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Once I had a game where my party wanted to rob a shop called 'Andy's Alchemist' literally just because that day Andy wasn't in. This had nothing to do with the plot it was just a random shop. So that's why the law related stuff is first as it is the first things I must prep because my players are annoying (I love them).

Thank you so much I really appreciate it, I definitely want to make some more of these Elden Ring/DnD videos so next time i'll make sure to add some weaker but impactful items for lower level characters.

@@HangwitsArchive Awesome I'm looking forward to it. Other games, as well as enemies, could also be really cool.

I'm so sorry

I think this generally depends on the style of your game, personally I don't add the item descriptions to my DnD game. However if I did I believe the best way is by handing a player a card with the description, but stylised in a way that suits your campaign. Like if your campaign is pirate based then it could be cool to have the description be stained and crinkled like a treasure map. For the specific wording of the description the world is a major factor for this as the item descriptions in Elden Ring add to the lore of the world so if you add them to your games the description should justify that items existence in your world and help insight into other aspects of your world.

@@HangwitsArchive Actually I am thinking about this for weeks and months 😅 I think I could get away with a „you remember overhearing xyz“ or „as you touch the item, you notice“ approach.

Thank you so much!

Thank you so much, I really appreciate it! I can't believe I didn't add them, I'm definitely going to add them in the future and am going to edit this videos description to add them now.

@@HangwitsArchive thanks mate! I’m going to be using the conditions from your other video for my combats moving forward btw too!

That's awesome. You'll love dazed, it makes combat amazing

Wow that's awesome! I did not know this while making the video else I would have definitely mentioned it.

@@HangwitsArchive Guy’s name is/was Nolan Whale. Don’t know his current status. What a legend though. Kid used his wish to give people nightmares.

Literally made arguably the most terrifying monster and I respect him for that

Kinda depends on the type for me. If someone plays a lorax type character that's pretty cool to me. But how it's written in the PHB for those classes just isn't for me

Everyone wants artificer to divide us, we will not allow that to happen

You make an incredibly good point with that, If I am right tashas replaces hide in plain sight which I called out. Truthfully I had an incredibly hard time with rangers as there is almost 3 types of ranger, PHB, after xanathers and after tashas which make them hard to place because they have so many new additions. I think I should have placed them high C and should have mentioned tashas (I wanted to keep the sections brief and ranger was already getting long but I still think its a mistake). The only reason why I would say they should stay C is because of how much concentration based spells they have (which is around 50% of their spells) and how much a ranger can do with their bonus action which can make them feel like a gattling gun as when you get off the hunters mark,favoured foe and slayers prey (monster slayer subclass) you do so much damage but it's at least 3 turns of prep. However I think rangers could heavily be considered for B and I think this is one of those classes where if I were to make the video again in a years time there's a decent chance I would place them in B. My next character is going to be another ranger so I can test this more

@@HangwitsArchive I personally had a lot of fun with the Drakewarden ranger using Tasha options. It was basically training a dragon that became a part of our party as the game went on. To the point other player characters where interacting with my Drake. That said I can understand the bonus action/concentration concerns.

That sounds awesome! I've never played drakewarden before so i'm definitely going to have to give it a try.

I think for me I generally find other classes better at what a monk does in an all round party. Paladins and fighters can do the damage while having more HP to play with, sorcerers and wizards too but they are ranged so their hp is less of a concern. The main part though is the drop off in power later on as a monk while these classes get stronger. If this tier list was from lvl 1 to lvl 10 power wise I would rate them higher (they won't go that high because I don't like their flavour and I don't think they are fun but that's a me thing) but then also ranger would be high up because they are really good in the early game too. Also stunning strike is incredible early on but later doesn't feel that good as the DC sits around 15 (sometimes less sometimes more) and forces a con save which higher cr monsters tend to have very high con. I will say though monk is unrivalled in terms of movement, it is kinda insane. So that's why I rated them low but this isn't to say you should never play monk, DnD is a really well made game where the classes all feel good and can all be powerful in their own way. The best part about these classes is that if you want to play a certain character there is a class to suit that character. Also this tier is mainly subjective due to 2 out of the 3 rating systems I used were completely up to my opinions (flavour and fun). So yeah those are my basic reasons but I think you're fair to like them but monk just isn't for me.

@@HangwitsArchive It's weird you see them fall off on late game as with a little bit of HP investment the open hand monk had more damage than me with a fighter battlemaster built on damage with greatswords. Mostly because you can attack as many times with a monk as a fighter with actionsurge more than 2x using ki and you can also stack a bunch of other stuff on these attacks, while fighters can barely do anything other than swinging around. Also stunning strike is still great at high level, what else can try to stun an enemy 4-5 times in a turn at high level? There is literally no better skill at any level than that for a big enemy. Even if they have high stats, rolling 5 times will have them fail, even more so if you boost the save to 16 or 17. It really depends on if you can find items that can buff your character, but it's the same with all the classes. Over 10th level all the classes seemed to be underwhelming tbh and I have played 2 campaigns over 10-20th level. The class was either already broken by lvl 10 or it did not really get anything that made it so much more stronger.

I find that the damage per turn is really good for fighter due to their survivability so they can survive a lot more rounds of combat than a monk can (I am saying this on assumption that there no healer in the party and the character is only healing themselves else this becomes more about team comp than the individual class) however you are completely right that in 1 or 2 turns that a monk can deal more damage but in that point there are so many resources burnt to fulfil that damage output, whereas a paladin can have high damage over many turns. Another commenter said stunning strike is good at burning legendary resistance and I agree with that as when i played as a monk from levels 5 - 15 (drunken master) I found that after level 10 the stunning strike was just buring a resistance and it would take around 3 tries for the creature to fail the save anyway. which made me feel like my role was to try to burn resources of the monster and then back up else i would get bodied. The post level 10 statement is really interesting as I entirely disagree as I think that wizard and sorcerer feel like they skyrocket at that point which I like, I think other classes too which I briefly mention in the video, but I like every level up ability to feel like I am growing which is why past lvl 10 I kinda hate monks lvling system. Out of pure curiosity what classes would you put monk above/ what tier would you put them in? Because your points are very thought out and valid, i personally disagree on aspects. I think this is the tough part of discussing dnd as there are so many sub classes, types of campaigns, types of monsters that in 1 campaign a class can be nuts and in the next it's awful. Tierlists are always biased for DnD as I've only ever played in tables with me and my friends which means we generally prefer the same style of game. I just made this one because I really enjoy discussing DnD and seeing how others experience the game.

@@HangwitsArchive I would definitelly put it up with a B along with the fighter. Just as monk, fighter doesn't get almost any skills over lvl 10, you get feats/ability scores, but if you already have the feats taking ability scores instead of a good skill at higher levels feels like a waste and just makes you fall behind soo much. Literally the warlock outdamaged me around lvl 14 as they got really good abilities, while as fighter I get 2 more points into constitution... Yeay! XD Getting an attack and action surge is nice, but action surge is used up fast, while more attacks don't always help as much as some skills, so many times I had to give up attacks as there was no one next to me, meanwhile as a battlemaster I could forgo an attack to get one of my allies to attack. (there was once a time I made our wizard slap someone as there was nothing else to do and she actually killed the enemy, it was funny af XD )

I think B isn't a bad place makes a lot of sense, obviously you know why I put monk in D outside of combat reasons. Fighter for me was the pure baseline, the true definition of middle of the road. Wizard slaps are deadly, they train for years to be perfectly petty

You know what that's completely cool I knew some of these takes would be controversial but that's fine, I hope you at least enjoyed video.

I had a feeling my monk take would be controversial which is obviously completely fine. I 100% agree with you that monk is good up until level 7 is good, items can make monk a lot better but for the sake of this tier list I didn't make it with items in mind because there are far too many and talking about them would make the video hours long. My problem with monk is that they really feel like they phase out power wise after they get evasion and get some weird abilities as I mentioned in the video, as their unarmed strike and ki points (in my opinion) don't scale as well when compared to smites, eldritch blast, sorcery points and other core class abilities. Also the flavour part is 100% subjective so when I look at the monk subclasses to me they dont feel that varied, like a clockwork sorcerer feels like an entirely different class to a wild magic sorcerer. The only one that feels like it stands far out is drunken master as I stated. Druid had a section cut out due to my mic being dodgy but basically I said they feel about half way for me in power, pretty good at everything but I don't feel like they excel so I would rank them like A or B or power but they ended up in C because the tier list was a mix of fun, flavour and power and 2 out of 3 are subjective which is why they were C For me I think paladin has so much flavour and from what you said feels like a table reason as my tables always go in quite hard on the oaths and breaking oaths have been major story arches in some of my favourite campaigns, which is why I love them. But after all this I 100% get what you're saying and this tier list wasn't made to say never play the classes that I believe are bottom tier. I genuinely all the classes in the game are fun and think they deserve to be there, So i'm glad there are monk lovers to go against the monk dislikers like me.

Reasons like these make me want to like monk but I just can't. They are definitely tactical and I like ki point as I mentioned in the video but I find that most classes can do what they can but better, monk feels a bit like a half caster to me without the utility. Stunning strike is very good when it lands, personally i've been burnt by missing it multiple time but that's just dice, but I find hold person to be a tad better just due to the range. However it seems like you multiclassed monk with fighter and that's a very powerful build, I think monk is a weak class on it's own but kinda insane when paired with other martial classes so i'm not surprised that your character was strong.

@@HangwitsArchive Hold person is very good until you're trying to hold a shambling mound. Or beholder. or most of what you'll find in the bestiary for 5e. I have absolutely burned 3 ki points in one turn making the dm roll save after each hit and that only gets worse as you level and enemy saves start getting bonuses that almost equal your DC, BUT, that's why I said it only takes one bad roll and you're burning a legendary, making it more likely that wizard or sorc are gonna land their cc, or you're burning the boss in one round of unfettered whoopass.

@@HangwitsArchive I'll give you another reason to want to play monk, especially for lighthearted one shot kind of deal. lvl 6 Shadow Monk with 2 common magic items, cloak of billowing and dread helm. You just got yourself a poor mans Batman but with actual powers, running and teleporting along the roofs at night keeping the town safe from bandits and political intrigue. The comedy writes itself.

Ok i'll concede on the one shot batman idea, you could get a level in barbarian for that too so that you can get rage. So i'm all in

I started playing in 2016 so around 8 years now, which makes me feel very old

@@HangwitsArchive That’s awesome! I bet you have had some crazy fun over those years!

A true dive into the deep end

@@HangwitsArchive It really was!

I think you're completely right and it's so strange. Magic items 100% help push both monk and ranger in BG3 and I think monk is better because of how easy it is to short rest, as when I played monk in DnD after every combat I had spent literally all of my ki points meaning if there was another combat I was screwed. Ranger I think is really slept on, it is so strong up to around level 7 then starts to feel a lot weaker, also BG3 helps this as it allows 2 level spells in a turn if one is a BA so it means hunters mark can always be cast. I want to make a video about multiclassing because it's so interesting. Multiclassing with warlocks I think is generally very powerful.

Ok a lot of options here since this weirdly doesn't appear in the rules so I'm gonna list a few The mother tracks them down because that player has the egg scent The player throws up a baby dragon and has a pet (I'd use pseudodragon stats) Chestburst moment from Alien and combat your player starts to absorb dragonform related stuff, gets scales, gets resistance to a damage type (depending on the colour dragon it ate) maybe some weird magically powers a cult hears about this and want to study them so they are gonna try and capture them That's all I got at the moment but please tell me how you resolve this

Wow that card stack idea is amazing, I like that you keep track of those NPCs because when an NPC returns it's really good world building because it makes the world feel alive, I've never heard about these cards online so I'll definitely have a look. Every session I make my players do the recap for the exact reasons you said, it's simply the best way to get players in the right headspace. I only didn't mention here as I mentioned it in another video (I think my first but I cant remember) So I didn't want to retread that ground but maybe I should have.

That's really cool, I'm going to look into this because I've never played pathfinder before but if there are some cool conditions to bring over ill see if I can convert them. That action system is really interesting, I do find DnD a bit hazy in terms of defining the differences between actions, bonus actions and free actions so it's cool that pathfinder has 3 actions in a turn (im assuming from your comment)

I've never heard of that term before but I really like it and something I'm definitely going to use in the future. Thank you

I think that's completely fair. For pretty much everything the player has I leave up to them to figure out or make sure it works, but personally I find people tend to mess up on spells (myself included) due to most spells having around 5 lines of text so I think it's very easy to make a mistake so generally I pull up spells when my players cast them just in case. However I like to have the players handbook open to double check other stuff like damage conditions or just general ruling because DnD has so many little details it's hard to remember them all. Which is why I added the players handbook part in the video, but I think I didn't really touched on this rule point though which I should have. But after saying all this I think you make a very good point that a DM has a lot of work to do and players should know their own stuff, I just generally enjoy looking at spell my players cast to see how they solved a puzzle in a way I haven't and double checking the wording.

Then again, sometimes the player wants to do something with a spell that they interpret as completely within the rules, but from the DM's perspective is a bit sus, so they want to look it up for verification.

@@chazzerine7650 in that case the player can easily show the spell text, RAR and all that

Thank you so much! Honestly it's so easy to forget the simple details when DMing

Thank you so much! I think it's so easy to forget the simple things and also I think that the DnD community has expanded so much after BG3 that a lot of new players are starting to DM so I think talking about the fundamentals will (hopefully) help some people out.

No worries, I haven't heard anyone talk about that website which blows my mind considering how helpful it is. So i'm glad I can spread the word

That's amazing, Good luck you've got this! Being a DM for the first time is scary but be confident in yourself and in every session i've ever ran (I've played for around 8 years now) something hasn't gone according to plan or the unexpected has happened, so when that happens stay calm and roll with it because I'm sure the players won't even realise that your plan has changed.

Thank you so much! I'm really glad you liked it

These words scare me

Omg is that Maliketh???

@@HangwitsArchive real recognise real

It's a great creature which is kinda similar to a jackalope. It first appeared in tomb of annihilation and has roots in middle east dating back to around the 13th century. I love this creature so much but I think it deserves way more love

Thanks, I really appreciate it. I'm glad you enjoyed the video

I couldn't agree with you more, every character has a weakness which should be something that is fun and allows other players to shine. Also I'm surprised the DM didn't end the dominate person because after 4 rounds that's cruel, depending on how fast a table does combat 8 round could be 30 mins - 1 hour. I like the idea of giving better saving throws as characters get higher proficiency, it's fun and gives players a better chance at these conditions. I think if you want to run stunned, paralysed etc this is a really neat work around.

@@HangwitsArchive it was just 1 round actually. What happened was the Barbarian player decided to enter the next room all on his own and got jumped by 14 monsters. Was a common noob mistake but I still feed bad for him

Poor guy, that's brutal but it's something you must learn

These are amazing, I love them. Winded is so cool because it's great for that last big push but it's so punishing which is fair because of how good the reward is. I also love that it's a choice so that the players can gamble to try and end a fight faster. I assuming this is a once per day effect? Nausea is great, it's such a small effect and I think DnD needs more of these minor conditions just to add a nice bit of variety. It's amazing to put on an orge due to their smell or something like that. Pissed is intresting because I want to know if this is a choice based effect or a forced condition like nausea. I also like that it can only be done on basic attacks. I think for this condition it should work like rage where if you don't attack it ends or that you must attack. Grossed out is weird but I like it, I think it should be a 1 round effect to mix things up, but from my video you can tell I like throwing strange obstacles in combat. lionheart should definitely be a magic item ability, it's really fun but if you use a lot of positive conditions it can be a really nice double edge sword. So basically I like your ideas they're cool and seem balanced

I really like this ideas, they are really cool. Personally I would slippery and echo as a spell or feat rather than a condition but I think they are awesome and something that should definitely be tried.

3 levels of exhaustion and permanent stat losses?! thats actually mental. Sound like he was an awful DM, surprised you stayed for 3 sessions. Also I agree that the stunned condition (and the other turn ending conditions) are fine for players, until boss combats where a stun can make the encounter too easy. So conditions are in kind of a strange spot for me in terms for players, I want them to feel strong but not strong enough to make combat a walk in the park. I haven't ever banned these conditions for players though, I just make sure I never use them for monsters.

Those aren't homebrew my dude. They're from earlier editions.

@@teknogothyk No i know about level drain, rapid ageing and stuff being from earlier editions. The worm infestation causing exhaustion was homebrew, I shoulda written that better.

This is a great name, I mainly called it taunt because I play too much hearthstone

@@HangwitsArchive ye fair I thought of of mtg and 3.5e since Well same company

That's pretty cool, because it would be awful for a high resistances low hp type of monster, but then I couldn't imagine them using taunt. I always use taunt for creatures with high HP pools. This is something where I have no clue on whether your idea would be more balanced or not. Which means I am definitely going to have test this out as soon as I can.

That's a really interesting question, I tend to rule that taunt has a range of 30ft to allow players to be able to hit (assuming they are melee). However if you want to make taunt have a longer range to pull aggro and protect their allies that would be really cool. This is going to be something I test out in my next session

@@HangwitsArchive I could also see someone using thaumaturgy to increase the range, or an ally grappling an enemy so it can't move

These reasons are exactly why there should be more conditions in DnD, with more conditions there are so many creative ideas like your one to make combat more engaging

@@HangwitsArchive homebrew is always an option

I suggest giving a “threatened” enemy some kind of bonus to resist the taunt. Otherwise players might make them into a game of pong dragging the enemy towards them, getting attack of opportunity every time they target the next taunter

Thank you so much, genuinely this has made my day. I think it's because I've only just started posting about a week ago so I think it just takes time. I've tried using tags but I think you're probably right and I should look more into them. but thank you youre awesome

@@HangwitsArchive You're welcome, have a blessed day😊

I thought you meant me for a second there

No no just the idea of a shop keeper like that! 😂

Awesome backstory

I love kenkus so much, I sneak them into every campaign i've ran