The Tomb of Horrors is the Ultimate Dungeon Crawl

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  • Professor DM walks through The Tomb of Horrors, giving his tips for preparing and running this class scenario. Guest starring Baron DeRopp, Ben Milton, Bob World Builder, Brandish Gilhelm, Kelsey Dionne, Luke Gygax, Luke Hart, Seth Skorkowsky & Trevor Devall. (Episode #403)
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  • @SSkorkowsky
    @SSkorkowsky 25 днів тому +552

    Fantastic video, Professor. Thank you for letting me take part.

    • @cadenceclearwater4340
      @cadenceclearwater4340 25 днів тому +31

      Thank you for bringing back pseudopod Seth 😁

    • @IceCavalier
      @IceCavalier 25 днів тому +44

      Still the best Gygax impression ever.
      He learned that in a Cincinnati truck stop.

    • @johndavid2290
      @johndavid2290 25 днів тому +20

      You sir are a gem to this hobby Seth,
      thank u for sharing this planet with us

    • @njp4321
      @njp4321 25 днів тому +14

      I had never previously contemplated a Gary Gygax/Randy Savage chimera. Thanks for expanding my consciousness.

    • @Blackadam01
      @Blackadam01 25 днів тому +5

      👏 👏 👏 👏 Bravo!!!! Wonderful!!!! Author!!!!

  • @w.lewisblack2704
    @w.lewisblack2704 25 днів тому +343

    Seth Skorkowsky is a national treasure. 'Nuff said.

  • @graynanuuq
    @graynanuuq 25 днів тому +251

    "Death AND humiliation, which is what we like to call 'Adventure'!"

    • @DUNGEONCRAFT1
      @DUNGEONCRAFT1  25 днів тому +36

      Absolutely.

    • @KnightoftheRose98
      @KnightoftheRose98 16 днів тому +3

      @@DUNGEONCRAFT1 My guess is that XP to Level 3's players were all people who have mainly played 5e. I have noticed with folks that have got their start playing 5e (or at best PF1) there is this mentality that you don't need to use any caution or tactics when exploring a room.
      I think it comes from the fact that 5e has done a lot to remove or mitigate the exploration pillar of D&D. There are some many passive abilities, powers, and spells that make exploration almost negliible

  • @Sturmjaeger
    @Sturmjaeger 25 днів тому +80

    "...super easy. Barely an inconvenience."
    Pitch Meeting references are TIGHT!

    • @DUNGEONCRAFT1
      @DUNGEONCRAFT1  25 днів тому +42

      Executive: Why do we need another edition of D&D? The old one is still popular. WoTC Producer: because money. Executive: Very good. Proceed.

    • @Revan3893
      @Revan3893 22 дні тому +7

      "So, you have a new D&D Edition for me?"
      "Yes, sir, I do! Well... Kind of."

    • @masterpenguins
      @masterpenguins 8 днів тому +1

      yui spotted

  • @WylochsArmory
    @WylochsArmory 26 днів тому +237

    If you build it, they will come.

    • @TalismancerM
      @TalismancerM 26 днів тому +6

      I hope they're using your terrain Wyloch! that setup & vids are legendary++

    • @kevinwilson8077
      @kevinwilson8077 25 днів тому +6

      I can't tell you how many times I watched your videos on this. I ended up making my own, but made it out of wood. The two hallways are on either side of each other, so once they get to the second hallway you just flip over the first. I did the same thing with the chapel room and the thrown room but had to modify them slightly so they were the same size. Same thing with the room with the vats and the false treasure room. The rest of the dungeon was the 1.25" system with the exception of the lava pit and the misty grotto. I can't lay the whole dungeon out at once, but it makes it much more transportable.

    • @DungeonMasterpiece
      @DungeonMasterpiece 25 днів тому +4

      so true

    • @LukusOh-ii1xi
      @LukusOh-ii1xi 25 днів тому +3

      Howdy Wyloch! Love your builds! You inspired me to finish my sculpt of the DCC core rulebook intro dungeon. Keep creating and playing bud!
      What a lovely combo this video draws together.

    • @BusyBadger
      @BusyBadger 25 днів тому +3

      You've done builds for the first two S modules, I'll be waiting for your Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth build!

  • @flintsound828
    @flintsound828 25 днів тому +64

    Throwing Acererak in the green devil face is the most amazing thing I have ever heard!!!

    • @DUNGEONCRAFT1
      @DUNGEONCRAFT1  25 днів тому +22

      My hobbits is tricksy.

    • @Proletarian-ud8du
      @Proletarian-ud8du 25 днів тому +5

      Poetic justice!

    • @quantus5875
      @quantus5875 25 днів тому +6

      I really, really hate to say this but -- someone read the adventure in advance. That's the problem with all these stories -- it's like taking a test when the answers have been available for over 40 years. It doesn't mean anything to go through the tomb of horrors now.

    • @Dj84JA2
      @Dj84JA2 23 дні тому +1

      ​​@@quantus5875I caught that too. These players seemed to know enough about the dungeon and what the riddle meant for their first time playing it. And how, exactly, did they know what was in the green devil face to know to chuck Acerak in it?

    • @roderik4
      @roderik4 23 дні тому +5

      ​@@Dj84JA2 they stuck a torch into it, he said that

  • @jklockers
    @jklockers 25 днів тому +135

    I knew this would be a great video when Seth Skorkowsky turned up as a coked-up Gygax to explain the adventure.

    • @bungle8111
      @bungle8111 25 днів тому +8

      Why? Because it’s FANTASY!

    • @paulsavas2394
      @paulsavas2394 25 днів тому +5

      Excellence in action!

    • @knaz7468
      @knaz7468 24 дні тому +1

      Yeah this was terrific ...

    • @twistedturns65
      @twistedturns65 22 дні тому +1

      It wasn't pure gold, it was platinum! This video is worth watching for that alone!

  • @xytek
    @xytek 25 днів тому +83

    OMG Seth was Spectacular!

    • @Naren25
      @Naren25 25 днів тому +1

      I don't think I understand his humour - I had to skip through the bit

  • @DungeonMasterpiece
    @DungeonMasterpiece 25 днів тому +81

    Goodnight, Deathbringer!

  • @doublekrpg
    @doublekrpg 25 днів тому +53

    I remember a story from a Con with Gary where another DM was running Tomb of Horrors. The party got the crown and scepter that disintegrated whoever was wearing the crown, put it on the skull, and activated it. The DM didn't know what to do and thought no way would Gary allow that to work on a demilich, so he paused the game to ask Gary. Gary just said "Yeah, he's dead" and turned back around to the game he was running.

    • @Suavek69
      @Suavek69 23 дні тому +8

      Seems like he was as eager to kill his BBEG as he was to kill PCs. Which is fair tbh

    • @Ryu1ify
      @Ryu1ify 11 годин тому

      ​@@Suavek69 I'd prefer it to either group having so many more protections in place over the other. That's why there were morale checks; the enemies were just as mortal and just as unwilling to die.

  • @patrickedger2448
    @patrickedger2448 25 днів тому +103

    DM's like you and Seth are a blessing to this community! While we all have our adventures/dungeons we would rather avoid, it's still important to understand where this hobby came from. And Tomb of Horrors is absolutely one of the big boys that propelled the game into its current fandom.

  • @scottturner3831
    @scottturner3831 25 днів тому +73

    The amount of things you can learn at a Cincinnati truck stop is astounding.

  • @razorboy251
    @razorboy251 25 днів тому +53

    Seth's performance is 11/10. No notes.

  • @thomriley1036
    @thomriley1036 25 днів тому +76

    I bought 'Return to the Tomb of Horrors', which came with the Original Module, and I used to run the full adventure for people outside the lunchroom at High School using 2e AD&D.
    Years later, I remember people telling me that the module was unfair and unbeatable, and then calling me a liar when I told them how multiple groups of teenagers simply completed it through trial and error.
    Nobody ever reached the Lost City of Moil, however. But that was because we all graduated at the end of the school year and not for lack of trying.

    • @DUNGEONCRAFT1
      @DUNGEONCRAFT1  25 днів тому +11

      Thanks for sharing.

    • @jeffkenamon1806
      @jeffkenamon1806 25 днів тому +2

      I DMed that box set for my characters back in the late 90’s. Haha! Almost a total part kill. They never even made it to the actual tomb. The gate to the Necromancers City had I think wail of the banshee that issued from the gate golems mouth and really hurt the players. They continued on into the city and were finally surrounded by hordes of undead and necromancers. They were a party of 4, each 15th level or higher. And the only one who survived was a 16th level fighter mage who had a spell already cast on him that teleported him back to his tower when he went to 0 hps 😂. So I guess I’ve only “kinda” ran the Tomb of Horrors lol.

    • @Subo23
      @Subo23 25 днів тому +2

      Return to the Tomb is a fantastic campaign, tremendously brutal. 5e’s Tomb of Annihilation is actually one of the more solid 5e products.

    • @MilkmanOfTheApocalypse
      @MilkmanOfTheApocalypse 25 днів тому +4

      Completing it through trial and error doesn't exactly refute the "unfair and unbeatable"

    • @tuomasronnberg5244
      @tuomasronnberg5244 25 днів тому +5

      ​@@MilkmanOfTheApocalypseExactly. The Tomb can be brute forced even by first level characters if you bring a fat enough stack of character sheets. Not a great design.

  • @nashwinston1395
    @nashwinston1395 25 днів тому +42

    Aww man surprise Seth Skorkowsky sketch is always appreciated!

  • @deecap71
    @deecap71 25 днів тому +56

    ​​You could have gotten Ryan from Pitch Meeting to say "Super Easy, Barely an Inconvenience!"

    • @ceropuntocinco
      @ceropuntocinco 25 днів тому +6

      In the darkness of unnamed horrors
      In a lonely forest
      A human stands alone in front of a Lich
      The lichs voice announcing a thousand deaths says:
      "SO... I HEARD YOU WANT TO BUILD A TOMB FOR ME"

    • @deecap71
      @deecap71 24 дні тому +5

      @@ceropuntocinco Necromancy is TIGHT!

  • @sebastianstark8517
    @sebastianstark8517 25 днів тому +26

    Wow. Just gotta say... Seth's virtuoso breakdown is perhaps the most impressive content he's ever created. Outstanding.

    • @DUNGEONCRAFT1
      @DUNGEONCRAFT1  25 днів тому +8

      Thanks. He is terrific.

    • @ReadyMack-g
      @ReadyMack-g 25 днів тому +1

      @@DUNGEONCRAFT1 The Cigarette helped , ha ha, smok'em if you got'em

  • @artistpoet5253
    @artistpoet5253 25 днів тому +39

    Came for the nostalgia..stayed for Deathbringer's 'bed time story'.
    I never played Tomb of Horrors though I've been in dungeons where the DM was clearly feeling mean at the time.

  • @macdd7257
    @macdd7257 25 днів тому +28

    One of your best video in a long time, Professor!

  • @AtillaBuyukurvay
    @AtillaBuyukurvay 25 днів тому +28

    The seemingly arbitrary solutions that hurt Acererak was obviously rulings by Gygax on the spot that were later set in writing.
    His failure was to communicate this and the principals of his rulings to the DMs that run the module so that they could make rulings by themselves.
    This is also probably one of the best D&D videos on UA-cam.

    • @DUNGEONCRAFT1
      @DUNGEONCRAFT1  25 днів тому +6

      Thanks for the compliment. Please pass it on.

  • @DaveThaumavore
    @DaveThaumavore 25 днів тому +18

    Seth went over and beyond the call of duty on this one.

  • @qwaserity
    @qwaserity 25 днів тому +22

    During the original tournament, one party put the crown on the demi-lich and touched it with the "wrong" end of the scepter (SOURCE: Return to the Tomb of Horrors).
    My party used the evil wishing gem and then threw it into the final room. It killed the demi-lich but also destroyed all of his treasure.

  • @TheDragonHoard_com
    @TheDragonHoard_com 25 днів тому +15

    Heard Seth Skorkowskis voice and nearly died from excitement

  • @danielbroening
    @danielbroening 25 днів тому +12

    "Steals your pants and then eats your soul" That's a 70's power ballad if there ever was one.

  • @Naren25
    @Naren25 25 днів тому +19

    Perfect cameo from Brandish Gilhelm

  • @DyrianLightbringer
    @DyrianLightbringer 25 днів тому +19

    My first time running Tomb of Horrors resulted in a TPK in under 30 minutes as one-by-one, everyone dove head-first into the green devil face.

  • @sirguy6678
    @sirguy6678 25 днів тому +23

    Has everyone seen Wylock’s physical building of this Dungeon? It’s fantastic!

  • @bl00dywelld0ne
    @bl00dywelld0ne 25 днів тому +11

    "... super easy, barely an inconvenience." 😂Good reference(s)

  • @farspeakerdm90
    @farspeakerdm90 25 днів тому +9

    Many moons ago I was playing a game at a game store and the table next to me was play ToH. I was keeping a third ear/eye out on the game as I ran mine and during one of our breaks as I watched the players they decided to pick up their fellow players halfling (not knowing what would happen) and inserted the halfling into one of the green devil heads head first to let him "look" around. The look of astonishment was priceless when they pulled him back out.

  • @drivinganddragons1818
    @drivinganddragons1818 25 днів тому +80

    It's the ultimate lesson in knowing how to roleplay in character.
    You die in the Tomb by doing stuff you would NEVER do if you were exploring an ancient tomb.
    Players take tons of actions based on "I get a save and have +6" or "I have X hitpoints".
    In real life, it doesn't matter how fast you think you are, you don't stick your hand in strange holes without serious research.

    • @thetowndrunk988
      @thetowndrunk988 25 днів тому +6

      Very well said. The way to beat the Tomb of Horrors, is to roleplay that YOU are actually in the tomb, and what would you do to survive (I mean most people would never enter, but let’s say you did).

    • @drivinganddragons1818
      @drivinganddragons1818 25 днів тому +7

      @@thetowndrunk988 exactly. Stop playing vicariously and assume the role of your character.

    • @bobbycrosby9765
      @bobbycrosby9765 24 дні тому +3

      Yes. But also, if I were doing the tomb like I were myself, I would never get through the front door. So you gotta be a little mental to even be there in the first place.
      It reminds me a bit of the movie "pain and gain". There's several moments where you can think, "if they only stopped here, they could have gotten away with it." But the reason why they got that far is they were so nuts in the first place - no logical person would have gotten that far.

    • @drivinganddragons1818
      @drivinganddragons1818 24 дні тому +2

      @@bobbycrosby9765 think of it like a English egyptologist. They explore the tombs for artifacts of the past.

    • @thetowndrunk988
      @thetowndrunk988 24 дні тому +2

      @@bobbycrosby9765 True, but the entire point is to use some common sense. As a forever DM, I far too often see players try some of the most absurd things, that there is no way in heck they’d ever be so foolish IRL. And while I appreciate that D&D is a rpg, and you’re supposed to embrace your superhero status, there is a such thing as using some sense. You can’t simply OP every single dungeon.

  • @Scott-sk1rb
    @Scott-sk1rb 25 днів тому +8

    So many great visitors. Seth Skorkowsky was great. Along with "Super easy, barely an inconvenience" I'd like to add "Green Devil faces are tight."

  • @dm_nimbus
    @dm_nimbus 25 днів тому +7

    This was an absolute treat. Thank you everyone who participated!

  • @dinbabwa452
    @dinbabwa452 25 днів тому +4

    I live how epic this video goes with all the guest appearances and input. It's like an Avengers of TTRPGs collaboration.

  • @emmetzet
    @emmetzet 25 днів тому +6

    hope you're feeling better, Professor!

  • @jacksonlai7590
    @jacksonlai7590 26 днів тому +85

    XP to Level 3 is going to eat his words 😈

    • @AndrewBrownK
      @AndrewBrownK 26 днів тому +2

      Or dungeon master is going to reveal disappointing judgement. We’ll see

    • @allenyates3469
      @allenyates3469 25 днів тому +50

      They are very different people with very different expectations. XP to level 3 is a full blown son of 5e. He sees the game through the filter of post 3e/post critical role story time d&d. That doesn't invalidate his arguments. But it does give him a more limited scope than someone like the professor that has seen the game change from earlier procedural exploration based iterations.

    • @TravisWilliams_
      @TravisWilliams_ 25 днів тому +21

      @@AndrewBrownKxp to level 3 is soft.

    • @drivinganddragons1818
      @drivinganddragons1818 25 днів тому +15

      XP to level 3 apparently eats everything in front of him. I've done a few reactions to his nonsense

    • @perryborn2777
      @perryborn2777 25 днів тому +1

      ​@@allenyates3469In the early days of their channel he told stories from their 3.5 games
      Granted, the particular story I'm remembering is a kobold monk one turning a purple worm, so it doesn't exactly seem like super valuable experience, but they definitely did start with an earlier edition.

  • @foosterOG
    @foosterOG 23 дні тому +2

    This was unbelievable! All the different perspectives were amazing. It was a like a "Dungeon Craft Special Episode."

  • @jdmcdonnell71
    @jdmcdonnell71 25 днів тому +4

    If Seth Skorkowski doesn't land an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his part in this video then there is something seriously wrong with the world.

  • @CrusaderWarden
    @CrusaderWarden 25 днів тому +24

    OMG, Seth was amazing as nicotine-driven Gygax in an oracular fever-dream/sales pitch. 😂

    • @2013Arcturus
      @2013Arcturus 25 днів тому +2

      "nicotine"

    • @xavierp7658
      @xavierp7658 25 днів тому +2

      That ain’t nicotine

    • @spacerx
      @spacerx 25 днів тому +1

      You don't snort lines of tobacco.

  • @rune081624
    @rune081624 4 дні тому +2

    I was playing through the Tomb of Horrors in AD&D and had a 13th level Wizard with a Staff of Power. After an unfortunate encounter with the traps at the main entrance, I told my fellow adventurers I was going to build my own entrance--and circling around to the OPPOSITE side of the tomb, tunneling in using the 'Passwall' feature of the Staff and bypassed half the traps and tricks in the Dungeon!

  • @purple_sorcerer
    @purple_sorcerer 25 днів тому +4

    One of my earliest ‘formal play’ memories was at my local Wargaming club back in the late 70’s. The GM used Chivalry and Sorcery, and ran a campaign with about 20 players at once! So of course, we tackled Tomb of Horrors with first level characters. (In retrospect, I guess us kids WERE the hirelings…) I remember dying in a rock fall five minutes in. That’s it. My brother’s character had 30 piglets stored in his saddlebags as food… but never got to use them…

  • @dungeonrock
    @dungeonrock 25 днів тому +20

    I've played through it 2x and DMed it 3x since 1978. and it's objectively the best module ever.
    There was a guy who made a Neverwinter Nights module for it as well... he did a GREAT job... I wish I remembered who it was...

    • @Lanessar8008
      @Lanessar8008 25 днів тому +4

      Chris Irby did the conversion for NWN1.

    • @dungeonrock
      @dungeonrock 25 днів тому +1

      @@Lanessar8008 - Hellz yeah! Soo well done!

  • @HouseDM
    @HouseDM 25 днів тому +6

    Halfway through this walkthrough and I'm lovin' this longer form content Professor 💪

  • @Ubotit_Unaymit
    @Ubotit_Unaymit 25 днів тому +10

    Getting serious Macho Man vibes from Gygax 😂

  • @egillskallagrimson5879
    @egillskallagrimson5879 24 дні тому +1

    This may be your Magnum Opus Professor, it's not only the colabs of other channels (which is great because there were some I didn't knew) and how hilarious the whole video is, it's also how epic you party of players are on engaging the dungeon. This video is so amazing I had to watch it all over again after the first time. Congrats!

  • @mattdahm4289
    @mattdahm4289 26 днів тому +9

    Can’t wait, professor 👏🏻

  • @CaseyWilkesmusic
    @CaseyWilkesmusic 25 днів тому +10

    Babe, wake up. Professor DM is on.

  • @nathanreiter6908
    @nathanreiter6908 25 днів тому +2

    I finished the Yawning Portal version with a group I DM about 2 months ago. They are all bright, at level 12, and were very cautious, only 1 killed but then rest of party was able to revivify player back. They followed only paths that were mentioned in the riddles, they did not even bother going to the hallway and oak doorway that dumps them into the molten lava thinking the light they saw through the door was a demon trap of some kind. I bumped up the very end with Acerick the demi lich having a Bone Claw and Stone Golem with him in the final room (vs. 6 PCs at level 12). It would have been a TPK but with DnD 5e and death saves 3 were still standing when all monsters were destroyed (1 was eye gem trapped by the demi-lich and 2 others unconscious doing death saves). It overall was a fun adventure, but with cautious players carefully following the riddles at the beginning it is not as deadly as legend (at least the Yawning Portal 5e version).

  • @BDTMack
    @BDTMack 25 днів тому +1

    Awesome! I've been looking forward to this video immensely! These adventure module videos are always some of Prof. DM's best!

  • @johnstuartkeller5244
    @johnstuartkeller5244 25 днів тому +3

    I played this for the first time this spring at the Great Underground Online Gaming Convention. I played one of two Thieves in the group, among the last survivors. The last was a Paladin who was no longer qualified and eventually died of starvation.
    I did write a parody on Just a Jigolo for it ...

  • @johndavid2290
    @johndavid2290 25 днів тому +3

    Please give me more Dungeoncraft and to you PDM a speedy painfree recovery

    • @DUNGEONCRAFT1
      @DUNGEONCRAFT1  25 днів тому +4

      Thank you. I'm feeling okay. Two naps today.

  • @johnhitchens2265
    @johnhitchens2265 11 годин тому

    I ran this in my high school D&D club back in the 80s, and 2 of the 8 made it out. It's challenging, but the clues are all there. They figured a tomb would be more traps and misdirection and fewer monsters

  • @langwaters9653
    @langwaters9653 18 днів тому

    Ran this for my game group a couple years ago using AD&D. Half the party died. They weren't able to kill the demi-lich, but half the party lived to tell the tale. They LOVED the experience of this classic.

  • @ryansullivan5854
    @ryansullivan5854 25 днів тому +3

    Another great video - Seth's bit had me laughing out loud. I still have my copy of this from when I was a kid, but I don't recall ever running it. Probably because it didn't sound like it would be fun to 11 year old me.

  • @2013Arcturus
    @2013Arcturus 25 днів тому +10

    Tomb of Horrors I think truly exposes the Video Game mentality vs the "Role" Play mentality. It's actually imagining yourself in the situation vs treating your character like a collection of stats.

  • @nsideddice
    @nsideddice 5 днів тому +1

    Our GM ran our high-level multi-year campaign characters through it. We lost two NPCs.

  • @witchesbruise8792
    @witchesbruise8792 19 днів тому

    I really liked all the cameos, including the ones that criticize the adventure alongside ones that praise it or put it in context. It adds up to a really holistic perspective that I really appreciate.

  • @tomgartin
    @tomgartin 25 днів тому +4

    Good timing. I’ve spent the last couple days looking at Tomb of Annihilation for my group

  • @lexington476
    @lexington476 25 днів тому +3

    21:31 I am picturing the scene from Family Guy Star Wars where the two characters are stealing the couch from the garbage compactor 😀😃.

    • @lexington476
      @lexington476 25 днів тому

      This is it 😀...
      ua-cam.com/video/ArEjvgGxHD8/v-deo.htmlsi=hV_LQYagkLSVLJV0

  • @paladox1771
    @paladox1771 18 днів тому +1

    The player going all in on the greedy dwarf PC trying to carry out the golden sedan was perfect. xD
    I agree it was a great end for that character. 🖖

  • @anon-yw4wd
    @anon-yw4wd 25 днів тому +1

    Professor DM and Seth Skorkowsky team ups are the next level to level ups. 🤜🤛
    Great video explaining the Tomb.

    • @anon-yw4wd
      @anon-yw4wd 25 днів тому +1

      The Baron too? Damn, this video is a triple level up.

    • @anon-yw4wd
      @anon-yw4wd 25 днів тому +1

      Plus Bob and Luke?
      This video is level 20.

  • @justanothercaptain6566
    @justanothercaptain6566 26 днів тому +6

    It a fan of Tomb of Horrors. It is a big “FU” to the players as you can’t will without cheating. It doesn’t matter how good a player you are. BUT…it has awesome ideas to steal for other home brew dungeons. 😊

  • @BryanPeterson-ez9zl
    @BryanPeterson-ez9zl 25 днів тому +3

    Your insights (and awesome players) have inspired me to run the Tomb of Horrors as a 0 level funnel! It struck me how similar in tone it is to the "Portal Beneath the Stars", and you proved the Tomb can be beaten with clever play regardless of character levels. Thank you!

  • @Calebgoblin
    @Calebgoblin 25 днів тому +2

    All these cameos made this video a next level experience. Bravo for putting this all together and for genuinely changing my mind on this dungeon

  • @Q.Necron
    @Q.Necron 25 днів тому +2

    We need a Shadowdark version with Kelsey's flair to fix the silliness of it.

  • @RedCoolade
    @RedCoolade 25 днів тому +12

    Here instead of of 2024 monk release video lol

  • @innocentBystander19
    @innocentBystander19 26 днів тому +3

    I ran tomb of horrors in college and the players did not find it challenging… one player said “I thought it was the tomb of horrors, not the tomb of bore-ors.” I think it’s good, but its reputation may be slightly inflated.

  • @Keyce0013
    @Keyce0013 25 днів тому +2

    I mean if your players were able to figure most of it out, then it seems like the problem with the dungeon is that it requires a kind of mentality that other groups might not be ready for. It seems like the dungeon itself is a railroad where the punishment for going "off the tracks" is character death, but considering that opening poem essentially explains how to navigate all the way through to the end I like it more.
    If the dungeon was actually meant for time-limited tournament play then I might be convinced to run it as a one-session one shot under the in-game idea that the dungeon only opens once every few hundred years, and only for a single day. Once the entrance closes again, anyone left inside is trapped forever. That would really put the pressure on your party to get as much loot as they can and get out, which would probably lead them to making more of those life-or-death mistakes that the dungeon is known for punishing players for making.

    • @quantus5875
      @quantus5875 25 днів тому

      The problem isn't really the tomb itself -- it's the final fight or attempt to destroy Acererak that is the killer. all of what you need to do is so arbitrary -- that almost impossible to destroy Acererack without losing at least 3-4 members of the party if not all of them. And IMO the bag of holding would not have worked based on my interpretation of the module. So TPK, or like I said again 3-4 or more characters biting the dust. Only way to really do it legit IMO is if your DM lets you research destroying Acererack beforehand and then gives you a few hits on how to damage him. How well you do really depends on if you have a nice DM or you have a not-so-nice DM.

  • @johnnygreenface4195
    @johnnygreenface4195 25 днів тому +2

    Seth! Didnt expect that. Awesome video

  • @CountAdolfo
    @CountAdolfo 25 днів тому +5

    It's really hard to survive the Tomb of Horrors...
    No, it's actually super easy, barely an inconvenience.
    Oh?
    Yeah, the party will just walk five feet away from one another with rope tied around their waists.
    Why five feet? Why not ten?
    I don't know...
    Who came up with that plan?
    Unclear.
    If someone falls in a pit, won't that knock the people attached to them off their feet unless they...
    Look! I'm going to need you to get ALL THE WAY off my back about the rope thing, here ..
    OK! Let me get off that thing!

    • @stephendavis7327
      @stephendavis7327 25 днів тому +2

      I thought the same thing, like, yes, of course, this is how we walk through every dungeon, don't you?

    • @quantus5875
      @quantus5875 23 дні тому +2

      Also, that tactic -- in almost every dungeon other than the Tomb -- if there were monsters would be disastrous. You'd encounter a few Type IV demons and half you party would be gone before the rest of the party had time to run up to find out what was going on. 😂 Better to have a fast scout (thief) 20-30' ahead with boots of flying or something and all kinds of detection scrolls and detection magic items -- and if that person dies you can always raise dead (if there is a body). 🙂 Also something like a magic user with a teleport spell at the back of the party (and other escape type spells).

    • @alicepbg2042
      @alicepbg2042 День тому

      5 feet is close enough to see and react but far enough that 2 people probably won't be equally affected by things ahead.
      if you expect death trap holes, you secure yourself.
      also 5 feet means a fall is minimal. the longer the rope, the more someone falls.
      depends on the build of the person and how prepared they are for something to happen. which considering the reason they have the rope in the first place, they are reasonably prepared. and the person in front is probably the light nimble one.

  • @LB_adventurer
    @LB_adventurer 25 днів тому +3

    I think Acererak hired Deathbringer to build the Tomb of Horrors for him . In all seriousness, the Tomb of Horrors is a death trap and that's what it's supposed to be. It's the type of thing that a group of people can sit around watching others play and one by one as people get eliminated new players can join in the group and use the previous information to get past the traps one by one until the last group standing makes it to the end. Perfect tournament style play, a perfect design by someone that was used to doing War Gaming elimination style.

    • @DUNGEONCRAFT1
      @DUNGEONCRAFT1  25 днів тому

      Thanks for sharing!

    • @LB_adventurer
      @LB_adventurer 25 днів тому

      @@DUNGEONCRAFT1 thank you for making another great video

  • @CamelWWWI
    @CamelWWWI 25 днів тому +1

    Professor Dungeon Master- I have DM’ed S1 twice and currently running Return to TOH. Had to switch up many elements when it came to the original Tomb-portion. I’ve retrofitted the Vampire Mistress Ferranifer as Acererak’s sister, with the same Type VI Demon father. She has been seeking him for centuries to join him as a Lich and destroy the Prime Material Plane.

  • @Rythian
    @Rythian 18 днів тому +1

    11:54 - Wow, wow, wow, wow... wow!

  • @solowolf7418
    @solowolf7418 25 днів тому +3

    This was the worst D&D adventure I ever participated in. My DM was stoked to run it and after we ran it twice the group was like no thanks. It felt very mean spirited like the DM hated his players success and was spitefully out to get them. Just a complete failure and undeserving of the title. Best adventure of all time. I would bestow that honor on the original Ravenloft or Temple of Elemental Evil

    • @DUNGEONCRAFT1
      @DUNGEONCRAFT1  25 днів тому +1

      Ravenloft is the best. Better than Temple, for sure (although Village of Hommlet Is great).

  • @shockerck4465
    @shockerck4465 25 днів тому +4

    Its neat, but not the best. Its just a series of death traps

    • @DUNGEONCRAFT1
      @DUNGEONCRAFT1  25 днів тому +1

      That's fair. But thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.

  • @darrylhodgson8764
    @darrylhodgson8764 23 дні тому

    Great mix of insights from other gamers along with a "play by play" with your own group. Thirty minutes of fun and a great job of editing everything together. Thanks!

  • @MateusRizzo13
    @MateusRizzo13 22 дні тому

    This is probably the best video of yours and one of the best RPG videos I've ever seen. So entertaining, well put together and shows real love and appreciation for the history of this hobby

  • @BW022
    @BW022 25 днів тому +3

    I think it shows how differently people think after 40+ years. Back in the day, modules like this were part of the course. I remember a group of us being bored one day and my players saying how it was unfair that they never got to play high level characters (I almost always ran them from 1st up and they usually died). So I said, "Fine, you make up some 5th-level characters and I'll run you through at 10th-level dungeon. If you can survive, I'll make you 10th and start a 10th-level campaign for you." I ran them through some dungeon tiles with the random table of traps, monsters, and tricks. Their thief found a portcullis trap near the front and later they ran into a wyvern. So... they set up a trap for the wyvern, using the rogue at bait inside the trap area, and he survived long enough to run out and the others set off the trap -- sealing the wyvern behind the bars while they peppered him with arrows through the bars.
    Today's players are different. They complain about modules, I've seen teens and twenty-somethings have fits at a comic shop over minor things, and they are stuck on their characters sheets. Not sure if it is video games, parenting, lack of imaginative activities, etc. but there is are completely different mindset with most folks under about 30 today. It's actually kind of sad.

    • @magonus195
      @magonus195 25 днів тому +1

      Nobody is encouraged to think these days. Public schools exist to train compliance.

    • @bobbycrosby9765
      @bobbycrosby9765 25 днів тому

      @@magonus195 really not much different than 50 years ago though...

    • @BW022
      @BW022 25 днів тому

      @@magonus195 Public schools, single parent households, divorce rates, low fertility rates (i.e. fewer siblings and children / helicopter parents), technology (internet, cell phones, video games, UA-cam, etc.), more urbanization, fewer stay-at-home moms, less organized groups (churches, Scouts, school clubs, etc.), etc. School is as much a symptom as an cause.

    • @emblemblade9245
      @emblemblade9245 12 днів тому

      I am not seriously witnessing an echo chamber of human regression discussion over the topic of fucking DnD of all things. What a bunch of arrogant snobs tying an unrelated problem to a subject they’ve been wounded over and are looking for blame.

  • @toddhanssen5469
    @toddhanssen5469 24 дні тому

    Fantastic video. My friends and I played this module when it first came out and most of us died fighting the demi lich. We were young...and not cautious. Nice trip down memory lane.

  • @nathanlh116
    @nathanlh116 21 день тому

    Can’t wait to run this. Thanks for the extensive coverage, wisdom, and delightful collaborations!

  • @johnsweet6772
    @johnsweet6772 25 днів тому +2

    The Runehammer cameo was so on brand XD

  • @NikozBG
    @NikozBG 25 днів тому

    Amazing video! Really well put together and informative! We need way more of this kind of content.

  • @bretts7072
    @bretts7072 24 дні тому

    What an epic video professor DM! Love your take on these classic modules. Super cool seeing so many other Dungeon-tubers as well!

  • @icon_o_clast
    @icon_o_clast 25 днів тому +1

    Fun video. I'm horrible at coming up with adventures for groups like yours, but players like that are a lot of fun to run death trap dungeons for because it's interesting watching them solve the scenarios.

  • @rodrigocastaneda6766
    @rodrigocastaneda6766 25 днів тому +1

    OMG, what a great video, enjoyed it a lot. Great collaborations, I will watch this many, many times.

  • @darkh3lm3t34
    @darkh3lm3t34 24 дні тому

    "That is how Acererak gets you brother, cause he steals your pants and eats your soul." Great video and the gang you brought in was a lot of fun. :)

  • @Big_Mike001
    @Big_Mike001 25 днів тому +1

    Putting a bag of holding over Acereak's head, and then chucking it into the green devil mouth? I have to admit that's pretty darn clever!

    • @quantus5875
      @quantus5875 25 днів тому

      Seems like one of the people playing was familiar with the module... That's the problem with playing the Tomb these says -- it's like taking the test when the answers have been available for decades.

  • @kellysalyer1972
    @kellysalyer1972 25 днів тому

    WOW! Probably one of my favorite episodes you have done YET! So great to see all of the other UA-camr DMs involved! I was a player run through this back in 1984. We had leveled our characters up to level 7-8 by playing through our DMs campaign over the last 4 years. We lost all of our original PCs and were playing they backups from the module. it took 2 5 hour game sessions to complete. The DM actually ended the 2nd session with another adventure that we played through in order to REZ our original characters. So many great memories!

  • @jclefbouncyrock
    @jclefbouncyrock 25 днів тому +1

    Such a great video - love all the guests and the shots with the minis!

  • @CamelWWWI
    @CamelWWWI 25 днів тому +1

    Great video PDM! I would like to thank you for revitalizing my efforts as a DM. Between your crafting, DMing advice, and adventure ideas, my players have responded very enthusiastically and encouragingly. We play every 4-6 weeks instead of twice a year.
    Thank you so much!

  • @theophrastusbombastus1359
    @theophrastusbombastus1359 14 днів тому

    I can't believe he managed all that in a single take! 😮
    I'd love to see the bloopers 😂

  • @joedredd1168
    @joedredd1168 5 годин тому

    Hey Seth! Always good to see him!

  • @Boricuapsico24
    @Boricuapsico24 25 днів тому +1

    This is another instant classic from the Professor!!!

  • @mammonclarke
    @mammonclarke 24 дні тому

    Execellent video! It's very entertaining. My first trip through the tomb was in 1986. Out of a party of 7 and 5 henchmen, only 3 characters survived.

  • @greystorm9974
    @greystorm9974 23 дні тому

    Holy Bobs that was a great video. Super collab with wonderful perspectives

  • @lyracian
    @lyracian 25 днів тому +1

    That was worth waiting for. It certainly takes a team effort to plan ahead with roping everyone together and spreading out.

    • @DUNGEONCRAFT1
      @DUNGEONCRAFT1  25 днів тому

      The thing that took the longest was setting up those minis and creating those shots. My guest stars are very responsible.

  • @G-Blockster
    @G-Blockster 25 днів тому

    Best video of the year. This was a riot down memory lane. LOVED all of the UA-cam Easter eggs.

  • @eloyc4245
    @eloyc4245 25 днів тому

    I love these collaboration videos. Truly excellent. Great story, great visuals and great performances by everyone. More Dungeon Craft, please!

  • @NatsuMatto
    @NatsuMatto 24 дні тому

    Good god, Seth Skorkowsky is an absolute genius. Love that guy! What a performance.

  • @therebelempire0289
    @therebelempire0289 25 днів тому

    This video is fantastic, I always loved the way people played back in the day, keep up the awesomeness

  • @hobbitonman
    @hobbitonman 25 днів тому +1

    Great Video! I love all the collaborations. Seth's Gary bits are always hilarious! Love his video about how the beholder was created. Cheers!