is.

[@thedocblock6421]

"Why's it so hot" while staring directly at the sun is a question I ask daily.

[@Fallenmonkd20]

One of the best merch introductions I've seen. Nice

[@TrIpTiCuS]

I think exploration is an underrated part of dnd. Sure, as you said, you won't find magic items in a random forest, but why not reward the players with other things. Specifically crafting materials. The ranger has a woodworking kit? Reward that 18 in nature with a cool type of wood that can be carved into a bow with an extra 100 feet of range. Did the forge cleric with a proficiency in smiths tools roll a high perception check in a deep, dreary cave? Perhaps she found some strange, magical ore that, when forged into a suit of armour grants her resistance to fire damage. It's easy enough to come up with on the spot, plus you could easily assemble tables of materials and ingredients outside of gametime using a bit of creative thinking and a couple random name generators. Maybe the wood from earlier is this deep gray, and glows under tension and the metal has an iridescent blue and red sheen. Plus, I think it'd give a way cooler feeling for the players since you put the responsibility of forging these materials into something useful in their hands, making the items they craft feel way cooler. Allow the players to describe how they decorate their own weapons and armour. Is the paladins greatsword strictly utilitarian, or does he spend hours carefully carving intricate patterns and pictures into the blade? Let the players make these items personal. Provide opportunities for these to be enchanted down the line as well. Maybe an old mysterious ruin has an ancient shrine that, when a weapon is laid upon it and the right incantation is muttered, the weapon is enhanced. Go wild with it, the sky is the limit.

[@AceTaxiaGaming]

*Laughs in UA Ranger+Perception expertise+alert*

[@DragonaxFilms]

I love that every time you go outside for these videos there seems to be mild chaos happening nearby.

[@3rdwheel231]

Don't wanna be that guy, but could we get a Know Your Player: The Murder Hobo? I'm really struggling getting that one player involved in the story

[@CErra310]

Bully them into submission with revenants

[@spinydragoon2280]

@@CErra310 YES

[@celestialtree8602]

Find out what exactly that one player likes, and adjust accordingly.

[@chrishubbard64]

"You stumble upon a secret cage fighting organization under the inn! Challenge opponents in a fight to the death and win prizes if you survive." There, now murder hobo is busy earning himself some cash and prizes while the rest of the group comes pick him up after they figure out where to go next. :p

[@evandugas7888]

Make them suffer. If you attack enough people or places there maybe a retired wizard or fighting who is stronger. The world is large. Show me them murder hobo are killed.

[@bully_hunter_4206]

Best summary of an explorer ive ever seen. Reading the journals of bandits, askin about what fish are in a lake. Perfect.

[@drakevegas7073]

3:19 That dead bandit didn't blink that entire time. I respect Jacob a lot more now.

[@PhilTruthborne]

I think a balance between combat, other encounters and world exploration is the key to a perfect session~

[@cabosneaker]

I'm in a party with absolutely no instigators or explorers, so when I describe a scene they just look around the table awkwardly.

[@flamesofhellstudio]

Everytime you do shots in nature I'm just going, "EVERYTHING LOOKS LIKE IT'S MY OWN BACKYARD!"

[@Altorin]

"a bear suit to marry his daughter" Hahaha

[@kendoweeb2766]

3:02 that's some nice Sly Cooper music you got there

[@Jasonwolf1495]

My D&D campaign travel essentially has a roll for day encounter, then they can push themselves to travel half distance at night and have a high chance of encounter (if they wanna be risky or rush) or they camp and have a lower encounter chance. It's Not perfect, but the travel has a distinct feel to it. I do give them time off though and we've had some hilarious reactions from that. The noble of the group literally rented the fanciest place they could and lounged around in a fluffy robe like an asshole and it was hilariously on point.

[@blairbird8022]

I was all "what's in the chest" and then it was merch. Well played.

[@robertmoorhead2406]

[leans in close] ...west...marches...campaign

[@Volvith]

Best merch transition ever, 10/10 would traverse the wastes in search of merch again.

[@explosionsfxauuuuugh]

after watching this i am 100% an explorer. i am so sorry my dms for making you make an elaborate world build and have a lot of notes on the world for my tons of questions. thankfully my other party members and dm are cool with it.

[@azada83]

As a dm who overprepares his worldbuilding, these are my favorite players.

[@nekoimouto4639]

7:00 really sounding like a quest-driven minecraft modpack...

[@Alex-by9kt]

When you think an explorer is getting too obnoxious, don't forget that one of the reasons to be an adventurer is the desire to know new things and know new places. A paladin would be just a town guard if he didn't like to give light to new people. A rogue would just be a robber if he didn't liked to challenge himself with progressively bigger heists. A mage would just be a professor if he didn't wanted to test his powers under different circumstances. Sometimes, mindless wandering with your friends is a better reward than a beholder carcass

[@chrisslash638]

Welp, i finally found my archetype. When he mentioned Ranger and Monk (Fav classes) made it official. XD

[@thereprehensible435]

Barbarian here. Got into a solo encounter with two armored golems, one with a pike and the other a poleaxe. Thw other party members knew of this in-game, but OOC didn't like me and thus decided to try and kill me off numerous times prior. That time and all following, they got the DM to cooperate. Joke's on them tho', both golems died in spite of constant flanking and their attacks inflicting on me some sort of status that halved my walk and sprint speeds. Basically, DM tried to force a kill via flanking and cutting my ability to flee while the party watched and waited to loot my shit. And after that, they decided to get my character arrested for looting the golems of their gold-plate helmets, one of which had been flattened. My character was chased and tased (*YES, TASED WITH MODERN TASERS.*) by FIVE elves at once. ALL hit their marks. I asked for public rolls due to the obviously broken nature of this, but still expected to get screwed over. I made ALL rolls but one. The roll to beat was 14. ONE taser roll save was ebough to knock my character unconscious, due to having only a few hit points left after the brutally unfair solo encounter. And then my party tried to testify against my character in a courtroom, logic and evidence be damned. All items were circumstantial and my character's backstory allowed me to easily throw off any lingering claims by pointing out the remaining evidence was almost definitely a forgery by their sibling, a crime lord with strong connections to numerous organizations and legal fronts. Eventually the DM and players ran out of excuses, player tried to submit a forged document of ADMISSION OF GUILT and play it off as something my character had written. The character that was vehement in their legal defense and innocence. And this document was never declared, only brought up late into the court hearing. DM and players flat out told me they wanted me gone when all this failed. Wished they would have just said so. Wasted my time for far too long.

[@AniMesuro]

OH MY GOD my party probably hates me for how many times I tried to use the scenery in combat. One time i killed an enemy by using a crowbar to drop a a giant rock above this dragon king boss of the campaign, making the final blow and stealing not only my party's mage's kill but also the throne because of this prophecy none of us didn't even know. It was a fun campaign.

[@LaffinJoker]

I like at the end with the stuck car. They basically said, “Let’s caulk the wagon and float it across.” and then failed.

[@TELichty]

7:01 sounds like the inane ramblings of a RuneScape Ironman.

[@BRWeisensel]

As a mechanical engineer, with an physics student and a electronic engineer in our player group as well, I put forth the "Engineer" as a player type. They are the one that will ask which direction the grain of the wood the door is made of is going, or go through the exact calculations of horse/fodder/cart balance to get the party from point A to B. While they might seem like pointless question to most people, when they use a utility spell in an extremely creative but still within the rules way it is all worth it. As long as they moderate their questions and desire for exact detail so as to not derail the game.

[@krelekari]

I'm an explorer, but instead of running off unwarranted I tend to audibly "ooo" and "aaah" at all the descriptions

[@Kildar042]

Holy crap! Shep! 2:55 He's in my hometown of like 2000 people in Montana.

[@Person01234]

I'd say, reward the exploration. Some of the party likes exploring, some like fighting? Cool, why not do both. And don't just roll up some random encounter on a table, create a whole mini-quest they could stumble upon whilst moving around the world and looking. Just make it a small self-contained distraction that could get them a little loot and isn't very long and the explorer will feel like they found something cool and the rest of the party will have their combat.

[@fisch37]

Of course the explorer works perfectly combined with an explorer player as a DM, as that DM will delight in someone caring about their carefully crafted world.

[@danielsantos-wh2op]

Dude I as a DM loves the explorer, because I made super complicated maps with an ecosystem and a backstory even before the adventure starts. In my opinion, is our job to give interesting things for the players.

[@DanteOscilla]

9:30 I feel like this is one of the main reasons explorers explore.

[@blaudrossel]

At my first one shot (run by my brother) I played an elven archer called minty. She treated the adventure like a tourist tour and always kept wandering off and almost dying. It was lots of fun for sure

[@TaylorHam]

I LOVE explorers. Im mostly one myself, which makes being the DM exciting haha. My players just went to the Plane of Ice, i highly reccomend looking into it if your high level party likes exploration. Its a super awesome plane to wander about, as you cant really get to right where u need to be. Planeshift in to a random spot nearish to your spoken destination, roll on an creature ecounter table and a unique terrain table maybe four times a day, and you have a pretty awesome exploration game with a blend of social, combat, puzzle, and exploration :)

[@G1NZOU]

I'm and explorer type, I like knowing what the streets are like or finding random shit in treestumps that someone hid there. Although I tend to hold back cause I'm terrified of hogging the attention, but this video has encouraged me to do it more now. As an inexperienced new DM I've been guilty of the "you take a couple of days to travel to the town, here's a random encounter of two hill trolls" type of play cause it felt like my players didn't want to explore, but I regretted doing it and it railroaded my storyline too much and sped it up too much, I should tease more exploration out of them instead of trying to cater to the one or two players who only care about "we travel to the town to do the main quest".

[@bucketoanxiety8428]

Visiting a monument? nah, my party is all about that haunted playground

[@Volvith]

You deserve at least about 850k more subs. ... Seriously, I don't even play DnD, and i've watched about half your videos already, and i'm planning on watching them all. At this point, from where i'm standing, you're the Luetin09 of DnD; Quality content that never seizes to entertain. Cheers man! :D

[@noamtepper456]

Your merch is awesome dude, don’t be a shamed to plug it

[@IzzetNilson]

i live in the middle of a desert, and seeing you going around random areas in the woods and finding all kinds of stuff really makes me want to do this too. I need some woods though :(

[@fish3977]

if you're a DM and have a player like this, work out a few side quests ala "explore a cavern" or "an old city, now abandoned" that you can spur up on them

[@SuperGarysWorld]

This has quickly become my favorite youtube channel

[@bazingabot2311]

I played my first dnd game at a friends b-day party a while ago, and it was kind of a cluster fuck. We all collectively decided to ignore every attempt our DM made to start the story, and went off to find Madagascar to enslave lemurs for profit.

[@MrPaintRoller]

Isnt that like all the stuff that makes a world feel alive?

[@bytheburnside7539]

Really stressful day and this shit was what I needed to lay down and get high to. Love you my man, thanks for the A1 content

[@MitchNesbitt]

To all past and future DM's I am totally this type of player. And I'm sorry.

[@bradleymorgan8223]

You are more than welcome at my table, i love it when someone cares about a lovingly crafted world

[@Willhascookies]

DM not being prepared is SO accurate.

[@johanneshaukanes4531]

I don't play this and barely knows how D&D works. I enjoy the info and the surprising comedy parts. XD You look healthy guy's! And girl :D

[@scootersocks2793]

I had one of these players once. She died because she wanted to investigate the abandoned castle and the rest of the party told her not to. She went in anyway and got killed by a wraith.

[@Deathkyun]

Ahhh 3:03, reminds me of an inside joke our group has. DM: "As you lay down, nearly sound asleep, you hear pitter-patters on the ground then silence. You widen your eyes, and in your peripheral, you notice a glint of steel." Me: "Am I being mugged? I jolt awake and prepare casting Firebolt. I cry out: 'Square up, bitch. I know magic.'"

[@adamxei9073]

As they say in the devil's in the details. Literally because you got lost and wandered into the nine hells!

[@lindseyfrancesco4]

I love worldbuilding so all those annoying questions at the start of the video are the kinds of things I love getting a chance to answer as a DM

[@NodDisciple1]

02:30 And this is why is pays to have a random encounter table and to sometimes have your players make rolls with an appropriate skill such as survival, navigation, and/or stealth.

[@shanerooney7288]

How the DM can deal with 'The Explorer' *DM ~ "You Die."*

[@MrKrossix]

Thanks again for giving us this enjoyable content, Logan. Always get a good chuckle at your narration and little skits. Thanks!

[@roberthill5805]

I am an explorer and it is great, as the party will realize that I just piss off to some corner of the world or some plane. The group just has come to terms that the wizard might go to somewhere where he shouldn't have gone.

[@spencergreene3262]

Oh wow this is most of my players (after they evolved from newbies), that's such a revelation. Luckily I really like worldbuilding; I'll have to try to focus more on traveling between major plot points and describing cool locations.

[@VictorRodriguez-yx8mf]

I've never played DnD, but I play most games just wandering/exploring. So I feel that I would be like this in a DnD game.

[@Blargerhonk]

Now like, having an encounter chart full of random things- combat, discoveries, nothing, shortcuts, etc., is a good way to do it I think. Maybe roll on the table for each day of travel.

[@Biodeamon]

so when do we get Know Your Player: Murderhobos or are those just chaotic evil instigators?

[@slyseal2091]

That's just a player.

[@dolphinboi-playmonsterranc9668]

Why hide your stuff when you can cast floating disk instead? I mean like, that's 500 lbs of carrying capacity.

[@wardedthorn6523]

You have to actually _have_ that spell to use it

[@TheElectrikCow]

I really envy you and your friends for being able to do the stupid stuff you do in these videos and have so much fun. Seriously you guys give me hope for my D&D group where I am DMing for the first time.

[@catharticmonkeys1793]

The bloopers have steadily become one of my favorite segments...

[@pranakhan]

When considering this playstyle, I always think of Red Dead Redemption 2. Some people couldn't stand riding through the countryside, or slowly climbing a snowy mountain. I personally love this shit.

[@goblin628]

Our group usually will write notes to the Dm and describe what they want to do on the front and then the Dm will write what happened on the back. This will mostly just happen in towns, bit thinking about it know it could really work just bout anywhere. We use it because not only does it speed up the game (we usually got like 5 people, so if each of them took up 10 minutes that's about 50 minutes of game time d e l e t, so, y'know) but it can also give your character some secrecy. There's probably ways to streamline it but it works for our group

[@TDGCmote]

6:51 Some great advice. I knew I had something up with my play style, but I think I know how to fix it now.

[@chrishubbard64]

Seems to me that if you have a party with known explorers in it, that sandbox campaigns might be the better option rather than some specific, "Ok, go kill the dark demon lord gorgonoplex and his armies." campaign. Let em roam, randomly put events into play as they do. Not every party has to be assembled to save the world. Maybe this is just a group of adventurers out to get rich and famous doing whatever quests they can stumble over. "Hey look! You wandered a day off the road and stumbled over the permanent encampment of a large group of bandits! They are situated around a cave. You wanna see whats in there? Gotta clear out the bad guys first."

[@constenanto4590]

I remember early on in a campaign with my friends about 10 minutes into the campaign I was exploring and got jumped by a swarm of spiders and died and failed my saving rolls. My DM being a nice guy allowed me to be "revived" (I was a mage) and I've always hated going first now.

[@Lucky88A]

So i opened up Total War Rome, right as you were going off on your river adventure, and the opening soundtrack made it fantastically more epic. My ancient tourist monk entirely approves of this video, and my DM (wife) condems you.

[@ShouldaWoulda]

With Halloween fast approaching could you talk about scarecrows and other spoopy monsters of that sort

[@flamesofhellstudio]

Damn, I just realized that I'm the explorer of our group. I always ask for details about what we can see. Although my DM loves me for it, because I am usually the one who notices them throwing out hooks to try and get us to do something he's prepared, while the rest of the party is just...."we gotta do this and then this and this, we can't deviate whatsoever."