*random dude makes a DND video Jocat who just popped up from a planter in their house: "Hey lets make a Collab, cool? cool. This is your line, I will send my viewers to your channel in a tick"
28:33 Fun story about that! In our party, we have a druid who is *terrified* of blood, irl and in game, and gets nauseous after every fight in character. Being the naive and helpful warlock that I am, who hadn't even realize that I've signed a contract with the Ancient Ones for my magic, I now cast Prestidigitation with my Eldritch Blast to fill the room with the scent of something lovely, like roses or blueberries or caramel, so we don't smell blood at all. Thing is... She's scared of *seeing* blood so my extra magic does jackshit lmao. My character is an airhead like that, and I love playing an idiot.
Watches Wizard Reaction: "Don't pause the song... Don't pause the song... Watch it through... Don't pause the - GOSH DANGIT!" Love reaction regardless.
It sounds a lot like Puffin, but I wasn't searching if it was him or not. after all, Jocat has surprised me with his versatility already, so it wouldn't be surprised if he could pull off that invitation on his own.
@@Airier yep, and the wizard JoCrap talks to in the beginning of the wizard video is Zee Banshew...who created two videos that followed up on his burning down his school with two videos (in his videos about the Message spell and his Technomancy video) EdIT: JoCrap did a lot more damage than shown here and Zee was really insistent on payback.
The clip you were wondering about is Live Action Role Playing. The people lying down were “killed” and that clip is from the Lightning Bolt clip which is usually used to diss LARPers for how ridiculous it sounds. I mean, I spent years Larping, and while it was super fun it was also pretty silly when viewed from the outside
@@tennagon3822 It was great! It's like functional cosplay, swordfighting, and roleplaying all rolled up into one neat ball. Some of my favorite roleplaying moments came out of Larping, and there are a couple that have easy entry (like Amtgard), although those tend to be heavy on the fighty bits and lighter on the roleplay. The main barrier to entry is the cost; weapons, garb, and entry fees tend to add up, especially for the more elaborate larps.
@@Dramoklos Yes, and are limited in other aspects (like not as many spells known nor as big of a spell list), depending on the game, a wizard with meta magic adept would be just fine, but yea a sorcerer could also take meta magic adept and do a ton of shenanigans each day. Guess it boils down to how often you would be using meta magic.
you can totally do a two person game of just a Dm and a single Player, did it for the longest time with a friend of mine. We were actually able to obtain the mystical, consistently weekly games.
“I want a ripped wizard.” I’m in a campaign at the moment where we found a trove of belts of giant strength so now every character with the exception of my blood hunter has above 20 STR and that includes our wizard who has 23 STR.
@@Airier *Bard* arrives at the table and slams down 5 belts. _"ok fluffer nutters, 2 of these are Belts of Giant strength; 1 is jockstrap of fey charisma; one is a braid of unending transparency and one is a girdle of gender reversal. One more drink and I'll be to drunk to see. This is happening."_ Passes out. *DM:* "What do you do?" *Rogue:* _"We respect our fallen comrades wishes."_ *Mage:* _"We sell the spankz."_ *Fighter* "We put the belts on the bard."
Here's the funny thing about that, I'm completely blanking on all of that clip. I know I've watched it, but I can literally not remember it. It's really weird.
I'm in a party that is mostly glass cannons. Me - who plays ranger - and the paladin are the only ones with the ability to soak more than 3 hits. Rest of the party? Druid, Wizard, Sorcerer, and Monk. Though the druid does tend to spend more time in wild shape than out... And has resulted in our party being treated to both a crocodile and giant spider trying to communicate in mime. Not at the same time, of course. Regardless, we have more squishies than we do meat shields to protect them. Amazingly, we have not suffered a TPK yet because the dice gods have been surprisingly merciful so far. I'm still planning back up characters for this campaign, though. I don't trust the dice to remain merciful...
@@Ilikecatsismychannelname druid wildshape tanks 'can't be very op. Kudos on you playing a ranger btw. So many people choose not to play them, without realizing that they are balance if you PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR BUILD.
@@stitchesbunny8496 The sad thing is it's my first time playing a class other than sorcerer or wizard. ...I admit fireball is way too much fun... But when I hear the party line-up before joining I quickly realized 'this party needs more durable classes to join because it is almost all squishies.' So I browsed the PH and decided Ranger looked like the most likely to help a party of squishy mages survive the Underdark. Only I didn't know we'd be up against f-ing DEMOGORGON, so of course my favored enemy was aberrations because that is what you EXPECT to encounter in the Underdark. NOT FIENDS AND ESPECIALLY NOT THE F-ING PRINCE OF F-ING DEMONS!!! ....It's been over five sessions since that plot twist and I am STILL not over it...
About the one-person-thing: 1. There is a game called AI dungeon 2. In a german system called "Das schwarze Auge" (the black eye), they used to ship single-player modules that needed no dm... And everyone in my group ended up cheating in for extra loot and levels.
the 'lightning bolt' clip is a thing called LARP or Live Action Role Play its like role play like dnd but you actually go out in the forest and play your roll. its physical play pretend. no dice roll its all real skill, mostly, its not for everyone.
Little thing I did to flavor my Warlock. His patron is a celestial fox so when he uses Eldritch Blast, he summons radiant foxes that charge right into the target. The Warlock is very fun to customize and flavor up.
I think the best troll I ever did was write the simplest backstory for a paladin that had nothing dark or tragic in it, but the other players were convinced I was hiding something. Every opportunity, they'd try and go detective mode into what my paladin was hiding.
BTW the person JoCat was talking to was Zee Bashew. He has his own D&D channel. It mostly focuses on magic spells in a series called the animated spellbook. They are short like JoCat's videos and would be a great thing to react to after you finish the Crap Guide. He even has a storyline related to the aftermath of the wizard video.
5:05 Yes, it's called a duet game. Whole lot of reasons to do them, one being to run a whole solo game for someone, another as a supplement to regular group sessions to keep momentum going when someone splits from the party to do something.
19:19 Your OCs may be evil, but mine are adorable. Mine are adorable beans. Just because yours are evil and shouldn't be brought to life doesn't mean ours shouldn't.
Had lots of 1 on 1 D&D sessions. My favorites were: 1 - Player travelled out of town for 2 months; when she came back, we had a few sessions to roleplay what her character did with her life. In universe, she had left the party for three weeks while she travelled back to her country to continue her druid training. 2 - Character spent a week dead in-game. When they finally managed to ressurect him, I ended the session. Between then and the next session, I met the player so we could roleplay what her character's life after death was; considering the character had sold his soul to a Devil, it was a lot of fun (for me). The character came back traumatized enough that finding a way to break away from his pact became his #1 priority then. 3 - Weird creepy pillar, makes things that touch it disappear. 1 player decides to touch it. The others weren't as adventurous. So we had a 1 on 1 session for his lonely adventures in the Astral Sea. I have also gotten used to having 1 on 1 sessions to just flash out backstory. They aren't always 1 on 1 since nowadays most times my party links their BS together, "we are brothers", "we met on the road to this city", "we studied together in the same order" stuff like that; it usually is a small adventure dealing with some menial problem where they can get a few hints about the plot of the campaign and start getting used to their characters in an environment where they have full attention, instead of panicking into character traits in the middle of the whole group later.
A glass canon is an game archetype for characters that kill quicky but get killed just as quickly sacrificing vitality in exchange for damage, examples from smash bros are:jigglypuff,little mac,pichu,dr.mario and falco
In street fighter chun-li and akuma can also be considered glass canons because chun-li has a lower health bad then avarage in exchange for good kill power and akuma is a (overly simplified description) glass canon version of ryu also in beyblade xeno xcalibur and most atack type beyblades are also glass canons sacrificing stamina (the ability to spin for a long time) in exchange for massive attack power but the xcalibur line is the most extreeme example and also mario because he kill goombas with just one hit but get killed with 1,2 or 3 hits (depending with you are normal,with murshroom or most other power-ups)
Say the line, Bart is from an old episode of the Simpsons. Bart gets fifteen minutes of fame on the Krusty the Clown show when he destroys a set on live TV, and says, "I didn't do it!"
I play a Tabaxi soulknife Rogue in one of my campaigns. Cunning action pairs super well with feline agility. For context Tabaxi have the race feature "feline agility" that doubles their movement speed. They have a movement speed of 30, feline agility doubles that. So you as a rogue if needing to just get the hell out of dodge or get to someone real quick can go from running 90 feet in a single movement to 180ft. Now imagine someone casting haste on you and getting the mobility feat. What's great about feline agility too is that you just need to do an action without movement to get it back. Which basically as a rogue you want to be sneaky and if your a rogue that uses ranged weapons (I as a soulknife use either my handy dandy never ending psychic energy knives or my longbow that I had enough downtime to learn) this is doubly useful cause you want to hit from a distance in a way that you will always get sneak attack and then on your next turn get feline agility again. So its run, shoot, run, shoot. It is very fun and also the reason I was one of the few people to survive the black dragon that they decided to antagonize.
Thanks for this reaction video! You bring a delightful geek energy to it that I appreciate. One note... I used to play 2-person D&D with my brother very often, to pass the time while doing chores. We had no dice or paper (had to keep the hands free, yo) and success & failure were determined by how over-the-top the player made his description of what he wanted to do. Great fun all 'round.
The best job I ever had was because my supervisor was the best DM I have ever played with. We were part of the IT department, and when things got slow, he would just turn to me and say. "What do you do?" and I knew it was time to play.
4:08 Yes… YES… YES! That’s what my Ranger-Rogue did! Hid his backstory details until it was relevant! And the payoff for when I revealed both secrets of my backstory was *phenomenal!* The part 1 of that story just went live on All Thing DnD today. Part 2, if they release it, will hopefully reveal the other secret I alluded to multiple times. The thing that I dropped so many hints for over 12 sessions, I had each player roll History and I had different reveals for each even number from 0 to 24. 12:00 Speaking of All Things DnD, they have a story of a buff Wizard.
I just remembered a hilarious moment from one of my dnd games. The wizard just got true polymorph which changes your stats (including mental) into something else. The player would allow themself one not immediately dumb use of a spell and start of a potential fight turned himself into a purple worm. Then most of the party teleported out of his sight range except me who turned invisible. So he immediately swung around and tried to eat me to take me to safety. The fight turned into us negotiating with the locals to not kill our friend too hard while I run around trying to not get eaten.
I managed to work out magical outfits for our entire party that were self cleaning, colour changing for simple camo and suitable for all weather, by in character getting into an argument/discussion with a mage guild leader about the uses of prestidigitation in the field, while out of character the DM and I were pulling up sources trying to find the limits of the spell and item design. Another party member was out to inspire societal revolutions and to pull away the illusions of the upper class and how even a basic understanding of magic can make the societal divide a fallacy. She used prestidigitation for formal high tea. Since the changes to flavour and temperature last an hour, more than enough time to eat. I even used it to take quick notes when spying (to be traced with ink later) and even question people and shop using the 'small image' trick to show off who we were after and the outfits we wanted XD
hey airier, as a barbarian main, I'm gonna share a broken barbarian build that will blow your mind a bit. goliath race with totem warrior subclass. totem warrior gives you choices between a bunch of spirit animals with nice little effects and choosing bear at lv3 makes you take half damage from all damage types except psychic while raging. goliaths get a race-specific feat that buffs their stone endurance feature to use their reaction to gain resistance to one damage type until their next turn. that alone can quarter damage (at least in the rules we're playing by). the danger sense ability gives advantage on dex saves against spells and traps you see - couple that with the resiliency (dex) feat and you get proficiency in dex saves. combine those, on a successful save, you can effectively take 1/8 damage from fireball. fireball's max damage at 3rd level slot is 48, meaning you can effectively cut that to 6. a barbarian's an amazing tank. another player in our campaign plays a paladin with full plate and even though his armour's much higher than mine (23 v 15), his hp wears down much faster than me, telling me that damage resistance means more than pure AC because many enemies we encounter either get huge bonuses to hit or use spells, many of which don't have attack rolls and hit regardless. And even though barbarians don't get the dpm like fighters with their action surge and many extra attacks or paladins with their smite on crits = double smite dice, barbarians have something more important: high strength means high attack rolls. barbarians are accurate with hits. I'm only at lv10, but I have a +3 weapon, which, combined with strength and proficiency is a +11 to hit. I can almost reliably hit anything
30:40 Warlock are also natural ritual casters, means that while your party is sleeping you can spend ten minutes to detect magic, purify supplies, and id item whenever you want. Unfortunately, you only have a limited amount of spell slots and can only switch spells when you level up. This is an advanced class for DnD vets and not a beginner class. Of course, the real fun is the RPG. Dungeon masters could use your class as an excuse to explore the other realms.
DM and 1 Player? Totally possible. I have done so. It. Was. GLORIOUS. Also, look into the Essentials Kit. Basically a box that says:"Want to D&D with a smaller group that standard? Here."
you absolutely can do a 1 player, 1 DM session, and they are AWESOME. A lot of DMs don’t do it because it’s unfamiliar and has a very different “vibe” to normal sessions, but it can be a great way to start a campaign if you want to “play the backstory” or otherwise add a more personal “episode” to a larger campaign, and yes, you can do an entire campaign that way, it’s just a very taxing experience for both the player (since it’s ALWAYS his/her turn) and DM (since they are ALWAYS thinking about how what their making interacts with your character specifically) so most who do play/run it generally prefer it in small doses, like a one-shot adventure or side-story in a larger campaign. I think Matt Coleville of MCDM productions has a video on exactly that topic. You can also play most TTRPGs without a DM if you are playing with a good set of random encounter tables or pre-prepared modules and are good at compartmentalizing so you don’t let your character cheat just because no one’s enforcing the rules. Some older systems like Traveller even had mechanics and rules in the core books designed to help with that. But it’s a completely different experience from a GMed game, since the GM role is being split between the player and the adventure module or random encounter table essentially acting as a video game CPU...which is also why non-DMed games have basically gone extinct: videogames mostly do it better.
Know this is late but they sent the Cleric because Clerics have high wisdom, so tend to one of the better classes for scouting out places, that said Polymorph doesn’t maintain character stats for the target.
not just two person D&D, which yes you can, but there are resources now that lets you play D&D alone, no DM required. Also, about all your questions about the scene in the sorcerer video from Lightning Bolt, it's most likely LARP (Live Action Role Play) Basically D&D, but you actually move around and stuff. And finally, Gass Cannon, I think he just misspelled Glass Cannon.
17:50 there are, Ringling Bros actually had basically a full on college for circus preforming, I knew someone who went there for stage magic, at least that one is long since closed but I think there’s one or two, at least a fair amount of “boot camps”
Yes, the original wizard (like old old Old text) actually described the class (technically it was called caster back then) as a class with a drastically tough time growing, but with near limitless potential if they survive, and they grew their power (and xp cost damn it) on an exponential curve, but had the highest max level as well, oh, and back then spells cost XP as well as components. Meanwhile the fighter class of the day was a linear growth that was fairly stable from start to finish and had inter-personal skills to recruit followers, elves were a caster-fighter hybrid class (yup, class, not race) with a low cap on it, and thief was basically how you did anything from open doors to figure out what you got as loot until the wizard actually got to a decent level with a stockpile of xp and gold. Thief was always a “you are better at what you do but suck if its a direct confrontation” type back then, and usually leveled faster than everyone else by cooking the party’s books and pocketing loot to bring more gold and thus xp back than everyone else
For me, I learned DnD through a 2 person campaign, where a friend of mine was a DM and he made up a mini campaign for just me, but he did eventually add 3 NPC PCs in the second session that basically only existed for combat or puzzles.
See this is why I subbed and rung the bell so.i can get a front row seat to humor Edit: oh I heard you mention space marines but it's all about da orky boyz always moar dokka
I'm sure someone has answered these but: 1. Larp, Live action RP, is the nerdiest sword fight you'll ever see. 2. A gas cannon is a cannon that uses explosive gass instead of gunpowder, Carbide Cannons are still used as an alternative to fireworks sometimes. 3. One Person D&D exists, just need a d20 and roll it as often as possible. 4. Seeing as how the OG Wizard only had a d4 worth of HP and a single first level spell to their name and at level 20 could alter reality permanently, I'm fairly sure they were always supposed to be the zero to hero class.
Yep, a 2 player game does happen. I've run one before and it was okay. Definitely more people are better but one on one with a creative player can be interesting. Yes you can do dnd with just yourself, that is known as writing a book. And an ai dungeon master is called playing a video game. Thank you for coming to me TED talk
In re two-person D&D ... my brother and I used to do this all the time. To make it even better, we didn't have books, paper or dice! Success would be based on the DM's rating of the coolness of the player's description of what he was trying to do. It got a little wonky betimes, but it was hella fun and a great way to keep interested while doing chores.
The "Mascot" he uses is called a wiggler, they're from the Monster Hunter games, which he has crap guides for all those classes. Also in the game you can make a wiggler hat, which is what he most of the time has. Also you can catch a wiggler to keep as your pet, and when you see it in your home they're in a pot! Fun facts, whether you want them or not!
36:35 yes, Wizards have a feature called Arcane recovery. When they take a short rest, they can recover a total of half their level rounded down. For example, if you play a Level 7 Wiz (I am one of those), and take a short rest, you can recover 3 spell slots. 3 Level 1, 1 Lvl 1+ 1 Lvl 2 or even a Lvl 3.
Sorcerers' can do a lot with the spells they have available a wizard could potentially know every spell they could possibly cast, but they have to prepare it making them unrivaled in utility, but I'd describe it as you have a different swiss army knife in every pair of pants and if you bring the wrong one to work that day you're out of luck
Because you asked @13:13: LARP (live-action roleplay) in this case is like playing Paintball but with foam-ish swords and bows. But Unike in paintball (where you walk away), you play dead if you're killed.
4:58 Me and my friend do that all the time. I DM a Solo for him, he does so after I end mine. It helps a bit, since it's more of a training on the rules, on characters creation, and on narrative creativity, but having the fun of a good game. Sometimes he call for someone else to play along with me, like we're actually doing, but, the character started as a Solo, from level 1 to 8, and now. It can be better sometimes, since your character has te space to become a protagonist and walk on his own, but pretty hard in early levels... I mean, I cleaned a Dungeon alone on level 1, as a Wizard, but I almost died 2 times for zombies, and 3 others to Oozes.
You and Dm sessions are typically one shots from what I heard, great for helping a newbie or friend just getting in, learn ropes, got a few set up for myself once the people dming are free(very busy and wanted folk)
1 player D&D is called writing a book... 2 player D&D I actually did successfully with a friend who moved away. It went pretty well with a few NPC's for backup... It was like a text based adventure for him, with lots of images :)
Your question about 1 person DnD with an A.I. as the Dungeon Master is pretty much the concept of Hand of Fate (1 and 2). I mean the main NPC is the Dealer who refines the Game of Life and Death you playband he shuffles encounter, equipment, and blessing and curse cards, and gives you dice and wheel gambits, and a pendulum, and a card shell game. It's a whole thing.
Matthew Mercer actually has a couple of videos out there of him doing a 1 on 1 dnd session with various celebrities, it actually sounds like a fun concept.
I just gotta say bro you got a new subscriber. I love Jocat so I google people reacting to him cause I love seeing people... react... to him. And I've got to say you are one of the most animated and entertaining reactors I've done. Spotting the Jojo reference cemented my sub, good sir. Also if you think this Jocrap is scary go check out his dps guide to FF14 and see him when he's demanding to know who is dealing more damage. Those dots along the side of his neck turn into bulging, bloodshot eyes, among other things.
5:04 I can confirm you can do 2 people D&D, and the DM basically just gives you 3 NPC companions and just allows the DM more control over the story. It's actually pretty good DM practice.
@@Airier As well as you’d expect when your stuck in a single compartment with 100 people and two RDC’s screaming as if the world is running.... Besides that it wasn’t so bad, the Nuke DM made up a few NPC’s and I went off as a Nordic Barbarian slaying random elves since we did a home brew campaign.
5:18 Yeah, it's a thing. I'm currently starting a new campaign with only one person and I have run two one-shots with only one person. Its really fun and doesn't cause a massive issue of trying to manage several people's characters. It's also a great way to introduce new players to the game or to give them a feel for their character in a new setting before they play with a larger group
I once had a character who, after everyone went through normal reasons to go adventuring like honor, revenge, adventure, etc. said "I'm just trying to get away from my ex."
"Just fire ball" My Abjuration wizard/Order domain cleric that was based off builds to make Aizawa as a dnd character: Counter spell and only counterspell
To the 1 one 1 session with the DM question: Yes! You can! There was this one time in our (admittedly very small) campaign that one member had a Thing and can't join and turns out the other member can't join last minute so it ended up just being a solo main session with just me and the NPCs and it ended up being by FAR the most lighthearted silly session we've done so far and I Love It. (Something worth saying: Our campaign isn't really a traditional DnD campaign, it's digimon themed and also a tad episodic, but we still have stat sheets and use rolls and stuff)
If you want a fun build I highly suggest doing fighter/wizard with most of your levels in fighter (eldritch knight for spell but also for bab and action surge) and war mage wizard. You become a walking wall because 5e has no arcane spell failure chance so put on full plate add a shield and watch as you out tank the other classes.
@@Airier it was such a fun build and forced the DM to become creative ways to deal with me, you can boost your saves as reaction, you can boost your 20 ac to 25 in an instant. I was a warforge so I kinda explained the brokeness away as a weapon used from combat eons ago powered by a core that is repairing slowly so spells are coming back online. It was great fun.
I’m currently running a 101 game over FaceTime with my mom, for family time & because she’s a wonderful nerd. No, her character is not horny, but motivated by discovering the truth behind ancient legends. I also gave her a pet Dire Wolf to have something for her to inspire & hide behind.
Just so you know, both the cleric and warlock videos are the second versions because Jocat wasn’t satisfied with how they turned out. The originals were unlisted, but I have links to them if you want to see them.
36:14 Glass cannon (gass cannon in this case to make a joke) is a term that refers to something or somebody that deals a lot of damage, but is also weak, like glass
12:09 Well, I am running a character like that... Warforged. Fighter(Battlemaster)8, Barbarian 1, and War Wizard. He's done the Gandalf a few times already. "Thou shat not pass!" and then backed it up with shield master and warhammer to the face.
13:00 It is called LARP: Basically a bunch of people camping, dressing up, and hitting each other with fake weapons for a few days
It's pretty awesome tho
There is a movie about it
wait there suppose to be fake no wonder no one challanged the guy in full medieval knight armor and a great sword
And it is stupidly fun
@@gustavodasilvaprobst890
"Knights of Badassdom"
You're welcome!
A 1 person dnd game is called being an author.
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Yes he is right
or baldurs gate
I thought he meant DM and 1 player.
That or a Daydream or Talking to Yourself.
One thing you must know about JoCat, he knows EVERYBODY in the D&D UA-cam sphere.
It really is ridiculous
He must also know Arcadum and his groups then.
*random dude makes a DND video
Jocat who just popped up from a planter in their house: "Hey lets make a Collab, cool? cool. This is your line, I will send my viewers to your channel in a tick"
@@BNuts He doesn't just know arcadum, he will play as one of arcadum's players soon
I enjoyed him when he made a guest appearance in the unexpectables
28:33 Fun story about that! In our party, we have a druid who is *terrified* of blood, irl and in game, and gets nauseous after every fight in character.
Being the naive and helpful warlock that I am, who hadn't even realize that I've signed a contract with the Ancient Ones for my magic, I now cast Prestidigitation with my Eldritch Blast to fill the room with the scent of something lovely, like roses or blueberries or caramel, so we don't smell blood at all.
Thing is... She's scared of *seeing* blood so my extra magic does jackshit lmao. My character is an airhead like that, and I love playing an idiot.
My harengon artificer has a ring which he used with his tinkering ability so that in 10 foot around him is always the smell of pinewood 😆
Watches Wizard Reaction: "Don't pause the song... Don't pause the song... Watch it through... Don't pause the - GOSH DANGIT!"
Love reaction regardless.
Just watch it on the oficial video. O better, there's a video of that song on repeat.
Rogue be nimble, Rogue be quick, Rogue jumps over a wizard's fireball trick.
-_- Magic Missile.
@@EvilEye0 "I attempt to eva-"
"No."
Who is the edgelord of wizards? is it shadow wizard? it got to be shadow wizard.
@@loganshaw9198 necromancy
@@ThatGuy-zh7jl ya I could see that love the grey necromancer.
And surprised you didn't recognize Puffin Forest in the rogue video.
It sounds a lot like Puffin, but I wasn't searching if it was him or not. after all, Jocat has surprised me with his versatility already, so it wouldn't be surprised if he could pull off that invitation on his own.
@@Airier yep, and the wizard JoCrap talks to in the beginning of the wizard video is Zee Banshew...who created two videos that followed up on his burning down his school with two videos (in his videos about the Message spell and his Technomancy video)
EdIT: JoCrap did a lot more damage than shown here and Zee was really insistent on payback.
@@Airier laughs in spoilers.
@@miroslavradev9006 if so, then you better put the 'guide to dming' video for the finale.
Also sips with quinora
The clip you were wondering about is Live Action Role Playing. The people lying down were “killed” and that clip is from the Lightning Bolt clip which is usually used to diss LARPers for how ridiculous it sounds.
I mean, I spent years Larping, and while it was super fun it was also pretty silly when viewed from the outside
Always looked like fun to me
@@tennagon3822 It was great! It's like functional cosplay, swordfighting, and roleplaying all rolled up into one neat ball. Some of my favorite roleplaying moments came out of Larping, and there are a couple that have easy entry (like Amtgard), although those tend to be heavy on the fighty bits and lighter on the roleplay. The main barrier to entry is the cost; weapons, garb, and entry fees tend to add up, especially for the more elaborate larps.
@@alanwitt4122 rolling up in my cardboard armor "have at thee, peasants!"
Sorcerer + fireball is such a nice combination. Transmuted spell let's you change the element, and sorcery points give you extra fireballs if need be.
Meanwhile, Scribe wizards can do that for free as a subclass feature at level 2
yes but wizards can't change casting time to a bonus action or copy a spell effect or make casting a spell undetectable
@@Dramoklos A wizard could pick up the Metamagic Adept feat
@@e1357 sorcerers can do all of that and more
@@Dramoklos Yes, and are limited in other aspects (like not as many spells known nor as big of a spell list), depending on the game, a wizard with meta magic adept would be just fine, but yea a sorcerer could also take meta magic adept and do a ton of shenanigans each day.
Guess it boils down to how often you would be using meta magic.
you can totally do a two person game of just a Dm and a single Player, did it for the longest time with a friend of mine. We were actually able to obtain the mystical, consistently weekly games.
A "spellblade wizard" would be the School of Bladesinging.
Currently playing around with a Bladesinger
Was about to comment that. Lol
For those times you want to be a warrior wizard and also punching magic or by the power of my muscles I use muscles magic.
Currently I’m playing a blade singing tiefling jester who uses a deck of cards as a spell book. So far, decently fun.
So Eldritch Knight gets no love here?
"Can you do single character D&D?"
Yes, but it is very very rough on the DM.
JoCat has made a Crap Guide to being a Dungeon Master, and it's hilarious. Highly suggest that you check it out.
i hope he also look the one about races its also fun
“I want a ripped wizard.”
I’m in a campaign at the moment where we found a trove of belts of giant strength so now every character with the exception of my blood hunter has above 20 STR and that includes our wizard who has 23 STR.
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Not going to lie, that sounds hilariously fun. I'm a bit jealous. 😁👍
Please say full contact magic is a thing here?
Insert Giant Dad meme
@@Airier *Bard* arrives at the table and slams down 5 belts.
_"ok fluffer nutters, 2 of these are Belts of Giant strength; 1 is jockstrap of fey charisma; one is a braid of unending transparency and one is a girdle of gender reversal. One more drink and I'll be to drunk to see. This is happening."_
Passes out. *DM:* "What do you do?" *Rogue:* _"We respect our fallen comrades wishes."_ *Mage:* _"We sell the spankz."_ *Fighter* "We put the belts on the bard."
Look up Muscle Wizard. Because they cast Fist
I’m surprised you didn’t react to the Bard/Paladin wedding during the Warlock segment.
Here's the funny thing about that, I'm completely blanking on all of that clip. I know I've watched it, but I can literally not remember it. It's really weird.
@@Airier Sounds like a nice reason to rewarch it :P
@@Airier It's the creepy Jocrap face in the beginning. Your brain is blocking it out and it took the entire video with it.
@@Airier also one of the Wild Magic possibilities on the wheel at the end of the sorcerer video was the Bard and the Paladin get together.
@@BlackTempleGaurdian I would just re-watch it anyways
The Warlock Line is "I cast Eldritch *insert Blast sound*" if you were curious
He didn't turn into a potted plant, he turned into an actual wiggler
Airier: "I want a buff Wizard!"
Me with a 20 Strength, 20 Int, 18 Con Wizard: "...hm"
He probably meant "glass cannon", just skipped L by accident. A glass cannon is a character that deals a lot of damage, but is very frail.
Well how about a PC that has more cannon and less glass. Or the other one less cannon and more glass.
@@eclipseballad The former is called OP, and the latter is just glass.
I'm in a party that is mostly glass cannons. Me - who plays ranger - and the paladin are the only ones with the ability to soak more than 3 hits. Rest of the party? Druid, Wizard, Sorcerer, and Monk. Though the druid does tend to spend more time in wild shape than out... And has resulted in our party being treated to both a crocodile and giant spider trying to communicate in mime. Not at the same time, of course.
Regardless, we have more squishies than we do meat shields to protect them. Amazingly, we have not suffered a TPK yet because the dice gods have been surprisingly merciful so far. I'm still planning back up characters for this campaign, though. I don't trust the dice to remain merciful...
@@Ilikecatsismychannelname druid wildshape tanks 'can't be very op. Kudos on you playing a ranger btw. So many people choose not to play them, without realizing that they are balance if you PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR BUILD.
@@stitchesbunny8496 The sad thing is it's my first time playing a class other than sorcerer or wizard. ...I admit fireball is way too much fun... But when I hear the party line-up before joining I quickly realized 'this party needs more durable classes to join because it is almost all squishies.' So I browsed the PH and decided Ranger looked like the most likely to help a party of squishy mages survive the Underdark. Only I didn't know we'd be up against f-ing DEMOGORGON, so of course my favored enemy was aberrations because that is what you EXPECT to encounter in the Underdark. NOT FIENDS AND ESPECIALLY NOT THE F-ING PRINCE OF F-ING DEMONS!!! ....It's been over five sessions since that plot twist and I am STILL not over it...
About the one-person-thing: 1. There is a game called AI dungeon
2. In a german system called "Das schwarze Auge" (the black eye), they used to ship single-player modules that needed no dm... And everyone in my group ended up cheating in for extra loot and levels.
the 'lightning bolt' clip is a thing called LARP or Live Action Role Play its like role play like dnd but you actually go out in the forest and play your roll. its physical play pretend. no dice roll its all real skill, mostly, its not for everyone.
"GAS POWERED STICK!" "He keeps hitting me!" Bravest warriors is awesome.
Did you notice? The Bard and Paladin got married in the Warlock video.
Fireball is my favorite transmutation spell it turns anything it touches into a pile of dust
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I agree.
6:57 Paladin giving her cleric brother a noogie on Christmas.
Another exiting episode of “Airier pauses at the right moment.”
Little thing I did to flavor my Warlock. His patron is a celestial fox so when he uses Eldritch Blast, he summons radiant foxes that charge right into the target. The Warlock is very fun to customize and flavor up.
I’m surprised he didn’t notice the paladin and bard getting married based on how closely he was following their actions.
Just to let you know:Dingo released part 19 - and it is good.
The video is scheduled and uploaded for tomorrow, and I just finished the thumbnail.
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>part 19 is good
The floor here is made out of floor
>part 19 is good
The floor here is made out of floor
The pantless part of Warlock might be a reference to Melody Dnd character ripping off her pants every chance she get
the video came before their campaign started
Unfortunately, while that sounds pretty funny, the warlock video was made in 2019 and Death and Debts didn't start until 2020
Time travel is fun!
This is like saying that "cutting off nipples is evil" is a reference to that group as well.
I think the best troll I ever did was write the simplest backstory for a paladin that had nothing dark or tragic in it, but the other players were convinced I was hiding something. Every opportunity, they'd try and go detective mode into what my paladin was hiding.
Hahaha, that's great x'D
I’ve been running a one on one campaign for my wife since COVID started and it’s been a lot of fun.
BTW the person JoCat was talking to was
Zee Bashew. He has his own D&D channel. It mostly focuses on magic spells in a series called the animated spellbook. They are short like JoCat's videos and would be a great thing to react to after you finish the Crap Guide.
He even has a storyline related to the aftermath of the wizard video.
5:05 Yes, it's called a duet game. Whole lot of reasons to do them, one being to run a whole solo game for someone, another as a supplement to regular group sessions to keep momentum going when someone splits from the party to do something.
19:19 Your OCs may be evil, but mine are adorable. Mine are adorable beans. Just because yours are evil and shouldn't be brought to life doesn't mean ours shouldn't.
Lightning bolt: it’s them doing LARP: Live Action Roleplaying....
Had lots of 1 on 1 D&D sessions. My favorites were:
1 - Player travelled out of town for 2 months; when she came back, we had a few sessions to roleplay what her character did with her life. In universe, she had left the party for three weeks while she travelled back to her country to continue her druid training.
2 - Character spent a week dead in-game. When they finally managed to ressurect him, I ended the session. Between then and the next session, I met the player so we could roleplay what her character's life after death was; considering the character had sold his soul to a Devil, it was a lot of fun (for me). The character came back traumatized enough that finding a way to break away from his pact became his #1 priority then.
3 - Weird creepy pillar, makes things that touch it disappear. 1 player decides to touch it. The others weren't as adventurous. So we had a 1 on 1 session for his lonely adventures in the Astral Sea.
I have also gotten used to having 1 on 1 sessions to just flash out backstory. They aren't always 1 on 1 since nowadays most times my party links their BS together, "we are brothers", "we met on the road to this city", "we studied together in the same order" stuff like that; it usually is a small adventure dealing with some menial problem where they can get a few hints about the plot of the campaign and start getting used to their characters in an environment where they have full attention, instead of panicking into character traits in the middle of the whole group later.
5:09 i do it on discord by playing the npcs they team up with. Its more story based and they are the protagonist.
A glass canon is an game archetype for characters that kill quicky but get killed just as quickly sacrificing vitality in exchange for damage, examples from smash bros are:jigglypuff,little mac,pichu,dr.mario and falco
In street fighter chun-li and akuma can also be considered glass canons because chun-li has a lower health bad then avarage in exchange for good kill power and akuma is a (overly simplified description) glass canon version of ryu also in beyblade xeno xcalibur and most atack type beyblades are also glass canons sacrificing stamina (the ability to spin for a long time) in exchange for massive attack power but the xcalibur line is the most extreeme example and also mario because he kill goombas with just one hit but get killed with 1,2 or 3 hits (depending with you are normal,with murshroom or most other power-ups)
Now all we need is the races & DM episode
There is also Artificer and Alignment!
....and i forgot, Character Sheet! GOBLINS!
Say the line, Bart is from an old episode of the Simpsons. Bart gets fifteen minutes of fame on the Krusty the Clown show when he destroys a set on live TV, and says, "I didn't do it!"
I play a Tabaxi soulknife Rogue in one of my campaigns. Cunning action pairs super well with feline agility. For context Tabaxi have the race feature "feline agility" that doubles their movement speed. They have a movement speed of 30, feline agility doubles that. So you as a rogue if needing to just get the hell out of dodge or get to someone real quick can go from running 90 feet in a single movement to 180ft. Now imagine someone casting haste on you and getting the mobility feat. What's great about feline agility too is that you just need to do an action without movement to get it back. Which basically as a rogue you want to be sneaky and if your a rogue that uses ranged weapons (I as a soulknife use either my handy dandy never ending psychic energy knives or my longbow that I had enough downtime to learn) this is doubly useful cause you want to hit from a distance in a way that you will always get sneak attack and then on your next turn get feline agility again. So its run, shoot, run, shoot. It is very fun and also the reason I was one of the few people to survive the black dragon that they decided to antagonize.
... I'm gonna need to tell my party's tabaxi bard about that. 😯
Thanks for this reaction video! You bring a delightful geek energy to it that I appreciate. One note... I used to play 2-person D&D with my brother very often, to pass the time while doing chores. We had no dice or paper (had to keep the hands free, yo) and success & failure were determined by how over-the-top the player made his description of what he wanted to do. Great fun all 'round.
The best job I ever had was because my supervisor was the best DM I have ever played with. We were part of the IT department, and when things got slow, he would just turn to me and say. "What do you do?" and I knew it was time to play.
3:07 That's PuffinForest, another D&D youtuber... ...and that's his natural voice.
4:08 Yes… YES… YES!
That’s what my Ranger-Rogue did! Hid his backstory details until it was relevant! And the payoff for when I revealed both secrets of my backstory was *phenomenal!*
The part 1 of that story just went live on All Thing DnD today. Part 2, if they release it, will hopefully reveal the other secret I alluded to multiple times. The thing that I dropped so many hints for over 12 sessions, I had each player roll History and I had different reveals for each even number from 0 to 24.
12:00 Speaking of All Things DnD, they have a story of a buff Wizard.
I just remembered a hilarious moment from one of my dnd games. The wizard just got true polymorph which changes your stats (including mental) into something else. The player would allow themself one not immediately dumb use of a spell and start of a potential fight turned himself into a purple worm. Then most of the party teleported out of his sight range except me who turned invisible. So he immediately swung around and tried to eat me to take me to safety. The fight turned into us negotiating with the locals to not kill our friend too hard while I run around trying to not get eaten.
I managed to work out magical outfits for our entire party that were self cleaning, colour changing for simple camo and suitable for all weather, by in character getting into an argument/discussion with a mage guild leader about the uses of prestidigitation in the field, while out of character the DM and I were pulling up sources trying to find the limits of the spell and item design.
Another party member was out to inspire societal revolutions and to pull away the illusions of the upper class and how even a basic understanding of magic can make the societal divide a fallacy. She used prestidigitation for formal high tea. Since the changes to flavour and temperature last an hour, more than enough time to eat.
I even used it to take quick notes when spying (to be traced with ink later) and even question people and shop using the 'small image' trick to show off who we were after and the outfits we wanted XD
hey airier, as a barbarian main, I'm gonna share a broken barbarian build that will blow your mind a bit.
goliath race with totem warrior subclass. totem warrior gives you choices between a bunch of spirit animals with nice little effects and choosing bear at lv3 makes you take half damage from all damage types except psychic while raging. goliaths get a race-specific feat that buffs their stone endurance feature to use their reaction to gain resistance to one damage type until their next turn. that alone can quarter damage (at least in the rules we're playing by). the danger sense ability gives advantage on dex saves against spells and traps you see - couple that with the resiliency (dex) feat and you get proficiency in dex saves. combine those, on a successful save, you can effectively take 1/8 damage from fireball. fireball's max damage at 3rd level slot is 48, meaning you can effectively cut that to 6.
a barbarian's an amazing tank. another player in our campaign plays a paladin with full plate and even though his armour's much higher than mine (23 v 15), his hp wears down much faster than me, telling me that damage resistance means more than pure AC because many enemies we encounter either get huge bonuses to hit or use spells, many of which don't have attack rolls and hit regardless. And even though barbarians don't get the dpm like fighters with their action surge and many extra attacks or paladins with their smite on crits = double smite dice, barbarians have something more important: high strength means high attack rolls. barbarians are accurate with hits. I'm only at lv10, but I have a +3 weapon, which, combined with strength and proficiency is a +11 to hit. I can almost reliably hit anything
30:40 Warlock are also natural ritual casters, means that while your party is sleeping you can spend ten minutes to detect magic, purify supplies, and id item whenever you want. Unfortunately, you only have a limited amount of spell slots and can only switch spells when you level up. This is an advanced class for DnD vets and not a beginner class.
Of course, the real fun is the RPG. Dungeon masters could use your class as an excuse to explore the other realms.
That "insert obvious" was live action roleplay.
Nice Cameos by Puffin, Sipps and the Animated Spellbook wizard.
Indeed. I'm so glad I've been introduced to all three of these amazing channels and content creators ^-^
For One on One D&D you can look up “Dicing with Death.” Just two friends taking turn being DM. Once one dies the other takes over.
1 man DND: yes, it’s called Balder’s Gate 3 and it’s out in an Alpha state at the moment online.
DM and 1 Player? Totally possible. I have done so. It. Was. GLORIOUS. Also, look into the Essentials Kit. Basically a box that says:"Want to D&D with a smaller group that standard? Here."
Airier: what is say the line Bart?
Me, a warlock main: eldRITCH BLASSST
you absolutely can do a 1 player, 1 DM session, and they are AWESOME. A lot of DMs don’t do it because it’s unfamiliar and has a very different “vibe” to normal sessions, but it can be a great way to start a campaign if you want to “play the backstory” or otherwise add a more personal “episode” to a larger campaign, and yes, you can do an entire campaign that way, it’s just a very taxing experience for both the player (since it’s ALWAYS his/her turn) and DM (since they are ALWAYS thinking about how what their making interacts with your character specifically) so most who do play/run it generally prefer it in small doses, like a one-shot adventure or side-story in a larger campaign. I think Matt Coleville of MCDM productions has a video on exactly that topic.
You can also play most TTRPGs without a DM if you are playing with a good set of random encounter tables or pre-prepared modules and are good at compartmentalizing so you don’t let your character cheat just because no one’s enforcing the rules. Some older systems like Traveller even had mechanics and rules in the core books designed to help with that. But it’s a completely different experience from a GMed game, since the GM role is being split between the player and the adventure module or random encounter table essentially acting as a video game CPU...which is also why non-DMed games have basically gone extinct: videogames mostly do it better.
Know this is late but they sent the Cleric because Clerics have high wisdom, so tend to one of the better classes for scouting out places, that said Polymorph doesn’t maintain character stats for the target.
not just two person D&D, which yes you can, but there are resources now that lets you play D&D alone, no DM required. Also, about all your questions about the scene in the sorcerer video from Lightning Bolt, it's most likely LARP (Live Action Role Play) Basically D&D, but you actually move around and stuff. And finally, Gass Cannon, I think he just misspelled Glass Cannon.
“silly little gnomes, they think theyre people” im saying that to my rapping bard gnome friend to see him retaliate with a tiny dis-track 😂
I cracked up so hard at the whole Fry's puppy schtick.
17:50 there are, Ringling Bros actually had basically a full on college for circus preforming, I knew someone who went there for stage magic, at least that one is long since closed but I think there’s one or two, at least a fair amount of “boot camps”
Yes, the original wizard (like old old Old text) actually described the class (technically it was called caster back then) as a class with a drastically tough time growing, but with near limitless potential if they survive, and they grew their power (and xp cost damn it) on an exponential curve, but had the highest max level as well, oh, and back then spells cost XP as well as components. Meanwhile the fighter class of the day was a linear growth that was fairly stable from start to finish and had inter-personal skills to recruit followers, elves were a caster-fighter hybrid class (yup, class, not race) with a low cap on it, and thief was basically how you did anything from open doors to figure out what you got as loot until the wizard actually got to a decent level with a stockpile of xp and gold. Thief was always a “you are better at what you do but suck if its a direct confrontation” type back then, and usually leveled faster than everyone else by cooking the party’s books and pocketing loot to bring more gold and thus xp back than everyone else
For me, I learned DnD through a 2 person campaign, where a friend of mine was a DM and he made up a mini campaign for just me, but he did eventually add 3 NPC PCs in the second session that basically only existed for combat or puzzles.
See this is why I subbed and rung the bell so.i can get a front row seat to humor
Edit: oh I heard you mention space marines but it's all about da orky boyz always moar dokka
Jesus that heart was fast
Loved your reactions to these videos. Happy you take the time to explore things in the video and stop to react at times.
9:03- No, you can Dash and Bonus Dash, basically moving at 4x your movement that turn. Dash takes up both your move and attack
I'm sure someone has answered these but:
1. Larp, Live action RP, is the nerdiest sword fight you'll ever see.
2. A gas cannon is a cannon that uses explosive gass instead of gunpowder, Carbide Cannons are still used as an alternative to fireworks sometimes.
3. One Person D&D exists, just need a d20 and roll it as often as possible.
4. Seeing as how the OG Wizard only had a d4 worth of HP and a single first level spell to their name and at level 20 could alter reality permanently,
I'm fairly sure they were always supposed to be the zero to hero class.
Yep, a 2 player game does happen. I've run one before and it was okay. Definitely more people are better but one on one with a creative player can be interesting.
Yes you can do dnd with just yourself, that is known as writing a book.
And an ai dungeon master is called playing a video game.
Thank you for coming to me TED talk
But when will ted finally show up to these talks, he cancels more than dnd players.
In re two-person D&D ... my brother and I used to do this all the time. To make it even better, we didn't have books, paper or dice! Success would be based on the DM's rating of the coolness of the player's description of what he was trying to do. It got a little wonky betimes, but it was hella fun and a great way to keep interested while doing chores.
27:10 In case you missed it, this was the wedding of the Bard and Paladin.
The "Mascot" he uses is called a wiggler, they're from the Monster Hunter games, which he has crap guides for all those classes. Also in the game you can make a wiggler hat, which is what he most of the time has. Also you can catch a wiggler to keep as your pet, and when you see it in your home they're in a pot!
Fun facts, whether you want them or not!
36:35 yes, Wizards have a feature called Arcane recovery. When they take a short rest, they can recover a total of half their level rounded down.
For example, if you play a Level 7 Wiz (I am one of those), and take a short rest, you can recover 3 spell slots.
3 Level 1, 1 Lvl 1+ 1 Lvl 2 or even a Lvl 3.
Sorcerers' can do a lot with the spells they have available a wizard could potentially know every spell they could possibly cast, but they have to prepare it making them unrivaled in utility, but I'd describe it as you have a different swiss army knife in every pair of pants and if you bring the wrong one to work that day you're out of luck
Because you asked @13:13:
LARP (live-action roleplay) in this case is like playing Paintball but with foam-ish swords and bows. But Unike in paintball (where you walk away), you play dead if you're killed.
One on one dnd is amazing. You can get really in depth and the dm generally has a lot less to worry about
4:58 Me and my friend do that all the time.
I DM a Solo for him, he does so after I end mine.
It helps a bit, since it's more of a training on the rules, on characters creation, and on narrative creativity, but having the fun of a good game. Sometimes he call for someone else to play along with me, like we're actually doing, but, the character started as a Solo, from level 1 to 8, and now.
It can be better sometimes, since your character has te space to become a protagonist and walk on his own, but pretty hard in early levels... I mean, I cleaned a Dungeon alone on level 1, as a Wizard, but I almost died 2 times for zombies, and 3 others to Oozes.
Actually, the guy who interrupts jocat in the rogue vid is Puffinforest
You and Dm sessions are typically one shots from what I heard, great for helping a newbie or friend just getting in, learn ropes, got a few set up for myself once the people dming are free(very busy and wanted folk)
1 player D&D is called writing a book... 2 player D&D I actually did successfully with a friend who moved away. It went pretty well with a few NPC's for backup... It was like a text based adventure for him, with lots of images :)
10:53 sure can do. Your sorcerer, my warlock. I'll await you in the second layer of the Nine Hells
"Say the line Bart/Mark"
1.I didn't do it.
2.This was the best One Piece arc I've seen so far.
Your question about 1 person DnD with an A.I. as the Dungeon Master is pretty much the concept of Hand of Fate (1 and 2).
I mean the main NPC is the Dealer who refines the Game of Life and Death you playband he shuffles encounter, equipment, and blessing and curse cards, and gives you dice and wheel gambits, and a pendulum, and a card shell game. It's a whole thing.
Matthew Mercer actually has a couple of videos out there of him doing a 1 on 1 dnd session with various celebrities, it actually sounds like a fun concept.
I just gotta say bro you got a new subscriber. I love Jocat so I google people reacting to him cause I love seeing people... react... to him. And I've got to say you are one of the most animated and entertaining reactors I've done. Spotting the Jojo reference cemented my sub, good sir. Also if you think this Jocrap is scary go check out his dps guide to FF14 and see him when he's demanding to know who is dealing more damage. Those dots along the side of his neck turn into bulging, bloodshot eyes, among other things.
12:13 in Warhammer 40k TTS Warhams that was Lorn once.
5:04 I can confirm you can do 2 people D&D, and the DM basically just gives you 3 NPC companions and just allows the DM more control over the story. It's actually pretty good DM practice.
4:58 I did a two person D&D campaign during Bootcamp, it didn’t last long though since we had more people join in, but it is possible.
How'd it run?
@@Airier As well as you’d expect when your stuck in a single compartment with 100 people and two RDC’s screaming as if the world is running....
Besides that it wasn’t so bad, the Nuke DM made up a few NPC’s and I went off as a Nordic Barbarian slaying random elves since we did a home brew campaign.
5:18 Yeah, it's a thing.
I'm currently starting a new campaign with only one person and I have run two one-shots with only one person. Its really fun and doesn't cause a massive issue of trying to manage several people's characters. It's also a great way to introduce new players to the game or to give them a feel for their character in a new setting before they play with a larger group
I once had a character who, after everyone went through normal reasons to go adventuring like honor, revenge, adventure, etc. said "I'm just trying to get away from my ex."
"Just fire ball"
My Abjuration wizard/Order domain cleric that was based off builds to make Aizawa as a dnd character: Counter spell and only counterspell
To the 1 one 1 session with the DM question: Yes! You can! There was this one time in our (admittedly very small) campaign that one member had a Thing and can't join and turns out the other member can't join last minute so it ended up just being a solo main session with just me and the NPCs and it ended up being by FAR the most lighthearted silly session we've done so far and I Love It.
(Something worth saying: Our campaign isn't really a traditional DnD campaign, it's digimon themed and also a tad episodic, but we still have stat sheets and use rolls and stuff)
Not sure if you noticed but in the Warlock video the two characters having a wedding are the Bard and Paladin from the earlier episodes.
If you want a fun build I highly suggest doing fighter/wizard with most of your levels in fighter (eldritch knight for spell but also for bab and action surge) and war mage wizard. You become a walking wall because 5e has no arcane spell failure chance so put on full plate add a shield and watch as you out tank the other classes.
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@@Airier it was such a fun build and forced the DM to become creative ways to deal with me, you can boost your saves as reaction, you can boost your 20 ac to 25 in an instant. I was a warforge so I kinda explained the brokeness away as a weapon used from combat eons ago powered by a core that is repairing slowly so spells are coming back online. It was great fun.
I’m currently running a 101 game over FaceTime with my mom, for family time & because she’s a wonderful nerd. No, her character is not horny, but motivated by discovering the truth behind ancient legends. I also gave her a pet Dire Wolf to have something for her to inspire & hide behind.
That sounds pretty awesome. 😁👍
Just so you know, both the cleric and warlock videos are the second versions because Jocat wasn’t satisfied with how they turned out. The originals were unlisted, but I have links to them if you want to see them.
"Doesn't drink because they can only do cheap shots." Ok I audibly snorted at that one.
36:14 Glass cannon (gass cannon in this case to make a joke) is a term that refers to something or somebody that deals a lot of damage, but is also weak, like glass
5:15 yes, in fact me and my buddy run an ongoing campaign to test builds, currently we're playing 7 characters each, along with him being fhe dm
12:09 Well, I am running a character like that... Warforged. Fighter(Battlemaster)8, Barbarian 1, and War Wizard. He's done the Gandalf a few times already. "Thou shat not pass!" and then backed it up with shield master and warhammer to the face.