Narrated D&D Story: How A Druid In A Modern Campaign Proved Everyone At The Table Wrong

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  • @joshuacesario4342
    @joshuacesario4342 4 ปีที่แล้ว +613

    American: the trees are speaking vietnamese
    Russians: the snow is speaking finnish
    Germans berlin is speaking Russian
    Ceo: the bonsais are speaking druid.

    • @JohnnyElRed
      @JohnnyElRed 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      *gaelic

    • @joffregunson3603
      @joffregunson3603 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@JohnnyElRed * Druidic Language*

    • @artemisfowldragon
      @artemisfowldragon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      JohnnyElRed Druidic is a canon language in dnd, kinda like thieves’ cant for rogues

    • @maikwildgruber1650
      @maikwildgruber1650 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      the hills speaking polish...xD

    • @DahLekKnight
      @DahLekKnight 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Simo Hähyä approves.

  • @dainblack8289
    @dainblack8289 4 ปีที่แล้ว +957

    In a world of magic, teleportation, and shapeshifting druids, the part where a wealthy and powerful person was held accountable for breaking the law was the most unbelievable plot point.

    • @commandercaptain4664
      @commandercaptain4664 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Story twist: The conglomerate controlled the authorities as well, making the CEO indispensable. The PCs were swallowed up by the machine as the oligarchy continued unabated. The end. Roll up new characters.

    • @OMartinez91
      @OMartinez91 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@commandercaptain4664 i mean i think they were one step away from that and was why the corporation needed the platinum. Had the corporation obtained it, they would have become unstoppable

    • @irontemplar6222
      @irontemplar6222 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Not really. For instance in this case it would untenable for a company to be able to keep such a person after such a massive public opnion loss. People generally frown upon warcrimes. On top of that governments and corporations hate each other in a unquie sort of way since each curbs the others power.
      And Ultimatly thats working under the assumption that the people in charge. Be it on the board of directors or the governmental officials are all mustache twirling levels of evil. Which usually they aren't. (Well maybe not so for the goverment officials but I digress) besides even if the people on the board are greedy bastards. Since they are so rich they easily could have the mindset that what the CEO did was frankly unnecessary, and just not work the potential loss for a gain that would ultimately change very little if anything for them.

    • @cageybee7221
      @cageybee7221 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@irontemplar6222 you reek of libertarianism.

    • @irontemplar6222
      @irontemplar6222 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@cageybee7221 I see you mean that as a pejorative, but no. I am not a libertarian. Nor do I ascribe to their philosophy.
      My comment was simply about human nature aswell as the realistic course of action that would transpire.

  • @HighmageDerin
    @HighmageDerin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1297

    Sometimes I think D&D campaigns would make better stories for movies than anything Hollywood comes up with

    • @CptnJaymz
      @CptnJaymz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      That's cuz you can't make this shit up!

    • @Morhgoz
      @Morhgoz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Some classic fantasy book series are based to old rpg campaings.

    • @schwarzerritter5724
      @schwarzerritter5724 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Have you ever watched Record of Lodoss War?

    • @HighmageDerin
      @HighmageDerin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@schwarzerritter5724 yes, and its spin offs. great series. as was slayers.

    • @RekiTheRyvian
      @RekiTheRyvian 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@CptnJaymz well, technically...

  • @AK-Drakoin
    @AK-Drakoin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1723

    "Hacking Photosynthesis"
    *Furious keyboard smashing*
    "I'm in." 😎

  • @timothyholder7448
    @timothyholder7448 4 ปีที่แล้ว +764

    Party: ...
    Druid: Laughs in Druidic

    • @mrneutral1030
      @mrneutral1030 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Since Druidic is actually the of language of trees in D&D, this means he basically started shaking his body in some bizarre way. Which is an interesting mental image.

  • @Forsakei
    @Forsakei 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1361

    I had a Druid who was hell-bent on destroying society and reverting the planet back to its original state. I was so close, only a few steps away from starting the onslaught, but unfortunately the group went silent and no games went on for over a month, so I had to drop out.

    • @ultraknight40000
      @ultraknight40000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      out of curiosity how were you planning on sending the world back to the stone age?

    • @endyender1703
      @endyender1703 4 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      That is actually uncool of your group... it would have been funny to watch how you did it.

    • @janthion3590
      @janthion3590 4 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      I did the same thing but i won, i Played a Spore Druid that had a Spore that acted the Same way as the Spores in The Last of us, The party was not aware of my "Nature" I played the Ol im a goody goody druid.

    • @phobiawitch835
      @phobiawitch835 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      I’m actually about to play one of those myself! A Wildfire Druid named Faad Vermilion (Red Dragonborn). Due to, circumstances that happened, he’s developed a lust for destruction, wanting to wipe humanity and society from existence to allow nature to reclaim that which was forcefully taken. Funny thing? The campaign is PERFECT for him, because we’re a bunch of pirates! Starting out as slaves for a variety of crimes when we have session 0/session 1 next month. The rest of the crew is fine with my love for destruction, since we’ll already be pillaging and raiding. Though he’ll need to restrain his anger and desires during some parts, as apparently the DM has it so part of the story is that we work with shadier nobles and royals to gain certain freedoms in their territories.

    • @nightdrivenen7909
      @nightdrivenen7909 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Would jave loved to see how the party turned against you PCBBEGs.

  • @SSthunderchild
    @SSthunderchild 4 ปีที่แล้ว +817

    When the druid died, his spirit probably reincarnated as Captain Planet.

    • @SharowbladyeGaymerPorate
      @SharowbladyeGaymerPorate 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Or a slime

    • @debreczeniarpad9956
      @debreczeniarpad9956 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@SharowbladyeGaymerPorate please, im bot to die*cough blood* formadate my winchester

    • @L16htW4rr10r
      @L16htW4rr10r 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh God no

    • @Exis247
      @Exis247 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@debreczeniarpad9956 A bot? bad bot.

  • @Saiaix
    @Saiaix 4 ปีที่แล้ว +558

    "He was equal parts defeated and proud." That point in your campaign when you realize your players have cut the Achilles heel and you're totally waiting to see them stride into their glorious victory.

    • @robertlombardo8437
      @robertlombardo8437 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I know. I love that moment as a GM and a player just as much.

    • @DragcoDavid
      @DragcoDavid 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Yeah, reminds me of a time in a similar setting where my players had all managed to successfully stealth their way through a business building dungeon, despite tiny floating sentry eyes covering everywhere, and quickly taking them out when spotted.

    • @stormflyer6574
      @stormflyer6574 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Its smart, who would use druidic magic in a city

    • @christianali5431
      @christianali5431 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      And then the point right after that when you realize that a game right DND is one of the best games ever because it’s not about winning or losing but literally how are you play the game right up to the end. I want saw a game where a guy just full-blown lost his character, but he did it in such a way that the whole world that the campaign was setting was better off for his sacrifice.

  • @mariapazgonzalezlesme
    @mariapazgonzalezlesme 4 ปีที่แล้ว +810

    *Druid:* Loves nature.
    *Also Druid:* Sings like Snow White and summons his animal army to destroy an entire city!

    • @tanall5959
      @tanall5959 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      **Led Zeppelin intensifies**

    • @Nyghtking
      @Nyghtking 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      I had the idea of being a druid and walking through a city and planting seeds along the way, then telling the mayor that the town would have to repent for crimes against nature and if they refused there would be consequences, and when they refused I would rampantly grow all the plants I had planted in the town.

    • @MizukiStone44
      @MizukiStone44 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Depends on the Druid set up. I've seen everything from pseudo-hippy, to red in tooth and claw, to corporate druids.

    • @leaustineglenn1409
      @leaustineglenn1409 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      the druid would half to take a few levels in the bard class as well but I think its possible.

    • @kyokasuigetsu8485
      @kyokasuigetsu8485 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      How about a female gothic druid with power to grow magical roses. And then her most powerful form is the black rose.

  • @rudeboyjohn3483
    @rudeboyjohn3483 4 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    Druid and party teleport into CEO's office.
    CEO: Alright, who left the tree open?

  • @lordofconflict8282
    @lordofconflict8282 4 ปีที่แล้ว +393

    I do not know about D&D but in Pathfinder a single well played Druid can destroy even the most advanced cities. Always fear a Druid with an evil alignment.

    • @destroyerinazuma96
      @destroyerinazuma96 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      dude this reminds me of so many anime! anime directors have a fascination with "nature takes over" apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic stories, and I also found the idea interesting. One more reason I would like to play more DnD for.

    • @ithalathegayguy
      @ithalathegayguy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I seriously want to play an evil druid one day.... The discord server I play on has a god specifically for using nature for evil purposes so that'll probably be one of the characters I play on there eventually

    • @richardhicks5031
      @richardhicks5031 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      A plague/disaster druid are scary builds in 3.5

    • @oblivionsghost7430
      @oblivionsghost7430 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bro whats scarier is a rogue that nearly abandoned the party for tressure---
      LIKE WE NEEDED EVERYONE---

    • @Asher17
      @Asher17 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      As someone who played a blind druid in 3.5, I can assure you this is true. Even being blind I was rendering the entire city's standing army useless. Aoe crowd control and damage spells are super powerful...especially when the aoe is 3 city blocks

  • @therobokraken7595
    @therobokraken7595 4 ปีที่แล้ว +187

    Druid: "Clackety clack get into my sack (of holding)!"

    • @AJDaniels5298
      @AJDaniels5298 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Deadass read this as "clickety clackity, get in my sackity" and I'm not even sorry.

    • @codysonic1
      @codysonic1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Get in my purse

  • @laschicvalisca2481
    @laschicvalisca2481 4 ปีที่แล้ว +200

    JoCat's "Crap Guide to D&D: Druid" would be proud of this player showing what will happen to those who disturb Mother Nature.
    But seriously, that was great thinking on that player's part. Of course all normal modes of teleportation would be blocked, but someone who didn't believe in nature definitely wouldn't have thought about or considered nature based spells from a druid.

    • @michaelkeha
      @michaelkeha 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Except if there was magic barriers up then nature magic wouldn't either as magic is magic doesn't really matter the source of the magic.

    • @laschicvalisca2481
      @laschicvalisca2481 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@michaelkeha
      Looking through all possible spells that could prevent teleportation, and the major issue I have found is that they all stop travel into the space, with the Private Sanctum stopping travel out of the space, and the rest stops planar travel. Not one spell stops travel within itself. I think we would all need to know every spell involved in that building's protection to know for certain if it truly would have worked or not. Either way, that druid thought outside the box.

    • @MarkusDarkess
      @MarkusDarkess 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@laschicvalisca2481 the DM new because he set it up

    • @Dust514rocks
      @Dust514rocks 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@michaelkeha the dm probably just set it so that blocks a specific set of spells from working

    • @Volvandese
      @Volvandese 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      "Someone who didn't believe in nature"?
      Wha... I... huh?
      They think trees are just old wives tales?

  • @Byssbod
    @Byssbod 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    I can't believe you even had tree stride prepared in an industrial setting.

  • @RPGTales
    @RPGTales 4 ปีที่แล้ว +681

    You know, I'm kinda sad that this story isn't a #TeamTrees tie in.

    • @johnnysizemore5797
      @johnnysizemore5797 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Me too! :D

    • @tach5884
      @tach5884 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      "Trees are slow and inefficient" - TeamAlgae

  • @smartymarty2351
    @smartymarty2351 4 ปีที่แล้ว +189

    I had a hard time after "I played with his monkey... and his monkey hadn't been that happy for 40 years."

    • @DawnStarLightning
      @DawnStarLightning 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      XD oh gods. Totally missed that inuendo.

    • @donwebber9071
      @donwebber9071 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you. I went there

    • @GZilla311
      @GZilla311 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Holy Freud!

    • @imadrood
      @imadrood 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Had a HARD time?
      There’s layers to this joke lol

  • @neolithiumproduction
    @neolithiumproduction 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    God, brilliant. I started grinning and laughing the moment his character did in this story. Take that, samey cubicle-based offices with mandatory bonsai tree decor. xD

  • @sorcikator993
    @sorcikator993 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I was expecting the druid to turn every single bonzai trees into a giant sequoia XD

    • @Kylesico912x
      @Kylesico912x 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Honestly level 20 druids could probably do that without a sweat. They're scary.

  • @Zellonous
    @Zellonous 4 ปีที่แล้ว +156

    When you say "don't mess with nature" I expect tornados or earthquakes or insane lightning storms or a pack of grizzlies. Not tree stride lol.

    • @NEOMNIMON
      @NEOMNIMON 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      True, but sometimes strategic use of skills is far more effective then brute force.

    • @Zellonous
      @Zellonous 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@NEOMNIMON I get that but... This was a very specific moment for a very specific spell. This power of nature was an overlooked teleport spell. I'm kinda into the nature vs industry trope, and while this was a victory for nature, there is so much more raw power a druid or even ranger could have in even a heavily urban city. Do you realize how much damage an unhappy druid could do in NYC with just awaken shrub and tree? You could paralyze a big city with weather changes. Nature is everywhere and all around us. Always.

    • @NEOMNIMON
      @NEOMNIMON 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Now I'm picturing someone running around Central Park awakening everything.

    • @Alyxandeyr
      @Alyxandeyr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Zellonous I like to think of it as the most natural thing. It's the tree that finds the crack in the sidewalk and grows through it, its root system worming into the concrete and breaking it down.
      Yeah, massive super-powerful shows of force are definitely in nature's wheelhouse, but most of the time nature fighting industry isn't that. Most of the time, nature is subtle and obstinate, instead of overwhelming and unstoppable.

    • @Zellonous
      @Zellonous 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Alyxandeyr I get ya. In this instance it'd be more interesting if it were actually a tree whose roots busted up some concrete. In this instance it was a teleport spell that happened to involve trees. Subtly IS powerful. It's how solid rock is ground down by blowing sand and cleaved by water. Homeboy druid used a teleport spell.

  • @jammcjamster1791
    @jammcjamster1791 4 ปีที่แล้ว +186

    So they wanted to remove the tree huggers to get their hands on precious metals? where have I heard that story before...

    • @madsam7582
      @madsam7582 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Avatar?
      The road to El Dorado?

    • @cwovictor3281
      @cwovictor3281 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Literally any pro-environmentalist piece of fiction? It's a pretty common set-up, and certainly has its merits.

    • @liamfinch6100
      @liamfinch6100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Avatar comes to mind here

    • @3XC4L1B3R
      @3XC4L1B3R 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@cwovictor3281 Not true! Sometimes it's oil...

    • @andresmarrero8666
      @andresmarrero8666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@cwovictor3281 while true I much prefer something more unique such as having to find a balance between the natural/magical world and the futuristic/sci-fi world before they end up destroying each other, and have them come together as one. Technology and nature do not have to be at odds with each other.

  • @donnielarsen3110
    @donnielarsen3110 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Bonsai trees are truly the most powerful trees

  • @johncuneo6723
    @johncuneo6723 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Damn they went full on Phantom Thieves on the CEO!

    • @dragobane4728
      @dragobane4728 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I hope they listened to "Life will Change" during that session

    • @donwebber9071
      @donwebber9071 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They took the treasure. Moana would be proud

  • @ET-PianistComposer
    @ET-PianistComposer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    “Crotchety old fart.” Gotta be one of my favourite lines from this story.

  • @Nyghtking
    @Nyghtking 4 ปีที่แล้ว +547

    I think the best thing I ever said when playing a druid was when one of the other characters said that because I was a druid I was a vegetarian, to which I replied "I'm a druid, not a hippy, I don't pretend to be one with nature."

    • @MrSilvUr
      @MrSilvUr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +123

      Nature eats people, man.

    • @dancourtney4
      @dancourtney4 4 ปีที่แล้ว +111

      In my Ars Magica game, I'm basically a bear druid. The party was horrified that I ate a cat, as they thought I wouldn't hurt an animal.
      "Big things eat little things all the time. That's nature."

    • @moiramain2k
      @moiramain2k 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Oi Dan do you mind if I make a druid that's like yours?

    • @dancourtney4
      @dancourtney4 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@moiramain2k I would be honored 👌

    • @moiramain2k
      @moiramain2k 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@dancourtney4 thanks man though I am using 5e D&D

  • @jefthereaper
    @jefthereaper 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I'm currently just imagining a druid shape-shifting into a bird all while maniacally laughing.

  • @dargondude2375
    @dargondude2375 4 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    **Nature intensifies**

  • @dracosdiabolis1769
    @dracosdiabolis1769 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    am I the only one that got the movie "Hackers" vibe from this story?
    HACK THE PLANET! HACK THE PLANET!

    • @trashcangold
      @trashcangold 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They're trashing our rights man! TRASHING! TRASHING!!

  • @canadiancanucklehead8310
    @canadiancanucklehead8310 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    I didn’t expect to see Matt Mercer blow me a kiss in the video, but I won’t complain.

  • @tsunamisurfer6595
    @tsunamisurfer6595 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Something tells me that warlock's patron has named itself AM and I don't like where it's going

  • @PratzStrike
    @PratzStrike 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I've never played D&D in a cyberpunk setting, but one of my favorite games was in a... I suppose you could call it an early example of dieselpunk. I played a tinker, a custom class the GM was working on, who had a set group of schematics and things I could create and certain schools I could progress in for different types of effects. I ended up going down the High Explosives line mostly because I thought it was funny. But the scenes from the game were great - trying to steer a donkey-powered cart away from a rampaging WW1 style tank, fighting our way down an old-school train one car at a time, and in my case having a romance-that-could-never-be with one of the enemy necromancers who were plotting wickedness. It was a lot of fun.

  • @MidnightSt
    @MidnightSt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    "components for a ritual to empower computer virus"
    WAT

    • @KristofferEk
      @KristofferEk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      it's dnd just ROLL with it.

    • @martinsmouter9321
      @martinsmouter9321 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Maybe computer parts (components) to build a super computer(ritual) to either help brute forcing parts of the security system or empower an AI to search for weaknesses in the system and adapt to it.

    • @zankou5611
      @zankou5611 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tron

    • @haveiszalfaroqie1628
      @haveiszalfaroqie1628 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nah, probably some kind of sci-fi chip module that gives the virus AI sort of modular intelligence, or some technobs.

  • @timothywashburn8218
    @timothywashburn8218 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    I wish my Boyscout troop was as awesome as your Druid.

    • @williamwashburn7665
      @williamwashburn7665 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      A Google it b a boy scout is a boy trained for(in dnd terms) proficiency in survival

    • @timothywashburn8218
      @timothywashburn8218 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Supposedly it is also to be a place to develop morals and get friends. Never got the second either.

  • @Honest_Grifter
    @Honest_Grifter 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    "I played with his monkey, and he allowed me to stay... He said his little friend never looked so happy"... Phrasing!?!

  • @bradyneedham7485
    @bradyneedham7485 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    I would love to know how exactly the DM wanted them to successfully continue after locking them in the room with all of those locks and guards.... Sounds a bit too hard

    • @3XC4L1B3R
      @3XC4L1B3R 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      DM might have wanted them to retreat so the campaign could go on a little longer.

    • @GunarBastos
      @GunarBastos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      We don't really know how many rolls they had failed too, but the feeling I get is that the DM was making the conglomerate as a really powerful organization, and enforcing it quite explicitly.
      Also, he looks like someone that does not like to give players too much of a pause. Wich is neither good nor bad.

    • @Combobreaker100
      @Combobreaker100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Brady Needham probably was going to capture them

    • @Kylesico912x
      @Kylesico912x 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It was possible they were too slow with a few too many bad rolls. RNGesus giveth and RNGesus taketh, but one thing he can not is creative thinking... When dice rolls aren't involved.

  • @llewtree3013
    @llewtree3013 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Gods I love druids, I don’t know what it is I just love the main trio of spellcasters wizard Druid n cleric they all just have so much flavour and story telling potential, I think my ideal class would be a Druid with a hexblade style subclass, probably focused around shaman esque spirits both of nature dreams and ancestors could be a lot of interesting stories there

  • @allthingsdnd
    @allthingsdnd  4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

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    • @crownpenguin9180
      @crownpenguin9180 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes I have

    • @johnnysizemore5797
      @johnnysizemore5797 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I've Ran 2 D&D/cyberpunk Campaigns, both set in my homebrew world of Loc Danan(i based it off of the Norman Conquest of England). The key focus was an all-out Civil War between the Druidic Circles & The Imperial Garrisons, with the PC's stuck in the middle. The Garrisons were basically the High-technology areas(Warforged that was basically Robotics, Laser Rifles, etc.), while the Circles were the classic D&D tropes. I used 3.5e for the system but am thinking 'bout transfering it to 5e after the Eberron setting drops....

    • @ApocryphalDude
      @ApocryphalDude 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I played a psychotic terrorist mercenary elf in Shadowrun in the early 90s.

    • @danielrussell4993
      @danielrussell4993 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      How do you share with you a D&D story? My friends and I are close to completing a campaign and wanted to see if you were interested in how it turned out.

    • @cyrilltate7065
      @cyrilltate7065 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sadly, I haven't played D&D yet, but I'd be just as excited for a cyberpunk campaign as I would be for a standard one. Steampunk would be awesome as well!

  • @rareearthwalker4536
    @rareearthwalker4536 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I have to admit, I am in love with your channel. Gives me the D&D fix that I cant get otherwise. I just wanna play!!!

  • @markuseki9312
    @markuseki9312 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    “New legendary creatures”
    *shows legendary Pokémon*
    :D

  • @armandowillem3694
    @armandowillem3694 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    First rule of fighting druids: burn/cut EVERY tree around in a 10 mile radius.

  • @sstankfish
    @sstankfish 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Lol "No teleporting!!!"
    ...
    ...
    ...
    ...
    "You can tree teleport though lol."

  • @auronroy5575
    @auronroy5575 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "I'm the druid, I speak for the trees. Cut a tree and I'll break your f*cking knees."

  • @officiallmr2881
    @officiallmr2881 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I stayed until the video and even sat through the sponsor bits. you advertised for a convention that if I'm not mistaken is already over

    • @NEOMNIMON
      @NEOMNIMON 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Halloween 2020. So next year.

    • @officiallmr2881
      @officiallmr2881 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@NEOMNIMON ah. I misheard the date then. My mistake.

  • @DragonflyFox
    @DragonflyFox 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    and this is the kind of shit that makes me feel empowered in terms of telling people "nah m8 just wait" when i almost get discouraged from playing druid and playing druid "my way"

  • @Mileadus
    @Mileadus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    ?? Tree stride as a hummingbird?
    well...DM allowed it, and allowed everybody to get into the bag of holding.
    but all in all VERY clever use of spells and items

    • @Landis963
      @Landis963 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This trick is still doable under RAW, as I understand it. Plant Growth, level 3 Druid/Ranger/Bard transmutation. After an action's worth of time, All plants within 100 feet of a point within a 150-foot range (no line-of-sight specified) become thick and overgrown. When scaling a skyscraper such as this one, with 15 ft between floors, the druid can cast on a point 5 feet from the ceiling of the 6th floor (6x15=90, plus 10 feet), and be able to transport his entire party 12 floors straight up, and he can do that as many times as he has 3rd level spell slots, plus whatever spell slot he uses for the Treestride/Transport via Plants. Indeed, best practices for this tactic might be to scale the building using the method, using as many 3rd level slots for Plant Growth and 5th level slots for Tree Stride as necessary, plus one to get back down to the party and one 6th level-Transport Via Plants to get them up to the CEO's office. Would leave a massive trail, but hey, their cover's already blown and security's already on their way, what else are they going to do?

    • @Mileadus
      @Mileadus 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm not picking a fight with you or anybody else here,
      However, DM ruled the player can do it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ oh well

    • @amyp4752
      @amyp4752 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Mileadus a level 20 Archdruid can still cast in beast form, so why not? Super creative thinking, any good DM would reward it.

  • @herbertadams8433
    @herbertadams8433 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    At level 20, I fully expected sabotage of the building's earthquake protections (because who would think to sabotage those?), along with a localized Earthquake. Can't post quarterly gains when your trillion dollar building is rubble.

    • @martinsmouter9321
      @martinsmouter9321 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      And end up like the communists in Germany before woII, nah.

  • @justinecourtneysgavel89
    @justinecourtneysgavel89 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    All Things DnD, aka, Apollo Justice reading DnD stories

  • @sir_slimestone3797
    @sir_slimestone3797 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for the reminder about your sponsor at the end. I wanted to check it out and forgot about it halfway through the video.

  • @hugmonger
    @hugmonger 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is exactly the kind of ingenuity where regardless of what the established lore or anything was I feel I have to reward via the Rule of Awesome. Like if my player notices a small thing and goes "Wait this is a thing right?" and its this level of genius then I am immediately like "Hell yeah it is dude"

  • @porkyfiend599
    @porkyfiend599 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The gif he is using is making the Druid shrink then pop back up and it’s unsettling

  • @michaeljohnson-el9hp
    @michaeljohnson-el9hp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That is freaking awesome, as a 20th level druid I think he should of had polymorph, that would be great for battle, or infiltration. If not then he can use wildshape

  • @seangifford2425
    @seangifford2425 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Absolutely beautiful. Also, try Shadowrun!

  • @forgesoulfire1320
    @forgesoulfire1320 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The end made it feel like that 90s movie off awesomeness, Hackers..... But with a d&d flair.

  • @Chaosmage42
    @Chaosmage42 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    that would actually be a cleaver way to hide your method of movement tree stride and you have trees set up all over an area like those decorative medians and places in shopping malls and squares

  • @zemiris
    @zemiris 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Hahahah xD just in time to listen the master plan

  • @lewispatton6550
    @lewispatton6550 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Wait wait wait, your party thought that a full caster with the ability to shape shift was useless?

    • @NightshadeDt
      @NightshadeDt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think people tend to underestimate them until they see a good- or even half decent attempt at handling one. The versatility does make it easy to not know what to do with them. That was absolutely my reaction too, though.

  • @gemmel3197
    @gemmel3197 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    "My maniacal laughter out of character". Such great memories, driving home as dawn breaks with aching ribs from laughing so much after a great night playing 2nd addition in the late 80's.

  • @fencserx9423
    @fencserx9423 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    HOLD UP!!! That warlock idea is absolutely METAL

  • @CreationsBy
    @CreationsBy 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow!! Incredible work with tree stride!! I love it!

  • @AhoyMateOne
    @AhoyMateOne 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I read this story on a forum a few months ago...inspired me to create the Druid I have today. So cool!

  • @robertrodriguez3784
    @robertrodriguez3784 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I really like the idea of this setting so much

  • @thebrutusmars
    @thebrutusmars 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wild, I remember reading the Druid story when it first showed up on the subreddit

  • @sabin97
    @sabin97 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i read this story about 2 months ago in a forum online!!!!
    i'm not even a member of that forum, i was looking up some dnd stuff and that result seemed interesting so i read the whole post......and forgot what i was even looking for....

    • @AhoyMateOne
      @AhoyMateOne 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      sabin97 same here!!

  • @Gray963
    @Gray963 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Of all things, that well placed gif of Matt Mercer killed me.

  • @robertlombardo8437
    @robertlombardo8437 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    That is a ballsy move, jumping into a bag of holding. But hey, level 20. They probably had breathing apparatus!
    Also, AMAZING JOB! Oh man, that was amazing. Tree striding with a freaking bonsai tree. I don't think I could have thought of that.

  • @charlesreed5839
    @charlesreed5839 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Every one of these stories has natural 20 at exactly the right time. This is just amazing. The luck these people have, that's why they are TH-cam famous and I am just a random commenter.

  • @pipertheos2660
    @pipertheos2660 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your deep British voice skids like Fenris from dragon age and I love it.

  • @TheTravelerww
    @TheTravelerww 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    2:42 so the plot of James Cameron's Avitar then

  • @OniMalco
    @OniMalco 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've got no words for how epic that turned out.

  • @gabriellockwood2780
    @gabriellockwood2780 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Nerdarchy logo looks like the BORDERLANDS Vault symbol

  • @alexeisenhauer5874
    @alexeisenhauer5874 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So basically a happy alternate ending to the story of the Dakota Water Protectors/ Dakota Access Pipeline

  • @myzri3557
    @myzri3557 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good on you for sticking with your vision for your character

  • @zeevorourke6876
    @zeevorourke6876 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Also thought of an urban moon druid - focused on small nature in the city, turn into pigeons or rats for scouting, large dogs for fighting

  • @messingwitheverything
    @messingwitheverything 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tree stride...”Both trees must be living and at least the same size as you.”...

  • @Avigorus
    @Avigorus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Level 20 Druids are basically demigods, assuming whoever is playing them has a decent brain. Even if they only have half a brain, they're still easily rivals to Superman.

    • @martinsmouter9321
      @martinsmouter9321 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      As far as I understand level 20 anything is basically a demigod in d&d.

    • @Avigorus
      @Avigorus 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@martinsmouter9321 albeit not all level 20's are made equal lol

  • @manufacturedfracture
    @manufacturedfracture 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dope. Ive always loved the "city druid"

  • @vladimirserpov6773
    @vladimirserpov6773 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    7:45 usually there's no way for a living creature to endure stay in a bag of holding :I Oh well. DM probably didn't want to ruin an awesome moment for the party - very nice of him :)

    • @KaRmaTheSchemer
      @KaRmaTheSchemer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      "the warlock patron was a rogue a.i."
      This is dnd 5e
      There is 10 minutes of air for 1 creature,
      5 for 2 and so on

    • @callmeuny
      @callmeuny 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "Breathing creatures inside the bag can survive up to a number of minutes equal to 10 divided by the number of creatures (minimum 1 minute), after which time they begin to suffocate." - Directly from the item description

  • @EtnaBoy666
    @EtnaBoy666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Capital B: "Hmmm... Dr. Quack! Burn all of the bonsai trees! Yeah, it'll ruin the feng shui, but the last thing I need is that naked lizard and his pet bat to find an ability that lets them teleport between plants!"
    Never assume a bonsai tree is innocent. XD Great story.

  • @ikeriro2650
    @ikeriro2650 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was one of the top stories I heard so far

  • @emeraldcoastarcher
    @emeraldcoastarcher 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I ran a modern Pathfinder game in Arkham from Lovecraft once. Worked pretty well. Also, dumpsters make great disguises for mimics in a modern game.

  • @vesselthanatos3033
    @vesselthanatos3033 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I would've made a druid who was a cyborg, using tech to morph his body into animals and release robo animals as summons

    • @zankou5611
      @zankou5611 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I had a WarForged Druid named Optimas Primal. Who transformed into a Huge Gorilla from beast wars.

  • @JesseSierke
    @JesseSierke 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    My current campaign is a D&D 5e campaign set in medieval Japan. No, not a Japanese-flavored fantasy land, but an alternate history version of our own world, with gates to other worlds. The characters are ancestors of characters who will live centuries in the future in a time when magic has passed into vague memory, but when what was once magical may now be accomplished through technology and virtual reality. I haven’t decided what rule set I will use, but I like the idea of working as much as possible within the 5e framework, like the interoperability of Pathfinder and Starfinder.

  • @destroyerinazuma96
    @destroyerinazuma96 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow thanks for picking it up! it was the top tale on reddit slash dnd the day I discovered it, and a cool read

  • @aklokoth
    @aklokoth 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Halloween weekend" 2020 I'm not sure but I imagine that was probably canceled by the kung flu, oof

  • @persadies
    @persadies 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I ran a highly modified version of Gamma World, Legion of Gold using the G.U.R.P.S. rules. There was a point later on that that split timelines and a cyberpunk version of reality was created and only players playing mutants eventually figured out that reality was wrong and that the timelines were slowly converging. We had a lot of fun with that.

  • @dragonrider712
    @dragonrider712 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Never heard of a campaign like that, flippin’ sweet.

  • @eimearlowryhayes8118
    @eimearlowryhayes8118 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I and a group of fellow heroes are setting up an interactive DnD stream. Viewers can make decisions and influence the story by making suggestions to the dm. If viewers poll for something to happen, the dm will make it happen, throwing constant monkey wrenches into the adventure.
    Would you be interested in viewing such a stream?

    • @patrickterry5013
      @patrickterry5013 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think that'll be a really cool idea and very fun!

    • @tcrpgfan
      @tcrpgfan 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@patrickterry5013 We'd need a TPP anarchy and democracy style system, though. To prevent things from being stale while curbing murderhobos.

  • @THUNDARA100
    @THUNDARA100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh that was great. Hail the druid of industrial resistance!

  • @ldcraig2006
    @ldcraig2006 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My son played a druid in one of our campaigns ("regular" fantasy setting). We were trying to work our way out of some goblin caverns, and all the party was low on hit points, the cleric was just about out of healing spells and potions, and the goblins were hot on our heels. To buy us some time to escape, my son, the druid, cast a Stone Shape and created a thick lattice-work of stone, filling the tunnel behind us. It took the goblins several precious minutes to bash through the two-inch-thick spindels of stone blocking their way, but it didn't stop them. And while we kept running, we were getting exhausted. Once more, the goblins were catching up to us, and we realized we might have to make a desperate last stand and prepare for a TPK. The druid, however, had one more trick up his sleeve. Again he cast Stone Shape, and in a large, 3 foot by 10 foot area, six inches deep, he sank the floor, leaving it riddled with sharp, six-inch-long spikes, close enough together to impede progress. Goblins are generally barefoot...at least, the ones in this campaign were. While they might only have taken a point of damage per spike, in that 3x10 area there were hundreds of them. They couldn't get past it, and we managed to escape. The DM later came up to my son and told him, "That was absolutely brilliant!"

  • @OldManMoko
    @OldManMoko 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love this, but I gotta ask, how did the bag of holding trick work? like a bag of holding has a maximum and weight? I can only imagine the total party would exceed the weight dimensions as well as the restricted size. since an average humanoid cant fit into a bag of holding without enchantment.?

  • @zeevorourke6876
    @zeevorourke6876 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had an idea for a wildfire druid on these lines

  • @PlanetZoidstar
    @PlanetZoidstar 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Apparently the CEO was giving a presenatation to Palpatine, The Senate.

  • @leaustineglenn1409
    @leaustineglenn1409 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nice use of the spell tree stride. probably not a good idea for the DM to put tree's in every room on every floor, for a druid that means easy teleportation around the building via tree stride. Great job players and DM, this was a good video.

    • @donwebber9071
      @donwebber9071 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Have to remeber that was the interior designer so naturally the ceo was too clever for his own good

  • @Heavenlyhounds96
    @Heavenlyhounds96 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sometimes the most mild of methods, (cause this is not the "power of nature" method I was expecting), are the most dramatic

  • @chilai
    @chilai 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I want to say (as a longtime DM) that my suspicion is that the DM put the bonsai trees in each room totally on purpose. He KNEW what the druid could do with Tree Stride.
    He just acted surprised to let the belittled player have his big big moment. I think we are in the presence of a great DM letting a Great player and a really cool party have the time of their lives.

  • @Valsorayu
    @Valsorayu 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've had a cleric of the forge wade through the lava of an impenetrable fortress to go to the structural points to make it and it's huge guard die from crumbling masonry and lava.

  • @user-go6qz8vq2r
    @user-go6qz8vq2r 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This world sounds like it would suck irl. "He got the necessary permits to drive them off their land by force."

    • @SerDerpish
      @SerDerpish 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      アニメのゴミ um... is this being sarcastic? Because I can’t tell.
      [I am confused because that IS how our world works IRL, except magic replaced tech in a logical manner]

    • @user-go6qz8vq2r
      @user-go6qz8vq2r 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SerDerpish fair

  • @AMPMASTER10
    @AMPMASTER10 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Tell me more of this modern DnD and why I haven't heard of modules for it before.

    • @OtocinclusAffinis
      @OtocinclusAffinis 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      AMPMASTER10 you haven’t heard of modules for modern DnD because it is a demented idea.

  • @kly8105
    @kly8105 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The DM is the real mvp, he perfectly pretended he didn't put the bonsais there on purpose so the rest of the team wouldn't cry favoritism xD
    just from hearing it i can tell he won an emmy that night.

  • @Jggpop1
    @Jggpop1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Perfect example of how you can beat the baddy without violence. That's what I'm trying to teach my kids when we play. There's usually more than one solution to a problem

  • @C_Bat
    @C_Bat 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    That quick plug of Mercer, *unzips jeans* ..... here we fucking go again.