Sh*t D&D vs. Awesome D&D

[@kaziazx]

Not going to lie: would totally play a campaign called rise of the eels

[@esperthebard]

When them eels get to shockin', we get to rockin'

[@g00dpaws]

yoshifanx I've never even played dnd but that sounds like the perfect first campaign.

[@Egalitariat-likesecretariat]

Here's a peek at the end of the campaign: You don't have a clue What it is like to be next to you I'm here to tell you That it is good That it is true Birds singing a song Old paint is peeling This is that fresh That fresh feeling (that's a reference, shouldn't be too hard)

[@Geekoz87]

I'd play the fuck out of a Rise of the Eels campaign!

[@alexisauld7781]

Best part is, it shortens to RotE and that is far too satisfying

[@ssor122288]

I feel like the honey badger backstory could've been pretty entertaining.

[@kidpax]

Yeah, did he ever attain the status of alpha honey badger?

[@insolubleCorrosion]

ikr I wanted to know more abt the honey badger society

[@grahamguilfoyle5647]

I god I thought he said horny badgers

[@philleW12]

Graham Guilfoyle Now that would have been a unique backstory!

[@AnonYmous-db2yy]

Plot twist: Rise of the Orcs is about a band of orcish slaves trying to fight their way to freedom. And the players are also slaves who join in on the escape.

[@wilfredhemery6606]

Anon Ymous that sounds awesome.

[@celticviking9321]

Anon Ymous do you mind if i steal this idea

[@Hasharin14]

The players realise they work for the slavers and have to argue with each other if they want to betray their race/guild/master/city and join the orcs to help them escape.

[@targetlockedgaming8349]

i would so try to start away from plots that force your players to argue... its a team game not a solo ive gotta look out for myself game

[@zenzin7725]

This is a good DM and a good D&D player. Uses imagination to make any campaign title fun. Not an elitist attitude to tell people what is good and bad. Bravo Anon Ymous. Way to fit a better idea into two sentences than this whole group could fit into a 11 minute video......

[@michaelmcdowell7096]

I think we've all played with RavenSong Moonblade before

[@Egalitariat-likesecretariat]

I've had the good fortune to not know any.

[@gravityman5319]

Michael Mcdowell people only make drizzt like drow totally would play a neutral evil drow paladin working for lolth at least trying and would scout the surface world for incoming drow

[@lordjub-jub5254]

No but I have played with a Wilson Wilson III

[@vrenshrrg]

A player in my campaign decided to name his character "Daemeon Ravenfell". Yeah.

[@HallowIsSmol]

Michael Mcdowell I've played one. She was the most edgy creature I've ever seen. I had no knowledge of drows and therefore the character was poorly written and stupid. I'm better at making characters now, though.

[@MittyPoots]

Eels: always underestimated, never expected

[@glazedgamer7661]

Worse are those damned butterflies!!! GOD DAMNED BUTTERFLIES!!! *Shakes fist

[@ancapftw9113]

GlazedGamer "This campaign is called "Rise of the Butterflies." One spring the countryside is filled with them. where did they come from? are they connected to the strange cocoons that's appeared a week ago? no one knows, but the king has offered your group 50 gold to find out."

[@MittyPoots]

I've gotta say, I might add a rise-of-the-useless-thing adventure to my campaign, just due to that comment. I'm already doing a Rise of the Mushrooms with myconids

[@LouBoogaloo]

+GlazedGamer shake harda boi, SHAKE HARDAAAA!

[@dasirrlicht5415]

Nobody expects the Eel Inquisition!

[@alexhackett1312]

"Rise... OF THE EELS!" 10/10, would fight the Eel dragon.

[@jakenottage]

"Hello, I'm Byorn Hammer-smasher and I'm an alcoholic." ...LMAO

[@gustavosanabio473]

So, we can get to the conclusion that shity d&d is edgy and awsome d&d does what de edgy shit is trying to acomplish without trying to hard and overextending.

[@deadmeme8011]

I'm not gonna lie, I'm totally using the "raised by honey badgers" backstory.

[@prdprdprdprdprdel]

You see a man sitting by a campfire, polishing his helmet shaped like a unicorn. As you come closer, he rises up and says: " _What are you fucking gay?_ "

[@SkyNinja759]

Horatio Nelson, take 4d10 falling damage. Roll a cancer save.

[@majinYaiba]

How about Rise of the Tears of the Moon?

[@Egalitariat-likesecretariat]

Spoilers! That's the end of the campaign.

[@lordjub-jub5254]

Tears of the rise of the eels of the moon?

[@Kinneytube]

Tears of the rising moon eels...

[@Kinneytube]

Pleasant Whale You are a very unpleasant whale...

[@PleasantWhale]

Heehee. Love ya'

[@noahcampbell6993]

So this is really just "Inexperienced D&D vs Experienced D&D."

[@thecamelchannel1467]

Noah Campbell That's more or less on point

[@Dilettante15]

I wish that were the case. I've seen people play for years and still be the first group.

[@chrisgadd]

"I'm a driven, human billionaire obsessed with vengeance and darkness!" - Batman "I'm an alien who can fly and shoot lasers out of my face!" - Superman "I'm an Amazon warrior princess who was sculpted out of clay, and given life by the Greek gods!" - Wonder Woman etc. etc. Since when do characters have to "make sense" together in order for players ( or writers ) to have a good time with them? There's more than one way to have fun.

[@huntercreed1]

Well it's not a problem if everyone comes together in session 0 and agrees that they all just want to play a goofy game or if everyone wants to just have an overly quirky cliched group of heroes who wanna just goof off as murder hobos do. But when it's agreed upon that it will be a more grounded campaign and you get one or more players who put together some cliched and silly background it tends to harm the enjoyment of the players who don't want RavenSong Moonblade and his red-eyed dire panther who also shoots flames. Some players actually want an immersive game. Not every player will have fun with every group. There will be groups where the players just might not mix well because there are too many conflicting desires for the game. And that's fine, just find a group of people who are like-minded :)

[@chrisgadd]

huntercreed1 It's an imaginary elf game. There is no "grounded." 😂

[@blahpunk1]

In general I agree with you but... the a thing I'm beginning to learn is that the murder hobo style of play is common because it is the easiest. Placing several disparate PCs in a setting where they are likely to run into one another, have some rational reason to work together and are all connected to the setting in some way is actually pretty hard. The connection to the setting might be what is meant by 'grounded'. However I think you get from the experience, what you put into it. Also, comic book characters aren't the best analogy. They are normally lone wolf characters, while role playing PCs almost always act together as a team.

[@chrisgadd]

It's a game. As long as everyone's having fun playing the game, then it's a good game. The irony of this video is that the PCs in it look bored as hell when they're giving the "awesome" backgrounds for their characters, and a lot more passionate and energetic when they're giving the "sh*tty" backgrounds. :)

[@kingdom99hearts]

My problem arises when players say well I leave the party cause I don't need them, they just have 0 party cohesion and don't care about each other.

[@HuntedHydraGaming]

the rise of the eels, "hear that princess those are the shrieking eels"

[@krackothunder]

We actually had a campaign called "Tears of the Moon" once, which also featured the same basic concept: Silver objects fell from the sky, and their "blood" turned people into Lycanthropes. So yeah, basically "Rise of the Werewolves" XD

[@Chugosh]

This. I don't mind having a bit of silly, but the overarching game should be serious and believable.

[@graysonperdue9402]

Michael Heywood the less serious the better

[@matthewfanous8468]

I have serious trouble naming my characters, the most serious name i can think of is either some weird string of syllables (for example, awooga the knight) or something like dan, dan the wizard.

[@cobaltblu4196]

there's no "should" when speaking of D&D game themes. as long as everyone is having fun you're doing it right

[@hansolo226]

To be fair theres a way to fix the 'rise of' campaigns, All that needs to be done isadd interesting moral dilemmas, like in a campaign where the villain was a rebel army of bandits and killers. When i had rinally introeuced the villain, a rather polite and charming man, named Golthor Malik, and had him explain his rather complex backstoryx the party finally got engaged, half wanted to join the rebel leader, and the other felt he was lying about his complex past. I won't go into too much detail , but the 'villain" wasn't evil, he wimply had misplaced rage at the unjust execution of his father. However since he didn't know who the person responsible was, he had become a warlord instear. And took it out on the kingdome as a whole.

[@Poldovico]

I mean, that still counts as "evil" in my books. But still, most of Mass Effect is just "rise of the geth", I see what you mean.

[@Trigrwrnng]

Poldovico The other half is rise of the reapers

[@Lilitha11]

The rise of doesn't have to be bad. A good example is The Red Hand of Doom. It is basically one of those type of stories, but is a classic for d&d and is pretty well done.

[@Poldovico]

Tri9g3r w4rn1ng Which is comparatively boring as a story and inevitably had an unsatisfying conclusion. The rise of the geth bit is much better.

[@singingReaper]

Hey, just cause I play Drow Elves a lot doesn't mean I play as a complete edgelord. You're looking for the dragon born and human players of my group. One has literally said "my character goes off to brood in the corner of the tavern"

[@psychoactivesorcerer7285]

Apathyman the mundane just... Just the best! lmao

[@g.wilson536]

DaymoonNightsun Well I can attest, that the Dragonborn I have currently in development (saving stats for when it comes time to use her so other players can't accuse me of cheating rolls in case I luck out like with my Human Barbarian) is planned to be quite a happy-go-lucky character, so not all Dragonborn are edgelords either. By the way, I am relatively new to the game, so just curious what you would recommend in terms of getting the stats? At the moment I'm only getting them through the "roll 4d6, use highest 3" rule.

[@apathymanthemundane4165]

I suppose it depends on the kind of campaign you (or your GM) want. For instance, I usually use 4d6 picking the highest 3, much like you do. In these cases, I usually am playing more RP-heavy sessions where I'm not necessarily supposed to go fight a bunch of things. In more combat-heavy campaigns, my GM might let us roll 5d6, and keep the highest 3, if we're making hero-type characters who are notably above the norm. In the case of abject superhuman(noids), I might do 6d6, again, keeping the highest 3 rolls. Bear in mind, that these are to my preference, and I generally do a lot of class-less homebrewing, so these may not be everyone's preference, but there's my two cents.

[@g.wilson536]

Apathyman the mundane Alright. Thanks for the advice.

[@lazerbeam134]

My Drow are usually low-key. I murder people for money and would rather not have my party getting upset about this.

[@radiantburrito]

High School D&D vs Podcast D&D

[@mikem4432]

"I was raised in the wilderness by honey badger" I almost fell out of my chair laughing.

[@magiv4205]

Dude, don't disrespect the honey badgers, I would take them as my patron any day.

[@SimonALa]

I like to joke to players that they are encountering a lich, a dragon and a minotaur in a square dungeon room. The classic "what are these guys even doing together... and what are they doing here?". I'm always kidding of course...

[@Moose0fNorway]

Does that one DM know how to talk without rolling the dices?

[@inappropriateperson6947]

He thought that shaking his shinny keys to get the players attention would be to obvious.

[@Andoxico]

Rise of the eels sounds pretty dope tbh

[@chainer8686]

dear god idk how long I'd go with out killing Ravensong Moonblade

[@captainbloth]

Please, please, please, upload more outtakes if you have any :D This is both true and hilarious :D Amazing video Esper, always glad to see you back :)

[@esperthebard]

Thank you, Mr. Lovecraft!

[@ReapTheWhirlwind]

The backstory for every Tempest Cleric seems to be piracy. I feel sad that Y'Laina apparently come from the pirate ship that was choke full of acolytes of Talos. Well...her father was also a Cleric of Talos and he sponsored her entrance into Tempest Cleric Hogworts before dying at sea.

[@Belzughast]

Tears of the moon, f that lets stick to orcs.

[@TheMadwizz]

9:47 I think a intervention is in order to deal with your friends hearthstone addiction. :)

[@LAJackson123]

Fantastic fantastic! I laughed and laughed - you guys seem like a party I'd kill to hang out in. Solid beans.

[@Poldovico]

Cue image of you hanging out in their disemboweled bodies after you've killed them all.

[@timothynorman9170]

Poldovico, I clicked "view replies" hoping to see some snark comments about being inside of party members, you did not disappoint me.

[@mikem4432]

I rather liked the original characters, especially the screeching one that sounded like some kind of deranged wookie.

[@judgec2333]

My plan for a great DnD campaign- Hopefully I can find a group of experienced DnD players, after about a month of playing campaigns together, I’ll ask if I can be the GM, hopefully they’ll say yes, here’s the campaign I’m playing, “Journey into the Nether realm; A elderly man named “Ryan” comes to one of the players(hopefully one of them is holding a staff or a sword), he tells them he comes from a long lost land known as the “Nether Realm”, a literal hell filled with hordes of various creatures and monsters, it’s filled with dark towers, booming volcanos, and literal rivers of lavas, he only survived because of his brave and strong mother, she protected him with something known as the “Sword of The Nether”, the most powerful sword in both the earthly realm and the Nether Realm, But one day the sword was broken into 5 shards, the skeleton and the handle of the sword were the first, the one the player holding a sword has, he asks the group of heroes to enter the Nether Realm to grab the rest of the shards, but warns them of a great dark lord of evil, “An-Ry, the biggest, tallest, and terrible Goliaths of all time”, “An-Ry, the Terrible” for short, for if “An-Ry The Terrible” holds the handle of the powerful sword, he will be able to cross over to our realm and take over, and Ryan cannot enter the Nether Realm, for he is old and weak, after searching for the 4 shards they put all shards together and the sword magically puts itself back together, while trying to make another portal this time back to the Earth Realm, Ryan the elderly joins the group in the Nether Realm, if the group has good memory they’ll realize Ryan earlier said “he can’t go to the Nether Realm, for he is old and weak”, Ryan will than sinisterly laugh, as he grows to a 20 foot Goliath and from nowhere metal armor grabbed onto Ryan’s skin, he grabs the sword with a sinister grin saying “thanks, FOR I AM AN-RY THE TERRIBLE! what do you think An Ry is backwards for”? Before teleporting into the earthly realm, he uses the cosmic power from his newly crafted sword to turn one of the party members into a half dragon half human, like he stands on two legs, has hands, wings, scales, a head of a dragon, 15 foot,can breath fire, and has no control over what’s he’s doing for the dragon part of him is taking over, if the party either kills, cures, or gains some of his human mind in their former team member, they will travel back to the earthly realm, and have the almost impossible quest of killing An-Ry The Terrible, prison him, or at least de-powering An-Ry.” I feel like it’s cliched, does anyone have any feedback?

[@lordjub-jub5254]

Those "awesome" background don't sound much better than the "shitty" ones, nor do they sound like they have much to do with each other.

[@zenzin7725]

Lord Jub-Jub they sound that way because they are. This whole video is tripe.

[@darkbeetlebot]

_PROPHECY!_

[@JoyAndAgony]

i'm intrigued about the guy with a nasty scar on his neck. _what's his story, who is he_

[@curlyprivat22]

I like how you did not "forbid" any style of char. - just helped to improve them. Fun video also! Thanl you :)

[@BrandonPatrk317]

Here for the content, but mostly here for Esper's flawless hair.

[@magiv4205]

The beauty of D&D is that you can have a character who was raised by ducks and is a bardbarian with the totem of the duck, and still have an amazing time. You just have to know what you're doing and be a good mate to your fellow players, and you can even the most generic or riddiculous backstory into a fun character. You have to know what you're doing though.

[@fiarubold]

I am *Ravensong Moonblade* I feel like it could be a name representing any over the top D&D character. Not Mary Sue level of power, but the guy with a very over the top description.

[@PedroG78]

"We met in a tavern" deserves at least a thumb up.

[@kyrryk4427]

Awesome to see how much you have progressed as a creator!!! Very cool!!

[@jamesblatterman]

I am evender tallstag a human ranger who was swallowed whole by a giant worm in the middle of a champion match. You can guess what happened next, but my party split on me and I stink and in need of a bath. All of my memories are gone.

[@jessewilliams3166]

During one of his crusades against the orcs who kept killing his people and stealing his crops, a Lord Luthor stormed into the prison camp one day, only to find a lone half orc child buried under a mass murder hole as the boy tried to push the bodies of his family and friends off of him. The Paladin overwhelmed by the the fact that this child was orphaned and alone, took him as his son. I am that son After many years of devoted faith and training, I am finally able to venture on my own, with an oath of vengeance against those orcs who killed my kin! I am Lord Luther Jr. and I will see that all Orcs who do not follow law be met with swift and brutal justice!

[@dragon6821]

somethin original and yet familiar: Rise of the Banana's theres an adventure prompt

[@Mobus_]

Wow! That really brings me back. The good, the bad, the "don't play the obvious!". Very nice.

[@n0etic_f0x]

I loved one of my favorite intros where I was asked to introduce myself and I did not know they meant to introduce *myself* before being asked what I was playing.

[@KamakazeTaco]

I am the paladin formerly know as Mousecop.

[@StephenGillie]

"It was a great prophecy. The best prophecy. Greater than all the other prophecies."

[@pupstarproduction15]

Well it's quit a flashback from the beginning of the young bard we call esper

[@JB-ym4up]

you can do a episodic comedy, the hearthridge family.

[@pencilbender]

I wish I could pull my upper lip over my forehead when I speak as well.

[@TrentonHark]

Lol, so true. Seems myself and one friend in the campaign are doing back story, while everyone else isn't. One is a monk from a temple. One samurai who has been exiled. The alchemist is the Ranger's brother (my friend). I'm so glad everyone truly put imagination into their characters.

[@philleW12]

I am surprised that Esper never said ”Rise of the SPIDER MONKEYS”!!!

[@LLFTAIPmetalman]

This campaign is called...RISE OF THE TOMB RAIDER! It's about a crazy tomb raiding maniac that attacks large cities.

[@shoganflamemasta3975]

That last guy played too much Hearthstone

[@DrakonianLord]

not going to lie, my newest character for a campaign since my last one died is a homebrew race and class. a great horned giant slaughterer. the character works in itself and I semi justified as he was arested in another campaign before it ended so I ported him in and he was found in jail. It is still hard justifying an 11"4 2900 lb murderer joining a party but my DM handeled it quite nicely

[@lincolnmaahs18]

I think a " rise of the " campaign can be really cool as long as it isn't just enemy's that kill everything and you have to stop them because. If it has an interesting villain with at real reason to take over it could be cool. Oh and also, why does he hate dark elves?

[@esperthebard]

Anything CAN be done. It just has to be done well. Dark elves are just so easy to poke fun at haha

[@BTG514]

There's nothing wrong with an evil empire vying for world domination, you just don't necessarily want to make stopping them the single-handed responsibility of the party. A low intensity or cold war type conflict between an 'evil empire' and a commonwealth of republics can make for an interesting setting.

[@Kakomine]

Tbh the stigma against playing a drow character just makes me want to play one even more. Even if it's just to go against "viable" characters like humans, dwarves, and anything not a drow.

[@dillowribeiro5586]

Damn. I made a campaign called “Rise of the Zecktdihr.” It’s about a new undiscovered race of humanoid insects that used to live in the deep parts of the underdark, but rose to the surface carrying different dungeons with them. The king of the kingdom where most of the story takes place believes they’re preparing for war, but soon go back underground, carrying back their dungeons. This conveniently occurs shortly before a great, Eldritch being from a realm even further then the far realm decides to fuck up shit with no understood purpose.

[@esperthebard]

Hahaha hey no worries, have fun with bugs and aberrations from the Underdark!

[@ChristianDiaz-dy9yh]

tbh, who cares how you play? just have fun

[@sollaicartwright5262]

nice one :)

[@deathmetal926]

Christian Diaz that way of thinking is why more people don't play d&d. If you took 100 people who never played d&d before and showed them the "shit d&d" parts of this video and said "this is what d&d is," I'd say 99 of them would walk away from the hobby and never try d&d. However the same 100 people showed the the awsome d&d portion who knows. I'd say at least 50 of them would want to try it once and go from there. it's not about "having fun" it's about having the MOST fun you can possibly have. sure you can be silly and laugh with your friends and be rediculous and that is fun, but then, why are you even playing d&d at all?

[@NeutralGuyDoubleZero]

+Marshall Caoucette I think its more important to have a balance of laughs and seriousness. Try to have a semi serious or at least depthful character that isn't flat out stupid sounding, but its fine if you poke some fun from time to time. I'd say the yogscasts' pathfinder sessions are a good example of this.

[@justinc882]

I've played with and dm'd for people that have had backstories that were 1 paragraph, and some that were 3 pages. The person with 1 paragraph was one of my favorite players ever and she roleplayed the hell out of that 1 paragraph. In my experience, DND/pathfinder or whatever is about getting invested in your character and the world he/she lives in. The over the top goofy stuff can be awesome, and I've had many games where it's added some wonderful memories. But you have to know when to bring in it or else the entire game just because a never ending line up of cluster f's and pop culture references.

[@Smackosynthesis]

Right there with ya. My group isn't as into roleplaying as they are dungeon delving, and that's fine. Doesn't mean we play a crappier version than others do, it's just what we prefer.

[@canadian__ninja]

My character's family resides in the town of Hearthstone

[@SasamiTM]

to be fair Sometimes and eclectic party can be fun, i know many a fun time is had by the mix of my gnome cleric and my buddy's 8 foot tall Minotaur barbarian, they have quite different.. perspectives on things. I would totally play Rise of the Eels, not even kidding. Weapon specialization: Trident here i come! I do like some sort of idea what's coming thought, once had a DM decide he wanted to play pirates half way through so our group of random chuckle heads just got shoved on a boat without a rank in sailing between all of us. On the other hand putting ranks into Sail r some other profession for roleplay reasons then never seeing another body of water bigger than a horse trough is also a pain Hey I just started a dark elf! To be fair he was deliberately made to be the anti-drow, he's cheerful, friendly, works as the night caretaker at the local church, drinks with his dwarf friend at the bar and actively tries to be as un-mysterious as possible. he does use a bastard sword thought but that's because of a certain forgotten realms deity. God i wish more DM's did this, actual environment for a fight instead of just square rooms and hallways. Lots of brutalist architecture in the fantasy realm apparently. I can only defend this in that most DM's i've played with give no shits when i hand them a backstory, or use it against me. Only so many times can you write out a long backstory of your ranger hunting the beast that killed his brother and it never comes up once or mention that despite his ruthless nature your rouge loves his mother deeply and have her killed off faster than a parent in a disney cartoon or that your Wizard can't wait to see his hometown after being off to magic collage and find it burned to the ground before "yeah i'm lonewolf mcdon'tgiveashit"

[@Ms10000123]

The first one wasn't an issue of characters not having anything to do with the setting or eachother, and everything to do with the characters not being set up to be social or interactive. They have no depth. The same issue arises with the lone wolf point, the problem is not a lone wolf background but a lone wolf character.

[@Sgt-Wolf]

You took 10 minutes of my life and I want them back... Oh I would just waste them anyway.

[@NoName-ym5zj]

That guy at 2:40 sounds like a true sorcerer

[@imreadydoctor]

cutest chick that plays dnd, or at least a very high ranking runner up!

[@bobburn]

The "awesome" examples were often worse than the "bad". No thanks to any such campaign.

[@edschramm6757]

1 my group is somewhere between, we usually have pairs or trio's of characters who link together, but the DM usually has a way to bring everyone together. 2, the campaign im in right now is closer the the generic. i have a campaign in mind, but im following a game based in forgotten realms i know, becausei have never actually... been... DM. character introduction midway is usually incorperated in some bizzare way, though usually it is a result of a PC death or getting bored of the character(like i did when i played 3 campaigns with almost the exact same character, i swapped one out, the DM played aroudn it quite well. "Insane dwarf riding a dire boar" because thats any different from a normal dwarf XD. i try to fall into the better backstory catigory, though when i was learning i ignored that in favor of learning basic game mechanics and how my character worked.

[@rivantherogue2758]

My campaign has a Tanuki Monk... with the Almost Chosen One background. He likes to steal shoes..

[@crisrody852]

If your group have new players, a campaign versus the Rise of the Orcs or something very basic is the best way to go in my opinion. Nothing says more D&D that fighting Goblins, Orcs, Ogres, Dragons and Evil Wizards

[@matthewfanous8468]

My favorite character to play is Dan the wizard. Uh, he has a... crossbow... and... does things sometimes.

[@kronosbot5]

I just make an open world with a few factions and notable NPCs with agendas and let the PCs loose in it to see what happens. It's fun so see how they influence each other.

[@WarDogMadness]

this was amazing it help me with ideas of how to do dnd right for the players

[@thedreameater]

I stopped watching once the interesting "bad" D&D ended and the standard, boring "good" D&D began. One was fun and creative, the other was uninspired and self-interested.

[@dm4life579]

Ravensong Moonblade sounds like a very trustworthy fellow.

[@Emperor_Atlantis]

IT WAS A PROPHECY! haha I died of laughter mutliple times

[@StealthMarmot_]

Someone used Central Casting for their backstories. :P

[@demonxkiller1]

"Rise of the Tears of the Moon of the Eels"

[@Camarillo36]

haha this was very good to see on your channel i enjoyed this a lot man :)

[@1anarquista.sensato]

Those initial characters seem to be loads of fun. Saying they are "Shit D&D" is essentially telling people: "Your fun is wrong"

[@trunkulent]

I don't think the characters really need a lot to do with each other. One of my favorite storytelling idea/tropes is a group of people coming together, likely for different reasons, to accomplish the same goal. Though yeah, the "meet in a tavern" thing is pretty clichéd.

[@nickcarbaugh4301]

Rise of the Laddersmiths! Theyre going to build a ladder to the moon and rise among everyone else!

[@blyade]

I'd ignite all ya beards with fireball to light up a dark room and I just someone's gonna roll bad and have their face horribly deformed for the rest of the game.

[@Smackosynthesis]

I wouldn't call it shit d&d if the people playing it want role playing to take a backseat to dungeon delving, problem solving and character progression. Aka my group. We do a little roleplaying, but we don't get super deep into it. Edit: We do a lot of what they called awesome combat encounters.

[@JeremJarnex]

that dragonborn is amazing i want him in my games

[@Yatsura2]

TIL that scars over the face are generic, but scars about the throat are original. Ok then. XD

[@TeaquestSagas]

"Whaaaaat" Best quote.

[@K9CrunchieProduction]

I keep dying at Ravensong moonblade

[@sethseth9059]

"Rise of the Penis" where you must escape D&D jail or else.

[@zenzin7725]

seth seth lmao

[@mckyliex4919]

the guy at 2:36 sounds like he is a voice actor for the elder scrolls also great vid and I relate to this.

[@theneutralgood]

Nice...Welcome back Esper!

[@Whoopadoop]

My group played a homebrew system once which included a stempunk robot a were wolf bard a seven foot tall rouge knoll the rest were nomal one a wizard gnome the other a ranger halfling

[@SquirrelGamez]

Rise of the Bad DM. Raised by honeybadgers is hardcore though. Unfortunate that they don't care...

[@undyne973]

I may have a Tiefling as a character, but the people who play over-the-top characters like RavenSong Moonblade annoy me to no end.

[@HarmonizedHero]

i am doing a campaign. my pc has nothon with the story. i am just there. (also my pc is a human) but the other 2 are. one is a kitsune and she is a priness. and there is a black smith. we stopped playing and we are going to play again on st patricks day. idk how the black smith has to do with the story.

[@skooptywooop1030]

the whole rise of the blank thing was unfair because new d&d players like acting out common fantasy troupes and for new design why not have a large conquest. It isn't that bad.

[@Potowatomi8]

8:44 I think I found the original audio files from Shadow of Mordor for Uruks driven insane

[@jongardner8576]

I can sense that the DM's girlfriend is in this and I can't understand a word she says. Hopefully I can find my balls to just leave. Hopefully we all don't live in the same house because then I can't.

[@vanilla_beats]

3:15 Also known as Rise of Tiamat