Deep Carbon Observatory Remastered: OSR DnD Adventure Review

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  • Опубликовано: 11 дек 2024

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  • @QuestingBeast
    @QuestingBeast  3 года назад +6

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    • @ardentdrops
      @ardentdrops 3 года назад +1

      Quick question: how much did you pay for the physical copy? Because £25 + 20 shipping to the US is roughly $65. Ouch.

    • @MrRourk
      @MrRourk 3 года назад

      The Kickstarter for Good Guys Finish Last is fully funded. I believe the last time this game was printed officially was 1993. Still the best Super Hero Game of all time.

  • @KeliGrubb
    @KeliGrubb 3 года назад +81

    I have to wonder… how do so many of the osr writers come up with such wild, visceral, and intriguing dungeons and monsters? I can barely think of anything that lightly strays from traditional fantasy tropes. I have serious respect for their ingenuity.

    • @solaris_cc4353
      @solaris_cc4353 3 года назад +7

      Totally this. I'd like to take a look into Patrick's thought process.

    • @stanleyreynolds5497
      @stanleyreynolds5497 3 года назад +27

      The OSR blog - Against The Wicked City, has an interesting post called: "OSR aesthetics of ruin". It goes some way to explaining their style.

    • @solaris_cc4353
      @solaris_cc4353 3 года назад +3

      @@stanleyreynolds5497 I have that post saved in my bookmarks! Very inspiring.

    • @solaris_cc4353
      @solaris_cc4353 3 года назад +2

      @@richmcgee434 Not bad at all :>

    • @IVIaskerade
      @IVIaskerade 3 года назад +15

      When you get very little sleep - for example, because you're desperately trying to finish an OSR expansion book before your deadline - all sorts of wonderful creative things happen as your sense of reality erodes.

  • @gtignacio3353
    @gtignacio3353 3 года назад +29

    This is the adventure that taught me that the PC’s worst nightmare is not a lich, not a dragon, not even a humanoid, cannibal giant-it’s a rival band of adventurers.

  • @CatholicDragoon
    @CatholicDragoon 3 года назад +21

    That Nightmare Librarian could be very useful in the Stygian Library.

  • @Yora21
    @Yora21 3 года назад +14

    I remember this being quite a big deal when it came out.
    I think it was the book that really sold people on the idea that oldschool systems can be a great system for new, creative, and original campaigns, and doesn't have to be only like what D&D was in the 80s.
    If I remember right, Patrick once said or wrote that his first RPG was D&D 4th edition, so he saw the Basic/Expert rules in a different light than the people who had been playing with them for 30 years.

  • @daveyoil
    @daveyoil 3 года назад +8

    DCO is one of my top five adventures of all time. I completely agree that this new addition, along with Veins of the Earth, are a captivating read that always sparks my imagination. What a wonderful pair of talents!

    • @Cabman567
      @Cabman567 2 года назад +1

      What would be your other 4?

  • @jesserooney2595
    @jesserooney2595 3 года назад +13

    Thank you for making me aware of this. I've been turned on to OSR generally and Scrap Princess / Stuart's work through your videos. Their work is incredible. I can't wait to have this in my hot little hands and frustrate my players with this. The original is so good, and a remaster sounds dope.

  • @killfear
    @killfear 3 года назад +6

    oh man that stalactite dungeon is awesome!
    everything in them is packed with interesting hooks and weird magic/physics that I'd love to drip throughout my underdark.
    thanks for sharing this!

  • @neilskufis1494
    @neilskufis1494 3 года назад +2

    You said my name right! I’m happy to support the work you’re doing. Thank you for continuing to put out quality content.

  • @ivanrichmond3524
    @ivanrichmond3524 3 года назад +3

    That looks really neat. I really like how the observatory looks down into the underdark, rather than up into the sky.

    • @d.aardent9382
      @d.aardent9382 3 года назад +2

      Maybe at the level of the observatory, it is underwater. An underground sea.

  • @misomiso8228
    @misomiso8228 3 года назад +3

    Some review requests-
    Scenic Dunsworth - this is a cult OSR adventure that I've only just discovered. I didn't realise is was popular as one of the main things about it is that it is so relplayable.
    The Pale Lady - OMG such a good adventure! It's a little mature, but wow this adventure is short good, and could go many different directions. Such a great time to have!!!

    • @VhaidraSaga
      @VhaidraSaga 3 года назад +1

      I'd love to see these too!

  • @ssaberwolf
    @ssaberwolf 5 месяцев назад

    You show the coolest stuff. Thank you for getting me excited about TTRPGs again.

  • @Caulkhead
    @Caulkhead 3 года назад +2

    Nice, literally just started running this few weeks ago, party are currently traveling up the lock river!

  • @d.aardent9382
    @d.aardent9382 3 года назад +2

    Wow, wished a independent filmmaker would think about making a series of movies about this story world.
    For gaming this would be practically infinite place to explore as complex and dense as just this valley, dam structure ,drained lake region is huge, the entire other complex in the "underground/stalagtite" cities region. To be done right, it would take quite awhile to generate and interact with.
    Looks really intriguing. Wish i had time that i could mess with it. Lol

  • @blocked-in-the-head1267
    @blocked-in-the-head1267 Год назад

    I love the art style of this book! It really feels like the name.

  • @porkyorcy1715
    @porkyorcy1715 3 года назад +2

    This is absolutely insane I love it holy fuck

  • @Kine-re6nq
    @Kine-re6nq 3 года назад +8

    Just some advice. If you run this adventure I would suggest you pick and choose elements and adapt them to your playstyle, don't try to run it raw. Its wonderfully full of flavor, but I had trouble understanding some of it so I was useful to occasional simplify it.

  • @MrRourk
    @MrRourk 3 года назад +1

    I will have to run this version. The original worked so good with Free Adventure Gone Fishing to lure the players into a false sense of security.

  • @simmonslucas
    @simmonslucas 3 года назад +1

    I just love the art!

  • @radishmoonshine9977
    @radishmoonshine9977 3 года назад +1

    Oh man, this was also one of the first OSR products I got too! Giant creeped the shit outta my players :)

  • @marcclement6597
    @marcclement6597 3 года назад +4

    First video I saw from Questing Beast was the original DCO review., it made me click on subscribe.

  • @liamcage7208
    @liamcage7208 3 года назад +1

    Wow, I love it.

  • @Lustvig
    @Lustvig 2 года назад +1

    Question: could this wonderful sounding adventure be reskinned for Gamma World? As sort of an Ancient installation, with the magic items tech items, spellcasters as mutants with powers, etc?

  • @ardentdrops
    @ardentdrops 3 года назад +1

    To me this feels like a set-up to "The Vast in the Dark"

  • @misomiso8228
    @misomiso8228 3 года назад +2

    Great vid. What even happened to the Operation unfathomable review?! Remember you said once there were delays? Might have got it wrong. ty

    • @QuestingBeast
      @QuestingBeast  3 года назад +1

      The Completely Unfathomable compendium, which is the one I backed, isn't out yet.

  • @aleksanderk6765
    @aleksanderk6765 3 года назад

    Yup. Buying this :)

  • @IVIaskerade
    @IVIaskerade 3 года назад +2

    Do I spy the Phantom Hand of Gargas on the back of the cover?

  • @matthewanderson6559
    @matthewanderson6559 3 года назад +2

    DCO made cephalopods creepy again

  • @1942manfred
    @1942manfred 3 года назад +3

    What does "make sure to have socially conscious fun" mean exactly?

    • @bolo4104
      @bolo4104 3 года назад

      I also wasn't sure. Sounded like word salad to me.

  • @Yora21
    @Yora21 3 года назад +11

    The name comes from a satellite that was build to search for carbon in the gases of stars in deep space.
    The disappointment that it's not actually an observatory that stares down into the earth instead of up into the sky inspired the whole dungeon.

    • @adenowirus
      @adenowirus 3 года назад +4

      I looked that up and it seems real-life Deep Carbon Observatory is a research project concerning processes involving carbon beneath the surface of the Earth, including microorganisms of deep biosphere.

  • @patrickfitzpatrick2945
    @patrickfitzpatrick2945 3 года назад +6

    Hey! While I appreciate simple B/W art, this is just too simple for me. Otherwise it seems interesting. Thanks for the great review. Appreciate it.

  • @TimNoyce
    @TimNoyce 23 дня назад

    While I love most QB content I think that reviews are a weak point. This is almost a read-aloud of the entire book, a description of the contents rather than an actual review and does not make use of Ben Milton's very real expertise in module design, other than the remarks on readability of tables. I would prefer more emphasis on the strong and weak points of the module and some advice on how to use it and perhaps when *not* to use it.

  • @WayneBraack
    @WayneBraack 3 года назад +2

    What the hell does "just remember it's socially conscious fun" mean and what does it have to do with gaming?