The rabbit story reminded me of my favorite Dril tweet: _"so long suckers! i rev up my motorcylce and create a huge cloud of smoke. when the cloud dissipates im lying completely dead on the pavement"_
@@mozzappleAlternatively, groomed people can often become groomers themselves. 😥 How long have they been together? Since he was 25? 20? 18? She might be standing by her man because he's just like her. 🤮
@@Arosukir6If he was 25, he couldn't have been groomed (except by cult-style brainwashing or Stockholm Syndrome, I suppose). If it was since he was a teen? Yea, that's suspicious.
Because it's the crossroads of weeaboos and furries. Player picks race cause "oh, trickster fox that can shapeshift into their personal human form, that sounds fun" or GM sees player picking a kitsune and thinks the same thing, then the darkness encroaches into the game.
Pregnancy and if your character has kids should really be something that has 100% player buy in. That shit can be really upsetting, especially if you've had related trauma before.
I mean... that age gap doesn't help her case... how long have they been together? Just a few weeks? Or since he 20 and she 40? 18 and 38? 16 and 36? Possibly younger? I mean, I don't want to assume but given that age gap and her defending him...
That secretly-evil wizard using blatantly-evil spells reminds me of a post I saw a while ago where someone asked (in-character) if the party should worry that their wizard is yelling "Evil Blast" when using their spell, only to be informed that it's fine, and the spell is named after it's inventor Notatall Evil. Then also mention things like "Crueltyfree Torture" as similar 'Light-aligned' spells, too. Who knows, maybe this secretly-evil wizard was using the same kind of 'totally good' spells that are just unfortunately-named.
Iirc (it's been literal decades by now) Death Touch was, honestly, a pretty standard wizard attack spell kind of thing. Any kind of attack spell can seem "evil", depending on how you use it. Fireball is a Perfectly Normal Spell if you're using it to kill a gelatinous cube, but evil if you're using it to burn down an orphanage. The secret evil was more things like... going back to someone we'd dealt with to kill and/or steal from them when the party wasn't paying attention, or something like that. I'm not sure what it says about, well, anything that said Evil Wizard was played by a psychiatrist who, iirc, worked at a mental hospital... In another game with that group, either he or another player was a non-evil necromancer. Priest of Anubis or something.
now im imagining someone who makes spells with really grand and exciting names like "GREAT JULIUS'S BLINDING SPHERE OF DOOM" but the person who made the spell actually kinda sucks at making them so its basically just a dimly shining orb taped to the end of a wand with the strength of a lightbulb thats like, about to go out
Probably because they can claim "it's just a game, it's not real" to brush off criticism/judgement even if it's verbal harrassment. Probably also has to do with the freedom tabletop games can bring.
@@solosynapse i was going to say, yeah it seems like the kinda thing where "okay so youre given an outlet to imagine basically ANYTHING you want, magic, fighting, whatever, but of all things you chose, that was one of your choices?" where it kinda tells a bit about them as a person (not saying its ALWAYS the case, some might just be edgy for the sake of shock value, but the fact that they do that cause in game cause they feel like it means they probably have it on their mind a concerning amount out of game)
I really thought that rivals story was going to end with character bleed causing the players to blow-up at each other, especially with that “I saw a chance to really play it up” remark. Glad to see they were both actually into it and it had something of a heartwarming end
Intro story: I was expecting the older of the group to be the creep, but damn my expectations were shot! 1st story: I now demand a 12 episode show on crunchyroll featuring these two rivals!
Story 1: So there's gonna be a delay until the next game. Something along the lines of 10 to life. Jesus that went from 0 to 100 in some staggering leaps.
The fact that I'm half way through the comments section and not one person came up with the obvious solution to Rabbit based problems. The Holy Hand-Grenade of Antioch
The first sentence of Kitsune Fantasy is far too relatable. 😅 Back when I started in 3.5, I was identifying as male but almost always played female characters. At one point I remember my best friend ("Clark" from the previously narrated Rocks Fall. Literally. story) asking "You're playing as a girl *again* ?" Several years later, I finally transition to female, and Clark is genuinely the least surprised out of anyone. 😆 I so vividly remember his message saying "So you *are* trans!!!" Real ones get you, even when you're not being honest with yourself. PS: Always amazing to see Mobster Crispy!!!
i had almost the same thing but in a different setting, i told one of my friends that nearly every single one of my character designs i drew up (im an artist who LOVES designing characters) was nonbinary, they made a comment how theyre like 75% certain i mightve projecting onto the characters, i went "nope, doubt it" then like a month later i realized i they were very much correct
@@BrewsLament So cool that you have that talent and are into character design! 😄 Very glad you also seem to have a friend who knows you on that level. It's seriously incredible how this hobby can help us explore ourselves. 🤩
I’ve got my own hirror story regarding a Kitsune, sadly. She was my half orc’s step mom. And let’s just say that while at the initial introduction, I loved the character, I quickly realized just how, bad things were when the math added up. Long story short, she was basically the same age as my character, and had married my father within a year of my character leaving home in his backstory. And had his first half sister during it as well. My character left when he was 15, and was 25 at the time of the meeting of the stepmother. Meaning my character’s father, who I had always imagined between 18-21 years older than my character, was between 33 and 36, marrying AND HAVING CHILDREN WITH a 15/16 year kitsune teenager. Doesn’t help the DM decided ti make my character’s father an alcoholic and abusive to both half sisters and the stepmom, which hit different for, personal reasons I was uncomfortable sharing with that DM. I have that dm blocked and haven’t talked to them in over 2 years.
@@SamuraiFoochs I have no odea what was going through that DM’s head. He replaced an NPC from the adventure with an android woman that was, apparently, inspired by a “friend” of his who was on the spectrum. Like, I enjoyed the NPC myself until I learned they were inspired by a REAL PERSON. That felt, really weird and kinda gross too. Honestly, I think the guy was kinda losing his mind and doing whatever he could for shock value at that point. There’s a lot about that game that became weird or gross, including a “homebrew quest” that centered around a former group he had been a player in. He also had a tendency to, have his characters either “Commit the Self Dying” or “Take to No-Consent in Bed” when he killed them off. I’m actually still a little messed up after he sent a story (with no spoiler warnings about it) for how his half orc necromancer (who was tied to the aforementioned Homebrew Quest) died. It uh, involved a woman getting his child through, a lack of consent on his part before being murdered. So yeh. GLAD IM AWAY FROM THAT GUY!
@@SamuraiFoochs Yeah, sadly all this stuff was spaced out until near the end when something that made me uncomfortable or just left me feeling sour woulf happen almost every ither session. So I didn’t leave right off the bat, despite hearing similar stories and how people noped out right away.
An easy answer as to the 'research' the DM in the kitsune story probably did: In most media where kitsunes are portrayed, they're given shapeshifting powers. So a kitsune turning into the opposite gender of what they would consider their 'true form' would likely be very easy for them. Doesn't excuse what he did to OP of course, but his take on kitsunes being able to change gender is technically true. Even if its like asking if a dragon can light a match lol.
7 minutes in heaven is a game where two people typically a boy and a girl...are put in a closet (or other relvent close space) for 7 minutes to do ya know what ever obviously talk about Destiny
Man I'd like to play a kitsune at some point because they are my favourite mythological creature of all time and I'd like to be lore accurate (so Cleric for Inari or Rogue for Yoko) and considering the fact that two of Kitsune's most well known traits are: love ironic punishment (common stories include making a golden coin that weighs tons to tempt a greedy man and other such tales) and being EXTREMELY loyal (if you save a kitsune's life they will do anything for you until they feel they have paid you back, and often they view themselves as owing you the rest of their life) it annoys me that so many stories seem to involve them in a spicy way. Yes they can seduce people, but it's usually to get what they want, OR they owe you a debt and see you are single and lonely. They truly are a strange creature, but they are essentially Fae creatures so that's no shock
I never played WOW, but I have played DC Universe Online and did run into that loot issue in low key fashion one or twice. So, yeah I kind of get that issue Crispy.
Hey Crispy, could you give us a link about the video mentioned on the intro? I know it's a rough topic, but I'm interested in learning more about how these things work (being a survivor from another country) and I think it would be beneficial for everyone. Learning about how this happens, is the first step to preventing it.
We found a suit of efreeti chain clearly meant for our fighter. He didn't want it because he had mithral and didn't want to give up not having disadvantage on stealth, so he gave it to my paladin.
it might seem a little weird to think of someone like a sibling when you've just met, but when i think about how i felt that way about my actual younger siblings when they were Just Born, it makes sense
I am glad I have never really had any conflict over the typical loot that my parties get for encounters. My players are typically pretty good at sharing and "party loot" sheets are a common feature in games I've played in. Things get a little dicier when the loot is chaotic, cursed or dangerous. Ultra powerful demon slaying swords with minds of their own, a crystal with an ancient Dragon inside, chalk that opens portals to random other dimensions, an insanely complicated mechanical device that is really the controls to a space laser.....these are where the debates and borderline fights happen. One player still has a grudge against another for throwing a sword with the spirit of a long dead warrior that they intended on helping into the ocean because they sensed it had an undead presence. The one that threw the sword into the ocean was an old school player and I don't think they realized that these days undead does not automatically mean evil.
Thank you again for upholding real art, man. Means a ton to us who draw. Yes, I said real. AI is not art, and if you wanna argue, go talk to your ChatGPT instead.
@@CrispysTavern For sure! Thanks man. Reason I especially appreciate it is because I was following another channel, “Tales To Morrow,” who was pretty good. Then he advocated in favor of AI image generation, and that was that. Couldn’t hit the unsubscribe button faster.
In 3.5, you very specifically CAN halve the healing on a successful will save, it actually comes up with certain classes that have no choice but to save because they're anti-magic or anti-divine or whatever.
To bring a bit of levity... If I were in the game with the rabbit assuming it'd just killed the wizard I would immediately start making "Monty Python: the quest for the holy Grail" jokes. I got introduced to that movie as a kid and I'd never pass up the chance to make Vorpal Bunny jokes
My himbo Paladin took a giants pet direwolf and tamed him. His name is Kibbles, cuz fuck you there is originality left somewhere, and so far I absolutely adore my big fluffy boi. Trying to get to the point I can use him as a mount.
The only time I've seen pregnancy in DND handled well was in the Unsleeping City 2 and why did that work? Because the player and DM communicated and didn't cause it to override the character's agency
Loot trouble, huh.. I never encountered that mostly since my friends and I would just talk about the loot and just give it to who would be able to utilise it most or just for maximising action economy. The last story.. reminds me of someone
My dnd sessions have plenty of creepy attractions.......... At the creepy travelling circus that is just a front for a city corrupter. Things like - the murder house - it's a high stakes game where you navigate a deadly house across multiple floors doing all you can to avoid death traps. It has a high entry cost, as all participants will be revived should they fail, and take away 200,000 gold should they beat it. No one ever wins, and no one ever gets resurrected - instead, they're replaced by a changling. OR The lucky dip. You watch as the attendant fills a bag of holding up with low level loot. You can then ask for the bag to be filled with more loot. For every time you ask, another, empty bag will be placed in a barrel. Finally, when you're happy, the loot bag is thrown in the barrel. You then get to retrieve one bag and it's contents. There's just one bag of holding, the rest are bags of devouring
Thanks to the Happy Jacks RPG Podcast, there is a second way to pronounce GURPS: anytime someone says GURPS, it must be immediately followed with a hearty “Yeah!”
As a folklorist, I am a classicist, but in a fictional setting like DnD, who cares? Even in folklore, things are constantly evolving. As long as you understand, go for it.
Congratulations on breaking 60k subs! I always look forward to your presentation and advise for these stories. It's one of the main reasons I got so involved in getting back into D&D. Just joined a CoS group recently with some friends. Looking forward to it =)
Hey Crispy! First story is mine. Which Morbid Zoo video was it that you recommended? I looked at their channel and couldn't tell from the titles, and would love to watch it. Thanks for reading my story! It still gives my skin crawl even two years later.
that guy at the start at the start got hit with the fucken Predator Hunters treatment 11:01 and this makes me wanna hold a grenade with a 3s pin for 5s
As much as I understand that you are joking about your Destiny withdrawal I do sympathise with becoming borderline addicted to a video game. In my teens I was actually addicted to WoW. I obsessively logged on every day and would stay up far too late to get just one more daily done. It was only with hindsight I realised how self destructive my behaviour was and how even a video game can legitimately hook someone so badly.
I dealt with the house of grief like a hero I had a party member talk to her while I had my player character stab her idk if this was patched later but this fully worked like fully I mean it kinda bugged the question but honestly not that much and all the other people there just kinda looked past the dead body there
The kitsune and the last part sounds like the bs the roleplay AI i have does sometimes to my character and consider AI learns from humans - which bastard had to teach that to the AI.
D&D Horror Story from this past Sunday: So we had our first combat with our two new players (one player officially left, another player had ghosted), right as we left our hubtown up in the mountains. A blue guard drake appeared stuck under a fallen tree and the bard (one of the two new players) went to try and befriend it, maybe help. Our Barbarian (vampire/werewolf hybrid, ala Underworld, but furrier) sniffed out that this was an ambush and we quickly got piled up on by 9 guard drakes. Now, of course you're thinking "Oh, easy first encounter, each of them has middling AC and 20-ish HP each, this'll be fun to bring in the new people!" And you'd be wrong. The DM said the words that haunt me whenever he says them: "I modified them :D" So a fight that could have lasted an hour-hour and a half turned into 3 grueling hours of our characters working our assess off to not die. The bard dropped at one point, the barbarian and my gunslinger got bit to shit just trying to get to her and feeding her a health potion and we barely managed to kill a couple of the drakes by that point, while our Ranger/Rogue was shooting pot-shots at these 50+HP modified monsters from as far away as they could! We plan to escape, with the bard now conscious and she Dimension Doors herself and the barbarian 500ft away in the direction of the Ranger/Rogue. My fighter gets bit up even more and now there's no way for me to escape, because they'll catch up to me in no time, regardless if I disengage or risk dashing. So I have my fighter climb a tree and start taunting the things, shooting them from an elevated position and praying that they don't pull a Tremors 2 and start piling on each other. We managed to survive, killing about half of the drakes, thanks to the Ranger casting Entangle and the Barbarian jumping from tree to tree to get to me and carry me out of combat, but HOLY SHIT were we pissed after that session. The DM has a really bad habit of modifying encounters to a grueling slug pace where every fight is a battle for survival (something that was not mentioned on the game listing) and most of the times he has his DMPCs come in to lend a hand (He's had our former Cleric's god intervene both directly and indirectly through an avatar in two separate fights and a "mysterious entity" bought the Barbarian's soul so he could get back up, run through stopped time and catch my fighter's limp body, before he fell in a young dragon's lair). I stuck to the game so far out of pity for the guy, 'cause he keeps losing players and stuff keeps happening irl to him, but I've lost the pity by this point and am just annoyed every session. After we finish this arc, I'll be leaving the game, because I'm just done. If he hadn't brought in more people, who are nice and friendly and work well with us in-game, I'd be gone already.
just thought of a cool dnd idea u make characters and such but than at the very start you all die and then you play the characters you made or something like that be a fun start your whole group dying to the main big bad and it'd shot how dangerous they are
The House of Grief fight was so hard that I considered giving them Shadowheart... for about 10 seconds. Seriously, breaking into hell, robbing a devil, and killing him and all his minions in his own house was easier and more fun than l... wait, maybe that's why it's called the House of Hope. Anyway, F Shar
The rabbit story reminded me of my favorite Dril tweet: _"so long suckers! i rev up my motorcylce and create a huge cloud of smoke. when the cloud dissipates im lying completely dead on the pavement"_
What a story.
Think you left out the asthmatic part
"That's a big age gap." That didn't age well. That did not age well *at all*.
im 99% sure he only got with her in the first place because she had young children
@@mozzappleAlternatively, groomed people can often become groomers themselves. 😥 How long have they been together? Since he was 25? 20? 18? She might be standing by her man because he's just like her. 🤮
Neither did his prospects
the fact that his wife was defending him makes me think they're "cut from the same cloth", if you catch my meaning.
@@Arosukir6If he was 25, he couldn't have been groomed (except by cult-style brainwashing or Stockholm Syndrome, I suppose).
If it was since he was a teen? Yea, that's suspicious.
Kitsune story: Why is it always the Kitsunes that are involved in these kinds of stories
Anime spoiled us.
Because a kitsune story has to have a kitsune.
Weebs.
@@ArcCaravan I was not specific, apologies, I meant why do Kitsune stories always deal with some kind of SA?
Because it's the crossroads of weeaboos and furries.
Player picks race cause "oh, trickster fox that can shapeshift into their personal human form, that sounds fun" or GM sees player picking a kitsune and thinks the same thing, then the darkness encroaches into the game.
"Your friendship is WEIRD" is sending me 😂😂😂
Crispy quoting Community 😍
@@Shitennou3 Amazing show. 🥰
The first story made me think of Miitopia where stubborn Miis have a chance to say no to any healing given to them.
You mean the second story I hope... lol
@@beegborg3303 I usually see people separate Intro story as its own thing and the story afterwards as the 'first' story. But yeah that one.
Rivalry Story guy here. So happy my story got picked! And your reactions and skit had me in stitches! Thanks Crispy!
RIVALRY GOALS, the fact that the other character rp on instead of getting mad is SO DANG COOL. Story was wholesome af ❤
Pregnancy and if your character has kids should really be something that has 100% player buy in.
That shit can be really upsetting, especially if you've had related trauma before.
For real, I'd sooner have my character turn to dust and ghost the party than have any part of that plot.
The real horror story is parents "standing by their man" when their man is a predator...
I mean... that age gap doesn't help her case... how long have they been together? Just a few weeks? Or since he 20 and she 40? 18 and 38? 16 and 36? Possibly younger? I mean, I don't want to assume but given that age gap and her defending him...
@@evem6154Yea, an age gap if they're both above about 25 when it starts is NBD, but who knows how long they've been together.
When you said “their man is a predator” I thought of the one Arnold fought in the jungle… the one that fights aliens
@@kylewilliams2943BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
@@kylewilliams2943you gotta flip that coin. The Rick and Morty predators husband or the Duggar family predator husband.
That secretly-evil wizard using blatantly-evil spells reminds me of a post I saw a while ago where someone asked (in-character) if the party should worry that their wizard is yelling "Evil Blast" when using their spell, only to be informed that it's fine, and the spell is named after it's inventor Notatall Evil. Then also mention things like "Crueltyfree Torture" as similar 'Light-aligned' spells, too.
Who knows, maybe this secretly-evil wizard was using the same kind of 'totally good' spells that are just unfortunately-named.
Iirc (it's been literal decades by now) Death Touch was, honestly, a pretty standard wizard attack spell kind of thing. Any kind of attack spell can seem "evil", depending on how you use it. Fireball is a Perfectly Normal Spell if you're using it to kill a gelatinous cube, but evil if you're using it to burn down an orphanage.
The secret evil was more things like... going back to someone we'd dealt with to kill and/or steal from them when the party wasn't paying attention, or something like that.
I'm not sure what it says about, well, anything that said Evil Wizard was played by a psychiatrist who, iirc, worked at a mental hospital...
In another game with that group, either he or another player was a non-evil necromancer. Priest of Anubis or something.
@@melissatrible4214 That orphanage was necessary because it was run by Gerold the Kind from Skyrim.
now im imagining someone who makes spells with really grand and exciting names like "GREAT JULIUS'S BLINDING SPHERE OF DOOM" but the person who made the spell actually kinda sucks at making them so its basically just a dimly shining orb taped to the end of a wand with the strength of a lightbulb thats like, about to go out
... Okay seriously what is it with so many people wanting to commit SA in RPG?!
Probably because they can claim "it's just a game, it's not real" to brush off criticism/judgement even if it's verbal harrassment. Probably also has to do with the freedom tabletop games can bring.
Usually it's people who want to do that irl, but are afraid of actual consequences. At least, in my experience. 🤢
@@solosynapse i was going to say, yeah it seems like the kinda thing where "okay so youre given an outlet to imagine basically ANYTHING you want, magic, fighting, whatever, but of all things you chose, that was one of your choices?" where it kinda tells a bit about them as a person (not saying its ALWAYS the case, some might just be edgy for the sake of shock value, but the fact that they do that cause in game cause they feel like it means they probably have it on their mind a concerning amount out of game)
I really thought that rivals story was going to end with character bleed causing the players to blow-up at each other, especially with that “I saw a chance to really play it up” remark. Glad to see they were both actually into it and it had something of a heartwarming end
Intro story: I was expecting the older of the group to be the creep, but damn my expectations were shot!
1st story: I now demand a 12 episode show on crunchyroll featuring these two rivals!
Technically both are creeps due to not breaking up after the arrest.
Yeah, they definitely sound like the basis for a great anime series!
Story 1: So there's gonna be a delay until the next game. Something along the lines of 10 to life.
Jesus that went from 0 to 100 in some staggering leaps.
Oh my god that first story. Good LORD!
The fact that I'm half way through the comments section and not one person came up with the obvious solution to Rabbit based problems.
The Holy Hand-Grenade of Antioch
B-But, lookit the BONES!
What's it gonna do? Nibble your bum!?
1....2....4!
And who being naughty in my sight shall snuff it!
My friends would be making Monty Python jokes about the killer rabbit.
Intro Story. Well that took a nose dive straight into hell.
The first sentence of Kitsune Fantasy is far too relatable. 😅 Back when I started in 3.5, I was identifying as male but almost always played female characters. At one point I remember my best friend ("Clark" from the previously narrated Rocks Fall. Literally. story) asking "You're playing as a girl *again* ?" Several years later, I finally transition to female, and Clark is genuinely the least surprised out of anyone. 😆 I so vividly remember his message saying "So you *are* trans!!!" Real ones get you, even when you're not being honest with yourself.
PS: Always amazing to see Mobster Crispy!!!
i had almost the same thing but in a different setting, i told one of my friends that nearly every single one of my character designs i drew up (im an artist who LOVES designing characters) was nonbinary, they made a comment how theyre like 75% certain i mightve projecting onto the characters, i went "nope, doubt it" then like a month later i realized i they were very much correct
@@BrewsLament So cool that you have that talent and are into character design! 😄 Very glad you also seem to have a friend who knows you on that level. It's seriously incredible how this hobby can help us explore ourselves. 🤩
I’ve got my own hirror story regarding a Kitsune, sadly. She was my half orc’s step mom. And let’s just say that while at the initial introduction, I loved the character, I quickly realized just how, bad things were when the math added up. Long story short, she was basically the same age as my character, and had married my father within a year of my character leaving home in his backstory. And had his first half sister during it as well.
My character left when he was 15, and was 25 at the time of the meeting of the stepmother. Meaning my character’s father, who I had always imagined between 18-21 years older than my character, was between 33 and 36, marrying AND HAVING CHILDREN WITH a 15/16 year kitsune teenager. Doesn’t help the DM decided ti make my character’s father an alcoholic and abusive to both half sisters and the stepmom, which hit different for, personal reasons I was uncomfortable sharing with that DM.
I have that dm blocked and haven’t talked to them in over 2 years.
Okay seriously what the hell?
I'm kinda weird but... that's next level madness.
@@SamuraiFoochs I have no odea what was going through that DM’s head. He replaced an NPC from the adventure with an android woman that was, apparently, inspired by a “friend” of his who was on the spectrum. Like, I enjoyed the NPC myself until I learned they were inspired by a REAL PERSON. That felt, really weird and kinda gross too.
Honestly, I think the guy was kinda losing his mind and doing whatever he could for shock value at that point. There’s a lot about that game that became weird or gross, including a “homebrew quest” that centered around a former group he had been a player in. He also had a tendency to, have his characters either “Commit the Self Dying” or “Take to No-Consent in Bed” when he killed them off. I’m actually still a little messed up after he sent a story (with no spoiler warnings about it) for how his half orc necromancer (who was tied to the aforementioned Homebrew Quest) died. It uh, involved a woman getting his child through, a lack of consent on his part before being murdered.
So yeh. GLAD IM AWAY FROM THAT GUY!
@@phobiawitch835 There is scarcely a yikes big enough.
@@SamuraiFoochs Yeah, sadly all this stuff was spaced out until near the end when something that made me uncomfortable or just left me feeling sour woulf happen almost every ither session. So I didn’t leave right off the bat, despite hearing similar stories and how people noped out right away.
An easy answer as to the 'research' the DM in the kitsune story probably did: In most media where kitsunes are portrayed, they're given shapeshifting powers. So a kitsune turning into the opposite gender of what they would consider their 'true form' would likely be very easy for them.
Doesn't excuse what he did to OP of course, but his take on kitsunes being able to change gender is technically true. Even if its like asking if a dragon can light a match lol.
7 minutes in heaven is a game where two people typically a boy and a girl...are put in a closet (or other relvent close space) for 7 minutes to do ya know what ever obviously talk about Destiny
the helmet stayed on...
No helmet, no love.
Gangster Crispy is my favorite Crispy clone.
Oh he's the best!!!
An aside: the idea of a smol blue fox kit named Berry is adorable. Must protecc.
Man I'd like to play a kitsune at some point because they are my favourite mythological creature of all time and I'd like to be lore accurate (so Cleric for Inari or Rogue for Yoko) and considering the fact that two of Kitsune's most well known traits are: love ironic punishment (common stories include making a golden coin that weighs tons to tempt a greedy man and other such tales) and being EXTREMELY loyal (if you save a kitsune's life they will do anything for you until they feel they have paid you back, and often they view themselves as owing you the rest of their life) it annoys me that so many stories seem to involve them in a spicy way. Yes they can seduce people, but it's usually to get what they want, OR they owe you a debt and see you are single and lonely. They truly are a strange creature, but they are essentially Fae creatures so that's no shock
I never played WOW, but I have played DC Universe Online and did run into that loot issue in low key fashion one or twice.
So, yeah I kind of get that issue Crispy.
Hey Crispy, could you give us a link about the video mentioned on the intro?
I know it's a rough topic, but I'm interested in learning more about how these things work (being a survivor from another country) and I think it would be beneficial for everyone. Learning about how this happens, is the first step to preventing it.
It's in the cards!
@@CrispysTavern Oh my bad, I didn't notice, but thank you 🥰🥰
We found a suit of efreeti chain clearly meant for our fighter. He didn't want it because he had mithral and didn't want to give up not having disadvantage on stealth, so he gave it to my paladin.
I'll admit, my jaw dropped at that last story.
5:00 Todd from Community season 3 episode 2.
Come for the stories; stay for the skits. Great video, as always!
The minute you said “what is wrong with you” in that pitch, I knew Todd was there
it might seem a little weird to think of someone like a sibling when you've just met, but when i think about how i felt that way about my actual younger siblings when they were Just Born, it makes sense
I am glad I have never really had any conflict over the typical loot that my parties get for encounters. My players are typically pretty good at sharing and "party loot" sheets are a common feature in games I've played in. Things get a little dicier when the loot is chaotic, cursed or dangerous. Ultra powerful demon slaying swords with minds of their own, a crystal with an ancient Dragon inside, chalk that opens portals to random other dimensions, an insanely complicated mechanical device that is really the controls to a space laser.....these are where the debates and borderline fights happen. One player still has a grudge against another for throwing a sword with the spirit of a long dead warrior that they intended on helping into the ocean because they sensed it had an undead presence. The one that threw the sword into the ocean was an old school player and I don't think they realized that these days undead does not automatically mean evil.
Thank you again for upholding real art, man. Means a ton to us who draw.
Yes, I said real. AI is not art, and if you wanna argue, go talk to your ChatGPT instead.
Literally the least I can do. If you like the thumbnail art, show some love to the artist in the description.
@@CrispysTavern For sure! Thanks man. Reason I especially appreciate it is because I was following another channel, “Tales To Morrow,” who was pretty good. Then he advocated in favor of AI image generation, and that was that. Couldn’t hit the unsubscribe button faster.
In 3.5, you very specifically CAN halve the healing on a successful will save, it actually comes up with certain classes that have no choice but to save because they're anti-magic or anti-divine or whatever.
12:35 imagine if the way the DM got that 'lore' was from weird Wattpad fanfic
5:40 that honestly reminds me of Vegetas speech when goku sacrifices himself in the cell saga, actually beautiful storytelling
To bring a bit of levity... If I were in the game with the rabbit assuming it'd just killed the wizard I would immediately start making "Monty Python: the quest for the holy Grail" jokes. I got introduced to that movie as a kid and I'd never pass up the chance to make Vorpal Bunny jokes
Consequences for a creep! Yay!
My himbo Paladin took a giants pet direwolf and tamed him. His name is Kibbles, cuz fuck you there is originality left somewhere, and so far I absolutely adore my big fluffy boi. Trying to get to the point I can use him as a mount.
The only time I've seen pregnancy in DND handled well was in the Unsleeping City 2 and why did that work? Because the player and DM communicated and didn't cause it to override the character's agency
We need more Mob Boss Crispy
He's a favorite character at this point! You'll see him again.
Loot trouble, huh.. I never encountered that mostly since my friends and I would just talk about the loot and just give it to who would be able to utilise it most or just for maximising action economy.
The last story.. reminds me of someone
My dnd sessions have plenty of creepy attractions..........
At the creepy travelling circus that is just a front for a city corrupter.
Things like - the murder house - it's a high stakes game where you navigate a deadly house across multiple floors doing all you can to avoid death traps. It has a high entry cost, as all participants will be revived should they fail, and take away 200,000 gold should they beat it.
No one ever wins, and no one ever gets resurrected - instead, they're replaced by a changling.
OR
The lucky dip.
You watch as the attendant fills a bag of holding up with low level loot. You can then ask for the bag to be filled with more loot. For every time you ask, another, empty bag will be placed in a barrel. Finally, when you're happy, the loot bag is thrown in the barrel. You then get to retrieve one bag and it's contents.
There's just one bag of holding, the rest are bags of devouring
Thanks to the Happy Jacks RPG Podcast, there is a second way to pronounce GURPS: anytime someone says GURPS, it must be immediately followed with a hearty “Yeah!”
As a folklorist, I am a classicist, but in a fictional setting like DnD, who cares? Even in folklore, things are constantly evolving. As long as you understand, go for it.
was not expecting that community reference at 5:02. NICE
The wolves roll deep. They have to be ready for the feral hogs.
Congratulations on breaking 60k subs! I always look forward to your presentation and advise for these stories. It's one of the main reasons I got so involved in getting back into D&D. Just joined a CoS group recently with some friends. Looking forward to it =)
The Lumity T-shirt is too real
4:58 love that community refernce
Call out to the person playing a Factotum!
First and only time I've ever even heard of that supplement book.
Hey Crispy! First story is mine. Which Morbid Zoo video was it that you recommended? I looked at their channel and couldn't tell from the titles, and would love to watch it. Thanks for reading my story! It still gives my skin crawl even two years later.
the todd bit 😂
that guy at the start at the start got hit with the fucken Predator Hunters treatment
11:01 and this makes me wanna hold a grenade with a 3s pin for 5s
GURPS Mentioned video liked
that's a rat everyone
As much as I understand that you are joking about your Destiny withdrawal I do sympathise with becoming borderline addicted to a video game. In my teens I was actually addicted to WoW. I obsessively logged on every day and would stay up far too late to get just one more daily done. It was only with hindsight I realised how self destructive my behaviour was and how even a video game can legitimately hook someone so badly.
So what you're saying is that our favorite rat finds puns too cheesy 😝
5:07 holy shit is this Todd?
A reminder to the Hazbin Hotel fandom that Cherri Bomb and Sir Pentious have the same age gap.
I dealt with the house of grief like a hero I had a party member talk to her while I had my player character stab her idk if this was patched later but this fully worked like fully I mean it kinda bugged the question but honestly not that much and all the other people there just kinda looked past the dead body there
All I can say is
Devil's Sight🗿
RIP Crispy # uhh..... i lost count
Its hard to remember the time crispy didn't do skits for these stories.
The kitsune and the last part sounds like the bs the roleplay AI i have does sometimes to my character and consider AI learns from humans - which bastard had to teach that to the AI.
Happy to see you've joined the fight for Democracy!
19:33 Woof!
4:59 WAS THAT A COMMUNITY REFERENCE
D&D Horror Story from this past Sunday: So we had our first combat with our two new players (one player officially left, another player had ghosted), right as we left our hubtown up in the mountains. A blue guard drake appeared stuck under a fallen tree and the bard (one of the two new players) went to try and befriend it, maybe help. Our Barbarian (vampire/werewolf hybrid, ala Underworld, but furrier) sniffed out that this was an ambush and we quickly got piled up on by 9 guard drakes. Now, of course you're thinking "Oh, easy first encounter, each of them has middling AC and 20-ish HP each, this'll be fun to bring in the new people!" And you'd be wrong.
The DM said the words that haunt me whenever he says them: "I modified them :D"
So a fight that could have lasted an hour-hour and a half turned into 3 grueling hours of our characters working our assess off to not die. The bard dropped at one point, the barbarian and my gunslinger got bit to shit just trying to get to her and feeding her a health potion and we barely managed to kill a couple of the drakes by that point, while our Ranger/Rogue was shooting pot-shots at these 50+HP modified monsters from as far away as they could! We plan to escape, with the bard now conscious and she Dimension Doors herself and the barbarian 500ft away in the direction of the Ranger/Rogue. My fighter gets bit up even more and now there's no way for me to escape, because they'll catch up to me in no time, regardless if I disengage or risk dashing. So I have my fighter climb a tree and start taunting the things, shooting them from an elevated position and praying that they don't pull a Tremors 2 and start piling on each other.
We managed to survive, killing about half of the drakes, thanks to the Ranger casting Entangle and the Barbarian jumping from tree to tree to get to me and carry me out of combat, but HOLY SHIT were we pissed after that session. The DM has a really bad habit of modifying encounters to a grueling slug pace where every fight is a battle for survival (something that was not mentioned on the game listing) and most of the times he has his DMPCs come in to lend a hand (He's had our former Cleric's god intervene both directly and indirectly through an avatar in two separate fights and a "mysterious entity" bought the Barbarian's soul so he could get back up, run through stopped time and catch my fighter's limp body, before he fell in a young dragon's lair).
I stuck to the game so far out of pity for the guy, 'cause he keeps losing players and stuff keeps happening irl to him, but I've lost the pity by this point and am just annoyed every session. After we finish this arc, I'll be leaving the game, because I'm just done. If he hadn't brought in more people, who are nice and friendly and work well with us in-game, I'd be gone already.
Why would the FBI be yelling "open up" if they are waiting for you inside?
MURDEROUS RABBIT YESS
Morbid Zoo mentioned!!! What the hell is a bad video?!
A TWENTY YEAR AGE GAP. That person could be your CHILD. Why would you want to date someone who was born while you were already an ADULT
@crispy taverns do you have a disorder channel?
Well, that's a rat.
That's a rat!
researching kitsune in the ancient tomes (adult furry websites)
naught this again
that's a rat!
just thought of a cool dnd idea u make characters and such but than at the very start you all die and then you play the characters you made or something like that be a fun start your whole group dying to the main big bad and it'd shot how dangerous they are
Did. . .did you just make a Community reference?
He's made many Community references throughout his videos.
I'm sorry, CPS did nothing?
I... wtaf?
thats a rat
26:37 where's the "visible asexual confusion?"
The House of Grief fight was so hard that I considered giving them Shadowheart... for about 10 seconds. Seriously, breaking into hell, robbing a devil, and killing him and all his minions in his own house was easier and more fun than l... wait, maybe that's why it's called the House of Hope. Anyway, F Shar
Ive said ot before and I'll say it again. Housecof Grief was easy. If you walk in with a high ac, they can't touch you
OK, he keeps making comment about destiny withdrawals what the heck happened
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Not this again. 😂
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And... That's A Rat!😈😂🤍🐀😊
Not this again 😬
That's a rat
Not *this* again...
That's a rat people! 👏
Not this again