I love how I stumbled across this vid while I'm starting my second run of Rime of the Frostmaiden. It's such a great module with a lot of replay value that taught me a lot about DMing and the kind of stories that I liked to tell.
great video for anyone looking to play this module or anything similar, i'm also interested to hear more about the players playing in your game, like what classes were they and how did their backgrounds affect the story
I'd like to hear more about the survival rules that worked! Like how weather affected travel and combat or what travel roles did when a player chose them. My players are coming up on level 19-20 after 3 years so I'm still a little ways away, but I'm starting to think about bringing it all to a close and what it entails.
I had a huge winter survival video written but wasn’t totally pleased with it - now that I’ve gotten this campaign done I think I have a better perspective. I’ll try to get that video script revised and back into the pipeline!
I am definitely interested in learning more about how you actually went about doing the epilogue. My campaign I am running is about half way through, and something like that would be an awesome way to end it
OTHER PEOPLE WERENT MICROMANAGING WHAT WAS IN EACH BAG?!?! I deserve retroactive inspiration 😂 Awesome vid =D I’m gonna look at these resources and see if I can’t help solidify stuff in my own home brew campaign =D
Hei Ben! LOVE your videos. I am thinking of running this adventure and taking the time to read and imagine and plan. I had one technical question that I am very curious to hear your answer to. In the Ten-Towns chapter many adventures happen on the lakes with boats and catching of the fish and...submerged dinosaurs and other oddities. What does not compute to me at all is the fact that the lakes have open water at all. I live in Estonia and currently we have had temperatures from -1 celcius to -25 celcius and the lakes are frozen (even one huge one) and we are talking about a few months. If I understand correctly this campaign presents temperatures -40 celcius and a winter that has lasted for 2 years. There is no possibility of any lake still being open even a little. Anyway, curious to hear your thoughts
I consulted my science wife on this! She told me that there can be sections of water that aren’t frozen over depending on bacteria activity, or geothermal activity. On top of that the snow/ice insulates the water, keeping it warmer and making it more likely that there are sections of lake that aren’t frozen over. Great question!
@@BenDeHartThank you! I was also leaning towards the geothermal explanation. I have one more question though - i can't imagine a scenario how one could keep bees in the winter for producing mead (Good Mead). Any useful consultations on that? :):)
@@tsukiini good mead is luckily one of the few towns with good access to fire wood, they could spend quite a few resources keeping fires going to maintain temperature suitable for hives. You could also go with a magical heat, but I’d avoid that or make it prohibitively expensive or everyone would do it
@@BenDeHart The warmth part is understandable, but bees would need pollen to produce honey, since they eat it in the winter...so after two years without sun it would be a scarcity...would it not? :)
I played thru this campaign and our DM allowed the dragon to destroy all of the towns except brimshander and we tried our best to head the dragon off. Kind made the rest of the campaign wierd. But we learned that our choices had consequences so it wasnt the worst
Awesome vid, dude. I’m In the planning stage of a homebrew campaign for my friends. I’m Trying to decide between running a plot-based game and doing a sandbox (I personally think sandbox is more work up front, and then less work later). What do you think, do you have a preference?
I only ever run sandbox games outside of one shots - there’s always plot, but it’s in the form of main threats of that arc and character backstory quests. The more I play the more I lean in that direction honestly
Ooooh, yes, it makes prep that much easier (in my personal opinion), and it can give your players more opportunities for large scale creative problem solving! @@BenDeHart
Dayum, that's a really good question. All I know is that I think I'd like to play something other than dnd 5e for a change - and I'm lowkey looking into Lancer RPG! What about you? @@BenDeHart
I'm jumping right back into DnD, but finally doing it in person again! New homebrew setting, kinda like the witcher in Caesarian Roman Gaul. Definitely want to run/play in some shorter non-dnd games concurrent with this one tho @@steveprimeproductions9100
I love how I stumbled across this vid while I'm starting my second run of Rime of the Frostmaiden. It's such a great module with a lot of replay value that taught me a lot about DMing and the kind of stories that I liked to tell.
Despite all its problems, it’s easily my favorite! So many cool things inside, and the vibe is amazing
great video for anyone looking to play this module or anything similar,
i'm also interested to hear more about the players playing in your game, like what classes were they and how did their backgrounds affect the story
That’s honestly a good idea for another video, I’ll see about writing one about character backgrounds impacting story using my campaign as an example
This is a really really good video. As someone who played with the same group for 7 years (5 for one campaign) I heavily relate to a lot of this
Hey you are back that is awesome! Your videos are fantastic.
I'd like to hear more about the survival rules that worked! Like how weather affected travel and combat or what travel roles did when a player chose them.
My players are coming up on level 19-20 after 3 years so I'm still a little ways away, but I'm starting to think about bringing it all to a close and what it entails.
I had a huge winter survival video written but wasn’t totally pleased with it - now that I’ve gotten this campaign done I think I have a better perspective. I’ll try to get that video script revised and back into the pipeline!
I am definitely interested in learning more about how you actually went about doing the epilogue. My campaign I am running is about half way through, and something like that would be an awesome way to end it
Good idea! I’ll give some thought on my perspective for tackling epilogues and see if a script comes from it
Great Vid. Working on my own big campaign idea. Nice work!
OTHER PEOPLE WERENT MICROMANAGING WHAT WAS IN EACH BAG?!?!
I deserve retroactive inspiration 😂
Awesome vid =D I’m gonna look at these resources and see if I can’t help solidify stuff in my own home brew campaign =D
Omg hahah if you stuck it out, you indeed get retroactive inspiration for the sequel campaign!
Hei Ben! LOVE your videos. I am thinking of running this adventure and taking the time to read and imagine and plan. I had one technical question that I am very curious to hear your answer to. In the Ten-Towns chapter many adventures happen on the lakes with boats and catching of the fish and...submerged dinosaurs and other oddities. What does not compute to me at all is the fact that the lakes have open water at all. I live in Estonia and currently we have had temperatures from -1 celcius to -25 celcius and the lakes are frozen (even one huge one) and we are talking about a few months. If I understand correctly this campaign presents temperatures -40 celcius and a winter that has lasted for 2 years. There is no possibility of any lake still being open even a little. Anyway, curious to hear your thoughts
I consulted my science wife on this! She told me that there can be sections of water that aren’t frozen over depending on bacteria activity, or geothermal activity. On top of that the snow/ice insulates the water, keeping it warmer and making it more likely that there are sections of lake that aren’t frozen over. Great question!
@@BenDeHartThank you! I was also leaning towards the geothermal explanation. I have one more question though - i can't imagine a scenario how one could keep bees in the winter for producing mead (Good Mead). Any useful consultations on that? :):)
@@tsukiini good mead is luckily one of the few towns with good access to fire wood, they could spend quite a few resources keeping fires going to maintain temperature suitable for hives. You could also go with a magical heat, but I’d avoid that or make it prohibitively expensive or everyone would do it
@@BenDeHart The warmth part is understandable, but bees would need pollen to produce honey, since they eat it in the winter...so after two years without sun it would be a scarcity...would it not? :)
I played thru this campaign and our DM allowed the dragon to destroy all of the towns except brimshander and we tried our best to head the dragon off. Kind made the rest of the campaign wierd. But we learned that our choices had consequences so it wasnt the worst
Yeah I hate that chapter. It’s really poorly written and doesn’t give the players much of a chance to stop the dragon.
Awesome vid, dude. I’m In the planning stage of a homebrew campaign for my friends. I’m Trying to decide between running a plot-based game and doing a sandbox (I personally think sandbox is more work up front, and then less work later).
What do you think, do you have a preference?
I only ever run sandbox games outside of one shots - there’s always plot, but it’s in the form of main threats of that arc and character backstory quests. The more I play the more I lean in that direction honestly
Ooooh, yes, it makes prep that much easier (in my personal opinion), and it can give your players more opportunities for large scale creative problem solving! @@BenDeHart
Yo, your 3 year campaign also just ended?? Mine literally ended last Sunday - though mine was homebrew, cause I'm too lazy to read modules :')
You taking a break or jumping into another game right away?
Dayum, that's a really good question. All I know is that I think I'd like to play something other than dnd 5e for a change - and I'm lowkey looking into Lancer RPG! What about you? @@BenDeHart
I'm jumping right back into DnD, but finally doing it in person again! New homebrew setting, kinda like the witcher in Caesarian Roman Gaul. Definitely want to run/play in some shorter non-dnd games concurrent with this one tho @@steveprimeproductions9100
The chardalyn dragon is an awful chapter.