Is "umami" a new thing? I've heard it in two different places this week and never before. Reflavoring is a fantastic way to make a bunch of stuff work that would've been otherwise completely ignored. One of my favorite examples of this was one of my players in a horror-type setting. She was an Artificer Artillerist, but used a doll as her spellcasting focus and cannon that shot energy beams from its mouth. And another clever multiclass was Shadow Sorcerer and Fathomless Warlock (the one that gives you sea related powers), which turned those originally sea themed tentacles into shadowy tendrils.
Love it, it's always great seeing what other people do to add flavor to their PCs! Also, I don't believe it's new, it's just not used very much outside of very specific cooking and food applications! I suppose I could have said "savoriness" but Umami is just such a good word lol
Umami is the flavor of meat or mushrooms, a deep, at times slightly earthy note. In a sense it’s “savoriness” and stuff like soy sauce or red meat add that to a dish
You know, I thought I’d stumbled upon another large DND creator until I saw that this video only had 600 views. Massively underrated, and I will be sharing this with my players
i have a pathfinder character i’ll be playing soon and she’s an automaton kineticist and i’m reflavoring her fire and metal elemental blasts as different mechanical weapons that are a part of her
I like the idea, but I feel it relies too much on setting, which cannot be applied to every characters or every games, hance, I propose my own take on the matter: Sour: Qwirkyness. A trait or behavior that makes your character stand out. As an example, I have a barbarian that relys on taste to better understand her sourronding, meaning she will try to lick anything she can, A plant, a rock, a person (with consent) or even this visibly cursed item. Note that it doesn't need to be an Unique thing, The dumb barbarian or Horny bards are a bit cliché but do bring a sour taste to a character Sweet: No Notes, Cute is the way to go, but as an example, our Necromancer in the table I dm really loves dogs and will try anything to befriend them, even the wild ones Salty: Grit. I like the idea of "Militarism" better than the steampunk. So Salt could be any sort of Grit you could add to a character. Do they have scars? How did they get it? Adventuring is a dangerous career, how do they cope with Death? How do they feel about killing their foes? etc... Bitter: Tragedy or Edge. When we say someone is bitter, we mostly mean they are unhappy, so what pain and misery has your character suffered, or caused? Everyone has a dark secret they only reveal to their most trusted allies. Unami: Downtime. The unami taste is a special one, one that is less flashy than other taste, but is grounded, and so should it be for your character, when the stakes are low, what does your character likes to do? Craftsmanship is one example, but not everyone like making things, Maybe your character likes counting their gold and magic item, or prank their party members, or gossip about the latest NPCs they met. Who is your character between the flashy bits of adventure?
Wow. I love this. When I was making the video, I challenge myself to a limited time frame and for this one I went back and forth quite a few times on what each should stand for. I have about 4 variations of the script lmao All that to say, I love your interpretation! I think it is a great way to think about it if you might be having a hard time separating the traits from the genre! 😁
It's fun to recontextualize my old PCs through this lens
A very unique methodology, indeed. I think some of my newer players will appreciate this very much. Well done, as always.
Thank you, I always go for unique! I just try to avoid the wooden hammer head, metal haft, kind of unique lmao
Hopefully they find it useful!
Is "umami" a new thing? I've heard it in two different places this week and never before.
Reflavoring is a fantastic way to make a bunch of stuff work that would've been otherwise completely ignored. One of my favorite examples of this was one of my players in a horror-type setting. She was an Artificer Artillerist, but used a doll as her spellcasting focus and cannon that shot energy beams from its mouth. And another clever multiclass was Shadow Sorcerer and Fathomless Warlock (the one that gives you sea related powers), which turned those originally sea themed tentacles into shadowy tendrils.
Love it, it's always great seeing what other people do to add flavor to their PCs!
Also, I don't believe it's new, it's just not used very much outside of very specific cooking and food applications! I suppose I could have said "savoriness" but Umami is just such a good word lol
Umami is the flavor of meat or mushrooms, a deep, at times slightly earthy note. In a sense it’s “savoriness” and stuff like soy sauce or red meat add that to a dish
You know, I thought I’d stumbled upon another large DND creator until I saw that this video only had 600 views. Massively underrated, and I will be sharing this with my players
One day. That's my goal. I wanna reach as big of an audience so this advice can help as many people as possible!
Also thank you for sharing!
very fun video
So who here wants to see a sweet&sour and salty&umami duo? I certainly do.
Sweet/Sour would just be Rebecca, Salty/Umami would be the Eleric Brothers.
God, I know we're talking about characters, but you're making me hungry 😂
i have a pathfinder character i’ll be playing soon and she’s an automaton kineticist and i’m reflavoring her fire and metal elemental blasts as different mechanical weapons that are a part of her
OH HELL YEAH!!! That's the way to do it!
I am going to tell my players to watch this ❤❤🎉
Thank you so much!! Hopefully they enjoy!
good idea for a video :)
Thank you so much!
I like the idea, but I feel it relies too much on setting, which cannot be applied to every characters or every games, hance, I propose my own take on the matter:
Sour: Qwirkyness. A trait or behavior that makes your character stand out. As an example, I have a barbarian that relys on taste to better understand her sourronding, meaning she will try to lick anything she can, A plant, a rock, a person (with consent) or even this visibly cursed item. Note that it doesn't need to be an Unique thing, The dumb barbarian or Horny bards are a bit cliché but do bring a sour taste to a character
Sweet: No Notes, Cute is the way to go, but as an example, our Necromancer in the table I dm really loves dogs and will try anything to befriend them, even the wild ones
Salty: Grit. I like the idea of "Militarism" better than the steampunk. So Salt could be any sort of Grit you could add to a character. Do they have scars? How did they get it? Adventuring is a dangerous career, how do they cope with Death? How do they feel about killing their foes? etc...
Bitter: Tragedy or Edge. When we say someone is bitter, we mostly mean they are unhappy, so what pain and misery has your character suffered, or caused? Everyone has a dark secret they only reveal to their most trusted allies.
Unami: Downtime. The unami taste is a special one, one that is less flashy than other taste, but is grounded, and so should it be for your character, when the stakes are low, what does your character likes to do? Craftsmanship is one example, but not everyone like making things, Maybe your character likes counting their gold and magic item, or prank their party members, or gossip about the latest NPCs they met. Who is your character between the flashy bits of adventure?
Wow. I love this. When I was making the video, I challenge myself to a limited time frame and for this one I went back and forth quite a few times on what each should stand for.
I have about 4 variations of the script lmao
All that to say, I love your interpretation! I think it is a great way to think about it if you might be having a hard time separating the traits from the genre! 😁
uwu
uwu indeed.