How to Play Dungeons and Dragons 5e - Abilities and Skills
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- This is the second video in the How to Play Dungeons and Dragons 5E series. In this video, I explains how ability checks work, the related mechanics and skills.
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Yea, one of my friends was a paladin, and rolled a critical success and caught a cannonball during a city siege
Paladin: *fucking catches a cannonball*
The guy who fired it: "Why do I hear crusade music?"
@@thegreatkingdedede7391
Paladin: *catch a cannonball* Oh this? This but a scratch!
Skadoosh
You did a what?
now that's a power move right there sounds like something from anime
Dude, this was so helpfull, deffinately best D&D tutorial ever. Keep up the good work!
Best overview of this topic!
I love these :o quite high qual, like the bgm and explanation
Great job! realy explains the system well.
(Character sniffs long and loudly) I smell a......
GOBLIN!
14:26
Holyshit this beats all the other videos trying to explain dnd. I have been searching for so long. Very clear and concise. Thanks man, can't wait for more!
Thanks Stiaan. More episodes are in production.
I agree
Its hard to believe how other channels make
[something so simple] x [hard to understand]
Sooooo true
Same
I would like to breathe some oxygen ....
Rolls a 1 -1
you forget how to breath
*holds breath until they pass out*
The rest of the party:....well fu-
with a -5 modifier...
@@cpt.mystic_stirling FREAKING TURNS LUNGS INSIDE OUT AND DIES.
@@vilehartebeest3734 Is basically Darth Vader upon death
Was playing d&d today, our fighter (yes, fighter) tried to pick pocket someone. They rolled a natural 1, and instead of pickpocketing someone, they slapped their ass. The fighter failed the pick pocket, and as our DM put it, they aroused their target.
Elvenwarior That is the greatest thing ever
I had my characters search a tied up person for money an he rolled a one so I said he cut his hand on a coin and minus one health
@@kylezimmerman5953 if there is no challenge to a task there shouldn't have even been a roll. SMH
TheFrio937 just the rules in my house (my friends idea)
@@kylezimmerman5953 If its established house rule then fine. Lol GMs word is ¤☆€¥£¥ LAW!!~▪
Was that Pink Guy
B0ss!
GET BACK
I'M NOT AFRAID TO KILL MYSELF
I did not know that was intentional.
The Brutal Bros i have a sword and i'm not afraid to decapitate myself!
Is that a Stardew chicken
One time I was playing with some friends and We were fighting a giant snowman, it brought it's fist down to smash me, but I decided to dig a hole to protect myself,I roll and get a 20 and We decided that meant I dug the sh*t out of the snow so it ended up as a labyrinth that I got lost in.
Cpt11 Morgan
😁😋😶😑😗
Cpt11 Morgan i just imagine a character building a labyrinth at the speed of light that slowly becomes a dungeon over time as monsters begin to inhabit it
I played a... thing with my grandma using a D6, and she had come to a frozen underwater lake. She decided to cross it, an rolled a one. She fell into the water, and had a gun with three bullets, a knife, two ice-prods and some dried meat. She tried using the knife, but got two. Then she tried using the prods, and failed miserably. Then she tried the meat, and got a critical success. When I tried to make sense of it, I said the meat inflated when getting wet, and is floaty.
Wow, (that’s all I have to say) WOW!!!
It's baffling that there haven't been ANY other good videos explaining this!
Almost all other videos are with several different narrators/hosts who keeps bringing up out out-of-context jokes or ramble about useless anecdotes. *Thanks a lot!*
You're welcome, Davidow.
This series is really good at teaching me the rules, because it actually captivates my baby like attention span.
same
Music and fun sound effects give my child like mind enjoyment
These are masterfully produced, and deserve far more attention. Wizards of the Coast or Pazio needs to hire you.
Wouldn't that be great, LOL!
Serio confirmed as Chin-Chin's underling.
Strength
1 (-5): Morbidly weak, has significant trouble lifting own limbs
2-3 (-4): Needs help to stand, can be knocked over by strong breezes
4-5 (-3): Knocked off balance by swinging something dense
6-7 (-2): Difficulty pushing an object of their weight
8-9 (-1): Has trouble even lifting heavy objects
10-11 (0): Can literally pull their own weight
12-13 (1): Carries heavy objects for short distances
14-15 (2): Visibly toned, throws small objects for long distances
16-17 (3): Carries heavy objects with one arm
18-19 (4): Can break objects like wood with bare hands
20-21 (5): Able to out-wrestle a work animal or catch a falling person
22-23 (6): Can pull very heavy objects at appreciable speeds
24-25 (7): Pinnacle of brawn, able to out-lift several people
Dexterity
1 (-5): Barely mobile, probably significantly paralyzed
2-3 (-4): Incapable of moving without noticeable effort or pain
4-5 (-3): Visible paralysis or physical difficulty
6-7 (-2): Significant klutz or very slow to react
8-9 (-1): Somewhat slow, occasionally trips over own feet
10-11 (0): Capable of usually catching a small tossed object
12-13 (1): Able to often hit large targets
14-15 (2): Can catch or dodge a medium-speed surprise projectile
16-17 (3): Able to often hit small targets
18-19 (4): Light on feet, able to often hit small moving targets
20-21 (5): Graceful, able to flow from one action into another easily
22-23 (6): Very graceful, capable of dodging a number of thrown objects
24-25 (7): Moves like water, reacting to all situations with almost no effort
Constitution
1 (-5): Minimal immune system, body reacts violently to anything foreign
2-3 (-4): Frail, suffers frequent broken bones
4-5 (-3): Bruises very easily, knocked out by a light punch
6-7 (-2): Unusually prone to disease and infection
8-9 (-1): Easily winded, incapable of a full day’s hard labor
10-11 (0): Occasionally contracts mild sicknesses
12-13 (1): Can take a few hits before being knocked unconscious
14-15 (2): Able to labor for twelve hours most days
16-17 (3): Easily shrugs off most illnesses
18-19 (4): Able to stay awake for days on end
20-21 (5): Very difficult to wear down, almost never feels fatigue
22-23 (6): Never gets sick, even to the most virulent diseases
24-25 (7): Tireless paragon of physical endurance
Intelligence
1 (-5): Animalistic, no longer capable of logic or reason
2-3 (-4): Barely able to function, very limited speech and knowledge
4-5 (-3): Often resorts to charades to express thoughts
6-7 (-2): Often misuses and mispronounces words
8-9 (-1): Has trouble following trains of thought, forgets most unimportant things
10-11 (0): Knows what they need to know to get by
12-13 (1): Knows a bit more than is necessary, fairly logical
14-15 (2): Able to do math or solve logic puzzles mentally with reasonable accuracy
16-17 (3): Fairly intelligent, able to understand new tasks quickly
18-19 (4): Very intelligent, may invent new processes or uses for knowledge
20-21 (5): Highly knowledgeable, probably the smartest person many people know
22-23 (6): Able to make Holmesian leaps of logic
24-25 (7): Famous as a sage and genius
Wisdom
1 (-5): Seemingly incapable of thought, barely aware
2-3 (-4): Rarely notices important or prominent items, people, or occurrences
4-5 (-3): Seemingly incapable of forethought
6-7 (-2): Often fails to exert common sense
8-9 (-1): Forgets or opts not to consider options before taking action
10-11 (0): Makes reasoned decisions most of the time
12-13 (1): Able to tell when a person is upset
14-15 (2): Can get hunches about a situation that doesn’t feel right
16-17 (3): Reads people and situations fairly well
18-19 (4): Often used as a source of wisdom or decider of actions
20-21 (5): Reads people and situations very well, almost unconsciously
22-23 (6): Can tell minute differences among many situations
24-25 (7): Nearly prescient, able to reason far beyond logic
Charisma
1 (-5): Barely conscious, probably acts heavily autistic
2-3 (-4): Minimal independent thought, relies heavily on others to think instead
4-5 (-3): Has trouble thinking of others as people
6-7 (-2): Terribly reticent, uninteresting, or rude
8-9 (-1): Something of a bore or makes people mildly uncomfortable
10-11 (0): Capable of polite conversation
12-13 (1): Mildly interesting, knows what to say to the right people
14-15 (2): Interesting, knows what to say to most people
16-17 (3): Popular, receives greetings and conversations on the street
18-19 (4): Immediately likeable by many people, subject of favorable talk
20-21 (5): Life of the party, able to keep people entertained for hours
22-23 (6): Immediately likeable by almost everybody
24-25 (7): Renowned for wit, personality, and/or looks
All great _except for Charisma._
* Player with 18-19 Charisma
Player ~ I try to scare away the crowd.
DM ~ okay, roll for intimidation.
Player ~ Nat 20 !!
DM ~ The crowd are awestruck by your rugged good looks and beg to join you on your adventure.
@@shanerooney7288 unless your a bard
Me, charisma = 1
I'm -1 xD
For intelligence I match both -1 and anything between +2-+5. Yay.
Hey do you think you can do a video on how to dm? Like reading and understanding the bestiary, and monster manual. Basic trap damaged and so on?
It's on my list of things to do. But I will do the classes series first before I cover DMing.
Don't Stop Thinking be sure to give a update when it's done. you're doing pretty well. :)
sub'd just for those 2 series. I love this series so much this will help give new players an easy introduction on how to play before hand.
When ur trying to jump a pit but pink guy is distracting you
my first character parachuted off an exploding sky ship after taking a barrel of rum loosing his pants button landing on another ship now with his junk hanging out in front on their captain requesting permission to come abord. and that was how i joined ghe campaign xD
Epic entrance.
thanks, I really like your videos and as I've had some friends who want to learn to play and was checking out easy ways to give them the basic. keep up the good work :D. His name was Richard Nixon wheel but everyone just called him dick wheel instead.
Me: “I wanna punch god in the face!”
DM: “dear god-... fine, I’ll allow it.”
Me: *rolls a nat 20*
i got smited afterwards but it was so worth it
Smite me o' mighty smiter!
😂😂😂
I'm just now teaching my boy to play and these videos are perfect. Thank you.
And thank YOU for keeping the hobby alive.
I loved it, as always! I don't think you should have said Charisma is "ridiculous" though because it's going to make the impression to new players that they shouldn't try to use it.
It can be ridiculously "awesome" too.
If you're a barbarian berserker werewolf who's chaotic neutral charisma is pretty useless. But that is a super specific scenario/example. It just depends on the character and how you play.
I laughed out loud at the trampoline and "weird guy" examples. Enjoying this series so far!
I want to learn to play this game so bad, but my brain gets so overwhelmed with so much information from the beginning. I'm the type of person that learns as I do, and nobody wants to start playing Dnd with someone who has no clue whatsoever.
Awesome stuff. Only gripe is having the intro music at like 200% ... so I have to turn it down to get through the channel intro and then back up to hear you talking.
Thanks for the input. I will do that for future videos.
I... i freaking understand! I can actually follow! Thank you so much!
My homebrew roleplaying group loves crits. We apply crits to everything that can be rolled for.
People looking for a good dnd guide: follow this guy.
I've been through several channels such as dnd dudes, etc and so far this is the best explanation I've heard.
This guy is good at teaching.
The "Don't roll to enter unlocked doors" part reminded me of my first game. Our warrior decided that he didn't want to open a door normally, and instead kick it down. He got a natural 1, and got his leg stuck in the door. He never learnt from this, and would still get nat 1 when busting down a door. I swear he was the most unlucky guy out there.
Lmao I have no clue how to play but my friends r inviteing me to spend the night and we r playing d and d
12:35 Charisma is not abusable if you rule it right as a DM. Deception/Intimidation/Persuasion is not mind control, even with a NAT 20. You won't be able to convince the blacksmith that 5 copper is a reasonable price for plate armor. Your gnome bard won't turn the tide of battle by "intimidating into submission" the 5 orcs that have him surrounded. You won't convince the guard that totally saw you steal something that you're innocent. No matter how charismatic you are or how eloquent you express yourself or how straight faced you tell a lie, there are things you can't accomplish with words alone.
Well the only thing I'd like to argue is being surrounded by orcs, but everything else seems reasonable.
( it is possible to intimidate a group.)
i mean you could intimidate a blacksmith into giving 5 copper for plate armour but other than that
As a man who breaks sticks with his head for a living in the real world, you're dead wrong about it not being an athletic pursuit (although it feels more like a CON check, especially if you have someone else swing the stick for you.)
Otherwise, this video is perfect.
ALL of your videos are super helpful, dude. Thanks!
Proficiency in animal handling? What is his background, liontamer?? ;)
Ha ha it can be useful for Beastmaster Rangers
I am all for having critical success's on skills, our groups most memorable moment was when our rouge was back up ageist a wall and he convinced an ENTIRE ARMY he he did-int exist!
HAHA 😂😂😂
thanks for this guide. its REALLY clear
Pink guys not a weirdo
Just want to say that three years ago I used this video playlist to learn how to play D&D. Tonight I sent a group of new players this playlist in preparation for the Session 0 of a campaign I’m DM-ing. Thank you for this helpful and welcoming series! I see you have DM guides now. I’ll definitely check them out!
Late to this party. I haven't played D&D since 2nd edition and I decided to get back into it. The game has changed so much since the last I played it over 25 years ago. Paladins no longer has to be lawful good? *mind blown* Your guides explain everything so easily and well put together. Probably one of the best beginner D&D guides. It helped me out greatly.
Wtf I pink guy doing here
_Y o u c a n n o t e s c a p e._
My D&D I.Q went up by a point after watching your videos. Thank you for making these videos, especially with captions available. Will watch the rest of the videos. I am yearning to play D&D.
This is the best time to start playing (again). You're right in the wave of tabletop revival.
This was so helpful! I couldn’t make heads-or-tails of the rule book.
Edit. Also, because of your character creation vid, I just started making a half-elf Monk, Martial artist. Thanks So much!!!!!!
Wow thanks so much for this! I was having a little trouble understandings some things and your video made it so easy :) I appreciate it.
I was rolling for my first skill thing for the character sheet and I rolled a fucking 20! Dam I bought lucky dice.
your animations are perfect for this thx dude you have helped me understand this game so much
I have the WORST roles, literally 50% of my roles are nat 1s. One time I was chasing a kidnapper and I swung my sword at him but I rolled a 1, so my DM had me trip and fall on my blade and it pierced me in the shoulder, so I nearly bled out and the bad guy got away, and I think the child ended being murdered. :(
I just cant believe that i have finally found THE best tutorial guide for DnD . ( Is the editor feeling ok ? )
great video series, I saw them linked to a new player recently in discord and figured I'd check them out so that I'm better equipped to help people get into the hobby.
something did puzzle me with this video though, and I don't see a comment below about it, sorry if it's been answered before, I did at least look first...
PHB page 182 has fixed distances for jumping from both a standing start and with a run-up; any particular reason you used jumping as an example and used rules that seem counter to RAW?
I'm aware DMs can change what they want and make a call on certain things, the ground may be weak, or uneven or the distance may be slightly beyond what they can jump and you want to give them a shot at making up the distance or grabbing on, etc. It just struck me as an odd choice, as jumping comes up a lot in D&D and i've never seen anyone require an ability check, either your strength and run up is enough that you clear it, or players found another way.
Just when I was starting to think there were actually no straight forward tutorial vids out there, I find this. Great video, answered all my questions. Very clear and informative. Great job!
Is it possible to start playing this game with strictly first time players? Also are there any free tools I could utilize to get started
this intro always scares me to death
My character has 8 strength but +1 to his strength modifier because of his racial bonus, I'm afraid of him drowning.
Lol imagine having to roll to be able to breathe. Like, suddenly, you fail a roll and you're like:"I forgot how to breathe" *_Dead_*
Id like to know how to play star wars edge of the galaxy
I know I'm 2 years late, but I feel the need to mention that depending on the context you might use a skill and ability that don't match. Wanna intimidate someone by smashing a table? Strength (Intimidation). Wanna avoid leaving tracks? Dexterity (Survival). Wanna run/swim for miles? Constitution (Athletics). Wanna play a really difficult song on guitar? Dexterity (Performance). Wanna play through Freebird? Constitution (Performance).
I'm slightly confused if someone could help that would be fantastic - only thing I don't get is why there is +4 to all of wisdom abilities except medicine and insight, I get that it's +2 proficiency to all skills you're proficient in (hence why strength has +5 and the others have +4) but I don't quite get why the other 2 wisdom skills don't have +4 also.
Is it just that you can only have 4 proficiency skills selected or something - any help is appreciated!
You get your total bonus from your ability modifier plus proficiency. Serio has +3 strength modifier and +2 proficiency for his athletics so he gets +5. He has +2 wisdom modifier and +2 proficiency for his perception, so he gets +4 total. You can learn more about this in the character creation video.
Depending on your class, race, and background choice, you can become proficient in certain skills. A cleric class for example can choose to be proficient in 2 of the following, History, Insight, Medicine, Persuasion, and Religion. Certain races and background also give you proficiency in other skills. Hailing from the Folk Hero background like Serio, automatically gives you proficiency in Animal Handling and Survival. The reason Serio doesn't have proficiency in medicine and insight, is simply because based on his class, race, and background, he simply didn't have access to those skills, or chose to forego those proficiencies for another skill. The fighter class can choose to be proficient in Insight, but only being allowed 2 proficiencies from its skill list, Serio decided to be proficient in Perception. As for Medicine, based on his character makeup, it simply wasn't possible as it wasn't a skill his class or background encompassed.
Ah, thank you!
Playing dnd today the bard (not horny) had did a viscous mockery and hit nat 20 me and the rest of the party had watched him say the most vile and out of pocket things that one left due to feeling a bit sad
*Been watching the vids at times for months.... then finally realizes the Subscribe button was still red. Blushing much red now*
Wow these videos are so helpful I have never played D&D, but you explained it in a way that makes it easy to understand in such a short period. Thank you very much for making these videos.
It genuinely bothers me how wisdom and intelligence are mixed together, Perception and insight should be part of INT
and History, Religion, Nature should be part of wisdom.
Intelligence is the ability to gain and use information, Wisdom is the accumulated information over time.
This needs more subs. This is EXACTLY what I've been looking for! Thank you!
I love the example of being distracted by a weirdo. I'm definitely going to use that :) Excellent content.
This is one of the best video series on how to play D&D I've ever seen. Top notch! I can't wait for more in this style.
My friend tried to teach me dnd, got super specific about the races I could choose from, and never explained this to me. I was so discouraged and confused, I gave up trying to learn. I really appreciate this series for walking through this so clearly and easy to understand.
I'm about to DM my first campaign only after ever playing once. My sister's kids are playing with me but I don't think anyone is going to make a cleric. I think I may allow them to eat three times a day and let them regain HP after eating a meal but it will only work if they're hungry. I might even allow for bonus HP if they eat breakfast after a long rest but only after a long rest.
8:32
Just to spite you, I’m going to make a campaign based around the fact that this is a sport.
Your videos are insanely helpful! Thanks a lot.
Very good video.
Always had an issue with Medicine being a Wisdom based proficiency. I get they had to make a decision between insight based skills being applied and knowledge based intelligent proficiency, but medicine is such a fine line. Game does not need to be too complicated, but this implies that medicine is Intuitive vs studied. Sure you have to identify the issue, and that is wisdom but best treatment is often from studying or critical thinking of one med is not working and a change needs to be made. Just thinking out loud, your videos are great.
Wait, wouldn’t a character with enough strenght be able to reliably jump across a hole?
Thank you - completely new to this game and trying to find out if this is something for our family to start playing together during these isolated Covid-times...
There's no sport that involves breaking a stick with your head.
You don't know Bo
I personally like it to refer to the player and the character both in the second person, regardless if I am the GM or a player myself. You is fine for the player, but I cannot simply assume that the player identifies that way with their character. So, I talk about characters in the third person instead, and avoid thus confusion if I am talking to someone at the table or about a character in the game.
Ok i would like the background music anyone nows it? It may be perfect for my campaign
You’re going to help me love being a DM. I was doing a test run with the wife tonight. Watched your video to confirm what I was doing. I was right on her skill check rolls! SUBSCRIBING ❤️
I believe that breaking an stick with your head is some.random russian sport
i rolled a critical fail throwing a net at goblins once
caught myself in the net, tripped, rolled into bonfire, burned to death and kept rolling into the goblins and entangled them in my burning corpse net. fun times
These are probably the best "D&D Explained" videos on TH-cam. Thank you!
10:15 it's Aar-Kay-Nuh. Why does everyone get that wrong?
Thank you, kind Indian man. You are the only person who explained this in a way i'd get it.
I love the humor. Roll to breathe, or scratch my bum...I really laughed at that one.
One of my wizard friends tried a sleep potion on an orc in a cave ahead, rolled a 1, and made a fighter fall asleep into the river that lined the main entrance of the cave. Safe to say most of the damage dealt there was friendly fire from then on
What I like to do is half the players roll for their ability scores and I said it at a base of 10 and roll the one die 8 because they are Adventures they should have a little better scores than the commoners
Going through the comments reading these stories about rolling natural 1 or 20 is hilarious and I love it
Well done Cj.thank you for your informative videos!
I hate it when Pink Guy makes me fall into pits 😂 awesome video btw
Don't Stop Thinking? More like, good TH-camr!
Great guide but the character sheets are not working. Is there a problem with the page host?
Such an inviting and informative way to introduce people to DnD. These videos are the perfect tool to explain this game to my wife!
Roll to breathe!
How do you deside what armor class a pit in the ground has? is it just shoose a number or are the rules regarding it? And where can i find the proficiency bonus for a class?
Wow this was really helpful I just bought the core rulebooks and these were really helpful in understanding some of the rules.
Dexterity 8:52 Constitution 9:36 intelligence 9:59 Wisdom 11:15 Charisma 12:37
You explain everything really good!
I used normal distribution outside of school?????!!!!!
Maybe a dumb question but at 9:35 he mentions Serio has "Vehicle (land)" so gets +4 (+2 Dexterity and +2 Proficiency) but how do you know "Vehicle (land)" is part of Dexterity? Is there a list somewhere that states everything covered under Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, etc or are you just supposed to know driving a vehicle would be Dexterity?
U asking to see the rulebook?
Players handbook and dungeon master's guide
I just made my character and have +7 deception
You forgot to mention is that though the skills are tied to a certain attribute, there might be instances where you'll use a different attribute but retain the proficiency bonus. The example given in the rule books is towards the athletics skill, where swimming against the current might be a feat of strength that tries your athletic abilities, swimming the miles from one island to another would be more a test of endurance, which falls under constitution.
if you wanted to check for traps in a dungeon room would it be a perception check or investigation check
Usually, it would be perception check to find the trap or see part of the trap or something suspicious. But it would be investigation check to figure out what it does or how to disarm it.
Generally, you can only investigate something that you can see or interact with.
Actually it's normally thieves tool proficiency that lets the character add their proficiency bonus to whatever stat the DM is having them use to disarm a trap or pick a lock.
If you know it's there you use Investigation
Fantastic video series!! Thank You! XD
I cant jump
who the fuck don't like to humiliate someone dat got a 1?