Thank youuuuuuu! I'm playing D&D tomorrow for the first time and I had to make a character... I naively didn't know it would take me so long. They sent me the beginners hand book, but that's so daunting to read through before I even know if I'll enjoy the game play. So I'm so glad that I found this video! I couldn't choose the half-elf ranger, as another in the group is a wood elf ranger, so went with half-elf rogue, but this was amazing as a reference to work with!
A group from my office has decided to start a guild and we are all entirely green. Your channel has been a Godsend! Helping my guild build their characters using the character sheet and my DnD manual tomorrow night at a local tavern. Can't wait!
Great stuff! Good to see you back with a new installment. I link one of these or one of Matt's chargen videos when one of my players needs a succint overview of what a certain class is about.
Dude, you have no idea how helpful this was! I could seriously hug you (But that might be weird)! :) Thank you thank you thank you. Character creation has always been a bit intimidating for me so it was SO SUPER HELPFUL watching your video that broke it down step by step.
Thanks for all your videos. I'm preparing for my very first session and your videos with explanations of the basic rules (especially the example sessions with your son Caleb ;) ) and how to create a character are really helpful! I decided together with my DM that I'm going to play a Forest Gnome ranger with outlander background as my first character. Probably gonna pick beast master as subclass once I reach level 3.
+WASD20 I Awesome! I really recommend it. That's right where things really start picking up. Then 8/9/10 are a lot of set up / calm before the storm, but it's worth it. Because the last few books are amazing.
folks should look up the dragon magazine number 43 I think. in the mag it has a special class called ranger/mage. just something everyone should look into
Enjoyed watching a ranger creation, I might play one now because of it. Nate, do you think you could try making a series of vids in which you create a campaign with the DM guide? It would be tons helpful and fun.
Not a bad idea, Chase. I'd consider it. Doing some world building and campaign building using the DM guide as well as the Pathfinder GM guide would be pretty cool. Thanks for the suggestion.
+Trollstrolch -- Cool. Yeah, I'm always a fan of a character with an interesting story more than a great 'build'. Partially because I'm not a very good optimizer, perhaps. :)
I'm a noob at d and d and I resonantly purchased the d and d starter kit and was wonder if I get the players hand book you always talk about in it? BTW I LOVE YOUR VIDS
+joshua gamingeek -- If you can spare the money and want all the options, the PHB is great. I discuss it a little more in my buyer's guide: www.wasd20.net/dd-buyers-guide/ -- Good luck!
No, you do not get the Players Handbook in the starter kit. There is a guide to basic rules and some pregenerated characters in the starter set. The adventure scenario, The Lost Mines of Phandelver is included, and very good for new players! The Players Handbook is a hardcover book available separately. It's currently about $25 on Amazon.com, and I believe there is a holiday book code for 30% off that expires tonight (a bit after midnight)! (HOLIDAY30) So it would be a good time to snag a copy! :)
Drows actually talk Undercommon or just normal Elvish and have no particular language of their own.Also, I think you should mark Elves as your favorite enemy, as it is the species name (just like Goblinodes give knowledge of the Goblins, Hobegoblins and Bugbears).
+Jens Heika Simonsen (The Sniper) -- Hmm. I had forgotten that about languages. Thanks! Been about 20 years since I read the Drizzt books :) I wouldn't feel right marking elves as favored enemies here though, even if I am trading some benefits by getting too specific.
WASD20 Well, you can do whatever you want when you don't have to present it for a GM. Also, have you thought about using the standard array or point by for balance?
In your opinion, would a Criminal Background fit with a Half Elf Ranger? I have this idea that her clan was betrayed by someone in their circle who helped the Drow plan an attack. She was the only survivor and she fled to the cities to escape. Harbering great anger and resentment, she turned to crime to keep herself fed and to satiate some of that rage. But she's trying to redeem herself now that she's a bit older and has grown. Does that sound like a conflicting idea, or do you think it could work? I have my first game next week and I'm so nervous 😅
Oh boy. Did you need to spam comments so heavily? If you watch this video you'll see how I determine ability scores. The 'set them at whatever you want' method is not a valid way of determining them.
sorry but i can't understand what the dot in the left of animal handling,survival etc means(have a bonus or somthing? ) can you please give me a page number where i can learn the meanning of it or if you could help me out..I really liike your videos and help me alot thx
+ASLAR91 -- I may not have explained that well, but those are the skills a character is proficient in. Those come from background and class (you get to choose some). When you are proficient in a skill you don't only get to add your ability score bonus (like my +3 for DEX, but also my proficiency bonus which is +2 for a level one character.) That';s why my stealth is +5 instead of +3 in this case. I am proficient in stealth.
So is a ranger the best class if you want to be a stealthy archer? Cause I read rangers apprentice and they were pretty much stealth archers and I think i want a stealth archer but not sure what class to go
+RPG Havok The definition of a stealth archer is a Ranger, what Will does, is a Ranger. They protect people and use their wit and dexterity to do so. (if you look on the D&D web sight under the ranger class it goes into more detail)
+RPG Havok -- You could absolutely go Ranger. My wife happens to play a rogue archer, which works pretty well too. Different benefits, so read about them in the PHB.
+KhaKindos -- Next week most likely have part 6 (the final one in THIS map series), and then sometime in the December 20s I'll be doing the 2nd 'Mappening' live event.
Yeah, as a viewer those are the videos I would like more too :) But longer ones are live events and allow for some fun interaction with viewers in real time, so I'll probably keep those going once a month. Hopefully there will continue to be some of both. Thanks for the feedback!
I was just wondering, how do you actually calculate damage during a fight? I know you roll the d20 to see if it hits but how do I calculate the damage or where do I take it from?
+Sitrucize -- You would probably find this one helpful -- ua-cam.com/video/jT3FRzEJDp8/v-deo.html&lc=z13dj33x5l2gjxnkx222vhnoyv2awbbpy04 I talk about it towards the end of this one as well as in part 2.
Nate, I have made a character that dualwields 2 daggers, both with a +5 attack bonus. If they both hit they do 12-18 damage, is that good or a bit overpowerd?
Yes. I don't see why not. Most clerics seem to go with a melee weapon to compliment spellcasting, but you could absolutely use a shortbow if you wanted to focus on that.
I made a video on how to find a gaming group, but to summarize my #1 suggestion: Buy the Starter Set and call some friends! amzn.to/2nkzIfb Here are some other suggestions: ua-cam.com/video/Af7aWnDtLbU/v-deo.html
Great video dude! Way to keep your cool dispite the arrmagetton going on in your house xD ima mom too I know how it is. I hope they got to feeling better idk why they were crying but my kid will cry if food touches xD
The link in the description has links to the character sheet folder. In the 5th edition character sheet folder (it comes as a zip file) you'll find a form fillable PDF. I use Foxit Reader to edit PDFs. It's a free program.
Nope. A couple reasons it doesn't work that way: 1) You don't add the 17 at all. The 17 helps determine the number you WILL add to your rolls, which is called the modifier. An ability score of 17 gives a modifier of +3, which you would then add to your d20 roll. So this means you'd be rolling anywhere from a 4 to a 23. Lots of room for failure there. :) 2) Difficulty class (the number you need to roll to succeed on a given task) doesn't max out at 20. A nearly impossible task could even have a DC of 25 or 30.
Hi Nate, thanks so much for making this video!!! I'm designing my own RPG and watching your videos been helping me Since I have found your channel. But if you could give some adivce. I'm having a hard time with making my character creatore system. I.E. what dice to use and why. And how it works in conjunction with the character and the character's skills and abilities traits and other things. For offense and defense I use a amalgamation of the d20 system (D&D), Dragon Age (for gotten the name of the system) for battling and defense. With my own twist because I'm not that good. lol I'm using some ideas from werewolf the apocalypse.(because it's the only RPG I own) for caracter out lay. But since I can't go into to much detail. Because this is a youtube post. But if you can help... please do. I'm having such a hard time. Also I have no one to play RPG games with because I live in a really small town. So understanding and playing with other people is really difficult. keep up the videos they'rea huge help. Or if anyone here know a good system for character mechanics videos bookstore games. Please let me know.
+Steve Ristich -- Hi Steve. Thanks for the kind words. Unfortunately I don't really feel qualified to answer your question. I've never really thought about designing my own game system and wouldn't really know where to start. You might try asking on the /rpg subreddit, or on other social media RPG groups. Good luck!
Thank youuuuuuu!
I'm playing D&D tomorrow for the first time and I had to make a character... I naively didn't know it would take me so long. They sent me the beginners hand book, but that's so daunting to read through before I even know if I'll enjoy the game play. So I'm so glad that I found this video! I couldn't choose the half-elf ranger, as another in the group is a wood elf ranger, so went with half-elf rogue, but this was amazing as a reference to work with!
This helped me create a charterer for the first time thank you
A group from my office has decided to start a guild and we are all entirely green. Your channel has been a Godsend! Helping my guild build their characters using the character sheet and my DnD manual tomorrow night at a local tavern. Can't wait!
Great stuff! Good to see you back with a new installment. I link one of these or one of Matt's chargen videos when one of my players needs a succint overview of what a certain class is about.
+FontofInspiration -- Thanks, Chris. :)
Ranger has always been my fav! Thanks for the vid!
Thanks for watching!
Thanks Nate! This was really fun to watch
Nate thanks for making this series it's been really helpful.😀
P.s. Keep up the good work
+spottedflame flame -- Thanks!
thanks man I really super new to D&D and im trying to learn and this helped
This looks just like Baldurs Gate 3, that game is a great way to learn this
It’s fun! I’m enjoying it.
Dude, you have no idea how helpful this was! I could seriously hug you (But that might be weird)! :) Thank you thank you thank you. Character creation has always been a bit intimidating for me so it was SO SUPER HELPFUL watching your video that broke it down step by step.
I love hearing people talk about the wheel of time
You should check out Daniel Greene.
This is one of my fav videos, mainly because Ranger is meh fav class to play! Thanks nate
Thank you very much! I'm creating a Half-Elf Ranger and needed some guidance!! love your videos!
Thanks for all your videos. I'm preparing for my very first session and your videos with explanations of the basic rules (especially the example sessions with your son Caleb ;) ) and how to create a character are really helpful! I decided together with my DM that I'm going to play a Forest Gnome ranger with outlander background as my first character. Probably gonna pick beast master as subclass once I reach level 3.
I'm considering to share these with the New Zealand D&D facebook group.
+Fredrick Wheeler -- Go for it! :D
Wait... There's an NZ Group? May I join?
Yes there is, it's been running for about one and a half years. It's open to anyone living in New Zealand.
facebook.com/groups/dndnz/
Sweet! I'm a young lad wanting to play D&D with my mates in Christchurch for a while!
Good to hear from you Migario.
Just want to say that I love watching you in afistfulofdice's Provokers campaign! You guys make group goals!
I finally found you, the person who actually helped really well cause I a noobie at this.
Cool! Good luck.
I like your character creation and Dming videos better than your mapping ones. Keep them coming!
+Chris Drews -- Thanks. I always appreciate that kinda feedback :)
This is the class and race I want to play. Thanks for this video 👍🏾
can you do a tutorial on how to Multi-class? I've heard its possible and has drawbacks, but I'm still interested in seeing the process
The Wheel of time is my favorite book series ever, and Lan is totally the Aragorn of the series, but I dont know how far you are.
I'm stalled after book 3, and hopefully will pick them back up in the summertime when I have the time. :)
+WASD20 I
Awesome! I really recommend it. That's right where things really start picking up. Then 8/9/10 are a lot of set up / calm before the storm, but it's worth it. Because the last few books are amazing.
^^^ this is a nice way of saying that book 10 is a huge waste of words, but damn, you never got such vivid descriptions of cloths in all your life.
I love the rangers apprentice book series it was in the librarian favourites section of my school library
This helped a lot. Thank you very much.
I’m creating a character soon and this was very helpful
Thanks for Liking Nate, It made my day!
Thank you. Helped me take of the dust on how to create a char.
folks should look up the dragon magazine number 43 I think. in the mag it has a special class called ranger/mage. just something everyone should look into
Anyone read Ranger's Apprentice?!?!?
I red all twelve
@@familyoshell6392 there are 14 now, with the 15th installment already on its way..!
@@vermaledijd592 that's a lot of books, did you read them all?
Mountain Dwarf Ranger for me.
Enjoyed watching a ranger creation, I might play one now because of it. Nate, do you think you could try making a series of vids in which you create a campaign with the DM guide? It would be tons helpful and fun.
Not a bad idea, Chase. I'd consider it. Doing some world building and campaign building using the DM guide as well as the Pathfinder GM guide would be pretty cool. Thanks for the suggestion.
Very helpful. Thank you.
You're welcome.
Rest in peace
I like that you are not try to present a optimated build with a lot of min/maxing,
you even roll the dices and remember me, why i prefer point buy :)
+Trollstrolch -- Cool. Yeah, I'm always a fan of a character with an interesting story more than a great 'build'. Partially because I'm not a very good optimizer, perhaps. :)
thank you so much for teaching me !!
you got that right. one of my four characters is a elf ranger. and he is quite powerful.
shadow rush half elf or full?
***** full wood. but now I also have two jungle elves, a special race I created.
shadow rush What book do i need to create a character? i tried making one last night but im so confused. Im new to d&d.
***** I used 3.5 format so I would suggest get that one.
I'm making a ranger with my husband for Roll 20, this saved my skin!
I thought that rangers were boring but they are epic
I'm a noob at d and d and I resonantly purchased the d and d starter kit and was wonder if I get the players hand book you always talk about in it? BTW I LOVE YOUR VIDS
+joshua gamingeek -- If you can spare the money and want all the options, the PHB is great. I discuss it a little more in my buyer's guide: www.wasd20.net/dd-buyers-guide/ -- Good luck!
No, you do not get the Players Handbook in the starter kit. There is a guide to basic rules and some pregenerated characters in the starter set. The adventure scenario, The Lost Mines of Phandelver is included, and very good for new players!
The Players Handbook is a hardcover book available separately. It's currently about $25 on Amazon.com, and I believe there is a holiday book code for 30% off that expires tonight (a bit after midnight)! (HOLIDAY30) So it would be a good time to snag a copy! :)
+X Topher - Nice. Didn't know about that special. +joshua gamingeek - check it out: amzn.to/1XCS8PT
Working on an Aasimar ranger, hopefully works out good
videos help a lot
I'm new, thank you it was helpful
I can not find the link for the character sheet you are showing in the video.
Fucking life saver mate.
Made it really digestible 👍
I love how the personality is 100% Aragorn, along with being kinda half elf (Kindasortanotreally)
+jackson edwards Okay in hindsight, that's completely off but hey, still an awesome personallity!
:D Haha.
Drows actually talk Undercommon or just normal Elvish and have no particular language of their own.Also, I think you should mark Elves as your favorite enemy, as it is the species name (just like Goblinodes give knowledge of the Goblins, Hobegoblins and Bugbears).
+Jens Heika Simonsen (The Sniper) -- Hmm. I had forgotten that about languages. Thanks! Been about 20 years since I read the Drizzt books :) I wouldn't feel right marking elves as favored enemies here though, even if I am trading some benefits by getting too specific.
WASD20 Well, you can do whatever you want when you don't have to present it for a GM.
Also, have you thought about using the standard array or point by for balance?
I definitely have and I've done it before and asked players to do it before. I just have a hard time turning down the allure of risk/reward. :D
WASD20 Understandable.
+Jens Heika Simonsen (The Sniper) In earlier editions im pretty sure they spoke Drow elvish though
In your opinion, would a Criminal Background fit with a Half Elf Ranger? I have this idea that her clan was betrayed by someone in their circle who helped the Drow plan an attack. She was the only survivor and she fled to the cities to escape. Harbering great anger and resentment, she turned to crime to keep herself fed and to satiate some of that rage. But she's trying to redeem herself now that she's a bit older and has grown.
Does that sound like a conflicting idea, or do you think it could work? I have my first game next week and I'm so nervous 😅
Coming across this in 2023 and wishing it was a book I could read lol, hope your first game went well.
I mean i created a half orc ranger with 5 int and hated orcs - he didnt realise he was part one
what's the program you use to open the pdf? because I have the pdf complete and it's kinda horrible :c
I use Foxit Reader. It's really nice, and free.
hey the name lucas perenin does that have anything to do with perrin in the wheel of time series? it is a great series by the way
any recommendations on how to level a ranger? i'm new to all this and my campaign we are starting all the characters are starting at level 6.
Aren't you short 2 skills? You get 3 from hunter, 2 from background, 2 from half-elf? New at this...
Do this work with high elf?
25:55 ... where's the video playlist?
The only thing I don't get about D&D is that you can just set your ability score to whatever you want . So can't you just put them all at 20 ? Thanks.
Oh boy. Did you need to spam comments so heavily?
If you watch this video you'll see how I determine ability scores. The 'set them at whatever you want' method is not a valid way of determining them.
sorry but i can't understand what the dot in the left of animal handling,survival etc means(have a bonus or somthing? ) can you please give me a page number where i can learn the meanning of it or if you could help me out..I really liike your videos and help me alot thx
+ASLAR91 -- I may not have explained that well, but those are the skills a character is proficient in. Those come from background and class (you get to choose some). When you are proficient in a skill you don't only get to add your ability score bonus (like my +3 for DEX, but also my proficiency bonus which is +2 for a level one character.) That';s why my stealth is +5 instead of +3 in this case. I am proficient in stealth.
rangers are good
So is a ranger the best class if you want to be a stealthy archer? Cause I read rangers apprentice and they were pretty much stealth archers and I think i want a stealth archer but not sure what class to go
+RPG Havok The definition of a stealth archer is a Ranger, what Will does, is a Ranger. They protect people and use their wit and dexterity to do so. (if you look on the D&D web sight under the ranger class it goes into more detail)
+RPG Havok -- You could absolutely go Ranger. My wife happens to play a rogue archer, which works pretty well too. Different benefits, so read about them in the PHB.
When will we see more maps!?
+KhaKindos -- Next week most likely have part 6 (the final one in THIS map series), and then sometime in the December 20s I'll be doing the 2nd 'Mappening' live event.
ok cool, but i think it would be better for you if you did shorter map videos instead of thsoe long ones
Yeah, as a viewer those are the videos I would like more too :) But longer ones are live events and allow for some fun interaction with viewers in real time, so I'll probably keep those going once a month. Hopefully there will continue to be some of both. Thanks for the feedback!
HI Nate, I have question,are nimphs dangerous????
what do you do with race bonuses
I was just wondering, how do you actually calculate damage during a fight? I know you roll the d20 to see if it hits but how do I calculate the damage or where do I take it from?
+Sitrucize -- You would probably find this one helpful -- ua-cam.com/video/jT3FRzEJDp8/v-deo.html&lc=z13dj33x5l2gjxnkx222vhnoyv2awbbpy04 I talk about it towards the end of this one as well as in part 2.
Nate, I have made a character that dualwields 2 daggers, both with a +5 attack bonus. If they both hit they do 12-18 damage, is that good or a bit overpowerd?
+planespottermerijn -- Sounds fine to me. Always best to talk to your DM, but I say if it's all following the rules, GO FOR IT! :D Happy gaming.
would it be possible to create a wood elf cleric archer?
Yes. I don't see why not. Most clerics seem to go with a melee weapon to compliment spellcasting, but you could absolutely use a shortbow if you wanted to focus on that.
Or potentially a longbow depending on the type of cleric you create (not all clerics can wield martial weapons).
WASD20 do clerics have to use blunt weapons? thought I read that somewhere.
No they do not
How did you manage to get that electronic copy? I can't ever seem to find an editable one.... Great vid thx!!!
Here you go! ua-cam.com/video/GiUh-YSxdcI/v-deo.html
Who's Aragorn?
He's one of the main characters in The Lord of the Rings.
Could you do a warlock creation
Yep. Coming soonish.
I wanna get back into dnd but I'm a bit of a beginner and I dont know anyone in my area that plays. Where do I start?
I made a video on how to find a gaming group, but to summarize my #1 suggestion: Buy the Starter Set and call some friends! amzn.to/2nkzIfb
Here are some other suggestions: ua-cam.com/video/Af7aWnDtLbU/v-deo.html
Hi my dad has a character that is a bouncy dwarf called jumpy. Maia
2:40
net i rolled broken for my ranger i got 7,9,13,15,15,17
Great video dude! Way to keep your cool dispite the arrmagetton going on in your house xD ima mom too I know how it is. I hope they got to feeling better idk why they were crying but my kid will cry if food touches xD
maybe the drow killed your childhood sweetheart and that's why you seek revenge
Hmm. I like. :)
I was wondering how you edited the PDF?
The link in the description has links to the character sheet folder. In the 5th edition character sheet folder (it comes as a zip file) you'll find a form fillable PDF. I use Foxit Reader to edit PDFs. It's a free program.
+WASD20 thank you
It's Legolas from lord of the rings
If your dex is 17 +3 can you never fail a dex role?
Nope. A couple reasons it doesn't work that way:
1) You don't add the 17 at all. The 17 helps determine the number you WILL add to your rolls, which is called the modifier. An ability score of 17 gives a modifier of +3, which you would then add to your d20 roll. So this means you'd be rolling anywhere from a 4 to a 23. Lots of room for failure there. :)
2) Difficulty class (the number you need to roll to succeed on a given task) doesn't max out at 20. A nearly impossible task could even have a DC of 25 or 30.
Ah so we've been playing d&d wrong haha. Thank you for explaining that, clears up a lot of confusion we've had for awhile
No problem. :) You'll likely find my How to Play D&D videos helpful for some of these rules basics. :) ua-cam.com/video/jT3FRzEJDp8/v-deo.html
Hi Nate, thanks so much for making this video!!! I'm designing my own RPG and watching your videos been helping me Since I have found your channel. But if you could give some adivce.
I'm having a hard time with making my character creatore system. I.E. what dice to use and why. And how it works in conjunction with the character and the character's skills and abilities traits and other things.
For offense and defense I use a amalgamation of the d20 system (D&D), Dragon Age (for gotten the name of the system) for battling and defense. With my own twist because I'm not that good. lol
I'm using some ideas from werewolf the apocalypse.(because it's the only RPG I own) for caracter out lay. But since I can't go into to much detail. Because this is a youtube post. But if you can help... please do. I'm having such a hard time. Also I have no one to play RPG games with because I live in a really small town. So understanding and playing with other people is really difficult.
keep up the videos they'rea huge help.
Or if anyone here know a good system for character mechanics videos bookstore games. Please let me know.
+Steve Ristich -- Hi Steve. Thanks for the kind words.
Unfortunately I don't really feel qualified to answer your question. I've never really thought about designing my own game system and wouldn't really know where to start. You might try asking on the /rpg subreddit, or on other social media RPG groups. Good luck!
+WASD20 thank you nate! please kerp up the videos.
I'd thumbs up but it's at 666 so you know how it goes
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Really nae Drow language no read the languages its is undercommon.