Actually Dalglish and the Thieves Guild in the Black Frog just drug the heroes. When they wake up, they've been taken to Explicitia Defilus where she tries to mind control them. The drug doesn't do it. It just knocks the heroes out.
@rightwingersexposed8800
7 жыл бұрын
Have you made any consideration on making the audiobooks, I know that more than a few people loved the sample and would love to purchase them if you have your link for direct purchase so that 100% of the profits go to you, mention it in a video I would personally follow that.
@gamebreakersmedia7049
7 жыл бұрын
Matthew Colville For what it's worth, we'll be running a collaboration stream of the Mines of Phandelver soon. If no one's offered to run the game for you, you've got an open invitation to our virtual table.
@joetreacy4799
7 жыл бұрын
Is #36 of Running the game missing or is this mis-named?
@davos6129
7 жыл бұрын
He added his video on Funhouse Dungeons to the list. It's a bit older but it is now #36
@adimiss
7 жыл бұрын
OMG please do the undead video! my Campaign is very focused on necromancy and i would love to look over undead with you!
@EnbyNomad
7 жыл бұрын
Can we give it a hand for the man who got so many people into DMing? Thanks to these vids, I can finally be a player again!
@jesterericv2
7 жыл бұрын
lucky.... God I can't wait to be a player again in a good story. :P
@pippogriffthegreat7003
6 жыл бұрын
I have the feeling that I am getting myself into trouble. I'm currently playing an extremely long campaign, but I'm also about to start DMing another party in the same exact campaign. Once a DM, always a DM, I guess. The funny part is my current DM is about to play my campaign, but this is his third time going through it in general. Meta paradox.
@ozymandias7392
4 жыл бұрын
HUZZAH
@newsystembad
4 жыл бұрын
Honestly, yeah. I was DMing before I found Matt, but I didn't feel all that prepared for it. I wouldn't be the DM I am now without him!
@youtubefuckingsucks
4 жыл бұрын
AH WAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!! 💩💩💩💩💩💩
@ArcticAlpaca275
7 жыл бұрын
Dungeon mag is actually still on the iphone newstand I believe. I get it every now and then in a notification.
@terrancat
6 жыл бұрын
My method is a hybrid of these two methods. The premade adventures I'll often modify things e.g. who the enemies are, what loot they get, the hooks, etc. The adventures I make, I use maps and other stuff I find online and just fill in or modify as I need to,
@danjal87nl
7 жыл бұрын
There is an important lesson to be learned from this video that is applicable to so many more areas than just running or prepping for a D&D game. Knowing how to find and where to find information is SO MUCH MORE relevant a skill in this day and age than memorizing lists of information. Sure, you could try to learn the entire thing by heart. But why? If you know how to reference it as and when you need it there's only so much of the information you have to know to functionally run the game. I 100% agree with Matt that having to read the entire thing is by no means necessary. Especially because of how most players are. You won't be going through a lot of content on a per session basis. Instead? Know where to find stuff when they DO get to it.
@Benjerman
7 жыл бұрын
So glad there's a new video! I've watched all of your Running the Game videos in the last few weeks since I started DMing again, they have been very helpful! Keep up the good work man. :)
@iGuttsi
7 жыл бұрын
I'm actually running lost mine of phandelver right now it's my first time running a group as a DM I've watched pretty much all over videos to help me prep and I think it's going well so far good luck with your Adventure Matt I hope you guys have fun.
@TwippyTwilight
7 жыл бұрын
Interesting, I personally never prep before a game. My players always think I prepped and I have an adventure all planned out, but I ad-lib the entire time and they never know. But it is defiantly interesting to see how other game masters (dungeon masters) run things.
@igotsmeakabob
7 жыл бұрын
Super happy to get another video, Matt. Looking forward to more content :D
@Gwyrddu
2 жыл бұрын
Instead of completely cutting the elves I would have left their corpses somewhere along the adventure path to emphasize an upcoming threat.
@Calebgoblin
7 жыл бұрын
You are unequivocally the most efficient user of the "doobley-doo"
@SGaywont
7 жыл бұрын
Guess the cat & I will save the Straylight Run (Neuromancer) for another night since we're up and Colville is a river to his people. I am slowly prepping for a game with the kids!
@lucaswalker6498
7 жыл бұрын
Hey Matt (again)! Is there an easy answer or will you do a video on this - once the first adventure (the reason the party is together) ends, how do you justify them still being together?
@Vineares
7 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see a "How to use Monsters" series starting with Undead!
@hexchad765
5 жыл бұрын
Flowing waivy hair and a savage beard for style. Going full wolfman here
@JeremiahMcCoy
7 жыл бұрын
So, what lesson would you say there is for people trying to write an adventure? Have better summary in the beginning? Dramatis personae listing the major NPC's? I am trying my hand at writing an adventure for publishing, and it is weird for me because I am not unlike you running adventures. I tend to steal some major elements, make some notes, and then make it my own on the fly. I am not completely certain I know how to translate that into a published adventure. I am going to try it anyway, but I will confess to having doubts.
@Enirish
7 жыл бұрын
really useful, thanks for the videos you make! i wanted to know if you are planning an "older edition to 5th edition" conversion guide. I tried to convert (and translate) an old pathfinder solo adventure and i was a little worried about balancing out the monsters and stuff, i found online some guidelines and i tried to apply them but in the end i've never run that adventure so i don't know if they were good.
@arcticwulf5796
7 жыл бұрын
Hey what do you guys think about using players to write up and fill certain parts of the world? Races, history, culture, PC backstory characters... lazy DM:ing or clever player engagement?
@TEMPESTofGERK
7 жыл бұрын
I would love to see an Undead video!
@jeryek13
7 жыл бұрын
It's nice to hear that you don't read the whole book first before running it.
@tonysladky8925
7 жыл бұрын
Hey Matt, are URL shorteners acceptable in the contest? I don't really use Twitter that much, so I'm not 100% certain of tweetiquette on the matter of their use.
@Ametcitra
7 жыл бұрын
Can people who don't live in the US also join the contest, or is that too much of a hassle with shipping etc.?
@xbinbyer1055
7 жыл бұрын
Dam Matthew, why did Priest have to end the way it did?
@xbinbyer1055
7 жыл бұрын
I finished it two days ago and again, Dam
@xbinbyer1055
7 жыл бұрын
Im going to buy Theif soon since really liked Priest
@fartinmartin68
7 жыл бұрын
Does anyone else think his hair is glorious?
@crazygamer2458
7 жыл бұрын
Sorry, still not getting a Twitter account.
@Psyke0330
5 жыл бұрын
"I don't memorize them, they're mostly peasants" Me, when referring to coworkers
@rivermistfae
3 жыл бұрын
I just let out an ungodly cackle 😆
@deathless12345678
3 жыл бұрын
True
@anthonywritesfantasy
Ай бұрын
*my coworkers, when referring to me
@foymic3930
7 жыл бұрын
1 minute in:"I hope this will be a short video" Matt don't kid yourself
@BloodWolfXZ
7 жыл бұрын
By saying it enough, the subliminal message will rewrite our minds to believe that it is, in fact, short. On a side note, it's not 2 hours long, is it?
@tribulancer7208
7 жыл бұрын
Do check "0:00"
@toughnerd
7 жыл бұрын
It is like a curse. Everytime he says that at the beginning of a video, the video is always longer than he intended.
@Welverin
7 жыл бұрын
Short is a relative term, for him half an hour probably qualifies.
@tribulancer7208
7 жыл бұрын
Like the longer the better I'll say
@wbbartlett
11 ай бұрын
I blame the parents. If you call your kid Explicata Defilus can you really be surprised when she grows up to be an evil cult leader?
@quantumnaught
7 жыл бұрын
I just DMed my mom through her first dungeon and thanks to videos like this I didn't mess up as often as I thought I would and my moms character came out alive, suffering only a fear of butterflies. She had fun and wants to play more. So thanks for doing these videos for less seasoned DM's.
@kingsting12
4 жыл бұрын
This is the most precious comment I've read in a long time.
@yipyipyipi
4 жыл бұрын
Butterflies.... Why did it have to be butterflies? Why couldn't it have been "follow the trail of hideous spiders"?
@leonielson7138
2 жыл бұрын
I'm guessing that it was something like the 'Storm King's Thunder' tie-in modules? The one where the party has to go into a forest to hunt wild game for a village feast?
@quantumnaught
2 жыл бұрын
@@leonielson7138 it was the mad manor of astabar.
@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself
2 жыл бұрын
Mazes and Momsters?
@secretname3897
2 жыл бұрын
PC: "The road runs through Orlane..." Nosey NPC: "UH YEAH, I SURE HOPE IT DOES"
@janfransdevries8032
2 жыл бұрын
Nice
@Bluecho4
6 жыл бұрын
Concerning the evil cleric ("Misha"), I liked the idea that she was not charmed by Explicitica Defilus, but rather serving of her own will. So, as I started thinking about how I would run the adventure, I began to wonder: _Why_ would Misha serve the Reptile God? Why would someone _willingly_ serve in this cult and worship its Spirit Naga as a god? My explanation is thus: Misha was originally a priestess to the harvest deity. Not a Cleric, but a priestess. She never manifested the ability to work miracles, not in the ten long years she's been serving in the priesthood. The harvest goddess Misha served apparently never saw fit to give her power. This disappointed Misha continuously, developing into a private chip on her shoulder. Moreover, she got transferred to Orlane some years ago - a sleepy nowhere village far from major cities - where her opportunities for advancement were limited. It was as if the church structure she labored in was as ambivalent to her as her goddess. It's worth noting that Orlane in the original adventure is situated on fertile farming land, with bountiful yields. While it makes the village successful, it also attracts monsters and chaotic humanoids from the surrounding wilderness (goblins, orcs, grung, etc), to perform regular raids on Orlane. Many people get wounded or get endangered. And there's Misha, meant to represent a force of mercy in the town as a member of the church, but lacking (in her mind) the power necessary to protect and heal these people. Misha begins to grow to _resent_ the harvest deity, the church, the older priest that sits over her in the church. When the land has a bad harvest one year, Misha has no magic with which to rectify the poor yields. At her wits end, she gets desperate and tries asking anyone for help. The old druid at the edge of town has used his own magic to search for a cause, and when she asks for help he says the cause of the blight might trace out of town, towards a swamp a few days travel away. Having no other options and eager to prove herself of worth, she heads out alone to the swamp...where she stumbles upon the underground hiding place of Explicitica Defilus. As the Reptile God tries (unsuccessfully) to charm her into complete obedience, Misha cries out for her goddess to deliver her. It doesn't occur to Misha that the goddess might have answered her prayers, by helping her resist the Naga's influence. All Misha knew was that her deity appeared to have forsaken her. And when Misha cried out in despair, saying as much, Explicitica Defilus chuckled, bemused. "Your goddess doesn't seem to listen, does she? Not surprising. Those distant deities rarely listen; they are aloof, ambivalent to their suffering flock save when it pleases them, and willing to let their followers run unchecked. It's for this reason that your world is filled with such chaos, such...disorder. No, I think what you need, little mortal, is a new god. A strong god, an _immanent_ god...a god who has slithered on this earth since before your god was even named. I am Explicitica Defilus, and I can be your god. And unlike that other one, you _know_ I will be here to guide you. To empower you. To give you meaning. I will _never_ abandon you, for I am already here." So in the end, Misha was charmed after all. Just in a different fashion. Now Misha had real power, and a new purpose. A dark purpose, yes, but a great purpose. One that would see Misha elevated leadership of a religious sect of her own, second only to the Reptile God herself.
@williamozier918
4 жыл бұрын
When I read your Explicita Defilus dialogue I could hear it in the hissing voice of the character Nagaina from Ricky Tickey Tavey. (P..s if you haven't seen Ricky Ticky Tavey do so now!)
@Diogolindir
4 жыл бұрын
This is great, Im going to get some inspiration from your version
@erikzorrilla4106
4 жыл бұрын
Incredible speech, powerful and making perfect sense. This is exactly what my villain needed, thank you for sharing.
@nogy8884
4 жыл бұрын
no TL;DR?
@tristan3978
4 жыл бұрын
@@nogy8884 tl;dr priest doesnt get magic from god so gets sad and then goes to Big Lizard for power
@xezazase
7 жыл бұрын
Matt Colville I love your videos. There are links to the doobly doo in my heart
@yutubemerda
5 жыл бұрын
Love the way Matt says "expliciticadephilus" faster than if it was a Mary Poppins song.
@davewilson13
4 жыл бұрын
Watch him say it on 1.5 speed :)
@mackraynor9106
3 жыл бұрын
Just watched it again and the auto-generated captions said "X Pacifica file us" 😂😂
@henrystokeswrites
2 жыл бұрын
@@mackraynor9106 The captions cracked me up every time ... they were different in each telling. My favourite was "explicitly good violence" 🤣😂
@AntonioJunior_
7 жыл бұрын
Matt did u know that a lot of brazilians watch and recommend ur videos? actually you're one of the most known RPG channel
@imperialadvisoraremheshvau3788
4 жыл бұрын
Ok, despite knowing about 95% of Matt’s tricks and tools, it’s another thing to hear another DM run them down for you, I’m addicted to this series.
@DungeonDad
7 жыл бұрын
Really great to get some insight on your prep style! I am totally one of those people who will read everything, knowing that the players will only see maybe 15% of what I learn. I think I just enjoy reading.
@pickledboaby
6 жыл бұрын
Dungeon Dad heya funny seeing you here
@gatorhoy0420
2 жыл бұрын
7:40 What you’re talking about around this moment rips me up. Somewhere along my 90s education, there was imposed on me this need to GET and grind through every word of every thing. If you’re going to read a book.. READ THAT BOOK. To skip a chapter is fundamentally abhorrent to me.. but for no reason! This is a different kind freedom with which to engage that I’ve never really known. I’ve always just assumed the tone of my ‘education’. Anyway. Thank you, Matt. Your channel is such a delight.
@qdogg224
7 жыл бұрын
I'll comment however I want. Contest notwithstanding. You don't control me, Colville.
@PenguinJack
7 жыл бұрын
qdogg224 only if you succeed your wisdom saving throw
@qdogg224
7 жыл бұрын
Night Fire I rolled an 11 total
@ChroOmega
7 жыл бұрын
I've got proficiency but disappointingly still rolled a nat 1
@KrisNielson-nimhrodell
7 жыл бұрын
Your hair is very luxurious right now.
@Anon-s8n
7 жыл бұрын
I'm currently binge watching Matt's video's and it's a little surreal to see his hair go from short to long and back to short again, in the space of half a dozen video's or so. :D
@chrischapman163
7 жыл бұрын
This series has greatly increased my DMing skills!
@Zmapes89
7 жыл бұрын
This series has greatly increased my hypothetical DMing skills. One day i'll use them.
@1simo93521
7 жыл бұрын
Zach Maples look for players on facebook and get GM'ing dude loads of players and not enough GMs out there.
@auldcrow1461
7 жыл бұрын
Zack Maples, I agree with Simo! Just get started, sure it'll feel clunky & weird at first but that last such a short period of time (mostly in the 1st hr or so of gaming). Could also try something like Roll20 with a one shot. After watching Matt & a few others (not sure if I should mention on Matts channel) my skills shot up, over 9000 some would say!
@JKSSubstandard
7 жыл бұрын
Zach Maples I dont know if anyone here has seen Heroes and Halfwits by roosterteeth, but they have caused a thriving community of newer DnD players and DMs. I actually found Matts videos looking up DnD stuff for the first time. Theres a discord called Fans and Fables which is a massive collection of DMs and players trying to put together games over Roll 20, Maptools or some other software. Im sure there are any number of similar groups you can find. Another place to try would be Meetup.com
@KTSalyer83
7 жыл бұрын
Chris Chapman me too. This series has revolutionized the way I GM.
@chriskallio1980
7 жыл бұрын
Hey Matt! You mentioned a while ago that you'd maybe do a video about "opening with a bang." I would be really interested in a video like this, as hooking a new group of players can often be challenging. Keep up the amazing videos!
@rokkkrinn2793
7 жыл бұрын
Chris Kallio You should check out the High Rollers video from stream of annihilation. That opens with a bang for sure.
@danielfields985
6 жыл бұрын
Re: opening with a bang A lot of Star Wars scenarios open with this method by starting the session/adventure off in a combat encounter. Blood pumping right out of the bat. I remember, years ago, a 2e campaign I played in opened thusly, but first a little history on the Monster Summoning spells: when cast, you would roll on a chat based on for what showed up. One of the lines on that chart was an adventuring party. So, a high level wizard and his fighter companion were at the end of their rope. Out of hit points, out of healing and surrounded by goblins. As a last gasp the wizard casts Monster Summoning... And pulled from the various corners of our city, unknown to each other get, we the PC's arrive out of the ether. We fight off the goblins, all the three while the wizard is mumbling how it isn't supposed to work this way, who are we, how did we get there and so on. Fight ends, wizard starts talking to us and it is revealed we are all from the same city. Spell duration ends and we all return (a little worse for the wear) to where we were before. Playing a ghetto fighter, fr/the multi class, I start looking for the others I was fighting beside. Find 1 or 2, when it happens again. We all show up, in a protective circle, around the same wizard and his unconscious fighter friend. The campaign went on from there, and it was fun, but we were somehow linked to this wizard and our party, in addition to our own adventures once we all connected and hunted each other down for real, we always showed up when he cast Monster Summoning, which he stopped casting after a few times for not wanting to take our free will away by forcing us into these situations.
@whatfruit7965
6 жыл бұрын
"You wake up the earth is trembling. The items you neatly placed on your table have scattered on the floor. Outside you hear screaming. You look out the tavern window and see a 100 foot bipedal Elephant with 30 feet squid tentacles for arms pull down the South gate."
@dreadmorg
3 жыл бұрын
"Go find out what happened to..." This is the best piece of adventure design I have ever heard.
@timer67
7 жыл бұрын
Dorian (the elf fighter mage) from this module was my first ever dnd character. The DM was my teacher from school and they were doing an afterschool club running this game. I had joined late and (as the players were new) the dm had included the Elf as an NPC to give them a helping hand (being 14 at the time or so). When i joined he felt that the players were getting along well enough, so let me take control of the character (without his equipment of course). Start of a long and crazy adventure, Played with an outrageous french accent that elf made it all the way to the gates of mount celestia itself (watching mystra get smashed into pieces by helm at its gates). Full blown 2ed Time of Troubles campaign. Fond memories, glad you did this module and this video. Keep up the work :D
@moredetonation3755
4 жыл бұрын
This is a very "Shadow Over Innsmouth" adventure, and I love it. I especially love that it's cheap for me to print.
@sacchrine
7 жыл бұрын
Was trying to find a video to fall asleep to, but then this came up. Guess I'm sleeping late again, haha.
@HundredYearsBoar
7 жыл бұрын
My thoughts exactly Laurence Jamil! Thought provoking to say the least. Also I'm HIGHLY anticipating the undead video!!!
@MusicsInMySoul977
7 жыл бұрын
I'm so excited!!!!! I'm new to DMing, and I want to do this one with my players, perfect timing Colville. Also - would you ever think of putting your reworking of Night Below somewhere? I love it so much, and would love to put it on with my players, but I can only find the first section of a Night Below PDF, and your take on it is amazing.
@RyanDenley
7 жыл бұрын
I know I'm 3 months late to this comment but I'm also trying to find his reworking of Night Below. Did you ever have any luck finding Colville's take on it anywhere?
@GrimBrotherIV
7 жыл бұрын
I love your bit about the thieves guilds, because you are essentially speaking thieves' cant, which I feel like a lot of players thing is a language of some sort.
@jermainerace4156
3 жыл бұрын
In all fairness, taking a language and using the words to mean something wildly different is much like creating some sort of a separate language, or at least a very distinct dialect.
@jackodonail1980
3 жыл бұрын
The distinction between language, dialect and "accent" is certaintly a gossamer thin boundary. However, Thieve's cant is a cryptolect and therefore divorced from such discussion.
@ninjapirate31
7 жыл бұрын
I just finished Priest and started Thief and I absolutely love the tone in those novels
@nekrial
7 жыл бұрын
I was absolutely gobstopped at the end of Thief. I need to tape the reaction of everyone as they finish that book.
@ninjapirate31
7 жыл бұрын
I finished Thief and it's amazing
@TheGameWookiee
3 жыл бұрын
I’m staying with my girlfriends family for a little while and I found the ORIGINAL book for this adventure in her dads office, we’re playing it tonight, and I’m absolutely taking advice from here!
@nekrial
7 жыл бұрын
I just geeked out like a child as soon as I got the notification on my phone.
@DanteRavenkin
7 жыл бұрын
I just went looking for this adventure on dmsguild, and discovered that this adventure was written by Douglas Niles. He wrote my favorite fantasy novels, the Forgotten Realms Moonshae Trilogy! Gonna have to find a physical copy of this adventure now...
@AaronAlso
4 жыл бұрын
"Even a stopped clock gives the right time twice a day."
@cspeak792
7 жыл бұрын
I am preparing to run White Plume Mountain right now based on one your previous videos this video was highly appreciated.
@TheLifeOfLock
7 жыл бұрын
I don't even play D&D, and these are still some of the most interesting videos on KZitem. You're doing amazing with this series Matthew :)
@mcolville
7 жыл бұрын
If you're not running D&D then I have failed! *snif*
@ArbiterLibera
7 жыл бұрын
All this talk about settlements and their maps gave me flashbacks to Rifts where they would break down locales to ridiculous level of details in terms of economy, demographics and notable individuals. Information you would basically never ever use.
@MrZeyami
7 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sad I only found your channel like 4 days ago, these videos are super helpful and it sounds really cool to get to play in a campaign with you. I've been binge watching youtube DM tips channels for something like 2 weeks just because I really wanted to up my game as a DM, and while most of the channels are entertaining, this is the one that I'm subscribing to.
@guardiangamer2551
7 жыл бұрын
I don't use twitter but I still try to share your videos with my friends. These videos have helped me immensely and others deserve to see these great works!
@Nexsusthepro
7 жыл бұрын
I always feel like someone kidney punched me whenever I hear "contest" and then "On Twitter". Regardless, as informative a video as always!
@TotalNegan
7 жыл бұрын
You have given me knowledge on everything DnD, and I thank you for it. I applause you and your work. Thank you so much 😁
@timbo5360
4 жыл бұрын
So into the second session of this. At the end of the session on of my players said “what the F:;k is going on?!” They’re loving it Thanks Matt!
@mikecif4123
7 жыл бұрын
Commenting because I want to say something about the prepping an adventure video. Cool video, thanks!
@isg2015
7 жыл бұрын
Great timing! Video was uploaded while I was working on my own game. These videos have been great for me as a first time DM
@40Found
2 жыл бұрын
For anyone who runs this and is worried about Ramne's presence, here was my solution: I put him in the dungeon. He was a release valve in case the heroes bit off more than they could chew. He had resisted Explicitica Defilus' domination and been imprisoned. He was grumpy and suspicious of adventurers, but they broke him out and he helped in the fight against Explicitica Defilus. He only cast buff and debuff spells, making the players feel more heroic and powerful with his help.
@josephorona6614
7 жыл бұрын
Give us everything!!! Your content is all great The question isn't what series to continue or start its how long itll take to do all of them. That being said my vote is to finish getting on the grid Mister "Roll Dice, Push Lead"
@rburt3
7 жыл бұрын
omg, as a player, stirges are *the worst*!
@GUNDAMURX73
2 жыл бұрын
Coming back to this video five years later to better prep my own Reptile God adventure, as the start of a new campaign. You are indeed a river to your people!
@ziziorens348
7 жыл бұрын
I am commenting about contest, sorry, though the video is SUPER helpful! So, about contest - if I live in Russia, can I even win a contest? Because if not, it isn't worth the effort (don't really like twitter, but these dice are freaking AMAZING! Metal dice are my special kind of drug))
@mcolville
7 жыл бұрын
I mean, if you got a mailbox, you can enter!
@ziziorens348
7 жыл бұрын
Matthew Colville well, okay then... It's just some websites and shops and all that do not ship things to Russia. Thanks! P.S. In Soviet Russia, YOU are shipped to your purchases!
@derrk1929
7 жыл бұрын
From the sounds of it, he has the dice in his house and will be mailing them himself. So no need to worry about the webshop bullshittery.
@ziziorens348
7 жыл бұрын
Great!
@IvanPopovArt
7 жыл бұрын
Russian mail is terrible.
@d1morto
2 жыл бұрын
If you don't read the 5e adventures cover-to-cover before running them, you are setting yourself up for disaster. You'll paint yourself into a corner running the first 3-4 chapters. Once you get 60-70% of the way into the book, you will discover key details that should have impacted how you ran the first few chapters.
@Windrunner007
5 жыл бұрын
I was running a oneshot for a bunch of people I didn’t know. I panicked and prepped what was realistically about 3-4 sessions worth, because I was terrified we’d blow through everything in an hour and I’d have nothing to do for the rest of the session. I had a ton of npcs, I had intrigue, I had mystery... aaaaand then the one (1) combat encounter took like a half an hour. They spent 30 minutes trying to cross a river. The biggest complaint? “It was REALLY complicated!” Goddamn it.
@Spacemansid98
7 жыл бұрын
I would like to see a video on Birthright, I'm not sure what the settings about but the way you talk about it makes it seem like a pretty cool one.
@lauramcmillan9592
4 жыл бұрын
So helpful! And this video took my suspicion that a livestream I’ve been watching is largely a reskinned “...Reptile God” from 10% to 95%, so it’s extra fun now to see what the other DM did with it and how that differs from your alterations.
@theungentleman
7 жыл бұрын
I for one would love to see a continuation of "Getting on the grid" for the completely selfish reason that I've started running a 4th ed campaign, and if I could make the combat more interesting and/or fun for my players that would be awesome.
@guilmon182
7 жыл бұрын
I'm actually prepping an adventure right now, what are the odds?
@hermes667
Жыл бұрын
There is an important saint in the background of my homebrew campaign. I named him St. Matthew.
@jonispatented
Жыл бұрын
14:54 Those elves aren't supposed to be there to help the players, but rather as red herrings. While they investigate, they are suspicious and the players are supposed to assume that they are involved somehow.
@hotdogthebarbarian
7 жыл бұрын
"They've gone from being suspect, not being trusted, to being beloved and brought into the bosom of the town makes the players feel like heroes." "First you wanna kill me. Now you wanna kiss me. -Pthew!- Blow."
@scipio72
7 жыл бұрын
Running combat would be great. I am going to DM for the first time and have no actually idea how it would look.
@shywoofer1620
7 жыл бұрын
Remember there are no right or wrong ways to play, only ways that can be reliably fun! Enjoy!
@JKSSubstandard
7 жыл бұрын
As someone who has only run 2 sessions (~10 hours) I can tell you that combat is pretty easy to manage. when characters make a decision or enter a place that would trigger combat you roll initiative. Seeing how several other DMs do it, its a judgement call for how you break down the enemies. Named enemies always roll initiative separately but ive seen people roll for every creature separately and ive seen them roll once for all the peon level enemies. Then I usually let the character that would have started combat go first (PC or bad guy doesnt matter). Keep in mind that your job isnt(at least usually) to outright murder the PCs but to challenge them. Like if I know that an enemy has an AOE attack that will murder everyone and another enemy already used one, I might not use that attack until someone gets isolated. If a PC does something that would get them killed, then kill them but dont outright try to wipe the party out in a run of the mill encounter. Knock people out and rob them instead of kill them maybe. Other than that, run the enemies as they would act. If they are defending their loot they may stay back and fight at a distance hoping the PCs leave. If they are guarding a castle, they might be more likely to charge and fight up close to suppress the threat. A lot of modules will give you notes on how some enemies will act
@gamewarrior348
7 жыл бұрын
There a lot of good resources out there. Asking on reddit is always helpful, the angry dm has some good advice, and a lot of it is how you feel. Just know the rules of combat from the PHB, and expand from there. A lot of it is just figuring out how you like to run combat. I have been DM'ing for a bit over a year now and I am just now getting into the groove of combat. So it might not be great the first time you run it, and that is okay. Just keep going at it and it will get better.
@xXFluffers
Жыл бұрын
"The road runs through orlane" is literally just thieve's cant.
@lukasinnerebner9206
5 жыл бұрын
Is that the League of Legends Boardgame in the back? Fantastic game, played it a lot!
@mirthfulArtist
5 жыл бұрын
Explicitica Defilus is the absolute best villain name I've ever heard. 😂 (Runner up is Doctor Von Doom)
@TheSmart-CasualGamer
2 жыл бұрын
There's a lot of good ones in Transformers. Lord Doomitron and Deathsaurus are great ones. There's also one called Slayride, brilliantly!
@joshuaford6700
5 жыл бұрын
"I like to share the success of my channel with the ones who made it successful" you mean you like to be a river unto your People.
@zacharybeyer8971
7 жыл бұрын
hm my twitter pic is kim kardashian. is that acceptable, mthaiecoliave?
@Sulicius
7 жыл бұрын
Matt, thank you so much for you videos! I've been playing 4e for a while now, and in three weeks I'm gonna run my own one-shot! It's based on the first Emperor of China who looked for immortality and was buried with the terracotta army. It's gonna be a Lovecraft-ish dungeoncrawl, but I'm not sure how to give my players more meaningful choices. Should I keep it linear or should I branch stuff out?
@ProfessorShuckle
7 жыл бұрын
I would never suggest this with Curse of Strahd. There is so much interconnecting plots that it would be hard to make it work. If you could, it would be quite impressive. lol
@recless8667
4 жыл бұрын
Big thumbs up for the "Use bullet points, don't write out every word." This is actually a major aspect of public speaking, because reading from a page negatively affects the audience's interest and attention during the speech. You can definitely think of playing D&D as a form of public speaking; it might not be a TED talk, but it's still you describing a complex concept to an audience (with a heavy focus on audience participation).
@HenkkaArtGames
3 жыл бұрын
Matthew Colville, the human word-machinegun.
@willcain1290
7 жыл бұрын
Matt being slightly off-center distracted me for the entire video and so I learned nothing
@skippthomsen9852
6 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU FOR THIS. So helpful and very approachable intro to DMing.
@Darkfrost-fd8gy
7 жыл бұрын
I'm a newer DM(a few sessions Into my own setting) and I've already had experience with over prepping, and it is a very enjoyable experience when otherwise you were going to have to call that session off!
@1simo93521
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks Matt this is really helpful. I've always run my own adventures but was intrested in trying some pre written stuff for a change. But found it a bit much to read an entire adventure plus background stuff and process it into something manageable.
@lucaswalker6498
7 жыл бұрын
Hey Matt! I just finished your books and they were AMAZING! My question:are the dwarves in the books (ie Zaar) the same kind of dwarves as in your campaign (ie Kek)?
@Kingatje
5 жыл бұрын
"And I hope this is going to be a short video" 😂 Oh Matt.
@darcygibbons2891
5 жыл бұрын
Reading the manual was never a problem for me. I always enjoyed all the little details and the long backstory!
@mutebanshee7769
7 жыл бұрын
I love these videos. I tend to make my own adventures. But one of my favorite ways to run a premade adventure is to sit down and read it cover to cover. I don't take notes or anything, just absorb the themes and the story. And then I put the adventure down and never look at it again. I find that this method really balances my desire to make things up with the fun of running iconic villains and locations. I have to improvise more, find ways to get to big story points that I remember, while making up a lot of the smaller story points that lead from part a to part b. Definitely a very different method, and probably not for everyone, but I thought I'd leave it here anyway.
@sedeslav
3 жыл бұрын
I just adjusted speed of video on 0.75...because....
@daancoenen5510
Жыл бұрын
It's been about the 10th time I've seen this video, but it still is the best synopsis of how to prep any session. Truly, this series is the entire basis of how I run my games
@cameronmiller9933
7 жыл бұрын
Welp, I wish luck to everyone on Twitter. I'm not going to make one just for a contest.
@ZennZennster
7 жыл бұрын
Hey Matt, just wanted to say thank you for all your help. I recently started my first campaign as the DM and so far it's going well, mostly thanks to all your great advice! Ps. I just got your books in the mail!:)
@josephbyron6033
7 жыл бұрын
Couldn't think of anything illuminating to say, so a joke! Why aren't there any knock knock jokes about America? Because freedom rings. Tip your servers!
@Abelhawk
7 жыл бұрын
Module Adventures: For people who have money but no time
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