I am currently waiting for Litteraly Anyone to make a functional character outta that achievement. Not just to unlock the achievement, But i wanna see how long until my friends realize my incredibly stupid plan
God willing I ever get the chance to DM a game for myself. Id have a lot of. "This is probably a dumb idea but I wanna see where they go with this." Moments.
@@non4997 you could call them mindless because they only obey the programming but that doesn't mean they won't work he's not immortal he would he died if he didn't use a spell slot to heal himself and I have a way to stop that from happening and teleporting is way too high for him to have unlocked
A more optimized build would be to start as a Fighter - you get proficiency in heavy armor only at level 1, via Fighter, Paladin, and certain subclasses of Cleric, of a Feat, but that requires 4 levels in one class, but with Fighter you get a combat style, and the ability to heal yourself.
@@lockwoan01 You can't wear heavy armor; point buy (assuming you're not rolling for stats), HEAVILY limits your stats. Your strength score is likely a bare 13 or 14. So, I mean, you could use 16 AC heavy armor... or you could take 15+dex medium armor and maybe get 17 AC if you have +2 dex? Really, Heavy Armor just isn't needed for this multiclasser. Optimal would be to either start as barb (for max hit die at level 1 to be maximized HP), or rogue (for 4 skills, +2 over standard, instead of only gaining +1 by classing INTO rogue). But the 17 and 18 AC heavy armors require 15 strength to wear, and seeing as you need a 13 in dex, int, wis, and cha, it's not really feasible since you aren't likely to get any ASIs. I've run my own version of Abserd, but instead of annoying I built it to actually be somewhat viable, and those are the conclusions I came to.
''Abserd shall take their place!'' ''Haha! you fools, now i have two sacrifices t- hey wait... where are you going?'' *Rest of the part is out on the other end of the portal* ''THANK FUCK FOR THAT!''
And they saw him come into the bar and tried to slip out through the crowd, but then he was like "Oh my friends how fortunate that I have Found you!' xD
WEEEEEEELL, he has some bard levels, and in two classes he is level 2, SOOOOOO he could be a jack of all trades, jacked WITH all trades, with Jack of all Trades XD
Burr in act one: I play both sides so I always come out on top. Burr in act two: I played all the sides and failed. (I know it's not perfect, but I thought of it and thought it was funny, sue me.)
2 levels in each of Paladin and Barbarian, a level in Rogue, a level or 2 in Warlock, 2 levels in Druid (specifically Circle of Spores), and a level in Sorcerer gives a very high melee damage output. Paladin can Smite and gets martial weapons, Reckless Attack from Barbarian lets you use Rogue's Sneak Attack, Warlock gives you extra low-level spell slots to Smite with, Spores Druid gives you extra damage from Symbiotic Entity, and Sorcerer gives you Green Flame Blade (using an ability scores you already need high), which adds 1-3 extra D8s of Fire Damage when you reach 5th level. You can even throw in some Artificer to make your own +2 weapon (+1 before level 10, but the other stuff will get you to level 10).
did they just guarantee that absard's soul will be sacrificed to some dark god, that would resurrect him just to get rid of his annoying ass, thus letting him add lich to his list of classes?
They weren't sacrificing the captive. I watched the campaign Abserd is from and can tell you A: Abserd was not exchanged. B: The captive was not freed.
Book of Vile Darkness has lich and dark knight and the book of exalted deeds has the good equivalent (with elves ascending to this semi exalted servator/defender class to protect family lines). Abserd is so coming back and it'll be great.
Hahaha a position which he was no doubt kicked out of and/or fled from, after short-changing the dying heroes that somehow (through what I can only assume was divine intervention,) saved the town from an army *and* a dragon.
Love the character, love the story, but it inspired me to make Absred's Evil Twin. "Jondo" (John Doe) Non-Varient Human Fighter-Champion all the way. Used point buy to make his stats as flat and average as I could. He's neither really good, nor really bad at anything. His catch phrase is "I have no opinion about that." Left home to join the military, but skipped out immediately after completing his training. They're NOT looking for him. Due to a book keeping error there's no record that he signed up. There's a girl back home he really likes, but he's afraid she doesn't know he's alive. In fact she doesn't. She never noticed him before. He's out in the world pining for a girl that doesn't know he exists and hiding from a military that doesn't either. Someday he may become the Patron Saint of the everyman, but probably not.
This is hilarious, and I have only one suggestion: Make him the "Unchosen One"! Say there was a prophecy by some deity of a child who would defeat some other deity, and that baby was to be Jondo. But by the time of his birth, the deity had made amends with the other deity and stopped caring about the grudge (forgetting all about the prophecy he'd set in motion). He had forgotten sending this young cleric 50 years ago a grand mission to tell this child's parents of his destiny, so when the cleric (now an old man) showed up the night of Jondo's birth and communed with his god to divine the grand, cryptic speech he must now give about Jondo's destiny, the deity went, "...Ooh.... ah... yeah, about that... Nevermind!" And then the cleric, one part annoyed and one part devastated, abruptly left and was never seen again. Jondo's parents went, "Huh, that was weird," and went about their lives.
@@R3GARnator That's not entirely certain that he's polish. It is the most common theory floating around. No source I've seen is 100% sure, and Tommy doesn't talk about it.
I don't know if you were going for a Tommy Wiseau vibe, but this character absolutely has a Tommy Wiseau vibe. This is bullshit I did not crit her this is not true I did not crit her I did nahhht. Oh I Mark.
When a dm pulled this, and gave us tenth level characters to make for a one shot with little restrictions, most players made half-dragon half demon samurai people or whatever. I made a Gerbil. Virgil the gerbil. I was a level 1 gerbil since i was not smart enough to gain class levels. Being a sub-optimal race gave me some level adjustment bonuses to compensate, so really I had like 13 levels to give Virgil. So obviously I made Virgil as tall as the empire State building as a ''race modifier''. Friend is a mage and decides to polymorph me into a human until the last moment. When we faced an Archmage demigod something, I simply resumed my normal form and chewed the final boss to death. I took all my feats into ''chewing harder''. We are no longer allowed to play anything.
7:09 You can tell how little they care about sacrificing Abserd with one simple fact. They LEAVE without even taking the hostage they traded Abserd for with them! XD
but seriously im an archer who cant shoot, a fighter who cant fight, a cleric who cant heal, and a wizard who cant use spells, DOES THAT SOUND BROKEN TO YOU!?
@@ebtheartist3843 Unless this was old school AD&D, they shouldn't be thaaat ineffective though. If nothing else they would still have cantrips and first level spells. You would even have 3rd level spell slots. Proficiency bonus would be still that of a 14th level character. So while you would be limited in what you can do, 'unable' does not apply.
I once made an NPC who was multiclassed into every class named Jackov Alltrades. He was an Aasimar obsessed with being the best at EVERYTHING to the annoyance of everyone around him. He was fun for me, but like, nobody else.
In one of the splat books for Star Wars RPG, there is an item called something along the lines of wizard spell pouch, and I have threatened my DM several times, that should I die, the next thing I make is a Gungan wizard (force user). I don't ever seem to be at risk of dying now. >:}
Player: It's over, I have the political high ground. (in this group) DM: You underestimate my resolve for a fair story. Player: Don't try it. DM: *_Throws sufficient rocks at PC._ Player: I'll be back in one in-game day as Darth Powergamer (race: Gungan, Alignment: Chaotic Annoying). Sorry for your loss.
So annoying, she decided that he wasn't worth sacrificing and let him go. As such a tribute might actually anger her god rather than please. And that's how Abserd ended up getting his 15th level as a cultist member class.
And I once had a friend's bard character do this at every opportunity. Dude was basically The Joker. He Hideous Laughter'd a hobgoblin right off his warg, causing him to roll down the hill and land at the feet of the barbarian (me).
I imagine the villain was so charmed by Abserd personality that he was allowed to leave (read: was kicked out after 3 minutes of him opening his mouth) freely so he could continue on his adventures. :v
Radintoriov in the villain’s head. Huehuehue i made a great deal. I got this high powered hero in exchange for a mostly worthless slave. Then absered starts to talk.
No the villain would have just killed him. In fact even the most lawful stupid paladin would have killed this piece of shit character the second they met.
Depends *heavily* on the individual Paladin. Also to an extent on the system you're playing, the arsehole-y-ness of your GM, other extenuating features. That said, a Paladin wouldn't really kill someone for being annoying, just, y'know, not hang out with them anymore.
well abserd could certainly have his own spinoff. like, he could literally have his own show. a character that is all the classes but is also shit at all of them? that show could write itself. i expect to see a dan harmon produced show of this next fall! Abserd Ho!
My favorite part is that at 6:48 after leaving Abserd behind, they don’t bring out the npc as a trade, they just left Abserd there and didn’t bother to actually make the exchange for the hostage
Herman Cillo auch. Someone shot a bullet in my foot. It hurts. It hurst so much that it feels like someone shot this bullet 2 weeks ago and just now it hit me.
Now, funny enough, there's is an effective way to make Absurd decently effective. First up, make him an Ordinary Human. Then, use the point-buy system to get 4 13s, a 12, and a 11. Put the 13s in Strength, Dexterity, Wisdom, and Charisma, the 12 in Intelligence, and the 11 in Constitution - add bonuses, and you have 4 14s, a 13, and a 12 - this allows for all the multi-classing. Also, at Level One, start as a fighter, to get proficiencies in all weapons, shields, and armors, plus a fighting style. After that, do your leveling up to the other classes. Now, while you get a bunch of first-level spells, you can use them in higher level spell-slots. Also, remember this, at level 14, he'd have a +5 Proficiency bonus in his attacks, plus an extra +2 modifier for everything (but Wizard (and Artificer) spells, which would have a +1 modifier), so, so long as he rolled a 15 or better on the D20, he's got a good chance of hitting someone. Also, with 2 skills from his background, 2 from Fighter, 1 from Bard, 1 from Ranger, 1 from Rogue, he's good in 7 skills. Then there's the various tools he could use from certain classes, and he can play music. So, crazy, yes, but doable.
Plus Expertise from Rogue 1, and all his Cantrips count him as a 14th level character, so they do pretty decent damage (he gets like 3 spell attacks with each Eldritch Blast, or 3d10 on the damage of Firebolts for instance).
@@21austro98 There is that, but the downside is that he'd lack proficiency in Heavy Armor - okay, not much use with the build, as that would prohibit the use of any Rages, as well as disadvantage on Stealth checks, and he'd have reduced speed with armors requiring strength scores above 14 - but unless one starts off as a Fighter, Paladin, or certain subclasses of Cleric, there's no other way, short of a feat, to get proficiency in that type of armor - and if he did have proficiency in that armor, and was wearing it, then he could cast the various spells he knew, not have to worry about making save throws with disadvantage, perhaps act as a backup-emergency tank (behind the pure strength-based fighter, barbarian, paladin, ranger, and anyone with plenty of hp)
@@lockwoan01 Actually, you don't have to start as a fighter for heavy armor: base cleric only gives medium, and cleric subclasses start at lvl 1, so multiclassing into one of them gives heavy armor proficiency.
As soon as he skipped to the Bard-barians part, I knew in my head what was going to happen. Someone had proposed doing this in one of my games and I was like "I REALLY don't think you should."
From the start where he said he had a special character concept and the DM told him "if you can pull that off legally" (paraphrasing) i knew it would be a "multiclass all". One of the previous group I was in set a rule of "no more than 4 classes" after that :).
My friend who DMs for me and I like to theorycraft and I looked into making an "everything" character (I call it a Sage of the World). But his personality was going to be literally the opposite of Abserd's. In fact, if you roll high Charisma and go heavy enough into Warlock to get Hexblade (for Cha attacks and the IPW invocation) and choose Life for your Cleric class (for heavy armor proficiency and awesome healing), you can get a pretty decent build out of it.
Your DM should bring him back. Just like randomly. Just like, two years down the road, your DM is setting the mood "And out of the mist, a portal opens up. Is it from another dimension? One lone figure steps out of the mist." "Oh, hai guys. You remember me don't you?........"
01Eldar oh god.....level 8 mage/monk/ranger/druid/pally/rogue/sorceror. Think of the insanity there, and how hard it would be to fight that kind of character
What I was expecting: after about an hour after the 'prisoner exchange', as the party was finally clearing the forest - the evil nemesis appears before them...and begs them to take their companion PC back. "He just won't shut up. And even when I gag him, he still talks - directly into my brain. PLEASE - take him away with you." And the party makes some outrageous demands...which the nemesis quickly agrees to. :)
Ah pen and paper characters, always a good source of enjoyment. We once had a character in our group that was "Herman der Holzfäller" (Herman the wood choper, the player always names his character in an alliteration). He had the traits of scary (we were playind DSA) and his motto was:"Someone that can cut down trees, can also cut down people." The final boss had the brilliant idea to hide when he was low on hp by turing into a tree, but Herman knows real trees from fake ones so he choped him up. Edit: god damn spelling
Trees are the true enemy! One of my Call of Cthulhu chars developed Dendrophobia, or fear of trees. Imagine a normally mild mannered professor wielding an axe an a bandolier of molotov cocktails.
This reminds me of my Drow divination wizard/knowledge cleric/lore bard who was just a ball of knowledge and first level spells. It was amazing pulling out an entire deck of spell cards and then revealing to the party that the only damaging one was magic missile.
Logonon Trily Nope, an obsessively bookish 14 year old girl because I needed to ensure that the party wouldn't execute my character again. I have a bit of a... "History". In my defense, I've only had one of my PCs turn into the main antagonist of a campaign.
"an obsessively bookish 14 year old girl because I needed to ensure that the party wouldn't execute my character again. I have a bit of a... "History"." I want to know more. Tell me everything you remember, please.
90% of all D&D characters in history are murderhobos. Seriously, how many people do you know who actually purchase permanent places of residence for their characters? How many parties go into the homes of sapient creatures, kill them, and take their stuff? (butitisokaybecausealignment)
Undecided Ant I've always wanted to do a campaign where the party is responsible for protecting a city of enlightenment during its founding. Then we flash forward a thousand years and the descendents of the party have to wreak vengeance upon the city's destroyers, like in Heavy Metal. Or even do just a simple analogue of settling the New World. Anything to get the players personally invested in the world.
PedanticTwit i made one player the mayor(it was up to that player what they would be called) and then the rest started making ways to take over. They is no loyalty, only passive aggression and insane cult
"im gonna be a jack of all trades" "alrighty then, you get these and these-" "no, give me more." "alrighty, fine, you can have these abilities to" "no, i want MORE" "ok, jeez... you can have these" SLAM OF THE TABLE "more." "listen man, youre a jack of all trades but-" "yes... im a jack of all trades... ALL of the trades"
Abserd needs a mizzium apparatus (uncommon item from ravnica setting) and (roguish) expertise in arcana. Then he could theoretically cast any spell in the game up to his highest spell slot (4th level needs a 6 or higher on the die if we are assuming int 14). Casts levels 1-2 without trying. "So how does the character work?" Very well!
I played some wierdeer concepts, like a Monk 1/Druid. I could double-use the Wisdowm Bonus that way. There was even some supplemental book in place, that allowed me to add the Wisdowm Bonus to AC again. For a vow of Powerty (wich means nothing but material components and simple clothing as gear; of course melee spells like Shillelagh were allowed). In Neverwinter Nights I did a few wierder concepts: My first character to finish the game was actually a Elven Monk that used swords. Some of the wierder stuff I tred were like a Sorceror/Paladin to get heavy weapons + magic, to later multiclass into that partial Dragon class. Once I played a level 1 Artisan (NPC class), then fighter. The Idea was to copy a character from a book. And of course there are classics like 2 Levels of Fighter with any other Class that has a 1:1 BAB ratio. I think they put in a lot of work to make such extreme multiclassing less viable. Like moving a lot of the interesting stuff to higher levels. Even just level 2.
One game I ran, one of my players made a half-orc sailor with like 20 str. For weapons he took a length of anchor chain for melee (killed most enemies with attacks of opportunity before they could reach him) and for ranged weapons he had a sack full of hand-thrown cannon balls that he called his "orc shotput".
I once created an evil nemesis for a group, but his back story was too tragic - everyone felt great compassion for him and ended up being real nice to him, giving him pretty much whatever he wanted, helping him out at every opportunity and being the best friends a guy could ever have and.. Doggone it, there was no way the guy could be their arch nemesis. He ended up helping them take down the big baddie by betraying him (way before they were ever strong enough to do it on their own).
“He lived with his mother and two brothers on a farm. The farm was not glorious, but it was indeed successful enough to provide a stable life for the family. One day as he was bringing eggs from the chicken coop, he stubbed his pinky toe on the corner of the barn. Sadly the toe was broken slightly, taking a full week to heal. From that day forward he would walk with one foot turned ever so slightly outward. Truly, a pitiable sight to behold.” Absolutely tragic......
A fb group I was in asked for a compelling backstory to make their BBEG more relatable. Basically it boiled down to the BBEG had set out to dominate the land; as a child his family was relatively poor but living a decent life in their village. In waltzed a group of adventurers seeking fortune who determined the village elder was corrupt; they killed him and threw everyone's lives into turmoil long-term. The village went on to play host to a group of bandits for a time, the "heroes" returned and ruined things again; this time, due to the circumstances, all adult males in the village were slaughtered. The BBEG, only a teen, watched as his relatives were killed directly or indirectly; his time with the bandits wasn't ideal but it taught him a fair amount about the trade. He fell in with a merchant caravan as a hired guard; he saw faraway lands, learned how to barter as well as be a more effective fighter from the people he did business with (warrior monks, barbarian clans, etc). He eventually found his way back to the old village site only to discover it was, once again, inhabited; everything had been rebuilt, the land was prosperous, and there were statues dedicated to the adventurers who repeatedly ruined his life erected in the town square. BBEG had accumulated enough wealth in his travels that he decided to settle down; he bought a large house and sorted the towns' problems out through diplomacy. He'd gathered a small entourage of associates from various lands who now served as his personal guards as well as informants; day by day he expanded the village into a hub for trade and commerce, eventually his home became a fortress to protect those inside. Steadily the lands around his home were assimilated, he brought villages together through trade and mutually beneficial diplomacy; the only constant theme to the dealings being "This village, a subsidiary of ____, will play no host to adventurers or self-proclaimed heroes". The end goal was to unite the land so adventurers and heroes wouldnt be necessary; a unified force could, ideally, look out for itself. There was one village in particular that drew BBEG's attention; on the initial diplomatic meeting, an old woman mistook him for her grandson. Despite his attempts to convince her otherwise, the old woman treated him as family and insisted he come to visit. From that day on, a few times per week, BBEG would set out with a precession of guards to visit the village; the house would be heavily guarded while a few of their number helped the old woman do chores around her house. She and BBEG would talk, laugh, and drink tea together; she was the closest thing to family he'd had in decades. When the visits came to a close she would always send him home with a basket full of spice cakes, remarking he's a growing boy and needs to keep up his strength; he's so thin and pale, if he bulks up she's certain the others will be his friends (referring to the numerous guards outside, not the two helping with her chores). With regards to the elder of the village, the terms of diplomacy weren't to the their liking; all the same this particular village received armed protection from BBEG. He wanted to keep the old woman safe no matter what. Eventually The lands fell on hard times though; orcs descended en masse and all available force was needed to repel them. It was a bloody conflict, but BBEG was victorious; numerous villages were destroyed, the old woman's took heavy casualties. He set out at once to check on her but things were grave; the village had repelled assault early on but lacked the infrastructure to handle the various corpses that had piled up. Disease was everywhere and the old woman had fallen ill; unable to care for herself, she'd deteriorated greatly by the time he arrived. They had a silent moment together before she smiled and passed in her bed. The loss devestated BBEG; had the elder simply accepted the terms they could have diverted greater resources, he could have saved her. That night he overtook the village by force, diplomacy was no longer his methodology
@@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger Understandable, sympathetic, believable character development through circumstances both external and self-created, all grounding a personal philosophy that allows to villain to understandably consider himself the hero. Fantastic work!
Im my current campaign(not dnd) my dwarf friend (player) has made several people drown in beer and even though he has an axe his main weapon is a wooden cup and he beats everyone up with this
Abserd actually has infinite potential to become the strongest being in existence if he was only taught, unfortunately for him he is too annoying that even when some one sees his potential they can't spend more then a year around him which is why he keeps getting passed around and accepted into highly regarded groups that teach him different things.
Strangely, a introvert character might not be as annoyed. They might appreciate Abserd's honesty. Abserd might be a better character pick for a small two-person party. Something like Pinky and the Brain, Yogi and Boo Boo, or Secret Squirrel and Morocco. It'd be a hilarious duo of a super-serious character and Abserd.
despite watching the video first...I read this in Idubzz's weird voice he does. I don't even watch Idubzz though. I am confused.and its giving me existential dread.
As someone who's been struggling with a class choice for an *abserdly* long time (and still am), this sounds like a freaking perfect class choice for me.
Complex... stupid... same difference. This makes me PROUD of my failure of a Rogue/Wizard/Arcane Trickster who had his adventuring career ended by a flight of stairs. At least I wasn't actively trying to troll with that character.
Shane Fehr mine died repeatedly to failed breath weapon reflex saves, a vampire's level drain, and a flight of stairs. Yours likely saw at least some success.
Ever since then, they changed their motto from "Everyone is welcome" to "Everyone is welcome*" and at the bottom, in tiny letters "* except you, Abserd. Leave immediately"
can you please publish the character sheet for abserd? I need some silly character to pull out any time I need to do a high level character in a silly one shot.
I mean, you can just make your own, just check what stats you need to qualify for multiclassing into each class and then use point buy to make sure you qualify and from there it's just standard character creation
@@1256936 with point buy Systems you can manage to get 13 in all stat (racial bonus included) making it possible to multiclass in everything. ( it does not work with variant human except if you take a feat that give stat bonus. Kobold also cannot get 13 at everything at level 1 )
For everytime we cast stoneshape around the magical dungeon door. For everytime we walked strait to mordor, past 80% of dm prep time and instigated self-inflicted TPK. For everytime we murdered the dm's favorite npc. Now he won't dm anymore, and he will make our life hell. With all of the multiclass skill-ranks, he will use slight of hand and stealth to pocket every shekel, propagate every splitting of the party-as if to chastise our chaotic choices in his games. But we will know no escape from this suffering. As the ride has just begun, our ex-dm's bullride upon our cursed hides and repenting souls. Until the bell of our ex-dm's sanity tolls loudly, we will be, forever, npcs to _His_ games. And _He_. He is hungry. Hungry for that sweet revenge upon our table. And he cannot be stopped.
That time when facing the final boss would have been perfect Abserd: (casts darkness) "Aha! Now he can't see us sneaking up behind him." (saying that out loud) I can easily imagine his character saying that in that voice he was using.
I don't think he even has the levels of spellcasting required to cast Darkness. Isn't that like a 2nd or 3rd level spell? I think he only has 1st level spells.
AzureVI if he is a shadow sorcerer he can cast it with sorcerery points so long as it is 2nd level. Darkness wouldn’t count against your known spells and you didn’t have to use a spell slot to cast it.
How to ruin a birthday oneshot in a few simple steps XD Also I can't get this giant terrifying Cthulhu out of my head who is just like: "Hey kid wann learn some real magic?"
You know what would be funny? If this character became a recurring villain, preferably in a low-level adventure. Not the effective kind, mind you. The Team Rocket kind. He has (somehow) managed to get to lvl14 but he's only really threatening enough to pose a threat to lvl 3 characters or whatever.
Also remember that a lot of GMs award full XP for simply "resolving" an encounter, wether or not that means causing the enemy to die, flee or stop fighting. Causing your foes to throw up their arms in frustration could count.
FudgePeanut that’s... a long story in itself, but I will give you the Too long not personal version. An Ex-Friend was pretty good at making weird art using MSpaint, so he uh... made me a sunkern, kind of missed the brown lines but it’s demonic and I don’t have anything good to change it too.
"Oh, no! It is blood here! I am hoping it is not the blood of Chris, who is my friend and who I have come to this mansion to rescue because I am a member of the organization which is STARS. ABSERD IS VERY GOOD AT PLACING CRESTS IN DOORS!"
I MADE MY VERSION OF ABSERD. My DM absolutely hated him until I revealed that his faith was literally 'the DM' (it explains his backstory as to why he was kicked out of every guild/group he ever joined- people thought he was crazy for screaming questions at and taking advice from an unseen entity in the sky or whatever). Fun fact: we all expected Jack (his name was Jack O. Altred for 'jack of all trades') to be the first one to die, but he ended up being the only PC to live through the campaign (but only because being chaotic neutral he basically ditched all his party members when the going got rough). The best part is that it was a prequel campaign and now we have to retcon in how a different PC (who is an NPC in the original campaign) survived.
Love this! I’ve just started playing DnD and I was reading the rule book when I saw the multiclassing part. I instantly thought of being all classes and enthusiastically asked my boyfriend about it, and he just looked at me and then told me to watch this video. Now I know it’s possible!
How could he be kicked out of so many places?
*HEARS HIM TALK*
Oh.
LOOL 1000% true
@a random guy on the internet There was nothing else to say. And then you came.
the villain will return him to his party
He was the zoidburg of the group
I must be crazy (you could even say... absurd...) because I don't really mind his talking...
Notice how the backstory changes from third person to first person mid-story? Thats a sign of an invested player
Its when he just joined the clerics
Hank how was nevada
When I was writing my backstory, I found that I did this. Lol
And five years later, you have Baldur’s gate 3 where you have literally an achievement for playing as this character.
I am currently waiting for Litteraly Anyone to make a functional character outta that achievement.
Not just to unlock the achievement, But i wanna see how long until my friends realize my incredibly stupid plan
THEY MADE THAT AN ACHIEVEMENT???
@FlorelaFTW careful, breaking your oath counts as changing your class and deactivates the achievement. It's recommended that you pick Paladin last
If it isn’t called Abserdly Classed (or something similar), that is disappointing.
@@TheAnimeEncyclopedia even better recreate abserd
"If you can make it legally, I'll allow it" The GM's way of telling you: "This is hilarious and I'd like to see you try"
"I shouldn't allow it but I really want to see where this goes"
"This is probably a poor decision, but it's mine to make."
God willing I ever get the chance to DM a game for myself. Id have a lot of. "This is probably a dumb idea but I wanna see where they go with this." Moments.
For me that was a Shadowrun 3rd Edition (I think...) Shapeshifter-Rigger
I look at it more as "I don't think it's possible, but if you can actually do it, how can I say "NO"? :)
"Yeah...its from the book"
Its not from the book it IS the book
Abserd: I *AM* The Book
@@nightspawnson-of-luna4936 I read that in his voice. It's horrifying.
@Richardo : you're at 666 likes. Hail Satan!
He fricking absorbed the book
I literraly laughed loudly when I read this comment😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
"I multiclassed so I could have all the annoying parts of every class"
You are a true genius
Yup, that's Abserd in a nutshell from the sounds of it.
@@HestiaVesta ur mindless constructs hold no power here
@@non4997 you could call them mindless because they only obey the programming but that doesn't mean they won't work he's not immortal he would he died if he didn't use a spell slot to heal himself and I have a way to stop that from happening and teleporting is way too high for him to have unlocked
@@HestiaVesta maybe that would work but what if he used leomunds tiny hut
Abserd is the hero that D&D deserves but doesn't need.
He's the hero we ended up with
Shane H. He’s the hero we have
... unfortunately.
More like, he's the hero we didn't ask for, but got stuck with anyways.
Other way around! We need a hero like this! But don't deserve him. He's too incredibly amazing.
I love that Abserd is so loved by the fan base that he's basically a public domain NPC. He may pop up in any campaign at any table
Side note, Abserd's character progression (aside from starting as a Wizard) literally goes in alphabetical order of the classes.
If he plays an Abjurer then maybe it does
well it started as a wish to be a powerful mage then turned into... that thing... systemic melt down much?
A more optimized build would be to start as a Fighter - you get proficiency in heavy armor only at level 1, via Fighter, Paladin, and certain subclasses of Cleric, of a Feat, but that requires 4 levels in one class, but with Fighter you get a combat style, and the ability to heal yourself.
Thats why the wildernesguards had paladin magic and not the clerics
@@lockwoan01 You can't wear heavy armor; point buy (assuming you're not rolling for stats), HEAVILY limits your stats. Your strength score is likely a bare 13 or 14. So, I mean, you could use 16 AC heavy armor... or you could take 15+dex medium armor and maybe get 17 AC if you have +2 dex? Really, Heavy Armor just isn't needed for this multiclasser. Optimal would be to either start as barb (for max hit die at level 1 to be maximized HP), or rogue (for 4 skills, +2 over standard, instead of only gaining +1 by classing INTO rogue). But the 17 and 18 AC heavy armors require 15 strength to wear, and seeing as you need a 13 in dex, int, wis, and cha, it's not really feasible since you aren't likely to get any ASIs. I've run my own version of Abserd, but instead of annoying I built it to actually be somewhat viable, and those are the conclusions I came to.
They were so happy to be rid of Abserd that they left the hostage behind as well.
''Abserd shall take their place!''
''Haha! you fools, now i have two sacrifices t- hey wait... where are you going?''
*Rest of the part is out on the other end of the portal*
''THANK FUCK FOR THAT!''
I apologize in advance. **party*
Getting rid of abserd was the quest.
i now make the like counter to 666 >:D
PF: so, I want to multiclass
GM: ok, what classes?
PF: yes
I really enjoy watching your videos
GM: that is not a choice
PF: ok let me rephrase that
Gm: ok, tell me
PF: ALL OF THEM!!!!1!
😂
Look at this way Abserd is either the weakest 14th level hero possible.... or the strongest first level character ever.
Both 😂
he could make a grateful living helping out new Adventurers tho..
He is the guy who trains everyone into their classes
this doesnt make sense, he's not first level lol, he's level 14. if he was 1st level he would be only one class dumbass.
as a 14 level character with 12 classes he is at least a 2nd level character.
I....almost choked when he started to use telepathy to talk to them.
This is comical as f#%k
What the f#%k?
Yep
Like phantom nappa
I almost spat out my soda
He was talking in your head now
I imagine Abserd eventually annoyed the shit out of his captor so much, that they just let him go. And he reconnected with his party later that night.
And they saw him come into the bar and tried to slip out through the crowd, but then he was like "Oh my friends how fortunate that I have Found you!' xD
he picks up new meaningless abilities from being a captor of the bbeg for so long
This always happens Absurd gets left to die only to turn up again and the twist is that he’s really the big bad XD
@@dragonlord1689 Abserd is the biggest bad mankind has ever experienced: the overconfidence of the stupid.
Look up the story "The ransom of Red Chief". That's basically the plot.
3:30 Abserd isn't a jack of all trades, he's jacked WITH all the trades.
WEEEEEEELL, he has some bard levels, and in two classes he is level 2, SOOOOOO he could be a jack of all trades, jacked WITH all trades, with Jack of all Trades XD
He has Bard levels, so he can be a literal jack of all trades.
He's jacked himself up
That's how I justify playing Red Mage in Final Fantasy
Perhaps Abserd is a jack of all trades AND also jacked
Most people: I play both sides so I always come out on top
Abserd: I played all the sides and failed
Burr in act one: I play both sides so I always come out on top.
Burr in act two: I played all the sides and failed.
(I know it's not perfect, but I thought of it and thought it was funny, sue me.)
In the end, he didn't wait for it
Puffin must've gone in trying to make Abserd bad. Because you can actually make quite a large number of classes work well together in some character.
@@eric_moore-6126 I’d say taking every class is how you do it. MAD as hell and don’t get any higher-level abilities, ASIs, or proficiency increases.
2 levels in each of Paladin and Barbarian, a level in Rogue, a level or 2 in Warlock, 2 levels in Druid (specifically Circle of Spores), and a level in Sorcerer gives a very high melee damage output.
Paladin can Smite and gets martial weapons, Reckless Attack from Barbarian lets you use Rogue's Sneak Attack, Warlock gives you extra low-level spell slots to Smite with, Spores Druid gives you extra damage from Symbiotic Entity, and Sorcerer gives you Green Flame Blade (using an ability scores you already need high), which adds 1-3 extra D8s of Fire Damage when you reach 5th level.
You can even throw in some Artificer to make your own +2 weapon (+1 before level 10, but the other stuff will get you to level 10).
did they just guarantee that absard's soul will be sacrificed to some dark god, that would resurrect him just to get rid of his annoying ass, thus letting him add lich to his list of classes?
Isnt lich just used for templates or monsters? And if they resurrect him he'd just be what he was when he was sacrificed.
shuuuusssshhhhh..... **pats your head**
just--
let it--
happen...
@@MrJay_White well liches master wizard/sorcerer. But I'm sure there is some cleric that went lich somewhere, but lich is sadly not a class xD
They weren't sacrificing the captive. I watched the campaign Abserd is from and can tell you A: Abserd was not exchanged. B: The captive was not freed.
Book of Vile Darkness has lich and dark knight and the book of exalted deeds has the good equivalent (with elves ascending to this semi exalted servator/defender class to protect family lines).
Abserd is so coming back and it'll be great.
Abserd gets stabbed....
"You are tearing me apart, Lisa!!"
I did not hit him...I did not. Oh hi mark!
"Everybody betray me!"
[lightly tips over dresser]
You mean:
"Yoouu aare teariing me aapaaaart, Liisaaaaa!!"
Does a 13 hit?
No
I did not hit him I did not
Rogue fails stealth
Oh hi mark
Bard-barians...
Actually that sounds extremely likely.
Literally a tribe of tribal skalds.
Oh hey, that’s what I came to comment
Eddie Riggs from Brutal Legend. That's how a Bardbarian would play out.
I made a bardbarian a couple of years ago it's a blast
Ohhhh, I didn't catch on to that wordplay when I watched. That's brilliant...
Wildness Guards.
CQC+Rangers.
Sounds like solid snake.
legend has everytime a new class for DnD is created Abserd will automaticall gain it, even the homebrew ones
Wait, so will he eventually be an Acrobat?
oh god
I know of someone who adapted the rules of D&D to Shadowrun's universe, does that mean Abserd is now a hacker and a street samurai?
"What stories lie in store for the future of Abserd?"
He becomes Mayor, apparently.
Hahaha a position which he was no doubt kicked out of and/or fled from, after short-changing the dying heroes that somehow (through what I can only assume was divine intervention,) saved the town from an army *and* a dragon.
and he was just as bad as that as every other class he has!
Does that mean he gets "commoner" class as well? :-P
Abserd became mayor, because none of the other candidates could last through an entire debate with him.
@@schwarzerritter5724 his replay statement to everything starts with "WELLLL HEELLLOO EVRYBODY! I AM ABSERD!"
"I had to think of a reason he kept getting kicked out"
Maybe it was his voice
Not just that but his whole demeanor combined with his voice made him extremely annoying but comical to us
Maybe it's Maybelline
@@theHedgex1 : did you play with the group, or you mean just watching the video?
@@PoochieCollins just watching the video. i would love to play in more games only gotten to play once before c19 thing brokeout.
I think he was basically Excalibur from Souleater.
Now that Artificier is officially a class, Abserd needs a remake.
An easy fix in my opinion - providing that the DM allows it.
"... and then Abserd worked for an artisan's guild for a while and learned how to be an artificer, but after a while he got kicked out of there too."
@@HairyHariyama Sounds about right. Must of blew something up.
What about Bloodhunter??
@@iannichols2334 Technically, and as far as I know, Bloodhunter is not an official Adventures League (AL) class.
Love the character, love the story, but it inspired me to make Absred's Evil Twin. "Jondo" (John Doe) Non-Varient Human Fighter-Champion all the way. Used point buy to make his stats as flat and average as I could. He's neither really good, nor really bad at anything. His catch phrase is "I have no opinion about that." Left home to join the military, but skipped out immediately after completing his training. They're NOT looking for him. Due to a book keeping error there's no record that he signed up. There's a girl back home he really likes, but he's afraid she doesn't know he's alive. In fact she doesn't. She never noticed him before. He's out in the world pining for a girl that doesn't know he exists and hiding from a military that doesn't either. Someday he may become the Patron Saint of the everyman, but probably not.
That sounds... AMAZING.
This is hilarious, and I have only one suggestion: Make him the "Unchosen One"!
Say there was a prophecy by some deity of a child who would defeat some other deity, and that baby was to be Jondo. But by the time of his birth, the deity had made amends with the other deity and stopped caring about the grudge (forgetting all about the prophecy he'd set in motion). He had forgotten sending this young cleric 50 years ago a grand mission to tell this child's parents of his destiny, so when the cleric (now an old man) showed up the night of Jondo's birth and communed with his god to divine the grand, cryptic speech he must now give about Jondo's destiny, the deity went, "...Ooh.... ah... yeah, about that... Nevermind!" And then the cleric, one part annoyed and one part devastated, abruptly left and was never seen again. Jondo's parents went, "Huh, that was weird," and went about their lives.
Thank you for this contribution to the world.
It's like if Chadwick Strongpants wasn't famous
Have you considered calling him 'Jack Tradesman'?
Rescued hostage: Are we really going to leave him behind?
Party member: 3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . .
Villain: [throws absurd out] AAAAAAAAAAAAA
Abserd was so powerful that he manage to escape by mere voice alone xD
"Are we really going to leave him behind?"
- "If we can swing it."
So true
Is this a reference to DuckTales?
I imagine the villain got sick of Abserd's rambling and gagged him... And then the telepathy started up.
Abserd a drifter?
No
Kicked out for driving everyone mad?
YES NO DOUBT
I lost it when he shut then started talking telepathically
@@Decoyr409 I can see how that will drive everyone razycay
"Hey it's my birthday let's have F U N!"
Puffin: "Now's my chance to ruin everything."
He asked the GM ahead of time and it sounds like they had fun
I'm about to end that DM's whole game.
*a SiLenT vOiCe?*
Silent voice
Silent noice
Based on the accent I'm glad we finally know Tommy Wiseau's backstory.
He's Polish with some kind of nerve damage to his mouth.
@@R3GARnator That's not entirely certain that he's polish. It is the most common theory floating around. No source I've seen is 100% sure, and Tommy doesn't talk about it.
@@theblackbaron4119 He's DB Cooper.
Abserd: "Oh. Hello Mark."
They didn't even take the prisoner...
Trygve Plaustrum they just wanted to get rid of him.
They did. It was the green dude
no it wasnt
I watched a vid of the campaign, and just let me say, there's a reason for that.
IEverNeon there was a vid of the campaign? on what channel? do you have the link?
I don't know if you were going for a Tommy Wiseau vibe, but this character absolutely has a Tommy Wiseau vibe.
This is bullshit I did not crit her this is not true I did not crit her I did nahhht. Oh I Mark.
I am so glad someone else thought this as well
When a dm pulled this, and gave us tenth level characters to make for a one shot with little restrictions, most players made half-dragon half demon samurai people or whatever.
I made a Gerbil.
Virgil the gerbil. I was a level 1 gerbil since i was not smart enough to gain class levels. Being a sub-optimal race gave me some level adjustment bonuses to compensate, so really I had like 13 levels to give Virgil.
So obviously I made Virgil as tall as the empire State building as a ''race modifier''. Friend is a mage and decides to polymorph me into a human until the last moment.
When we faced an Archmage demigod something, I simply resumed my normal form and chewed the final boss to death. I took all my feats into ''chewing harder''.
We are no longer allowed to play anything.
That's insane
Yes. I appreciate this.
oh my god i can not stop laughing at this comment
I am proud of you.
BOO!
7:09 You can tell how little they care about sacrificing Abserd with one simple fact. They LEAVE without even taking the hostage they traded Abserd for with them! XD
abserd escaped by annoying the witch to death literally and then he became the mayor of a town.
And annoyed that town to death, starting a slow massacre through annoyance until our heroes decided to stand up against this mass murderer
and then he came to a town called parnast, and renamed himself to Wallace.
And then abserd gave birth to a young hero who went on to annoy another party
Then Wallace decide to start his own adventuring party and follow in his father footsteps. His first quest break into a high level vault
@@Anarchodemsyak No he retired there, and had a son named wallace.
"How does that character play?" "IT'S DOESN'T~" lol!
but seriously im an archer who cant shoot, a fighter who cant fight, a cleric who cant heal, and a wizard who cant use spells, DOES THAT SOUND BROKEN TO YOU!?
I literally laughed out loud as well reading your comment.
It’s basically 14 different level 1 characters
@@ebtheartist3843 Unless this was old school AD&D, they shouldn't be thaaat ineffective though. If nothing else they would still have cantrips and first level spells. You would even have 3rd level spell slots. Proficiency bonus would be still that of a 14th level character. So while you would be limited in what you can do, 'unable' does not apply.
@@ebtheartist3843 Oh Abserd is BROKEN alright.
I'm laying in bed watching with my cat, as soon as Abserd started talking the cat got really annoyed, contemplating sleeping somewhere else.
Please tell me you've spent the last two years learning to do that voice to talk to your cat.
Fist of all, how the f$*# did I get this recommend?
Second, this video has single-handedly gotten me interested in D&D
Have you played since then?
Yeah we gotta know now, have you gotten to try it?
@@Atomic_Moose_Of_Cheese I am currently playing through "The lost mine of phandelver" with my family
And its just as fun, if not more, than I imagined
@@whateverIFeelLike yes, Im playing through "the lost mine of phandelver", and it's really fun
Welcome to the club.
Oh thank goodness, a puffin forest. This afternoon was getting so drab and you saved it.
I once made an NPC who was multiclassed into every class named Jackov Alltrades. He was an Aasimar obsessed with being the best at EVERYTHING to the annoyance of everyone around him. He was fun for me, but like, nobody else.
are you the internet?
For a less Russian feel i usually use Jack Auvultrades.
I told a DM once. "You kill me, I WILL come back as Jar Jar binks" and here you are. achieving that
In one of the splat books for Star Wars RPG, there is an item called something along the lines of wizard spell pouch, and I have threatened my DM several times, that should I die, the next thing I make is a Gungan wizard (force user). I don't ever seem to be at risk of dying now. >:}
My DM wanted to run an Out of the Abyss game and I tried to pitch a campaign where every PC would play Jar Jar Binks. He didn’t go for it.
Strike me down and I'll become more annoying than you could possibly imagine
Player: It's over, I have the political high ground. (in this group)
DM: You underestimate my resolve for a fair story.
Player: Don't try it.
DM: *_Throws sufficient rocks at PC._
Player: I'll be back in one in-game day as Darth Powergamer (race: Gungan, Alignment: Chaotic Annoying).
Sorry for your loss.
See, if you did that to me you might not survive the session. Who wouldn't jump at the chance to given free reign to abuse Jar Jar? :D
"Soooooo how many classes do you wanna multiclass?"
"yes"
And then Abserd annoyed the villain to death.
Abserd's death.
Just like a Kender.
So annoying, she decided that he wasn't worth sacrificing and let him go. As such a tribute might actually anger her god rather than please. And that's how Abserd ended up getting his 15th level as a cultist member class.
Technically, if he picked up vicious mockery and/or dissonant whispers as a bard, that is possible.
And I once had a friend's bard character do this at every opportunity. Dude was basically The Joker. He Hideous Laughter'd a hobgoblin right off his warg, causing him to roll down the hill and land at the feet of the barbarian (me).
I imagine the villain was so charmed by Abserd personality that he was allowed to leave (read: was kicked out after 3 minutes of him opening his mouth) freely so he could continue on his adventures. :v
"Oh you've givin me a sacrifice, how nice... you may go."
"hEllO thErE! i'M absERD"
"I feel like I've made a cruel mistake"
Radintoriov in the villain’s head.
Huehuehue i made a great deal. I got this high powered hero in exchange for a mostly worthless slave.
Then absered starts to talk.
No the villain would have just killed him. In fact even the most lawful stupid paladin would have killed this piece of shit character the second they met.
GeorgeMonet Paladins can not kill unless there is no other option.
Depends *heavily* on the individual Paladin. Also to an extent on the system you're playing, the arsehole-y-ness of your GM, other extenuating features.
That said, a Paladin wouldn't really kill someone for being annoying, just, y'know, not hang out with them anymore.
well abserd could certainly have his own spinoff. like, he could literally have his own show. a character that is all the classes but is also shit at all of them? that show could write itself. i expect to see a dan harmon produced show of this next fall! Abserd Ho!
he could be the villian of the next campain, in the sense that he is sooo bad at being good he is about to [insert plot here]
Could just annoy his way out of being trapped.
This is the fucking avatar all over again but with swords and dragons
My favorite part is that at 6:48 after leaving Abserd behind, they don’t bring out the npc as a trade, they just left Abserd there and didn’t bother to actually make the exchange for the hostage
Abserd...this sounds like a character a friend of mine made, minus the backstory of how they multi classed so much.
I love this character so much.
did you forget Detective Detective Savage "Savage Rage" Rage?
He is like if Tommy Wiseau was in DnD
Oh hi Strahd
In that case, you'll also love Fumbles from Tarol Hunt's Goblins web-comic.
*Michael Newbury*
Cause what is better then being a jack of all trades, doing it from the get go and having 1/11th level in every class.
Watching the adventures of Abserd is like watching Lord of the Rings if it was written by, directed by and staring Tommy Wiseau
Or Rian Johnson. (SHOTS FIRED!)
Fired, but missed.
Cooper: Well, yeah. But I wasn't aiming for you!
Herman Cillo auch. Someone shot a bullet in my foot. It hurts. It hurst so much that it feels like someone shot this bullet 2 weeks ago and just now it hit me.
Now, funny enough, there's is an effective way to make Absurd decently effective. First up, make him an Ordinary Human. Then, use the point-buy system to get 4 13s, a 12, and a 11. Put the 13s in Strength, Dexterity, Wisdom, and Charisma, the 12 in Intelligence, and the 11 in Constitution - add bonuses, and you have 4 14s, a 13, and a 12 - this allows for all the multi-classing. Also, at Level One, start as a fighter, to get proficiencies in all weapons, shields, and armors, plus a fighting style. After that, do your leveling up to the other classes. Now, while you get a bunch of first-level spells, you can use them in higher level spell-slots. Also, remember this, at level 14, he'd have a +5 Proficiency bonus in his attacks, plus an extra +2 modifier for everything (but Wizard (and Artificer) spells, which would have a +1 modifier), so, so long as he rolled a 15 or better on the D20, he's got a good chance of hitting someone. Also, with 2 skills from his background, 2 from Fighter, 1 from Bard, 1 from Ranger, 1 from Rogue, he's good in 7 skills. Then there's the various tools he could use from certain classes, and he can play music. So, crazy, yes, but doable.
Plus Expertise from Rogue 1, and all his Cantrips count him as a 14th level character, so they do pretty decent damage (he gets like 3 spell attacks with each Eldritch Blast, or 3d10 on the damage of Firebolts for instance).
@@AzureIV In short, he's not too bad. Not the Greatest, but he can use any weapon, and many basic spells, fairly decently.
But there is an argument for starting with barbarian in order to get that sweet d12 hit die
@@21austro98 There is that, but the downside is that he'd lack proficiency in Heavy Armor - okay, not much use with the build, as that would prohibit the use of any Rages, as well as disadvantage on Stealth checks, and he'd have reduced speed with armors requiring strength scores above 14 - but unless one starts off as a Fighter, Paladin, or certain subclasses of Cleric, there's no other way, short of a feat, to get proficiency in that type of armor - and if he did have proficiency in that armor, and was wearing it, then he could cast the various spells he knew, not have to worry about making save throws with disadvantage, perhaps act as a backup-emergency tank (behind the pure strength-based fighter, barbarian, paladin, ranger, and anyone with plenty of hp)
@@lockwoan01 Actually, you don't have to start as a fighter for heavy armor: base cleric only gives medium, and cleric subclasses start at lvl 1, so multiclassing into one of them gives heavy armor proficiency.
As soon as he skipped to the Bard-barians part, I knew in my head what was going to happen. Someone had proposed doing this in one of my games and I was like "I REALLY don't think you should."
From the start where he said he had a special character concept and the DM told him "if you can pull that off legally" (paraphrasing) i knew it would be a "multiclass all". One of the previous group I was in set a rule of "no more than 4 classes" after that :).
My friend who DMs for me and I like to theorycraft and I looked into making an "everything" character (I call it a Sage of the World). But his personality was going to be literally the opposite of Abserd's. In fact, if you roll high Charisma and go heavy enough into Warlock to get Hexblade (for Cha attacks and the IPW invocation) and choose Life for your Cleric class (for heavy armor proficiency and awesome healing), you can get a pretty decent build out of it.
Your DM should bring him back. Just like randomly. Just like, two years down the road, your DM is setting the mood "And out of the mist, a portal opens up. Is it from another dimension? One lone figure steps out of the mist." "Oh, hai guys. You remember me don't you?........"
"Oh hai Mark!"
"Oh hey Johnny, what's up?"
Paul TheSkeptic one shot, dude.
Make him a boss... and he has gained, say.. 6 levels in each class.
Roll initiative
01Eldar oh god.....level 8 mage/monk/ranger/druid/pally/rogue/sorceror. Think of the insanity there, and how hard it would be to fight that kind of character
You're a terrible person, and an even worse friend.
And a genius.
An evil genius, one that I'm sure has spawned many more people to create their own Abserds
@@1256936 yep I am guna
Oh, another hufflepuff!
I_Pancake After my original run through in god eater 3 I’m going to make the second character abserd
Ahh... an intelligent lifeform I see
What I was expecting: after about an hour after the 'prisoner exchange', as the party was finally clearing the forest - the evil nemesis appears before them...and begs them to take their companion PC back. "He just won't shut up. And even when I gag him, he still talks - directly into my brain. PLEASE - take him away with you." And the party makes some outrageous demands...which the nemesis quickly agrees to. :)
Ah pen and paper characters, always a good source of enjoyment. We once had a character in our group that was "Herman der Holzfäller" (Herman the wood choper, the player always names his character in an alliteration). He had the traits of scary (we were playind DSA) and his motto was:"Someone that can cut down trees, can also cut down people." The final boss had the brilliant idea to hide when he was low on hp by turing into a tree, but Herman knows real trees from fake ones so he choped him up.
Edit: god damn spelling
He must have a lot of experience with fake trees....
Real trees are visibly afraid of him. This one wasn't, so clearly an illusion.
XD
Trees are the true enemy! One of my Call of Cthulhu chars developed Dendrophobia, or fear of trees. Imagine a normally mild mannered professor wielding an axe an a bandolier of molotov cocktails.
I knew exactly what Abserd would be immediately, because I made a character with the same concept .
Severo Cairon same. Long live Mobius McEveryman
This reminds me of my Drow divination wizard/knowledge cleric/lore bard who was just a ball of knowledge and first level spells. It was amazing pulling out an entire deck of spell cards and then revealing to the party that the only damaging one was magic missile.
Was he old, the greatest, and full of wisdom and experience?
Logonon Trily Nope, an obsessively bookish 14 year old girl because I needed to ensure that the party wouldn't execute my character again. I have a bit of a... "History". In my defense, I've only had one of my PCs turn into the main antagonist of a campaign.
How did she pronounce "Alohomora?"
oh god, thats good
"an obsessively bookish 14 year old girl because I needed to ensure that the party wouldn't execute my character again. I have a bit of a... "History"."
I want to know more. Tell me everything you remember, please.
I think Abserd’s mom signed him up for so many after school activities he just became a master of everything
Captain morgan please
You made him a drifter? So not only is he every class, but he's also a murderhobo? My god, you've created the ultimate character
90% of all D&D characters in history are murderhobos. Seriously, how many people do you know who actually purchase permanent places of residence for their characters? How many parties go into the homes of sapient creatures, kill them, and take their stuff? (butitisokaybecausealignment)
PedanticTwit i legit made a campain where there job is to make a town in the middle of bumfuck nowhere cool
Undecided Ant I've always wanted to do a campaign where the party is responsible for protecting a city of enlightenment during its founding. Then we flash forward a thousand years and the descendents of the party have to wreak vengeance upon the city's destroyers, like in Heavy Metal.
Or even do just a simple analogue of settling the New World. Anything to get the players personally invested in the world.
PedanticTwit i made one player the mayor(it was up to that player what they would be called) and then the rest started making ways to take over. They is no loyalty, only passive aggression and insane cult
PedanticTwit in my friend's game I am a black dragon geomancer with knowledge of Runic spells and is hired as a teacher in a God's mage academy.
How to make your party hate you. 😂
What. Are. The. Odds?
Nerdy Nom Nom, AWAY!
i watched the whole thing... they mostly ignored him
I watch your videos you is cool
I wanted to like this but it says 666
pinkbunnygirl43 pinky I did not think I would see you here
This had me cracking up.
A character who was terrible at every class at the same time? The comedy writes itself!
Psychronia a character who sucks so much he sucks at sucking.
"im gonna be a jack of all trades"
"alrighty then, you get these and these-"
"no, give me more."
"alrighty, fine, you can have these abilities to"
"no, i want MORE"
"ok, jeez... you can have these"
SLAM OF THE TABLE "more."
"listen man, youre a jack of all trades but-"
"yes... im a jack of all trades... ALL of the trades"
Abserd needs a mizzium apparatus (uncommon item from ravnica setting) and (roguish) expertise in arcana. Then he could theoretically cast any spell in the game up to his highest spell slot (4th level needs a 6 or higher on the die if we are assuming int 14). Casts levels 1-2 without trying. "So how does the character work?" Very well!
Not the hero we needed but the one we deserve
Kevin Austin Because we are all trash mammals.
WHAT DID WE DO TO DESERVE HIM?!?
He's the hero we... have.
Now THAT, is just Abserd.
Not the hero we wanted but the...,you know, what we got.
"Can that even be legal?"
"Challenge accepted."
I'd be happy to just play a Bard-Barian
Mike Collins named Skald right?
Mi too!
Fuck ur Skalds I am a Bard-Barian not some bard Bar-barian hybrid... wait a second
I played some wierdeer concepts, like a Monk 1/Druid. I could double-use the Wisdowm Bonus that way. There was even some supplemental book in place, that allowed me to add the Wisdowm Bonus to AC again. For a vow of Powerty (wich means nothing but material components and simple clothing as gear; of course melee spells like Shillelagh were allowed).
In Neverwinter Nights I did a few wierder concepts:
My first character to finish the game was actually a Elven Monk that used swords.
Some of the wierder stuff I tred were like a Sorceror/Paladin to get heavy weapons + magic, to later multiclass into that partial Dragon class.
Once I played a level 1 Artisan (NPC class), then fighter. The Idea was to copy a character from a book.
And of course there are classics like 2 Levels of Fighter with any other Class that has a 1:1 BAB ratio.
I think they put in a lot of work to make such extreme multiclassing less viable. Like moving a lot of the interesting stuff to higher levels. Even just level 2.
I did that once. He was a teifling bard/barbarian, dual wielding clubs (drum sticks), named "Garth Ironshod" (his stage name). He was totally metal.
Btw BG3 has an achievement for getting all 12 classes on one character, go forth comrades and make your own Abserds!
Abserd: the Tommy Wisseau of D&D
Beat me to it..
Exactly what I was thinking
Combined with Fawful of Superstar Saga.
Dammit just after i left a message
ClaymanV That's bullshit! He is not Tommy, he is not! Oh hai Mark.
ugh i cant stop laughing after Abserd started using telepathy. IM DYIIINGGGG
Ugh, but... DiD He CrIt YoU?
I heard this idea. An orc ranger with tavern brawler. But instead of using a bow, he throws his arrows. "I am greatest bow ever!". *throws arrow*
One game I ran, one of my players made a half-orc sailor with like 20 str. For weapons he took a length of anchor chain for melee (killed most enemies with attacks of opportunity before they could reach him) and for ranged weapons he had a sack full of hand-thrown cannon balls that he called his "orc shotput".
Were the arrows actually javelins?
I JUST realized how much of a missed opportunity you had to name him Jack. Of All Trades.
Jack Ovál Trades, perfectly unsuspecting until they list all the classes
"I am Absurd" yes, you certainly are.
Noble Background: Jaque of Altraed.
I would name mine Jack'o Altreides.
Jack "of All trades" Abserd
I once created an evil nemesis for a group, but his back story was too tragic - everyone felt great compassion for him and ended up being real nice to him, giving him pretty much whatever he wanted, helping him out at every opportunity and being the best friends a guy could ever have and.. Doggone it, there was no way the guy could be their arch nemesis. He ended up helping them take down the big baddie by betraying him (way before they were ever strong enough to do it on their own).
What was the backstory
“He lived with his mother and two brothers on a farm. The farm was not glorious, but it was indeed successful enough to provide a stable life for the family. One day as he was bringing eggs from the chicken coop, he stubbed his pinky toe on the corner of the barn. Sadly the toe was broken slightly, taking a full week to heal. From that day forward he would walk with one foot turned ever so slightly outward. Truly, a pitiable sight to behold.”
Absolutely tragic......
A fb group I was in asked for a compelling backstory to make their BBEG more relatable.
Basically it boiled down to the BBEG had set out to dominate the land; as a child his family was relatively poor but living a decent life in their village. In waltzed a group of adventurers seeking fortune who determined the village elder was corrupt; they killed him and threw everyone's lives into turmoil long-term. The village went on to play host to a group of bandits for a time, the "heroes" returned and ruined things again; this time, due to the circumstances, all adult males in the village were slaughtered. The BBEG, only a teen, watched as his relatives were killed directly or indirectly; his time with the bandits wasn't ideal but it taught him a fair amount about the trade. He fell in with a merchant caravan as a hired guard; he saw faraway lands, learned how to barter as well as be a more effective fighter from the people he did business with (warrior monks, barbarian clans, etc). He eventually found his way back to the old village site only to discover it was, once again, inhabited; everything had been rebuilt, the land was prosperous, and there were statues dedicated to the adventurers who repeatedly ruined his life erected in the town square. BBEG had accumulated enough wealth in his travels that he decided to settle down; he bought a large house and sorted the towns' problems out through diplomacy. He'd gathered a small entourage of associates from various lands who now served as his personal guards as well as informants; day by day he expanded the village into a hub for trade and commerce, eventually his home became a fortress to protect those inside.
Steadily the lands around his home were assimilated, he brought villages together through trade and mutually beneficial diplomacy; the only constant theme to the dealings being "This village, a subsidiary of ____, will play no host to adventurers or self-proclaimed heroes". The end goal was to unite the land so adventurers and heroes wouldnt be necessary; a unified force could, ideally, look out for itself.
There was one village in particular that drew BBEG's attention; on the initial diplomatic meeting, an old woman mistook him for her grandson. Despite his attempts to convince her otherwise, the old woman treated him as family and insisted he come to visit. From that day on, a few times per week, BBEG would set out with a precession of guards to visit the village; the house would be heavily guarded while a few of their number helped the old woman do chores around her house. She and BBEG would talk, laugh, and drink tea together; she was the closest thing to family he'd had in decades. When the visits came to a close she would always send him home with a basket full of spice cakes, remarking he's a growing boy and needs to keep up his strength; he's so thin and pale, if he bulks up she's certain the others will be his friends (referring to the numerous guards outside, not the two helping with her chores). With regards to the elder of the village, the terms of diplomacy weren't to the their liking; all the same this particular village received armed protection from BBEG. He wanted to keep the old woman safe no matter what.
Eventually The lands fell on hard times though; orcs descended en masse and all available force was needed to repel them. It was a bloody conflict, but BBEG was victorious; numerous villages were destroyed, the old woman's took heavy casualties. He set out at once to check on her but things were grave; the village had repelled assault early on but lacked the infrastructure to handle the various corpses that had piled up. Disease was everywhere and the old woman had fallen ill; unable to care for herself, she'd deteriorated greatly by the time he arrived. They had a silent moment together before she smiled and passed in her bed.
The loss devestated BBEG; had the elder simply accepted the terms they could have diverted greater resources, he could have saved her. That night he overtook the village by force, diplomacy was no longer his methodology
@@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger Understandable, sympathetic, believable character development through circumstances both external and self-created, all grounding a personal philosophy that allows to villain to understandably consider himself the hero. Fantastic work!
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The bard-barians remind me of my first character, a gnome bard who would whack people over the head with his steel violin.
Im my current campaign(not dnd) my dwarf friend (player) has made several people drown in beer and even though he has an axe his main weapon is a wooden cup and he beats everyone up with this
My first character was a gnome bard too. She died.
Steel violin? That's an interesting instrument, where can I pick one of those up, lol
I made an Orc Bard - Krang The Musicless - in Pathfinder. used to use the 'summon instrument' cantrip, then hit people with it...
At least you had a convincing way to multiclass everything, I mean there is no way people would keep Abserd with them for more than an year
klmklm16
Thats true.
is that a challenge?
Abserd actually has infinite potential to become the strongest being in existence if he was only taught, unfortunately for him he is too annoying that even when some one sees his potential they can't spend more then a year around him which is why he keeps getting passed around and accepted into highly regarded groups that teach him different things.
I would think it would be difficult to keep him for 15 minutes
Strangely, a introvert character might not be as annoyed. They might appreciate Abserd's honesty. Abserd might be a better character pick for a small two-person party. Something like Pinky and the Brain, Yogi and Boo Boo, or Secret Squirrel and Morocco.
It'd be a hilarious duo of a super-serious character and Abserd.
Artificer let me introduce myself
Abserd: levels up im now a one too
Your saving throws must have been a thing of glory.
bakslashr in 5e you don't get new ones apart from resilient feat.
or Class Features (Fighter (subclass), Monk, Ranger(Subclass), Rogue)
You should put Abserd into on of your campains as an NPC.
Myrdin Osrek then watch as they throw him off a cliff like the obsessive fan from oblivion
he turns out to be the final villan
or one of his underpayed minions.
Darin 1713
And then he runs back up to them a few days later, good as new...like the Adoring Fan from Oblivion.
If I was in that game I would beg the dm to let me kill him
"uH NOe wOTch OuT beAHIend yew! THaRe is gRatE daNjER!"
despite watching the video first...I read this in Idubzz's weird voice he does.
I don't even watch Idubzz though. I am confused.and its giving me existential dread.
Oh hi Mark!
My thoughts exactly. And due to how my queue worked today:
Maybe Abserd is vampire.
The vampires made him one of their own kind, then kicked him out after a year?
And then, he was found by werewolves who turned him into one of their own... and kicked him out after a year.
As someone who's been struggling with a class choice for an *abserdly* long time (and still am), this sounds like a freaking perfect class choice for me.
What a truly Abserd character
Only a truly villain could think of such a overly complex yet annoying character to work with
Indeed
Yep. And that's ultimately WHAT happens when you allow the 'Multi-Classing Genie' OUT of the bottle...
Complex... stupid... same difference.
This makes me PROUD of my failure of a Rogue/Wizard/Arcane Trickster who had his adventuring career ended by a flight of stairs.
At least I wasn't actively trying to troll with that character.
Herman Cillo I played a rogue/wizard arcane trickster and illusion wizard
Shane Fehr mine died repeatedly to failed breath weapon reflex saves, a vampire's level drain, and a flight of stairs.
Yours likely saw at least some success.
I don't even play D&D but these videos are so hilarious.
you should find a group and play. Then you can make your own Hilarious Stories.
You should try it! :)
ace15892001
It's usually a problem if you have no social skills what so ever.
You should !
PowahSlap Entertainmint what means. You don't play... I thought everybody play
The Wiseu is strong with this one.
You beat me to it! xD
was thinking the same
Vincent Padilla Don woory bout it baby face
tee hee
Oh, hai Mark
When he was cast out from the sisterhood, I knew what kinda dude this was.
Ever since then, they changed their motto from "Everyone is welcome" to "Everyone is welcome*" and at the bottom, in tiny letters "* except you, Abserd. Leave immediately"
@@Reac2 totally
Bard-barians wield mighty axes. It's common knowledge.
saxes*
@@caravan3636 No. I was referring to guitars.
ik, im joking
Now I'm just imagining the Epic Sax guy meme. shirtless and all.
They actually wield hunting horns.
"Is that even legal?"
"I'm pretty sure"
can you please publish the character sheet for abserd? I need some silly character to pull out any time I need to do a high level character in a silly one shot.
*packet
I mean, you can just make your own, just check what stats you need to qualify for multiclassing into each class and then use point buy to make sure you qualify and from there it's just standard character creation
Take20 does a build video on this exact concept. Give it a watch.
@@1256936 with point buy Systems you can manage to get 13 in all stat (racial bonus included) making it possible to multiclass in everything. ( it does not work with variant human except if you take a feat that give stat bonus. Kobold also cannot get 13 at everything at level 1 )
Please don't.
Dm after hearing Puffins character: The hand book will decided your fate.
Puffin: I am the hand book.
DM: so, what class do you want to play?
Abserd: *YES*
Not the hero we need
But the hero we deserve
What... exactly does that say about us?
Something Abserd.
Not the hero we needed
Nor the hero we deserved
But we got him anyway.
What puppy did I kick in a past life to deserve this?
For everytime we cast stoneshape around the magical dungeon door.
For everytime we walked strait to mordor, past 80% of dm prep time and instigated self-inflicted TPK.
For everytime we murdered the dm's favorite npc.
Now he won't dm anymore, and he will make our life hell. With all of the multiclass skill-ranks, he will use slight of hand and stealth to pocket every shekel, propagate every splitting of the party-as if to chastise our chaotic choices in his games. But we will know no escape from this suffering. As the ride has just begun, our ex-dm's bullride upon our cursed hides and repenting souls. Until the bell of our ex-dm's sanity tolls loudly, we will be, forever, npcs to _His_ games. And _He_. He is hungry. Hungry for that sweet revenge upon our table.
And he cannot be stopped.
Seriously missed an opportunity naming the character Abserd and not Jack Avaltréde
Haha
LOL
GENIUS
Viktor the Creator
Why would anyone want to be a jack of all trades anway? I want to be king or at least queen of all trades.
To be King/Queen you would have to multi class after doing 20 levels in each instead of getting them all by 14.
5:50 is the best part. I died when he started using telepathy.
I am disappointed you didn't find a way to also cast darkness during this game. That would have made it complete
That time when facing the final boss would have been perfect Abserd: (casts darkness) "Aha! Now he can't see us sneaking up behind him." (saying that out loud) I can easily imagine his character saying that in that voice he was using.
I don't think he even has the levels of spellcasting required to cast Darkness. Isn't that like a 2nd or 3rd level spell? I think he only has 1st level spells.
AzureVI if he is a shadow sorcerer he can cast it with sorcerery points so long as it is 2nd level. Darkness wouldn’t count against your known spells and you didn’t have to use a spell slot to cast it.
I don't think he even has sorcery points. He is a 1st level everything.
AzureVI They all started at level 14
bardbarian.. BARD BARBARIAN!!!! THIS IS THE BEST CONCEPT I HAVE EVER HEARD
Make it an Aarakocra for a bird-bard-barian
well outlander background does get instrument proficiencies :P so its a logical step
Hello? Did you actually watched to videos? Abserd is *clearly* the better concept ever.
bard-barians play angry music in battle. mostly metal
there is a bardbarian game on steam, it has been there for a few years now, your welcome.
How to ruin a birthday oneshot in a few simple steps XD
Also I can't get this giant terrifying Cthulhu out of my head who is just like: "Hey kid wann learn some real magic?"
Crybaton no that's Zeenche......
Oh no Absard is a Zeenche follower burn him for his heracey!
tzeentch?
huh... yeah actually
Abserd is such a memorable character- he pops in my mind occasionally to this day xD
"I want to play a multi class character!"
"Sure, what classes?"
"All of them"
hahahahahaha
I would so be that person who said: "if you can do it, I'll allow it"
You know what would be funny? If this character became a recurring villain, preferably in a low-level adventure. Not the effective kind, mind you. The Team Rocket kind. He has (somehow) managed to get to lvl14 but he's only really threatening enough to pose a threat to lvl 3 characters or whatever.
No, he's clearly meant as a 20th level character. Drives high-level bosses to suicide with his mind speech.
HELLO IM AM ABSURD! MIND YOU GREAT DANGER FOR CONFRONTING MY ABILITIES OF EVERYTHING!
Ya he’s not actually evil it’s just whenever someone meets him there driven to suiside so far he’s got a kill count of 96.
Also remember that a lot of GMs award full XP for simply "resolving" an encounter, wether or not that means causing the enemy to die, flee or stop fighting. Causing your foes to throw up their arms in frustration could count.
I AM ABSERD! MASTER OF ALL EEEVAILL! YOU MUST FIGHT ME! MYEEEE!
I love this character, I'd love to hear more stories about him.
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Abserd sounds like my idea of playing a child wizard.
You are not useful.
You are just there to be something the party loves or hates.
SGplaysIt what’s your profile picture from?
FudgePeanut that’s... a long story in itself, but I will give you the Too long not personal version.
An Ex-Friend was pretty good at making weird art using MSpaint, so he uh... made me a sunkern, kind of missed the brown lines but it’s demonic and I don’t have anything good to change it too.
SGplaysIt oh cool
Legitimately trying to get my DM to insert this character into his horror themed campaign. He equates to trying to add Team Rocket to Resident Evil.
That would be amazing. Just make them uoper zombies
Jamesisanerd did he add it?
"Oh, no! It is blood here! I am hoping it is not the blood of Chris, who is my friend and who I have come to this mansion to rescue because I am a member of the organization which is STARS. ABSERD IS VERY GOOD AT PLACING CRESTS IN DOORS!"
@@ItsJustOkay you get a like, that made my day right there.
Good analogy.
I MADE MY VERSION OF ABSERD. My DM absolutely hated him until I revealed that his faith was literally 'the DM' (it explains his backstory as to why he was kicked out of every guild/group he ever joined- people thought he was crazy for screaming questions at and taking advice from an unseen entity in the sky or whatever). Fun fact: we all expected Jack (his name was Jack O. Altred for 'jack of all trades') to be the first one to die, but he ended up being the only PC to live through the campaign (but only because being chaotic neutral he basically ditched all his party members when the going got rough). The best part is that it was a prequel campaign and now we have to retcon in how a different PC (who is an NPC in the original campaign) survived.
Cool
That is...
B R I L L I A N T!!!
Oh yeah, I'm saving this comment. Gonna try pulling this off as soon as I get the chance.
Love this! I’ve just started playing DnD and I was reading the rule book when I saw the multiclassing part. I instantly thought of being all classes and enthusiastically asked my boyfriend about it, and he just looked at me and then told me to watch this video. Now I know it’s possible!