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You know this is a great idea I’ve never thought to do this. I’m from the age of the printed guides, I loved them! Love these videos with the quirky ideas. Oblivion is amazing. Hoping the rumours of the remaster are true.

Look forward to seeing your content this year and that cover looks amazing. I’m starting a series looking at AD&D campaign settings on my channel so a lot of work. 😅

Making a PC a cousin of the quest giver is a great idea. My players would probably role play through negotiations with him for rewards. Then you don't even have to think too hard up front about exactly what the guy wants to keep for his family versus pay out the adventurers. And very interesting suggestion about the DCC module, I'm going to check that out

Saw this video right as I am about to run a D&D one-shot based on Shadow Over Hackdirt today

I see the dying earth DCC setting in the back and Warhammer and I instantly subscribed. A man of culture is talking.

Very interesting idea. In the same vain of ideas, could you use 3D level designs as a dungeon atmosphere? For instance, mapping out Luigi's Mansion as a space and planning on finding a relic hidden in some ancient depths below the basement, by accessing said basement through a key found guarded in the attic. Just some random idea i came up with, but would ideas like this work in D&D setting?

Oh this is a brilliant idea. I love that Plastiboo's VERMIS has got such an impact in the trpg sphere, but surely we should be doing that with LOADS of things

These were great! The art, the lore and the spells and gear!

love this module - I used it as a sharp intermission in my OSE × Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil campaign

I took a variation on number five. The players each role their normal initiative on a D20 plus their modifier, then add them all together for the party initiative. As DM I roll the same number of D20s plus modifiers for the enemy party. This let's everyone role, and the overlaping ranges allow for either group to go first in each round adding a more dynamic element to combat. This also allows the party to coordinate their attacks more effectively.

A good, short introduction for beginners to the WFRP world. Dark dreary tone, murdersome chaos cultists, deception/mystery, a sacrificial summoning, and beastmen. So small it's easy to modify or expand without mucking up the intended theme.

Big fan of the book, I’ve been running a shadowdark westmarch and placed it a day away and have really enjoyed it.

I'm preparing this module to potentially run. I found your comment about the blood trail really helpful. It makes sense that it will accidentally turn the dungeon into a linear experience. I'm noticing that there's interesting dungeon dressing (mosaics, urns, statues, etc) But most of them don't do anything. They don't provide any clues for whats to come or hide any secret magical boons or banes. I feel like they are just time wasters for any players who are trying to be smart or observant. I was so glad when my players started seeing value in investigating the dungeon dressing and paying attention to hints and clues. That felt like a milestone in them understanding OSR playstyle. I'd hate to push them back into "bad habits" of ignoring all that and just killing the things that move in each room.

Great video ty! I’m a bit older than you omg, I used to buy White Dwarf at that time religiously, was excellent. I think WFRP often had these adventures where the PCs just had to do it - that’s fine

Great review, always happy to learn about fun, short adventures

Yup it’s always the NPCs that you pullout of your arse that the players respond to think it’s cuz they feel like they’ve had a hand at creating it.

Thank you! I’d love to run this

Good Video. Been running D&D for decades and I've always loved modules but I couldn't ever run them properly. Coming back to the idea to do so now. Definitely look into this. Thanks. Also, good Randolph Carter reference. Really sets the mood.

I really appreciate the value you added in this review. I liked your thoughts on how the module does a good job of telegraphing dangers and secret doors. I also liked your suggestion to have Jezem ask for one of the items (a ring perhaps) to be returned to him. I'm likely to run this adventure soon and I will take that suggestion because I think it makes Jezem feel more real and possibly sets him up as a future contact for the players.

I play PF1 and here your HP can be brought to negative, once you drop to 0 you start loosing 1 HP ebery round unless you roll a constitution check to stabilise. And if negative HP exceed your CON score -- you're dead. But the thing is that if you have 5 HP and you recieve 15 damage, you will go to -10, not 0, which in my opinion creates this risk of a character dying, as wgen you are in low gealth, you understand, that you can die from a single unlucky hit

It helps a lot to use group initiative. All players move simultaneously and declare their attacks. Attacks and spells are rolled simultaneously.

Really good video. I like that you’re so old school to your approach right down to the paper character sheets, which is what I do but some of my players have gotten onto dnd beyond on their phones which is not the same. I can’t say I’ve ever had a character die in my game. I run more narrative driven games with mostly roleplay with few combat so there’s lower chance of death through combat. My next game will be back to 2e and I’ll use the “death door” rule of death at -10HP. I like to run bigger stories I think characters who die before getting to tell their story is a bit wasted hence i do a little more to ensure the characters don’t die, eg, I usually have a safe solution that if the players are smart or been paying attention to clues they would be rewarded for it.

Good Video. While I was into 5E (a venture that unfortunately failed) we used a chart I found online where they rolled and got an effect from losing all their hit points. Death was a possibility but so was long term injury, loss of limbs, ko, captured, etc. It was a progressive chart using the 3 failed saves rule. We didn't actually roll 3 saves, you just rolled the chart instead. The chart got worse with each category of where you were on it. You could also accept an extra "failed save", moving you further along on the chart to gain a rally atrack that was quite powerful. It was pretty useful.

Good story. Agree that we have some of those nights. Maybe I should try playing in the morning? Haha.

I enjoy just listening to your stories 😅

Did you win the Lottery or something? Much respect for that collection...

Great video. But I'm struggling to see all the 3.x edition stuff in your massive collection of stuff lol.

Bro driving 2hrs for a game is insane

Sounds like a lot happened. The teleport with limited mana thing sounds great I’m gonna steal that 😈 I like to put the players in a dilemma and create some melodrama.

You could just play a game that has fast combat built in without having to do any extra work to make the game actually fun.

I have run COS about 5 or 6 times as well. It is the best module that I have seen. In my current game I added Lord Soth invading from the west in this game.

Great video. I like the idea about Strahd having other goals. As for making the map bigger, I’ve seen a comparison of the sizes of the domains of dread and the core is like 26,000 square miles which is size of Rwanda, almost 1/10 the size of UK (243k sq mi). Barovia is like the size of Singapore, so lore wise, apparently it’s supposed to be tiny. Do you prefer to re-run a module or try a new module?

Party of ten? You are a braver game master than me.

Oh you review rpg MODULES do you? Love seeing the use of the word. Especially for AD&D etc etc... this seems to be just perfect for my old school grognard self. I have subscribed. I find the fact that the younger generation player is still using the term module properly.

love to see more JEM content!

This seems pretty interesting to me, I will check out the full rules.

Another good one. Who’s your favourite Darklord? I’m partial to a bit of Azalin myself but also Gabrielle. I’d love to try to run Ravenloft at some point.

Just started running it for my group... converted and skinned for Legend of the Five Rings, properly weeaboo'd it.

Deities and demigods is my favorite dnd book ever, I have the first edition, a prized possession of mine, given to me by my father when i was a kid. When i was maybe 9 or so I colored in one of the artworks like a coloring sheet.

Just Reverse initiative everyone states what they want to do then roll to see how fast it happens

Very good video. Sounds like it was a lot of fun. Would love to hear your take on Ravenloft.

Word up to sand timers! Also great for social encounters and chases

Great video as always. It sounds good except for the lots of combat and lots of dungeon crawl thing. I get a bit bored when there’s too much of that. These 2e premium deluxe adventure boxsets seem to be written like that.

Great review of a great module, it’s awesome and I’ve run this twice I love the flavor of DCC , how wizards get corrupted and the mighty deeds of dwarves and fighters , and the fun when the cleric gets disapproved for failing a spell. A beloved classic. I will say, that while it’s great for a long session. I’d love to see a version where it’s developed a bit little more so it’s not quite so linear. But it’s fantastic flavor and action It’s interesting that you view boxed text differently than some of the more trending modern modules, that dispense of boxed text - I’ve found DCC modules very evocative and even something as wordy as jewels of the carnifex, which can be a lot to parse, is actually really helpful in lending atmosphere and a sense of the character

I’ve run quite a few dcc adventures , I’ve taken a break and am running other stuff, and this review reminds me why they are such fun. Many are considered quite linear, but there almost always atmospheric. Jewels of the carnifex, doom of the savage kings, and blades against death are also awesome and considered classics.

Brilliant video and tips . As someone one said the pecu,air thing about adventures is that, even if you read them thoroughly, they can still surprise you at the table, and I’ve often found I’ve only really understood the writers implicit things through the magic of players engaging the material. I also think that good modules have layers, so that, it can even take several run the Thrus, actual play with different groups, to see all its subtly

Great tips, the camera tip is new to me, and a great tip. I agree, that reading modules is important. I’d also recommend a tip from James raggi in his referees guide: if the modules are good one, to run it as is, as much as possible. That way a dm can internalize a different style, and also surprise players.