Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia - ProJared
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- The First D&December video! Looking back at the D&D Rules Cyclopedia, which is how I began with Dungeons & Dragons!
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Maaaan if you made videos on your side channel just telling random stories from your D&D campaigns, I'd watch them in a heartbeat!
+CreepsMcPasta Or just on this channel.
+CreepsMcPasta Like Spoony if he still made content....
+CreepsMcPasta Those will be coming EVERY TUESDAY on this channel!
+CreepsMcPasta I enjoy your channel!
What the hell are you doing here?
*GASP* They didn't have THE best class, the true best class?! ACROBAT!
Youre only saying that because of that stupid D&D cartoon.. xD
Do you not understand how a reference works
It was a joke from a video
@@pepsicrusader535 Bro i was REFERING to that other video of his xD
@@inukleist5258 Which one is that?
Morrowind?
I never noticed, when Jared says Sticks to Snakes, he 'casts' it like Tower of Doom.
"Go get 'em, lil' guys!"
"I hide upstairs at the end of the hallway" Little Jared Trying To Be A Rogue At The Age Of 8
I'm attacking the darkness.
You stare into the Void
The Void stares back
Roll for initiative.
+PushingUpRoses The darkness has concealment. You miss.
+PushingUpRoses There's an elf in front of you.
+KrimsonKyriarch
IT'S IN THE REFRIGERATOR~!
+Billaxle CAN I HAVE A MOUNTIAN DEW?
>sticks to snakes
"THAT is the funniest goddamn thing"
Jared no, you're making Moses cry
Someone needs to animate the Troglodyte battle, it would be hilarious.
fart fart fart fart fart fart
Ill just turn it into a comic...
Just did the math on my phone. In case you were wondering you would need to kill 48 troglodytes in order to level up as a thief in Basic D&D.
There must be a pile of dead troglodytes, for each and every Lvl 2 rogue.....
You think thats bad? I'd have to kill 100 for my Wizard!
*You faintly hear an elf cry 160 in the background.*
Jacob K good thing you got xp from gp. I remember the "red dragon" boxed set, at the end of the intro Zanzer's dungeon, you were a 2nd level character, or close (not elf, though..)
*you hear a wizard in the nearby valley screaming in hysterics after killing 100 troglodytes by himself with a tiny dagger and 1 magic missile*
I remember once I was playing DnD with some of my friends. I always had shit luck and always rolled very low numbers, 'twas very frustrating for me... *Except* this one time I was playing a strong character, and I somehow got stuck into a hole in the ground and had to be rescued by another member of the party. The other member threw a rope down into the hole and was going to pull me out... That's when I decided I wanted to, instead, pull them into the hole with me. I think I did it just to screw with that character's player because we had an argument recently, but regardless of the motives, it simply sounded like a great idea in my head and I could not restrain myself. I had a feeling that I simply needed to do this. I had my character pull down on the rope and rolled the dice.
I got a perfect 20.
I pulled the other character down so hard into the hole that he ended up hitting his head and fainting. It was a completely pointless development that wasted everyone's time and hurt another member of the party, but for a while, I felt extremely accomplished about that.
+Zetsubou Z. Stuff like that was actually a pretty common occurrence. It would eventually become an inside joke among the group that I only ever succeeded in anything at all when I was actively trying to screw with everyone else, which was with no doubts at least once per game. Fun times.
+Zetsubou Z.
That kind of roll-luck is something the party I'm currently with suffers mutually. We tend of roll amazing shit when we fight these little battles against Goblins or random bandits and we also have nice luck with outside-things like rolling perception or history checks, leading to many-a legend like the ranger's Double penetration, my wrestling career and our Cleric's Necrotic touch of 1-hit-death. However, when push comes to shove and we're faced with any dangerous encounter or boss-character, the random number gods suddenly spite our efforts and the whole party collectively chokes up. I have fond memories of my character being unable to even smash a Kerosene bottle on an Owl-bear that was right next to me, while before, I had no issues preforming a Bane back-break on a Hobgoblin that was bigger than I was (Playing a Dwarf, which explains the size-differance).
Let the D&Dcemper binge watching begin!
3 HP??? How do you even build up a character like that? Fight hummingbirds?
Have the fighter tank incoming damage, while the rogue sneaks in the background.
It was best to avoid combat whenever possible because monsters gave you very little XP and even the wussiest monster could tpk a first level party with a couple of lucky rolls. You got most of your XP through treasure, so you were supposed to find creative ways to get it without fighting. Being so frail at level one shouldn't have been a big deal if you had the treasure first, combat last mentality encouraged by the game's XP mechanics... you know, the ones that the game didn't bother explaining in the non-DM parts of the rules, so we wound up with generations of murder hobos and character funnels because the only obvious path for progression was combat?
iirc in AD&D wizards rolled 1d4 for health. It can always be worse. You'd better have a damn good party.
So I gotta wonder, if you had a low con score, could your wizards feasibly die AT character creation if you rolled a 1 for hp and had a negative penalty to con haha?
AdellRedwinters No. Maximum HP never dips below 1
Runescape music seriously gets me in the mood for D&D. I just need a set, the knowledge to play, time, and friends that will play with me '-'
I have the time, most of the knowledge, and the set. unfortunately my only friends live too far away and there's no place to go and find people to play with... anyone know if there's a way to play online?
I'm going to say Roll20.net, *just in case* you're not joking.
existenceisrelative thanks! I was not joking, though it is funny how condescending my reply looks with the assumption that I was.
Hey, i put my email in my channel description if you're ever looking for a game on roll20. I'm constantly starting games.
Pro Jared NEEDS To do a RUNESCAPE VIDEO
I'm only 15, for the past few years dungeons and dragons has been floating around me.But this summer me and my friends decided to delve into this complicated world. We've only had two sessions so far, we've had a bit of trouble with the rules but still had a great time. One of the problems may be that there is only three of us playing (including this Dungeon master).
Probably one of the funniest things which has happened to us so far is when our fighter, who goes by the name of Ayato, was shot by a Goblin. He attempted to dodge but the arrow just hit him and cut off his left nipple, now filled with rage, Ayato takes revenge by cutting off the nipples of all goblins he comes across.
Is he still cutting off nipples?
Is he?
Careful you might get some unsolicited pics.
Sounds like if Goblin Slayer got into BDSM
One thing that somewhat bothers me on the criticism of the old DnD rules, is how early characters, unless their classes are specifically geared for combat, are worthless in said combat.
I think most people miss the point that DnD isn't a Fighting Table Top game. It's literally ANYTHING: The Table Top Game. And I remember how the early quests for Lvl 1 characters that I usually went through were more about exploration and the unveiling of a possible overarching plot throughout the campaign.
Likely because of complaints like that is why we got 4th Edition. Which is more like a table top WoW.
Advanced Dungeons and Dragons was never a Solo game either. You need a well rounded group that plays off of each others strengths and weaknesses. The game could be run solo, but really required some fudging of the rules to make it even remotely enjoyable for the player.
Advanced Dungeons and Dragons was never a Solo game either. You need a well rounded group that plays off of each others strengths and weaknesses. The game could be run solo, but really required some fudging of the rules to make it even remotely enjoyable for the player.
+Havoc Jaeger I like your reasoning, that is why i always gave more experience to players willing to explore and "EXPERIENCE" the world around them, whether it be from conversation to simple going on a walk through the town or neighboring towns around. I have always had this issue within my groups growing up, they just focused so much on fighting that we would ramp up to the point where it became basically god of war and nothing on the earthly realm could kill us. I dont like getting crap rolls but at least it then made me have to play differently and possibly be more creative than all the others.
Keith Carlson
Pretty much that. The moment you make combat the core of the experience, you are automically losing at lot of what the game has to offer you. When combat becomes the norm , to me, it loses all the fun and tension of it.
It's completely different mentality of what most people have when going into roleplaying games in general, tabletop or even electronic. And to me, that is frustrating as hell.
4th edition is fucked up
My marathon of rewatching, liking, and commenting on every Jared video continues. Video 32
R.I.P. Diath Woodrell.
Name corrections aside, I get the feeling that's been said a lot over the years...
Nicolas Boissiere Rest in Peace, Diet Goodroll, and may a flock of Serra Angels sing thee to thy rest.
More like R.I.P. Projared's CZcams career.
Hope she was worth it Jared.
p.s. she wasn't worth it... Heidi was better. And the whole nudes thing... ewwww.
R.I.P. Jared's career. That stands for Rest In Pieces.
@ロクサス I disagree
Jared, it would be AMAZING if you someday hosted a twitch DnD thing. Like, you could choose some fans to play with you over skype or something.
+Kniroid think people do that already
Right, but I dont think Projared has done it.
+Kniroid he has youtube videos of it on his gaming channel from when it first started
+Kniroid
I VOLUNTEER!!! AND I PUT MY SOUL UP AS DOWN PAYMENT~!!!
I love this idea and would totally volunteer! Hell, I'd be happy with just being an assistant DM.
If this is what we are going to be getting from D&December, I hope that we get it every year. I'm already loving this.
i remember my friend had found some old D&D books from a previous house owner had left. We looked through the books and found old character sheets. It was like looking into a time capsule
I’m here to support ProJared.
I wish I got into D and D more... But I have no friends who want to play
+CurriePlays You're not alone. My first experience with a tabletop RPG was this summer, with an RPG created by a Spanish comic author that loves RPG. He has a webcomic about a D&D style game and the game was inspired by that. I didn't do that bad with a pregenerated character. I died last.
That's what roll20 is for.
+carlosbaldellou My dirty mind read pregenerated as 'pregnated'.
I have the same problem. You could always use roll20 if you dont mind playing online, I've been having very good experiences there.
+CurriePlays psst check out Mythic GM Emulator. Takes a little while to get the hang of, but its a few random tables for use with D&D (or any other RPG) to simulate a dungeon master :O ALLOWING FOR SOLITAIRE PLAY !!
You think D&D has suffered from inflation? Try being a Warhammer player =(
+Peeled Apples It is kinda sad because I want to get into Warhammer, but too poor to afford the costs of it.
+Peeled Apples D&D players suffered from inflation. Warhammer players just suffer.
+Peeled Apples try warhammer 40k. goooood god.
+Peeled Apples Last time in an anime convention I saw a D&D style book with warhammer characters.
+crazybongo5 It's called Warhammer 40k cause that's how much money you need to have in order to buy it :-D
Dat Runescape music...gives me the feels man...
I miss the good old D&D sessions we had with my friends. Gathering at someone's place, ordering food, drinking and playing. Good times.
I've been watching so much DnD stuff lately, gets me in the mind set, i've created characters and flushed out their background made maps, and personality ideas.
And I just keep reminding myself.
Oh yeah.... I don't have any friends.
Goddamn, Jared. I am THOROUGHLY enjoying D&December so far. I've never played it myself, but after this I might have to.
8:47 - "Choatic Good"
Matches his Wisdom.
That is by far my favorite d&d. Classic D&D granted far more XP from treasure than killing. TSR never called called it basic, that became commonly used because a lot of people moved from the D&D Basic set (the red box) to Advanced D&D instead of getting the D&D Expert set. As you said the Rules Cyclopedia put all the rules from Basic, Expert and Companion set together with most of the stuff from Masters. It does not include rules from the Immortals set and is still further extended on by Gazetteers.
You should do tabletop Battletech sometime, the sheer absurdity of some of the weapons and just what happens in canon is are absolutely hilarious.
+dualdragoon I LOVE Classic Battletech!!
+ProJared I cannot upvote this enough
+ProJared Have you played D&D Warriors of the Eternal Sun for the Sega Genesis? It's pretty fun and appears to adhere to the same rules that you just talked about in this video. I think it would be a fun review.
+ProJared Do you know of a good site that explains D&D and table top type games? I tried going to Pathfinder society games 2 or 3 times and ended up confused 80% of the time because I couldn't find clear rule set
how about this for the current, fifth edition: dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/basicrules
That song! Jared, do you play Runescape(or used to)?
+Herr Vesker Hell, I still do. Mind you, it's RS3, but I still love getting on and dabbling.
+Dizzy Doom Who asked you? :p
Ponaru Staph bein mean ;c
+Dizzy Doom Im sorry! Forgive me? :(
Ponaru ... >.> Maaaaybe.
it took so long for D&D characters to level up in older editions that I suspect a lot of DMs cheated and gave out more XP than the rules steictly allowed. By the book it could take you months or years just to get to level 2, and later levels took even longer!
One thing mentioned later is that in those older editions you also got XP for treasure, 1 XP per 1 gold piece of value.
This gave *much* more XP than fighting, either fixed enemy groups or random encounters.
So even without cheating, smart players would get their 2nd levels in only a few sessions, if not in a single one.
PLEASE REVIEW THE MOVIE!!!!
I COULD USE EVERY OUNCE OF YOUR ANGER!!!!
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I love how Jared said "Sticks to Snakes" with the same sound of the Cleric from D&D's Capcom Game :D
Thanks to this Video, I got the Cyclopedia book, found four new players (they never played before) and I will start my own campaign using the Old School style! Cheers!
How's that going, by the way?
They all died to Goblins in the second session....
Sounds legit. Hope everyone had fun though!
ey, right on! I still have all my basic edition books, but I haven't come back around to use them in a while. Its a tough game with stuff like poison being a instant kill and all, but I think that just makes it more of a challenge to take on.
Did it get better? Or were the goblins too much?
Also if the traditional 3d6 method for stats is not working, maybe try using the 4d6 drop lowest method.
Meanwhile the 3 recommended books for 5e cost a total of $150...
Ser Dark
Seems unlikely, given that 1 of them costs about 20-25 bucks
ImmortalPersona
All three together maybe.
ImmortalPersona
www.amazon.com/Players-Handbook-Dungeons-Dragons-Wizards/dp/0786965606
Price: $27
ImmortalPersona
The prices are listed on the pages I linked to. If you paid $50 than you overpaid.
ImmortalPersona
If you paid $50 bucks than you overpaid.
That Actaeon picture was not an elk-centaur, it was an elk MINOTAUR!
(However, nice pull from Greek mythology since Actaeon is a hero who ended up being turned into a stag and is sometimes pictured with a stag's head instead of completely transformed.)
The ventriloquism spell boring? Someone has never played an illusion and trickery mage right then!
+MrCowabungaa Ventriloquism sounds like it allows for some useful shenanigans and misdirection.
Its a utility spell. Some of thr greatest players will use things like that for some truly imaginative and spectacular results.
Its a utility spell. Some of thr greatest players will use things like that for some truly imaginative and spectacular results.
Its a utility spell. Some of thr greatest players will use things like that for some truly imaginative and spectacular results.
+Nicolas Cage Whoa...wonder why that posted three times. Lmao
Anyways, thanks for the echoes. Now get to work you slackers!!! :p
Those stats make me greatful that I got into DnD at 5e.
The fact that Jared has Arc the Lad Collection, Lunar 1 SSSC and Lunar 2 EB in his collection makes me feel so represented. Loved those games.
1: Ventriloquism isn't useless, it's good for misdirection and distraction.
2: Control temperature is good for when your in deserts, icy lands or in an ice cold cave and your party is starting to be severely affected.
3: Speak with plants may seem useless and probably largely is but it's mainly good for getting through an area thickly populated by plants and would otherwise be impossible, very difficult or too slow to get through BUT it can also be used to block enemies.
4: Growth of Animal is primarily to make your pack mules/horses to carry more shit. I wish I had this in Skyrim.
In my years playing D&D, i know that there is absolutly NOTHING worthless or useless in the game. It depends completly on how crafty you are using your shit -- Spells included.
Spells in classic d&d weren't balanced like a video game, gygax and the gang tried to imagine interesting magic that you would see if you were really in a sword and sorcery pulp adventure. The terms "Buff" and "Debuff" didn't exist so when you would get +1 to attack rolls from your cleric, you imagine holy magic flowing through you instead of video game partical effects.
Crap, I rolled a -5, why and how did that happen?
Speak with plants may be a little pointless but speak with animals is awesome! (at least in edition 5). I am currently a Hobbit outlander ranger who is good/chaotic (but i interpreted chaotic diffrently from how it is described in the handbook because my dungeonmaster allowed it) and i got a giant weasle as companion since im level 3. Lately we were in a city where we had to await our trial for being suspects in a murder case and our weapons were taken from us. So i decided to play a game of dice in a tavern (which is awesome because i just played dice against my dungeonmaster) and i won about 30 gold and a horn-dagger, managed to outdrink 2 dwarfs, proceeded to drink with my giant weasle until he was drunk too then i used "speak with animals", went to my room with my giant weasle and we had some deep-drunken talk about life and about how we are like brothers even though we are from diffrent species. By the way i called my weasle "Brom" because he told me that he loves blackberries which are called "Brombeeren" in german.
._.
+Lord of Banana speak with plants is an amazing spell if you are in the right environment or get creative with it. in the right situation and the right questions, it can be good for finding hidden doors and traps.
Thomas Jenkins Oh ok. Sounds really useful
Lord of Banana
i like playing druids, so...
+Lord of Banana
I am glad this didn't end like I thought it would when you went to your room with him.
Diet Wardrobe is my favorite Dragon Dungeon.
Ventriloquism, when used creatively, can be a good intimidation tool.
Nice vid. I imprinted on the Moldvay Basic rules from 1981 so I have the opinion of the artwork in that era's artwork. The RC is a great resource.
This makes me REALLY want to try DnD!
It's a lot of fun if the DM is good and the group has chemistry. Both are preferred, but you aren't always blessed with both, sadly. A game I play only has 2 of us out of 5 who have chemistry, and two are little better than potted house plants; they don't do a lot and don't try to collaborate or offer much, while the last is fairly new to the group and is still trying to find his footing. It can be very frustrating even with just basic RP moments, because two of them will just sit there, shrug and not offer anything or attempt to get involved. It sucks having to carry a game like that on the shoulders of only two people.
If you haven't already tried to, either look for adventure league games, or roll 20.
Adventure League is "organized play" by wizards of the coast, you run the official adventures or some of the one shots they produce from time to time. The nice thing is you can a character and take it anywhere it's played. Bad news is that you have to follow their rules (which aren't bad, but they limit you to the players handbook and one of the suplimental books, so no far traveler goliath barbarian with path of the zealot.)
But depending on the dm, it can be a load of fun.
Roll 20 is usually a last restort, because playing in a random game can be either the best or the worst experience ever.
Give it a shot, it's super fun.
i really hope they someday release something equivalent to the rules cyclopedia for 5e so that i don't have to rummage through ten different sourcebooks to pick a subclass
07:26 Also, can we talk about that sweet late 80's/early 90's mullet, that DM is rocking? XD
Wait a minute. What if you used Sticks to Snakes on like, a staff or something. Would it still be classified as a weapon? Like a snake mace!
+Jonas Haecker The answer to that is no, sadly, I know this. :(
It is too late. Snake mace is a thing now.
How would you keep the snake rigid?
;)
Stroke it _vigorously_
Awesome story and the editing made it a lot more interactive!
I gotta say thank you Jared for getting me into dnd with your crazy tales of adventure and passion for it. Now at work I find myself brainstorming character ideas, stories, and just weird builds and now your passion for it is mine!
With a renewed interest in this channel, I decided to come back to the video that inspired me to try to actually play D&D
-Animates every ProJared D&D story-
Dude, the old stuff was the best! You were easily killed, and the monsters were tough. Made them feel all the more threatening, and feared.
Technically all editions can be altered to be easier or harder, it just depends on what the DM wants to do
It's amazing you remember those days so vividly. I had a good laugh watching this, and i enjoyed learning about an old classic i have yet to experience for myself.
This is the greatest video of all time. So many hours in that book before I even rolled my first character, Rogue of course.
Dat runescape music tho
+Jellyfrosh Surprised nobody else picked up on this
I did
OK so I wasn't just hearing things.
i always wanted to play d&d!
too bad i'm broke and have no friends... :(
Working Man Music you and me both, man.
Not quite the same, but as far as I know Wizards of the Coast have made it a lot more online-friendly now.
"TableTop Simulator" bud, There is always campaigns running @ all times of the night
media.wizards.com/2016/downloads/DND/PlayerBasicRulesV03.pdf
roll20.net/
Both problems solved.
Look up the end 5th edition SRD (system reference document). Its free and legal and you can play it on roll20 with friends
I can see a party having fun with "Talk with plants", especially if their DM has a sense of humor.
Jared I LOVE your dungeons and dragons content its so fun to watch! I recently just got into dnd with a few friends of mine and we all love it! Also you were one of if not the biggest reason for us to start.Also I really think you should start telling some of your stories in the game that would be so cool and im super excited for the next d and december!!!
This book deserves a reprint like the 1E-3E books.
D&D'cember (on December). Zelda Month (November, or just before D&D'cember). ProJared and PBG are friends. They most likely subscribe to each other and frequently watch each other's videos. PBG created Zelda month just because, and that same inspiration probably hit ProJared... Coincidence, yeah why not :3
+Steve Fetrow I know right
Hold on, by another coincidence, The Nostalgia Critic always has a special month on January, right after DnDecember.
The Completionist has a special month every Febuary. Right after January.
Thanks for sharing your memories! It's cool that you hold on to that book.
Another D&December is right around the corner, Hype, Hype!!
I always wanted to get into D&D. I love fantasy settings and I am, in fact, trying to write a book in a fantasy setting.
But I doubt people playing D&D would enjoy having me around. I'm not good at math, not even at a very simple level, because I just don't care for numbers and I always trip over them. I also trip over my words, so I couldn't be a dungeon master. My luck is also notoriously bad, so having me around would probably lead to the whole party dying because my characters stabs them in the throat with a pillow.
I'm also weird around people, especially Germans, which is problematic, because I am a German living in Germany.
+The Drunken Coward If you think people at a DnD table will be mad at you for poor math skills, you're playing with the wrong kind of people. Don't shoot yourself down, you can always improve your speech skills!
"Weird around people"
Not sure why you think that would exclude you from playing D&D.
Mostly because I can't be funny. Or when I do have a joke in mind I struggle to get it out. So once I've finally gotten it out it's not a joke anymore and the timing is way off. I'm just not really fun is what I'm saying.
But I have actually found a group. I *AM* utterly boring and have trouble getting into the system, but I have found a group that does seem to like me too.
Dude dnd is about having fun with abunch of others anyone can get together and enjoy it do it you will love it
TBH, as long as you don't try to RP beyond your capabilities (i.e. are aggressively obnoxious) and are a team player, people will not mind having you around to play D&D.
JARED, PLEASE, JUST PLEASE, record a DnD series with your friends, I would LOVE to watch it! I've been watching the Geek and Sundry channel's Critical Hit series for awhile, and it's amazing! I would love to see you doing something similar. It's guaranteed to do really well. You could stream each session on twitch and post the video here later.
If you do consider it, I recommend watching some of the Critical Hit series to get a feel for how it could be presented and managed. :)
the 6 wisdom score reminds me of my dragonborn wizard. with a whopping 6 in charisma.
Loving that E.V.O music at 7:00. It brings back the nostalgic memories of playing SNES.
Just wait 'til he faces off against the mighty Gazebo
It is somehow more entertaining to see snapshots from the book than trying to watch a guy show a book at the camera with bad focus and then trying to explain what is going on in the pictures... for an hour.
One of my favorite videos from you. "Hey, I like this thing, so I should share it with people and poke a little fun at it, too!" The Internet is the best because of things like this.
Nice to know I am not the only one that misses THAC0! Great videos! I would love to see more D&D content.
Just here to actually spread positivity in the comments. I hope everyone has a nice day!
I'm going to run this playlist on repeat until this man gets his youtube career back.
He did
Man what is that awesome intro music? It LEGENDARY! Leave it to ProJared to find the best games, and music!
I don't think I've ever heard FFXI music in any video that wasn't about the game. The dungeon battle theme along with your stellar voicing of the battle really made me want to play this with my friends. Maybe one day
Did no one else notice he put his alignment as "Chaotic Good"?
*chaotic
It's the best one.
Well, he said it would be fun seeing your neighbor picking up sticks have the sticks turn to snakes.... Not run up and shove a mace up his ass.
How did he do 7 damage if his backstab does double?
+emc150 The strength score gave a +1 to damage, which is added after the double dice damage.
+ProJared have you ever played Pathfinder? if so what'd you think of the system compared to your preferred DnD version?
+rockerchair *edition
+The hero king do not go with that rule set. Get the newer edition (5th) if you want some more freedom in your character creation.
+Doctor Whotuber 5th is waaaay too simple. 3.5 would be a better choice.
@ProJared Going back, this series is helping me on my first DM quest with my independent learning class. Thanks!
My my, is that oldschool runescape music I hear in the background, if so, it's nice to see someone who played runescape during the glory days, and still remembers it enough to put music in.
ONLY 25 EXP?!!?!!!!!!?!?!?
+The Flaming Emblem I died laughing at that part.
+Zeratultheking RIP Zeratul, should have void prisoned
Maximilion Pegasus I assume reference to LoV campaign? I haven't actually gotten it yet. Though SC2's campaign has been quite lackluster so I am not too shocked if they did do that.
+The Flaming Emblem Yeah, but you also got 1xp for every gold piece worth of treasure you found.
+The Flaming Emblem Almost sounds like vanilla Final Fantasy XI...
I think all three of these "useless" spells sound quite awesome and almost OP. Talking to plants would have incredible utility for information gathering and other stuff. Doubling an animal's size could give you a horse sized dog or an elephant sized horse. And controlling the temperature by roughly 10°C up and down could be enough to freeze or melt water/ice which, while situational, could be useful. Also I like the THAC0 system and think it's unfairly infamous, it's not that complicated.
+Dionysus24779 The usefulness of "talk to" spells vary greatly, depending on your DM. There's no guarantee the plants will say anything more interesting than "hey, you! water me!"
Msoulwing Well, that's a given of course. I'm sure any decent DM would balance the power out to not be OP. But I also think any decent DM wouldn't make it a waste of a spell either.
Dionysus24779
Oh aye, making it a complete waste isn't *good* DMing.
The original Rollplay DnD run made great comedic use of them :p
+Msoulwing You guys should play with my group. My father DMs, has for nearly three decades and I can't remember a single trip to the fantasy world not resulting in at least ONE memorable hilarious moment.
***** I actually never got to play DnD, but I still like the PC games and the idea and stories.
This video was my first exposure to DnD and watching it again years later, after just starting my second campaign feels so surreal...
One of the most awesome way of playing RPGs is simplifying D&D's rules and making a pile of Magic cards to make the encounters and general parts of the story. It's extremely fun.
this should have been used in math classes
+Adam Wolf (Pizza King) "Now, students, to attack this kobold, roll a strength check to see if you are able to wield your sword. Then, add your strength modifier and divide it by pi, and then multiply your dexterity score by the number of desks in the room. Now subtract the enemy's armor class from your hit damage, and roll five 8-sided dice to determine your hit chance. Finally, average your hit chance and damage and subtract it from the enemy's health, and take out your protractors to find the angle at which the enemy falls..."
FireKid112 Best math lesson ever
+Adam Wolf (Pizza King) I WISH it were used for math class. It would be heaven to get an entire round of turns done without having to correct anyone's arithmetic.
You joke that, but I think schools would do themselves a favour encouraging kids to play table-top role-playing games. Not really in math class, but something like an after-school program trying to get kids into such things all the way from grade school. I'd see alot of good in it. Besides giving kids a personal insentive to learn math, it'd also help kids express imagination, which is always healthy to anyone.
AlluMan96 A friend of mines daughter is one at school.
I could swear I herd some age of empires music.
+Devon Rose You did!
+ProJared hah sweet. such a good game and I can't believe I mispronounced soo many unit names back then.
+Devon Rose I played that game so much as a kid. I think about it often as an adult studying ancient Mediterranean and European history and I'm not even a little ashamed to admit that. Especially when I hear the word "trireme".
+Devon Rose Some Runescape music too I think
+Salahudean Tee yeah there was I just remember the age of empires music more cause I played it sooo much
Excellent video! You always make quality content, Jared. Thanks for sharing your stories.
oh my GOD good choice in music!! Nostalgia trip!!
I like how the yellow mold is worth just as many experience points as the troglodyte.
Balancing things must have been tough as shit back then. Can't just twiddle things and import fresh values from an excel sheet, can't simulate anything without hiring a statistician, and you gotta go hand edit 19 different pages every time you change one number. After a certain point they'll just say 'fuck it, good enough'. Was any system from that era really balanced?
I wish I could play d&d but I have no friends or family
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Can't wait for some more D&December
I first watched this video when I first started playing d&d and got none of the jokes, it’s been 7 years and I now understand them. Thank you, this video came when I needed it the most.
I just can't see myself getting into D&D. It's not that I don't find the idea of RPGs very fun, but more for the fact that the rules are just a little intimidating. So much math, so many rules to even just attacking something. But hey, the stories that occur from some people's games can be pretty awesome and hilarious, like that one at the beginning with the guy burning the whole party.
+OckhamAsylum Attacking person.
1. Roll a d20
2. Add bonuses or penalties
3. See if your attack was good enough to harm him.
4. Determine if you critically hit him.
5. If you hurt him, roll the dice to see how good the hit was.
6. Add bonuses to damage.
Done.
Even easier in practice.
Red Dragon I think it would take a couple tries before I got it without needing help. And a few more after that before I got it without everyone getting annoyed at me for taking so long
+OckhamAsylum That's why you play in a group with more experienced players. They'll help you learn.
+OckhamAsylum This is an old-ass edition of D&D. The newer versions are a million times more simple.
I know that and I don't even play it.
Unshaved Malevolence I know this is an old edition, but I haven't had any knowledge that it's gotten more simple in recent years. Eh.
that is RuneScape music hahaha nice touch
I constantly find myself binge watching D&December constantly while waiting for next December to come around.
Oh man. I'm hearing a lot of music from Towers of Doom and Shadows over Mystara (and that Kobold bark was definitely from ToD). I spent all my quarters on those game back in the day. Also... the way you said "stick to snakes" was exactly how the cleric (Greldon) does. That's no coincidence! I'm calling it here. You did a Greldon impression!!!!!!
Man, ProJared's copy looks as roughed up as mine does.
Oh how I miss those days.
Jared, that story about you hiding around the hallway to listen in on your older brother's D&D game is adorable. I remember doing shit like that back when I was a kid.
I appreciated all of the old Runescape music you used in this one, Jared! I had some feels watching this. Also, I'm gonna start a 5e campaign with some friends come January, so these are gonna help me a lot!