What class should you play in D&D? | A Tutorial for all players

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  • A tutorial for new or old players on deciding what class to play in the 5th edition of Dungeons and Dragons. Pardon my looking at computer for notes. Hope you found some use from this video, Thanks for subscribing!
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  • @sergmcmuffin
    @sergmcmuffin Před 6 lety +4250

    i decided for anyone coming upon this video for the first time (and for myself later on) that i will write down time-stamps
    0:00 - 0:20 --Basic intro
    0:21 - 0:40 --Names of classes
    0:41 - 1:02 --Class category
    1:03 - 1:35 --Offensive class
    1:36 - 2:01 --Barbarian
    2:02 - 2:30 --Fighter
    2:31 - 2:56 --Monk
    2:57 - 3:32 --Rogue
    3:33 - 4:03 --Offensive wrap-up
    4:04 - 4:53 --Support class
    4:54 - 5:43 --Cleric
    5:44 - 6:55 --Druid
    6:56 - 7:51 --Paladin
    7:52 - 8:44 --Bard
    8:45 - 9:31 --Spellcaster class
    9:31 - 10:33 --Mystic
    10:34 - 11:21 --Sorcerer
    11:22 - 12:03 --Wizard
    12:04 - 13:01 --Warlock
    13:02 - 13:19 --Utility class
    13:20 - 14:12 --Artificer
    14:13 - 14:42 --Ranger
    14:43 - 15:44 --Video wrap-up
    15:45 - 15:55 --Black screen w/ music

  • @richardcrossley9981
    @richardcrossley9981 Před 5 lety +4116

    A necromancer is just a really late healer....

    • @drakebell1191
      @drakebell1191 Před 4 lety +257

      How could you say something so controversial yet so brave

    • @wrytard3876
      @wrytard3876 Před 4 lety +27

      Giorno Giovanna you would know it giorno

    • @EveleenKisune
      @EveleenKisune Před 4 lety +55

      "Nexromancy spare the dying
      Or you could just resurrect them." From Jocats wizard subclass song

    • @oldkraken7123
      @oldkraken7123 Před 4 lety +4

      Change my mind

    • @daphnehanson7959
      @daphnehanson7959 Před 4 lety +3

      (OoO) ^ (O_O) -

  • @jinx184
    @jinx184 Před 6 lety +3508

    The four types of characters:
    1. Fiteman
    2. Good buddy
    3. Fireball
    4. Other

  • @TheGuardDuck
    @TheGuardDuck Před 4 lety +1082

    Our party has a first time player. He picked Wizard. He is literally killing it in both the combat and role-play. I'm freaking amazed, dude's a genius.

    • @thedisabledviking
      @thedisabledviking Před 4 lety +14

      What sub-class?

    • @TheGuardDuck
      @TheGuardDuck Před 4 lety +128

      We're doing Pathfinder, and he specialized in Illusion magic. Don't think he is doing a subclass.
      Also, we had a session last night where the ancient prophecy of the great evil actually made it's arrival on "Earth" (Golarion in PF). We met face to face, too terrified to fight, and after a long story, he, an elf wizard, disappeared, and a private session later, reappeared a dwarf, and possibly brainwashed. Guy is a damn good sport, played his role, and we had an epic moment where me, the paladin, and the CN sorcerer angrily questioned him to figure out what happened. We were considering knocking him unconscious, and then he dimension-door-ed away, leaving the rest of us in the desert in the night, yelling in exasperation. Then we ended the session, until next week. I'm freaking blown away! BTW, our GM isn't running a module either, and he is relatively inexperienced; this is his first long game, and he's killing it too!

    • @GrassPokeKing
      @GrassPokeKing Před 3 lety +47

      If he's a genius, no wonder he's doing so well as a wizard

    • @TheGuardDuck
      @TheGuardDuck Před 3 lety +57

      He actually might be! Both he and the GM are PhDs.
      Update: CN Sorcerer had to leave the game because life, and we picked up new players too. And the former elf wizard got restored to an elf, good as new!

    • @user-yy7tw9hv9n
      @user-yy7tw9hv9n Před 2 lety +2

      @@TheGuardDuck So how'd the long game end up a year later?

  • @goldenpants1239
    @goldenpants1239 Před 4 lety +1734

    If you wanna be powerful: fighter
    If you want something simple: fighter
    If you want to be versatile: fighter
    If it’s your first time: fighter
    If you want to be tanky: fighter
    If you want to be a damage dealer: fighter

    • @silverfang4583
      @silverfang4583 Před 4 lety +242

      If you want to scream at people To kill them:
      Bard

    • @Someone-sq8im
      @Someone-sq8im Před 4 lety +89

      If you’re a normie: Fighter

    • @epser5842
      @epser5842 Před 4 lety +63

      Fighter best class

    • @jacobhamilton2473
      @jacobhamilton2473 Před 4 lety +49

      Fighter is an incredibly versatile class

    • @mongodroid4842
      @mongodroid4842 Před 4 lety +42

      Want to cast spells: -wizard- Eldritch Knight? There's people who play this?

  • @InquisitorThomas
    @InquisitorThomas Před 6 lety +6722

    These classes are for filthy casuals, real D&D players chose to play Halfling Farmers who lost both their arms in their backstory and fight by holding a rake in their teeth!

    • @jhart6764
      @jhart6764 Před 6 lety +313

      Inquisitor Thomas just hope you never fall over or your going to be part of the ground for a while.

    • @InquisitorThomas
      @InquisitorThomas Před 6 lety +476

      J hart My fucking character doesn’t need god damn arms, he can two million push ups in a half an hour using his tongue! Get on my fucking level scrublord!

    • @femboyskeleton9150
      @femboyskeleton9150 Před 6 lety +283

      Inquisitor Thomas who needs teeth when you have eyeholes to hold a double edged scycle

    • @zdavis9091
      @zdavis9091 Před 6 lety +61

      Inquisitor Thomas Thanks. This made me LOL.

    • @colstonreese4309
      @colstonreese4309 Před 6 lety +74

      This man needs a cookie and a high 5

  • @QuintonCenter
    @QuintonCenter Před 6 lety +2966

    "Your whole party has got SWORDS and BATTLEAXES and SPELLS that can cast from their HANDS and their WANDS, and you're in the back with a guitar going *DEEDEEDLDEEDEEDLEDEE* and people EXPLODE for some reason."
    Haha. The bard in a nutshell.

    • @rcticfloof
      @rcticfloof Před 6 lety +78

      Quinton Center basically just Sam Riegel in dnd format

    • @shadowgear7032
      @shadowgear7032 Před 6 lety +16

      This is how I see bards. I hate bards

    • @alanolex3962
      @alanolex3962 Před 6 lety +6

      Quinton Center put that quote on my tombstone

    • @dljb1894
      @dljb1894 Před 6 lety +15

      I just realized the POPSTAR job in miitopia is basicly a bard

    • @deathbyprocrastination9515
      @deathbyprocrastination9515 Před 6 lety +41

      So you think music is harmless huh? In that case you won't mind listening to my new song, I call it *"It's Darudepacito Brostorm: Nightcore Edition"!*

  • @RianeBane
    @RianeBane Před 3 lety +170

    I've been dying to play D&D for years, and I've finally signed up for my first game this weekend. It's an one-shot homebrew game in which the party will be *only bards.*
    To say I am pumped is an understatement.

    • @Kimberly34584
      @Kimberly34584 Před 2 lety +16

      How did it go?? All bards sounds interesting haha

  • @siegfried1422
    @siegfried1422 Před 4 lety +160

    Clerics and Paladins: Two support classes that, in the accurate words of Jocat, can tank, smite and instill fright.

  • @supershinystar5515
    @supershinystar5515 Před 5 lety +3030

    I have a bard character with a magic flute that could make her communicate with animals and plants. But I remember this one time. We were walking through the forest and my character was getting bored. So she plays a random tune and accidentally offends a tree. And the tree smacks our Barbarian. It was hilarious

    • @thomashall7317
      @thomashall7317 Před 5 lety +66

      Yea that happens I guess

    • @yzertqhbog6597
      @yzertqhbog6597 Před 5 lety +305

      "HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT ABOUT MY MOTHER"
      "I played hot cross buns , dafuq

    • @wonderlandartwork3579
      @wonderlandartwork3579 Před 5 lety +66

      WHAT DID YOU SAY TO ME, FILTHY PEASANT!?

    • @rojakishibe7113
      @rojakishibe7113 Před 5 lety +26

      Good thing it was not a treant

    • @stevenc4982
      @stevenc4982 Před 5 lety +81

      My party had a bard who owned a talking guitar named Felipe. Once when making a stealth check, the rogue walked into the bard and Felipe started shouting at her. Another time, the druid stepped on the bard's foot, who promptly dropped Felipe down the stairs.

  • @SevenOne_71
    @SevenOne_71 Před 5 lety +1691

    Types of classes:
    1. "I need healing"
    2. "God dammit they died again"
    3. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA EVERYTHINGS ON FIREEEEE"
    4. "Why does no one ever play us anymore?"

  • @13sampepper
    @13sampepper Před 5 lety +430

    “...rather than doing loads of damage”
    paladin: *laughs in smite*

    • @mardshima2070
      @mardshima2070 Před 3 lety +9

      This video is when he yet to have deeper understanding on 5e DnD. The current him likely won't say Monk is easiest Class to play.

    • @kaiserium8551
      @kaiserium8551 Před 3 lety +3

      @@mardshima2070 nope he still says so

    • @jareddmunoz
      @jareddmunoz Před 3 lety +1

      Crit fishing.

    • @roguenarakdimitri3817
      @roguenarakdimitri3817 Před 3 lety +1

      **PURGING HERESY INTENSIFIES**

    • @asturias0267
      @asturias0267 Před 2 lety +1

      With the addition of all the other subclasses in Xanathar, Tasha, etc things have really been shaken up. Most notably ranger is actually playable now.

  • @bruhboss3141
    @bruhboss3141 Před 4 lety +259

    "Clerics, paladins, and bards are support"
    *_JoCat would like to know your location_*

    • @Lycaon1765
      @Lycaon1765 Před 4 lety +29

      Clerics and bard? Ok sure, but PALADINS? No sense.

    • @kiquesbrothers1454
      @kiquesbrothers1454 Před 3 lety +4

      Hehe

    • @hellfire286
      @hellfire286 Před 3 lety +2

      @@Lycaon1765 not according to JoCat

    • @hellfire286
      @hellfire286 Před 3 lety +10

      @@skymanta1222 at least until the moon druid unlocks elemental wild shape and then you have two rampaging fire elementals every fight.

    • @skycastrum5803
      @skycastrum5803 Před 3 lety +1

      Sort of felt the same about rogue. But that’s more out of combat. Skill monkeys are fun.

  • @erdervv
    @erdervv Před 6 lety +1612

    (Playing pathfinder)
    "Ok guys, what characters do you want to play as?"
    "Barbarian"
    "Gunslinger"
    "Slayer"
    "Ninja"
    "...this is going to be a shitshow"
    And that was the start of the greatest campaign i ever had the pleasure to play in.

    • @welmby
      @welmby Před 5 lety +21

      Forge cleric is my last guy.

    • @sarahstuenkel4949
      @sarahstuenkel4949 Před 5 lety +60

      *AND WOULDNT IT BE NICE TO PLAY TOGETHER*

    • @welmby
      @welmby Před 5 lety +5

      @@sarahstuenkel4949 i need 5e regular players for mondays. Long distance via net is an option

    • @Pyrrhful
      @Pyrrhful Před 5 lety +2

      @@welmby Offer still open? :D

    • @welmby
      @welmby Před 5 lety +2

      Add me. Right now we are stalled.

  • @ivybennett2274
    @ivybennett2274 Před 6 lety +741

    "Support classes dont do a ton of damage"
    >puts paladin in there, literally the king of burst damage

    • @Raptorman0205
      @Raptorman0205 Před 5 lety +94

      Nothing like dropping a literal of handful's of dice worth of smites and giant hammers on some dickhead boss that won't die

    • @darkwin1977
      @darkwin1977 Před 5 lety +39

      i just like to say that. even thou paladin do good damage. they have a lot of support, for example all of them give a bonus to all saving throws and inmiunity to frightning, and also, some of them special options, like inmune to charms or resistance to ALL MAGIC DAMAGE
      also the most powerfull support spells... circle of power

    • @zach1972
      @zach1972 Před 5 lety +49

      >Cleric in support
      >Becomes War Cleric

    • @thomashall7317
      @thomashall7317 Před 5 lety +13

      My friend plays a lizardfolk paladin and his ac is 19 WITHOUT HIS SHEILD. My campaign is a fun one for sure.

    • @samuelswihart4285
      @samuelswihart4285 Před 5 lety +2

      @@thomashall7317 tanky boi

  • @davidtorne6689
    @davidtorne6689 Před 3 lety +121

    The Druid has more spells than the Cleric actually. Druids: 151, Clerics: 116. Not only they have a lot more spells, they also have to learn many forms from the Beastiary. So they have to learn a lot more than the Cleric to be played well. I'd say the Druid is quite more advanced

    • @davidtorne6689
      @davidtorne6689 Před 3 lety +10

      @@BetAntone-nl2dy exactly. Druids have a lot of things that can change and coordinate. So you can really personalize them in a lot of ways, but even after you make the character, you can completely change your gameplay without even increasing in level. There are so many things you can juggle. For example, owls don't cause opportunity attacks, Giant eagles have a flying speed of 80 and can carry another character, many animals have advantage on sight or smell, crag cats and other beast have special defense against spells, earth elementals have tremorsense. There's just so many abilities a wildshape away. Not to mention spells, a class that has Polymorph, Heat metal and Conjure animals is class to be feared no matter what

    • @isuckatart8
      @isuckatart8 Před rokem +2

      when i was younger the druid was my first class. was 10 at the time.

  • @shelluwwthebrave751
    @shelluwwthebrave751 Před 5 lety +143

    My first character was a paladin i tried to roleplay him as a « good » « mercyfull » dude...
    I play rogue now...

    • @j.l.6511
      @j.l.6511 Před 4 lety +16

      Paladins should be pleayed by the oath of revenge. This way they are still powerful as shit but are not delicate princesses who can't do anything their strict daddies wouldn't approve.

    • @shealupkes
      @shealupkes Před 3 lety +15

      Playing "lawful good" characters is a lot if fun if you don't confuse lawful for the actual law(I tend to see it as synonymous with loyalty instead) and don't confuse good with squeaky clean
      That being said the new personality system is way better

    • @skycastrum5803
      @skycastrum5803 Před 3 lety +2

      Still want to play a hobgoblin paladin of conquest, follower of Bargrivyek, Gobbo God of cooperation. Only issue is, that cooperation only extends to fellow gobs. So basically he goes out trying to stir up trouble between non-goblins.

    • @davidmacko6309
      @davidmacko6309 Před 3 lety +4

      @@shealupkes if you only follow the law thats lawful evil or neutral at best

    • @thepeemachine8992
      @thepeemachine8992 Před 3 lety

      @@j.l.6511 the Bible says no cussing.

  • @fangsabre
    @fangsabre Před 5 lety +1048

    Bard: ok I'm gonna play through the fire and flames
    *guitar starts literally spitting fire

    • @DracoDovakiin
      @DracoDovakiin Před 5 lety +41

      My Tiefling Bard did the same thing, except he was using a flute. Fire pouring out of the end have an advantage on intimidation to get them to *back down.*

    • @sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149
      @sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149 Před 4 lety +34

      "Anyways, I cast wondrous wall."
      _-The bard_

    • @TheGuardDuck
      @TheGuardDuck Před 4 lety +6

      @@sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149 LOL

    • @JerKKeR
      @JerKKeR Před 4 lety +6

      Coma the doof Warrior

    • @Pundae
      @Pundae Před 3 lety +5

      @@sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149 I had a guy play a minotaur bard where every once in a while he'd just go "anyway, here's wonder wall"
      We had a kenku in the party that started learning to mimic the song too

  • @flyingfujigi8560
    @flyingfujigi8560 Před 6 lety +711

    I once played a wild mage and instead of using one, I used a mechanic called the unlucky number. After initiative I would roll an extra d20, then for the rest of the encounter if I rolled that number I activated my DMs custom 1-20 sheet. One time I was fighting an ancient black dragon in my friends home-brew campaign, and I rolled a 13, my unlucky number, and the dragon exploded into a tsunami of gold coins that killed the whole party. We then played another campaign in the same setting and came upon a cavern filled to the brim with gold coins, and five corpses buried in the treasure. That guy was a quality DM.

    • @hibacilacle2609
      @hibacilacle2609 Před 6 lety +57

      Did the bard do the deedleleedledeedleleedledeedleleedledeedleleedledeedleleedlelee which caused the dragon to explode?

    • @sugarghast
      @sugarghast Před 6 lety +19

      That's amazing! I want to start playing soon, and I hope to find a DM as great as that.

    • @ArkRiley
      @ArkRiley Před 5 lety +9

      I highly recommend the custom Wild Magic sheet for DMs. They can be an irritant to more serious-minded DMs who didn't really know what to expect when their player picked the class, so customizing the fail sheet helps them control the tone of the campaign.

    • @kc-ip2vc
      @kc-ip2vc Před 5 lety +7

      Well you killed the dragon

    • @fiend_shaped
      @fiend_shaped Před 5 lety +6

      @@kc-ip2vc and the next party got some sweet loot

  • @taxidermy9
    @taxidermy9 Před 4 lety +244

    So he convinced me to play a bard by his explanation of a bard. I’M PLAYING MY FIRST EVER GAME OF D&D TOMORROW WISH ME LUCK PLEASE

    • @taxidermy9
      @taxidermy9 Před 4 lety +28

      D&D is really fun! I encourage you all to try and play it sometime! I ended up playing a High elf Bard named Rinn. My party members consisted of; Carl aka Sir Cookieboop, the Mountain dwarf barbarian. Jerimiah, the Rock gnome fighter with a black and white pig that he constantly rides on named Gaston. Emma, the Human(?) Paladin. Sir Finn, the High elf rouge. For the ones I don’t know or don’t remember I just used the player’s name

    • @carteradams43
      @carteradams43 Před 3 lety +4

      @@taxidermy9 hello there! I have had three characters so far, in order of oldest to newest
      Dragonborn Cleric (my first character, created pretty much by seeing "dragon", "warhammer", and "healing spells" and mashing them into a character. Played him more like a Paladin, though.)
      Dwarf Fighter (I decided to invest more heavily into a "tank" type character, and decided that a dwarf fighter would work best for such a role. The campaign was a bit short, though, and I don't think we went past level 2 or 3 before moving on.
      Half-Elf Paladin (my current character! I focused more on the statistics of each race and class, finding what worked well together, rather then just getting elements that looked cool like my first character and a bit of my second. Still really fun to play, though. Mainly good at fighting, keeping true to the "tank" character I established liking in my second character. Paladins are cool because they play similar to a fighter mixed with a Cleric, allowing me to both deal (and take) massive amounts of damage while also healing/buffing team members

    • @rhysjonsmusic
      @rhysjonsmusic Před 3 lety

      Hows the game going?

    • @taxidermy9
      @taxidermy9 Před 3 lety +5

      @@rhysjonsmusic it got cancelled like less than a quarter through. 10/10 i totally recommend!!

    • @OnxlyArtemis
      @OnxlyArtemis Před 3 lety

      @@taxidermy9 did you play online or on a table

  • @nikitamalikov6683
    @nikitamalikov6683 Před 5 lety +40

    'and everyone turned into sheep. Even Strahd!'
    As soon as I can, I am playing Sorcerer and using every unlucky die I can beg, steal or borrow.

  • @ForemostCrab7
    @ForemostCrab7 Před 6 lety +1411

    Necromancer Gnome (tinier halfling) who has a Skeleton carrying him around cause his legs be too damn short to keep up with the party and leaves him quite winded.

    • @idiocyincorporated7635
      @idiocyincorporated7635 Před 5 lety +15

      ForemostCrab7 AWESOME!

    • @spritelady4669
      @spritelady4669 Před 5 lety +44

      I love him what a quality gnome friend.

    • @deffdefying4803
      @deffdefying4803 Před 5 lety +48

      The skeleton gives him withering looks when something "rattles me bones"

    • @upyours7
      @upyours7 Před 5 lety +18

      Apparently in D&D (5e, at least), Gnomes are larger than halflings on average :/

    • @welmby
      @welmby Před 5 lety +10

      I know someone played gnome wiz. Had an imp carry all the gear due to shit str

  • @amphithererose2300
    @amphithererose2300 Před 5 lety +1447

    Jacob- I recommend playing a offense class.
    Me- ha ha no. Ima play a druid
    My DM- Are you sure?
    Me (Oblivious) - Yes.
    Me later- oh no.

    • @princessjello
      @princessjello Před 5 lety +51

      Me. And then i burned my teammate to cinders ://////

    • @postomnis6134
      @postomnis6134 Před 5 lety +75

      Same thing on my end, except it was the DM saying oh no in this case. Totally destroyed his super well designed campaign that perfectly fit us as players by accident pretty much

    • @nicolaszan1845
      @nicolaszan1845 Před 4 lety +119

      DM: You look like the type that wants to be a Barbarian.
      Me: Nope. Wizardry is my calling!
      DM: Please no.
      Me: *Please yes*
      Also me: *Died first encounter because of the abysmal health pool*

    • @ARC--5973
      @ARC--5973 Před 4 lety +15

      I can relate. I choose sorcerer for my first time.

    • @benwarman5202
      @benwarman5202 Před 4 lety +24

      Ampithere Rose this happened in my Party. It’s everyones (minus the dm) first time playing and someone chose a Druid and is currently in the process of writing up a mystic. I chose a wizard and am currently a lvl6 abjurer and I’m loving it

  • @cloudbear393
    @cloudbear393 Před 5 lety +436

    3:04
    *Rouge:*
    -Offense
    -Very Easy
    -Stealth in Shadows
    -Deal Tons of Damage
    *_-Murder Stabby Die Die_*

    • @keyring7684
      @keyring7684 Před 4 lety +10

      Yeah.
      I first thought of the spy from TF2 when I heard about it.
      TIME TO MAKE A FRAG VIDEO

    • @JohnSmith-ex8iw
      @JohnSmith-ex8iw Před 4 lety +7

      Using the sneak attack die to make stuff die.

    • @daniale581
      @daniale581 Před 4 lety +3

      Leliana would be proud

  • @obsidianshard9822
    @obsidianshard9822 Před 5 lety +238

    "We where playing curse of strad and everyone turned into sheep yes even strad"
    WHERE IS THIS STORY

    • @jillianh7565
      @jillianh7565 Před 2 lety +4

      That is hilarious! My group is also playing Curse of Strahd and so far our fighters blew up castle Ravenloft, the cleric (me) has died twice, and we somehow managed to two shot Strahd at level 3. Additionally we recently added a vampire to the party 3 in game years after we defeated Strahd.

    • @cassandrafortney7980
      @cassandrafortney7980 Před 2 lety +4

      Sounds like a baaaaaah-d situation

    • @jillianh7565
      @jillianh7565 Před 2 lety

      @@cassandrafortney7980 what do you mean?

    • @cassandrafortney7980
      @cassandrafortney7980 Před 2 lety +2

      @@jillianh7565 i was replying to the original comment about the video where they were turned into sheep. Its a pun....

    • @ShinyAvalon
      @ShinyAvalon Před rokem +2

      @@cassandrafortney7980 - I got it. Thy pun skills are elite; I salute ewe.

  • @genericprofile2381
    @genericprofile2381 Před 6 lety +751

    "Leedlee Leedlee and everything explodes for some reason"
    -Shakespear

    • @crimsonwizahd2358
      @crimsonwizahd2358 Před 6 lety +18

      someone needs to animate that happening someday

    • @calebcarithers2059
      @calebcarithers2059 Před 6 lety +9

      That one american *axe guitar playing entensifies*

    • @tjortiz7466
      @tjortiz7466 Před 6 lety +7

      Leedle Leedle on the needle, get gud bard, Leedle Leedle.
      BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

    • @sofialaya596
      @sofialaya596 Před 5 lety

      Mock people to death or just make them get depression (scanlan on critical role lol)

  • @jacksonbowns1087
    @jacksonbowns1087 Před 6 lety +649

    Are you saying that a party of six Tiefling bards isn't a good idea? But how else will you have a traveling six-piece band?

    • @laoxep
      @laoxep Před 6 lety +40

      Entertainer background?

    • @thepirateshpee5401
      @thepirateshpee5401 Před 6 lety +73

      My players no longer have choice. Bard. Bard only bard.

    • @TheMorbidHobo
      @TheMorbidHobo Před 6 lety +6

      You can, it's just not a great idea. Although with the bard, you can build it to fit in most of the catigories.

    • @TheEnigmaticKasai
      @TheEnigmaticKasai Před 6 lety +48

      No joke, though we're not all bards, enough of the people in my current party have instrument proficiencies that we've actually started a travelling six-man band

    • @willb9431
      @willb9431 Před 6 lety +3

      Jackson Bowns play six tiefling bards and three other guys

  • @MoonPatch
    @MoonPatch Před 5 lety +345

    I had a warlock character once that made the pact because he was scared of the dark
    Like he was scared, so he decided "I'mma befriend whatever's in there, so it doesn't want to hurt me"
    So yeah, pretty much everything after he got Devil's Sight was just to stay on his darkness buddy's good side
    The best one shot ever

    • @nightlight7204
      @nightlight7204 Před rokem +2

      niko!!!

    • @elliel.5915
      @elliel.5915 Před rokem +2

      that's such an awesome idea!! it gives me a kind of fairytale horror vibe, if that's a thing?

    • @MoonPatch
      @MoonPatch Před rokem +1

      @@elliel.5915 Most fairy tales are pretty much horror stories if you look into it a bit, but I getcha!

    • @elliel.5915
      @elliel.5915 Před rokem +1

      @@MoonPatch true, a lot of fairytales are pretty fucked up if you look at them. man, i wanna steal this concept now... have a character who made a pact with the monster under the bed as a child

    • @MoonPatch
      @MoonPatch Před rokem +1

      @@elliel.5915 Go for it! Stealing character concepts is pretty par for the course I think, not like the concept is everything.

  • @Addy-xk2jc
    @Addy-xk2jc Před 4 lety +379

    Him: you shouldn’t choose a spell caster as your first character
    Him: you shouldn’t choose a spell caster of your campaign is going to start in ten minutes
    Me: creates a wizard for my first ever character for a campaign starting in 15 minutes

  • @owenlang9828
    @owenlang9828 Před 6 lety +736

    Warlocks aren't hard, you just need eldritch blast, forget everything else you have, just eldritch blast.

    • @marrabalmer2917
      @marrabalmer2917 Před 5 lety +75

      As someone who plays as a warlock, I can confirm this. Most of my invocations just buff up eldritch blast haha.

    • @thomashall7317
      @thomashall7317 Před 5 lety +80

      I saw a meme once and it said"come on warlock, say the line. I use Eldritch blast"

    • @witchBoi_Connor
      @witchBoi_Connor Před 5 lety +28

      Warlock isn’t hard because of how complicated it is, though it is a lil complicated, it’s hard because of meta feel. Limited spells, having to rely hard on EB, and living on short rests to pull your weight. If you’re a bladelock, then you’re at best a mini Paladin instead of an EB spammer. Pure warlocks can honestly feel pretty limited at times. Please get the invocations that offer at will spells!

    • @teddybear774
      @teddybear774 Před 5 lety +6

      Yeah nah that’s fine, it’s not like you can be a warlock who can cast invisibility, disguise self and levitate at will. But no warlock is just eldritch blast not the best class for specialization.

    • @LittleNemoGaming
      @LittleNemoGaming Před 4 lety +2

      1 year old thread but... Take Magic Initiate at lv1 by being Var Human. Take Bard as the class for the Feat since it also uses Charisma, learn Cure Wounds as the lv1 spell you can cast 1/per day at lowest level. You now have Cure Wounds on your spell list and can cast it with your Warlock slots at whatever level you can cast stuff. Backup healer assuming you haven't used your 2 slots on something else.

  • @god3785
    @god3785 Před 4 lety +45

    I would like to play as a bard barbarian that's species is a orc that literally starts singing heavy metal mid battle

    • @zephyr5487
      @zephyr5487 Před 2 lety

      Me, a Dm: *writes notes furiously*

  • @thedragonflyers6184
    @thedragonflyers6184 Před 5 lety +177

    “Support classes don’t do tons of damage”
    Tempest cleric: I am a joke to you?

    • @utterlyhollow5377
      @utterlyhollow5377 Před 4 lety +24

      Paladin: am I a joke to you?

    • @ShadowNinjaMaster93
      @ShadowNinjaMaster93 Před 4 lety +18

      Paladin: *Laughs in 4d8 radiant damage*

    • @kaku_96
      @kaku_96 Před 4 lety +11

      I just made a Cleric of Light and she can cast Fireball once she reaches level 5.

    • @danteandkyler7954
      @danteandkyler7954 Před 4 lety +3

      Yeah that’s what I’m saying

    • @davidtorne6689
      @davidtorne6689 Před 3 lety +6

      Bruh, in my party, the Druid and the Cleric always do WAY MORE damage than the Barbarian or the Monk. Like consistently 2 or 3 times more damage. And then they heal outside of battle

  • @DontStopThinking
    @DontStopThinking Před 6 lety +1464

    This is a very good guide for beginners to choose what class to play.

    • @quinnl.6134
      @quinnl.6134 Před 6 lety +6

      I finished your Ranger guide, the watch this video. Both are very useful.
      PS.I love your videos

    • @-kold
      @-kold Před 6 lety

      EHHHH I SUBBED TO TO YOU!

    • @mathewsmith2281
      @mathewsmith2281 Před 6 lety +18

      Lol, two of the best d&d chanels meeting together

    • @worldatwar956
      @worldatwar956 Před 6 lety

      Quinn Levengood you mean Rouge sorry it's just my ocd

    • @nephdrummond3168
      @nephdrummond3168 Před 6 lety +3

      Layne Miller You can’t talk about your OCD and correct someone, and recommend sexy lipstick instead of a stealth fighter lol. And why would you think they mean Rogue anyway? There’s a Ranger video, it’s what they said, why assume something entirely different and how would OCD affect you assuming entirely unlikely things?

  • @lksdoodles5160
    @lksdoodles5160 Před 5 lety +162

    This really helped. I can’t decide whether to be a rogue or a bard. Like a rogue would match my personality but a bard would be really fun. I could really see myself in a bad situation just strummin an E Minor and going
    “We’re all gonna die. We’re all goNNA FRIKKIN DIE! We lose this chase, he’ll eat our face. Please oh frickin why.

    • @sofialaya596
      @sofialaya596 Před 5 lety +8

      you can be invisible as a bard and use daggers to aid the rogue of the group in many different ways with magic or distractions, portals or stink bombs. you may mess up like 30 % of the time but it's fun anyway lol. in the campaign 1 of Critical Role you have a nice example with Scanlan

    • @silverfang4583
      @silverfang4583 Před 4 lety +1

      Play bard when you reach the level to use power word kill
      Just become better than the bard stsrt screaming at bosses to kill them

    • @sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149
      @sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149 Před 4 lety +4

      "Rouge matches my personality"
      Police? I'd like to report -criminal- murder stabby die die person.

  • @marionfrix3508
    @marionfrix3508 Před 4 lety +47

    "Cleric is a support class"
    *Laughs in pretty much soloing the BBEG*

  • @that_elliott
    @that_elliott Před 3 lety +33

    Jacob: they can use a weapon and shield
    Jocat: whomst has summoned the ancient one

  • @elleemiller2281
    @elleemiller2281 Před 5 lety +1981

    Warlocks are wizards that got demon sugar daddies

    • @StaleReference
      @StaleReference Před 5 lety +60

      Wizards that have a demon dad, and only have one spell.

    • @barongolem1505
      @barongolem1505 Před 5 lety +81

      Fuck the demon sugar daddy. My sugar daddy's Cthulhu.

    • @darwis1464
      @darwis1464 Před 5 lety +67

      you can't spell succubus without SuCC

    • @Evanthesurfer
      @Evanthesurfer Před 4 lety +46

      @@StaleReference anywhere from sugar daddy to abusive step dad depending on your DM

    • @willowfairbank4286
      @willowfairbank4286 Před 4 lety +11

      Crap Guide?

  • @julierose689
    @julierose689 Před 5 lety +302

    Recommends new players stick to something simple that doesn't use much magic. What do I do? I go straight for the druid class with 9 levels of spells to deal with lol. To be fair I mostly use beast shape and eat people's faces as a bear, fun times.

    • @PortalJay
      @PortalJay Před 5 lety +6

      Same

    • @vincentnicosia2315
      @vincentnicosia2315 Před 5 lety +5

      i did the same thing with my first character, i once german suplexed a tree monster while in my bear form and it killed it lmao

    • @oyans.7157
      @oyans.7157 Před 4 lety +2

      My friend did this too, she doesn't even know what she's doing anymore.

    • @paigespears2106
      @paigespears2106 Před 4 lety +1

      Oh wow, that's what I did. XD I mostly supported my team using cure wounds, but my party knew me as the person who'd fight as a bear.

  • @gabriellockwood2780
    @gabriellockwood2780 Před 4 lety +346

    Bard: *plucks single chord on guitar*
    Horde of Goblins:
    “We’re about to end this man’s whole career!”
    Bard: *Guitar Hero starpower guitar riff*
    Horde of Goblins:
    *FRIGGIN’ EXPLODES!!!*

    • @aweirdoontheinternet8543
      @aweirdoontheinternet8543 Před 4 lety +11

      Everybody gansta until the Bard starts playing stairway to heaven

    • @crimsonwizahd2358
      @crimsonwizahd2358 Před 3 lety +6

      @@aweirdoontheinternet8543 Nah man, the Bard starts shredding Dragonforce.

    • @kaitlyngarner740
      @kaitlyngarner740 Před 3 lety +1

      @@crimsonwizahd2358 That or Black Widow of La Porte (love dragonforce tho)

    • @Reragi
      @Reragi Před 2 lety

      Bard's the class that plays Thunderstruck then somehow manages to electrocute the entire room

    • @jasonbell8515
      @jasonbell8515 Před 8 měsíci +1

      I’ve got a bard, and he wouldn’t play any of those. What would he play?
      NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP
      NEVER GONNA LET YOU DOWN

  • @alright8713
    @alright8713 Před 4 lety +562

    me a first time player: oh cool rangers have animal buddies!!:D
    Rangers: *A D V A N C E D*
    me to myself: *RANGERS HAVE ANIMAL BUDDIES*

    • @hunterances2656
      @hunterances2656 Před 3 lety +9

      Exactly me😂

    • @30noir
      @30noir Před 3 lety +8

      Unfortunately animal companions suck in 5e...

    • @Elenrai
      @Elenrai Před 3 lety +28

      @@30noir This is why Rangers and Bards Bromance, the bard drops Polymorph on the animal companion, instant T-Rex mounted Ranger: warning, t-rex not guranteed to be friendly, consult your DM before attempting this, I am not responsible for anv TPKs.

    • @alpharius3661
      @alpharius3661 Před 3 lety

      Hunter Ances I’ve got a game coming up where I have a Druid, ranger, warlock, and one player who took my advice and is playing a barbarian. This is all their first time playing, so yeah I am worried that they are biting off more than they can chew especially with ranger

    • @skycastrum5803
      @skycastrum5803 Před 3 lety +2

      Familiars are a pain too, unless the DM is fine with all sorts of cheese (owl flyby). Prefer imp, if anything. The invisibility at least gives a solid reason for the cheese of helping w/less danger to it, and the multiple appearances gives the illusion of not being locked into one type of familiar.
      They’re extremely helpful, but far too prone to seeming overly so or getting swat down by the DM. Basically, it’s healthpool is the DM’s sanity.

  • @connorhiggs6031
    @connorhiggs6031 Před 5 lety +383

    I want to play a bard who only plays meme songs in chip tune
    All star and then oh shit everything’s on fire wtf

    • @magiv4205
      @magiv4205 Před 5 lety +7

      Soooo... Scanlan?

    • @PortalJay
      @PortalJay Před 5 lety

      Fuck yes

    • @mrn1566
      @mrn1566 Před 5 lety +9

      connor higgo *starts singing Under pressure* enemies get crushed by rocks

    • @michae1odnamir99
      @michae1odnamir99 Před 5 lety +13

      This.......
      ....this is what it means to be a true bard.....

    • @rojakishibe7113
      @rojakishibe7113 Před 5 lety +8

      I play Queen for buffs and Nickleback for harming

  • @jezuschrishthowlongarethes3558

    Gotta love being a heavily armored gnome with a six foot spear

    • @JohnSmith-ex8iw
      @JohnSmith-ex8iw Před 4 lety +2

      Imagine having a weapon that is 3 times your size.

    • @TheLangenator
      @TheLangenator Před 4 lety +2

      @Orion Gjoni I once had a gnome druid who had a 7 foot long staff he used for Shillelagh so he could bludgeon people with a staff almost triple his height. He also used it as a mini pole vault to climb into the fighter’s backpack to avoid getting hit by enemies.

    • @WeDwellinaFiefdom
      @WeDwellinaFiefdom Před 4 lety +1

      I play a Felis with a great axe. It’s a good time

  • @gazelle_diamond9768
    @gazelle_diamond9768 Před 4 lety +33

    "If you put Druids and Babarian together..."
    So... basically a Totem Barbarian?

  • @victoriousf.i.g.3311
    @victoriousf.i.g.3311 Před rokem +10

    Druids are the clutch character. I can remember so many early-game combat encounters where a miniboss or boss had us on the ropes and a Circle of the Moon Druid transformed into a bear to save the day.

  • @DJcystrom
    @DJcystrom Před 5 lety +172

    "I'm a pacifist character. This will only work for about 3 levels, and then I'll want to kill things." I laughed so hard!!! Thank you so much for this guide. I've been getting into D&D with a group on Discord, and we've been having a lot of fun with mini campaigns, but I never know which character I want to play. This helps a lot.

  • @viggelpiggel8024
    @viggelpiggel8024 Před 5 lety +724

    Everyone: Use a non-magic user first, It's good
    Me: Pfft... Don't underestimate me
    Me 1 week later: AAAAAA WHAT IS THIS OR THAT?

    • @Blaze-bj5pz
      @Blaze-bj5pz Před 5 lety +78

      Lol I did the same thing my first game too. I played as a 10 year old tiefling sorcerer with wild magic and it was a shitshow but it kinda worked out because the other characters were like "He's just a kid he doesnt know *shrugs*"

    • @jennifer_liamloren5606
      @jennifer_liamloren5606 Před 5 lety +9

      Also played a sorcerer, but a draconic elven one with a sage background. When I then finally played in a campaign I realised that sorcerers are not supposed to be standing 5ft away from monsters little hit points. Still haven't learnt but hey, I typically deal good amounts of damage and I was the only one who survived conscious without healing, in a lvl 4 group of 4 that all had healing... against a cr8, with 2 newbie players...

    • @bonogiamboni4830
      @bonogiamboni4830 Před 4 lety +8

      I dm for my friend group, we're all pretty new at this so i forgot to mention during character creation that magic is hard and because of it the least experienced player became a sorcerer. While the one that had any hope of actually being good at the game enough to use magic became a monk. Yay. I mean at least the former didn't choose wizard or druid but it's still complicated.

    • @TheGuardDuck
      @TheGuardDuck Před 4 lety +7

      Our party has a first time player. He picked Wizard. He is literally killing it in both the combat and role-play. I'm freaking amazed, dude's a genius.

    • @e4ehco21
      @e4ehco21 Před 4 lety +2

      Nah I was a warlock my first time still playing that campaign and it's really fun

  • @eaglescott17
    @eaglescott17 Před 5 lety +79

    As a Druid, I unintentionally became the most powerful and important character in our group in the Curse of Strahd Campaign (5e). I chose the Circle of the Moon (Feral/Guardian for WoW players).
    1. I ended up locking down and forcing enemies to separate with Moonbeam, which also deals an enormous amount of damage (by far the things we faced the most were vampires and werewolves, so they have disadvantage on the save).
    2. My animal form attacks counted as magic damage, plus the massive health pool the shapeshifting gave me allowed me to tank, which was especially helpful one session when both our Fighter and Barbarian couldn't make it (my DM allowed me to upgrade the basic direwolf template to higher CR ratings when my level would allow me, which was pretty awesome of them).
    3. While we had a Bard, I ended up being the healer as they preferred to smack things with their banjo. And since I only really needed to cast Moonbeam once during an encounter, I could then be constantly switching between my forms and either be healing or dealing damage.
    So yeah, Druids can be whatever the heck you want them to be in that game. It's pretty awesome.

  • @isaaceshleman2833
    @isaaceshleman2833 Před 4 lety +84

    Me: Trying to learn about the game so I can play it at some point. Wants my first character to be a Kenku Cleric.
    Jacob: No. Just... Just no.

    • @silverfang4583
      @silverfang4583 Před 4 lety +9

      You can you just need to put effort in

    • @isaaceshleman2833
      @isaaceshleman2833 Před 4 lety +5

      @@silverfang4583 I followed through with the kenku part. In hindsight, I knew enough about clerics to play one. They're the best class.

    • @silverfang4583
      @silverfang4583 Před 4 lety +4

      @@isaaceshleman2833 I prefer bards mainly because I love music and also most of my group are more spell/melee focused so they don't mind having a support

    • @isaaceshleman2833
      @isaaceshleman2833 Před 4 lety +3

      Silverfang 45 I love the versatility of clerics. Mechanically speaking, they are: “During character creation, pick thing. You are now one of the best, if not *the* best person at that thing.

    • @silverfang4583
      @silverfang4583 Před 4 lety +1

      @@isaaceshleman2833 or there is bard which is pick bard you can do everything
      You are just medicorce at it all
      Which I like that I don't have to min/max a specific playstyle because I can do all playstyles plus no other class can watch a party fight a tess while playing the flute and be considered helpful

  • @irly15
    @irly15 Před 6 lety +134

    *Offense* 1:05
    Barbarian 1:38
    Fighter 2:02
    Monk 2:32
    Rogue 2:55
    *Support* 4:04
    Cleric 4:54
    Druid 5:44
    Paladin 6:56
    Bard 7:52
    *Spell caster* 8:46
    Mystic 9:32
    Sorcerer 10:35
    Wizard 11:23
    Warlock 12:04
    *Utility* 13:02
    Artificer 13:21
    Ranger 14:14

  • @masonfisher1336
    @masonfisher1336 Před 6 lety +112

    When I first heard of D&D my friend told me to be a druid cleric.
    No. No, he was not joking. Nor was he talking about multiclassing.

    • @ivorymask2599
      @ivorymask2599 Před 5 lety +12

      He never played D&D, did he

    • @ANDELE3025
      @ANDELE3025 Před 5 lety +12

      I mean if he was talking about multiclassing, it aint that bad of a idea.

    • @sofialaya596
      @sofialaya596 Před 5 lety +4

      If I hear someone saying that I would think they were refering to a druid that's servant of some god? idk

    • @AokijiTheIceWarrior
      @AokijiTheIceWarrior Před 5 lety +9

      Nature Cleric?

    • @stevenc4982
      @stevenc4982 Před 5 lety +4

      Aasimar druid?
      Dreams druid?

  • @dmnemaine
    @dmnemaine Před 4 lety +21

    It's hard to pigeonhole each class into "types" because 5e is very versatile. You can do things like create a hexblade warlock who's mainly a melee combatant that happens to have have spellcasting on the side.

    • @DOneClub
      @DOneClub Před rokem

      Bladesinger Wizard: haha blade go brrr

  • @drollbirdygo
    @drollbirdygo Před rokem +9

    I was so anxious the moment you said "hey damage dealer for new player!" And i was like 'But i wanna be a musician!'
    Than the supportive classes came up and most of em were for a little bit experienced players and i thought 'please let bard be easy or very easy'
    The moment your first sentence came up which was explaining bard i thought "YES BABY MUSIC!!"

    • @keyburri3095
      @keyburri3095 Před 9 měsíci +2

      Being super excited for or invested in a certain class is half the steps toward playing them really well imo. Like regardless of difficulty in mechanics, if you really dig into the fantasy of a cool charismatic music dude who picks up lovers and rivals in equal measure, you're gonna roleplay an awesome bard. I'd say before all of these difficulty classes, the easiest thing to play is the thing that you feel a connection to.

  • @ahuman9940
    @ahuman9940 Před 6 lety +413

    Me and my friends were in a fight with guards at pretty much the start of the game
    Me friend didnt bother to properly use his guitar he starts to use it like a bat
    He aims for the guards legs but he misses and hits a kid in the face
    He was getting a 2 or a 3 every turn

    • @gluechoomoo9059
      @gluechoomoo9059 Před 5 lety

      nice

    • @lucasbiermann257
      @lucasbiermann257 Před 5 lety +18

      @@Bruh-lq7ev he hits the face of a kid that happens to be the prince of the region, or a powerful demon in disguise.

    • @dragonsl83r53
      @dragonsl83r53 Před 5 lety +4

      Sounds like wil wheaton

  • @BBBobby12
    @BBBobby12 Před 6 lety +264

    My bard is the main DPS for my team right now lol
    Why did my party do this to me

    • @jordanthecommander6977
      @jordanthecommander6977 Před 6 lety +5

      I had a kilt wearing bagpipe playing bard named Patty McBallsy. He got magic initiate and Eldritch blast at level 2. It was a good time.

    • @willb9431
      @willb9431 Před 6 lety +6

      Wesley Stewart I played a 19 Dex bard who destroyed everything with his rapier

    • @garkr
      @garkr Před 6 lety +1

      Draconis I am doing this as well and am about to multiclass into Fighter, either two or three levels, so I can be College of Lore with Medium armor. Dexterity is just a God stat and rapier has such great damage.

    • @condenihilit1572
      @condenihilit1572 Před 6 lety

      That's easy:just keep going "ding deele ding deele ding" so they explode for some reason

    • @garkr
      @garkr Před 6 lety +1

      Strawberry Churrie Damage per Second (DPS) is the traditional acronym.

  • @jacobbabson6786
    @jacobbabson6786 Před 5 lety +15

    I just got the mayonnaise reference. "So what happened to the mayonnaise?" "I ate that too"

  • @kimberlycaritas
    @kimberlycaritas Před 4 lety +5

    The content was *excellent* and really helpful to me - but also, THANK YOU for not cutting the music off and either letting it fade out or just get quieter at each transition. I can't tell you HOW many creators just do a hard stop, and it really grinds my gears for some reason; it was really satisfying to have a video whose soundtrack was varied but felt continuous.

  • @mikethewizard7378
    @mikethewizard7378 Před 6 lety +149

    Base D&D has always put an emphasis on combat. Not just action but combat. A joke made in this video points out that in the player handbook the only way to gain EXP is killing stuff or helping characters kill stuff. Game Masters who promote storytelling among players may Level Up the party at milestones. Murder-hoboism breaks suspension of disbelief. Besides, it sucks when you actually defeat a difficult boss worth 2800 EXP only to fall short of 3000 EXP required to Level Up. For my fellow Game Masters out there; reward players based off roleplaying creatively. Otherwise the rules incentivize murder-hoboism.

    • @phelanlawson8384
      @phelanlawson8384 Před 6 lety +9

      Miracle Comics Author I've played with both ways and don't prefer one over the other. Both have there pros and cons. I think it more relies on what type of people are playing. I have 3 friends who always blow through story stuff to get to the action I also have friends who over think situations and take forever to make a decision.

    • @greenblizard
      @greenblizard Před 6 lety +16

      hell i got tired of even bothering nitpicking Exp. if you're party goes through an amazing encounter and survives just give them the level they deserve. its really dumb that they can defeat a devil and his minions but not level up only to level up next session where all they did was kill one goblin to get that little bit of exp

  • @Dustin_McNab
    @Dustin_McNab Před 6 lety +52

    Bards aren't necessarily easy to play. It depends on the type of player and DM. If you don't know how Bards play, talk to your DM about what they'll expect, specifically regarding one of your main abilities, Vicious Mockery. The description says "You unleash a string of insults laced with subtle enchantments at a creature you can see within range," and it's a cantrip, which means you can cast it as much as you want.
    Some DMs or groups may expect the player to actually say an insult every time they cast it. If you don't feel comfortable improvising an insult at some goblin or bandit you know nothing about, make sure your party knows that. That type of improv can be very stressful for some people.

  • @tylerdurden8807
    @tylerdurden8807 Před 2 lety +4

    yo, im pretty new to dnd and your videos are BY FAR the best explainer videos. very easy to understand. i feel like i understand the basics a lot better by watching your videos than reading the basic handbook. hats off to you

  • @jademonass2954
    @jademonass2954 Před 4 lety +14

    me: choses druid for my 1 dnd session
    dnd: so you chose death

  • @wolfae2837
    @wolfae2837 Před 6 lety +62

    Everyone turned into sheep... even straud” I died 😂😂😂

  • @chaddixon9764
    @chaddixon9764 Před 6 lety +263

    I also have four categories that I put the classes in D&D into but mine are different.
    1) Primary Martial - Paladin, Fighter Barbarians
    2) Auxillary Martial - Monk, Rogue, Ranger
    3) Support Caster - Cleric, Druid, Bard
    4) Primary Caster - Wizard, Sorcerer, Warlock*
    1) Primary Martial classes get into the thick of things, they deal and can take a lot of damage.
    2) Auxillary Martial classes do a lot of damage but are not as well equipped to take a punch so do best when they have a primary martial character to tank for them. Tend to duck in and out of combat or fight from medium or even long-range because of it.
    3) Suppor Caster classes are capable of doing some damage with spells but their class abilities and spell lists revolve around buffs and healing and shine if that is what they focus on.
    4) Primary Caster classes can do tonnes of damage with their spells but can also bring utility to the table outside of buffs. They excel at solving out of combat problems.
    *Warlock is considerably weaker than the two other classes in this group when it comes to spells but certain Eldritch Invocations are quite powerful and may make up for their shallow spell selection.

    • @drowjack
      @drowjack Před 6 lety +2

      Noximus Jamaicanus How about the old categories like
      Tank, Scout, Support, Semi-Support and Caster

    • @shadowgear7032
      @shadowgear7032 Před 6 lety

      And some of them have a out of combat rile along with there other role

    • @unrealization6478
      @unrealization6478 Před 6 lety +3

      This is more of an accurate description than the categories shown in the video, I think. Though the system shown in the vid isn't bad either. Where would you place artificer and mystic on this? I've been in a lot of campaigns that don't allow UA so I'm mostly curious how they play. (I'm thinking of doing an Alchemist Artificer/Assassin Rogue multiclass who specializes in poisons)

    • @alexandermammel6127
      @alexandermammel6127 Před 6 lety +6

      I have the same the system, but I think their are slightly better names: Tanks, Assaults, Supports, and Controls. Tanks are defensive martial classes who focus on holding the front line by taking damage and being a threat. Assaults are offensive martial classes who can dip in and out of the front line, and focus on poking holes in the offense through stealth, sniping, or skirmishing. Supports are defensive caster classes who generally stay in the backline and focus on holding the front line using buffs, healing, and utility spells. Finally, Controls are offensive caster classes who focus on dismantling the opponent using debuffs, crowd control, and burst damage. A lot of classes can dip into multiple roles, especially with a lot of the different subclasses.

    • @swadow1497
      @swadow1497 Před 6 lety

      Thats how i often do it aswell.

  • @AaronWeight
    @AaronWeight Před 4 lety +4

    This was a really helpful video, nice to go into detail on all of the classes, and I'm currently helping my partner get in to the game - this was very helpful for her! Cheers!

  • @wonderlandartwork3579
    @wonderlandartwork3579 Před 5 lety +38

    If I ever find a group to play with (why is it so hard hngggggg) I would definetly play a bard and be the biggest troll ever.
    "Want some inspiration? Ok, here's wonderwall!"

    • @crimsonwizahd2358
      @crimsonwizahd2358 Před 4 lety +2

      "plays WndrWll"

    • @RYCKroll
      @RYCKroll Před 4 lety

      Wonderland Artwork gotta hit up the local adventurers league and save some folks from that. People will be looking for a group there too.

    • @treesap2566
      @treesap2566 Před 2 lety

      My friend and I have tried to start a campaign for a while now, but its just the two of us. Just...us.......alone...............

  • @TheRavenofSin
    @TheRavenofSin Před 6 lety +55

    Too be fair, all the support classes can be used as tanks or offense if you build them right. Circle of the Moon works well to tank a lot of damage via Wild Shape. Divine Smite can do a LOT of damage at later levels. But I get that it's for beginners/people that are rusty and just a basic overview.
    Side note: Paladin's in 5e don't technically have to follow a god. The Oath can just be a personal one.
    Side side note: There's a really nice homebrew for Artificer that improves it immensely, adding more archetypes. Though Gunsmith is still underwhelming.

    • @jcl745
      @jcl745 Před 6 lety +2

      Agreed, a tempest domain cleric can deal a lot of damage

    • @justinthall5909
      @justinthall5909 Před 6 lety

      I’ve never played a paladin as a support, and thats not including vengeance paladins that can do a ton of damage in a round.

    • @victoriazilverentant5593
      @victoriazilverentant5593 Před 6 lety

      The Raven if you get a crit while smiting you deal such immense amounts of damage its ridiculous!

  • @yeremyrus4056
    @yeremyrus4056 Před 6 lety +1738

    This is actually informational. Unsubbed.

    • @azuraben5128
      @azuraben5128 Před 6 lety +79

      How dare he make us learn!

    • @pointblank4671
      @pointblank4671 Před 6 lety +46

      Damn, I must have rolled a 1 because I actually learned something

    • @ymmijx6061
      @ymmijx6061 Před 6 lety +15

      to be fair it is very wrong to classify any class into one category. i've been in parties where the sorcerer is the healer and the druid is the dps

    • @bookworm3696
      @bookworm3696 Před 6 lety +13

      the nature of this video is to classify the classes based on beginning ideal. "offense" are the non-magical classes. "support" are all classes that have healing focal points. "spell-casting" are heavily reliant on their magical abilities. "utility" are naturally self sufficient and are not as reliant on the party as the other classes.

    • @waterflowing2
      @waterflowing2 Před 6 lety +2

      @ymmij X How was your sorcerer a healer? Did y'all just get lucky a lot on the wild magic table?

  • @connormckinnon9446
    @connormckinnon9446 Před 3 lety +8

    I agree that Rogues are fun and easy to play. When I first started playing D&D, I played a rogue, and it was lots of fun to try and get sneak attack, even if I misunderstood a few rules. For example, I didn't know that when I was hidden, I had advantage on my next attack, so I just hid to not be attacked. I also misread the sneak attack rules, and thought two enemies needed to be within 5 feet of each other to sneak attack. However, it was still lots of fun.

  • @bigmanoncampus4496
    @bigmanoncampus4496 Před 2 lety +8

    Warlock is my favorite class (in 5e, that is). I love the concept of the warlock and the idea of trying to serve your patron as well as helping your party to reach their goals and it can make for some interesting character development as you try to maintain the balance between your obligations to your party and your patron. Gameplay-wise, they are also unique and fun and get a lot of cool special abilities unique to them and, warlocks are very customizable. For all those reasons, warlock is my favorite 👍

  • @jaredsardella2170
    @jaredsardella2170 Před 6 lety +73

    I would like to make an amendment to this (something I've said repeatedly and will continue to repeat): Paladin's are a righteous knight driven by a sacred oath, while *some* swear their oath in the service of a god a paladin's first and *only* concern is to their oath *not* a deity. Remember, paladins are knights not priests.
    If you want to play the servant of a god, play a cleric not a paladin. If you want to be a knight in the vein of Prince Valiant or Sir Gawain (not beholden to any deity) play a paladin. Remember druids are divine casters yet people don't assume they're a god's servant, paladins should be seen the same way.

    • @boobah5643
      @boobah5643 Před 6 lety +8

      It's less clear cut than that; in most published worlds paladins swear their oaths to gods and are the tip of the faith's warriors.
      That said, I like the class as beholden to an oath rather than a god. Not sure that the class as a whole should be called 'paladin,' though; I'd probably restrict that title to just the Oath of Devotion.
      Of course, that leaves the wider class without a name; I'd probably go with Knight, although that leaves the problem of conflating in-game titles with a game mechanic; most knights that have class levels are probably fighters.

    • @dogethe2nd410
      @dogethe2nd410 Před 6 lety +1

      Boo Bah Maybe it simply being called an Oathsworn or something

    • @ANDELE3025
      @ANDELE3025 Před 5 lety

      5e only and only if the DM doesnt run paladins by full rules but by "feature text only".
      Also no, Fighters got the Knight, Pally stays a Pally.

    • @lucasriddle3431
      @lucasriddle3431 Před 5 lety

      I'm glad someone agrees with me here! A lot of people make this incorrect assumption, but Paladin's swear an Oath, that is not necessarily to a god (though, of course, it could be).

  • @breezenemy6119
    @breezenemy6119 Před 5 lety +48

    My only criticism is that I would have put paladin in utility. Depending on what oath/path you take, you can heal and buff the team, take lots of damage, dish out lots of damage, while still casting spells.

    • @simonvandooren7071
      @simonvandooren7071 Před 3 lety +3

      True. Paladins can basically do everything. Damage? No problem. Tanking? Not a problem? Healing? Lay on hands has got your back. And then spells on top of all that.

    • @maxime2445
      @maxime2445 Před 3 lety

      I would say that paladin is an offense class

    • @silverfox5002
      @silverfox5002 Před 3 lety

      I'd have also put the rogue in support or in utility. They aren't good in combat and mostly good at everything else (similar to the bard).

  • @bmccubben
    @bmccubben Před 2 měsíci

    Loved the simplistic breakdown of the 4 groups, making it easier to see how a group can do well with a good mix.

  • @jenwall23
    @jenwall23 Před 4 lety +5

    This and the other videos specifically about monks helped me decide to go with monk for my first campaign, and I'm super happy that I did!! Even though I felt like I was going in with a pretty solid base knowledge of the game, there was a lot that I still had to learn hands on and starting with a class that basically just knows how to punch things at the start really helped me out!
    So in short - I know you get a lot of flack for it, but thank you for suggesting monk as the best class for first time players!

  • @CtrlDaltDel
    @CtrlDaltDel Před 6 lety +22

    Now, this is VERY accurate when you're just gonna go with a hack n slash playstyle. However, this does fall off when you actually start get a really in-depth look into the classes... (Like how you can do a 3-level dip into fighter to make a paladin into a fighting machine whose smited attacks dunk enemies out if existence 10% of the time) But at that point you've probably read the whole Player's handbook five times MINIMUM so why the hell are you here? 11/10 pretty damn useful for anyone who doesn't have the spare time to read the Player's Handbook 17 fucking times out of boredom

  • @magicalawnmower4764
    @magicalawnmower4764 Před 6 lety +135

    As a Bard, can we throw the guitar?

    • @nashwinston1395
      @nashwinston1395 Před 6 lety +41

      IDKWhatI'mDoing at my table yes.

    • @enderkoregameing8090
      @enderkoregameing8090 Před 6 lety +3

      Lol

    • @WorgenGrrl
      @WorgenGrrl Před 5 lety +4

      The great Bard El Kabong!

    • @ArkRiley
      @ArkRiley Před 5 lety +8

      Smash that guitar as part of your casting of Thunderwave! Summon a magical instrument so you can do it all again! Being a bard is about rock 'n roll, maaaan!
      ....at least, that's the way most bards I've had in my parties play it. There's lots of approaches to this class, so find what works for you. You can be Yngwulf Maimsteen, Heavy Metal Bardbarian (thanks WTF D&D for this character, btw) if your DM is cool with that, or you can be a more subtle type who uses magical flutes and less overt "casting."

    • @heartstrings892
      @heartstrings892 Před 5 lety +13

      As all dms say “You can try”

  • @BixLovesMiley
    @BixLovesMiley Před 4 lety

    Oh wow thank you! I'm preparing a character for my first ever campaign and you did a very good job of explaining it clearly so that I know what to chose from without to much detail.

  • @Van-Leo
    @Van-Leo Před 5 lety +9

    two teifling bards show up in the tavern
    bard 1: "well one of us is going to have to change"

  • @LemonScentedSharpie
    @LemonScentedSharpie Před 6 lety +55

    This convinced me to play a Druid in my next campaign, I usually play Clerics or Paladins (I love healing my party like 'GOD LOVES YOU,*smacks* here's some hit points back') but Druid sounds fun!

    • @kasey8568
      @kasey8568 Před 6 lety +14

      Druids and Bards are my go-to. Druids are especially fun because I turned into a bat once, flew into a cave full of bandits, perched on a ledge, the turned into a polar bear and fell down on top of like 3 bandits. The mayhem was ungodly

    • @jakubelias7331
      @jakubelias7331 Před 6 lety +8

      what about turning into a cheetah, running into somone and turning into a hippo midair bodyslaming them as you go?

    • @zerothecrow7239
      @zerothecrow7239 Před 6 lety +3

      If you get Xanathar's Guide check out the spell Healing Spirit. I find I am unable to use a circle other than Moon for multiple reasons.

  • @kfoxoimaok
    @kfoxoimaok Před 6 lety +170

    I banned mystics after mine just basically derailed the game and became the "Protagonist". Enemy to hard, teleport away. They also literally can do everything: Damage, heals, utility, CC, "Tank". My player was like this class is so lame I feel leagues stronger than my allies and can do everything so I told him hey lets make a plot device to change his class and so we did.

    • @Jpteryx
      @Jpteryx Před 6 lety

      Which mystic archetype did they use?

    • @kfoxoimaok
      @kfoxoimaok Před 6 lety

      I think it was the immortal

    • @SquirrelGamez
      @SquirrelGamez Před 6 lety +13

      Mystics are overpowered and very badly balanced. :(

    • @MrGimmick77
      @MrGimmick77 Před 6 lety +4

      Mystics run out of psi points quickly, if you don't give them time to take long rests. They've got good abilities but there really expensive compared to other classes. Also after level 10, they don't get any more potency, or more powerful abilities, just more psi points.

    • @kfoxoimaok
      @kfoxoimaok Před 6 lety +12

      No they don't lol, he literally was able to go through two days of a lot of combat. He just managed his psi points well and still was god tier.

  • @thejadedmayan
    @thejadedmayan Před rokem

    Dude, your channel is pretty sweet. I want to learn D&D, and you have a really good way of explaining. Thanks for the video!

  • @joseantonioromancastellano214

    very charismatic dude... love your videos.. keep on doing them. TY 4 your work

  • @132hunterman
    @132hunterman Před 6 lety +20

    Clerics do more than heal. I litterally hit people with a fucking flaming sphere the size of the room.
    Clerics can heal and can do damage and can tank. Over all of just depends on their specialty

  • @ryanbarham8464
    @ryanbarham8464 Před 5 lety +5

    I tend to group the classes in a different way to how you've done it here: Front Lines (Barbarians, Fighters, and Paladins), Damage (Rangers, Monks, and Sorcerers) Spellcasters (Wizards, Clerics, and Druids) and Versatile (Mystics, Bards, Warlocks, Rogues, and Artificers).
    Front Lines take the brunt of the attacks; Barbarians have a lot of health, Paladins have a lot of armor, and Fighters have a lot of ways to draw enemy fire. Damage aren't as tough, but make their marks on their enemies; Rangers have tons of damage dice, Monks have tons of attacks, and Sorcerers have powerful spells. Spellcasters are more able to control the battlefield; Wizards have a ton of spells, Druids have a lot of AoE attacks, and Clerics are focused mainly on support spells. Versatile have a lot of ways to specialize; Rogues are fantastic at certain skills, Mystics have different psionic talents and orders that enhance their abilities, Bards are Jacks of all Trades, Warlocks have a ton of options for finely-tuned customization, and Artificers are great with tools.
    This is also a great way I differentiate difficulty to play; Front Lines tend to be the easiest to play, followed by Damage, Spellcaster, and Versatile. Every rung on that ladder gets more difficult, but more customizeable; harder to play, better for making exactly the character you're looking for!

  • @cerpintaxt97
    @cerpintaxt97 Před 2 lety

    Exactly the video I was looking for, thanks!!

  • @PleadThe2nd
    @PleadThe2nd Před 4 lety

    Thanks for all these great videos, it's def helping me get started.!

  • @mrfruigle1081
    @mrfruigle1081 Před 6 lety +83

    Classes Described by my DnD party
    Barbarian: I threaten the prisoner for information using my fire axe!
    Monk: I quit threatening them with my axe and invite them to the party
    Cleric: Yikes making this guy seems a bit to complicated can I change class? You're already in to deep and we really need a healer.
    Druid: I use my owlbear!
    Bard: how many people can I kill with this 15 ft. Cone? *15 min of discussion pass trying to hit the enemies and not the druids owl bear. Alright I cast it!
    Artificer: I use my gun! Backfires horrendously and is now forced to fight the beholder in hand to eye ray combat

    • @deathbyprocrastination9515
      @deathbyprocrastination9515 Před 6 lety +13

      Ah yes, hand-to-eye-ray combat, a truly elegant form used masterfully in Batman vs Superman: Yawn of Justice.

    • @vanilla_beats
      @vanilla_beats Před 6 lety +6

      Fighter: Wait which weapon do I make my 4th attack with again?
      Rogue: I'm behind him sooooo... can I get surprise?
      Druid: I can't kill the dragon without killing you.
      Cleric: I have like 5 ways to heal you. Tell me again that you don't need it.
      Ranger: I lost my companion. I have no purpose.

    • @vanilla_beats
      @vanilla_beats Před 6 lety +4

      Fighter: Wait which weapon do I make my 4th attack with again?
      Rogue: I'm behind him sooooo... can I get surprise?
      Druid: I can't kill the dragon without killing you.
      Cleric: I have like 5 ways to heal you. Tell me again that you don't need it.
      Ranger: I lost my companion. I have no purpose.

    • @Dullahan2
      @Dullahan2 Před 6 lety +5

      Paladin: *P R A I S E B A H A M U T*

    • @comet9864
      @comet9864 Před 6 lety +4

      Bard: "Everybody's asleep, beat them up for me."
      Druid: "I would like to cast infestation to shove leeches down the guard's throat."
      Rogue: "Did you talk about me?" *aims dagger at crotch*
      Drow Sorcerer: "My enemies will freeze worse than my soul."
      Tiefling Sorcerer: "BURN IT ALL! BURN IT ALL TO A PILE OF ASH!"

  • @martincampbell4211
    @martincampbell4211 Před 6 lety +9

    When I saw you put paladin in support I was like oh hell na! But then when you described them I was like wow this guy knows his shit. Fantastic sound effects! Subscribed!

  • @edgyhamster749
    @edgyhamster749 Před 3 lety

    Thank you so much! I'm running a mass session for a BUNCH of new players and if this helped me out a lot and I'm sure it will help them! Thanks again and I love your hair!! :)

  • @ShellStein93
    @ShellStein93 Před 2 lety

    This was extremely helpful!! I have not played D&D yet but I do watch and listen to a couple groups/podcasts, and I hope to play for real soon. Have a lot to learn!

  • @kingklaus1524
    @kingklaus1524 Před 6 lety +65

    "Cleric is a support class" Look at Guiding Bolt. I believe it is the strongest 1st level spell.

    • @hugofontes5708
      @hugofontes5708 Před 6 lety +23

      King Klaus the best support keeps the team alive and the best healing is not to take damage, right? makes sense

    • @unrealization6478
      @unrealization6478 Před 6 lety +7

      Yeah I once played a Lawful Evil Tempest Cleric who I ported the 3.5e raise undead abilities for (replaced destroy undread) and took all the damaging cleric spells with. He was the primary damage dealer for the party. (To be fair the other two members were a Druid who just leveled their con and took the hardy feat and a wizard who specialized in utility.. but still.) That was a fun character.

    • @kingklaus1524
      @kingklaus1524 Před 6 lety +7

      Then wouldn't like a Rogue be an amazing support class because they can eliminate a target from damaging your allies completely. I understand that Cleric has support but they are more a mix between Offense and Defense. In my experiences, not me as the Cleric either, the Cleric was offensive and "Support" was used on the tanks so the baddies wouldn't get to them. I've only had like two support Clerics. I had a Cleric (Forgot domain) + Wizard Necromancy (It was a multiclassing Cleric so eh) but they only used their Cleric abilities on their undead so they'd be stronger.

    • @unrealization6478
      @unrealization6478 Před 6 lety +7

      I mean if you play Life Domain cleric then you're going to be supporting people and going to be good at supporting. The thing with Clerics is that they're probably the class is the game who's subclasses diverge the most, War Cleric being almost a monk or an eldrich knight, Life Cleric being the farthest down the support rabbithole you can really go, and other clerics like Tempest increasing cleric's damaging spell potential to be something more like sorcerer (obviously with divine magic). So making blanket judgements about clerics is just hard.

    • @GiantProcrastiNation
      @GiantProcrastiNation Před 6 lety

      I have a life cleric who is level 20... and a magic item that increases all my heals by 10x (spell level)... i would say i am really good at healing

  • @NicksEffigy
    @NicksEffigy Před 6 lety +23

    Nice video! I agree with a lot of the stuff that this video covers, but I do have some grievances and suggestions.
    Some of the classes had their subclasses briefly covered, and some did not at all. The subclass adds a lot to the function and complexity of a class, and should be briefly covered for every class.
    What is the scale for difficulty? Is Hard more difficult than Advanced? A more linear or defined scale might help for clarification.
    In my opinion, Barbarian and Fighter are "very easy", while Monk and Rogue are "easy". Barb and Fighter can be the easiest classes to play (Bear Totem Barb, Champion Fighter), while Monk and Rogue have more to manage (Monk has a resource and action economy management, Rogue has skills and positioning).
    I would be careful putting Bard down as "easy". "Medium" would be more fitting in my opinion, as spells tend to make everything more complex by just existing.
    The Mystic and Ranger parts were good warnings. Mystic is quite the hill to climb, but once you understand them it's a blast. And oh god yes PLEASE use the Revised Ranger in Unearthed Arcana, unless you enjoy playing the weakest class in the game by a lot.
    Overall though, great video! Just needs a bit more consistency to be a great reference!

  • @Daragausthedragon
    @Daragausthedragon Před 2 lety

    Revisited this after a few years, the vid is still an amazing guide I share around with new players

  • @elle-izalogan9372
    @elle-izalogan9372 Před 4 lety

    I'd like to say a heartfelt thank you, I'm really glad that I've found your channel.
    For almost 20 years I play and gamemaster Shadowrun and Vampires: the Masquerade, and now my children want to play D&D. I ordered the core book, but of course they don't want to wait for the book to arrive and we'll start playing tomorrow. Ooookay. 😅
    After listening to your race and class vids I've got at least an idea of what we'll be doing, and I will dust off some events, locations and enemies from my old LARP days and turn that into our first adventure.
    Wish me luck. 🏹🗡🌳

  • @Blizzic
    @Blizzic Před 6 lety +203

    I love this channel and require more

  • @chaddixon9764
    @chaddixon9764 Před 6 lety +329

    How can Monks be easier than Barbarians? Monks at least have multiple mechanics, though they are all tied to one resource. Barbarians have the 1 mechanic.

    • @Guineypigsrulz
      @Guineypigsrulz Před 6 lety +55

      Yeah, monks who only run in and punch thing either don't last very long or don't help the group that much.

    • @Meichrob7
      @Meichrob7 Před 6 lety +10

      Id say dealing with exhaustion could ruin an experience if you don't know what you're getting into and end up severely burdened because you frenzied without realizing what you were doing.

    • @NicksEffigy
      @NicksEffigy Před 6 lety +39

      Exhaustion only applies to Berserker Barbarians, and it's more of a limiter than something complex to manage. It's more of a "how many of my rages should I frenzy for?" and isn't very complex.
      I'd say Monks overall are more difficult to play than Barbarian or Fighter (and probably Rogue) as they have a diverse resource that can be applied to many things, and managing that can be difficult. Just running in and punching often gets a monk into a lot of trouble, since their health pool is lacking with very few ways of limiting damage.
      This, of course, depends on the archetype of the class you chose. Bear Totem Barbarian is probably one of the easiest and surprisingly effective classes to play as by being resistant to all but one damage type.

    • @CBGB42
      @CBGB42 Před 6 lety +9

      NeekNack monks have a very high ceiling, but also a very low floor. If they get caught out in combat, that d8 hit die really hurts.
      Barbs are harder to fuck up.

    • @YourMommas
      @YourMommas Před 6 lety +12

      EveesCastle
      Its only game why you heff to be mad?

  • @tirone7520
    @tirone7520 Před 4 lety +1

    I feel a bit proud to be playing as a cleric for my very first DnD campaign.
    Your video was very fun. Thank you!

  • @DragonRider3879
    @DragonRider3879 Před 2 lety

    I love the Skyrim soundtrack you put in the background, good choice.

  • @TheNinjawizardman
    @TheNinjawizardman Před 6 lety +5

    Love your vids. I watched them all. Not I wait for more. Seriously, though, another video like this for Player Races and I could direct people to those two videos for character creation. I love your style.

  • @whistlerdan7718
    @whistlerdan7718 Před 6 lety +181

    Human Fighter. Always choose Human Fighter. There's never enough of them.

    • @ryanrhino2318
      @ryanrhino2318 Před 6 lety +32

      A Human fighter can have 8 feats or stat bumps probably why they are so popular

    • @mikethewizard7378
      @mikethewizard7378 Před 6 lety +6

      Whistler Dan Or you could play something more fantastical since it is a fantasy setting? Maybe use the setting to try something different?

    • @whistlerdan7718
      @whistlerdan7718 Před 6 lety +37

      Miracle Comics Author Right. I should try to play with more variety. Like the unreasonably scottish viking Dwarven Fighter or the Elven Fighter with a bow. I've heard they're lacking in that department.

    • @phelanlawson8384
      @phelanlawson8384 Před 6 lety +16

      Whistler Dan These tropes exist for a reason. You could argue that's there optimal role. When people think of fantasy I feel a lot of them think LOTR and those tropes are the poster child. Yes diversity is nice and good but shouldn't be forced. If one of my players wants to be legolas then cool he's legolas.

    • @whistlerdan7718
      @whistlerdan7718 Před 6 lety +14

      Phelan Lawson Miracle Comics and ryan rhino Aight. I'm starting to realize that you guys do not understand that I am making a joke. I'm sorry. The joke itself was bland and not that good.

  • @robertrichards6964
    @robertrichards6964 Před 10 měsíci

    This video was excellent, thank you!

  • @ineptwombat8229
    @ineptwombat8229 Před 4 lety +5

    I love being a druid, and just constantly being a mammoth. I LITERALLY NEVER DIE.

    • @davidtorne6689
      @davidtorne6689 Před 3 lety

      Jesus, what level are you to Wildshape into a CR6 BEAST? Or are you using Polymorph?