@freestuff I like everything on this channel. It's all useful and entertaining. But the biggest thing is the see up for his games that he shares. It's so f***ing unique!! It's unreal, my players are so hooked now. I get pumped for every game and I build much more emersive stories. It's the BEST stuff on the web for it.
I loved the Kobolds but in my version they were tiny dog people , like little brothers to the gnolls. I think my first rules set had them as dog creatures. Our best fight was the nubie group getting dropped on from above. by the growling kobolds cutting at them with axes and knives. and while they attempted to hit t he kobolds and often ended up hitting their own party members.
I have a similar encounter based on the movie The Descent, where characters try to take a short-cut through some caves and end up encountering eyeless, slug-like humanoids that use clicking to sense prey etc with echolocation. They are weak but attack in swarms. Near the heart of the caverns the Players find evidence these were once proto-human ancestors who got trapped in ancient mines after some sort of cosmic calamity ( think bunkers after a huge meteorite). Love the fact that you are taking regular old monsters and giving them a new flavour to usurp players expectations and create a sense of unease and unfamiliarity,
My players loved this adventure. I had Kurtz ramble on before he died about the face of horror covered with worms and rot. The cannibals were all infected by a Son of Kyuss from a neighboring cave, a nice bit of foreshadowing.
@@DUNGEONCRAFT1 I loved them too. But this one with the twist at the end that the villain is actually a normal guy gone crazy. I just love it so much professor. You rock
I've never read the module, but I had a good idea the good captain was still alive in those caves - and not under duress either. Good stuff again. I'm now becoming sad as the playlist is nearing its end.
Love the Brando and the Heart of Darkness reference! Amazing how your channel has developed over time from its humble origins. More power to you and the channel, learning so much! : )
Nice throw back to the mind screw that is apocalypse now. Kurtz is a great touch, I have been thinking about that scene for a while and when I saw it in your setting I immediately had a smile spear on my face.
I just came straight here after watching the "How to Grimdark" video. So glad that I did! 👍 This is great fun. 😄 I love using the wasps as the 'alarm system' and having devolved cannibals instead of Kobolds (which are draconic, IIRC) is a great idea. 😉 And of course, apologies to the makers of Apocalypse Now... 😊
Kurtzman......your a badass dude, I didn't get the reference until you showed the chief in scene...the horror...hahaha, I'm stealing/slightly reskinning it to fit in the LOTFP arc (3-5 sessions )I running, Thanks again for giving us ideas and making me look good as a d.m.
My first D&D combat roll ever was against one of those kobolds that jumped down out of the trees. For two action-packed rounds my wizard failed to bonk the kobold with a stick while the kobold missed with his rusty knife. After that, one of the party heavies aerated the kobold’s peritoneal cavity and that was that. Everyone laughed at my wizard insisting that he was tiring the monster out and that he was about to crush his head like an egg with the next swing. Good times.
I have really enjoyed watching and taking notes on the Caves of Carnage adaption you did. I'd love to see you adapt more "Old School" modules like Against the Giants.
I was in a one shot that was an adaptation of The Most Dangerous Game. The DM didn't change character names so we knew what we were going to go up against before being hunted. I called a Heart of Darkness storyline the second you said Kurtzman. Sometimes it's best to change up names a bit more if you want to keep the plot twist under wraps.
Glad you enjoyed him. I was looking at him at the table one day and I said to myself, "Damn--he looks like fat Marlon Brando!" That's how the video got made.
Kobolds 1977 Eric Holmes D&D - "These evil dwarf-like creatures behave much like goblins, but are less powerful. A chieftain fights like a gnoll, as does his bodyguard of 1-6. Kobolds are highly resistant to magic and get a +3 on all saving throw dice except dragon breath. They have infravision."
I'm running this module soon and found your channel searching for ideas on RUclips. Your content is brilliant! I love how you customize your adventures. After the holidays I'll be playing with some old highschool buddies via Zoom. Thanks for the inspiration on taking liberties with these caves!
No stat should be a dumpstat. One of the best things about the roll in order method is that you can't rearrange stuff, meaning no dump stat mentality. You get what you can take, and if your favorite stats are high, lucky you.
I’m absolutely astounded by the wealth of information contained within these episodes. The “Creepers” are my new favorite low level monster. Brilliant. They have a very “slow mutants” vibe as in Stephen King’s Dark Tower series which I find intrinsically grounded, believable, and well more terrifying than the cutesy kobolds. You’ve forever ruined kobolds for me. Awesome stuff Prof. DM.
Keep up the good work. People have become too accustomed to the commonality of the MM, so I have also recreated some interesting creatures just different enough to catch people off guard. Thanks for the adventure content.
Love your spin on campaign, love the mini's, the sets and the narration (best I've seen for D&D subject matter on RUclips) - however, with that said, you should turn off the auto focus feature on your camera. It will remain focused and stable in darker light. Also, you should invest in a cheap camera slider. It will make your shots so much more stable when shooting such small subjects. There are also easy ways in post to pan, tilt and "slide" the shot ( if you are using 4k especially. ) slow motion and 24 fps also makes it look cinematic. Not trying to slam your work - it' awesome - just some advice for epic videos! Can't wait to see more! :)
Well, I guess, they are those; unluckily currently not available. pulpfigures.com/products/category/15 You may check out the following: members.optushome.com.au/cynan/Miniatures.htm Those are somewhat crazy but unique miniatures (which you may want to modify a bit). Horribly outdated website, but really unique! You want the whole thing? Look at: stevepugh.net/VTT/dino/2528mm-dinosaurs-and-other-prehistoric-miniatures/ Browsing all those sites will take you forever, but maybe it is worth it?
I would love to see you give similar treatment to Ruins of Adventure, a module that is about retaking of the city of Phlan from monstrous invaders (based in the video game Pool of Radiance)
The closeups of the terrain look really good. Oh god the creeper closeup is insane o.O. Haha reskinning the monster stats is such a good tip. I have made so much stuff which was basically a bear in disguise xD.
I might have misheard it, but the idea of the PCs' "licking their gold" was maybe more disturbing than the rest of the narration. That was really creepy and cool. I love the moody model photography.
Gold Rush - In the wake of a resent earthquake in the area the local duchy hired a survey party to go to the nearby mountain region to see if any new veins of gold, silver, or iron have been exposed. The party members are hired as laborers or specialist if they have an applicable skill. Unfortunately 1 or 2 other noblemen or brigands are attracted to the area as well. This can create a competition between the rivals as they search the area. A cave with multiple entrances will be found with a burned corpse at each one. Inside the cave is a corrupted wizard that sees random creatures as foul beings that must be burned. He has however created several corrupted beasts that will defend him and the caves. He will even set the beasts on fire as they run toward the party causing horror and more damage if they hit. The corrupted wizard would prefer to capture people to cleanse them as he puts it and do experiments on those he catches. This just some random thoughts for the basics of a campaign or session or two. Feel free to use it and expand on it.
In my last session, the cave dwellers used the parties lanterns as improvised weapons against the party after the party set them down to fight. Leaving them in darkness.
Could we maybe have one Kobold, gone native among the creepers and rambling like Dennis Hopper? 😁 I love what you're doing here, but in context of your campaign, the captain comes off more like a better-developed echo of the mad academic we met in the goblin cave.
Really enjoying your channel, this is one of my favorite episodes. I like the tavern. Good job. The skull and rat room is great. Get some grim and forboding all up in there. I love what uou did with the kobolds. They're over used and not scary monsters. Creepers though. Thats scary. The dungeon map has a lower case "h" shape to it. I would change it to a "b" shape of hallways, the larger chambers off to one side or the other. This gives room for the players to make more decisions. I can see a comical chase scene with the player running round and round. I would also add a chimney access to it. An escape hatch or a space for clever players to sneak in. Maybe the pit trap has a covered shaft 50-60 feet up to trap unwary humanoids and animals into thier lair. "Jacquay" the dungeon a bit.
Yep, that was awesome. The problem with my players is that they've never made any "HUMAN" characters, they never had any problem with killing whatever is in front of them, be it human or not. Moral dilemmas usually bore them because there's no dilemma, damn muder hobbos. But congrats for another AWESOME video, keep up the good work!
My players are the opposite - they kept asking themselves if killing my endless bandit horde was the right thing to do, so I had to keep making them more and more depraved so they'd just shut up and slice their heads off.
This is a character I idea I used in one of the 5E D&D games I played. What do you think about his story? Tololok was the choosen son of Balutha and Balok A'Daragon one of the up and coming houses. The Matron of the House Balutha was as ruthless as they come. Tololok had one brother (Duagloth) and sister (T'risstree) both were quite jealous of their younger brother. Tololok's skill with traditional Drow weapons physical prowess as well as his natural awareness of his surroundings made him a clear threat to his siblings survival. They knew that eventually they would be cast aside and he would be given power, as much as a male in the house could have anyway, over them. The only thing keeping them in line for having the honor of serving under their mother was that they were older and more intelligent sister. T'risstree like her mother was ruthless while Duagloth was cunning. After losing yet again to Tololok in a sparing match T'risstree was going to backstab him as he removed his protective gear. Duagloth sensing her intent knew this would not only fail but bring punishment from mother on them both. Especially since Tololok was her loyal skilled favorite. Duagloth grabbed his sister by the hand and said let me help you with your gear. Then when nobody was paying them any attention whispered to her there is a better way to get rid of him let me help you sister. She relaxed her grip on her sparing weapon and went to her chambers with Duagloth to discuss his plan. Duagloth tells his sister in a few days we are to go on survival training. Lead to the Darklake blindfolded and given a map to follow our way back home. I can have a false map made that will lead him to a well known giant spiders nest. A place where filth are sacrificed to Lolth. It will please her get rid of him and when you take mothers place one day I will loyally be by your side. A wry smile forms on her pursed lips in approval of the plan. The next day they set out to complete the plan bribing the right people to carry it out. They travel for several days to the spot they are to find there way home. With only a backpack, bedroll, waterskin, rope, a few days rations, and a Dagger they are then given a map told to start back only after an hour has passed. Tololok looks at his siblings and says I will beat you both back home. Just like I beat you in everything else. His siblings snicker and say fine we will take you up on that bet. We will even give you a head start of an hour. Tololok looks at them feeling something is up but dismisses it as bravado in their mental skill. Tells them that he wants to be fair he will give them a head start of an hour because he wants to keep an eye on them as they leave and not try and follow him. This is when Tololok the chosen one finds out too late that he was set up. After days of travel the landmarks on the map lead him to a cave. One with obvious webs about it. He must follow the map so he move inside and is quickly attacked by a Giant Spider. He fights it to no avail he is quickly paralyzed and webbed up for later consumption. As he lay there all he could think is how did this happen. Lolth had forsaken him so he told himself when he dies today it will not be as a loyal follower of Lolth but of her daughter that rebelled against her. Time passes and he starts to regain movement in his muscles but his body is still restrained. The Giant Spider started pulling his webbed body to the ceiling to feed on him when a young Giant Lizard wandered in. The Giant Spider stuck him to the ceiling and descended on the unsuspecting meal. When two adult Giant Lizards came in and attacked the Giant Spider that was about to pounce on the young one. As the fight proceeded one of the Lizards was killed. However, the fight caused Tololok to fall from the ceiling on the now dead Lizard, cushing his fall. He then managed to use the dead Lizards teeth to cut his way out. The Giant Spider at this point just barely survived the assault had poisoned the other two Lizards. Tololok grabbed a broken tooth of the Giant Lizard and delivered the final blow to the Giant Spider. The Lizards all lay there paralyzed Tololok grateful for the Lizards doesn't gut them as he was trained to do for the meat. Instead he guts the spider taking everything he can from it. Then searches the other bodies for possible supplies. The lizard regain movement and take a liking to Tololok, even allowing him to ride them with his spoils. For years he lived with the Giant Lizards losing touch with his heritage. His siblings were quite proud of what they had done thinking he was dead. Until on a raid to the surface world found an old rusty dagger. One that had their house mark on it. When the human who had it was beaten and questioned he said a strange looking drow dropped it when he ran away after we spotted him snooping around our camp some weeks ago.
I did copy this for a quick one-shot at home (mixed up with the skinner from another of your vids). Worked like a charm. Hooked a few more players into the game.
Great advice! First time I’ve watched you walk thru a mod’d scenario. I really like the idea of using different names than the books; I actually don’t name them at all - I just describe them. I’ve got 6-8 players & 3 are very good RP & know the rules better than me. So if I’m not sure of a rule, I ask them or show them the stat block. They’re good enough that they hint to me what should be done, & continue to RP their chars as if they didn’t know. How did you achieve the appropriate level of flickering light?? That more than anything really established how difficult it is to see in a cave! Definitely going to use your colored light disks idea!
I have both the original B2 module and the Silver Anniversary "Return to the Keep on the Borderlands". I've always liked the "Keep" but haven't run it. After telling one of my groups of your 0-level PC concept, there has been mild interest, including 3d6 in order of stats. It's now a distinct possibility. I doubt the grittiness will be at your level but it'll certainly be ratcheting things down several notches. It occurs to me that the Creepers might be descendants of cultists and brigands infected with a weird fungus of Cult of Zuggtmoy. The Goblins might be the unwitting agents of this cult starting in the first place.
That's something along the lines of what I'm planning. If you don't want to do the 3d6 thing, have your players take the standard array. I talk about this in the next episode, to air this Thursday or next. Thanks for watching!
The moral dilemma is something I’ve never used but is coming up soon in my home brew game. My party is hunting down a group of hags all over the barony but the next one they’ve been lead to is a human female who is going to be pregnant (friend gave me a pregnant human mini a couple of years ago and I recently rediscovered it.) Gonna be interesting because all my players except one are female and one is actually pregnant now can’t wait to see how it goes down.
Professor! I literally just made an encounter where I completely plagiarize the Marlon Brando monologue from Apocalypse Now! I'm gonna chalk this coincidence up to "great minds think alike." Definitely going to borrow your creeper monsters. Seem like real nasty little buggers. As always, thanks for the fantastic videos.
Cheeseburger Dave Do you post your videos? I do a write up each session, as a summary. Actually, I have the chars write it as a log for their benefactor - No log = less cash!
I would have gone with more goblins or smaller orcs. That way the monsters become more “culturally” similar. Then update the majority of the encounters to allies of a single tribe.
I think that kobolds used to be garbage but once you get to 3.5 where they become small humanoid dragons they become fairly good monsters. However it's obvious that a DM putting their mind to creating something very interesting will do better.
Would Kurtzman be able to be reasoned-with or subdued and carried back instead? Just seems a shame to kill him if he’s still got some shred of humanity left.
I love the Heart of Darkness/Apocalypse Now reference!
I love that you caught it!
I was completely back in the Apocalyps Now! atmosphere.
I don't know the other references.
Well played PDM!
Yeah his voice impression was good too 😁
That was my first thought too. Kurtz...."The horror"
Kurtzman's last words should have been "Charlie don't surf..."
This is hands down the BEST content relating to setting up and running an effective and unique game. I can't get enough. Thanks again PDM!
Thanks, Devin. I appreciate viewers like you.
👍 agreed, best d&d vids, not too much into the crafting vids though.
@freestuff I like everything on this channel. It's all useful and entertaining. But the biggest thing is the see up for his games that he shares. It's so f***ing unique!! It's unreal, my players are so hooked now. I get pumped for every game and I build much more emersive stories. It's the BEST stuff on the web for it.
Keep sharing links to this great channel
I do!!
Taking a spin through these older videos.
OMG! Solid material! Great production! Just loving this!!!
I loved the Kobolds but in my version they were tiny dog people , like little brothers to the gnolls. I think my first rules set had them as dog creatures. Our best fight was the nubie group getting dropped on from above. by the growling kobolds cutting at them with axes and knives. and while they attempted to hit t he kobolds and often ended up hitting their own party members.
Very cool. Thanks so. much for sharing with me!
The miniatures, the lighting, the background music and most especially the content. You’ve really nailed these videos. Keep up the good work.
I have a similar encounter based on the movie The Descent, where characters try to take a short-cut through some caves and end up encountering eyeless, slug-like humanoids that use clicking to sense prey etc with echolocation. They are weak but attack in swarms. Near the heart of the caverns the Players find evidence these were once proto-human ancestors who got trapped in ancient mines after some sort of cosmic calamity ( think bunkers after a huge meteorite). Love the fact that you are taking regular old monsters and giving them a new flavour to usurp players expectations and create a sense of unease and unfamiliarity,
Good movie.
The creepers sound like what D&D calls Grimlocks, or what Wells called Morlocks.
Excellent content.
Morlocks, absolutely.
My players loved this adventure. I had Kurtz ramble on before he died about the face of horror covered with worms and rot. The cannibals were all infected by a Son of Kyuss from a neighboring cave, a nice bit of foreshadowing.
Well done on the Heart of Darkness/Apocalypse Now homage. I caught the foreshadowing when you gave Captain Kurtzman’s name.
"Wow I hope the tavern is goat related." - Me.
"Woah" - Me 6 seconds later.
Glad I made your day!
This is one of my favorite videos from professor. It's so gritty and dark. I love it so much
Glad you enjoy it! Check out the Reviled Society videos. They're even better.
@@DUNGEONCRAFT1 I loved them too. But this one with the twist at the end that the villain is actually a normal guy gone crazy. I just love it so much professor. You rock
Apocalypse Now
meets
I Am Legend.
EXCELLENT!!
I've never read the module, but I had a good idea the good captain was still alive in those caves - and not under duress either.
Good stuff again. I'm now becoming sad as the playlist is nearing its end.
Crap, I had things to do but going watch Apocalypse Now. Really enjoy these, PDM.
The horror...
Those set pieces are amazing. I haven't done miniature painting or set building in years, but this sure makes my hands itch. 😃
Professor, your videos are fantastic. Some of the best mini camera work and dialogue I have ever seen on RUclips. Please continue your great work.
Thanks ! I'm working as hard as I can.
I love the mini cam !!
Love the Brando and the Heart of Darkness reference! Amazing how your channel has developed over time from its humble origins. More power to you and the channel, learning so much! : )
Much appreciated! New campaign--The Lost City--is coming this summer.
Your journal, those maps, the terrain, simply beautiful!
Very nice, I really enjoy how you shot and edited the video. The Caves of Chaos is an iconic module!
Thanks. Took some time but I think it turned out alright!
Nice throw back to the mind screw that is apocalypse now. Kurtz is a great touch, I have been thinking about that scene for a while and when I saw it in your setting I immediately had a smile spear on my face.
I'm surprised so many people still know that movie! Glad you enjoyed it Jacob. Pass it on!
I just came straight here after watching the "How to Grimdark" video. So glad that I did! 👍 This is great fun. 😄
I love using the wasps as the 'alarm system' and having devolved cannibals instead of Kobolds (which are draconic, IIRC) is a great idea. 😉
And of course, apologies to the makers of Apocalypse Now... 😊
Kurtzman......your a badass dude, I didn't get the reference until you showed the chief in scene...the horror...hahaha,
I'm stealing/slightly reskinning it to fit in the LOTFP arc (3-5 sessions )I running,
Thanks again for giving us ideas and making me look good as a d.m.
My first D&D combat roll ever was against one of those kobolds that jumped down out of the trees. For two action-packed rounds my wizard failed to bonk the kobold with a stick while the kobold missed with his rusty knife. After that, one of the party heavies aerated the kobold’s peritoneal cavity and that was that.
Everyone laughed at my wizard insisting that he was tiring the monster out and that he was about to crush his head like an egg with the next swing. Good times.
I remember playing this when I first started D&D, all the way back in the early 80s. I really like your new interpretation of it.
I have really enjoyed watching and taking notes on the Caves of Carnage adaption you did. I'd love to see you adapt more "Old School" modules like Against the Giants.
Glad you enjoy it. I will be adapting another old school module soon. Stay tuned.
@@DUNGEONCRAFT1 Yes!
Reference Tucker's Kobolds, it'll change your mind!
I was in a one shot that was an adaptation of The Most Dangerous Game. The DM didn't change character names so we knew what we were going to go up against before being hunted.
I called a Heart of Darkness storyline the second you said Kurtzman. Sometimes it's best to change up names a bit more if you want to keep the plot twist under wraps.
Love the Apocalypse Now reference.... this was soooo cool. Great video Professor! The horror the horror has a DM ..... moohoohahahah!
Love the idea of changing the monster descriptions, I can see how your change fits your game aesthetic . Kudos!
👍👍👍👍😎😎😎😎
Absolutely love the Apocalypse Now homage!
Colonel Kurtz would be proud!! Great job!!!
Glad you got the joke!
That Marlon Brando boss is siiick
Glad you enjoyed him. I was looking at him at the table one day and I said to myself, "Damn--he looks like fat Marlon Brando!" That's how the video got made.
Kobolds 1977 Eric Holmes D&D - "These evil dwarf-like creatures behave much like
goblins, but are less powerful. A chieftain fights like a
gnoll, as does his bodyguard of 1-6. Kobolds are highly
resistant to magic and get a +3 on all saving throw
dice except dragon breath. They have infravision."
Holmes!
I'm running this module soon and found your channel searching for ideas on RUclips. Your content is brilliant! I love how you customize your adventures. After the holidays I'll be playing with some old highschool buddies via Zoom. Thanks for the inspiration on taking liberties with these caves!
Damn, this is one of my favorite videos from this channel. Simple, not over designed, and very, very creepy.
Ohhhhh Man !! I'm sending my players there next week !!!
Cool!
No stat should be a dumpstat. One of the best things about the roll in order method is that you can't rearrange stuff, meaning no dump stat mentality. You get what you can take, and if your favorite stats are high, lucky you.
Professor- love it! I think I have watched this video 3 times at least- the effects are fantastic! Great writing and very creative
Fantastic minis, scenery, and DM advice. I just subscribed and I'm going to tell all my friends about this channel.
Thanks, Mike! I appreciate you spreading the word!
You scare me.... but it makes me want to DM the next session with my friends!
Bulletin board idea, stellar!
Awesome setup. All tour work looks great!
Thanks, Mr Futsy!
"I saw a snail...crawling along the edge of a straight razor. This is my dream. My...nightmare."
I’m absolutely astounded by the wealth of information contained within these episodes. The “Creepers” are my new favorite low level monster. Brilliant. They have a very “slow mutants” vibe as in Stephen King’s Dark Tower series which I find intrinsically grounded, believable, and well more terrifying than the cutesy kobolds. You’ve forever ruined kobolds for me. Awesome stuff Prof. DM.
Excellent adventure!!!!
Thanks! 😃 New video out now! Thanks for commenting. New video out now! ruclips.net/video/svFt_V71qjU/видео.html
Great work! I was sold on the adventure and loved replacing the Kobolds.
Keep up the good work. People have become too accustomed to the commonality of the MM, so I have also recreated some interesting creatures just different enough to catch people off guard. Thanks for the adventure content.
That's is sooo good. Very helpful for me as a new DM. Thank you
I love this channel and I would kill to play as a PC in one of your dark and gritty campaigns
PDM you are a beast at this game! I love the content!
Love your spin on campaign, love the mini's, the sets and the narration (best I've seen for D&D subject matter on RUclips) - however, with that said, you should turn off the auto focus feature on your camera. It will remain focused and stable in darker light. Also, you should invest in a cheap camera slider. It will make your shots so much more stable when shooting such small subjects. There are also easy ways in post to pan, tilt and "slide" the shot ( if you are using 4k especially. ) slow motion and 24 fps also makes it look cinematic. Not trying to slam your work - it' awesome - just some advice for epic videos! Can't wait to see more! :)
Love the re-design, where did you find the "creeper" miniatures? they would fit amazingly in my Jungle campaign
Well, I guess, they are those; unluckily currently not available.
pulpfigures.com/products/category/15
You may check out the following:
members.optushome.com.au/cynan/Miniatures.htm
Those are somewhat crazy but unique miniatures (which you may want to modify a bit). Horribly outdated website, but really unique!
You want the whole thing? Look at:
stevepugh.net/VTT/dino/2528mm-dinosaurs-and-other-prehistoric-miniatures/
Browsing all those sites will take you forever, but maybe it is worth it?
At GenCon, painted and unwanted. I snatched them up for $10 or $20. I have no idea what they are or who makes them.
@@DUNGEONCRAFT1 they look like old citadel ghouls to me. I can check mine tomorrow to make sure.
@@darrenp9454 - Well, are they?
@@AshleyTheSwift They are indeed. I'll see if I can find a link to pic. goo.gl/images/SnCCc6
I would love to see you give similar treatment to Ruins of Adventure, a module that is about retaking of the city of Phlan from monstrous invaders (based in the video game Pool of Radiance)
Great video. The narration is very compelling.
Great encounter work. Very enjoyable and also logical.
I love these cave walls! Please, make a video explaining how to craft them!
They're Dwarven Forge.
These vids are great and informative.
The closeups of the terrain look really good. Oh god the creeper closeup is insane o.O.
Haha reskinning the monster stats is such a good tip. I have made so much stuff which was basically a bear in disguise xD.
I might have misheard it, but the idea of the PCs' "licking their gold" was maybe more disturbing than the rest of the narration. That was really creepy and cool. I love the moody model photography.
Very nice, love the Apocalypse Now reference as well!
Gold Rush - In the wake of a resent earthquake in the area the local duchy hired a survey party to go to the nearby mountain region to see if any new veins of gold, silver, or iron have been exposed. The party members are hired as laborers or specialist if they have an applicable skill. Unfortunately 1 or 2 other noblemen or brigands are attracted to the area as well. This can create a competition between the rivals as they search the area. A cave with multiple entrances will be found with a burned corpse at each one. Inside the cave is a corrupted wizard that sees random creatures as foul beings that must be burned. He has however created several corrupted beasts that will defend him and the caves. He will even set the beasts on fire as they run toward the party causing horror and more damage if they hit. The corrupted wizard would prefer to capture people to cleanse them as he puts it and do experiments on those he catches.
This just some random thoughts for the basics of a campaign or session or two. Feel free to use it and expand on it.
Thanks for sharing---and watching DungeonCraft!
Not a kobold hater, but love what you subbed in for them....stealing it!
Just when I think you can't outdo yourself...that was brilliant!
I enjoyed this video.
I LOVE THAT PIT TRAP ENCOUNTER
In my last session, the cave dwellers used the parties lanterns as improvised weapons against the party after the party set them down to fight. Leaving them in darkness.
Could we maybe have one Kobold, gone native among the creepers and rambling like Dennis Hopper? 😁 I love what you're doing here, but in context of your campaign, the captain comes off more like a better-developed echo of the mad academic we met in the goblin cave.
I LOVE GOOD TOWNSFOLK MINIS!!! And your are good.
Thanks for watching and please share!
Kurtzman, I get the reference " the horror, the horror" nice!
+100 xp to you for making your perception roll.
Thank you sir!
Really enjoying your channel, this is one of my favorite episodes.
I like the tavern. Good job.
The skull and rat room is great. Get some grim and forboding all up in there.
I love what uou did with the kobolds. They're over used and not scary monsters. Creepers though. Thats scary.
The dungeon map has a lower case "h" shape to it. I would change it to a "b" shape of hallways, the larger chambers off to one side or the other. This gives room for the players to make more decisions. I can see a comical chase scene with the player running round and round. I would also add a chimney access to it. An escape hatch or a space for clever players to sneak in. Maybe the pit trap has a covered shaft 50-60 feet up to trap unwary humanoids and animals into thier lair.
"Jacquay" the dungeon a bit.
Great suggestions! Actually working on the next update today.
The descent movie monsters are cool.
Thanks! (Although Descent stole those monsters from a Robert E. Howard story--I forget which one).
@@DUNGEONCRAFT1 that's really cool to know ill look it up.
If your spellcasters can cast unlimited spells with checks, why would you ever use torches or lanterns when you have unlimited magic light?
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Yep, that was awesome. The problem with my players is that they've never made any "HUMAN" characters, they never had any problem with killing whatever is in front of them, be it human or not. Moral dilemmas usually bore them because there's no dilemma, damn muder hobbos.
But congrats for another AWESOME video, keep up the good work!
My players are the opposite - they kept asking themselves if killing my endless bandit horde was the right thing to do, so I had to keep making them more and more depraved so they'd just shut up and slice their heads off.
If they are under 20.this is pretty normal. Over 20--I'd start worrying....
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This is Awesome!
Fn love the creeper as random..,creepers lol they’re great
This is a character I idea I used in one of the 5E D&D games I played. What do you think about his story?
Tololok was the choosen son of Balutha and Balok A'Daragon one of the up and coming houses. The Matron of the House Balutha was as ruthless as they come. Tololok had one brother (Duagloth) and sister (T'risstree) both were quite jealous of their younger brother. Tololok's skill with traditional Drow weapons physical prowess as well as his natural awareness of his surroundings made him a clear threat to his siblings survival. They knew that eventually they would be cast aside and he would be given power, as much as a male in the house could have anyway, over them.
The only thing keeping them in line for having the honor of serving under their mother was that they were older and more intelligent sister. T'risstree like her mother was ruthless while Duagloth was cunning. After losing yet again to Tololok in a sparing match T'risstree was going to backstab him as he removed his protective gear. Duagloth sensing her intent knew this would not only fail but bring punishment from mother on them both. Especially since Tololok was her loyal skilled favorite.
Duagloth grabbed his sister by the hand and said let me help you with your gear. Then when nobody was paying them any attention whispered to her there is a better way to get rid of him let me help you sister. She relaxed her grip on her sparing weapon and went to her chambers with Duagloth to discuss his plan.
Duagloth tells his sister in a few days we are to go on survival training. Lead to the Darklake blindfolded and given a map to follow our way back home. I can have a false map made that will lead him to a well known giant spiders nest. A place where filth are sacrificed to Lolth. It will please her get rid of him and when you take mothers place one day I will loyally be by your side. A wry smile forms on her pursed lips in approval of the plan.
The next day they set out to complete the plan bribing the right people to carry it out. They travel for several days to the spot they are to find there way home. With only a backpack, bedroll, waterskin, rope, a few days rations, and a Dagger they are then given a map told to start back only after an hour has passed. Tololok looks at his siblings and says I will beat you both back home. Just like I beat you in everything else. His siblings snicker and say fine we will take you up on that bet. We will even give you a head start of an hour. Tololok looks at them feeling something is up but dismisses it as bravado in their mental skill. Tells them that he wants to be fair he will give them a head start of an hour because he wants to keep an eye on them as they leave and not try and follow him.
This is when Tololok the chosen one finds out too late that he was set up. After days of travel the landmarks on the map lead him to a cave. One with obvious webs about it. He must follow the map so he move inside and is quickly attacked by a Giant Spider. He fights it to no avail he is quickly paralyzed and webbed up for later consumption. As he lay there all he could think is how did this happen. Lolth had forsaken him so he told himself when he dies today it will not be as a loyal follower of Lolth but of her daughter that rebelled against her. Time passes and he starts to regain movement in his muscles but his body is still restrained. The Giant Spider started pulling his webbed body to the ceiling to feed on him when a young Giant Lizard wandered in. The Giant Spider stuck him to the ceiling and descended on the unsuspecting meal. When two adult Giant Lizards came in and attacked the Giant Spider that was about to pounce on the young one. As the fight proceeded one of the Lizards was killed. However, the fight caused Tololok to fall from the ceiling on the now dead Lizard, cushing his fall.
He then managed to use the dead Lizards teeth to cut his way out. The Giant Spider at this point just barely survived the assault had poisoned the other two Lizards. Tololok grabbed a broken tooth of the Giant Lizard and delivered the final blow to the Giant Spider. The Lizards all lay there paralyzed Tololok grateful for the Lizards doesn't gut them as he was trained to do for the meat. Instead he guts the spider taking everything he can from it. Then searches the other bodies for possible supplies. The lizard regain movement and take a liking to Tololok, even allowing him to ride them with his spoils. For years he lived with the Giant Lizards losing touch with his heritage.
His siblings were quite proud of what they had done thinking he was dead. Until on a raid to the surface world found an old rusty dagger. One that had their house mark on it. When the human who had it was beaten and questioned he said a strange looking drow dropped it when he ran away after we spotted him snooping around our camp some weeks ago.
Thanks for sharing Tololok's story!
this was great! I'm gonna copy some of it thank you
I did copy this for a quick one-shot at home (mixed up with the skinner from another of your vids). Worked like a charm. Hooked a few more players into the game.
Great advice! First time I’ve watched you walk thru a mod’d scenario. I really like the idea of using different names than the books; I actually don’t name them at all - I just describe them. I’ve got 6-8 players & 3 are very good RP & know the rules better than me. So if I’m not sure of a rule, I ask them or show them the stat block. They’re good enough that they hint to me what should be done, & continue to RP their chars as if they didn’t know.
How did you achieve the appropriate level of flickering light?? That more than anything really established how difficult it is to see in a cave! Definitely going to use your colored light disks idea!
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Thanks for watching and please share!
Captain Kurtzman of the sub-human cave dwellers is actually Marlon Brando, from Apocalypse Now. I always wondered what happened to him. :-)
I have both the original B2 module and the Silver Anniversary "Return to the Keep on the Borderlands". I've always liked the "Keep" but haven't run it.
After telling one of my groups of your 0-level PC concept, there has been mild interest, including 3d6 in order of stats. It's now a distinct possibility. I doubt the grittiness will be at your level but it'll certainly be ratcheting things down several notches.
It occurs to me that the Creepers might be descendants of cultists and brigands infected with a weird fungus of Cult of Zuggtmoy. The Goblins might be the unwitting agents of this cult starting in the first place.
That's something along the lines of what I'm planning. If you don't want to do the 3d6 thing, have your players take the standard array. I talk about this in the next episode, to air this Thursday or next. Thanks for watching!
I'd like to con them into something they've never done before!
The moral dilemma is something I’ve never used but is coming up soon in my home brew game. My party is hunting down a group of hags all over the barony but the next one they’ve been lead to is a human female who is going to be pregnant (friend gave me a pregnant human mini a couple of years ago and I recently rediscovered it.) Gonna be interesting because all my players except one are female and one is actually pregnant now can’t wait to see how it goes down.
1:55 Captain Kurtzman, eh? HMMM... :-P
Professor! I literally just made an encounter where I completely plagiarize the Marlon Brando monologue from Apocalypse Now!
I'm gonna chalk this coincidence up to "great minds think alike."
Definitely going to borrow your creeper monsters. Seem like real nasty little buggers.
As always, thanks for the fantastic videos.
7:30 excellent torch v lantern info
Kolbolds are a new school goblin. Nothing more or less.
Epic! I love these!
Thanks. I work hard on them.
love this video..i make a mini movie as a recap for my player but Ill try my hand of what you did...just so freaking cool
Cheeseburger Dave Do you post your videos?
I do a write up each session, as a summary. Actually, I have the chars write it as a log for their benefactor - No log = less cash!
@@TriMarkC no i just post it on are Game page
Ok the greased goat is hysterical because I went to school with a family that named all their kids starting with J
Those families are out there!
@@DUNGEONCRAFT1 Hey!... All my children's name start with a J. But I have to admit; I only have one. LOL
ps: Nice adaptation
I would have gone with more goblins or smaller orcs. That way the monsters become more “culturally” similar.
Then update the majority of the encounters to allies of a single tribe.
can anyone on here help me figure out what mini the Captain Kurtzman mini is? I really like the vibe it gives off thanks.
Yep.
Heart of Darkness meets D&D. Love it.
Top quality....as always.
Thanks Ray, for watching!
I think that kobolds used to be garbage but once you get to 3.5 where they become small humanoid dragons they become fairly good monsters. However it's obvious that a DM putting their mind to creating something very interesting will do better.
WOAH that's a new thumbnail.
Would Kurtzman be able to be reasoned-with or subdued and carried back instead? Just seems a shame to kill him if he’s still got some shred of humanity left.
He wants to die. Just on his feet.
loved you in wall street, HAHAHAH and munchburger has the best name , i laugh everytime i hear it
Glad you enjoyed it!
My players would love to roll charisma checks on Gretchen and Gilda))