Clover: how would a fan recognize you if they were to stumble upon you? Vanya, my wizard, who has a burn scar running across half her face:... My scarf
Jozen Ainsley, my Ghoul/Ranger who likes to play "The Most Dangerous Game" with his victims (then devours the losers alive): "Hold a moment. I have... _fans?"_
@@AmericanAurochs It's difficult to be a Bard. But if you watch, and play your cards With care this day, then you may be Immortalized in history. Ponder these questions all with care Be you warrior, or maiden fair What do you want the world to know? What of your story should you show? Feel free to take some liberties Let your tongue run on with ease (But don't exaggerate too much The tale may lose your unique touch) Captured here, you will remain Stilled in time, as if now framed The essence of your life to bind Upon this page for all of time
I mean my Aasimar is like my dad's an angel I got on speed dial, and my mom's like back at home at the temple I was raised at as the chosen one of our god. I left pretty happy. My half elf,half Tabaxi is like my parents are home...I should write dad a letter and see if mom came back from her last adventure.
I love playing a character with a good family that implemented my into the game. My bards father died in a pointless war when she was 12, but besides that everything was great.
@@Zarsla my bard aasimar has a great family, but she’s a pacifist and the angel she got paired with is a war angel, they don’t hate eachother per se, but they’re petty as fuck.
" Were your parents nice to you, or did they do you harm?" My barbarian whose parents sold him to a devil to become warlocks: Definitely the second one
My drow bladesingers mom strongly considered having him whipped for no reason at all and she currently wants him dead because he helped a priestess of Eilistraee escape she only learned after he escaped to the surface of course
Clover: What was the first fight that you won in your whole life? My Dwarf Brawler: Are you an undercover guard? You have to tell me if you're a guard! Clover: How would you describe your build? Me: No really, this sounds like you're building a criminal description Clover: Is that the guard? Me "Wait! If you have an escape route I may need to use it!"
@@Bluesonofman That's uh.... that's like 50 tonnes of silver... how are you holding that? Are you a shapeshifted Dragon? You have to tell me if you're a Dragon! That's the law man!
Maybe you should find a group. This s a fun hobby, pretty cheap (you can borrow books to roll up a character and just get yourself a set of dice), and a good way to spend an evening with friends. There's a huge variety of RPGs to suit every taste. Not into quasi-medaeval fantasy? Go for Traveler, or some of the steampunk games. It's also something social to do during lockdowns. Our crew started in person, and now almost 20 years later, we're gaming by Skype. There's nothing like sitting around a table with snacks and drinks and being part of a huge story with strangers who become friends.
"When you were young, did others tease you? Bully you? Poor dear... Or were you much beloved? Or source of other childrens' fear?" My Tiefling Rogue who's lived in isolation basically her whole life: Yyyyyynnno :D
My Dhampir Druid upon being asked about his parents: "My mom is loving and amazing, *please* stop talking about her dying tragically. Upon being asked about his childhood, looks her dead in the eye and says: "They were awful, honestly being banished from my homeland and living in the Feywild was a major improvement. And that's all I want to say on the matter."
"When you were young, did others tease you? Bully you? Poor dear..." "Or were you much beloved, or a source of other children's fear?" It's said a Tiefling is born of sin, So you can imagine how it's been Trying to make friends in a sort of place like... well, like here.
Could be epic. One of my characters tried to seduce a succubus, then thought himself smart and stripped naked before pulling from the deck of many things...he died streaking down the street being chased by an avatar of death, calling for a knife to defend himself or his mistress' help (failed her seduction).
Oh ok! That first ‘question’ is genuinely brilliant. How a character would respond to that scenario is very telling without it even being a direct question. A subtle show instead of a tell. Amazing
Well, once my Wizard was inside the throat of a dragon shortly before ans while the party ripped its head off (still living)... Due to a spell (a sheild spell) and some good rolls I didn't take any damage from the dragon's breath attack and if I didn't have the shield I would've taken less damage than when I had a spirit literally punched out of me, nearly brining me to 0 HP (Anima, not D&D, still quite as impressive if you ask me)
Me: going on about the tale of how my fiancé was murdered in front of me 2 days before our wedding because I was to slow to react Bard: * still rhyming like a fuggin jerk*
Had a similar reaction to "are your parents still alive? Please say no." My Goliath "they are both alive and well, though it wasn't always as such given my clan were but girant's slaves when I was born." "And do you have a tragic backstory? A harrowing tale of which you had to endure?" "You mean other than slavery?"
Im imagining my tiny gnome feylock with stars in her eyes, so excited that her story is gonna be told, just like the heroes of fiction she always looked up to. She'll tell you everything, in extremely colorful detail.
Crushes I have on Ginny's characters in ascending order: 4. The bard 3. The healer 2. Ginny D 1. Her dice The gelatinous cube gets an honorable mention :)
Na'krasha was cool too, honestly all the characters Ginny has come up with are. Makes me want to party with all of them! *me now imagining a D&D party that consists of Ginny's characters and how Chaotic that would become*
I love how even without thinking, I'm responding as my Gloomstalker Ranger, Addalis. This is so immersive and the rhymes are wonderful. Your work is as great as always Ginny! 💕
Clover: Let's imagine the villain with a goatee My bard, in a battle of will against the Spider Queen: Do you have a death wish? That's actually pretty funny though not gonna lie...
This is a great framework for session zero and getting a new player to connect to the idea of 'character'. I haven't group played in a long time but once I stat up again, these videos will be where I send new players.
I feel like my character wouldn't like Clover much, all because of one silly coincidence. "So, when did you leave home?" "I was kidnapped from my home at when I was 18" "How did you feel, did it fill you with joy? Did you hightail it out of there?" "... I was kidnapped, how do you think I felt?" Loved the video, just felt like this little detail was rather amusing
Same for my Rillith (bought and paid for at the tender age of thirteen to eventually serve as a pleasure slave in the home of a noble Lady) Mentor killed (as far as she knows) at the hands of the King's men to buy her own escape from the ambush that wiped out the band of freedom fighters they were part of. Her party (Minotaur Barbarian, Half-orc fighter, half-elf druid, and recently added halfing rogue) have gone a *long* way towards softening her 'edge'
Same for my Rillith (bought and paid for at the tender age of thirteen to eventually serve as a pleasure slave in the home of a noble Lady) Mentor killed (as far as she knows) at the hands of the King's men to buy her own escape from the ambush that wiped out the band of freedom fighters they were part of. Her party (Minotaur Barbarian, Half-orc fighter, half-elf druid, and recently added halfing rogue) have gone a *long* way towards softening her 'edge'
Clover: Alas, I am a little short - a halfling joke I’ve heard a lot. Might you be a kindly sort and pay for these, since I cannot? My tiefling Bardlock: The price for a quart is all I’ve got. Try to extort me, and you might get shot. [Roll Intimidation]
I like these, they're a lot of fun. My only issue is they feel like they work for an existing character, but don't apply as well to a beginning character. I feel like these videos would be more useful in developing a new character before you've even played with them, yet some of the questions ask about villains you've conquered, and the party and stuff, which a new character won't quite have answers for yet.
*I hand over my 74 pages of notes* “Have fun with that.” *Also me* “So I died twice. Which is more dramatic, a decapus snapping my neck or being held above the Void as a ghost?”
@person person That’s not a backstory. That’s the notes I take for the campaign. It’s been going almost every week for about a year. I’d be nuts if I did that for one character XD.
I love your rhymes. Especially "Perhaps they died in some cruel tragic way?" Edit: Also love that you intentionally "forced" the rhyme a few times. Definitely makes the character feel realistic!
Clover the Halfling Bard: 'Now many heroes of the past had destinies it's said. Born beneath a prophecy or curse upon their head. At first did you believe that you were meant for greater stuff? Some auspicious dream or even wish would be enough?' Kaelin the Human Rogue: There once was a lad named Kaelin, whose destiny was up for unveilin'. He searched for some sign, but alas, not a line, so he decided to keep on retailin'. -.-.- Clover the Halfling Bard: 'When you went, how did you feel? Joy, or some malaise? Did you hightail it out of there? Reflect with wistful gaze?' Kaelin the Human Rogue: 'I set out on my own with a grin, a world of adventure to win. I left without sadness, with eyes full of gladness, ready to commit my first sin.' Absolutely loved this scenario, really sparked my creativity.
Oh the last two questions... I experienced my first TPK last night, so the "smell of smoke and dying wheeze" really hit close to home 😅 I can't wait to re-watch this video (and all the others) once I roll up my new character for our next campaign.
"How would someone recognise me? I don't know, look for the slender elf with the battle axe, an orange mohawk and with all visible skin tattooed with Dwarf Runes. I tend to stand out... At least until I don't want to“
My half-elf Wizard resisting his destiny to be a Sorcerer/Paladin is having a full-blown panic attack every time Clover tries to hype up his story. There may have been tears. That said, this session made it clear I need more development for him. Thanks Ginny!
I have only watched a couple of these but I must say how impressed I was with the word choice. Not just the rhyming but the choice of rhyme and words. I must take my hat off to you.
"What color would you call your eyes?" My changeling, very unmasked: Milk, but it can vary "How would you describe your build?" Whatever I felt like that morning
Bard- asking when you left your childhood home My orphan half-elf who was accidentally carted miles from home after hiding inside a cart during a game of hide and seek to a new family- ummmmmmmmmm...
Clover: Do you have a better name, maybe something not quite so bland? Some call me Clover Honeytongue... Monk: How about you call me Clover Honeytongue, then?
I have a character idea for a campaign coming up, the short backstory is that she's a warlock who gave her voice away for the power she was given, and holds onto these books on how to handle situations to talk instead, to make it more realistic I'm going to actually be making 3 small books called: greetings, general help (like asking directions to the nearest inn), and small-talk, she will have a fourth empty one incase she needs something specific, but I'm just wondering if anyone has some interesting things she might have in them, like the greetings one including a joke about how not talking is just her having nothing nice to say. sorry this is long, I just ran out of ideas and needed help
I was SO impressed when I realised the entire dialog would be in rhyme! I think this one is my favourite POV so far. And not only because of the rhyme ;) Thanks for the REALLY hard work :D
Every time one of these videos comes out, me and my whole DnD group (VERY RP HEAVY, probably 90% rp, 10% combat) get into chat ASAP and we do them in character!! It's a friggin BLAST to do these little non-canon scenes with each other, hinting at backstory secrets and displaying each character's differences. The questions do a GREAT job of prompting the PCs with enough detail to show their personalities, while also remaining general enough to allow for a wide variety of answers! Seriously, EVERY CHARACTER responded SO differently to the situation and to Clover herself! Here are rundowns of 3/4 of the characters that went in our session last night: 1. Nari Wands-Amarillis, our suave/well-spoken/hedonistic/self-destructive/self-loathing/i'm-ok-i-swear/narcissistic noble half-elf "wizard" (secret tome warlock) And, once again, Nari saw a pretty girl and immediately started flirting (and drinking) to distract herself from the actual issues at hand!! Defensive lesbianism is both a blessing and a curse, but it's way more fun when you have voices in your head playing wingman :) I guess we can't blame her, though-- Nari's just built different, being the uncontested most-screwed-up-party-member. For reference, she a median dark core of 76% (population average is 46%...) and not a SINGLE score below 67/100! May Eilistraee guide her soul* more than that unescapable patron laughing for uncomfortable lengths of time in her ear. TLDR: "hey bb i mean if you NEED to study my physique closer u can ;) oh dont worry im always down to go deeper ;))) we should discuss this over dinner ;))))) im lonely but have been scarred by love so i cant commit to serious relationship help" 2. Spark, my very-conflicted/depressed/morally-grey/self-conscious/blunt/nerdy sage fire genasi artificer Spark, responds to Clover quite seriously. She thinks she was just here to pick up a translated romance novel she loves, definitely unaware she signed up to be written about. She only eventually caves into telling her complicated, nuanced, no-one-is-right-or-wrong backstory to find that Clover just keeps romanticizing the pain and suffering that war brought, and painting everything in black and white. Spark both wants to leave AND wants to prove Clover wrong and change her mind, so the exchange eventually boiled down to (a usually-quiet) Spark reacting with shock and pain at Clover's constantly overdramatic musings and boldly ranting at Clover about how wrong she was. Clover has a responsibility as a writer to portray serious topics like war, violence, and unnecessary death in a level-headed, honest, and proper way, but instead she interrupted Spark (as she insisted no one "wins" a battle if the other side "loses") to ask her about her EYES? The NERVE?! Spark thinks Clover is naive, simplistic, incredibly rude for ignoring her, and extremely full of herself (the need for fame and influence is a very bad trait to have, in Spark's I-had-a-politician-mom-and-she-sucked opinion). Every single question happens to perfectly hit something tender in Spark's violent wartime childhood, her views of herself, her opinions on literature, or her complicated views on her mentor figure. It's so targeted, Spark can almost swear Clover knows Spark much better than she lets on, and is mocking her. The whole thing is so infuriating that she acts "as heroic-ly as you portray me" and calls the guards over to Clover at the end. TLDR: "bro literally how are you hitting every single one of my insecurities AND can you PLEASE STOP fawning over my trauma." AKA "its called being morally grey, MOM" 3. Aanlaya Durinbold, our ditsy(but it's partly an act)/looks-obsessed/energetic/prissy/microaggression-prone/optimistic noble half elf sorcerer That reaction is very different from Aanlaya's! Half the time, Aanlaya was talking about mattress shopping because of the "leaving your old childhood bed" thing, but I'm pretty sure it was partially to distract Clover-- earlier on, Aanlaya gave a defensive response to being asked if she was bullied as a child, showed clear pain at being asked about her parents, and freaked out when Clover suggested that Aanlaya's parents could be dead (something is DEFINITELY going on there, but I don't know the full story yet....). She seemed ditsy, simple, and very prissily pleasant (think Weird Preppy Noble meets High-energy Extreme-extrovert Valley Girl), but only some of that was genuine. She did genuinely love the idea of being written about and becoming famous, however, going so far as to suggest a poster of her be sold with every copy of the poem. My favorite part had to be Aanlaya getting in Clover's face to pose for her or show Clover her eyes or sparkly golden hair EVERY TIME Clover asked for help describing her. Either that, or her using the word "funky" every 2 sentences and simplifying the art of poetry into "some funky rhyme-time action? Some rhyme-y words and stuff? Sounds fun!". TLDR: "this is- pleasedon'tnoticei'muncomfortable- fuuuuuun :) " Even in the first question, it's so instantly different!! Spark refused to pay for the drink because she thought Clover was getting ahead of herself, and also because she's basically traumatized by Nari's very concerning alcoholism and just doesn't approve of the stuff. Aanlaya immediately put her hands over her face and heart when she heard that Clover didn't have enough money, nearly cried, and then (in a well-meaning, but demeaning, slightly offensive, noble-y way) paid for them both without a second thought. Nari smoothly offered to pay almost immediately and then started drinking alongside her (to Spark's dismay). These have quickly become some of my favorite videos on RUclips and I'm honestly thinking about animating Spark's reaction to one! In the words of my DnD server nowadays, "If you don't love Ginny Di and her POV videos with a burning passion, get out of my sight" HAHAA *which she may or may not have** given up to an imp tattoo parlor to have "Bread" in Infernal put on her arm. **Seriously. She can't remember what she paid, but it wasn't money.
Potential nucleus of a suggestion of an idea: An interrogation of a PC? Perhaps casting Zone of Truth such that respondents can go through twice; once as if they fail the save and once where they are able to lie?
"how would a fan recognize you if they were to stumble upon you?" smash cut to Abaddon's gold plated, jewel encrusted horns blinding everyone in the room. "My smile!"
I love these, I'm developing a new character and using all your videos to bring depth to him. This one was actually the hardest, it made me have to pause and think. Thank you so much for all the amazing work you do.
Those POV roleplay videos are really neat. I cannot recommend them warmly enough as a tool for anyone wanting to practice their role-playing skills, and find them useful even as a veteran gamer and LARPer. Would love to see more of those.
I love how with the way I answer, Clover talks over my character who is incredibly meek and shy, and had what Clover would call a boring childhood at first, since she has loving, living parents.... who were devastated when Reoanaigh was taken away and used for experiments. And it makes sense Clover can't see her eyes, because in no way is my character making eye contact with Clover. Also the more Clover digs deep the less shy and anxious reoanaigh gets and the more her answers are just genuinely short and terse. This one worked out very well, usually I fumble a little, but Reoanaigh was ironically perfecty for this.
A gold Grung with red spots wearing crude scale hide armor, a greatsword that is two times his size, and a headdress of bones, feathers, and random jewelry that is almost as tall as he is hops up to the seat across from you. Licks his left eye with a slick pink tongue before he responds. Chief Moak (Moe-ack) - "Grick nak snarven" (Grung langauage complaining), (Changes to common that he struggles with) "Chief Moak pay? Fine but you owe Chief Moak now." Grabs a handful of random coins and plunks them on the table. "Chief Moak no not of this....love you speak of. Chief Moak lost all he would love, now heart filled with hate. Spirits guide Chief Moak, Chief Moak last of the Blue Bog Eve Grung (BBEG)." "Chief Moak like this, you tell of Chief Moak greatness to all." "You no listen? Parents die before I grow legs. For having big ears dry skin you not hear so good." "How? Chief Moak grow from tadpole in bog after people slaughtered by dragon tribe. Spirits speak to Chief Moak all, old and young." "You dry skins are strange. Only spirits of my tribe keep me company. They teach me how to hunt, survive, fight, and call on them when I need them." "Chief Moak was born great. I was meant to lead my people to make others do the work in the muck and mud for us. Dry skins are weak when wet with Grung touch. That is why we are destine to lead them with a wet tongue...I think you call it an iron fist. Not sure anymore, some dry skins like my friend Rise listen to me. I not have to make them do as I want with touch but with words. Also, book of prayer given to me about Torm speaks of helping those that can not help themselves. Spirits call them weak, not sure anymore..." "Chief Moak left bog 2 years ago. Yes, Chief Moak 2 years old" "No joy and why would I leave with mayonnaise?" "Chief Moak's tribe was his teacher. Mocki, Mysac, Mekki, Maquc,...Cheif Moak had about 30 teachers. But Mocki is my favorite that is my Mother who taught me how to contact the spirits. Without her teachings I could not have learned the rest" "How to focus the rage of my people. To attack with recklessness and wreck my enemies with biggest weapon." "Chief Moak like rage. Rage is good for evil. Torm call it righteous fury." "Chief Moak hunt down dry skin who carry barrel with spirits of his people guiding him. Learn your crude language from dry skin. Make him show me by grabbing face and make mouth move. He say 'I'm just a farmer please don't hurt me.' Chief Moak win, he defeated enemy in battle so, take barrel, make him talk for days until he too tired to speak. Let dry skin go useless now but keep barrel of water. Never lose battle, undefeated. How you say, enemies underestimate Chief Moak." "Chief Moak no lose battle, but Chief Moak did lose...child. Blight Fang a black dragon taken from dragon tribe as an egg. Hatched to serve Chief Moak. She like killing enemies of Chief Moak. Vengeance best when one who would be an enemy is turned against them. Blight Fang want to kill everyone good or evil. Try to learn with her about Torm and who to kill or not. Now, she is taken from Chief Moak. Chief Moak sad, may need to kill Blight Fang if she join dragon tribe. She not like Chief Moak talk of Torm. Stands on the table. A squat 2'11" pot belly Gold Grung (think tree frog) with muscular arms and legs. Wearing a crude white dragon scale hide carrying a massive greatsword that is twice his size with runes on the blade. He also wears a headdress of bones, feathers, furs, and random jewelry mostly women's along with random nic naks as tall as he is. "You mean like a battle cry? Like, Vengeance belongs to Chief Moak, Torm gets what is left." "The price Chief Moak pays he has paid. Now it is his time to make his enemies pay, in blood" Leans against his sword. "Destiny set Chief Moak on this path. When I was denied the chance to see my tribe hopping in our home. Born crawling from the mud to see the broken bodies of Grung who lived before Chief Moak. That day, they too were destined, destined for death at my wet three fingered hands." "Dry skins that serve scale skin...Tiamat. Many in dragon tribe, too many to name but tribe and Torm say we must stop the one called Tiamat. Told she is queen of all evil dragons and dragon tribe. One day Chief Moak kill her for good." "Chief Moak kill many but two come to mind. They wear purple clothes one dry skin female the other a blue scale dragonborn male. They dead now but many more to kill. Dry skin friend Rise is good at finding dragon tribe. No good at fighting but good with nature magic, heal wounds good." "Once, magic take Chief Moak and new tribe to cold dry lands. Not find warm water for days. Had to fight enemies while drying out, not good for Grung skin." "It still not over. Tiamat still out there somewhere. Dragon tribe may be gone for now. But so long as Tiamat lives so does dragon tribe. Chief Moak learn this much and tell you this. Fight for your tribe and your tribe will fight for you. Lead your tribe well and your tribe will follow you. Fail to look after your tribe, lead them on the evil path, and your tribe will fail you as you fail them." ------- This is the original background for Chief Moak before his adventure. (Currently playing Tyranny of Dragons campaign as a Barbarian-Ancestral Guardians 8 / Paladin-Vengeance 2. Started LE grew to become LG) Chief Moak is the last surviving member of his tribe. The rightful ruler of the Blue Bog Eve Grung. The tribe managed to hide him as he was only a young tadpole in the muck under a rock. As his people were slaughtered by groups of would be slaves that called themselves members of the Dragon Queen - Tiamat. After the slaughter he rose from the water weeks later once he gained legs and more aware of his surroundings. He wandered the area hearing voices and sometimes seeing ghostly spirits of his now dead and long dead ancestors. They taught him their ways and spoke of the ones that murdered his tribe. For months he grieved the lose of his people, but before long that grief turned to anger. He trained for the better part of a year and spent the following year keeping close to the dry skins to learn how they speak. And in turn what they know about the dragon cult. He even managed to kidnap one such traveler to force him to teach him what he didn't know. After several days he let the person go emaciated and starving. He would just slow Moak down but the barrel he had would be of use so Moak take it. Now he finds himself with these strange dry skins, but they seem to know about the tribe that killed my people. So for now I tolerate the dry skins because they can and WILL help Moak avenge his people. And if they serve Moak well he keep them as loyal pet.
2:51 "Um...sure" (Magics up pretend money and pays with that) 3:08 (Internally) "What do you view as a drink?" 3:15 "Not really, I'm more into the art that you can sketch and paint" 3:38 (Internally) "I say I'm gonna need another drink, if you're gonna be rhyming the whole time" (Externally) "I can't promise anything...nude as you say, but sure" 3:52 "Sadly for your precious poem, no, my parents live, but you know, you're a bard, I'm sure you'll find a way to add some flavours" 4:22 "Well...as much as I love my family, having owned a funeral home for seven generations, will leave a few ghost stories at the present one, which left me and sisters to have a bit a friendless childhood" 4:52 "Nah, at the time I had become content that I was part of another generation of burying and cremating the dead, quite literally in that order, actually" 5:17 "Uuuhhh...like...eight or nine years ago..." 5:34 "There was really nothing to feel, at the time, I thought my trip was going to be a lot shorter, so I was positive nothing would go wrong and I'd be back swiftly" 5:59 "...Psalm...Psalm the Whispered...she taught me how to survive..." 6:27 "That...rewards must be earned, whether in death or living or a prayer answered by a god" 6:46 "More rage than you can imagine...six years wasted in enslavement! The counting of scars as much as the bodies, for what!? The bloody entertainment of some god damn noble snob and his best friends!" 7:20 "I won to one of the slaves, but I refused to kill. And I'm glad. that statement, became my reward" 7:40 "Again, that was eight to nine years, I had no experience at the time and yet they just threw me into the middle of the ring 7:13 (Internally) "Was there a rhyme missed somewhere in that last bit?" (Externally) "Um...orange...if it helps my mother would always compare them to the Dragon's Tear flower" 8:35 "Uh, actually never thought about it. I've gained muscle over the years, but they're nothing to boast about" 9:14 "Uh, just look out for the jet skinned tiefling with orange eyes and a missing horn, honestly I'm not that hard to miss 10:09 "No, we were just trying get back, Asletta, again. The poor girl's under the delusion that she's the lost princess and ran off to stalk a royal knight and his knave we crossed paths with" 10:34 "We met Diamond Eye Sasha, one of the bandit queens of the Diamond Serpent Tribe" 10:54 "Honestly, it less to fight and more to talk, we had accidentally saved one of the three heiresses of the tribe one time and our further adventures after that had peeked Sasha's interest in us and wanted to discuss a temporary alliance" 11:18 "SHE, had no goatee. But she did have a snake's face tattooed on her face, like a permanent mask" 11:53 "I got desperate...I met my sister...Arid...not only did she leave home too, but...she somehow became one of the heiresses to the Diamond Serpent Tribe, I...I didn't want to lose her again..." 12:22 "The look on my sister's face...we couldn't say good bye that day, but we had the same smile and tears of relief. After all these years we finally found eachother..." 13:00 "HEY!" 13:11 "...Evening Bells...it was a pet name my mum, used to give me"
I usually don’t do stuff like this and honestly used to find it kind of silly, but as I played along I got more and more into it. That was very therapeutic, to be able to healthily dissociate into this character you framed for us. You’ve opened my mind, I had fun. Thank you.
"do you have any weaknesses" My wizerd that has died 15 times: decapitation, finger of death, explosions, being impaled, being swallowed whole, arrows, Banchee wails, Belmarious' face- if looks could kill.
Clover: how would a fan recognize you if they were to stumble upon you? Me as a Tiefling Rogue: My scary black eyes and lavender skin, and my overall tiefling appearance? Also, I haven't seen these from other tieflings, but I have horse hooves *lifts my leg up to reveal a fuchsia-colored hoof*
I was picturing this with my most recent character, Aukran the 8' tall Goliath Barbarian, which made this quite the interesting adventure, given he is not one for much talk. However, questions like "how would they recognize you?" Was quite humourous, given his shier height and massive build makes him both hard to miss and intimidating to strangers.
I like Ginny so much as a DM. I know folk miss these points, but DM's are probably 10% of the population (yes, we're running 3 groups at least, 10% was wildly optimistic). Please do multiply your hits for the DM content. This is worth so much more than youtube says.
"...first battle you lost" - Lanijah gets flashbacks from the direwolf attack that left her scarred for life and stares of into the distance - while the bard is furiously scribbling what I can only assume are descriptions of my character's mind's eye's vision..... =^=; she reads minds y'all
Again I’m amazed at the skill shown here not only to come up with another interesting character but to think of all these questions that fit her!? AND MAKE IT RHYME!?!!!! Oh my gosh the skill! I love this series so much and I can’t wait to have Ilona answer these it’ll be so fun!~ She’s sure to be amazed at Clover’s talent! And yes. Putting the foot down on them pauses!!!! Honestly I would’ve been happy with whatever you picked and I also love the timer in the corner it helps!~
"Victory or tragedy, yes either will suffice; winning's good but it's _dramatic_ if you pay a price." was SUCH A GOOD LINE I had to pause just to admire that lol
This was awesome; you even had me rhyming in the same scheme back at you. In fact, I had to rewrite and edit this comment so that it wasn't doing just that at the time stamp I had stopped to write this.
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Im beginning to believe that Ginny actually knows how to cast disguise self in real life
Nah, she's just mastered the disguise kit
@@Methuselah1997 you know, I was gonna say that but for the life of me I just couldn’t remember what the item was called
@@Methuselah1997 otherwise known as cosplay
Oh my GOD
@@Methuselah1997she is clearly, a changeling
"How would you describe yourself?"
My aarakocra druid, "Bird."
"I'm a bird Poe!"
The bard ends up writing theBallad "bird is the word"
Same energy as Travis Scott saying "Belt"
Bird bird bird
Bird is the word
My red-tailed hawk: Bird.
Clover: how would a fan recognize you if they were to stumble upon you?
Vanya, my wizard, who has a burn scar running across half her face:... My scarf
this cracked me up
My wizard Cedric also has a burned face. Consequences of playing with fire i guess.
Awwwww
Jozen Ainsley, my Ghoul/Ranger who likes to play "The Most Dangerous Game" with his victims (then devours the losers alive): "Hold a moment. I have... _fans?"_
My monk who is literally a Japanese school girl who was isekaied into a fantasy world: Ya know, it's hard to narrow it down to just one thing
Clover: "Is that a guard? I actually have to go."
My pirate character: "Oh shit where? Oh yeah would you look at the time, I gotta go too!"
Hell yeah PIRATEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-
*cutely shoves closet full of siren characters shut* very poggers yes yes, what are your thoughts on fish
@@snekstashe Pretty positive lol, he's a sea elf and gets called "fish boy" sometimes :P
@@storyspren MY BRETHREN
MY FELLOW
MY COMRADE
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
You two need to find time to play together it seems
@@snekstashe I do enjoy your use of the word poggers in this comment very much
Did I roleplay as my Bard? Yes
Did I try to reply in r h y m e?
Yes and it was hard to be the bard xD
Fortune and fame, everyone knows my name, I can't help it, it's still frickin' hard!
It's tough to be a bard, but if you're smart and play the card...
Someone else take it from here, that's all I've got.
Your mind will find a way out of that bind,
oh my gosh same 😂
@@AmericanAurochs
It's difficult to be a Bard.
But if you watch, and play your cards
With care this day, then you may be
Immortalized in history.
Ponder these questions all with care
Be you warrior, or maiden fair
What do you want the world to know?
What of your story should you show?
Feel free to take some liberties
Let your tongue run on with ease
(But don't exaggerate too much
The tale may lose your unique touch)
Captured here, you will remain
Stilled in time, as if now framed
The essence of your life to bind
Upon this page for all of time
The fact that you were able to make this whole thing rhyme so seamlessly is AMAZING. This is really awesome. =)
the rhymes were subtle which added I think
Seriously amazing. I'm hoping to reply to all of these as soon as my o cosplay is done.
@@LucumLuftra It's like the Disney SNow White. Someone had to point out to me that everything she said was in rhyme.
@@Rougesteelproject Wait, what???
@@Rougesteelproject errrrr.... what?!
My Half-Drow monk’s responses would be hilarious.
She has no real baggage and great home life. She still visits her parents.
Also is very humble
You think that's bad I have a Drow Battlemage from Ched Nassad who watched his city burn down around him.
@@Asta_The_Necromancer damn those druegar and their stone burning firepots
I mean my Aasimar is like my dad's an angel I got on speed dial, and my mom's like back at home at the temple I was raised at as the chosen one of our god. I left pretty happy.
My half elf,half Tabaxi is like my parents are home...I should write dad a letter and see if mom came back from her last adventure.
I love playing a character with a good family that implemented my into the game. My bards father died in a pointless war when she was 12, but besides that everything was great.
@@Zarsla my bard aasimar has a great family, but she’s a pacifist and the angel she got paired with is a war angel, they don’t hate eachother per se, but they’re petty as fuck.
" Were your parents nice to you, or did they do you harm?"
My barbarian whose parents sold him to a devil to become warlocks: Definitely the second one
My drow bladesingers mom strongly considered having him whipped for no reason at all and she currently wants him dead because he helped a priestess of Eilistraee escape she only learned after he escaped to the surface of course
Clover: What was the first fight that you won in your whole life?
My Dwarf Brawler: Are you an undercover guard? You have to tell me if you're a guard!
Clover: How would you describe your build?
Me: No really, this sounds like you're building a criminal description
Clover: Is that the guard?
Me "Wait! If you have an escape route I may need to use it!"
That kind of reminds me of an r/idontworkhere where an off-duty Sherif and an shopper were playing spy, thinking each other were the security guard.
Bard: I can help you excape if you sleep with me
@@Bluesonofman Ur-hurm-hmm.... Sorry, I have a date later tonight, someone I met through a Sune Dating Service run by a lady named Edith....
@@pavarottiaardvark3431 (I jiggle a heavy ass bag silver a bag that has to be filled with over a million pieces.) Trust me I can help.
@@Bluesonofman That's uh.... that's like 50 tonnes of silver... how are you holding that?
Are you a shapeshifted Dragon? You have to tell me if you're a Dragon! That's the law man!
I love this. don't even play DND but, there is something about people who are passionate about their Hobby's just makes me happy
This is the cutest comment :3
I don't play DnD either but I like writing. Honestly, this is a good character development exercise no matter what the purpose.
Maybe you should find a group. This s a fun hobby, pretty cheap (you can borrow books to roll up a character and just get yourself a set of dice), and a good way to spend an evening with friends. There's a huge variety of RPGs to suit every taste. Not into quasi-medaeval fantasy? Go for Traveler, or some of the steampunk games. It's also something social to do during lockdowns. Our crew started in person, and now almost 20 years later, we're gaming by Skype. There's nothing like sitting around a table with snacks and drinks and being part of a huge story with strangers who become friends.
I can already tell she's going to be the Jaskier to a half dozen Geralts in the responses.
My own included
Yeah, I used Geralt's favourite word when I heard her speaking in rhyme through the whole thing...
@@lyllydd Do you mean “Hmm” or “Fuck”?
@@Derpyspartan154 why not both?
I absolutely LOVE the casual rhyme scheme it really feels like she's just good at rhyming and isn't even trying.
Bard: "So describe to me this villain."
Me: "Well the villain was me so... Use your imagination."
I just wanted to take a second to - as an English person - applaud you on the accent! You did a fantastic job!
"When you were young, did others tease you? Bully you? Poor dear... Or were you much beloved? Or source of other childrens' fear?"
My Tiefling Rogue who's lived in isolation basically her whole life: Yyyyyynnno :D
My Dhampir Druid upon being asked about his parents: "My mom is loving and amazing, *please* stop talking about her dying tragically.
Upon being asked about his childhood, looks her dead in the eye and says: "They were awful, honestly being banished from my homeland and living in the Feywild was a major improvement. And that's all I want to say on the matter."
"When you were young, did others tease you? Bully you? Poor dear..."
"Or were you much beloved, or a source of other children's fear?"
It's said a Tiefling is born of sin,
So you can imagine how it's been
Trying to make friends in a sort of place like... well, like here.
"Recent success and epic tales"
*Looks over at half the party collectively seducing/swindling an NPC*
Could be epic. One of my characters tried to seduce a succubus, then thought himself smart and stripped naked before pulling from the deck of many things...he died streaking down the street being chased by an avatar of death, calling for a knife to defend himself or his mistress' help (failed her seduction).
she says "I'm a little short."
My Kobold : "Welcome to the club."
My drow cleric: *channelling his inner barbarian*
My halfing: ''Same here...''
*My 3'9 Gnome* :" Haha shorty!"
My Halfling: same gurl
Oh ok! That first ‘question’ is genuinely brilliant. How a character would respond to that scenario is very telling without it even being a direct question. A subtle show instead of a tell. Amazing
Oh boy, a new Ginny pov video. Time to watch it 47 times to do it for all my characters. Love the content, keep it up Ginny.
I cannot express how much I adore that she speaks in rhyme
Clover: Any interesting tales you can’t forget?
Me: Well, I killed a thunder dragon with a frying pan one time, that was awesome.
Tarrasque with a lullaby.................. when she was 17
Well, once my Wizard was inside the throat of a dragon shortly before ans while the party ripped its head off (still living)... Due to a spell (a sheild spell) and some good rolls I didn't take any damage from the dragon's breath attack and if I didn't have the shield I would've taken less damage than when I had a spirit literally punched out of me, nearly brining me to 0 HP (Anima, not D&D, still quite as impressive if you ask me)
Love the countdown timer, truly helpful in crafting a response. Background and props make an immersive scene! Your rhymes are sweet as honey.
Me: going on about the tale of how my fiancé was murdered in front of me 2 days before our wedding because I was to slow to react
Bard: * still rhyming like a fuggin jerk*
Hey, for all you know she's been cursed!
But alas, what to expect from someone who's not well-versed?
@person person husband. Fiancé needs and extra e to be female.
Had a similar reaction to "are your parents still alive? Please say no."
My Goliath "they are both alive and well, though it wasn't always as such given my clan were but girant's slaves when I was born."
"And do you have a tragic backstory? A harrowing tale of which you had to endure?"
"You mean other than slavery?"
Same yet I’m explaining how my dad killed my mom and then ⟟ killed him in ⏃ rage
Here's something I've come to intuit:
It's not slavery, if I'm into it.
That bartender voice filled me with life
Clover: how would a fan recognize you if they were to stumble upon you?
My character: I'm an aaracokra at ground level, I think that's enough
as a two and a half foot tall halfing, it would be me riding my giant frog putting me near eye level :D
My bards a famous pop star and her daughter ( who never leaves her side) never sheds less then 2 shadows.
Im imagining my tiny gnome feylock with stars in her eyes, so excited that her story is gonna be told, just like the heroes of fiction she always looked up to. She'll tell you everything, in extremely colorful detail.
I am CACKLING over his pronunciation of “ale” at the start of the video. He fit all the vowels in English into the first letter 😂
Crushes I have on Ginny's characters in ascending order:
4. The bard
3. The healer
2. Ginny D
1. Her dice
The gelatinous cube gets an honorable mention :)
This.
This is the biggest mood I have *ever* seen.
(Though the honorable mention for me is Augury)
Hmm, yeah what about Augury & Na'krasha?
Na'krasha was cool too, honestly all the characters Ginny has come up with are. Makes me want to party with all of them!
*me now imagining a D&D party that consists of Ginny's characters and how Chaotic that would become*
😍
Why not just make it a top 5?
how many people watching ginny's videos are as constantly amazed by her talent as I am?
I love how even without thinking, I'm responding as my Gloomstalker Ranger, Addalis. This is so immersive and the rhymes are wonderful. Your work is as great as always Ginny! 💕
Clover: Let's imagine the villain with a goatee
My bard, in a battle of will against the Spider Queen: Do you have a death wish? That's actually pretty funny though not gonna lie...
My warlock was the same there but her bad guy was a female pre calamity arch fae
This is a great framework for session zero and getting a new player to connect to the idea of 'character'. I haven't group played in a long time but once I stat up again, these videos will be where I send new players.
When a humble bard,
Graced a ride-a-long,
With Geralt of Rivia,
Along came this song.
They came after me,
@Max Hanks Broke down my lute,
And they kicked in my teeth
@@DevinandMinecraft and while the devil’s horns,
@@acarnivorouslizardfolk1033 Minced our tender meat,
I feel like my character wouldn't like Clover much, all because of one silly coincidence.
"So, when did you leave home?"
"I was kidnapped from my home at when I was 18"
"How did you feel, did it fill you with joy? Did you hightail it out of there?"
"... I was kidnapped, how do you think I felt?"
Loved the video, just felt like this little detail was rather amusing
Same for my Rillith (bought and paid for at the tender age of thirteen to eventually serve as a pleasure slave in the home of a noble Lady) Mentor killed (as far as she knows) at the hands of the King's men to buy her own escape from the ambush that wiped out the band of freedom fighters they were part of. Her party (Minotaur Barbarian, Half-orc fighter, half-elf druid, and recently added halfing rogue) have gone a *long* way towards softening her 'edge'
Same for my Rillith (bought and paid for at the tender age of thirteen to eventually serve as a pleasure slave in the home of a noble Lady) Mentor killed (as far as she knows) at the hands of the King's men to buy her own escape from the ambush that wiped out the band of freedom fighters they were part of. Her party (Minotaur Barbarian, Half-orc fighter, half-elf druid, and recently added halfing rogue) have gone a *long* way towards softening her 'edge'
her: u get this song for free
me/my characher Ali: I litterally just payed for two cups of alchohol for u.. I don't even drink!
Yeah, that was my character's reaction as well: "I owe you? Lolth no, you owe ME!"
Clover: Alas, I am a little short - a halfling joke I’ve heard a lot. Might you be a kindly sort and pay for these, since I cannot?
My tiefling Bardlock: The price for a quart is all I’ve got. Try to extort me, and you might get shot. [Roll Intimidation]
I like to think that this is where my bloodhunter was before he got thrown into the cell with Na'Krasha.
I like these, they're a lot of fun. My only issue is they feel like they work for an existing character, but don't apply as well to a beginning character. I feel like these videos would be more useful in developing a new character before you've even played with them, yet some of the questions ask about villains you've conquered, and the party and stuff, which a new character won't quite have answers for yet.
*I hand over my 74 pages of notes* “Have fun with that.”
*Also me* “So I died twice. Which is more dramatic, a decapus snapping my neck or being held above the Void as a ghost?”
@person person That’s not a backstory. That’s the notes I take for the campaign. It’s been going almost every week for about a year. I’d be nuts if I did that for one character XD.
I love your rhymes. Especially "Perhaps they died in some cruel tragic way?"
Edit: Also love that you intentionally "forced" the rhyme a few times. Definitely makes the character feel realistic!
Clover: So, how would a fan recognize you?
My overcautious tiefling with a new Mask of Many Faces disguise every day: They wouldn't.
"All have heard of your recent success"
My Wizard who just got back from a secret mission for the Harper's: "that is not good"
The moment the bard talked about creating a fake answer my character completely shut down and lied about everything. Which surprised me a lil.
Clover: How would one recognise you in street?
My Loxodon character in a human/ halfling city: [flaps ears and 10 seconds of awkward silence]
Great video! I'm brazilian and my english is a work in progress. Your pronounce is easy to understand, so I watch you to improve my listening.
Your English writing is pretty good. Fairly easy to understand comment. Hopefully you enjoy similar success speaking it in person.
Love the POV roleplays so much, and the extra depth it can bring to a character. My favourite series of anything, full-stop, on RUclips
Clover the Halfling Bard: 'Now many heroes of the past had destinies it's said. Born beneath a prophecy or curse upon their head. At first did you believe that you were meant for greater stuff? Some auspicious dream or even wish would be enough?'
Kaelin the Human Rogue: There once was a lad named Kaelin, whose destiny was up for unveilin'. He searched for some sign, but alas, not a line, so he decided to keep on retailin'.
-.-.-
Clover the Halfling Bard: 'When you went, how did you feel? Joy, or some malaise? Did you hightail it out of there? Reflect with wistful gaze?'
Kaelin the Human Rogue: 'I set out on my own with a grin, a world of adventure to win. I left without sadness, with eyes full of gladness, ready to commit my first sin.'
Absolutely loved this scenario, really sparked my creativity.
Oh the last two questions...
I experienced my first TPK last night, so the "smell of smoke and dying wheeze" really hit close to home 😅
I can't wait to re-watch this video (and all the others) once I roll up my new character for our next campaign.
That countdown timer is a thoughtful addition, really clever :)
I really wish to see a whole fantasy tv show directed by Ginny that would as wholesome as best DnD sessions in FR setting can be
"How would someone recognise me? I don't know, look for the slender elf with the battle axe, an orange mohawk and with all visible skin tattooed with Dwarf Runes. I tend to stand out... At least until I don't want to“
"Describe yourself"
my character:
my character: me.
Man, this is incredible. I literally cannot believe that you were rhyming the entire time. This is ridiculous, good job.
My half-elf Wizard resisting his destiny to be a Sorcerer/Paladin is having a full-blown panic attack every time Clover tries to hype up his story. There may have been tears.
That said, this session made it clear I need more development for him. Thanks Ginny!
could you make a tavern keeper pov? for delving into food tastes and family back round?
How you don’t have more subscribers is insane. Genuinely one of my favorite creators. Great shirt!
I didn't even realize you were rhyming until the end of the video, then I watched it back and my mind was blown xD
Me, 11 minutes in: Wait, has she been rhyming THIS WHOLE TIME?????? XD
ETA:
Ginny: WTF is wrong with me?
Me: :D
"Why did this villain oppose you?"
"Well, I wanted him dead for killing my lover and I assume he wanted to stay alive..."
Off topic, but you have a great profile pic!
I have only watched a couple of these but I must say how impressed I was with the word choice. Not just the rhyming but the choice of rhyme and words. I must take my hat off to you.
"What color would you call your eyes?"
My changeling, very unmasked: Milk, but it can vary
"How would you describe your build?"
Whatever I felt like that morning
Idk what had me laughing more: Josh's accent in the beginning, or your comment about the puns on patreon at the end 🤣🤣🤣 Great video Ginny ♡
Catch me deciding that my main enemy is one of the party members that has no clue my character dislikes him.
Bard- asking when you left your childhood home
My orphan half-elf who was accidentally carted miles from home after hiding inside a cart during a game of hide and seek to a new family- ummmmmmmmmm...
Mobile
Clover: Do you have a better name, maybe something not quite so bland? Some call me Clover Honeytongue...
Monk: How about you call me Clover Honeytongue, then?
I have a character idea for a campaign coming up, the short backstory is that she's a warlock who gave her voice away for the power she was given, and holds onto these books on how to handle situations to talk instead, to make it more realistic I'm going to actually be making 3 small books called: greetings, general help (like asking directions to the nearest inn), and small-talk, she will have a fourth empty one incase she needs something specific, but I'm just wondering if anyone has some interesting things she might have in them, like the greetings one including a joke about how not talking is just her having nothing nice to say. sorry this is long, I just ran out of ideas and needed help
I was SO impressed when I realised the entire dialog would be in rhyme! I think this one is my favourite POV so far. And not only because of the rhyme ;) Thanks for the REALLY hard work :D
I absolutely love this series and I think the timer in the corner is so helpful!
Every time one of these videos comes out, me and my whole DnD group (VERY RP HEAVY, probably 90% rp, 10% combat) get into chat ASAP and we do them in character!! It's a friggin BLAST to do these little non-canon scenes with each other, hinting at backstory secrets and displaying each character's differences. The questions do a GREAT job of prompting the PCs with enough detail to show their personalities, while also remaining general enough to allow for a wide variety of answers! Seriously, EVERY CHARACTER responded SO differently to the situation and to Clover herself! Here are rundowns of 3/4 of the characters that went in our session last night:
1. Nari Wands-Amarillis, our suave/well-spoken/hedonistic/self-destructive/self-loathing/i'm-ok-i-swear/narcissistic noble half-elf "wizard" (secret tome warlock)
And, once again, Nari saw a pretty girl and immediately started flirting (and drinking) to distract herself from the actual issues at hand!! Defensive lesbianism is both a blessing and a curse, but it's way more fun when you have voices in your head playing wingman :) I guess we can't blame her, though-- Nari's just built different, being the uncontested most-screwed-up-party-member. For reference, she a median dark core of 76% (population average is 46%...) and not a SINGLE score below 67/100! May Eilistraee guide her soul* more than that unescapable patron laughing for uncomfortable lengths of time in her ear.
TLDR: "hey bb i mean if you NEED to study my physique closer u can ;) oh dont worry im always down to go deeper ;))) we should discuss this over dinner ;))))) im lonely but have been scarred by love so i cant commit to serious relationship help"
2. Spark, my very-conflicted/depressed/morally-grey/self-conscious/blunt/nerdy sage fire genasi artificer
Spark, responds to Clover quite seriously. She thinks she was just here to pick up a translated romance novel she loves, definitely unaware she signed up to be written about. She only eventually caves into telling her complicated, nuanced, no-one-is-right-or-wrong backstory to find that Clover just keeps romanticizing the pain and suffering that war brought, and painting everything in black and white. Spark both wants to leave AND wants to prove Clover wrong and change her mind, so the exchange eventually boiled down to (a usually-quiet) Spark reacting with shock and pain at Clover's constantly overdramatic musings and boldly ranting at Clover about how wrong she was. Clover has a responsibility as a writer to portray serious topics like war, violence, and unnecessary death in a level-headed, honest, and proper way, but instead she interrupted Spark (as she insisted no one "wins" a battle if the other side "loses") to ask her about her EYES? The NERVE?! Spark thinks Clover is naive, simplistic, incredibly rude for ignoring her, and extremely full of herself (the need for fame and influence is a very bad trait to have, in Spark's I-had-a-politician-mom-and-she-sucked opinion). Every single question happens to perfectly hit something tender in Spark's violent wartime childhood, her views of herself, her opinions on literature, or her complicated views on her mentor figure. It's so targeted, Spark can almost swear Clover knows Spark much better than she lets on, and is mocking her. The whole thing is so infuriating that she acts "as heroic-ly as you portray me" and calls the guards over to Clover at the end.
TLDR: "bro literally how are you hitting every single one of my insecurities AND can you PLEASE STOP fawning over my trauma." AKA "its called being morally grey, MOM"
3. Aanlaya Durinbold, our ditsy(but it's partly an act)/looks-obsessed/energetic/prissy/microaggression-prone/optimistic noble half elf sorcerer
That reaction is very different from Aanlaya's! Half the time, Aanlaya was talking about mattress shopping because of the "leaving your old childhood bed" thing, but I'm pretty sure it was partially to distract Clover-- earlier on, Aanlaya gave a defensive response to being asked if she was bullied as a child, showed clear pain at being asked about her parents, and freaked out when Clover suggested that Aanlaya's parents could be dead (something is DEFINITELY going on there, but I don't know the full story yet....). She seemed ditsy, simple, and very prissily pleasant (think Weird Preppy Noble meets High-energy Extreme-extrovert Valley Girl), but only some of that was genuine. She did genuinely love the idea of being written about and becoming famous, however, going so far as to suggest a poster of her be sold with every copy of the poem. My favorite part had to be Aanlaya getting in Clover's face to pose for her or show Clover her eyes or sparkly golden hair EVERY TIME Clover asked for help describing her. Either that, or her using the word "funky" every 2 sentences and simplifying the art of poetry into "some funky rhyme-time action? Some rhyme-y words and stuff? Sounds fun!".
TLDR: "this is- pleasedon'tnoticei'muncomfortable- fuuuuuun :) "
Even in the first question, it's so instantly different!! Spark refused to pay for the drink because she thought Clover was getting ahead of herself, and also because she's basically traumatized by Nari's very concerning alcoholism and just doesn't approve of the stuff. Aanlaya immediately put her hands over her face and heart when she heard that Clover didn't have enough money, nearly cried, and then (in a well-meaning, but demeaning, slightly offensive, noble-y way) paid for them both without a second thought. Nari smoothly offered to pay almost immediately and then started drinking alongside her (to Spark's dismay).
These have quickly become some of my favorite videos on RUclips and I'm honestly thinking about animating Spark's reaction to one! In the words of my DnD server nowadays, "If you don't love Ginny Di and her POV videos with a burning passion, get out of my sight" HAHAA
*which she may or may not have** given up to an imp tattoo parlor to have "Bread" in Infernal put on her arm.
**Seriously. She can't remember what she paid, but it wasn't money.
Potential nucleus of a suggestion of an idea: An interrogation of a PC? Perhaps casting Zone of Truth such that respondents can go through twice; once as if they fail the save and once where they are able to lie?
My favorite thing about Ginny D content is getting the snippets of her and her boy. You guys are so funny together!
"how would a fan recognize you if they were to stumble upon you?"
smash cut to Abaddon's gold plated, jewel encrusted horns blinding everyone in the room.
"My smile!"
I love these, I'm developing a new character and using all your videos to bring depth to him. This one was actually the hardest, it made me have to pause and think. Thank you so much for all the amazing work you do.
My character asks halfway through, "Clover, dear, should I be rhyming, too?"
Bard: Well spoken and witty
My crocodile barbarian: _Grumbly Lizardfolk Noises_
Those POV roleplay videos are really neat. I cannot recommend them warmly enough as a tool for anyone wanting to practice their role-playing skills, and find them useful even as a veteran gamer and LARPer. Would love to see more of those.
I love how with the way I answer, Clover talks over my character who is incredibly meek and shy, and had what Clover would call a boring childhood at first, since she has loving, living parents.... who were devastated when Reoanaigh was taken away and used for experiments. And it makes sense Clover can't see her eyes, because in no way is my character making eye contact with Clover.
Also the more Clover digs deep the less shy and anxious reoanaigh gets and the more her answers are just genuinely short and terse. This one worked out very well, usually I fumble a little, but Reoanaigh was ironically perfecty for this.
A gold Grung with red spots wearing crude scale hide armor, a greatsword that is two times his size, and a headdress of bones, feathers, and random jewelry that is almost as tall as he is hops up to the seat across from you. Licks his left eye with a slick pink tongue before he responds.
Chief Moak (Moe-ack) - "Grick nak snarven" (Grung langauage complaining), (Changes to common that he struggles with) "Chief Moak pay? Fine but you owe Chief Moak now." Grabs a handful of random coins and plunks them on the table.
"Chief Moak no not of this....love you speak of. Chief Moak lost all he would love, now heart filled with hate. Spirits guide Chief Moak, Chief Moak last of the Blue Bog Eve Grung (BBEG)."
"Chief Moak like this, you tell of Chief Moak greatness to all."
"You no listen? Parents die before I grow legs. For having big ears dry skin you not hear so good."
"How? Chief Moak grow from tadpole in bog after people slaughtered by dragon tribe. Spirits speak to Chief Moak all, old and young."
"You dry skins are strange. Only spirits of my tribe keep me company. They teach me how to hunt, survive, fight, and call on them when I need them."
"Chief Moak was born great. I was meant to lead my people to make others do the work in the muck and mud for us. Dry skins are weak when wet with Grung touch. That is why we are destine to lead them with a wet tongue...I think you call it an iron fist. Not sure anymore, some dry skins like my friend Rise listen to me. I not have to make them do as I want with touch but with words. Also, book of prayer given to me about Torm speaks of helping those that can not help themselves. Spirits call them weak, not sure anymore..."
"Chief Moak left bog 2 years ago. Yes, Chief Moak 2 years old"
"No joy and why would I leave with mayonnaise?"
"Chief Moak's tribe was his teacher. Mocki, Mysac, Mekki, Maquc,...Cheif Moak had about 30 teachers. But Mocki is my favorite that is my Mother who taught me how to contact the spirits. Without her teachings I could not have learned the rest"
"How to focus the rage of my people. To attack with recklessness and wreck my enemies with biggest weapon."
"Chief Moak like rage. Rage is good for evil. Torm call it righteous fury."
"Chief Moak hunt down dry skin who carry barrel with spirits of his people guiding him. Learn your crude language from dry skin. Make him show me by grabbing face and make mouth move. He say 'I'm just a farmer please don't hurt me.' Chief Moak win, he defeated enemy in battle so, take barrel, make him talk for days until he too tired to speak. Let dry skin go useless now but keep barrel of water. Never lose battle, undefeated. How you say, enemies underestimate Chief Moak."
"Chief Moak no lose battle, but Chief Moak did lose...child. Blight Fang a black dragon taken from dragon tribe as an egg. Hatched to serve Chief Moak. She like killing enemies of Chief Moak. Vengeance best when one who would be an enemy is turned against them. Blight Fang want to kill everyone good or evil. Try to learn with her about Torm and who to kill or not. Now, she is taken from Chief Moak. Chief Moak sad, may need to kill Blight Fang if she join dragon tribe. She not like Chief Moak talk of Torm.
Stands on the table. A squat 2'11" pot belly Gold Grung (think tree frog) with muscular arms and legs. Wearing a crude white dragon scale hide carrying a massive greatsword that is twice his size with runes on the blade. He also wears a headdress of bones, feathers, furs, and random jewelry mostly women's along with random nic naks as tall as he is.
"You mean like a battle cry? Like, Vengeance belongs to Chief Moak, Torm gets what is left."
"The price Chief Moak pays he has paid. Now it is his time to make his enemies pay, in blood" Leans against his sword. "Destiny set Chief Moak on this path. When I was denied the chance to see my tribe hopping in our home. Born crawling from the mud to see the broken bodies of Grung who lived before Chief Moak. That day, they too were destined, destined for death at my wet three fingered hands."
"Dry skins that serve scale skin...Tiamat. Many in dragon tribe, too many to name but tribe and Torm say we must stop the one called Tiamat. Told she is queen of all evil dragons and dragon tribe. One day Chief Moak kill her for good."
"Chief Moak kill many but two come to mind. They wear purple clothes one dry skin female the other a blue scale dragonborn male. They dead now but many more to kill. Dry skin friend Rise is good at finding dragon tribe. No good at fighting but good with nature magic, heal wounds good."
"Once, magic take Chief Moak and new tribe to cold dry lands. Not find warm water for days. Had to fight enemies while drying out, not good for Grung skin."
"It still not over. Tiamat still out there somewhere. Dragon tribe may be gone for now. But so long as Tiamat lives so does dragon tribe. Chief Moak learn this much and tell you this. Fight for your tribe and your tribe will fight for you. Lead your tribe well and your tribe will follow you. Fail to look after your tribe, lead them on the evil path, and your tribe will fail you as you fail them."
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This is the original background for Chief Moak before his adventure. (Currently playing Tyranny of Dragons campaign as a Barbarian-Ancestral Guardians 8 / Paladin-Vengeance 2. Started LE grew to become LG)
Chief Moak is the last surviving member of his tribe. The rightful ruler of the Blue Bog Eve Grung. The tribe managed to hide him as he was only a young tadpole in the muck under a rock. As his people were slaughtered by groups of would be slaves that called themselves members of the Dragon Queen - Tiamat. After the slaughter he rose from the water weeks later once he gained legs and more aware of his surroundings. He wandered the area hearing voices and sometimes seeing ghostly spirits of his now dead and long dead ancestors. They taught him their ways and spoke of the ones that murdered his tribe. For months he grieved the lose of his people, but before long that grief turned to anger. He trained for the better part of a year and spent the following year keeping close to the dry skins to learn how they speak. And in turn what they know about the dragon cult. He even managed to kidnap one such traveler to force him to teach him what he didn't know. After several days he let the person go emaciated and starving. He would just slow Moak down but the barrel he had would be of use so Moak take it. Now he finds himself with these strange dry skins, but they seem to know about the tribe that killed my people. So for now I tolerate the dry skins because they can and WILL help Moak avenge his people. And if they serve Moak well he keep them as loyal pet.
ooooooooooh I will come back to use this properly but whoaaaa the rhyming is mindblowing and I love the coundown timer!
2:51 "Um...sure" (Magics up pretend money and pays with that)
3:08 (Internally) "What do you view as a drink?"
3:15 "Not really, I'm more into the art that you can sketch and paint"
3:38 (Internally) "I say I'm gonna need another drink, if you're gonna be rhyming the whole time"
(Externally) "I can't promise anything...nude as you say, but sure"
3:52 "Sadly for your precious poem, no, my parents live, but you know, you're a bard, I'm sure you'll find a way to add some flavours"
4:22 "Well...as much as I love my family, having owned a funeral home for seven generations, will leave a few ghost stories at the present one, which left me and sisters to have a bit a friendless childhood"
4:52 "Nah, at the time I had become content that I was part of another generation of burying and cremating the dead, quite literally in that order, actually"
5:17 "Uuuhhh...like...eight or nine years ago..."
5:34 "There was really nothing to feel, at the time, I thought my trip was going to be a lot shorter, so I was positive nothing would go wrong and I'd be back swiftly"
5:59 "...Psalm...Psalm the Whispered...she taught me how to survive..."
6:27 "That...rewards must be earned, whether in death or living or a prayer answered by a god"
6:46 "More rage than you can imagine...six years wasted in enslavement! The counting of scars as much as the bodies, for what!? The bloody entertainment of some god damn noble snob and his best friends!"
7:20 "I won to one of the slaves, but I refused to kill. And I'm glad. that statement, became my reward"
7:40 "Again, that was eight to nine years, I had no experience at the time and yet they just threw me into the middle of the ring
7:13 (Internally) "Was there a rhyme missed somewhere in that last bit?"
(Externally) "Um...orange...if it helps my mother would always compare them to the Dragon's Tear flower"
8:35 "Uh, actually never thought about it. I've gained muscle over the years, but they're nothing to boast about"
9:14 "Uh, just look out for the jet skinned tiefling with orange eyes and a missing horn, honestly I'm not that hard to miss
10:09 "No, we were just trying get back, Asletta, again. The poor girl's under the delusion that she's the lost princess and ran off to stalk a royal knight and his knave we crossed paths with"
10:34 "We met Diamond Eye Sasha, one of the bandit queens of the Diamond Serpent Tribe"
10:54 "Honestly, it less to fight and more to talk, we had accidentally saved one of the three heiresses of the tribe one time and our further adventures after that had peeked Sasha's interest in us and wanted to discuss a temporary alliance"
11:18 "SHE, had no goatee. But she did have a snake's face tattooed on her face, like a permanent mask"
11:53 "I got desperate...I met my sister...Arid...not only did she leave home too, but...she somehow became one of the heiresses to the Diamond Serpent Tribe, I...I didn't want to lose her again..."
12:22 "The look on my sister's face...we couldn't say good bye that day, but we had the same smile and tears of relief. After all these years we finally found eachother..."
13:00 "HEY!"
13:11 "...Evening Bells...it was a pet name my mum, used to give me"
always enjoy fully written out responses. good job
@@jetvulcan2020 Thanks
I usually don’t do stuff like this and honestly used to find it kind of silly, but as I played along I got more and more into it. That was very therapeutic, to be able to healthily dissociate into this character you framed for us. You’ve opened my mind, I had fun. Thank you.
"do you have any weaknesses"
My wizerd that has died 15 times: decapitation, finger of death, explosions, being impaled, being swallowed whole, arrows, Banchee wails, Belmarious' face- if looks could kill.
Clover: how would a fan recognize you if they were to stumble upon you?
Me as a Tiefling Rogue: My scary black eyes and lavender skin, and my overall tiefling appearance? Also, I haven't seen these from other tieflings, but I have horse hooves *lifts my leg up to reveal a fuchsia-colored hoof*
My life has been significantly enriched since finding this channel. Huge fan.
I was picturing this with my most recent character, Aukran the 8' tall Goliath Barbarian, which made this quite the interesting adventure, given he is not one for much talk.
However, questions like "how would they recognize you?" Was quite humourous, given his shier height and massive build makes him both hard to miss and intimidating to strangers.
These are so lovely and I'm glad you do them
I like Ginny so much as a DM. I know folk miss these points, but DM's are probably 10% of the population (yes, we're running 3 groups at least, 10% was wildly optimistic). Please do multiply your hits for the DM content. This is worth so much more than youtube says.
this is probably my favorite series from you.
"...first battle you lost" - Lanijah gets flashbacks from the direwolf attack that left her scarred for life and stares of into the distance - while the bard is furiously scribbling what I can only assume are descriptions of my character's mind's eye's vision..... =^=; she reads minds y'all
This is your sign to do this one as one of your villains. It was so much fun to see just how righteous he thinks he is
Wow! This is one of my favorite ones you’ve done yet! The rhyming was so impressive yet so natural.
Again I’m amazed at the skill shown here not only to come up with another interesting character but to think of all these questions that fit her!? AND MAKE IT RHYME!?!!!! Oh my gosh the skill!
I love this series so much and I can’t wait to have Ilona answer these it’ll be so fun!~ She’s sure to be amazed at Clover’s talent!
And yes. Putting the foot down on them pauses!!!! Honestly I would’ve been happy with whatever you picked and I also love the timer in the corner it helps!~
Love these. Thank you for your hard work as well as the variety with all of them
"Victory or tragedy, yes either will suffice; winning's good but it's _dramatic_ if you pay a price." was SUCH A GOOD LINE I had to pause just to admire that lol
Such a clever Halfling, be still my heart! I loved the rhyming from the start.
A wonderful video to the end, I must now share it with a friend!
I love the timer during the pause
Clover: Asking me in depth questions about my past
My character, a tiefling: Do you have a death wish?
My character: uhh... very well, the dragon, with its blood-red scales and menacing goatee...
I get so many great ideas for my game from watching these POV vids. Thanks so much for creating them!
Loving your pov series it's helping me build up my artificer character
This was awesome; you even had me rhyming in the same scheme back at you. In fact, I had to rewrite and edit this comment so that it wasn't doing just that at the time stamp I had stopped to write this.