using hardcore traveling rules in D&D

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[@knixie]

I feel this started as a really clever sketch and then turned into him just running around in the woods while a confused spencer filmed him.

[@blackfang0815]

That is 100% what happened.

[@augustus1138]

🤣🤣🤣

[@eoincampbell1584]

the two sides of comedy, perfectly captured

[@donnythedingo]

Just like 9 of 10 DnD campaigns

[@RobertPatrician]

If I didn't know better I would suspect they just slipped him some drugs and filmed the result. Good drugs.

[@HighLordComedian]

I like to imagine that he was only a 10 minute walk from the city walls

[@12bjorn34]

Congrats! Here’s 10 gold for your hard journey!!

[@davidstratton696]

Reminds me of pizza delivery episode of SpongeBob 😂

[@Pistonrager]

Based on the fence and firepit, looks like he got lost in someones wood lot and instantly became insane.

[@Yombleflobber]

And the DM just played it out like combat, with six-second turns.

[@spritemon98]

Then he ends up failing his survival checks and becomes a feral man

[@pmf98]

Accurate. There’s a reason wizards build and live in towers, the outside world is too scary.

[@lunahix4815]

Mother Gothel was right in a way.

[@Litchert]

And this is how I learned I was a wizard

[@busterbeast999]

I thought they just loved climbing stairs.

[@CodeeXD]

Not too scary just real hot and sweaty eff that

[@loop1789]

AKSHUALLY it's not a wizard this time 'cause the player said the Charisma was his casting ability 🤓

[@ai.yeehaw]

I can't help but imagine a large apartment complex right out of frame with tons of people watching Jacob flail around in wizards garb.

[@Driziel]

5:19

[@TrueTriage]

What do you mean? That is clearly a wizard. Jacob is playing dnd in his house.

[@ItsKango]

Something about the fact that Jacob's hair is so long now that he doesn't even need the wig anymore is so funny to me.

[@asagoldsmith3328]

It's the wrong color tho. He needs more stress.

[@linkholder]

@@asagoldsmith3328 he should get married

[@mariox204]

​@@linkholderhe mist bebinmune to stress, other comment say that hes a father

[@devnail7368]

@@linkholder he's been married

[@samwill7259]

I want us all to appreciate that he had to breathe fresh air and touch grass for this video. A true king

[@standingdoor7077]

His sacrifice was for us.🥲🫡

[@cloud1973]

probably had d20's in his pockets to prevent the effects of the air and grass from taking hold, what a courageous man 😔

[@tpseeker3367]

Wonder how many takes they had to do cause whoever was filming couldn't stop laughing.

[@James11111]

Oh please There's no fresh air anywhere near a location habited by humans anymore lol.

[@merrittterrell4195]

A brave person indeed

[@jacobbalensiefer3846]

It's important to remember that this man is now also a father.

[@IndigoIndustrial]

And all that implies.

[@lastofgiants]

The mother is likely the one holding the camera

[@atoucangirl]

he clearly makes an amazing dad

[@travisbewley7084]

The idea that the cooky old druid out in the forest is actually just an incompetent sorcerer who lacks basic survival skills and is malnourished to the point of dillerium is definitely making it into my next game

[@Zack_Wester]

worse a Druid that have never left the city walls and have somehow never really seen an forest, the ocean or you know large greenery before. and when he leaves the city just goes I have no ide how to survive in a forest as a Druid.

[@prophetzarquon1922]

Sounds a bit like a Ranger with the favored terrain Urban

[@VenomousMoses]

“Somebody can use my corpse for medicinal needs” is such a fun way of saying “I’m donating my body to science” 😂

[@elsandwich7481]

I can just imagine a family going on a hike in those woods then seeing him and telling their kids,"don't worry that's not a crackhead that's our local KZbinr,"

[@galaxy6174]

This imples "KZbinr" is like a species of cryptid or something, and I'm all for that

[@elsandwich7481]

@@galaxy6174 indeed

[@YourCrazyDolphin]

Or possibly even "don't worry, that's just dad"

[@ElNerdoLoco]

I'm sure the script comes first, but I love the idea of your thought process being, "Let me put on a wizard costume and be stupid around trees for a while. That's a video DnD fans will watch'"

[@suiway]

Apparently he was extremely correct too. I was waiting for him to fall over and then he did and it was everything I could have hoped for.

[@emilysmith2965]

AND WE DID

[@prophetzarquon1922]

And showed engagement!

[@randomperson8375]

Could this be The Wizard's father? That would certainly explain why he turned out the way he did.

[@djcupcake8662]

@don't be surprised HOW MANY BOTS DID THIS GUY MAKE

[@Tinkuwu]

@@djcupcake8662 We need to destroy the source to get rid of them.

[@nathanalbanese1472]

Maybe. He’s a charisma caster though

[@skycr7059]

​@@nathanalbanese1472 maybe that's why the Wizard hates warlocks and sorcerers?

[@KyeEnzoden]

@@skycr7059 his dad went wild having gotten lost in Nature. Raised a Barbarian and here we are.

[@synthetichumangaming4634]

Oh no, the wizard's only weakness: Playing outside!

[@tylerbremer6696]

Touching grass

[@dragoknight589]

I think this guy is a sorcerer because his spellcasting ability was mentioned to be Charisma.

[@madbadbat]

@@tylerbremer6696 Looks like he failed his save vs touching grass and took full damage.

[@tylerbremer6696]

Man took 1d4 embarrassment damage. It doing double his total hp out right killed him

[@dangerface300]

I like to think that characters with negative wisdom spend a bit of each day being a little confused by mundane things.

[@MadamFoogie]

I'd love to see the reaction of a random hiker passing by and seeing a young man dressed as a wizard yelling about how his cloak of flying is out of charges.

[@landon1167]

What started off as a well planned and scripted skit quickly devolved into several minutes of Jacob playing in the woods....which is equally as entertaining

[@adammcclendon431]

This is like the Wizard prequel- starving and trying to survive in the wild drove him crazy, crazy for G-FUEL! LOL

[@LCCWPresents]

I can just hear jacobs voice say g fuel while reading that.

[@theuncalledfor]

He's not a wizard, he's a charisma caster. Probably a sorcerer, as a warlock would have just eldritch blasted the deer. Force damage directly follows psychic damage as the non-kinetic damage type most likely to not destroy the meat you wanna eat.

[@CitanulsPumpkin]

This is why the ranger class exists, the druid class exists, and why older editions of the game presumed the party was traveling with a caravan of at least 30 to 50 retainers.

[@12bjorn34]

3:06 I love how the wand auto casts fireball without the wizard specifying 😂

[@kingjeremythewicked5953]

Wand of fireball with commanding word "gyah"

[@Storm-the-GM]

This is some classic Jacob content right here. Reminds me of the start of the channel where they would all just run around outside for the class skits. Love it so much.

[@JamesThatcher]

This feels so unnatural without fireball... Nevermind... That fixed it

[@curtisthornsberry4236]

Finally, an accurate representation of of what happens to the party when the one guy who took survival tells them “fine you find your way home”.

[@halfdanfiskerangen9025]

Always love the videos where Jacob has to venture outside for the skit

[@evanwcahill4439]

The ingame character is a fantastic addition to the formula.

[@Orillion123456]

I am utterly shocked that he didn't actually fall into the water while pretending not to know how to cross the water.

[@techsmechs2485]

Right? I would be in the same shape as him I think, because I spent the whole time so worried about something like that happening to his lovely costume props in those wet nasty scary woods 🙃

[@commanderbacon6426]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@UXMetalVTuber]

Even some video games are not immune to this issue. Anyone who's played games like Dragons Dogma knows that anytime you tried to walk ANYWHERE in the open world, you were either condemning yourself to a boring 30+ minutes of walking anywhere, or would inevitably assaulted by creatures. The outside world is a scary place, man

[@linkholder]

To be fair, the walks in Dragons Dogma only suck because sprinting drains stamina... IN AND OUT OF COMBAT! This is why Liquid Vim is gold to me, and I will buy/counterfeit/steal as many as I need before I subject myself to a 2 second sprint, followed by being still for 5 years regaining stamina. Thank God they gave us the eternal ferrystone and port crystals in the remaster/Dark Arrisen

[@UXMetalVTuber]

@@linkholder Heavens, yes, that eternal ferrystone was basically the most important item in the game for me, lol

[@josiahriesen3006]

Black Desert Online is another example

[@linkholder]

@@UXMetalVTuber and it was given to you near the start of the game... FOR FREE lol

[@UXMetalVTuber]

@@linkholder They knew they had to mitigate the damage somehow 🤣

[@DarkShiftMusic]

This feels so much like a KZbin video from like 2009. The humor, the acting, it's all time accurate lol Amazing video Also I love how KZbin says this is Skyrim. A+

[@RenoKyrie]

And then suddenly the party is saved with That one Ranger/Druid with Goodberry Until the DM either banned GB or make it soo you can only survive with GB for some time

[@trebmal587]

Goodberry is a sad case. The whole "can feed you for one day" part is only relevant in a campaign where survival is important, but it also almost completely remove this survival aspect.

[@yuvalgabay1023]

The survival pillar is completely irrelevant past level 5 max..so many spell/abilities just trivilaz it. And there very little mechanics in play..tbh i never seen a survival focus ttrpg system

[@thatguy5391]

​@@trebmal587 I require the spell to have a Berry, and half a days worth of food, so they have to prepare the spell before hand, which usually the druid would use raw meat, or rotting meat and make it safe, why not just eat the meat? You can make more rations.... Might remove the food part

[@RenoKyrie]

@@yuvalgabay1023 And Cooking Mechanic also need to be Homebrew 🗿

[@celestialtree8602]

or 1 person with the Outlander background

[@cryonix226]

I don't think this is how traveling feels like but Jacob becoming a crazy hermit in the woods is a treat on its own

[@dragoknight589]

Whereas The Wizard (Trademark XP To Level 3) would go mad with power, this guy, who I'm assuming is a sorcerer from the mentioned spellcasting ability and the fact that he casts Fireball, has gone mad with madness.

[@Bootychu79]

The ending we all knew was coming in our hearts.

[@JamesThatcher]

Please tell me Spencer was laughing the whole time...

[@Sivanot]

I refuse to accept any world in which she wasnt.

[@emilysmith2965]

“How did Gandalf DO this?” Literally he brought rations. Enough for several ponies to carry.

[@MacedonZero]

I actually really like survival in the D&D campaigns I play. It actually makes common adventuring equipment useful outside of the rope and grappling hook

[@fumbulz60]

Poor Jacob, the sleep deprivation from all those late night diaper changes and bottle feedings finally got to him. 😉

[@anacoanagoldenflower]

In my campaign we ended up having to journey across the country; and our game is pretty realistic with most magic being outlawed, so we were traveling by horse and cart. Our DM did an excellent job of making a variety of towns along the way (including one we chose to condemn to an infinite time loop because we refused to pay the price an evil force demanded) but also a lot of atmosphere while we were traveling that incited roleplaying and turning to each other for our collective strengths. It was amazing! As a newer DM, I struggle deeply to make traveling of that caliber and not have my players end up like this lol

[@critespranberry8872]

I love the idea of a character being aware of it's nature and then having conversations with the player

[@1.21jiggawatts2]

I love this format with the jumping between the PCs and the Players. Can’t wait to see more.

[@Eshiay]

Ranger looking at the Wizard: "Who's useless now?"

[@joshlee1166]

This is where Jacob's descent into madness went from spiraling to plummeting.

[@alnessi9622]

This really feels like Jacob just wanted to play in the woods for an hour. XD

[@GlutenFreeStudios]

5:10 When your party insists on using dragons to fly over all the encounters

[@GamingWithCalvin1]

This made me go digging into the wizard character I made and am yet to use, and give him proficiency in survival instead of sleight of hand.

[@dougiethompson2822]

Get this man a deal with Netflix now, we need 3 seasons of this show

[@cameronhinrichs9765]

I've always found traveling such a tricky thing to DM

[@plushdragonteddy]

i’d recommend ginny di’s video on tips for making d&d travel fun !!

[@evehellod9776]

I never know if I should skip forward or not, especially if several days pass. It just feels weird to skip days ahead, especially since the players want to roleplay and stuff. But adding encounters for every day or every travel also feels strange Or if they’re in a forest or are lost, it can be difficult to convey that as well

[@TheCrappyRobot]

​​@@evehellod9776 One time...(As a player) We were on a ship...And the journey was going to take 3 days...Each day was basically a mini game that would last 15 minutes...He would ask one of us to roll a D10 and he had certain things planned like....Pirates attack....Or A storm happens...Or The ship breaks....And we spent those 15 mins (45mins total) Dealing with tasks thrown at us each day....Kinda neat.

[@omercohen5408]

The wizard to druid pipeline is real

[@lynxdotexe1661]

So this is what I looked like role-playing in the woods when I was younger... Amazing

[@plushdragonteddy]

4:13 i loved the way he said “mm! yes,” and i’m thankful that apparently he did too bc he just kept saying it 🤣

[@bl3993]

Unless the wizard is literally Gandalf, this is why we don't let them out alone.

[@awcolorcat]

I do enjoy the player and their character having a conversation… it really is like that

[@beefytaco6374]

The sorcerer! We finally look into his life! 🎉

[@Seority]

A wild wizard wonders the woods while whistling a whimsy tune as he wrestles his wit to wade wretched waters and await his weary woes.

[@jeremiahlewis410]

You guys look like you had a blast with this. Hey, at least the Wizard didn't fall in the river.

[@MadelinaBallerina118]

“Man became civilized for a reason. He decided that he liked to have warmth and clothing and television and hamburgers and to walk upright, and to have a soft futon at the end of the day. He didn't want to have to struggle to survive. I don't need the woods. I have a nice wood desk”

[@asdisskagen6487]

Oh. My. God. I laughed until I had tears. Your re-enactment of the player's lack of foresight had me rolling!

[@CthulhuOnCam]

This feels like me when ever my parents told me to go play outside...

[@ZttackFrmBhind]

The moral of this story is that you should travel with a party so your character doesn't go insane...

[@Liz_For_Short]

The quiet 'oh goodness me' really got me. This was hilarious man, the extra effort is insane. I mean....going outside? Couldn't be me lmfao

[@PonrokoArchive]

From Wizard to druid and finally wild magic sorcerer.

[@Ironed-Silver]

I love the idea of players talking to their characters. I hope Jacob keeps implementing these skits in his videos.

[@khartog01]

When no one wants to play a ranger.

[@seefol9095]

"I use my beard as a signal flag" "roll surviel" "I rolled a one" 5:23

[@Goku__]

Loved showing the characters’ perspective of the situation 😂

[@GreycatRademenes]

I imagine at certain point he ran into a Wild Logan the Druid and hid 3 dozen Giant Snakes in the process of trainig them to do the Hula Dance.

[@signpostmarv]

More players talking to their characters, please

[@IndigoIndustrial]

"This magical Cape of Expedited Travel is all I have left."

[@ColtNomad]

It's been a while since I've been this early. I like travel in d&d and dislike when a dm just fast travels me.

[@RolfStones]

It's hard to kill two birds with one stone, but you can kill a whole flock with one FIREBALL. Instantly crispy cooked too!

[@JamesThatcher]

He doesn't need food, he needs g fuel

[@Cl0v3rComics]

The idea of a Wizard wearing Converse just makes sense

[@uriahmasters3673]

You know that episode of The Office where Michael goes camping by himself and Dwight secretly follows him? Same energy.

[@bravelilspidey]

"How did Gandolf do it?" With the finest weeds of all The Shire.

[@Gzussss]

You should do this more often, This was very enjoyable.

[@cicadasigil9471]

I suddenly want a wizard hat made entirely out of beards.

[@teasteel4900]

2:42 that reminds of the time when my Orc Grungar and Living Armor buddy (party member, who was a cleric, LA for short) walked around the forrest which was protected by the God of the hunt, i asked LA to cook some deer. He found 1, casted a spell (forgor name) which can teleport a creature in a random spot and back. The first time it got teleported it got to the god of strenght's gates, got back and charged at us, and LA immediatly teleported it to another spot and got teleported to one of God of War's palaces, hit the gym and the Deer came back standing 60 meters tall. Me being a dumb orc gave it an apple, managed to succed on charisma check, the Deer leaned in for a bite and stepped back, we left IMMEDIATLY. We created a monster, a God Of DEER...which will probably destroy the forrest, aswell as the god of the hunt

[@albinocyclopse9952]

I'm running a pirate campaign and we do a lot of time skips to sail from place to place. They have a cook NPC on board and they use their share of the treasure to buy food materials. The players are incentivized to find enough treasure regularly to split among themselves and their NPCs to allows them to keep the boat up and running. It's a resource management minigame that plays out in the background, gotta make sure it doesn't overlap the plot too much, unless they start running low. Then the madness and scurvy become a problem and the sirens see them as easy prey.

[@c_splash]

For some reason the splash at 2:19 sounds like a stock sound effect. 10/10 great form.

[@dubsteparticuno7912]

This is exactly how I imagined him going on a hike would be.

[@koleherrick]

How is Spencer not laughing while filming lmao

[@theadventuresguild6514]

The explosion at the end was so comically perfect, I'm in tears.

[@Echomage1215]

I've missed this kind of content, this is excellent 🤣

[@koldblazer12]

Yes i like it when jacob films outdoors the change of scenery does make me happy

[@sebastianfranasovic7005]

As someone’s who’s favorite Class is the Ranger, this physically hurt me because I’ve lived too many sessions with companions like these. If everyone just bought enough rations, then they wouldn’t have to complain about me straying further from the group to hunt for a decent meal for everyone. I swear it’s not easy to stealthily get food with a clanking Paladin with 10 Dex following me around, or a wizard capable of burning down the entire forest with a single spell slot.

[@aag2139]

burning down a forest is just BBQ with extra steps

[@chucksto]

I once ran a 2 hour session where the party just did the math trying to calculate if making the monk and barbarian pull their cart would be faster than a horse. 2 hours.

[@christina5949]

Thank you for your sacrifice to go outside to make this video for us. I imagine it was a harsh, terrible thing that haunts your dreams to this day. Thank you for the reminder of how good it is to remain in doors. 😅

[@JacobL228]

2:22 That "dammit" just got me. The video was a good two or three minutes longer than it should have been, though.

[@MrKailanb]

How did you know we just started a 4 day march

[@skinnysnorlax1876]

2:22 was the best vocal performance of a cuss I ever did hear

[@333jessica999]

Wiggling into a tree and chanting, "hm, yes. Hm? yes." was hilarious

[@12bjorn34]

This is the Wizard’s punishment for putting his ASIs towards Charisma. Silly Wizard

[@IggyTthunders]

This whole video is an indictment of modern DnD. It started out flavored as a survival horror game, wilderness survival being an essential element of the horror; bc you never knew what was going bump in the night.

[@DJBuckEQ]

This was just 5 and a half minutes of you wandering around the forest in budget cosplay and I am LIVING for it.

[@benfarrar741]

The wizard has dominated every single challenge he has ever encountered in these videos. But he was defeated by a HIKE.

[@thebaron2277]

That was the sorcerer. He used charisma as his casting mod

[@benfarrar741]

@@thebaron2277 Good catch. You're right.

[@an_organism7594]

This skit really just shows us the different movie ratings the wilderness has for different classes. Rated G for druids (among others), NR-17 for wizards (among others).

[@CatSculptor]

3:55 The classic "I guess we just live here now" when the party's out of ideas

[@maxnovatiger]

3:43 unhappy meal Legolas

[@DasWarVorbestimmt]

"That felt a little more catastrophic than I intended." DnD in a nutshell

[@tonyjoestar2632]

"That was a bit more catastrophic than I intended" my campaign in a nutshell

[@marloesvaneck9948]

The beginning was a bit slow with the player and their character talking to eachother but after 20 sec i loved it so fricking much this was incredible

[@Magidex]

The split screen "With what?" got me. House full of people and I busted out laughing.

[@nimbusentry7093]

True wizard strats: Need food? Cast fireball on a pond, the conclusive blast will kill/stun the fish and you can pick them up. Need shelter? Find a clearing, if no clearing can be found, cast fireball. You have a clearing. Need supplies to build a shelter? Fireball the base of a big tree. Need fire? Collect the sticks from the tree you blasted, and then... you guessed it. Cast produce flame.