@@AN-ou6qu have one of your pcs ignore/kill the guy whose reputation and backstory you've been building up for months and you'll wanna kill them so hard, i swear
Me 58 years old. My son: "Mom want to play D and D with me and my friends?" Me: "Hell ya, how do you play?" Me now 60 years old: "Son, when are we getting together for the next session????" Never too old!
I’m also 58 yrs. and remember all “the nerds” that played in 70s-80s. My son started playing (he’s 19, in college) seriously about 3 years ago and his group are not nerds! lol I love it-no drinking, drugs, and worries about driving under the influence. D&D forevuh!
For all of you that say "but I don't have and friends!" So go to your local game shop and ask about dnd night. Most shops host a night that people can come and play dnd. Even with a group that caters to the drop in and new to dnd. This way you make friends that are friends with dnd.
Guys learn to read LMAO he said: “instead of pretending it’s the only one”, it means he loves how this dude didn’t make it seem as if DnD is the only existing tabletop roleplaying game
0:37 BOLD of you to assume I actually have that many friends, who can all meet up at the same place at the same time _Edit: good news! Reunited with some old friends and now playing over discord from time to time_ ✌️
*Cloudwyrms * So I’m starting aN 8 PERSON CAMPAIGN it took me so long to get us in one place at one time but 5 of them are new and hopefully it will all be worth it by recruiting a bunch of new tabletop RPG addicts :).
@@burningadri6775 A friend of mine had a lot of luck last session. She rolled 3 20's in for rolls. Sadly it was for perception insight or something like that, so no amazing story happened because of it.
@@akreid4614 The DM decides if a 20 on skill is a crit. And in my game, it is. Not to the extent you see in some groups, but if you roll a nat 20, you will always gain a little benefit, or at least don't worsen the situation.
@Who Knows there are plenty of online places. Discord servers orchestrating games and sites like Roll20 to host games. I've managed to play sessions over Discord voice chat with a dice bot. Of course, I prefer in person, but methods like Discord work
@Who Knows Tbh I had social anxiety before playing D&D and it really helped with it, _because_ of D&D I felt less anxious and socially awkward And you'd be surprised how there are some people who are interested and committed to playing D&D if you just ask around
Some of my fondest memories are in a basement with friends I've known since kindergarten, having epic adventures. Hard to believe it was almost 30 years ago.
Same omg. We're meeting on friday and i don't know how the fuck to do a character sheet. It's the ability scores that are confusing me. And spells but i plan on figuring them out on the spot
Where are you guys joining clubs at? Only thing I can think of is school but from where I live, they’re still closed.. I just started thinking about this game and decided I wanted to get into it but don’t have any means of actually doing that atm lol
Mm. The DM. I've been DM once, and that was pretty fun. But the worst feeling is when your DM has a specific storyline that they want *and force* you to follow. The way I did it, was I set up a goal that tied in with my players/characters wants. I had no FriCkIty fracking idea what I was doing, but that made it more fun as we went along :D Plus one of the campaigns I had the most fun in was thrown together on the spot, my DM was bulling the entire thing and it. Was. EPIC! I want to DM another campaign with my first group, but I'm still working on the worldbuilding and NPCs. So! My Advice for new DMs: 1) In The first session you have with your group, make your Characters together. And make sure that your group has filled out the personality stuff and check that they have a bacic backstory. 2) Maybe outline events that will be happening. Such as carnivals, festivals, wars, minor battles, conflicts, ect... 3) Don't be a limp noodle when it comes to corralling your players! They *will* be chaotic and ready to test your friendship. Set down ground rules. Ban social media and other distractions that are not related to the game. Trust me. 4) Give *in game* consequences for the killjoys. I've been a killjoy. Don't let us regin supreme. 5) DONT for the love of Pete, make a structured campaign unless your players are super obedient and take the most obvious route. It's a game about the players and the world. Not some story you want them to follow. Because it's not fun when the DM denies certain tasks that you want to do. And plus, the player always break the campaign.
Matthew Colville has some awesome videos about having fun and DMing like this. Included in his tips and advice is how to sandbox a game and not railroad it.
I never write down a campaign, I make it up, I don't believe I will ever write one either. Yes it can make for some 'laggy' and bullshit moments but my players understand when I repeat a scenario or take 20 seconds to prepare a scene. Breaks exist.
Evop Fx I hope it wasn’t too bad. But don’t worry about fights. More often than not the fights will take up a good few hours. I remember one fight that stretched over 3 sessions! (Ca. 13 hours together)
Honestly I've thought about doing an "RPG campaign" with myself to write a story. When things don't go as planned is when it gets interesting. Say I want to have my hero leap across several tables escaping a hail of gunfire, only instead of just writing that, I roll for it, and he actually slips and goes flat on his face, then gets captured. Now I have to write him out of it.
@@thatboyUPS there is a huge spectrum of people that don't play dnd. Personally, I love the idea. I have all the books (in pdf, you'll soon understand why), i follow dnd YT channels, keep up with the news and so on. "Then why don't you play it, if you like it so much", you might be asking. Two reasons: first, I haven't got enough friends, second, thry don't like the idea nor now anything about dnd. So I never played it. Not even once. But I would like to A LOT. Also, in our country it's not that popular or known, so there aren't groups going around looking for an extra party member. On the other hand, don't you ever put me with the Fortnite fans. It is a game I looked at just once, only because my friends started playing. I just watched, never played. One time was enough to make me dislike the game, and tgis feeling grew stronger as time went by, hearing about its community. What I'm trying to say is that when talking about people there is no black or white situations. Just because I havr never tried something, you can't just assume what I like. That guy was expressing hiw he couldn't do something he would have liked to do, there's no reason to take it as a reason to pretend to know him...
My school has a DnD club that meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays! I love playing DnD, it's a fantastic game and I encourage those who haven't played to try it out!
I only watched because one of my co-workers is in love with D&D, he doesn't party, go out, or anything like that. But he tells me whether i want to hear it or not how his D&D game goes on Sundays. He is so passionate about D&D, as i fellow nerd i get him tho.
I mainly play D&D with my family (Brother, sister and brother in law) Sometimes on rare occasion my mother will dm and she's been playing since the 80's
I play with my family and we do 30 minutes every night to advance out campaign and it’s freaking awesome!! I’m the DM and I’m trying to learn how to do it better, I love D&D!!
him: each player has only one character... me: possesses 3 different characters (Natania, Catherine, and Elclive) and a pet floating jellyfish (his name is Jerald)
Excellent explanation, thanks for this well made video. Sadly in my experience D&D is the most over-promised and under-delivered game I've ever attempted participating in. I don't have any friends who play so I've had to try finding a group at my local game shop. Tried for almost half a year in fact. If you plan on trying to play at a game shop, just prepare to deal with a lot of neckbeard, min-max, antagonistic trolls unless you're incredibly lucky or live in utopia. I've tried so many times and have had many toxic experiences. I couldn't even enjoy one shots because the insecure constantly-yelltalk-over-everyone dm killed me off as fast as he could because I dared to use my brain and try strategizing with my teammates. Constantly ended up feeling like I was a punching bag for someone to feel less pathetic about themselves by being a jerk to me when I just wanted to have fun and meet people and enjoy rp. Most of the players I was around were constantly distracted like on their phones, talking over each other, or being so loud you could never hear what anyone was actually saying. Lots of sexism, perverted kink talk, bullying and cursing. I can deal with mature content but it turns my stomach when adults do that in front of a bunch of kids at a game shop. It's supposed to be a family place, not a dive bar. The straw that broke the camel's back was seeing a table of 19-50 year olds bullying a 15 y/o kid who seemed to be on the autistic spectrum. I was the only one who was nice to him and tried to have our characters rp and do battle strategy together, he was a nice kid and didn't deserve that. He just had trouble focusing and who could blame him when it was a madhouse. Anyway... All of these factors actually made me quit D&D because it was so miserable and stressful. I've been a roleplayer and a gamer for over 23 years and this was definitely neither, just a disorganized obnoxious frat party with an identity crisis lol. I'm a grown ass adult, I expect my limited free time to be fun and a chance to destress, not to feel like a captive audience being held prisoner by an arrogant egotistical dictator. So I'm happy for everyone who has these magical experiences but I literally have never seen it happen in real life and I can't afford to waste anymore time chasing a unicorn that is this "fun and collaborative D&D game" that is fabled to exist.
Such a terrible experience, and yes, it very common (as in any game) to bump into toxic communities. But I mean, the good ones are not an utopia, just maybe harder to find
I'm sorry to hear of your bad experiences. I've been playing a long time and have been fortunate enough not to have that kind of experience. I hear about it happening, though. One time I was at a game store, task kids wanted to play and hit iced or by the local DnD players. Their mom had bought them a starter set, so I offered to f un them through it, and they had a good time. I was glad I had a chance to make their first DnD experience positive.
My boyfriend and his friends love this game. I’ve been to two of their sessions and I really liked it, I’m gonna try and learn more so hopefully in the future I can join in on them
My friend had a DM who’d just do whatever he could to try to kill the PC’s. Say they just fought off a dragon and are low on HP. He’ll just have another dragon spawn in, in the intention to kill them, not progress the story
I remember seeing the dexter's laboratory episode as a kid and thinking that a game like that would be amazing. Didn't realize it was real until many years later.
as a DM for many long years i want to thank you for this short buy realy helpful guide.. something that was missing to me is: party dinamic.. which u menitoned but left open... as a new player, knowing nothing about D&D i would listen to your brief and think D&D is dreamy.. which it is.. but when a player start they find out problems as: they got to sit still if its someone else turn to play and their characters in different area... or, there always a player who takes more attention and waste the party time or argue the small stuff.. i know its not have to be this way but the description you mentioned is slaying monsters, become heroes and play with friends.. which is the greater sides.. i would like to hear the bad sides aswell to get more realistic picture. ty
Im not gonna lie I was skeptical about playing with a group of 8 and yes depending on how you play and take this serious this game can be really fun sure its not meant for everyone( 4 of us left others left) right now we just got to really interesting part of the story and im glad I was able to keep playing with them I recommend giving this a try if your offered then give it a whirl and see where it takes you good luck with anyone in a story
Thanks. I got invited to play 'AD&D 2' with some coworkers once a week and have absolutely no clue what I am getting in to. This helped clear up a lot of my questions. Thanks!
Thank you for this. I literally knew nothing about d&d. I've had so many friends through the years who play, but I never got involved. I'm not sure it would be my favorite game, but this made it more approachable and I appreciate that.
Lol 🤣 me neither, my boyfriend plays it a lot and goes to these parties sometimes! I've never even heard of it, he (and others) have explained it to me and even after watching this video, I still don't understand.
OMG thank you so much for this helpful information I've wanted to learn to play the game for ages but when I looked up how to play the vid was 5 hours long literally, and I half the time they were saying how this race is good for this class not actually how to play the game!
Great explanation! I'd suggest players use TOS FIVE to easily manage their Characters, so they don't have to focus on computing numbers, but rather focus on role play!
up until now i never really knew what dnd was, but i found out my friend plays it as she showed me all the sheets with the details of her characters, it sounds so cool and fun
The Elder Scrolls games before skyrim were even more so. Video Game RPGs in general have taken a lot of inspiration from D&D (which makes sense, considering it’s the most popular Tabletop RPG.)
This is probably the most confusing game out there, and as a new person who is interested, this video game me some great points to launch from for deeper research. My ultimate goal is to be a DM with my own created world and story, with hopefully a unique aspect of these; a gimmick I think it's called? I'm not sure yet but this helped a lot!
Am setting up my 8-yr-old's first D&D party and wanted to include a link to a good video for the guest's parents just in case any of the parents might be misinformed about it, and this is PERFECT.
Go to your local game shop and ask about dnd night. Most shops host a night that people can come and play and even have a group for drop in players that are new to the game. My brother Matthew DMs for such a group here in Spokane.
@@beccawells8618 yes i know, this is a joke referencing the amount of people talking about how they have no friends. i actually play dnd on the regular every wednesday.
This is honestly an amazing video. I've been trying to understand the concept because there have been a bunch of animated d&d clips on my fyp. Now i just need to find friends to do this with....😬
1:20 I gasped so hard I choked. I don’t know why I was surprised to see a Stranger Things image. I guess I was just happy because that’s why I came here lol.
I've never played DND, but would this be allowed: a centaur who carries a pen and a sketchbook, and whatever she draws with the pen will become real, or if she's drawing something already real, like a specific person or weapon, and it's injured or broken, she can draw it without the detriments and the detriments will go away, or she can draw an enemy with detriments and the enemy will get those destriments. But the power only works when she adds her signature to the pic
Everything really depends on your GM and the world you play in. In the groups I play, this would never be allowed, or under very, very strict rules about the strength of the drawing. Because this sounds like godly powers that no mortal should ever be able to obtain, because it can break the world. It would be a fun idea to use it as an NPC that wants to do good but is unconsciously making the problems even worse, and gets in a position where the players either have to help the minotaur or kill it. Or do something else. Players will tend to find ways you've never thought about.
Your character can always in the middle of drawing, lose their notebook getting ripped out of their hands at the last second leaving them vulnerable or maybe they aren’t really creative or their power comes with a dangerous side effect You choose
You can modify an allreast existing spell wich shapes reallity, like the wish spell. However such spells are very high leveled so If you ever play dnd discuss it with your dm
In the most simplistic and minimal of terms, D&D is what happens when a game of craps takes on the thematic story telling aspects of a game of Cowboys vs. Indians.
Excellent explanation, great video editing and generally excellent choice of visuals, although I highly recommend getting a pop shield for your microphone while recording, and/or using noise removal techniques to treat your vocals to get rid of those unpleasant pops.
This was fun in my college years when people sat around drinking and playing D&D. For us it was more about going through a story line and less about the technical aspect.
As someone who is just about getting started on D&D (the actual tabletop game, that is), this was super helpful and very nicely explained! Sounds mighty fun, eh?
WOW great job! This was very helpful it makes me want to play LOL! You did such a great job putting this together. You are forever impressing me BBH! Love you! Mama :)
Brilliant explainer vid, thanks! I'm interested in playing D&D + becoming a DM. I thinking making my own minis (etc), + crafting the story & environment all sounds like fun
Honestly was hesitant to click the video, most "___ explained in ___ minutes" are trying to speedrun, this was pretty good at cementing the basic info ive aquired
At the moment, I'm making a dnd club for any of the grades in my school. I don't plan on recruiting just friends, anyone who wants to join, can. (As long as they fit the list of requirements)
Thank you for this video. I have never really wanted to play D&D of my own volition, however I have a friend who has wanted to play it but couldn't find anyone. While I wasn't prepared to do hours of research on this subject, this video helped a lot with learning to play with my friends.
I played it for the first time today. Because I’m new to it, I prefer to avoid combat unless it comes looking for me. Being a sorcerer also means I don’t have a lot of hit points.
Sounds fun but...where do you get friends?
Pretty sure you can find few at the bottom of cereal box
Where does one obtain these "friends" you speak of?
You gotta buy a dlc
I’ve been looking all over amazon and at every store I’ve been to and still haven’t found any help
You guys down to play???
"The dm doesn't want to kill the players"...depends...😂
Depends indeed.
Annie Leonhardt eh it’s not fun if you play like that.
@@AN-ou6qu I think so too
@@AN-ou6qu have one of your pcs ignore/kill the guy whose reputation and backstory you've been building up for months and you'll wanna kill them so hard, i swear
My dad introduced me to d&d, he was the dm, it was just us two. I died before I could get back to town. I quit playing after that...
Me 58 years old. My son: "Mom want to play D and D with me and my friends?" Me: "Hell ya, how do you play?" Me now 60 years old: "Son, when are we getting together for the next session????" Never too old!
Yeah :D
Adults are allowed to enjoy games like these and people who think otherwise are just dumb.
No one ever to old for d & d
Hell yeah
Nice!
I’m also 58 yrs. and remember all “the nerds” that played in 70s-80s. My son started playing (he’s 19, in college) seriously about 3 years ago and his group are not nerds! lol I love it-no drinking, drugs, and worries about driving under the influence. D&D forevuh!
You guys should do a show on finding a game. How to get a group together.
Thanks for the suggestion! We will keep it in mind.
It's called friends.
@@usmcpound I couldnt imagine any of.my friends even filling a character sheet😂😂
Cap'n Grim Eh, have you ever brought up with them?
@@amiratu5909 yea they said theyre down to play but i feel like utd turn into dickin off fast
For all of you that say "but I don't have and friends!"
So go to your local game shop and ask about dnd night. Most shops host a night that people can come and play dnd. Even with a group that caters to the drop in and new to dnd. This way you make friends that are friends with dnd.
I aim to get this comment to the top-people have to see this!!!
Get this comment to the top!
bold of u to assume there is an local game store in my town
game shops here dont have dnd lol
Those exist???
I love how it says "most popular tabletop roleplaying game" instead of pretending its the only one. (Correcting typo).
??? Shadowrun? Cyberpunk 2022? Vampire : The Masquerade?
Call of chutlu?
Guys learn to read LMAO he said: “instead of pretending it’s the only one”, it means he loves how this dude didn’t make it seem as if DnD is the only existing tabletop roleplaying game
@@seniorsly Thanks, I learned to read today
Black Sunday you’re welcome
Out of all the D&D tutorials and explanations this is the first one anyone should watch
Agreed!
i had no clue what D&D is, and still have (almost) no clue
what’s the second, lol
0:37
BOLD of you to assume I actually have that many friends, who can all meet up at the same place at the same time
_Edit: good news! Reunited with some old friends and now playing over discord from time to time_ ✌️
What my group does is we talk on a voice channel on discord
*Cloudwyrms * So I’m starting aN 8 PERSON CAMPAIGN it took me so long to get us in one place at one time but 5 of them are new and hopefully it will all be worth it by recruiting a bunch of new tabletop RPG addicts :).
Try playing a campaign on online, or join an open world discord server
It’s bold to assume I have friends at all
_Bold of you to assume that I have "real" friends that likes the same things/topics as me_
0:45 ummmmm excuse me? D&D doesn’t involve *luck*? You’ve clearly never rolled a natural 1
SuperUltraGamer pathetic try having the dice roll off the table and being lost forever PATHETIC AHAHA
A friend of mine rolled two Nat 1 in a row... and a third one later on.
@@burningadri6775 A friend of mine had a lot of luck last session. She rolled 3 20's in for rolls. Sadly it was for perception insight or something like that, so no amazing story happened because of it.
menno graafmans well, a 20 on a check doesn't crit, so it just meant, that there was nothing special there)
@@akreid4614 The DM decides if a 20 on skill is a crit. And in my game, it is. Not to the extent you see in some groups, but if you roll a nat 20, you will always gain a little benefit, or at least don't worsen the situation.
Id love to play DnD
But I have no friends
and have social anxiety
@Who Knows there are plenty of online places. Discord servers orchestrating games and sites like Roll20 to host games. I've managed to play sessions over Discord voice chat with a dice bot. Of course, I prefer in person, but methods like Discord work
@Who Knows
Tbh I had social anxiety before playing D&D and it really helped with it, _because_ of D&D I felt less anxious and socially awkward
And you'd be surprised how there are some people who are interested and committed to playing D&D if you just ask around
D&D will help with your social anxiety. Then you can learn the games rules and make friends playing or DMing.
Who Knows Yeah, kind of like Diplomacy
Same dude. Same.
4:51 to explain what my 25 minute rambling explanation actually means. I’m setting up a work game so it’s certainly a good intro
@@arcane_ironic that was a weird thing to ask
Some of my fondest memories are in a basement with friends I've known since kindergarten, having epic adventures. Hard to believe it was almost 30 years ago.
What a sheltered life wow, Just amazing, Curious why didn't you go outside and play, ride bikes at park
@@stratocasterblue bro 💀
Not everyone likes to be drenched in sweat
@@happyjack-o1158 Sounds so quaint and quiet like, what a life
@@stratocasterblue Bro assumed this out of one event in a entire mans childhood
The stupidity is phenomenal
Bro does not realize you can do both
@@MrGay-iw6tm Is it the game that makes you this angry young boy, You need a new game kiddo
What about the other 8 seconds?
We've been ripped off
9*
it's up to the dm to decide
I joined a d&d club without knowing how to play d&d so now I'm here
Same omg. We're meeting on friday and i don't know how the fuck to do a character sheet. It's the ability scores that are confusing me. And spells but i plan on figuring them out on the spot
Well I don't have friends but I do. have a dnd group.
discord.gg/e3DJk7
Aahh same, my friend just asked yo wanna join, so I did. But I have no fucking clue how this games work and we're meeting tomorrow xD
Same lmao
Where are you guys joining clubs at? Only thing I can think of is school but from where I live, they’re still closed.. I just started thinking about this game and decided I wanted to get into it but don’t have any means of actually doing that atm lol
Mm. The DM. I've been DM once, and that was pretty fun. But the worst feeling is when your DM has a specific storyline that they want *and force* you to follow. The way I did it, was I set up a goal that tied in with my players/characters wants. I had no FriCkIty fracking idea what I was doing, but that made it more fun as we went along :D Plus one of the campaigns I had the most fun in was thrown together on the spot, my DM was bulling the entire thing and it. Was. EPIC!
I want to DM another campaign with my first group, but I'm still working on the worldbuilding and NPCs.
So! My Advice for new DMs:
1) In The first session you have with your group, make your Characters together. And make sure that your group has filled out the personality stuff and check that they have a bacic backstory.
2) Maybe outline events that will be happening. Such as carnivals, festivals, wars, minor battles, conflicts, ect...
3) Don't be a limp noodle when it comes to corralling your players! They *will* be chaotic and ready to test your friendship. Set down ground rules. Ban social media and other distractions that are not related to the game. Trust me.
4) Give *in game* consequences for the killjoys. I've been a killjoy. Don't let us regin supreme.
5) DONT for the love of Pete, make a structured campaign unless your players are super obedient and take the most obvious route. It's a game about the players and the world. Not some story you want them to follow. Because it's not fun when the DM denies certain tasks that you want to do. And plus, the player always break the campaign.
Matthew Colville has some awesome videos about having fun and DMing like this. Included in his tips and advice is how to sandbox a game and not railroad it.
I never write down a campaign, I make it up, I don't believe I will ever write one either. Yes it can make for some 'laggy' and bullshit moments but my players understand when I repeat a scenario or take 20 seconds to prepare a scene. Breaks exist.
Evop Fx I hope it wasn’t too bad. But don’t worry about fights. More often than not the fights will take up a good few hours. I remember one fight that stretched over 3 sessions! (Ca. 13 hours together)
Honestly I've thought about doing an "RPG campaign" with myself to write a story. When things don't go as planned is when it gets interesting. Say I want to have my hero leap across several tables escaping a hail of gunfire, only instead of just writing that, I roll for it, and he actually slips and goes flat on his face, then gets captured. Now I have to write him out of it.
Ive neverplayed d&d
I missing out alot am i😭
@@thatboyUPS there is a huge spectrum of people that don't play dnd. Personally, I love the idea. I have all the books (in pdf, you'll soon understand why), i follow dnd YT channels, keep up with the news and so on. "Then why don't you play it, if you like it so much", you might be asking. Two reasons: first, I haven't got enough friends, second, thry don't like the idea nor now anything about dnd. So I never played it. Not even once. But I would like to A LOT. Also, in our country it's not that popular or known, so there aren't groups going around looking for an extra party member. On the other hand, don't you ever put me with the Fortnite fans. It is a game I looked at just once, only because my friends started playing. I just watched, never played. One time was enough to make me dislike the game, and tgis feeling grew stronger as time went by, hearing about its community. What I'm trying to say is that when talking about people there is no black or white situations. Just because I havr never tried something, you can't just assume what I like. That guy was expressing hiw he couldn't do something he would have liked to do, there's no reason to take it as a reason to pretend to know him...
You are. Try to find a friend who DMs.
Same but I'm trying to get into it
@@thatboyUPS just because someone can't find friends or just has reason he can't play doesn't mean he plays fornite
Well I don't have friends but I do. have a dnd group.
discord.gg/e3DJk7
Thank you for creating a concise video on the game, I'm genuinely intrigued by it and have always wanted to play.
@infamously_marked Heck yeah! Join us!! :D have fun
Well I don't have friends but I do. have a dnd group.
discord.gg/e3DJk7
Probably the most eloquent and elaborate, yet compact, explanation I've ever heard about D&D. Love it!
A lot of people say this is nerdy, which is objectively impossible, as it requires friends.
Well I don't have friends but I do. have a dnd group.
discord.gg/e3DJk7
@IDFK MAN Has it closed 😢??!!
legend has it that more than 3 nerds together can form a pack, and gather more nerds around them, just saying...
Nerds are like infected people in zombie apocalypses, they make people think they're not nerds, but eventually turn the others into nerds
Go look up nerdy. Nerdy does not mean lonely. Objectively.
My school has a DnD club that meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays! I love playing DnD, it's a fantastic game and I encourage those who haven't played to try it out!
I only watched because one of my co-workers is in love with D&D, he doesn't party, go out, or anything like that. But he tells me whether i want to hear it or not how his D&D game goes on Sundays. He is so passionate about D&D, as i fellow nerd i get him tho.
Travis James Aww I love how nice u are I wish I had friends like u.
You should join him.
Well I don't have friends but I do. have a dnd group.
discord.gg/e3DJk7
How many 1's do you role. I always get 1's so died from laughter. This is so sad
Damn it now I have to show this to my family and try to get a family D&D game going. Great video and can't wait to see more!
I mainly play D&D with my family (Brother, sister and brother in law)
Sometimes on rare occasion my mother will dm and she's been playing since the 80's
Hey, how did the DND thing go?
I play with my family and we do 30 minutes every night to advance out campaign and it’s freaking awesome!! I’m the DM and I’m trying to learn how to do it better, I love D&D!!
@@aregularfrankiefan8208 30 mins? That seems short but if you are doing every night that is fucking awesome
@@glitchless8947 YE BROO i playsd yerst and was hell fun but its hard to organize cause the dm is... hard to call and stuff
This video is the only knowledge I will have going into a huge d&d game with my friends, some of who are experts, so yeah, thanks for making this.
How has it been going?
Same , I'm scared lol
Great video! Love it. Next time someone asks me what D&D is and how to play, I'm going to show them this video. :-)
Looking high quality! Love the video
I just started playing Baldur's Gate 3 and I wanted to know more about Dungeons and Dragons. Thanks for this video.
him: each player has only one character...
me: possesses 3 different characters (Natania, Catherine, and Elclive) and a pet floating jellyfish (his name is Jerald)
In- in the same Campaign? 😱
Jerald sounds amazing
@@Maria.Mirabella did you just stutter while *typing?*
Jerald yoo
@@Corn0nTheCobbYea, he did
Excellent explanation, thanks for this well made video. Sadly in my experience D&D is the most over-promised and under-delivered game I've ever attempted participating in. I don't have any friends who play so I've had to try finding a group at my local game shop. Tried for almost half a year in fact.
If you plan on trying to play at a game shop, just prepare to deal with a lot of neckbeard, min-max, antagonistic trolls unless you're incredibly lucky or live in utopia. I've tried so many times and have had many toxic experiences. I couldn't even enjoy one shots because the insecure constantly-yelltalk-over-everyone dm killed me off as fast as he could because I dared to use my brain and try strategizing with my teammates. Constantly ended up feeling like I was a punching bag for someone to feel less pathetic about themselves by being a jerk to me when I just wanted to have fun and meet people and enjoy rp. Most of the players I was around were constantly distracted like on their phones, talking over each other, or being so loud you could never hear what anyone was actually saying. Lots of sexism, perverted kink talk, bullying and cursing. I can deal with mature content but it turns my stomach when adults do that in front of a bunch of kids at a game shop. It's supposed to be a family place, not a dive bar. The straw that broke the camel's back was seeing a table of 19-50 year olds bullying a 15 y/o kid who seemed to be on the autistic spectrum. I was the only one who was nice to him and tried to have our characters rp and do battle strategy together, he was a nice kid and didn't deserve that. He just had trouble focusing and who could blame him when it was a madhouse. Anyway... All of these factors actually made me quit D&D because it was so miserable and stressful. I've been a roleplayer and a gamer for over 23 years and this was definitely neither, just a disorganized obnoxious frat party with an identity crisis lol. I'm a grown ass adult, I expect my limited free time to be fun and a chance to destress, not to feel like a captive audience being held prisoner by an arrogant egotistical dictator. So I'm happy for everyone who has these magical experiences but I literally have never seen it happen in real life and I can't afford to waste anymore time chasing a unicorn that is this "fun and collaborative D&D game" that is fabled to exist.
Such a terrible experience, and yes, it very common (as in any game) to bump into toxic communities. But I mean, the good ones are not an utopia, just maybe harder to find
I'm sorry to hear of your bad experiences. I've been playing a long time and have been fortunate enough not to have that kind of experience. I hear about it happening, though. One time I was at a game store, task kids wanted to play and hit iced or by the local DnD players. Their mom had bought them a starter set, so I offered to f un them through it, and they had a good time. I was glad I had a chance to make their first DnD experience positive.
Was looking for a video to show my friend who had asked what d&d was like, and I think I just found the one. Thanks a ton!
Good Job can this become a series?
That's our plan!
glad to see you guys branching out and doing other type of stuff, keep it up!
My boyfriend and his friends love this game. I’ve been to two of their sessions and I really liked it, I’m gonna try and learn more so hopefully in the future I can join in on them
How did it go?
Arya Stark in the character sheet. I liked that.
Well done! This could be really useful. Added to favorites.
My friend had a DM who’d just do whatever he could to try to kill the PC’s. Say they just fought off a dragon and are low on HP. He’ll just have another dragon spawn in, in the intention to kill them, not progress the story
Thanks for putting together the video, very easy to follow for a DND beginner
This is probably the most useful tutorial i've found on this related theme,thank you!
I remember seeing the dexter's laboratory episode as a kid and thinking that a game like that would be amazing. Didn't realize it was real until many years later.
I don't know anything about D&D but I do know a few things about 5 minute explainer videos and this one is truly put together with love
Me at 0:04 :There's a Dungeons and Dragons movie?!!!
Same
as a DM for many long years i want to thank you for this short buy realy helpful guide..
something that was missing to me is: party dinamic.. which u menitoned but left open...
as a new player, knowing nothing about D&D i would listen to your brief and think D&D is dreamy.. which it is.. but when a player start they find out problems as: they got to sit still if its someone else turn to play and their characters in different area... or, there always a player who takes more attention and waste the party time or argue the small stuff..
i know its not have to be this way but the description you mentioned is slaying monsters, become heroes and play with friends.. which is the greater sides.. i would like to hear the bad sides aswell to get more realistic picture. ty
Im not gonna lie I was skeptical about playing with a group of 8 and yes depending on how you play and take this serious this game can be really fun sure its not meant for everyone( 4 of us left others left) right now we just got to really interesting part of the story and im glad I was able to keep playing with them I recommend giving this a try if your offered then give it a whirl and see where it takes you good luck with anyone in a story
Thanks. I got invited to play 'AD&D 2' with some coworkers once a week and have absolutely no clue what I am getting in to. This helped clear up a lot of my questions. Thanks!
Amazing video. Ill be using it to get my friends in to D&D
Thank you my friends are playing dnd for the first time and this video will help me explain it to them easily
1:09 D&D is perfectly balanced with no exploits whatsoever
Thank you for this. I literally knew nothing about d&d. I've had so many friends through the years who play, but I never got involved. I'm not sure it would be my favorite game, but this made it more approachable and I appreciate that.
I still don't understand what it is.
Lol 🤣 me neither, my boyfriend plays it a lot and goes to these parties sometimes! I've never even heard of it, he (and others) have explained it to me and even after watching this video, I still don't understand.
Yeah, once I didn't either. But the moment you start your first session you'll get it
Thays cause youre stupid.
I don’t understand how it works either
Didn't realize I wasn't subscribed. Been loving the podcast for forever now.
This is the best and most concise breakdown I've seen. Not surprised it's from you!
OMG thank you so much for this helpful information I've wanted to learn to play the game for ages but when I looked up how to play the vid was 5 hours long literally, and I half the time they were saying how this race is good for this class not actually how to play the game!
Thank you! I've always heard about it but never knew anyone who played, so I never understood it. Now it finally makes sense.
Well I don't have friends but I do. have a dnd group.
discord.gg/e3DJk7
Great explanation! I'd suggest players use TOS FIVE to easily manage their Characters, so they don't have to focus on computing numbers, but rather focus on role play!
Great job. Very succinct and informative. Can't wait to see what on tap for the next one.
up until now i never really knew what dnd was, but i found out my friend plays it as she showed me all the sheets with the details of her characters, it sounds so cool and fun
Ohhh so Skyrim is literally video game dungeons and dragons
The Elder Scrolls games before skyrim were even more so. Video Game RPGs in general have taken a lot of inspiration from D&D (which makes sense, considering it’s the most popular Tabletop RPG.)
@@j2dragon109
Pretty sure the OP meant that there were both dungeons and dragons in Skyrim, nit the system, the place and creature itself
Well, D&D has many more group dynamics, and there isn’t a preset way for the story go. Also your character isn’t the center of the universe.
Flowerbud
I honestly don’t think that’s why,
Not really. The setting is different not to mention you have alot more choice in dnd.
This is probably the most confusing game out there, and as a new person who is interested, this video game me some great points to launch from for deeper research. My ultimate goal is to be a DM with my own created world and story, with hopefully a unique aspect of these; a gimmick I think it's called? I'm not sure yet but this helped a lot!
When you're looking for an online campaign that's noob friendly but *no dice*
Justa Peasant online dice rollers, good luck with finding one. R/lfg is a good start.
Well I don't have friends but I do. have a dnd group.
discord.gg/e3DJk7
DragonDemons can i join?
DragonDemons do you use gamemasterV to play?
2:02 the FFT screenshot.. right in the feels
Thank you. I was finding it hard to explain to my 8 year old, who is super interested.
I've been searching for a good explanation video to show my friend who has never played D&D before. This is the best one I've found! Thanks
Would love to see more, keep it up bud!
Very focused and well presented. Keep Rollin dem 20s!!
3:21 I spot a Celestia.
Celestial celestia contrasting a demonic demon, that's funny xD
Am setting up my 8-yr-old's first D&D party and wanted to include a link to a good video for the guest's parents just in case any of the parents might be misinformed about it, and this is PERFECT.
1 year ago: Nice video!
This month: hahy *_i have no frineds_*
Go to your local game shop and ask about dnd night. Most shops host a night that people can come and play and even have a group for drop in players that are new to the game. My brother Matthew DMs for such a group here in Spokane.
@@beccawells8618 yes i know, this is a joke referencing the amount of people talking about how they have no friends. i actually play dnd on the regular every wednesday.
Well I don't have friends but I do. have a dnd group.
discord.gg/e3DJk7
@@beccawells8618 What if I'm in a country where 99.99% of people don't even know what a D&D is? Or game shops in the first place? :(
@@PrinceDolos then find forums and people that you do online meetups with. Like via Skype or what other apps they have for video chatting
This is honestly an amazing video. I've been trying to understand the concept because there have been a bunch of animated d&d clips on my fyp.
Now i just need to find friends to do this with....😬
I dont know much about d&d, but it sounds like it would make a really good multiplayer choose your own adventure game
1:20
I gasped so hard I choked. I don’t know why I was surprised to see a Stranger Things image. I guess I was just happy because that’s why I came here lol.
I've never played DND, but would this be allowed: a centaur who carries a pen and a sketchbook, and whatever she draws with the pen will become real, or if she's drawing something already real, like a specific person or weapon, and it's injured or broken, she can draw it without the detriments and the detriments will go away, or she can draw an enemy with detriments and the enemy will get those destriments. But the power only works when she adds her signature to the pic
Everything really depends on your GM and the world you play in. In the groups I play, this would never be allowed, or under very, very strict rules about the strength of the drawing. Because this sounds like godly powers that no mortal should ever be able to obtain, because it can break the world. It would be a fun idea to use it as an NPC that wants to do good but is unconsciously making the problems even worse, and gets in a position where the players either have to help the minotaur or kill it. Or do something else. Players will tend to find ways you've never thought about.
Your character can always in the middle of drawing, lose their notebook getting ripped out of their hands at the last second leaving them vulnerable or maybe they aren’t really creative or their power comes with a dangerous side effect
You choose
Well I don't have friends but I do. have a dnd group.
discord.gg/e3DJk7
You can modify an allreast existing spell wich shapes reallity, like the wish spell. However such spells are very high leveled so If you ever play dnd discuss it with your dm
In the most simplistic and minimal of terms, D&D is what happens when a game of craps takes on the thematic story telling aspects of a game of Cowboys vs. Indians.
VERY VERY SIMPLE explanation , good job !!!!👍👍👍
Congrats on 1 million views on this video!
I want to play this for the first time, but I literally have no friends to play with.
Well I don't have friends but I do. have a dnd group.
discord.gg/e3DJk7
Excellent explanation, great video editing and generally excellent choice of visuals, although I highly recommend getting a pop shield for your microphone while recording, and/or using noise removal techniques to treat your vocals to get rid of those unpleasant pops.
I'm no audio expert, but I replayed the video and I didn't hear any kind of "popping"
Good start!
I found a 20 sided dice at school during the 80’s so I kept it. now I know what it was used for. They must have been pissed.
Love content like this, keep it up!
This was fun in my college years when people sat around drinking and playing D&D. For us it was more about going through a story line and less about the technical aspect.
I opened the box and there's no friends come with it, does it sell serperately?
As someone who is just about getting started on D&D (the actual tabletop game, that is), this was super helpful and very nicely explained! Sounds mighty fun, eh?
WOW great job! This was very helpful it makes me want to play LOL! You did such a great job putting this together. You are forever impressing me BBH! Love you! Mama :)
Well I don't have friends but I do. have a dnd group.
discord.gg/e3DJk7
"This is like Homework: the Game" -Mabel
POV you watched stranger things now your invested in D&D
Yep😂
Brilliant explainer vid, thanks! I'm interested in playing D&D + becoming a DM. I thinking making my own minis (etc), + crafting the story & environment all sounds like fun
This makes me wish I had friends even more
Honestly was hesitant to click the video, most "___ explained in ___ minutes" are trying to speedrun, this was pretty good at cementing the basic info ive aquired
The real joke is that they show girls at the table with the guys.
My whole guild is female
@@SashyaTheStrangesame with ours…
Very good video. Subscribed.
Great use of the Stranger Things pic. It's Stranger Things that has got me really interested in learning to play D&D.
Ok but how the he'll do you fill out that character creation paper, how do I calculate stuff
Look up d&d character creation
Lots of videos that explain it
If u have the players handbook it will also show u
Great Video help with my D&D group at school
Wow. I think I actually know what to do now! Thanks! XD
There’s a dnd club at my school and I just joined as a newbie this video helped a lot thanks 😊
Sent this to my friend to try to get him interested in it
This video just made this more puzzling to me
At the moment, I'm making a dnd club for any of the grades in my school. I don't plan on recruiting just friends, anyone who wants to join, can. (As long as they fit the list of requirements)
Thank you for this video. I have never really wanted to play D&D of my own volition, however I have a friend who has wanted to play it but couldn't find anyone. While I wasn't prepared to do hours of research on this subject, this video helped a lot with learning to play with my friends.
Stranger things and the flash season 8 brought me here
That FF Tactics screenshot hit me with nostalgia like a train.
0:57 SKYRIM!
YAA
I played it for the first time today. Because I’m new to it, I prefer to avoid combat unless it comes looking for me. Being a sorcerer also means I don’t have a lot of hit points.