Narrated D&D Story: What Happens When Dungeons & Dragons Meets Multi-Level Marketing?
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2019
- Dungeons & Dragons at work? Not a bad idea, I guess.
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When i went through Basic training in the Army, i managed to get caught by my Training Srgt. In AIT(Advanced Infantry Training). I was running...i WANT to say Marvel Super Heroes(FASERIP), but more than likely it was AD&D(get off my back, i'm 44 years old & i was 23 in the service). I had just started acting out my BBEG mannerisms when i noticed my players looking like they'd seen a ghost. I then heard my Training Instructor say behind me(word-for-word translation)
"Rock falls, i Win."
@ajs1031 --Full Active Army myself(i figured if i was going to serve, serve fully or don't bother). I tended to go for Drinks(mostly Lipton Iced Tea & Mountain Dew) or 10/$6 Doritos(i LOVED the Commissary, but hated that it was 1/2 the Size). Before my TI caught me on a non-weekend day gaming, we usually played D&D, Marvel FASERIP, Call of Cthulhu, The new Marvel Universe RPG that came out and Warhammer 40k.
I'm about to make 3 sessions for 12 different persons at work
I have a friend that works for an insurance company.it's a chart of the probabilities of dice rolls that he uses for his work but it's meant for D&D and other games we play.
I only got to DM once 2nd Ed in highschool, with some friends and our language teacher. She was the murderiest of hoboes, but did it with an elocuence that made it mesmerizing. We still were edgy and attention deprived, so her character fit right in, and taught us to be the worst, yet charismatic.
Just goes to show, no matter what campaign, what characters, who the players are, or how much experience they have, there will ALWAYS be a massive fire.
agreed. was participating in a Star Wars campaign and one of my friends who was playing as a Jawa, blew up an entire city.
This comment is underrated.
Dulcis Dae why thank you kind sir
@@coleallen8425 either fire, explosion, or even a collapse of a pocket plane based on the game of Diablo with our entire party surviving it because we indirectly revived a long-dead god that was killed by mindflayers, and demons working together because we thought it would be smart to bring a primordial life elemental to said dead god's remains in the astral plane. (btw this *ACTUALLY* happened to me, and the party because my step-dad/DM is just evil this way.)
I used to play at a store that ran adventure league and in my first campaign the warlock in our group set a barn on fire while we were all inside. We all got out fine but the barn burned down to the ground.
Ya know, there’s a lot of weight behind “i’m gonna dungeon master for my several bosses” like... everyone in that room was an alpha male. Everyone in that room has probably schemed against the other person before.
The weight of the BALLS on that guy
Honestly, sounds like a great way to potentially show leadership skills to upper management if done right.
I’d like to hear what the supervisor says as the reason he got fired at his next job
...."Alpha male"...?
@@mimilapin Basically, they were a bunch of leaders who really only knew how to lead, not work together.
So I'm level 2, but if you join under me and get a party of adventurers then I become level 3 and you become level 2.
this comment is so underrated xD
Edit: In my defense, I wrote this when it had 2 likes.
Not if we get three friends each to leave a like.
Sounds like a pyramid scheme
@@catkook543 its not a pyramid scheme if there are no mummies involved
@@yordanissuarez6532 well, your a mummy
Guy plays D&D with the CEO and gets a promotion out of it I'd say that is a job well done
My question is did everybody clap?
@@countspyder4769 not the guy who got fired
And he didn't even have to let an asshole PC walk all over his game and story. He got lucky the CEO was so into it.
And with shiny loot included in the promotion, too. That’s what I call a successful one-shot.
@@darklord884homey rolled a Nat 20 on his Charisma check 😂😂😂
LOL!! The idea of a bunch of business men roleplaying as house wives running pyramid parties is HILARIOUS
This is probably fake but it’s so amazing that I don’t care
Check the description; it's fiction and they're not trying to hide the fact.
@@blarg2429 damn why did u have to pop my bubble here.... !
@@sazo1st ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I would have believed it if the DM wasn't playing with the CEO of his company.
Eh, still a fun story. 🙂
This was a lot funnier than I would have thought.
For some reason, the entire story felt uncomfortably meta...
A TTRPG where a low rank employee teaches everyine how to be Karens and get promoted after it.
Beeing a Karen is goood M'kay. you should try to be a Karen.
@@LethoVeldt can I take the kids in that case?
That's the thing if the essential oils sales woman had called the candle lady they could have played off each other strength and both made more sales I could totally picture having a bath with some nice essential oils and if you send them candles especially for those in high stress conditions like working and raising a family. No one had to go Karen. That someone did to that extent proved they where not a team player. This channel has proven repeatedly that D&D is a team game if no individual winner there's a team I'm sure his boss knew this when he had MD for them.
MLM pact of the fiend would actually work really well.
Given hells hierarchical structure and the value of souls within it it would make sense for Your pact to become more powerful the more souls you bring on board under you and the more souls they then bring on under themselves would also attribute to your rank and power in the nine hells.
Michael Bootes the show Dimension20 did something like this on their show Dimension20 Live: Fantasy High
Notes from a NG human Idiot;
I have a player in my group that plays Tiefling a lot.Normally, he'll play Warlock(Old One Patron: he's big into the Cthulhu mythos stuff, so it's not always the Spagheti Monster himself), but his most recent one was a Rogue(Mastermind).
I was running the party through the beginning part of Dragon Heist, where they were given a business to run. This Tiefling somehow talked everyone into turning it from a Bar to a "Sented Candlemakers shop" LITERALLY called SCS. He used said business to run a SMUGGLING operation using the sented Candles as the illegal goods holders....
P.S.: Before i ran the Heist, i ran the Tyranny of Dragons set.This same SOB tiefling went around getting free goods by claiming he was a member of The Lords Alliance(even though he was NEVER A MEMBER), even going so far as to forge a ring that had a Crown etched into it...
May your pantheon ever favor you
Baron Trevelyan of Restenford
Mr Mason got into that real quick! XD
i highly doubt this story would happen as my boss openly mock any form of tabletop game
Something sort of similar happened to a friend. My friend got a new job and the company put out a welcome burb in their newsletter. Basic hobbies and interests which included MTG and board games. His boss called him into his office and shut the door. Totally freaked my friend out, turns out his boss was a closeted nerd and just want to play MTG with him. The boss is a super cool guy and we all get together and play D&D now.
"monopoly?? HAH! That's for nerds who can't make real money"
@@boseph158 cool
Playing D&D at work? Maybe once I become an indie game dev. Right now I don't have time to play D&D. Yet I can see indie game devs doing this the most.
D&D could be used for playtesting a video game in development or ae a team building exercise. Not to mention game devs would benefit the most drom it since DMing would help with game design skills.
What the hell did I just listen too?
The dumbest way to get fired, by starting a fictional fire. :p
ROFLMFAO!!! I love how uniquely different it is, and how catty everyone got FAST 🤣
When a bunch of manly men D&D as a group of their Mirrorverse alter egos (they're female and totally different').
I bet more than one suddenly understood the actions and grievances of their teenage daughters, because they suddenly behaved like them.
Funny twist: He etched it out as a WoD/Lovecraft campaign.
If only every MLM meeting would end like that.
Yo, like, lowkey, can we get a free informational pamphlet and purchase a start up kit for this module?
Gotta roll for it
@@laserguide8457 shit I have terrible luck when it comes to rolling dice.
Shit I rolled a 1
@@WaveShock007 They send you a pamphlet in the mail...
for essential oils.
@@DraconicDuelist NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
This goes back to the adage of "don't mix business with pleasure"
Now Jacob has to suck up to his boss at work and during D&D.
That was a very interesting way to play dnd to quote mr. Mason: im intrigued.
Yoga Pants Party, Candle Party, Essential Oils...hahahahahaha...this was great
CEO: fires a supe cause of actions in the game.
Also CEO: "This is great for team building"
Actions. Contributed to and his spoken word after actions indicating his inability to adapt and be a team player as a supervisor both of those are great tools and not doing either means your unfit to the job, admitted your logic of it was kind of ironic though
When the oils got set on fire, I half expected: "and that's how our session ended early, considering my Monster Manual was now burning"
This was surprisingly entertaining. I thought it'd be super awkward.
*cackles insanely* OMG. never thought I'd have fun with that sort of setup but hey.. and I plan on DnD stuff all the time at work.. I have two tiny notebooks and a piece of scrap paper at my side at all times just in case an idea comes to me while I'm waiting for something to finish processing on my computer screen.
I love how different DnD can be and still work!
And even more that big boss man CEO gets totally in character!!
And that the ceo recommended in doing DnD again
When i started my current job, my new boss found out that I play DnD and he had been eager to try for a while. we knew there were few others in the company who would like to try it. the problem is, is that our work is mainly going abroad to work on sites so schedueling is impossible. but since he is the boss he said he would plan his work travel around my scheduel :D
"What Happens When Dungeons & Dragons Meets Multi-Level Marketing?"
“My name’s Mendius, and you look like the perfect couple of candidates to join our wonderful family in the Fabulous Five!”
We're actually playing at work after hours. After one of the party couldn't attend I've found a new appreciation for corporate level video-conferencing systems.
This is the first time I've been compelled to like and comment.. Sweet Jeebus, my sides
They played their roles well, I’d say.
Dear god this is brilliant and I can’t stop laughing
That's a hilarious setting, takes a big pair to pull that one 👍
Probably the real reason he was promoted lol
The pepermint is defying ALL laws of gravity right there
To be fair. Jacob handled himself fairly well. And I have to say, that this actually seemed like fun.
As for the question at the end, i'm a newbie DM, and my boss has caught me numerous times. He's actually read through the campaign and given me some tips.
I'm a mechanic in the army I think some of the guys would have a blast. Everyone here is a nerd at heart. There would be so SO much "colorful" language going around.
Wow not even in the same usual setting yet session one still has a building set on fire lol, amazing.
I love how into it the boss is
That escalated quickly! XD
I have been cought by my boss planing a dnd section but unfortunately he was on of the guys who played in my campaign so I had about 3 hours to redo almost everything I had done before the section just to throw him off and he wouldn’t have an advantage in the section then everyone else
I'm not sure if I would be happy, sad or just plain stressed to get that job... Maybe all 3...
Mr Mason sounds like a good guy so it probably would be a good job. That supervisor was a dick
Ace level DMing. Caught a promotion with that one.
"What are you doing!?"
"Ending this idiocy!"
JUSTFIREBALL!!!
That's the first time, in a LONG time, that a DnD story has left me catching my breath and wheezing!
WOO! What a great story!
I think there was a short comedy series about this type of set up made a few years back, same people who did Journeyquest I think. It had all of the classic D&D classes playing as modern citizens trying to get into their friends house. Best part was how the “computer hacker” hacked a locked door, a mailbox, and a few other things.
Try: What happens when Dungeons & Dragon Meets China?
Crouching tiger, hidden dungeons!
I work for Walmart, it's like D&D every day, fighting your way through a swath of zombies with other Heroes determined not to be crushed by the overlord that is "The Man".
But really if my boss actually was on board with rolling some mid day D&D gaming, I'd definitely be in! (I take my dice and books with me every day to have something to work on anyways when I'm on lunch break, so I'd be ready in a flash!)
I am so glad I asked about your original stories, that was amazing.
WELL that was a hit at the end.
Dude, my boss is great, he gives me a day off when I let him know in advance I'm gonna be playing D&D.
Ahh. Memories. My first Pathfinder campaign ended 30 minutes in because our pixie caught the tavern on fire in a prank gone very wrong. We had to take a break, several folks had to roll new characters after dying in the fire, and tavern pranks were basically banned...
OMG its offices and bosses!! Hello from the magic tavern's version of DND
It's a podcast
Actually, this kind of role-playong is great for team-building, interviewing and even therapy.
Psychology is great!
Half way in and Mr. Mason is already *my* CEO. I'd follow that man anywhere.
A loud rickety catapult throwing watermelons at grand bells is less subtle then this entire campaign
I love playing “Businesses and Bureaucrats”.
DLD. MNM.
DLM. MND.
DNM. MLN.
Where am I going with this?
Lawful Evil always finds a way
I never expected a trade war in DnD
Favorite story so far
I want more of this! Maybe not this exact scenario, but I like DnD games that take untraditional scenarios and let the players have at it!
I don’t subscribe often but to your content I sub
Nicely done
I love this story, it made me laugh so much!
Hehe at the end question. My boss would have given input on it. :D Our means of communication during crunch times was the messaging system in Eve Online... at 3:00 am lol.
Very cute and funny. The subject matter had be tempted to close the window so many times but I persevered!
The employee quitting really stretches the suspension of disbelief. But I think the premise for the game is pretty good. Would be a good one-page one shot.
It's like Office Space meets D&D. Funny as hell!
This was amazing, I love it
Great video
Nice story, needs more Dragons.
This was awesome.
That was beautiful. Always fun to see That Guy getting his just desserts.
And people say DnD in a modern setting can't be entertaining! Everyone turning into a hunbot was absolutely hilarious.
This Feels like an episode of real housewives
This one was Crazy!
I had to come back and find this video, because me and my co-workers were talking d&d and our boss came out and thought it was a fun idea and wanted to join XD
That was just great!
Mr Mason is a damn star. I’m absolutely weak.
Don’t remember if I’ve posted a comment on this video but I’d probably say that any research into any dnd game I was making would be done whenever there was a lull in what I was doing to keep myself busy. If he wants a test game after that I’d probably make a one shot that could grow if it was good enough.
That was amazing, the concept on face value doesn't seem that great, but you really can quickly dig deep and figure out who the assholes are, and who genuinely just wants to cooperate
This could be a Hulu pilot. Comedy gold. 💛
This was so epic!!!
Originally I thought this would be a horror story, turns out it has a… Somewhat, nice ending.
I doubt it's a true story, but I can't help but laugh at the boss immediately getting into character.
That was incredible
This is equally as awesome as it is hilarious!
That was brilliant
I've seen cutthroat PvP but this was a masterpiece
Wow the bleed was too real
Hahah I love this!!
THAT WAS F***ING AMAZING!
My mother got really into essential oils. They don't do shit too cure anything but we still keep that big ass box cause they may not be a cure all but they sure as hell freshen up a room pretty well.
Quick someone call 911! I had to stop drop and ROFL because that was too damn funny!
Well that was fun and surprising.
This is beautiful.
I don't even care if this is real or not. Just the *idea* of a bunch of super serious business men role playing as a bunch of "# Boss Babes" and actually taking it seriously, is enough to have me in tears!! 😂
Well... that escalated quickly. I mean that really got out of hand fast.
This was some next level shit , I have to say. Much respect for Jacob!