A 1 person dnd game is called being an author.

13:00 It is called LARP: Basically a bunch of people camping, dressing up, and hitting each other with fake weapons for a few days

One thing you must know about JoCat, he knows EVERYBODY in the D&D KZfaq sphere.

Social etiquette 101: If you are afraid your friendly banter crossed the line for someone, it is okay to pull them aside when you get the opportunity and bring up that you are worried that you did. This will result in a number of responses but if this person is your friend they will most likely be happy that you did come to check on them because it shows that you care. They will say that they weren't hurt by it because they weren't or they'll honestly tell you that they were and appreciate that you came forward to set the record straight. Another posibility is that they will say it didn't but it did. Roll an Insight Check for this one IRL because that's not a good sign. It means that they are afraid of hurting your feelings in return. In that latter case you may find that you may need to get to know them a little better.

Watches Wizard Reaction: "Don't pause the song... Don't pause the song... Watch it through... Don't pause the - GOSH DANGIT!" Love reaction regardless.

And surprised you didn't recognize Puffin Forest in the rogue video.

The clip you were wondering about is Live Action Role Playing. The people lying down were “killed” and that clip is from the Lightning Bolt clip which is usually used to diss LARPers for how ridiculous it sounds. I mean, I spent years Larping, and while it was super fun it was also pretty silly when viewed from the outside

Rogue be nimble, Rogue be quick, Rogue jumps over a wizard's fireball trick.

Sorcerer + fireball is such a nice combination. Transmuted spell let's you change the element, and sorcery points give you extra fireballs if need be.

28:33 Fun story about that! In our party, we have a druid who is *terrified* of blood, irl and in game, and gets nauseous after every fight in character. Being the naive and helpful warlock that I am, who hadn't even realize that I've signed a contract with the Ancient Ones for my magic, I now cast Prestidigitation with my Eldritch Blast to fill the room with the scent of something lovely, like roses or blueberries or caramel, so we don't smell blood at all. Thing is... She's scared of seeing blood so my extra magic does jackshit lmao. My character is an airhead like that, and I love playing an idiot.

you can totally do a two person game of just a Dm and a single Player, did it for the longest time with a friend of mine. We were actually able to obtain the mystical, consistently weekly games.

A "spellblade wizard" would be the School of Bladesinging.

I’m surprised you didn’t react to the Bard/Paladin wedding during the Warlock segment.

“I want a ripped wizard.” I’m in a campaign at the moment where we found a trove of belts of giant strength so now every character with the exception of my blood hunter has above 20 STR and that includes our wizard who has 23 STR.

JoCat has made a Crap Guide to being a Dungeon Master, and it's hilarious. Highly suggest that you check it out.

"Can you do single character D&D?" Yes, but it is very very rough on the DM.

He probably meant "glass cannon", just skipped L by accident. A glass cannon is a character that deals a lot of damage, but is very frail.

The Warlock Line is "I cast Eldritch *insert Blast sound*" if you were curious

He didn't turn into a potted plant, he turned into an actual wiggler

Just to let you know:Dingo released part 19 - and it is good.

Airier: "I want a buff Wizard!" Me with a 20 Strength, 20 Int, 18 Con Wizard: "...hm"

About the one-person-thing: 1. There is a game called AI dungeon 2. In a german system called "Das schwarze Auge" (the black eye), they used to ship single-player modules that needed no dm... And everyone in my group ended up cheating in for extra loot and levels.

the 'lightning bolt' clip is a thing called LARP or Live Action Role Play its like role play like dnd but you actually go out in the forest and play your roll. its physical play pretend. no dice roll its all real skill, mostly, its not for everyone.

"GAS POWERED STICK!" "He keeps hitting me!" Bravest warriors is awesome.

Fireball is my favorite transmutation spell it turns anything it touches into a pile of dust

Did you notice? The Bard and Paladin got married in the Warlock video.

I think the best troll I ever did was write the simplest backstory for a paladin that had nothing dark or tragic in it, but the other players were convinced I was hiding something. Every opportunity, they'd try and go detective mode into what my paladin was hiding.

6:57 Paladin giving her cleric brother a noogie on Christmas.

Another exiting episode of “Airier pauses at the right moment.”

I’ve been running a one on one campaign for my wife since COVID started and it’s been a lot of fun.

I’m surprised he didn’t notice the paladin and bard getting married based on how closely he was following their actions.

The pantless part of Warlock might be a reference to Melody Dnd character ripping off her pants every chance she get

Little thing I did to flavor my Warlock. His patron is a celestial fox so when he uses Eldritch Blast, he summons radiant foxes that charge right into the target. The Warlock is very fun to customize and flavor up.

Now all we need is the races & DM episode

Lightning bolt: it’s them doing LARP: Live Action Roleplaying....

3:07 That's PuffinForest, another D&D youtuber... ...and that's his natural voice.

BTW the person JoCat was talking to was Zee Bashew. He has his own D&D channel. It mostly focuses on magic spells in a series called the animated spellbook. They are short like JoCat's videos and would be a great thing to react to after you finish the Crap Guide. He even has a storyline related to the aftermath of the wizard video.

I just remembered a hilarious moment from one of my dnd games. The wizard just got true polymorph which changes your stats (including mental) into something else. The player would allow themself one not immediately dumb use of a spell and start of a potential fight turned himself into a purple worm. Then most of the party teleported out of his sight range except me who turned invisible. So he immediately swung around and tried to eat me to take me to safety. The fight turned into us negotiating with the locals to not kill our friend too hard while I run around trying to not get eaten.

Thanks for this reaction video! You bring a delightful geek energy to it that I appreciate. One note... I used to play 2-person D&D with my brother very often, to pass the time while doing chores. We had no dice or paper (had to keep the hands free, yo) and success & failure were determined by how over-the-top the player made his description of what he wanted to do. Great fun all 'round.

Nice Cameos by Puffin, Sipps and the Animated Spellbook wizard.

Had lots of 1 on 1 D&D sessions. My favorites were: 1 - Player travelled out of town for 2 months; when she came back, we had a few sessions to roleplay what her character did with her life. In universe, she had left the party for three weeks while she travelled back to her country to continue her druid training. 2 - Character spent a week dead in-game. When they finally managed to ressurect him, I ended the session. Between then and the next session, I met the player so we could roleplay what her character's life after death was; considering the character had sold his soul to a Devil, it was a lot of fun (for me). The character came back traumatized enough that finding a way to break away from his pact became his #1 priority then. 3 - Weird creepy pillar, makes things that touch it disappear. 1 player decides to touch it. The others weren't as adventurous. So we had a 1 on 1 session for his lonely adventures in the Astral Sea. I have also gotten used to having 1 on 1 sessions to just flash out backstory. They aren't always 1 on 1 since nowadays most times my party links their BS together, "we are brothers", "we met on the road to this city", "we studied together in the same order" stuff like that; it usually is a small adventure dealing with some menial problem where they can get a few hints about the plot of the campaign and start getting used to their characters in an environment where they have full attention, instead of panicking into character traits in the middle of the whole group later.

Say the line, Bart is from an old episode of the Simpsons. Bart gets fifteen minutes of fame on the Krusty the Clown show when he destroys a set on live TV, and says, "I didn't do it!"

"Is it possible to go for a 1 person seesion?" Yes, if you're a cleric! ;P

A glass canon is an game archetype for characters that kill quicky but get killed just as quickly sacrificing vitality in exchange for damage, examples from smash bros are:jigglypuff,little mac,pichu,dr.mario and falco

DM and 1 Player? Totally possible. I have done so. It. Was. GLORIOUS. Also, look into the Essentials Kit. Basically a box that says:"Want to D&D with a smaller group that standard? Here."

I play a Tabaxi soulknife Rogue in one of my campaigns. Cunning action pairs super well with feline agility. For context Tabaxi have the race feature "feline agility" that doubles their movement speed. They have a movement speed of 30, feline agility doubles that. So you as a rogue if needing to just get the hell out of dodge or get to someone real quick can go from running 90 feet in a single movement to 180ft. Now imagine someone casting haste on you and getting the mobility feat. What's great about feline agility too is that you just need to do an action without movement to get it back. Which basically as a rogue you want to be sneaky and if your a rogue that uses ranged weapons (I as a soulknife use either my handy dandy never ending psychic energy knives or my longbow that I had enough downtime to learn) this is doubly useful cause you want to hit from a distance in a way that you will always get sneak attack and then on your next turn get feline agility again. So its run, shoot, run, shoot. It is very fun and also the reason I was one of the few people to survive the black dragon that they decided to antagonize.

5:05 Yes, it's called a duet game. Whole lot of reasons to do them, one being to run a whole solo game for someone, another as a supplement to regular group sessions to keep momentum going when someone splits from the party to do something.

1 man DND: yes, it’s called Balder’s Gate 3 and it’s out in an Alpha state at the moment online.

I managed to work out magical outfits for our entire party that were self cleaning, colour changing for simple camo and suitable for all weather, by in character getting into an argument/discussion with a mage guild leader about the uses of prestidigitation in the field, while out of character the DM and I were pulling up sources trying to find the limits of the spell and item design. Another party member was out to inspire societal revolutions and to pull away the illusions of the upper class and how even a basic understanding of magic can make the societal divide a fallacy. She used prestidigitation for formal high tea. Since the changes to flavour and temperature last an hour, more than enough time to eat. I even used it to take quick notes when spying (to be traced with ink later) and even question people and shop using the 'small image' trick to show off who we were after and the outfits we wanted XD

Yep, a 2 player game does happen. I've run one before and it was okay. Definitely more people are better but one on one with a creative player can be interesting. Yes you can do dnd with just yourself, that is known as writing a book. And an ai dungeon master is called playing a video game. Thank you for coming to me TED talk

Airier: what is say the line Bart? Me, a warlock main: eldRITCH BLASSST

19:19 Your OCs may be evil, but mine are adorable. Mine are adorable beans. Just because yours are evil and shouldn't be brought to life doesn't mean ours shouldn't.

That "insert obvious" was live action roleplay.

hey airier, as a barbarian main, I'm gonna share a broken barbarian build that will blow your mind a bit. goliath race with totem warrior subclass. totem warrior gives you choices between a bunch of spirit animals with nice little effects and choosing bear at lv3 makes you take half damage from all damage types except psychic while raging. goliaths get a race-specific feat that buffs their stone endurance feature to use their reaction to gain resistance to one damage type until their next turn. that alone can quarter damage (at least in the rules we're playing by). the danger sense ability gives advantage on dex saves against spells and traps you see - couple that with the resiliency (dex) feat and you get proficiency in dex saves. combine those, on a successful save, you can effectively take 1/8 damage from fireball. fireball's max damage at 3rd level slot is 48, meaning you can effectively cut that to 6. a barbarian's an amazing tank. another player in our campaign plays a paladin with full plate and even though his armour's much higher than mine (23 v 15), his hp wears down much faster than me, telling me that damage resistance means more than pure AC because many enemies we encounter either get huge bonuses to hit or use spells, many of which don't have attack rolls and hit regardless. And even though barbarians don't get the dpm like fighters with their action surge and many extra attacks or paladins with their smite on crits = double smite dice, barbarians have something more important: high strength means high attack rolls. barbarians are accurate with hits. I'm only at lv10, but I have a +3 weapon, which, combined with strength and proficiency is a +11 to hit. I can almost reliably hit anything

Loved your reactions to these videos. Happy you take the time to explore things in the video and stop to react at times.

One on one dnd is amazing. You can get really in depth and the dm generally has a lot less to worry about

Actually, the guy who interrupts jocat in the rogue vid is Puffinforest

You and Dm sessions are typically one shots from what I heard, great for helping a newbie or friend just getting in, learn ropes, got a few set up for myself once the people dming are free(very busy and wanted folk)

you absolutely can do a 1 player, 1 DM session, and they are AWESOME. A lot of DMs don’t do it because it’s unfamiliar and has a very different “vibe” to normal sessions, but it can be a great way to start a campaign if you want to “play the backstory” or otherwise add a more personal “episode” to a larger campaign, and yes, you can do an entire campaign that way, it’s just a very taxing experience for both the player (since it’s ALWAYS his/her turn) and DM (since they are ALWAYS thinking about how what their making interacts with your character specifically) so most who do play/run it generally prefer it in small doses, like a one-shot adventure or side-story in a larger campaign. I think Matt Coleville of MCDM productions has a video on exactly that topic. You can also play most TTRPGs without a DM if you are playing with a good set of random encounter tables or pre-prepared modules and are good at compartmentalizing so you don’t let your character cheat just because no one’s enforcing the rules. Some older systems like Traveller even had mechanics and rules in the core books designed to help with that. But it’s a completely different experience from a GMed game, since the GM role is being split between the player and the adventure module or random encounter table essentially acting as a video game CPU...which is also why non-DMed games have basically gone extinct: videogames mostly do it better.

See this is why I subbed and rung the bell so.i can get a front row seat to humor Edit: oh I heard you mention space marines but it's all about da orky boyz always moar dokka

The best job I ever had was because my supervisor was the best DM I have ever played with. We were part of the IT department, and when things got slow, he would just turn to me and say. "What do you do?" and I knew it was time to play.

For One on One D&D you can look up “Dicing with Death.” Just two friends taking turn being DM. Once one dies the other takes over.

The "Mascot" he uses is called a wiggler, they're from the Monster Hunter games, which he has crap guides for all those classes. Also in the game you can make a wiggler hat, which is what he most of the time has. Also you can catch a wiggler to keep as your pet, and when you see it in your home they're in a pot! Fun facts, whether you want them or not!

I'm sure someone has answered these but: 1. Larp, Live action RP, is the nerdiest sword fight you'll ever see. 2. A gas cannon is a cannon that uses explosive gass instead of gunpowder, Carbide Cannons are still used as an alternative to fireworks sometimes. 3. One Person D&D exists, just need a d20 and roll it as often as possible. 4. Seeing as how the OG Wizard only had a d4 worth of HP and a single first level spell to their name and at level 20 could alter reality permanently, I'm fairly sure they were always supposed to be the zero to hero class.

In re two-person D&D ... my brother and I used to do this all the time. To make it even better, we didn't have books, paper or dice! Success would be based on the DM's rating of the coolness of the player's description of what he was trying to do. It got a little wonky betimes, but it was hella fun and a great way to keep interested while doing chores.

For me, I learned DnD through a 2 person campaign, where a friend of mine was a DM and he made up a mini campaign for just me, but he did eventually add 3 NPC PCs in the second session that basically only existed for combat or puzzles.

Yes, the original wizard (like old old Old text) actually described the class (technically it was called caster back then) as a class with a drastically tough time growing, but with near limitless potential if they survive, and they grew their power (and xp cost damn it) on an exponential curve, but had the highest max level as well, oh, and back then spells cost XP as well as components. Meanwhile the fighter class of the day was a linear growth that was fairly stable from start to finish and had inter-personal skills to recruit followers, elves were a caster-fighter hybrid class (yup, class, not race) with a low cap on it, and thief was basically how you did anything from open doors to figure out what you got as loot until the wizard actually got to a decent level with a stockpile of xp and gold. Thief was always a “you are better at what you do but suck if its a direct confrontation” type back then, and usually leveled faster than everyone else by cooking the party’s books and pocketing loot to bring more gold and thus xp back than everyone else

Some things about low PC games. While there is the general joke that playing DnD solo is just being an Author. There is some interesting methods of doing so. Most come into line of a PickaPath style of game play where instead of having d20s and stuff, you generally move it into a smaller dicepool of uses. For example, deciding how helpful X character is going to be towards your goal you flip a coin or roll a d4. 1 they are a compleate arse or know compleatly nothing to do with it or 4 they know everything and can help more so than originally planned.

Ah, Fireball. I`ll never forget the first time I used it. Was in Krynn, doing The War, so a shit-ton of npcs and my party were walking along in single file, when a group of hobgoblins led by a giant(Hill, Stone, can`t remember) jumped out ahead of us. So my Fighter/MU Morgone the Doomed(he always failed saving throws and got rekt over and over) halfelf(who married Laurana) and Gilthanas step out of line, one on each side, and we both cast Fireball. All dead. We were like "Holy shit! That`s awesome!" Boy, did the fireballs start flying, after that.

I cracked up so hard at the whole Fry's puppy schtick.

"Say the line Bart/Mark" 1.I didn't do it. 2.This was the best One Piece arc I've seen so far.

Sorcerers' can do a lot with the spells they have available a wizard could potentially know every spell they could possibly cast, but they have to prepare it making them unrivaled in utility, but I'd describe it as you have a different swiss army knife in every pair of pants and if you bring the wrong one to work that day you're out of luck

Starbucks sponsorship update: I was just watching the Evangelion Abridged reaction video from Sep 21, 2017 and got a Starbucks App ad at the beginning. So there, Airier, you finally got ad money from Starbucks! Congrats!

30:40 Warlock are also natural ritual casters, means that while your party is sleeping you can spend ten minutes to detect magic, purify supplies, and id item whenever you want. Unfortunately, you only have a limited amount of spell slots and can only switch spells when you level up. This is an advanced class for DnD vets and not a beginner class. Of course, the real fun is the RPG. Dungeon masters could use your class as an excuse to explore the other realms.

Held a 1 on 1 sessions of DnD with my boyfriend over messenger chat last year. It's pretty fun actually. I got to play around with lots of npcs as the DM. We kept the story relevant stuff on a separate group chat and talked about the gameplay stuff on personal chat to keep the story easy to backtrack and follow.

Gary Gygax hated the idea of Wizards as player characters and argued with David Arnison and Ed Greenwood for hours just to let Magic Missel have a guaranteed hit.

not just two person D&D, which yes you can, but there are resources now that lets you play D&D alone, no DM required. Also, about all your questions about the scene in the sorcerer video from Lightning Bolt, it's most likely LARP (Live Action Role Play) Basically D&D, but you actually move around and stuff. And finally, Gass Cannon, I think he just misspelled Glass Cannon.

4:08 Yes… YES… YES! That’s what my Ranger-Rogue did! Hid his backstory details until it was relevant! And the payoff for when I revealed both secrets of my backstory was *phenomenal!* The part 1 of that story just went live on All Thing DnD today. Part 2, if they release it, will hopefully reveal the other secret I alluded to multiple times. The thing that I dropped so many hints for over 12 sessions, I had each player roll History and I had different reveals for each even number from 0 to 24. 12:00 Speaking of All Things DnD, they have a story of a buff Wizard.

Yes one on one DnD is a thing. Though a thing that should be noted is you do need to tailor the adventure to whatever class the player picks. If they go wizard for example you need to be careful about what creatures you're throwing at him, so he doesn't get one shot. They are also less combat focused, and since there is only one player deciding what to do; expect things to go off the rails a bit, both for better and worst.

Know this is late but they sent the Cleric because Clerics have high wisdom, so tend to one of the better classes for scouting out places, that said Polymorph doesn’t maintain character stats for the target.

1 player D&D is called writing a book... 2 player D&D I actually did successfully with a friend who moved away. It went pretty well with a few NPC's for backup... It was like a text based adventure for him, with lots of images :)

Your question about 1 person DnD with an A.I. as the Dungeon Master is pretty much the concept of Hand of Fate (1 and 2). I mean the main NPC is the Dealer who refines the Game of Life and Death you playband he shuffles encounter, equipment, and blessing and curse cards, and gives you dice and wheel gambits, and a pendulum, and a card shell game. It's a whole thing.

I did a one on one 3.5 game. We built a world together and each had a character. We would switch who the DM was and both characters were rivals. It was like a game of chess, it was really fun tho.

“silly little gnomes, they think theyre people” im saying that to my rapping bard gnome friend to see him retaliate with a tiny dis-track 😂

I just gotta say bro you got a new subscriber. I love Jocat so I google people reacting to him cause I love seeing people... react... to him. And I've got to say you are one of the most animated and entertaining reactors I've done. Spotting the Jojo reference cemented my sub, good sir. Also if you think this Jocrap is scary go check out his dps guide to FF14 and see him when he's demanding to know who is dealing more damage. Those dots along the side of his neck turn into bulging, bloodshot eyes, among other things.

To the 1 one 1 session with the DM question: Yes! You can! There was this one time in our (admittedly very small) campaign that one member had a Thing and can't join and turns out the other member can't join last minute so it ended up just being a solo main session with just me and the NPCs and it ended up being by FAR the most lighthearted silly session we've done so far and I Love It. (Something worth saying: Our campaign isn't really a traditional DnD campaign, it's digimon themed and also a tad episodic, but we still have stat sheets and use rolls and stuff)

Matthew Mercer actually has a couple of videos out there of him doing a 1 on 1 dnd session with various celebrities, it actually sounds like a fun concept.

10:43 that was indeed from pokemon his name is Gladion and he's the son of Lusamine president of the aether foundation and brother to Lillie they are from the Alola sm and usum. Ok you're welcome

36:35 yes, Wizards have a feature called Arcane recovery. When they take a short rest, they can recover a total of half their level rounded down. For example, if you play a Level 7 Wiz (I am one of those), and take a short rest, you can recover 3 spell slots. 3 Level 1, 1 Lvl 1+ 1 Lvl 2 or even a Lvl 3.

5:18 Yeah, it's a thing. I'm currently starting a new campaign with only one person and I have run two one-shots with only one person. Its really fun and doesn't cause a massive issue of trying to manage several people's characters. It's also a great way to introduce new players to the game or to give them a feel for their character in a new setting before they play with a larger group

A] Yes, it's definitely possible to do a 1 on 1 campaign, not just a one off. Not my personal preference to run or play, but possible. (And yes, you can solo play D&D with an AI DM. Examples are Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights.) B] You are 100% correct, sorceror supremacy ftw. (Specifically Wild Magic sorceror, because I crave chaos.)

I have done a one on one campaign and I can honestly say it was one of the better experiences I've had. As nice as having a nice full party to go on adventures with and mold stories around, being able to just focus on a single character and make a campaign and story specifically tailored to them and their character makes for a great time, though you do gotta be a little careful since the player gets a little more power being the "chosen one" and that can sometimes go to their head when it comes to refuting the DM or breaking the game XD But usually it's great. There's also 1 person D&D and it's called rpgs. There are actually a few 1 player board game rpgs but usually you gotta go to video games and "choose your own adventure" novels.

Yes. one-on-one DnD sessions are possible. I did one myself and it was pretty fun. But it got cut because of the virus.

"Just fire ball" My Abjuration wizard/Order domain cleric that was based off builds to make Aizawa as a dnd character: Counter spell and only counterspell

I’m currently running a 101 game over FaceTime with my mom, for family time & because she’s a wonderful nerd. No, her character is not horny, but motivated by discovering the truth behind ancient legends. I also gave her a pet Dire Wolf to have something for her to inspire & hide behind.

In Pathfinder 2E, I’m playing a Sorcerer. Sounds good, right? Wrong. I’m a melee spellcaster, using my Bloodline spell to give myself Dragon Claws, and run up and slash people. I’m planning on multiclassing into Monk, to become slightly better. Maybe. And his father was a Bard, and most of the party is constantly confused as to what/why I am what I am.

4:58 Me and my friend do that all the time. I DM a Solo for him, he does so after I end mine. It helps a bit, since it's more of a training on the rules, on characters creation, and on narrative creativity, but having the fun of a good game. Sometimes he call for someone else to play along with me, like we're actually doing, but, the character started as a Solo, from level 1 to 8, and now. It can be better sometimes, since your character has te space to become a protagonist and walk on his own, but pretty hard in early levels... I mean, I cleaned a Dungeon alone on level 1, as a Wizard, but I almost died 2 times for zombies, and 3 others to Oozes.

I do like D&D. It was always so much fun to cast Magic Missile against the darkness. XD

For your wizard. Moutain Dwarf level 1 fighter / level X Wizard. Get Warcaster at 5th to be casting spells whle in full plate and shield. Note: there are A LOT of spells with no DC or attack roll that can be used with relatively low Int scores. Just the 14 min to do the multiclass.

You should react to XP to Level 3 or Runesmith! They make good DnD Videos!