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Wait wait wait. A character named Yewtübcahment has high Wisdom, Charisma, and Intelligence and isn't Chaotic Evil?
+calar8 How can this be?!
calar8 Haha yeah.
Nice profile pic!
It is a _fantasy_ game after all.
BLASPHEMY!
forgot the most important thing. DON'T WRITE IN PEN ON THE CHARACTER SHEET.
Arturo Sanchez why?
Because your character changes over time, not just the beginning stats. Such as finding a magical amulet that improves his strength or dexterity. Or a cursed ring that lowers his constitution. Your character is always evolving, so it's easier to erase something than to rewrite the whole sheet. I keep mine in plastic sheet protectors, which helps keep it safe from spills, too. Yes, it happens. lol
There's also apps for tablets and smart phones that you can use instead of character sheets if you want to save paper, though some of them can be a little basic. I use the Fifth Edition Character Sheet from the google store along with my pencil&paper character sheet to easily keep track of spell slots and doing all the math for my stats. Makes it simple and clean to keep track of without having to do a ton of erasing lol.
Fifth Edition Character Sheet is on iOS too!
I immediatly grabbed a pencil when I started playing.
Yewtübcahment is definitely short tempered. His biggest weakness is his irrationality.
Linkaru He has a +20 initiative. Always goes "First!".
Irrationality A.K.A extreme impatience, denial, and all-around dickheadishness. But hey, irrationality works fine. XD
his special ability is that he is cancerous
Linkaru excellent at flaming,and can make a good roast
SHUT UP
A more accurate character based on RUclips Comments would be a bard with 3 charisma.
Liesmith 3.5 intelligence
Me with dnd beyond
Honestly thought this was a sick burn because of the ProJared drama until I realised it was posted 4 years ago
Yewtubcahment's Flaw: "I am incredibly nitpicky, and will start huge unnecessary arguments with strangers about the smallest thing, providing very little actual evidence for my argument."
You're stupid and you're flaw is stupid shut up you stupid
-Yewtubecahment 2018
Lmao
Look; I'm not saying that Hiroshima was good, you narcissistic dipfrickin frick, but I'm just saying that it helped along the Japanese's surrender, you foolish sockdologiser! >=[
Kardz22 to be fair on them there was recorded evidence on jons views whilst at the time there was only word of mouth on what jared did
Is it weird to say I'd be overjoyed to see that Jared opens a third channel for Dungeons and Dragons videos like this all year round?
ljaquos No
I would love that :D
That would be awesome. It is like the monster madness videos on cinemassacre. The passion just brings a smile to the face. :D
It would be cool, but Im worried it would dry him out of D&D stuff to talk about. Would be cool for him and others to have a collab channel where they regurlay upload D&D sessions tho. And then have D&December as the time of the year when he talks more in depth about the game ^^
LittleCrazyGamer
Oh god yes. Dice Camera Action all year round. XD
How can I love D&December so much and have played so little actual D&D?
Rick Berman McCallum me
Rick Berman McCallum i never played it
I never played it i wanted to but its so hard to learn of me
Ive never had any friends or opportunity to play. At this point I may try and ask my family if they would try if I DM
***** That's the same problem I have, it's very difficult to get people together to play it.
Youtucommen should be prone to anger and very defensive when someone challenges him.
Subjecttochange HEY DON'T SAY THAT!
No you
I'm reporting this comment because it expresses an opinion I disagree with!!!!!!11!!!
SUPER TRUE XD
McCarney 420 No
Yewtubcahment's flaws include horrible grammar, the tendency to argue with everyone around him, and refusal to admit he is wrong.
@McWemdy Neuscheler no it's not
@@darkkid819 i think that is the joke
@@darkkid819 how can you have swaggersouls as ur profilepic, and still not get basicassjokes
Darkkid819 “The tendency to argue with everyone around him”
Why a dwarf? We all know Yewtubecahment's a troll.
Trolls are not an available race in vanilla 5th edition.
@@kylejohnson423 r/wooosh?
Slowl clap
amazing.
Kyle Johnson r/wooooosh
This is an excellent tutorial for character creation, great work Jared!
But I'm calling bullshit on that alignment, there is NO WAY Yewtübcahment is Neutral Good!
Eddie Speight what RUclips comments are lawful?
@@jacobb.9181 music comments?
I really want to play D&D now, it merges 2 of my favourite things; the world of fantasy and storytelling. Problem is I've never known anyone who has even mentioned it, let alone wanted to play it.
Propastypete Do you live near any game shops like games workshop because most of them have dnd "encounters" where people just get together at said games shop and play dnd I've gone to a couple they're alright.
Sam Lyons No... at least none that I know of.
Propastypete Just ask all your friends. I asked a good friend of mine on a whim, thinking he wouldn't want to as he is most certainly not nerdy/geeky, but he said he's always wanted to try it.
There's a lot of different ways to play online. Roll20.net, dnd discords and subreddits, and games like Tabletop Simulator always have people organizing groups to play the game. You can also always field the topic to your friends and see if they have a passing interest in DnD. I started playing 5th edition as a DM doing this, and I now play or DM in 3-4 games a week consistently. There's a massive amount of ways to get into the game, trust me.
I roped a couple of my friends into giving it a shot, along with a few people I met at the game shop I get my miniatures at. We ended up with a group of 5, and I got a few great friends out of people who were practically strangers before. It never hurts to ask.
Name: Abserd
Race: Human
Class: ALL OF THEM!
/it is I... Abserd!!/ #puffinforrest
Class: yes
Half-elf.
I understood that reference awesome job
AHHHHHHH yes Abserd I get that reference as you were referencing a character, a character which I am familiar with therefore I am getting the reference because it was vERy gOod!
Yewtubcahment was born to the clan chief of the Loc-Nar mountain dwarves. It was believed that he would be a great warrior and Chieftain much like his father. Destiny would've granted him such fortune if only Yewtubcahment wasn't born a frail and sickly dwarven child. Shame followed the Chieftain around like a dark shroud as he made every attempt to hide his child. Despite being his first-born, the Chieftain made the only choice available to him in order to maintain his place among the Loc-Nar dwarves.
Traveling above ground the Chieftain secretly carried his child. Finding what was sure to be a game path, the Chieftain placed his first-born in the middle of the path. If the Chieftain had any regrets, they disappeared when a meek cough escaped the child's throat. Turning quickly, the Chieftain returned to his mountain kingdom to tell his people of how his child was claimed in birth, but fought bravely as his birthing cords strangled him.
However, fortune would smile on Yewtubcahment as he was found by a tribe of Sprites. An ancient tribe, they fondly remembered the days when dwarves and the fey were friends and even allies along with the elves when the forests and hills intertwined with one another. Of course, this was before the dwarves sought to conquer the mountains and destroyed many a forest to build their many mines.
The tribe queen had thoughts of malice in her heart as the loss of many ancient forests angered her still. However, with a smile and a laugh, the Sprite Queen's furious resolve softened quickly. She then ordered her subjects to carry this dwarven babe into the forest to their domain. They would teach this dwarf the ways of the forest, it's animals, it's woods, and it's residents. If they can't use Yewtubcahment as a medium to quell the greed of the dwarves, then they would use him as the first of many.
Bravo! That was very well written!
Or you could go with an origin where there is reclusive, elusive group of dwarves that inhabits the forests above ground, and due to some calamity or the discovery of the dwarven forest camp by hostile forces, leaving him as the last surviving forest dwarf.
Holy crap
krysala show this to your English teacher. It's a pretty good essay. She/he will give you extra credit
Stealing this. I'm so sorry. But this is absolutely perfect.
As I tell my friends during D&D, don't be afraid if your character isn't a minmaxed powerhouse. Instead I encourage them to have a few flaws on purpose and draw attention to it.
"A good character is one with little weaknesses. A great character is one who makes them strengths."
But if they make them strengths, then they aren't weaknesses.
My character is the rogue and she likes to talk her way out of fights and is very open minded. But her weakness is that she doesn't fight too well so boss battles are really hard and i often have to try to hide and sneak attack but sometimes i dont roll the dice above 12 and i get destroyed.
@@shadybr1t177 They would've been at the start, then they grow to compensate for them.
Like, if you're weak to fire, and you draw an enemy with that knowledge into a fight, but you have something that needs to be heated to use, then you used your weakness to your advantage.
That's a really weak example, but it gets straight to the point.
I have a Hexblade Warlock with a 5 in Charisma. Everything else is great. XD
I got lucky that one of my dice rolls was an 18 for my Dragonborn Paladin
I love D&december so much. The only problem is that i have never played D&D
I recommend trying it out as long as you have some friends to join you and be willing to spend like 30 bucks on starting stuff
AUTG my only problem is that almost no one of my friends plays D&D 😭😭😭
I bet there are many groups of people looking to train their DM skills :3 Did you try looking up on roll20? Most people don't mind newbies and are open to try one-shots~
Cédric Antunes what is roll20?
roll20 is a website where you can play d&d online with other people. It has dice and stuff built into it and you can put maps and character tokens in it as well.
I can imagine the dialogue coming from this dude. "What the hell are ye doing near me tree?! Ye're botherin' Chippers! "Who's Chippers?!" Is yer heed as pointy as yer ears ye elven ponce?! Of course I'm talkin' to the squirrels! They're better conversation then you!"
Greg DeAndrea lols
Beautiful... *sniff sniff*
Not enough unnecessary racism and swearing.
*than
oh wait...
I made an Improvised Weapon Monk. Fear the vorpal mop.
Bonfire Keeper James you should keep him out of bar fights lest he grab a chair and get executed lol
I always try to drink heavily before a bar fight. Lest I hurt someone too bad. Yeah, let that one settle a bit.
Bonfire Keeper James I've said it before a pair of barmaid panties make the best improvised weapon. Don't believe me, pick up a rock you got an improvised sling that can drop bow wielding minions. Wealthy baron needs to die in an accident, panty garrote while he's eating 'cause they're silk no marks "choked on his dinner". Subdued a bandit boom panty gag! Guards chasing a monk but didn't get a good look at him slip into an ally and slide the panties on your head. "I'm no monk, I'm a crazy beggar. Got any change?" PANTIES! You will get pubic lice, everywhere!
Zomby You sir are an inspiration. Can't wait for next session now.
So...Jackie Chan. You made Jackie Chan.
Him- " And the 9 gives us a -1, which isn't very good"
*looks down at my 4*
Me- Yeah I guess -3 isn't very good either....
7:36
Wait.. strength saving throw should be MINUS 1, not plus 1, right..?
Yeah, I thought that was a mistake of his part or something.
Probably just a mistake in editing
Hey Jared, here's idea for a video on D&December (or just a video in general, really). How about talking about that Dungeons And Dragons movie from the year 2000?
Yes, there is a D&D movie, and yes, it's terrible.
There are 4 D&D movies.
ProJared And the writers for each film rolled a 1.
well, guess you're just gonna have to do all 4
Hasasasa!!!
***** Really now? Well jeez, that's uhhh, that's something.
Might as well do a video on one of them with the rest coming in the near future, then.
My friends and I have our own edition that we made. Its called, "DnD Beyond Basic." It's pretty much nothing but homebrew stuff, and was made because we couldn't afford an actual handbook, charactersheets, etc.
Dr. Legoman
Same. Different reasons though. I can afford it. It's just I'm not interested in combat and stats so I prefer using bits and pieces from every single tabletop RPG.
Beliefs and Instincts from Wheel of Time, Jenga for building tension from some zombie game and Inspiration Points from Mouse Guard. Oh and skills from Call of Cthulu and Story Dice from Rory Story Cubes: Voyages Edition. I get ideas for our adventures from episodes on TV Tropes.
It's faster and more enjoyable this way. For us at least.
Dr. Legoman How long did that take? Must have taken a while.
Dr. Legoman that's cool
Sam Lyons It took maybe like a week to finish the rule book, and we're still adding to the skill/spell list and the enemy list
Must have taken a while to make your own rules and dice roll equations
One of my favorite things about D&D ability scores is how Int and Wis seem so similar at first, until you hear one of my favorite phrases, "High Int, low Wis is a college graduate who invests in Bitcoin." Then it all makes sense.
I've seen a picture on Imgur once about Stats...
I just looked it up, it goes as following:
Str is being able to crush a tomato, Dex is being able to dodge a tomato, Con is being able to eat a bat tomato, Int is knowing a tomato is a fruit, Wis is knowing not to put a tomato in a fruit salad and Cha is being able to sell a tomato based fruit salad.
XDD
thats.... a pretty nice explanation.... :D
Wouldn't that be rather poor wisdom, as a tomato-based fruit salad would likely be considered something like a salsa?
mmm... Tomato, mango, and bell pepper salsa.
We tend to view high int low wisdom wizards as absent minded eccentrics. Like Mr Newt Scamander.
Intelligence is book smarts wiz is more common sense lol
a flaw for however you spell his name can be he likes to say "first" a lot
I still come back and watch these to brush up my d&d skills.
First video: How my favorite character dies.
Second video: How to make a new character.
Coincidence??? I think not.
FUCK YEAH I WAS WAITING ALL YEAR FOR THIS
sounds like Hagrid's cousin.
Chaotic =/= selfish. Chaotic characters are just unorthodox and unruly.
Chaotic doesn't necessarily mean selfish. Player's handbook describes elvish love of freedom as chaotic. I feel "selfish" is a chaotic ideal though. As I understand it, neutral means you might end up making lawful or chaotic decisions based on situation since you don't have commitment either way, but being selfish means you'll act in self interest against laws and social orders.
no selfish is not chaotic.
Good: Selfless and Kind
Lawful: Honorable and sociable
Chaotic: Unpredictable and revolutionary
Evil: Selfish and Cruel.
JSHADOWM but a lawful evil may be willing to (sometimes literally) sacrifice himself for his cult's gain, whereas a chaotic evil may not care about anything but herself and her own interests (and doing bad things).
From the a player's handbook (p122) (5e): "Alignment is a combination of two factors: one identifies morality..., and the other describes attitudes toward society and order..."
"Chaotic good: creatures act as their conscience directs, with little regard for what others expect..."
"Chaotic Neutral: creatures follow their whims, holding their personal freedom above all else..."
"Chaotic Evil: creatures act with arbitrary violence, spurred by their greed, hatred, or bloodlust..."
"Lawful Evil: creatures methodically take what they want, limited within the limits of a code of tradition, loyalty, or order..."
So perhaps an example of Chaotic Good being selfish would be abandoning the party in too difficult of circumstances because the orphanage will be without an owner/patron if the adventurer dies, and the good done to orphans will outweigh the order and expectation of the party. Perhaps it's insisting on taking a larger share of spoils since the adventurer knows the rest of the party won't use it well to advance CG's moral cause, and fairness/equality be damned.
Lawful Evil acting selflessly has already been alluded to with the example of offering up LE's life to further the order to which they ascribe. Perhaps they'll also be highly generous in donating personal resources to the furtherance of their society's goals. Perhaps they sign up for the military arm of their tradition, despite wanting to loaf about and sleep in most days, because the order will be conquering the world soon and needs more troops.
I don't think it's as simple as selfish = evil and selfless = good.
@@michaelsorensen7567 To me, that sounds more like the cult member's Lawful Good, it's just that the cause he's directing his energies towards is dark, destructive, malignant, etc., like he's Lawful Good in his core values, but he's still a villain/antagonist to certain parties; such a position could be justified if the cult's trying to bring a sort of ultimate law, like an absolute, quantifiable ruling under some monstrosity they'd bring in on the bodies and ruins of whatever it takes to have "true governance and peace".
On the other foot, you could have a Lawful Evil villain in the vein of Priest/Judge Claude Frollo from Disney's Hunchback, where he's deluded that he's doing the right thing and acting within the boundaries of his position and such, but under scrutiny his motivations are selfish and his methods cruel or conniving, such as the Priest version from the play sparing Quasimodo and offering Esmeralda sanctuary for the good PR more than out of the goodness of his heart.
@@CappuccinoSquid "Farewell mother, I'm off to slaughter innocents instead of loafing around on the sofa!" sounds Lawful Good to you?!
Dark, destructive, malignant....yeah that's all Evil. Alignment remember is about moral absolutes, not nuance or perspective.
"...good, evil, chaotic, waffle...", probably my favorite time mishearing anything, can't wait to create an evil waffle knight traveling the land laying waste to pancake houses.
Dude, the same thing happened to me!
It's like watching Spoony talk about DnD, except ProJared doesn't hate each and every one of us.
7:36 strength save should've been -1 right?
edit: nitpicking aside; i liked the video overall. i actually liked that it was barely edited and you were stumbling over words a bit instead of just re-doing and using a better take. it felt more 1-on-1 like you were actually guiding someone through making a character in real time.
yep
He added two as though he were proficient. Well spotted, I don't think either kind of dwarf has proficiency in strength saving throws off the bat and a druid certainly doesn't.
Some D&D players have minusitis, where even writing the minus from an eight or nine hurts our very souls.
Kyle White mountain dwarves get a +2 to their starting strength scores but I don't know that he factored in sub races
Sean H doesn't look like he did, which is fine. Kind if nitty gritty for new folks.
Even still, that would make it an 11, so the 0 that saving throw would provide is still wrong.
thanks for pointing this out, I was really confused about that!
J-Jared... You didn't choose a Dwarven subrace... Unless you did it later... but why...
Because I believe he was using the free sample players handbook instead of the full one, so that anyone could look at it and follow along. The sample handbook doesn't have subraces (I think.) But he still didn't talk about stuff like Dwarven Armor proficiency or his Dark vision. Probably didn't want to make everything seem too complicated.
Just looked at it. It does have subraces.
Also, there is no druid class in the Basic Rules, nor the hermit BG.
Oh... Welp, ya caught me there. I guess he just didn't want to over complicate things... or something.
He had the player's handbook open in the video, sooooo.... But he did mention there were extra race things in the handbook that he didn't go over, so he's probably lumping the subraces in with all of that. Like Wil Helm's saying, you know, simplicity and things.
I feel like just from the nature of this character's name one of his main flaws would be the fact that he's constantly wrong about almost everything.
You're wrong
that means your wrong about being wrong
This came out at such perfect timing. Just yesterday some of my friends and I decided to star playing D&D and I didn't know where to start for creating my character. Thanks so much!
This was so helpful, I'm about to be in my first legit D&D game and need a loooooot of help xD
Wait, serious question, how do you know what the modifiers need to be? I don't get it...
For the stats at the beginning, where you had a -1 modifier in strength etc.
it's in the manual (or at this link roll20.net/compendium/dnd5e/Ability%20Scores#content)
basically with a 10-11 you are an average guy with a +0.
Going up you gain a +1 every even number (12 -> +1, 14 -> +2 and so on).
Going down you get a malus at every odd number (9-> -1, 7 -> -2 ....)
I do it like this:
let's say we have a number, any kind of number, for example 13.
that'll be our stat.
now, to calculate our bonus all we have to do is subtract 10 and devide by two, so:
13 - 10 = 3
3 : 2 = 1,5
You can't have a bonus of a +1,5 so you have to round it down, that means your bonus for that stat is +1
Dok Champa OH! that makes a lotta sense, thanks!
+Dok Champa Fancy seeing you here
Basically you get a +1 for every 2 points above 10. And you get -1 for every 2 points below 10. P
My favorite D&D game is Knights of the Old Republic 2.
No, it's not a D&D. It's D20 system, based on a Star Wars D20, which came from Open Gaming License.
Александр Миранович Fair enough.
Александр Миранович it's a D&D game. Jedi Guardian is Fighter/Paladin minus Turn Undead (heavy melee, crap spells (Force Powers), Jedi Sentinel is Rogue/Paladin minus Turn Undead (sneaking, crap spells) Jedi Counselor is Sorcerer or Wizard (depending on your point of view) crap melee, amazing spells.
This is assuming you don't use the console to give your Jedi Guardian 99 Wisdom and turn them into Jedi God, or give your Counselor 18+ STR and make *them* Jedi God. And Force save your enemies if you give your Sentinel high STR and WIS. With sneaking, high STR, high WIS, you're actual Jedi God. (I got bored after my 20th play through. A noncheated level 50 Jedi Guardian cuts through EVERYTHING like a Lightsaber through triple reinforced Durasteel.)
This video made me remember that recently I and some friends of mine decided to play Pathfinder, actually well... I convinced them because it bought an introductive set and had no chance to use it for a year. So, we decided to create the characters, and I helped them as I wanted to be DM, the problem was that we decided where there scores would go before rolling the dices. Result? A Dwarven mage with 18 strength (which, according to the manual means that he can break wood bare handed, he's basically the player character from Minecraft) , an half halfling half half elf (may have to take the fault for that combination, she wanted an hall elf and the character was particularly short, so we had to think something, figuring out a background for that character is going to be fun) thief with 17 constitution, and a half elf thief with a 15 in strength. None of the characters have a good charisma (the highest being 13) but both thieves have a 19 in dexterity and the two mages (the dwarf and a human) both have good intelligence scores, so maybe in the end it's didn't go that bad. Although the alignments are all over the place, with the dwarf legal-neutral, the strong thief chaotic-neutral, the other thief true neutral and the human mage, that also wants to become a bard (probably going to switch that around) being legal-evil. Looks like they campaign will be fun.
It's been 3 years, and I still wanna see Yewtubcahment in action.
at 3:17 .... you know druids can totally live in the mountains, dunes, oceans, plains, swamps, and other natural locations, not just forests? A dwarven mountain druid sounds sweet!
yeah, i played with a guy who was a druid who lived on the ocean. it was pretty interesting.
They might balance the ecosystem of the area, however they can be nature guardians in a certain natural "domain". Some commune with the fey-wilds and expunge the plague of undeath in the world. Driuds can do really anything a wizard, rogue, fighter, or cleric but with a slight nature theme tied in.
Druids are the most versatile and beastly characters. And if you're an barbarian totemic warrior/druid circle of the moon or the wild (if i remember correctly) are total BEASTS!
Some classes I feel step on others toes you take a Green Knight/ Paladin of the ancients or a Nature Cleric what makes them not Druids. They use metal? No Wildshape? but in theme Nature calls to both the Paladin and the Druid why does one become one and the other the other? I understand for the Cleric it would be a God of Nature not Nature itself which I feel is almost splitting hairs but makes some sense. It all just seems too much blends into each other anymore. In 2nd edition a Druid was a Cleric with a Natural focus. So there would not really be a need also for a Nature Cleric at least in fluff.
Yeah! I come from a maritime region that's very focused on the sea and lobster fishing and stuff, and so I made a druid character loosely inspired by Aemon Damphair from Game of Thrones, a sunburned and salt-stained former-sailor who lived on the coast and protected the marine ecosystem. It was really fun because he was trying to be all aloof and mysterious but failed because he had a warm maritime hospitality and an unshakeable habit of swearing whenever anything went wrong.
Funny thing is irl studded leather armor would not be so good for outdoorsy stuff
vgfian yeah I was thinking that, but as a Druid I think that's the highest AC armour he can actually wear.
Mazer271 Druids wouldn't be allowed to wear Studded Leather if you interpret the rules in their most literal form.
From their second class page, "(druids will not wear armor or use shields made of metal)", and from the description of the armor, "...studded leather is reinforced with close-set rivets or spikes."
So unless the hypothetical DM allows for wooden rivets (because screw spikes, they would be both dumb and pointless), the best a Druid can get is Leather armor with 16+ Dexterity or Hide armor with 14.
I was disappointed to see the metal armor rule for druids in fifth edition, after they got rid of so many other silly restrictions, like paladin alignment.
I mean, it doesn't strictly stop druids from wearing higher-tier medium armor, as a magical (or at least crafted by fey or wood-elven folk) wooden breastplate is likely not the most difficult thing for a druid to come by, so it hardly seems a balance issue. What about Dwarven druids who commune with the more rocky aspect of nature and respect refined metal as a more pure form of something they revere? What about druids of more civilized landscapes, who try to work out the complex balances involved in urban ecosystems? What about the druids that understand that many developed people thrive in their habitats through tools, and will continue making tools from metal, and so get involved in making metal production work with the rest of nature the best they can?
Just some character ideas, anyways. Shame the rules are what they are. Good thing for dm rules, eh?
I was also disappointed to see the return of studded leather, but that is another issue.
Frankly. Studded leather armour isn't a thing and makes no sense. I think they looked at some art of a brigandine and then got confused. It seems to fill that niche of fairly light armour that is cheap and easy to produce.
Raig228
I agree with you on the limitation. I suppose it does make sense, but it's a little archaic nowadays. What I don't quite understand is that weapons made from metal are completely fair game for Druids, but armor is not. I've seen it suggested that it's because it's processed material, but that makes no sense. _"I can use this refined resource to take lives, but not to protect my own"_?
angelowl89
You are indeed correct. I personally only use the written terms so I don't have to explain what the difference between "chain mail" and "mail[le]" (as an example) is to every new group I may join.
Hey Jared, just wanted to say thanks for the encouragement with D&D! I'm about to DM my first game and got five of my friends to play for the first time. Love DnDecember!
Best of luck
That's good, Jared got me into it too, last december. DMing can be a bit difficult at times but just relax and go with the flow and you'll have a great time. Sometimes the best ideas come from thinking on your feet. And don't be too worried about following the rules to the letter, it took me a few games to learn all the rules that are used often, but it's not a huge deal if you make a mistake regarding rules.
Howd it go?
The biggest twist should be that Yewtübcahment can speak beaver.
You didn't choose a subrace.
YOU DIDN'T CHOOSE A SUBRACE.
This is bothering me more than it should.
Pardon me, but I'm new to Dungeons and Dragons. What is a subrace? I'd imagine they are different branches of a race, as in a forest faun is a subrace to fauns, but I'm not entirely sure.
@@fuckwit107 Dwarves can be Mountain or Hill that is a sub race they give you different things.Mountain Dwarves get +2 STR and Hill gets +1 WIS.Other races get other things in the same way.
@@stephenmudiecastles.2938 ah right, makes sense. Thank you.
Don't forget they also get the +2 to CON that is common for all Dwarves.
Could you do a full d and d tutorial
You want him to download the free PDF version of the player handbook and read all the pages in one go? :'D
I'm gonna be honest with you, the best way to learn DnD is to just play it. You can have it explained but it just becomes so ingrained once you play it.
TheBookworm27 I want to learn but I need a explanation to start me up
just read the fucking book, is not rocked science
Axel Cezar the book is weirdly put together the rules are scattered through out so you can never get a straight answer
This is a pretty decent explanation! One thing I'll note is that you don't have to buy your weapons and armour in the beginning, as your class will give you a choice of some preliminary weapons. There are also subraces that can be considered which give an extra bonus to your abilities, as well as help build your character backstory a bit more. (for example, there is the Mountain Dwarf as well as the Hill dwarf to choose from among others). Hope that helps!
Nintennerd / N10NRD Also, it makes the most sense to pick a subraces or talk to your DM or GM about them to create one possbily. I believe a plain dwarf is nice, but not as interesting as a mountain dwarf.
In this case, i think an hill dwarf would be an perfect choice. I would also pick up an hand crossbow or an short bow instead of an javeling. It has an decent range and arrows can fly way farther and higher than an javelin.
When you make a character you have a choice to either take the class/background starting equipment or roll for an amount of gold and buy your equipment
Jabiru Jack From what I understood, you got the starting equipment, as well as the class/background gold so you upgrade where you like
Nintennerd / N10NRD On page 143 of the PHB it says you can either take whatever equipment and supplies your class and background give you, or roll an amount of dice dependent on your class to determine how much gold you have to spend on your starting equipment
jared please can you play a game of D&D with some of your friends and using the character that you make in this video
I did the dice thing where u roll 4 d6. It was months ago so I don’t remember everything but what I do know is that I ended up with 6 in stealth and 5 in persuasion
How... I can’t imagine how good that luck is!
I'm sure I'm not the first to ask, but maybe a D&December video sometime on the Saturday morning cartoon? I'd even be happy with a video about what does and doesn't work about it like the Zelda 2 video, instead of just one ripping it a new one.
Good to see D&December make a return.
The only thing I love more than D&December is animals.
Javelins actually are not a dexterity weapon, they are strength only.
joe thiziznotreal Not if you throw them.
Javelins have a hard thrown weapon property.
CommanderCorner A Javelin is a strength based melee weapon with the "thrown" property (all melee weapons without "finesse" are strength based), it is not a ranged weapon it is a melee weapon with the "thrown" property, it says in the PHB that you have to use the same ability score modifier when you make a ranged attack with a "thrown" weapon (or if you make a melee attack) . . . what that means is that you have to use strength to attack with a javelin in melee or if you throw it (daggers are the only melee weapons with "finesse" and "thrown" property . . . because darts are a ranged weapon)
sings, darts, blowguns, bows and cross-bows are all Dex based weapons
The Fractured But Whole My bad. I didn't look it up to see that it doesn't have finesse.
Javelins actually use Strength, not Dexterity, so Yewtübcahment would have a hard time hitting and dealing damage.
Jared should gather tge Normal Boots squad and play some D&D. But like, with costumes and everyone actually being there.
Aquin that’s not happening anytime soon now...
D&Dcember is my favorite time of year.
December is the best month for Projared
I love December
Dededecember
dedeandecember
Yo man, i heard ya like D&December. So i put an D&Dedecember on yo D&Dededecember while you D&Dedededecember!
eyyyy it's King dededick!
Doorf
Confession... I asked my group if I could DM without knowing how to write up a character without help, so thanks for the helpful video!
This is great for new players. Thank you Jared
Can you do a video of making a homebrew class or race
Jared, I don't think I'm ready for this level of commitment yet :v
Did he say "choosen"? Also, " he's a Druid and doesn't like metal or steel weapons" gives him javelins and a spear
in the lore of the game there considered to be mostly wood and allowed for druids as theirs just sooooo few pure none metal that they had to do something or else it would be slings and clubs only
You could have a weapon tipped with obsidian or some other type of rock. The Mayans even made obsidian swords.
Or bone...
Only armor and shield is limited to non-metal, weapons can be metal.
@@lordaizen66 Yet they manage to not give them bows.... Just why
i think the dwarf shoulded have 12 of strength because sometimes he have to raise fallen trees.
Jared I think you messed up the STR saving throw, maybe I'm wrong but that's supposed to be a -1 right?
Yup. Whoops.
Only finesse tagged throwing weapons are allowed to use Dexterity modifiers, yes. x:
I've seen this mistake several times for experienced players in 5th edition. Previous editions used Str or Dex based on the attack type, but 5th uses it based on weapon type. So a ranged attack with a melee weapon still uses Str, where it would have used Dex in the past.
5e made a few changes without really advertising them as such.
Because of this, there are several aspects of 5e that more experienced players tend to get wrong more often than new players. It's weird. :P
Isn't the Javelin suppose to use your strength modifier for attack rolls because it is a melee weapon and not a finesse weapon?
my first d&d character was a gnome chef who came from a cult of chefs who worshiped the god of agriculture/food in a snowy mountontop temple. later in out campaign he was lit on fire and used as a flail against some pirates.... he survived though. his name... WARRYN RAULNOR!!!!!
In the span of only a single video and several days, RUclips Comment changed alignment from chaotic evil to lawful good.
Wait what was it called...?
RUclips comment?!
Yütubcahmment
Idk if this is a r/woooosh
@@clashtheperson4605 i think it is
Yewtubcahment!!?? LOL I need to make and play this character one day.
Definitely Chaotic Evil, probably has multiple personalities. Likely a barbarian, and if you're going to use a monster race, it can totally be a troll.
Dapper Blook
Barbarian with the Path of the Berserker, too be sure. Constantly going nuts and then exhausted to an otherwise-impossible degree after the conflict is over.
Saying the name Yewtubcahment gives me an image of a mummy. One could develop a really good adventure around that. Maybe somewhere in the Anauroch Desert.
Just remember to start malinformed political discussion at the most random times.
RUclips plays D&D
make it happen.
white the knight dice camera action
Can you make a video explaining why you dislike Pathfinder? I'm genuinely interested. I'm not that familiar with it but also just can't see anything wrong with it.
Jared doesn't like pathfinder?
TrickyGriffonGaming
First DnDecember he mentioned something like "If you want to powergame go and play Pathfinder" and during the Sun Nuzlocke Stream he also briefly mentioned how he doesn't enjoy Pathfinder or something.
So I'm really wondering why, because when I look at the Pathfinder stuff I can't really find anything wrong with it and how powergame-ish something is also depends on the group and players.
Dionysus24779 A lot of people dislike Pathfinder and 3,5 because it has way too much math, it's a heaven for powergamers and munchkins, who prefer to talk about game mechanics rather than the story (if I remember correctly, Jared also pointed this out). D&D 5e made things more simple and a bit oldschool.
Noobirus
I guess there's a lot of math, but powergaming is a player issue imo.
I guess I'm also biased, since I never had the chance to play actual DnD and have only ever experienced pc games like Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights, which is why I like 2e and 3.5e... though if I'm not mistaken Divinity Original Sin is (loosely) based on 5e mechanics and is fun too.
Personally I love Pathfinder but yes it does become a problem with focusing on mechanics over the rules. The best campaigns in Pathfinder I have played has been when the rules have been kept fairly simple with not that many weird special classes.
I would struggle with the other editions after the witch class, the class archetypes, the firearms, the lamellar armour etc etc. Those things grow on you and are needed in general D&D.
I've never played DnD and I've always wanted to, but I don't know where to buy books, and I don't know how to find groups other than school, any help?
Amazon is where I bought the handbook if not some kind of comic shop or card game shop might work for groups you can ask friends or family to join you or you can use an online site like Role 20 to join a new game they're very welcoming to new players
very good video but u didnt explain how ability score modifiers are computed. which is ability score minus 10 divide by 2 round down
I named my character "Flybbldygibbsaxtronyëseusyn XXXVII" just so my Dungeon Master would give me dirty looks all game. (And yes, it is pronounceable.)
Lucas Bell so it's flib-bild-ee-gib-saxtron-Yule-sun the 37th?
More like "ey-soo-see-un" at the end of the official name, but yeah. I also made him be a rude, pretentious weight on the rest of the party, but they 'so badly needed a Fighter', so I was willing to help.
as a DM, the biggest problem i always saw was people making characters that were typical. it was the atypical characters that always stood out the most and showed the most personality. a dwarven druid would fit the atypical mold. my favorite was always the half-orc sorcerer. it's that flaw in the character that allows for a lot more character building.
Thomas Jenkins I’m making a character that is a human rogue that thinks it’s a dragon because it’s parents were dragons
do a dnd game with the normal boots guys
Now make a Chaotic Evil orc character named Twittercahment.
Wait, if you rolled 4d6 6 times, and took away the die with the smallest number after each roll, how did you get numbers higher than six the last 2 times you rolled?
You roll all 4d6, but don´t count the lowest one, you still roll all of them.
For each of the six times, roll 4d6, take away the lowest die out of those four, and add the other three together.
How to make a campaign? I would love a tutorial or guide for that :D
Geikaal The problem with that is, ever GM uses different techniques and tricks that work best for them in running a campaign. For instance, GM A may completely list out all the different encounters and story while GM B may just remember an outline of the game and play by the ear (Which is what I do)
Jordan keane
Maybe a general tutorial for world building, encounters, etc. or tips? Just some kind of help would be nice.
Geikaal If you're not good at making plotlines, there are a plethora of prewritten campaigns you can pick up.
Matt Mercer on Geek and Sundry has tons of little videos that have tips and guidelines for DMing
He could do a video on that, I think.
Until then; written stories / Dungeon Master's Guide.
3:11 Sounds like Pikel Bouldershoulder.
"Doodad! Hee hee!"
#BoulderShoulderBros
Not nearly enough people have read those books. They're awesome.
I'm in too deep, I'm on book 27.
The series provides some good perspective though, on the history of the Sword Coast and the Silver Marches- what happened during the Time of Troubles and the Spellplague, what the Second Sundering (current) is, how to explain the way magic works in D&D in words.
All-in-all, I'm really glad I got into the series, despite the immense number of people around the internet complaining about Drizzt Do'Sue and the Companions of the Plot Armor.
All hail Daermeme N'a'shezbaernon, Eighth House of Memezoberranzan.
Im a dragonborn Paladin. is that normal?
Also he has -1 intellegence
What's not normal about it? Seems like an usual class for a Dragonborn.
If you were a Dragonborn Bard, well.. Then it would have been special! XD
I'd say yes but at the end of the days it's up to your dm.
Press J It totally can be. Dragonborn are typically born big, tough bruisers comparative to other races, which makes sense with I'm guessing a heavy armored paladin. An important stat for Paladin's is charisma (which Dragonborn get a bonus on) so your -1 on Int shouldn't be too bad
Most Dragonborn
(depending on the world you're playing in) usually worship either Bahamut, the Platinum Dragon of Life, Justice and War, or Tiamat, The Mother of Evil Dragons.
If you wanna get weird, try making a Dragonborn that's less about physicality such as considering a rogue, bard, or even a warlock.
My very first D&D character was a Dragonborn Rogue :P
Cédric Antunes I'm currently playing a Dragonborn Druid
_"YouTübecomment"_
11:37 drunk jared
so...you have more than one D&D character, right? or did you just have the one rogue?
It's just his favorite.
I have had many over the years. Diath is just my favorite one to play.
***** ohhh. okay, i'm not as knowledgeable on D&D. but i love hearing people's stories, and i kind of understand the concept of it. so you have had multiple characters. nice.
ProJared Diath is pretty awesome and likeable, I'm a big fan already and I've only seen him in your gameplay channel and DCA.
Diath seems like a cool guy to hang with.
So, I just found this a few days ago and decided to finally remake the 3.5e character I had in my only experience with D&D so far with. Even with the fact that 5e is so much easier to work with than, though, I can honestly say it most likely would have taken a lot more time and potential frustration for me to finish without your video. Plus, it's just really kinda fun to listen to you break down each part of the process and explain it in the way you do. So, uh, thank you for making this! The journey of the Walladin shall continue!
Okay Jared, I have to ask:
Can we have a video about either:
A) How to be a good DM?
OR
B) A video about Campaing Derailing Items (like the Deck of Many Things"?
PLease? Pretty Please?
DM vid already exists and the second one would be interesting
CheeZyBeeZy Oops sorry my mistake.
BUT I agree. I'm mostly intrested in the Deck of Many Things though tbh...I know what it is, I know WHY we shouldn't give it to players, but I want to know if we can find some history on it. Like what kind of drugs R&D were on when they made it. And if there ways to safely use it in a campaing in anyway,
I don't know why, but the artifact fascinates me.
Check out Nedarchy for all your DM related videos!
The _truly immovable rod_ is a good way to fuck your campaign up pretty well if the players are clever.
***** Never heard of this one.
Okay now we NEED this list please Jared. ^_^
As a bard myself- I shall seduce the dwarf
You inspired me and my friends to start playing DnD and we have had so much fun every time we get together that I just have to say thanks. :)
If I want to get into D&D and play it with friends, what should I buy? I have no idea what I buy to start, any help?
Players hand book. 5th edition would be you're best bet. But you can ask around and see what edition other people are playing. If you want to run a campaign buy a dungeon masters guide and one or two monster manuals.
If you want to start out as a player, getting the players handbook is all you need, as well as some paper, pencil, and a set of dice. The most common edition people play right now is 5th edition.
If you go for 5th ed, what they said. For Pathfinder (D&D 3.75) I say core book, advanced players guide and some adventure to play. And don't forget one set of D&D dice per player.
Noah Ashton you can find the monster manual, players handbook, and pretty much anything you need for free online with some digging
Ah, good idea. I forgot about that. The various SRDs and wikis tend to have loads of freely available information. Great for picking out spells and the like.
I asked for a pathfinder set of things for Christmas, but now I feel like I wasted my dads money because I’m now more for D&D due to its simplicity
Hey Jared.
Did you play Dungeons & Dragons Online?
The moment I heard that background music I knew I heard it in that game, in the taverns I believe.
Nostalgia...
Also, I wish I would be able to play D&D with some people.
I don't really have that opportunity, not in my current country I live in, nor did I have the opportunity in my home country... But it's fun to see these videos :).
Martyr of Grenth These videos makes me want to play D&D so bad. I have friends sorta, but they all think this game is nerdy. I'm 16 and my parents won't let me get a job so I can focus on school, and they won't buy me D&D...
Nathan Morrell Well I'm 21 right now, but even back when I was 16 I was at the same situation.
Actually, I think back then I did sort of find a group, but they were already 5-6 people and me joining them would've been "too many people".
I would recommend you to play DDO, but to be honest the servers are ok-ish, tho there is still a good community there.
Up to you :).
Thats unfortunate guys, I was lucky enough to find a group, and equipment at 13. I hope you guys find an amazing group.
@@JohnDoe-jt2qq You don't need much pro equipment, tbh i use pdf's of the d&d books i found online, an app for dice, and a chess set as a battle map
Being an experienced player, I simply play these videos for ASMR reasons...
Yewtübcahment is my favorite character
RIP in piece diath Woodrow
I have one slightly strange question. All of this was very insightful, but I noticed your character was male. Can a male player play as a female character? Can a female player play as a male character?
yes
Sure, as long as everyone involved is comfortable with it. And really, those who aren't are being pretty uptight and should probably be avoided...unless the player is trying to portray the stereotypical, overly-sexualized bimbo wearing a bikini as "armor". In that case, everyone has a justification to hate said player.
I believe there even is a rule box explaining that in 5th. Not 100% sure on that though.
It's a fantasy game; you can do whatever you want.
I know that in DCA one of the guest players was a guy and he played a female Vistana
Can you be any race? I've yet to play DnD even though I really want to , and one character I've always had in my head is a gelatinous cube make stripper , because it was the stupidest thing I could come up with
LucianoThePig Ultimately it's up to your DM, but it's not likely you'll find a DM that will let you play a Gelatinous Cube.
+CommanderCorner What if the DM was a friend? Also isn't the number one rule to have fun?
LucianoThePig I DM with my group. I wouldn't let even my closest friend play a gelatinous cube. Fun is most certainly important, but while playing a ridiculous character may seem fun to you at first, it's not likely that the rest of the players will think so, and most certainly won't be fun as the game progresses, as being a gelatinous cube would make you essentially worthless in combat, intrigue, and really every aspect of the game. The DM makes his decisions based solely on trying to make the experience as fun as possible for everyone, which means sometimes he has to say no to a ridiculous request. That's not to say that you can't pick crazy characters. I once asked my DM if I could play a Mind Flayer, an extremely unusual choice, and he allowed it. I even got a mind flayer thrull thanks to a boss percentile roll.
If everyone agrees to have a silly game, sure. But everyone has different expectations out of DnD and what they want out of it. Me and my groups often keep DnD pretty serious and often grimdark because that's the kind of game we all want, and our expectation of fun absolutely would not line up with yours, and that's fine. It's all about talking about what you want out of the game before playing it, so no one's experiences are ruined by others.
+CommanderCorner Mind Flayer isn't funny. Also , aren't gelatinous cubes all acidic and stuff? Seems pretty combat worthy to me. And a make stripper is also pretty intriguing. And if I'm being honest , I'm imagining playing the game with my friends who've also never played. And what you and the other guy described sounds like something that would put us to sleep. I've watched all Yogsquest series and they always seem to have fun as the characters are often quite stupid and funny. I was thinking more of the character that would be the funniest if they had to fight a dragon or something.
Somebody made a cleric fairy when we played
Thank you so much for making this video! It was super helpful.