D&D Story: A Most Abserd Character 

Look at this way Abserd is either the weakest 14th level hero possible.... or the strongest first level character ever.

How could he be kicked out of so many places? *HEARS HIM TALK* Oh.

And five years later, you have Baldur’s gate 3 where you have literally an achievement for playing as this character.

"If you can make it legally, I'll allow it" The GM's way of telling you: "This is hilarious and I'd like to see you try"

"Yeah...its from the book" Its not from the book it IS the book

Side note, Abserd's character progression (aside from starting as a Wizard) literally goes in alphabetical order of the classes.

I imagine Abserd eventually annoyed the shit out of his captor so much, that they just let him go. And he reconnected with his party later that night.

Now that Artificier is officially a class, Abserd needs a remake.

"I multiclassed so I could have all the annoying parts of every class"

Abserd is the hero that D&D deserves but doesn't need.

Most people: I play both sides so I always come out on top Abserd: I played all the sides and failed

I love that Abserd is so loved by the fan base that he's basically a public domain NPC. He may pop up in any campaign at any table

PF: so, I want to multiclass GM: ok, what classes? PF: yes

Notice how the backstory changes from third person to first person mid-story? Thats a sign of an invested player

Abserd a drifter? No Kicked out for driving everyone mad? YES NO DOUBT

Based on the accent I'm glad we finally know Tommy Wiseau's backstory.

did they just guarantee that absard's soul will be sacrificed to some dark god, that would resurrect him just to get rid of his annoying ass, thus letting him add lich to his list of classes?

Bard-barians... Actually that sounds extremely likely. Literally a tribe of tribal skalds.

legend has everytime a new class for DnD is created Abserd will automaticall gain it, even the homebrew ones

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="429">7:09</a> You can tell how little they care about sacrificing Abserd with one simple fact. They LEAVE without even taking the hostage they traded Abserd for with them! XD

I....almost choked when he started to use telepathy to talk to them. This is comical as f#%k

They were so happy to be rid of Abserd that they left the hostage behind as well.

Love the character, love the story, but it inspired me to make Absred's Evil Twin. "Jondo" (John Doe) Non-Varient Human Fighter-Champion all the way. Used point buy to make his stats as flat and average as I could. He's neither really good, nor really bad at anything. His catch phrase is "I have no opinion about that." Left home to join the military, but skipped out immediately after completing his training. They're NOT looking for him. Due to a book keeping error there's no record that he signed up. There's a girl back home he really likes, but he's afraid she doesn't know he's alive. In fact she doesn't. She never noticed him before. He's out in the world pining for a girl that doesn't know he exists and hiding from a military that doesn't either. Someday he may become the Patron Saint of the everyman, but probably not.

"Soooooo how many classes do you wanna multiclass?" "yes"

Rescued hostage: Are we really going to leave him behind? Party member: 3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . . Villain: [throws absurd out] AAAAAAAAAAAAA

You're a terrible person, and an even worse friend. And a genius.

Fist of all, how the f$*# did I get this recommend? Second, this video has single-handedly gotten me interested in D&D

I think Abserd’s mom signed him up for so many after school activities he just became a master of everything

And then Abserd annoyed the villain to death.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="210">3:30</a> Abserd isn't a jack of all trades, he's jacked WITH all the trades.

My favorite part is that at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="408">6:48</a> after leaving Abserd behind, they don’t bring out the npc as a trade, they just left Abserd there and didn’t bother to actually make the exchange for the hostage

What I was expecting: after about an hour after the 'prisoner exchange', as the party was finally clearing the forest - the evil nemesis appears before them...and begs them to take their companion PC back. "He just won't shut up. And even when I gag him, he still talks - directly into my brain. PLEASE - take him away with you." And the party makes some outrageous demands...which the nemesis quickly agrees to. :)

"Hey it's my birthday let's have F U N!" Puffin: "Now's my chance to ruin everything."

Abserd gets stabbed.... "You are tearing me apart, Lisa!!"

Btw BG3 has an achievement for getting all 12 classes on one character, go forth comrades and make your own Abserds!

Artificer let me introduce myself Abserd: levels up im now a one too

I told a DM once. "You kill me, I WILL come back as Jar Jar binks" and here you are. achieving that

"What stories lie in store for the future of Abserd?" He becomes Mayor, apparently.

Now, funny enough, there's is an effective way to make Absurd decently effective. First up, make him an Ordinary Human. Then, use the point-buy system to get 4 13s, a 12, and a 11. Put the 13s in Strength, Dexterity, Wisdom, and Charisma, the 12 in Intelligence, and the 11 in Constitution - add bonuses, and you have 4 14s, a 13, and a 12 - this allows for all the multi-classing. Also, at Level One, start as a fighter, to get proficiencies in all weapons, shields, and armors, plus a fighting style. After that, do your leveling up to the other classes. Now, while you get a bunch of first-level spells, you can use them in higher level spell-slots. Also, remember this, at level 14, he'd have a +5 Proficiency bonus in his attacks, plus an extra +2 modifier for everything (but Wizard (and Artificer) spells, which would have a +1 modifier), so, so long as he rolled a 15 or better on the D20, he's got a good chance of hitting someone. Also, with 2 skills from his background, 2 from Fighter, 1 from Bard, 1 from Ranger, 1 from Rogue, he's good in 7 skills. Then there's the various tools he could use from certain classes, and he can play music. So, crazy, yes, but doable.

Dm after hearing Puffins character: The hand book will decided your fate. Puffin: I am the hand book.

They didn't even take the prisoner...

"I had to think of a reason he kept getting kicked out" Maybe it was his voice

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I JUST realized how much of a missed opportunity you had to name him Jack. Of All Trades.

"How does that character play?" "IT'S DOESN'T~" lol!

abserd escaped by annoying the witch to death literally and then he became the mayor of a town.

When he was cast out from the sisterhood, I knew what kinda dude this was.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="350">5:50</a> is the best part. I died when he started using telepathy.

I'm laying in bed watching with my cat, as soon as Abserd started talking the cat got really annoyed, contemplating sleeping somewhere else.

I once made an NPC who was multiclassed into every class named Jackov Alltrades. He was an Aasimar obsessed with being the best at EVERYTHING to the annoyance of everyone around him. He was fun for me, but like, nobody else.

I hope we get a sequel where Absurd gets the Artificer class

Abserd needs a mizzium apparatus (uncommon item from ravnica setting) and (roguish) expertise in arcana. Then he could theoretically cast any spell in the game up to his highest spell slot (4th level needs a 6 or higher on the die if we are assuming int 14). Casts levels 1-2 without trying. "So how does the character work?" Very well!

When a dm pulled this, and gave us tenth level characters to make for a one shot with little restrictions, most players made half-dragon half demon samurai people or whatever. I made a Gerbil. Virgil the gerbil. I was a level 1 gerbil since i was not smart enough to gain class levels. Being a sub-optimal race gave me some level adjustment bonuses to compensate, so really I had like 13 levels to give Virgil. So obviously I made Virgil as tall as the empire State building as a ''race modifier''. Friend is a mage and decides to polymorph me into a human until the last moment. When we faced an Archmage demigod something, I simply resumed my normal form and chewed the final boss to death. I took all my feats into ''chewing harder''. We are no longer allowed to play anything.

Abserd: the Tommy Wisseau of D&D

Abserd is such a memorable character- he pops in my mind occasionally to this day xD

you really need to make this character in Baldur's Gate 3

I don't know if you were going for a Tommy Wiseau vibe, but this character absolutely has a Tommy Wiseau vibe. This is bullshit I did not crit her this is not true I did not crit her I did nahhht. Oh I Mark.

Not the hero we needed but the one we deserve

You have to play him again so he can have a level of Artificer

As someone who's been struggling with a class choice for an *abserdly* long time (and still am), this sounds like a freaking perfect class choice for me.

Watching the adventures of Abserd is like watching Lord of the Rings if it was written by, directed by and staring Tommy Wiseau

ugh i cant stop laughing after Abserd started using telepathy. IM DYIIINGGGG

Me in choir: "I aM GrEaT aT sInGiNg"

I have decided I am going to make Abserd in Baldurs Gate 3, solely for the achievement. Wish me Luck.

"Can that even be legal?" "Challenge accepted."

How to make your party hate you. 😂

I love this character, I'd love to hear more stories about him.

**enemies hide** "Oh no where did they go" Me: just set the surrounding area on fire "Oh no i'm dying" Me: just heal yourself you have every class

"uH NOe wOTch OuT beAHIend yew! THaRe is gRatE daNjER!"

Your DM should bring him back. Just like randomly. Just like, two years down the road, your DM is setting the mood "And out of the mist, a portal opens up. Is it from another dimension? One lone figure steps out of the mist." "Oh, hai guys. You remember me don't you?........"

"Yes, who doesn't know the fearsome bard-barbarians"

Love this! I’ve just started playing DnD and I was reading the rule book when I saw the multiclassing part. I instantly thought of being all classes and enthusiastically asked my boyfriend about it, and he just looked at me and then told me to watch this video. Now I know it’s possible!

Oh thank goodness, a puffin forest. This afternoon was getting so drab and you saved it.

Now we need Abserd theorycraft where we have an Abserd max level in every class and go through the many options. Maybe even some sorta homebrew "class swap" mechanic that lets Abserd change base class after a long rest instead of traditional multiclass.

"What classes do you want" Puffin: yes

Bard-barians wield mighty axes. It's common knowledge.

I imagine the villain was so charmed by Abserd personality that he was allowed to leave (read: was kicked out after 3 minutes of him opening his mouth) freely so he could continue on his adventures. :v

The talking in telepathy bit had me crying. Abserd is an absolute hero 😂

That backstory sounds like something Eric Cartman would make up

As soon as he skipped to the Bard-barians part, I knew in my head what was going to happen. Someone had proposed doing this in one of my games and I was like "I REALLY don't think you should."

I heard this idea. An orc ranger with tavern brawler. But instead of using a bow, he throws his arrows. "I am greatest bow ever!". *throws arrow*

This is one of my favourite videos on RU-vid and today I've just learned in Baldur's Gate 3 there's an achievement for playing a character with a level in every class! Congrats Puffin, I think you've managed to influence Larian Studios with your brilliance!

multiclassing 9 classes, and maxing at lvl 20 would mean you can go lvl 2 on all, and 2 classes can be lvl 3. pretty powerful

I love this character so much.

I knew exactly what Abserd would be immediately, because I made a character with the same concept .

I like to think that after a few months, Abserd was kicked out of the BBEG's lair, having learned yet another class.

I tried this before seeing this video Rodric Stargreaver was an absolute beast

DM: so, what class do you want to play? Abserd: *YES*

I'd be happy to just play a Bard-Barian

hey, what's this red, sticky liquid coming out of my ears? ...and why can't i hear anything?

I never knew difficulty, till I watched this at 4 in the morning and trying not to wake up my house

You made him a drifter? So not only is he every class, but he's also a murderhobo? My god, you've created the ultimate character

"Is that even legal?" "I'm pretty sure"

In the game I am currently running, we have Caillou the Necromancer and a Sith lord

Puffin: I would like to multi class Dm: ok what classes? Puffin: Yes.

Abserd...this sounds like a character a friend of mine made, minus the backstory of how they multi classed so much.

well abserd could certainly have his own spinoff. like, he could literally have his own show. a character that is all the classes but is also shit at all of them? that show could write itself. i expect to see a dan harmon produced show of this next fall! Abserd Ho!

Notice that they didn't even trade him for the prisoner they literally just gave the bad guy abserd

I love how the backstory explanation slowly descends into insanity

Ah pen and paper characters, always a good source of enjoyment. We once had a character in our group that was "Herman der Holzfäller" (Herman the wood choper, the player always names his character in an alliteration). He had the traits of scary (we were playind DSA) and his motto was:"Someone that can cut down trees, can also cut down people." The final boss had the brilliant idea to hide when he was low on hp by turing into a tree, but Herman knows real trees from fake ones so he choped him up. Edit: god damn spelling