7 years later and I'm watching this as a 31 F going to my first dnd session in a week 😊, this has been the most helpful vid still out on KZfaq x

This is the best tutorial I have found, really well done!

The animation is top-notch, with understandable explanations to boot. I'll be watching this series.

Leraline, the perpetually sad wizard...What happened to you, leraline??

Going to my first D&D session ever tomorrow night. This series has been a lifesaver. Thanks!

This video is a life saver for a new DM like me. Literally played D and D for the very first time with my first timer friends a few hours ago and I was the DM. All of us were so incredibly overwhelmed during the combat phase because it was so difficult to keep track of all the rules. I wish I had seen this video before the session. The animation and your explanation helped memorize a lot of the things. I shared this video with my group because they are equally clueless.

This is the most helpful series I have ever watched on youtube.

I'm happy I found you! I love your teaching style. I like how you add a menu system to help visually organize a player's possible actions. Very solid teaching tool. Thank you

I love your animations. Easy to understand and I want to play D&D now!

This man made my life as a dm so much easier and better. I was confused on a couple smaller aspects (even after reading the books) but this is an amazing series to teach people all they need to know. THANK YOU!!

As a noob to D&D 5E, this was really helpful.

thx for making these amazing videos you are the only guy on youtube that makes good d and d explanations you really helped me learn

This channel probably has the highest quality DnD related videos on all of KZfaq. It's extremely helpful. Thank you.

I have been playing 5th edition for about a year and a half now. I just watched this video for like the 8th time just to brush up on the rules. Seriously, thank you for making this.

Beautifully done, thank you!

Thank you thank you thank you so.much for the explanation! clear as crystal!

Going to host my first session ever on Friday. played once 6 years ago. I have read through the basic rule set, now watching these videos, togheter they are totally awesome and you get a good grip of the game. Your videos are pure gold for anyone want to learn, simple and contains good information!

Me: Alright everyone, we’re gonna practice an easy encounter. Other DM: (looks at my book) Wait.. that’s a Tarasque. Me: I know.

This video has cleared up a ton for me. Not only as a player, but as a budding DM. Thank you so much for all of your videos.

THIS IS AMAZING!!!! My group and I are all newbs, and we've been having trouble figuring out exactly how certain things work... THANK YOU!!!!

BEST MOST IN-DEPTH VIDEO I HAVE SEEN ON THIS YET, thank you. As someone making a DnD game i needed this... :)

I'm a first time DM (my first game is this Saturday!) and these videos have been incredibly helpful. Great animations and instructions for practical use. Thank you!

This helped me out so much. I got D and D for Christmas but it didn't have the players handbook so me and my brother were trying to figure out everything.

My family really appreciates the effort you put into your instructional D&D videos.

I can't tell you how helpful this entire series is even for the GM to keep referring to when fatigue or nervousness (I'm still new) makes us uncertain. I share this series with my players to help, because it's sooooooo clear. Great work!

This series has been a blessing. I have just started playing DnD with my wife and daughter - all of us noobs. I don't think we would have started as easily if we hadn't found your videos. Brilliant work, sir!

I've been playing for 8 years now and I still come back to your videos. Great job

I am loving these videos! I played a one shot and wish I had watched this first. We will be starting a full campaign soon; I feel so much better prepared now.

Leraline: I’m a fun person. If not then let me be struck by...a flying cart. AND LIVE!

This is ultimately the best series for players. Clear, straightforward actual lessons, with professional, educating but simple animations, and what's best: No youtuber bullshit and stupid jokes.

This is an excellent explanation!

these are the best videos a newbie could watch. bless you

Best D&D tutorial by far. It's simple and isn't to complicated. With just a few notes, I am ready to play some D&d. earned yourself a like, and a new subscriber!!

Wizards of the Coast needs to hire you!!!

playing my first D&D game this weekend. Your videos have been a life saver!

Thank you CJ, reading the rules can be a bit much, but seeing real examples helps understand those rules, now when I re read the book, I imagine your videos. And the animation quality is perfect for learning purposes.

The warrior stepping on the wizard to kill a monster is part of the tutorial 100%.

My first character I want to make is a Dwarf Monk. I think my second person should be an amnesiac trying to remember himself.

Thank you for explaining how combat works. I've tried a few different videos and I've been confused for a while. Glad this video exists.

Do you have a transcript of this video to use as reference in game? The way you break it down is easier for me to understand than any other way I've seen. And thanks for the great videos - they are great quality and SUPER helpful!

This series is super helpful! I'm going to be playing with my siblings in a while, and I'll be the one dming. Are you going to make instructional videos on dming? Like how to determine what monsters have what stats, what to do when somebody does something you didn't plan for, ect?

You forgot to mention that the prone orcs would have had disadvantage on their saving throws against the spell attack.

Pretty much the best D&D guide out there.

Amazing series. I usually watch one of these videos, read the relevant Player's Handbook section and then watch the video again. This process really helps me to understand the context well.

I think you should do a series on beginner DMing as well. You do such a fantastic job of explaining things!

This has been so helpful. My friends are starting a dnd campaign soon and have been talking about it for a while, I was confused so I watched this and it explained so much. Thanks.

I’m playing for the first ever time soon with two other guys who’ve never played before. Since I’m the one who brought the whole thing up and got the starter set im gonna be the DM by default. This is so helpful

Tonight I'm Dming for the first time.. also happens to be my first time playing DnD, but after a binge on all your videos I'm hoping for the best. Great video series (plural)

Thank god. Trying to go from 2nd edition D&D to 5th edition has been a disaster, but this is helping immensely. Maybe I can actually DM and seem like I know what I'm doing now!

It must’ve taken a lot of planning and work to make these videos, and it really paid off. I’m so glad I found your channel. I’m going to be DMing (and being involved in a D&D game in general) for the first time soon, and your videos have been extremely helpful. Thank you!

This is the first video I watched before I went on my journey as a dungeon master

Really wanted to get into D&D, so a friend of mine sent me the first video. Now I've got notes and a playlist so I can learn as much as I can

I HAVE LIVED FOR TOO LONG WITHOUT THIS VIDEO!!! GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD!!!

Liked and subscribed. The episodes order and content are very well organized, scripted, narrated and animated. Thank you!

Our group is switching from 3.5 to 5e, and this video was extremely helpful and easy to understand. Thank you!

Thank you for going through this in an easy to understand manner. I have some young players that reading the rule book is difficult. This video will really help them.

Dude, this was so helpfull, deffinately best D&D tutorial ever. Keep up the good work!

Excellent work. Thanks. Seemed like at the beginning of the second round the bad guys who didn't roll for initiative would be able to get up and attack. They are some heavy sleepers.

The best video series that I cna always link as example "why you don't need to buy books to start with DnD". All you need is here!

I'm trying to make a character(By myself for the first time) and I got confused as to what I should mark on the saving throws box. Thanks for the assist, bro.

Great video. It always baffles me that WoftC books never have step by step as clear as this.

Man, all through this video I’m all like WHAT ARE YOU DOING WINNY?

you make everything so much easier!I read the rule book and I had still had no idea how to play.this really helped.Im trying to get into d and d but most of my friends don't even know what it is so I will have to dm

I wish I watched your videos earlier! I went through the whole player and dm guide, but the combat was still pretty complicated to me. You explain it all so great! Thanks.

Good lord. I don't remember d&d being this complicated :(

This must have taken forever to make. I'm super impressed. Subbed for that alone. I can see this channel going far.

Combat seems to be the one thing that my fellow players have trouble grasping at times. This will help them understand it a lot better. I even gotten a better grasp at a few things that I don't take advantage of.

I think this is the best video I have watched on this topic.

Thank you for these videos! I've read the starter set books, watched multiple videos etc and had no clue how to calculate damage with a weapon for an attack. It makes so much more sense now. Long way to go before being even proficient but at least we can start the starter set!

Great Job! This makes all the worrying of my first DM go away! Thanks.

Great videos !! The way you use animations is awesome. Finnaly I've understood the rules haha.. I was sooo wrong!! Thank you

Love the Palpatine reference! Genius!

Great video! I really enjoy the creative aspect of DM'ing, but I have trouble remembering all the rules. This is a concise and clear presentation. Thank you so much!

An amazing video, useful, straight and informative. I would only have a doubt about that hiding at 10:45. Unless there is a way out to another place from that spot she can move to, she may have rolled a successful stealth check, but the enemies KNOW she is there, and if they go there and look they will automatically find her, no need to roll dice.

The best D&D tutorial out there! I am a complete beginner and this helped me a lot to understand the game. Thank you!

Best Dnd tutorial i've ever seen.

Just discovered your channel. Impressive production quality and great content.

Great videos, I just got the starter set and I think your explanations are the b est on youtube

Finally an easy to understand explanation of saving throws. Thank you for these guides they are great.

this helped me out so much i needed a refresher and some new things have been since i played d m a long time ago thanks

Had a hard time trying to understand from the book but this made understanding it quite easy

Best d&d combat video on KZfaq! Thank you

This is honestly the best tutorial I’ve ever seen!

Excellent work. The only point I think you missed was relating combat rounds to real time. A combat round equals 6 seconds, and 10 combat rounds equals one turn, which also equals one minute. Understanding this will help when you deal with spells, or why your DM rules that you can not do somethings for your action as they simply take longer than 6 seconds.

You are a god-send to this community

This has been the best video explaining combat. Thanks so much for your hard work!

I'm very excited to get back to DnD and teach it to my little brother and this videos will help a lot! Thanks for the good work!

Awesome videos, this has been so helpful! Animation is beautifully done.

14:55 Oh, so a party member can use a help action to do a medicine check to stabilize their knocked out friend. That's really good to know. And if they roll a single 10 or higher, that has basically the same effect as the unconscious member rolling 3 saves?

This video helped a lot I’m new at dming so it is nice finally learning more thanks

Thanks so much for making these videos! They're clear and very easy to understand

Thank you so much been looking for a video like this for two days need help with examples

The only issue I have with this is it makes it sound like opportunity attacks just happen. You don’t just roll damage you have to roll your attack. Even if it’s an opportunity attack. It is the only issue I have with this guide. Other then that top notch!

The way you explain the game should be an app. As a new D&D player this would be super helpful and help to make the right decisions quicker. Anyone know if this already exists?

this is a amazing series for new players

best videos I've ever seen explaining D&D

This is pretty useful. I just started DMing my first campaign but its the second time I've ever played D&D so I'm positive I butchered the rules quite a bit.

Best D&D tutorial I have ever seen, thanks.

1. I just bought my Player Handbook today (my school's bookstore was selling them for some reason), so thanks for the beginner's guide, mate. 2. Do it.

Best tutorial I have come across!