Very good initiative and producer orientation. The Beholder, and its further imitations, has confirmed the worth of designing a monster for D&D. But we shouldn't forget the artists, all of whom brought the initial Beholder into display: Greg Bell for front page work on the Greyhawk Supplement, Keith Parkinson for his side-viewing Beholder, Simon Todd, the UK artist with a ferocious Beholder, and the First Edition Monster Manual c.1977. Then later on all the products made from D&D fans from throughout the world. And finally, the variant Beholder Maximus designed and produced by Epic Quest Productions. It's all good and wonderful for such a dynamic creature characterization!
@SSkorkowsky
3 жыл бұрын
You did good work, sir. The Beholder is a true legend.
@ElectorRef
3 жыл бұрын
Well, thank you, Seth! The legend was expanded upon in several other TSR products. POV and creativity for FRPG provided the catalyst for advanced roleplaying games. (I like the Beholder, also!) 😉
@jesnemo2677
3 жыл бұрын
Holy shit. Did not expect to find this legendary nugget buried in the comments. Just wanted to comment on a great video (that got me thinking about how I would’ve played DnD in my um.... wilder days) and find this. Thank you, sir, for the joy you have brought the world.
@ElectorRef
3 жыл бұрын
@@jesnemo2677 Mr. Gygax created D&D from the ground up, along with some assistance from Dave Arneson, in the Advanced D&D, first edition, so that you would play and enjoy the game the way you liked most within a group. There had to be flexibility because of limited resources. Sure, you could purchase modules, Dungeon Master Guides, and all, but a good visual presentation was time consuming to make or handle. You could still have fun, though. Today, RPG products abound. Digital color mapping urban, dungeon, and outdoor areas is a reality, and color too! 3D printing in small quantities is for-real too. It was the initial visuals that the FRPG genre required for play, particularly for young children's visual adaptation. Inkwell Ideas has, for instance, large decks of cards, such as for monsters, so when an adventuring party has an encounter, the Dungeon Master or Game Master only shows that pictorial representation to the adventure party members. Back in the early 1970s, the costs for such game support products were unfounded, prohibited, or just set aside because of production costs. 😃
@Slum0vsky
3 жыл бұрын
Sigh, I held Beholders to be Spelljammer originals from before the Internet era... It kind of takes some shine off one of my favorite settings.
@k12274
3 жыл бұрын
"hates the walls, hates the sky, hates his face..." i never felt a creature this hard
@samsonmacri941
3 жыл бұрын
poor choice of words.
@k12274
3 жыл бұрын
@@samsonmacri941 it really is what it sounds like
@inkyfingers317
3 жыл бұрын
@@k12274 you poop out YOUR mouth son!?
@k12274
3 жыл бұрын
@@inkyfingers317 i have no bunghole
@--enyo--
Жыл бұрын
That’s what she said.
@vanessaeve925
3 жыл бұрын
"Did he just say he wants to bang a spider?" I lost it. Darn near did a spit-take. I love these skits.
@casteanpreswyn7528
3 жыл бұрын
Wait, are there people who don't?!
@mikeberg6407
3 жыл бұрын
Quelaag fans? ✋
@citycrusher9308
3 жыл бұрын
Can't thumb this comment up. It will wreck its perfect 100 score
@GromMolotok
3 жыл бұрын
I'm having flashbacks to "The Thing on the Fourble Board" here.
@ArdaKaraduman
3 жыл бұрын
alright here we go, one leg up, second leg up, third leg up, whooa whats going on here !?!!?!
@gilgamike3164
3 жыл бұрын
When the world needed them most, they returned
@1217BC
3 жыл бұрын
So many amazing no-context lines in this one! "Photo-negatives of Tolkien's elves meets Kiss," "It's eighty percent eyeball and sixty percent mouth," or "You pooped out your mouth you'd hate the world too, wouldn't ya." Fantastic video, great to see the Gang again!
@1979benmitchell
3 жыл бұрын
I'll never look at the Drow the same way again.. And now when my players fight the Drow, it'll be to some 80's hair bands!
@HenkkaArtGames
3 жыл бұрын
That photo-negative line was pure gold.
@richmcgee434
3 жыл бұрын
Re: Mouth-pooping, Larry Niven's Slavers/Thrintun had the same physiological quirk and if their behavior is any indication, yeah, they hated the world. Whole galaxy, really. Speaking of Niven, D&D needs sunflowers that shoot laser beams. :)
@1217BC
3 жыл бұрын
@@richmcgee434 Phaerimm. 3rd Ed monster, in Monsters of Faerun. Floating, four armed, spellcasting, hate filled sunflower looking SOB's that are entirely motivated by evil. Not specifically lasers, but they cast as 15-20th level sorcerers, so all kinds of ray spells. I don't think they have butt holes either, so they may be in the same mouth-pooping scenario.
@TheJanitorIsIn
3 жыл бұрын
Crohn's disease is a bitch
@derekrobertson5596
3 жыл бұрын
Also, there's nothing in that wikipedia entry that directly contradicts this story...
@bigsarge2085
3 жыл бұрын
When you're right, you're right!
@dragonmaster613
3 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, when one states "there's no evidence that it happened", one counters with " there's no evidence that it _didn't_ happen!"
@obsidianjane4413
3 жыл бұрын
Because you edited it?
@archadious
3 жыл бұрын
Having played in a game run by Gary G I can confirm that Seth’s impersonation is 100 percent spot on. I hope to see more of Gary in Seth’s future videos.
@lucassouza.t
3 жыл бұрын
i was asking myself who he was parodying
@luizarraes1711
3 жыл бұрын
I thought it was just Macho Man Randy Savage's uncle or something
@andrewlance3898
3 жыл бұрын
@@luizarraes1711 Gary "Macho Uncle" Gygax
@genericpersonx333
3 жыл бұрын
Same here. Had a couple of friends who were early DnD fans and got a couple of sessions with Gary G themselves. They said he was...intense when the muse was upon him, which it usually was when he had a game going.
@ianisles2537
Жыл бұрын
Including the blow? I mean, I've DMed high plenty of times no judgment 😂
@colesontaylor1231
3 жыл бұрын
Dude, that Sideburns character from the 70s... I respect those 'burns.
@gi66itz
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah who knew Mike Nesmith from the Monkees played D&D. He really was the coolest Monkee!
@samprastherabbit
3 жыл бұрын
Seth, I want you to know that this skit is the greatest skit of any KZitem channel of all time. I had this on my tv after dinner and both myself and my other half were crying with laughter the whole way through. I'm not even exaggerating! I sure learned a lot about how intense a session with Gygax would have been!!
@NateArnoldVideos
3 жыл бұрын
Amen!
@cvtuttle
3 жыл бұрын
Seconded
@Tony-dh7mz
3 жыл бұрын
Its so accurate its scary, right down to the Coke, i mean Cola of course.........
@AndyFundinger
3 жыл бұрын
Love the new characters!
@kiruppert
3 жыл бұрын
Oh goodness, I love that you introduced E. Gary Gygax having him do a rail of coke off his game notes.
@casteanpreswyn7528
3 жыл бұрын
The single most realistic thing I've ever seen on youtube.
@cryptking6283
3 жыл бұрын
@@casteanpreswyn7528 I regret that I can only give one like to this reply.
@ElectorRef
3 жыл бұрын
Gotta start somewhere!
@mikemccoy5092
2 жыл бұрын
He just gave himself inspiration lol
@PoffinFresh
2 жыл бұрын
Now that’s how you boost initiative!
@scottnolan2833
3 жыл бұрын
So much goodness! But I want to acknowledge that sweet '70's wood paneling.
@NefariousKoel
3 жыл бұрын
The wood paneling really made it authentic '70s.
@crimfan
3 жыл бұрын
@@NefariousKoel You know shag carpeting is on the floor and some beads are between the doorframes
@zidahya
3 жыл бұрын
@@NefariousKoel But the sneeze and sniff thing had way more 80s vibes. ^^
@waddlesquad8199
3 жыл бұрын
"Photo-negatives of Tolkien's elves meets KISS" This version of the Drow is something I never would've considered, but this is the version of the Drow that's going in ALL my games!
@EvilSandwich
3 жыл бұрын
You can tell it's the 1970s because literally everything has wood paneling. Everything! The walls, your kitchen appliances, the TV, your car, your game console, your cats!
@DahVoozel
3 жыл бұрын
Man, that 70's DM should probably run a dehumidifier, mold in that basement's got him all congested.
@lucasaguirre3113
3 жыл бұрын
"If you pooped out of your mouth you'd hate the world too, wouldn't ya" This is the most funniest shit I've ever heard.
@larsdahl5528
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, right out of the mouth!
@Bluecho4
3 жыл бұрын
Also, you can't argue with that logic. It's unassailable.
@charlessmith5465
3 жыл бұрын
"Beauty is in the eye of the Beholder." 🤭 _watch out for the lazers and teeth though, and mouth-poop._ 🤣
@tazmokhan7614
3 жыл бұрын
"WHY?", " BECAUSE ITS FANTASY!!!!", its legit , when I was a little kid i played with DMS like that dude and they weren't sniffing, but you could have fooled me....lolol
@v0dka885
3 жыл бұрын
We need that on a tshirt
@magosdominusplutos5131
3 жыл бұрын
"You pooped out your mouth you'd hate the world too, wouldn't ya?" Yes, definitely
@humphreygobo6576
3 жыл бұрын
Gygax “inhaling deeply” from behind the screen caught me off guard, resulting in a full on deep belly laugh. This is the new cannon on beholders.
@carsonsmith7314
3 жыл бұрын
Did you turn Gary Gygax into the bonesaw? AWESOME!
@theobserver6579
3 жыл бұрын
Hahaha! Should've waited to see the whole skit before reading the comments 😂
@carsonsmith7314
3 жыл бұрын
@@theobserver6579 Fair point.
@ballisticus1
3 жыл бұрын
I dub thee the Peanut head!
@jamesmarston8461
3 жыл бұрын
THROUGH THE BONE *BZZZ*
@TheSmart-CasualGamer
Жыл бұрын
"RIGHT THROUGH HIS NECK!"
@connordarvall8482
2 жыл бұрын
From what my dad tells me of what it was like to fight a beholder back in the day, it was just a monster designed to be as difficult to kill as possible. Can't sneak up on it, can't use magic on it, can't have anything magic too close to it, floats up too high for melee attacks and is nearly impossible to trap. Additionally, it can inflict most status effects and can render party members unable to be resurrected.
@TroublingPath
3 жыл бұрын
Man, that line of inspiration Gygax did behind the DM screen really got me.
@ElectorRef
3 жыл бұрын
Teacher's screen. The start of the "Roleplaying Game Era" (OR is that "Error").
@brianjacob8728
3 жыл бұрын
Rumor has it the first Beholder was named "Scott Brown."
@GM_Darius
3 жыл бұрын
Considering one of my DMs as a young adult usually played while rip roaring high, I totally would believe that story too.
@mitchellhorton9382
3 жыл бұрын
My first DM used to run some of our games on LSD back in the 90's
@casteanpreswyn7528
3 жыл бұрын
Gygax is a confirmed "hard partier". Dude spent more on drugs than I've spent in my whole life.
@markwelch1836
3 жыл бұрын
@@casteanpreswyn7528 He was a very "interesting" guy for sure. He never got a driver's license and lived like a rockstar after the money came in.
@shadiafifi54
3 жыл бұрын
I just love the coked-up 70s GM, Seth. He's just awesome to listen to. He'd be weird to play with, but no denying he's got style.
@enixxe
3 жыл бұрын
Holy hell, I nearly spit out my Mountain Dew when that rant about why the beholder is filled with hate got going. Gotta give it to Dweebles, this is one hell of a legend.
@techno_tuna
3 жыл бұрын
"When you have to choose between the truth and the legend, always choose the legend." Damn bro I really felt that one, idk if you wrote that one up yourself but I don't wanna google it to find out. I'm going to choose the legend.
@Atariese
3 жыл бұрын
I flipping lost it when the introduction to gygax was doing a line. The whole skit was just genius.
@r.d.hargrave8159
3 жыл бұрын
So many thoughts to comment ... but the first in my mind was how great timeless the Ramones shirt is across the decades
@Pile_of_carbon
3 жыл бұрын
One of these days Seth's going to get an Oscar for best lead actor, best supporting character, best short film and best script all at once.
@jgr7487
3 жыл бұрын
that moment of joy when you see it's a "The Gang" video!
@mwhearn1
3 жыл бұрын
This it the RPG version of "drunk history". Love it.
@giladpellaeon1691
3 жыл бұрын
Drunk isn't quite the right word though
@billstephens396
3 жыл бұрын
@@giladpellaeon1691 "We weren't online, we DID lines!" - Robin Williams, RIP
@giladpellaeon1691
3 жыл бұрын
@@billstephens396 And there were ninjas on the lawn tryin' to kill us!
@M4TCH3SM4L0N3
3 жыл бұрын
Until this episode, I never noticed how much your D&D round table skits owe to That 70's Show, but now it's all that I can see. Something about the panelling.
@mjengel84
3 жыл бұрын
You know something is comedy gold when it's just as funny after multiple viewings!
@epicthoughts2010
3 жыл бұрын
This story was accompanied by the ring of clarity that is found with all great epiphanies.
@AaronAlso
3 жыл бұрын
From now on, every time we see the Gygax character his line must be proceeded by a long drawn out "SSSSSSSSSSSSNnooorrrtttt"
@QuiteJollyRoger
3 жыл бұрын
More like HIgax, amirite?
@bojcio
3 жыл бұрын
@@QuiteJollyRoger Haha :)!
@patrickedger2448
3 жыл бұрын
To be fair... If I was a total newb to the game and was told this was how the Beholder was invented...I would believe it. Somebody would have to be on some pretty intense stuff to come up with something so friggin bizarre.
@anthonynorman7545
3 жыл бұрын
"Photo negatives of Tolkien's elfs meets KISS" A string of words that i didn't know I needed, but cannot live without!
@twistanturnu529
3 жыл бұрын
Okay that drow part was just INSPIRING. I'm bringing back the power moustaches
@robwalker4452
3 жыл бұрын
OMG I've watched this 4 times now and it's funnier everytime; the G.G. character is so hilarious, the whole thing is so thoughtfully done, even the DM screen being just an old binder. Awesome.
@sollytom6266
3 жыл бұрын
The stunned pause got me. Laugh out loud, literally.
@hawkthetraveler6344
3 жыл бұрын
The wood paneling is so immersive!
@suddenlysarablog
3 жыл бұрын
Omg how do you play all 8 parts in this and have chemistry with YOURSELF?
@ElectorRef
3 жыл бұрын
Magician's incantation. Please take me back to the "Mythologists."
@theobserver6579
3 жыл бұрын
Was wondering when the Gang was going to return! Love these skits, Seth. Hope to see more 😁 "It ain't got no butthole!!!" Yeah I'd be angry too 🤣
@Tony-dh7mz
3 жыл бұрын
Seth you out did yourself on this one, watched it three times already, This one will become a classic,
@clayfare9733
3 жыл бұрын
Now you have to go one level deeper and have those guys imagining a third group.
@heralds
3 жыл бұрын
that was a 60% surprise to be sure, but an 80% welcome one
@geekinwithJamesHancock
3 жыл бұрын
I need to see an entire season where Seth plays all these characters throughout a 1st edition campaign.
@jackofblades4374
Жыл бұрын
I would pay SO much money to make that happen!
@jaybakata5566
3 ай бұрын
OMG please make this ^ happen. Seth is so good, love his videos.
@GiuseppeRedscarf
3 жыл бұрын
"It don't look friendly at all. It's fulla hate" Lol! Seriously, the 70s flashback was hilarious. Well done, Seth!
@MonkeyJedi99
3 жыл бұрын
"You're gonna believe the internet? What's next, flat Earth?" - This needs to be on a shirt! Stat!
@DUNGEONCRAFT1
3 жыл бұрын
Always entertaining!
@SSkorkowsky
3 жыл бұрын
Thank, man.
@Turian_Primarch
3 жыл бұрын
Ah, gosh. Outdid yourself again Seth! This is why you’re my favorite TTRPG KZitem channel!
@Veritas.0
3 жыл бұрын
As an old time D&Der from the 70s this is spookily accurate. Ever notice the similarities of early Yes album art and early Dragon magazine art?
@jccusell
3 жыл бұрын
Just appreciate the writing here. Also complete unique mix of commentary and sketch. Amazing. Criminally underrated KZitemr.
@AJBernard
3 жыл бұрын
"Until a better legend comes along, which it won't...." ROFL!! Thanks, Seth! That's great!!
@d20talk9
3 жыл бұрын
Great video. As someone who has been playing this game for over 40 years, I can say the beholder may be the most recognizable creature in the game. I have an original Monster Manual from 1978 and on page 4, there is a preface by Gary Gygax. He says, "Terry Kuntz, who was never thanked for his prototypical beholder." I always figured he was the man behind that monster. Just thought that was a good reference for the video. Sorry if I missed it somewhere along the way.
@bluebear3812
3 жыл бұрын
This is comedy gold! Glad to see Seth having fun with his characters.
@joshuahebert7972
3 жыл бұрын
Im pretty sure that is exactly how it went down.
@danielbroening
3 жыл бұрын
Yes! I have waited for this for so long. Love it. That comb over was spot on btw.
@JamesSkemp
3 жыл бұрын
Glad someone else said something the comb over. Can see the paper towel/fabric underneath, but it nonetheless looks pretty fantastic.
@Ezystutters
3 жыл бұрын
Best video you've ever made. "They don't have buttholes" Seth Skorkowsky 2021.
@groadoswaggins
3 жыл бұрын
70's Snorting Comb-over DM is my new favourite DM.
@NateArnoldVideos
3 жыл бұрын
I wish I could give this video more than 1 like. This is amazing. I'm literally crying and coughing from laughing so hard! This is by far your best video to date, and that's really saying something. I'll be watching this one again real soon. Maybe right now!
@ChrisLawton66
3 жыл бұрын
Not the first. Definitely not the last. This looks to be a good one.
@Ponyroth
3 жыл бұрын
"Oh, it don't look friendly at all." Stealing this for my descriptions!
@NateArnoldVideos
3 жыл бұрын
I just can't stop coming back to this video. One of my favorites
@ArticleNoun
Жыл бұрын
This is definitely how I’m going to describe beholders from now on.
@deecap71
3 жыл бұрын
Dweebles is right, I knew a guy who knew a guy, and he said the same exact story.
@ElectorRef
3 жыл бұрын
Not as straight as an arrow!
@jonnys8853
3 жыл бұрын
I never realized how badly I needed to see Gary Gygax snorting a line of coke until I saw this skit. Great video, Seth.
@KuyVonBraun
3 жыл бұрын
Seth has clearly been to Arrakis & has become infused with spice, this is next level stuff. The sleeper has awoken! 💜🤣
@zaccooper3894
2 жыл бұрын
I need more of this Gary Gygax character lmao
@thehulkster9434
3 жыл бұрын
Seth, I'm trying to keep a baby asleep, you can't keep making me laugh like this.
@MrRobGresham
3 жыл бұрын
This is great. Seth you are hilarious and such a great writer.
@darrenhardy9005
3 жыл бұрын
More 70's throw back D&D gang please, that was hilarious
@joeykonyha2414
3 жыл бұрын
Last time I was this early Dämoren was still a sword.
@L0RDNIK0N001
3 жыл бұрын
My friends dad looked exactly like the mutton chop pipe smoker. I laughed so hard and an the link to the video to him.
@andrewsekine2756
3 жыл бұрын
The public demands more bits of the Coked up 70's DM describing monsters.
@G_BLASTER
3 жыл бұрын
The Queen of the Spiders album cover 😂😂😂 Coke-sniffing Gygax is my favourite.
@nrgspike
3 жыл бұрын
If Seth's 'Alternate History of D&D' is going to be a thing then I'm 100% here for it!
@bsparky01
3 жыл бұрын
OMG Seth! That was freakin awesome. Turned my bad day around. Thanks for the gut rolling laughs!
@benl4198
3 жыл бұрын
I NEED more totally true monster histories
@g1sucks596
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Thank you for this video. I know skit comedy can be time consuming, but believe me, it's worth it. Keep them coming
@PuzzleHeaded_Dust
3 жыл бұрын
If someone EVER tells me an origin story occurred after ripping a line of nose candy behind a DM screen, you better believe I'm editing every wiki page to ensure this legend becomes FACT. That's how the pilgrims did it.
@CountLuciferLeviatha
3 жыл бұрын
“It poops out of its mouth!” I died!! 😂 this was an amazing video! We now know the legend of the beholder.
@jamesc.7988
3 жыл бұрын
Okay, I got to stop this video RIGHT NOW! That 70's DM... Dude. LOL You rock Seth!
@thmsed
3 жыл бұрын
Heck Yeah! Dweebels finally gets a victorious moment in the spotlight!
@sergentharker7182
3 жыл бұрын
The cover to queen of the spiders looks like an album made by a female version of man o war
@Necrotoxin44
2 жыл бұрын
Seth, I want you to know that this is on the shortlist of videos I've actually shared with other people. So memorable, haha.
@sylvesterln9984
3 жыл бұрын
Please give us more 70s flashbacks! Great stuff!
@Hyperbog
2 жыл бұрын
Just now catching this episode. The Gang Presents is a great segment that should definitely be a reoccurring thing. Optionally more 1970s D&D skits would be awesome as well.
@erichobbs4042
3 жыл бұрын
I love the fact that seventies Tod and 2020's Todd both still love The Ramones.
@Darr6477
3 жыл бұрын
I haven't had such a good laugh from a skit in a long time. I just love the manic, coke (?) -fuelled energy the dm has when he's describing the beholder. Excellent portrayal!
@daveingham7730
3 жыл бұрын
This was glorious. A great way to start the day.
@bradkelley5229
3 жыл бұрын
Should 100% do more "Totally True" Stories, this was fricking great. Will Subscribe with more content like this.
@sindarpeacheyeisacommie8688
3 жыл бұрын
Gelatinous Cube! Do the Gelatinous Cube!
@txbolt1116
3 жыл бұрын
Seth... That may have been the best video you have ever made. Freaking hilarious!
@JamesCateyes
3 жыл бұрын
You role play the snorting so well that I almost thought something was there.
@markfaulkner8191
3 жыл бұрын
That truly captured the spirit of the seventies. Loved it!
@Lion4de
3 жыл бұрын
omg the 70's GM is my new favorite character
@cvtuttle
3 жыл бұрын
OMFG I died laughing at the 70s DM introduction.... so great!
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