DungeonCraft #70: The Rules I Use 

Lol. That's a good one.

Roll natural 1 "You're the milk mans, sorry"

I rolled a nat 20 now I know he is my father and my grandfather. Mom that's gross

Thanks! I thought that line was funny and I was starting to wonder if it was just in my own head.

Then you get the monk who wraps bacon around their fists, and gets caught ham-handed

@@toddkes5890 DAD JOKES!

Trial by combaah-t

That's just exercising your Constitutional right to bear legs.

That phrase alone makes me wish I could upvote, thumbs up, recommend more that once. :)

His premise is wrong though, anyone can wield a leg of mutton as a weapon, you only need Tavern Brawler if you want to do so with your proficiency modifier to the attack roll.

@@Darkzen24 I agree, improvised weapons are available to everyone.

@@Darkzen24 so, your saying that if your a great fighter with a rapier then none of your skill as a fighter transfers to a leg of mutton unless you have a special feat? That's bogus.

@@Elderos5 As someone with extensive Military and martial arts background, yes. If you wield a rapier in the techniques of an arming sword, you're going to be quite ineffective. Now your natural ability will translate, i.e. if you're strong you'll hit harder or dexterous you'll have better coordination/control... But without actually learning the nuances of the leverage/mechanics of a tool, you won't be nearly as effective as someone that does know them. That said, the game abstracts all of this stuff anyways... Your skill is represented in numerous ways. Like HPs, proficiency, ability scores, etc... A trained/veteran warrior will easily kill the average person, they just won't be nearly as effective using a leg of mutton over say a tool designed specifically to kill people (e.g. a rapier).

Waaaaaaaaahhhhhh?!?! THE Hankerin'?!?! This channel is not worthy!

Runehammer you have an awesome channel.

@@DUNGEONCRAFT1 Bro, you're totally worthy. You are the chocolate to Hank's peanut butter. Or something.

Both Runehammer and Dungeon Craft are my favorite channels regarding this amazing hobby.

Runo, I can't say how great it is to see a master here. The Professor has something, doesn't he?

you can, you'll just need to also Unlike it 4 times. ;) LOL

You can, just make 4 more dummy accounts.

so shakesspear... melodrama " how am i supposed to know if you're my real father" hahah... i joke with my kid like that often.

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Thanks, Autumn. Keep sharing vids so I can keep doing it!

I once ran a game session without a system. We just grabbed some dice, note cards, and pencils and then we started playing.

It is the opposite actually

That depends on if we're talking Russet, King Edward or Duke of York potatoes?

An African dire donkey, or a European dire donkey?

​@@Victor.Alteriathat's hilarious! Monty Python references always win!

Been there exactly! That's why Basic > ADnD (But everyone can have fun with either ;) )

Both are perfectly possible. Common sense goes a long way when it comes to realism. My players can only do realistic things, only carry realistic loads, etc. No charts required. The question "how the hell are you carrying that?" goes a long way. "That doesn't make sense, explain how you plan on accomplishing it" or "that's fucking brilliant, here's a fat bonus to your roll" can bring even the most simple systems into line with reality.

That was a fantastic ending.

Andrew Green only a man not of woman born can getaway with such whiny monologues

I wondered if I should be concerned about that, but nah. That said, I remembered that chapter 11 of XDM has a section entitled "A Giant Incredible Fireball A.K.A. Homeland Security Watchlist" and … I don't really have any idea how to make "ghetto flash paper" offhand (I could if I thought about it) but that and the thing before it … yeah I know how. In the latter case … let's just say I know some albino kid who did it, and I still remember the recipe I-he-used. That said, seriously don't try to emulate 14 year old me. I made two such things. One following that recipe probably exactly.. (If I ever have the opportunity to meet Tracy, I'll ask, out of curiosity.) The second had a bit different recipe, was made to burn a lot longer and looked like a blue jet engine for a couple of minutes. Mostly due to copper, not heat, though it did turn the coffee can to slag in the middle of the dirt field we put it in. That second one got the police called. It was well out before they showed up and we were nowhere near the thing when it went off on purpose, but after about 20 minutes of the police doing whatever, they called in a fire truck to hose the thing down to make sure it STAYED out. Apparently nobody noticed THE ALBINO KID set the thing off, so we were assumed to be just one of several groups of kids watching the commotion after the light show and told to move on. I never considered the police would spend that much time on it, or that they'd also waste the fire department's time, and it was only later I considered that the list of white-haired teenagers was gonna be mighty short if someone had seen me. Never did anything that big after that. But um, a few years ago (my fiancée informs me it was ten) I met a kid, 22, who was missing a few fingers. He'd illegally modified a common non-explosive legal firework to make a bigger boom and wasn't as clever or as safe as he thought. It blew up in his hand. He'd just gotten out of federal prison on parole a couple of weeks ago. They threw the book at him for bombmaking. So … no joke, when the book says don't play with that stuff, seriously, don't play with that stuff. You do not want simulated injuries to become actual injuries, ever, and you do not want law enforcement, fire department, or significant others wanting to have words with you. Play safe. LED strips can be turned into an uplight behind plants and put on controllers that make them flicker, it's easy to add torchlight to scatter terrain that warrants it, LED tea lights are cheap, and you can do amazingly complex things with a couple of Arduinos and about 30 minutes of learning to code. Stay safe, stay legal, and have a great game!

@@jaytomioka3137I gave that a like. You deserved it after all of these years. I see you, and your joke is valid 👍🏻

I have read hundreds of comments today--mostly about my latest video which racked up 75k in a day. But THIS comment is why I do what I do. Thank you. Made my day.

@@DUNGEONCRAFT1 you are most welcome sir!

An update is coming.

@@DUNGEONCRAFT1 Awesome

That's my son. Not scripted at all. He interrupted the taping and I left it in.

Freaking. Perfect. I just discovered your channel today. Gobbling up all of your content. I too have been plagued by slow combat and gameplay that takes all the magic out of the game. Thank you for fighting the good fight. It’s good to know I’m not the only one!

@@MattSmith83 You are welcome. Check out "Speed Up Combat," "No More Initiative" and "Magic." You'll enjoy them.

Done and done!

Savage Worlds is great as setting agnostic It's so simple, it has all the rules for situations IF YOU CARE but personally I just keep it simple

I don't know, if you can understand your power level, and can write it can be cool. A level one character fighting off goblins with a rusty sword to defend their farm from goblins having spouse and kids slaughtered and knocked unconscious as their farm burns with just a scrap of cloth torn from the goblins as a reminder of which tribe laid them low prompting them to set out as a ranger (and occasional soldier of fortune) is fine and relatively believable level 1 origin. And then you can edgelord munchkin on top of that too.

That kid was brutal. One of my fondest GM memories.

Cool, James!

Dang pesty new OSR Games www.drivethrurpg.com/m/product/253217 The 1990 Game it is taken from www.drivethrurpg.com/m/product/248341 The 1981 Game the 1990 Game grew out of www.drivethrurpg.com/m/product/249240

All systems are modular.

Cool! Glad you have you as a viewer.

Thanks for taking the time to comment. That was a magical moment. It could never be planned or faked.

Amen! Welcome, my brother!

Thanks for taking the time to share. May all your rolls be 20s!

Thanks for the support. Glad you find this video useful.

Great story ! Thanks for sharing!

I forget. Is this one "How do I even know you're my real father?"

The secret is ALL of these games are D&D and if you interbreed them you get YOUR D&D.

Or a 12 to make it clear that he is upset for not being consulted

You're welcome. I hope for the better.

You mean Hordes. Remember: The orc horde looted the treasure hoard.

@@goyasolidar I've never been able to tell the difference, thanks!

@@SpaceSoups English is a minefield of homonyms.

Cool! There are 106. Enjoy binge-watching. And play more D&D! Invite some cool people who have never played before and teach them!

Thanks, James. To me, that's a core book. Cheers!

Glad you found the channel!

Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment! Glad D&D has brought you so many family memories!

Lots of what he suggests is by the book in earlier systems. Especially his skill and initiative system. I think it’s important to trust your DM even if they follow the book to the letter because they can still make things horrible for players if they’re inclined. Sounds like you’ve got some good tailor made hacks yourself though.

Yes, thank you for leaving that in the video! 😂😂😂😂

Cool!

Nice to create the next generation of players!

I was playing pathfinder aka third edition and was confused about so many things. Like taking 20 and taking 10. Wandering monsters and many more. What ended up breaking me was racial feats in a splat book that I felt were just stock options and it made me reevaluate all feats. A pirate ship battle with another pirate crew in a published module that came down to 4 or 5 players vs the captain. A player scanning their sheet to see what skills they could use instead of interacting with the things in the room. And seeing silliness with initiative like someone moving clear across the room and attacking before someone else moves an inch. I started reading different systems and the older books made some of the rules I didn’t understand make sense. The initiative system was side based and even had suggestions for simultaneous turns. No feats and no skills means players can do whatever they want. I wound the clock to before skills were added. I almost went to before thieves were added. I realized every system was modular and worked to make the system I liked.

Thanks for saying that. Just wanted to be clear--I can't upload every Thursday. Next Thursday we have off. Don't want to disappoint.

You do what is best for you. While I (and I'm sure, many) look forward to your content, I want you to keep getting value out of doing so. Demands on you to produce constantly would surely sour that. You make me believe I can actually run a game with confidence, and make it a memorable one that will be discussed years from now. I couldn't say that with the bloated beast that the game has been. Thanks, Professor.

Cool. I just wrapped a video called “Why I Like Rules Light Games.” I think you’ll dig it.

Seriously. My first 5e character was a Wizard and I was all excited to play him. I had this idea that he had sold his soul to a demon, faust style, to gain arcane secrets. Then I find out that's called a Warlock, I look at the class and I hate it. I started playing in 3e and I already felt like there were too many classes which were essentially the same damned thing. To me the words Sorceror, Wizard, Warlock, Witch, Enchanter, Mage, Evoker, Sage, Alchemist, Necromancer, they're all words for the same freaking thing. This was also always my problem with psionics. In a fantasy game we already have a word for people who can violate the laws of physics, read minds, bend reality, and summon objects from thin air. It's called MAGIC!

Thanks for watching. 71 videos to go!

Thanks! Please re-watch and share. This channel needs views!

Same, I'm playing in an AD&D game and DMing a 3.5.

What are Advanced D&D rules? Are they close to 5e?

Cory Helton not really close to 5e, they’re from 1e and 2e both with the titles Advanced Dungeons and Dragons. Stuff like THAC0(To Hit Armor Class zero), d4 for a wizard’s hit die, and plenty of awesome settings (Planescape, Dragonlance, and Dark Sun) all hail from the era of AD&D :)

Nice.

@@cdh7617022 They are the key rules written by Gary Gygax and TSR back in the 1980s. They can be confusing to new gamers but they were the gold standard of RPG rules sets back in the '80s. I moved onto Runequest for a more complex game but AD&D (as you will see it called online) still holds a place in my heart.

Keep watching the series. You will not be disappointed.

That's fine. Whatever works for YOU is what's important. I hope you keep watching DungeonCraft!

You don't need to covert them. Different people like different types of games. I enjoy pathfinder because the precise rules allow me to think very tactically. The type of game described in this video seems very bonkers, where the DM is just making up DCs on the fly and there's little way for the players feel sure that even their most basic plans will actually work.

1st Edition has a great vibe. Especially the wonky charts, like the chart of prostitutes in the DMG and the chart of smells.

Well said.

how did it go? what were the hiccups if any?

@@MrColdraven No hiccups really. The battle was the last two encounters from shadows over the moonsea. They defended a town and rowed out to fight a sea battle. Went off the rails into some great improv where they almost died. Transition from rp to combat and back was seemless and immersive. Tension kept up all the way to end with them crawling sea soaked onto the beach near dead having lost the mcguffin.

Cypher, is that you?

@@RafaelSantAnnaMeyer I know my brain is telling me HeroQuest is juicy and delicious. After 20 years? I just don't care.

Thanks for watching. Here's how I handle the language thing--if you watched the last campaign update, all monsters are humans who mutated--so they speak broken common. I also have glowing mushrooms.fungus, but I still like torches. Don't know if it's a whole episode yet, but I have cool ways of keeping track go light sources.

I LOVE that you are now watching this! Welcome aboard. New episode tomorrow at noon. May all your rolls be 20s!

It doesn't bog the players down if they don't consider options outside of the ones you created. If there's a feat for being able to cast spells at close range without disadvantage that means I can't roleplay why I would be able to do it. Ultimately, complex systems like Dnd 5E are only great for the unimaginative.

@@pseudolemon8272 nailed it

All my friends are heathens, don't you know

+ Michael Kuehne There is a difference between heathens and heretics. With heathens, they don t even believe in our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! Therefore our country can freely declare holy war on them. When it comes to heretics, it is more complicated. They will believe in our Lord and Savior but they might interpret the Holy Book differently. So, it is a bit more difficult to deal with those. You cannot outright burn them at the stake in the same way. Hopes this helps. ( by the way, I am not a fanatic, I am just pretending to be one, for giggles)

@@666mandrake So what, do you have to burn them at the stake sideways?

@@akakios7386 Hypothetically speaking? You can run them through with your sword for failing to understand the peaceful teachings of the Christ. You can also pretend like there is a fake pandemic, then you socially distance them from their wives until they cannot reproduce. Whatever works. Whatever tools are at your disposal.

@@akakios7386 By the way, I love playing Europa Universalis 3. This is where my references come from, in my first comment. The second one is more about the fake pandemic.

Lol. Good one.