Handbooker Helper: Monsterhearts 2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.ค. 2024
- In preparation for Cinderbrush: A Monsterhearts Story (A Critical Role One-Shot), Master of Ceremonies Matthew Mercer brings back Handbooker Helper to give you a guide to playing Monsterhearts 2.
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"Wow... this is specific... Marisha?" Dead 🤣
Hippie kid with the bracelets
@@robertoalejandroorozco3503 "Loser!" :D
David_Blake oh no! Here come the high school flashbacks
oooh Marisha giving away secrets!
The secret that she punches people a lot? Not really a secret.
"You, too, could experience a hint of Taliesin Jaffe's high school days" - sold. All jokes aside, this looks really cool.
We all know that there were no high schools when Taliesin was still young instead they just released all the young Old Gods into the world to cause despair and suffering to all that they came across instead of teaching them before hand.
The pyramid rises!!!
Just gave the 666th like on a Taliesin comment...
Is... something gonna happen now...?
police-and-military-are-welfare-whores oh you’re the same person spamming that shit on twitter
@police-and-military-are-welfare-whores what are you talking about?
Pretty sure that when Taliesin went to 'high school' it was still referred to as the 'Academy of Athens'
I could have sworn it was at the Great Ziggurat of Ur.
@@fraidnaught9067 That's not a school! That was his apprenticeship.
Let’s not forget that in Monsterhearts 1, while all the skins had a deep and dramatic description, the ghost simply had “Ghosty ghost.You’re dead”.
The most relatable character haha
Happily the phrase was maintained in MH2
That's amazing
I love that 😂
You and the replies have just sold me on Monsterhearts now-
"Wow this is specific...
... Marisha?"
Probably my favorite part of the whole skit
Sounds like he needed a hug
I have a vague memory of Marisha on talks recounting that she was abandoned on the dance floor by her prom date, might be related to that
I think that was her Between the Sheets interview.
"huh, I kinda want to see the CR cast play this now"
"Tune in on the 14th to see us play a one-shot"
"IT'S LIKE THEY CAN READ MY MIND!"
also
"Marisha?" lmao!
Careful, if you keep thinking about them reading your mind, Taliesin will whisper in your ear, "We Can."
@@RJ_Ehlert OR Jester is going to send you a 25 word message
@@tomaszskowronski1406 Or at least 25 words of a message that gets cut off mid-way through completion.
Omg light bulb moment... what I'd they did a one shot were there M9 characters played this game .... my mind is melting thinking of jester and ford playing in this setting
@@ShadowOfADaemon Kind of like that one shot where Grog was the DM & Vex & co played other characters?
Having watched their one-shot, I think it’s worth mentioning that this overview leaves out that the game as written deals with some pretty heavy stuff. It’s possible to play a dramatic, goofy story about wacky supernatural teens and have a good time, but as written, the game can go deep into themes of sexuality, unhealthy relationships, abuse, prejudice, and so on. (For example, each of the different monster classes that aren’t even discussed in the video are based on different social dysfunctions and unhealthy relationship dynamics.) It’s a great sandbox to explore some messy feelings and watch social trainwrecks unfold, just make sure you go into the game with a group you trust, and a clear vision of what you want from it. Boundaries and comfort are incredibly important here.
"talisen jaffe's highschool days" i didn't know that they had highschool back then
What kind of Place do you think R'lyeh is?
At some point he probably glamoured himself to appear as a teen and enrolled in a high school for the experience. Also as some sort of long con plan.
Class of 2020...BC.
@@MrUmakemelaff that was the 15th time he got bored and took high school again.
The facial hair seems to be creeping back. Evil Matt is resurfacing after the cupcake incident...
cupcake incident? links, possibly?
@@hobbiesinasmallroom1850 Psst. Last week's episode of Critical Role.
@@hobbiesinasmallroom1850 It's from the most recent episode of Critical Role. Absolutely DO NOT LOOK IT UP if you're not caught up. It's one of the defining moments of CR history. All I can say is that it involves a cupcake. Nothing more. I cannot stress this enough: Watch the episode, stay the fuck away from the comments.
@@bartholen Let's say I haven't had internet for a few months; how would I catch up?
@@hobbiesinasmallroom1850 I'm sure the channel has a Campaign 2 Playlist, it's just a matter of finding where you stopped, or marathon the entire campaign.
5:05 "Hippie kid with the bracelets" XD Perfect callback
That was incredibly well played.
Hippie kid running around with $6 worth of bracelets.
Matt's face had me crying 🤣
Remind me
from mini primetime but cant remember what episode it was
"Defending that hottie witch against her long time bully in a 7/11 parking lot."
Matt do you have experience with this or...?
Adam Baker You say it like it’s never happened to you
If you haven't defended a hot witch then who the hell are you?
I'm sure Marisha has stepped in for him once or twice...
I think the phonetic spelling is "haughty" not "hottie." Haughty meaning arrogantly superior and disdainful.
@@Kaipyro67ALT It's Monsterhearts, so it is definitely hottie.
Trigger warning for dark themes.
About a third of this book is dedicated to mental and emotional safety at the table. Things like self harm, verbal and physical abuse, toxic relationships are baked into the mechanics of some of the skins. If you expect you may be triggered, maybe give this one a miss.
Hey thanks for putting this out there, will definitely put some safety measures in place when I watch it 💜💜💜
I enjoyed the one shot, and just watching this gives me flashbacks. Must be nice to have had the kind of HS experience you would want to RELIVE. Once was enough for me!
I almost feel like "High School" can be a trigger on it's own.
Thank you for putting this out there. Because this info is VERY important to know. There's a pdf called Safe Hearts on www.buriedwithoutceremony.com, which is a resource guide on vulnerability and boundaries in Monsterhearts. It is VERY useful and should be read if you plan on playing the game.
3:38 "Often... at a cost" *HIP WIGGLE* - Matthew Mercer
CR spotlighting indie games is very good news.
"Gaze into the Abyss" and see Taliesin staring back at you! :)
SUBSCRIBE... or SUBMIT
I'd be ok with that
So this is essentially a Tabletop version of Monster Prom? I am all for this.
Oh god yes please
No
As fun as that would be... not really. It's not an all-monster-school. The player characters are monsters in a high school, but they hide their true nature and pretending to be normal human kids. Also, mostly everyone else in the school is not a monster. This would be more like "self-aware Twilight" (in the sense that the characters are teens being shitty and monstrous, and the narrative is not romanticising and sugar-coating those shitty things).
Closer to Twilight, Teen Wolf, Vampire Diaries, etc
That game is so ridiculously weird and cute it's been the base of most of my art for the past year
I love the idea of them bring other rpg systems into the spotlight. They are using their rpg fame to promote others. That's pretty dope.
I’m so happy this series is back
Ragnarok Official I like that they’re doing it for game systems they’re using for one shots
I still wouldn't mind if they did it for stuff like Volo's Guide to Monsters or Xanathar's Guide to Everything though. Y'know, kinda elaborating on the other stuff about races and classes expanded upon in those books like they did in Season One of this where they went through the basics of the Handbook.
manegirl93416 I don’t think they legally can, according to the SRD
Handbooker helper?!?!? In my 2020??
It's more likely than you think!
*"LOSER!"* _Shows Sam's face_ oh wow
I'm the 69th like and I'm very proud of that 😊
Matt playing: “why did you have me roll 2d6? I got a 12”
Taliesin: “no reason” as he glances at the IRL Hot Roll table
I’d rather fight Kevdak bare-handed than relive my teenage years.
Lol AMEN!
Well... your pain would be very short.
I need to see Sam's character already.
Big fae energy
Are you sure? I don't know if we are ready for something like that from Sam!!!
A good twist would be that Sam's character is actually a normal human pretending to be a half-monster hybrid.
That I would expect from Sam.
Sam: Handbook'er? I barely know'er!
Epic twist Sam plays a hyper conservative monster who doesn't like the way teens are and acts all adult, but deep down is the sex hungry monster we all expect from Sam.
"Players will be pulling on each other's strings, literally" GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY CELLO!
Nice.
ah yes matt teaching me about fantasy dating sim.
Just what I always wanted, thanks matt!
Digital Girlfriend: I sleep
Girlfriend in a TTRPG session: *REAL SHIT?*
Sploosh!
This is a new way to.. introduce an RPG one shot. I am a fan of it!
Wish they would have done this before the crystal palace one shot, I was so lost trying to figure out the call of cathulu mechanics.
Definitely helpful, plenty of systems out there so it's good to get a basic run down for these
"These is too specific... Marisha?" Matt gain a string from me in that. I died laughing.
Sounds like there's going to be some chilling Adventures of Sabrina type stuff with this game I would be down for it. I don't know how many of my friends would though.
I've had some fun playing this over Discord in a text based style. Gotta find (or be) the right MC for your group though.
Would probably be a very awkward system to run unless everyone is on the same page :P
That being said though it's very nice that systems like these exist so you don't have to attempt to shoehorn mechanics for sexual undertones/encounters and teenage angst into other systems ^^
Could totally see the "playbooks" (or whatever "classes" are called in MonsterHearts) being translated to other apocalypse systems/setting as well :)
@@Micras08 Playbooks are actually much different from classes! They're more like character archetypes. Rather than just containing the skills or abilities of a character, they are written with specific themes and story elements in mind. For example, the Ghoul playbook in Monsterhearts is all about hunger (metaphorical and literal!) and being sort of emotionally dead, in addition to what kind of powers you might have as a ghoul. Playbooks are in just about every Powered by the Apocalypse (the system Monsterhearts uses) RPG.
@@satansgayniece6246 That's a fair, I was shit at getting my point across, let me try again :P
My point was that if you find Monster Hearts iffy (because of the subject matter) but would like to embody one of the playbooks in say... I dunno, dungeon worlds, that would probably be doable with minimal work, because as you said; every Powered by the Apocalypse system have playbooks instead of "classes", "backgrounds" or "archetype" etc. etc. :D
So your clarification was most certainly a necessary one because equating a playbook to a class is at best crude and at worst very misleading ^^
Full disclaimer: I have very little practical experience with these systems (besides reading them) seeing as my regular groups are more into d20 systems with stronger emphasis on combat Q_Q
But anyways glad that my theory about playbooks being somewhat transferable within Powered by Apocalypse systems being somewhat correct - cheers for the clarification. :)
wow, this wasnt expected
IT'S THURSDAY!!! And I'm getting my pre-critter fill w/all these TH-cam posts. THX CRITICAL ROLE CREW!!!
I’ve mastered this game for a year, came up with some new “skins” on my own also. It’s simple, it’s fast, it’s different. A very good game.
I’ve been playing this game for years and it’s so refreshing if you’ve been doing D&D for a while. It’s so different but so easy to pick up.
Don't forget how heavily queer-coded the game is! That's a very important aspect of it :D
I love Handbooker Helper! Eager to see more for D&D, and other games too!
Great idea guys! I love this, and wish we had it for undeadwood. Telling us how the game works before you play it is a fantastic idea! Keep it up!
I literally bought monsterhearts yesterday D: so hyped
Why is it that I have seen almost all of these episodes and just now noticed the purple cloud underneath the title is Bigby's Hand? I love the attention to detail they all put in.
So excited for the one-shot, yesssss. This is gonna be fun.
Full Dark and Cold Vampire dressed as a My Chemmical Romance, HERE WE GO!
Woah woah woah not only do we get a talks today but we get the return of both All Work No Play and Handbooker Helper?!
THEY ARE SPOILING US RN!!
Nice :) a couple things I think it's worth to stress:
- There are no "skill tests" and dice rolls are not "called from the MCs" when they feel like. There are specific abstract triggers: when and only when something triggers a "Move" in the game, then the player rolls dice.
- A result of 6- doesn't imply failing in the sense of "not managing to do the action the PC was trying to do". It implies "consequences are at your detriment". Sometimes precisely because you managed to do what you wanted (as in "be careful what you wish for", for example. Or perhaps you shapeshifted as the Dean's husband to ask a janitor access to a restricted area of the school and the janitor answer "of course! The dean told me you were coming, they're waiting for you there!"
- A fundamental and intriguing aspect of the game, that I think should be showed in a presentation, is the Seating Chart: while creating PCs, you all choose where to sit in the classroom writing your name in a physical chart with desks, and then the MC ask you questions to create your classmates and put them in the chart. So at the beginning of the game there will be lots of NPCs with an intriguing web of love, hate, promises, secrets, lies, debts, envy, discriminations etc, intertwined in several (and conflicting) ways with the PCs and ready to explode. And that is the game (there are no quests, event happens because PCs and NPCs want things and do stuff. And it can't be stressed enough how amazing it is to start the game already knowing and being invested in your classmates.
THANK YOU! Thought no one was picking up on those. Also it clearly did not address the "arguably" most important part of a PbtA game that is the pendulum swing of Fiction -> Mechanics -> Fiction, which was (somewhat) lacking in the game proper.
@@nicolasbohnenberger7017 I've heard about that :'( I don't know if I want to watch the video. Such an opportunity to have people knowing Monsterhearts wasted :(
@@AlexTheGame93 Honestly I have been cataloguing the missed triggers for a friend that wants to learn to MC the game, it's not as bad as people made out to be, but if you know how PbtA is supposed to run you'll feel it.
@@nicolasbohnenberger7017 Oh, I thought it was worse than that. They told me there were also some unspecified skill checks called from the MC, which were not Moves :o
@@AlexTheGame93 There was one, that I recall, that makes the thousand souls scream. But overall, 6/10, a bit more of practice and talking with someone that has more mastery of the engine and he'd be good to go.
I didn't know how much I missed this series until it popped up in my feed.
I’m so excited to see the one-shot now omg
This is so great! I'm so glad this series is continuing. ♥️ Thanks guys for all the wonderful content!
Oh rad! I didn't realize this was getting a season 2 this is sweet!!!
This may just be a sponsored one off. Smart way of doing it!
My friends and I played MH years before this vid came out. So glad it's getting a lot more recognition now!!
Thanks for making an episode to prepare us for the One Shot ! This looks like great fun and I can't wait to discover it :D
As a teen with a love for monsters and general mythology and RPGs, how have I never heard of this? Also the comedy in this episode was on point.
The people from Roll20 Games Master Series had a one-shot of the First Edition in the Roll20 channel. The system is really nice.
The channel Happy Jacks RPGs has a really great campaign that you should check out if you’re interested. I’m also a teen with similar interests and let me tell you, this game is fantastic.
You should check out Monster of the Week for a Buffy/Supernatural game with the PbtA rules Engine
@@WARCERER Oh yeah, Monster of the Week is great. In my opinion, it's the best system for first time players and/or GMs.
Hey it's that guy! Hippie Kid w/ the Bracelets!
I can't believe it stuck.
Truly one of the best characters of the Mighty Nein
I hope this series comes back someday soon! I’m especially excited about seeing it used to feature intros to new game systems like this exact video did! Please consider it, CR peeps!
Matt cracking his knuckles is probably the most satisfying sound I’ve ever heard.
"What's the point of attaching strings if they can't be pulled?"
Damn right, Matt. Damn right.
I didnt know this was a thing and now I need it badly!!!
Cool to see you covering RPGs other then D&D. I would love to see one for Masks: A new generation.
I love everything about this! Matt Mercer, you sir are awesome.
Oh man, so glad to see this series back!
Yay! I missed these!
Smart content. I would have liked this (maybe it existed?) for the Undeadwood series.
There actually was a Savage Worlds HH episode at the beginning of Twitch stream, but it never was released as a separate video.
On the twitch cut (prime only obviously), Ivan Van Norman does a quick HBH about 5 minutes prior to the start of episode 1. Not sure it's still there though
Oh that's right it was at the beginnning. I forgot that. Must rewatch that series again!!!
@@evetobe they need to release it given they did the work for it already
"Loser" -Sam's face appears
Excellent video, and really happy to see you guys getting the chance to show off/help support more indie tabletop games! Can we please get a link to any official site and/or twitter for Monster Hearts/its creator in the description of this video?
I’m so glad you guys covered one of my favorite tabletop rpgs!!!! I have a lot of fond memories of playing MHs.
Sounds fun, looking forward to it :D
So excited to see the stream, Monsterhearts is one of my all-time favorite RPGs.
i love that CR is evolving this series. GJ guys!!!
This is one of my favorite games and it's so exciting to see Crit Role getting it out there to a larger audience!! The best tables I've ever set at and the best moments I've ever role played have all happened in Monsterhearts.
Oh my. So much Critrole content on Thursday now. Sweet
This seems really intense, and weird, and I am so here for it!
Oh thank god! I absolutely LOVE the Handbooker Helper series and couldn’t wait to see another episode
Definitely catching that stream.
I thought my subscription box bugged when I saw this
Seems fun and looking forward to the one shot. Definitely like this and hope you do it for future one shots that use different systems so we can kinda know how it works before the actual episode.
Please bring this series back!
Had no idea this was coming. Cool
You had me at "Hello"
I would love to see more of this done in the future. Just introducing people to new TRPGS would be such a great thing.
cool! I hadn't heard of this RPG thanks!
Wooo. Handbooker helper is back my friends!
so is the one shot in place of or in addition to the regular broadcast this week only asking because i watch from Australia and this stuff gets confusing at times
And with that, now I want to play it... thanks again, Matt.
A Handbooker Helper for Kids on Bikes, Teens in Space, and Kids on Brooms would be awesome.
I love that this channel has so much content that it can cross reference its own content as an inside joke. Also I'm super glad this series is back!!
I am so happy this is back and that they started with Monsterhearts!! I have been wanting to play this system for so long and now I feel like I can!! Thanks Crit role!
You absolutely should! Monsterhearts is one of my personal favorites, it's definitely worth your time!
You are joking, I literally went back and rewatched some of this series and was thinking how great it would be if they continued
I NEED to see this Monsterhearts podcast, goodness!
This sounds really cool!
This is one of my favorite rpg's! I'm really looking forward to the one shot.
anyone know the name of the song used in the cinderbrush promo?
I didn’t realise how much I’d missed that intro.
Remember that when you gaze into the ABYSS , the ABYSS gazes into YOU!
PSA: PLAY BACK THE PART WHERE MATT SAYS “MARISHA?” 3:20 AT x5 SPEED
I have been NEEDING HELP WITH THIS because narrative heavy games are difficult for me to work with
Powered by the Apocalypse games need more appreciation, glad they're getting some
It's cool you're showing off other systems. Showing stuff like Pathfinder would be awesome too. Oh, & some stuff like Xanathar's Guide would be neat. Love what you guys are doing.
Hehehe this one shot is gonna be so much fun!!! 😃❤
Oh wow, I didn’t realise this just came out
Matt is just amazing in this, lmao I can’t wait to watch the crew play this!
It's been 2 years. Can you guys make a handbooker helper on Homebrewing subclasses? Since Matt has made a lot 🙂
Matt looks so dreamy in this episode
Actually actively preparing to play this with some people on discord, so great timing!
Looks like I now have plans for the 14th