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What up world, it's me
Brizzy and my newest, hugest,
most all-encompassing obsession
this year, second only
to my puppy Remus, has
been Dungeons & Dragons.
Yes, that mysterious fantasy
game where nerds gather around
a table and just talk and
roll dice and play pretend.
Yeah, I mean, yeah that
basically sums it up.
Yes, but at the same
time, it is so much more.
Since I first fell into the
world of D&D this February,
I have been dying to make a video on it,
but I wasn't sure how.
But today, now that I have played
in several different campaigns,
as several different characters,
I thought I would take this opportunity
to introduce you to them.
And maybe it'll give you some inspiration
as to how to go about
creating your own characters.
This is inspired by a book on
Audible that I just listened
to that is a great quick
and easy introduction
to the world of Dungeons & Dragons,
and how to get started.
It is appropriately titled
How to Play Dungeons & Dragons
by HowExpert Press.
Are you ready to meet my characters?
I think I have played six
different multi-session characters
and two one-shot characters.
That means that most of these
were played over several
or many different days over
one long, continuous story arc,
and two of them were
just like one and done.
One shot.
Like a little short story,
never to be seen again.
I'll introduce you to just
one of those characters
because she's fun.
Four of these are still ongoing,
and one of them is an
official Wizards of the Coast
Dungeons & Dragons live stream.
So if you want to watch me play D&D,
I'll have a link to all of
the Dark and Dicey episodes
and info on that stream
down in the description.
It also goes live on Twitch on Monday
so you can check it out.
Okay, let's see, who was my very first
Dungeons & Dragons character?
- It was me, Achille Tuono.
I am a human fighter, which is
probably the most basic race
and class combination you could make
so pretty perfect for a first character.
Magic can get pretty confusing,
so if it's your first time playing,
it's not a bad idea to pick
a fighter or something.
And it's just as fun.
So yeah, I'm Achille,
I'm 18, and I'm just from
a small town that when I
was a baby was destroyed
by a volcano and now it's
all overrun by dragon.
So my dream is to go back to my hometown
and bring it back to it's former glory
and defeat the dragon.
So. (laughs)
I'm lawful good.
Again, probably the
most basic to role play.
I just, I do good and I follow the rules,
and I just, I want to be a hero.
I played through like four levels
of the Lost Mine of Phandelver
which comes in the starter set,
so it's pretty convenient
for first-time players.
Why do I have this accent?
I don't know. (laughs)
It seemed fun.
And playing a boy just
seemed exciting and like
a fun introduction to playing the game.
My best stat was dexterity at 16,
and my worst was charisma at nine.
I think I just come off as
a little overenthusiastic
sometimes, I don't know.
People made fun of my accent,
too, but whatever man,
I'm just passionate and
I want to save the day.
- Cool, okay, so that was Achille.
He was my first ever D&D character.
His stats and background
and ability scores
and all that was pre-made
as part of the starter kit,
but I filled in his
personality and his name
and all that jazz.
Next up is a character that I made
for the live show Dark and Dicey.
Which was made to be a bit of a villain,
or anti-hero campaign.
So none of the player characters have
a good moral alignment.
So my not good character is--
- Trixa Teardu.
Hi, I'm Trixa and I'm wearing an alligator
costume 'cause I got one
once from the circus,
so I just figured I'd wear that today.
I am a lightfoot halfling barbarian.
I'm on the path of the totem
warrior, but my totem spirit,
instead of being a wolf or a bear,
is a very evil shadow demon named Izaz.
I was first possessed when
I was seven years old,
and the demon made me kill my father
but he was pretty terrible anyway.
But then my mother ran
away from me because
she was scared of me, so I've
lived as an orphan ever since.
I'm 17 but I have chubby
cheeks and big eyeballs
so people tend to think that I'm just
a small human girl, rather than like
an almost fully-grown halfling.
So I've decided to just use that because
then people underestimate me,
or they feel sorry for me
and they give me stuff,
and it works.
I used to really hate Izaz and
the things that he made me do
but his powers have actually
been pretty helpful lately,
so I think we're starting to get along.
I love animals, and I
have a soft spot for kids
that are, you know, kind of like me,
but I don't really care about anyone else.
My hobbies include talking to animals,
murder, and starting zombie apocalypses.
My moral alignment is
neutral evil, but a lot
of people don't know if
that's referring to me,
or the evil demon inside me.
So I don't know, I guess I'll leave
that up to you to decide.
I'm currently level six
and my best abilities
are constitution and strength at 14,
and my worst are wisdom
and intelligence at 10.
Yeah, my ability scores are very ...
Boring. (giggles)
But I'm not boring, and
my friends aren't boring.
So if you want to see all the shenanigans
that me and my friends get up to,
be sure to tune in to Dark and Dicey.
The links are in the
description. (giggles)
- Now the third character
I made for home game was--
- Jennoa Krystal, half-elf rogue.
Bit of a charlatan, I'm
pretty sure my elven stepdad
had my elven mother killed.
So I ran away from home.
I use flattery and
deception to make my way
through life and so far
it's worked out pretty well.
I got to level seven playing through Hoard
of the Dragon Queen, but I
rolled absolutely rubbish every
time I leveled up, so I
only had 23 hit points.
So I had a little nasty habit
of losing consciousness frequently.
But a magical silver bell,
left to me by my human father,
helped me keep a handle on that.
My best score was dexterity at 18
and my worst scores were
strength and constitution at 11.
But my acrobatics and stealth are plus 10.
My persuasion and deception is plus nine,
and my slight of hand is plus seven.
Yeah, I love being a rogue.
And my moral alignment was,
of course, chaotic neutral.
I do what I want.
- Next up is a character
that I've only played twice
because of busy player schedules,
it's been hard to get all of us together,
but we're definitely coming back to it.
I'm not done playing
with her, and that is--
- Hello, my name is
Zyldela-alijo-velo-rila-temphla-noblin,
but you can call me Zyldi.
I am a forest gnome druid.
My family and entire village
was decimated by terrible men.
Hunters, I don't know.
But since then I have
been trying to track down
my family who was taken from me.
I have traveled all across the continent.
I have traveled far and wide.
I've been all over, and I'm
very, very far from home,
and I'm very scared, but
I am very determined.
And I have my woodpecker
friend Nigel with me.
He helps me feel not alone because
I don't trust people very well.
I don't trust them.
They come and they tell you nice things
but then they ruin everything
and they hurt people.
But I want to do good.
I want to help.
I am level three right now,
and I am the Circle of Dreams,
and I enjoy healing people, and even more
so healing animals and plants.
I am chaotic good, and my
best score is wisdom with 19
and my worst score is strength with 10.
I am very small.
- Next up is my one shot character--
- Lizarath (hissing)
Also known as Liz.
I'm a lizard folk, death domain cleric.
Chaotic neutral?
I don't know, I never really decided.
I don't have much of a story,
I just love dead things
and wielding necromantic power.
And I found a god who can
help make that happen.
I've only played one level,
but my best scores were
wisdom and constitution at 16.
And my worst was dexterity at eight.
- Now, one of my favorite
characters to role play
has been this character that
I created for a home game
that was meant to be an
October/Halloween special campaign,
but turns out we're just
gonna keep going with it,
and it's kind of, I think,
developing into more
of a winter/holiday thing.
But the character I came up
with for this super spooky,
scary, dark, Halloween campaign is--
- Lua Cay D'Orien (laughs)
Hi. I'm a dancer, but I'm also
like a super kick-butt monk,
because I'm a mark of passage human,
so like, I'm from House Orien,
which means I have super
cool transportation powers
which my family has used to turn into like
a super boring transportation business.
Like, ugh.
But I was trained pretty
well to defend myself for it,
with like martial arts,
'cause you know the roads
can be dangerous or whatever.
So I've really just been spending
the last couple years like out on my own,
without my family, just
finding myself you know.
And trying to become more
well known as a dancer.
And finding like a super
cute, rich husband.
But really, like what
better way to do that
than to become famous right?
So that's what I'm up to,
but like along the way
I got caught up in dying
to like a super rude lich
and getting caught in some
spooky alternate dimension,
but I think we're out now, I don't know.
Now I'm looking to just like chill out
and find a nice city where I can
really make my mark, you know?
I'm level 4 right now,
I'm neutral good because
I just want everyone
to like have a good time you know?
My best ability score is
dexterity because duh,
I'm a dancer.
It's 20.
Yeah, I know right.
And my worst score is
intelligence at nine because
who needs books when you have yoga
and education of the soul, you know?
But also my regular walking speed
is 50 feet because I'm amazing,
and also I have shared passage which means
I can teleport 50 feet and
bring someone along with me.
It's pretty cool so, I'm just saying.
If you're cute and you're single,
hit me up with a sending
message. (giggles)
- And my last character
is someone brand new
who I haven't played with yet.
We're playing the first
game with him next week
and I don't really have a
lot nailed down with him yet.
I don't have his ability scores done,
I don't fully have his
background fleshed out,
but I'll introduce you to
him anyways, here we go.
- Greetings, my name is
Alben Ronziver Sivis.
I am a mark of scribing gnome wizard.
This means that I am of House Sivis,
a house with excellent
communication skills,
so a lot of us are scribes and notaries,
and messengers, translators, mediators,
and stuff like that.
But personally I think that is all great,
I love my house and I love what we do,
but my personal passion
is gathering information.
And I am happy to work with my house
to share that information with others.
My particular interest is the arcane
so I study magic quite a bit.
But I'm still pretty new at it (laughs)
I'm still just a level one.
But I am setting out on a mission away
from my house, my family,
to learn all that I can
and start some adventures.
I have not yet rolled my
abilities, but I am optimistic
that I will have a powerful
brain, some good intelligence,
but I am not so hopeful
about my expectations
in the strength area.
Like Zyldi, I am a gnome,
so I am very small.
And I do magic, I don't
need to lift or hit things.
And if I do need to lift or hit things,
I'll just do it with magic (laughs)
Anywho, yeah, that is
me, and it is very nice
to make your acquaintance.
- So yeah, those are my characters so far.
I haven't personally dungeon mastered yet,
but I think I'm going to soon.
I'm going to DM my first
game probably sometime
in the next couple months
'cause I've been reading
Water Deep Dragon Heist
which just came out,
and I'm pretty excited about
it but just like, real nervous.
If you've never played D&D
and half of the words I said
in this video sounded like
dwarvish to you, I am very sorry.
I hope you at least
got an idea of what fun
Dungeons & Dragons can
be and what fun it can be
to come up with different characters.
If you want another
fun peek into the world
of Dungeons & Dragons and
what everything means,
I highly recommend listening
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