i dont really have any experience with anything dnd-related, so i’d just like to note how EMERY AND VERITY. look _SO MCFREAKING ADORABLE_ HERE, I WANNA SQUISH EM. 💖✨ -now to binge whats left of us-
This REALLY makes me want to play tabletop again. My siblings, gf, and brother in law had a Pathfinder game going for a bit and it was SO much fun and I miss it! Our first time ever playing was a one shot and my younger brother's character almost got killed right off the bat because of my gf setting fire to the web of a giant spider!
Here's a story from a DND campaign I'm in since I will NOT pass up the chance to tell this insane story! I havent played the DND campaign me and my family are doing in a while, but the most recent session involved us blowing up two boats owned by the local government that were going to be used to *deport people,* on request of what i think was called the Theives Guild. It all went to shit (of course), and my character, an Paladin Aasimar named Andriam, got hit by a lightning spell that my younger sibling's character, a Tabaxi Cleric named Denzo Larkus (idk if i spelled his last name right), had cast to kill one of the people that were trying to kill us after we were found out. I was on low HP, and so not only did Denzo kill both me and the guard person, but the spell KNOCKED ME OFF OF THE BOAT AND INTO THE OCEAN. Sure he healed me afterwards, but my character is probably not gonna want to go anywhere near water for a while and will never forgive him. Also, the way we sneaked onto the boats was by pretending to be janitors to clean the boats, and the DM said we could use any of our stats that we could convince him to allow to pretend to clean. I managed to convince him to let me use my STRENGTH stat for it, which mind you is an *18,* so this big ass angel lookin mf with an AXE was basically POWER WASHING THE SHIP. definitely a good distraction lol
Ironically my introduction to DND was through The Adventure Zone, and I absolutely fell in love with the game. I forget a lot of the moments you bring up, but I still love the crystal kingdom arc
I first got into DnD about a year ago when my friend recommended I join our school's DnD club. My first character was Medoh Birdwing, an Aracokra wizard named after the Rito Devine Beast from Zelda BOTW. Then we died to a banshee who was on 5 ish heath and I could've killed her if I had rolled higher, and I made a new character, Alex (AKA Fluffycloud) the Druid cat. She was a partner (not romantically because that would be weird) to my friend's character, Steve the Goliath, and she would sit on Steve's head and cast spells from there.
My mom is a big dnd fan and loves critical role and the school I go to isn't very traditional it doesn't have math, history, science, etc but my mom thought "what if I make a DND class?" And she asked the principal about it and stuff (she's a teacher there) and he said yes 😂 it's rly fun and last time in class she said how a owl bear's head came off very graphic and there was a gap in the wall next to a kindergarten class😂
"Take Ariana the angry blond character from my webcomic castoff and make her angrier and also a tiefling." That is a terrifying image. Also got stuck in the forever dm loop and I played 1 game that lasted a couple mouths then became a dm got too many players and had to train 2 into dms and write a script for them because, yes I was doing a homebrew campaign as my first campaign, all in the span of a week. Being a dm is so fun. Oh yeah and they spent an hour irl trying to convince me that culvers can exist and they don't care about the really plot, all they wanted to rp was running a fast food restaurant.
I was taking a sip of my coffee when you played the music stinger from TAZ Balance and I started tearing up and almost choked on my coffee. I’ve been Pavloved by a podcast!!!
My first exposure to DnD was a campaign called “Dice, Camera, Action”. I watched it because one of my favorite RUclipsr at the time (Natewantstobattle) was playing in it. And I fell in love with all of the characters. I followed a few more campaigns and I really got into it and wanted to play it myself. It was downhill from there for my fixation-
A genuine new player. You can tell because of the way D and D is spelt out and capitalized instead of being botched into dnd or d&d. Welcome, adventurer!
I will always vote for more D&D stories any day of the week, especially when they sound as fun as Verity and Emery! So yes please. Also, as a forever DM myself I am always glad to hear about other DMs stories and hear about the stories they tell!
I have a Tiefling Witch named Mary Circle but I haven’t played with her in a while. I also had an idea for a campaign I could DM but I haven’t finished it yet.
I haven’t played in a campaign or dnd but I have watched over 100 episodes of a dnd podcast and me and my friends have made characters. One of my friends who has played dnd before. They have to dm a party of mostly new players in an humble wood setting with bits of the forgotten realms. I had the idea for a party of mostly children and one person who’s a legal adult because one of the players spent time in the shadow fell with a cult and is a bit out of it sometimes. I play one of the mediators of the party and though we haven’t started, we’ve practiced combat through mock battles I basically DM and we even go over things that some people are confused about. I may have also learned the discord non paid message cap while sending backstory to the DM. It’s 2000 characters i believe but it might’ve been words, feel free to say which one is right. This message is getting long, so I hope everyone is having a great time of day/night.
I actually met most of my friends and my husband through D&D! Everyone takes turns being DM, so nobody gets stuck in a forever DM position. We've been playing our current campaign, "High Tides", for about 2 years now, and we're nearing the end pretty quickly. I play Brandy O'Donovan, a triton bard/rogue who is based on the song "Brandy (A Fine Girl)" by Looking Glass. She used to work at her family's pub/inn on a small island off the coast of one of the major continents and yearned for the day her beloved could earn enough to purchase his own ship so they could make their own life together. Unfortunately, Brandy & her parents were arrested on false charges by a foreign empire and were going to be cast into slavery. On her way to meet her fate, she met up with the other members of the party & managed to escape the slaver ship...with the coincidental help from Phillips, the king of the seas & a horrible villain in his own right. Now they're all wanted criminals and fearsome pirates who are on a race against time to stop the major factions from obtaining ultimate power.
I'd definitely be very interested in D&D storytimes! Also, my introduction to D&D was also through TAZ! A friend of mine recommended it and not long after, everyone in my main friendgroup was listening to it and we eventually decided we wanted to play D&D together! My first character was a tiefling druid (I've always thought tieflings were cool and a druid seemed like an unusual class for a tiefling). That campaign lasted about a year and a half until it petered out. About two years ago now though, I got a chance to join a new campaign, with one of my friends from that original campaign also playing, and I decided to revive my tiefling druid as a character! That campaign's been going strong for a little over two years now! Another fun story is the friend who DMed the first campaign I ever played was building a world with the person she was dating at the time. During the current campaign, our DM needed a break to plan ahead in the game and focus on some real life stuff, so a different player offered to DM a short campaign for us meanwhile (ended up being about 10 sessions). Funnily enough though, this player was the person who had been dating the first DM friend at the time and the world they set their campaign in was the same one they'd built with the first DM, and by extension, the world the first D&D game I'd ever played had been set in! I didn't play my tiefling druid in this game, since I was playing her in the main game and wanted to build a new character for this, but it was fun going through the setting and seeing what things I recognized all these years after playing in that world for the first time, and seeing what things my character influenced in the world!
I might be in the minority, but I equally enjoy being on either side of DM screen. And have you tried making your own monsters? (It is a blast, like making a set of bears that are gym-bros.)
One of the more sillier sessions of D&D I had was when my party decided we deserved a vacation and to go to what was a magical waterpark. We were playing in the world of Eberron and had just gotten back from a place that was affected by the plane of ice. So much so that it created an ice pillar where it almost killed all of a rival guild’s party. And at the very end, we end had to run for our lives as the ice tower was melting. So we were having fun after almost possibly dying. (That and we demanded better compensation) Two of our party members chilled at the lazy river. Our kalashstar war cleric and our warforged paladin. We are vacationing. When our half elf rogue comes back and asks if the two wanted to race down some water slides with him. Our Cleric agrees as our Paladin goes “Only if you can make me.” With her face making a “ c:” Our Rogue asks if that was meant to be a threat or a cry to help her out. The Paladin replies of “Wouldn’t you like to know?” So he and the Cleric decide to leave her in the lazy river. They get back to her after a few rides and the Paladin is still in lazy river. Only now clinging to her inner tube like a cat hanging on for dear life. In panic, our rogue and cleric try to get her out. Only to fail their strength save and get pulled by the current. All three of them cling on as they go down. Trying to find away to get the paladin to be on her feet. When our 2 other party members come in, including my pc. A changeling draconic sorcerer. And a dragonmark human fighter For context of dragonmark, they are little blessings passed down through family but it can only affect a certain race and it’s pure luck and fate if you get it. I was blessed with the Mark of Sentinel. Protection and Strength. Out of everyone, I had the best strength score. So our Sorcerer laughed as my Fighter dives to help out. Only to also fail and swept alongside them. The hilarity that a rogue, a war cleric and a fighter who had an 18 in strength, just couldn’t get our Warforged Paladin off an inner tube. The poor child behind us had to watch this spectacle. Alongside our sorcerer who knew they couldn’t do anything. So they walked alongside us, laughing at the situation. We decided one last try to get the tube off. We all rolled. And finally we succeeded. Our poor cleric who had the lowest roll and got smacked in the face by the inner tube. But with that, we finally got our Paladin out. And did a little walk of shame to the nearest exit of the lazy river After that we kinda just sat and waited, because while this whole debacle happened, our dm had to leave for a business phone call. So we all waited for her to get back. As we stilk laughed our asses off in our stupidity. For her to come back and look at the chat and jokes we made and ask us “What did you unhinged motherfuckers do?” And boy did we have a story to tell her
My boyfriend is a DM and we play pretty much once a week with a bunch of friends! :) He is playing DnD since almost 10-12 years. I am also a player of DnD and really love the game, as long as it is the 5th generation... ^_^' He invented a whole universe as a sand box for his players. After 20 some games, he finally created a character of his own to play with us when there is only 2-3 people present. He loves it and try hard not to give the answers to his team mates when something complicated happens... But as he built up his character with a lot of intelligence, he still has a lot of info and is not metagaming too much! :P Among his friends, there is 3 DMs who switch game when the players are fed up or the campaign is over.
My dad introduced me an my sisters to DND, our party consisted of nine players sometimes more. With that many players, it took quite a long time to get anything done but we all had fun and some pretty epic campaigns. unfortunately our party stopped being able to play due to work schedules and college. Really makes me want to play again. My main character was an elf named Cora who was a LotR insert OC, then a variety of hobbits and elves that were bards or healers
My first time with a DND campaign was in a camp. A 12 year old was our DM. I got killed for trying to flirt with the demon even though I had a charisma bonus and even had to roll and got a 17. I was pissed, to say the least. The demon thing was also like a super high level even tho a majority of us have never played before.
The Adventure Zone is the first and greatest D&D Campaign I've ever had the pleasure of experiencing, it is just so incredibly fantastic in every way shape and form, and honestly at the end ot the day it will always be one of the greatest stories I've ever heard
I’m glad I finally found someone else who likes tieflings! I play in a bunch of different dnd games, one of which I dm, but my favorite character is a tiefling sorcerer named Talryn, and I love her character so much, but her campaign is a series of one shots where the dm changes every time, and it’s with my extended family so we only get to play twice a year. (And most of the time we don’t finish the one shots ;). Anyway, tieflings are underrated and I’m glad someone agrees. :)
While I am technically my group’s forever DM, due to scheduling, we’ve only played our ongoing campaign twice in this year. Instead I’m much more excited about a game I’m a player in, which has been much more frequent. I play a half-(drow)Elf named Kazariah, a divine soul sorcerer who comes from a nomadic clan of drow from the desert. She’s goofy and bubbly and the biggest sweetheart you can ask for, definitely the heart of the party. But she’s also constantly avoiding her problems. She’s much happier talking others through their stress and suffering than her own, she avoids responsibility because she just wants to be free to live her own life, away from her strict clan’s rules. And more importantly, she has to eventually decide whether she wants to go back home for good, or be a true exile and never come back. It’s fascinating watching how much stress she’s quietly accumulating, and how long she can keep it hidden from the rest of her party, before she eventually collapses under the weight of indecision.
i’ve been playing d&d for two years and finally decided to dm my own campaign! session 0 is starting this week and i’m super excited, especially because i get to play god for the people who got me into the game in the first place :D
When I was a teenager, I impulse brought the DnD starter kit. Then, when I read the rules, I became overwhelmed, tucked the kit away, and haven’t done anything with it since. With how popular it’s becoming lately, I’ve been wanting to give it another chance. However, my family is currently in the middle of moving, and I can’t find the starter kit!
I'm a DM, never been a player, and I run a modified version of Waterdeep Dragon Heist for a party of 3 players. We have one session left, session number 17, then we'll switch to a homebrew sea-faring campaign and 2/3 players plan on playing new characters. It's been so much fun so far!
DnD is my favorite (and main) way to socialize. My most recent (and overall favorite) character was a wild magic sorcerer named Zora. She’s socially awkward, jumpy, and loves finding logical answers to things. And she has no idea she’s a sorcerer. She thinks she’s just a bad wizard, and even ended up getting a wizard’s spellbook as loot (DC15 Arcana check to cast anything from it). She was so fun to play. (Also, despite being arguably the most innocent and friendly character in the party, Zora had probably the highest kill count against sentient creatures. There was an incident with a herd of cats, and a thunderwave spell. We didn’t know they were actually people cursed by the BBEG until several sessions later. That was an… awkward realization.)
Well, I'm now a forever DM for about 3 campaigns. Though one I'm currently working on has 4 players, an Elf Bard, a Dragonborn Warlock, a Goliath Ranger and an Air Genasi Cleric. I have set up a shopping trip for them, with the shop owner being a Tiefling called Velryn. They will end up joining the party and leading them on a side-quest. I'm not going to go into detail, but the main point is Velryn is a lavender Tiefling. (Also in the town that the adventurers are in, elves are illegal)
Oh man, every GM has there "Party Overthinks it" moment, and they haunt our sleep (in amusing and exasperating ways). My most recent one involved a party of ghosts, already dead characters, afraid to open a door on a minivan because they didn't know what was inside. Spent 45 minutes just doing every ridiculous thing they could come up with (Including attempting to possess a seagull, throwing rocks at the van, and trying to teleport the door hinges off), only to eventually recall that they were, in fact, incorporeal nonentities AKA Ghosts and could just literally put their head in the door with zero consequences.
I absolutely want to hear dnd stories, I'm always up for that. My start as a DM was similar, I wanted to be a player but nobody was picking up that role. I found a oneshot on a site (Mad Manor of Astabar), and decided to run it for my sister and her bff; it ended up way longer than one session and then it turned into a campaign with the tiny party called Rat Party, prone to setting doors on fire. We're all learning as we go along.
I've played several dnd characters since I first got into dnd properly during 2018-19, but my favorite has got to be Ebakas Lamar, my tiefling glamour bard/celestial warlock. He's a confident, snarky and sensual guy trying to live his life to the fullest while hoping that his past doesn't come back to haunt him. I play him in a game of Storm King's Thunder and we just reached level 8! As far as campaigns I run, I've been running a 5e dnd game set in the world of one of my stories, which means SO MUCH homebrew I've had to make just so the campaign runs properly. It's about demigods growing in power to take on an evil god and his cult, and the shenanigans they get into along the way. I've also recently started running a Dragon Age RPG game!
No, but this is how I got into D&D too! I kept stumbling on Critical Role fanart and i was so intrigued! So i looked it up, fell in love, and it's all been downhill from there 😅
SO I had been interested in dnd for a few years now, particularly thanks to RUclipsrs like dingo doodles sharing their stories, but I never the confidence to actually do anything about it. At least, until October 2022, when i decided to just join a random beginner friendly dnd discord, and suddenly I already have four characters. Though, only one gets consistent use in a campaign. That being Northa, a half orc warlock who’s lived secluded in a frozen wasteland for her whole life. Cold and calculated, but with a caring spot hidden underneath the ice, she spends her days researching and practicing spells and whatnot, with only her familiar for appreciated company. Said familiar has mysteriously gotten sick with no lead for a cure, and so she’s had to actually step into civilisation to find one. Though, my other three characters are also my children. To simplify them, and not make this comment 20 years long, Nymphia: snarky high elf rouge who’s been isekai’d into this body from modern day with no memories of themselves Archii: halfling fighter who aims to be a glorious, dragon-slaying bounty hunter while on the hunt for their (supposedly) dead brother. Lerissa: cheerful tiefling (yay) bard who’s searching for her large family after they’d been separated by an explosion. I hope one day I can put them all into actual campaigns instead of occasional oneshots, and uncover more of their stories. But knowing me and my easily bored-ass, prolly never lol
i love both character desigh for her dnd characters the first ones so bad @ss and the second one is so cute but sad perfect backstorys for both, so i give them both a 9.3/10 :D
Would definitely like to hear the ongoing story of Verity ^^ I've only played D&D twice, but due to instability of when they were played, I don't really remember the campaigns much (they were also a LONG time ago). I do want to play D&D again, but I dunno... I have ideas, and I'm not sure the DMs would particularly like one of them, but it's one I like, lol (especially as it involves a member of a race who aren't in the game... yet).
I got my first taste of D&D in 2016, but I started playing it seriously in 2017. I still have very fond memories of the campaign I played with my housemates when I was still in college. Our campaign ran for a very long time, but people in our group moving away made scheduling new sessions increasingly difficult, and COVID-19 ultimately put our entire campaign on hold. We tried to revive our campaign in 2021, but our GM eventually ran into some world building problems that meant he decided to discontinue the campaign for good. I would love to get back together sometime and try GM-ing a campaign myself once, but the amount of work that is going to take kind of intimidates me. Since I already have a fulltime job, investing the required amount of time in it will be hard. Needless to say, your story of how you got acquainted with D&D fascinates me. I have been looking for new groups to play with for some time now, and I would secretly really love to join Jaycorn's campaign or one of your campaigns one day, even though I know this most likely isn't an option XD . GM-ing a D&D-campaign sounds like it would really suit you though, given you're already writing a fantasy story on your own. I'm sure all of your campaigns so far have been fun =) .
I loved playing tabletop RPG’s in college, but I am too busy and don’t have many friends to game with, so I end up reading “Knights of The Dinner Table” magazine to get my gaming fix.
I love dnd and hearing peoples adventures they have had. I’ve not had many long running games, my first few were the only ones who I would actually call campaigns. For as of late I’ve been a forever DM, games happening here and there, nothing too long. (A few long games are set up for me as DM it’s just scedualing things so Jury is still out on that). But a bud of mine is (hopefully) starting a long form game soon!! And I’ll actually get to use some dnd back pocket characters I’ve had
Yeah... Starting as a DM and immediately going into the homebrew-only route, only to stay the DM for ever is pretty much my story as well. But I managed to convince one player to be the next DM as soon as we finish my current campaign, now I only need to figure out which of my 15 player characters I want to play.
I've been playing a Tiefling Psi Warrior in a mini campaign lately. Lord Friedrich VanDrake: the only Tiefling born in his noble family due to a curse. The son of a governor, he had to work extra hard to earn the trust of his people. As such, he trained with warriors and psychics, eventually joining the city guard to prove his dedication. He's really hardassed and has a lot of "Do not fuck with me" energy. Super fun to play 😊 I've also got a Ranger with Phss in Boots/Peter Parker levels of masking fear with bravado and showmanship, a Half Wood Elf Fighter who's a staged combat performer longing to "do something that matters", a Hexblade/Rogue who's essentially Corvo from Dishonored, and a Half Drow Bard; an ambassador's son looking for his missing mother-the only person who ever understood him- who he believes is living it up in the Feywild. This game has TONS of great story potential 😁
It’s always funny to me how hard of a time people have getting someone to DM, because in my group we’re always fighting over who gets to run the campaign. We’re all writers, and we’re all a little too invested in having control over things.😅
I haven’t played much D&D, but I remember one instance where it took my character like five turns to climb a rope, and she broke her ankle in the process, cause my strength was so low. We were robbing a museum and had gotten the guards attention whilst trying to leave. It’s been a while since we’ve played that campaign though, with the DM being busy. The friend I play that campaign with was going to start a new campaign with some friends, though nothing’s happened in it yet beside character creation. But the character I’ve created for that campaign is a ten year old human sorcerer 😂
I'm really bad at dnd, but my fiancé is great at it and loves DMing. I remember one time they made this campaign that involved an alternate modern fantasy version of earth with dnd races (think kind of like Onward), and a big running joke was that every brand/ pop culture thing could be found in both worlds but with slightly different names. It was so damn fun to come up with them, we'd all just throw out suggestions on the fly and then laugh our asses off. Two of my favorites were "WacDonald's" and "21,000 Pilots"
I have a penguin character named pencil who is a barbarian and loves giant weapons. He’s like the size of Gunther from adventure time and has such a cute face that no one takes him seriously and there’s nothing magical about him he’s just a regular cute penguin who will throw a giant axe at you if you baby talk him
I would love to play DnD again, it's been several years since I last played properly. I played it last year with a group of friends, but the friend who was DMing didn't have much experience. Can't blame him though, together I and two others made a nuclear warhead during a boss fight As for the first time, I, with two others, were apart of what I named "The Idiot Brigade," a short DnD campaign we wanted to have go on for longer but was cut short due to multiple reasons. We can't continue it now since the guy who DMed left the group on a sour note with everyone else. This one was really fun and I can go on forever explaining how it went down and how I, despite having the most HP and strength, died repeatedly and only lived through saving throws (legitimately died about 12 times), how I formed an eternal rivalry with a goblin named Goblin #2, how one of us fell off a cliff with another goblin and only lived by pushing the goblin into a wall, breaking his fall as the goblin landed on a spike, and how we coffin danced the goblin king to death (you know it was a long time ago based on that alone) Such a fun game, I would love to play again
i have exactly one tiefling i have played, and he's in multiple campaigns now, so allow me to try and put his adventures to words (apologies for how long this may be) Jericho Mynxin, an Arcane Trickster Rogue who started off as just a spy for what is basically dnd Russia (aka Yuskia) but as he was fighting someone known as "the Queen" with his unknown party, they got separated because of magical portals and he has no way to know where they went but wants to find them so they can take on the Queen again. his first iteration of this story was with a party of 5 where he was basically an alcoholic bastard who pissed off the party sorcerer and got along with the resident fighter coz they both drank and were both Russian. later into the campaign they found a scepter that made everyone but him sick, so he kept it on him so they could figure out what to do with it. that was a mistake since after spending time with it, he had a nightmare and woke up to his eyes being glossy, his hands covered in shadows, and the insane urge to "bring the scepter back". he tried running from the party to do what he thought he needed to do, took psychic damage, and passed out, his soul suddenly ripped from his body with 11 days to recover it. that turned into me swapping to a Changeling named Fig, but then that campaign got cancelled. the second iteration of that same campaign is almost the same, but we only have the sorcerer and the fighter, and right now he's waiting for them in dnd Silent Hill hoping the shadows don't come back. in the other campaign he's in, he goes by the name "Roulette" and is the boss of a mafia cartel known as "the Cardinal Monte" where their preferred place of business is a casino he owns simply called "the Oasis". same shadow stuff has happened but in a different way: he found an item with a shadow cat named Erebus attached to it and wasn't able to sell it because Erebus was attached to it. when he admitted to wanting to remove Erebus from the item, Erebus killed him in the same manner of his first iteration, but he was brought back for unknown reasons, now having the shadowed covered hands from before. any time he touches someone who was blessed by Erebus however, he relives his death, receiving a massive headache and a nosebleed as a forever reminder of his mistake. he's done a deal with another mafia full of dragons to get an eye that can control anyone they want to control, and in doing so has met the solo party of 56 and his found family of arch-fiend experiments. 56 wants the eye, so we left off with Jericho telling him in order to get the eye, he has to work at his casino to earn it. Fig is also there but as an entertainer and overseer for the casino, so Thursday Goober shenanigans will ensue coz they're a non-negotiable package deal. i have many other stories, but this is what ya get for requesting tieflings, lol
my first character was a tiefling bard named Iados. his rough concept was the horny bard trope but as someone not to into that, I didn't actually play him too horny outside of hand waved off screen/backstory stuff. he quickly had a bit more character slapped on anyway before actual play happened where he was basically a con man/jigilo(I am not messing with my recommendations to look up how to properly spell that) then he met a dwarf who was running pretty similar scams and quickly became his rival, than acquaintance, friend, lover, and finally wife and along the way thanks to her influence he goes from con man out for himself to con man who also looks out for others. they still do their cons they still sleep around but when off the job they have each other... then she gets sick and he does all he can to save her, but fails. after that he is determined to do good, to make sure that when its his time he would go join her in heaven. then the campaign starts. a funny thing that after a few sessions was that the other tiefling party member was young enough to be his daughter... and has vague enough backstory to not have certain parentage... uhhhhh. granted I don't think we ever determined if that was significant or just a odd coincidence and I'm also pretty sure in character they never realized the math there
I would love to hear more of your dnd adventures!! I haven’t gotten to play much dnd, but I’ve loved it since I binged campaigns 1 and 2 of Critical Role and I love hearing everyone’s stories and adventures
I've never played D&D, but my dad used to, & a few very occasional times, I saw cool little tower bits & dice in his room. This was really long ago so I didn't really know anything about it, never looking into the topic. Rather, I'd later be more properly introduced by online content, like silly clips, little memes, videos explaining the game, etc, & now I'm here! ..On one hand, I think it'd be a fun, maybe even helpful experience, but I'm not the best at just going out & talking with people, so I'm not really sure I'll seek out others to play with.
I learned about DND through my friends (i think it was way too chaotic than we thought would happen) the campaign has 9 people and i met over half of them this year, we started in october 2022 and it's very fun :]
While sitting alone watching this video, there two separate occasions that I involuntarily said aloud, "That's so cool," in response to things you did in the Verity drawing.
YES! I WOULD LOVE DND STORY TIMES! I am really glad you found something you love :3 As always, stay safe and and well, and may beautiful colors fill your world ❤️🌈
First DND campaign was a weird one. One time our resident giant (who is 6’ 7” irl) accidentally ripped a door off someone’s house and used it as a shield in a battle scenario with flying swords. My character was a goblin rogue and one joke was that the elf that constantly wild shaped into a sugar glider was my child because they snuck into my food bag once and the rest was history; the joke is that I am a bad parent because they kept getting kidnapped. They also tried making the BBEG their dad and my husband… don’t know whether to be concerned or impressed :)
A friend of mine REALLY wants the rest of us to play D&D but none of us can find the time or energy for it. And since my imagination tends to get ahead of me, I have come up with some characters that I haven't even played yet. Here they are: 1) Daeva the half-elf Bard-Necromancer: [The first ever PC I ever came up with, and by far the most D&Dee of them] Daeva has a magical mandolin the allows her to talk with her elven ancestors and is running away from some nobles that are accusing her of attacking them unprovoked, when that wasn't at all what happened. 2) Unnamed Stag-Centaur Ranger: [This is one I made when I realized that Daeva got a bit too complecated to be my first ever roleplaying character] His son was out playing with his friends in the woods, when a group of hunters saw his antlers and shot him, mistaking him for an actual deer. Upon realizing their mistake they take his body to sell it to the black market. So my PC goes after them. 3) Oet the Swarm Keeper Kenku: [One of my most recent characters and more one I made as a joke] Oet has been cursed to speak in rhymes and he is now searching for a way to undo the curse (I didn't know that Kenku only repeat what they hear at the time). He has a swarm of ravens following him around and anyone who can tell me what he is referencing gets a cookie. 4) Amanita the Spore Druid Fairy: [Definitely my favorite of my characters] Amanita was a tendant of the Queen's garden in the Feywild and was incharge of mushrooms and fungy. One day a mystirious new cluster of mushrooms appeared in the garden and the fairies were told that until they could figure out what these mushrooms were and where they came from nobody was to go near them. Amanita didn't listen and oops they are magical cordyceps. So now Amanita has run off from her colony in a complete stupor and doesn't realize what's going on. She has now unknowingly been spreading these cordyceps in the Material Plane and is slowly loosing her mind to the mushrooms that are overtaking her. 5) Lillith the Warlock: [Probably my second favorite, but also the one that needs the most rework] Lillith is an 8 year old human girl that unknowingly made a pact with a ghost and now has ghost powers. She is not sure what he wants because he doesn't really talk and is the only one that can see him because he keeps following her around like a shadow, just staring at her. Very haunted child horror movie vibes with this one. 6) Xolani the Grave Domain DragonBorn Cleric: [My most recent character and the one I'll probably be using whenever we actually manage to play D&D] Xolani got their magic from the Raven Queen (and yes I know the Raven Queen isn't a grave domain god, but I don't care). They was exiled from their clan when they put their bedridden chief out of his misery. They are now travelling around trying to find other people in need of their services, but unfortunately some folks don't apreciate them trying to help and they are being hunted by them. And that's it.
To those that want a fun TTRPG that emulates JRPG’s I highly HIGHLY recommend Fabula Ultima. It’s very light on rules has less math then 5e D&D AND a very flexible class system that lets you play EXACTLY the character you want to play as. This isn’t a plug I just want more people to know that this game exists and give it a shot, it is WELL worth a look
Man, I'm still so sad this one game never panned out! I was in an artist's fan discord for Our Flag Means Death, which is a show about queer pirates, and a chunk of us got really into reimagining the crew as a DND campaign. What everyone's playing style would be, whacky shit that would happen, etc. We got so into it that we started a tag on Instagram to post these DND game night illustrations made to look like polaroid pictures. Eventually we finally tried to start a campaign (pirate themed of course, lol) and had exactly one successful session... and then NO ONE was able to meet for long enough ever again after that, we all lived in completely different time zones, had completely different work schedules, etc. It was so disappointing, I really liked my character :(
I only judt got into the Adventure zone because of the comics i have 2 of the books amd love the art, story and character, im still lost in the world of DnD but love learning as i go and though i dont have anyone to play with nor the time with my work and videos keeping me busy im still overjoyed that others do these DnD things to bring theres adventures to life, its also one other reason why i found your youtube channel and love keeping up with your webcomic becuase of the fantasy vibe! 😊
I don't play dnd, but if I get the chance I'd love to try a one-shot I was recently introduced to Mansions of madness by one of my brothers It's really fun even if it isn't as open-ended as a dnd campaign 😊 And it's more like an escape-room rpg type tabletop-game with monsters and mysteries aplenty
The adventure zone is amazing. W taste. And everyone I know agrees with you about tieflings being amazing. My sister plays a tiefling bard named Doubt Divinity, and my friend plays a tiefling druid who's name I don't know.
I’m finally getting into D&D and it’s taking a while to get the necessary stuff, but I’ve already got an idea for a Character, and ironically it’s a Tiefling, Druid.
I got into dnd when my friend mentioned "milfs" and I was intrigued almost 3 years ago now I think and without fail I've been playing dnd almost every week since :D
And I so get your descend and wanting to switch roles but for me it was from Player to DM! I kept having ideas for NPC's and story hooks but no where near enough characters to fit it all without giving my DM a headache 😅 so recently to give her a break I started my own mini campaign! It's fully based in the One Piece Universe to ease the load of world building and it's my fave manga. Yesterday we started the first arc after a longer prolouge and it's great! Feeling inspired to make some D&D story times now and invent more detailed NPC's ❤
I've only played DnD once, and I think the funniest thing that happened was that my character jumped really majestically into a tree and shocked the entire party (I rolled a 20).
I’ve always wanted to try DnD, but my friends are the different kind of introvert that plays video games instead of tabletop
Have you tried simply pitching the idea too your friends? If you simply ask them, they might surprise you!
@@Junipersautumn I don’t know if Canadian hood rats would want to but I could always try
@TheCherryClown I mean, dnd is just an analog videogame so they would probably enjoy it if they tried
I need to play dnd Again, I have stopped and I’m so bored
Saaame-
I wish you luck in finding a good group to play with
Saaaame!
i dont really have any experience with anything dnd-related,
so i’d just like to note how EMERY AND VERITY. look _SO MCFREAKING ADORABLE_ HERE, I WANNA SQUISH EM. 💖✨ -now to binge whats left of us-
This REALLY makes me want to play tabletop again. My siblings, gf, and brother in law had a Pathfinder game going for a bit and it was SO much fun and I miss it! Our first time ever playing was a one shot and my younger brother's character almost got killed right off the bat because of my gf setting fire to the web of a giant spider!
Is this the moment to confess I actually found your channel because of the fanart in the back of The Adventure Zone book? :}
Same!
Here's a story from a DND campaign I'm in since I will NOT pass up the chance to tell this insane story!
I havent played the DND campaign me and my family are doing in a while, but the most recent session involved us blowing up two boats owned by the local government that were going to be used to *deport people,* on request of what i think was called the Theives Guild. It all went to shit (of course), and my character, an Paladin Aasimar named Andriam, got hit by a lightning spell that my younger sibling's character, a Tabaxi Cleric named Denzo Larkus (idk if i spelled his last name right), had cast to kill one of the people that were trying to kill us after we were found out. I was on low HP, and so not only did Denzo kill both me and the guard person, but the spell KNOCKED ME OFF OF THE BOAT AND INTO THE OCEAN. Sure he healed me afterwards, but my character is probably not gonna want to go anywhere near water for a while and will never forgive him.
Also, the way we sneaked onto the boats was by pretending to be janitors to clean the boats, and the DM said we could use any of our stats that we could convince him to allow to pretend to clean. I managed to convince him to let me use my STRENGTH stat for it, which mind you is an *18,* so this big ass angel lookin mf with an AXE was basically POWER WASHING THE SHIP. definitely a good distraction lol
Ironically my introduction to DND was through The Adventure Zone, and I absolutely fell in love with the game. I forget a lot of the moments you bring up, but I still love the crystal kingdom arc
Ugh yeah me too. I wanted to play before I heard it, but I didnt really understand it. That podcast means so much to me. I love it
Honestly the greatest D&D Campaign I've ever had the extreme pleasure to listen to
This can all be summed up as “dnd is the shit you should play it” and I approve that mesage wholeheartedly
Please please please make videos about these characters.
I first got into DnD about a year ago when my friend recommended I join our school's DnD club. My first character was Medoh Birdwing, an Aracokra wizard named after the Rito Devine Beast from Zelda BOTW. Then we died to a banshee who was on 5 ish heath and I could've killed her if I had rolled higher, and I made a new character, Alex (AKA Fluffycloud) the Druid cat. She was a partner (not romantically because that would be weird) to my friend's character, Steve the Goliath, and she would sit on Steve's head and cast spells from there.
As soon as I heard “Medoh” I immediately knew as a zelda fan that it would be a zelda based character
I’m just a lore enthusiast though
I've always wanted to play DnD but I have no friends lol. Great video btw
My mom is a big dnd fan and loves critical role and the school I go to isn't very traditional it doesn't have math, history, science, etc but my mom thought "what if I make a DND class?" And she asked the principal about it and stuff (she's a teacher there) and he said yes 😂 it's rly fun and last time in class she said how a owl bear's head came off very graphic and there was a gap in the wall next to a kindergarten class😂
"Take Ariana the angry blond character from my webcomic castoff and make her angrier and also a tiefling." That is a terrifying image. Also got stuck in the forever dm loop and I played 1 game that lasted a couple mouths then became a dm got too many players and had to train 2 into dms and write a script for them because, yes I was doing a homebrew campaign as my first campaign, all in the span of a week. Being a dm is so fun. Oh yeah and they spent an hour irl trying to convince me that culvers can exist and they don't care about the really plot, all they wanted to rp was running a fast food restaurant.
I was taking a sip of my coffee when you played the music stinger from TAZ Balance and I started tearing up and almost choked on my coffee. I’ve been Pavloved by a podcast!!!
My first exposure to DnD was a campaign called “Dice, Camera, Action”. I watched it because one of my favorite RUclipsr at the time (Natewantstobattle) was playing in it. And I fell in love with all of the characters.
I followed a few more campaigns and I really got into it and wanted to play it myself. It was downhill from there for my fixation-
I’m trying to start playing often myself and she’s right it’s hard to get started
Found you!
That was first i had herd of the adventure zone and now i am hooked. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How nice, I just recently started to play D and D so thank you very much for the timing 😂
A genuine new player. You can tell because of the way D and D is spelt out and capitalized instead of being botched into dnd or d&d. Welcome, adventurer!
I will always vote for more D&D stories any day of the week, especially when they sound as fun as Verity and Emery! So yes please. Also, as a forever DM myself I am always glad to hear about other DMs stories and hear about the stories they tell!
I have a Tiefling Witch named Mary Circle but I haven’t played with her in a while. I also had an idea for a campaign I could DM but I haven’t finished it yet.
I haven’t played in a campaign or dnd but I have watched over 100 episodes of a dnd podcast and me and my friends have made characters. One of my friends who has played dnd before. They have to dm a party of mostly new players in an humble wood setting with bits of the forgotten realms. I had the idea for a party of mostly children and one person who’s a legal adult because one of the players spent time in the shadow fell with a cult and is a bit out of it sometimes. I play one of the mediators of the party and though we haven’t started, we’ve practiced combat through mock battles I basically DM and we even go over things that some people are confused about. I may have also learned the discord non paid message cap while sending backstory to the DM. It’s 2000 characters i believe but it might’ve been words, feel free to say which one is right. This message is getting long, so I hope everyone is having a great time of day/night.
I actually met most of my friends and my husband through D&D! Everyone takes turns being DM, so nobody gets stuck in a forever DM position. We've been playing our current campaign, "High Tides", for about 2 years now, and we're nearing the end pretty quickly.
I play Brandy O'Donovan, a triton bard/rogue who is based on the song "Brandy (A Fine Girl)" by Looking Glass. She used to work at her family's pub/inn on a small island off the coast of one of the major continents and yearned for the day her beloved could earn enough to purchase his own ship so they could make their own life together. Unfortunately, Brandy & her parents were arrested on false charges by a foreign empire and were going to be cast into slavery. On her way to meet her fate, she met up with the other members of the party & managed to escape the slaver ship...with the coincidental help from Phillips, the king of the seas & a horrible villain in his own right. Now they're all wanted criminals and fearsome pirates who are on a race against time to stop the major factions from obtaining ultimate power.
I'd definitely be very interested in D&D storytimes!
Also, my introduction to D&D was also through TAZ! A friend of mine recommended it and not long after, everyone in my main friendgroup was listening to it and we eventually decided we wanted to play D&D together! My first character was a tiefling druid (I've always thought tieflings were cool and a druid seemed like an unusual class for a tiefling). That campaign lasted about a year and a half until it petered out. About two years ago now though, I got a chance to join a new campaign, with one of my friends from that original campaign also playing, and I decided to revive my tiefling druid as a character! That campaign's been going strong for a little over two years now!
Another fun story is the friend who DMed the first campaign I ever played was building a world with the person she was dating at the time. During the current campaign, our DM needed a break to plan ahead in the game and focus on some real life stuff, so a different player offered to DM a short campaign for us meanwhile (ended up being about 10 sessions). Funnily enough though, this player was the person who had been dating the first DM friend at the time and the world they set their campaign in was the same one they'd built with the first DM, and by extension, the world the first D&D game I'd ever played had been set in! I didn't play my tiefling druid in this game, since I was playing her in the main game and wanted to build a new character for this, but it was fun going through the setting and seeing what things I recognized all these years after playing in that world for the first time, and seeing what things my character influenced in the world!
I got into DnD a while ago now I've moved to different TTRPGs the one I'm stuck on right now is little fears first edition I recommend it.
I might be in the minority, but I equally enjoy being on either side of DM screen. And have you tried making your own monsters? (It is a blast, like making a set of bears that are gym-bros.)
Bears or Bugbears? Both are great
6:19 THE MUSIC STINGER NOOO 😭 immediately activates tears like a sad sleeper agent
One of the more sillier sessions of D&D I had was when my party decided we deserved a vacation and to go to what was a magical waterpark.
We were playing in the world of Eberron and had just gotten back from a place that was affected by the plane of ice. So much so that it created an ice pillar where it almost killed all of a rival guild’s party. And at the very end, we end had to run for our lives as the ice tower was melting.
So we were having fun after almost possibly dying. (That and we demanded better compensation)
Two of our party members chilled at the lazy river. Our kalashstar war cleric and our warforged paladin. We are vacationing.
When our half elf rogue comes back and asks if the two wanted to race down some water slides with him. Our Cleric agrees as our Paladin goes “Only if you can make me.” With her face making a “ c:”
Our Rogue asks if that was meant to be a threat or a cry to help her out. The Paladin replies of “Wouldn’t you like to know?” So he and the Cleric decide to leave her in the lazy river.
They get back to her after a few rides and the Paladin is still in lazy river. Only now clinging to her inner tube like a cat hanging on for dear life. In panic, our rogue and cleric try to get her out. Only to fail their strength save and get pulled by the current.
All three of them cling on as they go down. Trying to find away to get the paladin to be on her feet.
When our 2 other party members come in, including my pc. A changeling draconic sorcerer. And a dragonmark human fighter
For context of dragonmark, they are little blessings passed down through family but it can only affect a certain race and it’s pure luck and fate if you get it. I was blessed with the Mark of Sentinel. Protection and Strength. Out of everyone, I had the best strength score.
So our Sorcerer laughed as my Fighter dives to help out. Only to also fail and swept alongside them.
The hilarity that a rogue, a war cleric and a fighter who had an 18 in strength, just couldn’t get our Warforged Paladin off an inner tube. The poor child behind us had to watch this spectacle. Alongside our sorcerer who knew they couldn’t do anything. So they walked alongside us, laughing at the situation.
We decided one last try to get the tube off. We all rolled. And finally we succeeded. Our poor cleric who had the lowest roll and got smacked in the face by the inner tube.
But with that, we finally got our Paladin out. And did a little walk of shame to the nearest exit of the lazy river
After that we kinda just sat and waited, because while this whole debacle happened, our dm had to leave for a business phone call. So we all waited for her to get back. As we stilk laughed our asses off in our stupidity.
For her to come back and look at the chat and jokes we made and ask us “What did you unhinged motherfuckers do?”
And boy did we have a story to tell her
Hey I ran that same sheep one-shot with my friends a while back! What a coinkidink!
My boyfriend is a DM and we play pretty much once a week with a bunch of friends! :) He is playing DnD since almost 10-12 years. I am also a player of DnD and really love the game, as long as it is the 5th generation... ^_^'
He invented a whole universe as a sand box for his players. After 20 some games, he finally created a character of his own to play with us when there is only 2-3 people present. He loves it and try hard not to give the answers to his team mates when something complicated happens... But as he built up his character with a lot of intelligence, he still has a lot of info and is not metagaming too much! :P
Among his friends, there is 3 DMs who switch game when the players are fed up or the campaign is over.
PLEASEEE!!! PLEASE do dnd storytimes!!!
My dad introduced me an my sisters to DND, our party consisted of nine players sometimes more. With that many players, it took quite a long time to get anything done but we all had fun and some pretty epic campaigns. unfortunately our party stopped being able to play due to work schedules and college. Really makes me want to play again. My main character was an elf named Cora who was a LotR insert OC, then a variety of hobbits and elves that were bards or healers
My first time with a DND campaign was in a camp. A 12 year old was our DM. I got killed for trying to flirt with the demon even though I had a charisma bonus and even had to roll and got a 17. I was pissed, to say the least. The demon thing was also like a super high level even tho a majority of us have never played before.
The Adventure Zone is the first and greatest D&D Campaign I've ever had the pleasure of experiencing, it is just so incredibly fantastic in every way shape and form, and honestly at the end ot the day it will always be one of the greatest stories I've ever heard
Me: I wanna try DnD!
Also Me: **has no friends**
me too 😂
I’m glad I finally found someone else who likes tieflings! I play in a bunch of different dnd games, one of which I dm, but my favorite character is a tiefling sorcerer named Talryn, and I love her character so much, but her campaign is a series of one shots where the dm changes every time, and it’s with my extended family so we only get to play twice a year. (And most of the time we don’t finish the one shots ;).
Anyway, tieflings are underrated and I’m glad someone agrees. :)
While I am technically my group’s forever DM, due to scheduling, we’ve only played our ongoing campaign twice in this year. Instead I’m much more excited about a game I’m a player in, which has been much more frequent.
I play a half-(drow)Elf named Kazariah, a divine soul sorcerer who comes from a nomadic clan of drow from the desert. She’s goofy and bubbly and the biggest sweetheart you can ask for, definitely the heart of the party. But she’s also constantly avoiding her problems. She’s much happier talking others through their stress and suffering than her own, she avoids responsibility because she just wants to be free to live her own life, away from her strict clan’s rules. And more importantly, she has to eventually decide whether she wants to go back home for good, or be a true exile and never come back.
It’s fascinating watching how much stress she’s quietly accumulating, and how long she can keep it hidden from the rest of her party, before she eventually collapses under the weight of indecision.
i’ve been playing d&d for two years and finally decided to dm my own campaign! session 0 is starting this week and i’m super excited, especially because i get to play god for the people who got me into the game in the first place :D
When I was a teenager, I impulse brought the DnD starter kit. Then, when I read the rules, I became overwhelmed, tucked the kit away, and haven’t done anything with it since.
With how popular it’s becoming lately, I’ve been wanting to give it another chance. However, my family is currently in the middle of moving, and I can’t find the starter kit!
I'm a DM, never been a player, and I run a modified version of Waterdeep Dragon Heist for a party of 3 players. We have one session left, session number 17, then we'll switch to a homebrew sea-faring campaign and 2/3 players plan on playing new characters. It's been so much fun so far!
I learned about wizard hut from this video and I think it's one of my new favorite quotes.
DnD is my favorite (and main) way to socialize. My most recent (and overall favorite) character was a wild magic sorcerer named Zora. She’s socially awkward, jumpy, and loves finding logical answers to things. And she has no idea she’s a sorcerer. She thinks she’s just a bad wizard, and even ended up getting a wizard’s spellbook as loot (DC15 Arcana check to cast anything from it). She was so fun to play.
(Also, despite being arguably the most innocent and friendly character in the party, Zora had probably the highest kill count against sentient creatures. There was an incident with a herd of cats, and a thunderwave spell. We didn’t know they were actually people cursed by the BBEG until several sessions later. That was an… awkward realization.)
Well, I'm now a forever DM for about 3 campaigns. Though one I'm currently working on has 4 players, an Elf Bard, a Dragonborn Warlock, a Goliath Ranger and an Air Genasi Cleric. I have set up a shopping trip for them, with the shop owner being a Tiefling called Velryn. They will end up joining the party and leading them on a side-quest. I'm not going to go into detail, but the main point is Velryn is a lavender Tiefling. (Also in the town that the adventurers are in, elves are illegal)
Oh man, every GM has there "Party Overthinks it" moment, and they haunt our sleep (in amusing and exasperating ways). My most recent one involved a party of ghosts, already dead characters, afraid to open a door on a minivan because they didn't know what was inside. Spent 45 minutes just doing every ridiculous thing they could come up with (Including attempting to possess a seagull, throwing rocks at the van, and trying to teleport the door hinges off), only to eventually recall that they were, in fact, incorporeal nonentities AKA Ghosts and could just literally put their head in the door with zero consequences.
I absolutely want to hear dnd stories, I'm always up for that.
My start as a DM was similar, I wanted to be a player but nobody was picking up that role. I found a oneshot on a site (Mad Manor of Astabar), and decided to run it for my sister and her bff; it ended up way longer than one session and then it turned into a campaign with the tiny party called Rat Party, prone to setting doors on fire. We're all learning as we go along.
I've played several dnd characters since I first got into dnd properly during 2018-19, but my favorite has got to be Ebakas Lamar, my tiefling glamour bard/celestial warlock. He's a confident, snarky and sensual guy trying to live his life to the fullest while hoping that his past doesn't come back to haunt him. I play him in a game of Storm King's Thunder and we just reached level 8!
As far as campaigns I run, I've been running a 5e dnd game set in the world of one of my stories, which means SO MUCH homebrew I've had to make just so the campaign runs properly. It's about demigods growing in power to take on an evil god and his cult, and the shenanigans they get into along the way. I've also recently started running a Dragon Age RPG game!
I've been playing D&D (and other games) weekly with my players since 1981. It's so great to see it make a comeback in recent years.
No, but this is how I got into D&D too! I kept stumbling on Critical Role fanart and i was so intrigued! So i looked it up, fell in love, and it's all been downhill from there 😅
SO
I had been interested in dnd for a few years now, particularly thanks to RUclipsrs like dingo doodles sharing their stories, but I never the confidence to actually do anything about it. At least, until October 2022, when i decided to just join a random beginner friendly dnd discord, and suddenly I already have four characters. Though, only one gets consistent use in a campaign.
That being Northa, a half orc warlock who’s lived secluded in a frozen wasteland for her whole life. Cold and calculated, but with a caring spot hidden underneath the ice, she spends her days researching and practicing spells and whatnot, with only her familiar for appreciated company. Said familiar has mysteriously gotten sick with no lead for a cure, and so she’s had to actually step into civilisation to find one.
Though, my other three characters are also my children. To simplify them, and not make this comment 20 years long,
Nymphia: snarky high elf rouge who’s been isekai’d into this body from modern day with no memories of themselves
Archii: halfling fighter who aims to be a glorious, dragon-slaying bounty hunter while on the hunt for their (supposedly) dead brother.
Lerissa: cheerful tiefling (yay) bard who’s searching for her large family after they’d been separated by an explosion.
I hope one day I can put them all into actual campaigns instead of occasional oneshots, and uncover more of their stories. But knowing me and my easily bored-ass, prolly never lol
i love both character desigh for her dnd characters the first ones so bad @ss and the second one is so cute but sad perfect backstorys for both, so i give them both a 9.3/10 :D
I want to see a video of all of the campaign.
Would definitely like to hear the ongoing story of Verity ^^ I've only played D&D twice, but due to instability of when they were played, I don't really remember the campaigns much (they were also a LONG time ago). I do want to play D&D again, but I dunno... I have ideas, and I'm not sure the DMs would particularly like one of them, but it's one I like, lol (especially as it involves a member of a race who aren't in the game... yet).
I got my first taste of D&D in 2016, but I started playing it seriously in 2017. I still have very fond memories of the campaign I played with my housemates when I was still in college. Our campaign ran for a very long time, but people in our group moving away made scheduling new sessions increasingly difficult, and COVID-19 ultimately put our entire campaign on hold. We tried to revive our campaign in 2021, but our GM eventually ran into some world building problems that meant he decided to discontinue the campaign for good. I would love to get back together sometime and try GM-ing a campaign myself once, but the amount of work that is going to take kind of intimidates me. Since I already have a fulltime job, investing the required amount of time in it will be hard.
Needless to say, your story of how you got acquainted with D&D fascinates me. I have been looking for new groups to play with for some time now, and I would secretly really love to join Jaycorn's campaign or one of your campaigns one day, even though I know this most likely isn't an option XD .
GM-ing a D&D-campaign sounds like it would really suit you though, given you're already writing a fantasy story on your own. I'm sure all of your campaigns so far have been fun =) .
Loved the art in this one
I loved playing tabletop RPG’s in college, but I am too busy and don’t have many friends to game with, so I end up reading “Knights of The Dinner Table” magazine to get my gaming fix.
I love dnd and hearing peoples adventures they have had. I’ve not had many long running games, my first few were the only ones who I would actually call campaigns. For as of late I’ve been a forever DM, games happening here and there, nothing too long. (A few long games are set up for me as DM it’s just scedualing things so Jury is still out on that). But a bud of mine is (hopefully) starting a long form game soon!! And I’ll actually get to use some dnd back pocket characters I’ve had
Yeah... Starting as a DM and immediately going into the homebrew-only route, only to stay the DM for ever is pretty much my story as well. But I managed to convince one player to be the next DM as soon as we finish my current campaign, now I only need to figure out which of my 15 player characters I want to play.
I've been playing a Tiefling Psi Warrior in a mini campaign lately.
Lord Friedrich VanDrake: the only Tiefling born in his noble family due to a curse. The son of a governor, he had to work extra hard to earn the trust of his people. As such, he trained with warriors and psychics, eventually joining the city guard to prove his dedication.
He's really hardassed and has a lot of "Do not fuck with me" energy.
Super fun to play 😊
I've also got a Ranger with Phss in Boots/Peter Parker levels of masking fear with bravado and showmanship, a Half Wood Elf Fighter who's a staged combat performer longing to "do something that matters", a Hexblade/Rogue who's essentially Corvo from Dishonored, and a Half Drow Bard; an ambassador's son looking for his missing mother-the only person who ever understood him- who he believes is living it up in the Feywild.
This game has TONS of great story potential 😁
It’s always funny to me how hard of a time people have getting someone to DM, because in my group we’re always fighting over who gets to run the campaign. We’re all writers, and we’re all a little too invested in having control over things.😅
"Basements and Big lizards"
Mmmm yes. My favorite gamw
13:05
Had to check out my window to verify whether there was actual crickets obviously. That acting was foolproof!
GODDOG DOGGOD
I haven’t played much D&D, but I remember one instance where it took my character like five turns to climb a rope, and she broke her ankle in the process, cause my strength was so low. We were robbing a museum and had gotten the guards attention whilst trying to leave. It’s been a while since we’ve played that campaign though, with the DM being busy.
The friend I play that campaign with was going to start a new campaign with some friends, though nothing’s happened in it yet beside character creation. But the character I’ve created for that campaign is a ten year old human sorcerer 😂
🙏 Please make some more d&d videos!!! Especially about your home campaigns!
The “watch your friends struggle at basic addition”
I felt that
"In life, we have no mistakes. Just happy little accidents."
I'm really bad at dnd, but my fiancé is great at it and loves DMing. I remember one time they made this campaign that involved an alternate modern fantasy version of earth with dnd races (think kind of like Onward), and a big running joke was that every brand/ pop culture thing could be found in both worlds but with slightly different names. It was so damn fun to come up with them, we'd all just throw out suggestions on the fly and then laugh our asses off. Two of my favorites were "WacDonald's" and "21,000 Pilots"
I have a penguin character named pencil who is a barbarian and loves giant weapons. He’s like the size of Gunther from adventure time and has such a cute face that no one takes him seriously and there’s nothing magical about him he’s just a regular cute penguin who will throw a giant axe at you if you baby talk him
18:07 woah the campaign takes place in Australia that’s so cool!
DnD is even older than I'm (51), I played DnD in high in the early 1990 and it was popular at this time.
It will be interesting to watch the WLoU subs after this goes live.
I’ve been trying to learn dnd but no matter how hard I try I don’t understand it in the slightest
I would love to play DnD again, it's been several years since I last played properly. I played it last year with a group of friends, but the friend who was DMing didn't have much experience. Can't blame him though, together I and two others made a nuclear warhead during a boss fight
As for the first time, I, with two others, were apart of what I named "The Idiot Brigade," a short DnD campaign we wanted to have go on for longer but was cut short due to multiple reasons. We can't continue it now since the guy who DMed left the group on a sour note with everyone else. This one was really fun and I can go on forever explaining how it went down and how I, despite having the most HP and strength, died repeatedly and only lived through saving throws (legitimately died about 12 times), how I formed an eternal rivalry with a goblin named Goblin #2, how one of us fell off a cliff with another goblin and only lived by pushing the goblin into a wall, breaking his fall as the goblin landed on a spike, and how we coffin danced the goblin king to death (you know it was a long time ago based on that alone)
Such a fun game, I would love to play again
i have exactly one tiefling i have played, and he's in multiple campaigns now, so allow me to try and put his adventures to words (apologies for how long this may be)
Jericho Mynxin, an Arcane Trickster Rogue who started off as just a spy for what is basically dnd Russia (aka Yuskia) but as he was fighting someone known as "the Queen" with his unknown party, they got separated because of magical portals and he has no way to know where they went but wants to find them so they can take on the Queen again. his first iteration of this story was with a party of 5 where he was basically an alcoholic bastard who pissed off the party sorcerer and got along with the resident fighter coz they both drank and were both Russian. later into the campaign they found a scepter that made everyone but him sick, so he kept it on him so they could figure out what to do with it. that was a mistake since after spending time with it, he had a nightmare and woke up to his eyes being glossy, his hands covered in shadows, and the insane urge to "bring the scepter back". he tried running from the party to do what he thought he needed to do, took psychic damage, and passed out, his soul suddenly ripped from his body with 11 days to recover it. that turned into me swapping to a Changeling named Fig, but then that campaign got cancelled. the second iteration of that same campaign is almost the same, but we only have the sorcerer and the fighter, and right now he's waiting for them in dnd Silent Hill hoping the shadows don't come back.
in the other campaign he's in, he goes by the name "Roulette" and is the boss of a mafia cartel known as "the Cardinal Monte" where their preferred place of business is a casino he owns simply called "the Oasis". same shadow stuff has happened but in a different way: he found an item with a shadow cat named Erebus attached to it and wasn't able to sell it because Erebus was attached to it. when he admitted to wanting to remove Erebus from the item, Erebus killed him in the same manner of his first iteration, but he was brought back for unknown reasons, now having the shadowed covered hands from before. any time he touches someone who was blessed by Erebus however, he relives his death, receiving a massive headache and a nosebleed as a forever reminder of his mistake. he's done a deal with another mafia full of dragons to get an eye that can control anyone they want to control, and in doing so has met the solo party of 56 and his found family of arch-fiend experiments. 56 wants the eye, so we left off with Jericho telling him in order to get the eye, he has to work at his casino to earn it. Fig is also there but as an entertainer and overseer for the casino, so Thursday Goober shenanigans will ensue coz they're a non-negotiable package deal.
i have many other stories, but this is what ya get for requesting tieflings, lol
my first character was a tiefling bard named Iados. his rough concept was the horny bard trope but as someone not to into that, I didn't actually play him too horny outside of hand waved off screen/backstory stuff. he quickly had a bit more character slapped on anyway before actual play happened where he was basically a con man/jigilo(I am not messing with my recommendations to look up how to properly spell that) then he met a dwarf who was running pretty similar scams and quickly became his rival, than acquaintance, friend, lover, and finally wife and along the way thanks to her influence he goes from con man out for himself to con man who also looks out for others. they still do their cons they still sleep around but when off the job they have each other... then she gets sick and he does all he can to save her, but fails. after that he is determined to do good, to make sure that when its his time he would go join her in heaven. then the campaign starts.
a funny thing that after a few sessions was that the other tiefling party member was young enough to be his daughter... and has vague enough backstory to not have certain parentage... uhhhhh. granted I don't think we ever determined if that was significant or just a odd coincidence and I'm also pretty sure in character they never realized the math there
lol i love this ^^ very cool it might be something i might be in to xD very cool, dangruse, etc.
I would love to hear more of your dnd adventures!! I haven’t gotten to play much dnd, but I’ve loved it since I binged campaigns 1 and 2 of Critical Role and I love hearing everyone’s stories and adventures
Your D&D characters are so adorable!
I've never played D&D, but my dad used to, & a few very occasional times, I saw cool little tower bits & dice in his room. This was really long ago so I didn't really know anything about it, never looking into the topic. Rather, I'd later be more properly introduced by online content, like silly clips, little memes, videos explaining the game, etc, & now I'm here!
..On one hand, I think it'd be a fun, maybe even helpful experience, but I'm not the best at just going out & talking with people, so I'm not really sure I'll seek out others to play with.
I learned about DND through my friends (i think it was way too chaotic than we thought would happen)
the campaign has 9 people and i met over half of them this year, we started in october 2022 and it's very fun :]
I assume you mean 2022, because it's not October yet where I live.
@@nvenvyvill3698oops, yep! I just realized the typo lol
@@-hattyplayzroblox- yeah, typos like that usually happen when you type fast 😂
While sitting alone watching this video, there two separate occasions that I involuntarily said aloud, "That's so cool," in response to things you did in the Verity drawing.
Really wanna hear about that second campaign with Verity
YES! I WOULD LOVE DND STORY TIMES! I am really glad you found something you love :3 As always, stay safe and and well, and may beautiful colors fill your world ❤️🌈
Huh, this is actually inspiring to get into DMing, I have NO experience, but this is really inspiring! :D
First DND campaign was a weird one. One time our resident giant (who is 6’ 7” irl) accidentally ripped a door off someone’s house and used it as a shield in a battle scenario with flying swords. My character was a goblin rogue and one joke was that the elf that constantly wild shaped into a sugar glider was my child because they snuck into my food bag once and the rest was history; the joke is that I am a bad parent because they kept getting kidnapped. They also tried making the BBEG their dad and my husband… don’t know whether to be concerned or impressed :)
A friend of mine REALLY wants the rest of us to play D&D but none of us can find the time or energy for it. And since my imagination tends to get ahead of me, I have come up with some characters that I haven't even played yet. Here they are:
1) Daeva the half-elf Bard-Necromancer: [The first ever PC I ever came up with, and by far the most D&Dee of them] Daeva has a magical mandolin the allows her to talk with her elven ancestors and is running away from some nobles that are accusing her of attacking them unprovoked, when that wasn't at all what happened.
2) Unnamed Stag-Centaur Ranger: [This is one I made when I realized that Daeva got a bit too complecated to be my first ever roleplaying character] His son was out playing with his friends in the woods, when a group of hunters saw his antlers and shot him, mistaking him for an actual deer. Upon realizing their mistake they take his body to sell it to the black market. So my PC goes after them.
3) Oet the Swarm Keeper Kenku: [One of my most recent characters and more one I made as a joke] Oet has been cursed to speak in rhymes and he is now searching for a way to undo the curse (I didn't know that Kenku only repeat what they hear at the time). He has a swarm of ravens following him around and anyone who can tell me what he is referencing gets a cookie.
4) Amanita the Spore Druid Fairy: [Definitely my favorite of my characters] Amanita was a tendant of the Queen's garden in the Feywild and was incharge of mushrooms and fungy. One day a mystirious new cluster of mushrooms appeared in the garden and the fairies were told that until they could figure out what these mushrooms were and where they came from nobody was to go near them. Amanita didn't listen and oops they are magical cordyceps. So now Amanita has run off from her colony in a complete stupor and doesn't realize what's going on. She has now unknowingly been spreading these cordyceps in the Material Plane and is slowly loosing her mind to the mushrooms that are overtaking her.
5) Lillith the Warlock: [Probably my second favorite, but also the one that needs the most rework] Lillith is an 8 year old human girl that unknowingly made a pact with a ghost and now has ghost powers. She is not sure what he wants because he doesn't really talk and is the only one that can see him because he keeps following her around like a shadow, just staring at her. Very haunted child horror movie vibes with this one.
6) Xolani the Grave Domain DragonBorn Cleric: [My most recent character and the one I'll probably be using whenever we actually manage to play D&D] Xolani got their magic from the Raven Queen (and yes I know the Raven Queen isn't a grave domain god, but I don't care). They was exiled from their clan when they put their bedridden chief out of his misery. They are now travelling around trying to find other people in need of their services, but unfortunately some folks don't apreciate them trying to help and they are being hunted by them.
And that's it.
Whenever I made a new dnd character I have to force myself at gunpoint to not make another teifling because they’re SO fun to make😭
To those that want a fun TTRPG that emulates JRPG’s I highly HIGHLY recommend Fabula Ultima. It’s very light on rules has less math then 5e D&D AND a very flexible class system that lets you play EXACTLY the character you want to play as.
This isn’t a plug I just want more people to know that this game exists and give it a shot, it is WELL worth a look
Man, I'm still so sad this one game never panned out! I was in an artist's fan discord for Our Flag Means Death, which is a show about queer pirates, and a chunk of us got really into reimagining the crew as a DND campaign. What everyone's playing style would be, whacky shit that would happen, etc. We got so into it that we started a tag on Instagram to post these DND game night illustrations made to look like polaroid pictures. Eventually we finally tried to start a campaign (pirate themed of course, lol) and had exactly one successful session... and then NO ONE was able to meet for long enough ever again after that, we all lived in completely different time zones, had completely different work schedules, etc. It was so disappointing, I really liked my character :(
I only judt got into the Adventure zone because of the comics i have 2 of the books amd love the art, story and character, im still lost in the world of DnD but love learning as i go and though i dont have anyone to play with nor the time with my work and videos keeping me busy im still overjoyed that others do these DnD things to bring theres adventures to life, its also one other reason why i found your youtube channel and love keeping up with your webcomic becuase of the fantasy vibe! 😊
I don't play dnd, but if I get the chance I'd love to try a one-shot
I was recently introduced to Mansions of madness by one of my brothers
It's really fun even if it isn't as open-ended as a dnd campaign 😊
And it's more like an escape-room rpg type tabletop-game with monsters and mysteries aplenty
Ah, yes. Verity the war criminal!
OI SHE AINT (😂)
7:56; I love this music piece! Reeder is one of my favorite musicians!
I tend to stick to tieflings, dragonborne, and tritons, so you're not alone 😊
The adventure zone is amazing. W taste. And everyone I know agrees with you about tieflings being amazing. My sister plays a tiefling bard named Doubt Divinity, and my friend plays a tiefling druid who's name I don't know.
One funny line from my teifling character:
“Certainly didn’t expect a lonely librarian living in denial.” I refuse to provide context.
I’m finally getting into D&D and it’s taking a while to get the necessary stuff, but I’ve already got an idea for a Character, and ironically it’s a Tiefling, Druid.
"Basements and Big Lizards" sounds like a drastically different game
I got into dnd when my friend mentioned "milfs" and I was intrigued almost 3 years ago now I think and without fail I've been playing dnd almost every week since :D
I just wanna squish and hug them your designs are so lovely! Makes me wanna redo my D&D girls
And I so get your descend and wanting to switch roles but for me it was from Player to DM!
I kept having ideas for NPC's and story hooks but no where near enough characters to fit it all without giving my DM a headache 😅 so recently to give her a break I started my own mini campaign! It's fully based in the One Piece Universe to ease the load of world building and it's my fave manga. Yesterday we started the first arc after a longer prolouge and it's great! Feeling inspired to make some D&D story times now and invent more detailed NPC's ❤
I've only played DnD once, and I think the funniest thing that happened was that my character jumped really majestically into a tree and shocked the entire party (I rolled a 20).