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Clue 0: Records DnD game without permission and dumb enough to admit it to me (DM) (it really happened)

Rules are a guideline Words I live by

My grandparents got me the new 2024 rules for Christmas and I told my dnd buddies and one was like “oh no those are trash” and I was just asking and asking him why and he wouldn’t give an explicit answer so I came to your video and ig these things are bad but IDGAF Abt them. I will play dnd how I want with whoever I want and I don’t really care

The game is fun because the dice tell their story. If you really want to win as the GM, maybe you shouldn't be a Master. If you really want your players to win as the GM, give them inspiration. If you simply want to challenge your players as the GM, you can learn to make better encounters

I live by the rules are a guideline. You have to stay away from DM vs Players mentality though Good stuff

"Cheating" would be an incredibly petty considering the point of the game is random chance deciding the victor. Along with good planning from players/opponents. If you feel the need to fudge a die roll, write a book or similar. You can change how things play out but altering the timeline because you didnt want something to happen is not respecting the players.

How can i have fun knowing the dm cheats just to make sure i cant lose?

I DM with no DM screen, and I highly recommend it to all DMs. You and the players are creating a collaborative story together. Their dice rolls and yours should matter. Otherwise, the game loses meaning, and you're just playing Story time.

I homebrew most monsters, or base them on existing stat blocks. Literally impossible to meta-game at my table.

I was nodding so hard to all your points, you could have confused it with headbanging 😋 As a fan of Magic: The Gathering, Arkham Horror The Card game scratches all the right itches that MtG does, minus the competitve aspect. The way I see AHLCG and how I sell it to others is "what if MtG was solo or co-op, instead of competitive?".

From the Core Set allies, I consider Beat Cop to be Roland's best option. 1) Roland has ways to dish out damage and the +1 Combat from Beat Cop helps him do it more consistently. 2) The 2 Sanity soak from Beat Cop is important for Roland, given his precarious starting Sanity. 3) The automatic damage from the unconditional free triggered ability can be used in many key moments to Roland's advantage. If we consider the 2 XP upgraded version, the case for Beat Cop over Guard Dog is even stronger, in my opinion. I totally agree with the other cards you recommend for him 👌

I'm not buying that, sorry. I won't ever fudge a die roll, and I won't ever play at a table where I know someone else is.

How is this even a thing? In sweden it has always been. Rule #1: the GM is always right. Rule #2:should the GM be wrong, see rule #1.

Too stupid to cheat, but smart enough to flub the rules because of bad memory and fudge the die for a good story/fun game.

If the GM changes something to counteract metagaming, then they also metagame there and thus are no better tha the stuff they try to prevent. My suggestion would be the opposite, to roll with the metagaming, since obviously that is the fun the players want to have. Just like fourth wall breaks can be fun in comics and films. And well, you even say that if the GM plays against the players then that is based on a bias,and yes, acting against metagaming is a bias too. Also, I usually read the whole system, even when I am not the GM, but I prefer GM-less games, that is why I design my own system to be that way. And altering the deal or fudging dice and all that stuff seem to me mostly an issue with poorly designed systems and a lack of communication between GM and players of what everyone actually wants to get out of the hobby. Since if one side wants an interesting narrative experience and the other side a tactical one, then changes to the rules can lead to frustrations and thus clearly be no fun at all.

Great video on a misunderstood topic. However fudging is where I disagree, especially dice rolls. I think if a GM feels the need to fudge, something went wrong leading up to the fudged event. Those are usually great oppotunities to learn and grow as a GM as well. That said I don't mean to say never ever fudge. But the goal should be to not create situations where you feel the need to fudge. For example if there is an outcome to a dice roll which you cannot accept, then do not make or call for that dice roll. But that's just like my opinion man. And in the end every table if different and it's all just guidelines.

Also, there's this in the Pathfinder 2e Player Core: The First Rule The first rule of Pathfinder is that this game is yours. Use it to tell the stories you want to tell, be the character you want to be, and share exciting adventures with friends. If any other rule gets in the way of your fun, as long as your group agrees, you can alter or ignore it to fit your story. The true goal of Pathfinder is for everyone to enjoy themselves.

DCC is awesome. I agree that character customization is less complex, but it is also more random. You will probably end up with a character you wouldn't have played in the first place. Also on the topic of race is class. I believe the point is that it's written from the POV of humans. And for them all halflings, dwarves, or elves are the same.

Fun video. Personally I don't think the magic system is all that confusing but I have been lucky to play a lot of different systems over the years. For me I think the big weakness of Dragonbane is the fact that FL have to manage both a Swedish and English edition at the same time. A lot of "English-isms" sneak into the Swedish version and I suspect its the same in reverse.

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Yup, Hasbro has no idea what D&D is, the will link it into MTG and dispense with most of the settings. Bar Forgotten Realms.

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I am here to bith say thank you for the tips... ...and to negate anyone from saying tsrif in reverse.

I got the firefly reference, you earned yourself a sub

What about the dang T-shirt?!?!?!?

Yes the dice

Thanks for the great video. I've been trying to pick which battlemaps I want to purchase and those DnD official ones look great.

My usual go to is to make an encounter that i think is too hard, and let the fight be decided not by the actual stats, but when i think the story would be best served if the fight turned at a given moment. The paladin comes in, everyone is low both in hp and resources, have one spell slot left. The bard uses the last bardic inspiration to help him hit, the wizard had burned away large chunks of the boss's hp, but is out of spell slots, the ranger and the rogue are on death saving throws, and in that moment, you hear a crack of thunder as the paladin hits with that last divine smite, the light surrounding his hammer as it finally connects, cleaving the bosses head asunder!!!!!! That's a way to end a fight. it's one that gets a table cheering, and its one they will tell the story of for awhile! But, that boss still had 50 to 70 hp. The fight dragging on might have strictly been by the rules, but it makes people feel much less cool, its less dramatic, and its something I avoid and fudge often. Try this, and you will see a huge shift at your tables.

Another dice thing is 12-sided d4's. they roll nicely instead of having to be flipped. If you're unfamiliar, the 12 sides are 1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4,1,2,3 and 4. Amazon has them in 4 and 6 packs.

D&D artwork is good, but has no personality.

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Commenting way late on this but appreciate the comparisons here. My group is looking at new systems to try out as alternatives to D&D 2024. DCC looks hilarious, fun, and unpredictable. Well, maybe predictable in that we're all going to die many times over...

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Does that include adding a room with trillions of fire proof cockroaches

Dice dice baby dice Well that and minis

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I decided to make wrestling Goblins. Adjsuted to have better con and str at the cost of mental stats. I then implemented a system where they would grapple, team grapple, and then do damage based on athletics rolls. Was fun gimmick, but the party was stronger than I expected, so it didn't get utilized much. But I'm glad i tried something, because now i know better how to approach my next encounters :D

I build whole worlds for my players, where things happen, whether my players are there or not. And I work out battles to give my players real challenges. My players have quite a bit of freedom to decide where they want to go, and they can find useful things anywhere. But if they mess it up, there are consequences... Always 😂

Tbh one concept i like is just straight up making pcs as npcs The lv3 party went across a hobgoblin camp and are just about to fight their leader? Make the leader an actual pc with his own character sheet and make him a lv6 fighter, with character stats, feats and everything for the lv3 party to fight The bbeg has a group of bodyguards/enforcers and you wanna make this group be very challenging for the players? Make the group just be a straight up party of characters, a group that is basically an evil reflection of the party. The face on the party when the minotaur just suddenly smites the barbarian or the yuan ti tries to hit the wizard with eldritch blast and they notice this aint a regular fight anymore and they aint dealing with average monsters anymore but actual pcs will be priceless

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Instructions unclear everything has pack tactics

How about a mushroom infested goblin, and when it dies, it decays like super fast, and from its corpse, new mushroom infested goblins grow, but not instantly, more like after 2 or 3 days.

As DM i always just do what I want. 😂 if I feel the enemies can use a spell, they use it. If they have low health...they don't, its dead when I'm done with you. Otherwise my party will destroy most bosses fast seeing as there's 10 of them.

OH GOD NOT TUCKERS KOBALDS For those who dont know this is a rather infamous story about a DM who would use kobalds with extremely efficient tactics to just remove their enemies Highly recommend looking this one up

Ohh. I like having some usually more stupid monsters use tactics, but only if they have a commander. So if their commander gets killed they will stop using the smart tactics. Or if they fight a generally smart enemy which has been trained, like elite soldiers of an kingdom for example the got their own stat blocks.

I thought everyone knew they were guidelines not facts

WARHAMMER?!

ill take a medusa snake body, with the head of a mind flayer and one big ol gazer eye.