In flame room 2, I'd probably have 9 runes on the door, each one lighting after a Flameskull is defeated. Signal to the party that defeating the Flameskulls is not a fool's errand.
@House DM Love your site, enjoy your relaxed and authentic style. Keep up the great work and avoid succumbing to the lure of Yutuberattiness that has consumed the egos of so many others.
I'm currently running a jungle temple in the Gaping Maw but there's some neat stuff here I'd like to incorporate into mine. Thanks for the cool, concise video!
Wow thanks for saying this! My biggest concern when I saw how long this video was going to end up being was, "oh shit, its not concise. Idk if people are going to watch a 40 min video on this". Thanks Misheard Metal!
Hahaha Hank is such an inspiration. I've rewatched his room design vids countless times and damn they are good. Thanks for watching mine and listening to my ramblings. Cheers!
Shadowdark is extremely exciting. I especially love your take on "Runehamerrian design." Unfortunately I missed out on the kickstarter due to life -- but I can't wait to start deisgning my own adventures. Thanks so much for the inspiration, my dude!
Hey thanks PaladinProse! Also I'm confident there will be more opportunities to grab a physical book. I truly believe its something special. Thanks for your kind words. Cheers!
Really cool / hot design. I will definitely use it with either shadowdark or dcc 😊😁 Instead of upping hit points I will let each player use multiple characters. Thank you a lot, looking forward to the second gauntlet / funnel 😍
Ok, wow. That was a lot of fun. Of course my players did basically everything I didn't plan for. This included, taking both the fire and frost path at the same time, building spears from stingbats and long sticks, and fighting and killing ALL 20 forgotten dead while one person battled a minor mimic that was in place of the final chest. They only had 1 death, but so many close calls, and all ended with 1hp. So epic. Great fun for 4 players. Thank you!
Instead of Exhaustion, I use fatigue. You are either fatigued or not, and fatigue gives a flat -3 penalty to all narratively applicable rolls. If for some reason someone was somehow severely fatigued, or had a combination of fatigue and disease or poison, then it's -6 instead.
Hell yeah! Glad you enjoyed this one. Runehammer was the true pioneer for me on all things D&D. Without his guidance on what your game could look like, I probably would have moved on to a different hobby.
@@HouseDM I bought all them stater sets (stranger things, official D&D starter set, etc.). I couldn't figure out how tf to GM a game. Watching Runnehammer do what you did with this video was my "Aha!" Moment. Yours is up there with quality tho. 🙏 Such a great tool for future GMs!
I made the forgotten dead 1hp minions and they were still plenty scary. I still had the players roll damage and only after several kills did they realize any hit would kill.
I'm glad I'm not the only one that finds the default HP values too low. One thing I hate about simpler/OSR styles is the idea the PCs need to die, a lot. This along with the low variety within classes are the two things I disliked about SD. I have simply house ruled them. Allowing and creating more Talents and maxing HP at first level. I like low HP and broad progression instead of 100 HP powerhouses, but SD goes a bit too weak and bland for my taste. I am still happy to have backed and will play it as it is soooooo easy to hack. Great video!!
I hear you and I’m a bit torn on this. I’ve had a TON of fun playing a 2 hp character before. I also am guilty of ruining a friends fun in my first ever OSE game I ran where he died 3 times in one night primarily because I did a poor job of telegraphing danger. So yeah, I think a fair house rule is giving max hp at first level. But every level after that, they gotta roll. Thanks for commenting rstag21!
For exhaustion-like mechanics, I'm planning on shamelessly borrowing the state-as-resource from Forbidden Lands. So in the Flame room, a failed CON save would result in losing 1 point in the character's CON attribute.
Go for it! I know lots of GM’s like to go for hitting player ability scores. Personally not a huge fan since keeping track of that can be a chore. But let me know how it goes!
Great video and great dungeon! I really like that you used some of the generation tools in the SD book. Curious how much you looked to the book vs. how much you free formed it? Keep up the great work bro!
Hey thanks Sean! Most of this gauntlet was free form. I used only a little bit from the SD tables to help guide me. Then switched things around if it didn’t make sense. My other gauntlet, however, was entirely randomized from the SD dungeon generator. But that video won’t be out for a bit 👍🏼
This was very inspirational! I've had a major brain drain designing many nonlinear dungeons, and after watching this I got the idea for a more linear "gladiator meets squid-game" gauntlet. That said I'm looking forward to your next gauntlet video! Have to say I'm rather surprised that you allowed 4 + CON starting HP. Though the extreme heat/cold mechanics here make it seem that it was necessary. Can you remember how many characters died during a single run of this gauntlet?
Hey Pakkanen! Yeah I certainly allowed the 4 + CON cause running a gauntlet with 1 hp is just too brutal from my experience. Something breathes on you and your dead. So at least with 4+Con you can more easily survive 1 hit. Glad this video was helpful for you in your own designs. Cheers!
@House DM I do think that is the entire point of the gauntlet adventure though. At this point you have just basic villagers. They are in no way equipped to handle real adventure yet, they do die in fun, expected and not expected ways! We had a real blast not knowing who will be the survivors, and every single decision and dice roll being deadly.
Great video! Do Shadowdark players have multiple PCs in a Gauntlet the way that DCC players do in a Funnel? How many 0-level PCs did you assume in the design?
Hey Aaron! So I wrote this under the assumption that all players would each be controlling just 1 character at a time. I know DCC funnels let you have multiple and I’m all for that as an option too. The RAW for Shadowdark from my understanding is 1 per player too. But you could easily give them 2-3 level 0’s to run 😉
"Rune-hammerian" Thank you for an awesome new adjective.
Hehe still, to this day, I’ve found nothing quite like his room design videos 🤘🏼
In flame room 2, I'd probably have 9 runes on the door, each one lighting after a Flameskull is defeated. Signal to the party that defeating the Flameskulls is not a fool's errand.
This is a brilliant idea 💪🏼 Might even have to add that in.
@House DM Love your site, enjoy your relaxed and authentic style. Keep up the great work and avoid succumbing to the lure of Yutuberattiness that has consumed the egos of so many others.
Thanks so much Mr Gunn! That honestly means a lot to me and I plan to continue making videos as my authentic self. Thanks for watching!
I'm currently running a jungle temple in the Gaping Maw but there's some neat stuff here I'd like to incorporate into mine. Thanks for the cool, concise video!
Wow thanks for saying this! My biggest concern when I saw how long this video was going to end up being was, "oh shit, its not concise. Idk if people are going to watch a 40 min video on this". Thanks Misheard Metal!
@@HouseDM Haha, the length of video doesn't scare me, just the uhh'ing and um's of they less, well spoken.
Rooooom design!
Oops wrong channel lol.
Good job man, I missed these kind to encounter videos!
Hahaha Hank is such an inspiration. I've rewatched his room design vids countless times and damn they are good. Thanks for watching mine and listening to my ramblings. Cheers!
Thank you House DM for a Fun Walk through 😂😂
Hah I'm glad you thought so. I had a blast recording it lol.
Shadowdark is extremely exciting. I especially love your take on "Runehamerrian design." Unfortunately I missed out on the kickstarter due to life -- but I can't wait to start deisgning my own adventures. Thanks so much for the inspiration, my dude!
Hey thanks PaladinProse! Also I'm confident there will be more opportunities to grab a physical book. I truly believe its something special. Thanks for your kind words. Cheers!
@@HouseDM oh yeah I'm sure I'll cop a physical copy soon. Cheers man, keep it up! You're a huge inspiration to me.
The noises at the start scared me. I braved through them and really enjoyed the video.
This gauntlet sounds like an absolute blast! Thanks for putting the work in man, it really shows!
Hey thanks Hellvector! I really appreciate that 🍻
@@HouseDM No problem man! Keep it coming!
I also keep forgetting that my UA-cam name isn’t NewbieC4. 😅
Really cool / hot design.
I will definitely use it with either shadowdark or dcc 😊😁
Instead of upping hit points I will let each player use multiple characters.
Thank you a lot, looking forward to the second gauntlet / funnel 😍
Glad you like it Bjorn! And hell yea, you can run this with multiple characters per player like the DCC funnel np 🤘🏼
I'm excited to run this gauntlet this Sunday for my 1st shot at Shadowdark
Best of luck to your PC’s! I’d love to hear how it goes afterwards 💪🏼
Ok, wow. That was a lot of fun. Of course my players did basically everything I didn't plan for. This included, taking both the fire and frost path at the same time, building spears from stingbats and long sticks, and fighting and killing ALL 20 forgotten dead while one person battled a minor mimic that was in place of the final chest. They only had 1 death, but so many close calls, and all ended with 1hp. So epic. Great fun for 4 players. Thank you!
I did add the luck dice from Death Bringer RPG that recharge 1 die on a Nat 1. It made for some pretty cool moments.
Instead of Exhaustion, I use fatigue. You are either fatigued or not, and fatigue gives a flat -3 penalty to all narratively applicable rolls. If for some reason someone was somehow severely fatigued, or had a combination of fatigue and disease or poison, then it's -6 instead.
I like this!
This is exactly what new GMs need! Nice work! Runehammer's channel is also whom taught me how to GM as well.
Hell yeah! Glad you enjoyed this one. Runehammer was the true pioneer for me on all things D&D. Without his guidance on what your game could look like, I probably would have moved on to a different hobby.
@@HouseDM I bought all them stater sets (stranger things, official D&D starter set, etc.). I couldn't figure out how tf to GM a game. Watching Runnehammer do what you did with this video was my "Aha!" Moment. Yours is up there with quality tho. 🙏 Such a great tool for future GMs!
Sweet
I made the forgotten dead 1hp minions and they were still plenty scary. I still had the players roll damage and only after several kills did they realize any hit would kill.
I'm glad I'm not the only one that finds the default HP values too low. One thing I hate about simpler/OSR styles is the idea the PCs need to die, a lot. This along with the low variety within classes are the two things I disliked about SD. I have simply house ruled them. Allowing and creating more Talents and maxing HP at first level. I like low HP and broad progression instead of 100 HP powerhouses, but SD goes a bit too weak and bland for my taste. I am still happy to have backed and will play it as it is soooooo easy to hack. Great video!!
I hear you and I’m a bit torn on this. I’ve had a TON of fun playing a 2 hp character before. I also am guilty of ruining a friends fun in my first ever OSE game I ran where he died 3 times in one night primarily because I did a poor job of telegraphing danger.
So yeah, I think a fair house rule is giving max hp at first level. But every level after that, they gotta roll. Thanks for commenting rstag21!
Always use the death timer for icy ledges. "In X turns if you don't roll Nat 20 you will FALL TO YOUR DEATH!"
Brilliant idea! Thanks for sharing!
The Chamber Of OF Flames! 7:35😅
Love the design and flow. That would be tough for level 1 and maybe even 2 level characters.
This is the way 🤘🏼
For exhaustion-like mechanics, I'm planning on shamelessly borrowing the state-as-resource from Forbidden Lands. So in the Flame room, a failed CON save would result in losing 1 point in the character's CON attribute.
Go for it! I know lots of GM’s like to go for hitting player ability scores. Personally not a huge fan since keeping track of that can be a chore. But let me know how it goes!
Great video and great dungeon! I really like that you used some of the generation tools in the SD book. Curious how much you looked to the book vs. how much you free formed it? Keep up the great work bro!
Hey thanks Sean! Most of this gauntlet was free form. I used only a little bit from the SD tables to help guide me. Then switched things around if it didn’t make sense.
My other gauntlet, however, was entirely randomized from the SD dungeon generator. But that video won’t be out for a bit 👍🏼
This was very inspirational! I've had a major brain drain designing many nonlinear dungeons, and after watching this I got the idea for a more linear "gladiator meets squid-game" gauntlet. That said I'm looking forward to your next gauntlet video!
Have to say I'm rather surprised that you allowed 4 + CON starting HP. Though the extreme heat/cold mechanics here make it seem that it was necessary. Can you remember how many characters died during a single run of this gauntlet?
Hey Pakkanen! Yeah I certainly allowed the 4 + CON cause running a gauntlet with 1 hp is just too brutal from my experience. Something breathes on you and your dead. So at least with 4+Con you can more easily survive 1 hit.
Glad this video was helpful for you in your own designs. Cheers!
@House DM I do think that is the entire point of the gauntlet adventure though. At this point you have just basic villagers. They are in no way equipped to handle real adventure yet, they do die in fun, expected and not expected ways! We had a real blast not knowing who will be the survivors, and every single decision and dice roll being deadly.
Where did you get those D4s? I love the clear text
Check out Monomakes on Etsy. 10/10 quality product. This d4 set was an award for 2nd place in a dungeon design contest👍🏼
Great video! Do Shadowdark players have multiple PCs in a Gauntlet the way that DCC players do in a Funnel? How many 0-level PCs did you assume in the design?
Hey Aaron! So I wrote this under the assumption that all players would each be controlling just 1 character at a time. I know DCC funnels let you have multiple and I’m all for that as an option too.
The RAW for Shadowdark from my understanding is 1 per player too. But you could easily give them 2-3 level 0’s to run 😉
The impaled wizard was the last man standing of his group. Otherwise, his companions would have looted his body - especially for that potion.
Truth indeed.
What's a Gauntlet?
Basically a highly lethal level zero dungeon meant to be fun to just try to survive and be highly rewarding 👍🏼 DCC refers to them as a “funnel”.
@@HouseDM ah, gotcha!
Susan is being lazy again 🙄
dc9?
Accurate Troll noises at intro. Great 0 level idea. Thanks sir.
This is the way 👊🏼