Professor Dungeon Master just gave the Warhammer rules a good review. As to your cliffhanger at the end, I went straight to Humphrey Bogart, "Of all the taverns in all the neighborhoods in this city, you had to come into this one". Excellent.
Your hero is called “Heldin” which actually translates to heroine in German and would then be pronounced ˈhɛldɪn. Keep up the good work. Greetings from Tokyo.
Intolerance Dispute=a pogrom against witches in the country has been stirred up by a Witch Hunter. Now she is on the run and going to her only friend Ingo hoping for help getting away.
Great video, I always like to know the process of thoughts of others, that’s why when I play I usually write down my rolls and some thoughts. For the rolls my thoughts: 1- Intolerance + Dispute => the pc (sry I’m bad with names and forgot her name) was in town because there was some group of people that are getting unfairly persecuted (maybe some group of people she knew and know they couldn’t had done something like what is saying, that or the persecutors are making a trap to get her). She went to the tavern to learn more information through his friend (that sayd, it took me more time to get this idea than you took on the video, thankfully in solo we can play as slow as we want, the same can’t be said as doing a video xD ) 2- Pursue + Status quo => in your story i would thought the same idea that you though. I’m “My version” I think it was an easy one, she want to solve the group problem and get rid of the accusations , making like everything has before. The problem is she can’t be seen and the persecutors may had make this to get her. 3- For the critical yes I wold had done something like: yes = 1 persons , extreme yes = 2 or 3 persons for the critical = a group of persons Then I had rolled if some one knew her and if yes, that person was in her side or not. The thing I like this “inspirational tables” instead of the “descriptive tables” (the ones that say exactly what it is something) is the first one can be used multiple times and depending the person thoughts, situation and moment we can have diferent answers. Good job like allways
Glad you like the video and yes, this series is going to be lightly edited. I still have to continue on with The Witcher series though as well (till its season finale episode).
This is really inspiring to me! I just got into solo RPG and I've mainly done a few easy journaling games but I want to use a more freeform system like WFRP, DnD5e, Ironsworn, or so on and use a GM emulator like Mythic here. The issue is, I don't know the rules of any of these systems. How have you in the past started into a new system? Do you read all the rules first and then just learn how to apply mythic to it or do you just jump in? Also, what software do you use here to set up your background of your scene and dice rolling? So far, everything has been in my head during journaling but using art for scenes like this is very intriguing! Do you do everything on your PC usually?
Glad you enjoyed the video/series! I learn a new system by skimming through the book, then focusing on the Rules & Combat Rules chapter(s). Then I search for a GM Sheet for the system and also study the GM screen (if there is one). For the past few months I have been using my own solo rules and emulator that I am creating rather than Mythic GME. I am a pencil artist so I do a lot of hand artwork for my solo campaigns (watch my Dragonbane Solo Campaign for reference), but in this video I use MidJourney. For UA-cam I do almost everything on my MacBook, but I mostly journal, like in Dragonbane Solo Campaign.
Being a loner by nature, I cannot stand playing in a group. Love rpgs, hate group play. I only solo rpg and solo board game. I recently tried with a group again for a few months and once again (and only because it was my future brother-in-laws gaming group), left it because I just can't do it. Between the length of time and boredom sitting there, the arguing, the goofing off, nobody listening to any ideas and just overall lack of cooperation (and these are all people from 30 something to 50 something in the group) I had to quit. Just found your channel and am looking forward to watching your videos.
I already have tried play solo and watched some videos, but it is the better next to Me, myself and die. it's very didactic and the form as you interpret the results is incredible!
Great video. Do you use scene/image prompts for yourself when you're not creating a UA-cam video, like the scene of the inside of the Inn and the two character portraits or is it all theatre of the mind? Do you have to be mindful how you phrase your Fate questions based on how you know the Mythic Engine is more likely to respond, "yes" the higher the Chaos Factor? For example, with Chaos Factor 7, 50/50, "Do I open the chest without being disturbed?" there's a 75% chance you do and are NOT disturbed. On the other hand, "Does anyone come in while I'm opening the chest?" there's a 75% change they do and you ARE disturbed. Simple change of question which may not even have been thought about but which can drive the story in two opposite directions.
I draw areas out in pencil in my journals and theatre of the mind as well. Yes you have to mindful on how you ask a question to the fate chart or you can simply increase or decrease the Odds. Like your example, raise or lower the odds is a good way of doing it. So if you ask, the fate chart “is the secret weapon that I’ve been looking for this past week in front of my feet” you would put the odds at very unlikely, or even worse than that. And if it rolled on a yes, you still get a euphoria feeling that you can’t believe you rolled yes and then you try to figure out why the secret weapon was in front of my feet. maybe somebody shoved it through the ground like through a cave system, maybe it was a fake secret weapon and you thought it was real and it was planted there to make you think it was real, etc..
I like what you went with but you said they 'became intolerant of her because they disputed that she is a witch'... I don't think that word means what you think it means. I would had still had the exact same scene play out because the village became intolerant of her and this bartender disputed the hatred for her and supported her still. ;)
Great video! (once again 😅) I like the way that you tell your story. It is way more "cinematic" than mine. Furthermore, although, you play several systems in your videos, you rely more on Mythic than the game system.
Glad you like the video! As for Mythic, if I played in a group setting, which I won’t in the foreseeable future, I would ask the game master a lot of questions. Hence why I ask the game master emulator, a lot of questions.
@@orkcol oh and it goes further, good amount of episodes in Season 1 and now there’s Season 2 Episode 1 (I switched over to my own game master emulator for that episode)
@wilonascave cool. I now have a backlog to get through then haha. There's so many solo rpg videos, but this and me myself and die are the first I've seen that actually shows how to play and it's process, good job man.
I'm going to learn Warhammer 4th edition by playing solo first. This really helps. I think I may use the new mythic gme 2e module on foundry vtt when I can just to save time, but I will go analog as well when I feel the need to roll physical dice. The vtt mod has all of the new charts. You can also switch it back to 1st edition if you want
This is great! I just stumbled on your channel today and I’m so glad I did. I’ve been trying to do solo role playing for a few years now with hit and miss success. I’ve finally got a Starforged campaign to stick for more than a session or two and am looking for best practices and your channel is great for that. What software do you use to record your sessions? Thinking of trying to record my sessions as well to force myself to get involved more in the RP as opposed to glossing things over in my head.
Glad you are enjoying the channel & series. I use a MacBook and it comes with a Screen Recorder built in. Don’t know if it has a name for the program though.
Persue Status Quo: she wants back in. She wants help discrediting the person who "saw her do magic" so things can go back to how they were. The person lied or was mistaken etc
Intolerance dispute: Ingo has news of another hedge witch who is not being careful and bringing attention to the city. This is increasing the heat for Helden and she must find them.
Hi, this is so interesting. I started out using Traveller rules and a load of random charts from different sources. This would be early 80’s. Used WFRP for a fantasy campaign a little later. I have also only played RPG’ solo, currently using Starforged (excellent). Really looking forward to this series, thank you.
Well, I have a current campaign (that I haven’t created the season finale of) which is The Witcher series (also solo). So I have to do both of these campaigns simultaneously. I’m going to try my very best to get as much content out.
As for Mythic, I stopped using it and reverted back and updated my own solo rules system. But other tools, I like to use or supplements before I start making my own is the ‘book of random tables’ and ironsworn oracles, but now I make my own.
Some I trace/draw and use Adobe Firefly to flesh out. Some are AI-generated. I would love to draw out all my scenes from scratch but it would take way too long.
Hey there, really love your series, currently on episode 3. I have troubles with owlbear as I am not quite sure how to use it / set it up / what to do with it :D. Could you kindly explain why you use Owlbear, except to "show what is going on (dice rolls, etc.)?" I have never used a VTT as they seem, in my opinion, unnecessary complicated and I don't see the benefits. So I would like to get some input on that front as well, if possible. Keep it up. Love the videos I have seen on your channel so far!
Outside of this channel, I never use a VTT system in Solo RPG. Owlbear is extremely easy to use, it’s streamlined and bare bones. I’m glad you were enjoying the series thus far.
@@wilonascave Thanks for getting back to me! Currently trying to get into solo rpg, that's how i found this channel :D. But it is so hard for me to take the first step and jump on in, so i am stuck reading rulebooks and watching videos.
Huh, interesting.. Though it seems like a lot of effort to barely simulate what would good GM provide by default.. And if one wants cinematic, solo experience, why not just play PC game? In any case - more power to you :)
I can see your point, have heard the same for decades. But this scene and all of the rest could have been played out in so many different ways, with random dice rolls. Leading to why this way is so much better than a one-shot PC game (play once and it will always be the same). I have been playing solo for 34 years and will never play with a group or a GM. But I can see the attraction for some to play in a group. Happy gaming.
One of my friends problem for playing solo is he thought the solo aspect takes the role playing from the RPG, and I don't have any answer at that time beside documentation : written, audio, or audio visual. I also want to answer it's okay for him to just RP inside his head but I don't think it can answer him. It is also my reason why I record mine and put them in my channel, albeit in my own language that I'm comfortable with. I wanted some records of me playing.
@@wilonascave I agree with that. So, when you did your solo RPG alone (not in front of camera / recording device), how do you roleplay? Did you just do it inside your head or do you act it out? I only did once and it was recorded so I acted it out but idk what i am comfortable with if I'm alone.
The new series I have is how I play solo - drawing and journaling, and then thinking of dialogue in my head if you’d like to see how I play solo here’s a link: Dragonbane - 100% Solo RPG Journaling Adventure (Ep. 1) ua-cam.com/video/lhdIQUdZXpI/v-deo.html
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Core Rulebook Purchase Link:
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/248284/warhammer-fantasy-roleplay-core-rulebook?affiliate_id=3372501
Professor Dungeon Master just gave the Warhammer rules a good review. As to your cliffhanger at the end, I went straight to Humphrey Bogart, "Of all the taverns in all the neighborhoods in this city, you had to come into this one". Excellent.
I love those old movies 🍿
@@wilonascave Bogart's version of the big sleep maybe the best movie ever made.
Your hero is called “Heldin” which actually translates to heroine in German and would then be pronounced ˈhɛldɪn. Keep up the good work. Greetings from Tokyo.
Sorry for the late reply, I did not see this comment. Thank you for this and glad you enjoyed the episode, and hopefully the current ongoing series
Intolerance Dispute=a pogrom against witches in the country has been stirred up by a Witch Hunter. Now she is on the run and going to her only friend Ingo hoping for help getting away.
I find it hilarious you weren't allowed to play DnD but Warhammer was fine lmao
Good thing she didn’t look in the book
Great video, I always like to know the process of thoughts of others, that’s why when I play I usually write down my rolls and some thoughts.
For the rolls my thoughts:
1- Intolerance + Dispute => the pc (sry I’m bad with names and forgot her name) was in town because there was some group of people that are getting unfairly persecuted (maybe some group of people she knew and know they couldn’t had done something like what is saying, that or the persecutors are making a trap to get her). She went to the tavern to learn more information through his friend (that sayd, it took me more time to get this idea than you took on the video, thankfully in solo we can play as slow as we want, the same can’t be said as doing a video xD )
2- Pursue + Status quo => in your story i would thought the same idea that you though. I’m “My version” I think it was an easy one, she want to solve the group problem and get rid of the accusations , making like everything has before. The problem is she can’t be seen and the persecutors may had make this to get her.
3- For the critical yes I wold had done something like: yes = 1 persons , extreme yes = 2 or 3 persons for the critical = a group of persons
Then I had rolled if some one knew her and if yes, that person was in her side or not.
The thing I like this “inspirational tables” instead of the “descriptive tables” (the ones that say exactly what it is something) is the first one can be used multiple times and depending the person thoughts, situation and moment we can have diferent answers.
Good job like allways
These are excellent! And I agree that descriptors would be too narrow
Excellent video! As others have said, it's fun to see and hear the unedited version of your process. Incredibly informative. Can't wait for part two.
Glad you like the video and yes, this series is going to be lightly edited. I still have to continue on with The Witcher series though as well (till its season finale episode).
SWEEEET! 30 years of experience?! You must be a little bit older than I thought! (I was thinking mid-30s!) 😂😂😂
Started in 1989.
@@wilonascave Impressive… Most impressive…
This is now my go to solo rpg resource, it took years of scouring youtube for a actual helpful vid on solo rpg'ing! Thank you for making this!!!!
Glad you’re enjoying it!
This is really inspiring to me! I just got into solo RPG and I've mainly done a few easy journaling games but I want to use a more freeform system like WFRP, DnD5e, Ironsworn, or so on and use a GM emulator like Mythic here. The issue is, I don't know the rules of any of these systems. How have you in the past started into a new system? Do you read all the rules first and then just learn how to apply mythic to it or do you just jump in?
Also, what software do you use here to set up your background of your scene and dice rolling? So far, everything has been in my head during journaling but using art for scenes like this is very intriguing! Do you do everything on your PC usually?
Glad you enjoyed the video/series! I learn a new system by skimming through the book, then focusing on the Rules & Combat Rules chapter(s). Then I search for a GM Sheet for the system and also study the GM screen (if there is one). For the past few months I have been using my own solo rules and emulator that I am creating rather than Mythic GME.
I am a pencil artist so I do a lot of hand artwork for my solo campaigns (watch my Dragonbane Solo Campaign for reference), but in this video I use MidJourney.
For UA-cam I do almost everything on my MacBook, but I mostly journal, like in Dragonbane Solo Campaign.
Being a loner by nature, I cannot stand playing in a group. Love rpgs, hate group play. I only solo rpg and solo board game. I recently tried with a group again for a few months and once again (and only because it was my future brother-in-laws gaming group), left it because I just can't do it. Between the length of time and boredom sitting there, the arguing, the goofing off, nobody listening to any ideas and just overall lack of cooperation (and these are all people from 30 something to 50 something in the group) I had to quit. Just found your channel and am looking forward to watching your videos.
My apologies, I did not see you comment. I share your mindset with group play as well. I only like playing solo or GMing for my children.
I already have tried play solo and watched some videos, but it is the better next to Me, myself and die. it's very didactic and the form as you interpret the results is incredible!
Thank you!
Great video. Do you use scene/image prompts for yourself when you're not creating a UA-cam video, like the scene of the inside of the Inn and the two character portraits or is it all theatre of the mind?
Do you have to be mindful how you phrase your Fate questions based on how you know the Mythic Engine is more likely to respond, "yes" the higher the Chaos Factor? For example, with Chaos Factor 7, 50/50, "Do I open the chest without being disturbed?" there's a 75% chance you do and are NOT disturbed. On the other hand, "Does anyone come in while I'm opening the chest?" there's a 75% change they do and you ARE disturbed. Simple change of question which may not even have been thought about but which can drive the story in two opposite directions.
I draw areas out in pencil in my journals and theatre of the mind as well.
Yes you have to mindful on how you ask a question to the fate chart or you can simply increase or decrease the Odds. Like your example, raise or lower the odds is a good way of doing it. So if you ask, the fate chart “is the secret weapon that I’ve been looking for this past week in front of my feet” you would put the odds at very unlikely, or even worse than that.
And if it rolled on a yes, you still get a euphoria feeling that you can’t believe you rolled yes and then you try to figure out why the secret weapon was in front of my feet. maybe somebody shoved it through the ground like through a cave system, maybe it was a fake secret weapon and you thought it was real and it was planted there to make you think it was real, etc..
I like what you went with but you said they 'became intolerant of her because they disputed that she is a witch'... I don't think that word means what you think it means. I would had still had the exact same scene play out because the village became intolerant of her and this bartender disputed the hatred for her and supported her still. ;)
Really enjoy how using tables can change the course of the narrative.
It was amazing, informative, and your delivery is top notch!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Your intro is what I’ve been seeking for three years, sir…..
Hugs from brazil
Great video! (once again 😅)
I like the way that you tell your story. It is way more "cinematic" than mine.
Furthermore, although, you play several systems in your videos, you rely more on Mythic than the game system.
Glad you like the video!
As for Mythic, if I played in a group setting, which I won’t in the foreseeable future, I would ask the game master a lot of questions. Hence why I ask the game master emulator, a lot of questions.
Amazing. Brilliant, actually useful demo for people
@@orkcol oh and it goes further, good amount of episodes in Season 1 and now there’s Season 2 Episode 1 (I switched over to my own game master emulator for that episode)
@wilonascave cool. I now have a backlog to get through then haha.
There's so many solo rpg videos, but this and me myself and die are the first I've seen that actually shows how to play and it's process, good job man.
I'm going to learn Warhammer 4th edition by playing solo first. This really helps. I think I may use the new mythic gme 2e module on foundry vtt when I can just to save time, but I will go analog as well when I feel the need to roll physical dice. The vtt mod has all of the new charts. You can also switch it back to 1st edition if you want
That’s pretty cool I have a second edition, but the first edition is my go to and I’ve been using it for years
Great content, really interesting perspective on role playing …
Thank you!
This is great! I just stumbled on your channel today and I’m so glad I did. I’ve been trying to do solo role playing for a few years now with hit and miss success. I’ve finally got a Starforged campaign to stick for more than a session or two and am looking for best practices and your channel is great for that.
What software do you use to record your sessions? Thinking of trying to record my sessions as well to force myself to get involved more in the RP as opposed to glossing things over in my head.
Glad you are enjoying the channel & series. I use a MacBook and it comes with a Screen Recorder built in. Don’t know if it has a name for the program though.
Love the creative process here! It's very to fun to see how things unfold. 👍
Really happy you enjoyed it! We’ll see what happens in the next the episode/lesson.
Persue Status Quo: she wants back in. She wants help discrediting the person who "saw her do magic" so things can go back to how they were. The person lied or was mistaken etc
Intolerance dispute: Ingo has news of another hedge witch who is not being careful and bringing attention to the city. This is increasing the heat for Helden and she must find them.
Unsanctioned magic burn at the stake ask questions later
This is wonderful. Subscribing! Thank you for sharing!
Glad you liked the first episode and welcome aboard!
Thanks for the video!
You’re welcome
Hi, this is so interesting. I started out using Traveller rules and a load of random charts from different sources. This would be early 80’s. Used WFRP for a fantasy campaign a little later. I have also only played RPG’ solo, currently using Starforged (excellent). Really looking forward to this series, thank you.
Nice to see another purely Solo RPGist
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!
Nice example of a good and autentique solo campaign!
When are you releasing the next ep???
Thank you for your feedback!
Well, I have a current campaign (that I haven’t created the season finale of) which is The Witcher series (also solo). So I have to do both of these campaigns simultaneously. I’m going to try my very best to get as much content out.
Beside the Warhammer Fantasy Role-Play books and Mythic, which other tools are you using for your games?
As for Mythic, I stopped using it and reverted back and updated my own solo rules system. But other tools, I like to use or supplements before I start making my own is the ‘book of random tables’ and ironsworn oracles, but now I make my own.
where do you get the background settings and characters from?
Some I trace/draw and use Adobe Firefly to flesh out. Some are AI-generated. I would love to draw out all my scenes from scratch but it would take way too long.
Well done! I'm enjoying the story so far.
Glad you enjoyed it. I’m trying to get to Episode 3 as soon as possible.
Great stuff! Thanks for showing how to you play solo. Which software are you using for images/vtt etc or other tools?
Sorry I did not see this comment. It’s been a while since you commented so I apologize. I am using Owlbear.rodeo
This is a lot of fun! 😊
Glad your enjoying it! We’ll see where this How to Play Solo takes us
4:30 lot of citizen, mostly rural and poor will like or tolerate Edge Witch cause they often cure folk, know herb and remedy
Even as a midwives as well
@14:50 it would be likely if workers who got off work, given the time it appears to be. But a witch hunter makes it waaaay more dramatic.
Well, I got to entice people to watch Ep. 2 😂 - Rolling a ‘1’ for that question was the worst result to get 😆
@@wilonascave I'll be there for epi. 2.
🍻
Oh my what’s gonna happen 😮
I have no idea, but I know the dice 🎲 will tell me. We’ll see….
Always those 1s! 😂
They always get me on questions that would harm my PCs the most!
ótimo vídeo cara...qual programa você utiliza para rolar esta bandeja de dados?
Owlbear
What edition do you think is best? I keep seeing people stuck between 2th and 4th
I play with 4th, but when Magic or Combat happens, I use 2nd modified with a bit of 4th.
@@wilonascave Oh nice thanks bud :-)
It's an Episession lol
😆
merci !!!
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What program are you using to run this?
Owlbear
Hey there, really love your series, currently on episode 3. I have troubles with owlbear as I am not quite sure how to use it / set it up / what to do with it :D. Could you kindly explain why you use Owlbear, except to "show what is going on (dice rolls, etc.)?" I have never used a VTT as they seem, in my opinion, unnecessary complicated and I don't see the benefits. So I would like to get some input on that front as well, if possible. Keep it up. Love the videos I have seen on your channel so far!
Outside of this channel, I never use a VTT system in Solo RPG. Owlbear is extremely easy to use, it’s streamlined and bare bones.
I’m glad you were enjoying the series thus far.
@@wilonascave Thanks for getting back to me! Currently trying to get into solo rpg, that's how i found this channel :D. But it is so hard for me to take the first step and jump on in, so i am stuck reading rulebooks and watching videos.
That is why I created this following video:
How to Start Solo RPG - Where to Begin? #ttrpg
ua-cam.com/video/8zsp8UHJBA0/v-deo.html
@@wilonascave yeah, I watched that yesterday 😀
Huh, interesting.. Though it seems like a lot of effort to barely simulate what would good GM provide by default.. And if one wants cinematic, solo experience, why not just play PC game?
In any case - more power to you :)
I can see your point, have heard the same for decades. But this scene and all of the rest could have been played out in so many different ways, with random dice rolls. Leading to why this way is so much better than a one-shot PC game (play once and it will always be the same). I have been playing solo for 34 years and will never play with a group or a GM. But I can see the attraction for some to play in a group.
Happy gaming.
One of my friends problem for playing solo is he thought the solo aspect takes the role playing from the RPG, and I don't have any answer at that time beside documentation : written, audio, or audio visual. I also want to answer it's okay for him to just RP inside his head but I don't think it can answer him. It is also my reason why I record mine and put them in my channel, albeit in my own language that I'm comfortable with. I wanted some records of me playing.
Solo RPG isn’t for everyone, but everyone does have an imagination even if they say they don’t
@@wilonascave I agree with that. So, when you did your solo RPG alone (not in front of camera / recording device), how do you roleplay? Did you just do it inside your head or do you act it out? I only did once and it was recorded so I acted it out but idk what i am comfortable with if I'm alone.
The new series I have is how I play solo - drawing and journaling, and then thinking of dialogue in my head if you’d like to see how I play solo here’s a link: Dragonbane - 100% Solo RPG Journaling Adventure (Ep. 1)
ua-cam.com/video/lhdIQUdZXpI/v-deo.html
@@wilonascave Okay, watching now!
Hope you enjoy!
For anyone interested, Chat GPT is a really good tool to use along with Mythic. I use both for my current Ironsworn game and it's great.
Made a video about it (kinda)
AI Text-Based Adventure Game Using ChatGPT (Horror Setting)
ua-cam.com/video/HdrgugvjVBQ/v-deo.html
ChatGPT is AMAZING at helping with "GM block"
Oh, I never heard of the term GM block before that’s interesting! My solution for for that is roll action and subject/theme, interpret and move on.
Interesting. Im wanting to run this solo. Thanks for this.
My absolute favorite setting!
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