D&D Story: How My Campaign Ended

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  • Опубліковано 14 тра 2019
  • The Turtle Friends group finished out their campaign. As they find the covenant and try to return it to the plane of law. This story is the epic conclusion of the Turtle Friends series! The video follows them hiring out a new adventuring team and travelling through the needles of Lim.
    End Music "The Black Cat" by Aaron Kenny from the UA-cam Audio Library
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  • @mofire5674
    @mofire5674 5 років тому +1664

    I like how after Malikar trips and breaks his ankle he's never mentioned again, as if his anti-climactic escape was punishment enough to his story's demise.

    • @jakeroth675
      @jakeroth675 5 років тому +79

      I'd say it's an ignoble end, but it just keeps going. Functionally immortal but the results of all his skill checks are essentially halved. Rounding down. Forever.

    • @Blackpheonix99
      @Blackpheonix99 5 років тому +5

      Well maybe that's what meechel is up to?

    • @MrNtlman
      @MrNtlman 5 років тому +47

      It’s because he got SEALed away? 😛🙂😶... ok I’ll let myself out now...

    • @badboyluvr
      @badboyluvr 5 років тому +15

      I just finished watching the video but I still managed to misread the name as Markiplier.

  • @Lady_Lightning
    @Lady_Lightning 5 років тому +2673

    “You can’t ignore a plot hook”
    Me: “Laughs in Skyrim”

    • @awsomesaucekirby
      @awsomesaucekirby 5 років тому +5

      No

    • @Drdarktouch2
      @Drdarktouch2 5 років тому +60

      "Laughs in Witcher"

    • @Mechagodzilla128
      @Mechagodzilla128 5 років тому +59

      That's literally me. I ignored the main story in favor of the much more interesting DLC island.

    • @awsomesaucekirby
      @awsomesaucekirby 5 років тому +3

      @@Mechagodzilla128 noted story beeliner here. Like, how do you play that game WITHOUT dragonrend?

    • @Mechagodzilla128
      @Mechagodzilla128 5 років тому +13

      @@awsomesaucekirby The DLC gives you a shout that let's you ride dragons. I either hit them with that, or summon two minions to help me shoot the dragon out of the sky.

  • @duncantrout8795
    @duncantrout8795 5 років тому +443

    THEY HIRED LITTLE WALLACE! THE HERO OF PARNAST HAS SAVED THE DAY AGAIN!

    • @DetectiveWraith
      @DetectiveWraith 3 роки тому +9

      I was thinking the same thing

    • @TheRainbowZip
      @TheRainbowZip 2 роки тому +10

      Also the blacksmith's apprentice for some reason

    • @the_last_ballad
      @the_last_ballad 8 місяців тому

      ​@@TheRainbowZip They wanted cheap labor.
      What is cheaper than children?

  • @vanessas17
    @vanessas17 4 роки тому +711

    5:18 - It is a land perpetually on fire
    Me, joking: California
    Me a few seconds later: *pikachu surprised face*

  • @forerunner3982
    @forerunner3982 5 років тому +3952

    Hey, if 0 levels can survive a golden dragon, 3 beholders, and a lich, they're goddamn amazing.

    • @coranbaker6401
      @coranbaker6401 5 років тому +402

      Probably had a LOT of good stealth rolls.

    • @marcos2492
      @marcos2492 5 років тому +287

      Plot armor

    • @FlyingDominion
      @FlyingDominion 5 років тому +266

      Munchkin rules. They ran and weren't pursued.

    • @butcanyoudothis3320
      @butcanyoudothis3320 5 років тому +115

      @@coranbaker6401 It wouldn't even matter, those enemies passive perceptions are high as fuck lmao

    • @ryanhodgkin7475
      @ryanhodgkin7475 5 років тому +88

      To this day surviving anything as level 0 is good although me and my friend, at lv0 as basically commoners managed to beat a young red dragon

  • @mr.outlaw231
    @mr.outlaw231 5 років тому +773

    Seal: "You going to wash your hands?"
    Malacar: "No. Cause I'm evil."

    • @raincloudplaysgames2136
      @raincloudplaysgames2136 5 років тому +26

      Ah, I see you are also a man of culture lol.

    • @Bfdidc
      @Bfdidc 5 років тому +7

      Great reference.

    • @giggabiite4417
      @giggabiite4417 5 років тому +3

      NO! He's a MONSTER! But I'm sure that if we show him the way, he'll learn that goodness really is good.

    • @SMunro
      @SMunro 5 років тому +1

      Mr. Outlaw seal: but we have sandwiches.

    • @Micras08
      @Micras08 5 років тому +5

      Flash masquerading as Lex Luthor?

  • @lazerninga
    @lazerninga 4 роки тому +1567

    “Where was he going? What did he want to do? Nobody could say for sure, those stories are ones nobody has ever told and have been lost to time-
    “-Because he became *Permanently* _Invisible!”_

    • @trevorpayne8674
      @trevorpayne8674 4 роки тому +103

      And was high out of his mind

    • @benszyndel7535
      @benszyndel7535 4 роки тому +84

      And hit schoolteachers with a boat while attacking a completely normal school 500 years later

    • @robloxbob4149
      @robloxbob4149 4 роки тому +44

      **windows xp message noise** Puffin_forest.exe has crashed, What would you like to do?
      A: Restart Puffin_forrets.exe
      B: Leave Puffin_forest.exe alone
      C: Drink orange soda pop
      I would pick C, most likely

    • @thomasw4422
      @thomasw4422 3 роки тому +10

      Hence the fade out in this video

    • @commanderstorm8874
      @commanderstorm8874 3 роки тому +8

      I read the Permenatly invisible part in puffins voice

  • @Racker26
    @Racker26 4 роки тому +519

    I still think this is just the elaborate story of how Ben got a houseplant.

    • @Gormathius
      @Gormathius 2 роки тому +24

      "Hey Ben, that's a nice flower, where'd you get it?"
      "Sit down, let me tell you a tale..."

    • @subjekt5577
      @subjekt5577 Рік тому +3

      I thought it was an undertale reference to flowey

    • @scotte8315
      @scotte8315 Рік тому +1

      @@Gormathius lol

  • @we4803
    @we4803 5 років тому +3658

    The paralyzed fighter should come back after the 500 years as an antagonist

    • @ohkyoungsun
      @ohkyoungsun 5 років тому +176

      WantaplayEN he probs has justification as he was abandpned for 500 years

    • @nixiumnitro
      @nixiumnitro 5 років тому +61

      That is a great idea!

    • @burntcurlyfryd7729
      @burntcurlyfryd7729 5 років тому +116

      He could team up with gundam robot guy be he was left behind while everyone was sent back to their world

    • @anonymousdratini
      @anonymousdratini 4 роки тому +33

      Oh my gosh HE'S STILL THERE?!

    • @necroarcanistxiii
      @necroarcanistxiii 4 роки тому +37

      That's half the plot of *a game I know* which I won't name for spoilery reasons (Even though it was ps1), only the guy was *petrified* for 10,000 years and his son is the hero who has to beat him up.

  • @calar8
    @calar8 5 років тому +1865

    "We're not giving it to you"
    "Wha... why?"
    "Because you're the primary villain!"
    That's surprisingly refreshing and direct.

    • @KazumiKiguma
      @KazumiKiguma 5 років тому +97

      Nah, he talked about one of his players being able to call all his twists because he's played too many games and watched too much stuff in a previous vid. Plus, it's basically the lore from the Darksiders game series, except it was Abaddon instead of Gabriel and he turned into a dragon instead of a flower.

    • @jakeroth675
      @jakeroth675 5 років тому +55

      It's nice when a GM can put all the pieces on the table so that things make sense to the players in hindsight. It also allows clever players to carve their own path through the world if they can see and act on it ahead of schedule. More work for the GM but also way more rewarding in a lot of ways, so long as everyone's up for it.

    • @Akranejames
      @Akranejames 5 років тому +46

      @@jakeroth675 Yeah...
      I'd even say "too obvious" is a lot better than "poorly foreshadowed and makes little sense" or "complete asspull", because in the first case you can plan for the twists and prepare accordingly, and at least be somewhat satisfied you predicted correctly, while the two other faulty types of set-ups just result in you being baffled and indifferent (or even somewhat insulted) at the plot twist it just created.
      Heck, you can even make a "complete mystery" kind of villain, just make sure it makes sense and let your players have their glory if they find a way to discover him before his actual reveal.
      Basically, there is such a thing as a D&D story looking like an improv skit, and that kind of story accumulates such shitty inconsistencies that I prefer the steady and predictable ones - after all, that kind of plot just means it's up to you to be creative with how you twist the cliché plot.

    • @jakeroth675
      @jakeroth675 5 років тому +19

      I think the key is in having an actual world hung around the events so that if players go off-script or just ignore an entire chapter of the story you know where to take it. I was playing in a game once where I managed to piece together what was happening from a bunch of really obscure clues and skip about six months worth of actual at-table sessions in a long campaign. The GM laughed, then screamed, then laughed, then topped off my action points and we got on with it - weaker than expected but ahead of schedule by enough that the next two sessions we kept catching the antagonist organization with their pants down.

    • @Akranejames
      @Akranejames 5 років тому +8

      @@jakeroth675 Fair enough.
      Part of the potential fun of roleplaying IS that kind of moment where you catch your antagonists (and possibly your GM) with their pants down.
      Having a lot of rebound plans and a good idea of the inner working of your world is exactly what you need to do to pretty much have the right setup for all your plot's turns and twists to unfold in a sensical way.
      The "asspull" and "poor foreshadowing" problems generally come from someone not planning ahead for the first, and someone unwilling to let the players outsmart them (or just being a pretty clumsy story-teller). The "obvious" kind is probably just the GM not being that creative and doesn't hurt the game that much imho.

  • @andrewpenn1145
    @andrewpenn1145 5 років тому +2722

    That California joke made me spill my guts. As a Californian, I can confirm EVERYTHING you said.

    • @couldbeusabaker7532
      @couldbeusabaker7532 5 років тому +198

      “They force you to stay?!”
      “No, it’s just really bad traffic.”
      ---
      “And the beaches are really cold”
      way too close to reality

    • @Schregger
      @Schregger 5 років тому +97

      I remember seeing commercials for California... then I talked to people that moved away from California...
      Those commercials are apparently f***ing lies...

    • @evileagal3241
      @evileagal3241 5 років тому +58

      California.
      I live yhere and its a ok place as long as you have money and arnt 2 feet from a drug deel EVERY F#!&ING DAY!!!!

    • @dustinb4286
      @dustinb4286 5 років тому +58

      Beware California, and the dread capital Ell'aye

    • @bleach-kun
      @bleach-kun 5 років тому +23

      *places a reassuring hand on your shoulder*
      I'm so sorry.

  • @thunderdrae7749
    @thunderdrae7749 4 роки тому +366

    "This is life, and life doesn't care about your level, or your balanced encounters" -Gandhi

    • @TheBayzent
      @TheBayzent 4 роки тому +20

      He said that while nuking all World Capitals.

    • @akisa7865
      @akisa7865 4 роки тому +2

      @@TheBayzent Gandhi takes no prisoners

    • @Sigmar_Heldenhammer
      @Sigmar_Heldenhammer 4 роки тому +2

      @@akisa7865 all must bow to Gandhi, lest you suffer the wrath of his fully stocked nuclear arsenal of "democracy"

    • @Apollo-684
      @Apollo-684 4 роки тому

      @@Sigmar_Heldenhammer gandhi murdered my parents

    • @elinquisidorperseverante6835
      @elinquisidorperseverante6835 4 роки тому

      @@Apollo-684 I think there was an "and then, Gandhi." Before that.

  • @andrewnethercott8200
    @andrewnethercott8200 5 років тому +2235

    "Life doesn't care about your level"

    • @Sparrow_Bloodhunter
      @Sparrow_Bloodhunter 5 років тому +106

      factually accurate. I'm way under level for the encounters I've been facing lately.

    • @Gashren
      @Gashren 5 років тому +40

      If my players would say that I'd just smile and let them know how seriously they effed up with that sentence... Welcome to begging for quests like fetching apples. It's not level appropriate? Well, as SOMEONE said "life doesn't care about your level", huh?
      I'd probably ease up on them after one session, but I think that would be more than enough to teach them not to do meta-meta-gaming :)

    • @mabus4910
      @mabus4910 5 років тому +12

      @@Sparrow_Bloodhunter You have to grind your waybup. Go killing rats in the forest or pick mushrooms

    • @Sparrow_Bloodhunter
      @Sparrow_Bloodhunter 5 років тому +11

      @@mabus4910 but rats are so cute, also I don't have to go to the forest to find them, they show up in my kitchen late at night.

    • @Madhattersinjeans
      @Madhattersinjeans 5 років тому +4

      I want to quit the campaign.

  • @brianmah5965
    @brianmah5965 5 років тому +706

    We haven't forgot about the origin of the turtle !#%#ers, Ben.
    You owe this to us.

  • @wizardvozk5874
    @wizardvozk5874 5 років тому +719

    Lemme guess....
    next campaign a child goes on a killing spree with the Mourneblade.

    • @nixiumnitro
      @nixiumnitro 5 років тому +9

      lol I would love to see that

    • @mrnubbones8626
      @mrnubbones8626 5 років тому +1

      He Shore do that

    • @scabberdabber2597
      @scabberdabber2597 4 роки тому +2

      Elijah Bolton I mean he was planing to give it to his kids

    • @dgplayzit4438
      @dgplayzit4438 4 роки тому +5

      no, the fighter got out of paralysis and found the mourneblade.

    • @JoeyBonzo99
      @JoeyBonzo99 4 роки тому +17

      From the distance:
      "I WARNED YOU!"

  • @CreatureGirlInc
    @CreatureGirlInc 4 роки тому +379

    "California?! What kind of sadistic creatures could live there?!"
    Me: Hah. Ahhaha. Ya. It's hot here.

  • @tomon5598
    @tomon5598 5 років тому +3788

    We need to know about the Turtle Fuckers backstory, Ben

  • @FireRevanShadow
    @FireRevanShadow 5 років тому +4076

    Clearly the seals were lawful stupid... This has my seal of approval.

    • @judosii1473
      @judosii1473 5 років тому +84

      HA! *seal* of approval

    • @mindlessscarecrow4886
      @mindlessscarecrow4886 5 років тому +57

      Lawful stupid is the best lawful

    • @woot2111
      @woot2111 5 років тому +29

      *You hear the sound of angry screaming in the distance, it fills you with DETERMINATION

    • @N3rdZon3
      @N3rdZon3 5 років тому +14

      lawful stupid :D Made my day

    • @PigeonDetective
      @PigeonDetective 5 років тому +2

      AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

  • @nixiumnitro
    @nixiumnitro 5 років тому +785

    player: I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE TO SEND HIM
    villain: no you wouldn't
    player: yes … I banish you … TO CALIFORNIA
    me: *laughing to death*

    • @kmac291
      @kmac291 5 років тому +24

      I got a better idea
      AUSTRALIA!!!!

    • @feritperliare2890
      @feritperliare2890 5 років тому +16

      K Mac better Saudi Arabia and write gay on his face

    • @wildrook
      @wildrook 3 роки тому +3

      Well, the Angel's dead.

    • @priestshrek3738
      @priestshrek3738 3 роки тому +6

      Even worse place. Banish him to
      NEW JERSEY

    • @minty_the_sweet_alicorn7133
      @minty_the_sweet_alicorn7133 3 роки тому +2

      @@kmac291 I live there and can conform - it would be a fate worse than death for an inter dimensional traveler. Lot of xenophobia here, which sucks ass

  • @PikaPetey
    @PikaPetey 5 років тому +1232

    holy shit that california bit. im laughing so much.

    • @TheAnon03
      @TheAnon03 3 роки тому +22

      Even funnier this year.

    • @guesswho2590
      @guesswho2590 3 роки тому +16

      It's all coming together now :(

    • @tdogdopeh6553
      @tdogdopeh6553 3 роки тому +33

      I live in california so I can say with confidence that the whole bit is actually just facts.

    • @solar7775
      @solar7775 3 роки тому +18

      I also live in California and can confirm Tdog Johnson's statement that its facts...

    • @spidertiger585
      @spidertiger585 3 роки тому +3

      @@solar7775 same

  • @spensershort5200
    @spensershort5200 5 років тому +821

    "I'm banishing you... TO CALIFORNIA!"
    "NOOOOOoooooooo....."

    • @dmechanicodude3960
      @dmechanicodude3960 5 років тому +11

      Be thankful that it isn't the Dakotas.

    • @jorgeguijosatellez509
      @jorgeguijosatellez509 4 роки тому +16

      As a Californian I must advice you to no upset the sun or we will forced to banish you to Bakersfield and you may never leave that place

    • @Retrovorious
      @Retrovorious 4 роки тому +7

      And thus flowey was born

    • @DetectiveLance
      @DetectiveLance 4 роки тому +1

      @@jorgeguijosatellez509 As a fellow Californian...F*** you, banish them to Oxnard.

    • @kapitanmogan3751
      @kapitanmogan3751 4 роки тому +2

      I was born banished then

  • @JeremyCoatney
    @JeremyCoatney 5 років тому +285

    "Ell' Aye" is the perfect fantasy spelling for such an evil place.

  • @003dylan
    @003dylan 3 роки тому +61

    "A land that's perpetually on fire, where the air could kill you" My god did this age like wine!

    • @MaskedRokho
      @MaskedRokho 11 місяців тому +1

      so um, its aged even better

    • @003dylan
      @003dylan 11 місяців тому

      @@MaskedRokho Yep, 106 where I'm at baby!

  • @andrewberkemeyer5486
    @andrewberkemeyer5486 5 років тому +77

    "And the tyrant of California is a great immortal machine known as the t-100 or ARNOLD!!!"
    GASP

  • @thelegend8570
    @thelegend8570 5 років тому +940

    WE NEED BACKSTORY FOR THE TURTLE FUCKERS, WE WON'T STOP ASKING BEN, GIVE US THE BACKSTORY.
    WHERE'S THE BACKSTORY BEN?

  • @sebbes333
    @sebbes333 5 років тому +587

    *@Puffin Forest*
    8:45 I really hope your group was playing this session in California, and the DM fulls out some potted flower and goes:
    "And here he is, Gabriel the flower" ;D

    • @jwmmitch
      @jwmmitch 5 років тому +38

      It's flowey

    • @catsarecool7247
      @catsarecool7247 5 років тому +9

      @@jwmmitch I though the same thing

    • @Brenilla
      @Brenilla 5 років тому +24

      He lives in San Deiego . He has a PO box in his about section on the chanel page. so odds are yes he was

    • @incognitoborito4815
      @incognitoborito4815 5 років тому +1

      I kind of expected Gabriel to say "IM FLOWEY!"

  • @rotatingdisc-479
    @rotatingdisc-479 5 років тому +345

    Wait but if magic doesn't work in California, won't Gabriel revert to being an angel?
    Edit: Wait, but that means he can't be an angel either because angels are magic.
    So he'd just kinda... cease to exist?
    Holy shit, maybe California is evil after all.

    • @ZachCremisiSky
      @ZachCremisiSky 5 років тому +4

      But it has a magical place

    • @kapitan19969838
      @kapitan19969838 5 років тому +3

      Angels aren't magic

    • @Sorain1
      @Sorain1 4 роки тому +43

      "Magic doesn't work" might just mean that no magic can be cast, preexisting magic (or magical items) may well work. After all, that spirit got back out somehow!

    • @kamikaze1970
      @kamikaze1970 4 роки тому

      Ya “maybe”

    • @KarmasAB123
      @KarmasAB123 4 роки тому +12

      Whether or not he reverts depends on whether his transformation is a continuous spell or not. If it's not, then he would just stay as a plant.

  • @JoeBurkeZerk
    @JoeBurkeZerk 5 років тому +212

    I live in Ell'Aye, and I can in fact confirm we're all 4th dimensional devil summoners from an even greater evil!

    • @jamesmerkel1932
      @jamesmerkel1932 4 роки тому +11

      Socialism?

    • @JoeBurkeZerk
      @JoeBurkeZerk 4 роки тому +6

      @@jamesmerkel1932 Yes

    • @demi-fiendoftime3825
      @demi-fiendoftime3825 4 роки тому +3

      Namless's Media Dump Hence why I a Warior of chaotic good have infiltrated this fortress of evil to steal their secrets of world forging(game design) and then leave for more sane lands.

    • @arbiterskiss6692
      @arbiterskiss6692 4 роки тому +1

      Isn't Ell'Aye the source from which all evil spreads?
      Or is it just one of the nodes of Evil like the terrible Knu Yorcc?

    • @robloxbob4149
      @robloxbob4149 4 роки тому +1

      **falcon punches the bad guys**

  • @Nyghtking
    @Nyghtking 5 років тому +726

    How many levels did that level 0 adventuring party gets just because they survived that mission, not once, but TWICE?

    • @cp1cupcake
      @cp1cupcake 5 років тому +119

      I was kinda expecting something along the lines of 'so we got caught and spilled the beans and currently are distracting you from the army forming up around the building. Next time on TPK.

    • @thomanator1000
      @thomanator1000 5 років тому +33

      Plot armor.

    • @professorhaystacks6606
      @professorhaystacks6606 5 років тому +45

      They're NPCs, they don't know about "levels". :P

    • @tikos8063
      @tikos8063 5 років тому +5

      About six

    • @YE33E
      @YE33E 5 років тому +13

      "Sorry, Kid, we use milestones around here."

  • @zachm1214
    @zachm1214 5 років тому +553

    As someone from California I can completely agree with how it was described

    • @skyblade7438
      @skyblade7438 5 років тому +5

      Are there any harp seals or do they stay as far away as possible?

    • @koboldbussymuncher7240
      @koboldbussymuncher7240 5 років тому +4

      F

    • @2qup2
      @2qup2 5 років тому +24

      obviously youre lying because California has never been that nice

    • @timothygiese6726
      @timothygiese6726 5 років тому +5

      You forgot the pocket dimensions within California. Bakersfield?

    • @dsandoval9396
      @dsandoval9396 5 років тому +13

      @@skyblade7438 They congregate in popular tourist locations by large bodies of water like at a fabled place called Fisherman's Wharf in Sanf-Ran-Sisko.
      Then the seals use their hypnotic powers on unsuspecting passerbys where they charm them into servitude. For the time being the seals are perfectly content on gorging themselves on food but for those strong enough to resist their charm the unmistakable air of malice becomes ever so stronger in their presence as the seals grow more emboldened by their new found power.
      People call me crazy when they see me clutching my seal bashing club, but the day will come when THEY will be coming to me to save them from the inevitable, oh yes, the day will come.

  • @Dragonspirit223
    @Dragonspirit223 4 роки тому +29

    I just realized something, the dream team would have leveled up at least 3 times (I haven't memorized the XP give off and requirements) from bypassing/defeating the guards... Twice.

  • @shadowarmy4649
    @shadowarmy4649 4 роки тому +39

    The land of fire! California. Fun fact, today’s temperature was 109 degrees Fahrenheit. Or roughly 42 degrees Celsius if you aren’t in the US.

  • @stephenburley4581
    @stephenburley4581 5 років тому +1753

    When you said "Malacar has been banished beyond the Seventh Seal" this wasn't what I thought you meant...

    • @paxgallery6646
      @paxgallery6646 5 років тому +21

      How do I give multiple likes to a comment?

    • @InfernosReaper
      @InfernosReaper 5 років тому +12

      @@paxgallery6646 Bring in multiple accounts

    • @paxgallery6646
      @paxgallery6646 5 років тому +5

      @@InfernosReaper I don't know how to do that

    • @InfernosReaper
      @InfernosReaper 5 років тому +11

      @@paxgallery6646 Sell your soul to El Diabro. or just create other accounts using different email addresses.

    • @rawchicken3463
      @rawchicken3463 Рік тому

      I feel like/thought it was Mali *k* ar

  • @chtc88
    @chtc88 5 років тому +155

    Note to myself if I travel to California: Every single person there is a high-level boss.

    • @joshuazane3210
      @joshuazane3210 5 років тому

      Watch out for the epic level bums.

    • @wolfwhitefire
      @wolfwhitefire 5 років тому +2

      I wouldn't say that, but basically everyone in the army would be equivalent to a BBEG in strength and the regular police force would be a pretty high level boss. For the army, there is body armor, machine guns capable of killing dozens of people in seconds if they aren't prepared (which given the more fantasy-centered world most D&D characters are in, would be basically everyone), gas weaponry, fully automatic assault rifles, sniper rifles, fighter jets, tanks, attack helicopters, nuclear weaponry, etc. Seriously if one person with access to modern weaponry got into a D&D world and figured out a reliable defense against magic, they could probably be more powerful and a bigger threat than the vast majority of BBEGs or anything else, except for giant monsters, gods and possibly demons.

    • @thedeathgames2119
      @thedeathgames2119 5 років тому +1

      I live in Visalia California and that's so true lol

    • @glitchwolf1384
      @glitchwolf1384 5 років тому +1

      California resident here:
      I absorb fire damage, am a natural level 7 fire elemental sorcerer, and can multiattack if hit with a fire spell.
      We're not all high-level bosses, most of us are just high-end adventurer types.

    • @lilllithjaxxle
      @lilllithjaxxle 5 років тому

      As a Californian I can say yeah watch your back in some places and not all of cali is hot , cooler weather would most likely be near the beach and don’t go to the valley during summer (I live in the valley and it can get hot, but at least it’s not Death Valley :) )

  • @caesar6733
    @caesar6733 4 роки тому +24

    "California! Ahahahahahahaaaaa!"
    In the distance: "I waaaaarned youuuu!"

  • @troyrichardson2635
    @troyrichardson2635 5 років тому +40

    It's called CALIFORNIA (Tell my family I died of laughter)

  • @fhuber7507
    @fhuber7507 5 років тому +310

    LOL Dark citadel Ell Aye
    You can check out any time you want but you can never leave.
    Because of.... TRAFFIC!

    • @N3rdZon3
      @N3rdZon3 5 років тому +6

      Classy Reference my friend.... I see you are a man of culture aswell

    • @StormTheSquid
      @StormTheSquid 5 років тому +3

      Some might even call it a hotel.

    • @thomaspoteete4119
      @thomaspoteete4119 5 років тому +2

      Apparently you can't kill the beasts there, even if you stab them with your steely knives.

  • @ShasOSwoll
    @ShasOSwoll 5 років тому +233

    "Now, your bathroom will be used, for the purposes. Of EVIL"

    • @morganrobinson8042
      @morganrobinson8042 5 років тому +5

      One would think deliberately not using the bathroom would be the path of evil.

    • @stlchucko
      @stlchucko 5 років тому +6

      Evil happens every time I go to the bathroom. The Bowels of Hell are my bowels.

    • @goggles8691
      @goggles8691 5 років тому +3

      "you have fallen for my deception"

  • @user-fu1yt7vb8h
    @user-fu1yt7vb8h 5 років тому +47

    Well boys our cover had been blown... Californians out

  • @skibur848
    @skibur848 4 роки тому +19

    “He didn’t go to the left but went to the right!” *goes to the left*

  • @SunSun-sk4si
    @SunSun-sk4si 5 років тому +384

    1:57 The return of Wallace and the Blacksmith's Apprentice... :D

    • @skyblade7438
      @skyblade7438 5 років тому +11

      *They are Legion*

    • @watcherofmemelords7967
      @watcherofmemelords7967 5 років тому +2

      OMG! That must have been so cathartic for them to finally defeat little Wallace the hero of parnast!

  • @istarilight
    @istarilight 5 років тому +460

    Michel's ending :
    He did not speak much to the others. Where was he going ? What was he about to do ? Noone knows.
    Or, as it probably happened, Ben's brother never told him what his character would do.

    • @HunhowsShadowStalker
      @HunhowsShadowStalker 5 років тому +40

      Wait.. So Michel is Chadwick Strongpants?!

    • @MmeHyraelle
      @MmeHyraelle 5 років тому +11

      He's going to retrieve the mournblade?

    • @lordbuss
      @lordbuss 5 років тому +27

      He's probably high on mushrooms at the same park.

    • @ATFPredator
      @ATFPredator 4 роки тому +36

      He actually did come back and you get to hear more of his stories.... he's ageless so 500 years from now when the next major campaign started he's still there.

    • @andrewthegeek6522
      @andrewthegeek6522 4 роки тому +20

      He turned permanently invisible du

  • @reetyboi2524
    @reetyboi2524 4 роки тому +10

    Demigorgon: I am scared of nothing
    Spirit:California
    Demigorgon: *screams like a little girl*

  • @fbihorse
    @fbihorse 5 років тому +45

    “Instead of going to the left, he went RIGHT!”
    *goes left

  • @tomon5598
    @tomon5598 5 років тому +253

    I’m already in love with the Baby Harpseals

  • @chunta957
    @chunta957 5 років тому +398

    Legends say that Michelle is still sitting somewhere in the central park drunk and high.

    • @gunjfur8633
      @gunjfur8633 5 років тому +14

      ...& passed out

    • @vensangre
      @vensangre 5 років тому +4

      As a potted plant

    • @TamTroll
      @TamTroll 5 років тому +16

      @@gunjfur8633 this whole campaign was actually just a huge fever dream from him.

    • @gunjfur8633
      @gunjfur8633 5 років тому +4

      @@TamTroll
      Mind = 💥

    • @tylerulfmann4586
      @tylerulfmann4586 5 років тому

      Чам Чам Ништяк generations of guilt and now immortality never have I felt this bad for a drug abuser yucking it up in a park

  • @Dee-oi6dx
    @Dee-oi6dx 3 роки тому +14

    I can’t be the only one who needs to know how The Turtle “Friends” got their name 🐢

  • @celestereynolds4536
    @celestereynolds4536 5 років тому +26

    Me: sees Wallace
    Me: *hysterical laughter*

    • @rewrew897
      @rewrew897 4 роки тому +1

      *LAUGHS IN BEHOLDER*

  • @we4803
    @we4803 5 років тому +647

    Anyone remember the paralyzed fighter they left outside Malikar's dungeon?

    • @ATFPredator
      @ATFPredator 5 років тому +46

      From the DMG page 211, "Make a ranged attack roll against [a] creature using your spell attack bonus. On a hit, the target is paralyzed for 1 minute." "At the end of each of the target's turns, it can repeat the saving throw, ending the effect on itself on a success." - I honestly don't even see how the fighter was paralyzed for even the entirety of Malikar's encounter (boss fight)....

    • @we4803
      @we4803 4 роки тому +13

      @@ATFPredator they probably just forgot

    • @group555_
      @group555_ 4 роки тому +47

      ATFPredator if I remember correctly he said one of the players couldn't be at the session.
      That was his character, he was paralysed as a way to explain why one member couldn't join for the end of the adventure.

    • @ATFPredator
      @ATFPredator 4 роки тому +11

      @@group555_ That would make way more sense, and if the player never played with them again he would remain paralyzed until he starved to death? What a terrible way to go.

    • @JooJingleTHISISLEGIT
      @JooJingleTHISISLEGIT 4 роки тому +4

      @@ATFPredator also each round of an encounter (everyone taking a turn) is 5 seconds. it's unlikely the encounter lasted for 12 rounds (the average is 3-4, so maybe 9-10 since it was bigger) so that part makes sense

  • @SunSun-sk4si
    @SunSun-sk4si 5 років тому +96

    9:10 "Together they decided to become _immortal and stop aging_ "
    9:17 "Our fighter returned back to the beast lands to spend _the rest of his days_ with his drow wife"
    ... Oh... Oh no...

    • @NTN_music
      @NTN_music 5 років тому +28

      that's what i was thinking. I mean when does he realize his mistake?

    • @mavinus3644
      @mavinus3644 5 років тому +8

      maybe he rejected the immortality? (I hope he did)

    • @inertjohnjunk
      @inertjohnjunk 5 років тому +5

      Well... SHE'S not immortal...

    • @Alexander-vg5qf
      @Alexander-vg5qf 5 років тому +1

      @Ellobats NANIII?

    • @inertjohnjunk
      @inertjohnjunk 5 років тому +3

      @Ellobats Maybehapssibly

  • @marginis
    @marginis 4 роки тому +16

    2:16 "Can't say no to a plot hook" says someone who has clearly never been in a game with the players I DM for.

  • @dethmettle9236
    @dethmettle9236 4 роки тому +32

    2:55 "A gold dragon"
    Wait, how is he evil? Gold dragons are usually Lawful gud.

    • @kwesimorain4029
      @kwesimorain4029 4 роки тому +26

      To be fair they are stealing stuff from the military for forgery.

    • @mr.person9403
      @mr.person9403 4 роки тому +1

      maybe they pissed it off

  • @nelliebachesneg6655
    @nelliebachesneg6655 5 років тому +147

    See, banishing Gabriel to California is funny because Los Angeles means "City of Angles".
    Very clever.

    • @Endoptic
      @Endoptic 5 років тому +10

      Pretty sure R'lyeh is the City of Angles...

    • @Cris-bj7ee
      @Cris-bj7ee 5 років тому +9

      Is there any difference? Both are eldritch horrors incomprehensible to a sane mind. @@Endoptic

    • @shadowofroserade
      @shadowofroserade 5 років тому +5

      Nellie Bachesneg Wow geometry!

    • @andrewpajak8058
      @andrewpajak8058 5 років тому +5

      How has no one mentioned "angels" yet??

    • @nelliebachesneg6655
      @nelliebachesneg6655 5 років тому

      @@shadowofroserade I have no regrets.

  • @edwardbroeckling9602
    @edwardbroeckling9602 5 років тому +210

    OH MY GOD LITTLE WALLACE AND THE BLACKSMITH'S APPRENTICE ARE ON THE DREAM TEAM?! HOLY CRAP!

    • @danielmcdade4013
      @danielmcdade4013 5 років тому

      I don't remember the blacksmiths apprentice!? 😭😭

    • @SunSun-sk4si
      @SunSun-sk4si 5 років тому +3

      Daniel McDade Daniel McDade The video "funny moments from my campaign", about 4 minutes in.

  • @rice_to
    @rice_to 5 років тому +18

    i started cracking up with california and lost it at LA!!!

  • @platinumwolf-09
    @platinumwolf-09 5 років тому +22

    Wow Puffinforest, you should narrate for audiobooks, I was getting goosebumps towards the end of the video.

  • @erickchristensen746
    @erickchristensen746 5 років тому +362

    Oof that was a nice end though I bet Michele will reappear as an npc into the new campaign.

    • @darthalex3
      @darthalex3 5 років тому +1

      but its 500 years later

    • @erickchristensen746
      @erickchristensen746 5 років тому +10

      Gopnik Dragonborn They said they all became Demigods, that’s the lowest tier of god, they are immortal

    • @darthalex3
      @darthalex3 5 років тому +3

      @@erickchristensen746 *seems legit*

  • @patricksmith6680
    @patricksmith6680 5 років тому +769

    It's not over.
    You still owe us an explanation where the "Turtle F*****s" name came from.
    Maybe not an animation, but an _explanation._

    • @HunhowsShadowStalker
      @HunhowsShadowStalker 5 років тому +32

      Turtle *_F R I E N D S_*

    • @yaujj65
      @yaujj65 5 років тому +8

      Forget it unless you want to turn it to a revolution. And I not a fan of rebellion and revolution.

    • @benikujaku4567
      @benikujaku4567 5 років тому +9

      I love how the two names fit in the asteriscs

    • @themanofsex3173
      @themanofsex3173 5 років тому +6

      Isn’t it obvious? They f***** turtles. What else is there to say other than what fetishes did your characters have?

    • @benikujaku4567
      @benikujaku4567 5 років тому +3

      @@themanofsex3173 I thought the verb for "turtle friends" is "they befriend turtles". Why do your verb start with an f?

  • @Dloin
    @Dloin 4 роки тому +6

    Arnold hurt his Paw? WHERE IS MY RAGATHIEL CLERIC? IAM OUT FOR VENGENCE!

  • @aidanl276
    @aidanl276 5 років тому +34

    Wait a minute, isn’t the guy in the Dream Team- is that Wallace of Parnast?

  • @aaronjafri9004
    @aaronjafri9004 5 років тому +323

    I am now making Mount Clelestia and Elysium just full of baby harp seals.

  • @aaroncaldwell5199
    @aaroncaldwell5199 5 років тому +197

    As someone who lives in California I burst out laughing at us being a plane of evil. It was described so accurately, I mean if we existed in a fantasy setting.

    • @wafflemaster59
      @wafflemaster59 5 років тому +12

      You and I both know it's not just accurate if we were in a fantasy world. This place is hellish.

    • @Brenilla
      @Brenilla 5 років тому +2

      The Truest thing

    • @jackbishop8610
      @jackbishop8610 5 років тому +8

      Californian citizenship might as well just be called slavery.

    • @MtnNerd
      @MtnNerd 5 років тому +2

      Personally I'd amend it to just be LA. Every time I enter or leave LA I feel like I passed through a hell portal

    • @williethenerfherder2193
      @williethenerfherder2193 5 років тому +1

      Bro you need to put governor brown in prison. He turned knowingly spreading HIV in your state into a fucking misdemeanor.

  • @eclipsedmoon87
    @eclipsedmoon87 5 років тому +33

    2:00 is it just me, or is one of those adventurers WALLACE?! Second from the left

    • @maddocmonkey
      @maddocmonkey 5 років тому +1

      I think so

    • @guccicosmic3985
      @guccicosmic3985 4 роки тому +1

      Why did you have to say that

    • @eclipsedmoon87
      @eclipsedmoon87 4 роки тому +4

      @@guccicosmic3985 because anyone who's seen 2 specific videos of his will recognize and HATE Wallace

    • @guccicosmic3985
      @guccicosmic3985 4 роки тому +1

      I know I’m it’s just now I can’t I’m see that

    • @liamdalemon1525
      @liamdalemon1525 4 роки тому +3

      the adventurers told the town that he committed the crimes and framed an innocent man. They tried to send him to California but California was all booked out so they just kicked him out of the town

  • @cableboxcal3337
    @cableboxcal3337 5 років тому +9

    1. This was uploaded on my birthday woooow
    2. Why did that ending make me so emotional

  • @Sintaba_Gold
    @Sintaba_Gold 5 років тому +211

    I love these kind of endings where your character becomes part of the lore of the world for the next campaign

  • @hirocarupu8746
    @hirocarupu8746 5 років тому +218

    The dream team has Wallace!
    Wallace! The hero of parnast on their side. Truly they can take all that and more.

    • @SpacemanSpleef
      @SpacemanSpleef 4 роки тому +23

      They also have the young apprentince blacksmith.

    • @luisfernandocaelhernandez9599
      @luisfernandocaelhernandez9599 4 роки тому +7

      Yes I hoping someone noticed the hero of parnast

    • @lxvely5613
      @lxvely5613 4 роки тому +5

      I think everyone who watched hero of parnast and funny moments in my campaign saw Wallace and the apprentice

    • @lordjor96
      @lordjor96 3 роки тому

      I think that's how the manage to survive.

  • @frog2091
    @frog2091 4 роки тому +13

    Me in California “yep I’m on fire”

  • @gutsdw
    @gutsdw 5 років тому +13

    5:30 I as a native Californian agree with this

  • @cixal4696
    @cixal4696 5 років тому +318

    >Hears the gnome monk's name at the end of the video
    "Wait a minute..."
    >Rewatches Chadwick Strongpants
    Will was the gnome monk that failed his attack roll?
    Well dang.

    • @cameron2528
      @cameron2528 5 років тому +17

      Omg youre right!

    • @stefanm.734
      @stefanm.734 4 роки тому +27

      It was an intentionally bad character too, yet was the only one that managed to make it out of that tower.

    • @andrewthegeek6522
      @andrewthegeek6522 4 роки тому

      My sister plays a gnome monk when I saw that video I laphed hard

    • @nextPr0fess0rCha0s
      @nextPr0fess0rCha0s 2 роки тому

      BY ONE!

  • @ikaSenseiCA
    @ikaSenseiCA 5 років тому +150

    You should casually have a potted plant named Gabriel that you bring to sessions

    • @pokegard
      @pokegard 2 роки тому +1

      Only in California tho, or he will escape

  • @limboprime5926
    @limboprime5926 5 років тому +7

    Best end to a campaign I’ve ever seen was the end to grave of man

  • @GrahamGotGame
    @GrahamGotGame 5 років тому +13

    TFW at 1:11 Malakar moves to the left when Puffin specifically says he went to the right -_-

    • @etdrwho8328
      @etdrwho8328 5 років тому

      It was the way Malakar was facing.

    • @snickers2091
      @snickers2091 5 років тому +1

      He went to stage right

  • @LetsPlayCrazy
    @LetsPlayCrazy 5 років тому +255

    DRAGON
    FORNICATORS!
    Tell us! I will keep writing these comments until you tell us!

  • @azurebalmung4520
    @azurebalmung4520 5 років тому +269

    "The Asriel towers".
    (glances at talking flower)
    Seems legit.

  • @plaguekid
    @plaguekid 4 роки тому +4

    I'm not even gonna lie, that narration at the end was sick though. Why is nobody talking about how great it was?

  • @datalysjr3339
    @datalysjr3339 5 років тому +33

    I’m from California and you right 😂🤣😂

  • @ehrinehrin6441
    @ehrinehrin6441 5 років тому +125

    Demon:your fear my lord?
    Devil:CALIFONIA...

  • @yolojocolo5523
    @yolojocolo5523 5 років тому +74

    TELL US THE TURTLE F#*%@^S BACKSTORY!!!

  • @rewrew897
    @rewrew897 5 років тому +1

    I’ve just been rewatching all these videos all day

  • @mr.k418
    @mr.k418 4 роки тому +2

    The fighter settling down with his wife in solitude sounded like my favorite kind of ending.

  • @kyuura4324
    @kyuura4324 5 років тому +74

    CALIFORNIA! THE DARK PLANE OF EVIIIIL
    Also I love stories like that where earth is this death world

    • @GunManGunHand
      @GunManGunHand 5 років тому +2

      More like the Plane of Stupidity, they outlawed plastic straws.

    • @FrancisR420
      @FrancisR420 5 років тому

      @@GunManGunHand the plane of the seventh largest economy in the world

    • @Renovartio
      @Renovartio 5 років тому +3

      @@FrancisR420 yet are bankrupt and need federal funding

  • @jamesgarratt9334
    @jamesgarratt9334 5 років тому +50

    One thing that I've learnt from D&D:
    Players like protagonist centred morally regardless of of how their actions seem or the consequences of said actions.

    • @TheRezro
      @TheRezro 5 років тому +3

      And I like to punish that..

  • @sanctissimus1
    @sanctissimus1 2 роки тому +1

    The baby harp seals make a lot of sense and the great seal in the sky is perfect. I just imagine radiant energy blasting from his belly and smiting the forces of evil like a sunbeam spell.

  • @macwright4804
    @macwright4804 4 роки тому +1

    Fun fact, this video came out while I was taking a trip to LA. His description was pretty damn accurate

  • @Watchman222
    @Watchman222 5 років тому +34

    That's such a cool idea to have a campaign pick up in the same universe where one campaign ended!

    • @arbiterskiss6692
      @arbiterskiss6692 5 років тому

      When my characters finish Mines of Phandelver they are jumping into Tomb of Annihilation. Maybe they will be different characters, maybe not.

  • @jamesulstad8499
    @jamesulstad8499 5 років тому +190

    Give us the backstory of the name turtle f*****

  • @thunderdrae7749
    @thunderdrae7749 4 роки тому +5

    7:08 The antagonists "Good Omens" in a nutshell

  • @AudibleFist
    @AudibleFist 5 років тому +6

    Holy crap are we gonna get a Spelljammers campaign

  • @benjaminholt331
    @benjaminholt331 5 років тому +256

    Me when I saw this video: Hey, maybe he'll finally tell the story of how the turtle *FRIENDS* got their name!
    (watches video)
    Me: ....

  • @johnramirez480
    @johnramirez480 5 років тому +136

    As someone who actually is from California all of this is accurate

    • @diviad1914
      @diviad1914 5 років тому +2

      You are pure evil i will not succumb to your plots and trickery or your bad traffic

    • @bulldust1195
      @bulldust1195 5 років тому +2

      I agree with you john i too hail from the dreaded California

    • @GunManGunHand
      @GunManGunHand 5 років тому +1

      And the Dark Lord Mu'Scum.

    • @DarkCT
      @DarkCT 5 років тому +2

      loved that bit.

  • @Smartmouthgamer23rd
    @Smartmouthgamer23rd 4 роки тому +1

    I can see it now, as Michelle is traveling down the road, ending credits start running and the song "Here I Go Again" by Whitesnake starts playing.

  • @onepipwonder915
    @onepipwonder915 5 років тому +2

    i love this story! and the animation is top notch, so happy i found your channel!

  • @reallysmallbird
    @reallysmallbird 5 років тому +22

    As a Fire Elemental from The Elemental Plane of Fire, I can confirm the natives refer to it as California.

  • @dorkyface
    @dorkyface 5 років тому +478

    A thousand years from now, a little girl falls into a hole...
    Gabrielle: Howdy! I'm Gabrielle! Gabrielle the Potted Plant. You must be new to the Underground, huh? Someone oughta teach you how things work around here...

    • @camramaster
      @camramaster 5 років тому +50

      Kill it. KILL IT WITH CLEANSING FIRE.

    • @retro5293
      @retro5293 5 років тому +4

      Bard force go

    • @hirocarupu8746
      @hirocarupu8746 5 років тому +23

      Grab the ....
      Friendhip! Pellets!

    • @bluefoxy6478
      @bluefoxy6478 5 років тому +5

      Hi undertale.

    • @taxidermy9
      @taxidermy9 5 років тому +2

      dork yface I love you for this oh god thanks

  • @unintentionally_edgy5867
    @unintentionally_edgy5867 5 років тому +2

    at 10:50 i just like the idea of some adventurers like " so maybe we should go stop the bad guy or wha-" THOOOM " ive come to guide you!"

  • @krislewis1114
    @krislewis1114 2 роки тому +1

    I have a player who is always like, "what? a bowling alley in the 9 hells? Seems unrealistic." Thank you for the beautiful discography of examples for me to show them of good dm worldbuilding

  • @lunarscorpio3987
    @lunarscorpio3987 5 років тому +181

    Shiro and *Asriel* banished a flower in a flower pot?
    Funny, I never thought Undertale would get here.

    • @nahinshadab202
      @nahinshadab202 5 років тому +3

      why did you specify a flower pot, what were you expecting, a fish bowl?

    • @lunarscorpio3987
      @lunarscorpio3987 5 років тому +1

      @@nahinshadab202 'Cause it could have just been a fucken flower lol, besides, Flowey's in a pot.

    • @eddiemate
      @eddiemate 4 роки тому +2

      Lunar Scorpio
      No he isn’t... if he was in a pot, he wouldn’t have been able to run around the entire game.

    • @nahinshadab202
      @nahinshadab202 4 роки тому +3

      @@lunarscorpio3987 floweys not in a pot, how the hell do you think hes descending into the ground

    • @chrisimphean1874
      @chrisimphean1874 4 роки тому +1

      Lunar Scorpio oh I thought it was azrael the biblical angel.

  • @MoonPatch
    @MoonPatch 5 років тому +98

    Malakar truly is a master of deception
    HIS MACHINATIONS LAY UNDETECTED FOR YEARS
    *KING DRAGON SENDS HIS REGARDS*

    • @blackcitadel9
      @blackcitadel9 5 років тому +2

      This world is imperfect

    • @MoonPatch
      @MoonPatch 5 років тому +3

      @@blackcitadel9 *IT'S A GOOD THING I ALWAYS CARRY TWO GUNS*

    • @Sam-pu7xc
      @Sam-pu7xc 5 років тому

      #game of thrones 😌?

    • @MoonPatch
      @MoonPatch 5 років тому +6

      @@Sam-pu7xc Nope, look up ProZD

    • @lenodas3567
      @lenodas3567 5 років тому +5

      @@MoonPatch Did you weep when you watched Archibald bleed to death?

  • @Krismac242
    @Krismac242 5 років тому

    this is epic!!! TURTLE FUCKING EPIC!!!..... Thanks for sharing these campaigns. Every adventure is unique and unpredictable. i enjoy the stories that have multiple posts. it really allows you to get to know the characters and makes the outcomes soo bitter sweet. really happy that i subbed!

  • @Mina_Angel
    @Mina_Angel 5 років тому

    Wow that was so awesome thank you Ben. If I close my eyes and listen to your story, I feel happy and at peace.