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The music queued up perfectly with stool and I actually started to to tear up 😢

cool video, very nice editing. if you plan to continue this: i'd have enjoyed a little faster pace and more focus on the stuff which isn't mentioned in the adventure text and more about your version of the characters and what's happening or some more brainstorming about different ideas how to run this part.

starts at 5:15

Very emotional roleplay, wonderful players ❤😢

Good work for the DM, nice group :)

I always wonder what particular beverage is contained in Veronica's mug...tea, coffee, hot chocolate, gin...

Talking of 'shaleing', there is a type of rock called schist and one called gneiss (pronounced 'nice')...so maybe Surdy / Perle disappear to have a gneiss schist?

I'm watching and still loving it ❤

As my party have passed you guys from where i was watching you leave gracklestugh i have skipped ahead to see what you are up too :) my party are about to come across Glabagool which i have placed near the city as an indication of what they will be up to in blingdenstone. Who is the Yona blackwood character please ? also love the borat voice XD

Bows to tink "ooooo i do like that" 😆😆

Welcome Danny :)

Where has Nick and steve got too, miss them, i assume just Real life stuffs but just wanted to let them know they were missed :) also welcome Dan :) slowly making my way through the VOD

Sasha Vykos vibes!

I feel the 'Aging DM' could have benefitted from a session zero and a set of questions and boundaries. Aging in D&D is a rare thing to see and its not something that crosses many player's minds when they agree to rp, they can be quite okay with damage and potential death etc but changing the concept of your char can (and does) suck, similarly to why things like alignment change or stuff like that arent specially fun; we had a player who also nearly drops / gets rid of his character because he rolled poorly on an aging roll on his young cheerful dragonborn who then found himself becoming elderly in age. The DM was thankfully quick in providing a hook for a cleric that could get rid of the issue... But yeah gotta be careful choosing monsters that can alter a character in was that may be worse than being reduced to 0hp or even killed.

Ooooo I love this topic. I feel like it comes up a lot in long running games too

Would love to see this continue. Good information

02:23:00 the fight ends 02:24:57 the aftermath, let's get out 02:24 Arabella learns the truth of their curse and Olavs lie 02:32:00 we can't just leave this place as it is 02:39:00 Olav and Alysandyr head to Valaki 0301:08 Alysandyr enters the mists 03:08:47 Olav's end 03:15:13 Cedric's end

Love the stream! What Foundry modules do you use? Can you post the module list? Thank you

TPK. TPK. TPK!

0:00 Entering Rockblight 2:20 the password is "something is killing me please let me through" 06:00 What if we meet a Medusa? Volunteers to scout? 12:52 Haunted street of Rockblight 16:50 Turning the corner, a spirit in the dark. 17:38 Run they are coming!!!! 23:13 There appears to be a ghost in the bathtub! 24:49 Hurt me daddy... 25:44 Initiative, combat begins 45:00 OMG thats 3 people unconscious so far... Are we gonna TPK? 54:00 Ohhhh youre joking?! 55:30 One Final Breath... 01:00:10 Another one bites the dust... 01:22:15 Get her out! 01:28:00 Seeking out the life force of the living... 01:36:00 Back to Blingdenstone. 01:15:21 We have to get out of here!!! 02:00:00 Saying farewell to a friend...

Part 2

5:45 stream starts

❤❤❤ this had weight ❤❤❤

ooooo what happened in the first bit Matt we went from artificers place in previous episode to being out buying slaves ? XD

Action economy wise attacking someone not on the ground is more efficient I guess to take out active damage dealers. Attacking downed ones does stop them being healed. Well actually revivify is an action isnt it?

Soooooo glad this is back, although watching V's Strahd campaign has kept me sane in the meantime ❤

I think we will see more of this kind of player with the popularity of Baldurs Gate 3 but I am sure they will learn with time and embrace a more complex world than a computer game can create.

Love this video, cheers guys i was one of those GM's, i picked it up because i wanted to run a darker adventure and it was my first. I can honestly say its not been bad but it is hard, especailly all the NPCs as you said alongside being in Gracklestugh.... I have picked Matts brains and have been very helpful. Good thing i can say about this being my first adventure to run is that it has thrown me in the deep end very hard so it can only get easier, i do get exposure so so much taxing GM work but hey hard as it is i really do love it :)

I think the issue at hand is that each class needs their niche, and has to lag behind in things outside their niche. 'fighting' is at least 50-70% of most TTRPGs, so you either end up with a fighter that is supreme, or a class that has no niche. Giving a fighter a magic sword is only a band-aid. The way to solve this is to distill what a 'fighter' is supposed to be, and then lean into that. For example, if the idea of fighter is 'frontline shield wall' how about baking a feature or fighter feat into drawing a hit to themselves. Or maybe giving them what would basically be a once a day legendary resistance with the cost of taking a level of exhaustion. This would give them things they can do to emphasize or rescue other party members during the enemy turn, providing a spotlight.

How do you make a better fighter in dnd? Sadly, the best option is to dress up a spellcaster as one Or play a game that wasn't made by wizards.

I dont think you answered the question posed. The question was them feeling inadequate, not bored. Someone being bored playing a fighter will mostly be down to the player (exceptions always apply), but being inadequate is about the dm and the game. A level 5 fighter can cast fireball twice a day, if the foghter feels inadequate I'd bet a small fortune the dm isn't properly draining resources. In combat, over an adventuring day, fighters absolutly pull their weight. When casters can drop all their biggest hits in one, or two combats the martials get embarrassed.

Alternately, you could place the treasures under a coniferous tree, and put little tags on them saying "To: Fighter From: DM" so there's no more confusion (and lots of anticipation the night before). Of course, clearly there should always be communication about these things at the table, and I would encourage players to talk before they just go grabbing things.

No one gets to find stuff made for them. Sometimes the random item will be a sword, shotgun, scroll or bike that happens to be there. It is not necessarily imnediately useful. If you find a magic shotgun you can probably all use it.

You can make a group of only MUs and roll into dungeons as the robe AC squad. Maybe hire some goons. I'm not going to stop that. You are never isolated individuals competing for some sort of spotlight time or perks. You are one collective. If you have an idea about anything you talk about it. If I think up a plan that includes the resources of another PC we are facing the world together. Even if my PC does not have the resource we've all worked towards it. There is a daily chance to encounters. Maybe 1 in 6. If they drive around a swamp they can meet a hippo or something.

Rune knight is a lot of fun and worth a go.

lol I’ve played with players whose characters like that, if your creation doesn’t want to engage with adventures, you’ve failed before you’ve started.

Matt "you don't trust me do you😂!" Literally the underdark stuff has left my party so on edge but oh my god when my bupiddo got 3 of the NPCs they were interrogating everyone 😂

Matts nail biting started at the moment the head came off… this was dramatic 😂❤

Big fan of music in games too - but it has to be on low so it doesn't distract me from the other players, etc.

This is new ❤🎉 , I love music in my games but had not considered not everyone does

I love all bonus action heroes videos

Dnd players struggling with social cues and distracted players, isn’t that most groups? 😊

New to this campaign...who is the green gobliny person in the room at the Inn?

Have binge watched this campaign and love it...hope there will be further arcs!

This was a beautiful episode x

OKAY! is the black orb home brew ? if so where did you get it and please good god tell me where to find the crazy slashing doll stats ! also DAPHNE!!!!

Matt, where did you get the map of the "Faerzress cave" shown on your stream? I'm trying to find something similar as my party is around this stage as well. Thanks!

0:50 Recap 5:15 Session start - entering Vallaki 25:00 PC descriptions 49:08 New NPC Darzin is introduced to party

0:40 Intro 1:32 Recap 8:00 Session start/Night hag combat 13:30 Absence tries to flee with child 16:05 Absence is polymorphed into a lizard 39:30 Cedric unconscious 45:25 Cedric rolls a natural 1 - 2 failed death saves 48:40 Milton heals Cedric 50:00 Cedric unconscious again 53:45 Cedric rolls a natural 20 - conscious again 1:00:00 DM realises Polymorph is a concentration spell, Absence is no longer a lizard and flees 1:08:38 Cedric unconscious once again and poisoned 1:13:10 Cedric fails a death saving throw 1:14:10 Autocrit on Cedric - he is finally Deadric. 1:16:20 Milton and Absence reunite 1:21:22 Break 1:32:20 Session re-start/Alysandir & Ireena awake at Blue Water Inn 1:42:40 Meeting Baron Vallakovich 2:10:30 Party reunited 2:48 New PC introduction: Darzin

that doll gave me some serious Chucky vibes XD