Those People Who Joined D&D because of Stranger Things 

This guy thought all of stranger things DnD was real, then still wanted to try it. Props to them for the bravery.

The cast of ST did a D&D stream to celebrate the fourth season and the stream chat was filled with people complaining about how slow and boring it was. Hilarious.

Next up, the people who watched Critical Role first. They make elaborate backstories that give the DM an entire city to work with. And the DM has to tell them that he already has a story prepared, but the backstory can always be worked in later.

My experience with someone who watched Stranger Things was that they thought that every campaign had Vecna in it. Then I had to explain that you can literally do anything and they didn’t understand what I meant.

"Okay, people who joined D&D because of Stranger Things sit on the left side of the Table, Critical Role on the right side, Baldur's Gate 3 at the end. What about you? You got into D&D because of... One Shot Quips? Really? You can sit right here next to me... I'm not crying, you're crying."

Petition for members of the community like Duke and Jacob to cameo in season 5

Isn’t it like, fairly obvious that the creatures coming to life isn’t what’s supposed to happen and that they’re just naming the Shadow Demons *after* DnD monsters?

I found out about dnd from Gravity Falls. There was an episode, where they were playing "Dangeons, dungeons and more dungeons". At first i had no idea about real existance of dnd, but after ST i searched it, learned it and now im a forever DM since 2019

Id like to see "When the new DM finally trys to make his own story"

The soup joke was the funniest thing for me. It was so damn stupid. And that innocent, calm face. Perfection.

the funny thing is due to the time period where the show takes place, the characters aren't even playing the same D&D that the fans will end up playing lol

I haven't watched Stranger Things, but I've dealt with fans of the show... like that kid who made a Batman (monk type character) and immediately asked me if he could have the spell Power Word: Kill. He also asked me several times about the "Dermogorgorn", which I couldn't answer because I was trying not to laugh at his pronunciation.

Let's admit it: if you really could summon creatures through D&D our streets would be flooded with shy goblin girls and orc mommies, so many they could eat that nightwalker for breakfast

"I thought the rumors were true and we are all just satanic and trying to bring these creatures to life" The guy thinks this, and joins anyway... I have concerns...

Too bad the only thing that never seems to translate over is the cleric's resurrection spells.

What tickles me is that WotC _really_ likes the extra sales that the Stranger Things crowd provided, but WotC also _really_ doesn't want to make the Psion Class a thing.

I got into DnD because an ex boyfriend of mine would play it with his friends and wouldn’t let me play. So later when I was dating someone new (my now husband) he said he was going to join a group having never played before and wanted me to play with him. The rest is history. We both love Stranger things too.

Hey we have a new guy at the table let's be kind as we introduce him. *Introduces nightwalker as beginner fight*

The “that is unfortunate” when the night walker showed up had me dying

Two things. Firstly, I find it funny how Stranger Things has made some kids believe DND is Satanic and they have to have their parents tell them it isn't. It's literally the Satanic Panic from the '80s in reverse. Secondly, although I've never experienced this, I've heard of a lot of kids who think that DND is a Stranger Things game where you play as the main characters from the show and fight monsters in an '80s town. Apparently "When do we go to the Upside-Down?" is the new "Why isn't this like Matt Mercer's campaign?"

Funny enough, we have a campaign on Saturday, and we've got a new player as of last weekend. He plays a female dwarven cleric. His cousin is our dwarven barbarian and they're playing twin brother and sister characters. Anyways, me and the DM were going over manuals we both own (book and online) and when I said " the Vecna dossier" he piped up with "Oh, Vecna from Stranger Things?". I told him "No, Vecna from DnD that Stranger Things is based upon". He didn't even realize, after watching the series, that it was based upon a DnD game. I haven't even watched it and I knew that.

You know it’s accurate when Duke named his character dart

How I deal with Stranger Things's fans who want me to introduce them to D&D : - Send them the Player's Handbook as a PDF and tell them to just read the introduction. - Tell them to pick the class and the race they want to play. They don't need to read anything more beside the few paragraphs of description at the beggining of what they are instersted in. - Reassure them that they don't need to fully grasp the rules or read the 300 pages, just the descriptions. If they are not satisfied with the races in the PHB and want to play a human cat, I can give them more options. - Tell them that once they'll choose their race and class, we will have a one to two hour personnal session to create their character sheet. I will then explain the basics of the rules, and help them imagine a backstory and a personality for their character. - Tell them that once all of that is done, we will be set. We will just have to find a four to six hour periode where everyone is available to play the game. - ???????? - Never ear from them ever again. And this is how you get rid of Stranger Things fans. You're welcome. To be clear, I'm not a gatekeeper. I love to introduce new players to TTRPGs, and I'm sure there are a lot of Stranger Things's fans that became great D&D players. Let's just say the five I met did not.

"I think murder is a perfect excuse to end todays session!" Do you even know how hard it is to find a time where the whole party is free? Especially if 1 of those are going to jail

This is utterly insane. And extremely funny. You're great Duke.

One of my ex gfs legit freaked out when she learned I played Vampire The Masquerade, because she thought we actually bit each other's necks while playing.

I had some prior experience with 3.5 with my Dad as the DM and siblings being my fellow players before the show, but it definitely contributed to my interest and later joining of the TTRPG club at my Uni. My favorite college experiences and friendships happened as a result of joining that club. No regrets 😌

Stranger things is the reason I teached 15 peopel in one month how to play dnd. Most was sadly muderhobo, but a few are planning to play again, and some now love the game. So thanks stranger things.

I've been wanting to play for 17 years but something always got in the way. I gave up a few years ago but Stranger Things rekindled that interest and stuff happened and well. I had my first session last weekend and I couldn't be happier. Things are slow atm bc everyone has busy schedules but boy I can't wait for the next session! ST introduced a lot of people into it and while that comes with some problems I'm glad it happened. There's a lot more people I can potentially play with than there were 17 years ago. It's awesome!

This is a pretty accurate depiction of how people respond to a nightwalker.

What about dragonborn's puberty ?

Never watched the show but I think I get the gist.... you should do one with an older player returning and having to play with 5e rules. It was interesting for me.

I had a friend who thought vecna and other stranger things monsters were in it. They were like “what? Vecna isnt in dnd? I thought dnd was based of stranger thingys?!”

i actually started playing because of diary of a wimpy kid in book 7 i think they play a game called Magick and monsters i loved the concept so much i checked out all the 4th edition books at my library and i have been playing ever since😄 changed my life for the better!

Thank god I got into DnD because I have several friends who play DnD, and not through Stranger Things or Critical Role. That way, I got to play my first game without any expectations... Though I really do appreciate what series like Stranger Things, Critical Role or Dimension 20 are doing and how they're making DnD more popular. Everyone getting into a hobby needs some kind of access to that hobby, and if pop culture facilitates that, all the better.

When you said ‘dungeon master’ my captions translated it to ‘Dutch ambassador’😂

I found out about D&D from Gravity Falls tbh I searched it up, found out the game they were playing was the non-copyright of D&D and started looking more into it! I've been playing for a while now and I love it :)

2:34 “Have some soup” I need a guy like this in my sessions.

I'd like to see the reaction from the stranger things people when they see a druid just being chaotic by turning into an animal and messing with a town because they were bored yes that happened in one of my campaigns the druid turned into a bluejay and started stealing everything because boredom.

I started watching Stranger Things with my gf recently and everytime they play dnd, I have to stop myself from yelling "That's not how dnd work!"

I was a Stranger Things fan before I was a DnD player, but I got started in DnD separately from my interest in Stranger Things. In fact, once S4 came out I was like "oh yeah they play DnD too" obviously they play a much earlier version than I do and of course it's going to be played the way it can translate into a narrative show, which is why it feels so different

I need this Cleric Soup Domain sub-class.

As predictable as the ending could be, I had to hold my laughter when the dark hand started materializing, very well made

Ok but what about DnD lovers who watched ST because it was featured? My friend kept trying to convince me to watch it and that was how she won me over😂

I don't care how they started, WELCOME BROTHERS AND SISTERS, CHOOSE YOUR HERO WHILE I WEAVE TOGETHER A DESTINY FOR YOU.

I love, how you show us which character is currently making an expression by putting in the effort to wear a different shirt for each player.

Cue the next video where he has someone fill in for him doing all of the acting, making us truly wonder if it was all real

That stranger things guy will become one of the most invested players any dm will love

I've been playing D&D for 30 years this year. I'm glad things like Stranger Things and Critical Role are bringing in new players. Yeah they're a little wet behind the ears but so were we all at one point.

I had this. I run a club at school with 20+ ppl but after one game it dropped because people didn’t think it was like dnd, now there’s only 12 of us and 2 partys

this happens too much.

Just played the latest Halloween one shot at my college as Eddie Munson, lmao. Also, I quite love how Stranger Things doesn’t even recognize the fact that the D20 system wasn’t common place until 2000. Edit: I know D20s existed back then but they were not easy to come by.

Just the idea of things coming to life from d&d makes me shudder. Can you imagine the amount of tarrasque that would be running around,or dragons.

the groupmate whispering "read the prompt I gave you" is literally the most wholesome thing ever

the irony being Duke was certainly at fault for the Night Walker coming to life, since he's the one who believed in it so much ^^

I think its worse when people join because of critical roll and then berate the dm because they dont do voices or have vast house rules that professional players and voice actiors do.

Yep my family tried to learn playing d&d because they watched stranger things but don’t get me wrong, I did appreciate the fact that they were interested it’s just that they didn’t really understand it when they thought they knew what they were doing, and eventually they stopped because “it took too long”

If it can suck your soul out from 30 ft away, then it's not killing you, just leaving you a husk. A living husk.

Having played for years I never thought about the newbies from stranger things

Me being a ST fan and a DND player, this video is right up my alley

I actually joined it because of Stranger Things. It has been some years now, i enjoy it very much, and i think i actually prefer to be a Dungeon Master.

Jokes aside, that is genuinely good DMing to introduce a new player

Missed opportunity to have AD-Barian spook everyone at the end.

The killing the most lovable character scene killed me! R.I.P. Sam, (season 2 spoiler), (season 3 spoiler), and (season 4 spoiler)

I'm going to be honest: Stranger Things is the reason why I joined D&D. Well I guess not the reason, but the cause. I don't know if i had heard of it before i watched the show and tbh i didn't even thing much of it when it was mentioned. honestly it seemed kinda boring. but the important thing was, it introduced me to the concept. then i started seeing posts about collecting dnd dice, random dnd posts coming up on my pinterest, etc and thought "hey wait i wanna do this so bad, fantasy is my main special interest". it had been a while, but finally i was able to join d&d club at my school . ive only been in this a few months, but i am a fucking joy to have in your party

My friends and I started playing because if stranger things only to find out that we had accidentally bought 4th edition books and Barnes and Noble

Fun fact: Dart is the name of Dustins pet mini demogorgon.

I watched this in my car and when the camera started to zoom in and go black around the edges the sun went behind a cloud. It came back out when the guy finally realized the game isn't going to come to life and they all stood side by side

The best part of these new videos is the dicey being at the end no longer gets dizzy and is happy.

I told one of my friends once that I was gonna play dnd with some of my other friends, she responded “oh like in stranger things?? That’s so cool!” ……a little part of me died when I heard that

This was significantly more detailed than I was expecting!

So he knowingly joined a game that he thought would summon real monsters. That's what's really worrying.

Watching this having never seen or read a thing about stranger things while high is a fucking trip yo

DM: The Nightwalker comes closer, what do you do? The Necromancer: Oh man I've been hoping for this! I use my Command Undead ability!

My (currently lvl 1) Chaotic Neutral Female Acolyte background Shadar-Kai Undying Warlock whose patron is Larloch. At lvl 20 would be able to handle a Nightwalker. Same for my (currently lvl 1) Chaotic Neutral Male Runecarver background Mountain Dwarf Necromancy Wizard at lvl 20.

His name was dart from stranger things for those who don’t know dart appears in season 2 he’s a slug that grows up to a demodog then dies in the end of season 2

"Here. Have some soup." Amazing last words.

You know in my first campaign at my house I ran a necromancer villain and I think this video is right, I've seen so many skeletons around my city I think they're taking over

They show up in the 'hellfire club shirt' and make stranger things reference's all the time as a dungeon master I don't let them do it or they are out

damn, not even adbarian intervened at the end

What is a nightwalker? Pretty much a giant, but much more gangly, disturbing, horror inducing, and undead. Like the embodiment of a malevolent shadow. Not something you’d want to happen upon while out walking at night.

Stranger Things has set up unrealistic expectations in new players on how much time combat encounters take.

"Don't be silly there is no creature coming to kill us!" top ten moments said before disaster

I thought the lights flickering was gonna be Ad-barian's segway.

But DM. I gotta ask. Why do dragonborn tails drop off?

The downside to ST is that I had at least one player who insisted that every one of the monsters in the game was, “Not the real one. Especially Demogorgon, Mindflayer and, Vecna.” I quickly had to pull him aside and give him a stern talking to because he was being extremely rude. Ever since then ST always leave a bad taste in my mouth.

I got into dnd 4 years ago because of one of my friends and that freind was OBSESSED with stranger things and would not shut up about it when we were playing and every time there character got remotely close to death they would cry there eyes out. Goes to show some friends are not the beast dnd friend’s

i’m surprised that people didn’t know dungeons and dragons even existed before stranger things because of how many other shows and cartoons reference the game.

Sam is Just Sam from LOTR amd this is beautiful. (If you replace the soup with potatoes)

Sam:"Want some soup?" Me:"No soup for you!" 🍲

You forgot the part where he's supposed to stand up and scream and flail his arms lol

I found out about roleplaying games via streams i was watching about campaign in Fallout made with GURPS. It was also a system i wanted to play (still want), but now i am preparing for my first campaign in DnD as a DM

I start playing the "Ordem Paranormal RPG" (an brazilian rpg) with my friend, and then i started playing D&D, BUT NOW I AM AN DM!! I really love D&D and my friend is so exited in my seccions, im so proud of my self!! (Sorry for errors in my pronunciation)

Stranger Things totally got me interested in D&D. Then started watching Oxventure and researched into D&D, played some with some colleagues and then really got into BG3.

I mean...I wouldn't say I _joined_ it because of Stranger Things. Definitely took it back up after a decade long drought, though (in addition to several other factors, such as podcasts doing it and old friends talking about it)

What a neat coincidence I made a dnd character named Dart who was a grung poison dart frog in a previous campaign 😄😎

the nightwalker was so powerful he also killed the AD-barian D:

clearly it was the new player killing another player that brought the monster to life

I had to take a moment to contain myself when he grabbed the paper and said "No, everything's not fine! I have ✨️girl problems✨️."

“There is no creature coming to kill us” Outro music plays immediately after