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@SK-mw8vd
March 4, 2025 at 8:24 pm
Mad respect for Wired not cutting Brennan and his leftist ways, including the comment on religious panic that is made up to control their votes.
@FangirlRebecca
March 4, 2025 at 8:24 pm
i need him like water
@FangirlRebecca
March 4, 2025 at 8:24 pm
sorry izzy
@diggerdog9205
March 4, 2025 at 8:24 pm
” and I make everybody sad ” LMAO
@Toddbod22
March 4, 2025 at 8:24 pm
9:21 sizzle what?
Sizzle it up cos
@DParkerNunya
March 4, 2025 at 8:24 pm
My only issue with the change to Counterspell is the fact that whatever you counterspell gets refunded. Oh, the boss tried to Power Word Kill and you managed to counterspell it? Guess what’s happening on their next turn. Guess.
@katarinadreams6955
March 4, 2025 at 8:25 pm
“the dice tell the story” I’m just being reminded of the anti-climactic end of CR3
@jessetravis5230
March 4, 2025 at 8:25 pm
“May all your hits be Crits” please no. I just ran an encounter where my level 8 party fought a hasted CR 10 Demon. Four player Crits later, the Demon didn’t even get a second turn.
@amdreallyfast
March 4, 2025 at 8:25 pm
For character alignment, it can be a good exercise to add a third dimension: toxic <--> paragon
@thenikko8292
March 4, 2025 at 8:25 pm
you never know how much 1d4 dmg is until you actually take 1d4 dmg.
@FoundationAfro
March 4, 2025 at 8:25 pm
We are so agreed on the saved by love thing. That’s super messed up and is honestly a deus ex machina for main characters.
@chrisbolden6492
March 4, 2025 at 8:25 pm
“Have you hugged an owl bear today?….”
@marcie1671
March 4, 2025 at 8:25 pm
Most evil mimic form I’ve ever heard a DM using–a door. 👹
@brananananandon
March 4, 2025 at 8:26 pm
i have never clicked a wired video so fast
@00biiiiii
March 4, 2025 at 8:26 pm
BRENNAAAAAAN LET’S GOOOOOO 🔥
@Aster_druid
March 4, 2025 at 8:26 pm
Playing Planescape right now! Another fun thing is you have to have 3 VERSIONS OF THE SAME CHARACTERS AT THE SAME TIME! Im playing a Gnome who is 1) A Great Old One Warlock 2) A Celestial Warlock 3) A Stars Druid
@evanwhite5704
March 4, 2025 at 8:26 pm
siggle
@renandjusta
March 4, 2025 at 8:26 pm
I wholehearted agree with brennan, Cleric’s gods ARE sugar daddies. Warlock’s Patron are fricking Loan sharks, they WILL collect their end of the bargain.
@maxwell9211
March 4, 2025 at 8:26 pm
6:45 it’s because Brennan is a bad girl
@MWSin1
March 4, 2025 at 8:26 pm
Cleric: Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned.
Warlock: Punish me, Daddy. I’ve been naughty.
@slacklinesteve4893
March 4, 2025 at 8:27 pm
30min of Brennan going off about various topics? yes please.
@ardinhelme687
March 4, 2025 at 8:27 pm
The only difference between a Cleric and a Warlock is the size of the organization. Clerics are corporate drones, Warlocks are independent contractors on retainer.
@BobWorldBuilder
March 4, 2025 at 8:27 pm
This video was already great, and then Brennan had the objectively correct response for best dnd magic item 25:00
@Lcngopher
March 4, 2025 at 8:27 pm
Been listening to a dnd podcast and they have a mimic the size of a house, clearly referencing the movie monster house
@anontiger
March 4, 2025 at 8:28 pm
BLEEM on Wired?! Automatic love!
@FuckingBored
March 4, 2025 at 8:28 pm
It’s easy to be pedantic. The Mage is what the wizard was called a long time ago. And before that the magic user. I hate anyone who calls the Fighting Man the fighter. Noobs. See it’s easy.
@sevansnake369
March 5, 2025 at 7:59 pm
lady of pain mention welcome back brennan x drawfee
@SinApex
March 5, 2025 at 8:00 pm
Brennan is the king of explaining it to you like you’re 5
@jeffg5917
March 5, 2025 at 8:00 pm
I’m glad Brennan gets a spotlight here.
At 27:41 he talks about prep and as someone who hates prep because it feels like homework, I’ve relied on improv for most my DMing career and when you have a Prep GOD like Matt Mercer who is the shinning relic of what a DM is supposed to be, it’s really nice to have people like Brennan who are like “I’ve got a notecard with 3 bullet points on it and I can run a whole 4 session story arc of just those alone
@LindlersSummonsed
March 5, 2025 at 8:01 pm
Thank you for the great content!
@jovi_skips
March 5, 2025 at 8:03 pm
2:20 that’s Harry Potter’s plot 😂😂😂
@shohanrajbhar5517
March 5, 2025 at 8:03 pm
Very well done, appreciate this video!
@chriswestberg6261
March 5, 2025 at 8:07 pm
Brennan 9:36 Loves d4s
Brennan 12:36 Hates d4s
@gfhdsbvznc
March 5, 2025 at 8:08 pm
Fantastic explanation, thank you!
@erokvanrocksalot7545
March 5, 2025 at 8:08 pm
@14:22 Wow! This was an awesome thing to hear today!
@MelissaHammond-j9z
March 5, 2025 at 8:09 pm
Amazing content as always!
@PhụngHồVăn-o1g
March 5, 2025 at 8:09 pm
Really appreciate the insights in this video.
@AnhLê-l9b
March 5, 2025 at 8:12 pm
Great job, this video was very useful!
@Dirtchef00
March 5, 2025 at 8:12 pm
That’s for sharing so much Brennan
@super8bitvideos
March 5, 2025 at 8:16 pm
My favorite character build was a Chronurgist who could only do one of two things a day, in rotating order: Age up based on 2 D20s and have any and all knowledge possible at that age. Then the next day: Age down based on 2 D20s and lose all that knowledge. I die at 150 or 0 years old. Sometimes the group is carrying around a baby that is 1000x useless than it was a day before and others a senile ancient wizard close to death, but extremely wise.
@GearardVerbilla
March 5, 2025 at 8:18 pm
Thanks for sharing this, learned a lot.
@real_evin
March 5, 2025 at 8:18 pm
Release the 412 page campaign document!!
@PaulRigby3000
March 5, 2025 at 8:21 pm
reedsmithTV brought me here
@johnlumsden9102
March 5, 2025 at 8:21 pm
D100! Otherwise known as just a golf ball.
@theoriginaltoast420
March 5, 2025 at 8:22 pm
“The books are never gonna say thank you.”
I think every DM needs to hear this once.
@RajaramMeena-g1n
March 5, 2025 at 8:23 pm
Fantastic explanation, thank you!
@iscanuoptrsbamey
March 5, 2025 at 8:23 pm
Fantastic video, really appreciate your effort!
@johnlumsden9102
March 5, 2025 at 8:25 pm
Our friend who does all of our DMing never tells us no. Often if we’re probing for information that isn’t there we have to roll an insight check, and if we fail we end up on a wild goose chase. But he makes that an adventure of its own.
@christianbarajas9340
March 5, 2025 at 8:25 pm
Lmao I saw the thumbnail and thought, “this guy looks a lot like Brennan…oh, makes sense”
@erokvanrocksalot7545
March 5, 2025 at 8:27 pm
@30:42
@KogasaGaSagasa
March 5, 2025 at 8:28 pm
On prep: Brennan’s prep is great, so is Matt, and the common point they both have? They prepped. There are going to be people that tell you that you don’t need to prep for D&D. Those people are liars or just doesn’t really care all that much.
Prep, too, comes in different forms. Knowing where the players are going is a prep. Knowing your player’s stats, like what spells they prepared or their passive perception is prep. Tying the immediate future along with what you remember of your players is prep. All those things are good to do, even if you don’t exactly know what type of challenges are ahead and is gonna just flip open the book and find a creature with appropriate CR when things come up. Nevertheless: Prep. It will never hurt.
@Folly_Inds
March 6, 2025 at 6:46 pm
The d4 is also the least satisfying dice to roll. At least using regular methods. it doesn’t bounce around or have moments of inscrutability before the reveal. it just sort of plops when you roll with out much flair becoming the number it will be quite quickly.
after much debate and testing our table determined, that where dexterity and space allow, flicking the d4 like a coin is the most effective way to improve the satisfaction of the tiny pyramid chance cube and add some dramatic flair to its use.
@armored_pony
March 6, 2025 at 6:52 pm
since now this dude is my spirit animal
and by “now” I mean the moment when he explains friendship and love are not fuckng magic.
and I’m saying this as a 38yo 130kg MLP fanboy
@CaitlynWong-mi6gk
March 6, 2025 at 6:56 pm
MY GOAT HAS A WIRED INTERVIEW
@hopefulhyena3400
March 6, 2025 at 6:58 pm
THAC0 is actually extremely simple arithmetic and I think the fact that children in the 90s had trouble with it is more so that they were children than anything else. It’s like, 3rd grade math.
@giovannacoelhomenezes140
March 6, 2025 at 7:00 pm
T h a n k y o u . Thank you so much, WIRED.
@ktpleb
March 6, 2025 at 7:05 pm
Honestly I think the best representation of dnd in pop culture is the show Adventure Time. 100%
@joe.5103
March 6, 2025 at 7:08 pm
I forgot how awesome Brennan was.
@katiemcnamara7061
March 6, 2025 at 7:14 pm
I could listen to Brennan talk about anything for so long. Would love to hear this guys thoughts on literally anything
@PupOrionSirius26
March 6, 2025 at 7:22 pm
Wizards are the glass cannons of D&D.
@Kune35
March 6, 2025 at 7:25 pm
The Immovable Rod can in fact be…moveabled…
There’s a very high strength DC to move it, which a moving massive vehicle could easily overcome with its momentum or engine power if you rule the wall/hull of the vehicle can withstand. You could also rule that as the ship presses against the rod, the smushing wood or whatever presses into the end cap of the rod, hitting the button to disengage the immovableness.
@hekidanjo
March 6, 2025 at 7:30 pm
Having been a player/DM through the satanic panic, GREAT answer.
@lavender4471
March 6, 2025 at 7:31 pm
Liquid core d4s are AMAZING bc they usually have a tapered bottom diamond shape with four flat sides and a point on bottom. They pick up so much easier
@starrr365
March 6, 2025 at 7:34 pm
Whoever thought of this idea is a genius
@ktpleb
March 6, 2025 at 7:36 pm
I wish also you would have answered the question: What do you think is the best version of DnD!?!?
@methylphenidate1270
March 6, 2025 at 7:45 pm
27 minutes in and Brennan finally breaks the Wired Editor to include a comment on power dynamics in America.
Wouldnt be a BLM video without it haha.
@emmamacdonald9415
March 6, 2025 at 7:51 pm
My heart is so happy to see Brennan Lee Mulligan all over my feed doing a pseudo press tour 💜💜💜
@monares8146
March 6, 2025 at 7:52 pm
I’ve always played theater of the mind style
@John_Smith.
March 6, 2025 at 8:07 pm
The magic of friendship is having five other people with you to beat the crap out of your enemies. It’s action economy!
@zateraliusmusicandgaming2015
March 6, 2025 at 8:14 pm
Omg. I HAVE THAT DRAGON
@doctorinfinite6704
March 6, 2025 at 8:18 pm
RE Dice: Ive started randomly collecting dice. It started when a local Barnes and Noble was closing and had the Chessex sets on sale, and even one of those Pound’O’Dice.
@yourfriendlyinternetmeatshield
March 6, 2025 at 8:20 pm
Where does Brennan play Vampire the Masquerade? I need to know
@darkmarc
March 6, 2025 at 8:22 pm
“Greatest magic of all” answer is incorrect. The correct answer is “a Wish”. Because a wish is flexible and could include chronomancy — OR ANYTHING ELSE.
Someone who plays D&D should know this.
@nateabels5151
March 6, 2025 at 8:26 pm
Dungeons and Dragqueens is a really fun series. XD
@personaofhaze
March 6, 2025 at 8:26 pm
“are you gonna include that?” AHAHAHAH love it.
@mossifer3298
March 6, 2025 at 8:27 pm
so happy to see brennan loving the recent dnd movie
@grimmspectrum1547
March 7, 2025 at 5:37 pm
I know this is going to come as a shock to a lot of people but if you allow the immovable rod in your world it is a mistake because the moment you activated you are going to be very surprised when everything starts to smash into You as the world literally zooms past you because while you holding the rod aren’t moving that doesn’t mean that the planet beneath you stops moving
@Jackolantirn
March 7, 2025 at 5:37 pm
When you step on a four-sided die, you take d4 damage.
@PeakDnD
March 7, 2025 at 8:03 pm
And you’re stunned for one round
@violet_turning_violent
March 7, 2025 at 5:39 pm
Brennan, release the 412 page Google Doc. You know you must do it so real Mulliganheads can dive into it and see how awful awful your brain ticks.
@dcordin
March 7, 2025 at 5:40 pm
I feel letting the druid talk in wildshape should be a performance check on their first time saying anything as each animal. It would basically just be them taking a few seconds to learn how to use a new shape of tongue muscle.
@bethanywouters5774
March 7, 2025 at 5:52 pm
Seeing Brennan on Wired is not something I had on my 2025 bingo card but I am so glad he is
@SereneSpaceTravels
March 7, 2025 at 6:00 pm
I bet a mimick could go for much longer than a week between feeding and be fine. It’s an ambush predator who only expends significant energy in devouring its meal. And given how many calories are in an adventurer that would last for a long long time.
@cazcow
March 7, 2025 at 6:07 pm
I’ve seen some comments referencing the needless political needling in this video, and it’s worth reinforcing that DnD is for everyone. You don’t have to be a leftist in love with drag queens or a conservative Christian questing to banish all the demons. You could just be a regular person who loves slinging dice.
@El_Quad
March 7, 2025 at 6:11 pm
Bro didn’t even show the D2😥
@Eldergloom
March 7, 2025 at 6:14 pm
Easily my favorite DM.
@ZYR47
March 7, 2025 at 6:25 pm
I solved my d4 related problems by just using a d8 and calling it half.
@ladyking_thee
March 7, 2025 at 6:25 pm
PERFECT TIMING. I’m having session zero in two days as a DM, and I’ve never actually played D&D before (I was nominated by my players 😅). Already feel better
@PeakDnD
March 7, 2025 at 8:02 pm
You’re going to crush it!
@blaineholt1589
March 7, 2025 at 6:26 pm
The “I Think You Should Leave” reference for the time code on the dice section of the video is peak comedy. Good job whoever did that ❤
@HeartBoner
March 7, 2025 at 6:49 pm
I want to have a clone of Brennan so we could hang out, is that too weird?
@jaredorman9687
March 7, 2025 at 6:53 pm
There’s like………. A lot packed in here. Brennan just seems like he’s always ONE step ahead. I bet he’s hard to surprise.
@parthbhatt4576
March 7, 2025 at 7:08 pm
“The d4 is the bane….” heh..
@loonatic323
March 7, 2025 at 7:09 pm
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE DRAGON – THE WORLD MUST KNOW!
@Adam-cq2yo
March 7, 2025 at 7:16 pm
1:54 …And because of his unwavering care for everyone, — even those who failed to love hard enough — Brennan Lee Mulligan manifested the Power of Friendship that was in him all along. He proceeded to scream.
@sasori_lover_121
March 7, 2025 at 7:31 pm
Breenan I’m sorry. I thought you were Elon Musk and got instantly pissed
@KeNarutoshin
March 7, 2025 at 7:40 pm
Question for anyone who sees this. How do you determine if an enemy is balanced enough against your team or is way too OP comparatively to the team?
@lw401
March 7, 2025 at 8:03 pm
Everyone go listen to Worlds Beyond Number right now 😁
@PeakDnD
March 7, 2025 at 8:07 pm
The greatest magic of all is indeed chronomancy 😂
@shanesloth4419
March 7, 2025 at 8:11 pm
“Are you going to include that?”
The Wired intern is choking while posting that tweet
@adrianfernandez3444
March 7, 2025 at 8:12 pm
dude I can’t believe we have the SAME FAVOURITE MAGIC ITEM!!! <3
@bubbanator3340
March 7, 2025 at 8:20 pm
Brennan is a great guy, a fantastic actor, great DM and DND player, very passionate and would probably give you the shirt off his back.
Horrible politics. almost to the *Tips Fedora* level of cringe Redditor anti-theists. Thankfully, we dont listen to him for his politics.
@DragonicTerror
March 7, 2025 at 8:25 pm
Brennan saying “Thay-Coh” vs “Thack-Oh” confuses me if I have been wrong so long or feeling like my brain has been fooled…
@Meshuga63
March 8, 2025 at 5:11 pm
“I have an enormous pouch… of dice.”- Brennan Lee Mulligan
@late_night_club
March 8, 2025 at 5:15 pm
Oh? Literally anything with Brennen and DnD? Save to watch later
@starbugmechanic5236
March 8, 2025 at 5:21 pm
Is a d1 just a marble?
@H-rf3mo
March 8, 2025 at 5:23 pm
Initially, wizard and paladin (along with warlock) were also my favourite classes to play, but lately I’ve been loving monk. It’s so fun to just run all over the place, monk mobility is wild. And I like roleplaying as a monk with “magical healing hands”. I’m studying to become a massage therapist. 😂
@devonhines1119
March 8, 2025 at 5:31 pm
Im sure Brennan gives a disclaimer to folks he works with that he talks a lot, if people don’t already know
@jordancross6768
March 8, 2025 at 5:32 pm
The immovable rod will never make sense to me lol
@Obi-Ewan-Kenobi
March 8, 2025 at 5:33 pm
Imagine a bear sized owl.
@rainbowcrash6990
March 8, 2025 at 6:01 pm
Brendan pulls views 🎲 💪
@benjaminengslev4261
March 8, 2025 at 6:16 pm
With the Nat20 on skill checks, while I agree that you should never call for a roll when it wouldn’t change anything, however it shouldn’t be an automatic success, it should “just” be the best possible outcome, which isn’t necessarily succeeding with exactly what the player attempted to do
@donaldkenne3776
March 8, 2025 at 6:23 pm
I hate to be a stickler and he did make a good point about the greatest magic of all time, specifically the thing about love saving you. However, friendship is actually not a bad answer. As if you have great powers of friendship you can just befriend someone who knows Chronomancy and the result is effectively the same.
@archkyle
March 8, 2025 at 6:30 pm
I love that golden rule: The DM/GM is a player too!
@Mr.Solomon0
March 8, 2025 at 6:30 pm
Not only is the tpk bad when not expected but just an out of nowhere death. A great friend of mine of DMing for us and was actually doing pretty good. We were able to convince a friend to come play with us. (He had never played dnd.) 20 minutes in, and he walked over a spike trap. No warning, no saving throws, no perception check, just dead on impact… “Welcome to Dnd,”🤷♂️
@ethanosgood8159
March 8, 2025 at 6:35 pm
My interpretation of Mimics is the extreme of feast and famine hunters. They spend long periods of time disguised and motionless before eating an adventurer or two. maybe they’re able to also catch a rat or two by chance, but they’d be evolved to survive months of famine before getting a large meal.
@Fnafiac
March 8, 2025 at 6:38 pm
The only time anyone at my table says “friendship is magic” is when we’re planning to have Pinkie Pie as an npc or something😂
@kymdaee
March 8, 2025 at 6:38 pm
ok now upload the unedited version of this
@dmnemaine
March 8, 2025 at 6:58 pm
One of my small peeves with D&D is the word “chaotic” in reference to alignments. The word conjures up images of wild unpredictability, and I don’t think that was actually ever the intention. I think that was just the adjective they settled on to give a one word description of the opposite of lawful — meaning bound to following the rules. A better word might be “free-spirited” or “unconventional”. I also think this is where people get the idea that chaotic neutral means chaotic stupid. My approach to the chaotic neutral alignment is that it’s someone who tends to care a whole lot more about the freedom to decide things for themselves over anything else.
@hawktalon7890
March 8, 2025 at 7:09 pm
“frankly annoying dice” Mr. Brennan Lee Mulligan for the 1 still ongoing campaign I’m in, I have 15 daggers. How do you think i feel? 😂
@zachibdon2543
March 8, 2025 at 7:16 pm
Ahh yes, we all know that the political left would never stoop so low as to manufacture outrage over nothing for political gain and vote manipulation…. Can we all just admit that both sides are guilty of dubious practices that do not benefit the average person?
@marionettekent
March 8, 2025 at 7:41 pm
1:05 I usually hear/experience the opposite of having too many great ideas and not enough campaign
@Death-gj2dn
March 8, 2025 at 7:45 pm
24:15 very optimistic assessment but i do see the meaning
@moremisfortune
March 8, 2025 at 7:50 pm
“what’s so wrong with a nice smooch” crawling into my own chest cavity remembering Fig ~getting her kisses in~
@DelayedJet
March 8, 2025 at 7:54 pm
I think the difference between warlocks and clerics is that clerics serve a deity that represent certain ideals or a code of ethics, rather than solely its own personal interests (although I realize that this could still be described as the deity’s own personal interests), whereas a powerful being granting another creature magical powers typically only do so when its in alignment of that being’s interests, and that being’s alone. A deity’s ideals at least still have the potential of casting a wider net that can positively/negatively affect (depending on the alignment of the deity in question) a larger number of sentient creatures. But I agree that most if it is probably just a question of perspective and semantics.
@GailsonPvPwtf
March 8, 2025 at 7:56 pm
Another good question would be how do you play DnD without being a big dumb lib.
@vaulthunterfromterra4053
March 8, 2025 at 8:08 pm
Here on Earth, Mimics make themselves look like living things instead of objects.
@magister343
March 9, 2025 at 5:21 pm
The d4 is less a die than a caltrop.
@HonestAlthalus
March 9, 2025 at 5:29 pm
Remember back in the day, Chaotic Neutral was also known as Chaotic Stupid or Chaotic Insane, because it was so often used to excuse the wildest behaviour. “It’s WhAT mY chARAcTeR wouLD dO!”
@JmeB-so3fd
March 9, 2025 at 5:33 pm
Shoutout to Dropout!
@katanari3278
March 9, 2025 at 5:54 pm
SHOUT OUT THE IMMOVABLE ROD 📢📢📢📢📢💯💯
@perrywilliams5407
March 9, 2025 at 6:01 pm
@ 27:24 – The religious right needs panicked thinking to maintain spiritual/cultural control. The non-religious right needs people panicked about the collapse of social order. That’s so we don’t notice that the established order is the only thing keeping both groups in power. Critical thinking is the most dangerous thing either group faces.
@ZakisHereNow
March 9, 2025 at 6:07 pm
I love that Brennan is so wholesome that his first instinct wasn’t to “fudge the rolls to hit instead of not hit” but to not hit instead of hit.
@someimperialfist1404
March 9, 2025 at 6:11 pm
Mimic, my favorite monster personally. I made them look like food, weapons, ammo, ladders, doors, cups, paintings, armor, clothing, bar, B.A.R. And so much more. A few of my PC actually have them still on them and don’t even know it. They never checked so I never told them. But in the next game… they will learn…
@MilieuGames
March 9, 2025 at 6:12 pm
Mimics did not evolve to look like chests. They are shape changers that look like things made of wood or stone. Them looking like a treasure chest is merely the most enticing thing to a treasure seeking adventurer.
@fenixmeaney6170
March 9, 2025 at 6:12 pm
I love mimics. I always make sure to include one in every tavern as a trashcan.
I feel they’re like cephalopods, specifically that one experiment where a cuttlefish was in a tank with a checkered pattern and it just has like one little white or black square in the middle of its back. SO CUTE!
@Dusios
March 9, 2025 at 6:27 pm
When I was young I built my own roleplaying system. Knowing nothing about statistics, I decided it would use a D12 instead of a D20. It took about 2 sessions before I revised down to a D10, not for math purposes, but because we can’t spend 2.7 hours out of a 3 hour session waiting for the die to stop rolling.
@GoobleryKu
March 9, 2025 at 6:30 pm
Shoutout to WIRED for doing this. They’ve been killing it lately.
@gregorymaroda4860
March 9, 2025 at 6:46 pm
There was an old west gunslinger (Murlynd) in Gary Gygax’s orginal Greyhawk campaign. Heck, monks exist as a character class because another player was a fan of the old “Kung Fu” TV show. Trust me, there probably isn’t a mash up out there that someone hasn’t tried decades ago. You want weird? Go for it!
@jessec7499
March 9, 2025 at 6:57 pm
I personally start off my players as either mercs or refugees
@xotterfluffx
March 9, 2025 at 7:02 pm
“and i come in and make everybody sad” gosh golly aint that the darn truth loool
@jestawell
March 9, 2025 at 7:16 pm
Went a bit heavy on the lipstick
@Sirfredrickvlogs
March 9, 2025 at 8:01 pm
Honestly i think Community did the best job of actually showing what an average DnD session is like. The highs and lows in one session and cutting to table talk ober whats happening in game is so so so relatable, amd they do it so well
@TheJuize
March 9, 2025 at 8:05 pm
Chair mimic, the most evil thing ever!
@evilblack2416
March 9, 2025 at 8:23 pm
1:40 This was my #1 problem as a DM.
Everyone wants to be Murderdeth, Last of the Blood Ninjas!!
14:03 “It’s ‘role playing’ not ‘roll playing’.”
@RockyGuido-rc4ib
March 9, 2025 at 8:29 pm
Not gonna lie I do like no prep for my games and just go off what feels right in the moment for my games
@benhagstrom2185
March 9, 2025 at 8:32 pm
Bears are more dangerous than owls only based on size. A bird of prey big enough to eat a human will 100% eat a human, probably while its still attempting to get away or fight back
@Realience
March 9, 2025 at 8:36 pm
Video uses AI
For shame
@alax1313
March 9, 2025 at 8:44 pm
handsome man. lots of coverup hiding that beautiful face
hello my mnaemanaa sssssff
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good video too
@karlbolt7159
March 9, 2025 at 9:13 pm
“14:20” Wrong! I ran B1 exactly as written, and Mr. Mike Carr sent me a note. The players mean nothing.
@TheWeldaman90
March 9, 2025 at 9:13 pm
So good. Love you Brennan!
@maxfact-1
March 9, 2025 at 9:23 pm
30:42 please just use a different system I am BEGGING YOU
You can only do so much by bending the rules of D&D
@jeng9927
March 10, 2025 at 2:30 pm
Sharp sided D4’s are dangerous!
@jason11279
March 10, 2025 at 2:33 pm
9:20 “Sizzle it up, cuz!”
@fernandopalenzuela
March 10, 2025 at 2:49 pm
I believe we meet in taverns because that is where the Canterbury Tales by William Shakespeare starts. He started the trope way back when…
@RickGladwin
March 10, 2025 at 2:52 pm
Hoot Growl!
@hannahreeves9838
March 10, 2025 at 3:12 pm
15:23 I love mixing a class with a non ideal race on purpose because the idea of a character’s innate skills not aligning with their passions is fun to me
@lucasbrown9713
March 10, 2025 at 3:57 pm
Welp, the algorithm strikes again. Thinking about finding a group. Is it recommended to hop straight into VR DND for my first campaign?
@MysterySemicolon
March 10, 2025 at 4:05 pm
Everyone else: Let’s get this thing done. Brenanan: I’m going to read the encyclopedia.
@fightvale57
March 10, 2025 at 4:11 pm
I love based brennan.❤
@jamesowens9710
March 10, 2025 at 4:20 pm
Does Brennan’s bigotry and prejudice only extend to one group of people? Because I cannot find any videos of him publicly insulting any Jews, Muslims, or Hindus anywhere.
@markwarner5554
March 10, 2025 at 4:32 pm
In Dungeon Crawler Carl, there is a shield spell that is essentially like the immovable rod, neatly combining two of Brennan’s favorites. Carl uses it to great effect and extreme chaos.
@radlee0123
March 10, 2025 at 4:51 pm
Getting in the comments
@ericpeterson8732
March 10, 2025 at 5:02 pm
Multiple sets of dice are for when a particular set is unlucky, you move to the next one in hopes of better roles. Statistically, it means nothing but players are a superstitious bunch and believe many things about their dice. Like gamblers, who also have lucky dice and used up dice.
@RootstockStudios
March 10, 2025 at 5:09 pm
Quick question: when rolling a percentile with 2 d10s, what is the value of 00 + 0? Some say 100, some say 10. What say you?
@markashton4392
March 10, 2025 at 5:32 pm
✍️ BLM deeply desires to be a bad, bad girl ✍️
@bradysfire
March 10, 2025 at 6:08 pm
“Why are wizards squishy”
They aren’t
Next question
@farling42
March 10, 2025 at 6:20 pm
My friend in AD&D had a table drawn out that he would ALWAYS reference for THAC0. The rest of us could use the “simple” mental arithmetic.
@fuzzypanda2011
March 10, 2025 at 6:35 pm
Shout out to the 3.5 wizards hit die ! 9:37
@scottlurker991
March 10, 2025 at 7:11 pm
I always roll in the open with easy to read dice so my players know the game is fair.
@spaceghost8891
March 10, 2025 at 7:16 pm
question: why is D&D so bad now?
@scottlurker991
March 10, 2025 at 7:20 pm
Playing with newbies is amazing because they aren’t jaded yet. A new player finding a +1 sword is going to get far more excited about a magic sword than a long term player.
@pantalonesdemuerto7960
March 10, 2025 at 7:20 pm
I’m sorry is that a spacefaring version of the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile?
@crazysasha1374
March 10, 2025 at 7:22 pm
“The books will never say thank you”
Love that line!
@stratusph34r
March 10, 2025 at 7:41 pm
Also Mos Eisley Cantina, Where Luke and Ben meet Chewie and Han, is probably part of that Tavern Zeitgeist for most DnD gen x and millenials
@greatpower6063
March 10, 2025 at 8:40 pm
lol Magical incel logic….having friends cannot have magical properties because everyone else in the world (assuming npcs and stuff) dies without those backstories and elements. Like if every-time one of your players made a character, there was also another character npc with the same abilities and backstory….that really wouldn’t be much fun. DnD is about the player’s character and their desired backstory affecting and being affected by circumstances in the game world?….if the DM decides it’s fair to do and not game breaking why not have a backstory involve some of that magical ’emotimancy’ stuff in it? Happiness and Sadness, Passion and heck even apathy could be weaponized by one strong enough in magic and channeling those emotions purely. There are already gods associated with some aspects of these emotions….could a monk not devote themselves to purity in some aspect of these emotions and then gain some magical affinity while fighting to empower themselves further than normal?
@firerun777
March 10, 2025 at 9:04 pm
Love that Brennan isn’t an official DnD officer, just a Dungeon Master who plays with friends
@LM-th7dj
March 11, 2025 at 1:27 pm
Thank you for shouting out some indie ttrpgs! 💖
@gigamike5225
March 11, 2025 at 2:10 pm
It’s the first I saw a guy talking about dice so excited
@salamandastron90
March 11, 2025 at 3:02 pm
He has the mouth and chin of Ewan Mcgregor
@mal2ksc
March 11, 2025 at 3:31 pm
Short answer to why wizards are so squishy: game balance. Try playing as a mountain dwarf, which comes with medium armor proficiency, and you’ll see what a less-squishy wizard can get up to.
@FacelessMage117
March 11, 2025 at 3:32 pm
Brennan and his chaotic energy give me hope. I am way to ADHD to be organized or have notes.
@HiroProtaganist
March 11, 2025 at 3:47 pm
I didn’t think you’d rant too much in this one, Brennan, and here we are 2:45 in a 30m video and you’ve cursed 3 times in two sentences.
@fiatmortem5128
March 11, 2025 at 3:56 pm
I might add, DM house rules are fun,as the DM, you can change or add things,as lo g as you’re up front about it at the beginning.
Our group had a Random Defects table that you could optionally roll on during character creation. They promoted the idea thst different isn’t always a defect.
For example, one entry was, “You have a ”
Is a noisy belly button a defect or advantage? Depends on how you play it.
@HBoyle
March 11, 2025 at 3:58 pm
5:52 “slay, smite, smooch” is the new “live, laugh, love”
@itscalleddesign9940
March 11, 2025 at 4:15 pm
What an amazing storyteller… definitely the first time I’ve ever slowed down a video to watch it 😂
@jakeshore667
March 11, 2025 at 4:42 pm
i would die for this man
@musickid43
March 11, 2025 at 5:03 pm
I’ve been to a D&D themed improv show. They give the audience the ability to shout RE-ROLL and throw a foam d20 on stage. This helps with keeping things on track. They don’t use stats either, just a general high number good, low number bad, to gauge if something was successful or not.
@intraum
March 11, 2025 at 5:10 pm
9:20 that’s definitely a Taako reference username yeah?
@ItzDerrik
March 11, 2025 at 5:18 pm
“The evangelical right” oh baby he’s about to Brennan
@kristenblount8422
March 11, 2025 at 5:55 pm
I don’t have the words to describe how freaking awesome Brennan is. Best DM ever 😁
@SmartiesCereal
March 11, 2025 at 6:06 pm
This was great!
@vocalsunleashed
March 11, 2025 at 6:14 pm
17:03 our DM had a one on one session zero with each one of us and in that session we were steered in our own way to the city of the big bad and there we were all in our own way captured. So where we met was in the dungeons of a castle all locked up in the same cell with some NPCs as well. Just one player character was in the cell nextdoor but they could still talk with us since all that was separating the cells were bars
@Tron...Fights_for_the_user
March 11, 2025 at 6:38 pm
… are you wearing lipstick? I’m sorry it’s so distracting
@RMSBones
March 11, 2025 at 6:44 pm
No! The difference between a warlock and a cleric is SPELLSLOTS!!!
@ORah82
March 11, 2025 at 7:13 pm
Good to see the Oreo CEO is embracing his hobbies
@calnommer
March 11, 2025 at 7:21 pm
9:19 sizzly-toop-cose is such a funny way of reading sizzle-it-up-cos.
@robgibbons1139
March 11, 2025 at 7:45 pm
20:05 when the dice dont want you to “yes and” improv, that means you are playing “change” improv.
@PaarthGuptaYT
March 11, 2025 at 7:47 pm
Get in the comments!
@TyGa-k3q
March 11, 2025 at 8:07 pm
99% of people don’t want degenerate LGBT politics in their gaming.
The second they put a trans character in a sourcebook/campaign book they sealed their fate.
@TheUberwolves
March 11, 2025 at 8:34 pm
I think EVERYONE is a natural at DnD. Some people just have a lot of stigma to overcome in order to let themselves be naturals at it. It’s just playing pretend, something that is very human and that we all do when we’re little.
@TyLarson
March 11, 2025 at 9:02 pm
You should try Amber diceless.
@gfredrico
March 12, 2025 at 9:31 am
Hoot Growl!
@randommathewsjunk
March 12, 2025 at 10:50 am
in a campaign I ran we had a pet baby mimic they named “coffer” and he disguised himself as a coin purse on a trident’s belt. Coffer liked to turn into a chair or a rug overnight and with a successful perception check the characters could find them doing the equivalent of an excited dog shaking but trying to sit still. it was adorable, until they just started putting coffer around enemy heads in interrogations. these people I call friends and family scare me
@pixelatedgrass7528
March 12, 2025 at 10:52 am
“Why do you have so many dice?” I play Pathfinder 2e.
@thewilkandcookies8345
March 12, 2025 at 11:06 am
Brennan is a great entertainer because how tf did he do this for 30 mins straight 😂
@ThePompousPeasant
March 12, 2025 at 11:56 am
He’s the BEST
@rose-ui6hk
March 12, 2025 at 12:14 pm
24:28 I have to answer this question myself, because I just received this item in a campaign and it immediately became my favorite thing:
*Cloak of Billowing:* While wearing this cloak, you can use a bonus action to make it billow dramatically.
@cheesecheese4591
March 12, 2025 at 1:21 pm
I’d argue that the D4 is the most powerful of the dice. Magic Missile.
@ronoshmago1938
March 12, 2025 at 1:41 pm
I’m so mad that I can only hit the Like button one time on this video! Great video!
@jamesmerkel1932
March 12, 2025 at 1:48 pm
I’ll be honest, there are days I would walk into game with 3 index cards with a handful of bullet points and 1 paper with expected encounter stats, and my players STILL had fun. As long as you can make it fun, you did plenty of prep.
@noahdeabler3617
March 12, 2025 at 1:59 pm
Brennan is definitely in my top three favorite characters.
@andrewlesniak8018
March 12, 2025 at 2:14 pm
“People writing Star Wars shows now probably loved Star Wars as kids!”
Pft, I wish.
@joshshoberg8598
March 12, 2025 at 2:28 pm
The biggest advice I can have as a player to a DM is to know your audience, surround yourself with friends whose play styles are the same as you run your campaign. My first TTRPG experience was on a Shadowrun campaign and the Runner forgot to plan a session and instead just had us sit down and “plan a heist.” My buddy and I who were far more fly by the seat of our pants types ignored this and went to a bar to pick fights where we were told “Everyone in here is so strong that they will kill you if you try.” I was turned off TTRPG’s for many years until I found a great DM in a DnD campaign who was more than happy to let my Barbarian Dragonborne scream “ADVANTAGE!” as my war cry charging into battle.
@ChosenTripster01
March 12, 2025 at 2:42 pm
lol 3rd level spells are the best :p Leomond’s Tiny Hut is super understated 😛 thats my favorite spell >.<
@otakuvillain6829
March 12, 2025 at 3:08 pm
When he said you need to have friends, I realized this game wasn’t for me 😂😂
@mchako4572
March 12, 2025 at 3:42 pm
16:42 I can see Ally saying this 😂 Brennan even sounds like them!
@Alovam
March 12, 2025 at 4:10 pm
I’d argue that, instead of good and evil being the Y-axis, it should be self-serving vs altruistic. Good and evil depend on who’s asking, and most of the time the “evil” guys don’t think they are evil, but they might be self-serving and just not care. But you could also have a chaotic altruistic person who believes the ends justify the means and eventually becomes a villain (or not).
@koboldprime2257
March 12, 2025 at 4:19 pm
12:51 I don’t use a DM screen. I follow the hatemonger creed:
*”Bottom’s up, no Lube!”*
@EU-hz6yb
March 12, 2025 at 4:33 pm
I expected a clearly leftist dude to know what anarchy actually means.
@CryOutLoud89
March 12, 2025 at 5:15 pm
Love my Chronomancy Variant human with luck feat…. My DND group… Not so much considering i get 5 Rerolls each long rest.. Adn i havent even picked Silvery Barbs yes.. Basically Untouchable.
@cassied6164
March 12, 2025 at 7:11 pm
25:33 I once ran a campaign set in a mall and had a player who decided to be an edgy older hot topic worker. The players spouse played the mall cop who had a crush on her character. She refused to interact with her spouse or the campaign. Her character hears shuffling in the vents and sees the other pcs following it to see where it ends up? Her character is just gonna finish her shift and not worry about it. She never participated in fights if we could even get her to where the fight was happening and she was actively disinterested in the mystery I was introducing. We asked several times if she was having fun and she always said yes but she was a NIGHTMARE for my story. Every character she ever made in the 3 years we ran campaigns with her either refused to participate in the story or were chaotic evil who never went with the story and started fights with the people giving us quests. Needless to say we don’t play with her anymore
@michaelguth4007
March 12, 2025 at 7:26 pm
D4s are the gamer’s caltrops. Just scatter a bag of those to make the life of every barefooted person miserable.
@goldenegg8of100
March 12, 2025 at 7:26 pm
4:17 you can use toys and other stuff you have around the house for miniatures in DnD.
@TheChocolateSailor
March 12, 2025 at 7:48 pm
Finally, some quality content
@arp6120
March 12, 2025 at 8:30 pm
“Matt calls me up, they light the little bat symbol, and I come in and make… EVERYBODY sad” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@mezi99360
March 12, 2025 at 8:52 pm
my favorite D&D campaign had us all starting in a prison instead of in a tavern, for once
@warlorddelta8
March 12, 2025 at 10:55 pm
“B-b-but a deer can’t talk because it lacks the vocal chords and mouth to properly conju-”
WE ARE TRACKING A LIZARD KING THROUGH A POISONOUS NIGHTMARE SWAMP, WHY ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT THE REALISM OF MY DRUID?
@bogella2225
March 12, 2025 at 10:59 pm
For people on a budget, dice can make an excellent fill in for characters and creatures.
Also my current campaign has 4 people playing, 3 pcs and 1 dm
@merandalattanze3033
March 12, 2025 at 11:06 pm
Ayyyyyyyyy!!! So cool! Brennan!!
@Sphel17
March 12, 2025 at 11:16 pm
17:36 – no because my first DM ever actually snuck in the Fellowship as sneaky background NPCs in my first campaign and we didn’t even notice
@alexandresilveira6905
March 12, 2025 at 11:27 pm
4:11 at the end of the day the books and the dice are optional too, if you know most of the rules, you can get monster statblocks online and solve doubts with the internet, roll dice there too (though physical dice are still cooler).
You really just need to lock your friends in the basement.
@seanbrondstetter2987
March 13, 2025 at 1:45 am
Long live Thac0
@JohnCena-y6r
March 13, 2025 at 3:03 am
Community the tv show did two stellar episodes based around D&D, that was the original point of reference for me and probably other tons of nerds.
@neroarchangel
March 13, 2025 at 5:55 am
“People who write Star Wars now grew up loving Star Wars” yeah, no, have you seen Star Wars now? The current writers are obviosly haters. Only haters can write such garbage.
@igorsilva6992
March 13, 2025 at 5:57 am
For nat 20s on skill checks that technically still can’t be passed, i try to offer an alternate bonus. You fail to pitpocket the keys but don’t get caught, and you managed to grab a note… This way, there is some reward and opens up nice possibilities and new mini quest lines or loot.
@mtgteeto5286
March 13, 2025 at 6:58 am
IF BRENNAN HAS 100000 FANS I AM ONE OF THEM
IF BRENNAN HAS 10 FANS I AM ONE OF THEM
IF BRENNAN HAS 1 FAN THAT IS ME
IF BRENNAN HAS NO FANS I AM DEAD
@PaperTigresss
March 13, 2025 at 7:16 am
Immovable Wand FTW forever.
@your-averagehumanbeing
March 13, 2025 at 7:36 am
ok great video IF IT DIDNT HAVE SO MANY LONG UNSKIPPABLE MIDROLL ADS
@tzimiable
March 13, 2025 at 9:10 am
Goddamnit Brennan. I didnt come here to have my love for Harry Potter ruined. On a side note, the best spell is OBVIOUSLY Prismatic Spray. Rolling to see what happens? And one of them is roll two dice for both effects? YES PLEASE. A close second is baleful polymorph for obvious reasons.
@McTruck
March 13, 2025 at 9:34 am
“Pick characters who care about the world they live in” is such good advice. Although playing in a group of murder hobos is also fun.
@mikejensen8306
March 13, 2025 at 9:40 am
Loving the Melvor Idle graphics for the classes.
@deanpope2055
March 13, 2025 at 12:13 pm
My lame stupid friends refuse to play dnd with me so I’ve never played but it looks so sick
@winterconstellations
March 13, 2025 at 1:14 pm
11:46
lol I have absolutely done this, my one friend who knew laughed at me while the rest looked at me with varying levels of confusion and suspicion 😂
@inmay4446
March 13, 2025 at 1:59 pm
This was a delight!
@th3gughy
March 13, 2025 at 2:34 pm
17:08 Because no good story has ever started with “let’s have a cup of tea”.. 😂
@Macks999
March 13, 2025 at 3:54 pm
15:40 This definitely wasn’t the answer the asker was looking for, haha
@emmysnakes
March 13, 2025 at 4:52 pm
20:45 Brennan’s debut YA novel: “Moments of Ruin and Wrath”
@messoremmerc666
March 13, 2025 at 7:06 pm
Wrong counter spell is the best magic
@Eric-yt7fp
March 13, 2025 at 8:09 pm
Wow, this makes me want to actually get into DnD.
@maddie9602
March 13, 2025 at 8:22 pm
27:32 it wasn’t just DnD, the same people were drumming up moral panics about rock, and later rap, video games, the movie Mulan ….
The evangelicals are always coming up with new stupid things to get mad about. If they ever let their persecution complex falter, they might actually realize that the reason why people hate them is because they’re assholes
@itsDeej.
March 13, 2025 at 9:00 pm
i thought this was going to be a skit until i saw it was actually on wired lol