"None of this is real..." (Reverse False Hydra) | Animated D&D Campaign Story: The Island

In this episode of The Island, our party faces off against The Thought Contagion, a creature that's basically a reverse False Hydra!
This is the next episode of a D&D campaign series that I'm (sort of) animated in 8 bit pixel art! On the far reaches of the world of Arkayes, there's a mysterious location known only as "The Island". Whenever anyone is convicted of a crime, instead of taking their usual punishment they can instead opt to be sent to The Island instead. Nobody knows exactly what's there, and nobody has ever returned.
The party has been on The Island of Venzor for a few months now, and they've made enemies of almost every single faction on the continent, and their enemies are closing in on them from every side. In the most recent session, the entire party had died except for one person, who was now fleeing into the dark woods, towards a creature that was my attempt at one-upping the false hydra that I'd thrown against the party last campaign. If you don't know, the False Hydra's gimmick is that it deletes memories from everyone within it's range, making you forget everyone it killed and letting it hide itself from your vision. However for this creature, I decided to make a Reverse False Hydra, where it creates fake memories in people's heads to lure them to it's city where it's waiting, eager to kill.
If you're new to the channel, I'm the person who keeps trying to animate their D&D campaigns with 8 bit pixel art, and so now is the best time to join because this D&D campaign story is approaching the grand finale!
Timestamps:
0:00 - Before the City
2:10 - The False Party
3:28 - The Nightmare Begins
7:07 - Jay's Plan
9:35 - The Aftermath
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Music Credits:
"8-Bit Fantasy & Adventure Music" by Marllon Silva (xDerviruchi)
Deep Space by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommon...)
Artist: audionautix.com/
8bit Syndrome by z3r0 is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license
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Artist: / @z3r0copyrightfreemusic
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[@harryguidotti3815]

So then, what do we call this reverse False Hydra? The Liar's Tower?

[@codycombs8590]

I think that's perfect.

[@1800notascam]

“The True Hydra”

[@deadlineuniverse3189]

…you know what is concerning.
Where the hell did the tower get the statues……are those the previous victims?
Is the Tower some kind of sick perversion of the Dungeon master, playing make believe adventures with its victims until it can devour their weakened soul and collect their body as jaunts another piece for the next game?

[@drtoonie]

This is the first time a D&D recap has given me actual chills.

[@toxicpassion808]

Okay but I need to run something like this. This is terrifying.

[@evilmurlock]

This gives me chills. Very deep chills. Nicely done. And incredibely well built up

[@ellie_ex]

some lovecraftian stuff right there

[@Endaviour]

This is an amazing story. I love it. Can I ask for the stat block you used for the Reverse False Hydra? I'd like to use it against my players in the future.

[@stephen_harvey]

This is the first time I've ever seen this channel, but the things that stood out the most, on the end credits, was a reference to HERMITCRAFT SEASON 9...... of all things, but i understood that reference

[@sianth2264]

Just started binging all of your videos and actually caught up on the island playlist a few days ago! Happy to see it continuing!

[@lexibyday9504]

This is my new favorite encounter

[@Niemandzockt]

Yay! The campaign continues!

[@alikoster]

False False Hydra?!

[@user-pw8co3ol8e]

One brilliant story after another. Thank you, your videos are truly a piece of art!

[@fraenyr]

Oh shit here we go again lol

[@dragonlord9957]

This is DAMN creepy

[@JacobHeaton-tx4gd]

true hydra

[@user-uw7bp9se7t]

Amazing, I did something like this w weeping angels

[@deniseg9210]

What happened to the Winter Crew series?

[@franciscolomeli8931]

this was really cool i might steal new ashton now lol

[@superluckyhappylife2358]

Push the dam algorithm

[@isabellasilva7705]

Vídeo Nice job 👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️