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Looks like the comments are saying I need to try the Tombstone frozen pizza….Guess I have to do a taste comparison between red baron and Tombstone now. Oh darn 🤷♂️
What would you like on YOUR Tombstone?
Pepperoni or sausage. Though Canadian bacon is pretty good too. That was a comfort pizza. I miss Tombstone pizza.... :(
Tombstone is the cardboard of pizza. Make sure it's a thicker crust one
Make it a Tombstone Piledriver Pizza.
You’re suggesting this wrestling hating DM is Dominic Mysterio?
I mainly said it because it involved wrestling, and, as we all know, Undertaker and Kane's finisher was the Tombstone piledriver.
Wife: "Before you go off..."
Too late, Duke is like a shaken up soda bottle at this point.
"Okay... I think I messed up."
Goes on to describe succeeding wildly.
Right, that sounded absolutely amazing to me.
In my campaign we had one of our absolute best arcs when one of my players stupidly started a fight with a city guard who was denying them access to the city, this caused me to need to react and have them call backup. The fight lasted long enough for reinforcements to arrive and after the guards successfully capture one of the players, the players then realize they need to retreat. They go to the outskirts in the forest where I have them meet a traveling entertainment troup which they were able to lie to and sneak into the city with. Then the party needed to find where their friend was being held, how to free them, and still meet the king because this was meant to be a DIPLOMACY MISSION.
This whole arc involved brothels, a gladiator arena with multiple challenges and varied games, a players old retired mercenary uncle who now had political pull, prior NPCs, new interesting NPCs with a tragic tale mirroring one of my players, and so much more that I did not have planned originally. This all took about 5 sessions to accomplish (roughly 4-5 hour sessions) and I was able to incorporate about 3 of my players backstories into it when it originally was only planned for 1 and this city to only take about 2 hours to complete.
As a DM you really just need to roll with it and realize that sometimes the collaborative story you all make together is more fun and memorable than the one you had planned.
Story 1: DM is already doing everything right. Do what the players enjoy, after the campaign you can tell them what your original idea was and everyone can laugh about how off the rails it became.
"and step on a d4 for thinking wrestling is stupid"
Damn, Duke was brutal there
No no, let him cook
Now I want to see a TTRPG-themed character in wrestling (akin to TJ Perkins' videogame-based character in WWE), and the first time they're in a noDQ-type match, they just dump a sack of 200d4 on a table.
Favorite story is definitely the Miller Incident. You read the title, and then you read the "what's in these bags" epiphany, and, like the fighter, my brain went "free fireballs!" I may watch too many videos about industrial accidents.
10:57
Wife: Before you-
Duke: *goes on a tangent about the WWE and how much he loves it despite it being fake*
Wife: 🤦🏼♀️
😂😂😂😂❤
there is a difference between fake and scripted
One of us ❤
9:37 "STOP HAVING FUN BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE IT!!!!!!"
I dont care about WWE at all, but god damn it
that DM was dream queen and a half
U mean Drama Queen?
@@SHQ09Xtreme yes sorry learning disablies make spelling dumb
When I started my oldest still running campaign back in '94 I introduces a blackhaired female wizard apprentice, originally ment to drop some clues and get the party going. Unfortunately I called her Nevra Truthteller (because she hat a ring of truth, which allowed her to detect lies but would prevent her from telling lies). As soon as I dropped the name my players went "okay, she's a liar!" and "Nevra.. that's an anagram of raven - I don't trust her.". Needless to say the original plan with Nevra as informant backfired spectacularly... but I ran with it... she coerced one of the dumper characters to give the tome it was all about and left them fighting a siege of orcs. She became a recurring character with a somewhat shady reputation. One half ot the players want to kill her on sight, the others like her lone wolf style. You never know what the players construct out of a given information... and it is a lot of fun to roll with it...
The Miller Incident
it's cool when DMs allow creative use of real physics.
I once built what was deemed the "fighter's fireball" which was a pressurized flask of fine bread flour and a clockwork sparker (like the flintlock mechanism of a rifle)
The idea was you throw it and when it bursts it throws a big cloud of flour into the air that ignites (if you don't know, working in a flour mill used to be incredibly dangerous because the flour particles suspended in the air were highly flammable)
It had half the radius of a magic fireball (and a range limited by throwing capability ) but the same damage potential.
I have to admit. At every point the wrestling story was being told I kept hearing in my head "FINISH. DA. STORY."
The winners are predetermined in wrestling, but the injuries are VERY real. My husband used to wrestle in a promotion run by Sika Anoa'i. We actually have a chair that he was hit in the head with. It is not usable anymore. As for the DM, that was a VERY BIG overreaction. They were having fun. Also, my husband says he thinks the third wrestler is either Kevin Owens or Sting.
Yup. I also remember that PPV match when Claudio Castagnoli then known as Cesaro went face first into a turnbuckle and his front teeth got shoved up into his gums. Dude's a beast though and kept wrestling.
I feel like the best counter to the “wrestling is fake” argument is to suggest the word fictional instead but the stunts are real.
@@elfdragon1227ah yes the thwith thyborg, i remember those days
Wife understands the best part of being married. Saying something just to get "the reaction".
When I was younger, I used to wrestle competitively. Collegiate style. Never really got into TV wrestling. I've been playing and DMing for 40+ years. If we ever had a player or DM behave like that, our whole group would be like "Don't let the door hit you on the backside on the way out". The only question would be "OK guys, who's DMing next week". If he was that much of an a$$, there had to be other signs that things were going to go south.
The older I get the more I Understand Red Forman from "That 70's Show"
Mick Foley actually lives in my home town. He's a good guy.
sto 1: yes, several things that where suppose to be a footnote we as players decided "yes lets go explore this" and dm thinking/saying "guys they are supoose to be a footnote orignially" with us saying "well too late ^^"
That first story reminds me of something from Darths & Droids. (For any who aren't familiar, it's a webcomic where Star Wars never existed as movies; the story only exists as a campaign that a D&D group are playing. It's funny, and I recommend checking it out.)
In The Phantom Menace, there is a minor character named Sio Bibble. He has maybe four scenes in the movie --- his most famous line is the recording he sends to Queen Amidala's ship: "The death toll is catastrophic. We must bow to their wishes. You must contact me!" After that movie, that character is never heard from again.
Well, in Darths & Droids, Sio Bibble is an equally minor character, but one of the players, Jim, fixates on Sio Bibble, and continually accuses him of being the one behind all kinds of evil. Even by the time the group is playing through Episode VII: The Force Awakens, the group has been playing their game for years, and everyone else has forgotten about that character, Jim STILL accuses Sio Bibble of being the mastermind of new plots. That's become my second-favourite running joke in the series.
That sounds hilarious! I am definitely going to need to go check it out.
I've had something happen in both of my games that relate to both stories, which is just fun. I introduced a 'Tinkering Goblin' that would mess with weapons, armor, items, etc. One of my groups pretty much were like, 'You wanna come work with us?' Then after about a 10 minute discussion they recruited the Goblin and pretty much told me they REALLY loved the Goblin, so I kidnapped the Goblin in the next 2 sessions as any good DM would do. They almost have him back though! Just helped add A LOT of tension to the main plot hook for me and for them.
My other group was moving from one major plot point to the second major plot point. It was one of the points I allow my players to 'swap characters' because it just makes sense where they are in the storyline. Our Cleric wanted to play a Halfling Monk that was a grappler and his name was 'Johnny Wrestling'. I loved the concept and thought it was funny, quirky and would fit into the super serious world and setting. He introduces his new character and describes what he looks like and then he goes to talk and begins talking like Macho Man Randy Savage and I just lost it laughing. I was laughing for about 5 minutes straight because I just wasn't expecting it.
Moral of the story - Let your players have fun and fall in love with their characters and other stupid things in your world. It just makes the game better for them and ultimately for you by doing so!
That one DM be like “because wrestling killed my grandma!!!”
"Professional Wrestling" is basically a soap opera with punching.
What exactly did the DM think the Professional Prize Fighter character would be based on?
Especially such an obviously eccentric one?
In theory, a prize fighter character in a fantasy setting could just be "a gladiator" or "a boxer".
But with the amount of showboating this particular character was doing all the time, there really isn't any kind of athletes other than wrestlers that could possibly be the inspiration.
Actually, from what I hear, gladiators basically WERE the pro wrestlers of ancient Rome. Some gladitorial weapons were not very practical. Apparently, some of the fights were staged and predetermined. And you wouldn't want a gladiator to get killed for no reason, for the same reason you wouldn't want a pro wrestler to get injured: The audience want to see their favourites, so each fighter is a valuable asset that you want to protect. (*To be clear, I've heard that sometimes even the professionals did die in gladitorial battles, but it was supposed to be agreed upon in advance, "In this match, death is a possibility.")
It's sometimes almost weird to see how similar to us ancient people are. Gladiators, ancient Olypmic athletes, knights in tournaments, WWE wrestlers, and TTRPG players have between them a lot of showboating and "fake" fighting that people just find fun. Human nature apparently hasn't changed much over the ages.
Yeah, so I don't understand that DM's reaction at all.
LamanKnight beat me to it by 6 minutes
@@LamanKnight But gladiator combat was also supposed to be bloody. Gladiators' armor was really crappy, because they weren't supposed to be well protected.
The show mattered a lot more than any individual fighter. And one had to be VERY successful to become the audience's favorite.
Its theater. Literally a play. An acrobatic play.
I mean Mohammed Ali was a boxer but he cut promos on his opponents constantly, even during the match sometimes
I loved the last story! As a DM I don't always catch the proper physical and chemical interactions I should but I appreciate when others do. My favorite personal instance hapoened when I had the party in a train car fighting several assassins. It was the wizard's turn, a bladesinger, and I expected him to run into melee as usual. He noticed that with a small amount of movement he could create a line with 3 assassins and no allies. Without hesitation he shouted that he would jump on the nearby seat and cast lighting bolt! The line ended at a wall of the entirely metal train car they were in. He was the only one standing on a seat (not metal) while the others stood on the floor of the car. After a simple "are you sure?" from me he nodded. I proceeded to have the assassins role reflex saves and everyone but him, including allies, roll CON saves. As soon as I said it everyone's faces dropped as they realized it was because they had all just been electrocuted... needless to say it was a hilarious moment that all of the other characters gave the wizard a hard time about for the rest of the campaing. No character died (I wouldn't have let that happen from something silly like this) but it was memorable.
That reach over shoulder tap.
I enjoy wrestling too. That DM is dumb.
With the conspiracy theory one. Corporations rebrand all the time. Have your villains rebranded themselves and do a whole soul searching we realized we were the bad guys but now we're changing kind of story. Then just leave it simmering. They can get a redemption campaign later or they can be the BBEG of their own campaign later but either way it allows it to be pushed to the background and if the players keep pushing it then they turn into the villains. If they do that then you may obliterate them 🤣🤣🤣
*Also ; I too detest professional wrestling. But I'm old enough to remember when they tried to make us believe it was real so we felt betrayed and lied to as a generation frankly . But with the wisdom of age I've come to realize that the fighting itself may be fake but at the end of the day that's some pretty metal ballet they're doing out there so I can at least respect that.
I also don't like Wrestling, but I see it like this:
Movies are also technically fake, but they are still fun.
I think the third one could also be jake the snake as he was a little more of a preacher
I just looked at the post, OP said the third wrestler he based his character on was Macho Man. Apparently it’s the way Bray acts, the way Cactus Jack fights, and the way Randy Savage dresses.
Begs the question: who is Duke’s and Wife’s favorite pro wrestler?
That’s hard because it changes all the time, but as of right now: PAC and Chad Gable
@@OneShotQuestersShuuuuuuush 😂
@@OneShotQuestersAny particular legends you have as favs?
@OneShotQuesters not at all what I was expecting but those are some valid answers! Mine are rollins, CM punk, and Randy Orton
Chad gable is great. So glad he doesn't have to be shorty g anymore
I also had a character based on three wrestlers (mostly Chris Jericho, but there was some Shawn Michaels and Cody Rhodes in there… also he was named after Xavier Woods and Bray Wyatt), and I also got kicked out of that game. Funnily enough, it was because I replaced him with another character. I thought he fought with the goodie-two-shoes paladin too much, and wanted a character whose story could play in the background. The reason I was booted: the gm (who did not want to boot me) told me that the other players thought I was trying to be the main character (I was trying to do the opposite) and that my character did what they did but better. (She was a Pal-lock, which is a powerful multiclass, while the others were Cleric/Rogue, Cleric/Sorcerer, Paladin/Wizard, and Bard/Fighter. (My old guy was a Bardbarian)
I love the analogy of how D&D & Wrestling are similar and it's so weird to hate one of those when you love the other.
I've made that comparison but with wrestling and comic books as well.
I haven't ever made a character based on a wrestler, but now I am super tempted to.
I mean, Eddie Guerrero is absolutely the best portrayal of a lovable Rogue in all of media history.
"
I lost interest in wrestling a few years ago, but my response to people who would say "it's fake, why are you watching this crap!" was "so are movies, but that hasn't stopped you from watching the latest Marvel film."
That first story tho, i see that as an absolute win
Gotta admit as a wrestling fan, i find it amusing that the guy was fine with it and even kind of enjoyed the character untill he knew it was based on wrestling.
So let me get this straight. The DM, running a FFX-like or inspired game, hates wrestling to the point where they wants to kick the player out simplying for making a character around wrestling; despite the fact that one of the main characters of FFX is Jecht, who is basically that world's version of a wrestler?!😊
Like does he not see the hypocrisy?!
The only correct answer for the pizza question in story two is obviously, Tombstone.
I told a coworker who was super enthusiastic about wrestling that I don't like wrestling for the same reason I don't like any other soap opera, and he had to stop and reconsider things for a moment. I think he probably decided to enjoy soap operas a little more after that.
I see wrestling more as action shows with only the thinnest plot used as an excuse for the action.
Gasp, the revelation that Duke was brought to DnD by his wife.
I once had a story (forever GM here) where a flesh golem/zombie/undetermined undead type gained sentience and broke free from the evil lich that made him/ressurrected him. He stood 6'10.5" tall and weighed in at 318 pounds from Death Valley accompanied by (the lich) Pol Bayer'Ur.
So yeah. Wrestling rocks.
That was a good one
@@strifenineteen It genuinely was. I had nothing and wrestling was on. 3 weeks later I looked SUPER creative.... Until Pol Bayer'Ur and they suddenly got it. Still a good run.
Groot better watch out. He has some competition. Here comes I AM WIFE. 😂
People base their characters on lots of different things that they like. My thought when they revealed that the entire story was based on Final Fantasy, that's when my brain was filled with thousands of voices shouting "Hypocrite". He was fine with the guy role playing a wrestler, but when he found out the character was based on real ones, he suddenly had a problem with it? I think he was butt hurt that the player didn't make a character from scratch.
As for the first story. Jokes stick around for way longer than they are planned to be a lot. Just look at Victor or Pervon from Critical Role. Even songs can become jokes that keep coming back because the players want them to.
For a more fun story relating to wresting in DND, one character I've spent the most time playing is a Half-Orc Bard/Paladin, Sandy Ravage (no prizes for guessing who it's based on).
As a joke, I said he was the youngest of 23 siblings, so that has meant my DM has been able to introduce several of Sandy's siblings with other wrestlers, like Heamush (Sheamus), André the Literal Giant, and even the owner of a local wrestling ring is called "The Biz".
Also, the only reason my character is a Paladin is because he died and was revived by the "CEO of Wrestling".
RIP Bray :(
As a DM my advice is…never be afraid to abandon the adventure you created in favor of a story that your group has a hand in creating, having fun with, and you can expand creatively…don’t try to force the old adventure into the new….keep it for another time.
Relating to story 1, the story started on a small mining island that had a few farms to be self-sufficient. Just to get the group together, I had a simple event of the local chickens having escaped their coop, and the individial party members happened to be nearby and assisted in capturing the chickens and return them. One of the chickens made over a dozen successful rolls against being grappled, and I jokingly said they noticed this wasn't your average chicken just to make fun of the fact it kept escaping grapples. Long story short the players latched on to this and 50 sessions later the chicken, who was meant to be nothing more than a 5 minute session 1 mission to capture, was revealed to be the familiar of an ancient hero waiting for his master's prophesied return to face a recuring ancient evil. The table loved it, and I was so happy with this randomly coming into existence.
Story 2: Absolute. F***ing. Child. Took his ball and went home for a difference of opinion. I work at a school, and this immediately reminds me of our younger kids going "You can't be my friend AND like X." DM is going to be a very lonely person if something as simple as WWE is his Line In The Sand, because you know it's not his only one.
Duke, your rant against the GM for insulting wrestling is awesome/hilarious. I'm not a big wrestling fan myself, nothing against it, I just never got into it because I either didn't grow up with it or watch it a lot. However, I can appreciate it and the cultural impact it has had.
So I equate Professional Wrestling with Christmas. Wrestling is worked but it is still story telling and athleticism. The Christmas analogy is this. I know Santa Claus is not “real” but I still love Christmas.
I will preface this that I think the DM who got so butthurt over the wrestling inspiration is being extremely stupid
However I'm pretty sure he's one of those DMs that's overly precious about his setting and with him disliking wrestling he probably didn't like the idea of a WWE style/themed wrestler existing in his homebrew world. First thing you got to do as a DM is realize that you're building your world with the players and that you can't treat it like some fragile treasure.
The best part is when everyone realizes that the DM based his entire game on FF10
Red Baron rocks, Tombstone is also good
Duke just earned even more of my respect with his love for pro wrestling. Preach, brother!
dantelion the centaur macho man was meant to be a one off villian of the week - now he's the main quest giver/trainer for our alt party... voice, mannerisms, always appears with a big enterance (music, pyros/explosions, bursting through scenery)
WHAT?!?! Wife introduced Duke to D&D?? So we have wife to thank for all of this? All of the humour? All of the clips, and videos, and characters, and ad-barian, and everything?? Omg, wife, you rule.
About that creative use of flour: I love that idea of revealing what is hidden by throwing some flour around. However, flour on itself is not flammable. In fact, you can use flour to put out fires. If you lob a bag inside a room with baddies, the flour is gonna clump together and possibly even kill the fireplace fire. If it's covering the baddies, I'm sure they'll be coughing, but not being immolated. In order for flour to burn, it needs to be a very fine mist and all floating in the air. Taking some flour in your mouth and blowing it out with a lot of force, so it disperses in the air, could do it. Of course, having a windmill situation where the flour is being worked so the air basically is flour, could definitely do it. Create a heavy explosion in the process. Or having a fine powder that doesn't clump together (that easily), like powdered milk, could do it. Try it, next time you have a campfire or a barbeque. Throw a handful of powdered milk on the hot coals, or fire, and create your own incredible fireball. Watch out for your eyebrows. Throw a handful of flour on the fire and watch it sizzle and create dark spots where it lands on the coals.
I'm not sure what the Cloudkill adds in this scenario, but perhaps some prestidigitation could billow through the flour enough to fill the air with an explosive mixture.
Please don't fire Jakin. ;-)
I've had an experience that's somewhere between both of these stories. My current character is a grapple build, who loves hyping people up and fighting for the thrill and glory. My friends love to make wrestling comparisons, but I haven’t watched wrestling since the 90's, so most of the references go over my head. I still play the character, and have leaned into the Pro Wrestler memes a bit, because everyone else enjoys them so much. It's funny that my character has inspired some of the other party members to look into wrestling as a hobby or a way to blow off steam outside of combat.
I based her fighting style not on a wrestler, but on Godzilla. Big, heavy punches, sweeps with the tail, and fire breath are her main moves, with her main gimmick being to suplex an enemy (grapple and knock them prone) to pin them and let the melee strikers get free advantage. I guess she'd be close to a Giant-type wrestler?
I was there for Bray Wyatts last match. Despite what it was, it was worth it flying 4 hrs and driving 25 hrs to see him. (Also Royal Rumble 2023 in general was just a amazing ple)
That first story reminds me of how I made two joke characters that were SO stupid that the characters fell in love with them...then I decided to use them to drop bombshells about the world that I wouldn't have had been able to drop otherwise because they were all born in the world.
"Flower is flammable"
Okay yes, but would your character know that? Roll....
The flour fighter was hysterical :D
If I were in Wife's position, I would also joke about watching WWE without him. Seeing him in an enthusiastic rant is hilarious.
I can relate to the bank story bc in session one of my campaign the PCs hide since they're on the run due to one of the PC's backgrounds. Well, the dwarf in the party fell in love with the old woman that offered them refuge. 9 sessions later and the dwarf is now king of the mountain and the old lady Mary's him but then us revealed to have been a DOPPELGANGER WORKING FOR THE BBEG FOR 90% OF THE TIME SHE WAS IN THE CAMPAIGN. Needless to say I made the dwarf king (character, NOT actual player) cry.
I love dnd and pro wrestling as well. Was thinking of trying to make a barbarian or monk grappler . All his grapples are wrestling moves. I dont know the grapple rules that well
Regarding that second story, I feel like that DM was maybe projecting a little. While he may have been fine with a character who was sort of a wrestler, but when he realized that OP's character as highly derivative of a pro wrestler (or three), he probably got bent out of shape over that. I bring this up because the rest of the players figure out that the DM's plot is derivative of Final Fantasy X. Basic hypocrisy. HE could be derivative (maybe because he thought he was being smart about it), but how dare his players be as derivative! That kind of thing.
Honestly, there is nothing wrong with having a derivative character. Not only is it good for new players, but it's fine to just keep things simple and enjoy the game. Not every campaign has to be Lord of the Rings or Dragonlance level, with robust, complex characters. I'm not a fan of pro wrestling myself, but if a player wants to basically be one for his character, I'll roll with it. He's having fun, and I see no need to ruin that.
Sometimes you just want a fighter-rogue who's basically Macho Man Randy Savage with a battleaxe and studded leather armor and there's nothing wrong with that.
Any time I can fit it in, my characters WILL do a wrestling move as an attack.
Anyone that knows gives me a nod, anyone that doesn't goes "damn, on his head?"
My group is playing Phandelver and Below The Shattered Obelisk. They managed to clear our Cragmaw Castle and convince two of the goblins there to serve them. The two goblins are named Guy Fieri and Shikken Nugget and they are faithful and loyal to their lieges. It was an off-hand comment from me about these two arguing about the best temperature to serve meat, and it turned into them being convinced servitude would be the best option.
And Duke comes out with the haymaker! Ooohh what a slobberknocker this turned out to be folks!
What'a maneuver!
Slobber knocker? You sure you were watching wrestling and not just porn? 😅
3rd Wrestler could have been the Undertaker from the Ministry of Darkness years... He built the biggest stable at the time inc Acolytes, Viscera, Minion etc
He went on to attempt to sacrifice Stephanie
OP in the comments said the third wrestler he used was Randy Savage. He said he used how Randy used to dress
I also like Red Baron if I'm having frozen. But I'm a manager at a Jet's, and I go in there and make dough and sauce from scratch every morning, so... I've become kind of a snob about my pizza. It's hard to eat frozen when I'm used to making really good fresh pizza from scratch.
There's a guy playing a barbarian with a wrestler theme in a game I'm in, and that character is freaking delightful. I'm not into wrestling (though I don't HATE it) but the character is so much fun.
The dm in the first story struck gold! Like it feels amazing when players take something that's a one off joke and just run with it. They even managed to help with some incredible world building. No notes keep going.
"Everyone knows that!" False. I went to high school with a kid who CONSTANTLY tried to prove to me that Professional Wrestling was real. He wasn't the brightest guy.
My first ever Fallout 2D20 RPG campaign I made a store owner named Larry, A pre-war ghoul who gabe off the grinch sort of vibes, loathing the people who come into his shop, well my players absolutely loved my performance with this shop keep that they kept asking for work from him which led them to get in trouble with one of the main factions because Larry the shopkeeper wanted to get rid of them so he sent them to a warehouse in town to take out the 'scavengers' so Larry could go loot it. Turned out it was a main faction of my campaign and the players almost didnt make it out from the warehouse, fast forward 2 years later and in the new campaign set a hundred years earlier than that campaign and the players encounter Larry again who at this point is a half-ghoul turning into a full ghoul and my players loved seeing him again despite the near death experience
Getting upset because wrestling is "fake" is like getting upset because theater plays are "fake". As far as I know, both are staged, coreographed and pretend to be real. Why do some people get so upset at one and not the other?
Now, getting upset not because someone likes wrestling, but because they made a character based on wrestlers? That's plain stupid and childish. I could understand it if they based their character on a real murderer or on Hitler or something, but this is like getting upset because they based their character on Jack Sparrow and "oh, but Pirates of the Caribbean is fake".
that dm that hated wrestling is uh... special
With the revelation in the second story about the DM’s campaign BASICALLY being FFX, his reaction reeks of him thinking the player “tainted” his hyperfixation with their own hyperfixation. Almost gives the vibe that the DM is also some type of neurodivergent, but with nonexistent or HORRENDOUSLY MALADAPTIVE coping skills (unlike player who seems to be living with their condition relatively well).
Man now I wonder what your guy's favorite wrestler and storyline is. Y'all are wonderful and thanks for another awesome vid. 🙏😄
Knowing that you love wrestling has made me love you even more! I kinda want to see some wrestling related content from you. XD
So basically duke you’re teasing us with the plushies.
Wife finally made Duke do the outro. Now you know how it feels!
I introduced a ginger tabaxi with a high pitched southern accent named steve into my campaign who was just no one, literally just made him on the spot. The party loved him, so I made him the main antagonist for the little side quest we were on, and they felt betrayed (mostly the human jester bard, who was the main of this little side quest) it was fun.
RIP Bray Wyatt,. As a GM,I actually plan to use the Wyatt Family as NPCs for a superhero campaign I'm running. There is much inspiration to be gained from pro wrestling.
Love that move with the flour. That's the thing that I think really sets ttrpgs above PC/console gaming. Taking a supposedly inert game object and using it to great effect.
I knew Duke could be my best friend. A nerd/geek and a fan of wwe/professional wrestling. High fives my dude. I also introduced my girlfriend to wwe
I love that we got a glimpse into your real life back story here. Wife was into D&D and Duke was into Pro-Wrestling and you two did a cross-over, lol. Now can you settle a burning question I've always had?
What is the Oath of Throwing It Back and how did it originate?
Hilarious that the backstory y’all made for that DM who lost it over the wrestling inspiration sounds like it could be straight out of a wrestling storyline 😆
The twist- he embraces wrestling and becomes one himself in an effort to dominate and topple the industry, climaxing in an epic cage match against a masked champion who turns out to be…HIS OWN FATHER?!?!
~_~
Wife introduced Duke to D&D... so we have Duke's D&D content thanks to Wife?
Thank you Wife! 🎉🎉🎉
Regarding the Rothschild Bank story: I would actually make them suddenly just vanish. And when the players are looking for them, noone has ever heard about them. And hints are pointing towards your original story. That way, you can not only bring the original story forward, you can also make the BBEG being the reason why everything suddenly changed through some Wish-like ritual or actually being a very, very, very old and very powerfull false hydra or something. 😅
Breaking news to the DM that left for a charachter based on a wrestler: you are not a real DM.
Kind of what she said: it's a story. Matches tell story, that are played by characters (wrestlers) to reacch one specific goal (the main quest of the campaign).
Professional wrestling it''s like roleplaying, you have the good guy and the bad guy, you have the party (stables or crews) and all toghethger you just have fun entertain the people.
I just ut my head to work because my next character will be an Unarmed Strike Brawler...it's going to be a wrestler, so to say. I'm just thinking at the build and background, but it's basically a wrestler...
one other thing: in 2017 WWE organized a D&D campaign basically over Critical Role success. In the players there was Xavier Woods, Ember Moon (now known as Athena in ROH) and Brennan Williams, who was in future known as Dio Maddin in the RAW commentary boot and MACE/ma.ce during the Retribution/Maximum Male Models era
First one: whatever the players latch to becomes the focus. It's not up to me what they enjoy, it's up to me to incorporate as much of that as possible.
When i can't just improv it in, I've definitely told players "I didnt expect that to become so resonant. I'll prepapre a full line for it, but for now, what else would you like to focus on?"
Second one: if you didnt catch it at creation, it's way too late to be upset. But that aside, who cares where they were inspired? Whatever gets them into the game is great!
Also, If you wanna play a specific plot, its helpful to tell the players youre doing that or at least set parameters for creation. Plus pro fighter isn't like... a stretch for the world of final fantasy
I can't think of any genre I would disqualify as inspiration, that's just bananas.
Red baron is also my favorite frozen pizza😂
Story:
My players are at the bottom of an ocean, using bubbles around their heads created by the Aqua fae of the land to help them breathe. They walk into the large vast city of water, and quickly acknowledge the issue, large fish-like creatures taming through walls and harassing civilians. Their quest was to end them all.
They began by killing off a few at a time, but the creatures overcame them. They retreated into a cave where they heard a loud grumble, this was the place of the fish queen.
Their first move was to use their pet cat named Tom. He was a magical being who was invincible, and also doubled as a bag of holding. Ari, a rouge, WENT IN TOMS MOUTH, as the group threw Tom at the giant fish. Ari rolled for wisdom, and rolled a nat 20, leading her directly to the fishes heart. She used the explosives she had collected a few towns back and threw them out of Tom’s mouth. The fish took immediate damage. Meanwhile the rest of the group was doing worthless damage on the outside.
They watched as the fish slowly exploded from the inside and out , and as Tom flew out of the flames. He softly landed on all fours, before letting out a soft “meow” before puking out Ari.
My players are very interesting.
Story 1- absolutely DO NOT admit it was a joke. You got to the finish this storyline. Not only will admitting the truth be unfun for the players, they'll question you from now on over everything. "Did DM just make that up?"is not how you want them to proceed.
Its called a dust explosion its awesome
ha, she finally got ya on the outro!
For the first story, it is SOOOOO true. I am barely 4 sessions deep into my first campaign as a baby DM and I made the joke of making a village named "Overr Bayou" cuz it sounds like "over by you" and issa silly dumb joke... yeahhhhh well my players keep asking to go back to Overr Bayou to help, harass, or vibe with the lizardfolk and bullywugs lol
The last story was awesome oh my god.
I also don't get the anti wrestling dm. That was so unhinged, I'm not a wrestling fan either but that was a great character concept come on! Also "you can't base a character off of a (three) wrestler!" /Bases entire campaign off of final fantasy 10/
Story no.1. Yes, you have created a monster!
A classic villain who the players are enthused with is probably a holy grail. Embrace it!
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Note: the flower trick wouldn't work as each grain will have to be idspersed widely from each other and in the air. Same think with coffee whiter.
That DM's stance on wrestling sure put the players unjustifiably in a position that they'd rather not be in.
I dont watch wrestling, never did, but honestly the characters are really fun to use as inspiration for characters.
Most recently i want to play a character based off Mark Henry, THE WALL.
10:54 Duke has a new persona. He changes from duke to Nuke the wrestler.
11:36 😂😂 so glad this was pointed out cause that killed me "you based your character off a wrestler?!" 'Nooooo I based him off 3 wrestlers' ❤ exactly how that kind of unnecessary rage should be responded to - as someone whose husband got them into wrestling, I couldn't imagine being that angry about wrestling period even at my peak of when I hated wrestling (wasn't wrestlings fault, I had shitty people around me who liked it) I never would rage at it just like.....existing in reference around me 😂 but also I find it odd that this man watched several people in that dnd group said 'we're gonna watch wrestling' but the DM drew the line at a character based on it 😂
The best part of being a DM is coming up with random crap and then having a side story as a result of the random crap.
Red Baron frozen pizza is amazing.
Rants are cool, but not too conducive to Spotify & TH-cam episodes.
And then the DM went on to write the 44 rules. 😂
Duke I've been a fan of yours before but NOW I'M SO HAPPY! Also i made a character based off of LA Knight YEAH! Varient human college of lore Bard... and i have a whole secondary campaign that's basically continuous ever evolving playtest of my "PWD20" ttrpg system that i'm still making.... so yeah i'm a fan lol