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After watching up to The Boy and The Heron spoiler warning (I havent seen it yet) and then following the link and fawning over the kickstarter project for a minute; I shared it in multiple large discord servers I'm in without really stopping to think that it was an affiliate link lol whoops. hopefully this makes you filthy stinking rich tho!
@@ProphetOfWhoa welp, I can't say I mind! In any case however people get to it, thanks for sharing The Wandering Tavern with folks, and props to you for being disciplined about spoilers warnings
His movies are the reason one of my best friends is alive; I stupidly once gifted him a carton of maverick cigarettes, as a thank you. Kinda odd, like the happiest unhappy you’ll ever meet.
Calling it an Eldritch bargain is exactly how I describe being an author trying to watch movies. So often I end up just picking out all the twists and plots and go "Oh its gonna be that one again" instead of being surprised and just enjoying art lol.
I think I feel a bit stuck in this as a creator, right now. Sometimes the things I try to make seem so painfully transparent, and I have to make myself realize they won't necessarily seem that way to an audience. But at the same time, I enjoy the magic of it. Seeing behind the stage sometimes makes it seem even more magical when you look at things from just the right angle again to complete the illusion.
What’s worse for me is when I see the plot that “should” have happened and for some reason the creator of the film goes in a completely different direction just for shock value or a money grab or whatever😂 It’s made watching certain movies (*cough* Marvel *cough*) unbearable because the movies could have been so good with just a bit more integrity and effort.
I'm obsessed with your CRT TV and how you used it in this video. Really makes me think about how much I appreciate older forms of media. Not really related to the content of the video itself, it's just so cool to see it and get a glimpse into how your brain works!
I think you found your niche. Very impressed by this. High preparation, high execution. Not many dnd creators put a lot of research into their videos, that could be the niche you fill
I appreciate you saying so, thank you for watching the video! You're right that this one took a lot of prep work, so it's nice when people engage with it
@@TheADHDM it was excellent! I think what made this stand out was that you did the research and work - many DND creators would just rely on personal experience and "what they think", and the discourse is flooded with this. You might like Action Button Reviews. He was one of the first gonzo style video game journalists, and his video reviews are like 3+ hrs with months of research. So still extremely personal because it's gonzo, but seriously grounded. Outside of D&D historians, I can't think of another D&D UA-camr that put any amount of hours in research approaching what you have done. It's a hole in the discourse and media sphere. I hope this style of video you made catches on and I hope you continue to make these in a similar veins. Thank you for your work!! ✨
Thanks for watching! I appreciate it. If you know anyone who would like the video, print out every frame and make them a scrapbook of your favorite parts. Or send them a link, whichever's easier! (seriously thanks for watching)
I keep showing up for D&D, and I keep getting thought provoking videos about art, life, and living, and the transition between the two is seamless. Wonderful video.
That means a lot! As my friend Faulku Black put it once, the best thing you can do with something underrated is boost the rating, if there's anybody in your life who you think would like this video Thank you very much for watching
When you said to just sit with you a moment, I was JUST about to scroll down and see the comments. But I didn’t, I just sat with my thoughts for that thirty seconds, and genuinely it let this video sink in. Brilliant final touch to an excellent video
Holy cow I have never heard anyone put to words so exactly the thoughts that bubble on my head whenever this topic comes up. Thank you so much for making this!
Thank you for watching! I'm glad it vibed with your intuition. If there's anybody in your life that would get a kick out of it, describe it to them beside a campfire, as though you lived in a post apocalyptic world, describing the before-times. Or send them the link, whichever is easier.
@@TheADHDM I have sent this to all my player and GM friends. I truly think you have given voice to a lot of stray and ambient thoughts many people have tried to cobble together. Thank you :) Glad to have found your work!
I think this might be my favorite video you've done. They get better every time and I love your takes on some of the same conversations my group and I are having. Keep up the good work 🙂
I was expecting a single location, simply framed and snappily edited "TOP 10 WAYS TO MAKE YOUR CAMPAIGN FEEL LIKE A GHIBLI MOVIE" video, but this was extremely high quality. It's closer to a Folding Ideas or Hbomberguy video than anything other dm advice thing I've seen on this platform, you definitely deserve the sub :]
Well shit that ending was genuinely beautiful. The kind of thing that inspires me to salve the burned out writer in me. And, I hope the writer in us keeps the writer in you aflame.
As someone who has lost grand parents and parents it will always be the quiet moments when you get the grief whiplash. They fade whilst we remain and the world turns but we can fondly remember them in dreams and whilst living
That's really wonderful, thank you for sharing, and for watching to the end I wonder how many people look at the comments before the end and think "wow why is everyone talking about grief so sincerely"
That's so kind of you to say! Thank you for watching, and if there are any people in your life you think would like the video, burn it to a dvd and mail it to them (or send the link, whichever's faster)
This is an incredible video. Thank you for your transparency and foresight. As an artist, as a human, your words resonate deeply. I wish you continued healing and success on this journey through our shared reality.
Thank you for the thoughtful comment, this kind of feedback replenishes my spell slots If you think anyone you know would enjoy the video, recreate it as a play within a play, hamlet style Or send them the link, whichever you prefer
I just found this, and having watched it, I just want to say a sincere thank you. It really touched my heart, and spoke to me on a deeper level. ❤ Thank you for the inspiration.
I've watched a few of your videos since finding you last night while looking for DM advice and this is my favorite one. Your aesthetic is so fun and I really like your narration style, but I think this video especially gets to the heart of why we want to share these experiences with others. That urgency to accept who you are in the moment and make something anyway, even if the timing isn't right, even if its not perfect? As another autistic millennial, I really relate to this and a lot of other things you talk about. Thank you for sharing!
This is the kind of content I want more of. Not quick hacks to put a shallow mask over D&D, but the real deep, defining fundamentals of what makes a thing unique. The thing being the atmosphere in Ghibli movies, in this case, but please make more videos like this one for other things!
This was absolutely amazing - made the choice to subscribe easy. Some great advice, and some confirmation that I'm doing some things right in my Ghibli-inspired homebrew. I'm going to save this vid and try to come back to it every so often in my planning. And your grandmother sounds like a blessing to have known.
This is one of the better presented story coaching videos I’ve seen- and you kept it engaging with your self reflection. Genuinely enjoyed the breakdown, looking forward to listening more! Thank you for sharing the research too!
Thank you very much! I appreciate you watching it. If there's anyone you think could gain some insights from the video, print out every frame and slip them under their door one at a time. Or send them the link, whichever's easier.
I must say, this is stellar work. Splendidly identified aspects of the stories that they not only have in common, but also makes them stand out from others. And the translation into application is clear, inspiring, and inciting. And yet, this video is more, wrapped within heartfelt grief, and calm, and linger. Thank you, Skyler. You gave us quite the gift in this. We will let it grow.
Thank you for this video! At first I was afraid of learning the Ghibli secrets and losing the magic. Then I was really glad that I watched, because you gave some of the best RPG advice I've ever got. And, finally, I was touched. In a moment of my life when I really needed this connection and advice. Thank you! I'll be here for a while, if you don't mind.
Fantastic video. The thought of a world without Miyazaki saddens me deeply, and you talking about your great-grandmother reminded me of my own grandmother's death last year and the grief I felt over that.
Damn- you're videos are so dang good! Loved this. Thank you for making this haha i was genuinely taking notes throughout my entire viewing of this :,3 Sooo many good tips! And just a wonderful experience to watch. My own Ghibli inspired campaign will definately be filled with more heart after this
Another lovely video. I've only watched a few SG movies. I can't say I am a devoted fan, but I can say they are movies that have stuck with me in ways that other movies have not. You've done a great job of boiling down the essence of what makes them work. Also, the end bit of your video hit quite hard. I am sorry for your loss, and thank you for once again sharing a very personal story so that we might all find some common ground and comfort on this very messy and impersonal Internet.
Yeah I can't say sitting down to watch all the movies was grueling research, even if I did want to just put the notebook away and enjoy them! Thank you for watching! I'm glad you could resonate with the ending section, I anticipate it being a little divisive
I put this video into my Watch Later when it came out because I was curious about GMing. Coming back to it now, as I prepare to build a social skills TTRPG curriculum, this hits so many notes I needed. Thank you so much!
@@TheADHDM I get anxiety when my watch later gets too full! I get checklist euphoria when I watch a video and can finally remove it from the list lol. And I get to learn in the process 🙏
I'm really glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching If there's anybody else you know who would like it, compose a 30 minute prog rock odyssey that conveys it all through the magic of guitar and keyboards Or send them the link, whichever is easier
Yeah man... you are one of a kind. This spoke to me deeply, i've been having a confusing and uncertain moment of things going pretty much the way i wanted, some little ups and down and nothing more and the attention you call to the fact that I myself am the important part of the history i want to tell, to create, is heartwarming at the same measure it is terrifying. Gee... straigth to therapy after this. So much to say and no words around... just thank you. Really
That means a lot to me, it's tough to convey all that in the little windows we have in to eachother's inner worlds and lives, but know that I appreciate you for watching to the end and not shying away from vulnerability Thank you for watching
As a person who defines their life by their ability to tell stories, I found the final moments of this video to effect me sincerely, being something I could sit with and hold to my heart. Of course, I'll take the information I learned and try to run a Ghibli inspired campaign. I'll share this video with my play group, my like-minded friends. But those final minutes are what I'll truly walk away appreciating. I tell myself that life is a story the universe tells itself to endure eternity. Creatives like Miyazaki and Toriyama are skilled in offering good stories to the stars. Public Legacy is not a measure I use to assess the quality of a tale, but rather the nature of the stories it inspires. That reverence for life, in all its aspects, that a good story leaves you with. I believe those minutes, that silence you offered, are precious remnants of that phenomenon. Cheers to you.
Sharing that quiet time in your back yard reminded me of the tractor tire I used to play in as a young child. There was sand in the middle of it, and spiders lived in the dark edges on the inside. So I liked playing with the sand, but also didn't like being close to spiders, and particularly not having them behind me! But it was still fun to play with, so I played there :)
Hooooly cow that ending was powerful, I genuinely started tearing up. That "Make good art" line really hit me. AMAZING video dude! I've never subscribed to someone new faster!
This gives me a lot of inspiration for the homebrew setting i'm working on now. I've started binging your videos and I can't remember which one this was in - but you mentioned something about the lives of the characters in these settings being "grungy" - which suddenly made a lightbulb go off for me. There can be a difference between showing the down to earth, mostly mundane lives of NPCs - and the real problems they face - and the "gritty" world setting of something like Dark Souls. I see so many settings that want to bring fantasy back down to earth, but most of them seem to think "realistic" has to mean "dark fantasy." Lots to chew on here, thank you for these videos.
Bro wtf this is the first time a dnd related video got me sentimental. Thank you for putting love into what you do. Just realized I was not subscribed to your channel so I just did that.
This is a stunningly wisdomatic video, with implications beyond roleplaying. I wanted to take the time to thank you for this creation. Very soul-enriching.
at the end when you ask us to just sit with you a moment, I wanted nothing more than to just be there in that half-dead grass and to stare at the sky. I have no idea where that is (and won't ask you to divulge), but it looks similar at least to the place I grew up and spent the longest part of my life thus far, in a nostalgic way that pulled at me the first time the scene swapped to it. like you could pick it up and plop it down in my own hometown. it's a place I'm glad I'm gone from for various reasons, with my own griefs and pains associated - oddly fitting for how you phrased everything. the whole video is very good, and as someone who also is autistic with ADHD I understand the level of focus and study that can go into these things - so thanks for sharing it with us. I hadn't thought of Miyazaki's works in this explicit framework before, but I think it makes me appreciate them all the more. and thank you for sharing your vulnerability, too. I'm only a stranger on the internet commenting on a video the algorithm happened to toss at me, but these moments where people share a little of themself, their feelings and emotions, are important. they make for good stories. the video would still be good without it, but it would definitely be lacking something real (and Ghibli-esque) without it.
I appreciate you taking the time to share that. There is something universal in the specific, whether it's a specific yard in a specific town, or the particulars of grieving for one person or past version of ourselves. AuDHD solidarity, and thank you very much for watching.
I've never seen one of your videos and the this up mostly as background filler while I did other things only to stop and watch the entire thing. This was fantastic.
Thank you for watching!!! While I'm mispronouncing the airplane that inspired the studio, the katakakana in the studio name (スタジオジブリ) are pronounced "Satujio jiburi" What's really messed up is I had of course said G as in Gulf Ghibli forever, so constantly correcting myself for the video has crept into my pronunciation of gif. (now I'm jiffing all over the place)
This is an incredible video, I'm coming to it a second time, and I love Hayao Miyazaki's story, and where he came from. He was a union organizer, he was intensely inspired by his mother, he had a very humble beginning of starting with a television series whose original author quite literally abandoned it. I'm very scared of the very real reality of Hayao's passing, because... he's inspired me to do near everything I do artistically. I'm not a DM, but I am a creative... and this video not only inspired me to make something, but also gave my inner child a reality check... thank you.❤
This video was genuinely amazing. It made me tear up and gave me the perfect ghibli experience. Keep doing what you are doing because this is beautiful art
That means a lot to me, thank you! If there's anyone you think would like the video, hand animate the whole thing and screen it at their house Or send them a link, whichever is easier
i love your vibe, aesthetic, and your critical analyisis. Its a travesty you only have 8k subs so far, you're destined for much more and i cant wait til it happens.
My guy, this is a phenomenal video! I especially loved the section at the end where you discuss the emotional importance of stories. Despite the power of TTRPGs as a storytelling vehicle, this topic doesn't get talked about enough in TTRPG channels. Thank you for sharing this.
I appreciate it! Thanks for watching. I think what sets TTRPGs apart from other kinds of storytelling is that we don't have to put the pressure on the GM to be very "writerly" instead we can work with the mechanics to create a genre emulation machine in the background and let the story happen around the players. I am VERY interested in the machine part if you can't tell
@@TheADHDM I completely agree with that being a major strength of TTRPGs. That power to collaboratively build a story takes the pressure off everyone and lets the narrative come from an organic place. Mechanics, like what you describe, help the story flowing. Thanks again for sharing this! I'm relatively new to your channel but I look forward to hearing more of your thoughts on the machine part of this!
Can we please play games together? I don’t know anyone who is as passionate about storytelling as you. I used to play tabletop games with my brother, and this video brought back the feelings I had when we would sit together for hours getting lost in our own little world. You remind me a lot of what we were like when life wasn’t this droll set of tasks and virtues to be signaled.
I'm glad the video could evoke some fond memories with your brother. As for playing games together, we'll have to settle for knowing we're both out there making cool things Thank you for sharing your experience!
@@TheADHDM “We’ll both have to settle” why couldn’t you just be honest and tell me that you’d never associate with your peons who aren’t directly paying you.
I sat down looking for advice on how to help breathe some Ghibili life into the game that I'm creating for my friends. I left crying (in a good way) and having all of my answers and none at all. And that was *exactly* what I needed. Thank you. Thank you for the stillness.
This is beautiful. Thank you. I wasn't expecting that in a video about tabletop roleplaying. I know so many artists who are despairing in the face of AI. Your conclusion is exactly the manifesto we need to keep going.
Thank you for watching until the end! And yeah its easy to go on a hopelessness spiral about corporate relationships with generative AI, funnily enough it paralyzes people from making things
I really enjoyed this. I liked how it was more than a tips video and bordered on a short essay. I don’t think we have enough of that in the scene, so good job, and thank you for doing so 💖
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the format, I'm afraid the short essay tangents on tips are an unavoidable consequence of my brain so it's good when it works out LOL
Wow, beautiful video. My first time seeing your stuff, but I'll be staying tuned! Thank you much. My partner and I have recently begun worldbuilding for TTRPG after being on and off players for a few years. To craft a story that offers meaning and connection as well as joyful and humorous escape can feel daunting. But I think the wheels are turning in the right direction after seeing this ❤
You are the first people to have mentioned the Buena Vista influence on Ghibli films. Thank you so much for that. I feel like there has been such a heavy hand on the destruction of Sheeta and her heroism. When Pazu and Sheeta are on the train and avoid the pirates. After they escape from them, Pazu asks to shovel the coal. Sheeta responds, "No. Let me do it." The Buena Vista dub changed that line to have say, "Ooooooh, Pazu!" doting over him. The misogyny they implemented only to capitalize on Frozen for "girl power" is so gross and infuriating, considering when they released the "domestic" versions to the west and how there were plenty of amazing female characters and representation in the past. I think it would be amazing if there was a video/deep dive on the tacky wallpaper you quite rightly described it.
Thanks for watching! I appreciate that you actually watched to the end. If you can think of anyone else who would like it, freestyle a 4 verse rap at them to recreate the feelings or send them the link, whichever is easier
Beautiful as always! I learn so much from your videos every time. Thank you for continuing to put in the time and effort for videos like these. You continue to grow and improve with each one and it shows!
Aside from just being a really helpful and concise resource for thinking about implementing the themes of Hayao Miyazaki's films in your TTRPGs, and aside-aside from being a very bittersweet, inspiring video about how to create art that resonates with people, this is just an excellently-put-together piece of media. The shot composition is beautiful, the use of musical cues and the editing in general are so precise and yet loose and fun. I'm planning a D&D campaign heavily inspired by the Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind manga, and I'll be returning to this video for inspiration in that process several times, I predict. I'll also have to make some time to check out your other vides as well. Bravo!
Thank you for these insights. I'm gearing up to run Break!!, and this is exactly what I needed to build the scaffolding for the more focused campaign I want to run with it. Truly awesome stuff. I'm really inspired by the way you've described Miyazaki's characterization of authority in particular. Regarding Ghiblification of places, I have always subscribed to the idea that the liveliness of a location can stem directly from its concept if it is sufficiently inspiring. I spend some of my prep imagining some of the background stuff that's going on and how the PCs might experience it. I prep characters who are inspired by the location, but who have their own unique ways of - and reasons for - being in it (that's a great way to set a hook, characterize a location, reveal conflicts within that location, and foil for the PCs all at the same time). The Wandering Tavern sounds like a wonderful product that I would definitely back if I played more 5e, but I also believe that the liquidity of a location that starts out as a strong concept with a handful of evocative descriptions and interesting NPCs is fully capable of getting there for those of us who are dedicated to homebrewing. Regarding that empty space, *I cannot stress enough* how useful the beginnings and endings of sessions are. I try to think of beginnings as points of convergence; the only moment in a given session that's guaranteed. I never put words to it before, but I often frame sessions in by describing something like a quiet ride on an empty train car or a moment of respite on an arduous journey. Use that predictability relentlessly as a GM. As for endings, it's about feel. When you're coming up on the end of your allotted time slot, start paying attention for a moment that deserves to hang there for a week (or whatever your interval is). This is also your opportunity to set up the best possible "beginning" next session. Additionally, you can use moments in the flow of the game where time "zooms out" ("it's going to take three days of travel to get there" type stuff) to include scenes that achieve this effect. Don't require your players to contribute or respond outwardly in these scenes; the feeling it invokes is the point, and being passive/inactive is part of that feeling. Just describe it, let it sit in the air for an extra 1.5 seconds, and then move on to the next thing. Think about it your game through the viewfinder and describe it that way to your players. It will pay off.
Thank you for sharing your methods! I like intuitively bookending the session with some narrative decompression For prepping places, I've had a great time working with PCs to create features and NPCs who aren't just native to their understanding of the game world, but also to their backstories and perceptions of themselves. I normally do that in solo sessions, then weave it back around to the group sessions so everyone has a little spot on the map so to speak I will also point out that The Wandering Tavern is session agnostic with the 5E stats as a bonus!
this is a wonderful little breakdown I'm totally going to put to use. if noones suggested this, i want to: id love to see this expanded into a series, breaking down the narrative fundamentals and quirks of a genre, creator or franchise to discuss how one would replicate its style in a tabletop campaign
Well you're welcome and thank you for watching! If you know anyone else who would like it, write a symphonic ballad that conveys all your emotions about the video or share the link, whichever is easier
From one ADHD Millennial to another, brilliant man you really captured it. First time seeing one of your videos and made a subscriber out of me real quick, looking forward to the next one!
My english teacher... my mother taught English for two decades. She has dementia now, and I take care of her. She would have loved your video, when she could watch such things. As a fellow ADHD DM, your work has astounded and touched me, this video in particular. Thank you for your art and efforts.
Thank you for sharing this. "Show this video to your english teacher" has become something of a sign off for me, because I think high school english teachers have a profound effect on the kinds of precocious lovely weirdos that end up watching videos about ADHD and D&D. I am sorry to hear about her illness, and I'm glad that you're carrying an image of her in good health when you find things that resonate with you, in that way we get to keep sharing things with the people we love when they can't hear us anymore.
Thank you for this video! I have been running almost 100 ghibli-inspired games on startplaying and nailing the vibe has always been the hardest part. Having it layed out more clearly will greatly help me in my game design.
This was a great video essay about some of the key tropes in Ghibli works - and its broadly applicable to a lot of different storytelling mediums, so thank you! The thing that still confuses me personally is why some folks want to try and tell these stories in D&D specifically when it seems so opposed to these styles of story! There are so many wonderful games and engines out there that could be used, or the opportunity to write your own. The answer I've come to is that these people, i assume including yourself, must really want the experience of D&D itself, and it would be rude of me to belittle other people's fun even if its no longer my cup of tea. Would love to hear individal answers to that question though.
Thanks for watching. That's a great point to bring up! One factor is, in the dndtube space we're often pigeonholed into using the name "D&D" to broadly mean tabletop games, because the audience UA-cam shows "D&D" to is much wider and title friendly than "TTRPG". That is more or less the case here, although I do enjoy D&D and its lack of native genre gives it the versatility to tell different kinds of stories while still adhering to someone's expectations of a tabletop role playing game. I definitely have some videos highlighting other systems in the works once I can reach more folks
I’ve been grieving lately as well (two of my dogs, who I’ve had and loved since I was a little kid passed away from old age within the last few months) and with all the stress of coursework to do I haven’t had the chance to just sit down and accept everything. I’ve done my best to process what I can in order to function, but just sitting down? Letting myself understand that I exist in this present reality, difficult as it might often be? I’ve been putting that off for a month now, at least. Needless to say this video brought me to tears.
I am sorry to hear about your dogs. There's a Rudyard Kipling poem called "The Power of the Dog", and a line from that poem that goes "Nevertheless it is hardly fair To risk your heart for a dog to tear." The whole thing is about how unfair it is that dogs, who love us intensely and purely, are always going to leave this world before we do, and we do it over and over. Thank you for watching the video and sharing your experience
Great video, love the analysis! I love Ghibli movies and this was a really good breakdown on what it is about them that is fundamental to their spirit! The final section was really touching, too. Thanks for the great video.
Thank you for watching til the end, I appreciate it. If you know anybody else you want to make cry, recreate the video in Unreal Engine and publish it on Steam OR send them the link, whichever is easier (really, thank you for watching)
I'll certainly take a look at The Wandering Tavern, but I also highly recommend you take a look at the Japanese TTRPG "Ryuutama" if you haven't already, because it encapsulates everything spoken about in this video. Thank you for putting so much of yourself into these videos.
I have run quite a bit of Ryuutama! I love it, and I love the art direction. I do feel like the "Studio Ghibli meets Oregon Trail" marketing for the translation Kickstarter was a bit misleading. It has a lot more JRPG DNA in how it runs. I will say the background of having the literal call to adventure is rad, and I use that in most of my settings. (also thank you so much for watching!)
Thanks for watching! It's worth checking out other TTRPGs too, since just about every genre and sub genre has its own passionate game designers making TTRPGs for it.
Great video! I am a fellow autistic/ADHD DM and love what you've done here- it's EXTREMELY difficult to port any kind of magical experience like Ghibli into another medium entirely so I applaud you for breaking down why it's kind of possible with the right system but something will always be somewhat lost in translation.
Absolutely wonderful video! As a rpg game developer, this was an absolute blast to watch and this was insightful for sure, as someone who is an absolute fan of their works. I am working on a cloud empress campaign atm my end given Nausicaa is one of my favorite works of fiction period. Its been so much fun finally getting a group together and bringing forth my ideas and creativity to life! Thank you and I appreciate the video! Earned a sub!
@@TheADHDM Of course, of course. But i truly hope to make something special with my passion for Nausicaa and some other things I have in mind. Nausicaa is what got me into it and is still my favorite to this day. Keep on the lookout for more if I ever get to writing it down into book format!
Thank you so much for this video. a) I love that some youtube videos still have this vulnerability and sincereness that is missing on youtube. b) I have ideas for my worlds that don't necessarily try to be ghibli but do take inspiration from what you said. c) I need to be writing on my book... I'm gonna have some tea and get back to writing. Have an awesome day and stay awesome
There is a solo RPG called Artifact, but Mouse Hole Press. It is about the passage of time and comes with a soundtrack that you play in the dark between scenes to represent eras passing... It would fit well into this discussion.
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Thank you to Homie and the Dude for bringing such a passionate design staff together, this whole book just radiates love.
After watching up to The Boy and The Heron spoiler warning (I havent seen it yet) and then following the link and fawning over the kickstarter project for a minute; I shared it in multiple large discord servers I'm in without really stopping to think that it was an affiliate link lol
whoops. hopefully this makes you filthy stinking rich tho!
@@ProphetOfWhoa welp, I can't say I mind! In any case however people get to it, thanks for sharing The Wandering Tavern with folks, and props to you for being disciplined about spoilers warnings
This is just a film essay disguised as a TTRPG video.
It's definitely pulling double duty lmao
Thank you for watching 🙏
And it’s pretty great
AND WHAT OF IT???
His movies are the reason one of my best friends is alive; I stupidly once gifted him a carton of maverick cigarettes, as a thank you. Kinda odd, like the happiest unhappy you’ll ever meet.
Cynical people making beautiful, compassionate things always resonates with me so hard. Terry Pratchett comes to mind
Thank you for watching!
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Calling it an Eldritch bargain is exactly how I describe being an author trying to watch movies. So often I end up just picking out all the twists and plots and go "Oh its gonna be that one again" instead of being surprised and just enjoying art lol.
Exactly. The good news is you get to appreciate the craft more in other areas (until you learn about those too LOL)
I'm not exactly an author, but I'm a media analysis nerd, and that's a whole mood.
I think I feel a bit stuck in this as a creator, right now. Sometimes the things I try to make seem so painfully transparent, and I have to make myself realize they won't necessarily seem that way to an audience.
But at the same time, I enjoy the magic of it. Seeing behind the stage sometimes makes it seem even more magical when you look at things from just the right angle again to complete the illusion.
What’s worse for me is when I see the plot that “should” have happened and for some reason the creator of the film goes in a completely different direction just for shock value or a money grab or whatever😂
It’s made watching certain movies (*cough* Marvel *cough*) unbearable because the movies could have been so good with just a bit more integrity and effort.
@@Pippsissewa Seeing something's potential get tossed out so two characters can kiss or fight or whatever is a bummer for sure
I'm obsessed with your CRT TV and how you used it in this video. Really makes me think about how much I appreciate older forms of media. Not really related to the content of the video itself, it's just so cool to see it and get a glimpse into how your brain works!
It was definitely the most fun part of filming! Thank you for watching ❤️
I think you found your niche. Very impressed by this. High preparation, high execution. Not many dnd creators put a lot of research into their videos, that could be the niche you fill
I appreciate you saying so, thank you for watching the video! You're right that this one took a lot of prep work, so it's nice when people engage with it
@@TheADHDM it was excellent! I think what made this stand out was that you did the research and work - many DND creators would just rely on personal experience and "what they think", and the discourse is flooded with this.
You might like Action Button Reviews. He was one of the first gonzo style video game journalists, and his video reviews are like 3+ hrs with months of research. So still extremely personal because it's gonzo, but seriously grounded.
Outside of D&D historians, I can't think of another D&D UA-camr that put any amount of hours in research approaching what you have done. It's a hole in the discourse and media sphere.
I hope this style of video you made catches on and I hope you continue to make these in a similar veins. Thank you for your work!! ✨
I do not think an explanation of how to craft an artform detracts at all from my appreciation of it. Thank you for this.
Thanks for watching! I appreciate it. If you know anyone who would like the video, print out every frame and make them a scrapbook of your favorite parts.
Or send them a link, whichever's easier! (seriously thanks for watching)
_I'm not crying I'm not crying I'm not crying I'm not crying_
buddy you done did it again, thank u
Your tears go straight to my warlock patron (Calcifer)
Thanks for watching, Val, I appreciate it
My dude, you are out here killing it.
Loved this. You are taking your channel, writing and editing to new heights.
Thanks man! I really appreciate that. And thanks for checking out the video, Colin 🙏
I keep showing up for D&D, and I keep getting thought provoking videos about art, life, and living, and the transition between the two is seamless.
Wonderful video.
Thank you for watching! I'm glad that the side tangents felt organic
I just want you to know that the extraordinary effort you put in is noticed. This is fantastic. You deserve to be up there with the Ginny's and Bob's.
That's very kind! I look up to the Ginnys and Bobs as you might imagine lol
Thank you for watching
This video was incredible. Perfectly paced and genuinely moving. It captured that Ghibli feel with precision. Your stuff is criminally underrated!
That means a lot! As my friend Faulku Black put it once, the best thing you can do with something underrated is boost the rating, if there's anybody in your life who you think would like this video
Thank you very much for watching
When you said to just sit with you a moment, I was JUST about to scroll down and see the comments. But I didn’t, I just sat with my thoughts for that thirty seconds, and genuinely it let this video sink in. Brilliant final touch to an excellent video
Thanks for chilling in the stillness
Exact same thing happened to me
I was already in the comments and yours was the first one I read, I read as he said it and it through me off so much.
Holy cow I have never heard anyone put to words so exactly the thoughts that bubble on my head whenever this topic comes up. Thank you so much for making this!
Thank you for watching! I'm glad it vibed with your intuition.
If there's anybody in your life that would get a kick out of it, describe it to them beside a campfire, as though you lived in a post apocalyptic world, describing the before-times.
Or send them the link, whichever is easier.
@@TheADHDM I have sent this to all my player and GM friends. I truly think you have given voice to a lot of stray and ambient thoughts many people have tried to cobble together. Thank you :) Glad to have found your work!
I think this might be my favorite video you've done. They get better every time and I love your takes on some of the same conversations my group and I are having. Keep up the good work 🙂
Thank you so much, I'm glad you think they're getting better, feedback like that gives me some motivation to keep trying new things
I was expecting a single location, simply framed and snappily edited "TOP 10 WAYS TO MAKE YOUR CAMPAIGN FEEL LIKE A GHIBLI MOVIE" video, but this was extremely high quality. It's closer to a Folding Ideas or Hbomberguy video than anything other dm advice thing I've seen on this platform, you definitely deserve the sub :]
Much appreciated! Thank you for watching and for the sub
Well shit that ending was genuinely beautiful. The kind of thing that inspires me to salve the burned out writer in me. And, I hope the writer in us keeps the writer in you aflame.
As someone who has lost grand parents and parents it will always be the quiet moments when you get the grief whiplash. They fade whilst we remain and the world turns but we can fondly remember them in dreams and whilst living
That's really wonderful, thank you for sharing, and for watching to the end
I wonder how many people look at the comments before the end and think "wow why is everyone talking about grief so sincerely"
@@TheADHDM help that's what I'm doing right now 😭😭😭
This is increrible, man! Congratulations!
This is not a video about Dnd, is a cinematography experience about art!✨
Thank you for the kind words!
skyler this video is ART!!! you keep killing it every time, i'm utterly in awe!!!!
That's so kind of you to say! Thank you for watching, and if there are any people in your life you think would like the video, burn it to a dvd and mail it to them (or send the link, whichever's faster)
@@TheADHDM sharing through carrier pigeon and smoke signals "WATCH THE ADHDM"
This is an incredible video. Thank you for your transparency and foresight. As an artist, as a human, your words resonate deeply. I wish you continued healing and success on this journey through our shared reality.
Thank you for the thoughtful comment, this kind of feedback replenishes my spell slots
If you think anyone you know would enjoy the video, recreate it as a play within a play, hamlet style
Or send them the link, whichever you prefer
I just found this, and having watched it, I just want to say a sincere thank you. It really touched my heart, and spoke to me on a deeper level. ❤ Thank you for the inspiration.
this was the first comment I saw when I woke up today, I appreciate it!
Thanks for watching
you captured it, that poeaceful, tranquil, nothingness, at the end. I sat with you, for that moment. Thank you
Thank you for watching until the end 🙏
I've watched a few of your videos since finding you last night while looking for DM advice and this is my favorite one. Your aesthetic is so fun and I really like your narration style, but I think this video especially gets to the heart of why we want to share these experiences with others. That urgency to accept who you are in the moment and make something anyway, even if the timing isn't right, even if its not perfect? As another autistic millennial, I really relate to this and a lot of other things you talk about. Thank you for sharing!
This is the kind of content I want more of. Not quick hacks to put a shallow mask over D&D, but the real deep, defining fundamentals of what makes a thing unique. The thing being the atmosphere in Ghibli movies, in this case, but please make more videos like this one for other things!
I'm glad you liked it! Thanks for the feedback and thanks for watching
This was absolutely amazing - made the choice to subscribe easy. Some great advice, and some confirmation that I'm doing some things right in my Ghibli-inspired homebrew. I'm going to save this vid and try to come back to it every so often in my planning.
And your grandmother sounds like a blessing to have known.
Wow thank you for taking time to leave these very kind words!
I'm glad you found the video helpful.
This is one of the better presented story coaching videos I’ve seen- and you kept it engaging with your self reflection. Genuinely enjoyed the breakdown, looking forward to listening more! Thank you for sharing the research too!
Thank you very much! I appreciate you watching it. If there's anyone you think could gain some insights from the video, print out every frame and slip them under their door one at a time. Or send them the link, whichever's easier.
I must say, this is stellar work. Splendidly identified aspects of the stories that they not only have in common, but also makes them stand out from others. And the translation into application is clear, inspiring, and inciting. And yet, this video is more, wrapped within heartfelt grief, and calm, and linger.
Thank you, Skyler. You gave us quite the gift in this. We will let it grow.
Thank you for watching to the end and leaving such a thoughtful comment
Thank you for this video!
At first I was afraid of learning the Ghibli secrets and losing the magic.
Then I was really glad that I watched, because you gave some of the best RPG advice I've ever got.
And, finally, I was touched. In a moment of my life when I really needed this connection and advice. Thank you!
I'll be here for a while, if you don't mind.
I'm happy you enjoyed it. Thanks for hanging out
Thank you for a much needed tearing up. I get where you were at in the process of making this towards the end.
Thanks for watching through to the end! It's kinda funny to see comments from people who stopped before that point vs those who didn't lmao
Fantastic video. The thought of a world without Miyazaki saddens me deeply, and you talking about your great-grandmother reminded me of my own grandmother's death last year and the grief I felt over that.
Thank you for sharing that, and thank you for watching! It's gonna be sad in ways we can't really anticipate
Damn- you're videos are so dang good! Loved this.
Thank you for making this haha i was genuinely taking notes throughout my entire viewing of this :,3
Sooo many good tips!
And just a wonderful experience to watch.
My own Ghibli inspired campaign will definately be filled with more heart after this
Thanks for checking it out! I always appreciate it.
Another lovely video. I've only watched a few SG movies. I can't say I am a devoted fan, but I can say they are movies that have stuck with me in ways that other movies have not. You've done a great job of boiling down the essence of what makes them work.
Also, the end bit of your video hit quite hard. I am sorry for your loss, and thank you for once again sharing a very personal story so that we might all find some common ground and comfort on this very messy and impersonal Internet.
Yeah I can't say sitting down to watch all the movies was grueling research, even if I did want to just put the notebook away and enjoy them!
Thank you for watching! I'm glad you could resonate with the ending section, I anticipate it being a little divisive
@@TheADHDM Most good things generally are.
I don't know why I wasn't expecting a video about Ghibli to be heartwarming and beautiful, but I wasn't.
I'm glad it could resonate that way. Thank you for watching!
I put this video into my Watch Later when it came out because I was curious about GMing. Coming back to it now, as I prepare to build a social skills TTRPG curriculum, this hits so many notes I needed. Thank you so much!
Thanks for getting back around to it! Sometimes my Watch Later is a graveyard
@@TheADHDM I get anxiety when my watch later gets too full! I get checklist euphoria when I watch a video and can finally remove it from the list lol. And I get to learn in the process 🙏
@@travispad2209 I have like a ten year backlog LMAO
Great video, you killed me at the end :P
I'm really glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching
If there's anybody else you know who would like it, compose a 30 minute prog rock odyssey that conveys it all through the magic of guitar and keyboards
Or send them the link, whichever is easier
@@TheADHDM 🤣 i’ll think about it 😜
Yeah man... you are one of a kind. This spoke to me deeply, i've been having a confusing and uncertain moment of things going pretty much the way i wanted, some little ups and down and nothing more and the attention you call to the fact that I myself am the important part of the history i want to tell, to create, is heartwarming at the same measure it is terrifying. Gee... straigth to therapy after this. So much to say and no words around... just thank you. Really
That means a lot to me, it's tough to convey all that in the little windows we have in to eachother's inner worlds and lives, but know that I appreciate you for watching to the end and not shying away from vulnerability
Thank you for watching
As a person who defines their life by their ability to tell stories, I found the final moments of this video to effect me sincerely, being something I could sit with and hold to my heart. Of course, I'll take the information I learned and try to run a Ghibli inspired campaign. I'll share this video with my play group, my like-minded friends. But those final minutes are what I'll truly walk away appreciating. I tell myself that life is a story the universe tells itself to endure eternity. Creatives like Miyazaki and Toriyama are skilled in offering good stories to the stars. Public Legacy is not a measure I use to assess the quality of a tale, but rather the nature of the stories it inspires. That reverence for life, in all its aspects, that a good story leaves you with. I believe those minutes, that silence you offered, are precious remnants of that phenomenon. Cheers to you.
I'm glad you watched it
Thank you very much
Sharing that quiet time in your back yard reminded me of the tractor tire I used to play in as a young child. There was sand in the middle of it, and spiders lived in the dark edges on the inside. So I liked playing with the sand, but also didn't like being close to spiders, and particularly not having them behind me! But it was still fun to play with, so I played there :)
That's rad!
My elementary school playground had those half-buried tractor tires, and we would hide under them to play the forbidden game of Yu-Gi-Oh!
You have an outstanding perspective that I hope you and the people around you can celebrate forever. Thank you for sharing and for working hard.
Thank you for watching, and I hope you like what I've got coming up next
love this video, its my first time watching your content and can't wait to see what else you make
I'm glad you stopped to watch!
Hooooly cow that ending was powerful, I genuinely started tearing up. That "Make good art" line really hit me. AMAZING video dude! I've never subscribed to someone new faster!
Thanks for watching all the way through! I'll see you next video
This gives me a lot of inspiration for the homebrew setting i'm working on now. I've started binging your videos and I can't remember which one this was in - but you mentioned something about the lives of the characters in these settings being "grungy" - which suddenly made a lightbulb go off for me. There can be a difference between showing the down to earth, mostly mundane lives of NPCs - and the real problems they face - and the "gritty" world setting of something like Dark Souls. I see so many settings that want to bring fantasy back down to earth, but most of them seem to think "realistic" has to mean "dark fantasy." Lots to chew on here, thank you for these videos.
came here for a lesson, stayed for the raw emotion.
Thanks for watching it to the end 🙏
I was randomly recommended this video and I love it. Subscribed!
That's awesome! Thanks for watching, and I'm glad you liked it. See you at the next one
Your essay was really moving ❤ Something new to think about as an artist
I'm glad you liked it! Thanks for watching 🙏
This gave me exactly what i needed today. I appreciate you
I appreciate you for watching 🙏
Bro wtf this is the first time a dnd related video got me sentimental. Thank you for putting love into what you do.
Just realized I was not subscribed to your channel so I just did that.
Well thanks for watching through to the end, and for subscribing
I'm glad my silly video could reach you
This is a stunningly wisdomatic video, with implications beyond roleplaying. I wanted to take the time to thank you for this creation. Very soul-enriching.
I really appreciate you taking the time to leave a comment, and for watching to the end of the video 🙏
Thanks for boosting the signal
This is one of the best UA-cam videos I've ever seen. ❤🎉👍
Much appreciated 🙏
Thank you very much for watching
at the end when you ask us to just sit with you a moment, I wanted nothing more than to just be there in that half-dead grass and to stare at the sky. I have no idea where that is (and won't ask you to divulge), but it looks similar at least to the place I grew up and spent the longest part of my life thus far, in a nostalgic way that pulled at me the first time the scene swapped to it. like you could pick it up and plop it down in my own hometown. it's a place I'm glad I'm gone from for various reasons, with my own griefs and pains associated - oddly fitting for how you phrased everything.
the whole video is very good, and as someone who also is autistic with ADHD I understand the level of focus and study that can go into these things - so thanks for sharing it with us. I hadn't thought of Miyazaki's works in this explicit framework before, but I think it makes me appreciate them all the more. and thank you for sharing your vulnerability, too. I'm only a stranger on the internet commenting on a video the algorithm happened to toss at me, but these moments where people share a little of themself, their feelings and emotions, are important. they make for good stories. the video would still be good without it, but it would definitely be lacking something real (and Ghibli-esque) without it.
I appreciate you taking the time to share that. There is something universal in the specific, whether it's a specific yard in a specific town, or the particulars of grieving for one person or past version of ourselves.
AuDHD solidarity, and thank you very much for watching.
This is why I love your videos, Yea they are about TTRPGS but they are also about a lot more
Glad you enjoyed it ✏️
I've never seen one of your videos and the this up mostly as background filler while I did other things only to stop and watch the entire thing. This was fantastic.
Thanks for giving the video a shot! I'm glad you enjoyed it
I absolutely love this, even with the constant mispronunciation of "Ghibli" ;)
Thank you for watching!!!
While I'm mispronouncing the airplane that inspired the studio, the katakakana in the studio name (スタジオジブリ) are pronounced "Satujio jiburi"
What's really messed up is I had of course said G as in Gulf Ghibli forever, so constantly correcting myself for the video has crept into my pronunciation of gif. (now I'm jiffing all over the place)
@@TheADHDM perfect response, you've definitely earned your name, I'm subbing :3
This is an incredible video, I'm coming to it a second time, and I love Hayao Miyazaki's story, and where he came from. He was a union organizer, he was intensely inspired by his mother, he had a very humble beginning of starting with a television series whose original author quite literally abandoned it. I'm very scared of the very real reality of Hayao's passing, because... he's inspired me to do near everything I do artistically. I'm not a DM, but I am a creative... and this video not only inspired me to make something, but also gave my inner child a reality check... thank you.❤
I appreciate you watching even though you don't run TTRPGs! Thanks for taking the time to share your reaction
This video was genuinely amazing. It made me tear up and gave me the perfect ghibli experience. Keep doing what you are doing because this is beautiful art
That means a lot to me, thank you! If there's anyone you think would like the video, hand animate the whole thing and screen it at their house
Or send them a link, whichever is easier
i love your vibe, aesthetic, and your critical analyisis. Its a travesty you only have 8k subs so far, you're destined for much more and i cant wait til it happens.
Thank you so much! To me I'm like "dear god 8k subs holy cow"
My guy, this is a phenomenal video! I especially loved the section at the end where you discuss the emotional importance of stories. Despite the power of TTRPGs as a storytelling vehicle, this topic doesn't get talked about enough in TTRPG channels. Thank you for sharing this.
I appreciate it! Thanks for watching. I think what sets TTRPGs apart from other kinds of storytelling is that we don't have to put the pressure on the GM to be very "writerly"
instead we can work with the mechanics to create a genre emulation machine in the background and let the story happen around the players. I am VERY interested in the machine part if you can't tell
@@TheADHDM I completely agree with that being a major strength of TTRPGs. That power to collaboratively build a story takes the pressure off everyone and lets the narrative come from an organic place. Mechanics, like what you describe, help the story flowing. Thanks again for sharing this! I'm relatively new to your channel but I look forward to hearing more of your thoughts on the machine part of this!
Great video. It is time for all of us to pick up the blocks and see who makes the next moving piece of art. Thank you for what you do.
Thank you for watching! I'm glad the last part could resonate
Can we please play games together? I don’t know anyone who is as passionate about storytelling as you. I used to play tabletop games with my brother, and this video brought back the feelings I had when we would sit together for hours getting lost in our own little world. You remind me a lot of what we were like when life wasn’t this droll set of tasks and virtues to be signaled.
I'm glad the video could evoke some fond memories with your brother.
As for playing games together, we'll have to settle for knowing we're both out there making cool things
Thank you for sharing your experience!
@@TheADHDM “We’ll both have to settle” why couldn’t you just be honest and tell me that you’d never associate with your peons who aren’t directly paying you.
I sat down looking for advice on how to help breathe some Ghibili life into the game that I'm creating for my friends. I left crying (in a good way) and having all of my answers and none at all. And that was *exactly* what I needed. Thank you. Thank you for the stillness.
Hey, I'm an artist who absolutely loves Hayao Miyazaki films.. you mafe me cry 🥰 thank you
Thanks for making art, let's both keep at it!
And thank you for watching 🙏
This is beautiful. Thank you. I wasn't expecting that in a video about tabletop roleplaying. I know so many artists who are despairing in the face of AI. Your conclusion is exactly the manifesto we need to keep going.
Thank you for watching until the end! And yeah its easy to go on a hopelessness spiral about corporate relationships with generative AI, funnily enough it paralyzes people from making things
I really enjoyed this. I liked how it was more than a tips video and bordered on a short essay. I don’t think we have enough of that in the scene, so good job, and thank you for doing so 💖
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the format, I'm afraid the short essay tangents on tips are an unavoidable consequence of my brain so it's good when it works out LOL
Wow, beautiful video.
My first time seeing your stuff, but I'll be staying tuned! Thank you much.
My partner and I have recently begun worldbuilding for TTRPG after being on and off players for a few years. To craft a story that offers meaning and connection as well as joyful and humorous escape can feel daunting. But I think the wheels are turning in the right direction after seeing this ❤
Nice! Good luck with your game world, and thank you for watching!
You are the first people to have mentioned the Buena Vista influence on Ghibli films. Thank you so much for that. I feel like there has been such a heavy hand on the destruction of Sheeta and her heroism. When Pazu and Sheeta are on the train and avoid the pirates. After they escape from them, Pazu asks to shovel the coal. Sheeta responds, "No. Let me do it." The Buena Vista dub changed that line to have say, "Ooooooh, Pazu!" doting over him. The misogyny they implemented only to capitalize on Frozen for "girl power" is so gross and infuriating, considering when they released the "domestic" versions to the west and how there were plenty of amazing female characters and representation in the past.
I think it would be amazing if there was a video/deep dive on the tacky wallpaper you quite rightly described it.
🤝Buena Vista did not understand the assignment, that's for sure. I'm showing my age a bit even mentioning them though LOL
Dude, the aesthetic of this video is amazing
I'm glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching
I love it! Thanks for making it.
@@BryceHuntbach-w4w Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching
Fantastic video, dude! I got chills at the end. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for watching! I appreciate that you actually watched to the end. If you can think of anyone else who would like it, freestyle a 4 verse rap at them to recreate the feelings
or send them the link, whichever is easier
Thank you for making this
Thank you for watching it!
Beautiful as always! I learn so much from your videos every time. Thank you for continuing to put in the time and effort for videos like these. You continue to grow and improve with each one and it shows!
That means a lot to me! Now if I can just figure out this whole thumbnail thing lol
Thank you for watching!
Aside from just being a really helpful and concise resource for thinking about implementing the themes of Hayao Miyazaki's films in your TTRPGs, and aside-aside from being a very bittersweet, inspiring video about how to create art that resonates with people, this is just an excellently-put-together piece of media. The shot composition is beautiful, the use of musical cues and the editing in general are so precise and yet loose and fun.
I'm planning a D&D campaign heavily inspired by the Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind manga, and I'll be returning to this video for inspiration in that process several times, I predict. I'll also have to make some time to check out your other vides as well. Bravo!
Nausicaa manga is so good! The movie barely scratches the surface
Thank you for watching!
Thank you for these insights. I'm gearing up to run Break!!, and this is exactly what I needed to build the scaffolding for the more focused campaign I want to run with it. Truly awesome stuff. I'm really inspired by the way you've described Miyazaki's characterization of authority in particular.
Regarding Ghiblification of places, I have always subscribed to the idea that the liveliness of a location can stem directly from its concept if it is sufficiently inspiring. I spend some of my prep imagining some of the background stuff that's going on and how the PCs might experience it. I prep characters who are inspired by the location, but who have their own unique ways of - and reasons for - being in it (that's a great way to set a hook, characterize a location, reveal conflicts within that location, and foil for the PCs all at the same time). The Wandering Tavern sounds like a wonderful product that I would definitely back if I played more 5e, but I also believe that the liquidity of a location that starts out as a strong concept with a handful of evocative descriptions and interesting NPCs is fully capable of getting there for those of us who are dedicated to homebrewing.
Regarding that empty space, *I cannot stress enough* how useful the beginnings and endings of sessions are. I try to think of beginnings as points of convergence; the only moment in a given session that's guaranteed. I never put words to it before, but I often frame sessions in by describing something like a quiet ride on an empty train car or a moment of respite on an arduous journey. Use that predictability relentlessly as a GM. As for endings, it's about feel. When you're coming up on the end of your allotted time slot, start paying attention for a moment that deserves to hang there for a week (or whatever your interval is). This is also your opportunity to set up the best possible "beginning" next session. Additionally, you can use moments in the flow of the game where time "zooms out" ("it's going to take three days of travel to get there" type stuff) to include scenes that achieve this effect. Don't require your players to contribute or respond outwardly in these scenes; the feeling it invokes is the point, and being passive/inactive is part of that feeling. Just describe it, let it sit in the air for an extra 1.5 seconds, and then move on to the next thing. Think about it your game through the viewfinder and describe it that way to your players. It will pay off.
Thank you for sharing your methods! I like intuitively bookending the session with some narrative decompression
For prepping places, I've had a great time working with PCs to create features and NPCs who aren't just native to their understanding of the game world, but also to their backstories and perceptions of themselves. I normally do that in solo sessions, then weave it back around to the group sessions so everyone has a little spot on the map so to speak
I will also point out that The Wandering Tavern is session agnostic with the 5E stats as a bonus!
This is it. This is what I've been looking for. Subbed.
Thanks for watching and subbing, I appreciate it
this is a wonderful little breakdown I'm totally going to put to use. if noones suggested this, i want to: id love to see this expanded into a series, breaking down the narrative fundamentals and quirks of a genre, creator or franchise to discuss how one would replicate its style in a tabletop campaign
>id love to see this expanded into a series
well boy howdy does my UA-cam notebook have some good news for you!
Thanks for watching :)
gonna thank you for this since it is an awesome video.
Well you're welcome and thank you for watching! If you know anyone else who would like it, write a symphonic ballad that conveys all your emotions about the video
or share the link, whichever is easier
So it goes. Condolences, and thank you for sharing.
From one ADHD Millennial to another, brilliant man you really captured it. First time seeing one of your videos and made a subscriber out of me real quick, looking forward to the next one!
I appreciate the kind words, thanks for watching 🙏
see you next video
My english teacher... my mother taught English for two decades. She has dementia now, and I take care of her. She would have loved your video, when she could watch such things.
As a fellow ADHD DM, your work has astounded and touched me, this video in particular. Thank you for your art and efforts.
Thank you for sharing this.
"Show this video to your english teacher" has become something of a sign off for me, because I think high school english teachers have a profound effect on the kinds of precocious lovely weirdos that end up watching videos about ADHD and D&D.
I am sorry to hear about her illness, and I'm glad that you're carrying an image of her in good health when you find things that resonate with you, in that way we get to keep sharing things with the people we love when they can't hear us anymore.
Beautiful and immensely helpful video friend. Thanks 🦋
That's very kind of you, thank you for watching!
Dude, you are amazing. I'm so glad YT recommended me this video.
I'm so glad you watched it!
Thank you for this video! I have been running almost 100 ghibli-inspired games on startplaying and nailing the vibe has always been the hardest part. Having it layed out more clearly will greatly help me in my game design.
Woah that's a lot of games! Thank you for watching, I hope it helps 🙏
This was a great video essay about some of the key tropes in Ghibli works - and its broadly applicable to a lot of different storytelling mediums, so thank you! The thing that still confuses me personally is why some folks want to try and tell these stories in D&D specifically when it seems so opposed to these styles of story! There are so many wonderful games and engines out there that could be used, or the opportunity to write your own. The answer I've come to is that these people, i assume including yourself, must really want the experience of D&D itself, and it would be rude of me to belittle other people's fun even if its no longer my cup of tea. Would love to hear individal answers to that question though.
Thanks for watching. That's a great point to bring up! One factor is, in the dndtube space we're often pigeonholed into using the name "D&D" to broadly mean tabletop games, because the audience UA-cam shows "D&D" to is much wider and title friendly than "TTRPG".
That is more or less the case here, although I do enjoy D&D and its lack of native genre gives it the versatility to tell different kinds of stories while still adhering to someone's expectations of a tabletop role playing game.
I definitely have some videos highlighting other systems in the works once I can reach more folks
I’ve been grieving lately as well (two of my dogs, who I’ve had and loved since I was a little kid passed away from old age within the last few months) and with all the stress of coursework to do I haven’t had the chance to just sit down and accept everything. I’ve done my best to process what I can in order to function, but just sitting down? Letting myself understand that I exist in this present reality, difficult as it might often be? I’ve been putting that off for a month now, at least. Needless to say this video brought me to tears.
I am sorry to hear about your dogs. There's a Rudyard Kipling poem called "The Power of the Dog", and a line from that poem that goes "Nevertheless it is hardly fair
To risk your heart for a dog to tear."
The whole thing is about how unfair it is that dogs, who love us intensely and purely, are always going to leave this world before we do, and we do it over and over.
Thank you for watching the video and sharing your experience
This was a super cool video!
This was a super cool comment 😎
Thank you for watching!
This is wonderful. And, thanks for the final piece of advice.
I appreciate you watching to the end!
This was a wonderful video and I love the sentiment you’ve expressed here. Bravo. Some true insight.
Thanks for the kind words, I appreciate it
Amazing video thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for watching 🙏
Great video, love the analysis! I love Ghibli movies and this was a really good breakdown on what it is about them that is fundamental to their spirit! The final section was really touching, too. Thanks for the great video.
I appreciate you watching all the way through! Looking forward to your next video
Mate, that end made me tear up. Thanks.
Thank you for watching til the end, I appreciate it. If you know anybody else you want to make cry, recreate the video in Unreal Engine and publish it on Steam
OR send them the link, whichever is easier (really, thank you for watching)
@@TheADHDM Printed the transcript on post-its and gave em to the gipsies. They carry the messages into the world. Compartmentalized.
@@jonasiemsen7098 That's some A24 marketing right there
@@TheADHDM Thats literal grassroots content! They don't call me the John Lennon of guerrilla-marketing for no reason.
I'll certainly take a look at The Wandering Tavern, but I also highly recommend you take a look at the Japanese TTRPG "Ryuutama" if you haven't already, because it encapsulates everything spoken about in this video. Thank you for putting so much of yourself into these videos.
I have run quite a bit of Ryuutama! I love it, and I love the art direction. I do feel like the "Studio Ghibli meets Oregon Trail" marketing for the translation Kickstarter was a bit misleading. It has a lot more JRPG DNA in how it runs.
I will say the background of having the literal call to adventure is rad, and I use that in most of my settings.
(also thank you so much for watching!)
wonderful video with beautiful thoughts.
My condolences for your loss, much love and keep being awesome
That means a lot to me, thank you
What a lovely video! Watched while drawing :)
Glad to hear it! Thanks for watching. I've used your dungeon-drawing tutorials (except I used pencils ✏️)
I love your way of sharing your love of art, definitely subscribing to see more 😊
Thank you for watching, I'll see you at the next video!
Never ran a D&D campaign. Always kinda wanted to. I think it's safe to say that if we ever ran one it would be a treasured memory for certain.
Thanks for watching!
It's worth checking out other TTRPGs too, since just about every genre and sub genre has its own passionate game designers making TTRPGs for it.
Great video! I am a fellow autistic/ADHD DM and love what you've done here- it's EXTREMELY difficult to port any kind of magical experience like Ghibli into another medium entirely so I applaud you for breaking down why it's kind of possible with the right system but something will always be somewhat lost in translation.
Thank you for watching until the end. AuDHD solidarity!
THAT WAS AN AMAZING INTRO I LOVED IT
Thank you! It was the most fun to film! Tied with the stop motion pencils.
Absolutely wonderful video! As a rpg game developer, this was an absolute blast to watch and this was insightful for sure, as someone who is an absolute fan of their works. I am working on a cloud empress campaign atm my end given Nausicaa is one of my favorite works of fiction period. Its been so much fun finally getting a group together and bringing forth my ideas and creativity to life! Thank you and I appreciate the video! Earned a sub!
I assume your game is going to be rad for no other reason than Nausicaa is my favorite of all time lol
Thank you for watching!!!
@@TheADHDM Of course, of course. But i truly hope to make something special with my passion for Nausicaa and some other things I have in mind. Nausicaa is what got me into it and is still my favorite to this day. Keep on the lookout for more if I ever get to writing it down into book format!
Thank you so much for this video. a) I love that some youtube videos still have this vulnerability and sincereness that is missing on youtube. b) I have ideas for my worlds that don't necessarily try to be ghibli but do take inspiration from what you said. c) I need to be writing on my book... I'm gonna have some tea and get back to writing. Have an awesome day and stay awesome
Write on!
Thanks for watching
There is a solo RPG called Artifact, but Mouse Hole Press. It is about the passage of time and comes with a soundtrack that you play in the dark between scenes to represent eras passing... It would fit well into this discussion.
The first one someone has commented that I haven't played! I'll be glad to check it out
Thanks for watching