Pat Rothfuss BS best bits: A masterclass in D&D's rule of cool

[@toddsummerwind]

Having been a gm for Pat for years, he was always like this. I very much enjoyed having him throw me a curve ball as it kept me on my toes and often lead to a much more enjoyable scene. Although I would just as often call him on his bs.

[@WreckerR]

I would love to play D&D with this guy. I would, however, never want to DM for him...

[@709mash]

Can't blame him for testing the limits lol.

[@mikkosimonen]

"Although I would just as often call him on his bs." That's probably because he doesn't have compromising photographs of you.

[@kevinkorenke3569]

Thing is, how many of these scenarios actually helped them finish the show on time? Do you have a long drawn-out fight between multiple characters which will make the show go over by almost 40 minutes or do you drop a chandelier on them and get the hall cleared out in time for the next event?

[@lavrentivs9891]

@@mikkosimonen Or he too has compormising photographs of Pat ;)

[@Sam-yi1iz]

Imagine if that guy wrote books. That would be amazing.

[@bradenlittle3406]

Yeah...

[@Abitflippant]

If I was under the pressure of thousands of people waiting for me to create something awesome for them I would kill myself. Or maybe I would distract myself with live performance d&d bullshit...

[@doublejesusful]

@@Abitflippant Pat really labors over every single word, literally, I followed his blog for the four years between name of the wind and wise mans fear and he would write about his struggles trying to make a word/sentence/paragraph/narrative sound right to him. The time he spends to make every word important, not just filler, but part of a bigger canvas that is this beautifully complex use of written word and storytelling to create books that are not only interesting to read in plot, but also fulfilling and enjoyable in structure and prose is definitely worth waiting for. (Here's hoping he doesn't spend 17 years working on book 3 like he did on book 1 however.)

[@TheVampB]

@@doublejesusful Logically, yes. But what you just described actually makes the waiting worse I imagine.

[@sumbody694]

@@doublejesusful That excuse would work if there wasn't other authors who write books CONSISTENTANTLY with NOOOOOOOOO PROBLEMS AT ALLL. Mr. Rothfuss likes stringing the readers of his books along like George RR Martin does. People like this are pieces of shit who enjoy manipulating people.

[@blairbird8022]

"You think the chandelier is your ally? You merely adopted the chandelier. I was born in it, molded by it." ~ Viari, probably

[@thecactusman17]

It's just as important to note that Viari's character sheet at this time is a Swashbuckler Rogue who has Expertise or Advantage and a minimum roll of 10 in nearly every skill he applies this bullshit to. So Perkins is more often than not just acknowledging that he's mathematically likely to flawlessly manage most of this stuff even if he does roll.

[@JDuel100]

Patrick Rothfuss' Spiritual Weapon is a chandlier.

[@ericsnyder4592]

Chandelier is his Favored Terrain.

[@elbruces]

And also his Favored Enemy.

[@pickleplayer33]

At 2:05 "can I sneak attack with a chandelier?" So this wasn't even his first one! I'm watching this only one day after the 2019 Pax show where the lead rules designer for DnD had to reluctantly revoke his "no Pat, you may not sneak attack with a chandelier" statement after realizing that the attack roll was made with advantage and used his dexterity modifier.

[@sosrope3420]

No rules set is perfect for everything.

[@Chernobog34]

I like that this doesn't acknowledge Chris' retribution on Pat when the dagger melted half his body, or when a bunch of dryad's tried to hang him, or when a robo Beholder fell on top of him. And this isn't a sleight against the video, it's just funny that for all Pat's BS, Chris takes it out on him too.

[@jjoyce73]

There's "The Rule of Cool" and then there's "The Rule of Patrick Rothfuss." 😆

[@incitingariot9925]

The rule of Patrick is actually called "patrick rothfuss BS"

[@thetrustysidekick3013]

Chris was such an enabler lol! But I love it. Pat Rothfuss is one of those players that DM's love because he keeps them on their toes.

[@timandshannon03]

I absolutely love how Pat was pretty much given everything by Chris, and everybody else knows it, but jokingly plays along!!!! Viari, please never change!

[@HouseBread]

I love that the crowd was collectively knowledgeable enough about pats 3rd book to get why that joke was a low blow.

[@sosrope3420]

Sent the link to this essential documentary to all my players with the subject line "how to play D&D (NSFW)"

[@indigo1563]

That's actually largely the purpose I had made it for. I wanted to express to some of my players that it could be ok to ask for things for the sake of the Rule of Cool. Because they had been too nervous to come across as arguing with the DM or whatever.

[@markdasaro9045]

I think that Chris Perkins loves to Troll his other players.

[@709mash]

The more they talk about it, the worse he makes it. Proper DM lol.

[@TheRusty]

Chris is an entity that feeds off his players' misery. Have you seen the things he did to the Waffle Crew? He's why Holly is only five foot two!

[@misterjoshua5720]

When he was running Dice Camera Action! the Waffle crew confronted Chris about how much misery he has inflicted on them after seeing Chris run a PAX game. Was tres hilarious.

[@coreyede1627]

holy shit. the skellington DM looks so dope

[@davidc4983]

Chris perkins is a treasure

[@Wildtrexkid]

from the right angle you do get a Lord Voldemort vibe

[@djtazzyjeff]

He is literally THE DM, he wrote the fucking DMs guide. lol

[@thecactusman17]

Whenever I think about Halloween costumes, Chris Perkins as Death is still my first image. He looks absolutely perfect.

[@apassionatenerd.3564]

"Can I sneak attack with the chandelier?" That is the greatest question I've ever heard a player ask in DnD lmao

[@elvenator]

This is actually a really cool inspiration for GMs. Imagine building the narrative of one of your PCs around his uncanny ability to complete anything successfully, and all the world falls into place for him. Then at (maybe) 8th or 9th level, it just stops working and he starts failing everything. Isn't that an opportunity for a third-tier story arc?

[@Kayriel]

So basically they're playing Domino. On an arc where she suddenly loses her powers.

[@nivyan]

That's basically every single anime with a protagonist that's powerful from the start, before they face real adversary.

[@709mash]

I appreciate that 'Rothfuss BS' is a verb now. It's also just as much Chris as his enabler.

[@rivalx288]

I love how it starts off sort of tame but gets progressively bullshittier as the video goes on.

[@jennieohk6911]

Lmao... I love when a character argues SO hard and enthusiastically for something I was gonna give um anyhoo. Hehhehheh

[@johncmousley]

some of this shows how good a dm Chris is, really rattling the party around, lol

[@yellowdrakex]

This video could be titled "Kingslayer Chronicles Book 3" and I'd buy it

[@aeyedeyen]

God I just finished the second audiobook only to realize his editor said that they thought he hadn't written a word in years... Sad to have to wait but what an amazing duo of books!

[@Rayman1138]

For you Patrick...

[@grannyweatherwax4917]

Thank you soooo much for this. Much love, light and blessings to you and everyone here xxx

[@broken12smiles]

GNU Terry Prattchet.

[@RANDOMNESSbyJack]

So this is why he hasn’t finished his book yet. He’s too busy playing dnd, relatable

[@paulcoy9060]

I hope there is also the bit where Jim Darkmagic's brother Percival got one point more damage from his fireball, because that was "DM bullshit".

[@incitingariot9925]

Percival is his cousin.......

[@stevenwaters591]

@@incitingariot9925 actually his brother. His aunt took Percival and Olivia when they were babies.

[@phoenixsplash135]

Pat: *asks to do something ridiculous* Chris: "......Sure!"

[@netfan7117]

27:00 - Aaah, "evasion". I don't take any damage. - Oh shit! - Okaaay... I lolled hard here. Epic trolling there on Pat's side, pretending to invoke PRBS to get himself out of trouble, while he in fact made his save, and takes no damage due to the rogue's "evasion" ability.

[@happythoughts700]

DM: here is special thing Pat: can I have some more?

[@SirWulfrick]

It's suppose to be an off-script game. The more so the better. And Patrick does it best.

[@IrishDragon666]

The last one with Jeremy Crawford is awesome :D

[@fulcrumthebrave5715]

Pat has the pirate shirt from Seinfeld

[@Gravelgratious]

By Tehlu this man is a boss!

[@jennieohk6911]

God I love my old adventuring group. Seriously, best most loyal kindest smartest just most awesomely cool people I've ever known.

[@robertfalse9063]

The Chris days of AI were gold.

[@lordhawkeye]

As much as this is a love letter to Pat's BS it is also exactly why Scott needed to go. Others are jokingly salty, Scott was endless and exhausting.

[@scooby45247]

did i also find 1000 platinum? sure Pat..

[@Spiderwix3]

bless you for this.

[@dehro]

it should be put in the rules, that whenever Viari sees a chandelier, he is obliged to swing/dangle from it.

[@burmashave]

While I love Pat's b.s., this really makes me miss Scott Kurtz calling out that b.s. :(

[@fr4nch015]

"you win D&D Pat" best phrase ever !!!!

[@azclown317]

I don't get why the others seemed annoyed by the way Matt allowed him to get away with all that. They played the tabletop game (loosely) and he played the performance game.

[@lordhawkeye]

Watching the older clips really makes me glad Scott left. Too bad Scott did such a good job burning the bridge with Wil that he has no interest in coming back.

[@ROYBGP]

Wil is a fucking twat anyways, man. He's a beta sjw supporter.

[@NhilNinja]

aF Kayzar are you gonna repeat yourself every 4 months?

[@Zpayer]

@usernamedkjah and who the fuck is will?

[@dwelfking8050]

@@Zpayer Wheaton.

[@Zpayer]

@@dwelfking8050 ohhhhh.. the walking nat 1 curse?

[@SamusX10]

Thank you. This was wonderful.

[@ChristianRuppelt]

I miss Chris.

[@ROYBGP]

This is fantastic.

[@goodstormsgames9744]

I'm not sure if people realize he is a 3.5 swashbuckler which means chandelier is part of his class. It's odd.

[@francesshaw845]

This made my whole dang day! I love pat! Lmao

[@LC-hb5ky]

I came here to have a good time and his shirt at 3:55 actually made me wince xD

[@MrFForger]

Some may call it that Pat Rothfuss Bullshit, I call it that Pat Rothfuss Charm ^^

[@ibainesy]

It's allowed because it's entertaining. Bullshit it may be, but the people love it.

[@Tygermetal]

Errol Flynn of D&D. Awesome

[@necromancer0616]

Confirmed, Jeremy Crawford dropped the ball...LOL

[@yugiohsc]

Crawford didn’t have the same energy as Chris. I’m sure he’d be an enjoyable dm for some table, but I really didn’t enjoy him on aq inc

[@ticozayas6430]

the KING of dnd fuckery!!! lol

[@SoftwareNeos]

*Hydrate*

[@worland102688]

That wonderful Patrick Rothfuss Bullshit!

[@jonathaneverson3673]

Pat Rothfuss works harder for Advantage than he does for a completed trilogy.

[@medramonmasquedecendres2966]

He's an author, alright !

[@jacquestrahan8405]

So weird to think the DM literally helped write the book on D&D 5E

[@imgaryk]

Never understood why Scott seemed to be upset with the stuff Chris let Pat try (still had to roll dice). It all went to help the group succeed.

[@horsemumbler1]

8:55, No, they used peanut-butter under his upper lip for Mr Ed. Ginger is stuck up the butt to force the tail up, and is an unkind and dishonorable thing to do.

[@sunshinepurple1043]

Off topic but Chrus sounds like a golf announcer at times, lol.

[@AvatarOfGames]

Sure!

[@lizh804]

Gotta love that pat rothfuss bullshit.

[@jstchln_mt]

Well done on the vid. Great moments in AI.

[@s5aShadow01]

Good video and an amazing idea. One observation though: your audio is all over the place. At times, the volume is so low you have to crank headset volume and at other times it's so loud it sounds like over-volume on a 1983 JVC TV hooked up to a VCR where it's just straight noise. Consider adjusting and mastering the audio next time, and that would have made this video perfect

[@blackystar2399]

where can i find the full videos

[@Gimebooze19792]

Just search for acquisitions inc pax and you should get all the videos from the pax sessions

[@Til_I_Collapse]

Reminds me of this scene every time it happens. Comicvs: I coalesce the vapors of human experience into a viable and logical comprehension. Unemployment Clerk: Oh, a BULLSHIT artist! kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5jSc2WAgqqircU

[@finncarruthers9073]

So much meta talk in the middle of a battle

[@Chatedh]

Acq Inc is the most beer and pretzels game you can find. Tons of meta talk are to be expected.

[@pmcgee003]

wtf did you think dnd is exactly? 🙂

[@jennieohk6911]

I'd very nearly....VERY nearly rather watch the D&D vids than have... doors of stone. Like 51/49 in favor of the book. I loved D&D waaaaaaay before Kvothe. There was a time D&D was bae.. now it's more like a wife, well loved but sorely neglected. Forgive me, I rant. Great compilation btw.

[@svartmetall]

Scott Kurtz seems kind of whiny...

[@TheWasteOfTime]

I love how fed up with his bullshit Scott Kurtz always was...

[@lordhawkeye]

Glad Scott left, his salt mine isn't missed one bit

[@carlrosati8160]

It's missed an awful lot thank you

[@walteranderson9224]

Imagine if he put as much time finishing his series as apposed to diddling around with this .....

[@TheRealKLT]

God this comment is stupid.

[@carlrosati8160]

God this makes me miss Chris and Scott. Sorry but it's just not the same anymore

[@Soulreclaimer65]

Carl Rosati PREACH

[@ROYBGP]

Jeremy is pretty cool, man. But I feel you.

[@SoloSpartan]

Patricks best bits are done in the written word, not at the gaming table. This feels like enabling.

[@drsch]

Acq Inc used to be so good with the chemistry that Jerry, Gabe, Pat and Scott had going. It's still ok, but they're more interested in bringing in spotlight seekers than worrying about chemistry.

[@kurojima]

so you made the effort putting this together, but normalizing the sound volume was too much?

[@TheScilenced]

Akmed's shed is only mildly racist, right?

[@SigandGibbs]

Honestly I'm so tired of watching him min max and take over shows with his ego

[@SigandGibbs]

@usernamedkjah jerry doesn't min max and have his character do improbable things and rules lawyer to push the dm to giving him freebies

[@SigandGibbs]

@usernamedkjah the raps happen at the end of the show and are a direct fan request, so I don't see how that takes over anytime. There's a reason everyone complains about pats special treatment

[@SigandGibbs]

@usernamedkjah I don't really care if I'm in the minority? But thank you for honing in on that. And nice job stretching reality to pretend my complaints fit anyone else. Because if they did, "pat Rothfuss bullshit" wouldn't be a catchphrase, so obviously he does it the most

[@ShadowRulah]

You're just saying words. Viari is a rogue built on the standard array. He's not min-maxed or even optimized. He just likes doing dramatic things and any time you're willing to do something absurd your DM is going to reward you.

[@SigandGibbs]

@@ShadowRulah he is multiclassed, so no

[@omecronrodneydheel349]

His whole 3rd king killer book is about chandeliers

[@omecronrodneydheel349]

I miss that dwarf