@@DsArtwork13 Why? Only if I respect him but he doesn't respect us old fans, he completely denies where he came from, which is us the oldest hearthstone community and forsen
In the edited video the bard agreed to heal the wizard if she gave him another chance. She agreed to it as long as he provided milk for their children. The exciting part of that ability was buttering up the bard to convince them to heal you.
Literally played a game like that. It was our first game of D&D ever. Our dm had skim-read the rules, then got a bunch of other random shit off reddit. It was insane and hilarious.
I could see Wizard having Magic Missile as their every turn ability, but all of their other spells can effect multiple targets, benefits over multiple turns, and/or be creative. And be a true wizard glass cannon by having 1 less HP and need to be protected. For instance, something like Sleet Storm would fit the esthetic of what Ray of Frost tried to do that wouldn't be wasted on 1 HP targets. If the chat member wants to have a lot of fun, they can dip into one of a few different once per floor spells, but if they're overwhelmed nothing wrong with spamming Magic Missile. Although, all that said, I'd hope for each subsequent stream to feature a different team of three classes over immediately returning to these three being tweaked. Return to this party after forming a cast of all the other classes. My thoughts on the wizard are also in retrospect only. If returning to the characters and assuming they get to keep any of the reusable equipment, probably wouldn't fit now anyway.
yeah I think it's a perfect balance of 'abilities that you'd expect them to have' and 'funny traits', the wizard still had a ton of character despite their bland abilities because they spent half of their time kickflipping off of things, yet they also stayed extremely relevant because of their consistent damage.
Oh, one thing that could make an arcane spellcaster really entertaining in this kind of format is giving them Mage Hand. Maybe if there's an Artificer they could use that for even greater wacky results if tied into their artifice. Also give them Mending and have their only thing to rely on is weapons and items when their limited use abilities/spells run out (can see the Infusions feature as a per floor or per player, and telekinesis spell as per floor or per stream, for instance), so they'd have to be inventive to compete. ...Guess that's just saying have an Artificer that plays like TotK? But more MacGyver leaning? Anyway, similar points can be made for Druidcraft, Prestidigitation, and Thaumaturgy, while Thorn Whip is always fun as an attack under normal circumstances, but would need to be modified for the majority of foes having one HP (maybe only being used for pulling, or still pulling when the damaging attack misses?).
I’ll be honest, it would be fun to explore a world where it’s a dystopian. . . But not in the way you’d expect. Instead of sci-future, it’s modern corporate and overwhelming. Kinda like Idiocracy but made in DND form.
10:05 it is used in one of the scenes where the wizard is healed along with rekindling their friendship with the bard, it went something along the lines of: Bard(paraphrased): “Can we have a second shot at this?” Wizard: “Only if you provide some milk for our children” Bard: “WE HAVE CHILDREN!?”
I think this would be great, yes. Especially with the revolving door that a stream's chat can be, this sort of visual indicator probably would be super helpful.
@@ImANormal_Guyideally beneath the hearts you have simple icons representing each of the abilities the players have. Once the limited use abilities are used, the icon gets greyed out. Most importantly (and I don't know how the automod/nightbot works), having commands in chat like !bardmoves would paste a simple explanation of the abilities available to the Bard so that new chatters can understand what's what (without Doug having to constantly explain).
Hear me out: the next game could take place in a zoo. The items they take are animal companions or zoo merchandise. The areas could be split amongst the type of animal, reptile exhibit, aquarium, jungle, and the final boss, a Safari zone filled with lions, crocodiles, and other African creatures
All instances of the cure wounds ability were included in the edited stream. The most memorable use was to try and get the wizard to remarry them, but the other uses definitely showed up in the 1 hour video on the main channel.
I feel like ray of frost could be turned into like ray of elements with lightning, fire, and frost which could be used creatively and be given some better properties like if you Lightning’d the Roomba it would be stunned and things like that
I think Chaos Bolt could be an interesting spell to give the Wizard. Just make it so you roll for effects instead of damage types. It could make for a much more interesting every turn ability.
One thing that was fun is seeing a pretty decent dnd player who knew what they where doing and some sort of tatics then followed up by a crazy mad man with no sense of logic
I like how in the D&D game, the Wizard was the only one killing the majority of stuff. Meanwhile, the Barbarian somewhat contributed, and the Bard is just healing his allies and mocking people; he's not even doing anything.
About what you said the wizard having direct damage options isnt a bad thing in my opinion, while i agree in changing the ray of frost with other ability i believe having players “craft “ ítems would be complicated to balance or with too complicated or ambigius rules and having diferent people would make it worse, having a “summon “ would be cool but also would break action economy, and magic misile cluchness in various situations can change an encounter even in normal dnd (personal expirience i saved my party from a tpk with a level 1 magic misile)
@@Blue-fg8vtyou could use it to summon items if the current environment wouldn't have such items. after all, where will you find a pipe bomb in a food aisle?
doug did put uses of cure wounds in the edited video, there was the whole thing about the bard only doing it if the wizard gave him another chacne, and it appeared at leat once more
Largely agreed. Especially regarding the removal of once per stream abilities. Though I do think that Ray of Frost was fine. Chat just didn't take advantage of it.
He put cure wounds in his edited video,i just started watching his stuff yesterday so I can tell you it was shown. Specifically,he touched the barbarian on the chest and the wizard joked he used to do that to her. Then Doug switched to touching them on the soldiers. The barbarian also had it used on one floor and the enemy tried to attack,not realising he’d been healed
Even if at the risk of cluttering the stream layout, I think a big step to improving all limited use abilities would be to just have an indicator for when they're ready. If there's a little glowy dot right next to your character, you're less likely to forget about the once per floor or such.
I think it would have been kinda funny if one of the chatters was a massive dnd nerd and just started spouting rules and actual dnd actions that most of the chat would be entirely lost on.
I feel like a funny boss idea for another session would be the twitch chat: When it's the boss's turn, the rest of twitch chat votes on what they want to do, and clickmaps could be used to determine where they move
I think a good solution to the issue of chat forgetting what they can do is to send a link into chat that shows their abilities every time they switch players
The edited version of DougDoug's game was essentially my "official" introduction to D&D. That really made me understand the basic game mechanics more. It makes me want to create a simplistic campaign myself. I do love to write, but I rarely write things down, I'm that self-conscious. So that's jumbled with a bunch of other story threads bouncing around in my brain.
I love Doug's streams, the guy is so creative and can come up with the most fun ways to entertain chat ever!! So cool you could find ways to balance out the chaoticness of this 😂
I'd argue that the Ray of Frost should stay, but be modified in this following way: If the player hits an enemy (alive or dead), that enemy becomes part of the terrain (so they are an obstacle). Imagine that a big enemy is downed and the Wizard uses the corpse to block further enemies from going through that path. Also I'd make it so that, when not aimed at an enemy, it can create a terrain hazard, making a portion of the ground icey and slippery.
Swap out ray of frost for catapult. Deal damage and use the affect of a nearby item. Much more exciting and variable depending on what's around them, and it lets the wizard interact more with all of the items, which everyone seemed to clearly enjoy.
I agree it'd be helpful to keep the abilities available at all times so new players do know they still have the terrifying presence and bigger abilities if these streams become more regular, maybe a link to a pdf that lists how the simplified game works once someone jumps in. Even the basic rules are very simple and intuitive so anyone can drop in and roleplay, barbarian is good in melee and damage tanking but lacks range and leaves himself open, bard is a strong support and charisma based hexer, and mage had most of the ranged abilities along with an illusion and later developed the kickflip as a melee option. If he really wanted maybe have some abilities be 3 per floor so you can use them more often but not be as game breaking, again it takes some theory crafting to balance all this, and make the ultimate abilities that are limited by the stream have much longer effects. More interesting enemies would be nice but still be easy to understand, maybe an enemy that splashes aoe trails rather than trails behind, play with their mobility. The roomba was really good but the party was mostly dumb and still made it through a tough encounter.
One of the greatest moments of the stream was, when the Bard was downed and the wizard got him up, by kicking him and rolling a nat20 The game was great and DougDoug was a perfect dungeon master, letting the players have fun.
Honestly giving the wizard stronger abilities, but only 2 health might be a good idea too. Maybe give the barbarian illiteracy, just like actually D&D would be good too. Great video and video idea btw. I kind of wish I had thought of it myself.
I could see ray of frost having great environmental interactions. But honestly, I have to go with my favorite dm specific spell Catapult because what is better than through five pounds of nails at something.
..... you're right. We need another dougdoug rpg session like this, but better. Disneyland is a good setting.... maybe a circus of Hell as another one.... or a gigantic, evil, demon filled McDonalds.
i think it would also help if there was a list of some kind, reminding the current players of what moves they could potentially do, but it probably is a bit hard to fit all those actions without it covering the entire stream.
9:57 I would give people some passive ability, and bard would have had heal wounds swapped with Song of Rest, or something like that, which would heal someone (or better off - everyone!) at the start of every floor. In that case Barbarian might have had the 4rth hp or something to taunt (for example, after each successful strike). Or may be something else, to be more passive and aligned with Song of Rest (decreasing ac of nearby enemies? A chance to block foes' attack against allies?). Sense danger? Yeah, i think sense danger + possibly defending nearby allies by increasing their ac by 1 or 2, i think would give people feelings and push interactions (sense danger for traps and etc would push you to talk about your findings) Then i would pick for wizard preferably something to up her magical abilities, which is hard... Possibly, some additional effect on each successful spell. Or she can cast illusion as a free action after successful main action. Might be too much, but would be super hype for chat. Gosh, now the bard doesn't have passive which grants anything creative... But vicious mockery is already super creative and free, so it might be okay. Either way, yes => changing wizard's spells is important cause his are not hype or creative (aside from illusion) May be Animate Object woud be great idea. Oh, i know! We don't give wizard free action illusion, but we give her either familiar or animate object as a passive! I mean it comes back at the start of each floor. And instead we give her Force Field spell. And may be invisibility. That would be both creative, and unique. And cantrip... We either change that Frostbite can freeze in place or give Lightning Laso so Chat can be creative to reach items, swing around during their kickflips or even collide enemies! Yes, Lightning Laso sounds really great. Yeah, that's my full take. Summary: Bard heals team each floor. Heal wounds swapped? (Calm Emotions?) Possibly has small bonus from Jack of all trades. Barbarian raises ally ac and can smell traps (+ saving throws has advantage?); and 4 hp? Wizard can Laso enemies, items or else; her spells are swapped to possibly: Force Field, Invisibility or teleport; each start of the floor respawns familiar or casts Animate Object.
It’s so hilarious hearing something describing a chaotic Dougdoug stream with complete seriousness
Honestly, tamest dnd game I've ever seen
His youtube username is actually Gloudas. Stop saying doug twice that's not his username!!
@@slycethhe changed it to dougdoug so we are supposed to call him that.
@@DsArtwork13 Why? Only if I respect him but he doesn't respect us old fans, he completely denies where he came from, which is us the oldest hearthstone community and forsen
@@slycethwell, if you’re the sample maybe you should reflect on yourself
You forgot that Wizard can also do a kickflip off of almost anything.
this is the most important ability of the wizard
and if she does not get it..
In the edited video the bard agreed to heal the wizard if she gave him another chance. She agreed to it as long as he provided milk for their children. The exciting part of that ability was buttering up the bard to convince them to heal you.
This ^^
It was also used a few more times, at the end of almost every fight in fact
@@ASquared544 i definitely remember them using it on every floor, but I wasn’t sure how many times they showed that in the edited video.
What was extra funny was the bard's exclamation of "WE HAVE CHILDREN???"
The part of the porky death is one of the satisfied scene i have ever see
Edit :Im the one who click a like 1000th
Thats literally how you play D&D when you have no electricity or books. Just vaguely remember the rules and focus on telling a crazy story.
dnd but nobody knows the rules so everyone is just making shit up
Literally played a game like that. It was our first game of D&D ever. Our dm had skim-read the rules, then got a bunch of other random shit off reddit. It was insane and hilarious.
@@voidboi2831so DnD
Also known as: writing a story with other people
* Laughs in owning paper books *
Magic Missile should stay because guaranteed damage is useful to fall back on if their creative ideas roll poorly
"I throw the can of coke"
"That is... A nat 20... Well there goes my 2 hours of preparation"
@@max-abobeafrom what ive seen this happens weirdly often. i guess the players arent the only ones invested in their characters
I could see Wizard having Magic Missile as their every turn ability, but all of their other spells can effect multiple targets, benefits over multiple turns, and/or be creative. And be a true wizard glass cannon by having 1 less HP and need to be protected. For instance, something like Sleet Storm would fit the esthetic of what Ray of Frost tried to do that wouldn't be wasted on 1 HP targets. If the chat member wants to have a lot of fun, they can dip into one of a few different once per floor spells, but if they're overwhelmed nothing wrong with spamming Magic Missile.
Although, all that said, I'd hope for each subsequent stream to feature a different team of three classes over immediately returning to these three being tweaked. Return to this party after forming a cast of all the other classes. My thoughts on the wizard are also in retrospect only. If returning to the characters and assuming they get to keep any of the reusable equipment, probably wouldn't fit now anyway.
yeah I think it's a perfect balance of 'abilities that you'd expect them to have' and 'funny traits', the wizard still had a ton of character despite their bland abilities because they spent half of their time kickflipping off of things, yet they also stayed extremely relevant because of their consistent damage.
Oh, one thing that could make an arcane spellcaster really entertaining in this kind of format is giving them Mage Hand. Maybe if there's an Artificer they could use that for even greater wacky results if tied into their artifice. Also give them Mending and have their only thing to rely on is weapons and items when their limited use abilities/spells run out (can see the Infusions feature as a per floor or per player, and telekinesis spell as per floor or per stream, for instance), so they'd have to be inventive to compete. ...Guess that's just saying have an Artificer that plays like TotK? But more MacGyver leaning?
Anyway, similar points can be made for Druidcraft, Prestidigitation, and Thaumaturgy, while Thorn Whip is always fun as an attack under normal circumstances, but would need to be modified for the majority of foes having one HP (maybe only being used for pulling, or still pulling when the damaging attack misses?).
A dnd campaign about walmart is surprisingly not the most wild thing I’ve ever seen in the dnd community
I’ll be honest, it would be fun to explore a world where it’s a dystopian. . . But not in the way you’d expect.
Instead of sci-future, it’s modern corporate and overwhelming.
Kinda like Idiocracy but made in DND form.
@@csmrookie9600 so just our world?
@@csmrookie9600 D&D, but all the players are robots and the setting is Earth in the WALL-E universe.
I read about someone making an encounter in their campaign based off a joke a comedian told about the time he bought a bookshelf on Gumtree
@@csmrookie9600cruelty squad d&d campaign
10:05 it is used in one of the scenes where the wizard is healed along with rekindling their friendship with the bard, it went something along the lines of:
Bard(paraphrased): “Can we have a second shot at this?”
Wizard: “Only if you provide some milk for our children”
Bard: “WE HAVE CHILDREN!?”
How about a once per person ability. That got reset when the controller of the characters got changed
NOW THAT'S AN IDEA! That way chat doesn't screw itself over, like chat did in jocat's baldurs gate stream.
That genius!
if there will be druid with once per person spell everyone will turn into gorillas, disguised as a monkeys or otters
Pretty sure iirc that each person swapped per floor, so the once per floor abilities are already once per person.
@@thismemelord4048It swapped every round or two, I believe
I would have a UI addition that let people keep track of what abilities have been used.
I think this would be great, yes. Especially with the revolving door that a stream's chat can be, this sort of visual indicator probably would be super helpful.
yeah, but at the same time, Doug doesn't like too much screen clutter
@@ImANormal_Guyideally beneath the hearts you have simple icons representing each of the abilities the players have. Once the limited use abilities are used, the icon gets greyed out.
Most importantly (and I don't know how the automod/nightbot works), having commands in chat like !bardmoves would paste a simple explanation of the abilities available to the Bard so that new chatters can understand what's what (without Doug having to constantly explain).
Magic Missile got the kickflip kill of a lifetime. It's GOTTA stay.
Hear me out: the next game could take place in a zoo. The items they take are animal companions or zoo merchandise. The areas could be split amongst the type of animal, reptile exhibit, aquarium, jungle, and the final boss, a Safari zone filled with lions, crocodiles, and other African creatures
Will Koala Parkzer be the zoo manager?
Imagine if the zoo is based on the one Chat took over. But it fell into ruin making it harder to recognize.
Final boss: Parkzer, the Koala Lawyer in his Law Mechasuit
Yes! Make it the one chat fought Doug over!
perhaps we could get a new druid character to replace one of the previous ones?
All instances of the cure wounds ability were included in the edited stream. The most memorable use was to try and get the wizard to remarry them, but the other uses definitely showed up in the 1 hour video on the main channel.
I feel like ray of frost could be turned into like ray of elements with lightning, fire, and frost which could be used creatively and be given some better properties like if you Lightning’d the Roomba it would be stunned and things like that
*ray of milk
or a ray like you described it but can also be used to shoot liquids when your are touching them!
Yeaaah a basic 4 elemental spell (choosing one every time) would be cool and have room for some crazy shit
@@Jr837_nonono ! ray of element like the element of surprise and so on , creativity!!
I really like this idea
I think Chaos Bolt could be an interesting spell to give the Wizard. Just make it so you roll for effects instead of damage types. It could make for a much more interesting every turn ability.
Wild Magic!
@@mslabo102s2 "I cast dancing lights"
@@FrozenCampbellSoup”you explode”
Sorcerer spell though
@@TKDragon75 I didn't realize at the time. I could've sworn that it was available to wizards too!
One thing that was fun is seeing a pretty decent dnd player who knew what they where doing and some sort of tatics then followed up by a crazy mad man with no sense of logic
I like how in the D&D game, the Wizard was the only one killing the majority of stuff. Meanwhile, the Barbarian somewhat contributed, and the Bard is just healing his allies and mocking people; he's not even doing anything.
I just want DougDoug to do stuff like this more often.
He would, if he wasn't tired all the time.
@@mr.pockets8523also if it didn’t take so much prep
@@WhatIsTheHeatalso if he wasn't divorced
@@tropportAlso if he wasn't crippled and old.
@@yobaugst3369 also if he wasn't bald
My man really said "Yeah, let me review that" 💀
I unironically think playing actual DnD with DougDoug would be a blast.
🌶Not even the pepper man can escape me
ummm achktually.... that emoji is a chili which is a entirely diffrent species 🤓
The note at 10:08 is false
i hate to be that guy who responds to the youtuber to get noticed but..
the art at 4:51 REALLY makes the bard look like RTGame, like insanely
Which one? Dougdoug or pepperman
Peppino!
2:41 mad dummy music for the living mannequins, I love it!
The DnD Stream made me fall in love with DougDougs content for a second time.. it was so much fun even though not everything was perfect haha :D
It's been three videos in a row of "indepth analysis of game most people will be unable to play" and i really like this new direction for the channel.
About what you said the wizard having direct damage options isnt a bad thing in my opinion, while i agree in changing the ray of frost with other ability i believe having players “craft “ ítems would be complicated to balance or with too complicated or ambigius rules and having diferent people would make it worse, having a “summon “ would be cool but also would break action economy, and magic misile cluchness in various situations can change an encounter even in normal dnd (personal expirience i saved my party from a tpk with a level 1 magic misile)
Also, the players will be pulling objects from the environment. Thus crafting would be kinda pointless
@@Blue-fg8vtyou could use it to summon items if the current environment wouldn't have such items.
after all, where will you find a pipe bomb in a food aisle?
Say what you want, me using the frost beam to kill the Roomba by targeting the wet mop was dope. Good video!
10:07 Doug did show it off often. I remember seeing it be used in the edited video, and that's all I watched.
the stream was absolutely amazing i loved it and seeing you make a video on it is just awesome
6:20 oh no, he’s hot
Now I see why the bard and wizard had an on-again and off-again relationship.
Dog dogs dnd session is actually just a cool themed mission that is actually fairly normal
doug did put uses of cure wounds in the edited video, there was the whole thing about the bard only doing it if the wizard gave him another chacne, and it appeared at leat once more
Largely agreed. Especially regarding the removal of once per stream abilities.
Though I do think that Ray of Frost was fine. Chat just didn't take advantage of it.
10:07 I definitely remember the bard using cure wounds
Even twice I think
He put cure wounds in his edited video,i just started watching his stuff yesterday so I can tell you it was shown. Specifically,he touched the barbarian on the chest and the wizard joked he used to do that to her. Then Doug switched to touching them on the soldiers. The barbarian also had it used on one floor and the enemy tried to attack,not realising he’d been healed
Not the crossover we were expecting, but the one we deserved.
Even if at the risk of cluttering the stream layout, I think a big step to improving all limited use abilities would be to just have an indicator for when they're ready. If there's a little glowy dot right next to your character, you're less likely to forget about the once per floor or such.
Come on, he was doing his best and I enjoyed every second of it
Cure wounds was used in the edited video when the wizard gave the bard another chance 10:04
Instead of once per stream abilities, I would go once per player tbh
But that would barely differentiate it from once per floor ability and make it way too overpowered
So when the "brain cell" swaps out, they can use it again?
I think it would have been kinda funny if one of the chatters was a massive dnd nerd and just started spouting rules and actual dnd actions that most of the chat would be entirely lost on.
I feel like a funny boss idea for another session would be the twitch chat: When it's the boss's turn, the rest of twitch chat votes on what they want to do, and clickmaps could be used to determine where they move
I loved that stream, i really hope he does another one
my honest reaction was going: YEEEEEES! xD
update: his next D&D Game took these recommendations to heart, and made it 10x better
HE MADE ANOTHER?????
1:20 well that agged nicely considering the next dnd campaing was improv, in canada, and there were 6th graders all arround the land of canada.
I see someone gotten an inspiration👍
Loved the dnd stream, I actually got to be the wizard for a bit, definitely agree that it felt the most restricted but was still super fun
Im glad to hear that you loved his dnd stream as much as i have! Barbarian was my favorite even with Wizard carrying
very serious explaination of douglas douglas dnd
I think a good solution to the issue of chat forgetting what they can do is to send a link into chat that shows their abilities every time they switch players
I was literally just watching one of his UA-cam videos when I got this notification
The edited version of DougDoug's game was essentially my "official" introduction to D&D. That really made me understand the basic game mechanics more. It makes me want to create a simplistic campaign myself. I do love to write, but I rarely write things down, I'm that self-conscious. So that's jumbled with a bunch of other story threads bouncing around in my brain.
He did show a couple cure wounds in the edited stream, i believe he showed the first floor one and the clothes floor one.
2:06 The image with with a wizard holding a nailgun somehow makes me crack up.
Hey this is DougDoug where we solve problems that no one has
This video has changed my life I know adore D&D
I love Doug's streams, the guy is so creative and can come up with the most fun ways to entertain chat ever!! So cool you could find ways to balance out the chaoticness of this 😂
I'd argue that the Ray of Frost should stay, but be modified in this following way:
If the player hits an enemy (alive or dead), that enemy becomes part of the terrain (so they are an obstacle). Imagine that a big enemy is downed and the Wizard uses the corpse to block further enemies from going through that path.
Also I'd make it so that, when not aimed at an enemy, it can create a terrain hazard, making a portion of the ground icey and slippery.
Can we talk about all the art about the campaign made in this video though?? They go SO hard
I recognize that kickstarter's art from anywhere. It's Varguy an artist from Germany. It is great to see him in this project.
The only reason I watched your video because I’m making a simpler d&d parody like Doug Doug’s, great video
Honestly, if I ever played DnD I would prefer to play like this. Telling a deranged story and doing weird shit to deal with enemies is just so fun.
2:59 it actually was used to make giant enemy from first floor run away.
I like this recent trend of analysis and strategy/tweaks videos.
10:06
I think i remember a cure wounds every floor and i only watched the editted video
He also did include instances of the heal ability once during a bromance with the barbarian and once fixing his marriage with the wizard
I love the drawings of the bard, wizard, and barbarian so much
I would say my main thing is to add in new or different classes like cleric, Paladin, or even warlock who could have different abilities
Swap out ray of frost for catapult. Deal damage and use the affect of a nearby item. Much more exciting and variable depending on what's around them, and it lets the wizard interact more with all of the items, which everyone seemed to clearly enjoy.
so infuse item from Wildermyth ?
I love how "Dummy" started playing in the background when you started talking about the mannequins.
This is easly one of my favorite video's he ever made
It was just soo fun to watch
ah yes i love when doug doug does d&d streams with his chat
The crossover I didn’t know I needed.
I agree it'd be helpful to keep the abilities available at all times so new players do know they still have the terrifying presence and bigger abilities if these streams become more regular, maybe a link to a pdf that lists how the simplified game works once someone jumps in. Even the basic rules are very simple and intuitive so anyone can drop in and roleplay, barbarian is good in melee and damage tanking but lacks range and leaves himself open, bard is a strong support and charisma based hexer, and mage had most of the ranged abilities along with an illusion and later developed the kickflip as a melee option. If he really wanted maybe have some abilities be 3 per floor so you can use them more often but not be as game breaking, again it takes some theory crafting to balance all this, and make the ultimate abilities that are limited by the stream have much longer effects.
More interesting enemies would be nice but still be easy to understand, maybe an enemy that splashes aoe trails rather than trails behind, play with their mobility. The roomba was really good but the party was mostly dumb and still made it through a tough encounter.
I enjoyed when Porky got used as a throwable weapon
I mean, hey, players did canonically have only 1 brain cell that they shared around
A fellow dougdoug fan
One of the greatest moments of the stream was, when the Bard was downed and the wizard got him up, by kicking him and rolling a nat20
The game was great and DougDoug was a perfect dungeon master, letting the players have fun.
Definitely one of my favorite streams of the year. First place is of course Pajama SamGPT
Honestly giving the wizard stronger abilities, but only 2 health might be a good idea too. Maybe give the barbarian illiteracy, just like actually D&D would be good too. Great video and video idea btw. I kind of wish I had thought of it myself.
I could see ray of frost having great environmental interactions. But honestly, I have to go with my favorite dm specific spell Catapult because what is better than through five pounds of nails at something.
Wait a second... per turn (at will)... per floor (per encounter)... per stream powers (per day)... this is just D&D 4e! Doug you have tricked us all!
I watched the video for the second time before this and it is just *amazing*
1:28 *casually grabs AK 74*
I think making the Wizard not have Ray of Frost or Magic Missile is a terrible idea, it leaves all the damage dealing to the Barbarian.
don't forget the complex relationship between bard and wizard
I would love to see how he would do in a Disneyland or Chuck E Cheese setting!
Doug: “Na polio.”
..... you're right. We need another dougdoug rpg session like this, but better. Disneyland is a good setting.... maybe a circus of Hell as another one.... or a gigantic, evil, demon filled McDonalds.
6:58 you forgot to add that the Walmart became sentient!
Taking things seriously is the best!
I like the art you made for the three characters! Where can I find more of the work of that artist?
Check the description.
They go by fishtail on Discord if you're keen on commissioning them, but don't have any public social medias atm. Hope that helps!
5:22 this was the best part of the stream it’s a thing you can only see once because this was so dang funny
There was no way the D&D community let DougDoug's endeavor to slip through.
Love the omega strikers ost in the background!
i think it would also help if there was a list of some kind, reminding the current players of what moves they could potentially do, but it probably is a bit hard to fit all those actions without it covering the entire stream.
"mannequins coming to life" *plays dummy theme from Undertale... genius
oh wait, its blook's theme, but its the same melody so eh
Wait what? I watched edited Doug Dnd, and there were every usage of Healing Wounds, its just 4 times, because there 4 floors.
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I would give people some passive ability, and bard would have had heal wounds swapped with Song of Rest, or something like that, which would heal someone (or better off - everyone!) at the start of every floor.
In that case Barbarian might have had the 4rth hp or something to taunt (for example, after each successful strike). Or may be something else, to be more passive and aligned with Song of Rest (decreasing ac of nearby enemies? A chance to block foes' attack against allies?). Sense danger? Yeah, i think sense danger + possibly defending nearby allies by increasing their ac by 1 or 2, i think would give people feelings and push interactions (sense danger for traps and etc would push you to talk about your findings)
Then i would pick for wizard preferably something to up her magical abilities, which is hard... Possibly, some additional effect on each successful spell.
Or she can cast illusion as a free action after successful main action. Might be too much, but would be super hype for chat.
Gosh, now the bard doesn't have passive which grants anything creative...
But vicious mockery is already super creative and free, so it might be okay.
Either way, yes => changing wizard's spells is important cause his are not hype or creative (aside from illusion)
May be Animate Object woud be great idea.
Oh, i know! We don't give wizard free action illusion, but we give her either familiar or animate object as a passive! I mean it comes back at the start of each floor.
And instead we give her Force Field spell. And may be invisibility.
That would be both creative, and unique.
And cantrip... We either change that Frostbite can freeze in place or give Lightning Laso so Chat can be creative to reach items, swing around during their kickflips or even collide enemies!
Yes, Lightning Laso sounds really great.
Yeah, that's my full take.
Summary:
Bard heals team each floor. Heal wounds swapped? (Calm Emotions?) Possibly has small bonus from Jack of all trades.
Barbarian raises ally ac and can smell traps (+ saving throws has advantage?); and 4 hp?
Wizard can Laso enemies, items or else; her spells are swapped to possibly: Force Field, Invisibility or teleport; each start of the floor respawns familiar or casts Animate Object.
Doug is doing a new so concept today
Ok your book you were promoting Immediately reminded me of spirited away, and moving castle