I have to admit this was the first adventure I ran and I did in fact make the bugbears stronger because I failed to notice their "extra damage" was already factored into their stat block.
Man, i made a smilar mistake in making Klaargs ranged javelin also have double dice, resulting in me high rolling and downing the almost full HP Barbarian, she even took the dodge action but my dice were rigged by the gods or something. Almost killed the whole crew lol
@@GreenDM they did because all the players wanted to play homebrww races and classes and I agreed because I sensed they didn't want to play this adventure as much as I did. The adventure played more like one big power fantasy which made me sad cause I like playing vanilla characters straight from the PHB only.
@@GreenDM Thank you!!! Your video got me into a research rabbit hole about temply lady TM and my character's involved in her life now--- if the DM allows it Update: HE ALLOWED IT
@@vitoly2659 let's go! Hope your campaign goes well! If your DM is running lost mine of Phandelver, you better use your power of knowing a bit about the module for good!
Thank you! This type of video is a lot of work, so thanks for the support! Hope to get one done for the yawning portal soonish, but it is a beefy book.
@@GreenDM I will need utututtutututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututetetettetetetetetetetettduwfwy
This videos allowed me to have the confidence as a novice dm to adjust this story dying my first campaign, I’ve also gained the confidence to run two more parties
LET'S GO! Hope you enjoy it! If you need more DM help, I have a few other videos on the topic. Though learning the basic rules is better than any advice I can give!
I started my first game ever as DM using this module with Foundry VTT as a platform. Most of my players are new to D&D and so far are loving it and looking forward to our next session.
@@GreenDM Well, it turned out great, though I almost accidentally killed them twice in the opening forest Goblin encounter. Once in Cragmaw cave I felt bad for them and I was able to coax them to "rescue" one of the wolves near the entrance. The druid and befriended it with animal handling and by giving it rations. Third session coming up and I sure hope they can finally make it to Phandalin and survive the encounter with Klarg , if they go that way ;)
@@Mars9982 that forest encounter can be brutal! But getting a pet/animal companion can be great! Gives them a connection to the world. Though they don't usually survive long due to the ramping challenges of a campaign. Hope they beat Klarg!
I appreciate you pointing out how ridiculous the encounters in this adventure are. Who in their right mind puts a level 3 party against a freaking dragon!?
Hey man, thanks for making this video. Bought the starter and essential set in June, wanted to play it but didn't have nobody to play with(family lost interest fairrrly quickly... ya, i get it, I suck at DM even though it's my first time, but they're also busy with work so kinda understandable) so it's been collecting dust, and me eventually losing interest because I had no one to play with. But I did find some friends who were interested and willing to give it a try, so I too took a step of faith to try the game again and voila, we're hooked. I went through the players handbook and I think I get the gist of things now, even if roughly. But the part I could never seem to cover was the main story. And now, I saw this video. Now I have a gist of the plot, and with that in mind I can add things accordingly from the book. So thank you. This Friday I'll be DM'ing again for my friends group so I'll try not to mess things up like I did the first time. But hey, how can I, when I've learnt so much from people like you? Cheers 🥂😉
Hellllll yeah! Good luck! Most of the rules can be learned as you go, and you also learn to DM better as you go. So as long as people are enjoying the game keep going!
"if they walk around long enough a group of mean men in red cloaks will show up to angrily attack them for not completing their questline yet." Exactly...
Running this campaign at the moment. I was so eager to get into it that i forgot one crucial step. Reading the whole thing... Yeah... I only really knew what was gonna happen up until cragmaw castle so im currently trying to get the whole story under control and make it seem like knew what i was doing all along. It's been going pretty well so far. The party killed the first 4 goblins no sweat but then we spent WAY too long on cragmaw castle. They killed Klarg in 2 rounds without him getting to even move. Then they gave his head to Yeemik but when he also wanted money they killed him. Sildar died too though. Then they got really sad when they heard Sildar could have been a partymember. When they came to phandalin they talked with a lot of NPCs and then they eventually approached the redbrands but after killing 4 they decided they didn't actually wanna infiltrate the base so they just did like 4 sidequests before they FINALLY wanted to go infiltrate redbrand hideout. So this is where im at now. Trying to figure out what comes after.
That's a lot of dead people so far! You could just start pointing them to wave echo cave if they have done so much already. Just make sure they are a good level for it!
3:09 lmaooo love this vid! I have only played D&D online with socmed mutuals like 3 times before but since my friend got interested they want me to DM this starter set for them. I was stressed looking up for tips and things like that then I found this vid and it's funny it eases my stress somewhat. Thanks!
Thank you! I started as a DM myself using the starter set adventure! I found this youtube playlist to be REALLY helpful to get a better understanding of the rules. ua-cam.com/play/PLJmFJXf3BXjwXkNFo_-iwtHb24AuJcXqx.html Let me know if you have any questions as you figure things out and I'd be happy to help as best as I can!
this was the first dnd adventure i played. i was playing a paladin. the moment that flaming skull appeared i attacked it and got a nat 20, so it got a 2nd level smite in its face. next the flaming skull casted blur on itself so i was attacking with disadvantage. i attacked it again in my next turn and with my two attacks i killed it, without it being able to do anything about anyone
I’m running Lost Mines now, party has kind of keystone cops their way through everything, one member hasn’t met a group he doesn’t want to join... is currently a Harper thanks to the Agatha banshee mission, Zhent thanks to elimination of glasstaff (who was eliminated by of course, joining the Redbrand gang) and a dragon cultist. Our half-orc barbarian is the son of Brughor Axe-Biter, who is trying to follow the Many Arrows creed and form alliances in the region. The Many Arrows defeated the Cragmaw clan and have formed an alliance with Phandalin which has fallen to Zhent control after the assassination of Harbin Wester and Sildar Halwinter. The black spider has discovered the secret location of the lost mine and has moved in while the party is now determined to fight a combined former Redbrand company that have joined the Zhentarim and now are officially the town guard of Phandalin and the orcs formerly of Wyvren Tor. The party has split, the half Orc barbarian and Paladin have sided with the town, the elf rogue, tiefling sorcerer, human fighter/rogue and gnome artificer have murdered 2 guards and four orcs and are currently holed up in a rope-trick extra dimensional space short resting as the town prepares to bring them to justice. Sandbox worlds can go off the rails my dudes...
That is WILD! Good luck resolving the party split! Hope it can be done in a way all players find fun and memorable, even if some of the characters dont feel that way.
That is high praise! I have watched many a MrRhexxx video, and they are very detailed! Seems incredible to me how quickly they released videos. Maybe if I could get around to releasing more than 1 video every two months, I'd grow faster :)
I know I’m a bit late to the party but I love your videos man, I started doing waterdeep Dragonheist as my first campaign and your video was very helpful for getting it started up🙂
not sure if i can't listen in addition to not being able to read, but you didn't really mention the "spuder wizard dude" aka black spider. you only mentioned his actual spiders. mentioning the (very bland) BBEG wizard would have been good but i thoroughly enjoyed the video, thanks 😊 gonna look if a curse of strahd video is already out now.
@@tonytran_ Ohhh! The factions are from Faerun/the sword Coast, Wizards of the Coast official campaign setting. They pepper them into their modules just in case people want to use them. For this module, I'd use them as a way to introduce players and characters alike to the factions, but not have the factions play a big role. Then you can see if the players are interested in the factions and want to pursue working with them more. I had one NPC in the adventure represent each faction and interact with the party. For example, I made a quest with the old veteran in Phandalin about the Order of the Gauntlet. When the party, and specifically the paladin, seemed interested continuing to do stuff for that faction, I started connecting that faction to the events of the module. Use them as a fun npc motivation and go from there!
@@GreenDM two of the party went into the tavern, the other two (a fighter and Wizard) got harassed by some drunks at the front of it. They chose to pick a fight with the drunks..and lost ☠️ 😆
I’ve tried to runs this campaign on 5 different occasions, but imma shit dm so it always falls apart after cragmaw cave. Anyways I had one group that messed up on the Yeemik exchange when one of the players wanted to fight instead of make a deal for Sildar. So the wizard put that guy to sleep before he attacked, which didn’t matter since another pc shot an arrow at the goblins anyway. Sildar got stabbed as they started the encounter with one party member asleep. They also almost got tko’d by Klarg. The party I went with after did the short cut and one shot Klarg with a Nat 20 sneak attack.
@@MichaelFlores-kn2sz Brutal on all fronts. And after Cragmaw cave it does go from being a dungeon to a very open town, so the forward moment can be lost in the transition.
i'm running this adventure now (first time playing d&d, first itme DMing :D), just got out of cragmaw cave, went surprisingly well, although we went and killed Klarg first thing and after that one of my players smashed Yeemik to cereal mush (yes, my players are imaginative) with one strike without Yeemik having a chance to reach Sildar, then another one wanted to kill Sildar just for shits and giggles. so yeah, it is fun, they always do completely unexpected or counterintuitive things, so i'm looking forward to the million sidequest shindigs they will get into the next time and derail everything :D the video was really neat, had a good laugh on the graphics, keep it up! subscribed :)
@@dot_the_O I also started DMing with Lost Mine and it was also my first time playing! Players do go wild trying stuff. It's a lot of fun, but can be very exhausting if you don't know what to do. Hope you can finish the adventure!
Finally got one… I am DM. Bard Player nearly dies… twice… not the same session. But ya Ogre the first time… he’s imprinted in a cliff wall, arfter he insulted the Ogre while stabbing it, he did not know before it could understand common, he learnt this the hard way when the ogre rolled a nat 20. Next session he tried to take on 3 Orcs… he did hit one for max damage (first attack) then was promptly beaten to death saves by two of the Orcs. Only reason he’s still around is cause the buff Dragonborn (who during the Orc attack took on a oger by themselves and won) keeps on healing him when he’s down if possible and if possible before hand. Anyway that’s why I gave my bard player gained the tough feat.
@@GreenDM no, we failed our rolls and the paladin was trying to do a flip so we started blasting. There was a third warlock hiding and the glass mage almost killed me with magic missile. This was in highschool.
@@GreenDM Haha hundred percent. I am about to run it on friday for a group of friends that didn't play D&D before and I am nervous (dm'd only twice) so it really helped me get a better understanding of the things to expect. Can you do one for Dragon Heist?
@@SilverStarGG I have two modules in the process of being made already, but I'll put dragon heist third in line! Hopefully that video will be made before you need it! And good luck dming! If you need a baseline understanding of mechanics, there's a great animated series going through them here: ua-cam.com/play/PLJmFJXf3BXjwXkNFo_-iwtHb24AuJcXqx.html
@no chance you could probably call those out as a free action in every combat. Just have a fighter shouting "He/him/his, as in he will be killing you, you will be defeated by him, and your treasure will be his!" to start every fight.
I want to do all the adventurers, but I've preplanned two other adventures already. Hopefully I can get through the backlog and make an Avernus one soon!
It took my group about 10 sessions to finish this, but that included a session or two of improvised content. Depending on how fast your group follows leads/clues and digs through combats, could be 8. Or could be more if they go off in a direction the adventure doesn't prepare for. I'd tell your group roughly ten sessions, but if each session is 3-4 hours.
I got the starterset and just want to play with my kids to get them away from the tablets and phones. Never ever did any D&D before so im looking for a how to play this video......ended up just laughing my a** off at this video Didn't prepare anything.....didn't read the book....this video is me
I think WOTC didn't want to overwhelm new players with a bunch of super fantastical stuff, but yeah some cooler monsters, situations, and NPCs could have been thrown in to really hook people into what is possible with the system.
There are dozens of versions of this adventure as an actual walk through. Here is a well recommended one that is very in-depth. ua-cam.com/video/SW97PDPb3fo/v-deo.html
@@GreenDM yeah, I saw that one, thanks for the link tho. At the time I posted my comment, I was looking for a quick video (3-5 minutes) that gave an over all explanation of what the Phandelver campaign was (to see if that was something I wanted to go with). But all the short videos all seem to be filled with jokes and pop culture references. Which is fine and all, just not what I was wanting to see. Yours just happened to be like the 4th or 5th and I was annoyed at that moment.
The improv helps with making it seem like I have a shell of an idea of what's going on. But all of my pacing and general story telling abilities seem to disappear once I say my first "Alright..." Weird how performing for strangers is easier on the nerves than "performing" for people I know rather well.
This video hit 10K! That is absolutely wild! Thank you to anyone that watched and hope your games go well!
Dude, I laughed WAYYY too hard, at work.....watching this.
please please please keep doing these videos. i never learned to read.
Damn. I got to help a child in need.
lols
Haha lol
I have to admit this was the first adventure I ran and I did in fact make the bugbears stronger because I failed to notice their "extra damage" was already factored into their stat block.
Off. The double extra damage. Easy mistake to make. Hope someone survived to tell of the incredible powerful bugbear in that cave.
Man, i made a smilar mistake in making Klaargs ranged javelin also have double dice, resulting in me high rolling and downing the almost full HP Barbarian, she even took the dodge action but my dice were rigged by the gods or something. Almost killed the whole crew lol
@@GreenDM they did because all the players wanted to play homebrww races and classes and I agreed because I sensed they didn't want to play this adventure as much as I did. The adventure played more like one big power fantasy which made me sad cause I like playing vanilla characters straight from the PHB only.
I procrastinated on studying the campaign stuff and we play in a few hours THANK YOU
Good luck on the game!
@@GreenDM Thank you!!! Your video got me into a research rabbit hole about temply lady TM and my character's involved in her life now--- if the DM allows it
Update: HE ALLOWED IT
@@vitoly2659 let's go! Hope your campaign goes well! If your DM is running lost mine of Phandelver, you better use your power of knowing a bit about the module for good!
Wow this is really well made for someone with less than 200 subs. Keep this up, man. I'm subbing.
Thank you! This type of video is a lot of work, so thanks for the support! Hope to get one done for the yawning portal soonish, but it is a beefy book.
@@GreenDM I will need utututtutututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututetetettetetetetetetetettduwfwy
This videos allowed me to have the confidence as a novice dm to adjust this story dying my first campaign, I’ve also gained the confidence to run two more parties
Let's goooo!
This is the best recap of any DND adventure that has ever been recapped. Ever.
I just bought the starter and essentials kits, i haven't played since the 90's and have never DM'd, this was really helpful. 🤘🏻
LET'S GO! Hope you enjoy it! If you need more DM help, I have a few other videos on the topic. Though learning the basic rules is better than any advice I can give!
@@GreenDM oh, I'm subscribed! 😁😁
Hell yeah!
I started my first game ever as DM using this module with Foundry VTT as a platform. Most of my players are new to D&D and so far are loving it and looking forward to our next session.
Hell yeah! Hope you guys have a great time! Let me know what wild stuff they try to pull! Players always do something you are not ready for.
@@GreenDM Well, it turned out great, though I almost accidentally killed them twice in the opening forest Goblin encounter. Once in Cragmaw cave I felt bad for them and I was able to coax them to "rescue" one of the wolves near the entrance. The druid and befriended it with animal handling and by giving it rations. Third session coming up and I sure hope they can finally make it to Phandalin and survive the encounter with Klarg , if they go that way ;)
@@Mars9982 that forest encounter can be brutal! But getting a pet/animal companion can be great! Gives them a connection to the world. Though they don't usually survive long due to the ramping challenges of a campaign.
Hope they beat Klarg!
just put venomfang after the wave echo cave, so the players can use the magic items in an epic final battle with a dragon
This is a really good idea!
I appreciate you pointing out how ridiculous the encounters in this adventure are. Who in their right mind puts a level 3 party against a freaking dragon!?
These are incredible. I’m upset it took this long for me to find them
Thank you!
This is hugely underrated. Keep up the good work man
Thank you!
This is super helpful!! Underrated stuff.
Thank you! Hope it helps and gave you a laugh.
@@GreenDM It did, hehe!
We recently finished playing the module, and it was fun seeing how it was meant to go…
Nice video, keep up the good work. Played it once as a player and party got team wiped in the first cave.
Thank you! Dying in the first happens a lot. For being the starter set adventure there is a lot of possible places to die.
Watching these is so much more entertaining after you've been through the scenario, I love your sense of gaming humor!
Thank you! And yes after running the scenario you can use this video as a way to look back and think about all the crazy stuff that happened!
This was surprisingly helpful and incredibly funny. I'm very thankful for this video as i've procrastinated getting ready for session one today
Glad it was of use. Hope you enjoyed session 1!
Holy shit. Love the quick format on this video and the witticisms.
Holy shit. Love the quick format on this comment and the support.
@@GreenDM Its really fun to watch. Cant wait to watch more!
Hey man, thanks for making this video. Bought the starter and essential set in June, wanted to play it but didn't have nobody to play with(family lost interest fairrrly quickly... ya, i get it, I suck at DM even though it's my first time, but they're also busy with work so kinda understandable) so it's been collecting dust, and me eventually losing interest because I had no one to play with. But I did find some friends who were interested and willing to give it a try, so I too took a step of faith to try the game again and voila, we're hooked.
I went through the players handbook and I think I get the gist of things now, even if roughly.
But the part I could never seem to cover was the main story. And now, I saw this video. Now I have a gist of the plot, and with that in mind I can add things accordingly from the book. So thank you.
This Friday I'll be DM'ing again for my friends group so I'll try not to mess things up like I did the first time. But hey, how can I, when I've learnt so much from people like you? Cheers 🥂😉
Hellllll yeah! Good luck! Most of the rules can be learned as you go, and you also learn to DM better as you go. So as long as people are enjoying the game keep going!
"if they walk around long enough a group of mean men in red cloaks will show up to angrily attack them for not completing their questline yet."
Exactly...
Very helpful for new DMs to have optional conflict that pushes adventure forward. Never know where the players might get stuck or bored!
Running this campaign at the moment. I was so eager to get into it that i forgot one crucial step. Reading the whole thing... Yeah... I only really knew what was gonna happen up until cragmaw castle so im currently trying to get the whole story under control and make it seem like knew what i was doing all along.
It's been going pretty well so far. The party killed the first 4 goblins no sweat but then we spent WAY too long on cragmaw castle. They killed Klarg in 2 rounds without him getting to even move. Then they gave his head to Yeemik but when he also wanted money they killed him. Sildar died too though. Then they got really sad when they heard Sildar could have been a partymember. When they came to phandalin they talked with a lot of NPCs and then they eventually approached the redbrands but after killing 4 they decided they didn't actually wanna infiltrate the base so they just did like 4 sidequests before they FINALLY wanted to go infiltrate redbrand hideout. So this is where im at now. Trying to figure out what comes after.
That's a lot of dead people so far! You could just start pointing them to wave echo cave if they have done so much already. Just make sure they are a good level for it!
I also forgot to mention that there have been 2 PC deaths already...
A balanced approach. Death on both sides! Hope it was from fun combat, and not them sprinting at a dragon at level 2.
I *love* that style! THX. 🥳
Thank you for watching!
Excellent editing and writing. This really made me excited to run this. Cheers mate!
Thank you! Hope you can play it soon!
I finished the Lost Mine of Phandelver a few weeks ago and ohh boy was this video fun to watch!
Incredibly accurate, too.
Gald you liked it! This is still my favorite adventure module.
3:09 lmaooo love this vid!
I have only played D&D online with socmed mutuals like 3 times before but since my friend got interested they want me to DM this starter set for them. I was stressed looking up for tips and things like that then I found this vid and it's funny it eases my stress somewhat. Thanks!
Thank you! I started as a DM myself using the starter set adventure! I found this youtube playlist to be REALLY helpful to get a better understanding of the rules. ua-cam.com/play/PLJmFJXf3BXjwXkNFo_-iwtHb24AuJcXqx.html
Let me know if you have any questions as you figure things out and I'd be happy to help as best as I can!
@@GreenDM Oh wow thank you for the playlist rec. Checking it out now
You are criminally underrated in terms of subs, u got mine.
this was the first dnd adventure i played. i was playing a paladin. the moment that flaming skull appeared i attacked it and got a nat 20, so it got a 2nd level smite in its face. next the flaming skull casted blur on itself so i was attacking with disadvantage. i attacked it again in my next turn and with my two attacks i killed it, without it being able to do anything about anyone
Yoo! That flaming skull is no joke! Good to take it out quickly!
I'm both blind and deaf and these videos are a major help
Always happy to help!
I literally was waiting for someone to do this. You're my hero
Thank you! Though I dont know if I'm hero. I definitely still have the stat block of a commoner 😂
9/10: Had to deduct one point because Wilhelm Scream gives me soul wounds...
The enemy uses Wilhelm Scream!
Take 1d4 psychic damage.
@@GreenDM AIYEEE!! 😵
I’m running Lost Mines now, party has kind of keystone cops their way through everything, one member hasn’t met a group he doesn’t want to join... is currently a Harper thanks to the Agatha banshee mission, Zhent thanks to elimination of glasstaff (who was eliminated by of course, joining the Redbrand gang) and a dragon cultist. Our half-orc barbarian is the son of Brughor Axe-Biter, who is trying to follow the Many Arrows creed and form alliances in the region. The Many Arrows defeated the Cragmaw clan and have formed an alliance with Phandalin which has fallen to Zhent control after the assassination of Harbin Wester and Sildar Halwinter. The black spider has discovered the secret location of the lost mine and has moved in while the party is now determined to fight a combined former Redbrand company that have joined the Zhentarim and now are officially the town guard of Phandalin and the orcs formerly of Wyvren Tor. The party has split, the half Orc barbarian and Paladin have sided with the town, the elf rogue, tiefling sorcerer, human fighter/rogue and gnome artificer have murdered 2 guards and four orcs and are currently holed up in a rope-trick extra dimensional space short resting as the town prepares to bring them to justice. Sandbox worlds can go off the rails my dudes...
That is WILD! Good luck resolving the party split! Hope it can be done in a way all players find fun and memorable, even if some of the characters dont feel that way.
you should AT LEAST have as many subs as MrRhexxx or Jorphdan by now, you are so good
That is high praise! I have watched many a MrRhexxx video, and they are very detailed! Seems incredible to me how quickly they released videos. Maybe if I could get around to releasing more than 1 video every two months, I'd grow faster :)
I know I’m a bit late to the party but I love your videos man, I started doing waterdeep Dragonheist as my first campaign and your video was very helpful for getting it started up🙂
Glad you liked it!
@@GreenDM Omg didn’t think you’d reply😅😆, thanks again, lol, have a good one✌️
Best description, but I added a bunch of stuff... Use this as a skeleton to add meat to.
Adding to an adventure is a great way to personalize it and make it your own! You can even change the skeleton if you want!
What did you add?
Earned a new subscriber. This was an entertaining video
Thanks
Glad you liked it!
I love this! Summarize more stories. I'm hooked!
This is freaking GOLD…and hilarious 😆
This is a freaking GOLD comment!
I hear seize the means of production so I drop a like
I see a comment mentioning seize the means of production so I drop a like
not sure if i can't listen in addition to not being able to read, but you didn't really mention the "spuder wizard dude" aka black spider. you only mentioned his actual spiders. mentioning the (very bland) BBEG wizard would have been good
but i thoroughly enjoyed the video, thanks 😊 gonna look if a curse of strahd video is already out now.
I do have a curse of stahd video! It's in a playlist!
This has been the best explanation to the campaign, I'm burning my book as we speak.
Also, What's the deal with the factions?
The sacred texts!
What factions do you mean by the way?
Green DM oh curious on how you use them / does it make a difference in the campaign
@@tonytran_ Ohhh! The factions are from Faerun/the sword Coast, Wizards of the Coast official campaign setting. They pepper them into their modules just in case people want to use them.
For this module, I'd use them as a way to introduce players and characters alike to the factions, but not have the factions play a big role. Then you can see if the players are interested in the factions and want to pursue working with them more. I had one NPC in the adventure represent each faction and interact with the party.
For example, I made a quest with the old veteran in Phandalin about the Order of the Gauntlet. When the party, and specifically the paladin, seemed interested continuing to do stuff for that faction, I started connecting that faction to the events of the module.
Use them as a fun npc motivation and go from there!
Green DM I see...perfect!,
this helps me wrap my head around the idea. 🤝✨ kind like the early idea of patrons in Tasha’s
I liked when you made the "perpetuating the cycle of capitalism" joke
Glad you liked it!
This was both hilarious and pretty helpful lol
Hell yeah! Glad you liked it!
That first 30 seconds defined me perfectly. Well done, jerk! 😂
It's okay, reading is hard!
This was really really good! Going to translate this to my friends xD
From me explaining the adventure to you explaining the explanation 😂 This might become the worst game of telephone!
This is so fun to watch!
I did a game where no one wanted to follow the goblin trail, instead went straight for the town
Did they want to shop or like hang out in the tavern?
@@GreenDM two of the party went into the tavern, the other two (a fighter and Wizard) got harassed by some drunks at the front of it. They chose to pick a fight with the drunks..and lost ☠️ 😆
cool vid!!
Thank you! Hope it made you laugh.
Subbed great video
Thank you!
Got any stories from when you played Lost Mines of Phandelver?
I’ve tried to runs this campaign on 5 different occasions, but imma shit dm so it always falls apart after cragmaw cave. Anyways I had one group that messed up on the Yeemik exchange when one of the players wanted to fight instead of make a deal for Sildar. So the wizard put that guy to sleep before he attacked, which didn’t matter since another pc shot an arrow at the goblins anyway. Sildar got stabbed as they started the encounter with one party member asleep. They also almost got tko’d by Klarg. The party I went with after did the short cut and one shot Klarg with a Nat 20 sneak attack.
@@MichaelFlores-kn2sz Brutal on all fronts. And after Cragmaw cave it does go from being a dungeon to a very open town, so the forward moment can be lost in the transition.
i'm running this adventure now (first time playing d&d, first itme DMing :D), just got out of cragmaw cave, went surprisingly well, although we went and killed Klarg first thing and after that one of my players smashed Yeemik to cereal mush (yes, my players are imaginative) with one strike without Yeemik having a chance to reach Sildar, then another one wanted to kill Sildar just for shits and giggles. so yeah, it is fun, they always do completely unexpected or counterintuitive things, so i'm looking forward to the million sidequest shindigs they will get into the next time and derail everything :D
the video was really neat, had a good laugh on the graphics, keep it up! subscribed :)
@@dot_the_O I also started DMing with Lost Mine and it was also my first time playing!
Players do go wild trying stuff. It's a lot of fun, but can be very exhausting if you don't know what to do. Hope you can finish the adventure!
Finally got one… I am DM.
Bard Player nearly dies… twice… not the same session. But ya
Ogre the first time… he’s imprinted in a cliff wall, arfter he insulted the Ogre while stabbing it, he did not know before it could understand common, he learnt this the hard way when the ogre rolled a nat 20.
Next session he tried to take on 3 Orcs… he did hit one for max damage (first attack) then was promptly beaten to death saves by two of the Orcs. Only reason he’s still around is cause the buff Dragonborn (who during the Orc attack took on a oger by themselves and won) keeps on healing him when he’s down if possible and if possible before hand.
Anyway that’s why I gave my bard player gained the tough feat.
golden video, I love it! instant sub
Thank you!
phandelver and below next please! :)
3:15 man, i laughed my ass out of this! Love this video im gonna watch all of them
Glad to hear it! Hope the rest can live up to the hype!
I love this!
thank you!
Thank. You. Very well done, and useful
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gus johnson!! love imbiamba
Hell yeah! Boys support boys!
I dress up as one of them and being a warlock I thought I could trick them, other warlock used burning hands.
So the other warlock did not try to deceive and instead went for the burn the problems away approach?
@@GreenDM no, we failed our rolls and the paladin was trying to do a flip so we started blasting. There was a third warlock hiding and the glass mage almost killed me with magic missile. This was in highschool.
"Four-pronged murder noodle" 😂😂
Amazing
Thank you! These modules are wild when boiled down.
@@GreenDM Haha hundred percent. I am about to run it on friday for a group of friends that didn't play D&D before and I am nervous (dm'd only twice) so it really helped me get a better understanding of the things to expect.
Can you do one for Dragon Heist?
@@SilverStarGG I have two modules in the process of being made already, but I'll put dragon heist third in line! Hopefully that video will be made before you need it!
And good luck dming! If you need a baseline understanding of mechanics, there's a great animated series going through them here: ua-cam.com/play/PLJmFJXf3BXjwXkNFo_-iwtHb24AuJcXqx.html
The part about making characters roll so I have a second for parts I didn't prepare just resonated with me too hard
that diversity and inclusion training line cought me off guard...
😄 Even adventures have to reflect on their assumptions and biases. How else will they get enough people to fight against the dragon?!
@@GreenDM and the first round is the party just telling the dragon their preferred pronouns
@no chance you could probably call those out as a free action in every combat. Just have a fighter shouting "He/him/his, as in he will be killing you, you will be defeated by him, and your treasure will be his!" to start every fight.
@@GreenDM could using the wrong pronouns be counted as a Vicious Mockery?
Lost mines of phandelver = undead
Undead = paladin dream
Undead? That's a divine smitin'!
ah right, a redbrand /runs away/
/aggressively chases after/
Yeah they all died on the spot 'cuz of my players I'll be honest lmao
Most people do not survive contact the player characters. Hope they still found a way to that manor!
@@GreenDM Oh yeah they did, thanks to good 'ol "coincidentally placed note in dead enemy's pocket"
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Hey man imbiamba jones is not an introverted indiana jones ... he is naht!
You've convinced me. Imbiamba is now the Chad version of Indiana.
For those who have never learned to read, this is a great video. For the stupid people, watch it twice.
ROFL the accuracy.
Players will come over in 9 min. That will do !!!
Good luck! I hope the first session went well!
@@GreenDM It went wonderful. Thanks a lot !!!
@@GreenDM the fun thing is I literaly googled 'Phandelver explained 5 minutes"
That's great! Hope the rest of the sessions go well too!
descent into avernus?
I want to do all the adventurers, but I've preplanned two other adventures already. Hopefully I can get through the backlog and make an Avernus one soon!
420th sub I'm cool now
I screen capped 420 subs to share with friends! Thanks for being willing to get the channel to such a dank number!
Ok you got the laughs 😂
Yes! I seek the laughs!
I'm running my first campaign with this in a month. How long should I suggest to run this ?
It took my group about 10 sessions to finish this, but that included a session or two of improvised content. Depending on how fast your group follows leads/clues and digs through combats, could be 8. Or could be more if they go off in a direction the adventure doesn't prepare for.
I'd tell your group roughly ten sessions, but if each session is 3-4 hours.
I got the starterset and just want to play with my kids to get them away from the tablets and phones.
Never ever did any D&D before so im looking for a how to play this video......ended up just laughing my a** off at this video
Didn't prepare anything.....didn't read the book....this video is me
No prep needed lol
I Love it
please tell where'd you get those photos
which ones?
this was hilarious
Thank you!
Great video. I'm just not a fan of this campaign. Kinda bland
I think WOTC didn't want to overwhelm new players with a bunch of super fantastical stuff, but yeah some cooler monsters, situations, and NPCs could have been thrown in to really hook people into what is possible with the system.
How do download the map
Watching this video again made me realise that my friends are almost definitely going to start a communist revolution. Im so fucked
Seize the means of production!
Check
or you have ADHD and reading is practically impossible. Thank you for the video!
Reading has many barriers. You are welcome for the video!
LIGHTNING STUMP LMAO
I did do the location dirty there, not gunna lie 😂
The OSRS players lmao 😂
Pls halp
Cint reed
Haha
As someone genuinely interested in trying to run my first D&D game, I really wish this was a straight forward explanation, instead of a comedic bit.
There are dozens of versions of this adventure as an actual walk through.
Here is a well recommended one that is very in-depth.
ua-cam.com/video/SW97PDPb3fo/v-deo.html
@@GreenDM yeah, I saw that one, thanks for the link tho. At the time I posted my comment, I was looking for a quick video (3-5 minutes) that gave an over all explanation of what the Phandelver campaign was (to see if that was something I wanted to go with). But all the short videos all seem to be filled with jokes and pop culture references. Which is fine and all, just not what I was wanting to see. Yours just happened to be like the 4th or 5th and I was annoyed at that moment.
Funny how all my experience in improv club and doing theatre would be thrown out of my brain the second I have to start DMing
Do those experiences not help you at the table? Or are adventurer modules too rigid for you to inject those experiences?
The improv helps with making it seem like I have a shell of an idea of what's going on. But all of my pacing and general story telling abilities seem to disappear once I say my first "Alright..."
Weird how performing for strangers is easier on the nerves than "performing" for people I know rather well.
Brutal. Hope it eases with time, or your friends help lighten the load of dming so it's not as intense!