Rules Lawyer | 1 For All | D&D Comedy Web-Series

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[@jean-baptiste1834]

Great video! Madness is not when you talk to your cat. It's when your cat talks to you ^^

[@jean-baptiste1834]

Rules, unlike NPC's nuts, can't be broken. Note: no rule should prevent fireball, auto-inspiration in order to collect nuts and loot vanquished ennemies 😁

[@jackielinde7568]

@@jean-baptiste1834 You can get either an arcane focus or a spell components pouch as a starting item. This takes care of almost all material components that do not have a declared minimum value. (You still have to use spell components when there's a gold value listed.) It's your own stupid fault for not getting one at the beginning of the game.

[@theghostposts3828]

Do you guys have a patreon or any other way to support what you do?@deerstalker pictures

[@deerstalkerpictures]

Yes we have a Patreon!

[@blusoldierfromtf2731]

You know the rules, and so do I...

[@Vher_]

SAY GOODBYE

[@jackielinde7568]

Were we just rick rolled? Bravo! Bravo, my friend! Bravissimo!

[@drogadepc]

My, that's gold.

[@FinallyAlone]

"Time to die"

[@samfish2550]

Just want to tell you how I'm feeeeling, try to make you

[@evadevore6139]

I don’t know, I feel like the cat makes a lot of good points...

[@mcamp091978]

Hehe Kittys ftw!!

[@SonsOfLorgar]

That's cats for ya :)

[@travissobeck4939]

Yeah .. but how much catnip was that cat on ......?

[@SonsOfLorgar]

@@travissobeck4939 *ALL* of it!

[@Ghaladh]

I missed your work so much! Welcome back, guys!

[@thearbiterofwv8314]

GM: You're all nearing encumbrance; you'll have to leave it all behind. Player: I'll drop this item that seemed like it was gonna be important, but never was. Gm: *sweats in McGuffin*

[@nivada94]

gm: inner toughts *oh shit oh shit wait why am i panicking it will be the perfect opportunity to tpk the party since they will need that to beat the big bad evil muhahaha* gm: evil laughter: okay you drop the item and pick up the gold and are on your way out!

[@blastingsound]

@@nivada94this was my first thought lol

[@sousoumoi3439]

@@nivada94 I would never do such a thing to my players. When they find 3 tons of copper coins as a young dragon's coat, they took a week to make a cart. As nothing was urgent, it was settled in 30 minutes IRL And on another table we spent three months rebuilding a village (the young GM didn't just have to force us to play good ).

[@richardhockey8442]

a couple of hundred gold coins or The Mystic Rod of Ultimate Nastiness (not that the party members know this as it looks like a stick and was given to them by a slightly scruffy looking malodorous old peasant at the last inn they visited), what a difficult choice

[@bakaichigo]

Lmaoooo the way everyone I ever played with and I all would have started dropping useless sh1t to pick it all up :'D

[@MeadyBeard]

"Being a DM is a lot like herding cats." That's... disturbingly accurate.

[@jacobdavis5722]

Hey I resent tha- **butterfly flits past** Ooh, pretty! **chases it**

[@christianstachl]

Ohhhh, HERDING...i understood "hurting" and was quite worried 😅

[@retrosquadchannel2.050]

I remember similar thing, said in Baldur's Gate 2 EE: Being a wild mage is a lot like herding cats. Herding blind cats, who hate each other. I guess, it can be siad about players too.

[@DwarfDaddy]

I literally said that during my session yesterday

[@Ensensu2]

Speaking of which, can the cat get a character too?

[@Arkainjel]

*dons glasses* Ahem! TECHNICALLY, she drank the potion before he was even aware of her presence. Since combat hadn't even started yet, the punch would've been an unarmed attack as a MAJOR action during a surprise round, or at the very least beat his initiative and got her attack off first. And just to take "real time" into consideration, it's ten seconds between when she starts drinking the potion to when she throws a punch. Two separate rounds.

[@sleepinghermit7778]

Thank you for saying it and saving me the trouble.

[@pakyoungchae]

What's a "major action"?

[@SusCalvin]

If you saw three paramilitary hobos walk down the road and they started huddling and doing magic in your general direction it wouldn't be taken kindly. All crews get some procedure for how they stack and breech a door.

[@Mokiefraggle]

@@SusCalvin I mean, in this case, they were coming up on him from behind, as he was hunkered over the chest. She totally had time to chug a potion before initiating the actual battle, while the barbarian dude was still focused on the chest.

[@SusCalvin]

@@Mokiefraggle That's what most experienced murderhobos do. You hide in the bushes while you set your stuff up. You don't say "I walk up to the chump, pop a pill and drop him with my sword". You just spend a couple turns of the pill's duration on stacking up. People get their weapons up, form up for covering fire.

[@sweeneypod6671]

I love how as each of them use the rules to their advantage they don a pair of glasses. Like glasses are some kind of enchanted item that enhances rule manipulation. I feel simultaneously targeted and flattered as a DM who wears glasses.

[@Fallingtonowhere1]

Most of us cast and crew wear glasses 😂 I think the only person who doesn't own a pair of prescription is Antrius

[@sweeneypod6671]

@@Fallingtonowhere1 Must be arcane glasses. It would explain how these videos are so magical :D

[@foldionepapyrus3441]

Does it also help with rolling terribly? If so I need to find me a pair, the number of my 'big bad' that have met an untimely demise without even crumpling, crushing, or even landing a loving caressing on the players and thus have passed entirely unnoticed... Perhaps I need the help to correctly see the numbers of the die?

[@SonsOfLorgar]

@@Fallingtonowhere1 of course it's the bard who has perfect vision XD

[@danilooliveira6580]

wait... you don't put your glasses or push your glasses with your finger when you make a point ? why even try to make a point if you don't do that ?

[@ROD2o]

Where is the warlock guy? I really wanted to know how his backstory would develop

[@evadevore6139]

I want him back!

[@jackielinde7568]

He wasn't invited back.

[@deerstalkerpictures]

He’ll be back... when the party least expect it.

[@jackielinde7568]

@@deerstalkerpictures So, we're looking at a CON where the group's been invited to compete, and he's on another party the group's competing against, and it gets super awkward? I'm loving it.

[@kkk2764]

@@deerstalkerpictures yaayy 👏👏👏❤️

[@VivaLaDnDLogs]

Andrius should *absolutely* be able to pull out a mirror and inspire himself. That is such a Bard move.

[@_kodokami]

I wanted to like this comment, but 100 likes is too nice to break xD

[@gustymaat7011]

Such an andrius move

[@morrigankasa570]

College of Lore Bards, (IN THE PROPER 2014 5E SYSTEM WHICH THIS TAKES PLACE USING) can inspire themselves.

[@Soulknight-jw8ht]

I know. I mean that’s such a stupid rule, but hey. I guess the whole focus is inspiring others.

[@CCartman69]

Don't make Nixie have to remember to buy material components for fireball. She's gonna carry around a pet bat everywhere and describe in elaborate detail how she collects it's poop.

[@StefKomGeekru]

Material components for Fireball are not consumed when casting it. She doesn't need them unless she lost them.

[@ThisIsAigle]

To expand, that's true for all components found in the Spell Component Pouch. Unless otherwise stated by the spell as being consumed. I love a good use of the RAW, but saying someone doesn't have a speck of bat guano for fireball is beyond pedantic.

[@davidstratton696]

That and the fact that the potion was drank before the enemy saw them so it was a free thing to do and wouldn’t take an action since they were not in combat.

[@5-Volt]

No way any caster is high enough level to cast fireball and doesn't have a focus. 🤔

[@popsicleman8816]

@@ThisIsAigle Not quite. This is ONLY true if you have a spell component pouch. If for some reason you don't have either the spell component pouch or a focus, technically RAW you do have to specifically buy, carry, and track it. ("A character can use a component pouch or a spellcasting focus in place of the components specified for a spell." This means that if you don't have either, you need the specific components specified for the spell.) Then again, it raises the question of how someone managed to lose their most important default starting equipment in the first place.

[@ThisIsAigle]

@@popsicleman8816 oh look the idiot. That doesn't say the components are consumed. Do not cite the RaW to me when you do not understand the RAW yourself child. By the RAW. Since you do NOT know it. Only components with a material value are consumed. This is true whether or not you have the pouch.

[@jevanking4768]

The sass with which he closed that chest was just... *chef’s kiss*

[@nairocamilo]

I want that gif immediatelly.

[@jaycole1342]

Your Tiefling is absolutely lovely.

[@gerardmontgomery280]

Number 1 on the list of things you never here an NPC say.

[@mkultraification]

@@gerardmontgomery280 I don't like being that guy, but it's painful to see. *hear.

[@marcosantonio-hj7vp]

The player to 😏

[@sjuthberg]

@@marcosantonio-hj7vp Indeed, she just might be the cutest player/thiefling ever to grace the interwebs with her presence :)

[@CrudeConduct666]

I completely agree. I gotta crush on 'er

[@Fridelain]

I just remembered when the DM put a wall to wall swimming pool as an obstacle in a corridor inside a goblin cave, because nobody had put points on swimming. It was saltwater, so we could not use it to fill our canteens. I knew from reading the rulebook salt was kinda expensive, so we emptied the pool using the goblins' cauldron, homemade buckets using wood from the nearby forest, set them on the sun to dry, and made a tidy profit (we brought a cart), also rendering the pool dry to cross. After killing the things that lurked in the waters, of course.

[@lorenzolagreca5845]

Were you aware of the sea? Anyway, good thinking.

[@Fridelain]

@@lorenzolagreca5845 It was in the middle of the continent, nowhere near the sea.

[@sarahwallace1103]

I guess it is good your DM didn't know anything about salt water cause that should never had worked out for you that way and it would've never been worth the income. It wouldn't have been profit at that point. You would've been a billion times better off (and saved several in game weeks) just bringing in logs to float on.

[@SusCalvin]

Salt is one of those bulk goods that's valuable if you have an entire sack of it. I'm not sure how much salt scrapings you get from an even over-saturated pool. We've found large sacks of salt and looted them before, but we had proper logistics with wagons and labourers to pull that stuff to town. And we had 200 kg of the stuff in total.

[@SusCalvin]

@@sarahwallace1103 That's the right thinking. If it's a weird salt-saturated pool things (and hobos) have a much better buyoancy in it.

[@jakubkolnik6027]

Probably fake, she didn't eat the vial.

[@alexnestel9894]

That’s physically impossible mate.

[@siege2928]

@@alexnestel9894 Sure... Next thing you'll say there's no such thing as a "horse pocket" -_-

[@alexnestel9894]

@@siege2928 let me get this straight you have the one ton creature in your pocket, why don’t you have it at the stables like a normal person.

[@sakurado5560]

ah, VLDL f.t.w.

[@jaredhansenNZ]

A epic npc man cross over with one for all would be epic

[@FiresofDarkness]

I love how each of them had glasses to mock the DM with

[@linkboynine9814]

The DM, moments before being strangled by angry murder-hobos: "...and so you see, you can't carry all this gold, because gold has *weight"*

[@ghekj]

Three word solution: Tenser's. Floating. Disc.

[@MrUmakemelaff]

@@ghekj Two word Solution Solution... Spell banned.

[@ghekj]

@@MrUmakemelaff Well, someone is going deep into "spontaneously choked to death on his own DMG" territory...

[@danagray9709]

My group ran into this problem after capturing a dragon's hoard. They had to bury it then purchase several sturdy carts to carry it back. Coins have weight AND mass.

[@PoochieCollins]

@@danagray9709 : semantics lawyer here. Mass is weight, volume is space something takes up.

[@moonlight2870]

AHA! Fire ball needs material components THAT AREN'T CONSUMED! Unless Nixie got robbed or lost her component pouch, she should be able to cast that spell, as she did before! Also, although Athreos or whatever couldn't inspire himself, he should be allowed to do something else since attempting to do an illegal action DOES NOT consume your action! LAWYERED!

[@besNait]

Also I feel like Nixie would sooner forget her own clothes then how to cast fireball. (At least her character would have intuitive knowledge how to always have it prepared).

[@EsquilaxM]

For the former I thought the same thing. For the latter, though, inspiring others is a bonus, inspiring self is a reaction(?) [Though it seems he's either not high level or not a Lore bard] so my guess is they removed his inspiration die which means his action doesn't hit.

[@davidwuhrer6704]

While we're rules lawyering: Evandra could drink the portion in the round before the atrack. Technically that means the fight hadn't started yet.

[@Johannes-br6zn]

Also (unless that has been changed in 5e) if the material does not have a specified value in the book (like a 500 gold diamond) it can be assumed that the spell caster has it on them. So Nixie definitely was allow to cast her fireball.

[@isaac_marcus]

@@Johannes-br6zn It's not exactly assumed. For items that neither have a gold cost nor are consumed, they are assumed to be inside a component pouch, or can be replaced with an Arcane Focus. Most spellcasters have get to pick one of these up at first level.

[@summermermaidstar756]

"Bards can only inspire others not themselves" Bard College of Swords: "Are we a joke to you?"

[@danielenevoldsen7211]

Don't Forget Lore Bards

[@summermermaidstar756]

@@danielenevoldsen7211 true

[@Naznart]

College of whispers inspires themselves too

[@seanmiller2644]

Peerless Skill at lvl14 College of Lore.

[@dionysus_adores]

It makes sense you can inspire yourself, we do it all the time in real life.

[@Ka0sNinja117]

That tiefling is impossibly cute...

[@corinnebloom7005]

Indeed my friend :)

[@flushmastercyclonis186]

The entire cast is absurdly good looking. I'm a straight guy and I can't help but notice that even the dudes are sexy. But then either or both of the women appear back on screen and I suddenly feel way less uncomfortable saying, "That's hot."

[@arielalmiron9305]

does anyone have a name?

[@gabrielblack5805]

Nixie is my FAVORITE!!!!

[@christopherfarley8715]

I have the biggest nerd crush on her.

[@TheScribeScribe]

Opposite day idea. Have the DM become ALL the characters in his own short adventure with the 3 stooges as his DM.

[@sebb-ur1st]

YOU'RE BACK!! I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR SO LONG, WE ALL HAVE! GOOD JOB!

[@craigh5236]

Was getting worried

[@chicostephenson]

it has been forever. keep it up guys!!

[@mister5teve941]

I laughed so hard!!!! But the physics say I won't dis clothe and take all the gold!!!!

[@mcamp091978]

Ikr!! I literally look forward to you guys!!

[@wipeoutmax]

I'm just happy you guys are back. But denying Nixie her fireball is just cruel. #JusticeForNixie 😂

[@EvoliPlays]

Well, tbh she forgot the only single thing every spellcaster should always have in hand: AN ARCANE FOCUS!

[@uaputte]

Yes inded, so good!

[@olivermeloche2042]

@@EvoliPlays I have never met a player who hasn't been a DM at one point who remembers that they need an arcane focus/druidic focus/holy symbol

[@wipeoutmax]

@@EvoliPlays As a DM i probably wouldn't have had the chutzpah to deny Nixie anything. Since watching the series from the beginning, i do now have the very strong suspicion, that Nixie might not be, what one would call "a 100% on the sane side". 😂

[@Xkrisar]

@@EvoliPlays You can also start with a spell components pouch and if it doesn't have a cost next to it, you have it.

[@technotropism]

Genuinely sorry this took so long to release but plague times have made things way more difficult than they need to be. Appreciate all the support~

[@evadevore6139]

We love youuuu!

[@SonsOfLorgar]

You are forgiven in full

[@Marth667]

I swear the elfs swagger reminds me of bobby draper from the expanse, its fucking amazing and hilarious at the same time. This channel is godsend during these hard times.

[@deerstalkerpictures]

Love The Expanse! I've just been writing Evandra as a female Geralt but Bobby is a good inspiration too~

[@AzureIV]

For the Fireball thing, as long as you have a Component Pouch you are always considered to have the materials necessary as long as they don't have a cost in the description of the spell. She probably should have purchased one either as apart of her starting equipment when she created the character or later on, it isn't that expensive. And the rules as written don't require refilling it (it just always has that stuff).

[@ErutaniaRose]

My entire group: "TALKING IS A FREE ACTION!" We have kept that for four years.

[@jevanking4768]

Definition of passive perception there at the start

[@ForciblySquished]

MINECRAFT CHEST NOISE AS THE OPENER

[@Smoses_senpai]

I knew it sounded familiar 😄

[@FinallyAlone]

Time to steal diamonds.

[@TH3G3N3S1S]

I just noticed when she drank the potion empty and threw it to the ground it magically refilled it self a bit. I would like to have a potion like that too :D

[@lexecomplexe4083]

"I used to be every NPC! Who's this guy?!"

[@tenderhearthero9602]

I absolutely enjoyed this! As a note, however, I feel a guest PC would've made more sense in this scene than the DM. The DM's job is to uphold the rules, so I had no problem with him keeping the rules. A guest PC would've been far more obnoxious as a rule lawyer. Again, I absolutely enjoyed this! Thank you for all you do!

[@drogadepc]

But DMs must be flexible sometimes so that players can have fun

[@digitalanalogue5155]

@@drogadepc That's exactly why I agree with OP. The DM has been running this game for those players for a while. They likely know what to expect from him. A guest player, on the other hand, could definitely unexpectedly be an obnoxious rules lawyer.

[@cthulhufhtagn2483]

I would agree with that. Especially because in the series so far, the DM has shown himself to be pretty reasonable. A guest DM would also work, with the excuse that the DM wanted to play for a session.

[@deerstalkerpictures]

Very fair; that would have been fun too but I think after Annandale last episode being the worst player another horrible player would dilute him somewhat. Our headcanon for Patrick's character inconsistency this ep is that he finally learnt how to read during lockdown, and actually read the rulebook for the first time, so now he's really proud of himself.

[@ShirakuUkashi]

@@deerstalkerpictures idk seemed like he knew the rules pretty well in previous episodes but ok

[@CoolBoyShane]

"Rules make it cool?" Such a good retort. Great job guys!

[@chicostephenson]

yeah. some dungeon masters are dicks like that. one of my characters got killed like that.

[@SonsOfLorgar]

@@chicostephenson F

[@inciteinsight2331]

“I draw and sheath my dagger repeatedly” is always used alongside the accompanying hand gestures at my table whenever rules arguments come up.

[@SusCalvin]

I'm not sure how you can make that complicated. Either you have a thing ready in your hands or not. If it is in your webbing you could reasonably pull it out and use it with a little penalty.

[@benfarrar741]

If I had been the DM, I would have been proud of my players for this solution.

[@ancapftw9113]

Fighter: "Actually, my backup sword weighs 1.5 kilos. At an average of 7.8 grams per coin I can dit ch my backup sword, worth 5gp, and carry 192 gold coins in its place." Bard: "I leave behind my accordion, at 10 kilograms, and carry 1282 gold coins with me." Sorcerer: "remember how I bought 27 torches at 1 kg each in case I ran out of spell slots for fire spells?"

[@scottmatheson3346]

all good except is nixie really going to give up her torches?

[@catsole6353]

"Be nice to your DM..." AWW SOMEONE HUG HIM The Cat (brings out claws): I got this

[@martyncurrill2766]

Hey, artists gotta eat, and those improved production values don't come cheap. A great video, loved seeing the rules-lawyer DM get schooled by the party! Also, love Nixie, as always.

[@chicostephenson]

true. do you think you're the only one the knows how to read a book?!

[@jeniferdavis1858]

The new costumes for the party look amazing!! I'm obsessed with Nixie's outfit

[@heededshadow509]

Me: "... It's in a box, which means we can just drag the entire chest."

[@cleric4922]

My thoughts exactly!

[@Randomdudefromtheinternet]

(2:43) HOLD IT! The components are only consumed if the spell specifies it, and according to 5e rules, Fireball doesn't consume the components (but yeah, she doesn't have components at all lol) There, Ace Attorney reference done

[@richardhockey8442]

she uses the power of belief - the same sort of reality distorting power as the WH40K orc: 'it needz more nailz' and 'red uns go faster' when applied to a large pile of scrap iron that can reach 90mph and accelerate to 60 in 2.5 seconds

[@hydeme]

I mean sorcerers do get the option to have an arcane focus so over ruled

[@SchlossRitter]

Nicole is starting to appear like one of those people that try to look like their character irl, with her hair coloring and it put up in "horns"

[@letterstoyou6737]

Thats why im glad the "rules" are just a guide and each dungeon master can the game their own way

[@firby7341]

action: drinking a potion enemy action: cuddling with coins next turn: punch dont see any problem with that first scene

[@davidstratton696]

Yep!! She drank the potion when the enemy didn’t see them so it was out of combat making it a free thing to do and wouldn’t take up your action when u actually enter combat. This completely irked me ngl. Also the fireball one has a problem (tho not as big). The components for fireball don’t get used up when using it so she would still have the same she had the last time. I understand that this was for laughs but it still irks me u know (mainly the potion one).

[@popsicleman8816]

@@davidstratton696 Even worse, both of the DM and player are wrong on the first scene. DM is wrong because the potion drinking happens prior to combat. Player is also wrong since she has to use her regular action rather than a bonus action, since the drinking occurred in a completely separate turn.

[@Practical-Jokes]

Bury the treasure. Cover up the burial with brush. Map the location, and come back for it, later.

[@GuiAntonioli]

The only problem with these episodes of "One for all" is they are way too short. I wish they were a tv show or movies...

[@Yardash1]

Yeah, I wish they'd make a movie like "The Gamers" from years ago.

[@elsephiroth666]

More often than not, the fact that they are short helps them make it with a way better quality than movies and tv shows.

[@eveescastle5866]

@@Yardash1 Can I sneak attack with a Ballista?

[@sjuthberg]

They sort of remind me of "Rubicon's (Rosenius) handbook for Survial". They were posted in a swedish RPG-magazine called Rubicon, published by Lancelot Games in the 90's. Short comicstrips included in the magazine about various "hazards" when playing RPG's. Everything from bad descriptions to poor translations and getting hidden notes mixed up. One of my favourites is when the PC's see some kind of bull-deamon, but the description makes the players believe it's just a cow. :D

[@Fridelain]

Check out "Harry Potter and the Natural twenty".

[@el_guapo1318]

"The balls?... Really??" lol

[@jackielinde7568]

There's one player in every group that's the "balls assassin". I thought that would have been more Evandra's/Eva's thing.

[@zeldamon4420]

Objection over ruled. There less like rules and more like guidelines.

[@chicostephenson]

wow. i have literally said that multiple times playing this game.

[@nairocamilo]

_"ℭ𝔥𝔞𝔭𝔱𝔢𝔯 1 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔇𝔐'𝔰 𝔊𝔲𝔦𝔡𝔢 𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔶 𝔰𝔞𝔶𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔯𝔲𝔩𝔢𝔰 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔪𝔢𝔞𝔫𝔱 𝔞𝔰 𝔞 𝔤𝔲𝔦𝔡𝔢𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔢 [...]"_

[@Torlik11]

Apparently, grammar is also more of a guideline ;P (There/They're)

[@giin97]

@@Torlik11 apparently. I mean, people say they're difficult to distinguish, but honestly, how? Where? There. That one's done. They are, they're. Equally obvious. That just leaves their, which, being fair, doesn't have a simple to remember element, but being the only one of its kind is memorable in and of itself. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@kendalldrury8156]

Over-Overruled , see the post credit.

[@cheeseymann]

School of sword bards can essentially inspire themselves. If they hit with a melee attack they can add inspiration die to the damage roll

[@MsKusEmek]

Nicole's hair style is amazing! (Yeah I like to focus on the important stuff... Good to have you back guys!)

[@mcamp091978]

Hey you need a T-shirt with " Are we the Bad Guys?" One of my Favourite things said by far.. Soo Chaotic I loved it!!

[@TheAusturtle]

ngl, came for the DnD, stayed for the Nixie

[@Codeaholic1]

Loved the special effects in this one. Welcome back! I've missed Nicole's ... fireballs.

[@Syurtpiutha]

Bard correcting caster's failed spot-check. Loved that.

[@master0fthearts894]

This is more of being a Rules Governor than a Rules Lawyer.

[@Marth667]

Its the rules lawyers esteemed colleague _Rules Governer_

[@quincyking010]

And your the rules lawyer lawyer

[@master0fthearts894]

@@Marth667 More like the rules lawyer is that one cousin who’s really annoying and always cheats and The Rule’s Governor is the responsible cousin who tries to follow the rules and has to deal with The Rules Lawyer being stupid.

[@eddiemate]

I think this was still a rules lawyer. The moment the players started using the rules as written back at the DM, he said that just because the rules are written that way, doesn’t mean they’re intended that way. A rules lawyer argues to get what they want from the rules.

[@davidstratton696]

And yet was wrong about 2 of the rules. She drank the potion before the enemy saw them so it was out of combat so it was free to do so (this one really irked me ngl) and also the components for fireball don’t get used up when using it so she would still have it from the last time (tho that one isn’t as bad as the potion one).

[@RijackiTorment]

"What's a focus?" If you have to ask what something is, you probably don... Pulls out a foci, "Do you mean this?"

[@Rystefn]

You can't pull out a foci. Foci is the plural of focus. Definitionally, you're pulling out more than one. /grammar rules lawyer

[@z-beeblebrox]

@@Rystefn uhh I'm pretty sure that's exactly what they mean? /grammar rules fail

[@johnyshadow]

@@z-beeblebrox I believe the "issue" is about the "a" (in "a foci"). As "foci" is plural, it would be written without "a". (either using "the" for specific ones, or nothing, or words like "a few"...) IIRC

[@cherryhayden1660]

@@z-beeblebrox "do you mean this" the 'this' here also implies only one, so, Rystefn is correct. OP had a grammar mistake with the word 'foci' instead of 'focus'. :p

[@z-beeblebrox]

Welp, I tried @Rijacki Ledum I think I'll just go back to shooting grammar nazis on sight, rather than trying to engage them on their own terms :P

[@Grey_Shard]

when the barbarian is biting the coin i thought the joke at the end would turn out to be that the coins were those chocolate ones covered with gold foil...

[@PoochieCollins]

haha, that'd have been hilarious

[@Marth667]

That would be amazing, but see its in Australia and its rarely below 26 C in summer so that shit would melt easy. Maybe if you had an esky you'd be right tho.

[@qturner1541]

Nearing encumberance limit... But we tie a rope to the chest and we all drag it at 5ft move as our PDL limit is double our carry cap (.p. 176 PHB.) Nice choice of outfit nixie, but I thought your fire "crystal" earrings were your focus... And after the forest bandit episode where the orc stole em... you did visit the minatorium emporiem, I can see you definitely had time to pick up another set...

[@johnyshadow]

I choose to believe that she has the focus, she just forgets on occasion...

[@Reaping21]

love Nix, even though it’s been awhile since i watched 3 episodes ago 😍 impossibly adorable and in love!!

[@dariuswrongside5811]

This episode was definitely funny as I love how with every episode the DM always tries to make the players go his way but in this episode he was so close of getting the sweet payback / fixing that he always wanted for the players.

[@fernmeisim9357]

Eyy great to see the final edit! Thanks for having me on board as part of the crew, can’t wait to get cracking on Season 3 ❤️

[@Nero24200]

I'm surprised they didn't run with the often forgotten secondary effect of fireball, in that it melts metals and burns wood. They could have destroyed the loot!

[@darknesseker]

I'm surprised it just didn't hit them as well. They were super close.

[@override367]

it sets flammable surfaces on fire, it doesn't melt metal or stone or anything

[@clothar23]

Fireball can't melt anything. It set flammable objects on fire however. Regardless sculpt spell is a thing.

[@clothar23]

@@magellanthecat I am guessing sculpt spell isn't a thing in 2e ? I can't imagine any competent player not using it otherwise. Though personally I wouldn't use an aoe spell in a confined space. But sometimes the guaranteed half damage is too sweet to pass up.

[@clothar23]

@@magellanthecat Can't speak for 4e I gave up on that pile of Drider crap after I saw the convoluted mess the rules and lore was. But 3e had a couple of options similar to Sculpt Spell. The Archmage's mastery of high arcana or spellguard rings come to mind. Though the rings came in pairs with both the caster and the party member needing to wear one. Essentially meaning you could only protect 5 people. And there was some downside to wearing more than one pair of rings for the caster that I can't recall. And the Archmage's mastery of high arcana was a pain the ass to get for any spell flinger but Wizards. And limited your offensive potential as a sorcerer since you're forced to take a bunch of divination spells to even meet the requisites. Which given the limited spells a non wizard class can learn hurts. There was also spellwarp but I can't remember how that works exactly but I do remember it being limited to 5th level spells unless you abuse a couple of technicalities uncanny tricksters or legacy champions get.

[@claineplummer3421]

GUESS WHOS BACK, BACK AGAIN. 1 FOR ALL, TELL A FRIEND! Keep up the awesome y'all.

[@princesstheadorablecat]

The tiefling is so pretty. actress and character.

[@gzer0x]

Every one of them is

[@syafiqmahdi2316]

@@gzer0x honestly that's so true

[@lioneaglegriffin]

@@gzer0x like the cast of a CW series.

[@enzocrespin5806]

@@gzer0x The bard is really charming, it fits with his character

[@ireallyreallyhategoogle]

Actress is really pretty.

[@Treetapper]

0:57 i object the objection, she drank the potion out of combat which makes it a free action!

[@LordDarkuness]

tecnically., when she dring the potion they arent in combat, so untill enemy noticed they or they attack / take his atention, they can do fee actions

[@evadevore6139]

They weren’t exactly stealthy in their approach though, so potentially they had already started combat!

[@AleksandrStrizhevskiy]

Yep agree. They were not in combat yet. And besides the barbarian had not noticed them yet so they would each get a bonus round.

[@kendalldrury8156]

Overruled, a surprise round still has the rules of initiative.

[@clothar23]

@@kendalldrury8156 A surprise round doesn't happen unless the enemy has a chance to notice them. The DM did not state the Barbarian was suspicious. So any initial actions would be taken out of combat and not consume actions or bonus actions.

[@kendalldrury8156]

@@clothar23 hahaha, look this could go on for ever, I'm just speaking from a theoretical point of view how the ruling was justified in the script. We don't see everything that happens at the table, so you can use imagination if needed to justify things like that. Perhaps it could be more clear in the future.

[@falcychead8198]

Lumi finally got a line in the show! She can get her union card now!

[@thanesgames9685]

Did Nixie get hotter in her time off? I don't think third level spells are reflecting her true nature anymore. She should be Immolating, at the very least.

[@adamsharp9081]

I didn't want to fixate on it but goddamn she just stunning everytime I see her 😍

[@nyetloki]

No corona 15 for her :O

[@ineffable1129]

No, the camera just caught her casting Charm DM, and using both consumables for advantage.

[@simplegarak]

When you're that hot, you shouldn't need material components to cast fire spells.

[@ericmassicotte6363]

Yep, burning hot ! In and out of character..

[@veroxid]

I actually fully agree with the lawyering of the second scene (the bard self-inspiration) as there are subclass features specifically dedicated to being able to buff yourself. If you allow all bards to buff themselves, you essentially nerf the bards that can already do that to the point of uselessness. Like, I don't mind bending the rules here and there, but it always irks me when I build my character a specific way for a certain set of rules, only to find out that I didn't need to because the DM decides that it applies to everyone.

[@popsicleman8816]

Even then, is there a subclass that gives self-inspiration on weapon attack to-hit? Swords gives inspiration dice worth of damage after the hit, lores gives inspiration dice for skills, but I can't think of a subclass that allows for self-inspiration to hit.

[@veroxid]

@@popsicleman8816 You know what, yea. When I was typing that I was thinking of Swords, completely forgetting that it only applies to the damage, not the hit.

[@Balpharion]

Antrius grabbing Nixie's head: look around here dumb pinky !

[@Fallingtonowhere1]

Nixie's passive perception failed her once again haha

[@Balpharion]

@@Fallingtonowhere1 🤣

[@SonsOfLorgar]

@@Fallingtonowhere1 too hot for fireball, as always

[@storyspren]

The first eight seconds really showing Nixie's passive perception of maybe 9 :D

[@SusCalvin]

I wouldn't know what to do with that kind of player. You decide that you don't see the bear for character reasons? What am I supposed to do, not eat your PC.

[@rythmislife1418]

"It's the rules." "Meow..."

[@christopherpoff4117]

You know how this was actually done up by a rules lawyer? He's showing the correct page in the PHB when citing the rules! :D

[@kendalldrury8156]

Glad someone noticed.

[@christopherpoff4117]

@@kendalldrury8156 I mean. That kind of outs me as a rules lawyer, but still.

[@genxmonk70]

OH Thank the Gods, waiting for y'alls new episodes is like when you were a teen and you knew your favorite Uncle was going to visit and that meant a cool gift and late night chats during which he'd share his beer with you - but you had no idea when he was going to arrive or if he was safe and alive! I'm glad to see y'all are safe and alive! Stay Well

[@kendalldrury8156]

That description brought a tear to my eye.

[@abhaasmith1985]

I love that Nicole is being shown more and love the shirt she is wearing

[@AZDiabloVids]

Eva - Vicious Mockery vs Nicole - Rules Lawyer

[@reina4969]

I found it distracting.

[@gusstavv]

That cleavage *wink*

[@MonkeyJedi99]

My DM ruled that using a potion from a belt pouch is a bonus action, letting him beat us up more and sell us more potions. - I love the locations you guys use! This one was particularly fantastic.

[@DexteroExplosion]

I like the caveat about the belt pouch! I allow the bonus action potion already, but that's a great qualification.

[@marquisealexander1371]

Nixie (and more importantly the actress playing her) is such a babe 😍

[@ГлюкозаДекстроза]

персонаж мне нравится больше.

[@gusstavv]

we need a Nixie fan club

[@ignaciopostigomartinez]

@@gusstavv count on me for that!

[@orfeas8]

@@gusstavv yeah me too

[@enzocrespin5806]

@@gusstavv It would eventually go up in smoke

[@weareharbinger914]

"I'm invincible!"-Random barbarian dude after dying and undying three times.

[@EvilM0nkeyRules]

Normally I hate sponsors and ads. But for this show. I'll honestly accept it and not even complain. I love this show so much

[@themurrrr]

Never thought I would see the day Nixie got her fireballs castrated 🤣🤣🤣

[@zaniatnik]

Mind if I write that down?

[@themurrrr]

@@zaniatnik Not sure why you would want to, but you have my permission.

[@zaniatnik]

Anna K it’s just a way of saying the joke was good. As in so good it’s totally worth being written down to use later. You know, the “WRITE THAT DOWN!” meme?

[@themurrrr]

@@zaniatnik Oh, fuck, of course! 🤦🏽‍♀️ Sorry, I have pandemic brain. I actually was thinking all: write it down where? 🤔 Thanks for the compliment

[@Grey_Shard]

oh, the burn...

[@BoyoWhoGoesPoyo]

GM uses variant rules for encumbrance ... but not flanking. Also, drinking a potion as a bonus action is a very common house rule.

[@thegreatandterrible4508]

Use of one variant rule doesn't imply the use of another. Guns is a variant rule, as is Sanity checks or Honor scores. Do you use those in every campaign that has flanking?

[@quirk8841]

The RAW is that you can carry 15 times your Strength score (unless you count as a large creature) and then you are encumbered and your movement speed becomes zero. The variant rule would have allowed them to still move with a -20 penalty. So he was using RAW for encumbrance and for flanking. And since he was using RAW he wasn't using a house rule either.

[@resmarted]

I hate people that say this but: "I bet you're fun at parties"

[@jackielinde7568]

Apparently not a rule in that house.

[@Qwerty95ish]

Potions as bonus actions are a terrible idea. It completely changes the action economy of potions, there value in combat and how rare they should be. It's a massive change. Now it is a free action to open your mouth and I have totally used an unseen servant to pour potions down someone's throat. It lists pouring as one of the things it can do if the caster uses a bonus action to command it. As swallowing is not listed in the action economy this becomes a GM call. Most go blank and stare.

[@Nathan-ti9pm]

Eva and Fall looks so freaken gorgeous here!! I mean they always gorgeous but goddamn they are radiating in this!!!

[@wuftchan8299]

2:05 he didnt inspire himself- he inspired the mirror which reflected the inspiration onto him

[@justyouraveragehuman466]

If a unicorn horn can be used to forge a wand, then a Tieftling's horns should count as free arcane focuses! lol (loved this episode)

[@Rikimaru_Riki]

Glad atrius back, and Nixie got prettier

[@stealthkillz3114]

The cutest tiefling is back! ❤🔥

[@XeoKnight]

"I'm invincible!" haha that cracked me up

[@willbrashear]

I love the timing, "it's the rules.." and the cat that owns the DM meows on cue.

[@Arcanist_Gaming]

Not sure if it's intentional or a continuity error, but Evandra chugs the whole potion just for it to be full again when she tosses the bottle aside lol

[@cp1cupcake]

Me: wait, that is what consider being a Rules Lawyer?

[@jackielinde7568]

Usually, it's another player that is the rules lawyer. The DM is a rules judge.

[@Zarlos01]

Rules Lawyer are players or DMs that follow the rules as written (RAW), the be obnoxious/irritant or o find any and all method to gain more power. The very opposite of a Rules Guardian, a player the know the rules well and can help the DM, if they want, to solve confusions, trick situations or difficult to find a specific rule, but aways respecting the DM, who has the final say in anything.

[@majorday3856]

That would be lawful person

[@DexteroExplosion]

That's the thing, that's not even rules lawyering. Purposefully misinterpreting the rules to gain an unfair advantage is rules lawyering. Playing by the rules is... playing by the rules. Now, being a jerk about the rules, is being a jerk. That's not cool, but it's also not rules lawyering. It used to be way easier to Rules Lawyer when the rules were much more complicated and less streamlined. Now, with 5e, actual examples of rules lawyering is so rare, the rules-lawyer negative term is often just applied to people who like to play by the rules. I totally get breaking the rules occasionally for epic moments, but if you're not going to play by the rules of a game, you might as well just be banging two dolls together and yelling, "Nuh uh! I hit you first!". And a person shouldn't be insulted for their ability to remember the rules by people who lack the care or capacity to remember them. At the end of the day, it's up to the table to decide and agree on how closely they want to follow the rules.

[@LucisTorment]

@@DexteroExplosion exactly that

[@mateusz11123]

Omg, why this channel isn't exploding with popularity 😭😭😭 It's SOO WELL MADE 🥺

[@joew8438]

I think they are at a disadvantage, because the YT algorithm tends to reward volume and regular publishing. About 2 or even 3 times a week seems to be optimal for staying near the top of the queue. In other words they need to be making about 8 scenes a month, not 4 a year.

[@mateusz11123]

@@joew8438 you're right

[@MasterZeus94]

Nixie was fireball-blocked twice in two subsequent episodes! THIS. MEANS. WAR!

[@SamBrockmann]

This actually makes two good points: 1) Follow the rules. -- Unfortunately, D&D 5th Edition's rules are a mess. No wonder many DMs favor rule of cool. 2) Abuse of the rule of cool. -- Unfortunately, many players try to use this to say they can do anything and everything.

[@KageRyuu6]

Rule 0: GM decides on the rules to be used. Rule 0.0: The rules are a contract so both parties must agree to them, otherwise there is no game. Rule 0.01: Anything the players can do, the NPCs can do as well. So be careful when creating house rules or powerful synergies, you might just find your enemies learning from your actions. To that end, Advantage does not stack, sadly; the limitation on the free action of Drawing/Stowing falls under GM fiat though it's typically accepted that two such actions can be preformed in a round to allow the smooth transition between weapons, though exceptions exist, primarily for throwing weapons; Holding an action requires setting a trigger otherwise you're just wasting your turn; lastly, turns are indeed only six seconds long so Speaking must be terse and to the point.

[@popsicleman8816]

Yeah, if the DM and the rules are both telling you something, there's basically no wiggle room. I especially found it amusing when Evandra's player was arguing for rule of cool when all she did was drink a potion and punch a guy. As for free item manipulation afaik, you only get 1 RAW. So you can either draw or stow but not both in the same turn unless you use your normal action. Holding requires both trigger and reaction. Not only did she need to say what she would be reacting to, but how she would react to it. Actually, ROUNDS are 6 seconds long. So a player's turn is at most 6 seconds, possibly shorter, and the turn order is meant to represent split-second difference in speed of actions that are taking place nearly simultaneously.

[@Smashface_McBourbondick]

​@@popsicleman8816 Unfortunately, as far as a lot of people are concerned, there's quite a lot of wiggle room, and they feel justified whenever they bring the whole game to a halt to argue that the rules shouldn't apply to them. I had a couple players who always acted a lot like the players did in this video, and let's just say that I spend a lot less time arguing about the rules now that they aren't in my game...

[@Virrow]

"The rules are what MAKE it fun!" I feel personally attacked by that! Great video as always! XD

[@mikewj94]

I love Nicole’s hair in this episode

[@pythonxz]

Yes, her hair...

[@mushymo360]

Best series on KZbin! Cant wait to watch!

[@Scroopulous]

Ahhh I've been waiting for your triumphant return. Glad to have you all back and safe.

[@justsomeguy8334]

The effects in this series keep getting better and better! Keep it up guys!

[@Alarak_]

"The Codex Astartes is a set of rules. They guide us ... Shape us as Ultramarines ... Teach us to hold duty and honor sacred above all. But how we live with those rules is the true test of a Space Marine. And you have failed." *- Captain Titus of the Second Company of the Ultramarines Chapter to Battle-Brother Leandros*