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Yay, I started following Feywild Fiend during Kraken Week 2024. Only started following Dire Den about a month maybe 2 before that.

I see Dire Den and I click play!

Holt crap! Fantastic viewpoint and well said...too bad your intelligence and wisdom is not shared by many...

This explains why I become a kleptomaniac anytime I play a rogue for a few months

Hey, Dire Den! I am a really new to dnd & dming and this video really helped me to make my village actually interesting. I have however a general question about the 'holy object ' and clerics etc . Are there any special actions a cleric , paladin or druid can perform in such a temple? Right now it just feels like "deco" just like houses of other villagers do in a the village. I know that some villagers just want to pray and I have already added a small temple for that reason, but does it have a special benefit for the players? Thank you in advance

Great video. I'm with you on this 100%. This is a hobby for everyone, no matter your views, race, sexuality, gender, or anything else. It's about connecting with your fellow human being. And that's what people need to remember. We're all humans. We have more in common than we have differences and we shouldn't lose sight of that, no matter what happens that is out of our control.

Well said. If only life were as simple as D&D but we can certainly learn a lot from the experience. Diversity makes us stronger as a society, and society should be built on supporting each other not vilifying the other.

I was sent by ye ole pointy hat. Geyarrrr.

What I find fascinating is how many times the players actually wrote what happens next. Ended it on red eyes in an alley way? The players talk afterwards thinking it might be that wolf creature from 5 sessions ago you might've forgotten about. Mysterious NPC you come up with on the spot? As the players talk they speculate this is the brother of another NPC from earlier. I find this happens quite often.

what a fantastic video,, thank you brad

Brad, I agree with you about the hobby and its potential to teach others about everything you said. I have been saying this for decades. When I run horror/dark fantasy it is very dark. When I run a high fantasy game it is just that. Same with low fantasy. No matter what genre or who is playing: bullies, tyranny, and oppressors are in the party's sights. These games look completely opposite from one another. Heroism is the only shared element across every game I have ever ran. Strip the hobby down to its core and this is the foundation. This is the way.

Here is the problem with calling out politics on a d&d channel. Seems like you only call in one direction and if someone has a different view than yours they are evil. That action reeks of authoritarianism and unwillingness to compromise. Watched the whole video, not subtle.

Brad, this is a great video. I absolutely agree. Been thinking a lot about this for the last week. I presented at an academic conference on the importance of inclusive tables and tools to help a dm make the table a safe space. Presented on Nov 7. It has hard. A mix of pleading and anger. These videos are important.

Thank you so much for this. It means a lot to me, and many others. You might get some pushback from hateful people or those that choose to not see the problem. TTRPGs are a hobby that reaches a diverse array of people, so something like this video is needed.

🥳🫂👍🏿 Oh hey, Brad and Jim 👋🏿 I do something like this with the “loose ends” document I use to close loops by the end of the arc or campaign

The devil's bargain sounds like it could be interesting. It might be something to save for natural ones, an maybe only in boss encounters, or only in situations where the PCs really needed to turn the tables just to keep it special and dramatic.

1:00:00 Had to laugh Brad - as a fellow greyhair owner, it is really stupid to be a game spoiler - it sounds exactly the same as "I was best man at my best friend's wedding last weekend, and I got explosive diarrhea in the middle of the ceremony". They think they are doing something cool, but its easy to ruin the game. Far more clever to play your part and realise that it's not just about you.

I think the "months ago" point is something a lot of wordbuilding misses out that gives a more lived-in feel. If you just have the other two, it implies a world where a bunch of stuff happened ages ago, "then for a long time, nothing happened", then the game started. As if nothing is going on except where the PCs are involved.

When you started to mention tying lore to healing potions, I really thought about them each coming with a nugget of wisdom like a fortune cookie.. maybe in a setting with more industrialized potion production..

I’m 100% going to incorporate these tips in my next campaign, thank you

great topic

awesome to see a new channel, im a vod watcher but good to watch you guys foster a collective community

You are doing a great job. I’ve been reviewing all of your older videos. ❤

It’s a brutal reality with the different gameplay choices. You guys mention a low cognitive workload player who wants all the work handled by the computer. These people are numerous, but they are playing Top War or Top Heroes, the many AFK games out there. But there is no value for the HOBBYIST that these people join the game. They are not playing a narrative role playing game. They are playing something else. World of Warcraft wasn’t successful because the computer handled the maths. It was successful because it was a different experience for the player. This is fundamental stupidity for Hasbro to mess with that - the narrative aspect of the game is crucial, and it’s fair that it is not for everyone. The beholder is not what makes the game successful. The giants or the mind flayer or the dragons or the dungeons aren’t why the game succeeded. It was the narrative aspect.

Yes, agreed 😉

the rule set for me has a different relationship with the fun . As a forever DM, a crunchy ruleset hurts my creativity; it takes too much of my bandwidth to keep a game resembling a game that has a specific set of rules. As far as what gives me the most fun though, it is the people I game with. It has always been about the group for me.

Role play vs roll play

great vid, lots of great ideas I’ll be applying to my campaign.

Very insightful!

Found your channel. Like. Subscribe. Comment to push YT-Algorithm to get into action.

Just change TTRPG. 5E isn't capable of being anything but 5e.

~ 18:35 Well I'll be damned, didn't expect to hear about `real politic` in a dnd podcast 😂😂😂😂😂😂

I'm excited to make my ShadowDark group into a long term campaign!

Everyone needs to remember that WotC has been buying video game studios since at least 2019. I know of at least 5, and then there's the "digital gaming" that most of us talk about when discussing DnD. This is not new. And I agree with Joe on the state of the RPG.

Saltmarsh is great, another good one is Against the Cult of the Reptile God

can't wait for more info on dmg as discussion when it comes out!

Nobody chooses blaze of glory.

Beautiful video, thank you!! Best wishes, perfect health and happiness :)

my 4e phb had teh errata put into it with pen... the stealth section was a mess by the end of the ediiton. putting errata in a book doesn't bother me.

I am now imagining a quantum ogre postal service.

“And half the time they’re ridiculous”

As a career rogue, I absolutely love this. Using certain weapons to cause certain types of damage and reactions sound like a dream. The diversity of the weapons means a diversity of tactics.