@@Dimizar I always say "no hetero" during that part. She's cool, but personally I felt kinda weird in those moments hearing her talk about how she's going to have sex with someone.
@@justinharrison6807 I always have to remind my friends that stealth is an option, but ever since they played Doom Eternal stealth has never been an option.
@@ShiningDarknesit’s just understanding one tier of enemies vs another. The higher tiers usually won’t let you get a stealthy backstab. They’ll turn around before you’re close because they’re designed to do that. Most of the normal enemies won’t do this
Or every room having a note saying either “secret passage ahead” and it’s a lie 90% of the time, or something that you THINK would be a message about a hidden passage but is instead just a message asking for likes that essentially just used the environment to clickbait you
*Player 1:* "I attack the Dragon!" *Player 2:* "Yeah, and I support with my magic!" *Player 3:* "I'll flank from the right! *DM:* "The Dragon uses his Breath attack. Roll Reflex." *Player 1:* "Oh. Uh...fail." *DM:* "You die, and both your friends are sent home." *Player 2:* "Wait, what? Can't we just respawn with him at the Stake? You know, continue until one of us gives up? Isn't that literally what the game is about?" *DM:* "Mmmhhhh...nah." *Player 3:* "But...but..." *DM:* "Roll for network connection."
I’m gonna simp for Miyazaki here for a second but just hear me out: Miyazaki created the games with the idea that this is your journey. The reason the coop works the way it does is because of something called “Silent Comradery.” Where people simply come to help you with a specific part of the game and then move on with their own journeys. The Soulsborne games were developed with single player in mind and Summons function less like actual companions and more like Fire Grease, where they simply help make a fight a little easier.
"You see etchings on the ground, appearing before you, they stand just within sight of a long-forgotten watchtower." -"What do they say?!" "A ghostly visage of a humanoid clad in armor appears, it points up towards the watchtower. The message reads: "Wish I had giant, but hole."
I could imagine the fight against a certain optional boss. DM: She leaps into the air, pausing for a moment, as if to ready herself. Player: I start blocking with my shield! DM: She unleashes a whirlwind of sword slashes, completely overwhelming you. She rolls 30 attacks. Player: Thi-thirty!? DM: Alright, every single one was a natural 20, dealing about uhhhhh, 2500 damage. You’re dead and she’s gotten all her missing health back. Player: …………………….
@@krensharwhite8363 Yeah. This fight only fun when you are extremely skilled and know about her combos and attacks. That multi slash need 3 roll with perfect timing.
I want to play it but I get motion sickness from the way things move with the graphics. I've tried in other games to change a bunch of settings but none helped. I looked it up and quite a decent chunk of people have similar issues. I never had issues with games like ff14 or divinity or something, but these newer game effects always make me nauseous.
@@h.s.6269 Try to slowly get used to it. Try not locking on and instead of hyper focusing look at it without.. staring? I guess. Basically, if you focus to hard on any game it can hurt your eyes and cause motion sickness. I get it when I focus on one thing while moving over 10 mph (like basic speeds) the blurring around and trying to keep my sights on one central object cause my head to spin and the motion sickness comes after. I'd suggest playing ds1 or demon souls (remake or otherwise.. if you can get a ps5.... ) because its the equivalent of dipping your toes in before jumping head long into ice water.
@@h.s.6269 I think if you muscle through it you'll get used to it. I rarely get motion sickness in games but I did get a tiny bit the first hour. You were playing with a controller?
Margit comments that you are all of passable skill. “Great, so does that mean he backs off? He acknowledges our potential?” What? No. He pulls out a hammer and lunges at you. Roll for reflex.
I remember our DM homebrewed the Pursuer into our game. We encountered him at lvl 2, he has 3 legendary actions and a reaction. And we roll a d20 at nightfall if we're outside a town. Of we roll below 15 we encounter him.
@@slayer3748 Yes, we managed to beat it at lvl 4 but "Black smoke escaped the armor and flie away, the armor slowly fades into shadows." At early sessions we just run away from it or use the scroll of daylights we got from an earlier quest.
4:21 "Why does he always pick me!!" I CAUGHT YOU. After watching the video. This means this Jacob is the protagonist since his friends were summons. Bosses focus on the main player first always. Great inside joke right there. Now you have to let me join one of your d&d sessions jacob after finding the secret; i'm sorry, it's what must happen now
After a bit of research and sifting through misinformation. I can verify that it is indeed internet law. It also said something about now the cat "can has cheezburger". But i'm pretty sure that was from an old amendment, so.
"You see two long abandoned suits of armor, resting against a wall. Just in front of and between the two are etchings from another long forgotten traveller. You touch the etchings, and a ghostly figure appears before you, slowly outstretching their arms to roughly hip height" "What do the etchings say?" "Try fingers, and then two-handing required"
I’d actually love to see other skits that basically treat other video games like RPG tabletop campaigns. Like FF7 were Aerith is a great role player, but it’s just really toxic/meta-gaming/and main character syndrome out of game and everybody just wanted to kick her. Killing her off just as the moment she was going to derail the campaign and completely make it about her.
XD Ouch! So I guess that player's replacement character was Vincent. "So... My new character is this edgy guy." Groans around the room. "He is the dad of the BBEG." DM: "No, he isn't!" "He is the *step*dad of the BBEG. His lover had the BBEG with an alien thing." DM: "Fine..." *Note scribbling ensues* "Also he's a vampire!" Chaos at the table.
@@JuMiKu yeah but surprisingly the problem player is a pretty decent DM. I mean sure the previous campaign did have a evil jester DMPC, but he seem to have too much fun playing as the character to really show how evil he was. As opposed to him just trying to kill the players. I mean it made sense in the end that he was the BBEG instead the emperor, but he surprisingly didn’t power game so it was a good final fight, he even used background music he made himself for the final clash.
@@Nazo-kage Pretty decent? Best campaign of them all. Not every DM can deal with the party losing the final fight, roll with the punch and turn that into a brilliant plot twist.
Seriously though, that would have been an awesome moment in a campaign. At first the DM and the players look at each other shell-shocked and disappointed and then the DM throws his papers into a bin and just goes on starting with a player-killing run from the flying fortress.
The videos where you summarize the story of the Lord of the rings movies as if they were d&d is probably the best thing I've seen on UA-cam, can you do that for the Hobbit movies and maybe some other movies as well?
Basically how I imagine it. Dm: "ok Margit attacks you with a holy hammer of justice what do you do? Pc: "I want to dodge" "Roll athletics." "Nat 20" "He still hits you. You die." "FUCK THIS SHIT!"
Stamina is basically your action economy. If you want reaction and prediction you need multiturn attacks and push players to be comfortable with readying actions.
@@NoConsequenc3 i would completely overhaul it by giving players "action dice" that they roll each round, which determine their initiative and the amount of actions they can take - which are modified by their encumberance, stats, etc...
" can we stealth?" " I forgot we could do that" Me at level 48 with still 10 vigor: I didn't. " If I get hit I'm dead" Yep, that's me against every boss and a couple enemies too. I might not have magic next run but I'll have HP
imagine if there was a DM who just signaled someone in and they sat down and played a single dangerous hostile npc with a character sheet sent to kill the players. Like, I know you could just do it as a DM, but it'd be cool for FLAVOR.
souls-like campaigns have been thought of for a while I’m pretty sure, it makes the game a lot different though, and you’ve got to add some new systems and such
@@vukkulvar9769 i would say that player death/ tpk would come in 2 prices which the player may choose. >Immediate Resurrection but total health and some stats get halved.( Sekiro and Demon souls) > Loose all exp, gold and items, and Resurrect. Added condetion of having the charecter become more souless and evetually perma die.(Dark souls)
This is truthfully one of the funniest sketches, a really good mix of hilarious timing, editing, and just generally good jokes. And talk about acting lol
You know now I just kinda wanna see what a souls-like table top RPG would be like. Like, all the bosses are stupidly higher CR than you and your just kinda gotta figure out how to kill them by repeatedly getting TPK’d until you succeed. Could be fun
And randomly during your session some random stranger barges in with a min-maxed PC, kills your entire party, leaves, and refuses to elaborate further.
Dude I've watched and enjoyed so many of your videos - this one hands down is the best single/multi-actor mix. you really pull off distinct individual characters and the audio overlays are great
There is a giant crab rushing towards you, blotting out even the sun with its huge form. I try to attack it. Roll a perception check! What? Why? Just roll a perception check. Ok... 12? As you try to attack the crab you are distractedngy a squirrel that is sitting in a bush 60 feet besides the crab, as you turn slightly to the side to look at it, you show your back to the crab and it smashes you to death.
@@Spamsgood you can respec after you defeat a boss that offers rebirth (return to the site you killed her) but you need an item called Lav Tear or something likr that. You can obtain that from killing the grafted scion in the stormveil castle near the rampant tower grace. I dont remember which boss but I think its Renala the Full Moon Queen
I totally want to do a Souls-like campaign. EXP is used as currency as well as level ups. But you lose them when you die. Resurection magic can restore lost EXP similar to the Rings of Sacrifice.
Playing Souls game as D&D: "You turn the corner... you get hit by an enemy you couldnt see, you take 200 damage, you die!" "No save, no nothing?" "Oh you must tell me if you want to make a save before something happens!" "But how do I know when?" "Dont worry, you revive on you last checkpoint, now you know hes there!" "WIll this happen alot? That I have to make saves against things I dont know are coming until its too late?" "Yes, I am hard but fair!"
y'know this is one of the first times I've noticed just how good at editing yourself together you are - it's to the point where I barely even register that this is one dude being 3-4 people. top notch stuff
I had this one player who was a DS fan. I swear, his EVERY single character is a copy of some Dark Souls boss or character, and he described every single time when attack missed him as a dodge. He just couldn't comprehend hit points as it is, he thought that every hit of damage is a wound and at the end of the battle he's standing there beaten and bleeding. Did I mentioned that he was powergamer? long story short, he was edgy af and always was sure that my world is revolving around his character, and he wasn't going to change, so we had to just kick him out
They don't know that patches sells an item that makes the margit fight much easier and that spirits make every fight much easier. The jellyfish is super tanky and can poison and the wolves can stunlock and are good at dodging.
Hey! Doubt you'll see this since I'm posting 11 days later, but I've been a big fan for a few years now. Just wanted to say thank you for all the hot takes and gag videos, they've really helped brighten up my days and give me a lot to think about surrounding d&d. I've got a campaign in the works and I haven't been a DM in a while; I'm confident in my RP and world building but I've got two players who are big into the mechanical rules and seeing the way you do things and hearing the way you like to run for fun helps me relax a bit. I still want to give these players a good mechanical game so I'm brushing up as best I can, but honestly thank you for helping calm my nerves going into this. Wish me luck! Also, congrats on the bebe! :^D
I really love the creativity you put into your videos, you’re a boss Jacob! I wasn’t expecting to see an elden ring (my current obsession) video from you… but man you freaking NAILED IT xD good stuff!
Actually quick story on this topic. I was playing an online game with a group I had never played with. The DM said that it would be an extremely difficult campaign so I was excited as I thought he meant difficulty by design puzzleds etc. Instead he essentially completely copied Elden from cover to back. His enemies were all just hit sponges and heavy damage dealers. I finished with this after a session but it was funny to see his frustration as we would be repetitively crippled until we got randomly great rng by every enemy we fought. 😂
"Aaaand you die pathetically to the first enemy. Man, your character really kinda sucks, you should get stronger by getting currency from killing things and spend it to level up." _"Wow, Elden Ring is just like first edition!"_
I didn’t even look at the title because I had auto play on I heard the storm veil theme and I was like “wait was that stormveil?” I must have ingrained that song because I was so terrified to progress through the castle.
Ya know, you joke, but I love the idea of a d&d game where people die bit come back at a small cost. Could make for some fun puzzle solving and whatnot
Iunno I think AD&D was very Elden Ringisque - Go into a room at your own peril. See what happens. Probably gonna die. People roll multiple characters because many of them will die.
The first thing I thought of was Zelda Breath of the Wild as D&D: DM: you see a dog sitting happy outside of the Stable tent. Player: I walk up to the dog DM: the dog gets up and yips a happy bark and chases his tail! Player: aww!! I pet the dog. DM: you can't. Player: can I at least try? DM: no Player: ... DM: ... Player: but... DM: the blood moon rises again.
“And even then, you’re maidenless!”
Incredible representation of Elden Ring NPC’s.
Major plot point of the game is to be touched by a woman.
@@Dimizar - It's R. R. Martin. We really shouldn't be surprised.
@@Dimizar I always say "no hetero" during that part. She's cool, but personally I felt kinda weird in those moments hearing her talk about how she's going to have sex with someone.
Didn't know where else to ask, but can you do a video on echo knight?
"You're just a guest here"
Jeethanks Mr. All-Knowing
“He teaches you how to do this 👐” with zero warning is the most accurate part
That moment lost me! I spent 100 hours in the game and was NOT expecting that
The Margit Dialogue was also literally word for word as well.
Lmao
Read this just as it happened
\O/ is the only way
tfw you think you kill strahd but it was actually only phase 1
That no-joke would be something I'd do
I'd just make it entertaining
"Well, thou art of passing skill, warrior blood must run in thy veins"
@@DrumsetManiac91 Elden Ring Players: SHUT UP
Non-Elden Ring Players: ...Why is he monologuing?
Yooo Razbuten!
That happened to our group last night when Strahd vanished and came back 3 rounds later at full health 🙃
“Can I stealth?”
“I forgot you could do that!”
This skit just reminded me 💀
Meanwhile in my campaign, all stealth, little combat. Though some of the other party members seem to have forgotten that.
@@justinharrison6807 I always have to remind my friends that stealth is an option, but ever since they played Doom Eternal stealth has never been an option.
well you see that is because it doesn't fucking work half the time.
I am the 1k like
@@ShiningDarknesit’s just understanding one tier of enemies vs another. The higher tiers usually won’t let you get a stealthy backstab. They’ll turn around before you’re close because they’re designed to do that. Most of the normal enemies won’t do this
the "try finger but hole" joke had me dying. The amount of times I find a comment hoping for some hint and its some variation of that joke is absurd
Or every room having a note saying either “secret passage ahead” and it’s a lie 90% of the time, or something that you THINK would be a message about a hidden passage but is instead just a message asking for likes that essentially just used the environment to clickbait you
"He who will save us, The Fractured, But Whole."
Amazing chest ahead
Try jumping
Thrust but hole
who even put those there?
"Offer rump"
"It's impenetrable mist" is just Curse of Strahd in a nutshell though
Impenetrable/teleport clouds are funny; mist, fog, darkness, blinding light, dust, etc
Wall of force could manifest in a similar way, it would be quite cool.
OOOOO YOU BEAT ME TO THE SKETCH!! 😂
Also I have no more spirit left after that game so jokes on you, it can't die anymore
Hi one shot
Looks like he was faster
Oh hey
Lol you got this Duke
DUKE!
Don't worry. They'll start leveling up int and faith, then grab the Sword of Night and Flame and become unstoppable
Or the moonvale
*grabs pen and notepad*
Level int and faith, grab sword of night and flame. Got it!
@@andyholloway5062 It falls off in late game but you can get a setup that lets you cast the most powerful spell for no FP cost for 10 seconds straight
Fools they need maidens and touch grace
the what ?
*Player 1:* "I attack the Dragon!"
*Player 2:* "Yeah, and I support with my magic!"
*Player 3:* "I'll flank from the right!
*DM:* "The Dragon uses his Breath attack. Roll Reflex."
*Player 1:* "Oh. Uh...fail."
*DM:* "You die, and both your friends are sent home."
*Player 2:* "Wait, what? Can't we just respawn with him at the Stake? You know, continue until one of us gives up? Isn't that literally what the game is about?"
*DM:* "Mmmhhhh...nah."
*Player 3:* "But...but..."
*DM:* "Roll for network connection."
Would like but your at 69 likes
I am the most famous man on YouTub! This is not bragging! This is the truth! The truth will set you free, dear bibba
@@AxxLAfriku maidenless
Ahahaha Im dying, 'Roll for network connection' killed me
I’m gonna simp for Miyazaki here for a second but just hear me out:
Miyazaki created the games with the idea that this is your journey. The reason the coop works the way it does is because of something called “Silent Comradery.” Where people simply come to help you with a specific part of the game and then move on with their own journeys. The Soulsborne games were developed with single player in mind and Summons function less like actual companions and more like Fire Grease, where they simply help make a fight a little easier.
"You see etchings on the ground, appearing before you, they stand just within sight of a long-forgotten watchtower."
-"What do they say?!"
"A ghostly visage of a humanoid clad in armor appears, it points up towards the watchtower. The message reads: "Wish I had giant, but hole."
The only thing I know about Elden Ring is that people leave stupid messages around.
@@TheSmart-CasualGamer Or evil messages like mine. Pointing off a cliff near the start of the game. "Precious item ahead therefore try jumping."
@@sauronsrighthandman301 "Still Maidenless, therefore try jumping" on every tower in the game.
@@insanitygamer8820 ah, but who can forget the most popular message of all? Literally any creature in the game: "Is this dog?"
@@sauronsrighthandman301 or "probably grass"
I could imagine the fight against a certain optional boss.
DM: She leaps into the air, pausing for a moment, as if to ready herself.
Player: I start blocking with my shield!
DM: She unleashes a whirlwind of sword slashes, completely overwhelming you. She rolls 30 attacks.
Player: Thi-thirty!?
DM: Alright, every single one was a natural 20, dealing about uhhhhh, 2500 damage. You’re dead and she’s gotten all her missing health back.
Player: …………………….
Ah memories... And nightmares. There dead now.
Literally was watching this before jumping back into that fight lol
You means MLNA ?
She is dead, and I will never fight her again. Least fun souls fight in any game ever.
@@krensharwhite8363 Yeah. This fight only fun when you are extremely skilled and know about her combos and attacks. That multi slash need 3 roll with perfect timing.
I love how they mouthed Margit's monologue word for word. They definitely got trounced by him on more than one occasion.
this was hilarious even without playing Elden Ring. Great job, Jacob.
You should play it, it's pretty good
I want to play it but I get motion sickness from the way things move with the graphics. I've tried in other games to change a bunch of settings but none helped. I looked it up and quite a decent chunk of people have similar issues. I never had issues with games like ff14 or divinity or something, but these newer game effects always make me nauseous.
@@h.s.6269 Try to slowly get used to it. Try not locking on and instead of hyper focusing look at it without.. staring? I guess. Basically, if you focus to hard on any game it can hurt your eyes and cause motion sickness. I get it when I focus on one thing while moving over 10 mph (like basic speeds) the blurring around and trying to keep my sights on one central object cause my head to spin and the motion sickness comes after. I'd suggest playing ds1 or demon souls (remake or otherwise.. if you can get a ps5.... ) because its the equivalent of dipping your toes in before jumping head long into ice water.
The impenetrable mist is a thing annoying as f in multiplayer.
@@h.s.6269 I think if you muscle through it you'll get used to it. I rarely get motion sickness in games but I did get a tiny bit the first hour. You were playing with a controller?
Margit comments that you are all of passable skill.
“Great, so does that mean he backs off? He acknowledges our potential?”
What? No. He pulls out a hammer and lunges at you. Roll for reflex.
The three way split of the players yelling at the DM was incredible, great stuff!
Holy shit, this is one of your best ones yet. When the rock-leaning npc starts speaking it was so good it gave me goosebumps.
“Warrior blood must truly run in thy vei-“
“SHUT UP”
Relatable.
I wish the bosses in the game would just be quiet. The stupid quips make me angrier than any difficult attack.
@@Poldovico "Put these foolish ambitions to rest..."
FFFFFUUUUUUUUUUU-
I could listen to Margit talk all day
@@Poldovico that's probably the point, lol
After watching the whole video, Margit picking ponytail Jacob as his first target everytime makes sooo much more sense now
The masked man says to the players: "Feel free to go off and die in a ditch somewhere."
I love the attention to detail that Jacob the DM has your wedding band on but the Jacobs as the players do not. Nice Touch
They are, after all, maidenless.
You can SMELL the salt on jacob in this skit. He must have gotten some rough times in the Ring. Love this.
When your players try to fight Strahd without the Sunblade: "Put those foolish ambitions to rest!"
Honestly, Jacob has gotten so good with his acting and editing that I sometimes forget its only one person at that table.
"I picked items that would fit my players backstory."
Hearing all my friends that are new to souls wanting to play with bows or throwing knives only.
Imagine having to roll a dexterity check multiple times while fighting a boss to constantly avoid falling off a cliff.
Not only do you fall off cliffs, but if you fall off some cliffs, you can't respawn at the Stake of Marika! Learned that one recently.
I remember our DM homebrewed the Pursuer into our game. We encountered him at lvl 2, he has 3 legendary actions and a reaction. And we roll a d20 at nightfall if we're outside a town. Of we roll below 15 we encounter him.
As in the dark souls 2 pursuer and if so was it a reoccurring enemy
@@slayer3748 Yes, we managed to beat it at lvl 4 but "Black smoke escaped the armor and flie away, the armor slowly fades into shadows." At early sessions we just run away from it or use the scroll of daylights we got from an earlier quest.
the split footage edit at 5:39 was so subtle I almost missed it, perfect immersion into the Multiple Jacobs Universe narrative as always mate, A+
4:21 "Why does he always pick me!!" I CAUGHT YOU. After watching the video. This means this Jacob is the protagonist since his friends were summons. Bosses focus on the main player first always. Great inside joke right there. Now you have to let me join one of your d&d sessions jacob after finding the secret; i'm sorry, it's what must happen now
It’s the internet law, it just has to happen now.
It **is** internet law. It has been decrees.
After a bit of research and sifting through misinformation. I can verify that it is indeed internet law. It also said something about now the cat "can has cheezburger". But i'm pretty sure that was from an old amendment, so.
But you're a Baddie
Additional fun tidbit, only the "main" character could level. which makes sense.
"You see two long abandoned suits of armor, resting against a wall.
Just in front of and between the two are etchings from another long forgotten traveller.
You touch the etchings, and a ghostly figure appears before you, slowly outstretching their arms to roughly hip height"
"What do the etchings say?"
"Try fingers,
and then two-handing required"
I’d actually love to see other skits that basically treat other video games like RPG tabletop campaigns.
Like FF7 were Aerith is a great role player, but it’s just really toxic/meta-gaming/and main character syndrome out of game and everybody just wanted to kick her. Killing her off just as the moment she was going to derail the campaign and completely make it about her.
XD Ouch! So I guess that player's replacement character was Vincent. "So... My new character is this edgy guy." Groans around the room. "He is the dad of the BBEG." DM: "No, he isn't!" "He is the *step*dad of the BBEG. His lover had the BBEG with an alien thing." DM: "Fine..." *Note scribbling ensues* "Also he's a vampire!" Chaos at the table.
@@JuMiKu yeah but surprisingly the problem player is a pretty decent DM.
I mean sure the previous campaign did have a evil jester DMPC, but he seem to have too much fun playing as the character to really show how evil he was.
As opposed to him just trying to kill the players.
I mean it made sense in the end that he was the BBEG instead the emperor, but he surprisingly didn’t power game so it was a good final fight, he even used background music he made himself for the final clash.
@@Nazo-kage Pretty decent? Best campaign of them all. Not every DM can deal with the party losing the final fight, roll with the punch and turn that into a brilliant plot twist.
Seriously though, that would have been an awesome moment in a campaign. At first the DM and the players look at each other shell-shocked and disappointed and then the DM throws his papers into a bin and just goes on starting with a player-killing run from the flying fortress.
@@JuMiKu oh and I just realized Vincent:
He’d be a warlock/druid wouldn’t he?
Lol, running an Elden Ring style campaign right now! Luckily it isn't *this* hard.
How you gonna handle enviromental storytelling? Unless that part is not important to you of course
@@AjenjoAnejo Oh it's not entirely like Elden Ring, I just mean difficulty wise.
Giant Dad must make an appearance
The videos where you summarize the story of the Lord of the rings movies as if they were d&d is probably the best thing I've seen on UA-cam, can you do that for the Hobbit movies and maybe some other movies as well?
I for one would love to see star wars
i agree, those were great... i would watch him doing that with literally any movie/franchise
It was indeed quite good
They were the first vids of his that I saw. They are so good.
Boost this!!!!
Basically how I imagine it.
Dm: "ok Margit attacks you with a holy hammer of justice what do you do?
Pc: "I want to dodge"
"Roll athletics."
"Nat 20"
"He still hits you. You die."
"FUCK THIS SHIT!"
Should’ve taken the jump action
There's a turn delay between when he jumps and lands, you dodged too early.
It's a swash buckling Margit... Of course anyone should let go of their ambitions against him.
You successfully dodge, and die to the quick two step follow up
@@NoConsequenc3 you successfully dodge but your wolf summon pushes you back into his attack area
*Flashbacks to CR Elden Ring oneshot*
0:00
You sound like you need a medic bag.
Margit has a very memorable voice to be able to recite his monologue down to the mannerisms and word for word.
That simultaneous "SHUT UP!" got me.
''Try Fingers. But hole'' that's so funny, Jacob should do another Elden Ring Sketch
I would honestly want to play a Dark Souls-ified version of D&D, complete with optional stamina rules and Patches.
Stamina is basically your action economy. If you want reaction and prediction you need multiturn attacks and push players to be comfortable with readying actions.
@@NoConsequenc3 i would completely overhaul it by giving players "action dice" that they roll each round, which determine their initiative and the amount of actions they can take - which are modified by their encumberance, stats, etc...
Good news, they're making a DS TTRPG
@@negative6442 i know
maybe any other rpg?
I knew it was going to be "try finger but hole", even so, when Jacob held up the paper I couldn't stop laughing.
" can we stealth?"
" I forgot we could do that"
Me at level 48 with still 10 vigor: I didn't.
" If I get hit I'm dead"
Yep, that's me against every boss and a couple enemies too.
I might not have magic next run but I'll have HP
You know a video's good when there's more likes than views
And you know a comments good when it's this one
And you know replies exist when...
...I got nothing. When someone points them out?
@@TheSmart-CasualGamer 👆 found a reply :)
That one shot. With 2 Jacobs at the table looking for the other 2 Jacobs. This is the pinnacle of content. I was shook.
Yeah, this is probably exactly how it would go.
Tell the succubi they did great work on this skit.
I remember that video. RAW, they could also be incubi.
All I knew was that this game was hard. Now I know it’s also unreasonable lol
If I had a nickel for every Tabletop/Elden Ring video I’ve seen, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice.
What's the other one?
@@gurmyigoll3535 I think he's talking about the Critical Role one-shot they did for Elden Ring.
I dont find it too weird considering that Miyazaki loves tabletop games and that most of the souls series are very inspired by them
Yeah
@@DERyuga I just read another comment that said they're making a DS tabletop, don't know if true tho.
"Hey so are you guys ready to move on to another area yet?"
"Hold on. We need to farm the same mobs for runes 20 more times."
imagine if there was a DM who just signaled someone in and they sat down and played a single dangerous hostile npc with a character sheet sent to kill the players. Like, I know you could just do it as a DM, but it'd be cool for FLAVOR.
Under the right DM this would be a GREAT combat focused campaign setting if you think about it. Plus no one dies lmao!
souls-like campaigns have been thought of for a while I’m pretty sure, it makes the game a lot different though, and you’ve got to add some new systems and such
@@randomcrusader5632 The hardest part with soul-like campaign is how to handle death/TPK.
@@vukkulvar9769 i would say that player death/ tpk would come in 2 prices which the player may choose.
>Immediate Resurrection but total health and some stats get halved.( Sekiro and Demon souls)
> Loose all exp, gold and items, and Resurrect. Added condetion of having the charecter become more souless and evetually perma die.(Dark souls)
3:24 I'm not going to lie, I am a bit disappointed that that sign did not say "dog".
This series is slowly devolving into the Council of Jacobs ranting about whatever video game, and I'm all here for it.
This is truthfully one of the funniest sketches, a really good mix of hilarious timing, editing, and just generally good jokes. And talk about acting lol
Maidenless behavior
You roll a D20, your attack misses and move 5 ft
You know now I just kinda wanna see what a souls-like table top RPG would be like. Like, all the bosses are stupidly higher CR than you and your just kinda gotta figure out how to kill them by repeatedly getting TPK’d until you succeed. Could be fun
And randomly during your session some random stranger barges in with a min-maxed PC, kills your entire party, leaves, and refuses to elaborate further.
there is a dark souls tabletop, it's got official miniatures and everything
@@DoktorBeta does it have Giant Dad!
?!
5:52 Innaccurate, as an invader, I only manage to invade gank squads with moonveils.
Love the fact that it took them 3 hours to get the cash for just one level. Swear they didn't pay attention to the money enemies drop sometimes
Oh, this is just all my DnD campaigns I run.
Dude I've watched and enjoyed so many of your videos - this one hands down is the best single/multi-actor mix. you really pull off distinct individual characters and the audio overlays are great
I'll put your foolish ambitions (which is to end this campain) to rest
The “nope there’s mist” got me dying
There is a giant crab rushing towards you, blotting out even the sun with its huge form.
I try to attack it.
Roll a perception check!
What? Why?
Just roll a perception check.
Ok... 12?
As you try to attack the crab you are distractedngy a squirrel that is sitting in a bush 60 feet besides the crab, as you turn slightly to the side to look at it, you show your back to the crab and it smashes you to death.
Imagine DnD where you can respec your stats after killing the 3rd boss.
wait I can respec?? im running around I the castle still
@@Spamsgood you can respec after you defeat a boss that offers rebirth (return to the site you killed her) but you need an item called Lav Tear or something likr that. You can obtain that from killing the grafted scion in the stormveil castle near the rampant tower grace. I dont remember which boss but I think its Renala the Full Moon Queen
Respeccing should not be a thing in souls games tbh
I totally want to do a Souls-like campaign. EXP is used as currency as well as level ups. But you lose them when you die.
Resurection magic can restore lost EXP similar to the Rings of Sacrifice.
WHY IS EVERYONE BACKSTABBING ME!
"Cuz it's easy...and it does a lot of damage."
This is the best of your videos. Do more Elden!
Playing Souls game as D&D:
"You turn the corner... you get hit by an enemy you couldnt see, you take 200 damage, you die!"
"No save, no nothing?"
"Oh you must tell me if you want to make a save before something happens!"
"But how do I know when?"
"Dont worry, you revive on you last checkpoint, now you know hes there!"
"WIll this happen alot? That I have to make saves against things I dont know are coming until its too late?"
"Yes, I am hard but fair!"
I mean there are usually warnings on the floor when that happens. Not that i did not die like this but often i was aware due to the warnings.
y'know this is one of the first times I've noticed just how good at editing yourself together you are - it's to the point where I barely even register that this is one dude being 3-4 people. top notch stuff
I had this one player who was a DS fan. I swear, his EVERY single character is a copy of some Dark Souls boss or character, and he described every single time when attack missed him as a dodge. He just couldn't comprehend hit points as it is, he thought that every hit of damage is a wound and at the end of the battle he's standing there beaten and bleeding. Did I mentioned that he was powergamer? long story short, he was edgy af and always was sure that my world is revolving around his character, and he wasn't going to change, so we had to just kick him out
Truly maidenless behaviour.
They don't know that patches sells an item that makes the margit fight much easier and that spirits make every fight much easier. The jellyfish is super tanky and can poison and the wolves can stunlock and are good at dodging.
Hey! Doubt you'll see this since I'm posting 11 days later, but I've been a big fan for a few years now. Just wanted to say thank you for all the hot takes and gag videos, they've really helped brighten up my days and give me a lot to think about surrounding d&d. I've got a campaign in the works and I haven't been a DM in a while; I'm confident in my RP and world building but I've got two players who are big into the mechanical rules and seeing the way you do things and hearing the way you like to run for fun helps me relax a bit. I still want to give these players a good mechanical game so I'm brushing up as best I can, but honestly thank you for helping calm my nerves going into this. Wish me luck! Also, congrats on the bebe! :^D
Honestly a system built around a souls like genre would be...super fun.
Damn dude you really killed it with this one.
I like that I'm learning elden ring solely from people making references to it
You definitely nailed that npc interaction where they say the same thing no matter what you say.
Right... If this is what they feel with Margit imagine what their reaction will be once MORGOT arrives!
I really love the creativity you put into your videos, you’re a boss Jacob! I wasn’t expecting to see an elden ring (my current obsession) video from you… but man you freaking NAILED IT xD good stuff!
Actually quick story on this topic. I was playing an online game with a group I had never played with. The DM said that it would be an extremely difficult campaign so I was excited as I thought he meant difficulty by design puzzleds etc. Instead he essentially completely copied Elden from cover to back. His enemies were all just hit sponges and heavy damage dealers. I finished with this after a session but it was funny to see his frustration as we would be repetitively crippled until we got randomly great rng by every enemy we fought. 😂
"Hello fellow friend!"
"Tarnished!"
"Oh shit"
XD
"Aaaand you die pathetically to the first enemy. Man, your character really kinda sucks, you should get stronger by getting currency from killing things and spend it to level up."
_"Wow, Elden Ring is just like first edition!"_
I didn’t even look at the title because I had auto play on I heard the storm veil theme and I was like “wait was that stormveil?” I must have ingrained that song because I was so terrified to progress through the castle.
Ya know, you joke, but I love the idea of a d&d game where people die bit come back at a small cost. Could make for some fun puzzle solving and whatnot
This could also, potentially, lead to chronic horse stacking.
If D&D was like Dragon's Dogma: "Do you want to restart in Hard Mode?" "Yeah, I feel like farming gold."
I wish one level up was enough for Margit 🤣
I realize this is supposed to poke fun at a D&D game that would be Elden Ring, but I would love to play this D&D game.
But you can't be invaded without cooperaters in elden ring.
Under normal circumstances... Yes.
But... There's this item... ... ...
Sad no : put those foolish ambitions to rest
"He teaches you how to do this" [gesture]
Got me laughing out loud in the floor
Iunno I think AD&D was very Elden Ringisque - Go into a room at your own peril. See what happens. Probably gonna die. People roll multiple characters because many of them will die.
The first thing I thought of was Zelda Breath of the Wild as D&D:
DM: you see a dog sitting happy outside of the Stable tent.
Player: I walk up to the dog
DM: the dog gets up and yips a happy bark and chases his tail!
Player: aww!! I pet the dog.
DM: you can't.
Player: can I at least try?
DM: no
Player: ...
DM: ...
Player: but...
DM: the blood moon rises again.
"Tarnished!"
"oh shit"
Absolutely hilarious
Hmm, Jacob's dad beard is coming in. Wonder why...
“Why does he Always choose ME?!”
I love your videos
great work. Well acted and shot. editing was stellar here. You made it feel like a room full of different people.
Have a lovely weekend, everyone!!!
This is easily one of your highest quality solo vids hahahah I loved the use of the split screen. My high ass is in tears 😂😂😂😂
Wow I was just thinking when will XP to level 3 do a Elden Ring/D&D video lol.....
All the screaming at the same time, at the end, was really good. Thank you Lol