Narrated D&D Story: Clever Dungeon Master Teaches His Players A Valuable Lesson

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[@allthingsdnd]

This DM was pretty clever but what would you have done? And holy shit, we can now use channel emojis in comment, that's awesome for all the members

[@UndeadSteampunk]

I don't think I would be smart enough to do what the dm did but my campaigns are just for laughs because i what my party to have fun and not have to be so serious all the time

[@scp-lw6cn]

I roll to raise the Dead I got a. Nat 20

[@UndeadSteampunk]

@@scp-lw6cn all hail Astoshan

[@jonelmore8346]

This was very enjoying to watch, great content! Thank you!

[@scp-lw6cn]

@@UndeadSteampunk yes the army of the undead

[@varto07]

I had a DM who taught the meta gamer rogue a good lesson. When a new character entered the inn they were living, the rogue immediately picked the lock of his room and searched through his belongins. The DM asked why did he chose to search that particular person´s stuff and he just shrugged and said his character was paranoid and would go through anybody´s stuff just in case, even when many others had come and gone and he never had broken into their rooms. So one session we had two new characters (one was a player who recently died and was rolling a new character and the other was his friend who wanted to try d&d for the first time) As always, we were at the inn, recovering from our last quest (my character almost died so he was quite beaten up) when the DM said that two elves were talking on the corner of the room. As expected, the rogue walked right to them and sat on the nearest table, trying to listen to their conversation. The elves realized they were being spyed and decided to leave. Seeing that the elves were not the new players, the rogue followed them, thinking they were important npcs and would lead him to some important quest related discovery. After following them for a whole day, he realized they were just two elves who lived in that city, nothing fishy there. Also, the elves noticed the rogue spying on them and report about a suspicious fellow to the guards. Wich lead to the rogue being deteined for questioning, leaving the DM enought time to introduce the new players to the group. When the rogue asked about the elves the DM just said: "They were just hanging out, having a drink. They left because they noticed a weird guy spying on them and felt quite uncomfortable. When they noticed you had followed them to their house they got scared and did what anybody would do and called the guards." And so the rogue learned his lesson. Just kidding, as soon as he got out of jail he tryed to break into the rooms of the new players, wich lead to another day in prison and having to leave the inn for good.

[@claude-alexandretrudeau1830]

A player learning his lesson through the quick thinking of his DM is satisfying. But a player never learning his lesson despite everything is just hilarious.

[@flynn8845]

"I had a DM who taught the meta gamer rogue a good lesson." how... then??

[@zz8352]

Sounds like so many players...

[@LucaxCorp]

This doesn’t sound like he learned a lesson.

[@raptordaraptor7861]

Honestly, this is a great solution. Good DM moment. Far more entertaining than the "DM/player owns the party" stories.

[@Athetos_Admech]

@Nospam Spamisham That might have just upset all of the players by taking away all of their accomplishments up to that point. This puzzle was a clever way of getting the point across in game.

[@samuelsoliday8241]

@Nospam Spamisham I get the impression you don't know what "simp" means.

[@JDub-TV]

@Nospam Spamisham The fact that the players seemed to enjoy the puzzle and get excited solving it, makes it sounds like it was the perfect thing for this particular group.

[@renejaensch8723]

GM "They regenerate again, waht will you do" Barb "Me gets angy and hit them with axe!" GM "GJ, what will the rest of you do?" Team Ò_Ó

[@samsonmacri941]

man that rogue has a high stealth, didn't notice it in the picture till half way threw the video.

[@Manicies]

I didn't notice them at all until I scrolled down and saw this

[@cryomagus]

I giving both of you a like, the low and nat 1 on perception checks made my day

[@Manicies]

@@cryomagus That's fair.

[@timwoods2852]

I didn't see him either until he was mentioned.

[@AndreyKrichevsky]

I did see him early, but still took me a moment. I think actual credit goes to the artist, for literally hiding the rogue in the picture

[@lilgoblin3687]

This was a great solution to a problem that some would solve by screaming at eatch other. To bad the Bard dident stop being a a** but still turned out very good. And the moment the paladin Said wait i have lay on hands and took care of the wounded was just wholesome

[@garyvincent7397]

An a**

[@kuzmavolkov]

@@garyvincent7397 Sorry, your *'s are not grammatically correct.

[@garyvincent7397]

@@kuzmavolkov a$$

[@TheUnnbreakable]

I especially appreciate the GM owning his/her mistakes and using them to solve the problem.

[@Blazeman330]

Brilliant dungeon master. Great way at handling the partys shortcomings. Especially well done considering this was crammed into an hour session. Great vid!

[@IamaPERSON]

And props to the players for being good sports, even though they got frustrated!

[@markopuljek5565]

Just had my session of lost mines of phandelver and taught my players the outcome of murder-hoboing. Without spoiling anything to those who want to run the campaign it goes as follows: they had decided to take a quest from a local quest giver to get rid of a band leader operating in town and they procedeed to go to their hangout and murder everyone except one for information. Then they murdered him and cut of their heads as a token of their good work and presented them to the quest giver who was really pissed off at them basically saying that "you murdered those members and you honestly think that their boss wont look out for them and that he would just let this fly by without fortifying his base with more henchmen and without revenge on the local citizens!? Now take these heads and get lost and fix this mess!" That made my players think and fully grasp the concicvences of killing everything they see and get out that "this is just like a video game" mindset

[@zephyrerazortail5478]

Nice!

[@targetdreamer257]

We have a guy that doesn’t always pay attention so… We end up having to fight every anyways.

[@masterpiece1817]

7:22 I JUST now noticed the rouge. He blended in so well that I missed him

[@AuskaDezjArdamaath]

Masterpiece _ yes, the rouge was so well blended with the rest of the foundation for a flawless look. 🤦‍♀️

[@YamiYaiba]

A properly applied rouge should blend in. I am impressed by how well the rogue was hidden though. I wonder if the rogue was wearing any rouge?

[@ghostlycrescenteuwlulumain2653]

try watching the video with subtitles on your phone... you cant even see him xD. (my native language isnt english so i use subtitles to be able to follow the story without having to stop and think what i just heard)

[@justinrinker2480]

Not so much "players are playing wrong" as it was "players don't know their options" and this really was a great way to show them that they can do other things. Not really any different than making an encounter where diplomacy is the only safe way out to try and push murderhobos to talk to people before the stabbing happens.

[@Draezeth]

The bard has no excuse though.

[@domi3457]

@@Draezeth ye I can't understand the bard

[@KyleSage35]

I keep a lil scenario around for murderhobos, usually envolves them angering a god then all the murderhobos get TPK'ed after some torture, smart players learn, the idiots just get killed again & have to relvl all over

[@TheTsugnawmi2010]

Simple puzzle. Very important lesson. Brilliant job

[@Zarqualyn]

Super awesome lesson! I once DMmed a party that only used half of their abilities, and had little to no respect for eachother. I solved it by having them get hit by a beam of ancient technology. (This was a modern day campaign, and they where exploring the ancient sunken city of Atlantis) They all fell unconcious, and I had all the players close their eyes. Then I swapped their character sheets, effectively causing my entire party to be bodyswapped. They had the mind of their old character, but for the time being, they had to use the stats and abilities of the body they were in. This was amazing to watch. From the first player to wake up to my comment: "You open your eyes, and the first thing you see, is your own face, still asleep."(He screamed like a schoolgirl and woke up the rest) to how they handled stuff ("No way I'm taking the frontline now! This is Khaidlynn's body, I can't bash it around like my own!) and how they made eachother see new and creative abilities to use their powers. When they finally found the technology to swap themselves back, the lesson was learned. Also, I read a lot of comment that say: "Kick that Bard!" "If he's not going to play his character as he should, he should roll a new one!" But why? The meta-gaming part isn't cool, I get that, but if he refuses to use his abilities, even after this lesson, that's his choice. If he likes to play a Bard that way, let him, especially if his entire group doesn't make a big deal out of it. Part of the fun of the game and your character is how you shape it, and that doesn't always follow stereotype. I myself play a Tiefling Fiend Warlock with an Urban Bountyhunter background, like a stealthy knife thrower. Tons of fun so far. Just saying. Anyway, thanks for the vid, and till next time!

[@crowsenpai5625]

“Freedom takes everything you have.” Gods I love that riddle

[@miloxyunto]

This was an uplifting story. I hope the DM doesn't mind if I use a similar trap inspired by this on

[@kcollier2192]

Now THAT is a clever, resourceful and above all patient DM. Wonder if it's possible to gave DM cloned?

[@LocalMaple]

What I like about this is how each player had their own doors. They could have left the party after they were done. I would have made a single door with every symbol on it.

[@Kurukuu]

I think they could all run at the same door. But that'd mean they could get separated :l

[@craigtucker1290]

I am going to go out on a limb and assume the doors were not arranged as depicted so much as a series of them in a row.

[@Kurukuu]

@@craigtucker1290 that makes sense

[@dandew1072]

Considering that each door opened after specific actions by specific players there is a high probability that the other players would not be able to go through the rogues door due to some magical barrier or some such cheap trick.

[@craigtucker1290]

@@dandew1072 That would have been a poor DM decision that would be unnecessary. Having them all like a series of portcullises one after the other would have been better in that they can all be seen and yet will only open if the right character activates their particular portcullis. That way, the players can see how they work, but also be denied egress until all have been activated without having to put in a silly magical barrier that only allows certain classes to pass. The difference comes down to the DM and whether they can make a believable scenario or an unbelievable one. Its metagaming in that how would doors know what class a person was, let alone know when someone used a class ability. This seemed necessary with how unfamiliar the players were at playing their classes.

[@tuckerfyffe4999]

Dang, that Rogue must have rolled pretty high in his stealth check because I didn't see him at all until the very end of the video.

[@josephpowell3558]

In our current campaign we had the bright idea to have a small band of orcs become town guards for the small village we were staying at. I hindsight, dumb idea, but our wizard sold us on the idea and I wasn't being the best moral compress even for being a cleric of Tyr. Final dungeon for the module comes and goes, only to find the town had been basically destroyed by several warbands of orcs. Thankfully one of big factions was nearby and wiped out the warbands. Afterwards my cleric took the event personally, spending much his time in the weeks after trying to repair the damage. Even to point that I had him give up his cut of a reward from the final dungeon. My DM is a first time DM, but she is amazing and taught us that our actions and inactions will come back around.

[@mariagoff5532]

Wow. Great story!

[@TheBronzeDog]

Kudos to the GM for a creative solution.

[@ProtocolDroidHK47]

A fantastic idea, all in all. A very good teaching lesson, and a good way to give everyone a chance to shine in a cool way. My only problem is the Bard. Sounds like he just wants to be the charismatic duelist of the group rather than playing a support role. I have a bad feeling he might become more problematic over time, especially considering he meta games.

[@barshilo3620]

ty for the video

[@umbreonmaster8921]

I was a player in a dnd campaign. I was a half elf wizard. We were in a cave with a bunch a goblins. There was a goblin on a rope bridge and i had mage hand. I had asked the dm if i could use mage hand. She allowed it and i used the mage hand to push the goblin. The goblin then fell into the river under the bridge. Teachable lesson: When playing a spellcaster, always have the mage hand cantrip.

[@lorekeeper685]

That cantrip is pretty broken

[@MrLung1991]

Prestimigination 😂

[@LightningBoltSpark]

I hate to be "the rules lawyer", but you can't shove/push a creature with Mage Hand (that would count as an attack, and the hand can't attack :/ ). Nevertheless (assuming it was one of your first games) I think your DM acted well, rewarding your creative thinking. :D

[@derekgunnels4856]

Yeah even with cool over rule I probably wouldn't have allowed that. Mage hand can't shove creatures that big.

[@LightningBoltSpark]

@@derekgunnels4856 I would have ruled it as an "only this time" thing (again, assuming first time playing). This way you get the "cool effect" but you set the correct player expectations regarding the spell, from now on.

[@deathknightrevan]

Man this gives me an idea. I have a newbie moon druid, and she almost always wildshapes into a bear, and that's really it, maybe I should stick her with a cursed item that prevents shapeshifting for a few sessions to get her accustomed to casting more.

[@thundergod9696]

But moon druid focuses on transforming. If she was a land druid I'd understand.

[@deathknightrevan]

@@thundergod9696 yes this is true, but she's always lost when she runs out of wildshape, and it's her immediate reaction to everything. i'd like her to familiarize herself with her spell list more.

[@thundergod9696]

@@deathknightrevan oh ok I got you now. Hmm I actually play a Moon Druid trying to think of a way that might help then.

[@deathknightrevan]

@@thundergod9696 well for example you can maintain concentration while wildshaped, as long as you cast a spell before shapeshifting. So things like entangle, faerie fire, hold person, or silence could be cast prior to entering wildshape, and sometimes it's just more optimal to sit back and cast from range.

[@thundergod9696]

@@deathknightrevan the way I'm built I have mage initiate my spells I have are mage hand and find familiar one of my tactics is cast an AoE spell like Moon beam beast shape then use the familiar ro fly away.

[@angrymike590]

Honestly this person sounds like one of the most patient DMs I've ever listened to. If it was me I'd try everything but a puzzle

[@Sturmjaeger]

I can't believe it took me this long to realize the narrator's avatar looks like Eric from the 80's D&D cartoon.

[@R3GARnator]

Profile pic checks out.

[@JaelinBezel]

Didn’t Eric suck though? I think it’s a coincidence.

[@Darleer]

This guy seems like a great GM honestly. The ability to take responsibility for things and finding an amicable solution, despite knowing that he's not the only party to blame. That's a good team player

[@quizilot]

I am so glad this came across my feed. I have a group that refuses to learn what their classes can do and I have been straining for a solution. This may just work.

[@lockwoan01]

Perhaps the Bard would be happier as a Collage of Valor or Blades - those are more martial subclasses, and might fit their playstyle better.

[@TheGaboom]

So he created a tutorial encounter, nice

[@delcodanglin9382]

Kudos on the creative thinking to help get your players more engaged but also and maybe more importantly, on being able to recognize where you as a DM can do better. Being honest in your own personal critiques can be hard but bravo on seeing your shortcomings and learning from them

[@kanelibrea]

I like the barbarian’s art. Really appreciate Polynesian representation

[@cjdd8184]

Thanks! One does one's best. A lot of my buddies growing up were Samoan. This is my shout out to them

[@troperhghar9898]

Just had a great time playing deadlands which is DnD in the weird west How a team of drifters stoped a genocide with a train robbery

[@troperhghar9898]

@@zvolyx3247 it's accualy a great story Our party came to a town called Seneca to sell all the loot from our last mission, when the townsfolk were just about to hang a native American because the people think the Comanche had attacked them as it turns out the local Comanche were just attacked by "blue coats" as in the US army and the army had a supply train get robbed just a week before Our team worked every lead we had and found out a man named Tobias Manning was provoking the three groups to fight each other so the army would bring the Comanche a huge amount of food, guns, supplies, and gold as a peace offering that could be stolen by Tobias and his gang Now on a time crunch we have to take over a train (at this point Tobias`s gang already took it over) stop the train before it hits the bridge that had just been bombed out and get the supplies to Comanche before they call the other tribes and declare war

[@serafine666]

My favorite teachable D&D moment was a Pathfinder game I was in that taught the lesson of not fighting the guards who were just doing their jobs. What happened was that we were in a city for a quest and the party rogue, who was actually a really good player, was accused of stealing something and then the guard who responded recognized him from a description and tried to arrest him. He (character not player) freaked out and tried to run, and the rest of the party attacked the guards in an attempt to defend him--except for me. I'm not bragging here, really, it was just that I was playing a Lawful Good and the guards were the law. Reinforcements arrived and went right passed my character who was just standing there and watching, being law-abiding and nonthreatening. The end result of this was everyone except the LG cleric in jail and said cleric going around using Diplomacy and the fact that she'd been a good citizen to get them out. I wish to note that the "don't fight the guards who're just doing their jobs" wasn't a lesson the party had to learn--they were all veterans who were playing their characters according to how the characters would act and already knew those characters were being stupid. But I still regard the experience as a good example of a lesson being taught even though the audience wasn't at that table.

[@StormSage13]

This was great. I run a group of 6 where only 2 of the players are veterans (team's rogue & cleric). The rest are new. One is a monk who only uses flurry of blows (no other Open Hand abilities), a gunslinger who doesn't understand his action economy, and 2 casters (sorcerer & wizard). I've really had to take my time as give them times to learn their class abilities and carve out time to help them learn anything giving them trouble. The wizard doesn't just his conjuration school abilities, but he's new to 5e and casters can be a lot for a new player, so I'm cutting his some slack. The sorcerer doesn't regen his spell slots with his sorcery points, but sorcerers can be tricky and I'm working with him to help him get it. The fighter was weird since they're the most straight forward, but he was basically confused by "what can I do as an action" so realizing he didn't do any research, I had to teach him the basics (this presumably wouldn't be an issue if he wasn't playing a gunslinger, but any other fighter). The only point of resistance is the monk who insists that his ki is punching ammo and doesn't use stunning strike or his Open Hand techniques. But I plan to work with him to help him broaden his options. I've known this group of friends for a long time and getting them into D&D is my way of keeping us from drifting apart since these guys and girls are like family to me. I'm willing to take my time and really work with them so they can learn the game and have good old crazy fun

[@LocalMaple]

I made a variant of this puzzle for my party. Full story will be submitted later, once the campaign’s over. Basically, I made a trial of the gods. Same premise of recovering enemies and locked room. But the gods were watching how they used their skills, and their symbols would brighten on their hands by a point per god. The same skill used a different way could curry favor with a different deity, and skills that straddled gods would curry favor with both. Once ten “points” of lights were collected by a character, their symbols would flash and lock to whichever deity had the most. Ties had to be settled before locking. Once every character got 10 points, the trial ended, and the party got loot based on their character and which deity they won favor from.

[@neillindgren8992]

One clever and awesome DM! He did a great service both for his players and for other future DMs they might play under.

[@EvilShadow7777]

You know, this story reminds me of video game design and how important a good tutorial is. A puzzle room that encourages the players to use a variety of abilities before advancing vs a very simple training enemy is pretty brilliant stuff! I could definitely consider doing some puzzle fights similar to this themed around certain unique player abilities. I think even experienced players could use encouragement to use some of their best options.

[@raistlarn]

I might steal this idea to let my players learn how to use their characters, and what options they could use, because I feel like the whole party only slightly knows how to use their characters. One might know, but he's the newest player, and hasn't had enough sessions to to truly show me what he knows. He did catch me (the gm) off guard with a spell and turning a trap back onto me.

[@timwoods2852]

Wow, not only did the DM manage a teaching event, but it doubled as a comradery event as well. It can be so hard to get players who aren't roped together at the start to have a good reason to work/adventure together. This was a great way to kill two birds with one stone!

[@johnnysizemore5797]

Notes from a NG human Idiot; Greetings from lovely Restenford(sorry if this is a little late, i had an issue with a Store vendor....)! Some groups need a helping hand starting out, so there's no shame in giving it to them. It was fairly clever of our OP to fix his mistake, though he should've been paying more attention(in all honesty) to the rest. Again, it appears one of my former Tutors was more wise than i thought when they said "Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which, before their Union, weren't perceived to have any relations." May your pantheon ever favor you(especially in these trying times), Baron Trevelyan of Restenford

[@AndreyKrichevsky]

This is pretty much the same concept as the Mr. Freeze boss battle in Arkham City. An encounter that forces you into using your entire arsenal to progress instead of relying on your habits. That's why it's considered one of the best boss battles in video games. It forces you to be versatile and makes it feel like it's your achievement, rather then something you were made to do.

[@alexandrachiodini3416]

that was brilliant indeed, game mastzers like that, are great, getting the characters to use a little bit of brain, and find interesting stuff to hook em up

[@batwaynebruceman2490]

My Sorcerer had a bad case of "Rogue Complex" Meaning he would take everything that wasn't bolted to the ground once all the enemies we're destroyed. No matter how insignificant, or if it was an NPC ally that fell, he would take it like the horder he was. It was especially an issue when a magic item was given to the party. I wanted to teach him that sometimes you don't wanna take an item. This is what I did: The party was caught in a snow storm, and needed shelter. They found a cave that held a statue of a snow/wind god, acting as a church or place to give offerings. On the alter in front of the statue was a beautiful sword made of Ice with a red gem in the hilt. Of course, the sorcerer grabs it, knowing that he can't even use it as well as some of the other party members. (Like the party paladin for example) As he touched the sword, it melted into water, the red gem included. Behind them, from the ground, a large ice giant grows out from the ground. Roll initiative. The giant was mopping the floor with them, killing the party paladin right before the sorcerer felled the giant. Was it cruel? Maybe. (The Paladin was experienced and was cool with character death. Seriously awesome dude.) Did it work? Hell yes. He knew not to be so graby with magic items or normal items when it didn't make sense to take it. No regerts

[@user-ht1iu5os5w]

One of my favourite things in dnd are the combos you can do during a turn

[@mistamemewide]

That puzzle is actually pretty clever. Using their own abilities to solve puzzles.

[@purplecatjake]

Sounds like a good tutorial encounter in general

[@Naro_Rivers]

I don’t have any issues with players not using their class abilities, but I might use this puzzle at some point because it’s cool and interesting.

[@morecringe89]

Because we enjoy when a game transforms in a life teaching

[@movespammerguyteam7colors]

Well that’s an interesting way to get inexperienced / dense players to learn how to use all the tools and abilities at their disposal.

[@animeoverdrive1847]

I once didn't realize that you could just choose to be a better person I thought you had to use magic for changing your alignment. So he eventually left in many ways and I brought in a new character.

[@NWolfsson]

That is really nice, and inspiring too! I am GM-ing a game of Dragon Age, and based on threats and themes of my arching plot I'm designing an encounter in the Fade (a dram-like plane where smarts, communication and willpower are often more important than physical strengths)... I think I can use that kind of puzzles to give them a headache :p

[@ddqfpluskick]

I wish I had thought of that three months ago. I was playing with a group of new players and running the prince of the apocalypse campaign. The players seem to enjoy it but often find encounters frustrating. I had trouble getting the two spell casters to understand using magic vs their crossbows especially since one is a sorcerer and has yet to use Meta magic. However this was my first time being a DM so I do watch these videos to get some advice. I will remember this one for the future

[@firstswordcorvus7368]

A great solution, also why would anyone dislike this video? I wish my first D&D experience was similar to this, my first experience was simply not good at all. It happened yrs ago, but am happy that I have recently joined a campaign and I'm having lots of fun with it

[@djphroop]

Even if this was a solution to a smooth brained party the puzzle itself is brilliant. This will be a go to puzzle when running a campaign with new players it can be a great moment to learn more of why D&D is so amazing.

[@R3GARnator]

I love stories like this that don't get caught up in someones ego.

[@DrPluton]

That bard not wanting to use bardic abilities cracks me up.

[@staren1991]

I would assume the rapier-wielding bard takes inspiration from earlier editions where (I've heard) bards could be bladedancers and other melee characters

[@shanerasmussen5225]

Depends how far back you go. For example, AD&D doesn't even have Bards in the core classes, ie The Players Handbook. I think they came in with 2nd edition but I don't have that PHB to check, 3.5 does have Bards in the core classes, and includes rapier in the short list of weapons that can be chosen for starting proficiency, has spells, but their abilities are Bardic Music and Bardic Knowledge. I think back in 2E Bards didn't even get spells.

[@sertandoom4693]

@@shanerasmussen5225 AD&D bards did exist, they were basically "multi" dual classed. They would start as a thief or fighter for so many levels, then they would start leveling in the other until they hit a certain level, then they would start over again as a druid at which point they were considered bards. Generally speaking, unbalanced as all heck- stealth, fighting, and druid magic use (they also had to have appropriate stats for each class).

[@lechauvesouris2969]

Great solution ! That's the extreme version but often heppens with one or two players not really playing to their fullest. Showing a NPC of their class can work but not always, Not sure if I'd steal that specific solution (great but only if it's a party wide problem), but I'd love a bunch of encounters ideas tailored at this task...

[@zacharymichener4687]

I was DM'ing a game for some friends and my girlfriend's younger brother, all newbies but one of my friends. For this campaign, they were in an island city when the island's volcano starts erupting and the city is at risk of being destroyed. To succeed, the group had to split the party and have Group A defend the town citizens from fire creatures that were awakened while Group B defending the spell casters who were working to detour the lava flow around the town. Anyway, as soon as the volcano started erupting my gf's brother, playing a chaotic neutral warlock, made a beeline for the port and tried to steal the first ship he found. When I tell him that someone else has climbed on, he tries to lie and say "This is my ship. If you give me 10gp I'll bring you to safety". He rolls a very low deception against my natural 20 insight. I explain how this is actually the npc's ship and he knows you're lying. He immediately casts burning hands and kills the guy. As the guy falls back to the dock, clothes still on fire, everyone else stops and stares. He rolls a 14 deception to declare "he was trying to steal my ship, it was self defense" which I tell him is high enough for everyone to ignore what just happened since there's a volcano erupting, but no one trusts you enough to board the ship. "Fine, then I bring the ship out far enough until the rest of the group gets here" he says. "Is your background a sailor? Or does your character have any experience that would let him sail this ship by himself?" I ask. He angrily says no and demanded "I thought you can do whatever you want in this game?!" I calmly responded "you can. You just straight murdered a guy because he caught you stealing his boat. But just because you can do anything doesnt mean it doesn't have consequences." At this point he begrudgingly left the port to rejoin the group to complete the mission.

[@stephen4338]

Oh my gosh this video is actually a super good one. If I ever run into this problem which I might because I have a lot of new players and they haven't really had to use their class features yet I just might.

[@adamhane9636]

This is a good puzzle I'm going to use this as a game Zero starter, Also let the bard play as they like

[@RIVERSRPGChannel]

Good story Nice to see a group come together

[@emberfist8347]

I have to compliment the DM for not just going for the TPK.

[@Squall598]

4:05 at this moment I knew, it was a god damn tutorial lol.

[@Nazo-kage]

The only thing I would’ve added to the scenario would have been three dots on each door that would light up one at a time before the door opened. It’s been my experience in RPG‘s but if you try to solve a puzzle and an action you take fails you try something else you don’t try the same thing multiple times, at least unless there is some sort of queue that is showing you it’s working.

[@JangoFox11880]

Awesome way t teach all of them something important :D

[@purplestar322]

A lesson i learned, If you ever decided to assassinate a prince in dnd 5e make sure it is done at the hands of a lvl 7 or 8 Assassin Rouge Grung

[@VentricDual]

Clever clogs, DM!

[@sophialambert2616]

This is absolutely brilliant problem solving.

[@DirtTheDweller]

I legit didn't even see the Rouge, Jesus that was good.

[@NeoIsrafil]

Great teaching puzzle, I love it!

[@rob5541]

That was a great solution. So awesome!

[@CritScratch]

I think I might use this puzzle for my campaign

[@GreaterGrievobeast55]

I MISSED TODAYS EPISODE JUST TO WATCH ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST?! dammit....YIRBEL LIVES! UGHHHH

[@carbumb4229]

The first thing I did in a D&D game was to grab a cup at the end of room. Normal spider nat 1. Dead. Did not even have an encounter.

[@fredslipknot9]

This is so wholesome

[@contrarianson]

Hippity Hoppity this puzzle is now my property. My players will love this

[@epileum67]

I live for All Things D&D Videos

[@allthingsdnd]

Live for yourself too Fletcher, have fun

[@epileum67]

All Things DnD Thank you so much for replying! You have no idea how much it means to me to have one of my favourite channels notice me, not to mention calling me by name! Thank you so much ☺️

[@kanseidorifto2430]

I would have set them up where only metagaming is possible but they never end up dying in each encounter, to allow them to realize quicker to use more of their abilities and be more creative.

[@claude-alexandretrudeau1830]

So, he disguised a tutorial as a puzzle. Clever.

[@commonviewer2488]

Force them to use their full arsenal of abilities, got it

[@dgffite9387]

I had a DND session yesterday and two of the people attacked a kid so I had the kid pick up the orc club the he dropped and kill the dwarf.

[@ATSucks1]

The bard used "cutting word"... and people said that's a useless class ability.

[@dontmindme1681]

Well done, DM!

[@darklusare7582]

I lmao'd when Paladin remembered she can heal

[@JT5555]

There Is Only One Ability That A Bard Has That's Worth Anything: *SEDUCTION.*

[@bragnir]

Clearly, he should have seduced reality itself into nixing the BBEG from existence- and then open those doors, as an afterthought.

[@JT5555]

@@bragnir Hey,This Game Is All About Trying Things Out.>;3

[@jonathanstern5537]

Why, if all you're going to do is run and stab would you choose a Lore bard? A Valor or (depending on whether or not the game was played before or after the release of Xanathar's Guide) Sword bard would be more suiting.

[@SaintJimmy379]

I feel like OP is a teacher IRL. Teaching is also a part of learning ( :

[@kabanzai]

The puzzle is clever. I think I'll use it

[@135Fenrir]

Very well played mr DM.

[@Nevict]

I believe that a monster immune to physical damage would have worked too.

[@social3ngin33rin]

cool background animation

[@cjdd8184]

Thanks :)

[@DamonFyrian]

My teaching moment was as a player. Short version of the story, don't start PVP with the Tiefling Warlock who gets three attacks a round for 2d6+4 each hit that crits on a 19 inside a burning building when you don't have fire resistance and only get one attack a round. (They attacked me, not the other way around, and it wasn't mutually agreed upon, they just attacked me.)

[@SerDerpish]

Mark Brown would be proud 👏🏽

[@skullsquad900]

Now that was a great puzzle!

[@MFZBitch]

Gosh i love this soooo very much.

[@kallsusae]

That bard needs to be shown that hexblade warlocks exist

[@capile2]

What a great DM

[@ZigZag-mw9ir]

I am first. Which means I don’t get to browse comments while listening.

[@allthingsdnd]

Watch it again after an hour 😉

[@ZigZag-mw9ir]

All Things DnD sounds like a plan

[@Vaizt]

The cost of greatness.

[@timwoods2852]

That just means, no spoilers.