A lot of the material that's out there contains too much filler. I don't always want to watch a party of strangers role play for 3 hours. This gets to the point and is useful for me as a DM. It's well paced and the information is delivered clearly, and with great background image supplements. Excellent work. I hope that you produce similar videos for other adventure modules.
I'd love to see an in depth coverage for one of the longer hard cover modules. Any one that has already been released on Roll20 such as Tomb of Annihilation, Storm King's Thunder, Hoard of the Dragon Queen etc. Looking forward to them!
@@YourPocketGM +1 for doing Storm King's Thunder. It's a natural progression from Lost Mine. (You can just skip to Chapter 2 if you do Phandelver first, since you'll be level 5 already)
As a new dm with a group of new players, this was incredibly useful for getting a good overview of the story and understanding the general storyline. Thank you very much!
@@YourPocketGM hey man, are you planning on making more videos, really interested in how you lay out these videos , id love to do something like this myself but don't think I'd have the right kind of production quality haha
For my convenience! Part 1 (The Cragmaw Rescue): 2:16 Part 2 (The Red Menace In Phandalin): 12:01 Part 3 (The Redbrands Hideout): 21:53 Part 4 (?????): Couldn't find it Part 5 (Ruins Of Thundertree): 34:04 Part 7 (Uncovering Wave Echo Cave): 56:07
the goblin tribe is known as the cragmaw tribe as they file their teeth down to points so their mouths look like a craggy cave hence crag maw. the many arrow tribe is an orcish tribe. just to correct this small tidbit
Thanks for the clarification. I really liked the idea of them having a culture and motive in the setting, so I'll leave it up to Dungeon Masters to pull it off.
@@YourPocketGM i remember reading that bit of information somewhere in the adventure book when i ran it years ago but it was so cool that it stuck with me. i really love the adventure as its a great intro to D&D 5e and the game as a whole. great video by the way.
I missed that detail the first time I ran this, but I noticed the Cragmaw description the second time and used it. For such a little adventure it has a surprising amount of information. I guess that's why it's a classic.
I’m a brand new DM getting ready to run my first campaign, and the thought of reading the entire book all at once was giving me anxiety. This was like cliff-notes. I watched it at 1.5 speed and it was super helpful just as an overview of the adventure. Thank you!
About to run a bunch of people from my work through this. We do occasional "game nights", usually bringing in consoles, or cards, to even going bowling (Best Buy is a pretty cool company to work for). Well D&D got brought up, and of course a bunch of people at work have now heard of it and want to try. Me being the only one who has books, plays weekly, and has DM'd a few short campaigns offered to take the reigns. Haven't DM'd 5th ed (though I play it all the time), nor have I ever DM'd so many people (all of which are new). So I figured Phandelver would be a great start, plus it saves me a lot of leg work building an adventure. Especially since most of build up to game night is going to be making characters and teaching rules. This guide will definitely help me a lot with actually setting up and running the adventure, so I thank you profusely.
@@YourPocketGM as much as I appreciate the beautiful musical compositions of Yuka Tsujiyoko I suggest you take it down or alter it somehow as your video can be flagged for it. Love the video so far, love the music too just don't want you hurting over this.
As a new DM I really appreciate the run down on this adventure. You really showed me so many details that I missed in the read through, I feel like the game play will be much smoother with everything that you detailed.
I really wanted to enjoy this video as he does do a very good job of explaining things. The problem is, I have already run the first two parts of the adventure and was watching it for the latter end. But in the first 20 min, up until about where I was in the adventure, there were SO MANY discrepancies from what he said to what it said directly out of my adventure book that I am extremely hesitant to trust that what he says is going to happen is what I'm going to find in my book.
Agreed. LOTS of differences between whats presented in the video and whats in the printed material. Not sure why, when the narrator could just referred to the books.
I was looking for comments like this - I am about 60 percent read up on the adventure, and was comparing it side to side with this while note-taking, and surprised at all the discrepancies! So many and some quite significant.
I also noticed this. I decided this was a "quantum universe alternate" version that could help me flesh things out when the party goes off the rails. But still wigged out by this.
There are multiple prints of this adventure, with 2nd and 3rd printings errating discrepancies from the 1st printing. It may be he's reading a 1st print version is all.
As a new DM who never played D&D before this guide helped me a LOT i really had no idea how to do things in this campaign even after i read the story 10 times this week
my only real problem was getting my players to the points they needed to go or give them enough clues so they want to go these places, have them interact with NPCS give them clues and so on @@iwunderful3117
I'd heard good things about this campaign as I was thinking to run it for a group of friends who've never played D&D before. This was a great overview. Thanks.
@@YourPocketGM We're non native english speakers, so I had to convert all the English content to our dialect - it was so much fun that way. And your guide help me through better visualizing and understanding the flow of the whole campaign. Game wise, as a first time DM I was honestly overwhelmed by the preparation I perceived was necessary - but running the game, I think the best thing I've learned was to Improvise, Improvise and Improvise - although I know I had probably broken a lot of rules or some specific 5E way of doing it, but at the end of the day, we had fun :D
Much more straightforward than most of the guides out there. You give the perfect amount of examples and general info. This video should be much more well known than it is. Fantastic work!
This is surprisingly good! All the info is on point, stead talking speed, clear voice, and all the suggestions seem reasonable. There should have been a link within the box set to a video like this; its perfect for a 1st time GM.
Hey, running this for my younger brothers and free time is a limited resource for me. I drive a lot for work and this has been an excellent way for me to learn about the adventure and mentally prepare while on the road! Thanks for the assist!
This is very helpful. Modules are great, but the act of reading a bunch of stats and lore feels a lot like studying for an exam. Thank you for putting together a tool for visual and auditory learners.
Thank you for the advice in this video. You give enough small additions to make the text a little more workable and fun while also leaving room for the DM to continue their own customization, as a novice DND player thrust into the DM role I throughly enjoyed this and would recommend it to any1 who is about to run the module
This video is incredibly well done; thank you. Perfectly descriptive of need-to-know information and no filler. Please make more videos for other modules!
This is so helpful and exactly what i was looking for. Thank you so much! I cant focus very well when I'm reading so listening to you while looking at your visuals is perfect!! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
I really appreciate the digestible format of this video for the adventure. I like to heavily modify some module adventures and intend to use this adventure as the bonding quest for a Descend into the Abyss campaign adventure module. One thing I did was change the name of the Redbrands to Demon Rats. That is because several members are actually Wererats. (It's a way to mix up the adventure and to let me use a monster outside of dungeons and sewers). Another idea I had was changing the Redbrands into the Crimson Vipers. It will turn out that Glass Staff is actually a Yuan-Ti pureblood agent attempting to find the forge then use it to construct magical weapons for his brethren. Since Yuan-Ti do not see cowardice as a trait of weakness. This would explain why he is so eager to lie and run away at the Redbrand Hideout. I also added an Alchemist that is in the region searching for ingredients for improving his alchemist fire potion. It is so he can impress an Alchemist guild in Waterdeep and patent the improved formula to therefore sit on his mountain of gold and fame. (In his mind). After the party defeats the Demon Rats, the Alchemist sets up a carriage shop to sell elixirs to the residents. He'll also sell health potions to the party. In still trying to come up with an explanation for all the undead in the adventure. It doesn't seem like there is a source of causing so much to appear in the adventure. An idea I had is the Undertaker of the town of Phandalin discovered a key that opens a gateway to the Shadowfell. This was promptly closed quickly, but the rush of dark forces seeped and infested the ruins of the forge. Awakening the undead there. This what killed the Rockseeker brother, the Redbrands finding out the manor had an abundance of undead, and the ruins themselves. The Undertaker is a weirdo and gives the key to whomever fulfills his quest to bodyguard him when he goes grocery shopping. (The key can only be used on a specific time). If these players still wish to play together. I might use the key to set them up for a Curse of Strahd campaign.
I’ve got my first session with my friends on Sunday and none of us have played before! Im the DM. wish me luck everybody !! Happy adventuring! I do recommend to anyone who is looking at my situation and is intimidated to look at the crap guide to Dnd character sheet! That video prepared me to be a DM.
this is really helpful, in particular when your adventurers get to the town of Phandalin, i did a trial run before my first game and its a bit overwealming trying to guide players around the town, and try to give them control, not just reading all of the subtext
This summary is very well done. I just played this campaign last year and it is great for new players or players new to 5e. My party ended up making a deal with Klarg, who became an ally
Picked up the starter set yesterday and can't wait to get into it! I'm going to be first time dm for 5x first time players. Wish me luck! Thanks for the really helpful vid.
Thanks for an incredibly well done overview with the added descriptions of things! Getting back into DM’ing with the boys and some friends of theirs, so this made the understanding of this campaign, much clearer. Great job! 🍻
Waaaa thank you! I am a new DM, with a brand new group of players. I offered to be DM since while I have never played, I am the most experienced, having watched some campaigns before. As much as I am loving the idea, having to read the whole booklet while taking notes is soooooo boring and tiring, while this helps a lot. Now I just take notes while stopping. It did take more than expected (20 minutes for five minutes of video 💀), but it's much more dynamic and engaging for me (I have lots of trouble focusing), and the thought that all I will need to do is add a couple post it notes to fill in the gaps is amazing and makes it all less daunting
Pls keep making these. I’m new to the whole thing and I’m gonna try at DMing a game and this is so helpful without the excess nonsense: I need this..not a video of guys chatting back and forwards about random shit while playing a campaign thus making a thirty minute video out of a small part of the campaign.
I have both played and DM'd Phandelver. I would love it if you made haste to provide a video like this for the Essentials Kit as I have a new group of friends that wanna play D&D. I expect this box will be great for the next new players needs and your videos have amazing purpose.
My first time playing was dm ing for dragon of icespire peak, from the essential kit. It's kinda hard to follow, it's like oh there's a dragon, but here's a quest board do that instead. My group has since left the town and are now exploring the ruins of leilon after doing a few random things. The dragon is still doing whatever because it didn't really do anything to make it feel like an urgent issue.
Thank you for producing this content. As a blind DM a have been seeking content that is more accessible than PDFs or standard book entries. This has been a boon to me adapting to this altered visual condition.`all the best
Thank you for your comment Shawn. I have been greatly encouraged by your attitude in overcoming such a hurdle in life and I hope you have the best time playing it. :)
I’m about to try and dm for the first time and this will be what I’ll try to pitch to my normal party to dm for. It will be a side campaign for my normal party for when people can’t make it to give our normal dm a break. Thank you very much for helping make this seem manageable.
man i have watched and listened to this video over and over and over and...........man just thanks for doing this . its been incredibly helpful as a DM
I don't know if you read the PDF book that comes with this campaign, but a lot of what you've included here as detail/insight is explicitly indicated to be the opposite in the text. For example, the wolves are indicated as being ignored by the goblins regardless of the noise they make because the wolves are always fighting and barking. Disturbing the wolves won't alert anyone in the rest of the cave. Areas seven and eight are too close to the waterfall in order to discern anything other than immediate proximal noise. Also, the chest in Klarg's cave is immediately discovered by any player that does a general check of the supplies (no D6 check required)
It wasn't designed to be a 1:1 translation of the book but more of a simplified review of the contents. I removed some elements and changed the mechanics in some areas. I should have added this disclosure to the start of the video just in case some try to use the book in conjunction with the video, sorry for any confusion!
@@YourPocketGM no worries! I find most of the fun comes from taking liberties with the material anyway. Every party adventures differently. Thanks for making this video, it answered a few other questions I had.
This video was amazing! I humbly request DM Guides for ‘Lost Laboratory of Kwalish’, ‘Rrakmaa’, and ‘Tomb of Annihilation’. I would love to see a DM Guide for ‘Mad Mage’ but that would probably be multiple videos as there is just too much content to cover. Great work!
I am running this and at times mix up some of the story elements until I re read the parts I need. This comprehensive explanation has helped solidify alot of what I was fuzzy on. Thank you so much and from my players too as I should be able to start tonight off with a smoother experience
I'm preparing to run this for some cousins and it is really nice how straight to the point you are about everything. I've got a better idea of the entire adventure in 30 minutes than the 4 hours of someone running through the first cave. Can't wait to look at your other videos soon as they finish LmoP~!
this is a great video explaining everything about the campaign in detail for dms running. however he *does* add in situations that are not technically part of the module. examples: the wraith doesn't attack if your rude or aggressive, she just disappears. the doors in tresendar manor are unlocked unless stated otherwise, there is no trap on the main door and the door to area 3 is just a door. However they can add to and spice up the campaign, they just arent actually part of the module. Still good though
I am a new DM and am going to run new players through this to get our feet wet. Thank you for a very informative and thorough run through of the material. It was very helpful
I was extremely surprised to see this channel is under 500k subs to be honest, this is top tier content! Would love to see Essentials Kit done soon, as well as all the other 5e adventures out there
This has been INCREDIBLY helpful for an upcoming game I'm running and I can't wait to see your tips for CoS since I plan on running that as well for a separate group
This was a flawless walkthrough the campaign. Subbed! New DM here with very limited time to spare due to heavy daily workload, so your video is a gift!!!
Really appreciate how thorough you are with this module, Bru! Been so great to hear how you look at the material and it helps me to do my own improv on the base you've provided! Cheers and keep up the great work, you smooth voiced bastard you 😉👌
Thank you for this. I have a few friends who have never played DnD before. I bought this set to run them through. I'm even more excited after watching this.
This gave me a very good overview over the whole module which I bought ages ago but never really ran because I was too lazy to read it back to back. Thank you so much! Now I am determined to run this this evening with my players. And I hope that my enthusiasm I got from you and this video will sweep like a wave over my players and echo within them in our little living room cave.
I've recently returned to D&D (I left off at 3.5) and your channel is very informative and helpful. Thank you and keep it up. You'll be staying in my pocket!
Thank you for this! I’m using this campaign for the first dnd session for my friends who never played and for me to try with being a DM instead of a player for the first time.
Great guide and format in general, but some minor mistakes: - goblins and orcs are from different tribes (clagmaw and manyarrows) - if you assault the banshee, she will not attack but disappear. - harbin gives 100 gm for the orcs, not 500 - the redbrands don´t necessarily know that their cloaks are saving them from the undeads in the crypt That´s until 22:30, I might come back after my campaign progressed ;)
Subbing now. Really enjoy this as a new DM - straight and too the point while giving enough detail to really help the noobies like myself. I know they're less popular but... I recently purchased Tales from the Yawning Portal, and Candlekeep mysteries. I would love to see you break down the stand alone adventures in those book. Keep up the great content!
This vid was amazing. I'm preparing our first adventure with friends, with me being a dungeon master and Im sure they will appreciate the insight I got you.
I'm a little bit late but, this definitely helped a lot , with all the maps, pictures, and lore that you explained, Thanks So Much This really made it easier Definetly worth a Sub. I'll always use these videos while studying my campagins!
i just discovered your channel. I am impressed, like others I am not into watching other role play and this is awesome. your reviews help me to decide if i want to pick up the material or pass. thank you.
Really well done. Long video but Also fast. I listened 3 times, about to watch it again. Have a 6 player party in the middle of the adventure right now. Excellent organization. The side quests are a pain to keep organized and you nailed them.
Hell yeah dude, this was one of my main points in getting a friend into our group, and I think my players are really going to dig what youve described ( a druid is going to be added to the party)
I love this video, it's great, but a lot of what you said was different than what's in my book. I like yours better though, so I'm going to go with that. Thanks!
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A lot of the material that's out there contains too much filler. I don't always want to watch a party of strangers role play for 3 hours. This gets to the point and is useful for me as a DM. It's well paced and the information is delivered clearly, and with great background image supplements. Excellent work. I hope that you produce similar videos for other adventure modules.
Thank you; what adventure modules would you like to see?
I'd love to see an in depth coverage for one of the longer hard cover modules. Any one that has already been released on Roll20 such as Tomb of Annihilation, Storm King's Thunder, Hoard of the Dragon Queen etc. Looking forward to them!
was about to write pritty much that comment. :D
@@YourPocketGM +1 for doing Storm King's Thunder. It's a natural progression from Lost Mine. (You can just skip to Chapter 2 if you do Phandelver first, since you'll be level 5 already)
@your pocket gm - rise to tiamat would be fun!
Finally someone WHO EXPLAINS THE STORY. AND NOT PLAYING THE GAME. You got a sub out of me
As a new dm with a group of new players, this was incredibly useful for getting a good overview of the story and understanding the general storyline. Thank you very much!
Yep! It's always better when everyone is on the same page.
SheMeetsPaper ur welcome
I know!? I've literally listened to this five times. Hoping to drill it into my head :P
This is relaxing as hell. 10/10 Bob Ross DM
DM Bob Ross says "Wouldn't it be nice if this nice, happy little tree had a family of homicidal squirrels living in it. Roll for initiative."
This is gold for DMs with not much free time! Very well done!
Yep, 1 hour of prep for 5-10 hours of D&D! :)
@@YourPocketGM is this transcribed anywhere?
@@YourPocketGM hey man, are you planning on making more videos, really interested in how you lay out these videos , id love to do something like this myself but don't think I'd have the right kind of production quality haha
Or people like me who can have a lot of trouble focusing on one task at a time, so I can listen to this while drawing, or take notes as I listen
@@arielgravedeperalta8138 in the guide?
For my convenience!
Part 1 (The Cragmaw Rescue): 2:16
Part 2 (The Red Menace In Phandalin): 12:01
Part 3 (The Redbrands Hideout): 21:53
Part 4 (?????): Couldn't find it
Part 5 (Ruins Of Thundertree): 34:04
Part 7 (Uncovering Wave Echo Cave): 56:07
part 4 was the friends we made along the way
@@xslashsdas Ahh that's why I couldn't find it.
Don't forget
Part 6 (The Cragmaw Castle): 44:18
@@xslashsdas XD Yep Totally.
Nice. Thanks
the goblin tribe is known as the cragmaw tribe as they file their teeth down to points so their mouths look like a craggy cave hence crag maw. the many arrow tribe is an orcish tribe. just to correct this small tidbit
Thanks for the clarification. I really liked the idea of them having a culture and motive in the setting, so I'll leave it up to Dungeon Masters to pull it off.
@@YourPocketGM i remember reading that bit of information somewhere in the adventure book when i ran it years ago but it was so cool that it stuck with me. i really love the adventure as its a great intro to D&D 5e and the game as a whole. great video by the way.
@@aaron2187 yes
I missed that detail the first time I ran this, but I noticed the Cragmaw description the second time and used it. For such a little adventure it has a surprising amount of information. I guess that's why it's a classic.
I’m a brand new DM getting ready to run my first campaign, and the thought of reading the entire book all at once was giving me anxiety. This was like cliff-notes. I watched it at 1.5 speed and it was super helpful just as an overview of the adventure. Thank you!
About to run a bunch of people from my work through this. We do occasional "game nights", usually bringing in consoles, or cards, to even going bowling (Best Buy is a pretty cool company to work for). Well D&D got brought up, and of course a bunch of people at work have now heard of it and want to try. Me being the only one who has books, plays weekly, and has DM'd a few short campaigns offered to take the reigns.
Haven't DM'd 5th ed (though I play it all the time), nor have I ever DM'd so many people (all of which are new). So I figured Phandelver would be a great start, plus it saves me a lot of leg work building an adventure. Especially since most of build up to game night is going to be making characters and teaching rules.
This guide will definitely help me a lot with actually setting up and running the adventure, so I thank you profusely.
This is exactly what I made the video for. I hope your session is amazing!
@@YourPocketGM as much as I appreciate the beautiful musical compositions of Yuka Tsujiyoko I suggest you take it down or alter it somehow as your video can be flagged for it. Love the video so far, love the music too just don't want you hurting over this.
@@aidanosullivan7731 Nah, at most it will be demonetized.
I know it's been a year, but I'm curious to know how it went
As a new DM I really appreciate the run down on this adventure. You really showed me so many details that I missed in the read through, I feel like the game play will be much smoother with everything that you detailed.
Dude, I'm new "DM", long time player.But now I'm in position of making the story. Can't say how much I appreciate this vid...
I really wanted to enjoy this video as he does do a very good job of explaining things. The problem is, I have already run the first two parts of the adventure and was watching it for the latter end. But in the first 20 min, up until about where I was in the adventure, there were SO MANY discrepancies from what he said to what it said directly out of my adventure book that I am extremely hesitant to trust that what he says is going to happen is what I'm going to find in my book.
Thats how i felt like 10minutes in
Agreed. LOTS of differences between whats presented in the video and whats in the printed material. Not sure why, when the narrator could just referred to the books.
I was looking for comments like this - I am about 60 percent read up on the adventure, and was comparing it side to side with this while note-taking, and surprised at all the discrepancies! So many and some quite significant.
I also noticed this. I decided this was a "quantum universe alternate" version that could help me flesh things out when the party goes off the rails. But still wigged out by this.
There are multiple prints of this adventure, with 2nd and 3rd printings errating discrepancies from the 1st printing. It may be he's reading a 1st print version is all.
As a DM which not much prep time this is fantastic and exactly what the DnD community needs
As a new DM who never played D&D before this guide helped me a LOT i really had no idea how to do things in this campaign even after i read the story 10 times this week
I’m going to run this campaign in a couple weeks, any tips on running this campaign or situations you encountered and how u responded?
my only real problem was getting my players to the points they needed to go or give them enough clues so they want to go these places, have them interact with NPCS give them clues and so on @@iwunderful3117
Yo! The Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance music at the beginning was such an unexpected pleasure
Someone recognizing the music is a pleasure. :)
Haha, I was going to make this exact comment.
I'd heard good things about this campaign as I was thinking to run it for a group of friends who've never played D&D before. This was a great overview. Thanks.
It's one of the better ones in my opinion.
I am a first time DM, and this video has had made our adventure so much fun! It guided me on handling and the narrative as a whole. Thank you so much!
Great to hear! Did you add any personal touches to the game? Maybe a rare monster or a special NPC? :)
@@YourPocketGM We're non native english speakers, so I had to convert all the English content to our dialect - it was so much fun that way. And your guide help me through better visualizing and understanding the flow of the whole campaign.
Game wise, as a first time DM I was honestly overwhelmed by the preparation I perceived was necessary - but running the game, I think the best thing I've learned was to Improvise, Improvise and Improvise - although I know I had probably broken a lot of rules or some specific 5E way of doing it, but at the end of the day, we had fun :D
I think this is the best adventure breakdown on RUclips. Exceptionally useful and no meaty, sweaty, ten minute close-ups of pasty dudes. Win win!
I I am a first time dungeon master and this was super helpful. Super concise and has all the important things to run a LMF game
Much more straightforward than most of the guides out there. You give the perfect amount of examples and general info. This video should be much more well known than it is. Fantastic work!
This is one of the best guides out there. Please make one for the other adventures! Would love one for mad mage dungeon or yawning portal! Love it!
This is surprisingly good! All the info is on point, stead talking speed, clear voice, and all the suggestions seem reasonable. There should have been a link within the box set to a video like this; its perfect for a 1st time GM.
Hey, running this for my younger brothers and free time is a limited resource for me. I drive a lot for work and this has been an excellent way for me to learn about the adventure and mentally prepare while on the road! Thanks for the assist!
This was an *excellent* DM guide. Concise, clear and well edited. Please tell me you're making one for the new essentials kit (Icespire Peak).
This!
This is very helpful.
Modules are great, but the act of reading a bunch of stats and lore feels a lot like studying for an exam. Thank you for putting together a tool for visual and auditory learners.
Thank you for the advice in this video. You give enough small additions to make the text a little more workable and fun while also leaving room for the DM to continue their own customization, as a novice DND player thrust into the DM role I throughly enjoyed this and would recommend it to any1 who is about to run the module
As a first time GM this is gold me and my party thank you infinitely
This video is incredibly well done; thank you. Perfectly descriptive of need-to-know information and no filler. Please make more videos for other modules!
Thank you. What modules would you recommend?
@@YourPocketGM The Death house from Curse of Strahd 😁. This was a great video!
This is so helpful and exactly what i was looking for. Thank you so much! I cant focus very well when I'm reading so listening to you while looking at your visuals is perfect!! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
I really appreciate the digestible format of this video for the adventure. I like to heavily modify some module adventures and intend to use this adventure as the bonding quest for a Descend into the Abyss campaign adventure module.
One thing I did was change the name of the Redbrands to Demon Rats. That is because several members are actually Wererats. (It's a way to mix up the adventure and to let me use a monster outside of dungeons and sewers).
Another idea I had was changing the Redbrands into the Crimson Vipers. It will turn out that Glass Staff is actually a Yuan-Ti pureblood agent attempting to find the forge then use it to construct magical weapons for his brethren. Since Yuan-Ti do not see cowardice as a trait of weakness. This would explain why he is so eager to lie and run away at the Redbrand Hideout.
I also added an Alchemist that is in the region searching for ingredients for improving his alchemist fire potion. It is so he can impress an Alchemist guild in Waterdeep and patent the improved formula to therefore sit on his mountain of gold and fame. (In his mind). After the party defeats the Demon Rats, the Alchemist sets up a carriage shop to sell elixirs to the residents. He'll also sell health potions to the party.
In still trying to come up with an explanation for all the undead in the adventure. It doesn't seem like there is a source of causing so much to appear in the adventure.
An idea I had is the Undertaker of the town of Phandalin discovered a key that opens a gateway to the Shadowfell. This was promptly closed quickly, but the rush of dark forces seeped and infested the ruins of the forge. Awakening the undead there. This what killed the Rockseeker brother, the Redbrands finding out the manor had an abundance of undead, and the ruins themselves.
The Undertaker is a weirdo and gives the key to whomever fulfills his quest to bodyguard him when he goes grocery shopping. (The key can only be used on a specific time).
If these players still wish to play together. I might use the key to set them up for a Curse of Strahd campaign.
I’ve got my first session with my friends on Sunday and none of us have played before! Im the DM. wish me luck everybody !! Happy adventuring! I do recommend to anyone who is looking at my situation and is intimidated to look at the crap guide to Dnd character sheet! That video prepared me to be a DM.
As well as this video obviously!! ❤️
this is really helpful, in particular when your adventurers get to the town of Phandalin, i did a trial run before my first game and its a bit overwealming trying to guide players around the town, and try to give them control, not just reading all of the subtext
Great guide especially for new/newer DMs. Really hope you keep these coming. Many thanks.
Pro tip: 1.5x playback speed.
thank me later
x2 if you're a RUclips pro. ;)
Honestly yeah, but I'm using this as like pseudo asmr to fall asleep. So the slower pace is awesome.
thank you
I'll thank you now not later :-)
@@nightfr09 lol
This summary is very well done. I just played this campaign last year and it is great for new players or players new to 5e.
My party ended up making a deal with Klarg, who became an ally
Picked up the starter set yesterday and can't wait to get into it! I'm going to be first time dm for 5x first time players. Wish me luck! Thanks for the really helpful vid.
Me too! Good luck to you!
Me also! I just had the first session this week. Good luck both :-)
Thanks for an incredibly well done overview with the added descriptions of things! Getting back into DM’ing with the boys and some friends of theirs, so this made the understanding of this campaign, much clearer.
Great job! 🍻
Waaaa thank you! I am a new DM, with a brand new group of players. I offered to be DM since while I have never played, I am the most experienced, having watched some campaigns before. As much as I am loving the idea, having to read the whole booklet while taking notes is soooooo boring and tiring, while this helps a lot. Now I just take notes while stopping. It did take more than expected (20 minutes for five minutes of video 💀), but it's much more dynamic and engaging for me (I have lots of trouble focusing), and the thought that all I will need to do is add a couple post it notes to fill in the gaps is amazing and makes it all less daunting
Still the best and most useful video on lmop compared to everything else people are posting
Pls keep making these. I’m new to the whole thing and I’m gonna try at DMing a game and this is so helpful without the excess nonsense: I need this..not a video of guys chatting back and forwards about random shit while playing a campaign thus making a thirty minute video out of a small part of the campaign.
I have both played and DM'd Phandelver. I would love it if you made haste to provide a video like this for the Essentials Kit as I have a new group of friends that wanna play D&D. I expect this box will be great for the next new players needs and your videos have amazing purpose.
My first time playing was dm ing for dragon of icespire peak, from the essential kit. It's kinda hard to follow, it's like oh there's a dragon, but here's a quest board do that instead. My group has since left the town and are now exploring the ruins of leilon after doing a few random things. The dragon is still doing whatever because it didn't really do anything to make it feel like an urgent issue.
Thank you for producing this content. As a blind DM a have been seeking content that is more accessible than PDFs or standard book entries. This has been a boon to me adapting to this altered visual condition.`all the best
Thank you for your comment Shawn. I have been greatly encouraged by your attitude in overcoming such a hurdle in life and I hope you have the best time playing it. :)
I’m about to try and dm for the first time and this will be what I’ll try to pitch to my normal party to dm for. It will be a side campaign for my normal party for when people can’t make it to give our normal dm a break. Thank you very much for helping make this seem manageable.
Thank you! I'm planning on dming LMoP soon. I'll save this video and listen to the different parts while I dm, thank you so much!
man i have watched and listened to this video over and over and over and...........man just thanks for doing this . its been incredibly helpful as a DM
Agreed, this is a good overview and as an experienced DM, I can see how and where to tweak things for my DM style.
I don't know if you read the PDF book that comes with this campaign, but a lot of what you've included here as detail/insight is explicitly indicated to be the opposite in the text.
For example, the wolves are indicated as being ignored by the goblins regardless of the noise they make because the wolves are always fighting and barking. Disturbing the wolves won't alert anyone in the rest of the cave. Areas seven and eight are too close to the waterfall in order to discern anything other than immediate proximal noise.
Also, the chest in Klarg's cave is immediately discovered by any player that does a general check of the supplies (no D6 check required)
Not even sure he has fully read the material, just in Cragmaw hideout alone there are errors in nearly every area and encounter.
It wasn't designed to be a 1:1 translation of the book but more of a simplified review of the contents. I removed some elements and changed the mechanics in some areas. I should have added this disclosure to the start of the video just in case some try to use the book in conjunction with the video, sorry for any confusion!
@@YourPocketGM no worries! I find most of the fun comes from taking liberties with the material anyway. Every party adventures differently.
Thanks for making this video, it answered a few other questions I had.
This video was amazing! I humbly request DM Guides for ‘Lost Laboratory of Kwalish’, ‘Rrakmaa’, and ‘Tomb of Annihilation’.
I would love to see a DM Guide for ‘Mad Mage’ but that would probably be multiple videos as there is just too much content to cover.
Great work!
I am running this and at times mix up some of the story elements until I re read the parts I need. This comprehensive explanation has helped solidify alot of what I was fuzzy on. Thank you so much and from my players too as I should be able to start tonight off with a smoother experience
Let me know how you go! I'd love to hear how the session went :)
Man this really helped me I wish more people did guides like this
exactly the kind of video I was looking for!
Are you planning on making more of these? I would personally love to see one for Curse of Strahd
Thanks,
Strahd seems popular, I haven't played the 5e version but I've dabbled in Ravenloft in 3.5. I'll see what I can do. :)
Thank you for making this , it's a great resource for refreshing older DM's and giving new DM's a solid help in preparation of adventure.
This helped me greatly. I had already read the module, but this simplified it directly to the point. Thank you.
I'm preparing to run this for some cousins and it is really nice how straight to the point you are about everything. I've got a better idea of the entire adventure in 30 minutes than the 4 hours of someone running through the first cave. Can't wait to look at your other videos soon as they finish LmoP~!
This is so good, thanks a lot, makes the starter gms job much easier
This is so much easier to understand than just using the guide! This is so valuable for me as a new DM!
omg, thanks man you are life saving!! I have ADHD and reading the full book is so hard for me :( but ur video helped me A LOT!!! thank you man
This was really well made, it's really been helping me out running an enjoyable story for my players. Thank you!
this is a great video explaining everything about the campaign in detail for dms running. however he *does* add in situations that are not technically part of the module. examples: the wraith doesn't attack if your rude or aggressive, she just disappears. the doors in tresendar manor are unlocked unless stated otherwise, there is no trap on the main door and the door to area 3 is just a door. However they can add to and spice up the campaign, they just arent actually part of the module. Still good though
I am a new DM and am going to run new players through this to get our feet wet. Thank you for a very informative and thorough run through of the material. It was very helpful
As a DM approaching during Corona outbreak this module on roll20 for the first time i really have to thank you for the sumup of the adventure
I was extremely surprised to see this channel is under 500k subs to be honest, this is top tier content! Would love to see Essentials Kit done soon, as well as all the other 5e adventures out there
Glad you're enjoying it. The Essentials Kit is definitely a future project.
I love these videos. They are so helpful.
Please make one for Hoard Of The Dragon Queen and Rise Of Tiamat
This is amazing! So well done, I would love to see Dragon of Icespire Peak from the Essentials Kit in this video walkthrough format
This has been INCREDIBLY helpful for an upcoming game I'm running and I can't wait to see your tips for CoS since I plan on running that as well for a separate group
This was a flawless walkthrough the campaign. Subbed! New DM here with very limited time to spare due to heavy daily workload, so your video is a gift!!!
Really appreciate how thorough you are with this module, Bru! Been so great to hear how you look at the material and it helps me to do my own improv on the base you've provided!
Cheers and keep up the great work, you smooth voiced bastard you 😉👌
Thank you for this. I have a few friends who have never played DnD before. I bought this set to run them through. I'm even more excited after watching this.
Oh thank god I’ve been needing something like this cause this is my very first DND game AND I’m the DM 😭😭
Extremely Awesome Dungeon Masters Guide To Lost Mine Of Phandelver Video by your Team. Thx so much 4 Sharing & Posting this 4 us.....👽👽👻😉
Thank you so much. I have dislexia, and you are one of the reasons I ever DM plz make more ... the new starter set
This gave me a very good overview over the whole module which I bought ages ago but never really ran because I was too lazy to read it back to back. Thank you so much! Now I am determined to run this this evening with my players. And I hope that my enthusiasm I got from you and this video will sweep like a wave over my players and echo within them in our little living room cave.
The best guide for a new GM. Thank you!
I keep coming back to this. I would love to see more vids like this one and your Vurse of Strahd!
this vid is still so good even after rewatching i get new ideas Thanx!
I've recently returned to D&D (I left off at 3.5) and your channel is very informative and helpful. Thank you and keep it up. You'll be staying in my pocket!
Running this next week. First time dm with first time players. Wish me luck
You can do it! Hope you have a great time 👍
I am playing D&D right now with my bro and sis this is helping a lot thank"s
Thank you for this! I’m using this campaign for the first dnd session for my friends who never played and for me to try with being a DM instead of a player for the first time.
Great guide and format in general, but some minor mistakes:
- goblins and orcs are from different tribes (clagmaw and manyarrows)
- if you assault the banshee, she will not attack but disappear.
- harbin gives 100 gm for the orcs, not 500
- the redbrands don´t necessarily know that their cloaks are saving them from the undeads in the crypt
That´s until 22:30, I might come back after my campaign progressed ;)
Thank you! The module is a pain at times. Good job simplifying it!
I'm going to re-skin this to an ancient Greek campaign...I've never run, or been through LMoPh, so this helps a lot
I don't played Dungeons and Dragons since 20 years ago and even I liked the video.
Make more of these, they are awasome!
Man, this is great for me just having started this adventure after having not played 5e ever!
Subbing now. Really enjoy this as a new DM - straight and too the point while giving enough detail to really help the noobies like myself. I know they're less popular but... I recently purchased Tales from the Yawning Portal, and Candlekeep mysteries. I would love to see you break down the stand alone adventures in those book. Keep up the great content!
This vid was amazing. I'm preparing our first adventure with friends, with me being a dungeon master and Im sure they will appreciate the insight I got you.
Hey, just picked up 5E Dming a new campaign, this was invaluable thanks and take care
Great video, thank you very much. As a new DM I appreciate this
This music is bringing back some great memories!
I'm a little bit late but, this definitely helped a lot , with all the maps, pictures, and lore that you explained, Thanks So Much This really made it easier Definetly worth a Sub. I'll always use these videos while studying my campagins!
i just discovered your channel. I am impressed, like others I am not into watching other role play and this is awesome. your reviews help me to decide if i want to pick up the material or pass. thank you.
Really well done. Long video but Also fast. I listened 3 times, about to watch it again. Have a 6 player party in the middle of the adventure right now. Excellent organization. The side quests are a pain to keep organized and you nailed them.
I love this help understand how to run the game so much easyer
Haven't played D&D in years, but going to DM some new players via the starter kit. Great overview! The other videos are just people playing it
Love the Fire Emblem soundtrack! Thanks for the video
Hell yeah dude, this was one of my main points in getting a friend into our group, and I think my players are really going to dig what youve described ( a druid is going to be added to the party)
I love this video, it's great, but a lot of what you said was different than what's in my book. I like yours better though, so I'm going to go with that. Thanks!
Thank you, I wasn't trying to make it exactly like the book, but follow whatever you feel more comfortable with. :)
This is EXCELLENT. Cheers for the great work and may God bless you sir!
This is a fantastic video, thanks! I wish I had found it earlier, but still will use it for reference for the rest of the campaign!!