Never Split the Party

[@RAFMnBgaming]

"Ok guys try to stay together" >Party ends up in 6 different shows/movies

[@krackencrusader403]

painfully true and I only have 3 players

[@dkamouflage]

@@krackencrusader403, multi-platforming and licensing deals are very important to build a diverse following. ^_^

[@AllweHaveIsTime]

GoT

[@alanherlan3429]

yeah my Dad was a Game Master for a group of idiots who somehow managed to come to a 3-way split and managed to split the party 5 ways some party members went North fork some party members went East fork some party members went West fork some party members went South fork (the way they had entered) and 2 party members just kind of sat in the middle of the split too dumb to pick a direction

[@legogodzilla]

Meanwhile, the party's bard was busy composing this song.

[@lorenzolodge9535]

Hidden Elephant Thank you good sir for this genius joke.

[@someoneawesome8717]

I'm a chaotic good Bard

[@davidstratton696]

someone awesome Most Bards are lol

[@CrystalTeacup]

@@davidstratton696 Well, the one in my Group is chaotic evil. The Rest either chaotic or lawful neutral. And then theres the Pally...

[@davidstratton696]

anon Ymous Yea the Lawful good Paladin being the hero of Justice he/she is (how boring lol) , sorry I’m just not a big fan of Paladins (at least the lawful good kind, I find them all to be the same), but u know at least they’re not forced to be Lawful good like in previous editions. I mean I’m playing a chaotic neutral Paladin (tho he’s an Oathbreaker so it makes sense lol). I’ve always loved the idea of an Oathbreaker Paladin and I’m so happy my Dm let me play as one. I just feel there’s way more story u can put into an Oathbreaker like y they abandoned there belief and whatnot.

[@christopherwest7837]

The first "Clerics in the back" chorus showing Zuko deflecting a flame blast and Sokka charging as soon as "keep those fighters hale and hearty" pops up is literal cinematic genius and you cannot tell me otherwise, holy hell I like that.

[@DarkPuck]

I'm glad you saw what I was doing there!

[@Dwoods451]

@@DarkPuckdid you make this song?

[@DarkPuck]

@@Dwoods451 I did not. The song was written and performed by an indie group called Emerald Rose, as I noted in the ending credits.

[@Dwoods451]

@@DarkPuck ok, bur still thank you for the video, I suppose

[@TheLastcossack]

rule 1 if the DM smiles at you its bad

[@thundergaming155]

Or saying “are you sure about that”

[@OriginalCreatorSama]

"You can certainly try"

[@BioroidPilot]

@@OriginalCreatorSama One of my faves as a Dm is after calling for perception rolls if they roll low is to say "Everything appears normal"

[@pendingauthor2536]

As a dm, all these statements are correct.

[@dhufflepuff348]

We can't forget randomly rolling dice and telling the players to not worry about it.

[@Amanoob105]

"I can't find my character sheet. Where's my character sheet" *Pulls out a bottle of alcohol* "Oh, here it is". Now there's a man that knows how to make a character.

[@bencetary6094]

"His name is Captain Morgan, he is a drunk pirate, and tell me how the session went when I sober out."

[@mannydani9180]

I love how every character changes except for the "damned thief" who is ALWAYS JOHNATHON BECAUSE HE REALLY IS THE DAMNED THIEF

[@sarahlyon157]

Right? And the "Heheh, I'm in politics" ... I had a player who was in political science classes who was always the "damned thief".

[@Onixior]

When I was the thief, they let me outta sight... I took anything and everything valuable, and all that weight slowed me down. Long story short: Hobgoblins catch up a lot faster than you'd think.

[@ingonyama70]

See? The advice is good for you as well as your party :p

[@GamerKale]

What I'm hearing here is, don't neglect strength.

[@pearseireland6987]

True

[@jackiethehuntress]

It's stuff like this that makes me glad my DM doesn't give a fuck about encumbrance.

[@bluefan898]

Always have a way to stash the loot where you won't exceed weight limits.

[@ZeroFighter]

My party almost never splits, but for some reason, they always let me out of their sight. It got to a point where our party leader tied a rope around my neck and lead me around on it. He said I could no longer be trusted. We went through four towns like that, and I eventually needed to ask for help. I was over-encumbered, and they could only stare on in disbelief at how I'd managed to steal so much, even under the circumstances. Their mistake was thinking that putting me on a leash meant they could take their eyes off me.

[@perkywitch8481]

+Zero Fighter Were you playing something akin to a kender! I love finding a poor gm that will let me play a kender.

[@ZeroFighter]

jena osborne Just a standard halfling. Though I may as well have been a kender, seeing as the character was very childish. Not so much a klepto, but just kind of wandering off sometimes.

[@dhumin610]

+Zero Fighter that comment made my day

[@SallinKari]

+Zero Fighter Ha... Like my party had a choice. One of my rogues had a habit of disappearing when the party had a discussion on what to do and no one has the perception to match my stealth. It got even worse once I got 'Hide in Plain Sight.'

[@gdesign95]

and this is why I always play the party crafter I may not be much use in combat but once I am able to make magic items I always trap the rogue's (thief assassin etc) equipment so that with a thought I make him glow like a miniature sun that tends to ruin all attempts to sneak around without the party knowing where you are. it's not my fault they tend t get killed by the guards they were sneaking past when I activate the security precautions they shouldn't wander off. (I also do the same with everyone's equipment so the player can't say I am biased, though it tends to be more helpful when used on others, like if your "can't tell which way is up" barbarian is lost just activate the homing beacon)

[@theskeletoncrew2446]

Thieves don't need supervision, and it's not our fault our fingers are sticky! Sometimes we just "find" things in our pockets!

[@DaLkalts]

+Hippiecheese and Friends Last time I've played, one of yours found his fingers in his own pocket... unattached :D.

[@ellowynbeimler7225]

Are you a kender?

[@Xifihas]

Hippiecheese and Friends Well explain how you "found" MY holy symbol in your pocket, especially considering I've got it chained to my neck.

[@Razdasoldier]

Xifihas Ah! Didnt I tell you? I joined the Faith! Yeah I really love..... -Whispers to the bard- which God's symbol is this?

[@rockshadow8518]

*Bard examines the symbol discreetly* Mishakal. Bard whispers back

[@faddishbigfoot4914]

11 years later and this song is still relevant

[@FiresofShadow]

have the sudden desire to re-watch avatar

[@DefectiveDictionary777]

ikr? *Every* *single* *time* I see an Avatar clip -- in any video -- I can't help but rewatch the whole thing. The last thing to set it off was an MLP episode review. Welp, time to clear out my schedule... I need some *fancy* *fire* *magix.*

[@jcarr6837]

Barbecue I miss the Zuko and Iroh.

[@pacingandmuttering5106]

Boiling rock clips always get me.

[@magiv4205]

CONSTANT MOOD

[@Blackestfang]

True story where the barbarian learned the hard way never split the party. We had just defeated a powerful enemy and the rest of the party was tired, beaten, and escorting the 18 prisoners we found to safety. We voted for a rest except the barbarian at 9 hp who went off in their own. She found a room where 4 monks where and they rushed her, she only killed one before they killed her the cleric (me) was so done with her shit I did my characters motives instead of helping her by standing in front of the prisoners with my shield to protect them. After she died the rouge and I both began singing this to her.

[@LordNumbnutsthe1st]

I salute your trolling, good sir or madam! (doffs hat)

[@epicsakura101]

Rouge? I didn’t know lip coloring could sing ; )

[@Plankensen]

Rouge is used on the cheekbones :p

[@ingonyama70]

Ahh, The Mummy Returns, AKA GODDAMMIT JONATHAN the movie. Love this mix.

[@MemesToa]

And the thief trope makes more sense than you'd think.

[@themagescorner]

Lol so true...and splitting the party happens often in towns too...where everyone expects to be safe since they're not in a dungeon...oh how wrong are they....(DM voice)

[@DAEsaster]

Yeah we left one guy alone at the temple of knowledge and he was knocked out by snake people before we were close enough to do anything. And also the rest of the town got blasted with third eye, so they're all stuck in the ethereal plane. He was literally all alone

[@Konpekikaminari]

Just recently, my party reached a town after a really long adventure (let's say in included at least 2 dragons on the way) we were expecting some downtime so we split up it barely ended well

[@nicholasjams]

Never let the thief out of sight? Well, I mean it doesn't really matter when your thief is a Kitsune... more specifically a Kitsune that can not only steal better than you can watch her but, uses magic to assist herself in the act... Ah.. Dominate Person has got to be the best spell in the game.... it is also very fun watching allies and enemies a-like do your bidding all because he said.. "Roll a will save for me right quick pal.." In the end, I, the thief, became party leader... and the Barbarian became my personal pack-mule for all the stolen goods and property. The guards later caught up to me... it wasn't pretty once the Barbarian realized I'd been controlling him the entire campaign.

[@JamesSamson487]

Would I be correct in assuming this was a HB race?

[@nerd5678]

James Samson surprisingly no

[@spritemon98]

Perfect 🤣🤣

[@andrewfullerton1379]

The only time my party has ever been efficient was after we split the party. Myself (the swashbuckling rogue), the paladin, and the ranger got high on meth supplied by our cleric and nearly burned the town down in the process of forming a cult around my previously deceased fire-loving sorcerer. The druid went to an unscorched part of the town and built a treehouse, while the monk went off and singlehandedly did what we went there to do and managed to avoid being tied to a burning stake. Upon typing this, I realize that an 83% chaotic party is probably not the best for furthering the plot, but it is great for impromptu poodle sacrifices.

[@alexrutter]

I read this, and laugh for a whole minute. I fell off of my seat, onto the floor.

[@benjaminklaassen4722]

For some reason, I wanna do all of this now.

[@lunestiacrescent827]

"Impromptu poodle sacrifices" sounds like something pulled from a random phrase generator! Lol

[@BloodyBay]

I assume that poodle sacrifices had something to do with the reason _why_ your normally-Lawful-Good Paladin _and_ your normally-Lawful-Whatever Monk turned Chaotic. >;)

[@carsonrush3352]

@@BloodyBay, I found the 3.5E player!

[@Rilriia]

Hey, as one of those "damned thieves", what does that mean exactly??? Just because I'm more skilled at ...finding... loot, I take offense to that. That's discrimination based on job proficiency and based on lies and slander and slander and lies! And no this is not your coin bag. It may *look* like your coin bag, but I found it two clicks back among the spiders. Because everyone knows that spiders love coin purses. Some even swallow shields. So if they can swallow shields, they can be fashionably accessorized with a lovely coin purse, which happens to look exactly like the one you lost .... two clicks back.

[@caciowskij768]

Damn thieves... they always find a way to fool us...

[@Rilriia]

To use the ultimate line of reasoning that defeats and pwns all questions doubt; "Not uhn...."

[@FunTimesWithTath]

that's part of why the Cleric goes in the back XD to watch the Thief... & so they don' die so they can heal the morons in the front lol

[@Wingtip91]

I know the feeling Ril'riia... I don't understand why there is such distrust for the "Theives" lol

[@samneutz6181]

I know, right? Thief and steal are such ugly words. Repossessor and Borrowing without permission and without any intention of returning fit so much better

[@OkaeriKairii]

"Clerics in the back" ... ... My tempest cleric is always up front WITH our fighter. XD

[@cid4761]

I had a friend named Khim who was the same; she scared me sometimes. XD

[@PaladinGear15]

This is strangely true. I went one way to protect a dying ally (I was the only healer, but I was very dedicated to the role and maxed out on healing powers). but then a bunch of wraiths appeared from the opposite corridor, ganging up on my team mates and taking their health down to dangerously low levels. I had to take three opportunity attacks to make a mad dash to save the rest of my party. Next session; DM says the fighter who put everything he had into damage instead of tanking (who was our only defender) was the best player. This was a 4e game just so you know, but our DM was pretty harsh, and I literally had two turns to save every single ally aside from one, as the place we were in stopped people from rolling death saving throws, three turns always meant death if you were down.

[@yugijak]

That... But... WAS HE BLIND?!

[@charleybrett1663]

You're the only healer? The fighter has no tanking ability? Guess what, man. You can kill them any time you like, just by not healing them.

[@spritemon98]

Jeez... that's just mean

[@Sliferslacker21]

I still enjoy coming back to this video at least once a year, if not more when the song won't get out of my head.

[@chaoticneutral2401]

well , splitting the party would be useful sometimes , but my pals insist on doing that WHILE THERE IS A GODDAMN ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE IN FRONT OF OUR TAVERN

[@poiuytrewq11422]

My party was in a zombie apocalypse, but somehow I managed to only be damaged by a freaking god...I hate gods now...threw me in the god Damn ocean!

[@starthezorua5161]

@@poiuytrewq11422 They what. Care to tell more? Sounds like an interesting story!

[@leonmercury3732]

Actually, one time splitting the party was accidental but advantageous. We were in a cave of constant changes and illusions, escorting a prisoner to the other side. If you "died" in the cave, you were really knocked unconscious and teleported somewhere else in the cave where you'd wake up. We got our butts handed to us by a minotaur, which resulted in me and the prisoner making it to the exit, one member finding a dragon's hoard, and solving 3 riddles to get buttloads of loot that we split evenly, another two finding a map of the cave that changed as the cave did, and the last coming to terms with his annoying, acid-spewing intelligent bag by the time we found him. Good times, good times...

[@fryzeec9054]

How did this video never go viral?

[@DarkPuck]

Probably because in order for a video to go viral it has to be shared, and shared, and shared and shared and shared again. If I knew what caused things to go viral, I'd be a wealthy woman.

[@o98z]

but it did in lesser areas, all the D&D player i know know the song

[@YOGI-kb9tg]

Fryzeec becuase DnD wasn't as popular as it is today as it was when this video came out, dnd was still considered that game that nerds play but didn't have the stigma anymore but didn't get all the popularity untill acquisitions inc went viral and all the KZbin dnd campaigns started

[@tadpolescorner8903]

12 years later its still a masterpiece

[@jasonentwisle2605]

All of my dice are cubic zirconium Nice.

[@GiantProcrastiNation]

I am my parties cleric... i am also the tank... so i can't hang back and heal the fighters... and the thief like to cause trouble when left unsupervised... like giving alcohol to minors...

[@giraffedragon6110]

Max Stith that last part is so true. You KNOW it’s a TERRIBLE idea, buuut it’s gonna happen eventually

[@anxez]

As the DM I have intentionally split my group's party before. It was beautiful and delicate and every step of the way it was their idea, not mine. And they all died. My proudest moment.

[@BlackRainRising]

I laughed myself into an asthma attack, this is freaking amazing, nicely done.

[@elliotecstasy3793]

I don't think anything nerdier has ever been said XD

[@yasminafarih3681]

Glad you're okay, i guess. XD

[@ndv135]

As a mean GM, I must hide this advise from my players.

[@morganajordanson5807]

Not only do I make every D&D newbie I meet listen to this, I also printed off the chorus in size 36 font and pinned it up on the wall in my den, next to the table where we sit when I'm hosting game night. I almost always end up as party leader during quests, and I've been saying this kind of thing for years; finally, I have an official endorsement! NEVER SPLIT THE FRIGGIN' PARTY, PEOPLE! (And keep an eye on that damn thief before (s)he makes off with the loot!)

[@DrgoFx]

And then you have my party. Who split up all the time because we split up logically and always back track to a meeting point if we know we're getting in over our heads.

[@morganajordanson5807]

Well, yeah, you could do that... but THAT requires playing with people who act logically, don't do stupid crap for just the sake of doing stupid crap, and who are capable of recognizing when they're in over their heads and reacting in a rational manner. You've never met my D&D group, have you? LOL!

[@shyra10000]

Morgana Jordanson No but your group sounds like mine if they can't make rational decisions. I know of two people in my group who consider being able to actually have their characters survive longer than a few sessions. Me and the person who plays bards all the time, the only issue with this is I am typically a wizard, rogue, or sorcerer depending on what we need so the rest of our group leaves the two people not meant to fight alone being the only useful ones as they do whatever crazy thing comes into their head. Point in case I was fighting of a group of bandits from our cart sneak attacking like crazy, because I was first in initiative, and the guy playing as a BLIND monk decided to pull a trip maneuver... He managed to trip me and the only thing that saved my life was uncanny dodge.

[@someoneawesome8717]

don't ignore the bard either (I fucked my way into a mess and had to fuck my way out managed to get money and useful info but made the DM super uncomfortable lol)

[@Bancheis]

How does this only have 334k views? I am sure I count for at least 1k over the years.

[@titon7934]

I was playing a game once, basically training noobs. It was not an official game, so when we let them split the party we could go back in time so they did not stay dead. But before we restarted, I played this for them. They learned.

[@doublebassman123]

Titon Iridio I was a new DM and one of my party members, who was a Lvl 1 fighter, wanted to split off from the group to explore more of the dungeon so I said in my mind "ok this might make for a cool moment of bad assness that with make Mr man think I'm a great, exciting DM". so after wandering down the hall and opening a door to a room I sicked 2 sahuagins on him. I looked at their hp and damage and thought "ok maybe he can handle this" - nope, he was swinging his sword around like an idiot, missing most hits and I was rolling like the dice were rigged because I hit him almost every roll. they beat this poor man within an inch of his life, he was like a fucking battered spouse and the only thing that saved him was the rest of the party, who shouldn't have known he was in trouble, were like "I know that our characters don't know he is dying but we do not want to wait for him to roll another character so let's just go and save him". moral of the story: I learned the golden rule the hard way that day.

[@titon7934]

Weeaboocrusher it's weird, dice almost always betray the players that break that rule. a guy rolls three crits in a row with the rest of the party to back him up, but the moment he is the first in the room, two snake people nat 20 him with poison arrows. fortune, as it turns out, does not favor the bold.

[@doublebassman123]

Titon Iridion lol I have seen it work though, because later on I would preplan dungeons and encounters and people pull out some amazing stops when they have to.

[@BloodyBay]

Aw. It's too bad that so many gamers feel this way (and that so many Game Masters enforce this idea). Some of the best tabletop times I've had with my players were with a Technocracy party in my old Mage: The Ascension campaign, where splitting the party was A) a common occurrence, and B) usually the key to success. "Okay, we have eight minutes to find this antimatter bomb. Agent Echoes! Keep leaning on that desk sergeant we captured; he's bound to know something. Dolph! You and Helsen search the power plant; pay particular attention to any reactors you find. I'm taking Deepwell and Applebot to search the tower from the ground floor up. Contact me _immediately_ if any of you find anything. Let's move out!" Splitting the party can also be great for those times when someone in the party is walking into something big and hairy but doesn't realize it.... *DM:* "And there, embedded in the stone tree, is the Stone of Azrabbar, right where the druidic text said it would be." *Joe Player:* "Kargath takes his adamantite dagger and pries the stone out of the tree." *DM:* "Kargath's unbreakable blade slips behind the mystic stone, and with a twist of the blade, the stone begins to come loose amid a shower of broken pebbles. Cutting back to Starkad. Starkad, the druid is still chained into the throne where you left him, but his emotion has made an unexpected change from anticipation to glee." *John Player:* "Starkad slaps the druid across his jowls and asks him, 'What's so funny?'" *DM:* "Shaking his head to ease the sting, his glee ascends to cackling. 'I lied. The Stone of Azrabbar is not a _conduit_ for necromantic power; it's an inhibitor! My forefathers butchered twelve druids from the Circle of the White Rose and took that grove for their own, but the earth recoiled in vengeance and began to vomit forth the corpses of the slain! So my grandfather's grandfather set the Stone of Azrabbar in that tree to stop the vengeful dead from rising and consuming anything in their path, then petrified the tree so that none could remove it...none but a man with an unbreakable blade, mayhap.'" *Joe Player:* "Oh...shit." *DM:* "Cutting to Kargath. Kargath, to your delight, the Stone of Azrabbar pops free from its granite moorings and plops right into the palm of your hand. But no sooner have you tucked the stone into your satchel than the earth violently shifts beneath your feet with a bone-chilling wail from beyond! Roll a Reflex Save against DC 12 to stay standing." *Joe Player:* "Oh...double shit." *DM:* "Also, get ready to roll for initiative, because the roiling topsoil just unearthed a dozen gaunt and pallid faces with eyes of green flame, and they're _all_ turning to glare hatefully at you. Now, let's see that Reflex Save...." Good times, right? :)

[@Sandro234]

Good times indeed. I actually had an instance where another player managed to find a map and maneuver his way through a pretty treacherous area after ducking into a crawlspace: without his expert thief role-playing we would have stayed locked up in some dungeon awaiting execution by royal guard :( The rationale he gave us after-the-fact was that there wasn't enough time to inform the party... and we all owe our lives to him for that (and realistically we weren't going to fit the party in there anyway): he stayed there and our DM switched between scenes of our party in the dungeon (chatting, trying to escape unsuccessfully via persuasion, etc) and our thief not 20 feet above us, skulking through shadows and avoiding guards (aside from a single sleeping stealth-kill, that is). It allowed one of the characters in our party that usually spent most of his time in the background to literally make-or-break our situation. He alone held the key to our salvation, and that is exactly why a well-placed party split can make for some super satisfying tabletop sessions, provided the players aren't too timid about being on their own (although that could be hilarious in the right circumstances, heh).

[@lordofedges6487]

While I agree, I will bring up that as a bad gm I need to gm at least two or three games (I've done like one) without a split party before I worry about that. I would probably manage to confuse myself.

[@Abtheman100]

Well?????? Don't leave us hanging! What did he get for his save? Pass or fail?

[@BloodyBay]

Abtheman100 Natural 1. He died horribly. >:D

[@cameronholtan3407]

BloodyBay That sucks, when my Brother would DM for us, if we did split up someone either died in a very very horrible way, or someone turned Ricky Recon on us and demolished seven or eight guys at once..

[@zebedeebones8685]

Lol I had a thief character in all of Cthulu, kind of... Instead of gold, trophies and sacred artefacts in my pockets it was old people in my car boot.

[@thundergaming155]

Was it stuff that you “found on the floor belonging to no one”

[@cauyoon6996]

After more than ten years, this gem is finally recommended to me.

[@jsdjinmaster]

R.I.P. Dave Arneson. This is truly your song.

[@hightime1239]

Never realized how old this is

[@justinjacobs1501]

The trick to effective thiefing is to not take everything. If you skim a coin or two each time you open a chest or loot a body it adds up fast and usually the party is none the wiser when you offer to buy the party drinks with said coin. Also important is to use that coin for the benefit of the party so when you are invariably caught you can just claim you were keeping it as a party nest egg for when they needed it. That's the route my Kenku Bard/Rogue takes. He's also managed to convince one of our party members to give them a ruby studded gold necklace that he now uses when he wants to make an impression. (He also borrows my previous character's skull cape and a Young Black Dragon's skull that our Sorcerer fashioned into a helm.) It's a sight to behold seeing a four foot tall bird draped in skulls and gold going to parley with a band of Troglodytes.

[@alexanderpalmer2647]

My party: so we know where the vampire is let's kill it. Me: We are level 5...and I know where the vampire is, and you guys have a 5 days travel 6 if you take a day to heal after you got your ass handed to you by a Vampirespawn. Party: So? We can kill it? Me: That's it...I will be back. Party: Where are you going? Me: I am going to bullshit the vampire into sparing you all. Party: But if you die? We need a bard! Me: We will die if I don't do this, jeeze you just had to spilt the party...just had to agree to save the day with a vampire...I am not paid nearly enough for this.

[@Duke00x]

Alexander Palmer sounds a bit like some of my old play groups. Yet the craziest part is we normally did win. in fact most fights didn't taker more then a round or two and we hardly got touched or not touched at all. well unless it was the DM's character who always seemed to get severely injured or almost die in 70 to 90% of all fights (really bad luck. And bad rolls. Plus in other none D&D games he cared more about character back story and character concept then making a fully working character. A lot of almost NPC characters then fully flushed out PC characters. it was not as bad in D&D as other games. in D&D his character was not always badly hurt. just the only one hurt or more hurt then the rest of the characters). We at level 4 (just three maybe four characters) often took out three level 6 CR monsters. in one or two rounds and often taking no hits or only one hit with only low to medium damage (never more then 10 to 15 points on characters that could have up to 30 to 40 HP or more. Even when I played a wizard (which I often did) I had around 20 to 25 HP minimum and didn't take more the 15 points of damage per fight. a quick healing spell or potion and any injured part members were up to move on to the next encounter. so instead of doing one maybe two fights a night of playing we did four or six. Which leveled us up fast and gave us lots of treasure which allowed us to get better gear and more potions which made it even worse because we took even less damage if we were hit, we killed even faster and easier and we didn't have to worry as much about healing spells meaning we could use those slots for more attack or defence spells meaning even more fights per game night.

[@jlokison]

Road to El Dorado is a story of a human bard and a human rogue burning inspiration and luck to survive on their own.

[@EliTried]

This link is the most passive agressive thing you can send to a party member.

[@arcanix51]

words to live by. as an 'evil GM', i LOVE when the group splits up. i love it even more when the rogue wanders off out of sight.

[@jacobparsons9933]

This is D&D not Pathfinder so it isnt GM it is DM

[@arcanix51]

Jacob Parsons you say DM, I say GM. Both are the same thing. Hell, I could call my self a 'Storyteller' or even a 'Narrator' and it would STILL mean the same thing.

[@Wingtip91]

Jacob... stop trolling lol who cares

[@BloodyBay]

Jacob Parsons A Dungeon Master is a Game Master who runs a Dungeons & Dragons game, just like a Storyteller is a Game Master who runs pretty much any White Wolf game, and a Judge is a Game Master who runs Marvel Superheroes. "Game Master" is the generic, universal catch-all term for whoever's running a roleplaying game.

[@xTheLegendGirlsClanx]

in the mummy her brother gets eveyrthing he can touch expecially the gem, he fits the theif perfectly thank you for this mash up in cartoons :3

[@xWinterstarex7]

I'm a thief x3 gotta admit i've gotten my party in a bit of trouble with my sticky fingers and shenanigans. Never a dull moment with a chaotic neutral thief around.

[@ardinhelme687]

Just want to point out that in the song you not only all survive, but you also found the treasure room. Why shouldn't we split the part again? it seemed to work out pretty well...

[@LordNumbnutsthe1st]

In all honesty, it's really up to your group/DM: if you/he/she can maintain a good balance of play time between the different "factions" for lack of a better term, go bananas! The one group of D&D/PF I played in with a split party had the rogue spending the balance of the split time "on camera" while the rest of us just kinda sat there annoyed about the wight he found... AAAand then 30-60 min later we got to lose multiple party members to the damn thing thanks to cramped cabin space giving us massive penalty conditions... *sigh*.

[@jamieadams2589]

It's not so much that you'll die, it's just boring. Sure your epic stealth mission is fun for you but the other players who had to wait 30 minutes basically off screen, won't be so happy about it

[@Hudson_Melpomene]

I truly love that all the clips, and i mean all of them, are my childhood in a nutshell. All my favorite movies and shows

[@rawe1313]

Two figthers, a monk, a cleric, a wizard, and a rogue, walk into a dungeon

[@peterwright5358]

And only one walks out....

[@rawe1313]

@@peterwright5358 "Come on guuuuuys, I want to ride the dragon as well!" Said the rouge as he looked up at his friends flying away on the beast, yelling in joy

[@Sparrow_Bloodhunter]

we split our party all the time, we've never had a death... except when our mage accidentally set me on fire and I died horribly.

[@jamieadams2589]

Honestly splitting the party isn't a problem of dying, it's just kinda boring since each player gets to spend less time in whatever situation the DM is focusing on

[@rainbowspectre1218]

10 years on and still a beautifully hilarious song

[@johnnywhoa343]

I sing this to my players every time they split up, and they keep doing it anyway. To teach them the error of their ways, I've had a sneak slip notes into their pockets one at a time. "Come to for . Don't tell anyone!" Two of them are dead because of this.

[@jamestanzer9188]

Did they learn?

[@HeathbrookBadhwar]

Eldorodo is one of my favourite movies. Ever since I was a kid

[@Lunawolf44]

The one time my party split up half of us got blown up by dynamite in an underground tunnel and the other half got knocked out and the guy we’d captured got freed.

[@debbiek6526]

Thanks for sharing this, I love it! (Was great to see Dresden.) It gave me a "hale & hearty" laugh....and....I will never let that damn thief out of sight!

[@arbitrationengine803]

I love everything about this, except the fact that I only just recently learned this exists.

[@ragecageofsneezingdragon4916]

I love how the editing is consistent with which franchise is which characters, but it still feels like multiple campaigns of chaos all at the same time, which is exactly how it feels when you split the party.

[@fenixmeaney6170]

I love how whenever it mentions the thief, it's Johnathan from the mummy franchise

[@emperoramp9305]

Oh my god. Ive been listening to this song for over a decade. And i just realized there's clips from Dresden Files here. Amazing

[@DarkPuck]

every comment on this video makes me age 50 years. i'm so glad you like it, though!

[@thegneech]

Great take on a classic. :)

[@DarkPuck]

Thank you for the compliment! I'm a huge fan of Suburban Jungle so seeing this made my day.

[@thegneech]

@@DarkPuck Aww, thanks! :D

[@LvL_7_Mage]

I’m older than this song, and it makes me feel ancient

[@DarkPuck]

If it helps I was still in my early 20s when I made this video!

[@gabbyfringette7250]

I'm a forever DM, who DM's every sunday for my three siblings. Those dinguses ALWAYS SPLIT THE DAMN PARTY. I end up running 3 different storylines because every time I try and unify the party they find a way to fight and split up.

[@Farsider234]

It makes me infinitely happy that you included the Dresden Files.

[@42ndguardian]

It's also great because he used a clip of him for the fireball line and Harry is notorious for causing collateral damage with his fire

[@DarkPuck]

That's exactly why I used Harry. Also, I'm a she.

[@cybernurgle6413]

wow just watching this i ever realized how many times Jonathan just flat out stole stuff.

[@DarkPuck]

There's a reason that the Thief is the only one who never changes. :D

[@elskaalfhollr4743]

Legendary lore

[@sircrazzy387]

So me and my group wandered into a cave, one of the party members was a halfling thief, and he was a small-ass motherfucker. Anyways, we walk past a small crack in the wall of the cave, for some reason the halfling guy wanted to go inside and see if there was any treasure or secret room, so he went in. My group didn't want to wait for him so we continued into the cave. The halfling ends up getting stuck in that crack in the cave, and to make things worse, rats came outta nowhere and started eating the poor halfling. My group rushes over to the hole in the wall, but we couldn't fit inside to save him, so we end up watching him get murdered. The DM had a little pity and let us pull him out of the crack. We looted his body and I found a fucking rare dagger that I (thought) lost, but I realize he stole it from me. I had no remorse for him LOL

[@joesephmama5710]

I almost forgot to watch this today

[@grim_al_kin]

Hahaha.. "Never let that damn thief out of sight".. Words to live by. I love playing "thief-ish" characters, and although things always turn out for the best, the other characters and sometimes players) are always thoroughly annoyed. I don't see why though, I mean, what do you expect from a goblin with maxed plus ranks in whatever relevant stealth and slight of hand skill?? :-D

[@perkywitch8481]

+Clone Clonenstein wanna have some REAL fun, ask your GM/DM if you can play a Kender. If you don't know what a kender is, look it up. You will be HATED but they are so much fun to play, Think ADHD kleptomaniacs with no fear what so ever.

[@grim_al_kin]

jena osborne Yeah.. We know what a Kender is.. It's been overruled in our group .. basically only because we don't dabble in the Dragonlance realms.. mainly Pathfinder Besides, I like my goblin :-D

[@perkywitch8481]

Most Gms do overrule, but I have found a GM that actually lets me play one. Good times! I have only had to be rezzed twice so far, and it wasn't really my fault, much... ok maybe a little.lol

[@paolof.6899]

the road to eldarado, the movie that proves you never leave the bard and rogue alone together... ever

[@caciowskij768]

One of the greatest songs I' ve ever heard!

[@crazyviking24]

As a Paladin, I was having the exact opposite problem with one of our wizards. He didn't seem to get the fact that he wasn't a melee character and kept doing a teleport switch between me and him. I finally warned him that if he did it again I was going to let him die.

[@OzixiThrill]

Next thing you know, he's jumping into a pit of spikes... And then switch-ports you there...

[@cvernon5256]

What spell is that? Teleport normally doesn't function that way.

[@lordbiscuitthetossable5352]

I recall there being a spell in 4e that allows characters to swap positions. It's usually used for tactical reasons, to swap places with one of the stronger warriors.

[@CarpeMetus]

A song to live by if ever there were one.

[@theoragiochi9050]

Character sheet is always a bottle of wine

[@MaiaMoema]

=) "ya never let that damn thief, never let that damn thief out of sight"

[@LouGuthrie]

Never touch a glowing staff or flirt with Demi-Gods. It never ends well.

[@shadowghoul2]

if you fire ball when you're suppose to cat's grace, your gonna have a bad time

[@Widoghastly]

If you can firebolt and kill what your fighting and fireball instead your party will be hella mad

[@k-Gonzo]

I thought the whole point of not splitting the party was so that the DM wouldn't have to possibly run 2 encounters at once?

[@shaofgreed]

Nope the point of not splitting the party is so that we don't kill you.

[@TheIfifi]

The GM would have to run two different encounters, as punishment any GM would murder the two groups and thus force them to be in one group. Otherwise they would die.

[@tessimmg]

OMG! So true!!!! We were chatting and the thief rolled a damn 20/20 (we play online on roll20 you get double rolls which one depends on advantage or disadvantage) anyway 10 mins later we realized he was gone with the rare (possibly legendary) level bow we had planned on selling & splitting the gold on. His character is still hiding from ours!

[@kelseyspencer8107]

Tulio nodding at the word "wed"...the timing couldn't have been more perfect! Ah, I love this whole thing. :-D

[@neji2401]

this video has become legendary by now.

[@DTavona]

Still a classic and great selection of clips to go with the lyrics! Huzzah!

[@ivymellor6247]

Toph as a dungeon master is a wonderful and terrifying thought. Melon lord returns.

[@rainbowspectre1218]

Given that, after looting everything I could, I (that damned theif) saved both the cleric and monk (who, at this point were unconscious) from a heavily armoured zombie, I scoff at the bard who composed this beautiful song.

[@blownuper]

3 main rules of D&D 1. Never split the party 2. A statue is never just a statue 3. Never trust the rogue

[@Breadgun]

"19 plus four that means I scoooorrreee!"

[@crystalalarm3]

On the flipside send that idiot paladin into every dangerous sitch you can cause they will screw you worse than a chaotic evil thief 9 out of 10

[@ArthurPhoenix]

You must play with some really awful RPers. A paladin is among the best things you could ask for on any quest that isn't of noticeably ill-intent.

[@LizardWithADrink]

Craig Allen "A paladin is among the best things you could ask for on any quest that isn't of noticeably ill-intent." But they always ruin my fun as a thief and always conflict with my best interests. Such as survival.

[@LizardWithADrink]

***** Don't even get me started on this one time the Paladin got a Hydra on us because he had to try and save some kid. The rest of us just wanted to move on, but nooo.

[@crystalalarm3]

***** One of the things i hate about lawful stupid paladins is when they refuse any reward for a job because it is "for the greater good of the..." and or get you into a stupid quest for the same reason. "No we can't go loot the red dragons lair, we must give that treasure to the church and orphans. But instead we must go save a village near the swamps from an army of trolls." when i reply as the thief, "Um, you realize there are like five of us right?" to which the idiot will inevitably reply. "We shall prevail for our cause is just." Long story short party wiped and campaign derailed, Morality does not make up for numbers and gear.

[@twilightzoneseinfeld]

James Long That's more stupid good.

[@JediSamson]

My buddy has a MASSIVE d20 thats like a frieckin' mace-head...Also, WAR DOMAIN CLERICS FTW!!

[@Snarkwraith]

This reminds me of when my disease-ridden anti-paladin basically killed an entire village by peeing in the town well causing them all to die of plague

[@Rokkiteer]

Just started playing dnd again. My favourite song these days.

[@doncapitano8899]

First Rule When the DM smiles its allredy to late

[@shelbyhewitt6718]

Words of wisdom!!! Right here!

[@ZacSunTiBidea]

Well done on the synchronization, excellent clip picks and an all around amazing video, congratulations and thank you.

[@JohnSmith-ex8iw]

Hey, what show and/or movie is this character from? Looks pretty good and I would like to check it out. 2:37

[@DarkPuck]

That's from the short-lived "Dresden Files" TV show, somewhat based on the urban fantasy series by the same name! It originally aired on SyFy in... 2007, I'm pretty certain. I think it's streaming on Amazon Prime, but i'm not certain who else has it.

[@DarkPuck]

I hate to break it to you, but Avatar is a cartoon. A fun cartoon, one for all ages, but still a cartoon. Just like anime are cartoons. There's nothing wrong with liking cartoons.

[@SilentMingan]

I was giggling all throughout XD This fits my group of friends, not just in D&D!

[@fugfuggerton9595]

Shut. Up.

[@deathlegionair]

Splitting the party ends as well as keeping it together, badly.

[@dustieraptor3736]

What if your party are all Rogues?

[@aions_end]

My parties player list: Spellcaster:Check (Scorccer) Front lines:Check (Monk,Fighter) Thief:Check (Rouge) Healer: Bard...the only healer we have is a bard.

[@youtubegameraddict5016]

Nice 😄

[@HenshinFanatic]

Well, when you get that feeling... kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJvPhJx3iNiIf9U

[@themarauding]

Murphy's Fourth Law of Gaming: It's ALWAYS a critical when the die rolls off the table onto the floor.

[@snarkycarkey6158]

On our first session in our campaign my party split just after their first fight. It was the rogue who left to follow the trail that the attackers had come from while the rest of the party was very low on health (they were both human fighters). Long story short he ended up learning the hard way that you don’t go into a cave that is infested with goblins by yourself. He died almost as soon as he went inside.

[@IanOsmond]

It's worth watching. The brunet guy is voiced by Kevin Kline, the blond by Kenneth Branagh as two 16th century con men who get a map to the fabled Aztec city of gold. It's among my wife's favorite movies, and I like it, too.

[@scottgrey3337]

Dming for a session right now. Five seconds in and they were ready to run off solo... so I played this song. They ran off anyway