From my experience things go to hell because this: ppl end up focusing on how fo ACT as said character rhen ROLEPLAY the character. Basically say the player picks fighter. What does that translate on roleplay game terms? Role: they front line most of time, usually wear armor, swings/defend, usually good str/con/ but weak Int/wis. Playing: they stay in front and maintain that. In social they show off muscles (if any) or knowledge of fights they went through. Game: how rolls rules work to hit enemies/protect Allie’s. Skills to scare/impress npcs. As long said player maintains those roleplay game logic rhen things go smoothly… but if act something they ain’t roleplay wise that’s where deviation happens which can get bad if they act if out too much and/or gm isn’t prepared to respond to that acting then the role playing.
Cont. I’m here because of recent drama in our call of Cthulhu group with me, another player and gm. Both me and other player are antiquarians which is usually someone who gathers rare antiques and any hidden info on it. Connections is similar collectors or archeologist that inform us of this. Skills is appraise, spot hidden, history and similar. I knew to stick to the occupation/role I picked. The other player didn’t. She picked antiquarian because it sounds cool but she acts like a flip flapper. Note this is 1920s america call of Cthulhu. This eventually annoyed the gm when she uses charm which is a weak skill at default since she didn’t improve it for non occupation boosting. Gm ask would you liked to transfer skill points from one you don’t use into charm? She goes lnow it’s fine where it is. But later she gets annoyed on charm rolls fail (to beat a roll you need fo roll target number OR below. Charm from top of my head by default is 10%.) and ask gm just allow her to flirt/persuade npcs. This caused an argument to later I stepped in, advice how to make this happen but she got annoyed for telling me to not tell her how to roleplay. To add: she play rpgs but socially she joins theater ppl. So yeah… that explains priorities on how she play as the character. She is acting as the character, but not role playing the character. Note: in CoC you can make a occupation and tweak what connections and skills if provided. We try to tell her this on she can do this fo get the ideal way to act and roleplay but I don’t know why she doesn’t want to change/accept it. All I can say is there is a reason why it’s a rpg. You pick the role, you play it, then game the rules/rolls. That is the base of it, acting/improving is on top of it but it’s not the core base of it to be truthful.
I've been playing tabletop RPG's for more than 30 years. Years ago I thought the hobby would die. Basically because of video games. The fact that it's so popular now I'm just flabbergasted. Anyways, thank you for making this video to pass on to the next generation of TRPG gamers.
This new bloom happened partially because of Stranger Things, the show is set in the 80's and the characters are RPG nerds. In the last few years there's also streamed games going on Twitch and UA-cam, like Critical Role, bringing RPGs to the newer generations. This is something that just wasn't possible in the 90s and early 2000s with cable TV.
well, video games need you to look at screen. that can be tiring. also video games aren't a social experience the same way tabletops are. Sure you can play together, but a tabletop RPG is a communal experience, face to face, talking to each other.
As a D&D player and DM for the past 5 years who is going off to college and playing with brand new players, I will definitely be sending them all to this video. This has easily been the shortest and most to the point "Beginner's Guide" type video I have seen, but still being very informative. Thanks! I can't wait for the future D&D content I will be seeing on this channel!
wow such a nice intrudaction for RPG's. I mean I play a GM in dungeons and dragon's with my mates but this was still pretty informing especially with other types of table top RPG's
Thank you very much! I'm gonna get into more detailed stuff later but I thought it'd be worth starting out with the very basics just as a reference point :)
Yea I think that this was a really good idea to make a change from just battlerite to RPG's. I think you can make a series from this some thing like RPG for beginner's ^-^
yea a lot of the new gm's have a bad habit try to limit the players choices to only a few like in a video game and i found this really annoying because if I wanted a chosen path I would play a video game. I would make a video about the making of a flexible world or something because I had that bad habit myself and it took me a really long time to improve on these kinds of stuff. Other than that I found my experience pretty awesome and exciting
I enjoy watching people making crafts/ dioramas for tabletop gaming but never understood what it actually is. I get it now, thank you so much for explaining it in such depth!
It's a crime that you do not have more subscribers. This is an excellent video and you seem to be one of the very few content creators that does not fall into the trap of thinking the way you like to play, is the only or correct way to play. 10/10 will recommend.
I had a small internal laugh during this mate. You camera setup gave the perfect perspective to fit the theme of this video. Making you look very much like an elf haha. At least your ears look very pointed. I always wanted to get into D&D. I dont really have any mates IRL who would give it a go. Can you recommend any online D&D communities/tools?
I have quite Elf-like ears which doesn’t help XD Roll20 can be ok for finding groups but you’ve gotta be picky. Ideally, I’d say it’s better to have at least one person you know with you. Otherwise there’s /r/lfg on Reddit which also has some people looking for pen and paper groups
That was really interesting. I never understood what table top rpgs were before - my son was watching a video on UA-cam of an Australian illustrator who for his birthday was rigging up a camera/green screen to integrate his terrain / minatures with digital art. Then he was talking about the creation of a new game that was a renaissance meets steampunk type thing. Intrigued I searched for an explanation/intro video and found yours.
I wish my friends were as interested in DnD as me just so we could try it out... I'm just interested in it, but i've never tried it out, because i just have no one to play with. :c
I was the same until my friend put a group together. I was pretty lucky tbh! Honestly, it's worth trying to get a group together. You'd be surprised how many people secretly want to play :D
Thank you very much for this comprehensive guide. I had no idea what tabletop RPGs are before watching this video. It got me quite interested and I will definitely have a look at this type of game. Hopefully we will see more videos about this topic on your channel!
It’s not storytelling with rules. A story emerges, but nobody is ‘telling’ it. Not even telling it within the bounds of rules. Not even cooperatively ‘telling’ it. This matters, because it determined what the game’s rules need to cover. Storytelling games are a separate class of game with mechanics specifically designed to affect the way a story goes. RPGs are more like simulations, with mechanics designed to support the simulated world and the way each character’s simulated abilities operate. Again, yes, a story comes out of it. But the players are not there to ‘tell’. They’re there to be themselves, and to do what they want. Gary Gygax understood this, by the way, and said as much.
I've always liked rping in fandom chat rooms and stuff and I really like dragons and witches I wanna play dnd but I don't think my friends are into that stuff
>After a long adventure of trials the hero defeats the villain and gets to chamber with his desired artifact "My character is so happy that his quest is finally over, so he decides to take a long breathe in and out and-" "WAIT" - says the GM, who rolls all 1s - "Your character forgot how to breathe, he dies on spot, GG"
Oh man... I know some DMs are super into stuff like that. Critical fails are funny the first few times but I don't think they should mean anything unless you try something incredibly stupid (heroic?)
Hey man love your videos! I'd like to know if u have any recomendations for more channels or people who explain the genre for people like me who are "nabs" in this thing. Thx man
Thanks! It depends what you're looking for. If you'd like to learn to be a GM then hands down, Matt Colville is the one to check out. And if you haven't already... take a look at Critical Role! It doesn't really explain much but it's cool to see them in action.
Totaly okay, at the moment i play in the princes of the apokalypse: kampagne a tiefling monk with a deep hatred for Loth and all that worship here. And its really fun. Well i hope for some more Pen and Paper Content in the future maybe eben as a Stream with Community-Votes dir some Events. Until than, see you "maybe" in the arena.
Great video, freind, but you use similar gestures too much. When you use the same way to move your hands five times during four seconds (0:25) it makes the video pretty monotonous. As opposed to that, your voice is always full of lots of different emotions. And when you sum these two points, the video becomes very dissonant. Still your face is really cute and i hope you'll keep doing that video format X)
Honestly I watched your video - managed to understand what you were talking about even though I have no experience of the subject. Found it interesting despite it not being my cup of tea. I'd say you nailed it!
I wanna tell you that Jesus Christ of Nazareth who died on the cross for our sins and bore all the wrath that you and I deserve and rose again on the 3rd day and defeated death and is seated at the right hand of the Father in full honour power and glory and rains forever and ever Loves you man. So we all have broken God's law the ten commandments So we all have eather lied stolen or committed adultery or committed muder, Jesus said who ever looks at a woman to lust after her already committed adultery in his Heart and Jesus also said whoever hates his brother without a cause already committed muder in his Heart So because we sinned against a holy perfect eternal God we deserve punishment which is hell and hell is separation from God and because God is everything good right and just when we are separated from God we are left with everything bad and evil But God made a way to save his people he send his one and only begotten son Jesus Christ of Nazareth who died on the cross for our sins and bore all the wrath that you and I deserve and rose again on the 3rd day and defeated death and is seated at the right hand of the Father in full honour power and glory and rains forever and ever If you do know what to pray, pray this prayer. "Jesus in sorry that I've sinned against you and against others, Jesus I know that you are the KING OF kings AND LORD OF lords. Please forgive me of my sins and come into my life LORD. I love you and give my life to you LORD Jesus. I'll live my life for you, let your will for my life be done and let my will for my way not be done, in your Holy name LORD I pray Amen."
"pen and papper is almost always cooperative" *thinks back on his experiences dming* "...unless something goes horribly wrong"
Too true... I would have killed my Druid if I was anyone else in my party. He done goofed...
@Ajit Adonis ManilalDepends on what you count as "matering," how good your GM is, and what kind of game they are running.
@Ajit Adonis Manilal It is cooperative. Not just cooperation between players and player characters, but also trust between the GM and players.
From my experience things go to hell because this: ppl end up focusing on how fo ACT as said character rhen ROLEPLAY the character.
Basically say the player picks fighter. What does that translate on roleplay game terms?
Role: they front line most of time, usually wear armor, swings/defend, usually good str/con/ but weak Int/wis.
Playing: they stay in front and maintain that. In social they show off muscles (if any) or knowledge of fights they went through.
Game: how rolls rules work to hit enemies/protect Allie’s. Skills to scare/impress npcs.
As long said player maintains those roleplay game logic rhen things go smoothly… but if act something they ain’t roleplay wise that’s where deviation happens which can get bad if they act if out too much and/or gm isn’t prepared to respond to that acting then the role playing.
Cont.
I’m here because of recent drama in our call of Cthulhu group with me, another player and gm.
Both me and other player are antiquarians which is usually someone who gathers rare antiques and any hidden info on it. Connections is similar collectors or archeologist that inform us of this. Skills is appraise, spot hidden, history and similar.
I knew to stick to the occupation/role I picked. The other player didn’t. She picked antiquarian because it sounds cool but she acts like a flip flapper. Note this is 1920s america call of Cthulhu.
This eventually annoyed the gm when she uses charm which is a weak skill at default since she didn’t improve it for non occupation boosting. Gm ask would you liked to transfer skill points from one you don’t use into charm? She goes lnow it’s fine where it is. But later she gets annoyed on charm rolls fail (to beat a roll you need fo roll target number OR below. Charm from top of my head by default is 10%.) and ask gm just allow her to flirt/persuade npcs. This caused an argument to later I stepped in, advice how to make this happen but she got annoyed for telling me to not tell her how to roleplay.
To add: she play rpgs but socially she joins theater ppl. So yeah… that explains priorities on how she play as the character. She is acting as the character, but not role playing the character.
Note: in CoC you can make a occupation and tweak what connections and skills if provided. We try to tell her this on she can do this fo get the ideal way to act and roleplay but I don’t know why she doesn’t want to change/accept it.
All I can say is there is a reason why it’s a rpg. You pick the role, you play it, then game the rules/rolls. That is the base of it, acting/improving is on top of it but it’s not the core base of it to be truthful.
I'm sooo so happy that you are starting to make dnd content! I wanna get into the game but I've had a hard time finding good guides.
That's what I'm hoping to change :)
I've been playing tabletop RPG's for more than 30 years. Years ago I thought the hobby would die. Basically because of video games. The fact that it's so popular now I'm just flabbergasted. Anyways, thank you for making this video to pass on to the next generation of TRPG gamers.
This new bloom happened partially because of Stranger Things, the show is set in the 80's and the characters are RPG nerds. In the last few years there's also streamed games going on Twitch and UA-cam, like Critical Role, bringing RPGs to the newer generations. This is something that just wasn't possible in the 90s and early 2000s with cable TV.
well, video games need you to look at screen. that can be tiring. also video games aren't a social experience the same way tabletops are. Sure you can play together, but a tabletop RPG is a communal experience, face to face, talking to each other.
As a D&D player and DM for the past 5 years who is going off to college and playing with brand new players, I will definitely be sending them all to this video. This has easily been the shortest and most to the point "Beginner's Guide" type video I have seen, but still being very informative. Thanks! I can't wait for the future D&D content I will be seeing on this channel!
Thank you so much! I'll be following up on this with some more guides aimed at beginners over the next few months
wow such a nice intrudaction for RPG's. I mean I play a GM in dungeons and dragon's with my mates but this was still pretty informing especially with other types of table top RPG's
Thank you very much! I'm gonna get into more detailed stuff later but I thought it'd be worth starting out with the very basics just as a reference point :)
Yea I think that this was a really good idea to make a change from just battlerite to RPG's. I think you can make a series from this some thing like RPG for beginner's ^-^
Yeah! That’s the plan. Do you have any suggestions based anything you’ve experienced with new players?
yea a lot of the new gm's have a bad habit try to limit the players choices to only a few like in a video game and i found this really annoying because if I wanted a chosen path I would play a video game. I would make a video about the making of a flexible world or something because I had that bad habit myself and it took me a really long time to improve on these kinds of stuff. Other than that I found my experience pretty awesome and exciting
aka how to make a world fun even if you don't choose the creators path (break out of the video game shell and use the powers of table top RPG)
I enjoy watching people making crafts/ dioramas for tabletop gaming but never understood what it actually is. I get it now, thank you so much for explaining it in such depth!
What an excellent explanation.
I had no idea how RPG's worked before this primer. Now I'm quite interested in trying one out.
Amazing video, especially interesting for someone trying to get into DnD such as myself! Thank you!
You should definitely give it a try if you get a chance!
It's a crime that you do not have more subscribers. This is an excellent video and you seem to be one of the very few content creators that does not fall into the trap of thinking the way you like to play, is the only or correct way to play. 10/10 will recommend.
I always wanted to get into DnD. Thanks for this, Xio.
Really well put! I wish everyone loved rpgs as much as us🙄
Me too! I feel like that day is coming, though
I had a small internal laugh during this mate. You camera setup gave the perfect perspective to fit the theme of this video. Making you look very much like an elf haha. At least your ears look very pointed.
I always wanted to get into D&D. I dont really have any mates IRL who would give it a go. Can you recommend any online D&D communities/tools?
I have quite Elf-like ears which doesn’t help XD
Roll20 can be ok for finding groups but you’ve gotta be picky. Ideally, I’d say it’s better to have at least one person you know with you. Otherwise there’s /r/lfg on Reddit which also has some people looking for pen and paper groups
That was really interesting. I never understood what table top rpgs were before - my son was watching a video on UA-cam of an Australian illustrator who for his birthday was rigging up a camera/green screen to integrate his terrain / minatures with digital art. Then he was talking about the creation of a new game that was a renaissance meets steampunk type thing. Intrigued I searched for an explanation/intro video and found yours.
Do you remember who he was? Sounds really interesting
nice upload Xiomaro. I broke the thumbs up on your video. Always keep up the awesome work.
New Linkin Park album when?
Also, great to see you do DnD content!
It’s really hard to teach this stuff but he chose a great example
I wish my friends were as interested in DnD as me just so we could try it out...
I'm just interested in it, but i've never tried it out, because i just have no one to play with. :c
I was the same until my friend put a group together. I was pretty lucky tbh! Honestly, it's worth trying to get a group together. You'd be surprised how many people secretly want to play :D
Many cities have gaming clubs. Google your town and you may find some. We found players via ads we posted "looking for players in RPG group"
Xiomaro I never played it before but now I’m in college and there is a club for frp
Thank you very much for this comprehensive guide. I had no idea what tabletop RPGs are before watching this video. It got me quite interested and I will definitely have a look at this type of game. Hopefully we will see more videos about this topic on your channel!
Thanks! I'll get into more depth soon. I just wanted to do this video first so I can link back to it in the future :)
Who's that handsome nerd?! 😍🙌
Dats me :D
This has got to be such an uplifting comment on the first proper video of Xio being the visual host
FACE CAM
It’s not storytelling with rules. A story emerges, but nobody is ‘telling’ it. Not even telling it within the bounds of rules. Not even cooperatively ‘telling’ it.
This matters, because it determined what the game’s rules need to cover. Storytelling games are a separate class of game with mechanics specifically designed to affect the way a story goes. RPGs are more like simulations, with mechanics designed to support the simulated world and the way each character’s simulated abilities operate.
Again, yes, a story comes out of it. But the players are not there to ‘tell’. They’re there to be themselves, and to do what they want.
Gary Gygax understood this, by the way, and said as much.
This blows my mind. I had no idea this existed.
My friends and I bought the Cyberpunk Red game but we are lost af lol.
Well made, as usual :D
I'm looking forward for these videos °_°
I've always liked rping in fandom chat rooms and stuff and I really like dragons and witches I wanna play dnd but I don't think my friends are into that stuff
Greetings from Brazil. Good explanation.
i KNEW xiomaro was a pnp nerd. nice
I freaking LOVE IT! I can't get enough
I've been watching your content for ages and now I find out you play D&D? Marry me
So in layman’s terms, Cyberpunk 2077 is a Tabletop RPG?
Hand gestures in this one are sure to become a meme
I’ve been doing that the whole time, you just couldn’t see it before. I’m a hand talker 😂
Dexterity+
>After a long adventure of trials the hero defeats the villain and gets to chamber with his desired artifact
"My character is so happy that his quest is finally over, so he decides to take a long breathe in and out and-"
"WAIT" - says the GM, who rolls all 1s - "Your character forgot how to breathe, he dies on spot, GG"
Oh man... I know some DMs are super into stuff like that. Critical fails are funny the first few times but I don't think they should mean anything unless you try something incredibly stupid (heroic?)
As a ultima player
I learned a lot of tabletop rpg
When u gonna do a DND session with your discord peeps :)
Oh man, that could be cool but I wonder how it could work :D
" Rocks falls, everybody dies "
There's a dice rolling bot for discord. and ofc we'll be in VC like a normal online session
I was thinking more about how chaotic it could be XD
Im up for a chaotic campaign ;)
Good shit
could you please provide the pdf documents or texts you referred to for table-top games.
the GM isn't trying to kill the player characters😂
Hey man love your videos! I'd like to know if u have any recomendations for more channels or people who explain the genre for people like me who are "nabs" in this thing.
Thx man
Thanks! It depends what you're looking for. If you'd like to learn to be a GM then hands down, Matt Colville is the one to check out. And if you haven't already... take a look at Critical Role! It doesn't really explain much but it's cool to see them in action.
@@XiomaroTV Thank you very much ! Keep it up! Always great to see new videos
Pateron Dnd sessions?
That could be fun! :D
I play Clash of Clan
@xiomaro can you manage a hotspot for searching pen and paper Player ? Would like to GM a Group and well your Viewers seem to be Pretty nice People :)
Excuse my ignorance, but what is a hotspot?
This is why I hate living in the Highlands of Scotland. No one to play these games with
Xio you Really forget Shadowrun? I mean it is one of the if not the most popular Cyberpunk pen and paper :o
I know! I realised that after I finished the video. I even had it in my notes :-(
Totaly okay, at the moment i play in the princes of the apokalypse: kampagne a tiefling monk with a deep hatred for Loth and all that worship here. And its really fun. Well i hope for some more Pen and Paper Content in the future maybe eben as a Stream with Community-Votes dir some Events. Until than, see you "maybe" in the arena.
LOL I see this is a common theme. I'll work on it :D I do it all the time in my other videos but the camera isn't on :P
Oh... you're super like I thought you would be...
Nope, I have never really played video games😅
D&D is so popular because you can't improve on perfection
DND is great! And there are loads of other great RPGs out there, too
Great video, freind, but you use similar gestures too much. When you use the same way to move your hands five times during four seconds (0:25) it makes the video pretty monotonous. As opposed to that, your voice is always full of lots of different emotions. And when you sum these two points, the video becomes very dissonant.
Still your face is really cute and i hope you'll keep doing that video format X)
Thanks for the feedback! I’ll work on that!
Honestly I watched your video - managed to understand what you were talking about even though I have no experience of the subject. Found it interesting despite it not being my cup of tea. I'd say you nailed it!
I just sent you an email on your yt channel email about the brbr code, if you wanted it
Check it out
Thanks man but I have one now :D I appreciate it though!
Anyone here because of Cyberpunk?
I wanna tell you that Jesus Christ of Nazareth who died on the cross for our sins and bore all the wrath that you and I deserve and rose again on the 3rd day and defeated death and is seated at the right hand of the Father in full honour power and glory and rains forever and ever Loves you man. So we all have broken God's law the ten commandments So we all have eather lied stolen or committed adultery or committed muder, Jesus said who ever looks at a woman to lust after her already committed adultery in his Heart and Jesus also said whoever hates his brother without a cause already committed muder in his Heart So because we sinned against a holy perfect eternal God we deserve punishment which is hell and hell is separation from God and because God is everything good right and just when we are separated from God we are left with everything bad and evil But God made a way to save his people he send his one and only begotten son Jesus Christ of Nazareth who died on the cross for our sins and bore all the wrath that you and I deserve and rose again on the 3rd day and defeated death and is seated at the right hand of the Father in full honour power and glory and rains forever and ever If you do know what to pray, pray this prayer. "Jesus in sorry that I've sinned against you and against others, Jesus I know that you are the KING OF kings AND LORD OF lords. Please forgive me of my sins and come into my life LORD. I love you and give my life to you LORD Jesus. I'll live my life for you, let your will for my life be done and let my will for my way not be done, in your Holy name LORD I pray Amen."
Grow up
Nurse nurse, he's got out again. Fetch the medicine trolley.
you ever smelled the word nerd? i can smell it here tbh, no offence
nice body language my guy! it sounds very interesting but i can't find people to play with. shame.
No face reveal = no attention
My friend once asked me to play DnD with him and his friend, and I went hentai all over them hehe !! They regretted it B)
There's always one XD