D&D players who are WAY too dramatic for no reason

screams in actual agony every time their character gets hit
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[@johnmarkarth2249]

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[@thedeadguy]

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[@kaisergolin7360]

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[@AV524]

Wheh-heh-heh-well then weh-heh-heh-heheheh

[@hexazalea1793]

Hey could you not casually drop spoilers for adventure modules in your videos. It keeps happening and one of the people who have signed up for my game which hasn’t had it’s session zero has mentioned he saw this. Hell I’ve picked up adventure path spoilers from you and I am very suspicious of another player in a game, When it comes to his unexplained hostility towards certain people in dragon heist.

[@rafaelmikoskirosa7510]

The drama is infectious. All of the players turned into shakesperean actors at the end. Also, i'm happy that the *gulp* guy from the media skit came back.

[@slamkam07]

It is absolutely not infectious. It is cringey over-acting that rips you out of the world way too easily.

[@salomaogomes7311]

​@@slamkam07 stfu and let the actual fans enjoy the real message

[@Klanosek]

​@@slamkam07 You clearly never played with people who can actually be the characters they portray. Jacob is exaggerating in this video, but damn I love when Pathfinder stops being a game and starts being a drama.

[@YSleepish]

​@@slamkam07only if it sucks, some people are actually good at it

[@SillySyrup]

I know what you are referencing, but I forgot the name of the video - what video do you mean by "the media skit?"

[@matthewletexier]

"Skooma...like from Skyrim?" 😂😂😂 Fucking killed me

[@leviticusprime4904]

Dagoth ur: we got to cook skooma neravar

[@CaptainXJ]

I have called the Tabaxi in my DnD group a Khajiit more times than I'd like to admit 😅

[@juansaavedra6411]

It was so good.

[@Gildorify]

SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAME!

[@MandalorV7]

A newbie DM I was playing with had skooma as a magic item that had a +15 to all stats.

[@nobody5333]

I was able to avoid thinking it was talking about me, but then he pulled out a guitar, and I got flashbacks to the time I composed violin music on my computer for my D&D character to play (they weren’t even a bard, just a sorcerer with a fiddle)

[@pleh7019]

That's awesome. Were you happy with how it turned out?

[@Noah2472-j1n]

I don't know, I think that's kind of cool.

[@growingoaks]

as a musician, I get it. we spend so much time learning it, we may as well

[@kinzietheostrichman]

That's cool dude, honestly I (as the dm) love it when my players go super hard into rp

[@matthiashavrez]

sorcerer with a fiddle. very cool idea

[@TionsofCoffee2]

"Cries out in pain!" "I casted Silence" "He cries out in silence!" "Nice" This is so accurate as a DM 11/10

[@mikeloeven]

He pulls out a piece of paper and writes AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH On it

[@toxicdemon1315]

​@@mikeloeven "He also writes 'AAAAAAAAAAAAuuuuugggghhhhh...' as he falls to the ground, dead."

[@rage_2000]

_Cries inwards in pain!_

[@rookiescott9914]

Leave them alone Jacob, Jacob and Jacob are just having fun.

[@Saltinmente98]

I'm on Jacob's side

[@cub-square]

Ngl Jacob kinda shined when Jacob almost fell but Jacob grabed him legendary

[@SillySyrup]

​@@Saltinmente98Really? I think it's clear that Jacob did way better.

[@jakeplakes]

Bro, I’m on Jacob’s side

[@gustavfrye2736]

Fr these are the best players dude I love em

[@theincarnationofsin]

The cheeky Feather Fall at the end was actually kinda epic

[@blumelodiez]

Ikr I cheered with them

[@fuckoffYT]

Best spell (after Fireball)

[@pleasecallmedoku7215]

If the guy playing the bard just straight-up improvised a song instrumentals and all right in front of my eyes, I would not be mad at him. Stripe shirt Jacob has no soul.

[@NoConsequenc3]

He does! Watch til the end!

[@firesong7825]

They all clapped.

[@Vaelyhn]

Maybe if he did it for like 2 times a session, for 3 year straight, then you might.

[@slamkam07]

I wouldn't mind the attempt if it sounded good and worked well. But if they mess it up it crashes every illusion the setting is supposed to support.

[@salomaogomes7311]

​@@slamkam07 Just stop, dude. This is getting so pathetic, it's sad.

[@therea1wyvern]

As a theater kid and a dungeon master, I feel personally called out by this video

[@slamkam07]

Good. Being over dramatic without the skills to back it up is embarassing as hell.

[@salomaogomes7311]

​@@slamkam07 just stfu alrady. Nobody cares about your repressed theater trauma.

[@avis199]

​@@slamkam07asshole for no reason.

[@haki4066]

@@slamkam07let people have fun stop being an asshole

[@Nero-ii2sb]

@@slamkam07 I play in a table full of over dramatics (me included) and thats like 80% of the fun for all of us. No one needs "skill" to roleplay a character. It's a game, not a job. Let people have fun 🤣

[@irishbatman2917]

"THEY FOUND US!!!!" ...The other players hair moves slightly from the yelling 🤣

[@phawkuffe9491]

Honestly, I love players that do this. Not only does it let me know they're invested in the game, but that energy is contagious and a it gets the rest of the table excited, and leads to some great roleplay moments. I usually award bonuses for this.

[@unknown_10453]

idk, I've played with a couple people like this and they end up taking up 30 minutes to an hour of the session just doing their stuff. It should've only taken like 5-10 minutes. As a result 1/3 of the entire session was dedicated to them just in those moments, and it's only like 2-3 moments.

[@darienb1127]

​@@unknown_10453That's something that can be pretry easily midigated with some communication.

[@jadelapont6450]

​@@unknown_10453Sure it can slow down the session, but honestly the important thing is that they're having fun. When players go all in on the passionate roleplaying it makes me happy because a lot of the time from what I've seen in, non professional DnD groups, is just kinda static straight facing all the time time, and it tends to make the session a bit cut and dry. I do try to encourage my friend group to go ahead and do it because watching people be passionate about roleplay, something a lot of people who don't play tabletop believe to be very childish, gives me a large amount of joy.I know not everyone thinks like this, but that's just my take on the whole thing.

[@Pundae]

@@unknown_10453there's a difference between immersive roleplay and showboating

[@danny98432]

yeah i love it! makes me feel like im doing it right lol

[@gosha305]

Overly dramatically yelling clearly game-y terms like die roll numbers will never not be the funniest thing to me.

[@slamkam07]

How is that funny?

[@yegud852]

@@slamkam07 Humour is subjective.

[@ilikeribs5576]

@@slamkam07hooooly fuckin buzzkill

[@darienb1127]

This is the opposite of every Barbarian asking the DM politely if they can rage.

[@Pundae]

@@slamkam07 It's the juxtaposition of acting as you would in character while discussing out of character concepts

[@thelakeguardian8188]

This feels like a personal attack.

[@getsmoked7219]

Stop being dramatic for no reas- Oh

[@RuSosan]

It is. We all agreed to collectively attack you.

[@slamkam07]

Good. You should stop being like that.

[@harveywallbanger3123]

I mean... we're all just playing adult make believe with dragons for a few hours each week, right? Might as well let the situational emotions fly if you've still got them to feel.

[@BLSN1]

@@slamkam07 LMAO who hurt you that you have to rant about passionate Roleplayers in every single comment on this video?

[@ponkpunk0]

This was a roller coaster, started like a joke but everyone was having fun in the end. What dnd is all about 😢

[@SillySyrup]

It's great how there is a clear distinction between dramatic voice and "normal" voice, and it's clear when each player is converted.

[@smithynoir9980]

Honestly, I'd love for a person at my table to have the confidence to be overly dramatic. Just as in the video, it's contagious. Just need that one that dives head first into character and we'd be doing the same thing in no time.

[@UncaHyla]

Loving the wisps of hair blowing from the "THEY FOUND USSS!!!" scream. 👍

[@PQRDG]

Exactly the dramatic antics I would expect at a D&D table. 10/10 sketch

[@plastic0995]

I know its a skit but you actually have a really nice singing voice

[@kinzietheostrichman]

Watch his other song videos, rogue with mobile feat, when the bard gets the last hit, etc.

[@josechacon9939]

Good singer

[@jineteporcinor.k.3050]

I thought the same but with his acting

[@colinchildress1251]

4:45 I appreciate the Jojo poses.

[@ElTaitronAnim]

"Not looking good, and our fate is yet to be seen / I'mma cast Shatter, DC 14" is honestly pretty good.

[@andrewlance3898]

At first I was surprised all the players could sing so well, but then I remembered they're all Jacob

[@hugofontes5708]

I laughed very hard at this but I often have to remind myself it's just him yelling alone in his game room

[@pleh7019]

I play at a table of actors. We're there for the dramatics 😅🤷‍♀️

[@IncogLion]

The hair blowing from "THEY FOUND UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUS" was top tier. Nice hair btw.

[@DefCatofficial]

I think this was legitimately your best Production skit yet. No fourth wall breaking for the most part, Not that that's a problem, Add extremely gripping. Dude this was a masterpiece

[@brunokruger8977]

Bro, that transformation on 4:08. Pure hollywood essence

[@assassincharizard]

WOOOO!!! I WAS NEAR TEARS AT THE TPK AND CHEERED OUT LOUD WHEN YOU SAID FEATHERFALL!!!

[@Enn-]

The wind effect from the yell, "They found ussssss!!!" That was gold right there sir. Inspired.

[@Silver-Spartan]

3:34-3:37 The way his hair “billowed” from the scream killed me 💀

[@0ddBallerP0dcast]

2:10 "Skooma, from skyrim?" This will forever be my favorite quote from Jacob. This quote is just the best

[@reaperisms8864]

jacob: my players often compare me to you (we look sort of similar and act sort of similar as well), and have been feeding me your content for the past few years. we've been running rime of the frostmaiden for just shy of two years at this point, and this video absolutely sent me into the stratosphere. its a wonderful crossover between your world and mine, and i genuinely enjoyed this. keep being awesome

[@blumelodiez]

THE WAY THAT ENDING ABSOLUTELY GOT ME HYPED. WE NEED TO SEE THIS PARTY AGAIN

[@Zr0din]

@3:35 I love how you had a reaction shot of just the dude's hair getting blown. Like there's a fan in the room that I can't hear because of good editing!

[@swampert564]

Maybe it's just because this feels familiar to my dumb/delightful players but this might be my favorite video you've ever done. I'm pretty sure it's the hardest I've laughed all year. I think the hair blowing slightly in the wind while you shouted "they found us!" was probably my favorite part though the weird bellow into initiative roll had me rolling too.

[@zacharypatton6341]

It’s not like I ever don’t love Jacob’s stuff, but watching the party slowly connect was so much more genuine than I was expecting

[@Lordbuttermilk876]

Jacob, you gotta drop a full shatter song now! That was incredible

[@tarhun9977]

People, give this person more recognition

[@elliotgandersen]

Imagine being in a street fight and one of the gang members just pulls out a guitar and starts strumming while you get beat up!

[@Maverickstyg]

If you're a bard at my table and you bring an actual instrument to perform with, I'm taking it away from you.

[@Smeelio]

I like how even the less dramatic players have to begrudgingly admit the song was good and applaud it

[@micahphilson]

2:51 "I have to stain my hands with their blood?!..." ... said the murderhobo.

[@missunreason2492]

I as a DM am all here for the drama. MAKE ME CRY WITH BOTH JOY AND SADNESS, MY PLAYERS!

[@CleanVGC]

I feel like this is Jacob calling out his Players again, idk why

[@TheCasualCommenter]

The fan work at 3:35 to Jacob 3’s screaming was top notch

[@MadWorlds97]

The dramatics are so much of the joy of DnD lol

[@dastim98]

How to make a video that explains the epic feeling of taking the role seriously without having to say how it feels... better to feel it as if you were part of the story, incredible video, it made my hair stand on end remembering all those moments like that. I loved

[@JakeAkinTUL]

Hahaha this I think is my favorite thing you've made, Jacob. It really connected with me and showed what I MOST love about playing rpg's with the homies. Also the end legitimately had me screaming with the characters

[@Yamato12345666]

Now THAT'S my kind of dnd session! I love it when a party turns a by-the-book-campaign into something unique, beautiful and kinda cineastic. Awesome.

[@TheOldWhovian]

I really...really wanna play with the dramatic pair.

[@pennyrq9454]

imagining you playing all the characters individually just adds an extra layer to this that made the the video even better

[@Piratewaffle43]

Man I actually kinda teared up.

[@chillycharizard5985]

Another beautiful sketch, Jacob. I never thought one man band style DnD sketch comedy would be one of my favorite kinds of videos on KZbin but you consistently hit such a high bar of quality and I enjoy every video that comes out of your channel. Keep up the great work Mr XP

[@morrigankasa570]

This was incredible and the party was great. The over theatrics is beautiful. But what are Dwegar?

[@liumfekohar724]

Duergar* Dwarves that live in the Underdark.

[@ansatheatrocious6083]

​@@liumfekohar724They were clowning on how Jacob pronounces it.

[@morrigankasa570]

@@ansatheatrocious6083 Exactly, it's supposed to be pronounced more like (Due-Err-Gar) hence Duergar.

[@SongWitch]

During a tense moment in one of my campaigns, it was revealed that my character and the character of a shy player were half-siblings. Without looking, I reached out my hand for them, and they grabbed it and squeezed it. It was one of my favorite moments in the whole campaign.

[@daneclements7822]

This is me, and I'm not sorry 💀

[@eggy6815]

“I pull out my lute” (Pulls out a guitar)

[@hydragamedev6920]

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[@jacobrubydev]

3:36 the wind in his hair as the other guy is screaming at him is a hilarious touch xD

[@Jessie_Helms]

This is entirely why you have to all be on the same page about what kind of game you wanna play.

[@cass6020]

"...Seriously... I'm okay, I can make another character" is the reason my character lost 6 friends in one campaign

[@RikThunder33]

"Alright. You SLOWLY fall into the lava pit beneath you."

[@thewallcreepersnest9035]

The hair effect at "they found ussssssss" was spot-on x') hilarious

[@steamedtoast64]

4:48 I audibly shouted "GOD DAMNIT IT WAS A JOJO REFERENCE THE WHOLE TIME"

[@danniruthvan3265]

I like how you can tell the DM prefers the dramatic playstyle from the beginning.

[@demonkiller8000]

The twist at the end really made it for me

[@jaketstephens3932]

"Skooma from Skyrim" hurt me.

[@levisallade1976]

Jacob just casually coming in here and dropping probably his best song ever

[@MatoMeatball]

You know what they say, "a man who always prepares featherfall is a fool for all encounters except one."

[@BroderickAmato]

Some of the best moments in D&D are formed when players are being way too dramatic. Everyone gets a point of inspiration!

[@Gossamer3592]

The pacing of this video emulated exactly what happens in real life...the beginning was really annoying and I thought "oh no, is this Jacob's first lame video?" but then I started to crack a few smiles as the overdramatic characters were being cute...then by the end, I have goosebumps and am choked up and screaming right along with the characters. SO GOOD.

[@amyshaw893]

"dude, why are you so conflicted about kulling this guy. Youve killed entire clans of goblins and bandits. They had families too!"

[@bitter-bit]

THE BARD ACTUALLY PLAYING AN INSTRUMENT IS THE DREAM

[@famlrnamemssng]

exact opposite for my players. one of them's mother got beheaded right in front of him and he was just like "oh no mom's dead"

[@SillySyrup]

3:35 The blowing hair here is an excellent detail.

[@punishedwhispers1218]

The edge of the tower goes hard though

[@user-jc2pn9zu2u]

love the plot twist at the end

[@Caragoner]

This is the PEAK of what DnD is all about. Players coming together to build a story and have fun as a team, not rolling dice to beat monsters. If you get a party that can get this into it, you've done something great

[@kenanureeves2693]

the wind thru Jacob's hair when Jacob yells 😂😂😂

[@Boba_Fett_Bounty_Hunter]

It's super hard to sing good without any music, or even background sound. But god damn, Jacob did it! And well!

[@anthonyrondinelli1734]

I would kill for moments like this in my campaign.

[@superbearbro297]

Finally the D&D x Steven Universe mashup I never knew I wanted

[@pRahvi0]

Bard sings a song, giving everyone inspiration for roleplaying.

[@gregdespines9301]

DM: how can this session get anymore ridiculous The edgy oath of vengeance palidan with severe mental health issues: *ahem* gentlemen

[@TheLucidChiba]

Especially with my barbarian I described my moves this way, much more fun than "I attack four times and end my turn."

[@ItsJustN8]

The wind blowing through the hair was the most subtle "oh my god my sides have been ejected into orbit" bit I've seen in a long time so thank you for that.

[@noaw418]

Genuinely made me tear up a little there lmao. Great skit, really funny! Enjoyed it

[@skullisbones]

props to the dm for matching energy

[@BiggerinRealLife]

I literally have no idea what’s happening here but the song brought it all together.

[@LightsOnTrees]

I can only imagine that filming this was an exhausting couple of hours...

[@MacroAggressor]

You are legitimately the only one who can make me literally cringe 5 times in under 10 minutes, and I still finish the video.

[@blumelodiez]

As someone who plays in a rp loving party, this shift from humorous acting to dramatic angsty dialogues is REAL

[@jaybutler779]

The best part of these videos is that the traits displayed, unless rude or detrimental, are portrayed as blessings rather than character flaws

[@Toopys]

That original song you did was actually really nice, I wouldn't mind seeing some kind of original music arc from you, great video!

[@Wrathura]

More often what I run into is: DM: the bad guy is a person. he has feelings. he- party: I kill him. Emotions dont make you goodly.

[@MegaFrog]

Meanwhile my players: "if I land on a civilian, will it reduce my fall damage?"

[@KaineVillante]

My inner thespian actually likes this level tho... lol and the bard playing a full song is bard goals for a spell

[@redbell9971]

4:08 i died, just died. -Undead guy.

[@mrmadness2699]

I do appreciate how the generic baddy was named “Carnifex” which is “Butcher” in Latin

[@doubleh3978]

I love the fact that the least exagerated player said "it was awesome" and he was the one who explained the dm why it was ok to end it like that, plus i love how he screams "WHAAAAT?" at the end.😂

[@virginiajohnson2648]

I LOVED THIS!!! You are so funny. The singing was top notch too. Great work.

[@NobleWolf]

Jacob and Jacob are playing how they wanna play Jacob.