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Anyone else impressed with how Jacob films one half of the conversation, and then slightly changes his hair and sits on the other chair with a different top on and films the other half? It’s so well co-ordinated! It’s like it really is two people!
@@theman6422 Now you mention it, cloning is the only logical answer. Unless he has some very genetically similar person he knows, like a separate human whose parents are the same. Is that possible?
For real though on the thumbnail I stared for well over a minute trying to decide if it was two people or one. I wound up deciding it was Jacob and a filter doing a split screen. Took me a solid 5 seconds of video to realize I was wrong.
@@violet7773 "Solomon has no pronouns. Do not refer to Solomon". this is a perfectly reasonable way of speaking, and in fact is the default in some places.
@@BJGvideos Yes. A pronoun stands in for a regular noun. With a few exceptions, "it" is used for non-proper nouns, and personal pronouns (he,she,they[singular]) are used for proper nouns. This is not a steady rule, however; you might call a country or a person who uses it/its pronouns it, and you might call an object/idea (like a boat or the wind) she.
I once had an ex who did the "self harm threat" first when we stopped dating, then a couple months later when I didn't want to get back together. The first time I wasted 8+ hours calming her down. The 2nd time, I let a friend keep her in place in public, went and got her dad, and let him handle it while I went home. Gotta remember that the threat is just that: a threat. You don't owe anyone threatening you anything. Walk away.
I am glad you got out of that situation. I have known a few friends who had exes who threatened self harm if they tried to leave. Call the authorities and let them handle it. The person will never pull that stunt again. It was the only thing that consistently worked.
Every time emma is on camera I am amazed by your two's familial resemblance. Its like your parents were like..."yes, this one is good. ANOTHER EXACTLY THE SAME"
I once played a half-orcling (halfling / orc) who was so dumb he didn't remember his own name. He was introduced by the shop keeper that was letting him help out as "dumbass" and party didn't like that name and changed it to Doug. Doug lasted a good 6 months before finding a belt that made him a genius 1 hour out of each day. He died and showed up to the reaper as two people. The reaper asked which one should be taken, so Doug, being in his smart hour, pulled the belt off one and stuck in on the other guy and said "Him". Doug became smart 24/7 and became one of the antagonists of the party from then on, as almost a lich. Jump ahead a few more characters. I decided to play Doug's grandma, who is just a halfling. Welda, that's her name, joined the party saying she's looking for her lost grandson Mak. I didn't tell anyone she was Doug's grandma. We get all the way to a major showdown with the real villain when Doug shows back up to give the bbeg an assist. Welda exclaims mid-combat, "Mak!" and the DM looks over at me, realization dawning on his face with what I had done. He'd been letting me play Doug in little vignettes all this time. I turn, as Doug/Mak, "Gram-gram?" Welda: "That man you're with, he's very bad. He wants to hurt your gram-gram." Doug/Mak turns to the bbeg and, to the DM's credit, he allows this amazing Vader-turning-on-the-emperor moment to happen with Doug/Mak assisting the party.
Jacob, I am sending this out while Emma is away. Please, for the love of god, help us. You have no idea what this basement smells like! She barely feeds us and makes us fight death matches for her amusement. My best friend died last week from blunt force trauma. Emma just stood over the gladiator pit she had dug and laughed. Then she smeared my friends blood over face while screaming, "You're all next!" over and over again. Things are getting dire, I don't think any of us can take it much longer. I plead for your help, you must make her release us! We promise to stay subbed! We will watch every video! For the love of all that is holy, make her let us go!!! You're our only hope.
Oh I know this one! A Gestalt game is where your player is 2 classes instead of 1 and take levels in 2 different classes per actual level-up, like super-multi-classing in a way, and it *really* makes all your players relatively op in a fun way. (At least from what I know, you can probably find information by looking it up on youtube and adding "DnD" cause I think it's DnD/rpg specific)
That's right, you get the abilities of both classes and the better numbers where applicable, like in pathfinder getting full bab instead of 3/4 because you gestalted rogue and fighter.
Cousin of "Scary Monsters" ...seriously though, "Scary Monsters" came to mind after hearing that answer and I'm somewhat concerned how we both thought of Steel Ball Run. Everything truly is a JoJo reference...
If you are in a shitty relationship with someone who's being manipulative remember IS IS NOT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP THEM OR CARE FOR THEM. If they threaten you with self harm THAT IS NOT YOUR PROBLEM. Get out. Walk away. And as Jacob says, surround yourself with people on your side - the thing they will do is convince you that they are the only person you need. They are wrong.
@@SunbleachedAngel But even if they're not lying, you're still not responsible for someone manipulating you. You're always responsible for your own wellbeing first and foremost, and if someone does goes through with that kind of threat, its not your fault or your responsibility. You can maybe tell one of their friends what theyre threatening but thats it, dont stay with them dont agree to whatever they want of you, get out of there.
Well, I'd assume that if you care for someone at least a little, the prospect of them harming themselves would be really scary to you, no matter what the circumstances. Maybe it's better to call for help in that case. I reckon at least some people would find it hard to just up and leave with a "it's not my problem duud"
@@jakob3044 it might be very difficult, yes, and scary, and thats what the manipulator/abuser is relying on to keep their victim under their control. The point here is that this isnt someone saying "I need help, please help me" or "you are providing essential care that I require to survive, please dont leave me in the lurch without other support". They are saying "if you do not do as I say, I will off myself". Its explicitly a manipulative and abusive tactic to give someone that kind of ultimatum. The point is to make the person too scared to leave, and if not too scared then to feel trapped by the obligation to save a life. In this type of situation its often a bluff, an empty threat, but either way. When they teach first aid response to a crisis, theres an acronym to follow, DRS ABCD. D - Danger. Look for danger. Dont get yourself in trouble trying to help someone else, then you both need rescue. Or in other terms, your first responsibility is your own life. Any kind of emergency, your first priority before helping anyone else, which is absolutely on the list, is your own health and safety. So if someone starts threatening "you gotta do xyz/you cant breakup with me, or", number one they are a danger to you get away from them. Once you are safe you can alert others to go help the person. Usually its an empty threat and theyre fine anyway. If its not an empty threat they were still being manipulative and you dont owe them your life and freedom over their life. Or for a different metaphor, secure your own oxygen mask before you help others with theirs. Yes you want to help and thats absolutely commendable, Im definitely not saying not to care about others. Its human nature to want to help. A manipulator is relying on that exact tendency for control over you, and you have to be brave and say no and put yourself first. Even when it hurts. If the only person you save is yourself, thats still a life and safety saved. Its allowed.
28:54 Here's my headcannon. DM talks with Badger. Badger doesn't take it well. Badger is kicked out of the group. Badger extends the denial train to include DnD group. Badger plays DnD by himself.
My favourite type of player in DND to be in a campaign with is the one who’s entire sense of humour is insulting other player’s characters, so lovely that.
I remember playing a stuck-up bard who insulted his comrades instead of inspiring them. Not my finest moment I'll admit. At least the table thought it was funny at first.
@@rainingtacos7529 Honestly, turn this around and it's an interesting subclass idea. Instead of inspiring allies, insult enemies. There's something in there for a jerk bard that's still fun to play with
My theory is that the players didn't react to his idea of having a secret name and it was eating away at him for ages, especially when there was no follow up so eventually he caved and just told them because he was annoyed that there was no reaction
I would have really appreciated Jacob's advice when I was younger. I used to have an abusive girlfriend. She would constantly pick at insecurities about my appearance I had shared with her and isolated me from friends and family. Her favorite tactic was to tell me she was the only person who could tolerate my appearance and she was the only shot I had at love. When THAT didn't work, her final attempt to keep me was faking a pregnancy. Thankfully, once I found out she was lying I was able to get in contact with an old friend who helped me work up the courage to finally leave and cut all contact with her. I'm now happily married, but there are times I hear the garbage she used to feed me about my appearance being something that has to be tolerated in order to be with me. I'm glad I got away but I wish I'd left at the first sight of a red flag.
Tbf to yourself, you didn’t know what a red flag even was at that time. Much less that „I like you“ can be weaponized as „I‘m the only one who will ever like you“. It’s a brutal learning curve, and you survived it and came out the other side. You deserve happiness.
@@slayeroffurries1115 I‘ve never had that happen to anyone I know, thankfully. Now, a man sabotaging condoms in order to impregnate my sister so she couldn’t run away from him… Abuse is hell. Some people are just „built different“ in the worst ways. I hope your friend recovers. They deserve happiness. My sister and her child are in a much better situation now.
23:40 this ain’t a D&D horror story. This is a straight up story about a predator that happens to involve D&D as an afterthought. This is just a horror story.
Shit like this is why Ghosting is so popular. If you have to try so hard to leave someone, you don't own them that explanation or break up at that point. They don't respect you, you don't have to respect them. I feel like if they do show you that respect you shouldn't just ghost but I'm bias. You don't owe anyone anything in this life, especially not someone who is abusive to you.
Heck it doesn't even have to be abuse. I've definitely ghosted a person after realising they were abusive towards me But also one time I told someone that I didn't want to be their friend anymore (which was really difficult for me because I hate confrontation) and they made all these promises about changing and convinced me to keep being friends. And you guessed it nothing changed so like I'm not going to try to talk to them again, I just blocked them. We hadn't been friends for that long and I know it's not the best way of dealing with things but sometimes people just don't want you to leave and you have to cut and run for your own sanity.
My stepdad once scoffed at the idea of a preferred name, even though he and my mom know that I am enby and have a preferred name. I looked at him and responded with “you’re right (stepdad’s middle name) - preferred names are really not a practice anyone uses.” I then addressed him by his middle name the rest of the night.
A gestalt game is a kind of optional rule/gamemode where each character is two different classes at once and uses the best parts of each at every level-up. So for example a gestalt wizard/barbarian gets full spellcasting, barbarian HP, the best saves of either class and all the proficiencies and class abilities of both. Naturally this makes extremely powerful characters. It's not relevant at all to the horror story in question, but your googling told you nothing about the nature of what they meant.
This is a fun gamemode when you have a tiny group (2-3 players) or want to run a solo character that's special or a crazy concept you'd never force on a group lol :)
Man i had a girlfriend abuse the hell out of me and can i just say Jacob had some incredible advice for people in bad relationships. They will try to isolate you but dont let them. Your friends probably know something is up and you SHOULD open up to them. If anyone is in this situation dont feel alone and tell someone who cares. Very good advice Jacob.
I felt his sister was letting her radical femtard show too much here. Especially where everything is always "men's" fault. Not the individual man in the story but men in general. Tard take
Pro Tip to anyone who's entire group of friend and family are telling them the person they're with is bad for them, Maybe consider what they're saying. It's not automatically true, but there might be more truth to it then you're letting yourself see in the moment.
Listen. I'm a very peaceful person. I believe deeply in the power of communication, and that most people are decent at their core. I would throw hands with BB. That guy sucks on an atomic level.
People who 100% believe a biased story with only one perspective have zero critical thinking skills. People who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. - Attributed to Voltaire.
The funniest part of that second story to me is the guy is like "Uh I'm older and wiser than you" but they're both in grad school, so is he a venerable 24yo talking to 23yo lmao?
@@UsernameXOXO Man if i could remember peter pan reply from that "bear slays nightmarish fairy tale stories" Age just means you are one foot in the grave 😂
Pretty sure that was also a deliberate manipulation. "Im older so I know better, you dont want time to figure yourself out you REALLY want to go out with me but you're just so young and little and confused that you think you dont want to date now". The actual facts arent relevant to him, just how he can use them to control her.
That story made my insides curdle. I will never forget when it was revealed to me, as GM, that one of my players (who had been one of my dearest friends for many years) had been Repeatedly ignoring the consent of a Lot of women, including one of the other players at the table, for years. Nobody had told me because they just assumed I knew and was okay with it (since we were such good friends). I never would've found out if he hadn't tried the same shit with my fiance... Needless to say, gave him the ol' heave-ho from my game and from my life. Shockingly, a bunch of people started talking to me more actively after that. Doesn't matter how much you like someone personally; some things are inexcusable.
We had a guy like that in our group too, it thankfully never went this far but he was being super creepy around the girls in our group and basically making it really hard for them to ever say no to him about anything. We kicked him the fuck out and it was the best decision we ever made. Our friendship and our dnd sessions have gotten so much better since then
I'm currently playing a nameless character in D&D! Basically, he's a lesser fae from the Shadowfell with no name, so he steals the names of others. Currently he is "Ck Chronenburg Brighteye"; used to be "Jack Chronenburg" but he gave away half his first name to a newborn god. He's due for a change though, he's had that name for weeks now.
@afckingegg7585 Yessss! He's a baby silver dragon god called Ja, he's very cute and my character was trying to get him into the custody of the Unseelie Court in the Shadowfell. Ja was instead taken in by a tribe of dragonborn, but it's been a while so I don't remember all the specifics.
this is such a cool concept omg! how many names has he had so far? I'm also playing a nameless character, but that's because they were dumb enough to give their name away to a fey lmao
@@kyl7223 I can't remember all his names; I used to add to it or change it every session, but we're in the Shadowfell right now so it's slim pickings on people gullible enough to let me steal theirs. Stealing names is kinda risky in my DM's setting, some are warded or cursed, and stealing them passes on the curse to me... The Fae turned into a sword briefly after I stole the name of an cursed blade, and another time the poor guy was smote by a generational curse that dictates only one person can bear the "Drakken" family name. Oh, also almost ended the world by trying to steal the name of the god who made it, but luckily it was smart enough to not tell me the truth. The god goes by "Steven" casually, but wouldn't let him take that either. Also, sorry to hear you lost your name, I might give it back someday, who knows.
The only thing i would do is have my Thaumaturge character say her name is X memetic word so she can use it to cause trouble. 😂 Also she loves to torment them rules sticklers, it all fun and games intill she converts your skin into nickelback. 😂
When he was like "is it [AI]?" And she was like "look at that shit." I really felt that. Everg AI generated image feels like a needle directly in my eyes
It's baffling how it's not that obvious to others as it is for me. I can understand it rationally, but there's a part of me that cannot comprehend that people don't see those things radiating off the screen. With some images I can understand it more, but when people see those high saturation latex monstrosities and see nothing off about it, I get really confused
I had a new player join my game (I'm the DM) and he couldn't think of a name, he was really hung up on it and he couldn't think of a back story but he wanted to play so I ran with it and we came up with the idea that he had crossed a demon who had stolen his name and part of his soul along with a bunch of his memories, it functioned as a curse and then his charecter arc was to find out the identity of the demon and get his name/memories back, for 2 years we called him "the unknown druid" and NPC's regularly forgot he even existed if they hadn't seen him for a day or two due to the curse. Guided by Malora and the power of friendship they gathered bits of information and made deals with nefarious individuals to find the identity of the demon and then they travelled to the abyss and got reunited the other half of his soul, during the game the player had decided he actually wanted to be a water genasi rather than an elf he originally chose and he had a name and a backstory ready to go, when he became whole again he took his true form as a water genasi called "Lanyru" and even fully changed his druid build so it was a massive charecter change. It's not something i would do everytime but this time it was a lot of fun.
That Corrupting Influence bit reminds me of growing up around my brothers, who were in Hardcore postpunk bands. And also in the deep south where there are a lot of religious wingnuts. My brother's band was no longer allowed to practice in their garage as they apparently turned the garage into a "den of inequity." (Yes, the parent didn't understand the meaning of the word inequity) They immediately changed their band name to Den of Inequity after that.
That last guy definitely wanted the rest of the party to do some heavy roleplay to get the name out of him eventually but never got round to it (because who wants to spend so much time of focussed RP on one character) but also thought it was the coolest name on the planet (or probably a reference to some obscure anime that he thinks is wayyy more well known than it actually is knowing that type of person) and was so annoyed that no one bothered to find it out that he stewed in that feeling for enough time that he just decided to tell the DM just so someone else knew. I really hope the DM responded with "oh, ok" and didn't say anything else
Not gonna lie if I was playing and heard someone say that I'm calling them "Mister Questions" or "Scary" for the rest of the campaign even if they pulled a 180 and said "No wait! I'm actually..." Okay maybe I'd cool it after a couple sessions if they *really* didn't like it, but their name is now "Scary Questions (Have Scary Answers)" for as long as it keeps being funny. That's their name.
Considering Solomon was a king of Israel, and in some stories is a powerful mage, I think even being the founder of magic. I bet they saw fgo spoilers and went "that's so cool. I need to do that"
In the OOP's callout for the first story they should have included that the DM initially approved the character, which very likely included that the character was genderless. So that means that 1) the DM let them in with intent to ban in front of "the guys", 2) the DM was fine with it until one of the other people said something about it, or - and maybe the most likely - 3) the DM just skimmed the character sheet and background and didn't see the genderless part and was just like "Yeah, okay, Ooze, cool, good job, lets go."
yeah that's the only thing I have a problem with honestly. If someone does not want those kinda characters in their game its their right to do so but then you also gotta reject the character before the game and give people time to change it.
Let's be real here. It's probably 3). I don't think I've EVER actively looked at the gender field of a character sheet. It's just completely irrelevant.
@@ganimol9691 the op should have prefaced that they were going to request the players use their characters pronouns and probably ask every npc they meet what pronouns they go by for the entire campaign it could have been worse they could have kept op around to bully them the good thing about dnd is you don't have to play with people you don't like
@jayhare2647 yeah that's pretty fair, I do feel like OP is kinda just hearing what he wants. It should be pretty obvious no LGBT+ means people don't wanna have anything to do with that whole thing.
Badgering Bard sounds eerily similar to my old college buddy who told his parents we were dating despite me being very clear that I'm lesbian... And I know he started dating someone soon after I dropped out. And he had a DnD group. I doubt it's actually him, but the fact that this is a not-terribly-rare personality is concerning. Still, OP, on the off chance that you went to Kent State: biggest of kudos on surviving *Jeremy*
@@salamantics I mean I literally *say* gg so I think that's apples to oranges. One abbreviation is part of common terminology, the other is something I've never seen in my life until today.
@@salamantics Lfg has always meant looking for group in gaming shh. Gg, wp, ez, lfg, etc are all well known gaming abbreviations. No one has ever said it has "let's fucking go"
Holy shit, Emma's laugh is adorably contagious - every time she started laughing (especially during the whole badger section), I was dying of laughter alongside her xD
OMG that last story, the guy must've just been super insecure about the names he comes up with, and finally settled on Solomon so far after the fact he finally just had to let everyone know
5:24 BROOO! This is where you should've put the sponsor! The transition would've been soooo smooth. "Speaking of making your bed, let me tell you about todays sponsor." xD
I played a nameless character once. It was a lot of fun. He was a wizard who changed his face whenever you looked away from him. When the party asked what they should call me, I replied, "Call me what you will." So they called me 'Will', which is a hell of a lot less cringy than "scary questions have scary answers." Incidentally, his name was Wilhelm. The GM knew the whole time because I cleared the backstory with him before playing the character.
I absolutely love how frequently you're uploading now, how long the videos are, and all of them so entertaining. I understand you probably can't keep up this pace forever, but it's making my days a lot brighter in this dark winter and I'm thankfull for as long as it lasts. Thank you Jacob, and all your collaborators as well. ❤
Is it just me or does the guy from the last story feel like he had no idea what to call his character and so gave the “Scary questions have scary answers” thing to try to cover it up. Then like a year later went “oh shit I have a good idea for a name”
Dude, I got done watching part 2 of the Sunless Citadel literally 30 minutes ago and I was sad that there was no more new XP to Level 3 to watch. Wish granted LOL
I wish that in real life, whenever someone is abusive/controlling/manipulative in a romantic relationship, Emma and Jacob would appear to make incoherent monkey noises at them.
Keep in mind: someone who threatens self-harm because YOU are doing something they don't like is manipulative. You and your actions are NOT responsible for someone's choice to SH, and you shouldn't feel obligated to help them. If you have genuine friends that you think might engage in SH, or that talk to you about it, in a way that has nothing to do with you, nor used as a threat against you, that's a completely different issue. This is a very different situation than the first example, and trying to get them some kind of help or support is not a bad decision like it would be in the former case.
Inside of me there are two wolves. One of them wishes to stay in his lane, and mind his business. The other desperately wishes to be a little messy, and know the tea.
I mean, no matter what you think about gender identity, it’s a fantasy world. If there’s a place that exists where you could be whatever you want it’s definitely in dnd
Ikr, and also the rule about “no dealing with LGBT issues” wasn’t enough to make them ask some more questions?? Especially since they already had their non-binary character ready?
The lesson actually, DON'T BE A W0K!3 SNOWFLAKE pushing a nonsensical agenda! You are either Male or Female or in less than 1% of the population H3rm@phroditic! S3xually you are either into the opposite gender or the same gender or both!
Except the op is the one who's wrong in this case. It is clear that that group wants to play without normal day politics and yet the first thing the op does is come up with a non-binary character with pronouns in guise of a genderless creature. The group wasn't even mean to them, they just kicked them since it was obvious that it wouldn't work out, which is totally acceptable behavior. Op then goes petty mode and flames the group on LFG instead of just moving on to find a different group like a normal person would.
4:50 Hey jacob. Gestalt means that you play a character that has two (or more, but the default is two) classes, not as in multiclassing, but rather whenever you take a level in one class you also gain a level in another. When you do this, you gain all class features for both classes, and the best progression for each area they share on each (for example Hit Dice). So you could, for example, have a Wizard/Barbarian gestalt that would have the rage features of a barbarian, and the spellcasting of a wizard. It would also have a HD of d12. A lvl 3 Wizard/Barbarian gestalt would have 3 HD worth of character level, with 3 levels in both wizard and barbarian separatedly. It is, as a concept, very popular in older games, like 3.x and Pathfinder 1. And it is exclusively used for high powered gameplay. It requires immense ammounts of system mastery to pull off from all players and the GM, and willingness to go absolutely batshit. As a personal anecdote, my gaming group played a quadruple gestalt, epic level meme game that we called Not Final Fantasy. It was amazing, we were lvl 40 and rolled so many dice of damage that we broke roll20.
I played a wildshaping Druid in 3.5 who only shifted back into a human if absolutely necessary. The party asked my name, being raised in the wild I had no name, but I knew outsiders had often said I was feral. Feral, cool, great name, welcome to the party Feral!
Wow, BB, man. If I had a player leave and then another person continues the character, and mysteriously stays in contact and updates the sheet per their "wishes" I'd truly be concerned about the vanished player's health and well being as that's basically what a serial killer would do while their victim is locked in their basement.
“Hey, what’s your name?” … “What do I call you?!” “ScArY qUeStIoNs HaVe ScArY aNsWeRs” “Fine. When I yell ‘fool’ you drive out of here as fast as you can”
Yup. And if a particular story is TOO serious to air, you can still cut it if it's really necessary. Since most likely aren't quite there (especially given how horrendous stories that have ended up on here HAVE been XD), I'm sure most readings recorded are going to be usable. Unless they've already been cutting out 30% of all stories 😂
As an actor, I love the "Yes, and" improv. Players refusing to give their character's name finds their characters getting humiliating nicknames (or dorky, stupid names).
23:50 this is why you say this stuff infront of other people. Their firends are optimal, because if they refuse to hear it, their firends will at least respond or slap them out of it.
The way you two not only look so much alike but have exactly the same facial expressions and ticks is uncanny and super fun at the same time. Love your energy you two
29:52 I was stalked like this in college. Lucky for me I was the one already in the dnd group. When the guy decided “no” and “I’m a lesbian” were probably just me playing hard to get, he tried to join my dnd group by asking our DM. DM already knew about this guy from my occasional complaints, so he asked me if it was okay for the guy to join. I told him absolutely not, we play dnd in my dorm on my floor and I did not want that guy to have easy access to my room. DM found out later through locker room talk we made the right choice turning him away; he had a bet with some other friends about how quickly he could sleep with me. 🙄 Shout out to cool dudes like my DM and the rest of my party for looking out for their girl friends. That shit rules, and I hear chicks who like guys, like guys who can be normal friends with girls. Just a helpful tip.
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"Don't look at my chair... Or my basement full of pathetic simps"
Badgering (verb): to repeatedly ask (someone) to do something; pester.
Badgering Bard: The bard of the game will not leave me alone....
Anyone else impressed with how Jacob films one half of the conversation, and then slightly changes his hair and sits on the other chair with a different top on and films the other half? It’s so well co-ordinated! It’s like it really is two people!
He also shaves clean and puts on some piercings for these bits. Man has incredible commitment!
Editing can do amazing things, my friend. Or cloning. Could have cloned himself. Always a chance
@@theman6422 Now you mention it, cloning is the only logical answer. Unless he has some very genetically similar person he knows, like a separate human whose parents are the same. Is that possible?
@HorizonOfHope Of course a seperate human with the same parents is impossible with todays science, cloning can be the only option!
For real though on the thumbnail I stared for well over a minute trying to decide if it was two people or one. I wound up deciding it was Jacob and a filter doing a split screen. Took me a solid 5 seconds of video to realize I was wrong.
"I have no pronouns. Do not refer to me." - Solomon for some reason
"[redacted] have no pronouns. Do not refer to [redacted]" - Solomon
@@violet7773 "Solomon has no pronouns. Do not refer to Solomon".
this is a perfectly reasonable way of speaking, and in fact is the default in some places.
@@violet7773 I think in that case the name is a noun rather than a pronoun, right?
@@janTesika This is also a preference some non-binary people have, such as the Public Universal Friend.
@@BJGvideos Yes. A pronoun stands in for a regular noun. With a few exceptions, "it" is used for non-proper nouns, and personal pronouns (he,she,they[singular]) are used for proper nouns. This is not a steady rule, however; you might call a country or a person who uses it/its pronouns it, and you might call an object/idea (like a boat or the wind) she.
I once had an ex who did the "self harm threat" first when we stopped dating, then a couple months later when I didn't want to get back together. The first time I wasted 8+ hours calming her down. The 2nd time, I let a friend keep her in place in public, went and got her dad, and let him handle it while I went home. Gotta remember that the threat is just that: a threat. You don't owe anyone threatening you anything. Walk away.
I am glad you got out of that situation. I have known a few friends who had exes who threatened self harm if they tried to leave. Call the authorities and let them handle it. The person will never pull that stunt again. It was the only thing that consistently worked.
12:18 Jacob, you’re portraying a Barding Badger. She’s clearly talking about a Badgering Bard. Come on be serious for a second.
He really fell off
This used to be a place of thespianism unparalleled. Sad to see how the greats diminish.
Unsubbing right now, I can't believe he'd make the badger bard instead of the bard badger, shame.
Brigandine or Scale Barding?
Chunt's up with that?
Every time emma is on camera I am amazed by your two's familial resemblance. Its like your parents were like..."yes, this one is good. ANOTHER EXACTLY THE SAME"
😂
I am more amazed by their same thinking and mannerisms
Sounds like their parents talk with the same wild switches in tone and energy lol
@@CalamityStarForce parents found the secrets of the IRL version of the Generation Xerox trope
I sort of...don't really believe siblings are similar? Jacob and Emma are the first counterexample i saw in my life.
That last player standing in the corner at the tavern, "They don't know that my name is Solomon."
Badgering - to pester someone repeatedly to do something or question them. "stop badgering me , I'll make my own mind up"
Badgering - to be a badger.
Badgering - To affix a badge to someone
Badgering? We don't need no stinking badgering
Badgers? BADGERS? WE DON'T NEED NO STINKIN BADGERS!
Badgering- to ger poorly
I once played a half-orcling (halfling / orc) who was so dumb he didn't remember his own name. He was introduced by the shop keeper that was letting him help out as "dumbass" and party didn't like that name and changed it to Doug. Doug lasted a good 6 months before finding a belt that made him a genius 1 hour out of each day. He died and showed up to the reaper as two people. The reaper asked which one should be taken, so Doug, being in his smart hour, pulled the belt off one and stuck in on the other guy and said "Him".
Doug became smart 24/7 and became one of the antagonists of the party from then on, as almost a lich.
Jump ahead a few more characters.
I decided to play Doug's grandma, who is just a halfling. Welda, that's her name, joined the party saying she's looking for her lost grandson Mak. I didn't tell anyone she was Doug's grandma. We get all the way to a major showdown with the real villain when Doug shows back up to give the bbeg an assist. Welda exclaims mid-combat, "Mak!" and the DM looks over at me, realization dawning on his face with what I had done. He'd been letting me play Doug in little vignettes all this time. I turn, as Doug/Mak, "Gram-gram?"
Welda: "That man you're with, he's very bad. He wants to hurt your gram-gram."
Doug/Mak turns to the bbeg and, to the DM's credit, he allows this amazing Vader-turning-on-the-emperor moment to happen with Doug/Mak assisting the party.
That sounds super fun!
That's amazing
Was the character normal human sized?
@@darioschottlender Orcs aren't large they're medium.
I don't understand the reaper thing that happened
Jacob, I am sending this out while Emma is away. Please, for the love of god, help us. You have no idea what this basement smells like!
She barely feeds us and makes us fight death matches for her amusement. My best friend died last week from blunt force trauma.
Emma just stood over the gladiator pit she had dug and laughed. Then she smeared my friends blood over face while screaming, "You're all next!" over and over again.
Things are getting dire, I don't think any of us can take it much longer.
I plead for your help, you must make her release us! We promise to stay subbed! We will watch every video!
For the love of all that is holy, make her let us go!!!
You're our only hope.
hold up, you telling me a blunt forced this trauma?
Drop the location, I'll take your place 😎
That's quite a straightforward text for a pathetic man!
How are you commenting this?? I thought I took all of your phones 😠
Damn Gladiator 2 is different.
Emma's been an incredible addition to the channel, really looking forward to seeing more of your one-shots!
Also she gets better, the longer the video gets. Really love them both once theyre in the grove
They are the perfect example of the siblings that where they are together incite chaos and humor! Perfect pair!
who is Emma that's a clone
I was just thinking the same thing
Emma,,? Ohhh you mean Girl Jacob.
Oh I know this one! A Gestalt game is where your player is 2 classes instead of 1 and take levels in 2 different classes per actual level-up, like super-multi-classing in a way, and it *really* makes all your players relatively op in a fun way.
(At least from what I know, you can probably find information by looking it up on youtube and adding "DnD" cause I think it's DnD/rpg specific)
That's right, you get the abilities of both classes and the better numbers where applicable, like in pathfinder getting full bab instead of 3/4 because you gestalted rogue and fighter.
Currently running a game like this. I love this system
My mind went to Gestalt Consciousness from Stellaris and assumed at first it was a party where the members were part of a single consciousness somehow
@@PuzzlingGoal that'd be some sort of interesting.
@@gamesandglory1648 sounds like a game of Everyone is John
"And this is our paladin, 'Scary Questions Have Scary Answers, brother of Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap'"
😂💀
Okay, but that first one sounds like it could be an indie punk band.
Frightening Inquiries Possess Macabre Explanations
Filthy Acts Done At An Unreasonable Price
Cousin of "Scary Monsters"
...seriously though, "Scary Monsters" came to mind after hearing that answer and I'm somewhat concerned how we both thought of Steel Ball Run.
Everything truly is a JoJo reference...
If you are in a shitty relationship with someone who's being manipulative remember IS IS NOT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP THEM OR CARE FOR THEM. If they threaten you with self harm THAT IS NOT YOUR PROBLEM. Get out. Walk away. And as Jacob says, surround yourself with people on your side - the thing they will do is convince you that they are the only person you need. They are wrong.
also they pretty much guaranteed are lying to manioulate you and will not follow up with any of that at all
@@SunbleachedAngel But even if they're not lying, you're still not responsible for someone manipulating you. You're always responsible for your own wellbeing first and foremost, and if someone does goes through with that kind of threat, its not your fault or your responsibility. You can maybe tell one of their friends what theyre threatening but thats it, dont stay with them dont agree to whatever they want of you, get out of there.
@@Dianwhy agree
Well, I'd assume that if you care for someone at least a little, the prospect of them harming themselves would be really scary to you, no matter what the circumstances. Maybe it's better to call for help in that case. I reckon at least some people would find it hard to just up and leave with a "it's not my problem duud"
@@jakob3044 it might be very difficult, yes, and scary, and thats what the manipulator/abuser is relying on to keep their victim under their control. The point here is that this isnt someone saying "I need help, please help me" or "you are providing essential care that I require to survive, please dont leave me in the lurch without other support". They are saying "if you do not do as I say, I will off myself". Its explicitly a manipulative and abusive tactic to give someone that kind of ultimatum. The point is to make the person too scared to leave, and if not too scared then to feel trapped by the obligation to save a life. In this type of situation its often a bluff, an empty threat, but either way.
When they teach first aid response to a crisis, theres an acronym to follow, DRS ABCD. D - Danger. Look for danger. Dont get yourself in trouble trying to help someone else, then you both need rescue. Or in other terms, your first responsibility is your own life. Any kind of emergency, your first priority before helping anyone else, which is absolutely on the list, is your own health and safety.
So if someone starts threatening "you gotta do xyz/you cant breakup with me, or", number one they are a danger to you get away from them. Once you are safe you can alert others to go help the person. Usually its an empty threat and theyre fine anyway. If its not an empty threat they were still being manipulative and you dont owe them your life and freedom over their life. Or for a different metaphor, secure your own oxygen mask before you help others with theirs. Yes you want to help and thats absolutely commendable, Im definitely not saying not to care about others. Its human nature to want to help. A manipulator is relying on that exact tendency for control over you, and you have to be brave and say no and put yourself first. Even when it hurts. If the only person you save is yourself, thats still a life and safety saved. Its allowed.
28:54 Here's my headcannon. DM talks with Badger. Badger doesn't take it well. Badger is kicked out of the group. Badger extends the denial train to include DnD group. Badger plays DnD by himself.
For the day when they ask him back. The story will have progressed and they will have leveled.
I think that second story was substantially improved by the fact that they seemingly didn't know badger was also an action
It actually made me go to the reddit post and read it so i didnt have to listen to it lol
Jacob is like that.
and if you choose to badger someone you cant also hide in the same turn
My favourite type of player in DND to be in a campaign with is the one who’s entire sense of humour is insulting other player’s characters, so lovely that.
I remember playing a stuck-up bard who insulted his comrades instead of inspiring them. Not my finest moment I'll admit. At least the table thought it was funny at first.
@@rainingtacos7529 Honestly, turn this around and it's an interesting subclass idea. Instead of inspiring allies, insult enemies. There's something in there for a jerk bard that's still fun to play with
Why are you always in these comment sections?
@@icetide9411College Of Haters subclass
@@sailorsloth8183 Notable College Of Haters Bards: Reverse Flash.
My theory is that the players didn't react to his idea of having a secret name and it was eating away at him for ages, especially when there was no follow up so eventually he caved and just told them because he was annoyed that there was no reaction
I would have really appreciated Jacob's advice when I was younger.
I used to have an abusive girlfriend. She would constantly pick at insecurities about my appearance I had shared with her and isolated me from friends and family. Her favorite tactic was to tell me she was the only person who could tolerate my appearance and she was the only shot I had at love. When THAT didn't work, her final attempt to keep me was faking a pregnancy. Thankfully, once I found out she was lying I was able to get in contact with an old friend who helped me work up the courage to finally leave and cut all contact with her.
I'm now happily married, but there are times I hear the garbage she used to feed me about my appearance being something that has to be tolerated in order to be with me. I'm glad I got away but I wish I'd left at the first sight of a red flag.
Tbf to yourself, you didn’t know what a red flag even was at that time. Much less that „I like you“ can be weaponized as „I‘m the only one who will ever like you“.
It’s a brutal learning curve, and you survived it and came out the other side. You deserve happiness.
@@ArDeeMee Thank you so much for the kind words, friend. I hope you know you deserve the same.
It's insane how often I see women faking pregancy to trap a guy in a relationship. Even my closest friend had to go through that once
@@slayeroffurries1115 I‘ve never had that happen to anyone I know, thankfully. Now, a man sabotaging condoms in order to impregnate my sister so she couldn’t run away from him…
Abuse is hell. Some people are just „built different“ in the worst ways.
I hope your friend recovers. They deserve happiness.
My sister and her child are in a much better situation now.
23:40 this ain’t a D&D horror story. This is a straight up story about a predator that happens to involve D&D as an afterthought. This is just a horror story.
It is DnD horror story as it pertains the topic of DnD
@@ogurasyn2354 -☝️🤓
I'm so jealous of people who have a good relationship with their siblings. Two of you together are wholesome and awesome.
Shit like this is why Ghosting is so popular. If you have to try so hard to leave someone, you don't own them that explanation or break up at that point. They don't respect you, you don't have to respect them.
I feel like if they do show you that respect you shouldn't just ghost but I'm bias. You don't owe anyone anything in this life, especially not someone who is abusive to you.
ghosting is a little extreme in general but stories like these absolutely prove that sometimes it's really the only sane option to pick
Heck it doesn't even have to be abuse. I've definitely ghosted a person after realising they were abusive towards me
But also one time I told someone that I didn't want to be their friend anymore (which was really difficult for me because I hate confrontation) and they made all these promises about changing and convinced me to keep being friends. And you guessed it nothing changed so like I'm not going to try to talk to them again, I just blocked them. We hadn't been friends for that long and I know it's not the best way of dealing with things but sometimes people just don't want you to leave and you have to cut and run for your own sanity.
My stepdad once scoffed at the idea of a preferred name, even though he and my mom know that I am enby and have a preferred name. I looked at him and responded with “you’re right (stepdad’s middle name) - preferred names are really not a practice anyone uses.” I then addressed him by his middle name the rest of the night.
A gestalt game is a kind of optional rule/gamemode where each character is two different classes at once and uses the best parts of each at every level-up. So for example a gestalt wizard/barbarian gets full spellcasting, barbarian HP, the best saves of either class and all the proficiencies and class abilities of both. Naturally this makes extremely powerful characters.
It's not relevant at all to the horror story in question, but your googling told you nothing about the nature of what they meant.
This is a fun gamemode when you have a tiny group (2-3 players) or want to run a solo character that's special or a crazy concept you'd never force on a group lol :)
The temptation to name my character 'Gestalt of Rivia' would be unbearable
So it’s Pathfinder multiclassing with a little extra sugar on top?
Why don't they just call it powergaming?
That sounds terrible. Thanks for letting me know :D
Man i had a girlfriend abuse the hell out of me and can i just say Jacob had some incredible advice for people in bad relationships.
They will try to isolate you but dont let them. Your friends probably know something is up and you SHOULD open up to them. If anyone is in this situation dont feel alone and tell someone who cares.
Very good advice Jacob.
I felt his sister was letting her radical femtard show too much here. Especially where everything is always "men's" fault. Not the individual man in the story but men in general. Tard take
Pro Tip to anyone who's entire group of friend and family are telling them the person they're with is bad for them, Maybe consider what they're saying. It's not automatically true, but there might be more truth to it then you're letting yourself see in the moment.
@@toolittletoolate It's kind of like that whole thing where if everyone else is an asshole, maybe you're the asshole.
@@toolittletoolate and at least try not to burn any bridges about it.
Hey, good job getting out of that garbage. Takes real stones.
Absolutely LIVING for these two and their chaos energy
Chaos energy? Okay Witch of Izalith
@@EldenRingPlayer-q7c Pah, I raise your witch with the power of the chaos emeralds!
@@salamantics way to ruin my evening kiddo (/j of course)
Listen. I'm a very peaceful person. I believe deeply in the power of communication, and that most people are decent at their core.
I would throw hands with BB. That guy sucks on an atomic level.
I hope you’ve said it in your head the same way I’ve read it in mine.
Hilarious.
Only thing he wins is the "World's Most Kickable Shins" award
People who 100% believe a biased story with only one perspective have zero critical thinking skills.
People who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. - Attributed to Voltaire.
The funniest part of that second story to me is the guy is like "Uh I'm older and wiser than you" but they're both in grad school, so is he a venerable 24yo talking to 23yo lmao?
I mean he could of started college late i had a 24 year old in my freshman college classes cause he was in the military for a bit
Umm nice try sweaty but you forget one thing... His age is in badger years and you need to respect his seniority
@@UsernameXOXO Man if i could remember peter pan reply from that "bear slays nightmarish fairy tale stories"
Age just means you are one foot in the grave 😂
@ aaaah dammit you're right
Pretty sure that was also a deliberate manipulation. "Im older so I know better, you dont want time to figure yourself out you REALLY want to go out with me but you're just so young and little and confused that you think you dont want to date now". The actual facts arent relevant to him, just how he can use them to control her.
12:45 - You're mistaking "Badgering Bard" with his cousin "Barding Badger".
Badger has literally every red flag there is. That's astounding
Jaw dropping levels of red flags what factory built this person
Forgot about red flags from the Ooze story
@@ogurasyn2354that one had a very specific type of red flag
Dude the kinda of slimeball sciencists make to horrorify girls
Not all that hard when most of the stories on that sub are fake
That story made my insides curdle. I will never forget when it was revealed to me, as GM, that one of my players (who had been one of my dearest friends for many years) had been Repeatedly ignoring the consent of a Lot of women, including one of the other players at the table, for years. Nobody had told me because they just assumed I knew and was okay with it (since we were such good friends). I never would've found out if he hadn't tried the same shit with my fiance... Needless to say, gave him the ol' heave-ho from my game and from my life. Shockingly, a bunch of people started talking to me more actively after that.
Doesn't matter how much you like someone personally; some things are inexcusable.
The energy you two share together is so beautiful. Just from the banter alone one knows you two are siblings. Its amazing.
We had a guy like that in our group too, it thankfully never went this far but he was being super creepy around the girls in our group and basically making it really hard for them to ever say no to him about anything. We kicked him the fuck out and it was the best decision we ever made. Our friendship and our dnd sessions have gotten so much better since then
I'm currently playing a nameless character in D&D! Basically, he's a lesser fae from the Shadowfell with no name, so he steals the names of others. Currently he is "Ck Chronenburg Brighteye"; used to be "Jack Chronenburg" but he gave away half his first name to a newborn god. He's due for a change though, he's had that name for weeks now.
So the newborn god is named Ja?
@afckingegg7585 Yessss! He's a baby silver dragon god called Ja, he's very cute and my character was trying to get him into the custody of the Unseelie Court in the Shadowfell. Ja was instead taken in by a tribe of dragonborn, but it's been a while so I don't remember all the specifics.
this is such a cool concept omg! how many names has he had so far? I'm also playing a nameless character, but that's because they were dumb enough to give their name away to a fey lmao
@@kyl7223 I can't remember all his names; I used to add to it or change it every session, but we're in the Shadowfell right now so it's slim pickings on people gullible enough to let me steal theirs. Stealing names is kinda risky in my DM's setting, some are warded or cursed, and stealing them passes on the curse to me... The Fae turned into a sword briefly after I stole the name of an cursed blade, and another time the poor guy was smote by a generational curse that dictates only one person can bear the "Drakken" family name. Oh, also almost ended the world by trying to steal the name of the god who made it, but luckily it was smart enough to not tell me the truth. The god goes by "Steven" casually, but wouldn't let him take that either.
Also, sorry to hear you lost your name, I might give it back someday, who knows.
The only thing i would do is have my Thaumaturge character say her name is X memetic word so she can use it to cause trouble. 😂
Also she loves to torment them rules sticklers, it all fun and games intill she converts your skin into nickelback. 😂
Jacob please tell Emma to let us out of her basement we’ll keep watching your content we promise
And can you remind her that she forgot our dinner? We're hungry!!
When he was like "is it [AI]?" And she was like "look at that shit." I really felt that. Everg AI generated image feels like a needle directly in my eyes
It's baffling how it's not that obvious to others as it is for me. I can understand it rationally, but there's a part of me that cannot comprehend that people don't see those things radiating off the screen.
With some images I can understand it more, but when people see those high saturation latex monstrosities and see nothing off about it, I get really confused
I once played an Ewok named "Untranslatable" because my translater couldn't understand me. It was funny
I had a new player join my game (I'm the DM) and he couldn't think of a name, he was really hung up on it and he couldn't think of a back story but he wanted to play so I ran with it and we came up with the idea that he had crossed a demon who had stolen his name and part of his soul along with a bunch of his memories, it functioned as a curse and then his charecter arc was to find out the identity of the demon and get his name/memories back, for 2 years we called him "the unknown druid" and NPC's regularly forgot he even existed if they hadn't seen him for a day or two due to the curse. Guided by Malora and the power of friendship they gathered bits of information and made deals with nefarious individuals to find the identity of the demon and then they travelled to the abyss and got reunited the other half of his soul, during the game the player had decided he actually wanted to be a water genasi rather than an elf he originally chose and he had a name and a backstory ready to go, when he became whole again he took his true form as a water genasi called "Lanyru" and even fully changed his druid build so it was a massive charecter change. It's not something i would do everytime but this time it was a lot of fun.
That Corrupting Influence bit reminds me of growing up around my brothers, who were in Hardcore postpunk bands. And also in the deep south where there are a lot of religious wingnuts. My brother's band was no longer allowed to practice in their garage as they apparently turned the garage into a "den of inequity." (Yes, the parent didn't understand the meaning of the word inequity) They immediately changed their band name to Den of Inequity after that.
That last guy definitely wanted the rest of the party to do some heavy roleplay to get the name out of him eventually but never got round to it (because who wants to spend so much time of focussed RP on one character) but also thought it was the coolest name on the planet (or probably a reference to some obscure anime that he thinks is wayyy more well known than it actually is knowing that type of person) and was so annoyed that no one bothered to find it out that he stewed in that feeling for enough time that he just decided to tell the DM just so someone else knew. I really hope the DM responded with "oh, ok" and didn't say anything else
Solomon is a biblical king of like, israel or whatever, but yeah there are multiple Solomen in fiction, like yugioh or Fate/
Not gonna lie if I was playing and heard someone say that I'm calling them "Mister Questions" or "Scary" for the rest of the campaign even if they pulled a 180 and said "No wait! I'm actually..."
Okay maybe I'd cool it after a couple sessions if they *really* didn't like it, but their name is now "Scary Questions (Have Scary Answers)" for as long as it keeps being funny. That's their name.
Tbh i would of call the guy puns intill he caved and told us what to call him. 😂
"Question man, here have a questionable potion!"
Considering Solomon was a king of Israel, and in some stories is a powerful mage, I think even being the founder of magic.
I bet they saw fgo spoilers and went "that's so cool. I need to do that"
Emma's basement is very cold this winter but this video warms my heart
Colton's makeup and hair stylings are so good you can't even tell that that's not him!👍
colton is so good at that voice too
30:10 Emma staring into my soul and continuously nodding for 5 minutes was life affirming and scary at the same time lol
In the OOP's callout for the first story they should have included that the DM initially approved the character, which very likely included that the character was genderless. So that means that 1) the DM let them in with intent to ban in front of "the guys", 2) the DM was fine with it until one of the other people said something about it, or - and maybe the most likely - 3) the DM just skimmed the character sheet and background and didn't see the genderless part and was just like "Yeah, okay, Ooze, cool, good job, lets go."
yeah that's the only thing I have a problem with honestly. If someone does not want those kinda characters in their game its their right to do so but then you also gotta reject the character before the game and give people time to change it.
Let's be real here. It's probably 3). I don't think I've EVER actively looked at the gender field of a character sheet. It's just completely irrelevant.
@@ganimol9691 the op should have prefaced that they were going to request the players use their characters pronouns and probably ask every npc they meet what pronouns they go by for the entire campaign it could have been worse they could have kept op around to bully them the good thing about dnd is you don't have to play with people you don't like
@jayhare2647 yeah that's pretty fair, I do feel like OP is kinda just hearing what he wants.
It should be pretty obvious no LGBT+ means people don't wanna have anything to do with that whole thing.
"What you my fae character isnt going to be allowed a "pls no fae" table?"
There are many games that can be found.
Badgering Bard sounds eerily similar to my old college buddy who told his parents we were dating despite me being very clear that I'm lesbian... And I know he started dating someone soon after I dropped out. And he had a DnD group.
I doubt it's actually him, but the fact that this is a not-terribly-rare personality is concerning.
Still, OP, on the off chance that you went to Kent State: biggest of kudos on surviving *Jeremy*
Tapir username meeting Badger? Unprecedented
You both even make the same exact car/dog noises, that's crazy sibling energy
7:33 Jacob harmonizing with himself was so unexpectedly funny 🤌🤌🤌
Jacob saying "LFG" is "looking for game/group" and not "LET'S FUCKING GOOOO" was a real flashbang to me.
Who the fuck shortens LETS FUCKING GO
@@DJVevyVevs gamers in online competitive video games? Do you say "good game" or just "gg"?
@salamantics I'm gonna be so honest, in my entire lifetime of playing games I have never seen someone abbreviate "Let's fucking go" to LFG
@@salamantics I mean I literally *say* gg so I think that's apples to oranges. One abbreviation is part of common terminology, the other is something I've never seen in my life until today.
@@salamantics Lfg has always meant looking for group in gaming shh. Gg, wp, ez, lfg, etc are all well known gaming abbreviations. No one has ever said it has "let's fucking go"
Holy shit, Emma's laugh is adorably contagious - every time she started laughing (especially during the whole badger section), I was dying of laughter alongside her xD
I still can't believe Emma thinks we don't see that Jacob is just her in a wig.
I think that's why Emma cut her hair recently, and she's using a different wig for Jacob this time.
Overly controlling dude like "You could break up with me, OR!"
OMG that last story, the guy must've just been super insecure about the names he comes up with, and finally settled on Solomon so far after the fact he finally just had to let everyone know
Love when we have Emma on for these, she's a riot.
Jacob and Female Jacob are funny. Good times.
I think you mean Emma and Male Emma
@@dokchampa9324😂
You're both wrong. They are genderless ooze-kin with no names. Not even God knows them.
20:45 Hey jacob , I am one of the man in the basement and I should say that your videos are awsome :D no one force us to watch you
Hello brother! Sure would be great if we could get some water and food down here
5:24
BROOO! This is where you should've put the sponsor!
The transition would've been soooo smooth.
"Speaking of making your bed, let me tell you about todays sponsor." xD
I played a nameless character once. It was a lot of fun.
He was a wizard who changed his face whenever you looked away from him.
When the party asked what they should call me, I replied, "Call me what you will." So they called me 'Will', which is a hell of a lot less cringy than "scary questions have scary answers."
Incidentally, his name was Wilhelm.
The GM knew the whole time because I cleared the backstory with him before playing the character.
Emma's basement sounds like a step up from my mom's basement
Jacob and Emma going feral in this video is the peak of neurodivergency. always lovely to see fellow creatures
Finally they acknowledge us being locked down here!
These two are the most sibling siblings to ever sibling. You cannot beat this aura
Commenting from the basement
Great Video! I Love your lack of attention to the stories sometimes because it's somewhat charming.
Please send food
No food for you
I absolutely love how frequently you're uploading now, how long the videos are, and all of them so entertaining.
I understand you probably can't keep up this pace forever, but it's making my days a lot brighter in this dark winter and I'm thankfull for as long as it lasts. Thank you Jacob, and all your collaborators as well. ❤
Is it just me or does the guy from the last story feel like he had no idea what to call his character and so gave the “Scary questions have scary answers” thing to try to cover it up. Then like a year later went “oh shit I have a good idea for a name”
"Scary questions have scary answers" is the funniest possible way to respond.
Dude, I got done watching part 2 of the Sunless Citadel literally 30 minutes ago and I was sad that there was no more new XP to Level 3 to watch. Wish granted LOL
I wish that in real life, whenever someone is abusive/controlling/manipulative in a romantic relationship, Emma and Jacob would appear to make incoherent monkey noises at them.
I would have just called that last guy "Scary".
These videos sustain me. Edit: 2:15 OMG IT’S ME WATCHING THIS
8:00 I’m the number one fan of Elden Ring but make original characters PLEASE
A- badger badger badger badger badger badger
badger badger badger badger mushroom mushroom
A- badger badger badger badger badger badger
badger badger badger badger mushroom mushroom!
SNAAAAAKE! OH SNAAAAKE! OOOOHH SNAAAAAKE....
Keep in mind: someone who threatens self-harm because YOU are doing something they don't like is manipulative. You and your actions are NOT responsible for someone's choice to SH, and you shouldn't feel obligated to help them.
If you have genuine friends that you think might engage in SH, or that talk to you about it, in a way that has nothing to do with you, nor used as a threat against you, that's a completely different issue. This is a very different situation than the first example, and trying to get them some kind of help or support is not a bad decision like it would be in the former case.
Jacob not knowing what badgering means is hilarious.
Inside of me there are two wolves. One of them wishes to stay in his lane, and mind his business. The other desperately wishes to be a little messy, and know the tea.
I mean, no matter what you think about gender identity, it’s a fantasy world. If there’s a place that exists where you could be whatever you want it’s definitely in dnd
A genderless ooze isn't an LGBT issue anyway, but "people" like that are too stupid to comprehend that.
*Knock at the door*
"Hi. Can I help you?"
"My name... Was Solomon"
"Do I know you?"
Badgering means to be annoying, pestering or Insisting basically
As a fellow ooze player, that first story makes me jiggle with rage.
I mean the lesson to learn from the first one is pretty obvious. Don't assume someone is posting nazi shit satirically.
literally. like, how many more red flags could you possibly get? at that point that was willful ignorance.
Ikr, and also the rule about “no dealing with LGBT issues” wasn’t enough to make them ask some more questions?? Especially since they already had their non-binary character ready?
The lesson actually, DON'T BE A W0K!3 SNOWFLAKE pushing a nonsensical agenda! You are either Male or Female or in less than 1% of the population H3rm@phroditic! S3xually you are either into the opposite gender or the same gender or both!
just because someone doesnt respect non binary and other parts of the lgbt community does not mean they are a nazi.
Except the op is the one who's wrong in this case. It is clear that that group wants to play without normal day politics and yet the first thing the op does is come up with a non-binary character with pronouns in guise of a genderless creature. The group wasn't even mean to them, they just kicked them since it was obvious that it wouldn't work out, which is totally acceptable behavior. Op then goes petty mode and flames the group on LFG instead of just moving on to find a different group like a normal person would.
"I love when you play the tuba and build a dam." "...That's a beaver!" BRUH! I'M DEAD! 🤣🤣🤣
4:50 Hey jacob.
Gestalt means that you play a character that has two (or more, but the default is two) classes, not as in multiclassing, but rather whenever you take a level in one class you also gain a level in another. When you do this, you gain all class features for both classes, and the best progression for each area they share on each (for example Hit Dice).
So you could, for example, have a Wizard/Barbarian gestalt that would have the rage features of a barbarian, and the spellcasting of a wizard. It would also have a HD of d12.
A lvl 3 Wizard/Barbarian gestalt would have 3 HD worth of character level, with 3 levels in both wizard and barbarian separatedly.
It is, as a concept, very popular in older games, like 3.x and Pathfinder 1. And it is exclusively used for high powered gameplay. It requires immense ammounts of system mastery to pull off from all players and the GM, and willingness to go absolutely batshit.
As a personal anecdote, my gaming group played a quadruple gestalt, epic level meme game that we called Not Final Fantasy. It was amazing, we were lvl 40 and rolled so many dice of damage that we broke roll20.
I played a wildshaping Druid in 3.5 who only shifted back into a human if absolutely necessary. The party asked my name, being raised in the wild I had no name, but I knew outsiders had often said I was feral. Feral, cool, great name, welcome to the party Feral!
These two are the chaotic energy I freaking love 😂
Wow, BB, man.
If I had a player leave and then another person continues the character, and mysteriously stays in contact and updates the sheet per their "wishes" I'd truly be concerned about the vanished player's health and well being as that's basically what a serial killer would do while their victim is locked in their basement.
my god, now that you react to these stories along Emma this became a disaster... i love it. please continue bringing her here, thanks.
“Hey, what’s your name?”
…
“What do I call you?!”
“ScArY qUeStIoNs HaVe ScArY aNsWeRs”
“Fine. When I yell ‘fool’ you drive out of here as fast as you can”
I disagree about pre-reading. Keep not pre-reading, we like our reactions raw
Yup. And if a particular story is TOO serious to air, you can still cut it if it's really necessary. Since most likely aren't quite there (especially given how horrendous stories that have ended up on here HAVE been XD), I'm sure most readings recorded are going to be usable. Unless they've already been cutting out 30% of all stories 😂
As an actor, I love the "Yes, and" improv. Players refusing to give their character's name finds their characters getting humiliating nicknames (or dorky, stupid names).
4:35 Gestalt is a ruling that allows players to pick 2 classes to level both up to 20 (no multiclassing past the two)
23:50 this is why you say this stuff infront of other people. Their firends are optimal, because if they refuse to hear it, their firends will at least respond or slap them out of it.
I love that you guys are the same, in the beginning you guys were both "dancing" back and forth and with the hand on the hip lol
The way you two not only look so much alike but have exactly the same facial expressions and ticks is uncanny and super fun at the same time. Love your energy you two
LFG usually stands for "looking for group" and on top of being an acronym, its also the name of a REALLY good web comic you should check out!
Lol "Dont look at the AI pictures! Let me read a AI summary" 😂
dude i should def be watching this high, it feels like a convo with 2 friends, love this style of video specially with guests
29:52 I was stalked like this in college. Lucky for me I was the one already in the dnd group. When the guy decided “no” and “I’m a lesbian” were probably just me playing hard to get, he tried to join my dnd group by asking our DM. DM already knew about this guy from my occasional complaints, so he asked me if it was okay for the guy to join. I told him absolutely not, we play dnd in my dorm on my floor and I did not want that guy to have easy access to my room.
DM found out later through locker room talk we made the right choice turning him away; he had a bet with some other friends about how quickly he could sleep with me. 🙄 Shout out to cool dudes like my DM and the rest of my party for looking out for their girl friends. That shit rules, and I hear chicks who like guys, like guys who can be normal friends with girls. Just a helpful tip.
Good call, and good on your DM for having the wherewithal to know to check with you.
Stalkers are creepy AF.
Oh, hey I'm one of Emma's pathetic basement husbands, thanks for the shout-out bestie 🎉
These reaction videos went to the next level when you realised Emma was lol funny just like you. Its a delight seeing you bounce off each other 😂😂
What do badgers do? They gather in a field and wave their arms about until a snake comes by.
Watching you two just giggle together warms my heart 💛
Great video, 10 of 10 men in Emma's basement would recommend