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The bare-fisted juggernaut needs a lot of balance adjustment, but the idea is pretty fun

Me: relaxed and laughing with Jacob at the silly Homebrew Jacob: "I'm technically Gen Z" Me: completely caught off guard and watching my perception of time crumble around me

One thing I like about these videos is Jacob isn't being super critical or mean. He often gives the authors much more benefit of the doubt than they deserve, and looks for the positives in things, while still making funny commentary about how bad it is.

The idea of a 1d20 damage Cruella DeVille ranger is absolutely hilarious and I think it’s a flawless idea with no downsides

I like the implication of the Blood Hunter being a tavern cloaked man. Dude isn't a guy in a cloak, in a tavern. No, he is wearing the tavern like a cloak.

Seeing our favorite level 3 bard being a dad now will never stop bringing a tear to my eye

You know, I kind of like the idea of a 'purge all remaining spell slots' kind of last-stand ability for a sorcerer, despite how much tuning it would obviously take.

To be fair to that last one, "Bloodied" is an official term coming from DND 4e that means you or another creature is at half health, so it is only kind of a homebrew term in 5e.

Honestly I genuinely think Bare Fisted Juggernaut captures the spirit of Wild Magic better than the Wild Magic Barbarian subclass

4:41 You've kept him alive so he can die at the proper moment. You have raised him like a pig for slaughter

Garlic Bread is still one of my favorite domain concepts to this day. And that Barbarian subclass is easily one of the most interesting things I've ever seen. I really wish that more subclasses played around with trade-offs for bonuses, even if the DM can just improvise a lot of that in the moment.

I love the concept of giving Barbarian the ability to wear heavy armor but not the exception to use it during rage.

If the Bare Fisted Juggernaut removed the stat changes, added your idea to the elemental attacks, and changed the damage dice per levels to damage dice equals to your proficiency modifier then it would be a genuinely good and interesting subclass.

I think after this video we can all confirm that the XP has officially reached level 3

The term "Bloodied" comes from 4e, so it's not a homebrew term, just an older term. It means "at or below half HP". I still use the term in my games.

No idea if this idea's been floated in the comments before - but when Jacob has the time I'd love to see a oneshot or even a campaign where everyone uses these fringe races/classes/subclasses/magic items

Bare Fisted Juggernaut would be a SICK concept to rework the 4 Elements Monk! Change some features, swap levels, remove some damage numbers at low levels and you have a great elemental puncher

"Not A Place Fit To Die In" KINDA GOES HARD THOUGH??? In both name and effect. Like with some minor adjustments and polish that would Genuinely be a pretty interesting Barbarian subclass. Reading it, with all the percentage rolls and random chance, it feels like the OP has probably played other tabletop systems (or just like, video games) and is trying to incorporate some of those risk-reward high moments they liked from those, and i'm extremely into it

1:49 the timing of the baby skreeing along with the “Mmm DELICIOUS!” caught me so off guard

I thought Zoomer was an interesting idea, so I remade it. Level 3: Fast Work As part of the dash action on your turn, you can make one melee weapon attack. In addition, enemies have disadvantage on opportunity attacks against you until the start of your next turn. Level 3: Improved Speed Your movement speed is increased by ten ft. and increases by an additional ten ft. every four levels, to a max of +50 at level 19. Level 9: Thunderous Dash As an action on your turn, you can make a thunder dash, travelling up to 90 ft. Enemies in the path of the thunderous dash have to make a dexterity saving throw, (dc 8 + proficiency bonus + dexterity modifier) taking thunder damage equal to a roll of your sneak attack, or half as much on a successful saving throw. You can use this thunderous dash and amount of times equal to your dexterity modifier. Level 13: Unimpeded Speed Moving through nonmagical difficult terrain costs you no extra movement. You can also pass through nonmagical plants without being slowed by them and without taking damage from them if they have thorns, spines, or a similar hazard. In addition, you have advantage on saving throws against plants that are magically created or manipulated to impede movement, such as those created by the Entangle spell. Level 17: God Dash As an action on your turn, you can move up to double your movement speed, and all creatures in that path have to make a dexterity saving throw with disadvantage (dc 8 + proficiency bonus + dexterity modifier) or take an amount of thunder damage equal to two rolls of you sneak attack die. I found it difficult to think of this class, and I had to basically repeat the level 9 feature, but I don't think the subclass is too bad. I wouldn't personally allow it in my games, despite it's low damage output, just because it will shred through large groups of enemies, and can run away from enemies with ease, (meaning they are never actually in danger in the wild.) The extreme speed is just a bit too problematic. If anyone can think of some improvements, or even new features that I could use to replace the current ones, I would be appreciative.

That Soul Warp ability is so amazing. I could have the most petty fight on twitter and literally just teleport to their closet

With the Zoomer subclass, you just completely overlooked how overpowered the first ability was. It wasn't just a +1 to Dexterity. It was a +1 to Dexterity EVERY TWO LEVELS. Since it doesn't specify that it has a limit, that means that, assuming you started with, say, a 16 in Dexterity, at level 19, assuming you didn't use any ASIs to increase your Dexterity, you'd have a 25 for your Dexterity score.

I think the ending of the Blood Hunter Subclass there really paints a picture of what that player puts up with, or what the DM chooses to put the party through

Bloodied is not a homebrew term, it's in the DMG ''You can describe a monster taken to half its hit points as bloodied, giving the players a sense of progress in a fight against a tough opponent, and helping them judge when to use their most powerful spells and abilities.'' this is in the Tracking Monster Hit Points under the Combat part of Running The Game.

jacob becoming a metalhead dad is such a character development

Bloodied comes from earlier editions of D&D. It means an enemy is at or below half health.

The blood hunter though.. the main vibe I got from it is whenever these players ask their DM if the enemy is bloodied or not, the DM replies, "Give me a perception check."

17:30 this could be a really cool way to play! You're essentially a wild magic barbarian - you can do damage over time, assist your party, slow them down, push them back, slow them down (but different), LIGHTING!, cause attacks on them to have bonus damage (the area is rotting)?, chance to blind enemy on hit, damage over time, etc etc. It's an extremely cool concept, and would allow for some seriously clutch plays - you hit a teammate for like 100 damage but roll an 11! You're fighting the BBEG, your entire party, save one, is downed/dead, and now you are on zero health. Four. You have four turns to kill/distract this BBEG - you pull it off in some cool way, slump down and fail your remaining death saves. This is possibly the coolest thing i have heard in the past few weeks.

My friend once merged two classes together, giving herself the benefits of both and moving their abilities around so that they happened every other level. She refused to believe me when I said that pretending two classes were actually one class was not balanced and still thinks, to this day, that the only reason I didn't let her do it is because I'm a control freak.

Bare Fisted Juggernaut might've been overtuned, but it had some AMAZING ideas. I'll be remembering some of that

I like how Jacob read the “Let’s Learn Stuff” subclass as a happy-go-lucky gnome whereas I was fully imagining Thugnificent shouting it at me

@4:40 begins one of the saddest moments on this channel. I nearly cried. Props to Jacob for making me get emotionally invested in an imaginary wolf cub I’ve only know for a few seconds.

Bare Fisted Juggernaut is someone trying to finally make Unarmed Barbarian an actual thing without doing some jank Monk hybrid. A lot of the downvotes on it are probably from the terrible layout of features, and the risk v reward being out of whack. Its a solid concept.

Bare Fisted Juggernaut is amazing. Agreed on the somewhat overpowered damage numbers, but that subclass is metal af!

21:05 I don't blame you for repressing 4th edition, but "Bloodied" is a mechanic there. It just means "at or below half health" and I'm pretty sure DMs were always supposed to tell you directly or through description. Some monsters had effects when bloodied, I think almost every dragon did. For example, an acidic enemy might be so covered in his juices that making contact with him with non magical weapons might damage them, or they might burst a gas bladder and have either a proximity damage effect or a close range miasma. It's a pretty good mechanic and can easily be added to almost any encounter.

The Wolf Pack Hunter has the funniest twist I've ever heard

That one Sorcerer sub-class is just Ultra Instinct and then there's just a straight up BAKI THE GRAPPLER reference in a later one.

Imagine being a level 15 DnD character at age 15. Imagine the unbridled calamity

Oh man, this takes me back when I was even younger than you, reading the Dragoon class on the old WotC site. Dragoons have riotous heart. And a dog friend. Well done.

damage being a little high for barefisted grappler is a huge understatement. The d8 damage per level is insanely strong. Assuming you are meant to get the barbarian features as it is a subclass (thus rage, reckless, extra attack), that combine with your strength mod means that at level 5, you're already outputting disintegrate levels of damage as your basic attack action. It's definitely a unique idea at least, and could probably be fixed into something more reasonable.

The bare fisted Juggernaut is actually really cool as an unarmed build just needs a few tweaks but definitely deserves to be higher rated.

Please do a one shot with these classes. Make characters, give them a short description of the class and go!

Jacob not knowing about the bloodied condition was an interesting turn of events. Sure it's 4th edition, but it's becoming pretty common.

7:10 "sorry I have premature evocation"

That 1d4 rounds extra ability is so damn cool. Definitely magic item worthy. Especially if it's unidentifiable, but very magical, so the party keeps it on someone. Then when it triggers during the final fight... Oooooh.

That Juggernaut one sounds very fun to play. It just needs a little nerf for the damage and clearer build-up.

That Barbarian feature to have a chance to negate all damage or receive double damage reminds me of Hunter x Hunter. Where a hunter can focus their nen into one part of their body to block an attack but if the enemy feints and goes for a different location on the body, the hunter then takes MORE damage because it was unblocked by nen.

My idea of a 'Bare Fisted Juggernaught' was based on a character I thought up, so I envisioned it as a Barbarian-version-of-Monk, so called it Way of the Glacial Mountain. I created for it a resource called Brutality (because damage bonuses every level are a little much) and the resource worked somewhat like a charge-up battery and when you attacked the points were spent if you hit. The barbarian lost weapon proficiencies and his extra attack, instead gaining more points of Brutality. It did include a similar abilities like a change to Unarmored Defense to use Strength and Con along with an ability to 'leap in front of allies', spending Brutality to absorb an attack rather than dodge, and changing physical blunt damage specifically into cold damage. The core of the idea was a 'One-punch-man' style of Barbarian who hit like an Avalanche and defended less like Monks/Rogues (using dex) and more like an immovable object. Additionally the style fit much better with Barbarian abilities and background than it did with Monk but still had the core of an overwhelmingly brutal single hit. If that guy had a similar idea, there's a place for such a thing to exist and definitely should be in D&D.

I enjoy how supportive you are with these xD you really try to get to the heart of the homebrew and give ideas of how to fix what might be off or wrong but don’t belittle the idea

Broooo, Spencer is STILL painting her mini? That level of dedication is insane!

I remember finding this channel a long time ago and seeing you grow from a nerdy dude into a nerdy dad is very heartwarming

With the wolf pack hunter at 17, you either get +5 ac, or your arrows are made out of wolf parts. It feels like one is much better than the other.

Skips the ad Sees the baby Rolls back the ad and watches it Well played DM

I kinda like the base idea of Zoomer. Like... a legendary sprinter or parkour artist, that's spent growing their skills in movement until they can dodge and weave at blinding speeds. Still needs a lot of work, and the aura is dumb, but there's a real kernel of potential in that one as a Rogue sub-class.

8:18, I’m 90% sure this is a Stranger Things reference, “Zoomer” is the class Max wants to play when she gets invited to the party but has no idea what D&D is, it’s powers are basically being able to skateboard and drive a car which are just things she can do in real life.

The Spell Mash thing sounds like a really fun concept for a final ability for a Wizard. I can imagine a wizard destroying their own spellbook to fire off all the spells contained within at the cost of all of his spell slots and every spell written within being lost by the caster.

Okay, who's gonna tell jacob to make a video sketch videos of all these homebrew in a campaign? like... we need this, right?

"Not a place fit to die in" serves one of my favourite tropes, I love doing shit like that!! There's a lot of that in our homebrew campaign as well tbh.

What I really love about the ‘use all your spells at once’ is that you’re also using spells that have nothing to do with combat. You’re standing there, blades clashed, one hand doing the ‘why are you hitting yourself’ because it moves faster than your mind, and then just, admist all the carnage…TINY HUT, GO

8:04 "Hey! This guy's trying to start a cast it forward chain!"

5:51 You can fight WITH anything. Aka just being a fighter. Proficiency with every weapon and improvised weapons.

Bare Fisted Juggernaught needs some syntax fixes and organisation, but beyond that it sounds like a legitimately amazing class

I love that in the part when he’s yelling about factor once the baby cries, you can immediately see it in his eyes. He knows he messed up.

7:05 "i want every spell we have, fired on that man"

Bare Fisted Juggernaut does sound just ultra cool, just a bit overtuned for damage. Seriously cool as hell

Look man, I don't normally watch ad segments, but you caught me off guard and then when I saw your kid I was like "Aww, baby". That's *cheating.* You tricked me into watching an ad with your wholesome home life! Congratulations again on having a kid and also wow the passage of time. I can feel my joints hollowing out and my flesh withering away to dust...

That Order of the Blade one actually reminded me of a character concept I had for a hexblade. Dude cursed with a sword with a very bloody history, actively wanted to be rid of it, and whenever it was drawn RP wise it wouldn't stop until everything that was an enemy was dead. As he reached certain thresholds of kills it would become +1, +2, +3, and then ultimately become a vorpal blade. There's definitely an appeal for the concept if you strike the right balance with it.

God, the turn that wolf subclass took... I was dying

As someone who LOVES making subclasss, I can’t way to see how bad this is

I think that bare-fist juggernaut class's grapple thing could be put onto a Henchman subclass but it is only in effect when the henchman is not directly attacking the enemy and a party member is talking to the enemy (Like when supervillains use henchmen have the hero subdued and is telling them there evil plan) A henchman class could be a support subclass made for supporting a singular other player in the party, It could have a focus on intimidation and preventing enemies from attacking or getting away so that the party member can deal with them easier. Like imagine there is this big burly orc grabbing you while a mob-boss gnome is spinning in a giant villain chair explaining how he's gonna deep fry you so bad that not even beelzebub would wanna take a bite outta ya.

"You feel your body move before your mind does" Okay, so you're permanently motion sick 🤣

Bloodied may not be official terminology in 5E, but it was an actual condition back in 4E. 4E had plenty of problems, sure, but I do love that particular mechanic. Some player and monster abilities interacted differently with bloodied targets, some abilities couldn't be used unless you were bloodied yourself, and a lot of bigger, more dangerous monsters had reaction effects they could trigger when a creature bloodied them. It's a lot like the mythic actions in Theros and Fizban, but scaled down significantly in power and given to more creatures. I've adapted a bit of that in my own game, giving one of my bosses an ability that they could use as as a bonus action once per long rest to power up, getting advantage on attacks for a few rounds and some temporary hit points, on the condition that the ability could only be used if the boss was at half of their maximum health or lower. In my opinion, it makes fights a lot more interesting and dynamic, and it's a shame they cut that particular aspect of 4E.

Spencer Approved needs to be a new Seal of Quality, so is Marci Approved.

7:36 Im imagining this as misty step but without a spell slot or bonus action, you just teleport when you want it, cast all 10 fireballs you can cast, then teleport away again

7:00 Spell mash would be hilarious to put on a magic item. Just a cracked staff with "Arcane Battery?" and it fires off ALL of the players spell slots ALL at once centered on the caster. The spells would be randomly chosen from your prepared spell list unless you pass a spell save of 20 in which case you can pick the spell. Just suddenly EVERYONE IN A ROOM IS CHARMED, or there's a thunderclap that shakes the ground a blows the entire wall off a house. Finding it could be hilarious too as the players discover how it works. Party member: "Huh what a weird staff, it's cracked..." Wizard: "Here gimme a shot at this..." *CLAP SNAP* KABOOM!!

Jacob is abusing his status as a dad to promote his sponsor..... I LOVE IT!!!

Honestly raising a god level ascended wolf, just to skin it and wear it as armor is pretty badass.

bloodied means it is at half health or lower. This was a term from 4e, which apparently people played, and didn't realize the terms aren't always carried over from edition to edition

I literally just showed my friend the original video of this yesterday! Amazing timing!

I am doing a dnd campaign with my friends because you inspired me, thanks a bunch for making awesome vids!

Genuinely, my favourite part of this video is how genuinely positive and constructive all of Jacob's comments are. It's just really nice to see him going through assuming the best of these writers and giving tips on what could be improved!

Also, I love your energy in this video. Super entertaining when you were pumping up the juggernaut

I’m just imagining every single spell at once. The target ascends to another plane and leaves behind a nuclear bomb.

15:28 The absolute disrespect to Garlic Cleric

Your interactions with your kid during the Factor ad were so cute 🥺❤

The homebrew itself wasn't even so funny but Jacob had me in fits of laughter. You made my evening. Thanks

16:10 Is it perhaps because you are in a father mindset and are more prone to thinking how something can be improved and nurtured?, that is a good sign you will be great father.

Three years ago. Started with G-Fuel and now he's flogging actual food. He's living the dream.

2:33. Ok, I see potential, I am gonna make my own version of this. I really like the idea of a ranger specialising in specifically wolf/werewolf based abilities. Obviously its gonna need MAJOR reworks but the potential is there.

8:30 this whole thing reads like it was written while drunk off their mind

Wow that bare fisted juggernaut subclass is really good. I like that a lot of it's abilities have a risk and reward to them. I agree that some of the values need to be adjusted but that might need to be done based on exactly what type of enemies are going to be in the campaign.

Everytime I see one of these I double check to make sure all my homebrew isn't public....I don't wanna end up here

The brawler guy seemed cool, with *significant* damage balancing and using the actual terminology of the game. It always amuses me how crazy the suggestions of additional damage are. I think it comes from some of the BS min/maxed combos that clearly outstrip the damage expectations of the game

It's so funny how he scared his kid during the ad. She was scared of how delicious factor is

6:34 It's not weird, its a Sword-cerer!

love these vids man glad u brought it back

The risky class gives me the idea of a party where half the players are 'gamblers' aka high risk high reward builds, and half the party are 'enablers' who have lots of stuff that grants advantage or otherwise helps with rolls

During my time of watching this guy for three months, I never knew he was a dad.

Jacob Proud Dad moment: 1:16