@@rolandking640 Don't worry, that's not hypocrisy. It's only a hypocrisy if he said, no one should use minis because they are too expensive. It is resisting one addiction in favor of another, however. I myself love minis and resist mountains of dice. Although i still have more dice than I probably need. I don't have too many minis yet. I say as the unpainted metal and plastic hordes glare at me from the shelf. as well as the storage drawer beneath the shelf.
You can get 10 lbs of dice for 25$ (more than enough to dm and supply all your players with a set) sure the phbs run you about 30 bucks a pop, so 7 is excessive, but 2 or 3 for your table is not crazy. But figurines rack up WAY QUICK. There are over 150 monsters in the monster manual. And for many of those monsters you'll need them in at least 2 if not 4. Sure you can reuse those 100 skeletons you bought in bulk for 20 bucks, but at what point are they really better than numbered tokens? Vs using something to print paper standees. (www.brackcarmony.com/standee/) Sure it might take a bit of time to find images of the monsters you want to use, but really how many places sell Slaad figurines? Ot flumphs, or mouthing gibbers. www.amazon.com/Chessex-001LBCHX-Pound-O-Dice/dp/B008C0KXYS/ref=asc_df_B008C0KXYS/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312075873063&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=1341308936634961261&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9029855&hvtargid=pla-432490324486&psc=1
Positioning in Call of Cthulhu.... GM: Okay...remind me, where is your character looking right now? Player: At the wall! Really close! And COMPLETELY unable to see anything which might twist his mind until it shatters into tiny pieces!
in a game that kinda(horribly) mixed 5e and Call of Cthulu, my pc actual screamed something like this haha, she was so done with everything.... everything... started an uptight paladin ended a murderous mega evil warlock.... yea good times...
Gm: "As you look at the wall you hear something large move directly behind you. You hear a low growling breath almost like a bear snoring but very wet. It's hot breath is making the back of your neck moist and slimy and it smells of rotton meat. You close your eyes tightly shut as something like a tipped 2 inch thick wet drooling rope scrapes the back of your neck, flowing over your shoulder, up your chin, pressing firmly past your lips, past your nose and against your left closed eye lid. It forces it's way past your closed eye lid and licks your eye ball with the corrosiveness of wet sand, bringing excruciating pain . Then slides back the wah it came. You realize it was horric creature's tongue...Roll for sanity."
There are three types of people with dice: "I just borrow my friends dice (at first and then maybe after awhile of playing i'll get a single set)" "I have three sets of dice that i use for every situation" "Shiny math rock go clack clack *M U S T H A V E A L L "*
Once someone has a few sets I can't imagine why they would buy any that don't look spectacular. Like sure, reflective gold colored with silver flecks in it? Buy that. But you don't need to even consider those dull blue 20 sided over there. I can see how those "4 sided in the shape of 8 sided" caught his attention though. I'm just surprised he didn't say anything about "these aren't as dangerous to step on". I knew one player who always called the pyramid 4 sided dice "caltrops".
Wild Blunt Hickok but what if you lost all those other sets, like you were walking to the game and All the dice fell out of your pouch and into a storm drain, you could have that faded blue set as back up. Better load up on a few more just in case
@@donaldhanning1359 how many Crown Royal bags can YOU fill? (Great product: best dice bags on the market AND they include free liquor, if you're into that sort of thing. I prefer Guinness or Blue Moon myself. Or a good wine.)
Awesome Orange (it's a all purpose degreaser and spot remover) and a (off brand) magic eraser sponge. Spray leave on for a minute and then use magic eraser it will come out no problem.
Yup. That's the real last resort cleaner. It either works or works too well and destroys what your cleaning. Only shit I've found that can get super glue off glass.
@@snesguy9176 How do you get super glue on... Nevermind I've installed rear view mirrors before and super glue became a real option the third time I used the mirror adhesive on the windscreen.
@@SerialElfYT Actually the first (of three so far) time it happened it was a friend fixing his glasses got some on the lens. Chemical was the only option since you don't exactly want to take a razor or abrasive to them. Tried everything we had before saying screw it and got out the brake clean
@@snesguy9176 I had an old pair of glasses that got busted and we accidentally got some super glue on the lense. We couldn't get it off. If only I knew that Brake Clean would've worked... That wouldn't have saved them anyway because they were so busted lololol. But hey it would've been good to know.
if you use a wet erase marker on top of the dry erase marker's marks then clean it up it most of the time comes clean. Its what worked for us for awhile.
It's actually because the dry erase fibers bond much more strongly to each other than to the surface (ensures nice cohesive lines when writing with them). So when you draw with the fresh "ink", the fibers pull into the old "ink", so when you erase the new ink, the old ink gets pulled out too. Really old dry erase, though, does pretty much become permanent because time is a bonding factor too 😢
@@Jesse__H it's called OCPD. the difference between it and OCD is the level that disorder bothers you. "i like things just so" = OCPD. "IF THINGS AREN'T EXACTLY RIGHT I'M GOING TO DIE!!!" = OCD
Sounds like a monthly give away of your “extra” dice/“extra” hand books/manuals could be a thing. (Maybe even get sponsored by a dice company for a future video since you are a dragon.)
Signed of course. Yeah that was my first thought for the players handbooks. Sign them and give them away to viewers. He's only got a few to get rid of after all. I imagine the shipping cost would be a bit high for something so heavy though.
"There is no such thing as extra dice."- The guy who bought 101 dice in a lightsaber motif tube for the hell of it and now has more dice than miniatures.
Dude, just sign these books, put in a drawing and roll some dice over who of your community gets it. That would be like... the ultimate puffin rng game or something.
puffin the magic dragon, lives by the sea and filles his bags with shiny dice in a land called So-Cal-i and all of youtube loved that rascal puff and watched him let his players get away with stupid stuff!
I have to have different dice for different characters or npcs, like I have 7 sets pf metal dice and 30 of plastic, even 3 of the basic black with white numbers that I use specifically as loaners because they seem so classic and nostalgic
I'm a dragon too, during one session I was at I lost one of my dice to a dark blue carpet, I happen to lose a dark blue die. Never to be seen again, it somewhat stresses me that I don't have a complete set of that colour.
I played an other TRPG where I used like 30d6 with several meanings. At one point I got like 80 of them in sets of different colors because I was annoyed. Most of them are little ones though.
Human brain: no bad, you dont need anymore dice. Goblin brain: nnnnggg, plastic gems shiny~ pretty~ make the click clack sound. Dragon brain; ALL THE DICE ARE MIIIINNE~ HISSSSSS
Nice to know I'm not the only one who thinks he intentionally modeled himself after Cartman. I know his name is Ben but I keep wanting to call him Eric instead :-)
Puffin Forest: "I'm a dm what if I need to roll 30 d6s?" Me: *coughs* Uhm. Having a divine spark gives an ability where the player/npc can kamikaze themselves turning themselves into a 1mile (Radius, or diameter I forgot. All I know is that it was 1 mile) explosion, instantly killing themselves and dealing THREE HUNDRED (300) D-4 (300d4) DAMAGE!
there are a quiet a few tiers of dice hoarders: 0: sets non dice user or just poor 1-3: the normal person 4-7: the friendly dice giver 8-15: dice goblin 16-30: young dice dragon 31-75: adult dice dragon 76+: an ultimate dice hoarding maniac
The dragons... Laura Bailey struggling to lift up her gigantic bag of dice only to put the unworthy in the dice jail because they can't roll worth a crap
So something I like to do instead of using minis is using Lego Minifigures. They're a lot cheaper, very customizable, and honestly they work very well on a gridboard as they don't take up a lot of space, grab a few trees, design a few enemies, and snag some of those snazzy treasure chests and you can run basically anything. Building dragons, Giants, and other big creatures works well with Bionicles. That's just my 2 cents
@@DrBloodbathMC LOTR has a baby with Bladerunner. You have skill ratings that equal dicepools. 6 ranks of unarmed and 8 agility? That means you roll 16 dice to punch something. Shadowrun needs a lot of dice.
@@jamesward8991 Similar system with world of darkness games, only with D10s, i mostly Dm world of darkness games because since i lost my D8 on my standard dice set i get ocded when i pull them out (mostly emotional since i won that on a dnd tournament when i was literally new to the game), so i have my set of 10 D10s and with the most experienced charactes they're Not enough
Dragonman0007 definitely by sets if they were able to notice one dice was missing... I do this to my dice... sitting across from the dm... with like 12 sets of dice all neatly organized and all of them with maximum number face up... and then the person sitting next to me keeps turning one of them to a different number just to annoy me... but anywho, any set with missing dice goes into my injured dice box... which is more like a mass grave unless I happen to come across the missing die and am able to resurrect the set.
@@noahjacoby-twigg6488 As a 5th edition imperial player I still laugh about your orc shooting phase. 50 soldiers firing thrice for a single standard unit meant a lot of dice
I only used brake cleaner on disks or rotors. If I had a car part that needed cleaning, it was Diesel. Mostly because it worked, and mostly because I drove a lot of things that used diesel.
Fun fact, dry erase markers can erase dry erase, AND permanent markers on surface level boards and mats. Just draw over the line and immediately wipe up. Also, did you say EXTRA HANDBOOKS?!
Fox LovesYou : That’s what I came to say as well. We JUST had to do that a few sessions ago, as someone just grabbed some pens at the house where we play, and didn’t notice they were Sharpies. After years of people doing this with whiteboards at work, I thought the trick would work for the mat as well, and it was all good again!
You could do a giveaway for those PHB's. They can be a bit pricey on a tight budget, and I'm sure a lot of us, myself included, would like to have a physical copy instead of relying on PDF files.
As an owner of both, I find pdfs much easier and faster to reference stuff with. The glossaries in most 5e books are atrociously bad, so a quick ctrl-f beats it by miles.
@@tahunuva4254 yes but it is easier to use the phb anywhere, without having to drag around a laptop with you. You can quickly look down at it and reference it without slowing down the game. plus if you are using a computer, than it is so much easier to use the phb than to switch back and forth between different tabs.
I am also a dice dragon. I actually have a standing rule at my table that says “ you may borrow any of my sets you like but if you loose even one die I burn your character sheet” and yes I’ve had to enforce this rule a few time.
Dice are so hypnotically fascinating. I love combing through the internet for all the different ones available out there. I can spend hours just looking at the different kinds! I'd have never guessed I'd get so obsessed over them, but, here I am.
Wet erase markers work very well on the chessex mat. Once it's time to erase, just get a wet paper towel, which will easily transfer all the ink from the mat to your fingers. Presto! Clean mat! (Hides hands behind back.)
Everyone is asking for one, so you should actually do a giveaway for those player's handbooks you're trying to get rid of :) I know I sure need one lol.
The first time I watched a video from Puffin Forest that was live, I kept catching myself imagining Ben as a cartoon while he spoke. After watching several videos in a row that actually show him rather than being animated, I'm now superimposing Ben's face over the cartoon. I just... I don't even know what's real anymore. Also, I am a dice dragon. Over two dozen matched sets, and counting (plus a bunch of extra D6 and several fistfulls of random dice from a bulk bucket). So many pretty dice.
I’ve also seen gun solvent (Hoppes #9, the *solvent*, not the oil) work for taking off marker - a bottle got overturned by accident onto a stained map, and the resulting wipe-down left it looking much cleaner.
Puffin, I just had my first ever D&D session. I wasn't sure if I should join in, but your videos got me really interested and I had a great time. So thanks!
Hey ben, awesome video, love your channel You inspired me so much with your stories that i'm already starting my onw kkkk I GM a campaing of CoC and DnD for my friends, thanks for showing that not only being a player is fun
There are A LOT of easy ways to play. Theirs a Subreddit called r/lfg that you can use to find a group. It’s usually beginner friendly and I’ve used it and made some really good friends
I recommend finding a group with a good amount of freetime that also doesn't create like 5 different games at once, because all of them end up getting cancelled and then new ones pop up. (Had to play in like 7 different campaigns so far)
Yeah... I've made that mistake with my mat. Then my friend's wife recommended that I try Nail Polish remover. It worked!... At first. Then it not only went down to the white layer beneath, but also any spalsh that I didn't wipe started erasing the grid. Ugh... My friend's wife felt bad about it, so she bought me a new one that was laminated.
Dice that look nice must be had. Dice that scream a character must be had. Set rolls bad? Guess I need more. Different colours to what I have loads of? Welp, into the cart you go.
James Avery my old dm was like that for goblins he’d have nasty green dice that rolled really well. We could steam roll the big bads but goblins we’d have someone almost die every time Bc of those dice.
I'm just going to drop this off here, since I don't have the resources or inclination to do anything more with it: th-cam.com/video/VXRwMAGDIIM/w-d-xo.html
OOOOooooOOooh Hello there! Abserd was on vacation on another plane and now he is baaaack! I thought that Abserd would finaly be coming back to the videos because Abserd is soooo powerful but you fooled me again! YOU WANT TO BRING THE EVIL AND ONLY THAT! (Also you can't stop reading this in my voice hehehehehehehe)
I only use a set number of dice. One is a set that I actually didn't really mean to order, but it was all metal dice and they make a lot of heavy noises when I roll them, so I'm happy. The rest are just a random assortment, but my all time favorites are these two D6's I got when I took a trip to Alaska. I love them so much because they're made of jade and they are awesome
I just started playing d&d and might have become a little too obsessed with it. It’s honestly the most fun thing I’ve ever done and now I need to get the players hand book asap so I can learn how to gm a session and I blame all your videos for making me want to become a gm 🙃
There should be a support group for dice dragons. I can see it. "I'm (nsme) and I'm a dice dragon." And I am a dice dragon because I recently bought three pounds of cheesex dice for mainly no reason.
On the most recent session I ran there was a magic mirror that would (falsely) predict what sort of creature would kill whoever looked at the mirror. When the PC stepped in front of the mirror, I opened the Monster Manual to a random page... and opened it to the Intellect Devourer.
You think Champions requires a lot of d6 dice? My friend, have you heard of a little game called Shadowrun? I have THREE 36 dice chessex d6 cubes, and that might not be enough.
If you need to get rid of the handbooks, I'm in need on one Haha. First time playing and 3rd session is next week, can't wait:3 Watching your videos keeps getting me more hyped for each session!
Sounds like what puffins dad handed em was break parts cleaner. It's a very powerful chemical and would totally chew through that. Also great for killing centipedes as a fun fact, much quicker than poison.
"Figurines are too expensive," he says, before telling us about his 7 phb's, unused modules, and endless font of dice.
Wow. I didn't even catch the hypocrisy. I'm like this but with food. Too expensive! I have to order a new set of dice because it's Tuesday!
That’s them TH-cam moneys
Yar har har
@@rolandking640 Don't worry, that's not hypocrisy. It's only a hypocrisy if he said, no one should use minis because they are too expensive. It is resisting one addiction in favor of another, however.
I myself love minis and resist mountains of dice. Although i still have more dice than I probably need. I don't have too many minis yet. I say as the unpainted metal and plastic hordes glare at me from the shelf. as well as the storage drawer beneath the shelf.
You can get 10 lbs of dice for 25$ (more than enough to dm and supply all your players with a set) sure the phbs run you about 30 bucks a pop, so 7 is excessive, but 2 or 3 for your table is not crazy. But figurines rack up WAY QUICK. There are over 150 monsters in the monster manual. And for many of those monsters you'll need them in at least 2 if not 4. Sure you can reuse those 100 skeletons you bought in bulk for 20 bucks, but at what point are they really better than numbered tokens?
Vs using something to print paper standees. (www.brackcarmony.com/standee/) Sure it might take a bit of time to find images of the monsters you want to use, but really how many places sell Slaad figurines? Ot flumphs, or mouthing gibbers.
www.amazon.com/Chessex-001LBCHX-Pound-O-Dice/dp/B008C0KXYS/ref=asc_df_B008C0KXYS/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312075873063&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=1341308936634961261&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9029855&hvtargid=pla-432490324486&psc=1
Ben is the definition of a dice goblin.
"The shiny math rocks make the click clack noise.
Needs the more. All the more."
No he's beyond a dice goblin you heard the man he is a dice DRAGON
@@nathanielb.2561 no he worse a dice gob dragon
So am I trust me. Theres over 200 dice at a freind of mines and 8 sets of them are mine. Edit did some math have literally 24 d6s apparently
@@shadowgear7032 hey I'm more of an exotic dice collector ever seen a 3 sided dice though fairly useless usually
@@braxtonsmith2406 in the big box of extra dice theres a d24 and d30. I dont know how they got there to be honest
"Learning how to run D&D from the rule book is like learning how to write from the dictionary."
-Puffin Forest
Positioning in Call of Cthulhu....
GM: Okay...remind me, where is your character looking right now?
Player: At the wall! Really close! And COMPLETELY unable to see anything which might twist his mind until it shatters into tiny pieces!
in a game that kinda(horribly) mixed 5e and Call of Cthulu, my pc actual screamed something like this haha, she was so done with everything.... everything... started an uptight paladin ended a murderous mega evil warlock.... yea good times...
Gm: "As you look at the wall you hear something large move directly behind you. You hear a low growling breath almost like a bear snoring but very wet. It's hot breath is making the back of your neck moist and slimy and it smells of rotton meat. You close your eyes tightly shut as something like a tipped 2 inch thick wet drooling rope scrapes the back of your neck, flowing over your shoulder, up your chin, pressing firmly past your lips, past your nose and against your left closed eye lid. It forces it's way past your closed eye lid and licks your eye ball with the corrosiveness of wet sand, bringing excruciating pain . Then slides back the wah it came. You realize it was horric creature's tongue...Roll for sanity."
Player: Complains about a missing die in a bag full of dice.
"I waaaaarned you"....
"You did this to yourself!"
Love your profile pic
I keep mine in a padded fishing tacklebox. Hard to lose THAT. Also, yes, I have enough dice to need that.
Puffin: "I'm a dragon."
Me: "I'm a goblin. Shiny plastic gems, roll and make the click clack sounds."
Laser Samurai I’m a scavenger, I have never bought a set, but instead collect abandoned dice on the floors of game shops
@@creedofthemachine9903 Lol that's good
Creed Of The Machine maybe you can help me find a die I lost in my dorm hall carpet lol
I’m a Kobold
@@15098D What do kobolds do?
I love the "It erased the mat... but the dungeon was still there" bit.
It gets better when you know that PuffinForest is an actual chemist.
maps are temporary.. dungeons are eternal
There are three types of people with dice:
"I just borrow my friends dice (at first and then maybe after awhile of playing i'll get a single set)"
"I have three sets of dice that i use for every situation"
"Shiny math rock go clack clack *M U S T H A V E A L L "*
Once someone has a few sets I can't imagine why they would buy any that don't look spectacular. Like sure, reflective gold colored with silver flecks in it? Buy that. But you don't need to even consider those dull blue 20 sided over there. I can see how those "4 sided in the shape of 8 sided" caught his attention though. I'm just surprised he didn't say anything about "these aren't as dangerous to step on". I knew one player who always called the pyramid 4 sided dice "caltrops".
Shiny math rock go clack clack!
Wild Blunt Hickok but what if you lost all those other sets, like you were walking to the game and All the dice fell out of your pouch and into a storm drain, you could have that faded blue set as back up. Better load up on a few more just in case
im number three. i wish i could upload my picture. i have a problem of Laura Bailey proportions
@@donaldhanning1359 how many Crown Royal bags can YOU fill? (Great product: best dice bags on the market AND they include free liquor, if you're into that sort of thing. I prefer Guinness or Blue Moon myself. Or a good wine.)
"Not yet... You haven't tried... *everything*"
Your father is the perfect clue-giver NPC.
Albe Van Hanoy When you run out of ideas, dads are the ultimate solution
put that in a more menacing tone and you have yourself a backstory for a warlock or necromancer.
You should sign the Player Handbooks and give them away in a giveaway
O N M Y W A Y T O S T E A L Y O U R M E M E So would so get in that!!!!
He should write his own handbook
I'd buy the Puffin's handbook. We can even call it phb2
That would rule!
Yeah, with a Dry Erase Pen!
DICE GOBLINS NEED SHINY MATHROCKS!
They make the clickety-clackety soundses.
6:13 Honestly, I find it weird that some people see scattered dice and *don't* want to sort them.
And then stack.
"Learning how to run D&D from the rules book is like learning how to write from a dictionary."
Wow that's... pretty much a perfect comparison.
So I wrote "WET ERASE ONLY" and "DO NOT USE DRY ERASE" on my mats...
In dry erase.
At least you know no one will accidentally wipe it off!
Writing the warning in dry erase makes sense... So long as you don't put it in the middle
I like your moxie. Ain't afraid of no ghost.
Awesome Orange (it's a all purpose degreaser and spot remover) and a (off brand) magic eraser sponge. Spray leave on for a minute and then use magic eraser it will come out no problem.
“ we use these on cars it’ll get the job done”
Me: it’s brake clean
“It worked! To well....”
Me: yup sounds like brake clean
I assumed paint stripper...But I've never tried that on a map...
Yup. That's the real last resort cleaner. It either works or works too well and destroys what your cleaning. Only shit I've found that can get super glue off glass.
@@snesguy9176 How do you get super glue on... Nevermind I've installed rear view mirrors before and super glue became a real option the third time I used the mirror adhesive on the windscreen.
@@SerialElfYT Actually the first (of three so far) time it happened it was a friend fixing his glasses got some on the lens. Chemical was the only option since you don't exactly want to take a razor or abrasive to them. Tried everything we had before saying screw it and got out the brake clean
@@snesguy9176 I had an old pair of glasses that got busted and we accidentally got some super glue on the lense. We couldn't get it off. If only I knew that Brake Clean would've worked... That wouldn't have saved them anyway because they were so busted lololol. But hey it would've been good to know.
"This'll get the Job Done."
*Burns a hole through the mat*
Burns a hole through the mat
Still doesn't get rid of the dungeon
Puffin Forest 2019: "I wish I was more of a fire hazard!"
ALSO Puffin Forest 2019: "I'm a dragon!"
You're getting closer buddy. :D
Lol
more closer to a caltrap hazard if any sharp dice goes missing on the floor
ben: figurines are too expensive
Also Ben: LETS BUY 7 PHBS!
Yep
And 700 dice...
I mean, figurines are kinda situational, whilst dice and rulebooks are practically universal.
@@Lady_in_Yearning Yeah totaly. I need my 40 green/gold d10 regularly....all of them...honest. :)
PHBs are so overpriced... Just get a D&D reference app
Me: I need a phb really bad but there like $30
Puffin: I have 7
same XD
Man
They cost like $40 in Brazil
@@olavos.893 oof
@@jackyboy469 oof indeed
40 bucks for them would be great. They're around 60 in Sweden. It's nuts.
Dice Goblins: “The shiny math rocks go clickity clack, and must have them all!” Yeah, I’m a dice goblin lol
Gobllin like dice
Shiny plastic gems
Make the clic-clac sound
I was wondering if anyone would quote that
Lol yes, somebody quoted it :D
Math rocks
@@Sky-mh1vh it is from a DnD meme.
Sign the books! Have a give-away!(Also draw in em :D )
This is a fantastic idea! up-voted!
Definitely!!
Yes!!!!!
i'd buy one.
I had the same thought, that would be a great idea... except I want one, so give one to me and then give the rest away in a give-away. :p
if you use a wet erase marker on top of the dry erase marker's marks then clean it up it most of the time comes clean. Its what worked for us for awhile.
Isn't that because wet erase has rubbing alcohol in it?
It's actually because the dry erase fibers bond much more strongly to each other than to the surface (ensures nice cohesive lines when writing with them). So when you draw with the fresh "ink", the fibers pull into the old "ink", so when you erase the new ink, the old ink gets pulled out too.
Really old dry erase, though, does pretty much become permanent because time is a bonding factor too 😢
*has an unexplainable urge to collect more dice and doesn't want to share*
yep, dragon is a very fitting description.
The dice-organizing guy is my spirit animal.
I definitely know one of them from my table.
@@tinkerer3399 Me too! His name is me, and he likes things _just so._ 😊🤷♂️
@@Jesse__H i would ...lose... a die from each color set. _just for you_
@@Jesse__H it's called OCPD. the difference between it and OCD is the level that disorder bothers you. "i like things just so" = OCPD. "IF THINGS AREN'T EXACTLY RIGHT I'M GOING TO DIE!!!" = OCD
same. I thought puffin was my friend aslan but then I realized he doesn't have 50 phbs so yeah.
Shiny math rocks make click clack sound must have more
I typically hear it called Dice Goblins but yes for the shiny math rocks. They go click clack.
Red rock , shiny rock, Amythest rock mahahaha
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Sounds like a monthly give away of your “extra” dice/“extra” hand books/manuals could be a thing.
(Maybe even get sponsored by a dice company for a future video since you are a dragon.)
Signed of course. Yeah that was my first thought for the players handbooks. Sign them and give them away to viewers. He's only got a few to get rid of after all. I imagine the shipping cost would be a bit high for something so heavy though.
"There is no such thing as extra dice."- The guy who bought 101 dice in a lightsaber motif tube for the hell of it and now has more dice than miniatures.
To take dry erase marker off a chessex mat, get a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. It will take ink off even after days.
We use those to clean aircraft. They work up until they disintegrate in your hands.
Dude, just sign these books, put in a drawing and roll some dice over who of your community gets it. That would be like... the ultimate puffin rng game or something.
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Yeah just assign all 634,000 subscribers a number in alphabetical order and roll 7d634,000
Yeah, this suggestion just doesn't really work
@@iiTzSeb it does work quiet well if you use multiple d100+d20, also, he has the required amount of dice to do it your way xD
123rd like, 123! 🤣 I don’t know why I find this so funny
This takes a minute or two, but does the job: rolladie.net
"I will not part with a single die! Not one d4!" - -Smaug- Puffin the Dragon
puffin the magic dragon, lives by the sea
and filles his bags with shiny dice in a land called So-Cal-i
and all of youtube loved that rascal puff
and watched him let his players get away with stupid stuff!
"not one one 4 sided die" you sure?
"But I will hand out 7 player manuals for free because I'm such a super awesome person ^^"
"Since then I remembered what pens to use" .... anndddd.....what pens were those?
Yeah, that's exactly where I am.
@@MykDowling Wet erase pens! :)
Asking the Real questions here
Wet Erase!
Yes
I was actually about to start drawing tonight's map on my new Chessex mat. In dry erase. Thank you, Ben.
“I’m a dragon”
- Puffin Forest 2019
Btw, awesome video. :)
me too, i have 15 sets of dice
I have to have different dice for different characters or npcs, like I have 7 sets pf metal dice and 30 of plastic, even 3 of the basic black with white numbers that I use specifically as loaners because they seem so classic and nostalgic
I'm a goblin. "Shiny math rocks go click clack."
Every new campaign i start either Dming or PC, i have to get a new set of dice.
I'm a dragon too, during one session I was at I lost one of my dice to a dark blue carpet, I happen to lose a dark blue die. Never to be seen again, it somewhat stresses me that I don't have a complete set of that colour.
5:12 If you cast *Meteor Swarm* you would need to roll 40d6, so it is actually reasonable in that context and that context alone.
Yep this is actually close to something that happened to me once
I played an other TRPG where I used like 30d6 with several meanings. At one point I got like 80 of them in sets of different colors because I was annoyed. Most of them are little ones though.
Double the dice rolled on a Crit meteor swarm and have hex up.
@@pyromaniac9422 wait meteor swarm can crit?
@@alchemicalvapour8950 if the enemy Crit fails the save in 5e but that homebrew.in pathfinder and 3rd edition it's possible but much less damage
Human brain: no bad, you dont need anymore dice.
Goblin brain: nnnnggg, plastic gems shiny~ pretty~ make the click clack sound.
Dragon brain; ALL THE DICE ARE MIIIINNE~ HISSSSSS
If I ever meet Bens dad, I'll be sorely disappointed if hes not wearing a top hat, monocle, and orange Dickies work shirt.
xP
"so yeah, I have 7 copies of the PHB"
you know what that means? PHB giveaway contest at the next con! (after getting permission)
I am inordinately amused whenever PF says "You're really cewl" in his... I wanna say Cartman voice?
You spelling it wrong bro it's Kewl
Nice to know I'm not the only one who thinks he intentionally modeled himself after Cartman. I know his name is Ben but I keep wanting to call him Eric instead :-)
It's been said before, but I'll repeat this comment: We're in an alternate timeline where Cartman was a nerd and grew up to become Puffin Forrest.
@@rhettr4923 Ah, my mistake.
@@travisshallenberger9486 XD
Puffin Forest: "I'm a dm what if I need to roll 30 d6s?"
Me: *coughs* Uhm. Having a divine spark gives an ability where the player/npc can kamikaze themselves turning themselves into a 1mile (Radius, or diameter I forgot. All I know is that it was 1 mile) explosion, instantly killing themselves and dealing THREE HUNDRED (300) D-4 (300d4) DAMAGE!
just roll the one d6 we have for the table 30 times. We poor out here. we so poor some of pur players can't even afford to pay attention.
at that point, I would just take the average of 750 damage and call it a day.
there are a quiet a few tiers of dice hoarders:
0: sets non dice user or just poor
1-3: the normal person
4-7: the friendly dice giver
8-15: dice goblin
16-30: young dice dragon
31-75: adult dice dragon
76+: an ultimate dice hoarding maniac
I don't really have "sets" but I do have a literal tackle box full of dice.
Mr Son ah, I see, a dragon
The dragons... Laura Bailey struggling to lift up her gigantic bag of dice only to put the unworthy in the dice jail because they can't roll worth a crap
Naughty Dice go to jail, ok
To my knowledge that isn't even all her Dice, that is just her carrying bag of dice.
Mica Burton is also a dragon, apparently. Ashley's going there, soon.
Matt Mercer is definitely a dragon of miniatures too
Mercer mostly plans around his miniatures and used to even make his own. Though surprisingly he tends not to have too many on hand.
So something I like to do instead of using minis is using Lego Minifigures. They're a lot cheaper, very customizable, and honestly they work very well on a gridboard as they don't take up a lot of space, grab a few trees, design a few enemies, and snag some of those snazzy treasure chests and you can run basically anything. Building dragons, Giants, and other big creatures works well with Bionicles. That's just my 2 cents
If you're sitting on a horde of dice, and you don't play Shadowrun...
Well, that's just a terrible waste.
....You have my attention
@@DrBloodbathMC LOTR has a baby with Bladerunner. You have skill ratings that equal dicepools. 6 ranks of unarmed and 8 agility? That means you roll 16 dice to punch something.
Shadowrun needs a lot of dice.
@@jamesward8991 Ok...I will be looking into this system now
@@jamesward8991 Similar system with world of darkness games, only with D10s, i mostly Dm world of darkness games because since i lost my D8 on my standard dice set i get ocded when i pull them out (mostly emotional since i won that on a dnd tournament when i was literally new to the game), so i have my set of 10 D10s and with the most experienced charactes they're Not enough
If you have a cube of 36 tiny d6's, and you aren't playing Champions, it's a bigger waste.
“I’ll take a signed PHB!” All the Ben fans (including me)
Ko Ko ME TO
Yeah I need and would like one!
6:11
Ben: One of my players immediately sorted them.
Me: I would do that.
Ben: Why, *WHY*?
Me: I dunno.
I'd do that every time xD
paladins aren't made.
They are born. #LawfulGood
Me 2
In what way did the player sort them? By color? By shape? By roll type (d4, d8)? Grouping sets together?
Dragonman0007 definitely by sets if they were able to notice one dice was missing... I do this to my dice... sitting across from the dm... with like 12 sets of dice all neatly organized and all of them with maximum number face up... and then the person sitting next to me keeps turning one of them to a different number just to annoy me...
but anywho, any set with missing dice goes into my injured dice box... which is more like a mass grave unless I happen to come across the missing die and am able to resurrect the set.
That dry erase story makes me so glad I made triple sure what pens to use, considering before I bought my Chessex mat we used a dry erase whiteboard.
My group uses a standard pencil eraser for the dry erase marker on our chessex mat. Works every time.
"37 D6s" *laughs in wh40k Imperial Guard*
*laughs harder in ork shooting phase*
*laughs even harder in tyranid fight phase*
@@atomicbamboo2453 *dies of laughing in necron resurrection*
@@noahjacoby-twigg6488 As a 5th edition imperial player I still laugh about your orc shooting phase. 50 soldiers firing thrice for a single standard unit meant a lot of dice
Laughs in Tau overwatch
“Figurines are too expensive”
* Looks at 40k collection *
Sure dude, sure.
Send help I have no food
Warhammer puts EVERYTHING to shame. Even Battletech/Mechwarrior. And it's not just the figurines. It's the building and landscape pieces as well.
Also the Amount of d6 that you Roll
Could however be an excuse for bying more dice ^^
@@chaosschimaer Look I use a squadron of punishers, I need to be able to roll 120 dice all at once.
Eat the orcs
The emperor love and wrath will keep you fed .
Please do more of these, these kinds of videos are very fun and entertaining to watch
I like how he made his dad look like one of the characters at his games.
The second you said dry erase on a Chessex grid/mat, I had flash backs and knew where this was going. Also, your dad gave you brake cleaner.
Break cleaner. The good shit! When this stuff or gasoline stops working you have a problem :D
Yeah, I made the same mistake (the marker, I mean)
what marker are you suppose to use? (asking so I DON'T make this mistake)
@@talonisthedragon same thought. He didn't tell us the proper one :(
I only used brake cleaner on disks or rotors. If I had a car part that needed cleaning, it was Diesel. Mostly because it worked, and mostly because I drove a lot of things that used diesel.
Shiny Math rocks make click-clack sound. Needs the more. All the MOAR!
I just bought one of those mats and a full rainbow set of dry erase markers. You just saved me a mat!
Your videos are very calming. I love your storytelling
Fun fact, dry erase markers can erase dry erase, AND permanent markers on surface level boards and mats. Just draw over the line and immediately wipe up. Also, did you say EXTRA HANDBOOKS?!
Fox LovesYou : That’s what I came to say as well. We JUST had to do that a few sessions ago, as someone just grabbed some pens at the house where we play, and didn’t notice they were Sharpies. After years of people doing this with whiteboards at work, I thought the trick would work for the mat as well, and it was all good again!
You could do a giveaway for those PHB's. They can be a bit pricey on a tight budget, and I'm sure a lot of us, myself included, would like to have a physical copy instead of relying on PDF files.
Yeah, PDF kinda sucks for reference material, although and viewers worth using allow you to bookmark things.
As an owner of both, I find pdfs much easier and faster to reference stuff with. The glossaries in most 5e books are atrociously bad, so a quick ctrl-f beats it by miles.
I should of bought the phycial copy my kids would be drawn in more
@@spacemonster505 should *have
@@tahunuva4254 yes but it is easier to use the phb anywhere, without having to drag around a laptop with you. You can quickly look down at it and reference it without slowing down the game. plus if you are using a computer, than it is so much easier to use the phb than to switch back and forth between different tabs.
I am also a dice dragon. I actually have a standing rule at my table that says “ you may borrow any of my sets you like but if you loose even one die I burn your character sheet” and yes I’ve had to enforce this rule a few time.
Dice are so hypnotically fascinating. I love combing through the internet for all the different ones available out there. I can spend hours just looking at the different kinds! I'd have never guessed I'd get so obsessed over them, but, here I am.
Wait, what pen do I use? WHAT PEN DO I USE?!?!
Wet erase markers work very well on the chessex mat. Once it's time to erase, just get a wet paper towel, which will easily transfer all the ink from the mat to your fingers. Presto! Clean mat! (Hides hands behind back.)
I would be willing to buy one of those PHB from you. Preferably signed by you as well
I too might consider this
If signed I will buy extra PHB!
Ill buy one
Agreed, that would be cool.
I'll bite as well!
“Every dice needs a home!”
Great story fella. Also the animations still look like your style so kudos to the other two artists. Keep up the great work mate. Regards.
BUT YOU DIDN'T TELL US WHAT PEN TO USE! WHAT AM I GONNA DO NOW? ANSWER ME PUFFINS!
Wet erase markers on chessex mats I think
Wet erase markers
Everyone is asking for one, so you should actually do a giveaway for those player's handbooks you're trying to get rid of :) I know I sure need one lol.
Dry erase tiles are what I personally use for my dungeons and they’re my favorite piece of DMing equipment!
The first time I watched a video from Puffin Forest that was live, I kept catching myself imagining Ben as a cartoon while he spoke. After watching several videos in a row that actually show him rather than being animated, I'm now superimposing Ben's face over the cartoon.
I just... I don't even know what's real anymore.
Also, I am a dice dragon. Over two dozen matched sets, and counting (plus a bunch of extra D6 and several fistfulls of random dice from a bulk bucket). So many pretty dice.
Brake cleaner is not a thing you want to spray unknowingly.
XD I burst out laughing when seeing this. I understand now.
With good brake cleaner comes great responsibility.
Rubbing alcohol should remove most of dry erase ink from a chessex mat, Emphasis on most.
yeah Alcohol would be my first thought ngl
TY SO MUCH I thought it would be stuck forever
+1, some >99% isopropyl alcohol and if that didn't work, then pure acetone ... then a few side-steps like d-limonene and eventually chroloform, ...
I’ve also seen gun solvent (Hoppes #9, the *solvent*, not the oil) work for taking off marker - a bottle got overturned by accident onto a stained map, and the resulting wipe-down left it looking much cleaner.
That initiative system is so smart and simple it makes me want to cry.
Puffin, I just had my first ever D&D session. I wasn't sure if I should join in, but your videos got me really interested and I had a great time. So thanks!
I like your icon, by the way. ZOTE THE MIGHTY!
Oh wow! Those kids are lucky to have such a awsome gm who is willing and able to buy all of them handbooks.
"so I uh made this thing, i don't know if your going to like it"
*video is really good*
[Repeat for the next video]
Hey ben, awesome video, love your channel
You inspired me so much with your stories that i'm already starting my onw kkkk
I GM a campaing of CoC and DnD for my friends, thanks for showing that not only being a player is fun
You do good work man! Keep it up. These videos are awesome.
I'll take a PHB if you are really trying to get rid of them. Would you sign it for me? That would be pretty cool!
Keeew
@@robinthrush9672 i love the way he says *KEEEW* heh
Same lol.
*this is one of my favourite channels! Makes me wanna play D&D* 😊
Go do it!
There are A LOT of easy ways to play. Theirs a Subreddit called r/lfg that you can use to find a group. It’s usually beginner friendly and I’ve used it and made some really good friends
You should ask Ben for a PHB giveaway... I heard he has 7 of them... 😅
I recommend finding a group with a good amount of freetime that also doesn't create like 5 different games at once, because all of them end up getting cancelled and then new ones pop up. (Had to play in like 7 different campaigns so far)
Same. Wish I could find a group in my area
Yeah... I've made that mistake with my mat. Then my friend's wife recommended that I try Nail Polish remover. It worked!... At first. Then it not only went down to the white layer beneath, but also any spalsh that I didn't wipe started erasing the grid. Ugh... My friend's wife felt bad about it, so she bought me a new one that was laminated.
I said as much earlier, but I’m gonna say it again. I’m really enjoying the videos. And the more I watch the more I want to try it.
You: I dont really like collecting figures.
Also you: I NEED THESE DICE I'LL NEVER USE!!!
You can use the dice as figures.
@@MultiNonymous and then you keep getting more extra fancy dice, because, "oh, well this one is more representative of my character"
Puffin now has friends at the campfire even though it's animated I felt kinda sad that Ben was always just sitting by himself in the outro
Have yoiu ever sat alone at a campfire? It's not so bad.
Just bought a Chessex mat. Thanks for the advice!
That was a fun video! I liked the collab, it felt like there was more content here
I have a tendency to assign specific sets of dice to individual characters. That’s why I need more dice.
Same!
Dice that look nice must be had. Dice that scream a character must be had. Set rolls bad? Guess I need more. Different colours to what I have loads of? Welp, into the cart you go.
James Avery my old dm was like that for goblins he’d have nasty green dice that rolled really well. We could steam roll the big bads but goblins we’d have someone almost die every time Bc of those dice.
I'm just going to drop this off here, since I don't have the resources or inclination to do anything more with it: th-cam.com/video/VXRwMAGDIIM/w-d-xo.html
OOOOooooOOooh Hello there! Abserd was on vacation on another plane and now he is baaaack! I thought that Abserd would finaly be coming back to the videos because Abserd is soooo powerful but you fooled me again! YOU WANT TO BRING THE EVIL AND ONLY THAT! (Also you can't stop reading this in my voice hehehehehehehe)
There we go again...
Abserd hi myyy friennnnd
Oh.. abserd... You're back. Yay
Oh I hate you so much right now
I can hear this comment in my minddd
I only use a set number of dice. One is a set that I actually didn't really mean to order, but it was all metal dice and they make a lot of heavy noises when I roll them, so I'm happy. The rest are just a random assortment, but my all time favorites are these two D6's I got when I took a trip to Alaska. I love them so much because they're made of jade and they are awesome
When you got to the mat part, I was shouting NOOOOOOOO NOOOOOO from across the room!
I wish I was one of the kids you were giving a phb to I would've been like "mY sAvIoR"
Dice Dragon. So relatable, great vid. The collab works good for you!
I also love dice. My favourite is my rainbow set, ooo and my sparkly pink ones!
I just started playing d&d and might have become a little too obsessed with it. It’s honestly the most fun thing I’ve ever done and now I need to get the players hand book asap so I can learn how to gm a session and I blame all your videos for making me want to become a gm 🙃
Me: oh dry erase pens aren't good for those things?......... OH CRAP MY MAP!!!! *RUSHES TO MY CAR TOP TRY TO SAVE MY MAP*
Thanks puffin forest 👍
Depends on the map. Some of them use proper non-porous polymers.
In the ends, what kind of pens *should* be used on maps?
"Not a thing dry erase about that" :( I couldnt find the damn youtube clip twitter.com/friskyqotd/status/430380743202574336?lang=en
I was hoping that that wither he, or his father, would suggest nail polish remover. But then it was discovered that the ink ran deep.
Just draw over it in the correct marker, wait 30 seconds, and then erase it
Idk Puffin really pulls of the Super confident shy guy well, I LOVE IT!!!
I've always played D&D online in Roll20 so this was fun to watch and learn how others do it manually O:
There should be a support group for dice dragons. I can see it. "I'm (nsme) and I'm a dice dragon." And I am a dice dragon because I recently bought three pounds of cheesex dice for mainly no reason.
Me: Opens monster manual.
*opens random page*
Me: Well I'm making adventure about cloakers this time!
Hey DM, what's with the...
Ter---ask
I'm still waiting for the golden opportunity to play a grand adventure about catoblepas!
For me, that creature was the flumph the first time.
Second time, it was the bbeegb, and Slads and deamonds, vrs modrons and celestrials and the PCs.
On the most recent session I ran there was a magic mirror that would (falsely) predict what sort of creature would kill whoever looked at the mirror. When the PC stepped in front of the mirror, I opened the Monster Manual to a random page... and opened it to the Intellect Devourer.
"What if I need to roll, like, 37 d6's?"
Then you must be playing Champions.
You think Champions requires a lot of d6 dice? My friend, have you heard of a little game called Shadowrun? I have THREE 36 dice chessex d6 cubes, and that might not be enough.
*has flashbacks to Earthdawn*
*rocks back and forth in a corner*
😂🤣
If you need to get rid of the handbooks, I'm in need on one Haha. First time playing and 3rd session is next week, can't wait:3 Watching your videos keeps getting me more hyped for each session!
Sounds like what puffins dad handed em was break parts cleaner. It's a very powerful chemical and would totally chew through that.
Also great for killing centipedes as a fun fact, much quicker than poison.
Ohhh ohhh I’ll take a signed puffin forest handbook cause he’s really kool!!!
But really I totally would!