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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, o...

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MONSTER BRIEFING: Ghouls don't paralyze in Pathfinder! They do MORE. Plus other Level 1 monsters

0:00 Intro

1:55 Ghoul

13:20 Darkmantle

17:10 Running darkness in PF2

21:52 Scrabbling Ribcage

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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 pl...

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I don't like the Owlcat Pathfinder games (And the CRPGs I'll be playing instead)

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EXCERPTS: Snarky YouTubers REACT to the WORST RPG comments ever!

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FULL STREAM: Snarky YouTubers react to the WORST RPG comments EVER

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Why there’s a DM shortage in D&D (Rules Lawyer)

0:00 Intro

2:30 Facebook piles onto a DM

10:56 What actually happened

13:33 Player entitlement and the "Illusion of Difficulty"

18:15 D&D's marketing and design put DMs ...

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Pathfinder Fixes Some Toothless D&D Mechanics: Dying, Poison, Medicine (Pathfinder Law School)

0:00 Intro

0:48 Death & Dying

5:54 Poison

9:10 Curses, Diseases

12:47 Persistent damage

15:47 Putting it all together

18:08 Medicine matters!

22:01 PF2...

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Don’t like D&D 2024’s new ranger? Or animal companions? A Level 20 PATHFINDER ranger w/ combat demo!

0:00 Intro

2:29 Ranger

4:13 Building 20th-level Megan!

10:11 Combat demo

22:12 Alternate ranger build paths

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D&D 5.5e revelations: Disregard for human DMs + martial players and WOTC hiring to make AI DMs

0:00 Intro

2:01 My perspective and what I focus on

9:09 Unserious rebalancing of spells

20:31 Band-Aids to high CR monsters

27:57 Unchanged "feast or famine" rules

31...

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Comparing the cost of continuing D&D to Pathfinder and other RPGs (Rules Lawyer)

0:00 Intro

1:40 WOTC on its best behavior during edition change

3:52 WOTC hiring Monetization Designer for "D&D digital" "live service game"

4:43 Cost of continuing D&D View Post

DEEP DIVE into the Swashbuckler, the most-buffed martial in the Pathfinder remaster

0:00 Intro

2:55 Panache changes

6:27 Other class features

9:30 New subclass, Rascal! (and Dirty Trick!)

11:37 Feats!

19:38 The coolest swashbuckler feat

25:20 Fi...

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The remastered Sorcerer!

0:00 Intro

1:49 Class features

4:26 Bloodlines (subclasses)

16:31 Feats

25:37 Final thoughts

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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 Intro

1:53 Focus spells now curse-free!

5:57 C...

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My worst video ever. (The Remastered Monk for Pathfinder 2e!)

My "D&D Monks, But Good" series:

https://youtube.com/playl...

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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

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The Remastered Champion!

0:00 Intro

1:33 Class features

10:05 Causes

19:01 Archetype

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The Remastered Barbarian!

0:00 Intro

1:48 Buff to Rage!

4:00 Fewer anathema

7:10 Other class features

9:20 Archetype

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Rules Lawyer Guide to Foundry, Part 3: MAKE IT MOIST (Graphics, Sound, and more!)

0:00 Intro

0:39 PF2e Pathfinder UI

1:37 Dice So Nice!

4:29 Carousel Combat Tracker

6:02 Combat Booster

6:45 FXMaster

8:17 Token Magic FX

9:42 Animations an...

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Rules Lawyer Guide to Foundry, Part 2: PF2e Workbench, PF2e Toolbelt, Monk's Combat Details

0:00 Intro

0:44 Forien's Copy Environment

1:32 PF2E WORKBENCH: Fake names for monsters

6:07 Reminders (Hero Point Handler)

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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=P7Ot2YipUjU

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BROKEN things in Pathfinder 2e (Rules Lawyer)

Y'all knew this was coming. Was only a matter of time.

0:00 Intro

1:26 Tailwind

4:18 Crit Monster

7:55 Resentment Witch

11:38 Spiritual Anamnesis

13:04 Kineticis...

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D&D 5.5e: Allowing old character options would mean more broken builds, problems for DMs

0:00 Intro

2:37 Crawford's statement

7:02 What we know, potential problems

20:57 Final thoughts

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In Pathfinder everything is FREE! Here's a TUTORIAL on using Archives of Nethys

0:00 Intro

2:10 Googling

3:54 Overview

6:25 Character creation

10:25 Search bar, finding and running monsters

13:56 Finding "skill items"

15:43 Search queries View Post

Pathfinder's NEW Remastered Champion class!

https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6uib0?Player-Core-2-Previe...

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Rules Lawyer piano accompaniment to "Disney Girl"

Piano arrangement by knopiano & Change of Key: https://musescore.com/user/27330807/scores/6779443

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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 Lawyer
Vocals by The Dungeon Daddy
Audio Mixing ...

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Centaur-On-Centaur Action! (Rules Lawyer Build #2 for Pathfinder 2e)

0:00 Basics

3:19 Combat demo!

6:38 Doublemeat Centaurs

12:18 Benefits

16:03 Drawbacks

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Post-Playtest FEEDBACK, Part 2: Diagnosing Pathfinder's new GUARDIAN (Will be reuploaded)

Playtest Feedback, Part 1 (Playtest overview, Commander):
https://youtu.be/9KIPvg29h2Y

PLAYTEST LIVESTREAM (Commander +...

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Post-Playtest FEEDBACK, Part 1: Pathfinder's new Commander class!

Playtest Livestream! (Commander and Guardian):
https://youtube.com/live/lCnssc1n2aI?feature=share

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