For my D&D game, what dice, mat, and accessories do I use?

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  • Опубликовано: 1 июн 2024
  • So, the first video I made was talking about how you don't really need anything to get started playing D&D. The next live video here is talking about how that video is DEAD WRONG and how you should totally go out and buy a bunch of cool stuff for it!
    People are curious about the stuff I have so:
    the box with the minis is called "Pathfinder NPC Codex"
    the large dice are called: "jumbo d20 Chessex"
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  • @MindDemand1337
    @MindDemand1337 4 года назад +623

    Puffin Forest: *Draws himself as overweight, no glasses, brown hair*
    Also Puffin Forest: "Why did nobody notice me at Gen Con?"

    • @HG-mj9ow
      @HG-mj9ow 3 года назад +51

      I dont knooooowwwwwwwwwww
      *Insert abserd voice

    • @keatonbash2217
      @keatonbash2217 3 года назад +12

      @@HG-mj9ow I read it in he voice before I read the second part

  • @ls455
    @ls455 5 лет назад +1390

    Still not over the fact that you aren't a vaguely human-shaped watermelon

    • @arsenelupin5424
      @arsenelupin5424 5 лет назад +106

      No he is,he just hired someone to lip sync to him,he’s just recorded his voice and made it seem like the man we see is him

    • @shadowstrike7246
      @shadowstrike7246 5 лет назад +23

      Egg. Egg not watermelon

    • @jasonabernethy99
      @jasonabernethy99 5 лет назад +20

      I always though it was more of an anthropomorphized potato

    • @resultantdoor6630
      @resultantdoor6630 5 лет назад +24

      @@arsenelupin5424 He actually drew this character for us all to enjoy. Be amazed at this amazing quality and Be sad at the lack of watermelon-egg-potatoes.

    • @Dracopol
      @Dracopol 5 лет назад +16

      @@jasonabernethy99 He drew the character as dumpy or frumpy so we would think he was one of us. In reality he looks like a cuter McLovin from Superbad.

  • @undergravitydownforce714
    @undergravitydownforce714 5 лет назад +595

    Nat 1 Nat 20
    Dm recieves stunned silence debuff

  • @cralixthegameking4408
    @cralixthegameking4408 5 лет назад +265

    I love it when he rolls the 20 and the 1 just quick silence at what he sees like WHAT!?!

    • @talmagecleverly7718
      @talmagecleverly7718 4 года назад +16

      He rolled a "critical both"

    • @jamessinclair6572
      @jamessinclair6572 4 года назад +7

      That pause after the roll was the "holy shit! wtf? look at that" moment

    • @ChBrahm
      @ChBrahm 3 года назад +5

      He also did the same at 16:03 accidental critical both again
      But he didn´t seem to notice

  • @NightlockDragon
    @NightlockDragon 5 лет назад +3142

    Man, your animations are so life-like now.

  • @Razorramonsumatini
    @Razorramonsumatini 5 лет назад +494

    That pause when he rolled a 1 and 20 at the same time. Lol.

  • @epicdotpngnotfound8857
    @epicdotpngnotfound8857 5 лет назад +235

    When I was a new player, this exact thing happened.
    Me: So how many dice packs should I buy?
    Friend: Probably two or three...
    Me: Ok, how many do you have?
    Friend: uh. *starts counting in head*
    Friend: Twe- no.... Th- no..... 14 packs.......
    Me: Luke.... that's like 150 bucks....

    • @arandomidea9010
      @arandomidea9010 4 года назад +15

      My group started with all of us sharing a set. My level ~3 the 5 of us (counting our DM) had 11 sets.

    • @GrimmerPl
      @GrimmerPl 4 года назад +9

      After almost 2 years of playing I'm still borrowing dices from friends I play with. I need a lot of d6s as a rogue so fellow sorcerer is more than happy to toss me his - he rarely use them anyway.

    • @davidwagner2626
      @davidwagner2626 4 года назад +10

      Years ago I played a 20th level psion in 3.5, who had the Empower Power feat and my favorite power was Disintegrate. The base damage was 22d6 on successful attack with a failed save. Empowered and Augmented, the damage was 47d6 and I bought 48d6s so I could roll it all at once. My DM hated that one... On a successful save it was a measley 5d6, although I think the Empower bumped it to 7d6.

    • @deathguarddavegoogley2022
      @deathguarddavegoogley2022 4 года назад +6

      Web the Great . In my view players should have 2 sets of dice each. The DM could do with 4 sets. A cheaper alternative (but one that slows the game down) is for there to be a dice rolling tray and a couple of dice sets that all the players share by handing the tray and dice around as they’re needed. Saying that, I probably own at least 10 sets of polyhedrals........ collected them over decades though.

    • @ninetails6218
      @ninetails6218 4 года назад

      If you buy Chessex in the packs yh, pounds o dice are like $25, they’re a gamble but a nice way to get dice

  • @micahphilson
    @micahphilson 5 лет назад +272

    16:03 and 18:51 Wow, twice in one video, he casually rolls 2 d20 and gets a natural 1 and 20 together!

    • @randomnameoninternet1223
      @randomnameoninternet1223 5 лет назад +13

      first one isn't a 1 and 20, it was a 14 and a 19 then he moved them making them 1 and 20.

    • @Madhattersinjeans
      @Madhattersinjeans 5 лет назад +33

      Seems kinda dicey.
      I'll show myself out.

    • @Alexlalpaca
      @Alexlalpaca 5 лет назад +6

      Perfectly balanced.

    • @micahphilson
      @micahphilson 5 лет назад +5

      randomnameoninternet, but it was still mostly random after he moved them. He didn't move them over and set them up to be a 1 and 20.

    • @tannermeche7968
      @tannermeche7968 5 лет назад +5

      randomnameoninternet he just like pushed them he didn’t purposely put them that way he rolled a 1 and 20 together twice it’s just cool enjoy it

  • @alainpbat3903
    @alainpbat3903 5 лет назад +697

    "your favorite puffin forest"?
    IS THERE MORE????????

    • @allievandervelde8355
      @allievandervelde8355 5 лет назад +19

      Yes darker puffins..

    • @bakatako9767
      @bakatako9767 5 лет назад +50

      I think he said forest puffin

    • @dreamcloud2949
      @dreamcloud2949 5 лет назад +14

      "... your favourite forest, puffin forest..."

    • @rewrew897
      @rewrew897 5 лет назад +4

      sybil williams
      Why did I read that as “your favorite lil Forrest...”

    • @dreamcloud2949
      @dreamcloud2949 5 лет назад +5

      @@rewrew897 dont judge my son, hes a smol Forest.

  • @yeahyeah8434
    @yeahyeah8434 5 лет назад +349

    becau--
    *dice rolls a 1 and a 20*
    *vietnam flashbacks*

    • @christopherender8164
      @christopherender8164 5 лет назад +18

      I rolled 5 nat ones in a row, but when it comes to the history check to see from which town the coin is i get a nat 20.

    • @thebolas000
      @thebolas000 5 лет назад +10

      @@dacomputernerd4096 I, for one, welcome our new rat overlords.

    • @jamesgarlick4573
      @jamesgarlick4573 5 лет назад +4

      I remember this one game where a player (half-orc) kept drinking a flask of rabbid bats blood (took it from our first kill, just to drink it) and he kept rolling nat 20s preventing him from getting poisoned. But then when he goes berserk from a cursed item, my half-elf grappled him with a nat 20 when he rolled his first nat 1 in the game! He still rolled high on the bats blood and never got poisoned

    • @guibin
      @guibin 5 лет назад +1

      Last session, 3 members of my party rolled nat 1's on a perception check.

    • @BubblyBanjax
      @BubblyBanjax 5 лет назад

      That double take tho xD

  • @craivile9981
    @craivile9981 5 лет назад +1133

    your animation is getting really good, please do a face reveal

  • @iwantmypot
    @iwantmypot 5 лет назад +46

    11:09 The die rolls they don't need to see... if they don't know what the roll is for then you don't have to hide it. 🤣
    DM: Oooh, you looked in that urn? * Rolls a d20, then a few d6, writes in notes *
    Player: Uh... What's going on? * mildly concerned *
    DM: Huh? Oh the rolls? It's probably nothing. 😎
    Player: * concern intensifies *

  • @divinityd662
    @divinityd662 5 лет назад +753

    You don't have brown hair. You don't wear a light blue shirt. You aren't fat. WHY DID YOU LIE TO US. WE TRUSTED YOU!

    • @silverpenguinx3884
      @silverpenguinx3884 5 лет назад +124

      Divinity D didn’t expect the haircut to be that accurate though xD

    • @Jellossbm
      @Jellossbm 5 лет назад +49

      He definitely has brown hair.

    • @danswizzle4113
      @danswizzle4113 5 лет назад +18

      Jello you’re brown hair

    • @BigBoysIncCEO
      @BigBoysIncCEO 5 лет назад +13

      LETS RIOT UNTIL HE CHANGES THE HAIR COLOUR! I'm ok with the shirt colour tho, maybe it's in the wash

    • @DasKame
      @DasKame 5 лет назад +80

      "I waaarned youuuu"

  • @cosmicmorning8206
    @cosmicmorning8206 5 лет назад +294

    That moment when he rolls a 1 and a 20

    • @karsten_
      @karsten_ 5 лет назад +29

      Luke McI Kne i like how he just suddenly stops from the absurdity

    • @nyxstyx388
      @nyxstyx388 5 лет назад +15

      He did it twice 16:05 the dice he moved to the lower right corner

    • @speedy01247
      @speedy01247 5 лет назад +6

      When you roll a 20 but have disadvantage. (the worst)

    • @giorgitsiklauri1283
      @giorgitsiklauri1283 5 лет назад

      The dice moved cuz his hand hit them u can see it in the lower left corner.

    • @djshepard2703
      @djshepard2703 5 лет назад

      HALFLING LUCK

  • @garumeg
    @garumeg 5 лет назад +304

    On the topic of mats, my favorite is Mercer, but a close second would be Colville, no doubt.

    • @tracyjappert6223
      @tracyjappert6223 5 лет назад +14

      garumeg okaaaaaay, you got me... I just googled for d&d colville mats 😴

    • @LeonGarnet
      @LeonGarnet 4 года назад +2

      Mine is Lillard.

    • @seanmcnew18
      @seanmcnew18 4 года назад +2

      Smith?

    • @ninetails6218
      @ninetails6218 4 года назад +2

      My favorite is Colville, I hate CR. Mercer is cool af outside of D&D, but I despise what CR has done to the game overall.

    • @jambalaya1779
      @jambalaya1779 4 года назад

      I just try to explain the battlefield the best I can cuz I don’t really care for them

  • @michaeldameron1543
    @michaeldameron1543 5 лет назад +32

    "I use these to roll advantage and disadvantage"
    *Rolls a Nat 1 and Nat 20 at the same time*

  • @MaxBurnHeart
    @MaxBurnHeart 5 лет назад +77

    Holy cow, this new animation looks so real!

  • @draconicdusk5911
    @draconicdusk5911 5 лет назад +239

    This... is a very weird animation. Puffin's character has tons of shading all of a sudden and has a lot thinner face....

  • @alexanderjoshuaknight3214
    @alexanderjoshuaknight3214 5 лет назад +45

    "Hey what's up it's you favorite Forest Puffin here"
    I mean, we don't have a other Puffin ,os I guess your technically my favorite Puffin.

  • @WASD20
    @WASD20 5 лет назад +62

    Hey! Thanks for the shoutout. Love the vids. :)
    For battlemats I agree that there is no clear winner. I lean toward Chessex for most situations though. The old clear furniture vinyl was a great solution when I was on a tight budget, but nowadays I'm willing to spend a bit more on my gaming.
    For the Chessex, I usually just get two damp rags and I'm good to go for cleaning. I don't like messing with a spray bottle and I don't like wasting paper towels.

  • @evanressler8413
    @evanressler8413 5 лет назад +114

    Your reaction to the natural 20 disadvantage and the natural 1 advantage is just... hilarious. XD

    • @Heman_916
      @Heman_916 5 лет назад

      When is that in the vid

    • @Heman_916
      @Heman_916 5 лет назад

      Thx

    • @evanressler8413
      @evanressler8413 5 лет назад +1

      That pause... that... 'Did I seriously just roll...' pause. lol

  • @aglazeddoughnut5250
    @aglazeddoughnut5250 5 лет назад +745

    YOU HAVE A FACE. All this time I just assumed you were a cartoon

    • @thomasloyal4525
      @thomasloyal4525 5 лет назад +9

      Derryk Campbell he’s the fusion of Spock and Masako of TFS

    • @TTTristan1
      @TTTristan1 5 лет назад +15

      I'm surprised it's not melon shaped.

    • @mitchellbrian2585
      @mitchellbrian2585 5 лет назад +11

      Even as I watch this I just see his cartoon face floating infront of his actual face lol. I love this guy though!

    • @Ento2012
      @Ento2012 5 лет назад +8

      He needs to do a face reveal.

    • @os8mm178
      @os8mm178 5 лет назад +3

      He does? I thought this was just a better animation 😐

  • @randyranderson690
    @randyranderson690 5 лет назад +25

    I know this will probably sound sad but I'm in my 50s and still play D&D and PF taught me some things that I never considered. Thanks PF!

    • @madsakjr6507
      @madsakjr6507 4 года назад +6

      Don’t say still... ofc you play

    • @Aelanna
      @Aelanna 4 года назад +5

      Wait... doesn't everyone in their 50's who played still play?

    • @YaPaONi
      @YaPaONi 4 года назад

      Randy Randerson I’m 40 and just started playing.

  • @ericgrochowski8400
    @ericgrochowski8400 5 лет назад +70

    *rolls 2 d20 andgets both a 1 and a 20*
    Perfectly balanced as it should be...

  • @SnuggleBunnyCrochet
    @SnuggleBunnyCrochet 5 лет назад +77

    Was I the only one who died laughing at the critical hit/miss with the big D20s?

  • @gollumsstupidfathobbit6354
    @gollumsstupidfathobbit6354 5 лет назад +102

    I'm glad to see your face because one of my professors sounds *EXACTLY* like you and it was pissing me off because I didn't feel I could ask them "hey are you Puffin Forest?!?" just in case I had to explain who that is and that I play DnD and because I'm awkward and would be like oh haha, sorry I asked, _guess I can just never speak to you or in this class again_

    • @backonlazer791
      @backonlazer791 5 лет назад +3

      Haha, good thing indeed. One other option would've been to stalk him, but that's illegal so better not =P

    • @LePinkCanary
      @LePinkCanary 5 лет назад

      This is the best post. Anytime I hear someone with a similar timber and inflection out in the wilds of the world I'm like _PUFFINFOREST?!_

    • @bishopewilson4496
      @bishopewilson4496 4 года назад

      Vesper Von Lichtenstein Timbre *

  • @LePinkCanary
    @LePinkCanary 5 лет назад +54

    1 and 20 Dis/Advantage roll was hilarious. Broke me into a cold sweat till I realized _ah no, not in gameplay right now_
    Also, I really appreciate how 'low tech' your game system is, I personally hate dragging a mini around, I don't like bulk in terms of supplies either. Super great video!

  • @beesong2729
    @beesong2729 5 лет назад +34

    concept: short GM screen so you can have the more involved interaction with the added advantages of a GM screen too

  • @Jovi_97
    @Jovi_97 5 лет назад +80

    1 and a 20 ... wow ok.. I understand the moment of silence

  • @Eagles4theewin
    @Eagles4theewin 5 лет назад +48

    100% convinced he hired an actor to play himself and dubbed over them

    • @stultie709
      @stultie709 5 лет назад +3

      surprisingly this is actually him. you can find dnd videos online with him and his friends.

    • @PanAndScanBuddy
      @PanAndScanBuddy 5 лет назад +1

      100%? What kind of conspiracy theory is this?

    • @loganberry7562
      @loganberry7562 5 лет назад

      @@stultie709 where

    • @yuyu63
      @yuyu63 5 лет назад

      Its true

  • @Nominrath
    @Nominrath 5 лет назад +17

    Soda cap rings as effect halos/markers... genius. I’m so taking that.

  • @AuntLoopy123
    @AuntLoopy123 4 года назад +6

    I loved the "dramatic" dice, when he rolled them and got a critical success and critical failure at the same time. EPIC!

  • @aguy2241
    @aguy2241 5 лет назад +77

    Dude, I legit thought that your voice was a "fake" voice, like something you do only for your cartoon. I mean it isn't a bad voice, it's just really weird to hear it without the cartoon lol. Good videos though, you're one of my favorite content creators.

    • @jackbarman7063
      @jackbarman7063 5 лет назад +1

      Reminds me of the guy who voices Kirito in SAO abridged.

    • @DrCrazyEvil
      @DrCrazyEvil 5 лет назад

      You should watch filmcow the guy who made liamas with hats and charlie the unicorn he does livestreams randomly now and it's weird hearing his voice too after watching those so I know what ya mean xD

  • @victoriapyles7752
    @victoriapyles7752 5 лет назад +438

    I don't know what I expected you to look like.. but it wasn't looking like my dad.

  • @marcoduldulao8528
    @marcoduldulao8528 5 лет назад +2

    For my first time DM'ing, I used a scrabble board and letters for people/board. It was super helpful as I didn't have too many things for now. For minis, I went to the lego store and made some minifigures and used those. Not too expensive and is fun to make them. I also used other legos I already had.

  • @backonlazer791
    @backonlazer791 5 лет назад +20

    Is it weird that I'm trying to imagine Puffin's avatar when he talks? He just looks so different from the avatar I'm used to seeing =P

  • @jeancanestri5572
    @jeancanestri5572 5 лет назад +104

    me and my friends used to make a mini map because miniatures and mats are too expensive here in Brazil. Now here's how we did it: we made a tall base with styrofoam or stacked cardboard sheets. On top of that we put graph paper. Sometimes we covered it in transparent plastic sheet so we could draw over it with markers and erase it later. To represent characters we used colored sewing pins, each color representing a character. We put the pins the through map and inside the base. It was small and we could pass it to the players when it was their turn. It was super effective and cheap and easy to lookup and lasted for several sessions. When it got old we just made another one.

  • @Elfaxik
    @Elfaxik 5 лет назад +64

    "The player just need the book, the pencil and the dice, then your kind of set... and MAYBE character sheet."

    • @Shalakor
      @Shalakor 5 лет назад +12

      Well, you can certainly just write down your character info to a notepad, construction paper, cardstock, whatever. You could fit what is actually pertinent on a post-it note using a mechanical pencil in most cases.

    • @johnjustjohn5866
      @johnjustjohn5866 5 лет назад +6

      @@Shalakor but it's better to have character sheets so the players feel more emotion as the DM rips it because they died in Tomb of Annihilation

    • @Augoeides32
      @Augoeides32 5 лет назад +1

      @@johnjustjohn5866 I prefer using Character Sheets, but at least one of my Players prefers to use their Laptop instead. Drives me a bit up the wall, because they ONLY update their notepad version of the character, and I rarely get a copy of it. They don't cheat or nothing, but its hard to plan things when you have the wrong information and items that a Player has access too.

  • @ltcolrayquaza
    @ltcolrayquaza 5 лет назад +2

    18:52 that pause/sigh at the 1 and 20 simultaneous rolls was gold.

  • @alli-gator-forest
    @alli-gator-forest 5 лет назад +14

    This is honestly the most helpful channel about D&D I’ve seen

  • @shanehunt3019
    @shanehunt3019 5 лет назад +116

    The Chessex beige mat, the staple of a prepared GM.
    EVERY. SINGLE. ONE.

  • @AlucardNoir
    @AlucardNoir 5 лет назад +47

    Points at the blue die and says "advantage", points at the red die and says "disadvantage". Rolls dice, blue die gets a 1, red die gets a 20... do your players know you're playing with loaded dice?

  • @FenetikSpeler
    @FenetikSpeler 5 лет назад +1

    I love that his voice is not altered from his animation at all. He's just a real dude who loves D&D

  • @averylfong4843
    @averylfong4843 5 лет назад +4

    I think with the wet erase Chessex mat you could just use a wet rag? Works pretty well for my games.
    I actually prefer the wet erase mats because they will stay and not rub off with a little friction, so if people are dragging their minis around/touching the mat, or if we don't finish combat/using the mat that session I can just roll it up for next session without any real impact on what I've drawn.

  • @CoffeeMugTwentyFive
    @CoffeeMugTwentyFive 5 лет назад +11

    I can't wait until RPG developers start sending you game accessories!
    Do you hear me Devs! help this man out!

  • @RebaDerps
    @RebaDerps 5 лет назад +102

    There’s an arts and crafts blog that shows how to imbed a touchscreen monitor into the table so you can digitally upload and edit the tabletop map as you play. It’s pretty cool!

    • @mesaxton3279
      @mesaxton3279 5 лет назад +2

      Where

    • @puffinforest
      @puffinforest  5 лет назад +16

      Awesome! I've seen some videos on those. They're really cool!

    • @mesaxton3279
      @mesaxton3279 5 лет назад +5

      @@puffinforest love your videos

    • @burakc9673
      @burakc9673 5 лет назад +1

      Link?

    • @pedrobastos8132
      @pedrobastos8132 5 лет назад

      Seems too expensive and it doesn't seem to be worth the hassle.
      Sure, using a mat is certainly not as cool, but it costs much less, requires way less setup (you just draw the thing on the spot, don't need to look for the right maps on the internet or make/edit your own on a software) and it does the same thing.

  • @dracophoenixttv
    @dracophoenixttv 5 лет назад +18

    Captain Morgan I have that black dice I do enjoy those ones a lot I laughed at the Nat fail and Nat success at the same time lol

  • @hive_indicator318
    @hive_indicator318 5 лет назад +1

    First, we had the Lazy GM. Then, we got the Angry DM. Now, the one that I've needed all this time...The Cheap DM!
    I can't see spending a ton of money on minis just so my players don't ever have to visualize orcs and gnolls. Great work with the large and huge tokens, too. I don't believe how many ideas I got from this short vid. Keep it up, Ben!

  • @noblemagi
    @noblemagi 5 лет назад +274

    Ever thought of selling your art on mouse pads and dice trays

  • @ThePokePreston
    @ThePokePreston 5 лет назад +184

    When are u gonna do a face reveal?

    • @wakawakawakawaka8804
      @wakawakawakawaka8804 5 лет назад +16

      Ikr,like what does he look like? Does he look exactly his avatar or he looks entirely different?

    • @straffordsaints7816
      @straffordsaints7816 5 лет назад +16

      I'm betting the hair cut on his avatar is 100% accurate tho

    • @goof.mp4633
      @goof.mp4633 5 лет назад +9

      Nah it'll probably be a lot different

    • @J-Amadaeus
      @J-Amadaeus 5 лет назад +12

      @@jacobwestminster2810 r/whooosh

    • @qm230
      @qm230 5 лет назад +3

      @@J-Amadaeus dang it

  • @theknightofdoom260
    @theknightofdoom260 5 лет назад +3

    Oh and just to say cheers dude I watched some of your videos and went out and re bought all the DnD books and ran my first game for 20 years to much amusement of my 20 year old players. So again cheers.

  • @panicwithcompulsion
    @panicwithcompulsion 4 года назад +1

    You can use a spritzed towel over your mats to gently iron it on low heat. We had to do that when Chessex wrapped their megamat too tightly and it had super waves. My DM uses Windex on the the mat to make it easier. I've also found that treating the ink like clean up crumbs (doing scooping motions towards the center of the image) helps reduce the amount of paper towels used. You could also invest in a small rag for just wiping the mat. It would probably get stained, but it doesn't really matter.

  • @Chrykers
    @Chrykers 5 лет назад +171

    1 and 20, with the dices! I know what you did space out a bit :D

    • @33TieGuy
      @33TieGuy 5 лет назад +10

      Ha ha! Yeah that was a pretty funny moment.

    • @jackielinde7568
      @jackielinde7568 5 лет назад +11

      18:50 for those who wants to go see it. Yeah... what are the odds?

    • @coralplaysgames5883
      @coralplaysgames5883 5 лет назад +5

      @@jackielinde7568 1 in 200, 0.5%

    • @jackielinde7568
      @jackielinde7568 5 лет назад +6

      @@coralplaysgames5883 Wouldn't it be one in 400 (20^2)?

    • @coralplaysgames5883
      @coralplaysgames5883 5 лет назад +3

      @@jackielinde7568 he could have rolled a one or 20 on either dice, so 2/400, maybe that doesn't count though

  • @mnm1273
    @mnm1273 5 лет назад +18

    I would recommend the pathfinder mats. 2 double sided mats with quite nice backgrounds (sea, grass and two kinds of paving). It's nice and compact but when unfolded is quite big. It's quality is reasonable. Well worth it's price tag that's aroun 15$ (a 10$ one also exists without the backgrounds).

  • @Squirr3lAIDS
    @Squirr3lAIDS 5 лет назад

    Thank you for posting things like this! I was the person who introduced D&D to my friend group and started DM'ing so even when other people DM they mostly follow my style since it's what they've been exposed to. It's great being able to see the other things that can be used and watch your videos to see the kinds of encounters you come up with!

  • @Julie-pt7gm
    @Julie-pt7gm 5 лет назад

    For playmat, several years ago i bought a large sheet of plexiglass from home depot. I then used painters tape to model lines on it and spraypainted with outdoor paint. Did that a second time the other way and it came out really nice. So one side is not ideal for markers as its got the paint but the other side is fantastic and easy to see the grid. Bonus is sliding printed maps or art under it and its an instant wet/dry grid on top of whatever art/material you have. It has served me really really well.

  • @JesseSierke
    @JesseSierke 5 лет назад +8

    This took me so off guard. Kind of like suddenly hearing Hank Hill in a grocery store, only to find that it’s really Hank Hill. Great information, though. Grateful for the review of the wet erase mat.

  • @TheOnlyMisterC
    @TheOnlyMisterC 5 лет назад +16

    Pro tip: If you ever mistake your markers and use your permanent marker by mistake, use the dryErase and draw over the permanentMarker and it will make it dry-erasable

    • @remixtheidiot5771
      @remixtheidiot5771 5 лет назад +1

      MisterC thats what we do at school whenever we accidentally write permanent markers for the white board.

  • @crystalheath6510
    @crystalheath6510 5 лет назад

    As a DM i have two other recommendations for battle mats that work great.
    1. You can get a pad of 1" Graph paper from your local office supply store. It will be in the teacher supply section it tends to only cost about $15 - $20 for a large pad of them. You can write with marker or pen on them and your players can write on it too then after the game you can throw it out. (little wasteful) Additionally you can take one of the sheets and have it laminated at a stationary place which costs less than $10 and it will work for wet and dry erase markers.
    2. I like the Roll 4 Initiative puzzle tile battle mats because they don't roll or crease and are dry erase and easier to transport imo. You do have a bit of a edge where two pieces join but they work good for pre-drawing maps and adding the pieces as the players move through the area especially with the smaller ones.

  • @clifb.7182
    @clifb.7182 4 года назад

    Very cool. I started playing in 1983 so we were stuck with the plastic die that you had to use the white crayon with to make the numbers show up. If you wanted minis you had to buy the lead melting pot, pewter ingots, and plaster to cast them yourself, but things changed rather quickly and all the stuff eventually became more available. I remember someone had a kit for making campaign buttons, small, medium, and large. For $10 we could make 100 button minis and they would last for decades. Over the last decade or so I've discovered the big bags of coloured replacement cubes and meeples for Eurogames. I like the real wood feel, but I love the convenience of being able to dump everything in a big bag at the end of the night. Anyway, good job.

  • @supershinystar5515
    @supershinystar5515 5 лет назад +15

    Your tips for tokens are very helpful! Thank you! I have a player who has nearly all the books with to much time on his hands. He always takes the books with him. I have the mat and everyone brings their own dice and a minis if they want. Otherwise we just use standard board game pieces. Since I usually play Dnd with the same people we can just bring the stuff.
    Edit: Also it’s kinda cool seeing people’s faces when you’re on the bus with a big tube for the mat.

  • @theleetstright791
    @theleetstright791 5 лет назад +102

    PUFFIN
    IT'S YOUR FACE

  • @donniemorrow
    @donniemorrow 5 лет назад +1

    My kit also uses the NPC Codex in a zip bag - instant recognition. I use and really like the Pathfinder Terrain 2-Pack, as some others have commented about. I keep all my dice in a zip bag though, so I think it's time to upgrade to the workman's box. Great suggestion.
    All that I pack in the outer fold of a messenger bag with other peripherals (markers, a terrycloth rag, phone chargers, etc). In the main fold I keep a binder for character sheets and a binder for the current campaign/adventure notes, printouts, and GM resources.

  • @dbzcat
    @dbzcat 5 лет назад

    Hey Puffin, just wanted to say that your videos have really gotten me into the game :) And also my husband and I searched for 2 days everywhere in our city and online for a dry erase mat with squares and couldn't find one, ended up with some weird thing from Hobby Lobby that looked...ok. THANK YOU for showing us the evergame mat! It is exactly what we were looking for! Can't wait to try it out next week :D

  • @itsreyrey2673
    @itsreyrey2673 5 лет назад +39

    I really like these new kinds of videos :3
    You should make this as a series!
    Calling it something like " Puffins D&D lessons" :D

  • @Kaysler
    @Kaysler 5 лет назад +7

    I struggle seeing how different you are than your animated character.
    Like don't take that in any way negativity, just so different.
    Love your content!

  • @isabelperry4097
    @isabelperry4097 5 лет назад

    So many useful ideas, thank you! Thoroughly enjoyable to watch, too.

  • @Arthas30000
    @Arthas30000 5 лет назад

    Hey Ben! Wonderful video 😁 love the stuff you do! Surprisingly useful for the matt stuff. Use the alternate rule in the DMG for going diagonally, so every other square becomes 10ft instead of 5. Gives some semblance of growing distance

  • @uriel7395
    @uriel7395 5 лет назад +18

    YOU AREN'T BEN! He'd never say forest puffin.

  • @Herpdongs
    @Herpdongs 5 лет назад +11

    i laughed way to hard at that Nat-1 and Nat-20 at 18:51

  • @burakc9673
    @burakc9673 5 лет назад +2

    Thoroughly enjoyed this video. Who else would pay money to have puffin forest run a game for them?!?! Whose with me!!

  • @paulunga
    @paulunga 5 лет назад

    This actually inspired me to get out an ancient d20 System Starter Edition I've had in a closet for almost twenty years. Still had some dice, cheapo mats and minis of different sizes in there! Dunno why I never thought of checking what's inside considering I've been playing in a few games with novice DMs that don't really have any materials yet.

  • @iquemedia
    @iquemedia 5 лет назад +37

    18:48
    Where is your God now

  • @PleasantMoth
    @PleasantMoth 5 лет назад +58

    His face returns! ...I am no longer comfortable watching these on the can!

  • @Nashi_likes_games
    @Nashi_likes_games 5 лет назад

    That random stop when your Advantage/Disadvantage was 1 and 20 just cracked me up so hard xD

  • @ashleymiles3373
    @ashleymiles3373 5 лет назад +1

    The pause at 18:53 when you roll the 20 and 1 made my day.

  • @danrus1960
    @danrus1960 5 лет назад +54

    Yknow what they say a dice a day keeps the masters at bay

  • @samhandwich1326
    @samhandwich1326 5 лет назад +71

    Awesome vid, I loved it, ima new player so this helped a lot!

  • @dragnoxio
    @dragnoxio 5 лет назад

    I actually appreciate the advice and tips you've given. I'll be able to use some of it for my own games!
    Especially the card board for bigger enemies (I also don't use minis I use markers with numbers but always struggled with bigger creatures for finding markers). I use chess pieces for my players.
    So thanks! That's really helpful. Among the recommendations for playmats. As well as the "crystals" for unique items.

  • @CoolBoyShane
    @CoolBoyShane 5 лет назад

    Thanks for sharing, Puffin! Your games seem well equipped and immersive!
    Personally, for maps, I just use a pad of grid paper. Travel size, easy to change, save maps for later... Keeps things simple!
    For dice, I have a bag that I bring with multiple 7-die sets in it and can lend them to any and all players that need them. I have a few extra d6s and d20s as well for spells and instances of advantage.
    Aside from that, I recommend a designated Party Inventory Sheet to keep track of treasure and equipment, as well as a Session Journal to track names and important factoids, which helps people remember important info over long periods of real life time.

  • @JustinY.
    @JustinY. 5 лет назад +675

    Dice, Mats, and everything nice. These were the ingredients to make the perfect DD game. But Puffin added another ingredient, a grandmaster! And thus the perfect DD game was born!

    • @Bent773
      @Bent773 5 лет назад +14

      Fuckin hell dude

    • @goldenshadow8541
      @goldenshadow8541 5 лет назад +13

      Please fuck off

    • @LeGreenMoose
      @LeGreenMoose 5 лет назад +28

      Do you even watch the video before you comment?

    • @samharris246
      @samharris246 5 лет назад +2

      How wheelchair bound are you?

    • @Adventurer32
      @Adventurer32 5 лет назад +19

      @@LeGreenMoose He didn't. He commented 2 minutes after the video came out, while it is 21 minutes long. So he just watches the title and comments :/

  • @merijn4440
    @merijn4440 5 лет назад +18

    Everyone talking about the 20 and 1 on the big dice. But did anyone notice the OTHER 20 and 1 that were just chillin at 16:05 in the middle of the screen..? (The blue and white one)

  • @lockwoan01
    @lockwoan01 3 года назад +1

    Useful information. Been trying to fill in as a substitute-substitute DM for a D&D5e group (crazy story, but involves current events, with the DM not playing as their wife is in a higher At Risk category, and will be moving as well, and a death in the substitute DM's family) and I'm trying to see about getting a buddy of mine, who used to play 3.5 back in the day, to play. Thing is, group plays using theater of the mind, while he, and a friend of his who wants to join a group, are used to grids and minis and such. Been doing a bit of chit chat in order to figure out how to do things.

  • @fredfreddy8684
    @fredfreddy8684 5 лет назад

    The pause at the high & low crit roll was great.

  • @DyrgeAfterDark
    @DyrgeAfterDark 5 лет назад +82

    This guy doesn't look like a Flumph!? How Abserd.

  • @dr.dolphin705
    @dr.dolphin705 5 лет назад +84

    Wow 3 vids in one week

    • @BennysGamingAttic
      @BennysGamingAttic 5 лет назад +20

      How abserd

    • @lurpaderp4479
      @lurpaderp4479 5 лет назад +3

      @@BennysGamingAttic thats it im gettin me mallet

    • @samhandwich1326
      @samhandwich1326 5 лет назад

      Lurpaderp 9196 Netter hope you roll a 20

    • @johnjustjohn5866
      @johnjustjohn5866 5 лет назад

      @@lurpaderp4479 "but hurting someone would be doing the evils" -Abserd, at one point, probably

    • @lurpaderp4479
      @lurpaderp4479 5 лет назад

      @@johnjustjohn5866 now i cant crap

  • @ankkapommi
    @ankkapommi 4 года назад

    Wow, this video was actually super helpfull! I've struggled for a while with using minis, but this video showed great alternatives!

  • @mynamemybusiness9245
    @mynamemybusiness9245 4 года назад

    I like how imaginative, reliable, and useful your device and gameplay is.

  • @miles4618
    @miles4618 5 лет назад +80

    4:15 actually baby wipes work well for that.

    • @dah_koh_tah2641
      @dah_koh_tah2641 5 лет назад +8

      Dude you're a genius

    • @LittleCazzy
      @LittleCazzy 5 лет назад +8

      That's exactly what I was going to say. It's also generally cheaper to mass buy baby wipes and the take a fair while to dry out which helps if you're making notes on the board like Ben does. It's what one of my groups do, I actually keep baby wipes in my gaming pocket of my bag because they also give a better clean to a dry wipe board after your finished for the day.

    • @davidhollowelljr949
      @davidhollowelljr949 5 лет назад +5

      Baby wipes are the mcguffins of human life

    • @OneImmortalStudios
      @OneImmortalStudios 5 лет назад +9

      I use a sponge. Don't have to throw it out after

    • @videogameguy4215
      @videogameguy4215 5 лет назад +1

      @@LittleCazzy yes but the cashier might look at you like your a lunatic

  • @rodrigociabotti3014
    @rodrigociabotti3014 5 лет назад +25

    man, you should tape your playing and gming. like critical role and the guys from xp to level 3! it would be awesome!

    • @Morkelfan
      @Morkelfan 5 лет назад

      You should check out the (now discontinued) channel "Disaster Squad". It's Ben and some other players.

    • @rodrigociabotti3014
      @rodrigociabotti3014 5 лет назад

      @@Morkelfan ohhh nice. Gonna check it later them

  • @Irishcream216
    @Irishcream216 4 года назад

    When you say "BOSS!" with such enthusiasm you channel a pretty decent David Hayter. I dig it. 10/10

  • @wiithers
    @wiithers 5 лет назад

    Thanks for the video! Some of the things you've shown are quite insightful.

  • @mayomann5789
    @mayomann5789 5 лет назад +135

    Are you the fifth Beatle?

    • @SunnyStreak_
      @SunnyStreak_ 5 лет назад +5

      Yeah. Seeing Puffin with the glasses remind me of John Lennon.

    • @kraigtheimpaler
      @kraigtheimpaler 5 лет назад +1

      Yeah, he was replaced by Ringo.

    • @wizardpig02_81
      @wizardpig02_81 5 лет назад

      Dasher Dart Nah more kinda like George tbh

    • @Scepnex9000
      @Scepnex9000 5 лет назад +1

      Sixth
      George Martin was the fifth Beatle

  • @pad92011
    @pad92011 5 лет назад +14

    Oh... my... what a shock. I wasn't expecting a face reveal, I guess I missed the first one. Ok, carry on...

  • @luckfolly1183
    @luckfolly1183 5 лет назад

    For mats I use a quilting square thing. My mom and I both sew, so we use the squares to measure distance, and put on figures and items to make the scene. A cheap and creative way to make a mat. USE WHATEVER IS AT YO HOUSE.

  • @Xalonus
    @Xalonus 5 лет назад +2

    18:50 best advantage/disadvantage roll EVER!!! truly amazing lol

  • @Baseline808
    @Baseline808 5 лет назад +6

    He's more beautiful than I imagined

  • @matthewbennett558
    @matthewbennett558 5 лет назад +83

    Can you give some links to the different things you show here? Especially nice if they're amazon affiliate links so if I get anything you benefit from it.

    • @Bondanalloy
      @Bondanalloy 5 лет назад +6

      agree 100% he should get more back from this community for all he puts out for us

  • @bardstein3806
    @bardstein3806 5 лет назад

    I actually managed to meet a DM who likes your stuff and used that as a point of interest to keep conversation going. Long story short, I got to play in my first session last night! :D

  • @Siriussephiroth
    @Siriussephiroth 4 года назад

    18:50 best moment on the video! A TON of great content. Keep up the awesome stories, animation and just over all no nonsense game help!