when the DM gives you ZERO expectations
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 พ.ย. 2023
- man i hate when this happens
All of the music in this video is by TRAVIS SAVOIE who has scored music for Wild Beyond the Witchlight, Curse of Strahd, Dragon Heist, and MORE: / rpgmusicmaker (not sponsored, I just love his music)
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All of the music in this video is by Travis Savoie who has scored music for Wild Beyond the Witchlight, Curse of Strahd, Dragon Heist, and MORE: th-cam.com/users/RPGMusicMaker (not sponsored, I just love his music)
the rhime of the frostmaiden he did was soooooo good too
Hey I was just wondering if you could make a video about 4th Edition DND please.
excuse me, I`m not a native speaker, and I can't understand a connection between the title and the video itself, but at the same time the sketch is realy hilarious, so PLZ EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT IS GOING ON, I DONT GET IT XD
@@o-omrpenguino-o1139I think it’s meant to mean “when your dm let’s you do anything and does not expect you to do any one thing” ie when the dm gives you a lot of freedom. Its a confusingly worded title
Man, I wish I was the DM in this scenario, it'd be so much fun breaking the two of you. WUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
THE MISTS SHALL CONSUME ALL!
Jacob finally remembered that he has friends and a wife and doesn't actually need to play every character every time 😅
OR it's because the other Jacobs finally unionized and it's their weekly day off? 😁
No, it was just the Succubis' day off for the year.
Oh, you still think Colton and Spencer are real.
Or that he used up his spell slots to cast clone again
The Jacob clones are on strike
the backstory of "mum and dad suddenly changed one day at a magical carnival, giving us all thier money before leaving and abandoning us there" is a freaking wild and sick backstory
I think I will steal it I will add some more plot like many people change like this to give dungeon master some room for bbeg plot but yeah
making future rogues.
@@tuseroni6085the Rogues and Bards are the ones who stayed at the carnival. Future Rangers and Barbarians are the ones who wandered off into the Fey lands beyond and had to survive.
Imagine stumbling upon their corpses on the plane they left them to rot on after decades.
"...they then massacred an entire carnival using impossibly powerful magic we never even knew they possessed."
It feels as if like half the sketch was pure improvisation, and if it's not, then it's perfectly emulated
It must be. The “you’re five guys!?” Was way too genuine
It feels like they loosely scripted the concept then improved how outlandish their builds were going to be.
@@Skip6235I have legit played with that player before but they had 12 personalities and their wife was the DM so.... yeeesh...
I thought the exact same thing, until Jacob dropped the speech at the end about players being inconsiderate of the DM, which might have just been venting to be honest
it was
"We should go meet them."
"Yes. We have business to conduct."
Probably the scariest thing you could hear from your players xD
But also exciting? My players have business to conduct? Intrinsic motivation of some kind? Love it.
@@VeronicaWarlock Right? I sometimes wonder if my players WANT me to railroad them. "So, what are you guys doing?" Typical response, "eh.... sleeping? -- I guess?"
@@VeronicaWarlock I'm constantly torn between acting on a huge agenda I have of things to accomplish before my character dies, and being fair to the DM and other players by letting them also do the story beats and things their characters want to do, because I don't want to make the game about me, but my characters are usually extremely ambitious. I always feel bad if I end up leading the group. Help the desire to be a good player and also the craving to play my character is tearing me in two.
I love how they just immediately subsume the memories of this random couple, living through every one of their experiences all at once, and still decide to instantly abandon their 4 children followed by the killing of a unicorn. Wonderful :3
Sounds like what my players get up to if I give them an open-ended objective
I thought they were doing that while thing just to steal the kids, but no. Just pure chaos.
Those parents had some deep issues corrupted our beloved PCs
Yea sounds like average D&D players
Its a feywild adventure right? Sounds like they have the proper fey mindset.
"They are all very upset at seeing a unicorn killed in front of them." "I'm happy!" Kills me
Reminds me of when I confronted a problem player on a series of similar murder-hobo-y things they wanted to do and he responded, "We're all having fun, I'm just having fun, so it's fine."
Spencer's dry delivery is always amazing
"Pretend you're someone else's dad. Disguise, mislead, Take on their life."
- JoCat, 2019
Yes! I remembered that as well!
Waaaaar magic is like tank mage
@@necromancedkoatle2727 getting lots of defence
@@hitrapperandartistdababy605 flexing as they cast-
And this is why, unbelievable as it is sometimes as a dm, it is okay to say no.
I had a group of 3 the other day, none of them had played a TTRPG before, and they just set about immediately stating that they wanted to try killing the nearest person
this more or less continued through the session, but I did ultimately just tell them they couldn't kill anyone unless they could give a decent reason why their character would, so that helped
@@blueninja012that's standard waters-testing behavior, you gave em proof of a solid world.beneath their feet
@@blueninja012 That is why sometimes it is advisable to start a newbie game straight inside the action. Either in a dungeon or in the wilds, where they can test their claws. Teething pains, you know how it is.
@@bavettesAstartesyeah it’s like getting a new weapon and not knowing what it can do so you must test it on the nearest thing
@@bavettesAstartes they were supposed to be collecting debt for a mob boss, does that count?
"Im a monk bard cross class" followed by "i use my portent to make his save a 2" really gets my giggles going for some reason
*kills a unicorn, a celestial*
"We hate fey."
@@torva360 "I use my breath attack to kill all the other guys, except gale, i dont want him to die" "on his turn giddy-up gale rides the dragon, hes immune to fire damage, he feels it on his butt every day"
@@vertigowl Be Jacob.
Be a 12th level bard monk multiclass
Use Plane Shift, somehow
No explanation of how you went back, but now you own 4 kids
@@torva360 He also is secretly Baphomet so maybe that helps.
I get it. This is why all of Jacob’s D&D games are 4 hims. It contains the madness
It all makes sense now
The vital importance of session zero….
Lol yeah, after laughing out loud this is exactly what i said; "And that's why you have a session zero."
"if you make them happy enough or upset enough"
At this point the DM did it to himself.
the fact that he is literally just playing narf narf makes me so happy
That and the direct reference to the exact chat message of "💜💜🐎 G A L E 🐎💜💜"
@@natorousab and our lord and savior 🐟🐟🤍boooal🤍🐟🐟
The reveal was hysterical
👏 👏 🐟 booal🐟 👏 👏
@@natorousabbut it's 🐎🐎💜Gale💜🐎🐎 not 💜💜🐎Gale🐎💜💜
DM Jacob looks really different in this skit, your costuming is genuinely flawless! I almost believed they might be different people!
I miss when he used to play that Runesmith character. At least he still adopts the persona on his other channel.
This is just how every player I’ve ever had except my wife tries to be. DMing is like 40% reminding people they are characters living in a society where it’s illegal to murder random people they do not like
Bro, you need better players. Either that, or an evil campaign
My favorite part is when the murder hobo is upset at the consequence of their own actions and blame the dm. Good times.
All of above.
Also a good old 1 on 1 talk with each and every person in private about wtf they are doing. Maybe sprinkle a little oneshot in every now and then where other players have to DM to see how shitty it is to DM for a group like that
The rest of the campaign is the party trying (and failing) to get out of jail. >:D
Played a game where my half orc barbarian got angry at an npc and ahoved then trying to make a point. Crit damage and killed >>; Cue 12 sessions of doing a job for a revive scroll
The deep BG3 chat playthrough lore is strong here.
I’m sure the Chad can save this, don’t worry guys. He’s here right? Right? Ah shit…
Chad wanted everyone to play without him for a session. Didn't want them to miss out on hanging out and having fun **stares at camera in slow-motion**
@@tatersalad76 damn him and his considerate soul…
To be fair, Chad would join in with the other two, while talking the GM into accepting it by talking the players into taking this a tad more seriously for the sake of GM. We've seen what he has done with the wizard in the same party.
The wizard could also save it by killing everyone with fireball.
But when the world needed him the most he disappeared....
"Or upset enough..."
Seriously tempting fate.
"Welcome to Wild Beyond the Witchlight"
"Yeah we hate fey."
This is a great "Players who overthink everything" sequel. Can't wait for the next one where Spencer has to DM with a Jacob and Colton shenanigan going on.
Also "he's in my, like, 30 page backstory I sent you yesterday" is such a good touch.
Don't forget the "every evil DND campaign" skit.
that "I use Portent to make his save a 2" is the kind of support I like to see in my D&D groups.
love it when the level 12 bard monk uses banishment plane shift and has portent🔥
"they are all very sad"
"well, IM happy"
villiany 101 baby
The second you name-dropped the mighty BOOOAL I knew for certain your backstory was legit. Only someone truly studied in Forgotten Realms lore knows about that.
Ummm... Pretty sure "Bhaal" is the God of murder.
Booaal is the BG3 reference of the fake god. And yes Bhaal does exist in BG3 too...
Jacob not DMing? but he's the forever DM, YOU GET BACK BEHIND THE SCREEN WHERE YOU BELONG
Free him of his shackles, damn you! And while you're at it free me too!
@@anyderrosek9272as long as your skeleton remains imprisoned by your flesh you will never be free
I think this video answers why Jacob must stay a DM.
At least this way he's not acting as a player that's making trouble for himself
@@anyderrosek9272 it's crab mentality, none of us get out 🦀
This is why session 0 is important, folks
"Giddy Up Gale HIMSELF appears, ready to fight for me!!" 😂😂😂
This reminds me of our current DND campaign for Curse of Strahd. Our fighter flirted with the night hags just because our DM said he could. Me, our paladin and our monk were stupefied and a little grossed out.
that's literally nothing. a pc flirted with a weird villain npc. the... horror?
@@Pablo360ablethey flirted with a child murdering witch coven disguised as old ladies selling mysterious meat pies.
But your characters responded in character instead of with stupefied grossout?
@@quantumblauthor7300 I mean most characters would if someone flirted with the ugliest grandma
Bahaha, that reminds me of my past campaign which was Curse of Strahd but suddenly turned comedy from near the beginning because of player interactions and PC vibes.
One of the first random encounters they had was a barbarian from one of the indigenous tribes, the poor guy was just hiding in the bushes and scouting before one of the PCs saw him, hid and snuck over there.
He spoke in a foreign language, presumably belonging to the local tribes
When the Barbarian found out, he tried to run away, but when that failed, he started his rage and tried to hold his ground and missed his first hit.
Everyone started to smack him and cc him with their spells but even though he couldn’t do anything to fight back, the damage rolls were ridiculously low
At about quarter hp he gave up while everybody still failed to hit him for much damage, at which point they undid their concentration and gave him hope, before promptly capturing him with nets and rope
They were taking him to town as a captive, but in between some sessions, he found out they had a common enemy while they still had thought he was trying to be nice to try to get them to let their guard down
He became a party NPC and then a full on PC, and it was only THEN that he finally spoke up in common.
It turned out he could always speak common but found it useless to try to talk to anyone in the party, BUT ALSO means that he overheard all the dumb theories and comments the party was making about him
Absolutely golden, every moment
We decided to name the campaign the Sus of Strahd for how absolutely clueless yet wary every PC was
Wow, Jacob's costume, makeup, and voice acting skills have improved tremendously! It's almost like he turns into completely different people for this video! I'm so excited to how he improves further.
Amazing voice acting. He made it sound like people were talking off screen and everything
Disguise self works wonders
We love the 'guest' Appearance of Jacob's character.
"30 page backstory I sent you yesterday" hit me hard. Once got to the end of a 15ish session campaign and 3rd from last session I got sent a player's backstory, then they ghosted the group.
Anyone who cannot keep a backstory concise enough to at most fill half a page, is also not a person you want in your group. They can have an entire compendium of backstory they can use as a reference, but ... keep your backstory concise.
Why'd they ghost? I assume you did something that ignored/went against their to-that-point totally unknown backstory?
half a page is crazy, but like 1,5 page is at most@@SioxerNikita
its rare that a real life person even has a 30 page backstory i always find it hilarious when people act like theres that many important things that happened in their characters past before they even STARTED adventuring. Surely it couldve been done in a page or 2💀
This is why I always tell my players this in session 0: "This campaign is about your journey through this world, so keep your beginnings humble. If your character is already a successful and powerful badass, they would probably retire somewhere warm and sandy."
For the minute or so until they were immolated by the red dragon's fire breath, those four kids in possession of mommy's coin purse were the happiest kids in the world.
Can’t believe the lucky couple are union-busters smh
It will forever confuse and amaze me that Jacob is able to make his sketches so funny yet so relatable.
Everyone knows Giddy-up Gale. If your DM doesn't know them then they're trash, straight up.
It's just BG3 Gale with a plastic horse mask going "Hello!"
@@ohichbinyorick5241 actually it is a cowboy hat and little else. Oh and a flaming great sword.
No it's BG3 Gale with a cowboy hat and one of those brooms with a horse head on the tip@@ohichbinyorick5241
Jacob and Spencer becoming the DnD power couple in the carnival 😅
The fact that narf narf is in the video along with the backstory and booal makes this vid 10x funnier
"Im a monk bard hybrid"
"I use my portent to make his roll a 2."
What.
I really respect that banishment combo, not everyone can come up with such a move
Also, Chicken Overlord?! :D
If you read the backstory you wouldn't have been surprised by this information.
For Narf Narf to be the Mud Chicken Usurpor there had to be a chicken overlord to be usurped.
I think that's the plot of the first Jimmy Neutron movie
Glad to see that Narfnarf is still under the !vote 10 curse
"5 guys in 1 person" didn't give me the DnD info i expected when I Googled it.
Their burgers are good, but expensive.
"I'm like five guys."
Me: THE RESTAURANT CHAIN?
Holy shit, these costumes are great, and the change in your voice.
It almost felt like watching three different people.
There is something really beautiful about how the crew here can write sketches that are really funny and unique while not falling into a ton of overdone cliches and stereotypes (often breaking those conventions for fun). It just makes for something really refreshing and shockingly grounded. Hats off to ye
As a DM you have the freedom to banish your players to hell and make the entire campaign about them escaping
You may need 1000 liches, though.
I enjoyed the Narf Narf the Mud Chicken Usurper reference
5:17 *Checks sheet to make sure they actually have telepathy
Problems about how the players and DM are not on the same page aside, I’d be THRILLED if my players were as motivated to pursue their own character-driven goals? They ask good questions, they know what they want, it’s great!
“DM, nothing fits my character fantasy. Can I just pick something out from the monster manual?”
I had a friend get to do that once. They were five pogwonpi's in a trenchcoat.
i want to believe that there is no script to this. that this is just improv
Narf Narf the Mud Chicken Usurper and Jeff usurp the Witchlight Carnival!
Omg all the references to the baldurs gate play through Jacob is doing is killing me. This is fantastic. Love live narf narf
5:43 Love the comically large dice
Roll to intimidate the DM
NARF NARF! RETURN OF THE QUEEN! Wait is this foreshadowing future Bard multiclass? 🤔
Watching this turn from wbtw to chat plays bg3 is amazing XD
"I usurped the tyrannical chicken overlord." LOL
This was great hahah! I love when people use the "actually it's okay because in my 30 page backstory..." card.
Love seeing Colton and Spencer come back.
Glad to see the guy who plays the DM return! Haven't seen him in forever and he's great. The whole "As you go to say no, you say yes instead" and the king rising out of the spa with laminated paper was comedy gold.
The Story of Jeff and Narf-Narf. Quite possibly the worst night in WitchLight Carnival history.
“I’m 5guys, but in one person”!! I was cackling!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
That last line of dialogue is even funnier when you remember that Jacob is a father lol
*"I'm happy"*
*-Jeff*
A SCRIFICE FOR THE GREAT GOD BOOOAL!
Honestly, this magical carnival where if there's trouble all music in the area turns somber/distorted carnival music, and the sky darkens as it begins to rain. That's one hell of a piece of world building, just dunno yet where to put it in my campaign.
Just before the red dragon appears and drowns the world in fire?
💜💜 🐎 GALE 🐎 💜💜
I summon thee and thine booty cheeks!!
🙌
GIDDY UP!!!
That’s one of my favorite tricks as a DM, when the bandit you were talking to actually is 5 guys in the combat!
Happy to see the others are back on the sketches
I couldn’t even tell Jacob was playing all 3 of these characters! He’s amazing!
Awesome, Colton and spencer are in these videos again.
Player: I turn him to stone.
DM, seeing this player BS:... He's immune. And actually, he reflects the ability back on you.
that is not an effective deterrent
Colton acting like a disappointed parent is so funny plus his deliver and timing are everything
Really impressivehow Jacob manages to respond to his own jokes off-camera in this one, mad respect. Also have to say, the costumes are super realistic, almost thought some of those characters WEREN'T played by Jacob. But that would be preposterous, of course they were!
Giddyup Gale sent me into an asthma attack I laughed so hard.
It's over when Giddyup Gale is summoned from an iron flask
4:42 LMAOOO, I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE IT WAS NARFNARF. XD
PERFECTLY FITTING CHARACTER FOR THIS. LMAO
"We have business to conduct." smile
Love the videos thanks for the content
Spencer always plays the best characters in these skits
Jacob is free from the curse of DM
Spencer's characters is just 5 guys in a trenchcoat
Honestly it was off to an amazing start with body-snatching the parents. Like, absolutely perfect opening to a faewild adventure.
Jacob has become chat
jacob forgot to mention in their backstory theyre controlled by 300 brain worms
I love giddy-up gale!!!!
💜💜🐎GALE🐎💜💜
Those 4 kids either rise to become world saving heroes or disappear into the sands of time
(DM) “Fired! You’re all fired! Clear out your desks. Done.” Or Alternatively, “Rocks fall. Everyone dies. The end.”
That is what I had expected.
Come on. The PCs are on a red fucking dragon. You can't fire a party that is riding on a red fucking dragon. They only can fire you.
Props to the DM for not forcing the railroad.
the route. it's a railroad. like a train
I love how hard a time they're having keeping a straight face. It's truly shows that they're all having a good time goofing off~
I have DM'ed for this type of person. This is exactly how it feels.
Wait, you mean that your DnD games NEVER end in a hostage situation?
Not Narf Narf! 💀
I lost it when he said narfnarf loool
Not even a minute in and the players have already committed second degree murder and identity theft
You can taste the awkwardness in the air.
Jacob are you writing a Narf Narf one-shot? Because we would pay for that shit.
ngl, pulling out a knife to replace the unicorn's horn for the game honstely sounds badass and cool villain energy
NARF NARF!
I'm just happy to see the others in vid it's been a while since we've seen them
Loved this sketch, Ive missed ones like this
4:37 OMG IT'S NARF-NARF
I was really hoping when he asked them what characters they were playing they'd just reiterate they were the half-elven couple.