This is awesome. As someone with dyslexia and reading difficulty, I find it overwhelming to read and run pre written adventures. Being able to listen it as i am taking notes helps so much absorbing the information and i am looking forward to running this adventure. Thank you
Love these new vids. To hell with Hasbro. Fans need to be flexible. It may hurt to leave franchises, but if we don't power shifts away from creative artists and toward the corporate vampires who simply suck off old copyrights for sustenance.
AJ, I don't play D&D anymore, and haven't in many a long eon, but in my undeath, I really enjoy listening to all your work as the centuries pass, oh so slowly. Much better then doom scrolling , or plotting on how to destroy this list and forgotten plane. Very impressive ... for a mere human.
4/5 I would have left one Coblynau (goblin) merchant protecting two females in the goblin village to warn the PCs that the gutgobblers were goblins twisted by what lies ahead into ravening beasts. He would offer them two sacks containing 20 lbs of fine salt for safe passage the way the adventurers came, telling them that it stops the evil. It would be humorous to see them try to use the salt to stop the iron spider if they accept his offer.
@@AJPickett I caught the live stream for this one about 10 minutes after it ended. It wasn't what I expected from that brainstorming. The Red Caps as a sort of blood golem from the victims of what could be described as a sort of murder nymph (instead of beauty) was definitely a nice twist. That puts a whole lot more possibilities out there for the traditional nymph. I was picturing the trolls being more like Prachett's trolls instead of the WotC trolls. That would make them poor food for the pool, because they don't have blood.
That is easily one of the most grotesque, fun explanations for Redcaps I've ever seen. Personal DM instinct says allow the party to find *some* solution that rescues both the trolls and the humans, but how easy that might be, well. Also, the sheer fun of leaning into Illithid tech. "This is ages more advanced than anything anyone can produce." Well of course it is. So were the Illithids. Penumbra always struck me as a name for a *time* more than a place. And yet I've never seen that angle explored before. That the robot can be pathed to help in the final encounter if the players are clever is just great game design.
An interesting moral delema. Save the townsfolk, but condem the trolls to a monsterous existance. Personally I might add (or as a player, explore) a third but much more difficult alternative. Using the bloodpool before it disolves as baptismal cleansing that might have longer term effects; but requires the party have gathered or collected specific information or items.
Hey AJ, wow great adventure. I was thinking in the beginning, why would anybody trust a Troll. My feelings where right. Thanks AJ you have a wonderful day!
Troll has a different meaning between English and the Scandinavian languages. Since this is system agnostic, you can forget the WotC variant and make them like Pratchett's or Tolkien's trolls. In Scandinavia, troll is somewhat synonymous with fey.
As a geologist I can imagine the gameplay that could be had by controlling the iron construct. Pretty handy, probably even get the attention of the local and very paranoid dwarves. And what happens when the not illithids come back and want their machine back?
I love these! Please keep them coming, my group loved the last one. I'm not the best story teller myself but game mechanics are a cake walk for me so this is perfect for someone like me. Thank you AJ!
@@AJPickett I literally search for your videos to give me ideas for any monster I put in game. Numbers are easy for me but 'good story telling' is hard. I can setup any gaming mechanics I need but I can't tell a story to save my life. You are the reason my players put up with me! They know if they slog threw enough encounters with Cray the Craftsman and Bob the Builder encounter they will eventually reach the stolen gold that is an AJ Pickett (totally ripped off) Gold or Platinum level encounter that brings everything that is amazing in a TTRPG to the table able has them all bowing at my feet as the greatest GM every, while I secretly weep knowing it's all really your work taken to make mine better. You are amazing, and please know that I will continue to steal credit forever more lol & JK!
Hey AJ love the vid! I was wondering, what world setting is this from? Maybe you said it and i missed it, if so i apologize, but it didnt seem like forgotten realms as i didnt recognize any areas or the gut gobblers lol
It is generic fantasy, no rules system, no world setting, so it is adaptable for any fantasy game, and the monsters will never be out of any existing monster manual, I just let the story go where it goes and make the monsters to fit what I need. (I will make some videos covering more made up lore for places like the Iron Wood and the origin of some of the monsters)
Oh that's really cool!😊 I usually listen to your videos while at work and somtimes I don't actually look at the screen, as happened here, I just went back and saw the beginning and now I get it. Thankypu for explaining though! I've been watching since you started years ago and I'm so happy your channel has seen the growth and reach it has and only wish you had more! Ty for everything, and keep on being you 😊
This is what that livestream led to? Nice!
Yep, and we shall do it again, and again, and again. 😎
@@AJPickett Nice take on the Red Cap, making them a sort of blood nymph. It’s unique.
This is awesome. As someone with dyslexia and reading difficulty, I find it overwhelming to read and run pre written adventures. Being able to listen it as i am taking notes helps so much absorbing the information and i am looking forward to running this adventure. Thank you
Oh man, I know what you mean
It is my absolute pleasure, I intend to continue making these as often as I can, so do me a solid and spread the word
Have you heard of Natural Reader? It can read text to you. My daughter uses it all the time.
I'm curious if you are or have ever been compelled to speak other languages?
I like to use palindromes to help me focus when things get foggy.
Great Oneshot:
Quick, self contained, with a bunch of choices, hints, and tricks baked in and soo many adventure branches that can sprout from this.
The is some good fantasy right there. I can see lots of adventure hooks to segway off of this.
Love these new vids. To hell with Hasbro. Fans need to be flexible. It may hurt to leave franchises, but if we don't power shifts away from creative artists and toward the corporate vampires who simply suck off old copyrights for sustenance.
This is fantastic! And very awesome of you to just straight freebie it out to your fans!
Nice set up for a new campaign location.
Only a matter of time before the trolls start to hunt the villages that winter.
This is great work AJ 👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks Steve!
AJ, I don't play D&D anymore, and haven't in many a long eon, but in my undeath, I really enjoy listening to all your work as the centuries pass, oh so slowly. Much better then doom scrolling , or plotting on how to destroy this list and forgotten plane. Very impressive ... for a mere human.
4/5
I would have left one Coblynau (goblin) merchant protecting two females in the goblin village to warn the PCs that the gutgobblers were goblins twisted by what lies ahead into ravening beasts. He would offer them two sacks containing 20 lbs of fine salt for safe passage the way the adventurers came, telling them that it stops the evil.
It would be humorous to see them try to use the salt to stop the iron spider if they accept his offer.
You are exactly right, I shall add them in when I make a PDF for this.
@@AJPickett I caught the live stream for this one about 10 minutes after it ended. It wasn't what I expected from that brainstorming.
The Red Caps as a sort of blood golem from the victims of what could be described as a sort of murder nymph (instead of beauty) was definitely a nice twist. That puts a whole lot more possibilities out there for the traditional nymph.
I was picturing the trolls being more like Prachett's trolls instead of the WotC trolls. That would make them poor food for the pool, because they don't have blood.
I really really like this adventure.
That is easily one of the most grotesque, fun explanations for Redcaps I've ever seen.
Personal DM instinct says allow the party to find *some* solution that rescues both the trolls and the humans, but how easy that might be, well.
Also, the sheer fun of leaning into Illithid tech. "This is ages more advanced than anything anyone can produce." Well of course it is. So were the Illithids. Penumbra always struck me as a name for a *time* more than a place.
And yet I've never seen that angle explored before. That the robot can be pathed to help in the final encounter if the players are clever is just great game design.
An interesting moral delema. Save the townsfolk, but condem the trolls to a monsterous existance.
Personally I might add (or as a player, explore) a third but much more difficult alternative.
Using the bloodpool before it disolves as baptismal cleansing that might have longer term effects; but requires the party have gathered or collected specific information or items.
Loved it😁 I always have trouble with cave adventures
very interesting set of scenarios and creatures
As much as I love sci fi, fantasy is where my heart is hidden.
Rumble has been updated. Its now basically a perfect replacement for UA-cam. The only thing left to fix is the speed.
Thanks AJ.
Hey AJ, wow great adventure. I was thinking in the beginning, why would anybody trust a Troll. My feelings where right.
Thanks AJ you have a wonderful day!
Troll has a different meaning between English and the Scandinavian languages. Since this is system agnostic, you can forget the WotC variant and make them like Pratchett's or Tolkien's trolls. In Scandinavia, troll is somewhat synonymous with fey.
Beautiful art, wouldn't want it without the guided hand.
Way out of left field. Can a Troll become a vampire and what happens to a vampire that feeds off of Troll blood.
They turn into... A troll !
@@armorclasshero2103 either way terrifying
Very nice adventure
As a geologist I can imagine the gameplay that could be had by controlling the iron construct. Pretty handy, probably even get the attention of the local and very paranoid dwarves. And what happens when the not illithids come back and want their machine back?
Illithid belongs to WotC. That’s a mind-flayer, one of the old ones of the Cthulhu mythos.
brilliant
Is there a possibility to have the script in a written form, doc,pdf, to make it easier to run this at the table?
Love the setting, great work!!!
Yep, working on it. Meanwhile, full scripts available on Patreon.
Wow this is so well written and every layer of the story is more spooky and gruesome.
I love these! Please keep them coming, my group loved the last one. I'm not the best story teller myself but game mechanics are a cake walk for me so this is perfect for someone like me. Thank you AJ!
Nothing pleases me more than hearing that these are being used for gaming! Thank you.
@@AJPickett I literally search for your videos to give me ideas for any monster I put in game. Numbers are easy for me but 'good story telling' is hard. I can setup any gaming mechanics I need but I can't tell a story to save my life. You are the reason my players put up with me! They know if they slog threw enough encounters with Cray the Craftsman and Bob the Builder encounter they will eventually reach the stolen gold that is an AJ Pickett (totally ripped off) Gold or Platinum level encounter that brings everything that is amazing in a TTRPG to the table able has them all bowing at my feet as the greatest GM every, while I secretly weep knowing it's all really your work taken to make mine better. You are amazing, and please know that I will continue to steal credit forever more lol & JK!
Yes! 🙌
I like it...might steal some ideas for my campaign.
Steal everything :)
Omg I love this, thank you for making great content
Love the adventure summary
This is amazing, is there a PDF?
Not yet, I need to upskill
Excellent
How long to put together 1)
The story and
2) /insights to the story
3) what to share
How much of it
to share/ not share
Lol
Huggzz
Well, since last live stream and I produced another video since then as well.
@@AJPickett stupendous
Good video AJ
Thanks Chris
LeShay
Hey AJ love the vid! I was wondering, what world setting is this from? Maybe you said it and i missed it, if so i apologize, but it didnt seem like forgotten realms as i didnt recognize any areas or the gut gobblers lol
It is generic fantasy, no rules system, no world setting, so it is adaptable for any fantasy game, and the monsters will never be out of any existing monster manual, I just let the story go where it goes and make the monsters to fit what I need. (I will make some videos covering more made up lore for places like the Iron Wood and the origin of some of the monsters)
Oh that's really cool!😊 I usually listen to your videos while at work and somtimes I don't actually look at the screen, as happened here, I just went back and saw the beginning and now I get it. Thankypu for explaining though! I've been watching since you started years ago and I'm so happy your channel has seen the growth and reach it has and only wish you had more! Ty for everything, and keep on being you 😊
i liked this one dont know what i would do because you end up dooming the trolls and the towns people one way or the other
A morally grey area? In a fantasy game? heh heh... life lessons