This is awesome! The part about intentions not jumping from calm to murderous in an instant and telegraphing emotions with body language is golden. I've had those same doubts as a DM and as a player.
One of my favorite videos, along with the joining of phandalver and icespire suggestions. Took me a while to finally listen to this one but got there in the end.
@@heyitsMattyP here's hoping. I've used your lost mines ideas to great effect. This is the third time I've ran it, but my first time incorporating some of your suggestions. My players are loving it!
Thank you! I think this is one of my last greenscreen videos, because with my busier release schedule, I don't have as much time for the extra setup / pack-down or the post-production visual gags
@@heyitsMattyP It's the least I could do! Plus you're charismatic and seem super likable. Welp. Guess I'm joining the patreon. Should also mention you have an NPC proxy in my game who allows my players to exchange purified chardalyn for magic items. So I guess you're likable in both life and in D&D, as my players love "Perkins, Quartermaster of Candlekeep."
I hope this doesn't come across mean, because I've been a fan of your work for a while now and don't think any of it has been bad, but your last couple of videos have each felt like your best work yet. Like, markedly better presentation, practical advice, and tighter pacing all while still keeping the charm that got me following you in the first place. Really appreciate all that you do.
Thank you! Very high praise :) Though fair warning - there are much looser videos coming up as part of the Table Talk series, which are completely unscripted.
@@heyitsMattyP that doesn't matter, I love your work either way. Just wanted to praise these last ones, obvious a lot of work went into making them so good.
Been loving a lot of your ideas like the Lost Mines stuff and chase mechanics. Thought I'd pipe in here and mention something you might find interesting, namely, Pathfinder 2e diplomacy mechanics. One time the rabbit hole led me to some guys (Knights of Last Call) explaining how in that system, NPCs position on a typical 1-5 scale (hostile-helpful) is altered by their interaction with PC's. Persuasion and deception can slowly net you info you seek but intimidation can get you almost everything but their disposition is automatically downgraded 2 steps as they now think you're a dick lol. Im sure there's more to it than that. Kinda complex system but it makes me wonder if there's more interactions worth mining...
There's no harm in giving an NPC some flare. It creates an impression and gives your players clues on how to best deal with them. And honestly the parts of RP with NPCs that your players are enjoying never need to be streamlined. If you want your NPC to be distracted from the conversation because they're busy working at their craft or if the NPC is too busy leching on the most attractive male PC to answer questions, that's fine. But once you've established the character of the NPC you're fine to get down to business.
Im two session in in Mines of Phandelver and i was starting to think exactly what you describe as bad interactions. I dont feel like im in control of the dialog, and rather just make stuff up on the fly. Guess its a matter of practice. Thanks for the advice.
Gatekeeper NPCs in the story aren't great no matter if they need to be won over mechanically or through roleplay. One of my players really got upset that a powerful noble in a game exploited the players to get what he wanted so when the players went back to him to get help with a problem he opened with "Eat a dick". There's no great way around that but I adjusted the story to create another path because there was no earthly way Eat a Dick wasn't going to get you on to the next act. And it created a cost in future game sessions when that noble started referring to the character as "Oh yes.. eat a dick, I remember you..". The point is that they created an obstacle rather than necessarily closing a door. Obstacles can make the passage from one act of the story to the next more entertaining when they're managed well.
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Glad to see you back on the youtube grind. Honestly I enjoyed all the Phandelver content you made, so many good ideas.
This is awesome! The part about intentions not jumping from calm to murderous in an instant and telegraphing emotions with body language is golden. I've had those same doubts as a DM and as a player.
Thank you! It's a really good habit to get into as a player, so you don't accidentally steal someone's spotlight by ending a conversation too early :)
One of my favorite videos, along with the joining of phandalver and icespire suggestions. Took me a while to finally listen to this one but got there in the end.
Great stuff! Every DM should watch this, study this, and make use of this advise often.
Very high praise Scott - thank you!
Awesome, as always. Idk why you don't have 100k subscribers! Glad to see you posting again!
Haha thanks Rob! Maybe one day I'll hit that 100k - I reckon I'll hit 10k before the end of 2021 :)
@@heyitsMattyP here's hoping. I've used your lost mines ideas to great effect. This is the third time I've ran it, but my first time incorporating some of your suggestions. My players are loving it!
The toe bandits will remember this.
The production quality of these last few videos is through the roof, congrats!
Thank you! I think this is one of my last greenscreen videos, because with my busier release schedule, I don't have as much time for the extra setup / pack-down or the post-production visual gags
Such useful information as usual. Thank you for making theses videos!
Mate, thank you for watching and commenting. I love seeing support in the comments section :)
Just wanted to say your tips are tangibly improving my skills as a DM, not only my now quite memorable Phandelver (MP-Edition) run. Thank you!
Oh wow! That's so kind of you to say - thank you for the feedback :)
@@heyitsMattyP It's the least I could do! Plus you're charismatic and seem super likable. Welp. Guess I'm joining the patreon.
Should also mention you have an NPC proxy in my game who allows my players to exchange purified chardalyn for magic items. So I guess you're likable in both life and in D&D, as my players love "Perkins, Quartermaster of Candlekeep."
Glad your back. Your guides videos gave me so many great things to add to my lost mines campaign.
Oh wow, you did really do a video with a NPNP t-shirt. I hope people ask about it 🤣
RiP NPNP
I hope this doesn't come across mean, because I've been a fan of your work for a while now and don't think any of it has been bad, but your last couple of videos have each felt like your best work yet. Like, markedly better presentation, practical advice, and tighter pacing all while still keeping the charm that got me following you in the first place. Really appreciate all that you do.
Thank you! Very high praise :) Though fair warning - there are much looser videos coming up as part of the Table Talk series, which are completely unscripted.
@@heyitsMattyP that doesn't matter, I love your work either way. Just wanted to praise these last ones, obvious a lot of work went into making them so good.
Your videos are always very informative and fun, keep up the good work!
great video as usual! some really useful advice in here.
Thank you!
Been loving a lot of your ideas like the Lost Mines stuff and chase mechanics. Thought I'd pipe in here and mention something you might find interesting, namely, Pathfinder 2e diplomacy mechanics. One time the rabbit hole led me to some guys (Knights of Last Call) explaining how in that system, NPCs position on a typical 1-5 scale (hostile-helpful) is altered by their interaction with PC's. Persuasion and deception can slowly net you info you seek but intimidation can get you almost everything but their disposition is automatically downgraded 2 steps as they now think you're a dick lol. Im sure there's more to it than that. Kinda complex system but it makes me wonder if there's more interactions worth mining...
There's no harm in giving an NPC some flare. It creates an impression and gives your players clues on how to best deal with them. And honestly the parts of RP with NPCs that your players are enjoying never need to be streamlined. If you want your NPC to be distracted from the conversation because they're busy working at their craft or if the NPC is too busy leching on the most attractive male PC to answer questions, that's fine. But once you've established the character of the NPC you're fine to get down to business.
Im two session in in Mines of Phandelver and i was starting to think exactly what you describe as bad interactions. I dont feel like im in control of the dialog, and rather just make stuff up on the fly. Guess its a matter of practice. Thanks for the advice.
I support social interaction - on MP’s twitch channel. Where is that again? Maybe make friends with Ror the engagement Beholder. Who knows???
Yeah I haven't heard from Ror in a while! I hope people have been feeding him haha 🤣
Good video.
Gatekeeper NPCs in the story aren't great no matter if they need to be won over mechanically or through roleplay. One of my players really got upset that a powerful noble in a game exploited the players to get what he wanted so when the players went back to him to get help with a problem he opened with "Eat a dick". There's no great way around that but I adjusted the story to create another path because there was no earthly way Eat a Dick wasn't going to get you on to the next act. And it created a cost in future game sessions when that noble started referring to the character as "Oh yes.. eat a dick, I remember you..". The point is that they created an obstacle rather than necessarily closing a door. Obstacles can make the passage from one act of the story to the next more entertaining when they're managed well.