Kobolds Killings Big Things for Albrik! │ D&D: Eye of the Beholder [GBA] Part 2

[@renatocorvaro6924]

For those wondering what Jared got wrong about 3E today: Shields don't all give the same armor class. Bucklers and small shields give +1, large shields give +2, and tower shields give +4 (and come with an attack penalty). Don't blame Jared for mixing it up, when you've been playing D&D since the early nineties, shit gets all jumbled. Gods know I've mixed up editions before. For example, I always forget that Stone Skin sucks after 2nd edition.

[@Kerrpllardy]

Commenting because I want this series to continue :) Jerd+D&D is always a good time. Especially with these older games

[@Aramakie98]

Commenting on your comment to further the cause, lol. I tried getting into the original series but the limitations of going 2x2 after playing The Gold Box games killed it for younger me. Seeing him show this adaptation some love is nice.

[@stevenspangle6832]

Yea! Keep going!

[@Lore_XiV69]

im glad his playthrough of it was interrupted by the hard disk thing, this game is horrible, xD

[@johnnygames857]

Just do the full series please we all wanna see it Espicialy for dndecember

[@robertrichard6056]

I agree. Very entertaining

[@tonyjackson4078]

Id understand if his whole party had garbage rolls during creation, but man, these guys can't find the barn much less hit the broad side of it.

[@LynceusGlaciermaw]

I didn’t research this game (yet) but I found out that the code of Warriors of the Eternal Sun inflicted a -2 to hit on everything the player does. (Explains a lot, doesn’t it?) The reason was apparently to hamstring the player to extend play time. I suspect something similar is going on here… in other words, this ongoing disaster is probably by design…

[@alfasilverblade]

​@@LynceusGlaciermaw soo its not just me who have an ungodly bad luck. The game is an anti rent scam.

[@LynceusGlaciermaw]

@@alfasilverbladeI understand what you mean, especially since we have confessions from developers of games from the era (Ecco the Dolphin) but in this case I think “scam” is probably too strong a word… keep in mind how little storage space these cartridges actually have (even GBA carts). They can only put in so much actual content; in order to make it so a game has enough play time to feel worth the purchase price they have to do SOMETHING to slow you down. You wouldn’t want to blast through the game too fast. I’m reminded of the encounter rates in the Mega Man Battle Network games. The trick is making it reasonably balanced, which has got to be really hard since everyone’s got their own idea of what is fair. It strikes me as a losing battle at best… a developer just has to do the best they can and hope for the best.

[@alfasilverblade]

@LynceusGlaciermaw its not balanced. Your just missing most of your attacks all day long. Thats not fun.

[@LynceusGlaciermaw]

@ completely agreed - not balanced at all. It’s would turn me off to the game too

[@mostlyghostey]

Whenever Jared uploads a DND gameplay video I get so excited! So glad this is continuing!

[@Methusalen]

Would love to see this series continued.

[@RadimuxCisco]

That guy truly was telling you his life story, his cousin life story, and planned what you should be be doing.

[@spaceknight1982]

This is such a bizarre throwback. I love finding out about oddities like this, thank you!

[@yuranashi]

Seeing you playing old DnD games has always been my favorite thing on the channel, but to be honest you choose the most "whatever" game this time. Maybe someday we can expect to watch you play Planescape Torment, Neverwinter Nights or maybe the Old Baldur's gate games. plus, ther are many dossbox games waiting for a full playthro You have my Like either way bcuz i love what you do.

[@user-hr5di5fg8b]

I always enjoy when you play d&d based games. I like the insight that you offer while playing the game to your personal experience with the different versions (d&d , ad&d etc). I wish you have more full play through ( of the d&d games that you enjoy).

[@tljscrewjob6397]

6:06 That’s such a nice feature that even those that go down during battles get a share of the xp as well.

[@wadewilson5712]

...did not expect this episode to be like the first episode of Goblin Slayer and by that I mean jerd's party ended up like the newbie party from that episode.

[@Nyug3r]

Remember that in 3e ranged attacks get a -4 when shooting into melee combat.

[@renatocorvaro6924]

That's why Precise Shot is vital for archer characters.

[@Terezar]

And point blank shot

[@renatocorvaro6924]

@@Terezar Eh, Point Blank Shot isn't a huge deal. All it does is give you a +1 to hit within 30ft; it doesn't stop the AoO from shooting in melee. Pretty much the only reason anyone gets it is because it's a prerequisite for Precise Shot and Rapid Shot, the two best archery feats in core.

[@Terezar]

@renatocorvaro6924 is true, but that's why it's vital. It opens up the tree

[@renatocorvaro6924]

@@Terezar Tru dat

[@riemaennchen]

This definitely feels like a game where the question should've been "Should we make a DnD Dungeon Crawler on the GBA" instead of "Can we make a DnD Dungeon Crawler on the GBA". While the GBA gave birth to a lot of great games a first person party based Dungeon Crawler might've been a bit much for the small Handheld.^^

[@BriBCG]

Honestly the fault lies more on poor execution than hardware limitations. You could have made the same game much better by improving the ui, feedback and controls. The graphics could be much better as well although that's easier to forgive. Also on a system capable of delivering near SNES level sound effects and music, this effort is sub par at best.

[@keatonkitsune4064]

@@BriBCG It really needed some more money and time to cook. Exploring in this game takes a long time to get used to since there isn't really a sense of turning. Fighting is actually fairly intuitive, but the limited sprites and the poor feedback and sound effects begins to kill it.

[@johnnygames857]

Honestly they poorly made the game given what they got. This is what you get when you take a title like dnd and say hm maybe if I cut corners. :( but Jared commenting this makes it well worth while please complete this game :)

[@masteryoraerasante]

It is not a matter of the gba being able to, but of the developers. I mean, there were first person dungeon crawlers for master system and mega drive/sega genesis. And the gba was stronger than the later. ...I'm also pretty sure I once played another first person dungeon crawler in it, but can't recall the name. I THINK the battles became usual turn-based instead of this srpg in it?

[@keatonkitsune4064]

@@masteryoraerasante The GBA was more powerful than the SNES after all.

[@SilverKnight16]

This reminds me so much of Warriors of the Eternal Sun. Obviously not the same, but it makes me nostalgic, despite never playing it before.

[@pharmcat8484]

Vlad is always a wizard. An exiting wizard.

[@vashanoid]

honestly? this is insanely in depth for a gba game i am very impressed

[@callak_9974]

This was originally released on the computer on DOS before getting ported to the super Nintendo, Sega Genesis and turbo graphix 16.

[@kalythai]

The Hexen dying noises crack me up

[@robertrichard6056]

Yes all of the sound effects are absolutely golden. As someone who came up in the 90s playing late 80s and 90s games the cheesy sound effects really scratch an itch for me

[@lyvekis8824]

Great, DnDecember is back. Keep it up.

[@breathstealer5486]

5 minutes in and Jareds dead. Seems about right. Edit: Its been less than 10 minutes and Jared has died twice

[@n.henzler50]

He knew what he was getting himself into by picking rogue yet again.

[@Terezar]

This is 3rd edition, rogues are bonkers if built correctly

[@n.henzler50]

@@Terezar Yeah, if *built* correctly. At level 1, he's not doing a whole lot of building yet.

[@axelvoss9653]

I genuinely thought you were hopping off 😂 Adventure continues, despite it all! EDIT: it seems you are indeed hopping off. I do not blame you, this game is A S S. Plenty more D&D goodness to be had! D&D Tactics, maybe? Baldur's Gate? Dark Alliance (the good ones)?

[@tjoris9]

The presence of the Precise Shot feat suggests that they ARE applying the -4 for ranged attacks against opponents in melee. Unfortunately your rogues will suck until level 3, when they can get Weapon Finesse, if you neglect Strength.

[@robertrichard6056]

I'm really enjoying watching you play this Jared. Yeah it's bad but I'm enjoying watching this. Please continue this series because it is very entertaining. 😂😂😂

[@sheakennedy-ordway1156]

I can confirm this game is pretty hard. Shot yourself in the foot midway through, no fighter and rogue means the cleric needs to be an impromptu tank. I remember a preist in the golden hammer who will revive for a fee. Spoilers... You'll want to have wooden weapons by the time you meet dark elves. And their rust monsters.

[@23Scadu]

Can't you just play the harp at them?

[@renatocorvaro6924]

@@sheakennedy-ordway1156 Cleric isn't an impromptu tank, Cleric is the superior tank.

[@Redbarren42]

Love a good D&D tactics lets play :)

[@mikeymaiku]

LOL the death pose sprite is hilarious

[@cerosis]

Little did Jerd and the gang know that the kobold here were amongst the toughest in the city

[@azuza2525]

Would love to see this continue.

[@WILLIANALBERTODOMINGUESTOZZI]

DnD games are awesome, great video Jared!

[@zannrazor8569]

Well I’m having fun, thank you for playing

[@TrueLooneyman]

So given you're now fighting Zombies and Turn Undead is being useful I did a quick check on the rules as of the 3.5 version of D&D, which I hope is accurate to this game since I don't know how different Turn Undead is between 3.0 and 3.5. A Cleric can use Turn Undead a number of times equal to 3 plus his Charisma modifier. In addition, if a Cleric has 5 or more ranks in the Knowledge (Religion) skill that cleric gets a +2 bonus on Turn Undead checks

[@thehorsefromhorsinabout]

I just put Besessenheit on repeat while I watch this, it makes it better.

[@hotknux]

The music in this reminds me so much of the music in Xcom Terror From The Deep

[@danielmechteljr2018]

Please continue this series and the Final Fantasy VI series. Also if I may add that you've inspired me to buy numerous GBA games. Keep up the good work!

[@nicholasallen9035]

Despite the cumbersome menus and controls, I loved this game, and it got me to want to play old Gold Box games.

[@tljscrewjob6397]

Are the misses supposed to be this high for the party since they’re low level? The first swing in this episode was a miss as well as all the others in episode one…

[@planthing2315]

Yes and no on one hand kobolds are hard to hit at low lvls and on the other the two dex characters are using str weapons.

[@jacethomas5562]

Idk I didn't play much DND (for this reason) but yeah across 6 sessions of 3.5 the miss rare totally tracks to me 🤷‍♂️

[@theiceknight4457]

Bows in the game are just notoriously bad. This game fun as it is is buggy. There's some spells that just don't work like bless or haste

[@brianmoyachiuz905]

If you can find gold, there might be a shop in the game, so maybe it's best to keep your old equipment so you can sell it later so squeeze as must gold as you can What the maximum party size so you can rule with numbers

[@mikeymidnite7685]

Yeah there's floors with town like places where you can shop and recruit members. This early into 3rd Edition it was probably still being thought of with some AD&D 2E influences such as having large parties. In this it's 6 I think. There's absolutely no reason to roll in with fewer.

[@benbarrett6429]

I'd love to see Jared play through the original Baldur's Gate.

[@asham868]

Anything D&D related gets a like from me. Keep 'em coming Jared! Question though, have you ever thought about playing the janky Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor?

[@fabiowagner4252]

DnDecember is back!!!! Noice!

[@quackingshoe7545]

Honestly, I dig it.

[@rodrigosatiro]

This random end battle song is part of the "chapolin colorado intro" XD

[@masteryoraerasante]

So I thought! Half of the opening horns before the sillier song starts! I wonder if it is something public domain, I think most of their songs (not counting the ones they sung) were?

[@NietypowyKurde]

Honestly this game looks like it can be cheesed so hard with sleep and turn undead. Still, fun to watch!

[@wombatgirl997]

Well yes, because that's also how the tabletop game worked. Sleep was pretty much an "I win" button for low level encounters.

[@renatocorvaro6924]

Sleep has *always* been the go-to first level spell for winning fights. The exception being 4E, which didn't have spells. Turn Undead, on the other hand, is looking much more effective in this game than in the tabletop, probably for simplicity sake.

[@gurvmlk]

@@renatocorvaro6924 How do you have a game like D&D without spells?

[@renatocorvaro6924]

@@gurvmlk I dunno, 4E was a weird attempt to make an MMO as a tabletop game. The whole thing was a cascade of design failures.

[@gurvmlk]

@@renatocorvaro6924 That certainly sounds peculiar. Although that summarized thought process kind of reminds me of a time when I was making my own table-top RPG, with the main desire being to try and create a battle system that felt as real-time as possible, despite still needing to be turn-based so that it would actually be functional. The results worked to a degree, but some might say they were a bit unusual.

[@OutlawDin0]

The best part of this game is the pasted in Dungeon Hack music.

[@Aligar]

Yeah, I remember playing this around when it came out since my brother picked it up. It was nice as a novelty and trying something different (didn't play many/any 1st-person dungeon crawlers back then), but definitely got nowhere in it because of the difficulty and jank. I appreciate you playing it, but if you're ready to tap out after the next one, I am fully behind that decision. The devs tried, but oof they didn't exactly succeed.

[@Kenthis15]

Jared is in the unenviable position of remembering enough about the rule set to get in trouble, but not enough to avoid really basic mistakes.

[@keatonkitsune4064]

I know this is late, but you can revive dead party members. I can't remember if the inn has a healer.

[@hmgirlpopuri5819]

I remember buying this game for $4 in a bargain bin and just never playing more than 10 minutes of it. You're braver than me.

[@alancalvillo6756]

Legendary

[@avidwriter2882]

Whelp, good series. GG.

[@ApolloXGen]

Hey Jared- Love your stream, just FYI it's pronounced "Koo-De-Grah" emphasis on the last syllable. Coup de Grace . Keep it up, 1 HP Jerd!!! 🤣🤣

[@fabledraccoon]

Pretty sure when he says pronounces it weird it's a reference to Mr Satan in Budokai Tenkaichi 3, who pronounces it like coop de grays

[@ItsmeInternetStranger]

There is a shocking number of people who don't seem to know the French language exists at all.

[@Walterthefatblackcat]

Oh I’m sure he knows, and does it to troll us.

[@aesheronanglvd3th309]

No, this is an overcorrection. "Koo de grah" would be how you pronounce coup de gras, which means blow of fat. "Koo de grass" is correct for blow of grace.

[@alfasilverblade]

Koo deh grahss

[@DePhoegonIsle]

Always remember, bomk is a powerful magik, assuming you live the life of the bonk.

[@ther0n1nnamed47]

This game... Man.... I own it myself and can say... Don't forget about climbing lol. Also side note... You have any "ammo" equipped you find more in rest .. you run out though you have to find more

[@Aramakie98]

That first kobold is like, "Hey, hi... am I just invisible to you? No wonder the dragon ignores my advances."

[@felixramirez9920]

Sleep and turn undead were sweet. Just use sarcasm to hide the pain, you will do it.

[@renatocorvaro6924]

Man this game is slow and clunky but I am a sucker for anything 3rd edition, I'm gonna have to try this out.

[@AsilarWindsailor]

I really enjoyed this game as a kid and put a lot of time in to it with a couple playthroughs

[@AsilarWindsailor]

I'm not sure as I never figured it out as a kid but I wonder if the guy in the Inn who said he'd heal your wounded can make party members not dead?

[@Lore_XiV69]

F for the series that barely started

[@astridsactionrc545]

The difficulty of this game is brutal! I never got very far in it. 😭

[@TheDirtbaggrif]

17:29 That's also how I sound when I have little money

[@TigerNightmare]

I wish someone would do a remix of all these kooky voice samples.

[@spaceknight1982]

Talk to everyone in the inn, one of them said they could heal the party.

[@xLeifant]

I loved this game as a kid haha I hope you finish it, but I get it if you don’t.

[@Lore_XiV69]

i have to say that the song that plays when you win a fight in this game is the same one that played on the opening from the "El Clapúlin Colorado" series that aired on 1980 on latin america countryes, and you can hear it here on: "watch?v=mSUXQZPFuRM&ab"

[@guardianalon]

Oh man, this game... this game is jank incarnate with a difficulty curve that puzzles me every bit as much today as it did twenty years ago. I played this game on and off for years as a kid and I was terrible at it for longer than I care to admit. It is an often frustrating, punishing, and downright perplexing experience that 100% builds character in those who slog through it. 10/10; excellently terrible game, and I'd love to see more of it here!

[@jacethomas5562]

I friggin love this jank shit, Jerd!!

[@ItsmeInternetStranger]

Early D&D I swear you're rolling a d8 to hit. Miss, miss miss miss miss, every game.

[@bnoolk1788]

The screaming is fucking funny.

[@bearbeard6604]

Commenting to ask for this playthrough to be continued! Por favor.

[@AlphaSquadZero]

Commenting to keep the series going

[@insensitive919]

Spoiler: Vlad basically murders Jared and Dylan, I love it so much

[@MrHeesman]

I'm not asking for a full playthrough... but a few more episodes would be real nice, please and thank you. :>

[@alphadad2225]

So is that horrifying scream just on a random loop?

[@midnitepagan9118]

U need weapon finesse on Jerd so with light weapons he uses dex to hit instead of str. If the rules are correct. Also Jerd can sneak attack with bow up to 30 ft away.

[@pmgmsd]

Lol, Homestar's "Chawichtur"

[@theiceknight4457]

Projared what ever you do, don't cast fireball within 4 tiles of your dudes.

[@callak_9974]

Recommend playing any of the versions released on the consoles back in the 1990s instead of the gba 1. Each version has its perks, snes had the better controls, genesis has mapping, tg16 best music.

[@ezequielali9400]

I love Jared and dnd to the max. But instead of this Jared could be playing solasta crown of the magistrate. I had a fighter in full plate shield and rapier flying fighting vampires crawlling walls. No joke.

[@pharmcat8484]

I miss editors Dylan and Vlad

[@Slytalion]

Yay more DND, how about trying the PSP DND game?

[@CircleOfTheSeptagram]

Some of these screams sound like they're from Golden Axe.

[@Seegtease]

keep it up!

[@Shiver_Bane]

Looks like a tactical and dungeon crawling game mix-up. I would perfer the PSP tactical version over this.

[@redwizardmatt]

I would watch this. I tend to enjoy DND games. Also, Jerds tears sustain chat.

[@spike1988x]

next time if your are shooting from back line dont aim for the one in melee, go for the ones behind them because there is a penalty for shooting into melee

[@tymmezinni]

I couldn't play this back when I bought it because of the sound effects, and it hasn't gotten any better....

[@kodytiffany5686]

I am not sure how they expect you to hit Xanth with Kobolds being an issue.

[@TheLastPhoen1x]

Shooting into melee aren't gonna hit unless you have the perk to negate the penalty.

[@The_Badseed]

O'le One Hit Jerd

[@TJtheEevee]

How does this game calculate accuracy, cause 90% of the time, it's like Jared's party keep rolling nat 1s.

[@Azurus]

For starters, he's not using weapons that work with his stats, his best character combat wise is the crossbow user. It's +1 to hit for every 2 str above 10, same for ranged attacks with dex. Too early in the game to have dexterity modify melee attack rolls. Thing is, enemies have good stats and base ac and he has no base attack bonuses. +0 to hit on something with 14-16ac is going to leave a 65-75 miss chance. His best character has a +5 to hit and even that accuracy isn't great at 40-50 miss chance

[@TJtheEevee]

@Azurus Ah, okay. Thank you.

[@softpigeon3084]

Man this game has potential it just has a lot of small problems lol

[@Nier235]

my only question is why isn't the worst kept secret not doing anything? or is he just doing jack all again?

[@breathstealer5486]

First!

[@NatesBestLife]

Fantastic concept, dismal execution. Don't subject yourself to this

[@giacatnguyen9635]

This is entertaining to watch, but it looks painful to play.

[@zubizuva]

I appreciate you giving this a try, but oh man this is rough.....

[@TheMorbidHobo]

I was super excited to see another old D&D series on this channel, but yeah, this game is rough. Almost no music, seems like wierd controls, an very very little information-- the fact that most of your guys had 16+ in their relevant stats and were hitting so incredibly infrequently is crazy. I'll keep watching if you keep playing, but I'm defnitely not pushing you to keep playing.

[@redwizardmatt]

How does Jared make rogues that can't hit?

[@Occatuul]

How bout a Neverwinter Night mod instead or something?

[@SchwarzerWerwolf]

Watching this is entertaining, but man, this feels difficult.

[@rupeeb]

godamn this game is janky as hell, will still watch all of course