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@Esu 404 Oh yeah, totally. The best incident I ever had with a Chaotic Stupid is a story I kinda want to tell at length, but I'll make this brief: He had no weapons at the start of the Hoard of the Dragon Queen campaign's opening chapter climax due to bad rolls and decided to throw a random barrel at the dragon. He rolled a Crit. It then became his thing to become a master of the newest fighting style: Way of the Barrel Basher. (He was a Monk named Firearm Testiclees.)
Succubus: "Come here big boy. Let me give you a kiss." Frank: "Begone thot!" *slams his shield into her face* Succubus: "Son of a--YOU DARE STRIKE M--" Frank: "I SAID BEGONE THOT!!!" *slams his shield into her face again* The moral of the story kids - Always use protection (lol)
I came here because I saw Chaotic stupid and thought “this is either going to miraculously work out with a little luck and high rolls, or crash and burn because some idiot cast fireball.” I was not disappointed.
Frank was a true hero, facing his fears and selflessly risking his life to help the people and to save his friends in their hour of need. And all he wanted was a new farm to start over on after his old one was burned down. Genuinely, characters like Frank are the ones I really look up to.
Frank grinned as his three children ran to him, nearly dogpiling him and pelting him with questions. They'd heard about the goblin attack in town, and worried for their father's safety. "Aww, come on, you think a buncha mean old gobbos are gonna whup me? I ain't an old man yet, I showed 'em what for!" He set down his youngest daughter, who'd leapt into his arms...only to be embraced next by Hitomi, who nearly strangled his neck and kissed him all over his face. "Are you all right?? How badly are you hurt??" She quickly spoke a healing mantra that healed his remaining wounds from the fight he'd been in. "We need to talk, love." Frank said. ****** He explained everything: The attack by the goblins had been arranged by Fink...revenge for what they'd done to him years ago. Frank might indeed have died in the overwhelming attack, had it not been for the assistance of a group of would-be adventurers; adventurers who even now were making camp around the farm, eating or tending to their wounds as they could. Those adventurers had begged him to go with them, as his might and fighting skills had impressed them, despite looking like a simple farmer. As much as he didn't want to leave his wife and children, the farm was their lifeblood, and a monster attack followed by a bad season had put it at risk. They needed money, and Grognarg could only help so much. So it was decided. When the adventuring party was ready, Frank would go with them. "Thank you again for joining us, Farmer Brown!" The fighter of the adventuring party said with a grateful hand on Frank's shoulder. Frank Brown, now dubbed "Farmer Big Bad Leroy Brown" by his new comrades, simply smiled and nodded in return.
@@robertlombardo8437 it reminds me of a story: amp.reddit.com/branch-redirect?creative=HeroImage&experiment=amp_link_post_to_app&path=%2Fr%2FDnDGreentext%2Fcomments%2F2go7p4%2Fhow_to_play_a_rogue&variant=treatment
It's something you see a lot when playing with random people. Especially online, since the effort investment of players is minimal, and they can duck out at any time. It is especially frustrating on those of us who don't want to play yet another session like we would a looter/shooter.
These stories REALLY make me so happy and proud of the group I'm playing with and our amazing DM. I know now how much I lucked out with these guys. It could have gone so wrong with 5 guys and 1 girl (me), but they have been wonderful and we're building a family together. Even if there's no combat for 3 sessions, no one cares. It's great. Edit: grammar
Murderhobos know no boundaries of age. (Though not mutually exclusive, I'd imagine the most likely negative stereotype for pre-teens would be more Edgelord than anything else)
The 'beautiful woman' in the cage reminded me of a campaign I was in not that long ago. I was playing a Tiefling paladin, and we were escorting a woman out of the dungeon where she claimed to have been captured by Duergar. Considering we'd already run into her supposed captors (and accidentally fed one to a Roper), we figured it was the least we could do. Turns out she was a hag in disguise, and wound up charming me into attacking the other PCs. It took half the fight to knock the charm magic out of me, at which point we all started slaughtering the hag.
It's a kind of self ego buster... Like the girls in the internet who claims to be ugly, just to get positive comments or guys who are making fun of people who are to scared to watch horror movies, just to make themself look brave.
Is it too much to ask that the DM could make balanced encounters and let a player make a saving throw against something that would instantly kill them?
@@liamdalemon1525 It's a little known fact that the chaotic stupid alignment forgoes saving throws when performing a stupid act and being a general nuisance.
I mean i loot in oneshots, i just dont make it my characters one goal. I mean the CHARACTER doesnt know they will only be here for a few hours afterall so finding treasure is always nice!
Holy cow, thank you for picking up my story. It's a real treat to hear you read the adventure of Frank the farm boy turned fighter. I honestly thought I made it too long winded to get considered. Also, yeah, love the new intro.
I’ve said it elsewhere, but Frank is the kind of character I truly admire: kind, a bit dim, driven by a simple desire, and selfless to the point of throwing themselves into the line of fire without a second thought to help their friends.
@@OrangeyChocolate when I made Frank I wanted to be as simple and kind hearted as I could manage. No complex back story or tragic past, just a guy who you could meet anywhere. It also helped it was a one shot game, chances are I'd never get to play him again so why hesitate and not jump in the way of every fireball.
DocDelray Well if such a character is going to work anywhere, it’s a one-shot. Still, having that kind of character in an ongoing campaign can work, since the events of the campaign can affect how they grow.
@@OrangeyChocolate I couldn't agree more. But sadly I've never had a chance to play a Frank again. Closest I've gotten was a Paladin I played through Curse of Strahd, a true lawful good not a lawful stupid. Also, for the record, 5e paladin is broooooooooooke.
I’ve had a memerable one shot with strangers, made my mom (irl) proud that she wasn’t the only one to have her character sacrificed on an altar and summon a god.
I've had unconscionably good luck with my convention games. My first convention game, under D&D 2nd Edition. Our characters were sent to close a demon portal. After killing some lemures, we began ascending a vast staircase, with my character (a fighter) holding the major light source, a stone with _continual light_ cast on it. Unfortunately, I reacted too late to the sound of leathery wings approaching -- by the time I thought to throw away the bright pebble, it didn't draw the demons off. Still, we managed to defeat them and get to the top of the stairs. There, we were in an ice cave of some sort, with a ramp at one side leading down. After a quick consultation, I was the only one willing to try and plant spikes in it for a descent. I walked over, positioned myself carefully... Did you know that ice demons could turn invisible in 2nd Edition? Yeah, I'd forgotten, too. One swift kick to my armored rear later, I was sliding down, down, down... While most of the party handled the ice demon, the monk of the party took the opportunity to come sliding down after me. Far ahead, though, I encountered the bottom of the slide... and an ice dragon. One icy breath later, and I was at 0 hp. It's at this point that the monk arrived, slid directly into the dragon, and fired off that most beloved of all 2e monk abilities: Quivering Palm. Scratch one dragon. Of course, we were both stuck at the bottom of the slide, and he had no healing with him... but that was the end of the game anyway.
Woah woah woah they were complaining from waiting 5 minutes for combat? I've been waiting since December ( it's Feb 27th atm) for combat in my every other week game. Like holy shit
In my party there are also some players who just want to fight. At first I didn't mind it, but after few seasons it was exhauting. I even had to change my alignment, because as a chaotic good character I had to fight against them (now I'm chaotic neutral, so I'm okey. Can still support my party AND close my eyes when they up for something). If we don't fight or investigate dungeon for lot, they just chitchat. What would be also okey, if they would leaf the Story interested Players make decisions. What they don't. One of the "fighter" even told me, he's said "no" to a important quest just to make the DM struggle(?), because he like Improvisation. Oh, and by the way: my sorcerer was used by one of my "chaotic good" companion as a living shield.
Notes from a NG human idiot; Greetings from lovely Restenford(we're getting prepared for our monthly Tithing trip to the Capital tomorrow...)! It's nice to hear how the good people managed to triumph over their evils(both in and out of group). I especially like how Frank was able to overcome his superstitions and stop the Succubus, whereas others(Fink&Dink) had failed. Do tell Grognarg that we require his presence at the Castle upon our return from the Capital, however.... May your pantheon ever favor you Baron Trevelyan of Restenford
As always, i'm in agreement with you Dorian. It's especially nice in this case as the two "criminals" in the group(Fink and Dink) didn't disrupt an otherwise brilliant adventure.
Johnny Sizemore indeed. Its quite nice those dastardly little short stacks of chaos weren't able to ruin the day. I'll raise a mug in any tavern to the fighter Frank any day!
@@johnnysizemore5797 they both got one shotted while in stealth by a creature that the rest of the party could actually deal with despite... BEING ABLE TO ONE SHOT TWO PLAYERS IN ONE TURN!!! oh yea and dink got instantly killed without a save. yea I can't imagine why they would be bad sports
@Liam da Lemon! -- i understand why they were upset with what happened, but even before they got one shotted they were being rude and disruptive within the party. True, you can't expect perfect strangers to be harmonious with each other, but they had no reason to start complaining when the Fighter(a class SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED to handle heavy combat) got more kills....
I think these characters can totally work! Characters need flaws and sometimes they're impulsive and don't think things through- imo most people are stupid in at least one way So long as the player is making an effort to have their character participate and not be super disruptive to the tone of the game, chaotic stupid characters can be really fun
I remember some story where there was giant with party who was stupid as brick, but hew was more of a neutral good i guess, as he loved his party. Maybe something like wild barbarian who was tamed by other evil party member and do every of his commands until he gets free due to bad roll, id say chaotic neutral, uncivilized, uneducated barbarian would be pretty fun.
Hitome, grognarg, frank, One of these things is not like the other! Or all of them really! Its actually funny how different character names are between players YIRBEL LIVES!
i love DnD sessions with such bravery and altruism! I am currently in a roleplay session which has evolved from "edgy seclusive wizards" to "a small, connected group of unlikely (and some more likely) heroes
As some one who plays a Fighter I want to point out the horrible logic of the mage and the rouge complaining about the tank being slow for his heavy armor Stupid back line players
Nah I gotta agree with the other guys; how dare a character fulfill the basic prequisites of his class function; all fighters should actually just act like rogues who can't detect traps and pick locks or pockets. Much more useful that way...
New intro is good and I love hearing about chaotic stupids getting put in there place, not that a bit of chaotic stupid isn't fun time to time but not for a one shot.
A good tank can protect a lot of people. As it is, I play 5e as a very basic level 6 soldier (Former Commander of the Guards) human fighter of the Champion subclass - all I do is hit stuff good, and I can take a lot of damage. That being said, the guy is smart, and knows 5 languages - Linguist Feat (plan to get Observant to make him a freaking lipreader!) and has no negative modifiers. Our DM is also generous, giving each character two magic items - one for fighting and one for non-fighting stuff. Also, we also have the backing of a town so mundane items is no issue - didn't stop at the weapon shop before you set off - actually, you did, and here's those misplaced items, along with those rations, and the rope. As for playing - perspective players have to sit in for one session, listening to the story, and in general, figuring out if they can handle the other players. Once they do that, they can create their character by coming in before the session starts so that the DM and other players can help them build their character if they haven't already - we use the Standard Point Spread System, to make things fair.
Really the main issue with chaotic stupids is when they try to control how everyone else plays the game I do think it's okay for a character to be a bit of a troublemaker, but it's the player's job to keep their character at least somewhat cooperative
This makes me happy. I haven't played in years, and when I did I was always the least experienced player so I went with basic LG/NG fighter types because my heart was full of violence and I took everything Very Seriously, and that was about the only personality I could project at the time. I played in a few DnD games, some CoC, some VtM, and some Warhammer, and the most ambitious I ever got was a slimy, greedy Nosferatu detective. I kinda want to get back into playing, and I thought I'd start over with a fighter or a paladin, but I've been kinda worried I'd be boring and not really an asset. Frank is exactly the kind of character I want to play, and it's great to see him appreciated.
What's the point of playing as a rogue if you have the playstyle and Perception of a barbarian wearing sunglasses in a cave Love the intro, and will now keep a sheet for a loveable farmboy tank on hand in the future.
Dm: You come across a farmer along the path with large fields and animals all roaming free Ed: Are there any chickens!? Dm: Um...sure there are a few chickens near a hen hou- Ed: I GO AND PLAY WITH THE CHICKENS EDDY! Dm: ... Double D (facepalming): he likes chickens
Nice intro. Also, it is cool if all you want to do is the war game part of D&D (aka “murder hobo”), it is a valid way to play BUT trying to stop those that like Character rp is not okay. And when you attack others in the group you are not a murder hobo or chaotic - you became a counter fun jerk. Shame that happens all the time in one shot con plays.
That was a truly epic game from all angles. But seriously, Frank is just the kind of buddy I'd want in my party. He's actually loyal, good-humored, and he's smart enough to wear full plate in dangerous territory. Holding off the succubus like that was a truly epic feat, AND managing to run out in time WHILE WEARING said heavy plate, no less!
I had a very good One shot experience at a board gaming con. there was a guy running a GURPS game, but it was an Aliens game, so you already know where this is going. either way, it started out with only three of us at the table. our fourth would show up later. It was early on day four of the con, the last day, so it wasn't unexpected. Either way, we started with the ever present cinematic of us stuck to a wall, with face huggers all around us, before flashing back to where we had started. I was playing the medic of the group, and decided I was going to be the young gun newbie. It helped that I was with a group of older players, and we had all seen the alien series. either way, we all played the personalities we had created, and even did our best to not meta game with our movie knowledge. After picking up our fourth, we continued on mission, seeing as it was the only way off the planet. The mission was you standard get the VIP out, but we ran into problems immediately as the VIP decided that we had to grab something else before we left, so we traveled to another level to get him out. (by the way, the VIP had let close to a dozen personnel get slaughtered by the Aliens outside the panic room instead of opening it to save them. Same old Way-land-Yutani.) he grabbed a brief case from a room that had a bunch of chest burst prisoners, which was already setting off our warning bells as Marines, but we had a job still. unfortunately, when we reached the surface exit, there were eggs blocking our way, waiting for us to just try and move past them. Our sharp shooter took them out slowly, but more Xenomorphs were climbing the elevator and we had a billion and one problems. It didn't help that the VIP decided to fuck us all and just started walking off. Our squad lead got zapped by a personal energy shield on the VIP when he tried to stop him, and our Sniper who was done with the guy shit, double tapped him as me and the Smart Gunner desperately tried to keep the Xenomorphs at bay. when he fell, the case deformed and a hiss of gas came out. this caused a roar to echo through the facility, and the motion tracker had exploded with contacts. We quickly figure out it was the case (we didn't know it was a royal face hugger at the time) and I slapped as much of our C4 equivalent as I could before handing the detonator to the squad leader and all four of us running like hell. an ambush by snyth Xenomoprhs, a detonation of every explosive we had, and a short flight into orbit, all four of us reported that the entier area was infested, the VIP dead at Xeno hands, and that everything should be nuked, four fold, just for good measure. It was a fun game.
We’ll have a 10-minute long intro someday if we keep adding more FPs 🙈 and the funny thing is, you guys will still watch all 10 minutes for the memories
I did a Fallout oneshot at a convention (using StickRPG, a simple, beer and pretzels sort of system made for quick oneshots). There were about 7 players, and one DM (a LOT of people signed up, so they had 4 games going). So by 8pm we had our party together, recently awaking in a slaver camp, but before collars had been put on. With luck, wed come to consciousness while a raiding party was out, and they werent expecting us to be awake. So wed roused the party and made our move, taking the camp, and fortifying our position for when the raiding party came back. What followed was a bizarre, and incredible journey of 2 young, scared, but physically fit folk, a merchant/trader couple, a scavenger, a rather unhinged, but friendly guy, and myself (who after constantly getting lucky with my firearm rolls, and a clutch roll to throw a grenade back at the raiders, wed decided i had been in the Brotherhood because the DM liked to play along with lucky streaks, important later), all coming together, and pooling our resources and skills to take over a slaver camp, free the remaining slaves, and eventually make our way through the waste to a proper settlement, which welcomed us after learning what happened. Capped off by a massive battle as more slavers came to take revenge, and the town pledged to stand by us and fight them. Highlight was, at some point, the crazy character encountered a radroach, meant as a random fun fight. Without hesitation, he yells "I WANT TO BE FRIENDS!" DM decides, fuck it, youre crazy, why not. Kid rolls MAX. And, on a followup check down the line, rolls MAX AGAIN. DM decides, fuck it. Youre friends now. So weve acquired a mascot and animal companion in the form of Petey the Radroach (named for the rat from Unforgotten Realms). And we fall in love with the thing, eventually. Fast forward to the final battle. Were trying to gun down slavers, and keep people safe. Crazy guy gets unlucky and ends up exposed, and almost going to fucking bite the farm. DM has Petey run interference to help. Bad rolls, and now both are exposed, though Petey moreso. At this point, two things. 1. StickRPG uses a simple d4 system. You have 2 stats. Power and Karma. Power gets added to your rolls. Its a general skill buff. Karma is a spendable resource to basically change rolls in your favor (even ally and enemy rolls). Karma exists for people who rolled low on power. You roll for power with a d4, then get karma based on 5-Power. So 4/1, 3/2, etc. Second. It is now 2am. The con day is over, and were meant to leave, but staff is willing to let us end it, but we gotta be done by like 215-220. Another of the groups has come to watch since theyd finished, and have become enthralled with our story, and Petey. Petey takes a lethal shot, and, even though we know we can win because of him taking the hit, were miserable. So are the other group. None of us have the ability to fudge it. And the DM says wed need some amount of Karma if we wanted a deus ex machina, but were short. Other group perks up. Between the 3 players still around, theyd had enough unused karma from their game to bump us up to double what the DM asked for, and their DM confirms. Our DM looks around, and decides, fuck it, hell take it. So by the magic of friendship, tears, and mostly radiation poisoning, a force from out of this world swarms around Petey. Divine, radioactive, who knows? But Petey, now larger than before, stands, and charges at the bewildered slavers, smacking several down with force and energy, before we unload into the remaining. And thus, the session ends with us celebrating our victory with the town. And we players just LOSE our minds. The 15 or so of us stood around the table give a cheer for Petey the Great (including one of the con center staff, whod enjoyed our nonsense), and end up swapping info. I still occasionally chat with some of the guys. And we will still mention how awesome it was, and how we love how we all fell in love eith a radroach named Petey. Most pickup games ibe been in have been a mixed bag. Mostly good people with the occasional "that guy," or two mixed in. This one was incredible. Id gladly play with any of them again. And some of us are actually even trying to put together a more longer term campaign. Either something Fallout, or D&D/Pathfinder.
I have a couple of “Chaotic Suicidal” cousins that I play with. They run off into obvious traps, attack their teammates for no reason, and seem excited to get into danger. The crowning incident was the introduction of my first character. He was trapped on an island inside a room, surrounded by water housing a terrifyingly powerful monster that could TPK us with a wipe of its tendril. All you need to know is that “attacking the water” is now a custom of theirs every time there’s a still body.
My favorite character was my 300 year old Dwarf Paladin who was known to his many children, grandchildren, clan and indeed, the party as Old Pappy. He had a name but everybody called him Papa, Pap, Dad and other father like names. He was rarely hostile to evil NPC's or party members unless they really begged for his wrath. Instead he would always try to sit them down and have a father to son/daughter conversation and part his wisdom and heart with them. Pappy was also tough as a wall of iron. He had one eye, one arm and one leg, all prostetics... Which he had a low Dex because of. He has sacrificed much to protect those that he knew could be better people. He has even transformed a few party members from evil to good because of my role-playing a concerned parent to them. And they have witnessed Pappy's Warhammer smites to evil monsters as well. He was such a pleasure to play as. I really want to introduce him to new parties and new campaigns. 👴
The idea of having a goblin and gnome pair called fink and dink who are robbers and stupid is funny. But it needs a good player to make sure it doesn’t become bad to play with.
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That intro reminds me of Marvel's It's nice
The new intro is epic. I like the spotlight character drop-in.
All Things DnD this new intro is incredible
Awsome
New intro is amazing!
Murderhobos - "We shall destroy this game!"
Frank - "Not so fast, little fellow!"
Sessions: exists
Murderhobos: So you have chosen death.
Frank: No. Omai wa mo... shinderu.
"Chaotic Stupid." One of the most annoying types I've met as a DM. And high in numbers too. At least their stupidity makes for good stories at times~
@Esu 404 Oh yeah, totally. The best incident I ever had with a Chaotic Stupid is a story I kinda want to tell at length, but I'll make this brief: He had no weapons at the start of the Hoard of the Dragon Queen campaign's opening chapter climax due to bad rolls and decided to throw a random barrel at the dragon. He rolled a Crit. It then became his thing to become a master of the newest fighting style: Way of the Barrel Basher. (He was a Monk named Firearm Testiclees.)
if done right you can entertain players, like the jester from gauntlet
Such are my players, although since we're close friends and stuff, they know the limit, so it's usually just the interesting stories that happen
"Chaotic Stupid" often equals "Reallife Incel"
Lawful Stupid and Stupid Good
Succubus: "Come here big boy. Let me give you a kiss."
Frank: "Begone thot!" *slams his shield into her face*
Succubus: "Son of a--YOU DARE STRIKE M--"
Frank: "I SAID BEGONE THOT!!!" *slams his shield into her face again*
The moral of the story kids - Always use protection (lol)
The paladin makes a good Chastity Belt.
Sinlesssoul Hiro the dense protagonist XD
**DEUS VULT INTENSIFIES**
Divine Smite + Shield Bash = Holy Thot Protection
@Sinlesssoul-- aaaahhhhuuuu![gives Two thumbs up]
The most fun I've had playing a character was a kind, social, party-supporting rogue. He was basically a dodge tank
Pfff.
Rouge: Ya can't touch dis. *Music*
Rest of the party: *meanwhile shoving every bit of damage they can down the monster's throat*
Dodge Tank? So basically get the attention of the BBEG and just keep dodging his attacks while the rest of the party lays into him?
@@Cloudstrife112233 See previous comment. :V
now I'm thinking of a cleric giving him healing (if necessary), a fighter using the help action and a ranger doing damage from range
Can confirm.
This worked for me in FFXI with thief as my main class and ninja as my subclass
Frank is right up there with The Gray Necromancer, Onyxia, and Ooghi.
@Wyatt Lohr all that’s left is for AllThingsDnD to do the story of Obongo
@@Mr.2Dirty don't forget Jirek the Kobold
I personally like the story of the three nice goblins that build a human suit to """disguise""" themselves.
DM: Roll initiative.
Lug: *nat 20*
DM: What's your first action?
Lug: Hug.
Abridged Brolly HUG?
smite hugs.
I came here because I saw Chaotic stupid and thought “this is either going to miraculously work out with a little luck and high rolls, or crash and burn because some idiot cast fireball.”
I was not disappointed.
In fact, both happened in this story
@@samsadowitz1724 Player: I cast fireball!
DM: Your not a wizard.
Player: I mean I throw a bottle of whisky at them.
DM: ... OK, give me a roll.
Frank was a true hero, facing his fears and selflessly risking his life to help the people and to save his friends in their hour of need. And all he wanted was a new farm to start over on after his old one was burned down.
Genuinely, characters like Frank are the ones I really look up to.
also being lucky AF!
True neutral good character.
Frank went home to be a family man with his wife Hitomi.
His Orc friend Grognarg is coming over for dinner and is known as a tough uncle.
And nobody messes with Grognarg's nephews
@@scribblerstudios9895 yuss
Frank grinned as his three children ran to him, nearly dogpiling him and pelting him with questions. They'd heard about the goblin attack in town, and worried for their father's safety.
"Aww, come on, you think a buncha mean old gobbos are gonna whup me? I ain't an old man yet, I showed 'em what for!"
He set down his youngest daughter, who'd leapt into his arms...only to be embraced next by Hitomi, who nearly strangled his neck and kissed him all over his face. "Are you all right?? How badly are you hurt??" She quickly spoke a healing mantra that healed his remaining wounds from the fight he'd been in.
"We need to talk, love." Frank said.
******
He explained everything: The attack by the goblins had been arranged by Fink...revenge for what they'd done to him years ago. Frank might indeed have died in the overwhelming attack, had it not been for the assistance of a group of would-be adventurers; adventurers who even now were making camp around the farm, eating or tending to their wounds as they could.
Those adventurers had begged him to go with them, as his might and fighting skills had impressed them, despite looking like a simple farmer.
As much as he didn't want to leave his wife and children, the farm was their lifeblood, and a monster attack followed by a bad season had put it at risk. They needed money, and Grognarg could only help so much.
So it was decided. When the adventuring party was ready, Frank would go with them.
"Thank you again for joining us, Farmer Brown!" The fighter of the adventuring party said with a grateful hand on Frank's shoulder.
Frank Brown, now dubbed "Farmer Big Bad Leroy Brown" by his new comrades, simply smiled and nodded in return.
I declare this Canon!!!!
I, too, declare this to be canon!
Good ol' Farmer brown!
This really takes me back.
Oh man that’s epic! I’m here for this new canon.
Oh my gosh, combining the two would make for a truly epic story!!
I've played "Chaotic WHEEEEE" characters, but when things got serious, we got serious. I've never done a "chaotic stupid" one. I know a couple though.
There sure is a difference between having a Chaotic good time and ruining it for others.
The 'chaotic stupid' really resonates with me. Nice new intro!
Same here. Man do I hate Chaotic Stupid.
@@robertlombardo8437 it reminds me of a story: amp.reddit.com/branch-redirect?creative=HeroImage&experiment=amp_link_post_to_app&path=%2Fr%2FDnDGreentext%2Fcomments%2F2go7p4%2Fhow_to_play_a_rogue&variant=treatment
It's something you see a lot when playing with random people. Especially online, since the effort investment of players is minimal, and they can duck out at any time.
It is especially frustrating on those of us who don't want to play yet another session like we would a looter/shooter.
EXCUSE ME DID I NEGLECT TO SEE OOGIE IN THAT WONDERFUL NEW INTRO?
close, it was Garg the good, an ogre who found Moonslicer a lawfull-good sentient great sword.
We finished working on the intro just a day before Oohgie came 😢 we missed out on him
@@allthingsdnd that's okay, it looks wonderful either way
the marvel feel, is looks realy good
@@allthingsdnd Shame... Other than that, it's great.
These stories REALLY make me so happy and proud of the group I'm playing with and our amazing DM. I know now how much I lucked out with these guys. It could have gone so wrong with 5 guys and 1 girl (me), but they have been wonderful and we're building a family together. Even if there's no combat for 3 sessions, no one cares. It's great.
Edit: grammar
After hearing so many horror stories with women, this is so heartwarming
I think Succubi do not mind be pressed against a wall by a hulking guy. Frank got her to dislike it anyway.
I imagine the chaotic stupids as pre-teens. It just makes a lot of sense.
Pretty sure they were full grown male adults that have an obsession with harems and probably rule 34 sonic content.
Or neck beards, I mean we might as well go all the way down the rabbit hole
Murderhobos know no boundaries of age. (Though not mutually exclusive, I'd imagine the most likely negative stereotype for pre-teens would be more Edgelord than anything else)
I have to disagree. Only chaotic stupid I’ve seen was someone twice my age.
Point is you dont know so stop projecting the worst of people onto those you want to vilify the most. It's a weak trait.
The 'beautiful woman' in the cage reminded me of a campaign I was in not that long ago. I was playing a Tiefling paladin, and we were escorting a woman out of the dungeon where she claimed to have been captured by Duergar. Considering we'd already run into her supposed captors (and accidentally fed one to a Roper), we figured it was the least we could do.
Turns out she was a hag in disguise, and wound up charming me into attacking the other PCs. It took half the fight to knock the charm magic out of me, at which point we all started slaughtering the hag.
I don’t understand why you would be focusing on getting loot and stuff when i t s a o n e s h o t
It's a kind of self ego buster... Like the girls in the internet who claims to be ugly, just to get positive comments or guys who are making fun of people who are to scared to watch horror movies, just to make themself look brave.
Is it too much to ask that the DM could make balanced encounters and let a player make a saving throw against something that would instantly kill them?
@@liamdalemon1525 It's a little known fact that the chaotic stupid alignment forgoes saving throws when performing a stupid act and being a general nuisance.
I mean i loot in oneshots, i just dont make it my characters one goal. I mean the CHARACTER doesnt know they will only be here for a few hours afterall so finding treasure is always nice!
that's chaotic stupid for ya
Holy cow, thank you for picking up my story. It's a real treat to hear you read the adventure of Frank the farm boy turned fighter. I honestly thought I made it too long winded to get considered.
Also, yeah, love the new intro.
I’ve said it elsewhere, but Frank is the kind of character I truly admire: kind, a bit dim, driven by a simple desire, and selfless to the point of throwing themselves into the line of fire without a second thought to help their friends.
@@OrangeyChocolate when I made Frank I wanted to be as simple and kind hearted as I could manage. No complex back story or tragic past, just a guy who you could meet anywhere. It also helped it was a one shot game, chances are I'd never get to play him again so why hesitate and not jump in the way of every fireball.
DocDelray
Well if such a character is going to work anywhere, it’s a one-shot. Still, having that kind of character in an ongoing campaign can work, since the events of the campaign can affect how they grow.
@@OrangeyChocolate I couldn't agree more. But sadly I've never had a chance to play a Frank again. Closest I've gotten was a Paladin I played through Curse of Strahd, a true lawful good not a lawful stupid. Also, for the record, 5e paladin is broooooooooooke.
@@DocDelray Goes to show it's not always the backstory that makes the character, it's the personality that goes into him.
It's crazy how mean those two players were. But otherwise that sounded like a great ending.
I’ve had a memerable one shot with strangers, made my mom (irl) proud that she wasn’t the only one to have her character sacrificed on an altar and summon a god.
Loved the new intro, it’s the All Things DnD Cinematic Universe 🤣
I've had unconscionably good luck with my convention games.
My first convention game, under D&D 2nd Edition. Our characters were sent to close a demon portal. After killing some lemures, we began ascending a vast staircase, with my character (a fighter) holding the major light source, a stone with _continual light_ cast on it. Unfortunately, I reacted too late to the sound of leathery wings approaching -- by the time I thought to throw away the bright pebble, it didn't draw the demons off. Still, we managed to defeat them and get to the top of the stairs.
There, we were in an ice cave of some sort, with a ramp at one side leading down. After a quick consultation, I was the only one willing to try and plant spikes in it for a descent. I walked over, positioned myself carefully...
Did you know that ice demons could turn invisible in 2nd Edition? Yeah, I'd forgotten, too. One swift kick to my armored rear later, I was sliding down, down, down...
While most of the party handled the ice demon, the monk of the party took the opportunity to come sliding down after me. Far ahead, though, I encountered the bottom of the slide... and an ice dragon. One icy breath later, and I was at 0 hp.
It's at this point that the monk arrived, slid directly into the dragon, and fired off that most beloved of all 2e monk abilities: Quivering Palm. Scratch one dragon. Of course, we were both stuck at the bottom of the slide, and he had no healing with him... but that was the end of the game anyway.
Absolutely love the new intro art and music, but maybe you toned down the evil master laugh too much.
Woah woah woah they were complaining from waiting 5 minutes for combat?
I've been waiting since December ( it's Feb 27th atm) for combat in my every other week game. Like holy shit
In my party there are also some players who just want to fight. At first I didn't mind it, but after few seasons it was exhauting. I even had to change my alignment, because as a chaotic good character I had to fight against them (now I'm chaotic neutral, so I'm okey. Can still support my party AND close my eyes when they up for something). If we don't fight or investigate dungeon for lot, they just chitchat. What would be also okey, if they would leaf the Story interested Players make decisions. What they don't. One of the "fighter" even told me, he's said "no" to a important quest just to make the DM struggle(?), because he like Improvisation. Oh, and by the way: my sorcerer was used by one of my "chaotic good" companion as a living shield.
The new intro feels more magical and full of wonders.. the previous one was more adventure and combat oriented.. like them both :)
This one shot had a good ending and the trio of fighter, bard and cleric are MVP's.
The intro has all the good stories so it is already amazing
Notes from a NG human idiot;
Greetings from lovely Restenford(we're getting prepared for our monthly Tithing trip to the Capital tomorrow...)!
It's nice to hear how the good people managed to triumph over their evils(both in and out of group). I especially like how Frank was able to overcome his superstitions and stop the Succubus, whereas others(Fink&Dink) had failed. Do tell Grognarg that we require his presence at the Castle upon our return from the Capital, however....
May your pantheon ever favor you
Baron Trevelyan of Restenford
Greetings once again good baron. Indeed tis always good to see good best evil.
As always, i'm in agreement with you Dorian. It's especially nice in this case as the two "criminals" in the group(Fink and Dink) didn't disrupt an otherwise brilliant adventure.
Johnny Sizemore indeed. Its quite nice those dastardly little short stacks of chaos weren't able to ruin the day. I'll raise a mug in any tavern to the fighter Frank any day!
@@johnnysizemore5797 they both got one shotted while in stealth by a creature that the rest of the party could actually deal with despite... BEING ABLE TO ONE SHOT TWO PLAYERS IN ONE TURN!!! oh yea and dink got instantly killed without a save. yea I can't imagine why they would be bad sports
@Liam da Lemon! -- i understand why they were upset with what happened, but even before they got one shotted they were being rude and disruptive within the party. True, you can't expect perfect strangers to be harmonious with each other, but they had no reason to start complaining when the Fighter(a class SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED to handle heavy combat) got more kills....
Digging the new intro! And man those two would have been ejected from my table so fast. Jerks.
Yeah. Screw them
I want to make a "chaotic stupid" character one day... By which I mean I want to make a character that is chaotic and an idiot.
I think these characters can totally work!
Characters need flaws and sometimes they're impulsive and don't think things through- imo most people are stupid in at least one way
So long as the player is making an effort to have their character participate and not be super disruptive to the tone of the game, chaotic stupid characters can be really fun
I remember some story where there was giant with party who was stupid as brick, but hew was more of a neutral good i guess, as he loved his party. Maybe something like wild barbarian who was tamed by other evil party member and do every of his commands until he gets free due to bad roll, id say chaotic neutral, uncivilized, uneducated barbarian would be pretty fun.
Hitome, grognarg, frank, One of these things is not like the other! Or all of them really! Its actually funny how different character names are between players YIRBEL LIVES!
i love DnD sessions with such bravery and altruism! I am currently in a roleplay session which has evolved from "edgy seclusive wizards" to "a small, connected group of unlikely (and some more likely) heroes
Handing back the bolts to the goblin after being shot at was a powerplay
Absolutely LOVING the new intro, very well done. Also appreciate that the bell sound doesn't make me think of a sea port anymore.
As some one who plays a Fighter I want to point out the horrible logic of the mage and the rouge complaining about the tank being slow for his heavy armor
Stupid back line players
Nah I gotta agree with the other guys; how dare a character fulfill the basic prequisites of his class function; all fighters should actually just act like rogues who can't detect traps and pick locks or pockets. Much more useful that way...
they do have a right to complain about being 1 shotted though
Frank and the magic of minmaxing AC.
New intro is good and I love hearing about chaotic stupids getting put in there place, not that a bit of chaotic stupid isn't fun time to time but not for a one shot.
Going for the Marvel Universe intro are we? I liked it your choice background music to!!
Grognar is my favorite. I love him, and an orc bard with that attitude is amazing
i hope those 4 found a way to keep playing with eachother
That intro was sick, I mean in a good way, but it also bringed up some PTSDs from Endgame
God the three of them are just so WHOLESOME. I love it!!!
A good tank can protect a lot of people. As it is, I play 5e as a very basic level 6 soldier (Former Commander of the Guards) human fighter of the Champion subclass - all I do is hit stuff good, and I can take a lot of damage. That being said, the guy is smart, and knows 5 languages - Linguist Feat (plan to get Observant to make him a freaking lipreader!) and has no negative modifiers.
Our DM is also generous, giving each character two magic items - one for fighting and one for non-fighting stuff. Also, we also have the backing of a town so mundane items is no issue - didn't stop at the weapon shop before you set off - actually, you did, and here's those misplaced items, along with those rations, and the rope.
As for playing - perspective players have to sit in for one session, listening to the story, and in general, figuring out if they can handle the other players. Once they do that, they can create their character by coming in before the session starts so that the DM and other players can help them build their character if they haven't already - we use the Standard Point Spread System, to make things fair.
Love the new intro! These narration videos clearly have the most effort of all these other d&d story videos.
Love the new intro so many amazing stories flashed by triggering a flood of inspiration and awe
The new intro is very Marvel, I like it.
Really the main issue with chaotic stupids is when they try to control how everyone else plays the game
I do think it's okay for a character to be a bit of a troublemaker, but it's the player's job to keep their character at least somewhat cooperative
*Chaotic Evil exists*
Murderhobbos: So, it is the same type of alignment as mine
*Cuts through four men
*murder hobo: Damn, that fighter is useless!
This makes me happy. I haven't played in years, and when I did I was always the least experienced player so I went with basic LG/NG fighter types because my heart was full of violence and I took everything Very Seriously, and that was about the only personality I could project at the time. I played in a few DnD games, some CoC, some VtM, and some Warhammer, and the most ambitious I ever got was a slimy, greedy Nosferatu detective. I kinda want to get back into playing, and I thought I'd start over with a fighter or a paladin, but I've been kinda worried I'd be boring and not really an asset. Frank is exactly the kind of character I want to play, and it's great to see him appreciated.
I love the intro... all the best stories you told... great work
What's the point of playing as a rogue if you have the playstyle and Perception of a barbarian wearing sunglasses in a cave
Love the intro, and will now keep a sheet for a loveable farmboy tank on hand in the future.
Love the new intro! Amazing story as usual too!
Damn i love this intro
So do I! :D
I thought the wings of the crossbow were the goblins tiny arms. lol
That intro is amazing!
The memories...
That ending was so heartwarming and perfect it actually gave me goosebumps
My boy frank got himself a kitsune waifu!!! The ending every lovable lug deserves!
Am I the only that instantly thought Ed from Ed Edd n Eddy when I saw the "Big Lovable Lug" in the title?
Nope
Dm: You come across a farmer along the path with large fields and animals all roaming free
Ed: Are there any chickens!?
Dm: Um...sure there are a few chickens near a hen hou-
Ed: I GO AND PLAY WITH THE CHICKENS EDDY!
Dm: ...
Double D (facepalming): he likes chickens
Nice intro. Also, it is cool if all you want to do is the war game part of D&D (aka “murder hobo”), it is a valid way to play BUT trying to stop those that like Character rp is not okay. And when you attack others in the group you are not a murder hobo or chaotic - you became a counter fun jerk. Shame that happens all the time in one shot con plays.
This one was 1. Hilarious 2. Amazing story!
New intro is sick, love the work you do. Great vids man
That was a truly epic game from all angles. But seriously, Frank is just the kind of buddy I'd want in my party. He's actually loyal, good-humored, and he's smart enough to wear full plate in dangerous territory. Holding off the succubus like that was a truly epic feat, AND managing to run out in time WHILE WEARING said heavy plate, no less!
I had a very good One shot experience at a board gaming con.
there was a guy running a GURPS game, but it was an Aliens game, so you already know where this is going. either way, it started out with only three of us at the table. our fourth would show up later. It was early on day four of the con, the last day, so it wasn't unexpected. Either way, we started with the ever present cinematic of us stuck to a wall, with face huggers all around us, before flashing back to where we had started. I was playing the medic of the group, and decided I was going to be the young gun newbie. It helped that I was with a group of older players, and we had all seen the alien series. either way, we all played the personalities we had created, and even did our best to not meta game with our movie knowledge. After picking up our fourth, we continued on mission, seeing as it was the only way off the planet.
The mission was you standard get the VIP out, but we ran into problems immediately as the VIP decided that we had to grab something else before we left, so we traveled to another level to get him out. (by the way, the VIP had let close to a dozen personnel get slaughtered by the Aliens outside the panic room instead of opening it to save them. Same old Way-land-Yutani.) he grabbed a brief case from a room that had a bunch of chest burst prisoners, which was already setting off our warning bells as Marines, but we had a job still. unfortunately, when we reached the surface exit, there were eggs blocking our way, waiting for us to just try and move past them. Our sharp shooter took them out slowly, but more Xenomorphs were climbing the elevator and we had a billion and one problems.
It didn't help that the VIP decided to fuck us all and just started walking off. Our squad lead got zapped by a personal energy shield on the VIP when he tried to stop him, and our Sniper who was done with the guy shit, double tapped him as me and the Smart Gunner desperately tried to keep the Xenomorphs at bay. when he fell, the case deformed and a hiss of gas came out. this caused a roar to echo through the facility, and the motion tracker had exploded with contacts. We quickly figure out it was the case (we didn't know it was a royal face hugger at the time) and I slapped as much of our C4 equivalent as I could before handing the detonator to the squad leader and all four of us running like hell.
an ambush by snyth Xenomoprhs, a detonation of every explosive we had, and a short flight into orbit, all four of us reported that the entier area was infested, the VIP dead at Xeno hands, and that everything should be nuked, four fold, just for good measure.
It was a fun game.
Frank is as if you made a golden Retriever a D&D character
The new intro is SO MUCH BETTER!
Cool new intro! I hope in the future more of the artworks will be incorporated into it!
We’ll have a 10-minute long intro someday if we keep adding more FPs 🙈 and the funny thing is, you guys will still watch all 10 minutes for the memories
@@allthingsdnd And why would that be a bad thing? :D
Love your new intro! Has a comic quality to it.
I did a Fallout oneshot at a convention (using StickRPG, a simple, beer and pretzels sort of system made for quick oneshots). There were about 7 players, and one DM (a LOT of people signed up, so they had 4 games going). So by 8pm we had our party together, recently awaking in a slaver camp, but before collars had been put on. With luck, wed come to consciousness while a raiding party was out, and they werent expecting us to be awake. So wed roused the party and made our move, taking the camp, and fortifying our position for when the raiding party came back. What followed was a bizarre, and incredible journey of 2 young, scared, but physically fit folk, a merchant/trader couple, a scavenger, a rather unhinged, but friendly guy, and myself (who after constantly getting lucky with my firearm rolls, and a clutch roll to throw a grenade back at the raiders, wed decided i had been in the Brotherhood because the DM liked to play along with lucky streaks, important later), all coming together, and pooling our resources and skills to take over a slaver camp, free the remaining slaves, and eventually make our way through the waste to a proper settlement, which welcomed us after learning what happened. Capped off by a massive battle as more slavers came to take revenge, and the town pledged to stand by us and fight them.
Highlight was, at some point, the crazy character encountered a radroach, meant as a random fun fight. Without hesitation, he yells "I WANT TO BE FRIENDS!" DM decides, fuck it, youre crazy, why not. Kid rolls MAX. And, on a followup check down the line, rolls MAX AGAIN. DM decides, fuck it. Youre friends now. So weve acquired a mascot and animal companion in the form of Petey the Radroach (named for the rat from Unforgotten Realms). And we fall in love with the thing, eventually. Fast forward to the final battle. Were trying to gun down slavers, and keep people safe. Crazy guy gets unlucky and ends up exposed, and almost going to fucking bite the farm. DM has Petey run interference to help. Bad rolls, and now both are exposed, though Petey moreso. At this point, two things. 1. StickRPG uses a simple d4 system. You have 2 stats. Power and Karma. Power gets added to your rolls. Its a general skill buff. Karma is a spendable resource to basically change rolls in your favor (even ally and enemy rolls). Karma exists for people who rolled low on power. You roll for power with a d4, then get karma based on 5-Power. So 4/1, 3/2, etc. Second. It is now 2am. The con day is over, and were meant to leave, but staff is willing to let us end it, but we gotta be done by like 215-220. Another of the groups has come to watch since theyd finished, and have become enthralled with our story, and Petey. Petey takes a lethal shot, and, even though we know we can win because of him taking the hit, were miserable. So are the other group. None of us have the ability to fudge it. And the DM says wed need some amount of Karma if we wanted a deus ex machina, but were short. Other group perks up. Between the 3 players still around, theyd had enough unused karma from their game to bump us up to double what the DM asked for, and their DM confirms. Our DM looks around, and decides, fuck it, hell take it. So by the magic of friendship, tears, and mostly radiation poisoning, a force from out of this world swarms around Petey. Divine, radioactive, who knows? But Petey, now larger than before, stands, and charges at the bewildered slavers, smacking several down with force and energy, before we unload into the remaining. And thus, the session ends with us celebrating our victory with the town. And we players just LOSE our minds. The 15 or so of us stood around the table give a cheer for Petey the Great (including one of the con center staff, whod enjoyed our nonsense), and end up swapping info. I still occasionally chat with some of the guys. And we will still mention how awesome it was, and how we love how we all fell in love eith a radroach named Petey.
Most pickup games ibe been in have been a mixed bag. Mostly good people with the occasional "that guy," or two mixed in. This one was incredible. Id gladly play with any of them again. And some of us are actually even trying to put together a more longer term campaign. Either something Fallout, or D&D/Pathfinder.
That's a glorious into. Love it dude
Love the new opening! Showing off all of the best ones
Love the new intro, this is another awesome story... I wish I was playing lol
Love the new intro
I’d love to play a game with those 4(including DM).
Wow! Loved the new intro! Great story!
Very well done and great intro!
Great stuff!
Omg, the music paired with this was just.. amazing..
I LOVE the new intro great story too
The intro is fantastic!!
Know it’s already been said but it’s true. Sweet new intro!
I now have an image of a orc bard scorched black with a tattered tilt just covering his junk, a bagpipe in one arm and hitome over his other shoulder
I have a couple of “Chaotic Suicidal” cousins that I play with. They run off into obvious traps, attack their teammates for no reason, and seem excited to get into danger.
The crowning incident was the introduction of my first character. He was trapped on an island inside a room, surrounded by water housing a terrifyingly powerful monster that could TPK us with a wipe of its tendril.
All you need to know is that “attacking the water” is now a custom of theirs every time there’s a still body.
Oooo feels in the midsts of jerks.. where do you get these lovely tales. Gods bless ya frank
That new intro is amazing!
I gave this a like for the new intro. I loved it. Lol
This is the kind of content we need.
Ah, so this is your new opening episode. Nice. Catching up from beginning at the first video and moving up.
Woaahhhhh I was not expecting that blast of nostalgia at the beginning
My favorite character was my 300 year old Dwarf Paladin who was known to his many children, grandchildren, clan and indeed, the party as Old Pappy. He had a name but everybody called him Papa, Pap, Dad and other father like names.
He was rarely hostile to evil NPC's or party members unless they really begged for his wrath. Instead he would always try to sit them down and have a father to son/daughter conversation and part his wisdom and heart with them.
Pappy was also tough as a wall of iron. He had one eye, one arm and one leg, all prostetics... Which he had a low Dex because of. He has sacrificed much to protect those that he knew could be better people.
He has even transformed a few party members from evil to good because of my role-playing a concerned parent to them. And they have witnessed Pappy's Warhammer smites to evil monsters as well.
He was such a pleasure to play as. I really want to introduce him to new parties and new campaigns. 👴
Love the new into!
LOVE the new intro!
Awesome intro All Things! Keep it up!
I love user submitted stories thr most, thanks!
The idea of having a goblin and gnome pair called fink and dink who are robbers and stupid is funny. But it needs a good player to make sure it doesn’t become bad to play with.
I really like the new intro. I kinda miss the dragons roarr but still good
THE INTRO WAS SOOOOOO COOL :)!!!
Always stand behind Brau- Frank, Frank has your back