My Top 3 Tips For Getting Into Dungeons and Dragons
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- Here are my top 3 tips for getting getting into the Dungeons and Dragons hobby.
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All these people saying they don't have friends should just be friends with each other
Yeah sure, we all live in the same neighborhood -_-
HORRIOR it seems you missed the very, very subtle sarcasm that this comment has
However we’re all some degree of socially awkward or anti-social
Exactly! I don't wanna be friends with these losers!
That's what the internet is for.... :D
D&D: A super nerdy game
Reqires friends
that's the one downside, you have to have friends :(
i just play it with my 1 friend
Stolen meme
truly, it is the greatest joke God played on the world.
It's a paradox
Funny story about getting a group together I got a group of 7 people. We all knew each other and are friends. So I ask expecting one or two to join. All seven go "that's a good idea". That's how I got a group of eight people without even really trying. Only one person had played before so we were all clueless. It was fun.
In that situation, I suggest having a few schizophrenic characters (characters with more than 1 person controlling them).
Same basically. I ran one session on Roll20 with two other players and one spectator. Then the next four sessions was an absolute wave of players inbound.
Now I run my campaign Westmarch-style except with fixed time slots and cast. Got like four new converts to D&D. Half of them turned into giant minmaxing munchkins.
It was great. Personal favorite munchkin: Guy who plays a sorcerer that is nigh untouchable, but once the sorcerer is touched the sorcerer goes *pof*
You rolled a crit on persuasion
Quick clarification about Adventurer's League; it is not hosted by Wizards of the Coast. Adventurer's League is an independent volunteer-based organization that WotC does everything they can to support without actually being a part of or operating. Puffin is still absolutely correct that it's a great way to find a D&D game, meet other players, and make new friends. But please don't go to one believing that the person running the game is a WotC employee or anything; they're a regular person who volunteered to run adventures because they love D&D and they want to share it with people, and any extra stuff they bring to the table beyond the adventure (like miniatures, maps, etc.) is entirely a product of their time and effort. Your experience from one table to another will likely change significantly because of the DM, but it will almost always be a good time.
Also, the D&D Starter Set really is the best way to learn the game.
It's got a simple as hell yet comprehensive module, the basic rules, basic DM advice and basic monsters, comes with a set of dice, it's like 15$. It's great for testing the waters. Downside is, everyone and their dog has played it and it's not super meaty. Of course a good/invested DM can beef up the subplots and bring the town of Phandalin to life, but a group entirely made up of newbies or with an experienced player DMing intially isn't that likely to do that.
Core rulebooks (Monster Manual, Dungeon Master's Guide and Player's Handbook) and a single set of dice will run you around 160$ MSRP, is a lot of (rewarding) reading material and doesn't net you a module. A DM screen is about 15$. Once you sort of get it all off the ground and people get familiar with the rules they're ideal, and you can start spicing up your game with other supplements (Volo's Guide to Monsters, Tales from the Yawning Portal, the Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide, Xanathar's Guide to Everything, One Grung Above, the Tortle Package) but for an initial buy-in, it's risky, even digitally.
tfw no adventurers league where I live. for real there is only *one* place that sells dnd stuff in the capital
@@Paraboxify “But a group entirely made up of newbies or with an experienced player DMing initially isn’t that likely to do that.”
You calling me out has me shook.
"Get your friends involved". Okay, how do I get friends?
blackmail
Tinder?
Tinder is the same thing that FourElemental said but with extra steps.
My strategy: xkcd.com/1746/
More general strategy: xkcd.com/1917/
This is the tricky part not many quite understand, so uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh good luck.
Wait wait wait wait...
....there is a Sailor Moon rpg and Im not playing RIGHT ******* NOW?
👀👀👀
I did ask my friends....
I no longer have friends
Lmao
3:20 "Your friends are deffective, you need to get new friends" is all that needs to be said. It's exactly my situation, with hudreds of people in my uni! It's terrible!
some unis have their own version of adventures League games for rpgs. They are well hidden most of the time, but if you are interested maybe the admistration could tell you if you have one of the following groups: Board game Group, RPG Group, Table Top Group or Fantasy Group. Even if the shoe dosen't fit exactly, their is a high chance that those people would know where to look.
Or maybe you could try a lfg in one of the bigger forums on the internet oder even a blackboard on you uni
Fredministrator Thanks, but unfortunately my uni has NO clubs or such, and administration doesn't give a damn about anything not written directly in their work responsibilities, not to mention we aren't SUPPOSED to have free time ;( I study in Russia...
There are probably a group of friends or two on campus who all play. Just gotta get lucky to find them I guess.
russia or not russia, it's a freaking uni
in case you haven't already, try some more stereotypically nerdier departments, say eletrical and computer engineering, computer science, etc. at least on my uni, just going by my department building is enough to maybe overhear a game joke
tip 1: buy dice
tip 2: tell your friends to buy dice
tip 3: play DND
and that's how you get into D&D thanks for watching
xjrf gaming
Step 60: for some reason spend, like, $80 on a custom miniature for your character.
Step 61: Watch that character die with no chance of getting back
Step 191: discover the chewed-up/run-over/burned-somehow remains of your most expensive miniatures
Step 17: swear you're never playing this g*damn game again.
Step 18: begin working on new campaign.
xjrf gaming Or get Dice and Dragons on your phone. Free dice.
step 0: Find someone who knows how to play first.
I'm stuck on tip 1 cause I'm picky on what color dice i want and the design
Haha... whats a friend?
“Great Magical Fun-Time Adventures”
That should be a legit RPG
Great video man.
"Make a blood pact for the next few years of your life..."
Perfection.
Im lucky enough to have parents into d&d
I luckly got my family into D&D with (mostly) all my cousins getting involved.
im noy very lucky evreyone says they have freinds (i just do adventure leauge)
Kyle are you sure your name isn't walpole and may or may not have led to the potential collapse of Great Britain/England/whatever they were at the time?
PRsOwn Glaceon I don't think that's a good thing...
Alastair Proom honestly id say it is. Its one of my main two hobbies today, would be either way, and my folks are beyond helpful with it
I'm a moderator on a discord server for art and music, and for fun we decided to add a roleplay channel for people and call it "Dungeons and Dragons" to which within the first hour was full of people trying to organize games. The following campaign I hope to only be the first in a long string of adventures
Whats your discord?
I second Jacob's Question. What's the Discord?
i second the second the second
Help us damn it. XD
I second the second of the second of the second.
Just what I need to brighten up a rather boring morning! More Puffin Forest... now if only there was more puffin forest content. :D Keep up the great work Ben, love your content!
matthew aldaz Uh...isn’t it Christmas today though?
Is now, wasn't when the video came up. At least not for me here on the weeeest coast.
Ben/Puffin Forrest: I... have a fan?
*(starts crying)* I’ve never had a fan before!
You really inspired me to actually DM for my group of friends and we've been having a lot of fun from my really cliche campaign
I need to pick my game back up again. I have a lot of wonderful shenanigans planned for the party.
Cliche campaigns are the best. Everyone who plays rpgs, especially tabletop RPGs has had a time when they've watched a show or read a book and gone "why don't the heroes just do this specific thing?" Dnd gives people the option to do the thing.
Flmabo Jesus Same here
Flmabo Jesus While I like the game, I’m not confident about being a dungeon master. However, some of the do’s and don’ts ProJared has pointed out (and even one of Puffin’s videos) have given me ideas to subvert these issues.
For example, “avoid the cutscene.” Okay, I’ll have a “cutscene” describing the boss who hasn’t noticed the party yet, and they can interrupt and start fighting at any time. However, if they sit through the narration, they’ll learn about a chandelier or something that they can use to instantly kill the boss.
Furthermore, we all know that no one likes the lone wolf, that guy whose character just sits in the corner and doesn’t participate. I would love to see a game where a DM worked with a player on that: the party seems stuck with a lone wolf character, whose player even does his sulking separately from the rest of the table, only for it to be revealed later that they weren’t an edgelord, but a spy.
How cliche? Overly evil nation attacks the innocent kid nation and the evil one's king is a demon?
I've played D&D for a while now. Although I always played 2nd edition. This being because I was given around 13 manuals from my father because he always played as a kid. Recently I got my hands on the starters set for 5th edition and I'm so excited to burn THAC0 at the stake.
Keep your old books for lore reference, that cannot be replaced with new editions.
5th Edition is so streamlined and simple. I'll think you'll like it.
Yeah, 5e is a boatload easier to jump into compared to AD&D. Heck, the rules even make sense! But definitely keep those old books, as the lore in them is nigh-irreplacable; they literally don't make them like they used to!
ad&d books are cool and the campaign setting maps are the best. I want a modernized version of that... a cardboard box full of maps and other stuff
Tacos?
I want magical wacky owlbear filled adventures
Aaron Kennedy don't we all?
Last time I tried that my group was so traumatized we haven't seen an owlbear in the half decade since. I still blame it on the cleric thinking he was a tank.
i think clerics are good people to be in the front tho
Literally what I was going to reply with xD
No you really don't, In one campaign I'm in we keep getting owlbears as random encounters. Every. Single. Time.
BUT Puuffffiiiiin!
What if I don't HAVE any friends!?
DeadPieGamer Idk play with your enemy's
the internet is were even the most facially challenged person can find friends
To the adventurer's league with you, I suppose?
Role persuasion check.
Step 1: Go outside
Step 2: Spot some nice looking people
Step 3: Kidnap them
I actually got all my friends into D&D after watching your videos. You made me learn how to manage time by working on the campaign while working on my essays. You are a better study teacher than my actual freshman seminar teacher. Thanks
Hey Puffin Fish I've been checking out most of your videos now for the past 3-4 days and I have to say your videos are really enjoyable and have caused me to dwelve deeper into D&D and make me wanna learn even more about it. I Was always a hardcore gamer growing up but never got to see the joy of this. Thank you for opening my eyes Puffin Forest and keep making great videos !
Just saying, I kinda stumbled onto your channel after I started watching the High Rollers DnD streams on CZcams and I’d like to let you know I enjoy your videos tremendously and am constantly checking if you have new videos. Keep up the great work! 👍🏼
You should make a video about how to interest others and get them involved in a session. I've managed to convince my friends to play, and have found sessions in which they've all left amazed by the game (this is mostly with one group, in which everyone was new to the game) but have also had certain friends in other groups who have had a hard time getting entertain and mostly go to the sessions for the company and food, but not that much for the game nor their characters (even though we've tried really hard to help him do a character he was interested in). This would be really useful!
I might suggest you check out GreatGameMaster.com's tips on Player engagement...
On the personal side, have you talked to those Player(s) who aren't engaging in the game? Some people simply don't seem to be "wired" for Role Play. It's alright too, of course, just not exactly going to be their "thing"... In such cases, let them come for the snacks and beer (etc)... and maybe some time down the road, they will (occasionally) surprise you.
Sometimes, it's just not their "prefered genre" or "style"... I dealt with a guy who was "okay" with D&D, but he swore up and down he was big about improv' and loved Role Play... Everyone else around the table could sense his lack of engagement... AND then I opened up the Gurps sourcebook to do a mix between Magic and Technology (it was the only non-D&D book I had at the time)...
As soon as the Steam/Cyber-Punk style scenario started to roll out this same guy was suddenly ON FIRE!... And the twist in that adventure was a Blast...
So... maybe the bottom line is "don't be afraid to experiment" and just be tolerant of those who show up more for food and friends as long as they're not actively screwing up the game. :o)
You and ProJared were my first exposures to D&D. Been playing since January 2020 and it’s been so fun
Thank you so much for this video, I've been thinking about this exact thing lately!!! I love your videos!
Also if you have internet friends who would be into it, but you're all too far apart to form an in-person group, try playing it together in Tabletop Simulator, with teamspeak or discord or whatever you damn kids use these days. I've had great fun with that method, and it's a lot easier to commit to regular sessions.
Tabletop simulator is good, but the website Roll20.net is also very good, and free! It's designed with these games in mind, and has a lot of resources to make it easy to play!
There's also Roll20. Both have their advantages. Roll20 is a bit... it feels more like a professional office setting, and TTS feels like fucking around, throwing dice at people, capturing the magic of someone 'accidentally' moving his character out of harms way when nobody looked with a dice throw.
also TTS comes with a price tag upfront so many friends aren't as likely to enjoy it, i know i gave TTS as a christhmans gift last christhmas to a couple of peeps before i knew roll20 was a thing and well let's say i want my 60 dollars back (not because the quality of the product, mostly because they don't use it like ever, not ever when for workshop content of boardgames we actually like like boss mosnter.
There are also some (mostly older) games like Baldurs Gate, Icewind Dale and Neverwinter Nights. Might be helpful to get into it in general to get an idea of it.
well the owner of Roll20 is a bit prejudice agenst men, actively dissing their playstyle but then not saying anything about the woman who do the same things in his site. Apparently it's ok for woman to have woman only groups but when a guy makes a men only group he gets a blog and makes a stink out of it.
if i can find something else that dissing on men and woman equally i'd rather support them.
Dark heresy #1 suffer not the xenos to live
Love your vids Puffin, keep on creating content. Happy holidays!
Just want to say I think your channel is awesome and you are great I've played d&d for many a year and everything you say is spot on keep it up
The thing for me is i have a few groups of friends who already play it, but when i ask about joining they say they already have 8 people and any more would cause the DM to have a mental breakdown. So i'll just sit hear and live vicariously threw you
You should ask to be a co DM, not only would it let you play but it would also make it easier for the DM.
If you can find someone that wants to run, you could possibly get one player from each game and start up a new group. If all the games you know of have 8 players, there are pretty clearly not enough people running games in your area, because 8 players is about the limit of what a group can handle, with 4 generally being considered ideal.
Jack Nick 3:15
I’m getting into D&D soon (in my past I’ve played pathfinder and dragon age) and I’m starting out as a DM, I’ve never been a DM before so I’m gonna be running a game out of the mines of phandelver to introduce me to the concept of running a game. We did lose the -remade character sheets, but I’m sure I can rework the module for custom made characters.
Have you seen Matthew Mercer's GM Tips? czcams.com/video/6XikjjQok5Y/video.html
Since you're a first time DM, I'd recommend a linear storyline (your players have fewer options, which means you have less work to be prepared.) I'd recommend Hoard of the Dragon Queen. When your players roll into town, they only have three or four options of things to do, in addition to random encounters.
Seems like pathfinder and d&d 3.5 are pretty exchangeable.
Protip from projared,say yes mostly.
I just ran my first game .. some of your misadventures have went into the design of my games as a way to give my players something cool interesting and unique to remember and tell their friends !!! so keep make these videos i will need the material soon enough lol
I might've just watched your every single public video and let me say, you're awesome!!
I might add, trying an online game site, like on Roll20 or Fantasy Grounds, as an option as well. It's pretty easy to find a game that fit's your schedule, and there's a lot of DM's that advertise one-shots for new players.
Literally yesterday I got (to get started playing DND) the three core rule books and some dice (at least you didn’t talk about the screen) I am only mildly extremely scared you are stalking you subscribers.
ElderdragonGaming EDG you got a present the day before Christmas? Some religious event I've never heard of?
don't be scary!!! BE A HERO! (a dwarf hero, not a elf please)
Laurent pession perron I think you read the question wrong. But if I play a game I might be a cleric who serves dark gods.
maybe... BUT Elric was an hero and has a demonic patron :-)
Laurent pession perron maybe less sword that kills everyone like Cravens edge in critical role.
So... I went to my first Adventurer's League session last night. Oh man... that was fun.
Long story short, wild magic gave one of our party members Antlers, I tripped and hit my head making me lose my memories for 12 hours, and our half-ghost sorcerer managed to rip out the heart of baddie for the session Kali-Ma style at the cost of half his hit points.
thank you so much for helping me get started!
Oh god. Curse of Strahd. I played that with some of my friends and my character pissed off Strahd worse than the Wallachians pissed off Dracula in the Castlevania anime. Right now we're outside of Krezk and running for our lives. We haven't resumed yet, and that's partially because unless we get stupid lucky all that waits for us is a TPK.
Transformers And Power Rangers Toy Reviews Forgive me, but I couldn’t stop laughing. I haven’t played much D&D, but I have fun stories from both my sessions. And my first story happened to be about a party I joined midway pissing off Strahd.
So, I joined in the middle of a fight with wolves. We killed them, particularly with the help of a character who could become a werewolf, more than doubling his health. When they died, Strahd appeared... and the werewolf immediately attacked him.
Bad idea: Strahd countered back and inflicted some sort of poison, and caught the guy in a headlock. He only survived because of the werewolf buff. At which point, the DM as Strahd said, “Would you like to try introductions again?”
Naturally, the rest of the party was freaking out, considering options to save the werewolf, but mostly hoping not to die. As was I, of course: level 1, first session, would’ve sucked to die immediately. Strahd was kind enough to let the werewolf go...and he immediately attacked again and got himself in the same position.
At this point, I remembered something: my Tiefling started with the Dark Hunter item set, which included some stakes. Stakes tend to kill vampires, so I thought I’d test something. I lined myself up with Strahd, and prepared to throw a stake from a distance, hoping to strike his heart. However, I wasn’t suicidal, so I asked if that would kill him. I needed a decently high Arcana stat to get an answer, and it turned out my character actually started with a high enough stat. That answer: no. I immediately said $&@& it and backed off.
Thankfully, no one actually died. Strahd let the werewolf go again, this time leaving him unconscious. And it turned out the entire reason he was there was to invite us to his castle. All he wanted to do was give us a $&@&ing note.
@@henrygreenstone5656 Oh god... Death House. >_< The _best_ way you can come out of that encounter without everyone being salty is for the DM to pass it off as a way for one player to roll a new character if they aren't satisfied with their current one.
I volunteered. On the upside, I got to roll a Kenku Arcane Trickster, and he was a treat to play- he used Minor Illusion to talk to everyone.
oh yes please do more beginner guides
Thank you for this video I just got a D&D starter set for christmas and needed this.
Love your channel. Videos on tips for prospective DMs would be cool. Like I'm trying to start out DMing and would love to write my own adventures and quest but it's such a daunting prospect
Sadly stuck in Mexico. No Adventurer's League nearby my town.
Online groups so far do 3 sessions then the DM starts playing Final Fantasy XIV and goodbye campaign.
Tell your dm to fuck off and find other group, there a lot of groups in Mexico
Is there a hobby game store near you?
Scott S. The only one is 2 hours away and not exactly that lively
I dont know if you have went on roll 20 but Ive found multitudes of games with really good DMs and players... Ive also waded through the pile of bad though so its a 50/50
DatBritishMexican Ever thought about becoming the DM? That is sometimes the most efficient way to get a good DM for a long campaign.
"I...um bought the starter kit with the three core books." *puts hand down*
Okay to be fair I bought it as this is my first time as a DM and I have new players, I wanted a good story to build our world off of and the story in Lost Mine seems to be a good spot for my players.
Funny enough I was right, it has made a good spot for me to create the world from, I've already inserted a few additional npcs for various reasons and my players aren't all murder hobos(my 8yo daughter playing as the rogue is, she has more kills than anyone else in the party and they only just entered craigmaw hideout). But the key thing so far has of course been they are having fun, they cant wait for each new session what I might bring to the table.
i like this video. It's very bare bones and really speaks to new players who may not be sure what to do or may be finding themselves overwhelmed with a new RPG (i know i was). Because, lets be honest, theres a LOT to learn and if you try to learn it all at the beginning it's going to be frustrating.
Thanks Puffin
Nice advice and hilarious as always. Thanks for sharing.
I've been trying to get a game going on discord, real theater of the mind kind of thing. Heroes tale but I'm flexible on gray morale characters.
Could you actually do a video comparing all the table top systems?
Mainly D&D, Pathfinder, and Call of Cthulhu?
I’m a HUGE pathfinder fan and I’ve never actually played D&D but I’ve watched friends play it but it looks more like a board game to me then a Roleplay but maybe that’s just me?
how are you a huge pathfinder fan if you have never played D&D? or do you think that pathfinder and D&D are different things? Pathfinder is literally just 3.5e D&D.
There are WAY too many to make a video doing that with, actually, and tbh, I don't get the impression he's played enough different ones to attempt that.
If you can give me an idea of what you want to get out of a system, or what kinds of games you like to run I may be able to point you in the right direction of either systems or youtube channels that you might like, but trying to compare all the systems in one video is basically impossible.
D&D is basically pathfinder except it's not ridiculously complicated and has less power difference between levels
My friends and I started with 3.5e having NO idea what we were doing. It ended up creating a semi-life long interest in D&D and all it's potential for most of us, and that first campaign remains some of our best memories. We had to stop playing for 2 or so years because of difficulties in our personal lives, but we've recently tried to start it up again. We just had our just session for the new campaign and it was the most fun I've had in a long time.
Hey man your my favorite youtuber keep up the hilarious videos
I'm basically banned from D&D because when I began, I tried to kill the shopkeeper and the DM tried to kill me as well as the other PCs.
Merry Christmas Puffin, or whatever you believe in
Justin Norman happy holidays as well
i dont believe in merry Christmas
kab hes I don't believe in my little pony profile pics but believe/do what you like
i was just joking
kab hes I know me to
Definitely start with the 5th Edition Starter Set. It comes with an adventure module, a basic rulebook, a set of dice, and a few characters to help you get started. When you're ready to dive deeper, pick up the 5th Edition Player's Handbook to learn more about the rules and to learn how to make your own characters. It's a great way to wade into the hobby.
Got started with the 5e starter set. Was a good way to get us all into it!
It was fairly easy for me to get into it, I was already a gamer who liked RPGs and one of my favorites was the elder scrolls.
Nyghtking coincidentally it was actually inspired by DnD if DnD didn’t exist we wouldn’t have had elder scrolls (the devs were dnd geeks)
likkyzero - Yeah so my transition was pretty easy, just take the elder scrolls lore, rename some things, swap around some things, and change things a little, so I was into it from the first day I started playing.
I've played a few one shot campaigns with my friends, where I was the DM. But how do I convince someone else to be the DM so I have the chance to be a PC?
Kingxander123 I did, and they all seem really hesitant..
I've had this problem for ages, ever since 2e. Now I much rather DM than just be a player :) still you could tutor 1 of them if you want. Prepare a simple dungeon map, a few monster stats for them to fill the map as pleased and help them come up with an adventure hook, a boss and maybe even ideas for puzzles. Finally promise them you're there to guide with the rules (but clarify that the DM always has the final say). You should have a rather passive character in that first session as you'll have a lot of knowledge of the adventure beforehand...
I'm one of those players who can't be convinced to GM. I could tell you what it would take for me to do it:
1. Give me a few games to warm up. You should continue being the main GM but try to give me more tasks. For example:
* Make me play the role of an NPC for a part of the game so I get familiarized with talking to the other PC. * Make me design some dungeon where my PC will not be participating to make me used to how that stuff works
* Give me a particular section of the rule book to study, to be the expert guide on that stuff, and I imagine I would be into it. (Way more than the intimidating taks of having to learn a bit of ALL the rules)
well dming is pretty hard you need a few key things and your friends might just understand that they are missing these things.
1. Improvisation
2. Understanding that your players will fuck up your story
3. Creativity
4. Accepting that your players/friends will die or do stupid shit to die which might end in your campaign being ruined
5. Letting your player make a backstory and adding that into story elements when you go over something that may relate to said character.
Your videos have inspired me to get into D&D. I just purchased a starter kit.
Puffin Forest, I've never played a tabletop RPG, but I like your personality/stories/and sense of humor. So I like your videos and subscribed. 😀
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**Casually assumes every single one of his viewers lives anywhere near a place where one of those is hosted**
Keep Puffin
Okay you finally got me. Been watching these videos for a few hours now. Loving all of them. After I saw the "Your facebook keeps accidentally blocking me" comment made me lose it so had to subscribe.
If you can find it for 5e (or are playing in 3.5), I would highly recommend _The Sunless Citadel_ for newer DM’s. It’s a relatively simple dungeon with a well-designed map that is very good at teaching players the basics of dungeon crawling, while also teaching the DM how to -murder the party- control the monsters.
Wait, you need to buy the books? My DM, gave us all free .pdf files of them
1Orderchaos no, he/she/it didn't. 🙈🙉🙊
avolantyable
Plus you can't depend on the search feature when you're trying to spell Xyxxyxsallassar's Mystical Ointmentonium.. or, let's face it, every group has a guy who can't spell 'fighter.'
I have plenty of fun and excitement while using the PDFs
Ya, same here we have spent countless hours of fun all while using the PDFs, until the DM moved to another state.
Downfall of the pdf at least the D&d 5e ones are illegal is most cases. WotC only distributes them to large content creators, as a means of promoting the game. So short of you scanning your own legally owned books you cannot have a legal pdf copy and even if you do, distributing it is not legal.
Top Tips for playing D&D - Dont, and play Shadowrun, Or Dark Heresy.
I may or may not be saying this to push more players into the scene
Shadowruns manual is rediculouly poorly organised turned my entire group against it. Dark heresy was fun though
Honestly, just start GMing a game. It's the only way these days
Depends on the edition of D&D. We don't talk about 3 or 4, but 3.5 is great, though tedious to set up for, 1e is great for shenanigans, and 5e is good for new players to learn the system without getting bogged down with all the bullshit from previous editions. I've never played 2e, so I can't comment.
Brian Halphin shadowrun’s character creation will make new players contemplate suicide
I remember hanging out with friends and I had no idea they were planning to play 13th age that night. The DM noticed me watching and listening, laughing and commenting. So...he had a moment with an Player & NPC interact. He opened it with the NPC's name, the setting, and what was happening but when it came to speaking it pointed at me and told me im voicing the character now and good luck. I apparently did better than he expected, especially with no prior voicing/rp experience. I did so well they built that NPC a Character sheet and told me that im playing now, and forever as that character. I was so excited to get dragged in. One of my favorite memories of starting tabletop rpgs.
Lol I wish I saw this video sooner. I say some of your videos on FB and wanted to start playing dnd. So I just kept talking about it to ppl at work. My co worker told me he use to play and we created a small work dnd group. We played a mini mini one shot, it was really to teach me how to play. Now I love it and just created my first character. We will soon have our first official game soon. I’m going to find an adventure league near me.
keep up the good job. I enjoy yours vids
I acctually did pick up the starter set when i started playing. My friends didnt want to spend a session making characters before acctually doing something(one of them had done a session zero before and was unimpressed because he wanted to get into the meat of the game). So the starter set gave them characters so they could jump into it quite quickly, and the starter campain gave me a good start into dm'ing. So its a great tool to hook your friends into playing.
Talking to your friends is certainly a good place to start! When my wife and I started to get into I started recruiting. The biggest surprise to me was my sister in-law. She was one of those "any game is pointless and a waste of my time" kind of people. All it took was getting her to create a character and she was hooked.
I just got off the phone with her talking about our next session.
Now I'm stuck in this situation where I have gotten about 30 people into it and they all want me to be their dm and I like it and all but sometimes I just want to be a pc.
gotta say i love your videos and am starting a DnD campaign with my "many" friends soon
I absolutely love your animations. They make my heart so happy!! Ha!
I agree with you in getting the starter set. It comes with the small adventure of Lost Mine of Phandelver. This actually gets a lot of praise despite being bundled in the starter set. (Plus the starter set is only $20, and it comes with the adventure, the core rules, dice and pre made heros ) So I highly recommend getting the starter set and reading through the adventure.
If some of the things about it irk you, you'll find the grand bliss of DnD is that you can teak things as you see fit.
My school runs a D&D Group and my best friend go’s so I decided to start, we’re quite early on in the campaign but everyone is having great fun!
I'm actually going to DM for my cousins who never tried it before this holiday week and planning on using the starter set.
Honestly, I never played D&D but watching these videos have really opened up my interest to this game and I'm thinking about trying it
thank you kind sir plz do more of these
Please make more videos your the perfect person to watch while driving and I ran out of videos doesn't even have to be about anything in particular people just like who your are and to hear you talk
Merry Christmas, Ben! :D
My first tabletop RPG was Warhammer FRPG 2nd edition and fell in love with it. Now I didn't have friends who were gamers, I more or less pestered the ones I did have to try it. It got to a point that I brought the basic gaming gear to Iraq. Yes... you read that right, I really brought the GM guide, 7 sets of dice, character sheets, etc... to a real warzone and I actually had a few sessions. In fact I ran a session during a mortar attack (well ran it before, went to cover, and resumed after the "all clear"). Now, things are rough for gaming. I only have 1 civilian friend who is somewhat interested.
Every time there's a new video I go "PUFFIN!".
Great video, I think it's useful for getting people involved in this crazy hobby.
You helped me getting dnd because and other. I've always been interested but this was the push into it
I began running my first D&D game a month ago. My only experience with it was playing 2 one-shots with people online. One of my teachers is a massive nerd and allows me and some others to stay after school in his classroom to play D&D. We've had 4 sessions so far and each was incredible. We are all falling madly in love with D&D and it's ridiculousness couples with fun and interesting gameplay.
I always enjoy your content!
I am also curious what your thoughts might be about Pathfinder vs D&D.
Ironically your videos made me get into d&d. I enjoy the struggles. My first quest my party almost died to dire rats because one of our characters kept getting turned to stone.
I started playing dnd because my friend mentioned that he went to a club at school to play it and I had heard of it before and we had a night class together the same night that he always gave me a ride to so I was like sure I'll try it out. I like RPGs as video games and I was pretty into MTG already so it seemed like something I could enjoy. I had a few other friends that also went to the group so I joined in. Now i want to play a lot more than I get to.
Thanks, this is really helpful.
First Table Top game I've played was this gem called Savage Worlds. Absolutely love it
Played my first D&D game today at a local game store. They were having a special for new players to try. I played as Gilderoy Fireheart wizard extraordinaire! I played him as confident and cocky as I could. Had alot of fun.
I just got back from playing my first dnd game. We had a group of 7 friends, one was dm and we made our won characters before hand. We curved some of the rules and didn't really stay in character but that might come later on. We just had a bunch of fun and that's all that matters.
Last year on 31 december my friends and I got together to celebrate new year. I just asked who was interested in D&D, and if they wanted to try it out. I had the books with me, and in pdf on my laptop. we were busy creating characters from 8 pm till 11.59 pm. and after shouting 'happy new year!' played our first session. It was a mess; someone burned half the party to death with a torch, someone else caused a donkey to explode into a fine red mist, covering the entire party in blood, and the entire session lasted about 2 hours before everyone minus one was dead. We have been playing D&D every two weeks now for a year, with the sole survivor Grishek making regular comebacks as a crazed old dwarf NPC. I can't wait to see what crazy things are going to happen this new years eve.
Personal Tip:
For modules, start with tomb of annihilation. Its simple yet fun, and is very flexible when you use it and want to add new npcs.
After you get familiar with Modules using slightly more simple ones, I'd totally suggest Curse of Strahd, which is complex and amazing.
Lost Mines of Phandelver is great. I have played it & DM'ed it; wish more people would play the Starter Set, fun and a great learning tool.
you should do a "most entertaining (to the onlookers) death" video. Some of the groups i gamed with (back in the day) came up with some doozies. (Swimming through black pudding, trying to catch up with a ship by swimming out to it in full armor, trying to swing across a chasm of spiky deathiness on an unsecured rope, the tar golem, etc.)
Merry Christmas Puffin!
I actually just bought the Starter Set AND the PHB is arriving in January thanks to Amazon. Color me excited.
Thank you this video was so helpful and useful I would be totally lost with out your vids👍
The module I would recommend people read is the Hoard of the Dragon Queen. Fairly straightforward with some twists and turns like a movie that is entertaining. Also, Hoard of the Dragon Queen is the easiest of the modules I have noticed since Curse of Strahd and Tomb of Annihilation are both open world campaign settings.
Ben, lord 63k already. Fuck man, keep up that good work. Sticking with you till 100k (and after that ofcourse)
Yes!! I used to have the Sailor Moon RPG, even ran a one off. It didn't play well, ended up using Big Eyes, Small Mouth. (Early 2000s)
Your videos got me into dungeons and dragons
About a month ago I started up a D&D game at work with others on my team of technical writers. We play weekly at lunch in one of the conference rooms. Three of them had never played D&D before. Another guy and I just brought it up, asked them if they wanted to play, and the group was formed. :D
Merry Christmas Ben