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    FULL VOD: • Playing Skyrim as a TT...
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    Thanks to the incredible ‪@TheADHDM‬. We joined our powers together to make this video. He made the intro and the second half so big ups to my captain, my king.
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  • @XPtoLevel3
    @XPtoLevel3  Month ago +234

    Use code FIREBALLFB50 to get 50% OFF your first Factor box plus free breakfast for 1 year at bit.ly/46F4x41

    • @1stflagwarriorofthefirstreign
      @1stflagwarriorofthefirstreign Month ago +2

      is it just me... or are you saying "clink the link below."
      this is the third instance I've found of you doing this.

    • @AnoNymous-gn6tl
      @AnoNymous-gn6tl Month ago +20

      *TO AVOID SPOILING WHICH PLAYER IS THE DRAGONBORN SKIP **5:12** - **5:40*

    • @alexcowan7773
      @alexcowan7773 Month ago +5

      @AnoNymous-gn6tl i appreciate you

    • @NoriMori1992
      @NoriMori1992 Month ago +1

      @AnoNymous-gn6tl Thank you!

    • @AnoNymous-gn6tl
      @AnoNymous-gn6tl Month ago

      @alexcowan7773 I appreciate you too fam!

  • @skylerbaldwin8722
    @skylerbaldwin8722 Month ago +15161

    "My friends have no idea it's Skyrim"
    First 5 seconds: "This is Skyrim."

    • @richardvhal8140
      @richardvhal8140 Month ago +40

      damn

    • @alessandropereira4976
      @alessandropereira4976 Month ago +386

      Literally after:
      His partner: “I knew it was skyrim, I saw the minis he bought like 4 months ago”

    • @voidanims
      @voidanims Month ago +46

      they absolutely had NO idea

    • @NixityNullt
      @NixityNullt Month ago +1038

      I was gonna say, there's no way he makes it past the opening. Everyone knows "hey you, you're finally awake"

    • @squidinkish
      @squidinkish Month ago +466

      @NixityNullt he didnt even make it that far lol

  • @immortalstar0138
    @immortalstar0138 Month ago +7836

    I can't believe Tod released Skyrim for the 20th time, on XP to Level 3.

  • @gameraven13
    @gameraven13 Month ago +7577

    One guy voicing literally every NPC. Very Skyrim accurate. Very immersive.

    • @Ryu1ify
      @Ryu1ify Month ago +191

      All it's missing is surprise cameos by Winnie the Pooh and Nick Valentine every few dozen NPCs

    • @TheHulk31803
      @TheHulk31803 Month ago +44

      Do you get to the cloud district very often. Oh what am I saying, of course you dont.

    • @leflyxdvd
      @leflyxdvd Month ago +17

      tbh skyrim did a bit better with divesryfying compared to oblivion

    • @tjbrody
      @tjbrody Month ago +34

      @Ryu1ifyholy crap why did I never realize he was Mercer Frey!

    • @anthonyskellington5559
      @anthonyskellington5559 Month ago +4

      @tjbrodyhe’s also Belethor at the general goods in whiterun

  • @64bitrobot
    @64bitrobot Month ago +2652

    OKay but legitimately "You all wake up on a carriage, memory foggy, someone turns to you and says "you're finally awake"" is a banger of an intro to a campaign and you can't convince me otherwise

    • @QuiteWellAdjusted
      @QuiteWellAdjusted Month ago

      The team puts the whole Toddussy into those intros
      -you're a prisoner and a ghost tells you some guy has sent the Emperor to hell and you have to save him
      -the Emperor tells you that a regional lord was killed in battle and now haunts his former kingdom crying out for vengeance, and you have to exercise his spirit
      -you have a dream where a goddess tells you "fear not, I am watchful" and then a shirtless elf wakes you up like "Why are you screaming? Wake up!"
      -you're in jail and the Emperor shows up like "yeah I gotta use the escape hatch in your cell cause the devil wants to kill me"

    • @josegonzalez-ii3vt
      @josegonzalez-ii3vt Month ago +95

      That, absolutely.
      The other 20 minutes are a bit of an overkill.
      Specially if you force people to sit trough it

    • @Kaspisify
      @Kaspisify Month ago +136

      It really really is. The beginning of Skyrim is a good a beginning as any game imo.

    • @Shotgun_gnome
      @Shotgun_gnome Month ago +5

      Would have run straight to Serana ngl.

    • @tyrael303
      @tyrael303 Month ago +11

      Half life has a better opening but then that shows my age 😂

  • @yoface2537
    @yoface2537 Month ago +586

    "captain, I'm starting to think that we're murdering a lot of innocent civilians, I mean, none of the-"
    "FORGET THE LIST! HE GOES TO THE BLOCK!"

    • @themaskedmysadaean8885
      @themaskedmysadaean8885 Month ago +44

      "Captain, we'll have to explain to one or more Magistrates about why we executed five extra people, and are you really ready for the paperwork? C'mon, can't we at least hold them in cells until we determined the nature of their-"

    • @GeneralNickles
      @GeneralNickles Month ago +42

      ​@themaskedmysadaean8885 "WE WILL RETURN THERE REMAINS TO THERE RESPECTIVE PRONINCES!"

    • @youngmoney4693
      @youngmoney4693 Month ago +16

      Realistically if a rebel noble was ambushed and captured and 6 random peasants were caught nearby with one being a horse thief it’s reasonable to assume they’re up to no good either (poaching, banditry, just being vagabonds in general) and considering the urgency of the matter they would’ve been executed without a second thought in most places during the general medieval-renaissance time period most fantasies are based in lmao

    • @TauntingOwl55
      @TauntingOwl55 Month ago +3

      @y@youngmoney4693believe lore wise you were caught illegally crossing the border into skyrim.
      So there is a crime that you’re being carted for. It’s not like you were just hanging around and they kidnapped ya.

    • @bad-people6510
      @bad-people6510 4 days ago +1

      Almost like the Empire is an incredibly corrupt puppet of a fascist elven supremacist regime.

  • @NotEpimethean
    @NotEpimethean Month ago +2318

    Using the skeleton of your previous game system to make this one is probably the most Bethesda thing you could have done.

    • @illusorybucket
      @illusorybucket Month ago +122

      even the development is immersive lol

    • @zynthio
      @zynthio Month ago +57

      even more since it was another bethesda game lmao

    • @Naxthural
      @Naxthural Month ago +38

      All of this JUST WORKS.

    • @danscornerofyoutube
      @danscornerofyoutube Month ago +33

      15:49 he's also giving it to the modding community to fix any issues. so immersive🤣

    • @OrnstienWithAGlock
      @OrnstienWithAGlock Month ago +7

      This is literally what proprietary game engines are.

  • @justinjacobs1501
    @justinjacobs1501 Month ago +5557

    "It's only somewhat playable." Oh shit! He made Skyrim!

  • @goatmeal5241
    @goatmeal5241 Month ago +1673

    They viciously counter-pranked you by playing it almost completely straight and following the main quest

    • @thenerderrant4293
      @thenerderrant4293 Month ago +163

      So mixing two games where off the rails is notorious instead makes them stay on the rails... it's like dividing by zero. 😁

    • @claran3616
      @claran3616 Month ago +65

      Multiplying two negatives

    • @QHalvorson
      @QHalvorson Month ago +2

      ​@claran3616 divisioned by 2 opposite multipliers

    • @philipearakaki
      @philipearakaki Month ago +9

      I mean, i DM a TES table so like...thats Just what i often play

    • @camdenmaynard5407
      @camdenmaynard5407 Month ago +20

      The must not have known the meta was to ignore all that dragon and civil war nonsense and go to Angi’s camp to shoot a bow with her

  • @Hboome
    @Hboome Month ago +263

    im so happy the dragonborn is the goofy argonian that barely knows whats going on around them lmaooooo

    • @pjfl45h1
      @pjfl45h1 Month ago +17

      Boa tarde mi amigo

    • @notchaotic7851
      @notchaotic7851 Month ago +22

      the cannon nerevarine

    • @MiaogisTeas
      @MiaogisTeas Month ago +7

      She's an energy vampire. Absolute dead weight the rest of them have to lug around with them

    • @Coalislandmutt
      @Coalislandmutt 29 days ago +1

      Fuck I’m dumb that spoils it lmao

    • @Nomad_Stranik
      @Nomad_Stranik 11 days ago +1

      @MiaogisTeas Don't forget the trolling

  • @lordknightalex
    @lordknightalex Month ago +366

    "ohohohoho i shall trick my friends into playing skyrim as a ttrpg" jacob said, not realising this would mean he has to Be skyrim

  • @MankeyDog
    @MankeyDog Month ago +628

    It's crazy how they got Skyrim from "Your eyes slowly open, its a foggy morning"

    • @leXie_Concussion
      @leXie_Concussion Month ago +100

      I'm pretty sure the music was there at the time, too.

    • @KingNedya
      @KingNedya Month ago +54

      ​@leXie_Concussion Nope, if you watch the VOD there is no music.

    • @Peter_Lewis
      @Peter_Lewis Month ago +43

      @KingNedya You actually can hear some notes of the music in the VOD if you pay really close attention, they're just really quiet and mostly covered up by their talking and laughing. My guess is that the microphones just didn't really pick up the music and he added it back for the edited video. They have a pretty professional setup, so it would make sense if the microphones are set up to really minimize background noise and just capture their voices.

    • @Blutzen
      @Blutzen Month ago +12

      @Peter_Lewis You can also set up multiple audio tracks in OBS so that a music track that _is_ playing live doesn't get recorded and sent to the VOD.
      A lot of Twitch streamers do that so they can play copyrighted music but avoid getting DMCA flags when bots scrape their VODs and clips.

    • @Peter_Lewis
      @Peter_Lewis Month ago +2

      @Blutzen I mean, that can't really help with audio that is physically playing out loud (and not just in headphones), because microphones pick up the actual sound waves of your physical environment. If you're playing music loudly, the microphone is still going to pick that up regardless of how you set up your OBS.
      That said, you can tweak things like the microphone gain in order to minimize distant/quieter sounds, and there's also fairly effective AI noise removal software that can remove background noises.

  • @bailijay
    @bailijay Month ago +807

    Being FORCED to sit through the Skyrim Intro like a jumpscare on tabletop is PEAK "DND"

  • @envymordecai4429
    @envymordecai4429 Month ago +1025

    “I use my bonus action to swallow 6 wheels of cheese and 4 loaves of bread”

    • @Sharkspeare-san
      @Sharkspeare-san Month ago +17

      Imagine that happening in less than 6 seconds lmao

    • @Softened-Cozy
      @Softened-Cozy Month ago +35

      I think you meant a free action haha

    • @SuspiciousPink
      @SuspiciousPink Month ago +17

      ​@Sharkspeare-san you can do it in a split second in Skyrim, so very low accurate

    • @Sharkspeare-san
      @Sharkspeare-san Month ago +5

      ​@SuspiciousPinkI meant in an NPC standpoint, what would their reaction be to seeing a player gobbling a couple of cheese wheels in a fraction of a second?

    • @galifrey2242
      @galifrey2242 Month ago +67

      Thats a massive nerf, eating is a free action in the videogame.

  • @dersnorri7187
    @dersnorri7187 Month ago +685

    "Why me, I am just a guy - or a girl, I dont know..." surprisingly lore accurate, given that Argonians can change their sex

    • @TNichyTheOne
      @TNichyTheOne Month ago +34

      I didn't know that. That is wild

    • @wanderingbufoon
      @wanderingbufoon Month ago +25

      yeah, those are some weird mushrooms or whatever plant they were that somehow takes the shape of a lizard that is shaped like a person. Can't be as complicated as a dragon but is actually a tiger though (Akaviri BS)

    • @rachelamanita9301
      @rachelamanita9301 Month ago

      Lick the histtree for hrt

    • @timothycorder6089
      @timothycorder6089 Month ago +7

      The amount of insane tidbits of Akaviri lore we get makes me crave a bigger deep dive into the continent.

    • @Coalislandmutt
      @Coalislandmutt 29 days ago

      @timothycorder6089 argonians aren’t from akavir though

  • @JacksonMmmm
    @JacksonMmmm Month ago +205

    they are well over an hour in before he goes "WAIT are we ALL gonna be the Dragonborn?!" 💀

  • @collectorsalmanac
    @collectorsalmanac Month ago +2014

    "its some what playable"
    So it "Just works" ?

  • @coleymx
    @coleymx Month ago +2670

    i love that they INSTANTLY realise LMFAOOO

    • @kokirij0167
      @kokirij0167 Month ago +43

      I am shocked that almost no one commented on that fact

    • @GenericAmerican01
      @GenericAmerican01 Month ago +74

      Is the music added during editing? He had the music playing while he talked so...big giveaway.

    • @coleymx
      @coleymx Month ago +49

      @GenericAmerican01 y'know i didn't even think abt that, i just assumed it was added in during editing

    • @envymordecai4429
      @envymordecai4429 Month ago +47

      @GenericAmerican01With how the lighting switched, I’m sure it was actually playing in the room!
      Edit: Came from the VOD, can confirm the music is playing in the room (it’s quiet but you can hear it)

    • @manuman5319
      @manuman5319 Month ago +30

      ​@kokirij0167It literally starts with "hey you, you're finally awake" who doesn't know it comes from Skyrim?

  • @darkshadowssonic
    @darkshadowssonic Month ago +2487

    NO JACOB! HADVAR CALLS THEM THE GUARDIAN STONES NOT THE STANDING STONES! you fucked it! time to run it all again! Take two everybody!

    • @Flamewarden_Honoushugoshin
      @Flamewarden_Honoushugoshin Month ago +169

      Well...technically the Guardian Stones ARE a particular SET of standing stones...so it's not wrong, per se.
      The exact line is: "These are the Guardian Stones, three of the thirteen ancient standing stones that dot Skyrim's landscape." though.

    • @TransButterflyQueen
      @TransButterflyQueen Month ago +57

      ​@Flamewarden_Honoushugoshin yeah but the exact line had to be changed because in the game you can't shit all over them. At least not without mods

    • @abfg616
      @abfg616 Month ago +31

      @F@Flamewarden_Honoushugoshin yeah but the joke is that Jacob is trying to play it more or less word for word, so even if it’s technically correct to call them standing stones it’s in opposition to the bit

    • @greenishapples1732
      @greenishapples1732 Month ago +1

      Yes!!!!

    • @SmarkAngel
      @SmarkAngel Month ago +16

      Boy I hope somebody got fired for that blunder.

  • @CordeliaRichardson-f4i
    @CordeliaRichardson-f4i Month ago +131

    "If you ever see me getting in a fight with a bear, HELP THE BEAR."
    This has great shirt potential and is metal af

  • @Cryptwood402
    @Cryptwood402 Month ago +178

    THIS! IS! ROLEPLAY CHANGER! The only tabletop roleplay show where the roleplay changes every show, I am your host, Jacob, and I am joined here today by these 5 lovely players.

    • @cargoliner24601
      @cargoliner24601 Month ago +9

      Now you all understand what game we're playing today?

    • @BrightBlueInk
      @BrightBlueInk Month ago +33

      "Now of course you all know how the game works."
      "Uh, no."
      (Skyrim intro music starts)
      "Actually, yes."

    • @rayvnsyn2905
      @rayvnsyn2905 Month ago +13

      Should... Should I get Sam Reich on the line and see what Drop Out can do with the formula? Make sure he gets ahold of Jacob and sees if he would like to get some ideas out and maybe run the first season?
      I mean, I am a drop out subscriber. I definitely have an in. That's how that works right?

  • @reginadea2821
    @reginadea2821 Month ago +250

    "Like in Skyrim, we couldn't skip the intro."

  • @pointyhatstudios
    @pointyhatstudios Month ago +1550

    I love that they knew immediately. My dumbass would have been like "omg in medias res sick"

    • @YsmirGaming
      @YsmirGaming Month ago +159

      "Forget the list, he goes to the block."
      "Captain...he's a hat. How to you behead a hat?"
      "Forget the hat, human familiar goes to the block"

    • @theguy8474
      @theguy8474 Month ago +38

      Is that Mr human familiar and his all powerful eldritch patron?
      We love Mr human familiar and his all powerful eldritch patron!

  • @YashaSkaven
    @YashaSkaven Month ago +580

    "i forgot how long this intro can be"
    this is a person who clearly has played with mods for too long and tbh, mood af

    • @thenerderrant4293
      @thenerderrant4293 Month ago +51

      Or started any new character by loading from the "Prisoner" save on the base game.

    • @fofnifolar
      @fofnifolar Month ago +21

      @thenerderrant4293real ones know

    • @jazzochannel
      @jazzochannel Month ago +1

      @thenerderrant4293 it's not really a new game if you start from prisoner.

    • @jazzochannel
      @jazzochannel Month ago +4

      the intro is 30-40 mins easy. maybe 25 if rushed.

    • @TheParaxore
      @TheParaxore Month ago +4

      That intro is so 🔥 though

  • @Azrepheal
    @Azrepheal Month ago +67

    The amnesia bear should have reduced xp with every successful attack.

  • @seb_fancysheep
    @seb_fancysheep Month ago +59

    The amnesia bear strikes again? Wait I dont remember if he struck before.

  • @SirFooplesTheThird
    @SirFooplesTheThird Month ago +1111

    0:10 aaaaaand they knew

    • @aidenharper6013
      @aidenharper6013 Month ago +4

      Moment the music started

    • @ZebrixAnimations
      @ZebrixAnimations Month ago +15

      Me: *Flashbacks intensifies* so...which Obscure Build i can make for this run....

    • @ZebrixAnimations
      @ZebrixAnimations Month ago +8

      ​@aidenharper6013Every one who played skyrim have that reaction XD just the "Hey you, you finally awake" is nail in the coffin

    • @illusion9423
      @illusion9423 Month ago +5

      @ZebrixAnimations Ok, I thought about it enough. Stealth archer it is!

  • @HaroldShelfstein
    @HaroldShelfstein Month ago +333

    Gigachad DM creates new Skyrim TTRPG to avoid writing a one shot

  • @gramfero
    @gramfero Month ago +181

    "It's his fanfic!" WRONG! IT'S THE ORIGINAL!

  • @exitmortality8212
    @exitmortality8212 Month ago +43

    I can't believe there was no "WHAT IN OBLIVION IS THAT?!?". Did they even try?

  • @slywolfe
    @slywolfe Month ago +61

    That "Dovahkiin? Noo!" line is from the unofficial patch

    • @e1123581321345589144
      @e1123581321345589144 Month ago +10

      Bethesda added it in the translated versions, but they somehow forgot to put it in the English version. Or removed it but forgot to take it out of the translations. Either way, that line was at one point added by the devs.

    • @spheromancer14
      @spheromancer14 Month ago +9

      The line is official. The voice acting is not

    • @slywolfe
      @slywolfe Month ago +12

      ​@spheromancer14yeah, English line was cut for whatever reason. Other languages still have it voiced. But point still stands, the voice is added by unofficial patch

  • @thenerdybunny1296
    @thenerdybunny1296 Month ago +1094

    I did this, but it was the plot of Shrek. So far, none of my players have caught on.

    • @PlasticSinks
      @PlasticSinks Month ago +64

      HOW

    • @FreeThuggerNOW
      @FreeThuggerNOW Month ago +40

      reddit ahh fake story comment

    • @Multiyuppp
      @Multiyuppp Month ago +243

      You'd really think someBODY would have got it.

    • @--Nabe-rius--
      @--Nabe-rius-- Month ago +64

      ​@Multiyupppwhy did you plant this in my head, I can't unhear this

    • @ChargeQM
      @ChargeQM Month ago +93

      ​@FreeThuggerNOWSee, I thought so too
      But then I saw her face
      Now I'm a believer

  • @GetSchwiftyTV
    @GetSchwiftyTV Month ago +203

    “My friends have no idea it’s Skyrim”
    14 words into the opening scene - “OMG it’s Skyrim”

  • @joshuaryals6358
    @joshuaryals6358 Month ago +303

    Jacob used to make 10 minute long Skyrim skits, and now hes making an hour and a half long Skyrim skits. Good job bro.

  • @82hephaestus82
    @82hephaestus82 Month ago +10

    the cutaways to the reality-show-style confessionals are killing me

  • @chynonm
    @chynonm Month ago +11

    Just like every real skyrim playthrough, it ended after the first dragon kill

  • @Koebalt
    @Koebalt Month ago +207

    "II think it's going to be the party of vampires that didn't show up in straahd. I think it'll be his best work yet" lmfaoooooo

  • @TheADHDM
    @TheADHDM Month ago +410

    Editing this with Jacob has reverted my brain to its 2011 state, how do I get my prefrontal cortex back

    • @williampearce5757
      @williampearce5757 Month ago +19

      Omni-man: That's the neat part, you don't!

    • @dibdabdeb
      @dibdabdeb Month ago +8

      buy skyrim again, the prefrontal cortex edition

    • @CaptainAdultery
      @CaptainAdultery Month ago +13

      Welp, all you really need to do is have a nice nap, it should fix you right up…
      Hours Later:
      Hey you, you’re finally awake. You were trying to cross the border, right? Walked right into that imperial ambush. Same with us, and that thief over there.

    • @evanpierce7562
      @evanpierce7562 Month ago +4

      Play BG3? Either that or read some dense philosophy.

    • @Zevonfan524
      @Zevonfan524 Month ago +3

      Best to take the second chance while you have it

  • @Dude.Whynot
    @Dude.Whynot Month ago +359

    I was expecting someone to say "I hit Hadvar/Ralof for 3 hours straight to level my [insert skill for offense] to 100"

    • @evinoge5834
      @evinoge5834 Month ago +48

      See I stealth hit the torturer to get to 100 stealth

    • @bobbobert9379
      @bobbobert9379 Month ago +16

      You can stealth behind them and attack over and over to get 1 handed, 2 handed, stealth, block, and destruction to 100 I think

    • @theapexsurvivor9538
      @theapexsurvivor9538 Month ago +3

      ​@bobbobert9379 yep, and the tutorial can also give you some extra Maxed skills under special circumstances:
      If you're Extremely lucky: Archery, it's a random chance to recover your arrows (you can also try and farm arrows from archers, this isn't recommended)
      If you're Bosmer: Conjuration, though you need to keep an enemy alive for it to attack.
      If you don't kill your "friends":
      Pickpocket, the Imperials/Stormcloaks can be farmed for xp
      And if you're Altmer:
      Illusion, you have Fury which definitely doesn't also give you
      Light Armour
      Heavy Armour
      And Restoration
      All for just staying under lvl7 and upsetting your companion.
      Only Alchemy, Alteration, Enchanting, Smithing, Speech, and Lockpicking are 100% impossible to max out before leaving the cave. Though we can effectively add Archery and Conjuration to the list as the former is dependent on save states and the latter is mutually exclusive with Fury.

  • @liquidcancer4573
    @liquidcancer4573 Month ago +15

    I've played this game so much I could hear the character's voice lines in my head

  • @Aaron__Parker
    @Aaron__Parker Month ago +4

    "Skip to here"
    Brother, that's like a third of the way through the video.

  • @JSzekely
    @JSzekely Month ago +85

    “The party of vampires that didn’t come when Strahd called them” is a genius idea for a one shot

  • @Cyberserker-h4d
    @Cyberserker-h4d Month ago +445

    I had a Shadowrun character. He was a bald mage in a wheelchair. Because Shadowrun literally has rules for paraplegics. It took my group a surisingly long time to realize I was playing Professor X.

    • @ZenFr0g
      @ZenFr0g Month ago +65

      Did he put his hands to his forehead every time he cast a spell?

    • @Cyberserker-h4d
      @Cyberserker-h4d Month ago +65

      ​@ZenFr0gOf course!

    • @CaptainAdultery
      @CaptainAdultery Month ago +35

      “To me, my X-Mages!”

    • @damien678
      @damien678 Month ago +1

      One day, people will start to realise just how fucking cool Shadowrun is

    • @ZenFr0g
      @ZenFr0g Month ago +3

      @damien678 It's not difficult to realize how cool it is, but the rules are apparently a big hurdle

  • @AlmightyDoubleHelix
    @AlmightyDoubleHelix Month ago +209

    i love how everyone caught on immediately and took psychic damage

  • @BelegaerTheGreat
    @BelegaerTheGreat Month ago +9

    2:45 "It's only somewhat playable."
    Skyrim incarnate.

  • @Tolandiel
    @Tolandiel Month ago +6

    “He kinda does like a little spin”

  • @rougenarwhal8378
    @rougenarwhal8378 Month ago +153

    i love that the solution to people XP farming out of combat is just to make it incredibly uncomfortable and inconvenient

    • @KirbySaysBweo
      @KirbySaysBweo Month ago +6

      No better way to balance something that's otherwise extremely abusable lol. At the very least, I think some of the magic schools can be restricted to combat only xp (Casting destruction to do damage, Conjuration summons doing damage, Alteration defensive spells reducing damage, Restoration spells only giving xp when it actually heals damage taken, etc.) Illusion is the weird one as far as schools of magic is considered lol

  • @k97-bb
    @k97-bb Month ago +585

    5:12 - Skip to 5:40 if you wanna avoid the Dragonborn spoiler

    • @Simon-ow6td
      @Simon-ow6td Month ago +9

      Thank you! ❤

    • @pheffocles
      @pheffocles Month ago +33

      Since the sponsor is pinned, meaning your comment can’t be, I’ll just leave a reply here to help push it to the top.
      Dunno if that’s actually how it works, but eh, at least I tried lol

    • @TheXell
      @TheXell Month ago +10

      Up you go, it's more fun not knowing.

    • @heavenlysteel8337
      @heavenlysteel8337 Month ago +5

      push

    • @gunop11
      @gunop11 Month ago +5

      Thank you!

  • @Denissium
    @Denissium Month ago +1388

    Didnt put the timestamp to skip the dragonborn spoiler

    • @WhosAlx
      @WhosAlx Month ago +40

      5:39 seems like a good spot to skip to

    • @XPtoLevel3
      @XPtoLevel3  Month ago +569

      SORRY ABOUT THAT, it's at 5:35

    • @ruinouspaths7598
      @ruinouspaths7598 Month ago +54

      ​@XPtoLevel3Nobody can escape the skyrim intro

    • @eygohs
      @eygohs Month ago +321

      ​@XPtoLevel3I thought it was where you pointed on the playtime bar and almost skipped half of the video 😭

    • @thepowerofluck
      @thepowerofluck Month ago +12

      ​@eygohsi did the same lol

  • @duncangombar9178
    @duncangombar9178 5 days ago +1

    I love the cascade of realizations as they get further into the intro

  • @JamesVanHyde
    @JamesVanHyde Month ago +28

    5:05 "Skip to this." Brother to where? you didnt put sh*t there xD

    • @noahsmith613
      @noahsmith613 Month ago +9

      For anyone wondering: 5:40

    • @Edward_Riddell
      @Edward_Riddell 21 day ago +2

      ​@noahsmith613 I had to scroll through like, 30 comments to find this. Thank you.

    • @Edward_Riddell
      @Edward_Riddell 21 day ago +2

      I jumped to where he pointed on the timeline and it was 30 minutes in. I was like, surely that's not what he meant lmao

  • @SolemnlySquid
    @SolemnlySquid Month ago +277

    Should have tied player Action Points to their Stamina, to give stamina a powerful reason to be selected.

    • @Dwurogowy
      @Dwurogowy Month ago +29

      Then you'd run into the fallout 1+2 problem, where agility was related to your ap so everyone had to have tons of it. If your character has twice the action points they're twice the character in most cases

    • @SolemnlySquid
      @SolemnlySquid Month ago +13

      ​@DwurogowyI suppose it would depend on how it scales, and I could argue that a character that specializes in more action points does so with the penalty of being easier to kill with fewer hit points and having less mana for spells.

    • @DawidKov
      @DawidKov Month ago +2

      @SolemnlySquid Except, without stuff like opportunity attacks, you'll end up with stamina being easily used to disengage beyond enemy attack range and hide behind other, slower players. Or better yet, just outright overwhelming the enemy with too many attacks, best defence being a good offense. In Fallout 1&2 it was similarly an issue because Agility also gave you higher AC.

    • @SolemnlySquid
      @SolemnlySquid Month ago +2

      ​@DawidKovother popular systems like D&D have methods to avoid opportunity attacks and offer classes like Monk and Barbarian that can outrun their allies. Additionally, referencing Fallout 1&2 scaling defence on agility has no bearing here on a game modeled after Skyrim with stamina not agility, and defense being based on armor.

    • @theapexsurvivor9538
      @theapexsurvivor9538 Month ago +1

      ​@SolemnlySquid those systems also have limited actions rather than a scaling Action Points system, so you really need to hyper-specialise your character or team to break their action economy without punishment.
      In a system like this one, those checks simply don't exist. You don't even need to spend AP to disengage, so you just need to reserve enough to run, then whale on your opponents with as many actions as you can, which will scale Very quickly compared to other characters. This gets worse when you realise that stealth archery both is the most effective play style in the game after like lvl2, and also scales entirely off of Stamina and AP (how many arrows/backstabs you can deliver per turn and how many Hide actions you can take).
      Essentially, Skyrim really just isn't built for handling what is essentially equivalent to animation cancelling based on any of its stats.
      Also, their reference to Fallout 1&2's scaling def was to draw a parallel to the ability to use AP to get in and out of range without penalty.

  • @herosshade2247
    @herosshade2247 Month ago +75

    "It's.... somewhat playable."
    That means you passed the assignment.

  • @owenmagee9950
    @owenmagee9950 Month ago +189

    Is this the anniversary edition? I need to know how much visual detail I should imagine

    • @matthewletexier
      @matthewletexier Month ago +25

      Its the one on the fridge, so pretty solid graphics

    • @lukasl3440
      @lukasl3440 Month ago +17

      It's PS3 port. It will stop working once save file is bigger than 10MB.

    • @vailismyname
      @vailismyname Month ago +5

      Just add 16x the detail.

    • @_XxXRUSTxXx_
      @_XxXRUSTxXx_ Month ago

      SIXTEEEEEN TIMES THE DETAIL!!!!

    • @GeneralNickles
      @GeneralNickles Month ago +2

      Nah, this is clearly the "Very Special Edition" that released for Amazon Echo.

  • @littykitty040
    @littykitty040 24 days ago +9

    We can play Skyrim on PC, on Xbox, on a Fridge, on a calculator (probably), and now on a TTRPG. All that leaves is playing Skyrim on a pregnancy test

  • @MarineOP69
    @MarineOP69 Month ago +6

    "Hey, you! You're finally awake!"

  • @Kaelygon
    @Kaelygon Month ago +93

    41:45 100% this. After 900 hours of skyrim you can really vividly depict every scene that's being described here

  • @Caiyde
    @Caiyde Month ago +397

    TES lore has an inbuilt "Multiple canons existing at once" panic button called a Dragon Break that you can hit whenever you want to explain two plot points that clash. If you want five Dragonborn at once, just hit the Dragon Break button.

    • @YashaSkaven
      @YashaSkaven Month ago +124

      nirn: "mr todd my kalpassy can't handle another dragon break"
      godd howard: "hold my godhead am bout to CHIM again"

    • @dylanbell268
      @dylanbell268 Month ago +72

      @YashaSkaveni fucking hate that i understand what you just said.

    • @kokirij0167
      @kokirij0167 Month ago +14

      @YashaSkaven Nah, that's some Kirkbride shit.

    • @SolariaOpus
      @SolariaOpus Month ago +10

      @dylanbell268 same... same...

    • @Speederzzz
      @Speederzzz Month ago +15

      ​@YashaSkaventhe Toddhead

  • @singingtreant
    @singingtreant Month ago +286

    Sorry, this playthrough is incongruous with my experience with skyrim. Jacob didn't describe Pinkie Pie pulling the carriage, or how when I was nearly executed Thomas the Tank Engine flew from the sky to save me.
    0/10 accuracy, 10/10 meme.

    • @telboy007
      @telboy007 Month ago +7

      I've had a group of AI controlled ladies bickering about doing quests rather than mucking about. This isn't Skyrim

    • @-Ano-Ano-
      @-Ano-Ano- Month ago +6

      2012 skyrim meme mods in the big 26 🥀

    • @averysillyperson7391
      @averysillyperson7391 Month ago +10

      @-Ano-Ano- its peak vro what are you talking about

    • @TotallyRossome
      @TotallyRossome Month ago +4

      @-Ano-Ano- They needed the Dagoth Ur follower mod

    • @coiler_119
      @coiler_119 Month ago +3

      In the full vod on Arcane Arcade, he did turn Mirmulnir into Thomas the Tank Engine

  • @matilozano96
    @matilozano96 Month ago +6

    Jacob’s voice acting for the NPCs kills me. He just sounds exactly like the game.
    God, I REALLY hope some of the glitches are part of the rules. I want someone to reach the Greybeards glitch jumping on a bucket.

  • @TalarFracture
    @TalarFracture Month ago +13

    "skip to here" WHERE SKIP TO WHERE

  • @Ryu1ify
    @Ryu1ify Month ago +45

    Lore reason for there being five guys who can use the Thu'um: Akatosh really wanted some burgers and fries

  • @CrazyKungfuGirl
    @CrazyKungfuGirl Month ago +50

    They were like "oh this is Skyrim? I guess we'll go through the motions of playing Skyrim"
    Jacob: ☹️

  • @JayGravy42
    @JayGravy42 Month ago +47

    PC in a Bethesda game: "I grab a bucket."
    Jacob begins sweating profusely

  • @greyalice
    @greyalice Month ago +3

    "Skip to here" - Ah yes... I'll skip to the undefined point as nothing popped up on my screen to indicate where I should skip to

  • @MrPowds
    @MrPowds Month ago +3

    amnesia bear should have its own lore created.

  • @ravishing_cadet4625
    @ravishing_cadet4625 Month ago +84

    We actually did this in highschool. Like we made our own ruleset for the game and modified the story a bit. Instead of dragonborn we were triplets. Theif, Mage, Warrior. We each took 1/3rd of the dragon soul which allowed our niche skills to get really powerful. Our fighter was an unarmed heavy armor user who broke the game cause we used alot of percentages and he would sock people into the stratosphere our assasin turned vampire lord was all the scariness you can think of. I played an artificer mage who recreated dwarrven Dynamo creation and built my own mini army i could prtal around the battlefield portal style. We also tamed the frost troll as in we kept beating on it till it gave up and we trained him. His name was Groglathor.

    • @MotherOfCondor
      @MotherOfCondor Month ago +6

      That's actually a really unique idea for making the dragon born thing work.

  • @thenixer209
    @thenixer209 Month ago +66

    21:32 didn't expect an actually good FUS-RO-DAH there, that caught me off-guard

    • @M4TCH3SM4L0N3
      @M4TCH3SM4L0N3 Month ago +7

      The Imperial soldiers were, too!

    • @saberruntv
      @saberruntv Month ago +9

      Too bad he says vuld na kin (and not fus to Dah. Alduin I mean)

  • @marlonbrando1631
    @marlonbrando1631 Month ago +63

    I once made a joking Skyrim introduction to a one shot about fighting in an arena. My players almost walked out of the session.

  • @illumaQ
    @illumaQ Month ago +1

    They "had" no idea it was Skyrim till it started

  • @Casual3745
    @Casual3745 Day ago +2

    Wait lorewise there could be more ther 1 dovakin

  • @thunderbunnysmasher
    @thunderbunnysmasher Month ago +351

    I feel like the wild magic table could've been added to this system as "bethesda mechanics" to give a way for the players to use the glitches and exploits in skyrim

    • @josephringhofer613
      @josephringhofer613 Month ago +12

      So funny lol, need to have some stupid mod where one npc is replaced by my OC

    • @jaybeck3803
      @jaybeck3803 Month ago +37

      Roll for wild magic. 100
      You pick up wooden plate and run headfirst into a wall, phasing through space and time and appear on the other side of the wall.

    • @StoryTeller-l4u4g
      @StoryTeller-l4u4g Month ago +8

      “I jump out the tower in Whiterun, entering unloaded space, go underneath Whiterun, go through Eorlund’s merchant chest, come back and sell all his stuff to him”

    • @zacross8504
      @zacross8504 Month ago +3

      "I menuwarp from immediately after Alduin attacks Helen to Sovngarde and beat skyrim without walking"

  • @chompette_
    @chompette_ Month ago +58

    The play now is to use this exact same introduction for the next campaign

  • @voosemadangoosefraba
    @voosemadangoosefraba Month ago +70

    "Who... are you?"
    I AM DAGOTH UR, WHERE IS NEREVAR!?

  • @Ichigo9294
    @Ichigo9294 Month ago +1

    I want to see more of this. I would love to see you go through this with your friends just to see this.

  • @edelbrock443
    @edelbrock443 10 days ago +1

    Should've ended with a giant running from nearby after the dragon fight, and hitting Gale into the stratosphere.

  • @blkwhtrbbt
    @blkwhtrbbt Month ago +144

    Honestly Skyrim makes more sense if the protagonist was actually a party of people. That would explain how they could theoretically hold positions of authority in so many different guilds and be thane of multiple holds.

    • @MotherOfCondor
      @MotherOfCondor Month ago +47

      Thinking it's just one person was propaganda all along you play out a simple retelling of the legend.

    • @RecurveStickerDragon
      @RecurveStickerDragon Month ago +15

      And carry so much junk

    • @sirlothric6357
      @sirlothric6357 Month ago +16

      My head cannon for the lore is that the dragonborn only does the main story and the dragonborn dlc story. Everything else in lore (including dawnguard) are other people, tou just do it in game for gameplay reasons

    • @gachagoblin9817
      @gachagoblin9817 Month ago +10

      @sirlothric6357 yea that’s typically how Bethesda does their cannon is that the only thing the player character is known to have done is the main quest + dlcs, and any guilds or side stuff could or could’ve not been them also depending on your roleplay

    • @VeteranDecanus86
      @VeteranDecanus86 27 days ago

      Turns out “the Dragonborn” is a plural term.

  • @NoodleGoblin
    @NoodleGoblin Month ago +37

    my friends have no idea it's Skyrim for about 3 seconds🤣

  • @Seolisti
    @Seolisti Month ago +58

    The premise of this is pretty funny, because my sister did almost the same thing. She built a ground-up system for TES and ran a Skyrim-based campaign, complete with random selection of which player was Dragonborn. Her group has been using and playing her TES RPG system off and on for about 10 years now.

  • @munchkin0.o
    @munchkin0.o Month ago +2

    the intro is forever engraved in my brain haha cant get rid of it

  • @MasterOfCydonia
    @MasterOfCydonia 28 days ago +1

    So there’s gonna be a part 2 right? Gotta take on all the side quests.

  • @MikeMinneapoIis
    @MikeMinneapoIis Month ago +77

    OMG this is hilarious. Not even 20 min in and this is so fun. If you ever need to explain why you can't play TTRPG as a video game just show them this video. The dragon menace being out shadowed by an amnesia bear, the 'we'll make sure your remains are returned' becoming an instant meme... pure cinema.

  • @theadjunctgm2498
    @theadjunctgm2498 Month ago +135

    Xp to lv 3 out here doing their own Game Changer

    • @Edgemaster72
      @Edgemaster72 Month ago +6

      I'm Jacob, and I've been here the whole time

    • @toxicdemon1315
      @toxicdemon1315 Month ago +1

      "And your dm, ME! I've been here the WHOLE TIME!"

    • @theadjunctgm2498
      @theadjunctgm2498 Month ago

      @toxicdemon1315 now I need a Skyrim hack that makes the dragons Sam Reich and the shouts that.

  • @b_sway
    @b_sway Month ago +22

    We've finally come full circle from your "people who think D&D is just skyrim" video

  • @iceymass1788
    @iceymass1788 Month ago +1

    I would love a second session of this, fun watch

  • @NoClue343
    @NoClue343 Month ago

    I high key want you guys too keep going with this. I wanna see the entire game done

  • @fbihorse
    @fbihorse Month ago +36

    The jank is the most accurate part

    • @cryptid_syd
      @cryptid_syd 19 days ago +1

      it wouldn’t be skyrim if it ran well

    • @fbihorse
      @fbihorse 19 days ago +2

      If the last Dragonborn ran well maybe he wouldn’t have been caught in that imperial ambush

  • @JesusPrime777
    @JesusPrime777 Month ago +26

    Skyrim Together is shaking in their boots

  • @zmbie5865
    @zmbie5865 Month ago +103

    Love Jacob's look to the camera during Gale's introduction. He nonverbally screamed "That's our dragonborn."

  • @marshelldoonan7798

    im totally doing this with my friends for a one shot

  • @AgentDammerung
    @AgentDammerung 13 days ago

    This is one of my favorite one shots to run for players. Everyone has seen or played skyrim atleast once and has seen the intro memed.

  • @hoborg98
    @hoborg98 Month ago +19

    It figures that the legendary Dragonborn would be the player who's just walking around and shitting on everything.

  • @Witchgirl44
    @Witchgirl44 Month ago +100

    Hey you, you’re finally awake. Got caught trying to watch the new XPtoLevel3 video, got caught in that d&d ambush.

    • @toxicdemon1315
      @toxicdemon1315 Month ago +16

      "Damn you, dnd players! The ttrpg scene was better before you all popped up! Wotc was nice and lazy. If they weren't looking for you, Id have been halfway through the video! Hey you, we're not involved in all this. Its these dnd players they're after, not us."

    • @ShiftySetax
      @ShiftySetax Month ago +10

      ​@toxicdemon1315 We're all brothers and sisters in dice now Pathfinder.

    • @toxicdemon1315
      @toxicdemon1315 Month ago +3

      ​@ShiftySetax *looks to gagged player* What's wrong with him?

    • @Cxste11xn
      @Cxste11xn Month ago +4

      ​Watch your tongue! You're speaking to Jacob Budz, the _true_ Dungeon Master.
      (he's just as trapped in this creation of his as the rest of them/us lol)

    • @toxicdemon1315
      @toxicdemon1315 Month ago +3

      ​@Cxste11xn Jacob Budz?! You're the dm of Arcane Arcade! You...You're the leader of the dnd players. If they've captured you... by the gods, where are they taking us?!

  • @NomadicWomble
    @NomadicWomble Month ago +80

    This needs to happen with dragon age origins. It would be so good

    • @michaelstar7556
      @michaelstar7556 Month ago +4

      I feel like Grimhollow would be the perfect setting for that.

    • @Softened-Cozy
      @Softened-Cozy Month ago +10

      And it already has a tabletop game with a lot of similarities to origins mechanics

    • @siphona_will_eat_you
      @siphona_will_eat_you Month ago

      Me and a few buddies are already doing this! Where we all play a different origins, though we rolled on who was the Hero of Fereldan. There was even a surprise visit from Garrett Hawke, who was a part of the Fereldan army, so it would be a frantic rush back to Lothering when Ostagar happens!
      We even have where there is a future timeline post Inquisition where Tabris, Surana and Lavellan teams up for a Shadow Dragon mission after working with Fenris, trying to hunt down the missing family of Tabris that was kidnapped in Denerim.

    • @typicaluser697
      @typicaluser697 Month ago

      Best rpg of my life, such an amazing game

    • @ProphecyWillow
      @ProphecyWillow Month ago

      That would be fun, but he would either have to start in Ostagar or have them all have the same origin

  • @cahal8036
    @cahal8036 8 days ago

    Didn't even try to mask it 😂

  • @TheEvilGamingInc
    @TheEvilGamingInc Month ago +28

    You show up to play TTRPG not knowing you're about to start another Skyrim playthrough.

  • @relomas
    @relomas Month ago +25

    I really wish for continuation, but with adjusted xp :(

  • @qbombf
    @qbombf Month ago +24

    The look into the camera as the Dragonborn is chosen.

  • @Ironbornblue
    @Ironbornblue Month ago

    this is awesome i hope this is a series!

  • @shovelgnome
    @shovelgnome Month ago

    This plays like a documentary of a mad man.