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People are too tied down to tropes and caricatures. Barbarians are braindead cockneys, paladins are manichean moral absolutists, and bards are as shallow and dirty as a Petri dish.
My current character in my group's run of Shattered Obelisk is a Ranger with a Criminal background. It's led to him being confused for a Rogue a couple of times, but all of us have had interesting class/background mixes before. It's fun to come up with a unique mix for an interesting backstory and personality. And not get stuck in cliches. X3
As someone who also has a barbarian with the noble background, I’m going to add my voice to the choir pointing out that if you think that can’t be done you’re lacking imagination for both barbarian and nobles
I think the definition of nobility is rather fluid. In a barbarian tribe, the chief's family or the most successful trader might be considered "nobility".
@@robertbryant4669 a noble could just be the biggest guy in the tribe, who they bring out to do negotiations because remarkably few people want to argue with the guy who blots out the sun when he steps up to talk with you. You get all the perks and reverence of the background without having any of the stereotypical blue blood cliches
Interesting (maybe) fact: healing magic does NOT in fact harm undead in base 5e rules! I only found this out when a player in one of my games brought it up. Of course being an old man of the RPG/Gaming scene I immediately added a house rule to effectively treat healing magic like it was in 3rd edition. You bet your ass casting heal on that vampire is going to ruin it's day!
Yeah I realized that wasn’t a thing at a certain point (I never really used healing magic to damage undead tho). I didn’t know that was a thing in 3rd edition tho! I think I imported that thought over from Final Fantasy games actually lol.
A lot of healing spells do ignore them, though! Source: I play a vampire healer who... routinely cannot self-heal. Because so many of his spells don't work on constructs or undead.
@@kamilee4123 In older editions it was positive energy, and positive energy damages undead while negative energy heals them and damages living creatures. In 5th its just healing. Final Fantasy actually took that from D&D funnily enough. The first FF game was heavily inspired by it. That's why you have things like Bahamut the dragon in it.
AITA for not healing Story. Fun Fact. A buddy of mine was in a game back in the early 90's where they were all playing 'Dead' characters in a Plane of Death. The only way to actually get rid of an enemy was to use healing magic to ultimately 'Resurrect' that enemy back into their original plane. Only game I have ever heard of where you literally heal people to 'kill' them.
Hey there. The Princess Barbarian story was mine, and you went looking in the comments I'll give you this extra little tidbit. Annie was short for Anarchist, which was what her character was and what she ideally wanted to be in real life. Thanks for the positive feedback on P.B.'s backstory. Means a lot, especially after her negative reception in the actual game.
Your character sounded like a cool concept so I hope you get the courage to use P.B. again in future. She can go for drinks with my own barbarian with the noble background!
PB is a great character concept that adds much needed depth and complexity to a class that most people characterize as simplistic. Annie either had some other axe to grind and chose 'rich girl' as an excuse or is simplistic herself while thinking she's intelligent. Considering Annie is an anarchist, my money is on simplistic. Either way, it would be a tragedy for the world of storytelling to lose PB over it.
My bro, my dude, my guy, my kindred, I LOVE hearing you gush about your other interests outside of DnD. Never apologize for talking about stuff you like... on your own dang channel.
As a DM with ADHD, let your players help you. Don't try to do everything on your own. I have three regular players and two, who join sporadically. One manages the schedule. Another hosts. It didn't work like that from the get go, they both basically offered to do it themselves when I shared, that these things are overwhelming to me. But I think, if I ever have a new group, I'll ask for this type of contribution right away. There's really no reason the DM has to do everything on top of preparing and running the sessions. My players are happy to have a DM. I am happy to run the game for them. Supporting me with organisational stuff is a win win situation.
One of my players helps a bunch in the game and maintains a 'last time on...' slideshow that has reached like 100megs. When they GM I offer to aid in things like tracking enemy turns, myself. It helps and makes sure the players are invested in *this* game
Someday someone is going to submit a horror story featuring like 10 campaigns that featured no session zeroes, and get immense glee from the crispy slaughter. (it might be me, I have a whole saga featuring a lot of campaigns with no session zeroes)
There are a lot of very nice and generous rich people out there... Even among those who were born rich. Hating on an entire group of people because of a loathsome minority is a bad thing.
@@ArcCaravan im pretty liberal and capitalist myself (by european standard that is, by US i might be on the left cause here in EU is arguiing ti not have free helthcare is relegated to few political extremists) but i can see why someone who dislike system would see being welthy as immoral. But correct answer to that is "well thats your opinion, dont be an asshole about it"
I just want to say, I have always wanted to play a character that's a Barbarian with the noble background. It just seems like such a silly, fun concept, and I had never heard of it before. Kinda feel bittersweet that someone else out there had the same idea.
@@byronsmothers8064 me personally I just liked the idea of this lumbering 9int Orc/Firbolg/Goliath dressing up all fancy and speaking with a formal attitude.
There are even multiple ways a barbarian with the noble background could work in terms of story. Lost as a child, raised by wolves, later found and reintegrated into the noble family? Too lazy to actually train technical fighting (or knowledge) skills, but making up for it with raw physical talent? Second- or third-born to a noble family where only the oldest inherits, reduced expectations leading to the freedom to grow up running around the wilderness surrounding the family's country estate (and comfortable in both the wilds and high society as a result)? (That last one would also be an obvious option for noble + ranger or noble + druid, depending on the character's inclinations.)
I had a noble barbarian character, who was a noble but born a tiefling due to a pact from her great great grandpa and Asmodeus, and is tapping into her unholy energies to transform as a Beast Barbarian. Her quest was to purify her family bloodline and not be a tiefling anymore, potentially becoming Zealot barb instead late game
Honestly the cleric story sounds so annoying to try and work around. "Oh I thought it'd be fun for them to have to distract my character in the future" so they have to work harder cause of u? I'm all for not wanting to murder every npc but go damn
Crispy really is always here, woke up at 3am once and sure i saw him duck behind my chair, I figured for my own safety it was best to ignore and praise the alcrispy
My last character was a bit like the last one in the fact that he came off as a standard brutish half-orc barbarian that spoke broken common. Later on they find out he is a literal prince of the orcs on the continent. It was a fun reveal that everyone went crazy over. Especially when I revealed that he speaks broken common because he barely spoke it when the party met. He’s been learning as time went on and had been mostly guessing what everyone was saying. The kicker was that while he spoke poor common he sounded almost shakespearean in orcish. It became a running gag that orcish was the romance language of the lands. That all the best romance stories were filled with sexy orcish lovers who seduced with pretty foreign words like kizmaazz and zukkonmanuts.
I literally play as an Aasimar Barbarian path of the Berserker with a Noble background. He's full of himself, egotistic, manipulative, strives for perfection in all the aspects of his life, mostly himself, he's envious of everyone around him, but reeaaaally deep, has a good heart, he's just traumatized, doesn't know any better. The fact that he has all these negative qualities hasn't made it difficult to include him in the group, he's good with children since he's a religious figure and helps out around orphanages a lot, literally saved and adopted a kid with the party's elven druid-… He can be caring, he's always tanking and protecting the group as much as he can, even if that means putting his life at risk. He's starting to learn what friendship is, that he doesn't have to be the strongest, most attractive, the richest, he doesn't have to be perfect to deserve respect, to deserve to live-… And of course, he still has a lot to process, but it's a beginning. This noble barbarian is literally having such a deep redemption arc, trying to avoid a horrible fate that'll catch up to him if he does not correct his ways... But actually starting to *enjoy* being a better person-… No, he's not evil, he's a true neutral, he'll do whatever benefits him, for better or for worst. He's one of my favourite pcs till the moment, easily top 3, the dynamic is so interesting, no-one would expect a noble man with such a good reputation like him to have anger problems, such a nasty attitude and to literally fight out of pure rage. He will enter a rage if he breaks a nail or you damage his eccentric clothes tho-… So much potential, guys, try it out. Noble Barbarians.
Never apologize for gushing about Destiny! I discovered that a friend of mine is a huge Destiny fan (apparently he’d been playing since late middle/early high school) and now, because of your videos, I can actually talk to him about it, just a bit!
Fun fact: in aristocratic Poland you had group known as "Szlachta Zagrodowa" (Pen/Farm Aristocracy) they were real aristocrats but they lived like peasents as they were mostly last child or lost their fortune so somebody who didn't have almost anything expencive maybe besides a saber in many casses. They almost looked like peasents, they lived like peasents but they were full fledged aristocrats that could vote. You may ask why? There are 2 reasons if you were born as aeictocrat you couldn't not being one and every szlachcic was equal.
In medieval England that was known as "landless knight" - sometimes (if they were disowned by their family) called "desdichado", which is basically "disappointment" in Latin. Interestingly, this eventually became a social class of its own in later centuries, with nobles living on the poverty line or below it in the 18th-19th century.
The amazing part about the last story is that I actually created a female high elf barbarian that was a noble. She was kidnapped as a child and at some point during her rescue, she ended up getting hit in the head and got brain damage, but no one realized it during the event. As a result, she would be prone to fits of rage when angered, and was no longer able to maintain facades like normal high society does. Led to believe she was cursed, she was sent away from her family to find a cure. They offered to help her in various ways from the shadows with the help of a signet ring, but in return, she had to disavow her family name and couldn't visit certain noble families for aid more than once. Now I can't wait to play her!😈
A Persona RPG that balances the social gameplay and drama along with dungeon crawling like the video games sounds AWESOME! If I wasn't neck deep in about three different projects myself I would make/play that.
Suggestion for anxious DM: consider reading over a module for fun, and see if it inspires you to want to run it. Then try to run and see if being DM is the problem or if it's just the prep. Prepping for the first time is hard, let the module do the work and see if you like running the game or if that is less fun for you. If you like it, you can run more premade stuff until you get a feel for what kind of prep you want to do and then branch out into your own stuff.
On the topic of the dungeon master story, I relate so hard. I've tried a couple of times to DM, but... it's just not for me? I hate the feeling of having homework, it makes me feel nervous and that I can't relax. So even though I do have many fun ideas in my head, I just can't get them down on paper. Which is why I've never run anything longer than a one shot or two. I can't even imagine that work that goes into a full campaign. I have even tried pre-made books, but my ADHD just makes sitting there, reading the books such a chore.
What's funny is that I kind of did the same thing on purpose and ended up the exact opposite like I made a barbarian with a noble background specifically because not because I wanted to subvert the noble background but because I wanted to subvert the barbarian So she's like a tall kind of toned glamorous woman you can also just get furious at times
It CAN work, really depends on the motive as to why they are travelling with the group. Any character can be: * From a Noble House that became destitute or outright destroyed by war and assets seized by the victor or by brigands, or seeking revenge against the ones who ruined the household as the motive for the journey * From a Noble House but cannot access wealth due to them leaving (Being Cast out or leaving of their own accord) A character with wealth can use their finances as a plot device later on if there is a tough situation involving large sums of coin. (Buying a plot token/ship/army/etc) if the DM permits access to and is willing to allow the backstory to slide.
The DMing is not for me story... that is 100% a struggle with ADHD, so if you suspect you have it, that may very well be true. The description of what happens is 1 for 1 what most ADHD creatives suffer, myself included as a writer and artist. I promise it's not a death sentence for DMing!! Listen to Ginny D! Look into ways to cope with ADHD attention management. Look into a diagnosis and try medication, becauset let me tell you- It can be LIFE CHANGING. I didn't get proper treatment for my ADHD until I was 35, even though I had a full diagnosis since I was in elementary school. Having medication has changed a lot about how I interact with my creativity as well as day to day life. It isn't a cure all, but it sure as hell can give you a leg up when you need it to help focus your mind. Especially on the things you love and WANT to do, but struggle to.
So much good stuff in this episode! The DMing is Not For Me story hit home. I still love DMing, but my years-long Ravnica campaign fell apart due to interpersonal drama, and my 4e campaign barely got off the ground before the group broke up. Looking to finally get back to it soon with Pathfinder 2e Remaster, and hope to find my groove again. 💜
@@thundergod9696 Gist of it because I don't remember all the details. OP makes a character that wears colorful clothes and likes to spread happiness (and is also not a tiefling) DM hears this, and makes all NPCs call their character the "gay tiefling" as a putdown or something
Evil and good characters can easily make a cool party. I was playing a lawful evil monk in a party of good aligned characters that wanted to be heroes, and it melded great. It was a lot of “enemy of my enemy is my friend” thing, and it was fun to play a character that would have to restrain himself to keep the trust of the party but then also convince them to do some shit because of that trust. Like as long as you remember you are a team with the same goal it’s tons of fun!
Something like that does require a level of maturity from all players in the Involved, however. It also helps you had a lawful character which, ignoring everything else does indicate You had some kind of code.
God, I relate to the second story so much. Though, I've actually helped run a few literary rps with light dnd mechanics and absolutely loved it. I've had many players enjoy my npcs and compliment my descriptions. I figured actual dnd didn't sound too different and decided to give it a try with a smaller friend group. And it was very similar, for the most part. Except that with those literary rps I had anywhere from a few minutes to an entire day to type out a response. Going from that to having to come up with a response on the fly, in person.... Yeah, my npcs were mostly boring and descriptions were almost nonexistent because my mind just completely shut down through the entire session. I also didn't fully understand combat at the time and it ended with a tpk. I did do a second session, having the previous characters revived as it was a good excuse to introduce them to the mysterious god I wanted to set up. That was probably the only time I had good descriptions of a scene cause I had time to write it before the session began. But by the middle of the session, I was back to fumbling around and ended up just dropping the campaign cause it was giving me anxiety Earlier this year, though, my friend group circled back around to dnd and another friend offered to dm a new campaign in pathfinder. She's doing SO much better than me and it's been a lot of fun so far! Relating back to the first comment of the video, we actually do have a mix of good and evil in the party, but it's a nice balance of lawful evil, neutral good, and chaotic neutral. They're being forced to work together and the chaotic neutral does a good job of playing devil's advocate for both sides. It actually led to a fun scenario a few sessions ago where the evil sorcerer tried to convince us not to trust this npc, who the good paladin did indeed detect as evil. But my character(chaotic investigator) pointed out that our sorcerer was way more evil, so why shouldn't we accept his help getting to where we need to be? So we went with him, the sorcerer tried to murder him, and he turned out to be the big bad of the session
To the "Dm isn't for me" OP! I also feel the same! I have all these ideas and such, yet I enjoy being an Editor (helping IMPROVE others ideas by aiding in seeing what works and doesn't! Or even looking at disappointing material and games that had what it took and adding my two cents to them LOL) on my free time and "a consumer" which isn't a bad thing! Respect those who can make the stuff I consume! Use to have the FLAIR back in my 20's and early 30's but now mid late 30's I just ain't feeling it anymore and like just enjoying what other's make! Nothing wrong with that! You can say your better then me and others cause YOU AT LEAST TRIED! And that's all that can be said!
4:32 Wait, how is the parents Romeo and Julietting themselves related to him hating murder? Why woukd the specifications be hating those who kill others when his parents... Kerr Kobained *themselves.* The two simply aren't related.
For the person who doesn't think DMing is for them - have you tried text roleplaying? TTRPGs aren't the ONLY way to roleplay / write collaboratively! I've been text RPing since childhood, before I even knew what D&D is. It's a lot more flexible, there are no specific rules, and you can do it at whatever pace you and your RP partner(s) need.
19:13 Same thing happened with the end to a campaign I was in with a vampire lord. The campaign had been dragging on for longer than anyone wanted because of scheduling issues so we said fuck it, we win or we don't. We won't delay anymore. I, as a cleric, prepared all these plans for dealing with a vampire and the actual fight was so many leagues past reasonable I just checked out. Like the vampire lord was several THOUSAND feet in the air out of range. I managed to get a gradual fly going with some help while an npc was distracting him. I tried daylight, holy water, and even stakes but nothing damaged him. Literally the only thing the DM allowed to work was Wish spells cast via one character's homebrew version of the deck of many things that the Dm had given him recently and it took FIVE of them to finally win the day. 😒
The last story strikes a cord as I have my own princess Barbarian (she's a dragon girl that's seeking to free her currently fallen empire's capital that has been overrun by the cult the campaign is centered around.) So mine is more royal minded, but her royalty status doesn't really affect the interactions and such, outside of one of the players that is sometimes abrasive for no real reason outside of "Oh he doesn't trust authority." It doesn't come up too often, I'd say it's only 5% of interaction with them, but when they happen, they usually either really rub me the wrong way or really mess up my interaction with an npc. So minor compared to the story, but still annoying.
That sucks, sorry to hear that you're having some character issues. I hope it can get sorted out rather than become a big issue. Not all characters in a party have to like each other, but disliking one character for no real reason can be so frustrating.
I have had several dhampir characters scream in pain and pass out from accidental burst heals given without warning. :) Dhampir Monk wakes up: “Ugh. Okay, I’m not sure what that last trap was that knocked me out, but thanks for healing me back to consciousness. Man, I still feel wiped.” Cleric (obviously feeling guilty): “No problem. I uh… maybe one more spell to help.” Dhampir (partially oblivious): “Diamond dust? Why are you casting restoration?” Cleric: “No reason! No reason!” Dhampir: “And why is your diamond case lying there open and empty!?!” Cleric (panicking): “No reason!” ----- Added note: I couldn’t get over the initials of P.B. in the last story. I have a character named Pavana Brandesh who goes by P.B. as well. And yes, once or twice she has been called Peanut Butter. :) But if Annie wanted to stick with “what my character would do” then have PB punch her out. As a barbarian, it’s what your character would do. :) Even if it means a character’s development regresses. In the end, it makes the arc have up and downs rather than a straight line. Much more realistic and interesting. That said, I actually enjoy it when there is internal friction in a party. More RP potential. But Annie strong arming the group is where I draw the line. She needs to go down.
Story 2: the OP *Does* want to DM. The issue she(?) describes is called Executive Disfunction, and is common among people with ADHD and other issues, so there is some chance it's related to what she suspects. The reference to spoon theory was spot on, too.
In the warhammer story I dont understand why they played D&D instead of Warhammer fantasy ttrpg 2nd or 4th. The DM was definitely trying to import mechanics from that ttrpg series.
For that first one... i had my cleric get pissed off at another party member. It was resolved before we had combat, but i had planned that i wouldnt heal them unless they were close to death. Probably a safer way.
Aristocrat/Ranger/Barbarian is how I'd stat up Empress Sisi of Austria in PF1e. It's not unheard of to have aristocrats prefer rugged nature to high society.
ok this is just something small for me, i was playing dnd, not gonna go into specifics but the person who did this was playing A early 20’s human, he hit on a elf and said to the party “she’s 21 we’re nearly the same age” (not exactly what he said but it’s been a good while) not only did she look young but we all knew how elf’s age (with them being around 100 to be considered mature)
Warning, long comment ahead: So I've been binging these videos since I found the channel the other day and Crispy has completely renewed my desire to play D&D. I've always wanted to but have severely limited experience. I think I've played maybe two or three sessions tops, and have never played a full campaign. And even thet was back in college, like 9 years ago. Anyway, I've always been afraid to reach out to people in order to play. Recently, between this and picking up BG3 (surprise), I find myself really really wanting to find a group to play with. Somehow, hearing horror stories reassured me that I can't possibly be as bad as some of these people that others talk about. I never like putting others down to attempt and lift others up, but in this case it does make me feel a bit better, even with my general inexperience. That being said, I keep scrolling LFG and I can't bring myself to try with any of the groups people post about. On one hand it's major anxiety. I struggle super hard talking to new folks. But, I've been rping for over a decade, and I want so badly to give it a shot. I simply need to get over the hurdle of anxiety and reach out. Working overnights does make me scheduling someone difficult, though. No real point to this comment, I just wanted to get it out there. Love the videos, Crispy! If anyone read this far, I hope you have a good day! Tldr; I have anxiety and want to play D&D. These horror stories have helped me feel better about my inexperience and I'm hoping to find a game eventually. :D
Technically not d&d - But I play interactive story apps which are essentially interactive books (and some are made from ttrpgs), but anytime I hear people like Annie I get remember of one game (and the worldbuilding of that game) that would give this kind of people an aneurysm because my orc character is basically has a noble background while being a simple town guard.
DMing is Not For Me Story: ...did ..did I write this? I'm not trying to be a DM, but I have got everything else going on in that one. So...yeah. I feel you, OP.
Especialy magic, magic in DnD and Warhammer are completly different. Things like a Woodelf cleric probably shouldn't be possible, elves in Warhammer don't use divine magic.
Are there any suggestions for which subredits to attempt to find a game to join? I really wanna get into DND but the people I know irl are either too busy or not interested :(
No, if he did, the players would have gotten the same advantages. If he wanted combat to be truly "gritty" he would have upped their to-hit as well, lower everyone's HP, etcetera. No, he just wanted to "win". The whole "MY vampires can ignore holy damage!" is kind of a dead (hee hee) give-away.
i played a Lawful evil char and the rest of my party as good alligned, i was a devil (reskinned tiefling warlock) sent to find out why the hells are freezing and investigate rumors of a god making it propetual night time (frost maiden as the campaign) my evil deeds involved conning people out of their souls by winning games of chance like dragon chess etc although my party wasn't really gleeful about what i was doing but the NPC's knew they were signing a contract and what would happen should they lose. if they won however i would give them gold/plat or extend their lives.. obviously i won more then i lost through slight of hand etc but the point is you can play evil in a good aligned party. i explained that i am helping maintain the balance for our side and it's 100% down to the NPC to gamble and they ere some-what ok with that because our main goal was stopping auril
Boy, this chick who didn't like that noble background barbarian would have hated my character. Sci-fi setting, and she's the Crown Princess of her home colony. Second in command of an entire star system. But, the twist on my princess is, she actively hates her royal title and all the pampering that comes with it. I partially based her on Prince Akeem from Coming To America. She actively left her home system to get away from it, and so is as poor as the rest of the party, since she cut herself off from the royal trust fund. She doesn't plan to go home for at least several years until her little sister is of age and she can renounce her claim to the throne and be done with it. Though I fully expect my GM to force her back there prematurely at some point. My princess is also a martial class in a homebrew system. Sword and Shield at close range and a shotgun or rifle at long range. In the unlikely event the girl who made that Noble Barbarian girl reads my comment, try her again with another group. It sounds like a great character concept.
Hey there, I'm the one who submitted the Princess Barbarian story. Thank you for the encouragement. Your own girl sounds really cool. I probably won't play P.B. for a while yet, given I just started a new campaign (we're doing King Maker with pf1e), but I'll definitely consider her in the future. Just gotta find the right game to fit.
@@Forwantofaname Did not expect this reply to come, but happy to see it. Good luck with your new campaign, I hope you have fun with it. And I hope P.B. finds a new home in a future game for you.
I missed out on the whole shitstorm when it happened, I know she had some idiotic opinions on storytelling or something, but what did Lily Orchard say that was so bad? I'm seriously asking as I heard from several people that she sucks, but I don't know what she did or said.
She uploaded a video called "simple writing tips" and most of it was downright terrible advice, based on her own pet peeves, and ranging into the hypocritical and bigoted. She got so much backlash she took it down almost immediately but if you are curious look up the TH-cam video Two Professional Writer's React to Lily Orchard's "Simple Writing Tips" by the channel "We Are Not Alive". It's long but you can just skip around or trawl through the comments for the choicest bits, such as "don't turn comedy into drama, it annoys people" or "characters don't have sexual agency, you made them that way".
I guess a lot of the hate is based in that she had a pretty big following, and a lot of would be writers taking this advice to heart would be negatively affected. There's actually a comment in the reaction video of one such person that gave up writing their novel because Lily's advice made them think their writing wasn't good.
@@TeknuAddict Gotcha, thanks! I gotta say, I'm not too interested in TH-camr drama and response video wars, so I think I'm not check out the reactions, but thanks for telling me about it!
@@darklord884 Oh. Um so a bunch of stuff about her popped up in my feed after I searched up the old video and yikes! Apparently there's a LOT more to the hate. There's some vids of people saying she sexually harassed them ECT. and she seems to have a habit of badmouthing the writing on popular shows like Steven Universe and Avatar the last Airbender too? I'm not gonna bother watching any of them not really into this level of drama either. Just thought I'd let you know, it seems I was a bit under informed in my explanation I gave you.
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Ah. The classic “BU-BUT…THIS CLASS CAN’T HAVE THIS BACKGROUND!”
I find that mentally so strange.
People are too tied down to tropes and caricatures. Barbarians are braindead cockneys, paladins are manichean moral absolutists, and bards are as shallow and dirty as a Petri dish.
My current character in my group's run of Shattered Obelisk is a Ranger with a Criminal background. It's led to him being confused for a Rogue a couple of times, but all of us have had interesting class/background mixes before. It's fun to come up with a unique mix for an interesting backstory and personality. And not get stuck in cliches. X3
L+Ratio+don't care+rage+recless attack
@@MeNoSleep1850 Exactly
As someone who also has a barbarian with the noble background, I’m going to add my voice to the choir pointing out that if you think that can’t be done you’re lacking imagination for both barbarian and nobles
I think the definition of nobility is rather fluid. In a barbarian tribe, the chief's family or the most successful trader might be considered "nobility".
@@robertbryant4669Yes, although I would be more interested in a more stereotypical noble going on a journey to become a barbarian personally.
It's worse than that, they haven't played Skyrim
@@nicholaspeters9919 Hell can you not imagine a child of nobility rebelling like that? I sure can.
@@robertbryant4669 a noble could just be the biggest guy in the tribe, who they bring out to do negotiations because remarkably few people want to argue with the guy who blots out the sun when he steps up to talk with you. You get all the perks and reverence of the background without having any of the stereotypical blue blood cliches
The one girl doesn't even need to learn about character types and tropes, she just needs to LEARN THE FRACKING DIFFERENCE BETWEEN *WAS* AND *IS*
Story 4: Annie clearly never watched Dave the Barbarian growing up. It's perfectly possible for someone to come from money yet also be a barbarian.
Based DtB mention! Loved that show growing up.
Not to mention He-Man, who is actually Prince Adam, a freaking Prince
@@Toshinegawa He-Man is more of a Warlock/Paladin
@@TigerW0lf That so? I always figured he was a barbarian due to how similar he's dressed as Conan
Character Development
Ice King: *Sees Princess Barbarian* "That Annie doesn't know what she's missing! I mean, who doesn't love a muscle mommy?"😉
Interesting (maybe) fact: healing magic does NOT in fact harm undead in base 5e rules! I only found this out when a player in one of my games brought it up. Of course being an old man of the RPG/Gaming scene I immediately added a house rule to effectively treat healing magic like it was in 3rd edition. You bet your ass casting heal on that vampire is going to ruin it's day!
Yeah I realized that wasn’t a thing at a certain point (I never really used healing magic to damage undead tho). I didn’t know that was a thing in 3rd edition tho! I think I imported that thought over from Final Fantasy games actually lol.
A lot of healing spells do ignore them, though! Source: I play a vampire healer who... routinely cannot self-heal. Because so many of his spells don't work on constructs or undead.
@@kamilee4123 In older editions it was positive energy, and positive energy damages undead while negative energy heals them and damages living creatures.
In 5th its just healing. Final Fantasy actually took that from D&D funnily enough. The first FF game was heavily inspired by it. That's why you have things like Bahamut the dragon in it.
@@shadenox8164 Ah yep that makes sense! I knew there was a lot of inspiration so that tracks.
AITA for not healing Story. Fun Fact. A buddy of mine was in a game back in the early 90's where they were all playing 'Dead' characters in a Plane of Death. The only way to actually get rid of an enemy was to use healing magic to ultimately 'Resurrect' that enemy back into their original plane.
Only game I have ever heard of where you literally heal people to 'kill' them.
Like some bosses in like Final Fantasy games can be insta-killed with resurrection items
Hey there. The Princess Barbarian story was mine, and you went looking in the comments I'll give you this extra little tidbit. Annie was short for Anarchist, which was what her character was and what she ideally wanted to be in real life. Thanks for the positive feedback on P.B.'s backstory. Means a lot, especially after her negative reception in the actual game.
Your character sounded like a cool concept so I hope you get the courage to use P.B. again in future. She can go for drinks with my own barbarian with the noble background!
Good char, Hope you will use it again, it Will be pitty, if her story will remain unfinished
PB is a great character concept that adds much needed depth and complexity to a class that most people characterize as simplistic. Annie either had some other axe to grind and chose 'rich girl' as an excuse or is simplistic herself while thinking she's intelligent. Considering Annie is an anarchist, my money is on simplistic. Either way, it would be a tragedy for the world of storytelling to lose PB over it.
I yearn for the day when "It's what my character would do." Is met with "then get out."
Them: "my character has no reason to go adventuring."
Me: 'Then why are they here?'
My bro, my dude, my guy, my kindred, I LOVE hearing you gush about your other interests outside of DnD. Never apologize for talking about stuff you like... on your own dang channel.
As a DM with ADHD, let your players help you. Don't try to do everything on your own.
I have three regular players and two, who join sporadically. One manages the schedule. Another hosts.
It didn't work like that from the get go, they both basically offered to do it themselves when I shared, that these things are overwhelming to me. But I think, if I ever have a new group, I'll ask for this type of contribution right away.
There's really no reason the DM has to do everything on top of preparing and running the sessions.
My players are happy to have a DM. I am happy to run the game for them. Supporting me with organisational stuff is a win win situation.
One of my players helps a bunch in the game and maintains a 'last time on...' slideshow that has reached like 100megs.
When they GM I offer to aid in things like tracking enemy turns, myself.
It helps and makes sure the players are invested in *this* game
Someday someone is going to submit a horror story featuring like 10 campaigns that featured no session zeroes, and get immense glee from the crispy slaughter.
(it might be me, I have a whole saga featuring a lot of campaigns with no session zeroes)
There are a lot of very nice and generous rich people out there... Even among those who were born rich. Hating on an entire group of people because of a loathsome minority is a bad thing.
Yeah, it feels like classism towards the rich is more excused than other forms of discrimination.
@@ArcCaravan im pretty liberal and capitalist myself (by european standard that is, by US i might be on the left cause here in EU is arguiing ti not have free helthcare is relegated to few political extremists) but i can see why someone who dislike system would see being welthy as immoral.
But correct answer to that is "well thats your opinion, dont be an asshole about it"
Barbarian with a noble background? Sounds like Rock from Soul Caliber. It’s pretty simple to make a noble barbarian
I just want to say, I have always wanted to play a character that's a Barbarian with the noble background. It just seems like such a silly, fun concept, and I had never heard of it before. Kinda feel bittersweet that someone else out there had the same idea.
What comes to my mind is a Jekyll/Hyde build, but that's probably the cliche option.
@@byronsmothers8064 me personally I just liked the idea of this lumbering 9int Orc/Firbolg/Goliath dressing up all fancy and speaking with a formal attitude.
There are even multiple ways a barbarian with the noble background could work in terms of story. Lost as a child, raised by wolves, later found and reintegrated into the noble family? Too lazy to actually train technical fighting (or knowledge) skills, but making up for it with raw physical talent? Second- or third-born to a noble family where only the oldest inherits, reduced expectations leading to the freedom to grow up running around the wilderness surrounding the family's country estate (and comfortable in both the wilds and high society as a result)? (That last one would also be an obvious option for noble + ranger or noble + druid, depending on the character's inclinations.)
@@byronsmothers8064 I think a Barbarian with a Sage background would actually work with this concept
I had a noble barbarian character, who was a noble but born a tiefling due to a pact from her great great grandpa and Asmodeus, and is tapping into her unholy energies to transform as a Beast Barbarian. Her quest was to purify her family bloodline and not be a tiefling anymore, potentially becoming Zealot barb instead late game
Honestly the cleric story sounds so annoying to try and work around. "Oh I thought it'd be fun for them to have to distract my character in the future" so they have to work harder cause of u? I'm all for not wanting to murder every npc but go damn
Crispy really is always here, woke up at 3am once and sure i saw him duck behind my chair,
I figured for my own safety it was best to ignore and praise the alcrispy
My last character was a bit like the last one in the fact that he came off as a standard brutish half-orc barbarian that spoke broken common. Later on they find out he is a literal prince of the orcs on the continent. It was a fun reveal that everyone went crazy over. Especially when I revealed that he speaks broken common because he barely spoke it when the party met. He’s been learning as time went on and had been mostly guessing what everyone was saying. The kicker was that while he spoke poor common he sounded almost shakespearean in orcish. It became a running gag that orcish was the romance language of the lands. That all the best romance stories were filled with sexy orcish lovers who seduced with pretty foreign words like kizmaazz and zukkonmanuts.
I literally play as an Aasimar Barbarian path of the Berserker with a Noble background.
He's full of himself, egotistic, manipulative, strives for perfection in all the aspects of his life, mostly himself, he's envious of everyone around him, but reeaaaally deep, has a good heart, he's just traumatized, doesn't know any better.
The fact that he has all these negative qualities hasn't made it difficult to include him in the group, he's good with children since he's a religious figure and helps out around orphanages a lot, literally saved and adopted a kid with the party's elven druid-…
He can be caring, he's always tanking and protecting the group as much as he can, even if that means putting his life at risk. He's starting to learn what friendship is, that he doesn't have to be the strongest, most attractive, the richest, he doesn't have to be perfect to deserve respect, to deserve to live-… And of course, he still has a lot to process, but it's a beginning.
This noble barbarian is literally having such a deep redemption arc, trying to avoid a horrible fate that'll catch up to him if he does not correct his ways... But actually starting to *enjoy* being a better person-…
No, he's not evil, he's a true neutral, he'll do whatever benefits him, for better or for worst.
He's one of my favourite pcs till the moment, easily top 3, the dynamic is so interesting, no-one would expect a noble man with such a good reputation like him to have anger problems, such a nasty attitude and to literally fight out of pure rage.
He will enter a rage if he breaks a nail or you damage his eccentric clothes tho-…
So much potential, guys, try it out.
Noble Barbarians.
Never apologize for gushing about Destiny! I discovered that a friend of mine is a huge Destiny fan (apparently he’d been playing since late middle/early high school) and now, because of your videos, I can actually talk to him about it, just a bit!
Fun fact: in aristocratic Poland you had group known as "Szlachta Zagrodowa" (Pen/Farm Aristocracy) they were real aristocrats but they lived like peasents as they were mostly last child or lost their fortune so somebody who didn't have almost anything expencive maybe besides a saber in many casses. They almost looked like peasents, they lived like peasents but they were full fledged aristocrats that could vote. You may ask why? There are 2 reasons if you were born as aeictocrat you couldn't not being one and every szlachcic was equal.
In medieval England that was known as "landless knight" - sometimes (if they were disowned by their family) called "desdichado", which is basically "disappointment" in Latin. Interestingly, this eventually became a social class of its own in later centuries, with nobles living on the poverty line or below it in the 18th-19th century.
The amazing part about the last story is that I actually created a female high elf barbarian that was a noble. She was kidnapped as a child and at some point during her rescue, she ended up getting hit in the head and got brain damage, but no one realized it during the event. As a result, she would be prone to fits of rage when angered, and was no longer able to maintain facades like normal high society does. Led to believe she was cursed, she was sent away from her family to find a cure. They offered to help her in various ways from the shadows with the help of a signet ring, but in return, she had to disavow her family name and couldn't visit certain noble families for aid more than once. Now I can't wait to play her!😈
So OP basically went the pseudo-Vegeta route, and another player threw a fit over it. Typical
A Persona RPG that balances the social gameplay and drama along with dungeon crawling like the video games sounds AWESOME! If I wasn't neck deep in about three different projects myself I would make/play that.
Suggestion for anxious DM: consider reading over a module for fun, and see if it inspires you to want to run it. Then try to run and see if being DM is the problem or if it's just the prep. Prepping for the first time is hard, let the module do the work and see if you like running the game or if that is less fun for you. If you like it, you can run more premade stuff until you get a feel for what kind of prep you want to do and then branch out into your own stuff.
Of course a barbarian can be a noble. Pointy Hat made a video on how that character concept can work.
Ey! A fellow Hat enthusiast!
_"Does she have big boobs?"_
"Just the one." then change the subject.
Thumbnail made me think of this quote from Rick James as portrayed by Dave Chapelle: "They should never have gave you (censored) money!"
On the topic of the dungeon master story, I relate so hard. I've tried a couple of times to DM, but... it's just not for me? I hate the feeling of having homework, it makes me feel nervous and that I can't relax. So even though I do have many fun ideas in my head, I just can't get them down on paper. Which is why I've never run anything longer than a one shot or two. I can't even imagine that work that goes into a full campaign.
I have even tried pre-made books, but my ADHD just makes sitting there, reading the books such a chore.
So Crispy...
Five paladins walk into a bar
When the sixth paladin does it, the barkeeper says 'Your the sixth one this week'
What's funny is that I kind of did the same thing on purpose and ended up the exact opposite like I made a barbarian with a noble background specifically because not because I wanted to subvert the noble background but because I wanted to subvert the barbarian
So she's like a tall kind of toned glamorous woman you can also just get furious at times
It CAN work, really depends on the motive as to why they are travelling with the group.
Any character can be:
* From a Noble House that became destitute or outright destroyed by war and assets seized by the victor or by brigands, or seeking revenge against the ones who ruined the household as the motive for the journey
* From a Noble House but cannot access wealth due to them leaving (Being Cast out or leaving of their own accord)
A character with wealth can use their finances as a plot device later on if there is a tough situation involving large sums of coin. (Buying a plot token/ship/army/etc) if the DM permits access to and is willing to allow the backstory to slide.
The DMing is not for me story... that is 100% a struggle with ADHD, so if you suspect you have it, that may very well be true. The description of what happens is 1 for 1 what most ADHD creatives suffer, myself included as a writer and artist. I promise it's not a death sentence for DMing!! Listen to Ginny D! Look into ways to cope with ADHD attention management. Look into a diagnosis and try medication, becauset let me tell you- It can be LIFE CHANGING.
I didn't get proper treatment for my ADHD until I was 35, even though I had a full diagnosis since I was in elementary school. Having medication has changed a lot about how I interact with my creativity as well as day to day life. It isn't a cure all, but it sure as hell can give you a leg up when you need it to help focus your mind. Especially on the things you love and WANT to do, but struggle to.
Man this is like a group I got kicked from because I wanted to play an Elf Artificer with a Noble background
Freakin’ meta gamers man
So much good stuff in this episode! The DMing is Not For Me story hit home. I still love DMing, but my years-long Ravnica campaign fell apart due to interpersonal drama, and my 4e campaign barely got off the ground before the group broke up. Looking to finally get back to it soon with Pathfinder 2e Remaster, and hope to find my groove again. 💜
Yeah, Flanderization of characters is never good. Makes me think back to the "Gay Tiefling" story, but on a different level
Gay tiefling?
@@thundergod9696 Gist of it because I don't remember all the details. OP makes a character that wears colorful clothes and likes to spread happiness (and is also not a tiefling)
DM hears this, and makes all NPCs call their character the "gay tiefling" as a putdown or something
@@alphons1456o geez what's wrong with some people
Their brains are full of stereotype flavored sludge.
Evil and good characters can easily make a cool party. I was playing a lawful evil monk in a party of good aligned characters that wanted to be heroes, and it melded great. It was a lot of “enemy of my enemy is my friend” thing, and it was fun to play a character that would have to restrain himself to keep the trust of the party but then also convince them to do some shit because of that trust. Like as long as you remember you are a team with the same goal it’s tons of fun!
Something like that does require a level of maturity from all players in the Involved, however.
It also helps you had a lawful character which, ignoring everything else does indicate You had some kind of code.
God, I relate to the second story so much. Though, I've actually helped run a few literary rps with light dnd mechanics and absolutely loved it. I've had many players enjoy my npcs and compliment my descriptions. I figured actual dnd didn't sound too different and decided to give it a try with a smaller friend group. And it was very similar, for the most part. Except that with those literary rps I had anywhere from a few minutes to an entire day to type out a response. Going from that to having to come up with a response on the fly, in person.... Yeah, my npcs were mostly boring and descriptions were almost nonexistent because my mind just completely shut down through the entire session. I also didn't fully understand combat at the time and it ended with a tpk. I did do a second session, having the previous characters revived as it was a good excuse to introduce them to the mysterious god I wanted to set up. That was probably the only time I had good descriptions of a scene cause I had time to write it before the session began. But by the middle of the session, I was back to fumbling around and ended up just dropping the campaign cause it was giving me anxiety
Earlier this year, though, my friend group circled back around to dnd and another friend offered to dm a new campaign in pathfinder. She's doing SO much better than me and it's been a lot of fun so far! Relating back to the first comment of the video, we actually do have a mix of good and evil in the party, but it's a nice balance of lawful evil, neutral good, and chaotic neutral. They're being forced to work together and the chaotic neutral does a good job of playing devil's advocate for both sides. It actually led to a fun scenario a few sessions ago where the evil sorcerer tried to convince us not to trust this npc, who the good paladin did indeed detect as evil. But my character(chaotic investigator) pointed out that our sorcerer was way more evil, so why shouldn't we accept his help getting to where we need to be? So we went with him, the sorcerer tried to murder him, and he turned out to be the big bad of the session
To the "Dm isn't for me" OP! I also feel the same! I have all these ideas and such, yet I enjoy being an Editor (helping IMPROVE others ideas by aiding in seeing what works and doesn't! Or even looking at disappointing material and games that had what it took and adding my two cents to them LOL) on my free time and "a consumer" which isn't a bad thing! Respect those who can make the stuff I consume! Use to have the FLAIR back in my 20's and early 30's but now mid late 30's I just ain't feeling it anymore and like just enjoying what other's make! Nothing wrong with that! You can say your better then me and others cause YOU AT LEAST TRIED! And that's all that can be said!
I wish there was some sort of guide or planning template for DM's who has ADHD and need some boost of organisation that does not seem overwhelming
4:32 Wait, how is the parents Romeo and Julietting themselves related to him hating murder? Why woukd the specifications be hating those who kill others when his parents... Kerr Kobained *themselves.*
The two simply aren't related.
For the person who doesn't think DMing is for them - have you tried text roleplaying? TTRPGs aren't the ONLY way to roleplay / write collaboratively! I've been text RPing since childhood, before I even knew what D&D is. It's a lot more flexible, there are no specific rules, and you can do it at whatever pace you and your RP partner(s) need.
16:32 "Oh yeah? Then this is what my fists would do!"
19:13 Same thing happened with the end to a campaign I was in with a vampire lord. The campaign had been dragging on for longer than anyone wanted because of scheduling issues so we said fuck it, we win or we don't. We won't delay anymore. I, as a cleric, prepared all these plans for dealing with a vampire and the actual fight was so many leagues past reasonable I just checked out. Like the vampire lord was several THOUSAND feet in the air out of range. I managed to get a gradual fly going with some help while an npc was distracting him. I tried daylight, holy water, and even stakes but nothing damaged him. Literally the only thing the DM allowed to work was Wish spells cast via one character's homebrew version of the deck of many things that the Dm had given him recently and it took FIVE of them to finally win the day. 😒
I love the PB concept and absolutely would love to play with a character like that!!
The last story strikes a cord as I have my own princess Barbarian (she's a dragon girl that's seeking to free her currently fallen empire's capital that has been overrun by the cult the campaign is centered around.)
So mine is more royal minded, but her royalty status doesn't really affect the interactions and such, outside of one of the players that is sometimes abrasive for no real reason outside of "Oh he doesn't trust authority." It doesn't come up too often, I'd say it's only 5% of interaction with them, but when they happen, they usually either really rub me the wrong way or really mess up my interaction with an npc. So minor compared to the story, but still annoying.
That sucks, sorry to hear that you're having some character issues. I hope it can get sorted out rather than become a big issue. Not all characters in a party have to like each other, but disliking one character for no real reason can be so frustrating.
23:49 AH! Lily Orchard Jumpscare! I did *not* expect that. Huh.
I'm a simple woman. I see Astarion, and I click.
“Are her boobs big?”
No, Gerold. They’re tiny.
What are you gonna do about it?
I have had several dhampir characters scream in pain and pass out from accidental burst heals given without warning. :)
Dhampir Monk wakes up: “Ugh. Okay, I’m not sure what that last trap was that knocked me out, but thanks for healing me back to consciousness. Man, I still feel wiped.”
Cleric (obviously feeling guilty): “No problem. I uh… maybe one more spell to help.”
Dhampir (partially oblivious): “Diamond dust? Why are you casting restoration?”
Cleric: “No reason! No reason!”
Dhampir: “And why is your diamond case lying there open and empty!?!”
Cleric (panicking): “No reason!”
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Added note: I couldn’t get over the initials of P.B. in the last story. I have a character named Pavana Brandesh who goes by P.B. as well. And yes, once or twice she has been called Peanut Butter. :)
But if Annie wanted to stick with “what my character would do” then have PB punch her out. As a barbarian, it’s what your character would do. :) Even if it means a character’s development regresses. In the end, it makes the arc have up and downs rather than a straight line. Much more realistic and interesting.
That said, I actually enjoy it when there is internal friction in a party. More RP potential. But Annie strong arming the group is where I draw the line. She needs to go down.
the Sepiks Perfected music in the pvp skit was a throwback
Story 2: the OP *Does* want to DM. The issue she(?) describes is called Executive Disfunction, and is common among people with ADHD and other issues, so there is some chance it's related to what she suspects. The reference to spoon theory was spot on, too.
In the warhammer story I dont understand why they played D&D instead of Warhammer fantasy ttrpg 2nd or 4th. The DM was definitely trying to import mechanics from that ttrpg series.
For that first one... i had my cleric get pissed off at another party member. It was resolved before we had combat, but i had planned that i wouldnt heal them unless they were close to death. Probably a safer way.
Aristocrat/Ranger/Barbarian is how I'd stat up Empress Sisi of Austria in PF1e. It's not unheard of to have aristocrats prefer rugged nature to high society.
I HAVE THE ASTARION MTG CARD THAT'S IN THE THUMBNAIL :D
9:09 Look Gary, there I am!
9:09 could always convert modules to play. set up that way can be an easier starting point.
"I haven't bullied someone in a long time, gimme a break." Is this Crispy revealing that THEY were the TRUE problematic queen all along?!
I have a dnd character that is a barbarian who has a noble background. She is a tiefling barbarian who has anger issues due to mistreatment.
Warhammer fantasy rp is a lot more forgiving then what that dm came up with
ok this is just something small for me, i was playing dnd, not gonna go into specifics but the person who did this was playing A early 20’s human, he hit on a elf and said to the party “she’s 21 we’re nearly the same age” (not exactly what he said but it’s been a good while) not only did she look young but we all knew how elf’s age (with them being around 100 to be considered mature)
I cackled at the death knight bit
A barbarian with a noble background? I would love it!
Okay, I hear Noble Barbarian and all I can think is:
"THE SAIYANS ARE A TRUE WARRIOR RACE! DON'T UNDERESTIMATE US!"
Warning, long comment ahead:
So I've been binging these videos since I found the channel the other day and Crispy has completely renewed my desire to play D&D. I've always wanted to but have severely limited experience. I think I've played maybe two or three sessions tops, and have never played a full campaign. And even thet was back in college, like 9 years ago.
Anyway, I've always been afraid to reach out to people in order to play. Recently, between this and picking up BG3 (surprise), I find myself really really wanting to find a group to play with. Somehow, hearing horror stories reassured me that I can't possibly be as bad as some of these people that others talk about. I never like putting others down to attempt and lift others up, but in this case it does make me feel a bit better, even with my general inexperience.
That being said, I keep scrolling LFG and I can't bring myself to try with any of the groups people post about. On one hand it's major anxiety. I struggle super hard talking to new folks. But, I've been rping for over a decade, and I want so badly to give it a shot. I simply need to get over the hurdle of anxiety and reach out. Working overnights does make me scheduling someone difficult, though.
No real point to this comment, I just wanted to get it out there. Love the videos, Crispy! If anyone read this far, I hope you have a good day!
Tldr; I have anxiety and want to play D&D. These horror stories have helped me feel better about my inexperience and I'm hoping to find a game eventually. :D
Technically not d&d - But I play interactive story apps which are essentially interactive books (and some are made from ttrpgs), but anytime I hear people like Annie I get remember of one game (and the worldbuilding of that game) that would give this kind of people an aneurysm because my orc character is basically has a noble background while being a simple town guard.
LILY ORCHARD JUMPSCARE
Feel like a barbarian with noble would be like leader of a tribe among other tribes like vikings basically
I want a Phantom Crispy to haunt me for company...
If I can have an illiterate wizard, you can have an ex-rich barbarian. Don't let the haters get you down.
It makes sense to have the PCs with darkvision be guides but like, does nobody own any torches round here?
DMing is Not For Me Story: ...did ..did I write this? I'm not trying to be a DM, but I have got everything else going on in that one. So...yeah. I feel you, OP.
Healing does not damage undead if they are playing 5e. It just wouldn't work on them.
Calling Candela Obscura “decent” is the highest praise I’ve seen for that game
I listened to a video recently that read off Lily Orchard’s “writing advice”. Easily some of the worst advice out there.
Ah, Warhammer in 5e, the guy needs to look up Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay.
Sure, you can run Warhammer in 5e, but it will need a lot of homebrew.
Yeah, unless you're trying to play a Gotrek & Felix style adventure, Classic Warhammer and 5e are not very compatible.
Especialy magic, magic in DnD and Warhammer are completly different. Things like a Woodelf cleric probably shouldn't be possible, elves in Warhammer don't use divine magic.
Are there any suggestions for which subredits to attempt to find a game to join? I really wanna get into DND but the people I know irl are either too busy or not interested :(
That guy didn't make his campaign difficult on purpose, he just used 3.5e stat blocks in a 5e game.
Yeah, that's going to make things interesting.
No, if he did, the players would have gotten the same advantages. If he wanted combat to be truly "gritty" he would have upped their to-hit as well, lower everyone's HP, etcetera. No, he just wanted to "win". The whole "MY vampires can ignore holy damage!" is kind of a dead (hee hee) give-away.
Dave the Barbarian begs to differ. 😂
i played a Lawful evil char and the rest of my party as good alligned, i was a devil (reskinned tiefling warlock) sent to find out why the hells are freezing and investigate rumors of a god making it propetual night time (frost maiden as the campaign) my evil deeds involved conning people out of their souls by winning games of chance like dragon chess etc although my party wasn't really gleeful about what i was doing but the NPC's knew they were signing a contract and what would happen should they lose. if they won however i would give them gold/plat or extend their lives.. obviously i won more then i lost through slight of hand etc but the point is you can play evil in a good aligned party. i explained that i am helping maintain the balance for our side and it's 100% down to the NPC to gamble and they ere some-what ok with that because our main goal was stopping auril
Ooooh, I wonder if I can get that Persona ruleset because that sounds perfect for a Digimon campaign I want to do.
Murder for money is an evil act.
Story 2: oh hun, that's adhd
Boy, this chick who didn't like that noble background barbarian would have hated my character. Sci-fi setting, and she's the Crown Princess of her home colony. Second in command of an entire star system. But, the twist on my princess is, she actively hates her royal title and all the pampering that comes with it. I partially based her on Prince Akeem from Coming To America. She actively left her home system to get away from it, and so is as poor as the rest of the party, since she cut herself off from the royal trust fund. She doesn't plan to go home for at least several years until her little sister is of age and she can renounce her claim to the throne and be done with it. Though I fully expect my GM to force her back there prematurely at some point. My princess is also a martial class in a homebrew system. Sword and Shield at close range and a shotgun or rifle at long range.
In the unlikely event the girl who made that Noble Barbarian girl reads my comment, try her again with another group. It sounds like a great character concept.
Hey there, I'm the one who submitted the Princess Barbarian story. Thank you for the encouragement. Your own girl sounds really cool. I probably won't play P.B. for a while yet, given I just started a new campaign (we're doing King Maker with pf1e), but I'll definitely consider her in the future. Just gotta find the right game to fit.
@@Forwantofaname Did not expect this reply to come, but happy to see it. Good luck with your new campaign, I hope you have fun with it. And I hope P.B. finds a new home in a future game for you.
Surprise, Warhammer doesn't play well with other system, who woulda guessed.
One of my players for Curse of Strahd is actually a barbarian with the noble background. Think female Hyde from Jekyll and Hyde.
Need I say more?
I have a huge hyper-fixation to Metal Gear and anyone who asks about the Lore, I just GUSH! Oversharing lore and so on.
Lethal murder, lmao
Character development!
13 minutes ago is CRAZY
PERSONA!!!!
clicked for Astarion tbh
Character Development Crispy Paladin🤣
The intros really sword focused this week. . . Are you reaching out to us Crispy? =(
Character development
I missed out on the whole shitstorm when it happened, I know she had some idiotic opinions on storytelling or something, but what did Lily Orchard say that was so bad? I'm seriously asking as I heard from several people that she sucks, but I don't know what she did or said.
She uploaded a video called "simple writing tips" and most of it was downright terrible advice, based on her own pet peeves, and ranging into the hypocritical and bigoted. She got so much backlash she took it down almost immediately but if you are curious look up the TH-cam video Two Professional Writer's React to Lily Orchard's "Simple Writing Tips" by the channel "We Are Not Alive". It's long but you can just skip around or trawl through the comments for the choicest bits, such as "don't turn comedy into drama, it annoys people" or "characters don't have sexual agency, you made them that way".
I guess a lot of the hate is based in that she had a pretty big following, and a lot of would be writers taking this advice to heart would be negatively affected.
There's actually a comment in the reaction video of one such person that gave up writing their novel because Lily's advice made them think their writing wasn't good.
@@TeknuAddict Gotcha, thanks! I gotta say, I'm not too interested in TH-camr drama and response video wars, so I think I'm not check out the reactions, but thanks for telling me about it!
@@TeknuAddict I see. Good thing there was pushback then, yay for that at least!
@@darklord884 Oh. Um so a bunch of stuff about her popped up in my feed after I searched up the old video and yikes! Apparently there's a LOT more to the hate. There's some vids of people saying she sexually harassed them ECT. and she seems to have a habit of badmouthing the writing on popular shows like Steven Universe and Avatar the last Airbender too? I'm not gonna bother watching any of them not really into this level of drama either. Just thought I'd let you know, it seems I was a bit under informed in my explanation I gave you.
Hey nice palisman
Lily Orchard syndrome?