Acquisitions Inc. D&D Podcast Season 1 - Episode 2

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  • @CarlDoran207
    @CarlDoran207 10 років тому +138

    I fucking love Chris Perkins, he does his best to include everyone in the game. Fantastic DM.

  • @hobbitonman
    @hobbitonman 9 років тому +132

    After DMing some, I quickly realized how amazing Chris Perkins is as a DM.

  • @cia4u940
    @cia4u940 6 років тому +94

    "I can't go up the rope. The guy who was holding it was just shot in the chest with an arrow."
    "I'm still holding it. I'm a CEO."

    • @squid1481
      @squid1481 3 роки тому

      Mike fell into his character quick

    • @ccarvalho99
      @ccarvalho99 2 роки тому +1

      And Binwin fell into this pit real quick!

  • @gwynoak2830
    @gwynoak2830 9 років тому +24

    As a new DM, I have lived by the words of, "The DM is not your enemy".

  • @aaa1e2r3
    @aaa1e2r3 11 років тому +154

    These sessions could easily run as a tv series where they could switch between animated clips showing the actions in the game and the actual game with them talking and sitting with one another anyone else agree?

  • @delilahcox6410
    @delilahcox6410 10 років тому +42

    Chris Perkins the legendary DM! God i love listening or watchin his DMing.

  • @seannemo8076
    @seannemo8076 8 років тому +46

    I'm so glad that they returned to Magic Missile being an auto-hit

    • @TheGIJew.
      @TheGIJew. 3 роки тому

      not Jim's Magic Missile though

    • @deadmanfred
      @deadmanfred 3 роки тому +3

      I know this post is 4 years old but for the last 30+ years magic missle has been an auto hit ability. 5e, 4e, 3.5e, 3e and even pathfinder.

    • @TiredChefPOV
      @TiredChefPOV 2 роки тому +3

      @@deadmanfred yeah sort of the point of it... low damage but garunteed. don't know what they were thinking

  • @TwilitbeingReboot
    @TwilitbeingReboot Рік тому +1

    Ah, good to see the birth of Jim's Magic Missile™ at last. The possibility of an embarrassing miss at a crucial moment does indeed make the standard spell far more exciting! Well worth the 1gp royalty.

  • @SuperToddfather
    @SuperToddfather 11 років тому +17

    Did not know that this was available. Just found it today and I am loving it. It is answering so many questions I have about being a DM and the new Next addition. I think this would be great as an animation. I think if the guys at D&D did that it would have like 50 million subscribers and likes with in 1 day. Just my views.

    • @VitalBlursDnD
      @VitalBlursDnD  11 років тому +6

      Actually, this is 4th Edition (but 'Next' appears to be based around it so you weren't far off).
      Animated in the same way as the Ricky Gervais podcasts would be perfect : )

  • @gregcpht
    @gregcpht 10 років тому +25

    I came into this backwards, starting with 2010 (? I think). It's so funny hearing Mike talk about being a first-time player, not knowing what a d4 was.

    • @VioletMoonfox
      @VioletMoonfox 9 років тому +3

      Gregory Mull I originally started with the 2014 pax prime, so I'm just imagining how these great amazing characters started out so....well, yeah.

    • @TheCynicalJedi
      @TheCynicalJedi 9 років тому +2

      Gregory Mull Started with the more current ones too, the live PAX sessions, it's really nice seeing Mike learning this all like we all did, I just started playing in the last month, loving it ^_^

  • @pancyfans9041
    @pancyfans9041 9 років тому +7

    Bumping this back to life because Acquisitions Inc. is way awesome. The players, the characters, the DM, all of it is super awesome.

  • @AndrewRedroad
    @AndrewRedroad 8 років тому +53

    The DM is no more your enemy than your Playstation or Xbox.

    • @rexthecyberdog808
      @rexthecyberdog808 8 років тому +10

      Yeah. But it still is natural to throw the controller. The important thing is that you catch yourself getting annoyed with the DM.

    • @velkonemriam1935
      @velkonemriam1935 8 років тому +4

      I really like that comparison!

    • @amazingfamilyguy
      @amazingfamilyguy 8 років тому

      Rex Thecyberdog

    • @velkonemriam1935
      @velkonemriam1935 8 років тому

      +Rex Thecyberdog True! Lol

    • @MrCompassionate01
      @MrCompassionate01 6 років тому

      Speaking as a DM I beg to disagree, the DM is definitely your enemy and you shouldn't trust them.
      The DM is analysing your personalities, your strengths and weaknesses, your assumptions and habits. The DM is going to trick you into giving all your magic items to a devil, the DM is going to sell you cursed magic items with a disguised villain, the DM is going to use rot grubs because he hates how you aren't taking these encounters seriously anymore.
      Granted if you have a good DM and they have been totally fair you shouldn't get salty but there's definitely a psychological war happening between what the players know about the DMs habits and what the DM knows about the players habits, both sides are going to abuse what they know sooner or later and both sides will adapt their behaviour. An escalating arms race of tricks, traps schemes and strategies. At least that's how half the games I run or play in go and I find myself restless without the adversity.

  • @10far2many
    @10far2many 10 років тому +29

    Show of hands, how many of you could write a book about a bad DM you've had? A bad DM can ruin absolutely everything. Never let someone who wants power, is a control freak, or very competitive DM. Their negative qualities are amplified astronomically. Power guy dominates everything and punishes you when you don't do what he wants, control guy makes all the decisions for you, and competitive guy tries to beat you at every turn. God help you if you find the unholy trinity of these people rolled into one. Chris Perkins, on the other hand, is the guy all DMs should aspire to be, whichever edition you play.

    • @robpegler6545
      @robpegler6545 10 років тому +4

      I remember reading an article in some old RPG magazine about a DM who started a campaign by proudly declaring that none of the party would live through it. It then went on to describe how he went nuts trying to take out the last player standing, who just kept making good rolls and managed to escape.

    • @robpegler6545
      @robpegler6545 10 років тому +8

      ***** If you go in thinking it's your job to "beat" the players, you're probably not cut out to be a DM.

    • @nickilecuyer7584
      @nickilecuyer7584 10 років тому +2

      CP is my role model. I only cheat in favor of the players and usually don't let them know I'm doing it, but I don't do it so obviously that they figure it out and I don't do it so often that it's unrealistic or not difficult, thereby making the game less fun for them. I challenge them while supporting them. Unless a player is making the game difficult for everyone, then I may set out to kill them on purpose. ;D

    • @thediethrower1803
      @thediethrower1803 8 років тому +3

      +Nick Lenfent True bad players can be almost as fun ruining as a bad DM. Either through wasting time to minmax or by being a murder hobo in a campaign that isn't made for that.

    • @10far2many
      @10far2many 8 років тому

      TheDieThrower This is a very true statement.

  • @SarujinieUras
    @SarujinieUras 10 років тому +22

    Honestly I enjoy this more BECAUSE it's just a recording with no video, it leaves EVERYTHING to the imagination. I just can't get into a D&D session unless it's an animation so everything that's going on is clear and maybe even extra humorous or a recording such as this which gives more imaginative freedom to the listener.

    • @TheDrexxus
      @TheDrexxus 8 років тому +2

      I disagree strongly. I enjoy Critical Role 10 times more by seeing them instead of just listening to them. They have some AMAZING reactions to what is happening in the game, plus they act out their actions a lot of the time. The looks of shock on their faces when certain events happen is just golden.
      Best show ever.

    • @badmojo0777
      @badmojo0777 7 років тому +1

      thats why its an opinion, and youre wrong, lol just kidding, to each their own :D

  • @michaelwestmoreland2530
    @michaelwestmoreland2530 11 років тому +34

    I dig how all three of them, speaking as though it's a dead serious for real thing, refer to their rolling as a skill. If rolling is something you can effect with intent, I'm pretty sure that makes you a Witch.
    And I'd like to learn.

    • @tone12of12
      @tone12of12 11 років тому +12

      I have yet to play D&D with a group that *doesn't* refer to rolling as a skill. It's a very difficult skill to master.

    • @KotaTheFemboy
      @KotaTheFemboy 11 років тому +14

      actually, rolling dice is a skill. there's a reason that competitive games involving dice (such as backgammon) have cups to put the dice it; so that people can't roll the dice a certain way to induce a favorable outcome

  • @vreeshim
    @vreeshim 11 років тому +3

    I love Chris Perkins and his explainations on the mechanics. "Let me explain about natural ones...It doesn't matter what you add to it, it will always miss." Lol.

  • @JT1698
    @JT1698 10 років тому +52

    Magic Missile. NOT HITTING!? What IS this WIZARDRY!

    • @TexGamer84
      @TexGamer84 10 років тому +21

      Originally the rules were to include that Magic missile had an attack roll however later revised version returned magic missile to its roots. There allowing it to always hit.

    • @emperorxander666
      @emperorxander666 6 років тому +4

      well they are playing 4e so shit happens

    • @blablubb4553
      @blablubb4553 6 років тому +3

      yeah but that's like the first draft of 4th edition they are playing in the podcast

  • @A_Wild_Dyzzy
    @A_Wild_Dyzzy 2 роки тому

    This series was my first introduction to an actual DnD campaign. I had read about the game, but I never played and I never saw or got to hear people actually playing.
    Chris inspired me to not only play, but become a DM.

  • @Northern_Ninja
    @Northern_Ninja 10 років тому +16

    I totally wish this was filmed

  • @xaviercarbonneau3763
    @xaviercarbonneau3763 5 років тому +5

    Ive never played 4e but I love the bloodied idea

  • @brunosouza3326
    @brunosouza3326 7 років тому +15

    it's so weird seeing jim darkmagic not knowing how to play. weird and fun.

  • @mikelott3200
    @mikelott3200 8 років тому +2

    Awesome stuff

  • @JeffPannell
    @JeffPannell Рік тому

    "Your DM is not your enemy." Exactly. While the scorched Earth approach can be fun, I've been part of a campaign where the DM seemed to have it out for all of us and it lead to a lot of argument and not fun play sessions. Be fair, give them a good tale, leave them wanting more.

  • @codypatton2859
    @codypatton2859 4 роки тому +2

    "He's gotta be cheating back there."
    Technically, the DM can't cheat. It's encouraged to make judgment calls on any of their dice rolls and if they even roll at all.

  • @SuperToddfather
    @SuperToddfather 11 років тому +6

    Can D&D film these gamming sessions during the pod I think that would be great.

  • @corneiliousjones
    @corneiliousjones 11 років тому

    thank you these are awesome sauce!

  • @shadowwolf6816
    @shadowwolf6816 10 років тому +27

    This DM's nice about Crit Fails... He just makes them miss. I killed my own party member with a crit fail, once.

    • @VioletMoonfox
      @VioletMoonfox 9 років тому +1

      Shadow Wolf I had a party member (5e Human War Cleric with pole arm master feat) hit a 1 on his glaive that he was attacking while behind me to an ogre in front of me, and then with his roll + modifier got a 19 towards me...luckily I had a 20 ac with my shield equipped (I was a lvl 3 human eldritch knight with medium armor master feat, scale mail, and defensive fighting style, which with my 17 dex gives me an 18 without my shield).

    • @yrahcaznotgnittihw3762
      @yrahcaznotgnittihw3762 7 років тому +1

      Chris is EVIL. Just watch Dice camera action

    • @bulletmonkeyxp
      @bulletmonkeyxp 6 років тому

      Thats a bit harsh

    • @xaviercarbonneau3763
      @xaviercarbonneau3763 5 років тому

      @@bulletmonkeyxp agreed killing a dude for a bad roll

  • @thediethrower1803
    @thediethrower1803 8 років тому

    it was a two vs four fight in second edition advanced dungeons and dragons but I've seen a party I was DM'ing for flat out die to goblins. It was their first campaign so I gave them many bonuses and they even had an ambush on the goblins but hey bad rolls are bad rolls.
    at least I had a contingency plan where an amulet I gave them earlier would send them to an alternate dimension where they didn't die.

  • @Datharass
    @Datharass 10 років тому +11

    I just have to wonder why Mike doesn't animate these and re-release them...

    • @trollofire96
      @trollofire96 10 років тому +5

      ***** i guess thats the magic of DND

    • @Datharass
      @Datharass 9 років тому +1

      It would likely make them go from being backround listening to something much more people would enjoy and perhaps get into the spirit of the game. I'm never against bringing more people into the folds of DnD.

    • @Hexen_Wulf
      @Hexen_Wulf 9 років тому +3

      Dat Harass You should watch the live ones with video :)

    • @Datharass
      @Datharass 9 років тому +2

      Assuming that I haven't already...

    • @MsRandomPro
      @MsRandomPro 9 років тому

      +Dat Harass Well maybe!! just maybe...
      if there are some good animators, cartoonists or people who can draw in general are out there and who is a fan of this.. then it can actually be done, if we put our mind to it and go all in one hundred procent.
      Like: if people are up for the task, working long hours and with out a deadline ofc..
      My idea is this.. we are fans, right.. and the fans.. they do some of the most awesome crazy shit out there.. right?!!
      Like for example: fans they sub some awesome anime series or japanese tv series or shows, so it's for the fans.. right
      I see this, kind of like that..
      but instead of subs we do it with good awesome drawn cartoonish or fanatsy-ish drawn pictures,
      that fallow what they are saying to the point, with their jokes and everyhting... think Egoraptor type style of animation,
      if you want to get an idea of how I pictures it in my mind, so you get an idea of it all..
      So ya.. I'm the ceo, the boss the supreme leader of this oporation, so i don't have to draw shit.. xD
      and i really really need some good fans who can draw and who are willingly to work for free ofc, non profit
      and really do it for a good cause, the enjoyment of the fans and always have in mind why we are doing this,
      it's to honor Mike and everyone for being part of this awesome D&D and for us, the fans.
      and what this podcast actually have become and evloved into, it's pretty fucking amazing and awesome really..
      and i really hope that I've inspired some people out there who are good with the pen, awesome drawers
      who atm don't actually have anything "major important" in their life and stuff and they like to beging to draw but don't know what yet, and don't know what type of work they want to take on.. they are probably a fan of this and stumblesupon my comment and goes
      "this is actually a very good idea, might be an awesome project to workd on, i can draw really well... so why not let this happen and see it come to life"...
      and this might acutally be a start of a legacy so big that this might actually get you a real good job or a very big opportunity, a break through in the future.. and just to get it out there guys.. i would actually have done this in a heart beat i really would... but the thing is.. i can't draw for shit.... so that's that =''(
      it's like a key factor or key element to this.. you kind of... have to know how to draw and i can't... so ya I'm f =''(
      But i have seen every Pax Inc that is video filmed, and the funny thing is, I just found this podcast today actually..
      and i got my mind blown, becasue this is the real actual begining of it all !!
      I have always wonder how it all started.. and waow, what an epic journey they have created...with awesome funny people they play with, is golden and Mike is an very VERY incredible, awesome and a very great DM hands down,
      if you say anything else, you know your lying.
      I would so want to be there and watch them do this.. like a "minon from the underworld" xD :P
      maybe refil their drinks, coffe, and load up the snack bowls when empty, stuff like that.. and just get mind blown of how truly awesome this D&D adventure actually is =D

  • @FrostDragon85
    @FrostDragon85 11 років тому

    thanks for upload these

  • @monkey10399
    @monkey10399 3 роки тому +1

    “Ahhhhh I just got that girl’s shirt”
    😅

  • @FeeblePenguin
    @FeeblePenguin 8 років тому +2

    23:49 What just happened?

  • @chuckles819
    @chuckles819 10 років тому

    I have had some great times with DMs actively trying to kill a party. Not that they would vindictively try to kill us, but definitely make sure we had thought out our actions deeply. Too many funny and very avoidable deaths were had by party members. I think one player died a total of 11 times on campaign. He really liked acting impulsively.

  • @zabbkorn
    @zabbkorn 10 років тому +6

    it would have been nice if they could filmed these instead of just recording

  • @zackman191
    @zackman191 8 років тому +6

    "No more Thac0" *celebration ensues* Really? Was Thac0 really that much of a nightmare to players?

    • @thaynepeterson6563
      @thaynepeterson6563 8 років тому +2

      It was rather awkward to calculate, had to be erased whenever a level up happened (brutal on paper sheets) and was easily replaced by a system that was way easier to use, as well as being more intuitive (high numbers=good instead of
      2e Player: "I have -3 Armor!"
      Everyone who uses a different system: "I'm sorry")

    • @zackman191
      @zackman191 8 років тому

      +Thayne Peterson I get it. But compared to how many modifiers and ranks and such Pathfinder has... (I haven't played 3.5/4.0/5.0 yet)

    • @thaynepeterson6563
      @thaynepeterson6563 8 років тому +1

      +zackman191 Except in PF you only erase and rewrite a few (0-12) numbers. With THACO you needed to rewrite 18 on every level up, considering that Crits always hit and that Crit Fails always miss. I also heard 5e streamlined the system even more by using something called a "proficiency bonus" or something to that effect. Made the whole system easier to manage and harder to min-max.

    • @ArcaneSorceror
      @ArcaneSorceror 8 років тому +8

      As a huge fan of 5e, it does streamline alot. The best thing about the mechanic, IMO, is the advantage system. When you are able to get a bonus on attacking or something, and you get advantage you roll 2d20 and you take the highest, if you have disadvantage you roll 2d20 and take the lowest. Also cantrips are actually worth a damn. There is no limit to how often you can cast them, and the damaging ones scale up in damage every 5th level. You can get some bonuses, but there aren't many.
      5e is a blending of AD&D and 3.5, and I think this is the best edition made. I would recommend it for anyone looking at getting into it.

    • @thediethrower1803
      @thediethrower1803 8 років тому +1

      Thac0 never was a big issue to me but I will admit the new editions are simpler.
      However I sort of dislike how simple it is due to some things getting left out.

  • @riviakstockman
    @riviakstockman 11 років тому

    If somebody made all these into animations, I would totally subscribe to that.

  • @Chefjosh34
    @Chefjosh34 9 років тому

    jim darkmagic is awesome

  • @IsaacRodriguez-qc3vo
    @IsaacRodriguez-qc3vo 11 років тому +1

    I keep screaming "Magic missile never misses" at my computer. Then I realize....

  • @Joshuazx
    @Joshuazx 3 роки тому

    Oh, I do like the minions.

  • @thediethrower1803
    @thediethrower1803 8 років тому

    I agree the DM isn't your enemy. Depending on the campaign things should be difficult but never impossible. Hell when a PC dies I usually hate it as a DM because not only do they lose their character but I lose the time I spent with them playing out the story of that person. And this is why all the 20's I've been rolling in my recent campaign are a bit annoying...

    • @zacharyjohnson4625
      @zacharyjohnson4625 9 днів тому

      If you're playing a game where the player characters are the only heroes around I could see how dying could be a bummer for a dm. I try to be impartial as a dm, sometimes the dice don't favor you and you die. I know that when I'm playing and realize that the dm is going out of their way to avoid killing players I lose all interest in playing. If there's no chance of risk the game becomes boring as hell.

  • @boredjason8748
    @boredjason8748 7 років тому

    27:13

  • @hey_byte_me2497
    @hey_byte_me2497 9 років тому +2

    QHAT KIND OF WORLD IS THIS IN WHICH MAGIC MISSLE REQUIRES A SAVE?!

    • @EdwardHowton
      @EdwardHowton 9 років тому +1

      RPGGhoul Actually required an attack roll, but that was changed in some later revisions of 4th edition. It made a sort of sense with the inclusion of minions, to be fair. 1-hit point enemies that you could pick off with a single missile in a three-missile spell you can cast every turn? My group's wizard had the job of taking out three minions per turn in fights early on (I was using later rules long after the first books were out), so I ended up rebalancing it several times, sometimes with attack rolls, sometimes without, different damage...
      4E was an interesting time. You should see what 5th is like if you haven't already. It has all the best parts of all the editions.

    • @OnlyTwoShoes
      @OnlyTwoShoes 9 років тому

      But wasn't he rolling the damage die, it sounded like D4s

    • @EdwardHowton
      @EdwardHowton 9 років тому

      OnlyTwoShoes Yeah, 4E had a lot of different versions of the spell, some of them had you rolling 1d4 with your Int modifier, others were straight damage, it was weird.

  • @cronaman3196
    @cronaman3196 8 років тому

    so are they playing 4th or 5th edition? Because it sounds like it uses specific bonus numbers insted of advantage, and i know 5e doesnt use bonus as much right?

    • @DoveTattoos
      @DoveTattoos 7 років тому +1

      4th edition, this was recorded years before 5e was even thought of

    • @Grimmlocked
      @Grimmlocked 2 роки тому

      @@DoveTattoos this was recorded before 4e was even released

  • @TheJollyAlex
    @TheJollyAlex 7 років тому +1

    Did Magic Missle used to not be auto hit?

    • @zacharyjohnson4625
      @zacharyjohnson4625 9 днів тому

      It was a roll to hit in the original version of the game from 1974 as well as in 4th edition. Every other edition it's been an auto-hit.

  • @RangerDanger224
    @RangerDanger224 7 років тому +11

    who's watching in 2017?

    • @leavy
      @leavy 6 років тому +1

      in before “watching in 2019” replies

    • @glimmer1665
      @glimmer1665 6 років тому +1

      watching in 2019

    • @theOLswitcharoo
      @theOLswitcharoo 4 роки тому

      Don't come to 2020

    • @helloimzane
      @helloimzane 3 роки тому +1

      @@theOLswitcharoo 2021 ain’t that much better

    • @RangerDanger224
      @RangerDanger224 2 роки тому

      hey, 2022 here, staring ww3 down the barrel

  • @patrickjuday8534
    @patrickjuday8534 2 роки тому +1

    Ooo

  • @Artrysa
    @Artrysa 9 років тому

    So Magic Missle is just like Arcane Missle?

  • @jp263
    @jp263 2 роки тому

    attack role for magic missile ? Is that a 4e thing?

  • @williamad
    @williamad 9 років тому +1

    Bump

  • @Muck006
    @Muck006 9 років тому +14

    Dear Chris Perkins,
    playing a cleric as a healing machine IS FUN ... if you have the right personality for it and making them do that less - which 4e did - is bad. You are just catering to the idiots who dont want to work for their fun ... just like WoW "had to" make other (all) classes able to tank just as well as a Warrior and all healing classes able to heal just as well as clerics an druids ... because kids were whining and unwilling to "work for the team".
    I HATE "me me me divas" who want to be on top of the dps list. The only thing that *should* count is THE TEAM.

  • @LudditeCyborg
    @LudditeCyborg 2 роки тому

    Rick James?!

  • @zemajlopez
    @zemajlopez 11 років тому

    first! and go wizards!

  • @sylvnfox
    @sylvnfox 11 років тому

    i was in a game where the part,y 2 lvl4 rangers and a lvl1 ranger got completely pwned (almost killed) by 2 goblins

  • @Argionelite
    @Argionelite 11 років тому +1

    :D

  • @6006mrfu
    @6006mrfu 8 років тому +3

    I wish I could find a pretty girl around me to play this with

  • @chocoboegg5405
    @chocoboegg5405 3 роки тому

    2021

  • @deViatel
    @deViatel 10 років тому

    Scott is really bad at math.. haha.

  • @omega311888
    @omega311888 4 роки тому +1

    thanks for the reminder of how shitty 4e was