How to be better at Roleplaying in D&D
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- Опубликовано: 16 июн 2024
- I know a lot of people don't like the "it's just my character" statement, but I think it's very helpful when you're role playing someone that isn't destructive!
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"...you are not _actually_ killing a goblin."
Then whose blood is this Jacob?
Whose blood is this?
Yours.
You stabbed yourself in the leg.
@@Sgt-Wolf In this equation, you are the goblin your character stabbed. Thankfully, the origami knife you turned your character sheet into only does 1 hit point of damage if that.
Wait what’s his hit points?
@@yupyip4023 He had 4 HP...
What's your class? Wait what's your teammates class? Do they have healing spells?
Jacob talking about roleplaying like he's talking about getting help with depression.
D&D is group therapy with dice
@@GaryDunion can confirm tho
What do you mean, AU?
Magi V maybe I’ve not been doing it right
@@Nienna_Asyare There's no "right" and "wrong" here. But let's just say that most tabletop characters contain some aspects of the players themselves, and as such, oftentimes also deal with similar issues the players themselves face in their daily life, simply altered to fit the setting. That's not a cop-out, it's totally valid. And the best characters are often those that are the closest to our hearts. It can be incredibly empowering to overcome your real life struggles in the safety of a game world, because it may give you the courage to face those issues in real live. That's why good dnd is the best therapy.
“I play consistently almost every day”
How does one learn this power?
Not from a jedi
XP to Level 3 what about from the Senate?
live with your players & make a living outta playing TTRPGs
@@XPtoLevel3 bullshoes, we all know you're a Jedi, YOU CAN'T HIDE THE TRUTH FROM US
Maybe from darth plagueis the wise
1:42 "And I'm not telling you how to be better at it"
Title: How to be better at Roleplaying in D&D
How can you clickbait us and lie to us Jacob?
We've been tricked, we've been backstabbed, and we've been, quite possibly, bamboozled
it's for your own good
XP to Level 3 Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!
Thanks for typing this so that I don't have to
@@brunop.8745 We've been smeckledorfed!
RP'ing a gay gnome pirate has helped me be more open about being gay and also I've started to feel a lot more comfortable stealing ships on the high seas :D
Stealing ships or stealing virginity-
**THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN REDACTED, HAVE A NICE DAY**
"Hand over yer booty... and yer treasure, too!"
@@TimeLair Yah harr! xD
❤️❤️❤️
That started so wholesome and ended perfectly.
You could try to Dispel Magic your RP anxiety, or use illusion magic to make people think you actually know what you're doing. But it doesn't really matter, just do whatever feels right. If someone gives you grief for not living up to their standards, then EXTINGUISH THEIR LIFE WITH POWER WORD KILL- errr, I mean, let the rest of the group know you're not OK with that. Most decent DMs and players will be understanding.
But BigDickWizard6969, I don’t know any of those spells, I only have FIREBALL!!!
Just get some scrolls if you don't know the appropriate spells :^)
But@@BigDickWizard6969 , can't these spells all just be replaced with fireball? I only have scrolls of fireball too!
@@Oznerock If the answer isn't fireball, then it is a trick question!
@@BigDickWizard6969 Indeed! *I cast fireball!*
"You are not your character."
Ok, but, I wanna be a 60 year old Barbarian with dementia who's in a marital relationship with his Greataxe.
Don't we all?
She's a real battle axe eh?
I have a secret rule in my campaigns if you take care of your weapons and rp with them they can level up as well. Like 1st lv would be the weapon becomes a +1
@@WatchTower10 Our DM does this heirloom weapon in his story where they level up based on significant events in the story and can gain some wacky abilities.
For example; the preformentioned Greataxe, that I have lovingly named Martha, can be thrown up to 20ft (40 if I give up my moving action) as an action and can be recalled into my hand as a bonus action. It's not always practical, and I can't use extra attack, but man is it fucking cool.
Marital AND martial relationship.
I was looking for my daily several castings of Fireball, but I got a beautiful orphanage and animal rescue centers instead. I'll only use *1* fireball instead today.
*cries in Light Cleric*
And several stores of natural gas which just so ever-coincidentally have been placed in the center of town😂
This is less "How to be better at roleplaying" and more "How to be more comfortable with roleplaying."
That’s honestly the first step, though.
@@commanderodinstark3416 Oh, absolutely, but it doesn't help people who are already comfortable roleplaying like the title implies a little bit.
Being more comfortable allows you to ignore all of your weird human feelings and focus on the situation at hand
This is off-topic, but Samuel Lillge, your RUclips profile pic of a little creature with headphones floating in a rainbow is THE most eye-catching interesting tiny little profile pic I’ve ever seen. Seriously, I STOPPED watching the video just to type this comment first. 😄 Well done, Sam. Well done, indeed! 👍
@@moogamooga2100 Thank you, I'm glad you like it! I got bored one day and made it in google drawings, and I ended up liking it so much that it's been my profile picture ever since!
Separating yourself from your character is deceivingly hard - it takes some practice. Once you do this you unlock the potential to have fun in GREAT moments and HORRIBLE moments for your character during the game 💪
Learning to enjoy tragedy happening to your fictional character is very rewarding, at least to me. Does it humble them? Do they hold a grude? Do they grow more trusting of their allies? etc etc
"Actors aren't actually their roles"
*Laughs in Daniel Day Lewis*
RIP Sean Bean.
Jim Carey
The Rock.
*Laughs in hector*
robert downey jr (tony stark)
Okay, this is all fine, but...
How _CAN_ I improve my French accent?
For the sake of my character, Jean-Jacques Bissette-Benoit-Bouton-Bouvier, I _NEED_ to know!
I do know that french don't tend to make H sounds. "here" would be "ere" for example. It's if the word starts with H that this tends to happen
English H doesn't exist, H is silent in French, the 'r' sound is throaty. There you have it, basic but very effective French accent.
Just stick with “Oui oui baguette” and you’ll be fine.
Have him have an speech impediment in which all he can say is croissant, and really, really make an effort on learning how to say that one word.
So I know there is a good chance this is a joke, but there ARE accent coaching videos on RUclips if you want to pursue them.
I've been playing for 8 years and I still have anxiety attacks every time I play.
The biggest benefit for shy people and people with anxiety-in my opinion-is a group of really close friends.
Yeah. I've never had a problem because me and my party are such close friends we are almost brothers. Close friends help.
Björck Björck that’s hard for me I wouldn’t consider the people I play with close friends I really with my close friends would but they don’t want to so my groups aren’t the greatest so hopefully I can get a good group one day
I have a stutter so I've only played 2 half hour games by myself with my brother as the dm and I can't even ask for spell components at a fake shop...
Much love for all the new players
Sometimes gloriously failing at an accent or certain vernacular can make it more fun cuz everyone is having a laugh. Play as your character, but don't sweat the small stuff.
I had plenty of "hold on I'm sounding way too british" moments like that lol. Like the accent would be light then suddenly shift to full on cockney like that dude from Mary Poppins
There's one guy in my group who, every time he tries to do a voice other than his own, ends up with a southern (us) drawl. As a result, both of his characters are country girls, despite not intending them to be.
@@Ellebeeby Lol exactly why I would go "hold on I need to dial it back I dunno wtf my voice is doing"
I made Bag of Nails (a senile tabaxi assassin from ToA) sound like Cicero from Skyrim and my party absolutely loved it
Oh yeah, speaking of gloriously failing at an accent, Welsh is a tricky mistress. It's just close enough to Scottish, I go from Nia from Xenoblade to Donald&Douglas really f***ing quick. It's frustrating.
"Actors aren't actually their role"
...
John Malkovich
Robert Downey Jr
>Good voice acting
>Me, only playing characters of the opposite sex
Just play an elf.
Play a non binary/genderfluid character. None of the normal limitation of gender. All of the fun of both. Play a Tiefling for max customization on the gender performativity. Also look up trans voice acting lessons, those also help, they're super useful for newer voice changers
“I’m telling you how not to be better at it.”- Jacob 2020 in a video titled how to be better
Swing and a miss.
You posted this 20 minutes before my session. Thanks! It'll help
10 minutes now! Plz tell me how it went down when you're finish! :D
@@christofferhougaard Sure will!
Hope your session went well! c:
Hey everybody! Just finished session. It went well. Players are exhausted. 3 hour dungeon.
Did a lot more voices though!
Bro, this is like EXACTLY what I need rn
I’ll admit it, I’m a DM that makes all my NPCS talk the same and I needed this so thanks chief.
I've got a total of three voices. They include: loud, slightly higher pitched th an my own, and my default voice.
@@Nightmare_vZ Same but add in slightly lower pitch than my normal
even if you can’t do voices you can do a lot with pace / choice of language / inflection and even describing body language
0:50 How does one obtain a group to play d&d nearly every day?
Make it a job.
force
Probably multiple groups. I play 3 times a week but only once with each group
Step one: Build cabin on top of a bunker in the mountains.
Step two: Bring friends and family to cabin
Step three: send code to start global nuclear war
Step four: hurry into bunker with people from step two
Step five: Play D&D every day (until the food, water or clean air run out).
He keeps his players locked in the basement
4:11 "opportunity to have a mask" I agree with this wholeheartedly. A lot of my characters end up being similar to me in attitude but with one flaw blown up out of proportion, like being too angry or annoying or impulsive. This ends up making the character easier to slip into, as well as being a way for me to feel comfortable with my own flaws. It helps me get into the characters head easier and also to see how the things im embarrassed about can still be part of a rich character.
You're not alone
Me: *Curled in ball on ground holding book* So alone... So very alone...*Darkness*
Also me: Instructions Unclear, What are these "Friends" you speak of?
Remember the golden rule: Fireball solves everything.
when in doubt, cast friends *gets beat down by wizards* I...I mean fireball...fireball!!
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Mood
great video, keeping a consistent level of 'good rp' is easily the most difficult part of DnD for myself and I think probably most people like you've said. All about having fun but it's hard sometimes to keep that in mind as much as we should
You know it's going to be a warm heart-to-heart talk when he is sitting at the end of table, like we're there with him on the other seats and he's telling us "it's okay"
Right as you leaned in and said "your not alone" I heard a noise outside, I'm home alone and to be quite honest it scared the shit outta me. Turns out a possum got into my trash can. Kinda funny now that I think about it. Thanks for the creepy foresight jacob
Roleplaying is one of my favorite aspects about D&D but so many people are nervous about it. I hope this video helps all those that are nervous and gets them to roleplay more. D&D isnt a wargame it's an RPG.
I'm incredibly new to D&D, so new that my first game is in a couple of weeks and this video helped me immensely with my anxiety at going into an already established campaign with my limited amount of knowledge. My friend's party are going online due to lockdowns and quarantine, which made it accessible for me to join them, and having someone else there that I know (even in an online setting) has already helped but I'm still so worried that I won't know what to say, or how to act.
This video has helped me so much, so from a rookie player anxiously looking forward to her first game, I thank you for being so open.
the Star Wars campaign I'm playing with my friends is my favorite for role playing because I'm a droid, so I don't have to strain for a voice, I just phrase things really literally and use weird tones to get across my low charisma stat.
New player here and still getting used to it, thanks man 👍
I am a new player. How much have you played by now
Honestly this was perfectly made. I am never socially inept, yet when I'm playing d&d I always feel like I'm not doing it right.... Thanks brotha
Thanks for this video. Despite playing dnd for a while, I still break character during serious scenes because I panic and get nervous. I wanted to make my character emotionally vulnerable in a scene but I ended up awkwardly laughing and cutting it short.
The party knew I’m nervous with acting and bad been so supportive. They’ve taken that moment and treated with the weight I wanted it to have and I’ll keep trying to work at it for their sake as well :)
I legit learned how to socialize through D&D (well actually Pathfinder)
This…really helped me
I’ve been feeling like I’m not good enough for my friends even thought it’s my 2nd campaign ever-I didn’t know I wasn’t separating myself from my character until someone put it into words so thank you for the boost!
First game the other day so came to RUclips to find videos to help me be a better player and found this. What you said here has not only made me feel better about playing D&D but also about playing the game called life! Thanks dude, I've given you a follow and look forward to more of your content! Keep up the great work!
Love your more serious videos. Thanks for the confidence boost when it come to role play. Best of luck on your dice rolls friend!
This was a shockingly wholesome, serious, helpful, and very professional looking! All without losing any personality and comedy typically on your channel. Good job!
I'd like to mention the scene, its comfortable and allows us to relax while watching the well passed and consistent tone that is in the video. This video was very delightful, thanks for it and it helped me out with my personal game.
is this Player advice or depression advice?
instructions unclear; played my depression
I've been subscribed to you since the beginning, and I've seen you go through lot of styles of trying to make videos that consist of you talking to the camera directly, and this has to be the best style you've found so far. It is fun, it is relatable, and it makes the words you say seem to have some more weight to them because now you're talking TO us. This is a brilliant video, man. Funny as shit, and has a solid message 👌
I loved and really vibed well with the positive theme of this video, and the ambient music. I've been having a very hard time in life lately, and even though this was about role-playing in D&D, I felt really encouraged by you and this video. Thank you.
Thank you for this video!
Every time I search for this topic I just find 30 minutes long videos, so watching this, quick and cool video is amazing
Best dnd channel
I’m a DM and a player of mine is very anxious to roleplay and i am happy this vid Just came out and i think this Will help him out a lot. Thanks a lot Jacob. You helpen me into dnd and you’ve helpen me with a lot of stuff.
Thank you, keep it going. You’re a truly great person
Setting roleplaying guidelines in Session 0 also helps promote a roleplay-friendly atmosphere. One of my early rules was "no RP shaming"
I appreciate this vid so much I’ve only been playing for a little over a year and I was struggling with my first game in terms of having a hard time finding my voice in character and speaking up. Thanks again Jacob ❤️
I just played my first D&D game last week and this video said a lot of what I was feeling afterwards... Thank you so much for this, it's nice to be reminded that I probably wasn't the only one feeling that way ❤
New genres of videos "behind the screen" it's going to be a hit just like the "From the floor" videos.
this is actually really reassuring, thank you Jakey
I am about to start my first session on a new group, you have no idea how much this video calmed me down. Thank you.
BOUNDARIES! YES, THANK YOU JACOB, YOU BEAUTIFUL SAGE OF THE NERDIEST TEXT!
For real, that's such a good message to spread. Letting people know it's *ok* to have boundaries is so important. All over the place, I see people struggle with opening up because they'll be afraid of the backlash. I see it in the games I play and run, where people struggle to let things go by because they feel like they are required to participate in every moment possible. Which then leads into the "x person steals the spotlight" moments we hear so much about, because they're so used to playing up that very spotlight.
With every video you post, I get more and more thankful. You bring true wisdom to this community. Thank you ❤️
This is exactly what I was looking for. I’ve been playing characters that don’t really ever talk, even if I don’t really want to. Even though I’ve known them for a long time, I struggle with roleplaying because I always panic over what I should say in that situation. This helped me a lot, thank you.
Occasionally messing up while doing improv and roleplaying is not the same thing as "you feel like everybody around you is way better at it, you feel like you made a terrible character, you can't focus on your character's voice or traits, you get super anxious and overthink it until you stop enjoying the game and then you stop playing" Of course I have felt the first thing, but the second things? No way. That set of feelings you described at the beginning is pretty extreme. I'm not lying or trying to pretend I'm so good at roleplaying by saying, "No, I have never had that second experience you described". I just fucking love acting. I fucking love Dungeon's and Dragons. I have since the first musical I was in and the first session I ever played. It's just so natural to me. I have never been super anxious at the table or felt that I had a terrible character or any of those things. I don't know why you're asserting that everyone who has every played D&D has had a negative experience with it at some point. Think about if you said that about, like, any other game? "EVERY PERSON WHO HAS EVER PLAYED THIS GAME HAS GOTTEN REALLY ANXIOUS WHILE PLAYING IT AT ONE POINT AND IF THEY SAY THEY HAVEN'T THEY'RE FUCKING LYING." Jesus, dude. Not a good look for the hobby.
Sometimes it's really important to watch a video like this one. And I really appreciate it. Thank you, Jacob!
This was really important to hear because I'm feeling really confused on how I should roleplay my character, thank you so much ❤
This is the kind of encouragement I've never had with my table, and I honestly just want to hear this. Thank you
I super liked this video, this was a really wholesome video to stumble onto after a rough day. Also some stellar advice for any player.
I love this video for the sole purpose that it has majorly helped me! Sure, I still get a bit of anxious when I’m up to bat and act my character, but this video has shown me that it’s ok! The first point you have made really has shown me! It’s just a game, and your playing with friends, and that everyone else is doing the same thing! Your all in the same boat and you shouldn’t be nervous! Thanks XP
Always a useful video to watch. Even if you don’t particularly agree it’s nice to find out all the different styles.
Every time I'm going to roleplay I see this video. You have no idea how much this has helped me.
This topic works wonderfully with the background music and I love it.
I’ve never felt scared of role playing or felt like I couldn’t do it, and this is for 3 reasons
1. I’m one of the few extroverted D&D players
2. I’ve only made characters I know in and out, and I make sure I know my friends characters
3. I have amazing friends
Wow as someone who really wants to start playing DnD and has been researching and bin watching every video with information as possible about the game, how to play, how to create a character, stats, lore, etc (including yours, which have made me laugh and smile seriously The Wizard ones have made me loose my air multiple times) this one... Wow this one touch my heart... as someone who is just starting the DnD journey and was really afraid of messing up on my first game this one video really helped... So thank you Jacob, thanks for helping a fellow noobie getting started into DnD I hope you and anyone else watching this video has a great day.
Amazing, love the video, love what you re saying, and how are u saying it. I could almost taste the feelings. Thank you very much for do it. Im gonna share it with all my friends!
Thank you for this great advice! I'm feeling all warm and fuzzy inside.
I get really into role playing when I play. Every one of my characters has a new voice and completely different personality and my friends are always nervously looking around anticipating how my first turn in each game is going to be. But I always cause the most laughs and instigate in game hilarious things
Jacob, thank you. I am much much more happy to share this with my players that are a bit newer to the game, and you helped me as well as a DM by confirming that its ok to offer help and that its not pushy, I had some bad players recently ;-;
Okay first 30 seconds and you’ve nailed down every problem I have playing DnD. I have a feeling this is gonna help a lot.
you're videos make me happy
This video recommendation came at the right time. Already a few sessions in in a campaign with friends and I'm still pretty reliant on text roleplay. Thanks a bunch, Jacob!
This is very good advice, and also your hair looks great!
I'm pretty new to D&D. Been playing with a group of friends online for 6 months. Enjoying the online game alot, I decided to join a local irl game with a bunch of randoms. This is the exact video I needed to see before our first session👍 Thanks alot👊
This video was helpful for my role playing and for my life tysm Jacob
I've really appreciated your channel! I am starting to run a mouse guard homebrew based on a world I've been writing. My two kids will be the players and we are just gonna have fun as they explore the world and go on missions!
I'm sending this to one of my players. I really hope it helps them. They have been going through a rough patch for the past couple sessions. Thanks for the great video Jacob!
This is actually such good advice. Thanks for reminding me I'm not alone :)
Thanks Jacob 😊 awesome wholesome content 💜
This is actually super helpful... I'm no rookie to roleplayer, LARP, etc I used to do it quite a lot but fell out of it cause life happened... I'm slowly getting back into it and the first thing I noticed is that my once great roleplay skills are replaced with self-doubt and worry about... basically everything you said at the start. I used to be Gurk Steelecleave the Gnollish Paladin of Selune striking out to find a better way for the races to intermingle and find common ground impressing nobles and common peoples alike with his power and people skills until finally being accepted by a small town in Faerun until his tragic death... now I'm Mal the timid paladin who for the life of him despite being charismatic (supposedly) and 'bold... can't muster up more than one line of dialogue in a session 0... Your video actually helped give me a bit of my old confidence back and I thank you greatly for this keep up the good work my dude!
This was incredibly thoughtful, supportive, and helpful. It's hard not to be anxious - but this was super. Thank you - I know it's old but I just found it so don't @ me
Awesome video! I'm playing in my first ever campaign, and while I do my best, I do still sometimes struggle to decide what exactly my character would realistically do in a given situation. Luckily I'm playing with a really cool, and supportive group! A couple of the other players are also somewhat new to the game (just like me), and a couple others are a little more experienced, and pretty good about helping out us newbies as much as they can lol. And our DM is pretty chill for the most part, and lets us experiment with roleplaying our characters a good bit! As long as we don't try to go too crazy with it XD
Love the video man! great job!
Didn't expect the video to be this wholesome, thanks for the kind words!
holy crap dude this is such a good vid, thanks man. this helps a lot!
Thank you for this video. You're a truly good person. 😊
This is such a great video..putting aside the memes in this vid like when Jacob says "I'm not trying to tell you how to roleplay better" while the title of the vid is "how to roleplay better", that's all part of jacob's charm, to fuck with u just a bit, but I find this video so amaziong because I've been wanting to get into DnD for so long but there's always that fear that i'm either too nerdy for it or not enough nerdy, i dunno how to explain it really but this video somehow showed me not to expect too much of myself while playing a dnd game, cuz everyone else around me is playing the same game. I found this whole video wholesome as fuck and I had to use what i know of english vocabulary to express my love here. I love you Jacob, we all do, thank you
This is so wholesome and wonderful thank you for sharing
I love this channel so much
2:20 chose the most chill oblivion song to make people feel at ease . I love it
Pretty sure it’s Skyrim music, but yeah
Aw man, this really helped me. I made a paladin and I'm in a party full of 10 players. Everyone was doing these awesome accents and really made an impression, but me, I was just being awkward and kinda quiet. So comforting to know that this guy right here gets it.
I know this is years late but sometimes playing into that can be a huge help! Like you can make an awkward character, or a quiet character, or a dumb character so when they say dumb things it’s just the character and great role playing. Or you can tailor your character to how you feel you would be most comfortable role playing in the given situation. For example Marisa Ray from Critical Role said she made Keyleth awkward socially because she was nervous to join the campaign with all these experienced voice actors, so her chosen character allowed her something to fall back on. For me personally, my first dnd character is very closed off and a little rude, because I find it hard to talk about emotions with people I don’t know very well and when I’m nervous I’ll (jokingly) insult people to deflect and hide my anxiety. While some people may say this is just playing myself, I think it’s a good place to start for a new player to create a character perhaps similar to yourself but certain traits blown up. So my character will just straight up insult people rather than do so jokingly, and she never laughs. Gives me something unique about her to separate her from myself whilst still making her fairly simple for me to roleplay. Sorry this was so long but maybe it will help someone!
That little mushroom boy eating the berry was so cute i started to cry holy shit. Also this video was very wholesome thank u.
Since I'm going to be a DM for a campaign very soon I'm brushing up on my character portrayal skills and telling myself to just have fun and not let anxiety engulf me, this definitely helped :)
Thank you this helped me be more comfortable role-playing
This video was wonderful. I think confidence is why I am no good at RP in DnD and it helped me feel more at ease.
Actually crying halfway through the video because this helps me so much
Jacob, I love your funny videos but this was so wholesome. Thank you. I needed to hear some of this stuff.
I bet you’re an awesome DM. 🤟
I’m very late to this video, but this video spoke to me. I’m probably the newest player in my group and I’m just an anxious person. So this was just nice to hear and know I’m not alone. Having a supportive group definitely helps as well. 😊
Damn I love this positivity from you Jacob I’ve been watching for a while and it’s a good change from “x” is dumb
wow i needed this video! thanks Jacob!
Thanks Jacob I needed this 😭😭😭
I needed this aaaaaaaaaaaa thank you so much!!!