Didn't mean to ask, since I'm finishing up checking out all of DWK's series tomorrow, I was looking to replace it with something new. And he recommendations? I'm so far I was thinking of sailor Moon Abridged that was recommended to me a while ago.
Crap guide to Monster Hunter. More seriously though I would suggest Epic NPC Man from Viva La Dirt League, it might not be an abridged but its really good.
@@Xinoz2 Huh... Y’know I wouldn’t have thought to recommend VLDL, but you might be on to something. Even if you don’t decide to react to them, I’d still recommend watching their various series, they’re great.
OOO OO _OOOOOO._ *Rainbow Dash Presents: Captain Hook the Biker Gorilla.* _That's got to be a definitive video._ Nepotism Adventure Series, Part 1: Taxes. To stick with MLP, the now complete, Scootertrix abridge and animated shorts, or the DawnSomeWhere's Mentally Advanced series(animated, or show version), altered fictions, shorts, or Friendship is Witchcraft. For other abridges. Pokemon Starter Squad (an original 3D animation). Sweet Boy Beach 1-3. All the DoorMonster shorts and their short Film.
my uncle plays 1st to 2nd DND and this is indeed a spell and im currently a fighter/cleric 3 level now and im looking forward to next year when we play again
Yeah, “Sticks to Snakes” was a real spell in older editions of dnd. Basically it’s meant to be that thing Moses did in the bible, which is why it’s a cleric spell
@@NoBoZ69 Ranger: *thinking* More arrows? But it's not enough. Druid: *thinking* It moved? Wait a second... Cleric: *pokes a dagger at the druid's back* Shhhhhh...
"Anyone who played for more than three sessions has realised : One, you need a cleric. Two, the cleric doesn't need you." Now that's one hell of a quote, damn XD
I am a firm believer that a D&D group must have a minimum of 1/4 the number of players rounded up of healers, and clerics are undisputedly the best at that because they are one of the few classes that so snuggly fit all four party slots (white mage, heavy combatant, dark mage, light combatant). And I have decided that if ever I am in a party and am the only healer, no matter what I had originally planned for that character, they will charge the rest of the party for their services. Because if they really cared, at least one of them would have also chosen to play a healer.
I have two parties without a cleric. The first one has a paladin, bard, and artificer to make up for the lack of dedicated healing. My second group has a barbarian, with both the wizard and rogue cross classing as barbarian as well so we have three damage sponges kind of. Our druid refuses to heal in the second party unless someone is unconscious. So I can say parties can work without clerics... its just why would you ever want too XD
Lol, coming from a dm that had a group of 7, that has been reduced to 4, with no cleric's out of the whole bunch. I was my party had a cleric, they used to have an artificer and paladin, now, the artificer has left the game and the paladin lost his patron, soooooo, no heals for my party.
JoCat's character with the wobbly head is called "JoCrap". The character came from his series "A crap guide to Monster Hunter" where the JoCrap character went over the different weapon playstyles and dunked on them and largely used when he wants to aggressively tongue-in-cheek things. The wibbly wobbly head is an actual piece of equipment you can get in the MH game, a giant plushie headpiece based off of the in-game monster called a wiggler.
Critical Role is like One Piece. If you're gonna get into it, you better have a year or so of free time. A Barbarian multiclassing into Bard? Seriously, that way lies Abserd! remember the "Bardbarians?"
Foolish fool, your foolery is unmatched. The druid and ranger get the wizards trapped in the hacked BOH to cast their spells on the companions; or the wizards won't get their kibble. Do you *want* the pocket wizards to starve?!
I think the reference to flamethrower squirrels is because you keep racial abilities when you wild shape. So Dragonborn still keeps its breath weapon even as a squirrel.
@@Dragonspirit223All my characters with a strength dumpstat be like Although to be fair they're mostly casters or dex based so yeah.. (bard/wizard, bard, bard/warlock, bard, bard/wizard, druid, druid, rogue, rogue, warlock, ranger/rogue, ranger/bard)
Sticks to Snakes was a real spell in the first two versions of D&D however has been removed from the more modern versions. Also the spell treats any single piece of non magical wood as a stick. Also I believe that all version of D&D that used the spell had it available to both clerics and druids, they just get it a different levels, so I don't know why there was a disclaimer about it not being available to druids.
Order of the *Stick:* Evil-Father: "Why are you a multiclass-Fighter-Mage-Rogue. You have exactly the same skills as your bard brother." Evil-Twin: "Well you always said bards were ridiculously underpowered." Evil-Father: "They are! Why, with their understanding of narrative structure and trope lore, they should be ruling the universe by now."
@@bretsheeley4034 small smooth brains assume that bards have to sing or play an instrument. But big wrinkly brains know that a Bard is simply someone that uses a form of artistic expression. They can sing, dance, paint, prance, make a pretty dirt drawing with a lance.
JoCat's Crap Guide is awesome XD But honestly I just loved watching you react to these XD Everyone went through the 'Dammit I need to make this class now' because of him. But most importantly, I loved see you clearly enjoying these XD
I love how, every time I watch this, and the subject of the "goose, breathing fire, with a mini-gun" comes up, I always say "It's a Gatling Gull", as if anyone is actually there to actually get the reference.
Two years before "The backstreet boys reunion tour" lol (though in all seriousness Covid 19 is no laughing matter, but at the same time we should all keep our senses of humor....and sanity)
If you go through the entire Crap Guide to DnD series, but some jokes you don't get, the likely reason would be that they originated from the first Crap Guides he made, Crap Guide to Monster Hunter (whi ch is where the wiggle worm helmet his character wears comes from). So, if you're looking for something way later to react to, you can check those out.
My group are actually playing as the A-men, a group of five clerics who all follow the Norse gods It’s as dumb as you would expect, we have so much healing and we can bully almost anything We got stuck against a flesh golem but we just cornered it and cast inflict wounds on it over and over again
Fun fact: Bards were historically a Type of Druid, they were the Oral Historians of various Celtic Peoples. There is a reason why the Bard in 1e AD&D required you to start as a Fighter, then Dual Class (Stop leveling one class to level another, only available to Humans and Half-Elves (Other Demi-humans could Multi-class)) into Thief (Rogue) between Levels 5 and 7, then Dual Class into Druid after 5-8 levels as a Thief, then you could be a bard.
JoCat’s crap guide is a good starting point with these classes so you have an idea of what their gimmick and what they’re about are before putting in the work, like a pitch
Just going to let you know right away, the character with the long neck and wiggly head is officially called JoCrap. Sword and Shield is also the best weapon in Monster Hunter, and anyone who says otherwise is wrong and should be -killed to cleanse the gene pool of their stupidity- I mean ignored because they have a right to their own opinion, even if it's wrong.
I haven’t got to play D&D myself, but I have put together some characters one of them is an Cleric named Susie Winerite She is a female Orc with a serious case of man face, Who wishes to travel the world and hone her craft in a new form of healing she invented chiropractic.
Cleric is just amazing. I developed a combo with my beads of force, I call it the meat grinder. Used spiritual weapon on an enemy, then throw a bead of force at the group of enemies. Boom, now they're trapped in a hamster ball with an unkillable floating weapon tearing into every round
I got tired of being the designated healer of the party, so I made a True Neutral death-worshiping cleric fundamentally opposed to the concept of healing magic, since Death is awesome and using magic to delay it is blasphemy.
"Because I like broken shit" Allow me to introduce the Bear totem Barbarian, Moon druid multiclass..... Welcome to every resistance in the game and Never dying again.
Made a 5e version Sticks to Snakes 5e Level 4 Transmutation spell Available classes:Cleric and Druid Duration:6 turns Range:12 ft. Spell components:A bundle of sticks Effect:Summons 2d8 poisonous snakes. When cast as a higher level spell it summons 1d8 extra poisonous snakes per spell level above 4. Alternatively if faced with snakes you may use this spell to turn them into wood for the duration of this spell, rolling 2d8 to see how many you turn and with an identical upcast for later levels. No spell save.
As for banning the cleric I think it was either AD&D or AD&D 2ed where there was a disclamer that told the DMs that clerics are broken and it's fair to ban them at their table
Not sure if I missed the chance with this or has been brought up yet, but there are two "forgotten" episodes of the series, basically the first versions of an episode, namely only the Cleric and Warlock episodes. He made them and then got info and remade the episodes. They are in the descriptions of those episodes to check out so yeah.
I found this channel today through this video and now I'm proceeding to watch some of your reaction video playlists; DBZA, SAOA, HUA... (a lot, I'm going to watch a lot of videos)
In DnD 1.1e, sticks to snakes was a level 4 cleric spell which turned 2d8 sticks (non-magic wooden items) into snakes for 6 turns or 16 minutes, with a 50% chance of them being poisonous. The size of the snake depending on the size of the 'stick'. A tree trunk or log could become a poisonous constrictor snake!!
As someone who has caught up to Critical Role in the first campaign when they were at episode 97 ( I caught up and watched live on episode 98; I had a LOT of free time), I will say I wouldn't worry too much about being caught up if you decide to watch it; especially for anyone who works, there just isn't enough time in the day. That said I can recommend checking it out; as mentioned, I've been a fan since the first campaign and I love it, and the community (99% of the time anyway) is awesome. Cheers!
It should be mentioned that the Wild Magic Barbarian in 5E is nothing like the Wild Magic Sorcerer. They don't have any spells. Instead, they always create a random magical effect when they enter a Rage and all the effects are beneficial in some way. So, there's no risk/reward interplay, just different flavors of rewards that may or may not fit the current situation, making their table of effects completely different from Sorcerer's, being manifestations of the Rage itself. Creating a larger table would have to be balanced differently, since it's rolled on near constantly, at least once per combat encounter in most cases. And the effect is usually ended whenever the Rage itself ends, so you can undo the effect if you don't like it for what you're currently doing, making any negative effects you might think of introducing nuisances instead of moment defining blunders, and as such likely not worth including on the table. ...Still a super neat subclass, though. Kinda like Barbarian that wanted to be a Bard but never decided what trades to be a jack of, randomly switching up their combat style all the time.
I had a wild magic Barbarian in one of my games that used the d10k table for their wild surge rages. First major encounter is against a wizard. Barbarian rages and does his roll. It makes it so that anyone that wields the wizard’s weapon is silenced. Most of the wizard’s spells had a verbal component. I love the d10k table.
It has been quoted before so I will quote it again. "How does a player break a D&D game in three words? 'Play a Druid'" In vanilla D&D 5e, regardless of which circle they choose. A 3rd level druid can cast the 2nd level spell "Pass without Trace". (Which lasts 1 hour and does not use concentration) Then they can change into a spider with shapeshift. (any spider choice from the list will work). This gives them a +7 to stealth from the spider form and an additional +10 from the spell. They can literally have a +17 to stealth checks at level 3. In addition, the spider form will give them Darkvision, Blindsight and Spiderclimb (the ability to freely walk on walls and ceilings). This is just one of the many broken things a druid can do.
15:10 College of Whispers says hello. And farewell, forever. Also, funnest Cleric: Storm Domain Cleric who is also a Tiefling. Look at the Storm's Wrath ability of that Domain and then at what Tiefs get at lv 3. It turns into a game of "Stop hitting yourself".
In case you were wondering, his channel started with Monster Hunter with his head being the "wiggler helmet" from Monster Hunter World. He also mains the sword and shield which is one of the less popular weapons.
So i case no one told you ~ The wiggly dude is actually JoCrap, his persona for all his Crap Guides (he also made a series on the Monster Hunter weapon archetypes), and the human guy you see a few times is actually JoCat as a character in his videos.
Sticks to Snakes takes inspiration from the Bible when the pharaoh's sorcerers threw their staves down to turn them into snakes and Moses did the same and his staff ate theirs. But, yeah, Sticks to Snakes is an old school D&D spell.
28:00 The Goose wyvern thing is actually already in game, called a cockatrice, less goose and more chicken but same idea, In my dnd game I played one where we fought a cybornetically enhannced cockatrice that kicked our asses
One of my characters is a rebalanced Aetherborn Death Cleric. Rebalanced as in her vampiric gift is fixed so she gets a 1d8 heal whenever she deals damage through touch. So on top of being the most offensive cleric possible she can literally tank damage like a Barbarian.
If you want high broken look up Order Domain Cleric. I originally picked it for letting my allies attack whenever I cast healing word on them, but this shit gives you command as a bonus action, slow (not a cleric spell usually), and heavy armor on top of the usual suspects of spiritual weapon, guardian of faith, and guiding bolt.
I will concede that "A-Men" is a masterpiece of comedy. You have the Letter "A" men that could mean the highest quality like A+ grades or Grade A meat. So A-tier men. You got the reference to the "A-Team". You got the reference to the "X-Men". You got a reasonable name for a team of "Anointed Men" or "Almighty Men". And, you have literally the word "Amen" in there... which is something you say after every prayer. Genius.
I forget which of your JoCat reactions you asked about this but you asked if there are any videos where JoCat is barding it up. There’s a video called “That Time I Played Piano For My Entire High School” where JoCat shares a recording of a piano medley he created and played. It’s very good!
While Critical Role is a huge undertaking to start watching, every episode of it is gold, and I would highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys DnD, Voice acting, roleplay, comedy or just a damn good story. (Btw it is much easier to 'get into' if you skip campaign 1 as campaign 2 is a fresh start of level 1 characters).
@@Airier I see you did another Jocat video which I shall watch when I’m done with this one, I highly recommend doing the races video he did. Really flexes his bard skills.
I've actually got a couple recorded right now. I think I'm trying to look at all his stuff. If they're all at this level of quality, I want to see everything. 😁
the minigun bird..... is sorta what has ended up happening in my Pathfinder camp..... my char is a druid/Mamoth Rider (with a dragon sized Chameleon) the gunslinger has sort of taken up residence on my pet's back and we are working on geting him a mounted Gatling Gun to turn me into a mobile tank with 2 guns (the druid being the forward mounted one lol) XD
Well made reaction while the original content is alread great you still managed to give the video some extra flavor. Everyone reading so far have an amazing day.
Not too long ago, I came up with a most interesting idea for a Bard character. Instead of the usual musical skill; MY Bard's abilities lie in other creative outlets like writing, acting/storytelling, painting/drawing and cooking. I asked if cooking could be a form of Bardic skill once and those who responded said yes, same with the drawing/painting and writing. To elaborate, my bard possesses a magical quill/pen and paintbrush; anything they paint comes to life and anything they write down actually happens IRL. For example, if my bard wrote down that their enemy can't kill them with their pen...they would be magically compelled to not pull the trigger of their crossbow or firearm. If my bard were to paint something like a dress, it would fall right off the easel and become the real thing. Lastly, as a cook; my bard would be able to craft confections and dishes so savory that they might be able to end thousand-year wars. Does this all make sense to you guys?
So, you may have noticed a jump in quality in the Cleric video compared to the Bard and Druid ones. That's because he originally made a dunk piece on clerics, calling them healbots and nothing more, and got a lot of flack for it, because, as the new video demonstrates, they are so much more.
Also fun fact related to how he react to the cleric low level spells - First class I played was cleric and when I cast Inflict Wounds for some reason 75% of the time I got a Crit-20 + Our homebrew rule that Fritz do Max dice DMG + your roll instead of just double the dice.
Didn't mean to ask, since I'm finishing up checking out all of DWK's series tomorrow, I was looking to replace it with something new.
And he recommendations?
I'm so far I was thinking of sailor Moon Abridged that was recommended to me a while ago.
Crap guide to Monster Hunter.
More seriously though I would suggest Epic NPC Man from Viva La Dirt League, it might not be an abridged but its really good.
@@Xinoz2 Huh... Y’know I wouldn’t have thought to recommend VLDL, but you might be on to something.
Even if you don’t decide to react to them, I’d still recommend watching their various series, they’re great.
OOO OO _OOOOOO._
*Rainbow Dash Presents: Captain Hook the Biker Gorilla.* _That's got to be a definitive video._
Nepotism Adventure Series, Part 1: Taxes.
To stick with MLP, the now complete, Scootertrix abridge and animated shorts, or the DawnSomeWhere's Mentally Advanced series(animated, or show version), altered fictions, shorts, or Friendship is Witchcraft.
For other abridges. Pokemon Starter Squad (an original 3D animation).
Sweet Boy Beach 1-3.
All the DoorMonster shorts and their short Film.
my uncle plays 1st to 2nd DND and this is indeed a spell and im currently a fighter/cleric 3 level now and im looking forward to next year when we play again
Deerstalker Pictures: " 1 For All" DnD series.
Yeah, “Sticks to Snakes” was a real spell in older editions of dnd. Basically it’s meant to be that thing Moses did in the bible, which is why it’s a cleric spell
Yup. Dungeons & Dragons Basic Expert Companion Master Immortal (BECMI) edition Rules Cyclopedia, page 37.
Sticks To Snakes, a 4th level clerical spell.
Range 120 ft, duration 6 turns, effects up to 16 sticks on a 2d8 roll, stats listed below the spell.
@@viktord2025
Paladin: Hey cleric?...Why are you filling up your bag of holding with sticks every time we camp?
Cleric: Oh, reasons...
@@NoBoZ69
Ranger: *thinking* More arrows? But it's not enough.
Druid: *thinking* It moved? Wait a second...
Cleric: *pokes a dagger at the druid's back* Shhhhhh...
It's the Old Magic..
Lol
@Pyrocumulus25 it's a spell in the Grimlores grimoire
"Anyone who played for more than three sessions has realised : One, you need a cleric. Two, the cleric doesn't need you." Now that's one hell of a quote, damn XD
I am a firm believer that a D&D group must have a minimum of 1/4 the number of players rounded up of healers, and clerics are undisputedly the best at that because they are one of the few classes that so snuggly fit all four party slots (white mage, heavy combatant, dark mage, light combatant). And I have decided that if ever I am in a party and am the only healer, no matter what I had originally planned for that character, they will charge the rest of the party for their services. Because if they really cared, at least one of them would have also chosen to play a healer.
Medic and Mercy: "great, I wish we were Clerics instead of healers."
Also medic: "I have ubersaw critz for days"
@@black97_0 haha! As a medic main, this is amazing
I have two parties without a cleric. The first one has a paladin, bard, and artificer to make up for the lack of dedicated healing. My second group has a barbarian, with both the wizard and rogue cross classing as barbarian as well so we have three damage sponges kind of. Our druid refuses to heal in the second party unless someone is unconscious. So I can say parties can work without clerics... its just why would you ever want too XD
Lol, coming from a dm that had a group of 7, that has been reduced to 4, with no cleric's out of the whole bunch. I was my party had a cleric, they used to have an artificer and paladin, now, the artificer has left the game and the paladin lost his patron, soooooo, no heals for my party.
JoCat's character with the wobbly head is called "JoCrap". The character came from his series "A crap guide to Monster Hunter" where the JoCrap character went over the different weapon playstyles and dunked on them and largely used when he wants to aggressively tongue-in-cheek things. The wibbly wobbly head is an actual piece of equipment you can get in the MH game, a giant plushie headpiece based off of the in-game monster called a wiggler.
Thank you my dear sir for enlightening all of the barbarians out there who probably just hit their computer/phone instead of reading it
@@lordthennek2045 f you for making the funny/info post into a more funny post
Why did I read this in the John Cena announcer voice?
Little clarification, the creature narrating this is named JoCrap. JoCat is the human character who appears from time to time
"human" dont you mean catboy
@@jeph7434 let's just call him ex-human
If you like his ‘singing’ check out his “all the races” song, or the cover by cami-cat which is also great. Or both.
@KarSoban it warms my heart that this meme is still kicking
Also his wizard video.
That’s part of crap guide to dnd so he’s bound to react to it eventually.
Or his newest song
Someone combined both of there songs. Its out there now, so, look for it.
Critical Role is like One Piece. If you're gonna get into it, you better have a year or so of free time.
A Barbarian multiclassing into Bard? Seriously, that way lies Abserd! remember the "Bardbarians?"
I love this
And it better be an orc to create an orchestra
Classical Rock star
Thumbs up for One Piece.
I remember playing that in pathfinder 1e as the class 'Skald' it is a rage bard that can give his allies rage powers as well ^^
done
"Woud that make people who are artisticly good at muder bards?"
Let me introduce the College of Whispers....
Or in Skyrim, the dark brotherhood.
Or Jhin in League of Legends.
Only wizards get flamethrower squirrels. Find familiar and dragon's breath.
Foolish fool, your foolery is unmatched.
The druid and ranger get the wizards trapped in the hacked BOH to cast their spells on the companions; or the wizards won't get their kibble.
Do you *want* the pocket wizards to starve?!
I think the reference to flamethrower squirrels is because you keep racial abilities when you wild shape. So Dragonborn still keeps its breath weapon even as a squirrel.
Circle of Wildfire Druid’s get it
Magic Initiate lol
Or Sorcerers can twin spell meta magic and get TWO flamethrower squirrels!
I'm pretty sure he misspelled 'Wrong' intentionally because it was the barbarian video and intelligence was the dump stat.
I mean, it is for anything not Wizards or Artificers (or select subclasses)
@@Dragonspirit223 not always, Maybe they want to be more intelligent than charismatic? it all depends on the player.
@@RobbyTheRogue mechanically its the least supported stat
@@Dragonspirit223All my characters with a strength dumpstat be like
Although to be fair they're mostly casters or dex based so yeah.. (bard/wizard, bard, bard/warlock, bard, bard/wizard, druid, druid, rogue, rogue, warlock, ranger/rogue, ranger/bard)
If you think he's flexing with singing, wait till you hear the races in D&D video
@@Squeekysquid Evocation elements to burn or shock or freeze your friends!
JoCat also has a Crap Guide to Monster Hunter which is how I found him
Thats actually the origin of his Jocrap persona
Its what got him popular in the first place
I first heard of him on Tuloks channel when he guest starred on his 200th episode when he built Thanos in D&D 5e.
Never seen someone struggle to pronounce "Spruce" before
RIGHT?! I literally got up and walked up to my TV because I thought I read it wrong
"Is that Pink or Purple?"
It is called Magenta
I thought that was an X-men villain?
@@Airier that’s Magneto tho, if I’m not mistaken
@@Airier Say it with me now, "Mah-Gen-Tah"
Airier actually that's a Flash villain.
@@Bysthedragon,Blue's boyfriend from Blue's Clues?
Barb/Bard makes perfect sense.
Go full viking and call it a skald, singing epic poems of glory and heroes in the middle of the fight.
"he could drop a pretty sick beat there."
You have NO idea. Watch wizard, fighter, and races.
Sticks to Snakes was a real spell in the first two versions of D&D however has been removed from the more modern versions. Also the spell treats any single piece of non magical wood as a stick. Also I believe that all version of D&D that used the spell had it available to both clerics and druids, they just get it a different levels, so I don't know why there was a disclaimer about it not being available to druids.
Give me time. I have rulebooks for 2e AD&D and 5e. I am reasonably sure I can make it functional with the modern rule-set. It WILL be back...
@@Ilikecatsismychannelname Try Shillelagh rules.
@@Brutalyte616 It will go on my list of references.
Its in dnd if u play a yan-ti
Isn't there a magic item that is basically enchanted with that spell? Serpent Staff or something like that?
I recommend, DON'T stab trees in a magical forest... I lost my magical sword that way. And angered the fairy queen.
Order of the *Stick:*
Evil-Father: "Why are you a multiclass-Fighter-Mage-Rogue. You have exactly the same skills as your bard brother."
Evil-Twin: "Well you always said bards were ridiculously underpowered."
Evil-Father: "They are! Why, with their understanding of narrative structure and trope lore, they should be ruling the universe by now."
"Oh god, Jeffrey Dahmer was a Bard!" This is the content I come here for.
A culinary bard.... hrm.
@@bretsheeley4034 small smooth brains assume that bards have to sing or play an instrument. But big wrinkly brains know that a Bard is simply someone that uses a form of artistic expression. They can sing, dance, paint, prance, make a pretty dirt drawing with a lance.
@@mrshadow4007 Plenty of ways to further enhance the battlefield if given the right chance.
teddie from persona 4 is also a bard.. had that realization, I am displeased.
JoCat's Crap Guide is awesome XD But honestly I just loved watching you react to these XD Everyone went through the 'Dammit I need to make this class now' because of him. But most importantly, I loved see you clearly enjoying these XD
I didn't even need to read the title. I saw jocat and airer and was like "FINALLY!!!"
"Okay he can drop a pretty good rhyme."
*laughs in cgtdnd: races*
"Oh God, Jeffery Dahmer was a bard."
Don't know why this killed me.
Make a skald. They were warrior poet of the nordic culture during the time of the vikings. Perfect background for a bard/barbarian multiclass.
Or just a collage of valor without multiclassing
In pathfinder that's an actual hybrid class.
"Repressing, repressing, repressingrepressingrepressing...aaannnd repressed."
Mood and a half
I love how, every time I watch this, and the subject of the "goose, breathing fire, with a mini-gun" comes up, I always say "It's a Gatling Gull", as if anyone is actually there to actually get the reference.
…Enter the Gungeon? Here? I know for a fact that one of the bosses in that game is named “Gatling Gull”
The joke wasn't that they were The A-men as in Almighty, it's actually because ending a prayer saying Amen. Loving the reactions!!
"I've never actually watched Critical Role"
SQUAD, YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO!
Two years before "The backstreet boys reunion tour" lol (though in all seriousness Covid 19 is no laughing matter, but at the same time we should all keep our senses of humor....and sanity)
If you go through the entire Crap Guide to DnD series, but some jokes you don't get, the likely reason would be that they originated from the first Crap Guides he made, Crap Guide to Monster Hunter (whi ch is where the wiggle worm helmet his character wears comes from). So, if you're looking for something way later to react to, you can check those out.
College or Lore bards are my absolute favourite. You can talk your way out of anything and steal all the best spells from other classes.
First pc I ever played, had a great time
My group are actually playing as the A-men, a group of five clerics who all follow the Norse gods
It’s as dumb as you would expect, we have so much healing and we can bully almost anything
We got stuck against a flesh golem but we just cornered it and cast inflict wounds on it over and over again
Fun fact: Bards were historically a Type of Druid, they were the Oral Historians of various Celtic Peoples. There is a reason why the Bard in 1e AD&D required you to start as a Fighter, then Dual Class (Stop leveling one class to level another, only available to Humans and Half-Elves (Other Demi-humans could Multi-class)) into Thief (Rogue) between Levels 5 and 7, then Dual Class into Druid after 5-8 levels as a Thief, then you could be a bard.
JoCat’s crap guide is a good starting point with these classes so you have an idea of what their gimmick and what they’re about are before putting in the work, like a pitch
"Oh god, Jeffery Dahman was a bard!" caught me so heavily off guard
Just going to let you know right away, the character with the long neck and wiggly head is officially called JoCrap.
Sword and Shield is also the best weapon in Monster Hunter, and anyone who says otherwise is wrong and should be -killed to cleanse the gene pool of their stupidity- I mean ignored because they have a right to their own opinion, even if it's wrong.
5:37 spruce (like the tree) nails
I haven’t got to play D&D myself, but I have put together some characters one of them is an Cleric named Susie Winerite
She is a female Orc with a serious case of man face, Who wishes to travel the world and hone her craft in a new form of healing she invented chiropractic.
Cleric is just amazing. I developed a combo with my beads of force, I call it the meat grinder. Used spiritual weapon on an enemy, then throw a bead of force at the group of enemies. Boom, now they're trapped in a hamster ball with an unkillable floating weapon tearing into every round
College of whispers in a nutshell
Any artistically expressive murder hobo or serial killer
Aka jack the ripper
Remember, these are older videos. Wild Magic Barbarian wasn't out yet.
I got tired of being the designated healer of the party, so I made a True Neutral death-worshiping cleric fundamentally opposed to the concept of healing magic, since Death is awesome and using magic to delay it is blasphemy.
"Because I like broken shit"
Allow me to introduce the Bear totem Barbarian, Moon druid multiclass..... Welcome to every resistance in the game and Never dying again.
Speaking from experience, inflict wounds is only OP if you actually manage to hit your target. Take a guess how often that happens.
I don't know. Let's take a shot for every miss.
Yeah, Sticks to Snakes
It's a Cleric spell based on how Moses turned his staff into a large Cobra
1:20 There is a "Not Interested" button, It's hiding behind the 3 dots that appear next to video when you hover your mouse over them.
Inflict wounds can be used at level one
Made a 5e version
Sticks to Snakes 5e
Level 4 Transmutation spell
Available classes:Cleric and Druid
Duration:6 turns
Range:12 ft.
Spell components:A bundle of sticks
Effect:Summons 2d8 poisonous snakes. When cast as a higher level spell it summons 1d8 extra poisonous snakes per spell level above 4. Alternatively if faced with snakes you may use this spell to turn them into wood for the duration of this spell, rolling 2d8 to see how many you turn and with an identical upcast for later levels. No spell save.
"The last video made me want to play a Barbarian, now I'm considering multi class into a Bard"
Let's call this multi class Bardbarian
Using maces to beat drums or dance with very little armor/clothes to get the sweet, sweet Inspiration!
Be inspired by my side swings mother-------!
@@jackthorton10, and the pelvic thrust shall drive you Insane!
@@nickpossum3607 SO it would seem fine adventurer make it so for many a man or beast to bequest you their prize! Soldier onward!
As for banning the cleric
I think it was either AD&D or AD&D 2ed where there was a disclamer that told the DMs that clerics are broken and it's fair to ban them at their table
Zee Bashew also does some good dnd animation and spells.
12:45 OH NO! You've become a DM's worst nightmare: the Bardbarian.
Not sure if I missed the chance with this or has been brought up yet, but there are two "forgotten" episodes of the series, basically the first versions of an episode, namely only the Cleric and Warlock episodes. He made them and then got info and remade the episodes. They are in the descriptions of those episodes to check out so yeah.
I've heard mention of them. Might have to bug my Discord for the links, if anyone has them.
“Supranuk-...Supra...Supranails?”
You know about Spruce trees right? XD
Love the vid
I found this channel today through this video and now I'm proceeding to watch some of your reaction video playlists; DBZA, SAOA, HUA... (a lot, I'm going to watch a lot of videos)
😁😊👍
Recently finished an evil two shot in which I played a changeling College of Eloquence Bard, that was a VERY artistic serial killer.
In DnD 1.1e, sticks to snakes was a level 4 cleric spell which turned 2d8 sticks (non-magic wooden items) into snakes for 6 turns or 16 minutes, with a 50% chance of them being poisonous. The size of the snake depending on the size of the 'stick'. A tree trunk or log could become a poisonous constrictor snake!!
"I'm verrrry tempted to multi-class into Bard now."
So....a Bard-barian, then?
As someone who has caught up to Critical Role in the first campaign when they were at episode 97 ( I caught up and watched live on episode 98; I had a LOT of free time), I will say I wouldn't worry too much about being caught up if you decide to watch it; especially for anyone who works, there just isn't enough time in the day. That said I can recommend checking it out; as mentioned, I've been a fan since the first campaign and I love it, and the community (99% of the time anyway) is awesome. Cheers!
It should be mentioned that the Wild Magic Barbarian in 5E is nothing like the Wild Magic Sorcerer. They don't have any spells. Instead, they always create a random magical effect when they enter a Rage and all the effects are beneficial in some way. So, there's no risk/reward interplay, just different flavors of rewards that may or may not fit the current situation, making their table of effects completely different from Sorcerer's, being manifestations of the Rage itself.
Creating a larger table would have to be balanced differently, since it's rolled on near constantly, at least once per combat encounter in most cases. And the effect is usually ended whenever the Rage itself ends, so you can undo the effect if you don't like it for what you're currently doing, making any negative effects you might think of introducing nuisances instead of moment defining blunders, and as such likely not worth including on the table.
...Still a super neat subclass, though. Kinda like Barbarian that wanted to be a Bard but never decided what trades to be a jack of, randomly switching up their combat style all the time.
I had a wild magic Barbarian in one of my games that used the d10k table for their wild surge rages. First major encounter is against a wizard. Barbarian rages and does his roll. It makes it so that anyone that wields the wizard’s weapon is silenced. Most of the wizard’s spells had a verbal component. I love the d10k table.
Please tell me that was a static effect based on your character. So that they just couldn't speak around him. 😁
25:33 Animorphs!
They're making a movie.
But the authors jumped ship.
_I really hope it doesn't suck like the show. The books need re-printing._
It has been quoted before so I will quote it again. "How does a player break a D&D game in three words? 'Play a Druid'" In vanilla D&D 5e, regardless of which circle they choose. A 3rd level druid can cast the 2nd level spell "Pass without Trace". (Which lasts 1 hour and does not use concentration) Then they can change into a spider with shapeshift. (any spider choice from the list will work). This gives them a +7 to stealth from the spider form and an additional +10 from the spell. They can literally have a +17 to stealth checks at level 3. In addition, the spider form will give them Darkvision, Blindsight and Spiderclimb (the ability to freely walk on walls and ceilings). This is just one of the many broken things a druid can do.
15:10 College of Whispers says hello. And farewell, forever.
Also, funnest Cleric: Storm Domain Cleric who is also a Tiefling. Look at the Storm's Wrath ability of that Domain and then at what Tiefs get at lv 3.
It turns into a game of "Stop hitting yourself".
In case you were wondering, his channel started with Monster Hunter with his head being the "wiggler helmet" from Monster Hunter World. He also mains the sword and shield which is one of the less popular weapons.
Jesus was a bard too. Granted he became a lich there at the end when he died and came back. I wonder what his phylactery is.
The Good Book of course
So i case no one told you ~ The wiggly dude is actually JoCrap, his persona for all his Crap Guides (he also made a series on the Monster Hunter weapon archetypes), and the human guy you see a few times is actually JoCat as a character in his videos.
Sticks to Snakes takes inspiration from the Bible when the pharaoh's sorcerers threw their staves down to turn them into snakes and Moses did the same and his staff ate theirs. But, yeah, Sticks to Snakes is an old school D&D spell.
Spruce is a type of tree. Particularly, for Christmas trees.
I saw the thumbnail and came running!
I love that these videos made him have a dnd version of a existential crisis 😂
Airier: *Mentions he is an english major*
Also Airier: *Can't fathom the word spruce*
This feels like such an X to doubt moment. 🤣
Never let it be said I claimed to be a good English major. 😁
@@Airier that is true. You never specifically said it.
"OH MY GOD, JEFFREY DAHMER WAS A BARD" was not a quote I was expecting to hear today.
28:00 The Goose wyvern thing is actually already in game, called a cockatrice, less goose and more chicken but same idea, In my dnd game I played one where we fought a cybornetically enhannced cockatrice that kicked our asses
😶😯😨
JoCat is awesome, I found him at complete random last year due to TH-cam recommendations. His D&D and Monster Hunter stuff was hilarious.
One of my characters is a rebalanced Aetherborn Death Cleric. Rebalanced as in her vampiric gift is fixed so she gets a 1d8 heal whenever she deals damage through touch. So on top of being the most offensive cleric possible she can literally tank damage like a Barbarian.
next one should be a 1 and a half hours long video binging the rest of the guides
If you want high broken look up Order Domain Cleric. I originally picked it for letting my allies attack whenever I cast healing word on them, but this shit gives you command as a bonus action, slow (not a cleric spell usually), and heavy armor on top of the usual suspects of spiritual weapon, guardian of faith, and guiding bolt.
I will concede that "A-Men" is a masterpiece of comedy.
You have the Letter "A" men that could mean the highest quality like A+ grades or Grade A meat. So A-tier men.
You got the reference to the "A-Team".
You got the reference to the "X-Men".
You got a reasonable name for a team of "Anointed Men" or "Almighty Men".
And, you have literally the word "Amen" in there... which is something you say after every prayer.
Genius.
In case u didn't know, u can hit the space bar to pause the video
I forget which of your JoCat reactions you asked about this but you asked if there are any videos where JoCat is barding it up. There’s a video called “That Time I Played Piano For My Entire High School” where JoCat shares a recording of a piano medley he created and played. It’s very good!
While Critical Role is a huge undertaking to start watching, every episode of it is gold, and I would highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys DnD, Voice acting, roleplay, comedy or just a damn good story. (Btw it is much easier to 'get into' if you skip campaign 1 as campaign 2 is a fresh start of level 1 characters).
You missed the text with Matt Mercer throwing pool noodles at you, too.
A wild magic barbarian is probably like if a druid decided to get really jacked and does a lot of steroids
Note to self, make a wild magic barbarian. 🤔
I recently had the idea of playing a Bard loosely based on Kamen Rider Hibiki... who basically beats on his enemies with over-sized drumsticks.
This is now my favorite reaction to jocrap
Ps: by the end, he goes to character sheet and alignment then ends on DM with a huge collab
The more you watch him, the more you shall realize, Jocat is, in fact, a bard IRL.
Yup. I believe it.
@@Airier I see you did another Jocat video which I shall watch when I’m done with this one, I highly recommend doing the races video he did. Really flexes his bard skills.
I've actually got a couple recorded right now. I think I'm trying to look at all his stuff. If they're all at this level of quality, I want to see everything. 😁
This series is going to be a blast
the minigun bird..... is sorta what has ended up happening in my Pathfinder camp..... my char is a druid/Mamoth Rider (with a dragon sized Chameleon) the gunslinger has sort of taken up residence on my pet's back and we are working on geting him a mounted Gatling Gun to turn me into a mobile tank with 2 guns (the druid being the forward mounted one lol) XD
Ok. I like your style of humor. Especially in the first 3 minutes.
Well made reaction while the original content is alread great you still managed to give the video some extra flavor.
Everyone reading so far have an amazing day.
You: I've never watched Critical Role
Me: Well you're in luck, they're about to start a new series. Get in there while the getting's good
If I had to be in a room filled with snakes, I'd want it to be a giant room.
Not too long ago, I came up with a most interesting idea for a Bard character.
Instead of the usual musical skill; MY Bard's abilities lie in other creative outlets like writing, acting/storytelling, painting/drawing and cooking. I asked if cooking could be a form of Bardic skill once and those who responded said yes, same with the drawing/painting and writing.
To elaborate, my bard possesses a magical quill/pen and paintbrush; anything they paint comes to life and anything they write down actually happens IRL. For example, if my bard wrote down that their enemy can't kill them with their pen...they would be magically compelled to not pull the trigger of their crossbow or firearm.
If my bard were to paint something like a dress, it would fall right off the easel and become the real thing. Lastly, as a cook; my bard would be able to craft confections and dishes so savory that they might be able to end thousand-year wars.
Does this all make sense to you guys?
So, you may have noticed a jump in quality in the Cleric video compared to the Bard and Druid ones. That's because he originally made a dunk piece on clerics, calling them healbots and nothing more, and got a lot of flack for it, because, as the new video demonstrates, they are so much more.
My first bard was suposed to be a good guy but got cursed and some how became a mass murder serial killer and my group had no idea it was me
YES!! FINALLY!!! I LITERALLY DROPPED THE VIDEO I WAS STARTING TO WATCH WHEN I SAW THIS!!!!
Also fun fact related to how he react to the cleric low level spells - First class I played was cleric and when I cast Inflict Wounds for some reason 75% of the time I got a Crit-20 + Our homebrew rule that Fritz do Max dice DMG + your roll instead of just double the dice.
15:05 What do you think the Rakdos Cult in Ravnica is when boiled down to the basics?
Ah Cleric when your party needs a good harmacist