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FULL STREAM! My live interview of the makers of Dragon's Demand & Dawnsbury Days!
This Wednesday at 1:15pm Pacific (UTC -7), I will interview the creators of Dragon's Demand (now on Kickstarter) and Quest for the Golden Candelabra/Dawnsbury Days!Ask questions on stream, or if you can't join us leave your questions here.The Kickstarter for Dragon's Demand, a PATHFINDER 2E CRPG, runs throu...
MONSTER BRIEFING: Ghouls don't paralyze in Pathfinder! They do MORE. Plus other Level 1 monsters
0:00 Intro1:55 Ghoul13:20 Darkmantle17:10 Running darkness in PF221:52 Scrabbling Ribcage
No video this week
Oy gevalt! I'm in a trial that, because of time zones, starts at 2AM my local time and is running all week. Plus over the next four days I have 4 RPG sessions with groups that all have brand-new players in them. (Plus I'm learning how to be a web master.)So anyway, just an update that I won't meet my usual ...
FULL STREAM: Snarky YouTubers react to the WORST RPG comments EVER
Join @TheRulesLawyerRPG, @SwingRipper, @OffbeatOutlaw, @dungeonsanddiscourse, and @tabletopbroas we all react to shitty comments about TTRPGs that YOU submitted for us to review! (Saturday, Sept. 7, 2:00 PM Pacific UTC -7)
Why there’s a DM shortage in D&D (Rules Lawyer)
0:00 Intro2:30 Facebook piles onto a DM10:56 What actually happened13:33 Player entitlement and the "Illusion of Difficulty"18:15 D&D's marketing and design put DMs in this position23:13 Is countering PC abilities "adversarial DMing"?30:41 Final Thoughts (and alternative systems)
Pathfinder Fixes Some Toothless D&D Mechanics: Dying, Poison, Medicine (Pathfinder Law School)
0:00 Intro0:48 Death & Dying5:54 Poison9:10 Curses, Diseases12:47 Persistent damage15:47 Putting it all together18:08 Medicine matters!22:01 PF2 resources
Don’t like D&D 2024’s new ranger? Or animal companions? A Level 20 PATHFINDER ranger w/ combat demo!
0:00 Intro2:29 Ranger4:13 Building 20th-level Megan!10:11 Combat demo22:12 Alternate ranger build paths
D&D 5.5e revelations: Disregard for human DMs + martial players and WOTC hiring to make AI DMs
0:00 Intro2:01 My perspective and what I focus on9:09 Unserious rebalancing of spells20:31 Band-Aids to high CR monsters27:57 Unchanged "feast or famine" rules31:24 Stealth rules still janky41:30 Martial/caster divide unaddressed53:19 Final Thoughts 55:29 WOTC not focusing on TABLETOP D&D1:01:14 AI DMs1:05:48 ...
Comparing the cost of continuing D&D to Pathfinder and other RPGs (Rules Lawyer)
0:00 Intro1:40 WOTC on its best behavior during edition change3:52 WOTC hiring Monetization Designer for "D&D digital" "live service game"4:43 Cost of continuing D&D6:15 Hasbro NOT putting all its rules in Creative Commons10:11 Cost of Pathfinder15:31 Final side-by-side comparison17:42 Easy-to-learn oth...
DEEP DIVE into the Swashbuckler, the most-buffed martial in the Pathfinder remaster
0:00 Intro2:55 Panache changes6:27 Other class features9:30 New subclass, Rascal! (and Dirty Trick!)11:37 Feats!19:38 The coolest swashbuckler feat25:20 Final thoughts
The remastered Sorcerer!
0:00 Intro1:49 Class features4:26 Bloodlines (subclasses)16:31 Feats25:37 Final thoughts
The remastered Oracle!
The oracle, Pathfinder's mysterious divine spellcaster, was tricky to play. It has been streamlined and buffed in the Remaster!0:00 Intro1:53 Focus spells now curse-free!5:57 Changes to Mysteries8:45 Subclasses25:06 Feats37:03 Archetype37:56 Final thoughts
My worst video ever. (The Remastered Monk for Pathfinder 2e!)
My "D&D Monks, But Good" series:https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5LfnOlAZRY78glBOHRfbe3aPWgzsm1TV&si=VRTkA8DXUITAub-J0:00 Intro1:42 Class changes4:50 Monk + Martial Artist archetypes
Cracking the Code: Lawyer interprets the remastered Investigator rules!
Warning that today's topic is very DRRYY 0:00 Intro 1:52 Main class features 12:34 Subclasses 15:53 A couple feats
The Remastered Champion!
0:00 Intro1:33 Class features10:05 Causes19:01 Archetype
The Remastered Barbarian!
0:00 Intro1:48 Buff to Rage!4:00 Fewer anathema7:10 Other class features9:20 Archetype
Rules Lawyer Guide to Foundry, Part 3: MAKE IT MOIST (Graphics, Sound, and more!)
0:00 Intro0:39 PF2e Pathfinder UI1:37 Dice So Nice!4:29 Carousel Combat Tracker6:02 Combat Booster6:45 FXMaster8:17 Token Magic FX9:42 Animations and sound effects!11:21 Boss Bar12:09 Splatter12:31 Music and soundscapes14:37 Pathfinder Token Pack: Bestiaries15:32 Break Time16:08 Dice Stats
Rules Lawyer Guide to Foundry, Part 2: PF2e Workbench, PF2e Toolbelt, Monk's Combat Details
0:00 Intro0:44 Forien's Copy Environment1:32 PF2E WORKBENCH: Fake names for monsters6:07 Reminders (Hero Point Handler)7:03 Death & Dying, other combat automations8:51 Basic Action Macro and other tools11:05 Auras12:38 NPC level scaler14:19 PF2E TOOLBELT15:02 Automatic rune progression16:38 Other settings17:33 FIRE...
Rules Lawyer Guide to Foundry, Part 1: Basics for Pathfinder 2e
"Dynamic Token Ring Tokens in V12 | Tokenizer | FVTT"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7Ot2YipUjU0:00 Intro3:57 Basic Foundry stuff7:37 Pathfinder 2e in Foundry17:16 Token Action HUD19:54 Modules for making characters23:46 Elevation Ruler24:25 PF2e Keybind Menagerie25:29 Layer Hotkeys26:02 PF2e Modifiers Matter,...
BROKEN things in Pathfinder 2e (Rules Lawyer)
Y'all knew this was coming. Was only a matter of time.0:00 Intro1:26 Tailwind4:18 Crit Monster7:55 Resentment Witch11:38 Spiritual Anamnesis13:04 Kineticist OP
D&D 5.5e: Allowing old character options would mean more broken builds, problems for DMs
0:00 Intro2:37 Crawford's statement7:02 What we know, potential problems20:57 Final thoughts
In Pathfinder everything is FREE! Here's a TUTORIAL on using Archives of Nethys
0:00 Intro2:10 Googling3:54 Overview6:25 Character creation10:25 Search bar, finding and running monsters13:56 Finding "skill items"15:43 Search queries18:52 Filters21:48 Customizing tables23:08 Sorting results25:08 Changing default parameters25:59 Searching spells28:45 Searching items
Pathfinder's NEW Remastered Champion class!
https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6uib0?Player-Core-2-Preview-The-Champion-Remastered=
Rules Lawyer piano accompaniment to "Disney Girl"
Piano arrangement by knopiano & Change of Key: https://musescore.com/user/27330807/scores/6779443
Making a DISNEY GIRL in Pathfinder 2e, IN SONG! (Rules Lawyer Build #3)
THIS IS NOW PRIVATE in anticipation of the Premiere Tuesday 5pm Pacific! See the most-recent post to watch the video!Piano by The Rules LawyerVocals by The Dungeon DaddyAudio Mixing by ZhunixPiano arrangement by knopiano & Change of Key: https://musescore.com/user/27330807/scores/6779443Cover of Wayne Jones' "B...
Centaur-On-Centaur Action! (Rules Lawyer Build #2 for Pathfinder 2e)
0:00 Basics3:19 Combat demo!6:38 Doublemeat Centaurs12:18 Benefits16:03 Drawbacks
Post-Playtest FEEDBACK, Part 2: Diagnosing Pathfinder's new GUARDIAN (Will be reuploaded)
Playtest Feedback, Part 1 (Playtest overview, Commander):https://youtu.be/9KIPvg29h2YPLAYTEST LIVESTREAM (Commander + Guardian):https://youtube.com/live/lCnssc1n2aI?feature=share4e retrospective, looking at 4e's Warlord and Fighter:https://youtu.be/wjiN5OvelU0"Lawyer's Critique" series of the D&D playte...
Post-Playtest FEEDBACK, Part 1: Pathfinder's new Commander class!
Playtest Livestream! (Commander and Guardian):https://youtube.com/live/lCnssc1n2aI?feature=share4e retrospective, looking at 4e's Warlord and Fighter:https://youtu.be/wjiN5OvelU0My overview of the Commander Playtest:https://youtu.be/bASVuprek6U0:00 Intro, Playtest overview2:53 Commander3:26 Player tensions?4:13 Les...
