Shopkeep... but it's a playable character

[@freyanox9443]

I like Ginny's bright pink summer outfit contrasting with the merchants ghoulish black and white colors.

[@GinnyDi]

the two genders 😂 goth & barbie

[@ReadyToVeer]

Barbenheimer

[@antonlowe5370]

@@GinnyDi Pastel Goth summer!

[@Extinct-Lizard]

@@GinnyDi Is the merchant you made a changeling?

[@Calebgoblin]

​@@GinnyDiGinny is Barbenheimer confirmed incarnate?

[@fallenphoenixiv]

The potion seller is 100% how the artificer alchemist should've been done

[@TheKyleFyles]

I'm in need of the strongest potions.

[@fallenphoenixiv]

@@TheKyleFyles You can also take a look at this alchemist class

[@fujin27]

My potions are too strong for you traveller

[@slayallrebels5996]

Potion Seller, I'm going into battle, and I need your strongest potions!

[@josephwilliams5292]

My potions would kill you traveler, you cannot handle my potions

[@gacha_xxtuber2218]

I love the fact that the merchant character in the clips you showed looks like a Changeling in their true form. A Changeling merchant with the swindler subclass would make a great con-artist character.

[@Indestructoboy]

Ahhh thank you so much Ginny! Now I’ve gotta get Maxwell to illustrate your esotericist for the class tome!!!

[@GinnyDi]

Thank YOU for designing such a cool class!! 😍 It was a joy to create with!!

[@mcullennz]

Taron makes the best support classes

[@CrowePerch]

LETS GOOOO

[@CrispysTavern]

Spooky weirdo shopkeeper is a vibe I can definitely get down with.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

Only ten purchases to get a free human skull? Win!

[@gavinboyer4634]

3:15 *Immediately selects 50gp worth of cabbages

[@thisorthat2497]

MY CABBAGES!

[@rubyseverinwhitworth9066]

That thumbnail has made this NPC already my favourite one

[@happy-kh4uk]

So glad to see some of the bigger D&D/TTRPG KZbinrs covering 3rd-party classes, especially Indestructoboy’s stuff. I own the physical book to this and it’s one of my favorite classes in 5E, 3rd-party or not.

[@glennstewart5397]

I have created a world for D&D, one of the classes is the same a you are talking about. Although I based the class on the 2Ed Smuggler. My 'World of Lanthra': was worked out to 3.5 Ed and test players loved what I set up. I ran a year long Campaingn, everyone that started the campaign finished and attended every second Saturday from 3:00 pm to 10:pm with a brake for supper (an hour). Start them at level one and most ended up 15 - 16 lvl. I tried to publish the world and the maps books and charts, keep hearing; 'Sorry no chance to do it!' I still have the world maps and such!

[@mikeglasswell-gameplay]

I imagine the storefront goes to a warehouse in the merchants home town. And the warehouse workers are frantically working to grab gold and items and dropping it in the portal

[@RichWoods23]

And the warehouse owner builds rockets with the profits he makes from his chain of dubiously tax-efficient warehouse businesses.

[@tiogah]

Ginny. PLEASE GOD. Make more of this character.

[@kyleh3227]

I immediately need to know everything about this character. I need a name. I need backstory. I just need more.

[@polarstriker3854]

woah i absolutely LOVE the “spooky weirdo” you’ve created for this video! this seems like a really neat class haha

[@gnomes1377]

Ohhh the eyes, love the terrifying eyes

[@Jimersion]

This feeds right into the D&D subsystem called Markets & Merchants I've been working on for some time now. Ginny always has some of the best inspiring vids. 👍🙂

[@MandibleBones]

Gods, if I ever run an actual play of the World of Darkness, I'm going to see if I can hire Ginny to play a goblin merchant for a session, because holy shit is that changeling exactly what I want to creep out my players with. Great video and I think I may check out this character class, too, for my 5E games.

[@Vaati1992]

Idea for the portable storefront: a giant clam shell, perfect for a triton or sea elf!

[@AngelavengerL]

that would be so cool!

[@armana1404]

I’ve long wanted a class just like this! It’s Sala from Indiana Jones as a character class! “That car belonged to my brother-in-law….”

[@ManicSteakMuffins]

I might have to get this if my players decide to bring the adopted goblin merchant along on an adventure.

[@GBS4893]

Jocat fan?

[@ManicSteakMuffins]

@@GBS4893 just a very improvised on the spot NPC

[@not_a_robot-1048]

I have a full character in mind already that this class is perfect for A tifling whose mother made a deal with both a demon and a witch with their firstborn as the price. Then, she ran away when the child was born, leaving the witch and the demon to fight for custody, Both came to an agreement and raised the child together, They learned about curses and magic from there foster parents and their portable store front would be the pet mimic. They were given as a birthday present😂😂😂

[@mollywantshugs5944]

This is a perfect mixture of funny, creepy, and weirdly wholesome

[@hungariangiraffe6361]

Lol this is great. Btw did you get the backstory idea from another dnd KZbinr? Because I think I've seen it on another channel but I can't remember the name.

[@eunhogarcia5293]

​​@@hungariangiraffe6361Zacspeaksgiant?

[@hungariangiraffe6361]

@@eunhogarcia5293 I think yes

[@MythicMachina]

When I think of a Merchant class, my mind jumps to the Bravely Default and Octopath Traveler games (which are made by the same devs). In that, Merchants have the ability to buy items on command like this class does. But there's a couple other interesting things. In Bravely Default, Merchants can forcibly sell items into enemies for extra cash, buff the crit rate of allies by spending money, and can deal damage by spending money based off of their level + a certain amount of cash. In Octopath, the most interesting ability for me allows you to spend money to hire mercenaries to do an attack, with the type and strength depending on the rank of what you spend. I'm super happy to hear that there's a gambler subclass, but a part of me wishes that there was a way to hire mercenaries as temporary allies. I know the Pet Shop is kinda that already, but I also wanna call in the boys! Maybe these mercs have specific stat blocks for certain party roles and temporarily fill in a party's weakness... if you can pay the wage of course!

[@alexanderwizardjar9540]

I found this class JUST yesterday, what are the odds! It's really cool every time you cover homebrew content

[@G33KSP34K]

I actually had a DnD campaign back in the day where the group were exotic beast and monster wranglers, and would go out to catch and retrieve specific beasts and monsters to sell. It was fun, this reminded me of that. And ofc, great merchant outfit.

[@chris492549]

4:26 "It's basically Divine Intervention, but for shopping!" lol

[@BlaineC2040]

This is such a cool idea for a class! I just about laughed out loud at the nail clippings bit...(In our current campaign those are some ingredients to the polymorph potions that are made by Loryn a Hobgoblin Alchemist NPC. )

[@KiyasuPVP]

A love every part of this. I especially love the play you get around long rests and having to pay up as a party. I could see going into the red to defeat the BBEG and suddenly you're in your next campaign as the party is in debt to some entity or even the next BBEG.

[@PerryPictures]

30 second mark: “I’m in! Say no more!” Switched to sponsorship ad, “wait I did want to hear more tho about the merchant class!” This idea is really fun 😊

[@djkillermemestar1265]

love this cool looking character

[@TheAzureGhost]

Reminds me of DSA (The dark eye in english) , a german TTRPG where you pick a profession at character creation instead of a class which can range from traveling merchants, over doctors, hunters, bandits up to absolvents of a mage college. You learn new skills mostly from buying training from npc or other players or get enough money together to afford going to a reknown martial arts / magic college ect. (you can start as an absolvent though but that might come with a dept you have to pay off)

[@StevenFowlerDPhil]

I like TDE!

[@Novachild37]

I love Taron's classes been running them in my games as options for players and almost always have a fair portion of the party choose them

[@livingtaco7876]

Oh my God I love this character!

[@flyingalienqueen]

Your whole merchant look, the clothes, the hair, the makeup, the accessories, is perfectly coordinated in just such a phenomenal and captivating way!! Love it so so much!

[@rayparibello]

The merchant cosplay in this video was super cool!

[@bast713]

I love the cool stuff the D&D community cooks up

[@nanorider426]

For 3.5 and AD&D this merchant class is gold because these old systems have a price list for magic items. Thanks Ginny Di and Indestructoboy. ^^

[@HatredSonneillon]

This class sounds really cool, I had always though a merchant class that uses money as their resource would be fun but wasn't sure how to complete the idea as a full class. I think your character makes this class even better though.

[@unholycheeto8182]

This class is a perfect companion addition to my 1on1 session I run.

[@SodaPopBarbecue]

Coolest. Team-up. Ever. Get Griffon's Saddlebag and DND Shorts in there, and the circle is complete.

[@Antimuffin]

"Divine intervention, but for shopping"--well I'm on board!

[@cartreezy1631]

Bought this a few months back and I can tell you it's one of the most fun classes I have ever played! The guy that makes them has a bunch that are EXTREMELY well thought out.

[@elisebaturone6255]

This so cool I really want that separate gambler video ! actually I want a deep dive into each subclass because omg YES

[@Mark-ki7ic]

I have a need for this in my new campaign, plus I have just the player for it. She's been looking for a class she likes , this'll be perfect for her. (Girl is a born haggler)

[@livsurana9255]

Finally, I can play Garfield, The Deals Warlock

[@TreantmonksTemple]

This sounds like my kind of character class.

[@fraserfrays8440]

This character concept is giving massive Abigail Thorn energy

[@GinnyDi]

What’s so funny is that I created her while reading the audiobook of “leech” by Hiron Ennis, which is narrated by Abigail Thorn 😂

[@mareklwhip4590]

This is actually super cool. One of if not the only homebrews I can see myself really wanting to spend money on!

[@captainthorrek262]

The gourmand subclass, and Dancer class, sound like a lot of fun!

[@EmilyRitcheson]

After hearing about the toymaker subclass, I want to play as a thinly-veiled Drosselmeyer from The Nutcracker SO BAD!!

[@LeeCarlson]

I loved the video. I also loved this character and hope to see more of her. Perhaps even a roleplaying interaction. You have also sold me on the character class and looking over the complete bundle.

[@yourseatatthetable]

It's an interesting concept. For awhile I had a table with two players. both liked Dwarves, so we settled on a pair of low level Dwarven characters whose primary job was to drive and escort a supply wagon between a series of fixed outposts and trade locations in the region. This meant that they'd follow several established routes, and that they'd return, eventually. One of them decided to work on some trading related skills with the intent on developing his own trading company in time. It was an interesting and fun campaign.

[@jessiewionzek4832]

I love this class!!! The source material is SO FUN. I have a goblin merchant (vagabond subclass) character named Twig whose main reason for adventuring is to find treasure, sell it for $$$, and eventually hire a mercenary army to avenge her family, who were chased out of the goblin kingdom during a violent coup in which the goblin king & queen were murdered. Her portable storefront is a gigantic backpack that's about five times as big as she is. She also has a pet mimic :)

[@greysen10]

I had to get this for my own games. Like, Im all about Support characters myself, and the idea of not just stealin... I mean borrowing from NPCs, but taking all my party member's gold? Oh joy!

[@BrooklyKnight]

The perfect class if you're trying to play a campaign as Boxxo

[@corbynwilding3205]

Though i haven't played much DnD, i already have some ideas for characters. And after watching this video I definitely have ideas for merchants if I were to pick the book up. Wonderful work on the video, Ginny, and love to new little freak! Hope we get to see more of them potentially

[@id9907]

Why do I have the sneaking suspicion that this class's catch-phrase is going to be "I can fix this!" 😁

[@roberthornyak5875]

I play an artificer with the homebrew subclass the caravaneer. Basically a magnificent mansion in a wagon. It serves as a portable base, allows for crafting on the road, and a business opportunity for travel or an inn.

[@dobo9150]

Ginny: *drops a new character-based cosplay* me: *squints* ....Chiana?

[@scobythebloodless2310]

I wish I had known about this a year ago! I think the esotericist would have been a good fit for my friendly, witchy, Apothecary character. I love your esotericist!

[@bradenschroeder3144]

I have been playing a moleman merchant with this class in a cyberpunk themed campaign and it has hands down become my favorite character and a friend favorite as well. Can not reccomend it enough!

[@megasquidd]

Super entertaining video, Ginny. Well done. I'm also pretty intrigued by the Merchant class.

[@liesbethverlaeckt8083]

This is SUCH a fun class idea!! It seems to lean heavily into the support and flavouring, which is RIGHT up my alley! 😆

[@johnrogers1747]

I love Indestructoboy's work! I found out about him through his Rune Keeper class, and I love how different, but easy to learn the rune magic system is.

[@waddlesquad8199]

I've always wanted to play a travelling merchant character and this class embodies that trope using the 5e mechanics fantastically! I'm especially interested in using that character with variant loot described in the PHB, where rewards could stuff like precious metals and expensive artwork, so my character could roll into town and sell stuff they looted from a dungeon at a premium. "Special offer!: An ancient statue to a forgotten god, carved out of real obsidian! Only 400gp!"

[@mikeglasswell-gameplay]

Channeling Gretchen from the recess cartoon

[@Greenknight3]

I took this concept and ran with it, I'm playing a halfling gourmand that will probably be the party mom. Aunt nimblebrew.

[@snoproblem]

Oh, I could really get into a class like this, the possibilities, the character choices/ growth, the sheer fun! 😁 EDIT: Pet Dealer? You could play as a Newt Scamander expy.

[@mattbriddell9246]

Fun class! I'd recommend looking at the Dancer that Taron made as well.

[@GinnyDi]

I read through both the Dancer and the Alchemist when making this video. All really creative and thoughtfully crafted!

[@mystrtwenty]

Damn Ginny! That curse was brutal. 🤣

[@tmytyson]

Ginny's take on the Esotericist immediately reminds me of those Twilight Zone episodes where Death or the Devil is a traveling salesmen. Outstanding aesthetic.

[@mollywantshugs5944]

This class is great. I also really like the spooky shopkeeper.

[@shutupnora]

this is so COOL! I already have a million ideas for characters with this class, definitely gonna check it out

[@tabicat.puccino7425]

I thought of a class, Artist, you have evasion spells and can make any map, and other support like things like, restore, location, avoid, cloak and etc. and can have any surface display a map of their mind and can show certain key point like traps treasure or monster, with great enchanted skills, create anything on paper then adding mana to it but if the sketch is destroyed so is the creation which will cause it to appear. But the paper which its drawn on is sacrifices as a trade, it can be prepared in advanced or made while in focus, different item values cost causes you to use more paper and mana, different things like to made an axe you must an axe exactly how you want it, you need details, and an example of the material like a splinter and an iron bead, you can make any thing as long you can focus on it like you can either summon a golem on a large piece of paper or use a small paper but put a lot of mana to control the size.

[@cedricsmith4590]

This was an interesting video. Your cosplay of the merchant is amazing.

[@this_epic_name]

"no lover will have you but your own right hand" omg

[@Nionivek]

I am glad 3rd party content is getting some much needed love.

[@demonheart13]

Honestly, I love playing a merchant in MMOs so this scratches an itch I didn't realize I had in TTRPGs

[@demetrinight5924]

This sounds like lots of fun for NPCS. As a player character having access to designated equipment on demand sounds awesome.

[@arche2460]

I really love homebrew and I can't wait to get this! It sounds so hecking cool and I'd love to play a Merchant character so much

[@hubertboisvertboucher2071]

Damn that's a real interesting one ! Especially in a hign magic setting. You need to like to play a fully support oriented character but the storefront is so cool !

[@CalebCross253]

I've done something like this in 3.5. I was a Wizard and used crafting and high charisma to make and acquire Magical Items. The party paid me for magical items and enchanting services and I traded with merchants in every city or town for all kinds of stuff. Eventually I started a bunch of trade routes and supply lines to smuggle useful items around the world. Was tons of fun and had some great RP moments

[@jac0b88]

I made a character who started as an NPC shopkeeper, but they developed into a PC (concept only) because they sounded fun. A moth like humanoid old lady who runs a clothing shop. A mix of rare materials and crafting procedures enhances the item into a magical piece. I thought of her in a hanging sleeping roll next to the party camping (like a cocoon) while chewing on something she was knitting also. From there i realize she fits as a unique flavored armorer artificer. That was tbe only shopkeeper pc ive made and look forward to playing.

[@melvinhogberg]

my friends made a commoner class that just builds stuff, it can set up roads, build houses and farm for food, a really nice support class.

[@LazyManFantastico]

I played an tortle Esotericist merchant during an Out of the Abyss campaign that used a barrel as their portable storefront. It was so cool. At 4th level I took Magic Initiate (Warlock) to get eldritch blast, chill touch and arms of hadar and described it as something akin to pact magic without the drawbacks of a patron.

[@Runt4U]

Ah, yes, the build I’ve been waiting for

[@AngelavengerL]

This seems like a class that would be so fun to play. Like i could imagine you doing a smarmy car sales man type persona, or the snooty high end label shopkeeper, or the person you see in video games that's creepy and has like a trench coat with things in pockets lining the insides. A perky one that is giving everyone fashion advice whether they want it or not. Soo many ideas!

[@mariereed2531]

Thank you so much for this recommendation! I got the book specifically for the Gourmand subclass and it fits perfectly for a character I've been wanting to play but couldn't find a class that had the right fit. Plus, the other subclasses look awesome, too!

[@reclusa1379]

Bought. Thank you. Immediately thinking a great intro for: from Rogue to - Smuggler- to- Guild Master and converted to 2nd edition or others. Awesome find! Thanks again.

[@andrearichardson7931]

I would love to have a character with just a thousand pockets full of goodies

[@GinnyDi]

as a DM, I would 100000% approve "coat with tons of pockets" as a "closable container" suitable to be the portable storefront 😂

[@stl7694]

great concept would love to see it.

[@BobWorldBuilder]

Woo! This is great to see

[@Texmexium2099]

The Merchant sounds exactly like the sort of thing I like to play. Thanks for talking about it. Also, I dunno what it is, but the lighting in this video was terrific.

[@HiveLordLusa]

This is a great video topic, I'm in love with the class concept and I'm not even halfway through the video, haha! I am immediately keen to do something with this based on the classic RE4 merchant and his lovely weirdness.

[@GustavoSilva-ny8jc]

Dang, you have a great fashion

[@Bee-qe5hm]

Love this - Also reminds me of the octopath travler merchant class which is legit af

[@loganfrandrup6590]

Honestly, thank you for bringing this one up. I had no idea that this Merchant had an update and the Toy Maker was a real surprise when I heard it. I genuinly want to make a hunched back Goblin Gambler that leans into the idea of a Dice Goblin to a more extream >:)

[@monsieurdorgat6864]

Okay, but honestly, that "Portable Storefront" should really be a Warlock Pact - Pact of the Exchange, where you just always have access to a store where you can buy things. Warlock being a Charisma class makes it doubly work.

[@user-jn4sw3iw4h]

9:30 I'm seeing: - someone in town seems to be casting something harmless - a merchant spotting a deal looks a bit closer - merchant shouts to a passing wizard, 'ow shit, you there: lvl5 counterspell, over there NOW' would you? (as a dm I'd argue that any other information/discussion would be off the table as we're already lining up 2 reactions)

[@Indestructoboy]

Sounds like a great way to make the class features pay off in a cool way!

[@GinnyDi]

Wait, I’m confused as to why there’s a random passing wizard capable of doing level 5 counterspell who automatically trusts the merchant? 😅 that’s some improbable context…

[@user-jn4sw3iw4h]

@@GinnyDi That's indeed the thing. Apart from 'this would be rare enough, for it to be an interesting question'. It's very much not a given the wizard would trust the merchant. That's what makes it interesting. (Unfortunately the most likely way i'd see this actually happening is a mid/high level one-shot (or other 'swap in') character introduction. Where the trust would come from metagaming 'played by not-dm'-trustworthy) But - if you were that merchant, - and as such would be pretty likely to clock a sufficiently powerful wizard - and spot a 'probably fine', ow shit this is a domestic terrorism situation, and I can't counterspell (because you just spent your reaction on, being the only one who recognizing the danger the entire marketsquare is in) It seems like a sensible 'desperate move' to me. And as someone who's currently playing a 'high int, low wis'-wizard. I'd consider it an interesting non-trivial question. I mean, it's not 'play the other half of this conversation, in character'-playlist level of character-building, but.....

[@CarlosRodriguez-dd4sb]

While not a class, another player and I RPed two dwarves that created 'Dwarven Mercantile and Trust' within the party. They basically looked at any opportunity to make money throughout our adventures. Lots of fun

[@MorganeNestPasNormale]

Amazing. My players LOVED the Wandering Emporium in my (heavily homebrewed) version of Descent Into Avernus. It would be great to play a Merchant next, and make him a Wandering Emporium employee (probably someone who used to be in a pact with a devil, and now works for them on the Material Plane). I'd love to see my friends faces the day they find out their merchant companion is working for an old campaign "villain"...

[@iselreads2908]

My goodness that is a fantastical Changling cosplay for this character! Love the class breakdown and ADORE the look of the lovely person assigned to help the explanation. Weirdly, the portable storefront feature reminds me of a pact boon brew I found awhile back called Pact of The Casket which basically installs a bag of holding in your chest. Some of invocations make it so you gain the benefits of identify on any object that sits inside you for 10 minutes, being able to make lesser magic items requests from your patron, increased space inside, even access to some fun symmon spells like spirit guardians^^

[@renamation8098]

I love the merchants design. Shes so cool and scrunkly