Ep.1 "Meet me in Phandalin" Solo D&D playthrough: Lost Mine of Phandelver
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- Welcome to this solo play through of the Dungeons and Dragons classic Lost Mine of Phandelver. This is the first time I have played this adventure and I am deliberately not reading ahead in the book in the DM role so that the situations and encounters we have will be as unexpected as they can be to our adventurers.
Age Rating: PG-13
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This is the level of roleplaying I wish to achieve some day
This is an excellently fun idea. It's as if you're reading us a novel, and you have the perfect ability to improvise different voices to make it feel appropriate.
Thank you. Glad that you’re enjoying it.
I just NEEDED to comment on how WONDERFUL your role playing is! I love to images, the voices, showing the rolls, music, dang! just about everything about your videos! Thank you for making these and sharing them. Definitely subscribing and I’ll be following your progress.
I tried this once. It felt too much like I was writing a book but I didn't record the details and I was using the game system to write the battles and other challenges. Which admittedly might make for a fun way to write a book.
I agree it is a bit like writing a book. I could never imagine writing a book from scratch but this approach makes it easy. I really enjoy writing the character interaction and dialogue.
You have a gift for storytelling.
What a lovely thing to say. Thank you!
This is fun! Been doing this myself recently (running characters through premade adventures) hard to find a group sometimes
Yes, not being able to find a regular group is what got me started on the solo play. I then discovered that I love playing solo.
This is an excellent re-telling of the iconic adventure! Adding to my morning commute playlist!
Wow! Absolutely fantastic. Please keep them coming. Love the different accents that you do for characters.
Thanks so much! Working hard on episode 2 right now.
This is amazing! I'm loving how you play this campaign, especially the voices and the personality you've given the characters. So much effort put into it.
Thanks! Glad you like it 😊
Admittedly at first I was dubious of the Audio quality, it sounds a bit off. But, after listening for just a few minutes I found myself not minding and instead enjoying the audiobook style of storytelling you've managed.
I enjoyed this and look forward to the next episode.
Great to hear you’re enjoying the style. Thanks for the feedback on the audio, I’m still pretty new to this and I’m working to improve the quality all the time. Is there something specific I can do to improve the audio quality?
By the gods, you're absolutely amazing. You had me utterly vested from start to finish. I've been contemplating doing solo D&D, and your template here is pretty much the exact idea of what I pictured in my head. Actually more so. As someone who has played this adventure twice now, I'm really looking forward to seeing how your campaign plays out.
Wow! Thank you for the amazing comment 😊. As someone who has never played this adventure before I’m also looking forward to seeing how this plays out 😁. Trying very hard not to read ahead in the book at all to avoid spoilers.
@@soloDandD And that's the hardest part. Not reading ahead -too- much, but having -just- enough information to give yourself and your characters something to work with. I assume once you get proficient enough with that, theres no adventure you can't run. I want to start on smaller ones like Phandelver, Dragons of Stormwreck Isle, and maybe even Dragon of Icespire Peak, then work my way into larger ones like, Curse of Strahd, Out of the Abyss, and Tomb of Annihilation. I noticed your other campaign and plan on deep diving into that one this weekend. (At work now)
Something to watch and listen to while I paint HeroQuest minis.
Thats the beauty part of being a nerd isn't it? Always something to do. Unfortunately the time in which to do all the things becomes an issue. Responsibilities, mind.
This is absolutely wonderful! 🥰🥰 And thank you for the shareables, that is very kind of you to do! 🥰🥰
Great video, keep up the great work! I love your style and storytelling!
Thank you 😊
I've played this adventure so I'll keep quiet about what comes next. I absolutely love your narrative.
Thanks Darryn. I’m deliberately avoiding reading ahead myself.
Really loved this, great storytelling and gameplay. I went back and watched all videos for both stories. Great stuff.
Thanks so much! Great to hear you enjoyed them. I've just uploaded the next one.
This is so much fun! So creative! The video, along with your dynamic voices, help make it all the more immersive! Bravo!
Thank you so much!
This is really well done, the time just flew by.
That's one hell of a good solo game style you just did.
The actions, the dice rolls, the pictures... I guess I'm gonna inspire myself with some of those ideas in my own solo gaming sessions! ;)
Imitation is a form of flattery, or so they say.
Great to hear that you liked it and that it inspired you 😊
man, YOU are the teasure here... how amazing and rare content, thanks for that. +1sub
This is profoundly entertaining, thank you for sharing
Wow. I am profoundly grateful that you like it 😊.
Great stuff, cheers.
Such a fun video !
Stumbled up this video. I can't believe how well done and enjoyanle it is! You've also got a new sub!
Awesome, thank you!
This is a great idea. I have been looking for something like this. Much better than watching people giggle at a badly lit table for 3 hours.
Hi Michael, great to hear you’re enjoying it. The next episode is coming very soon 😊.
Thanks for sharing - this was fun to watch!
Subbed for more! What a delightful reading voice.
Thank you 😊
Oh this is hype, super excited!
Glad you like it!
This is brilliant! Great work! Loving it.
Thanks!
Wow. Brilliantly narrated
Thanks 😊
this is really interesting, look forward to watching more.
great playthrough! patiently waiting for more!👍
Amazing, wonderful, great work
Thank you so much 😀
what fun :)...very much enjoyed the adventure
subbed and wanted to say excellent work. hope you can continue.
Thanks very much!
This is really good!
What a creative and fun presentation!
Glad you enjoyed it!
LOVE IT!!! Keep up with the good work!!
Great to hear you’re enjoying it.
Excited for more ❤
really cool! want to see more!
Thank you for your video
Thanks for watching!
Patiently waiting for more! :D
Subscribed for more!
This is really cool
Thanks!
Ok ok ok, alrighty then. This I could get behind really well.
That’s great. More coming very soon!
Nice!
This was thoroughly enjoyable 😌. You’ve got a knack for this, my fellow role player. 😊
Thank you 😊. What kind of systems and content do you use in your solo play? I’m keen to cover a variety on this channel.
@@soloDandD I use a variety of resources honestly. I used to run D&D a lot, but fell off the wagon due to life and schedules getting in the way. Found solo play as a way to keep my head "in the game" so to speak.
Everything from classic D&D to solo systems like Ironsworn Starforged, Ive run many systems at my table. I recommend Geek Gamers book 'Solo Game Master's Guide'. Another staple in my arsenal is Matt Finch's 'Tome of Adventure Design'. The list could go on and on. Love geeking out about the hobby.
I’ve come across the geek gamers content and have her book too. I’m considering doing an Ironsworn adventure as a future project. I gather that system is more rp oriented. I’ve been listening to the Starforged podcast, a Bad Spot. That’s great.
Love these videos!
Glad you like them!
Your one hell of a Dm
Thanks!
I played thru this solo twice to nearly finished but didnt finish.
Once with a lvl 12 fighter alone, coming close to the end at lvl 14, fun. Then again with five lvl 1 pc's. That was more fun but more complicated and more work but no complaints.
I will start watching this campaign after your other one.
That’s interesting to hear you ran it with a solo pc. I agree that running a full party through it is pretty complicated!
Cool, a new series. Like your narration voice. Been good watching your other one. Btw, do I detect an accent? 😊
Thanks! Heh, there are lots of accents here - most of them pretty bad 😂. If you’re asking about my normal accent, I’m from the UK, near London.
This was fun to listen to! I really liked your stills and graphics (what VTT are you using?). I have run this adventure myself many times and have homebrewed it a fair bit (running a campaign now with my students) so it's refreshing to see it being run as written. I like that you've also kept the pre-gen characters from the module but changed the names. I love this adventure and it's a great introduction to D&D. Cool descriptions, nice interplay between the characters. One tiny criticism - Vandross. A little too much maybe tone down the US southern drawl a tad. Still, I'm interested to see how you will run the rest of Chapter 1 and lean into the plot breadcrumbs for chapter 2. Also nice to see some content run by a fellow Brit for a change. I'd like to follow this adventure. Subscribed!
Thanks so much for the feedback Jay, really glad you enjoyed it. And thanks for the sub! I’m not using a VTT, I’m using PowerPoint, gives me more flexibility on the set up and is designed to create videos. Yeah I wanted to stay true to the original story with the characters. I just created new graphics for them to fit my own art style. And sorry about Vandross, that’s just me struggling to do a good accent 😂. Hopefully will improve over time!
@@soloDandD You're most welcome! I'm sure it will and excited for more! I'd never heard of inkarnate (cuz I'm always looking for maps and it just blew me away with the possibilities!). And I changed my mind about Vandross. Ham it up! The character is distinct enough from the others to justify that he sounds quite different.
This is excellent 👌🏻
Thank you 😊
I made it! Love it.
This is amazing. I wonder how the solo play worked.
Subbed great channel. Keep it going.
Thanks for the sub!
Will you be making more of these? I've enjoyed listening
Thank you. Please continue.
I think it will be good if you start making pause more in you speech. it will be closer to reading/listening a book then.
Thanks for the feedback, that’s helpful to know. I already make this slower with longer pauses than is standard. I don’t chop out all the breath gaps which seems to be usual practice for UA-cam video editing.
@@soloDandD maybe it is on my side because I am not native speaker, but….
I also think it will help to use imagination of listener if he/she has more time without info.
Thank you, very much for this channel. It is too long to track dnd stream and a lot bla-bla-bla. This is real adventure. Thank you again.
Just binged your channel. Very enjoyable. Any chance you can highlight which character is speaking? With four party members, I struggle a bit to keep up.
Great to hear your enjoying it. Thanks for the feedback. I’ll see what I can do, it would mean a fair bit more animation and there’s already a ton 😅.
@@soloDandD That's fair.
Wish you come back 😢
I love this channel so mutch
(Will theire be the same random magic as in the other series?)
Thanks so much. I hope so but maybe not so much as in Randomia as this is a pre written adventure. There’s a fair bit of randomness already using a D20 system for combat and there will also be those times that need a judgement call by the DM and I will use the dice in those instances.
@@soloDandDso no pure randomness, mostly premade, figured that would be the case, but still i was curious.
The battlemap you created is so beautiful! I can't find the asset for the cliffs on Inkarnate... Do you import your own assets or am I just looking over something?
Glad you like it 😊. The cliffs asset is in the Fantasy World Map folder not Battlemaps (in pro version). I just scaled them up a bit. I only import things if I want to use them as a template eg. a pre-existing map.
@@soloDandD ah, then that's it :) I don't have the pro version! Thank you for the quick response and please keep up the great work! I'm thoroughly enjoying the videos and the adventures :)
If you want to access the maps, then head on over to my Patreon where I am sharing all the graphics.
Fantastic! What's your approach to running published adventures? I recently got the essentials kit and I am a solo player but first time getting into dnd. What's your approach in doing this? How to avoid spoilers for a dungeon encounter or rooms ? How do you avoid looking at the dungeon map? Can you please share your thoughts?
Hi, thanks for the interest. I’m just using the PDF download for LMoP from D&DBeyond. I started off just reading one section at a time to avoid spoilers. But once we got to Phandalin, with so many quests, I read further ahead to be able to decide what the priorities were. It did break the immersion a bit and spoiled the end of the main story. I don’t avoid looking at the dungeon maps. You’ll see I actually redo the maps in my own style using Inkarnate. But I do avoid looking at the details of where things are placed on the map. The map doesn’t show where the encounters are, just the overall layout. But yes, it’s tricky.
Wait.... do we have an arrow sticking out of Van....🧙♂️
Based usage of Comic Sans
Thanks! I think… 😁
What tool did you use for creating your scrolls/letters?
Do you mean the letter from Gundren that Torgga reads out at the inn? I just found an image of aged paper and then pasted the text on top of it.
🤩🤩
Im really enjoying your content its very well put together...will you be going through other official adventures?🤞👍
Great to hear you’re enjoying it. Not sure yet about what comes next. I would like to try out other game systems maybe something like Ironsworn.
Luther Vandross!!
Nice one. I hadn’t thought of that link 😁
Just found your channel. Awesome work! I am primary BattleTech but I love D&D as well. Let me know if you are open to any Colabs. :)
Thanks for the feedback. Great to hear your enjoying it 😊. What kind of collaboration did you have in mind? Maybe email me with your ideas.
@@soloDandD Email sent. Hope to hear from you. Keep up the awesome work!
Great!!!!! I like it very much. Where do you have this beautiful map from swoqdcoast from? Do you have a link to this map?
Looking forward to the next part
Thanks! I created the Sword Coast map in Inkarnate. At some point I will be sharing a pack of maps and graphics - maybe as a gift if I get to 1000 subs 😁.
@@soloDandD So I am one now of your subs ;-) Your map looks amazing, I look forward to use it with my game round.
Thanks for the sub 😊
Great video
Thanks!
Can we get the character sheets for the party.
Sure, they are just the standard ones provided with the adventure. You can get them for free at D&D Beyond: www.dndbeyond.com/sources/lmop/introduction#PremadeCharacters.
@@soloDandD cool. How about the other series?
Heh, you read my mind. I just came back to ask if you’d like the Randomia ones. 😊. I’ll put a link in to a Google drive in the description.
@@soloDandD yes have the button on so I get new content warnings.
I have just added a link to the character sheets in the video description for the most recent episodes of Randomia.
I dont know how you accomplished this level of polish playing solo
I dunno either. I’m just enjoying myself 😊
was the the final result after all of your dice rolls and actions?
Not sure what you mean? Which final result are you referring too?
@@soloDandD meaning you played the session offline, wrote it in manuscript form and read it?
Yes, that’s right. I play through the session first, write everything down in a script and capture all the movement on the map. Then I go back and animate all the graphics and record the audio adding in music and sound effects.
Can we get the images for the tokens?
Great question. It’s something I have been considering. I am planning to release a pack of images including tokens and battlemaps once the series is concluded.
Subscribed.
I think i prefer the more storytelling feel a solo-dnd run has to a more chaotic show like Critical Role.
Wow. Being compared with Critical Role. Praise indeed. Thanks!
Did you used to read/write Harry Potter fan fiction? Your voice sounds familiar to me.
Hi, whilst I think Harry Potter is great, I’ve never done any fan fiction on it.
The b1ack Am3rican seems a bit out of place, but otherwise I like all of this. 👍🎲🤗🎲👍
nah this is depression as hell. Get sum friends mate