How to regulate combat on the fly for story purposes by making up or altering hitpoints for enemies as you go. Don't tell anyone. Some people will lose their minds!

One of my older videos--but I stand by the advice and content given. My thoughts, opinions and advice on Sandboxing versus Railroading in D&D. Strategies. Concepts. Ideas. Please Like. Subscribe. Hit the Bell! Web/Blog: htttp://www.sidarhael.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sidarhael/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/gaming/sidarael Twitch: www.twitch.tv/sidarhael

Serpedon the Tiefling Sorcerer and Quill, the Arakokra Rogue meet Meeble the Boggle whose treasure they stole! Edited for Parental Consent and brevity.

A short clip of some improvised dialogue from my guest appearance as the vampire, Strahd, in Steve Austin-Crawfords D&D game. (Excerpted from the full recording I posted earlier --- which any sane person would not have had time to watch). Can you tell which famous movie performances I was drawing upon? =p Full Session: https://youtu.be/gQYgvEp64CI "I was invited by this random DM (Steve Austin-Crawford) to make a guest appearance as Strahd in a game in which my friend Rajneel was playing. Rajneel had no idea this was happening. Neither did the other players. It was one of the most hilarious and fun things I've done in D&D." Credits: DM: Steve Austin Helga Ungarst: Heidisuzzanne Isla Ivanhoe: Benjamin Teh Hulozar Kind: Todd Dixon Ada Otomtrowel: Ruby Tuesday Seeta: Rajneel Singh Strahd: Russell Kirkby

“Confused about conditions? Well, you should be! There are fifteen of them, and almost all of them are bad for you!" WARNING: DARK HUMOR! SARCASM! D&D 5e FUNDAMENTALS: EPISODE #4 THE CHARMED CONDITION With characteristic wit and sarcasm, DM, Russell Kirkby explains the D&D5e "Charmed Condition" in full, including how it works and how you can roleplay it. He then goes on to give you some hilarious examples and advice on how to interpret skill checks under the condition. What could possibly go wrong? Leave a comment if you can think of any other scenarios or interpretations of any of the examples we looked at involving the Charmed Condition! Director/DM Russell Kirkby Production/Post Production: Russell Kirkby Makeup: Helen Kirkby Please Like. Subscribe. Hit the Bell! Web/Blog: htttp://www.sidarhael.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sidarhael/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/gaming/sidarael Check out our real play Live stream game with a cast of dedicated performers: THE VAINGATE CHRONICLES on twitch. Wednesday nights at 7pm (+13 UTC) Twitch: www.twitch.tv/sidarhael

Breaking Down Basic Combat! D&D5e How does combat work in D&D5e? DM Russell Kirkby covers the basic combat options available to players in D&D 5e. From actions, to movement, bonus actions, reactions and some special maneuvers. This video is part of a series on D&D 5th edition Fundamental core mechanics and how to interpret the rules as written, for role playing. 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:00 The Social Contract 00:01:45 Initiative 00:02:07 Breaking Down Combat 00:02:20 Your Turn 00:03:10 Taking Actions: 00:03:27 Movement 00:04:26 Bonus Actions 00:05:32 Reactions 00:06:19 Extra Maneuvers DM Russell Kirkby Producer: Brad Johnson Mentioned Links: D&D Beyond - Free basic Account. Includes a basic character builder. Note: The full toolset is not free but if you have a friend or a DM who owns the books on D&D Beyond, they can share them with you as long as you have a free account. In any case a free account will get you all the Basic D&D 5e rules, classes, races and essentials. http://www.dndbeyond.com SIDARHAEL LINKS: Web/Blog htttp://www.sidarhael.comVideo Channel http://www.youtube.com/c/sidarhael Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sidarhael/FB: https://www.facebook.com/gaming/Sidarhael/

“Have you ever had to explain how to play D&D to someone?” WARNING: DARK HUMOR! SARCASM! DnD 5e Fundamentals. Episode#1 Dungeon Master, actor and director, Russell Kirkby delivers the absolute fundamental basics of D&D! It doesn't get any more simple than this! The DM/Player relationship. Roleplaying Fundamentals. The D20 Mechanic. Advantage and Disadvantage. And the MOST IMPORTANT RULE! Director/DM Russell Kirkby Producer Brad Johnson Please Like. Subscribe. Hit the Bell! Web/Blog: htttp://www.sidarhael.comVideo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sidarhael/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/gaming/Sidarhael/ Our Website: http://www.sidarhael.com Check out our Real Play Livestream: THE VAINGATE CHRONICLES http://www.twitch.tv/sidarhael

After a particularly difficult night, Nova (Mike Edwards) a male stripper, is brought to realize he is experiencing cognitive dissonance by an ultra cool coke fiend (Simon Clark) backstage, and attempts to change his life. He decides to become a martial arts star instead. He explains his realization to his girl friend (Angela Bloomfield) in the morning and sets about achieving his new goal. Short Film: Played in the New Zealand International Film Festival in 2002 in the Home Grown Section and received funding from the Screen Innovation Production For for a reverse telecine for distribution.

Short Film by Russell W.B Kirkby Tag Line: "How do you know what you think you know? A man narrates his personal deconstruction of his reality as he journeys to an audition to discovers that he is an actor auditioning for the film he is already in. "A post modern interpretation of Descartes Meditations." www.cogito.net.nz I I wake up. I wake up each day and for an instant I am a blank slate. Tabula Rasa. I reinvent my attitude, my look, my hair. I am awake. Reflecting concepts and ideas. Am I a machine that records somehow memories of my five senses? Am I some kind of database that when prompted with the right stimulus, reacts in different ways? A chemical reaction. An experiment. A coincidence. Am I forced to accept only that which I can prove? How much of me is real? How much of me is a reaction to a lifetime of stimulus? Do I have a soul? Do souls exist? How do I even know I am alive? The more I search for the answers, the more elusive they become. How can I start with simple facts and build upon them, when I could be in some dark age with Descartes demons whispering in my ears while I sleep the life I think I perceive. The only thing that I am sure of at all is that I think. I think therefore I am. Cogito ergo sum. But am I who I think I am? As individuals we are bound to communicate with language that is subjective. My blue may be your red. How do we even know what exists outside of our peripheral vision? If a tree falls in a forest... Do I believe in God? I believe in ants. Ants talk to each other. Each one serves the function of the community. Each one serves to perpetuate the species. To do this they must collect themselves together so that the whole community is greater than the sum of its parts. What if humans are just the medium for life? What if it is not us that is alive but our thoughts? Thought forms, memes, self replicating organisms in the form of ideas. Living constructs. Entities in their own right. I am perplexed. But the time is now. Can I now prove that my inner world and the inner world of those that I have come to impress is in fact the same place? Impossible. But who am I? I am a million things. I am the constructs expected of me by the nodes I encounter. I am the man who is no longer the man I was yesterday. I have arrived. I am awake. I am on time. I have fulfilled my own ideals of my perceptions of others beliefs in who I may be. I am. In culture I exist. I. I wake up. I wake up each day and for an instant I am a blank slate. I am culture. Cogitamus ergo sum. We think therefore I am. When culture ends I end with it. I end in your mind.