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RogueWatson
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Hey everyone Eric Watson here, freelance writer, player of games, writer of words, recorder of videos, and tabletop role-playing aficionado. I host a weekly live stream D&D show, review TTRPG content from DMs Guild and other websites, and live stream video games. You can support my channel via Patreon!
DMs Guild Review - Epic Characters [Sponsored]
Review of the DMs Guild player supplement, "Epic Characters," designed by Marc Altfuldisch, for D&D 5e.
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Review: roguewatson.com/2024/08/22/dms-guild-review-epic-characters/
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Review: roguewatson.com/2024/08/22/dms-guild-review-epic-characters/
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Ranking all 6 adventures in Quests From the Infinite Staircase
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I rank all the adventures from 5e anthology book, Quests From the Infinite Staircase. My Roll20 Review: ua-cam.com/video/Wi_MC3skH-I/v-deo.html 0:00 Intro 1:40 6: Lost Caverns of Tsoj-Canth 5:13 5: The Lost City 8:26 4: Pharoah 11:19 3: Beyond the Crystal Cave 15:12 2: When a Star Falls 19:46 1: Expedition to the Barrier Peaks Chat with us in the Official Discord Server: discord.gg/Ajvtemj Supp...
Roll20 D&D 2024 Character Sheet Beta Preview [Sponsored]
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I take a look at the new D&D 2024 Roll20 Character Sheets, currently in beta. D&D Core Rulebook Bundle (2024): marketplace.roll20.net/browse/bundle/31887/dandd-core-rulebook-bundle-2024 This preview has been sponsored by Roll20. Chat with us in the Official Discord Server: discord.gg/Ajvtemj Support the channel at www.patreon.com/Roguewatson
Dragonix's Deadly Denizens II Kickstarter Preview [Sponsored]
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Dragonix's Deadly Denizens II Kickstarter Preview www.kickstarter.com/projects/dragonix/dragonixs-deadly-denizens-ii This video has been sponsored by the publisher. Chat with us in the Official Discord Server: discord.gg/Ajvtemj Support the channel at www.patreon.com/Roguewatson
DMs Guild Review - Tumblestrum's Tome of Unicorns [Sponsored]
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Review of the DMs Guild monster book, "Tumblestrum's Tome of Unicorns" designed by Lucas Anderson, with Matthew Campbell, Purple Bog Press, Solomon Wyatt, Endhy Pino, and Jack Weighill Affiliate link: www.dmsguild.com/product/487107/Tumblestrums-Tome-of-Unicorns&affiliate_id=878416 Review: roguewatson.com/2024/08/14/dms-guild-review-tumblestrums-tome-of-unicorns/ This review has been sponsored ...
Empire of the Ghouls Chapter 5: Episode 6 - The Dragon Graveyard p1
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The party contends with the nasty traps and hostile denizens of the Dragon Graveyard. Welcome to Patron DnD, where Platinum-level patrons and I get together to play Dungeons & Dragons via Discord and Roll20. Empire of the Ghouls is designed by Richard Green, and takes place in Kobold Press' fantasy world of Midgard. Chapter 5: Into the Fuligin Realm Episode 6: The Dragon Graveyard p1 Recap: rog...
Roll20 Review - Quests from the Infinite Staircase
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Roll20 Review - Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Empire of the Ghouls Chapter 5: Episode 5 - The Last King
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Empire of the Ghouls Chapter 5: Episode 5 - The Last King
NEW DM Roundtable July 2024: Top Five Most Powerful Feats
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NEW DM Roundtable July 2024: Top Five Most Powerful Feats
Empire of the Ghouls Chapter 5: Episode 4 - Cult of the Withered Hand
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Empire of the Ghouls Chapter 5: Episode 4 - Cult of the Withered Hand
DMs Guild Review - Traversing Tovag (Vecna: Eve of Ruin) [Sponsored]
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DMs Guild Review - Traversing Tovag (Vecna: Eve of Ruin) [Sponsored]
Let's Watch the 2024 Player's Handbook Everything You Need to Know video
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Let's Watch the 2024 Player's Handbook Everything You Need to Know video
Empire of the Ghouls Chapter 5: Episode 3 - Pit of All Flesh p2
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Empire of the Ghouls Chapter 5: Episode 3 - Pit of All Flesh p2
DMs Guild Review - The Inquisitor [Sponsored]
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DMs Guild Review - The Inquisitor [Sponsored]
Ranking all 7 Multiversal Chapters in Vecna: Eve of Ruin
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Ranking all 7 Multiversal Chapters in Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Roll20 Review - Vecna: Eve of Ruin
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Roll20 Review - Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Empire of the Ghouls Chapter 5: Episode 2 - Pit of All Flesh p1
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Empire of the Ghouls Chapter 5: Episode 2 - Pit of All Flesh p1
Roll20 Review - Vecna: Nest of the Eldritch Eye
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Roll20 Review - Vecna: Nest of the Eldritch Eye
NEW DM Roundtable May 2024: Top Five Must-have Cantrips
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NEW DM Roundtable May 2024: Top Five Must-have Cantrips
DMs Guild Review - The Main Character Class [Sponsored]
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DMs Guild Review - The Main Character Class [Sponsored]
Empire of the Ghouls Chapter 5: Episode 1 - Pillars of the Underworld
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Empire of the Ghouls Chapter 5: Episode 1 - Pillars of the Underworld
DMs Guild Review - Blinsky Is No Fun!
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DMs Guild Review - Blinsky Is No Fun!
Empire of the Ghouls Chapter 4: Episode 7 - The Ghul King's Catacomb p3
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Empire of the Ghouls Chapter 4: Episode 7 - The Ghul King's Catacomb p3
DMs Guild Review - The Last Voyage of the Cold Comfort [Sponsored]
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DMs Guild Review - The Last Voyage of the Cold Comfort [Sponsored]
D&D Beyond Review - Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
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D&D Beyond Review - Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
If it's from wotc I don't want it. It'll be trash
Session begins 13:56
Thanks, as always, for the generous review! I've been really conflicted regarding the idea of epic level play. My initial inclination was like yours -- that its niche and possibly masochistic. However, on the other side, Epic Characters is in the top 0.5% of all DMsguild products in terms of sales, and has sold well over 5,000 copies. So there definitely appears to be some curiosity out there, if not outright interest. Hopefully we'll be able to see something that uses this material, on the DM side, before the end of the year to test this theory :)
Very impressive! Clearly there's a demand there. And dang you are a tease, lol!
Great video as always! What would you do to fix the ecology of Lost Cavern of Tsoj-Canth? I'm going to adapt it into my Vecna Eve of Ruin campaign, which is the continuation of our Wild Beyond the Witchlight Campaign, so there's a lot of story connections in terms of a certain famous wizard/witch/Archfey (not to spoil too much).
Ohh that's a good idea tying the wizard together! Not sure on ecology, as a baseline probably reducing the amount of monsters in general. Maybe include opportunities for the vamp at the end to interact with the party throughout, so she's not totally random. (appear as a haunting project: "please come save me, brave heroes" - etc etc). And instead of passing through the hallways, use actual keys the party can collect, so it's a bit more intuitive. Dang maybe I should do a video on fixing this module, lol.
Eric : i guess they could shoot from 500ft away, with disadvantage? *- mac laughing in 600ft of sharpshooter - *
Lol I hate sharpshooter so much
I dm in person, with stat blocks printed, so super easy to tally next to spells. In saying that, I've probaly only had 1 spell caste last long enough for that to matter. 😅
Sounds cool and well put-together, but I'm not touching 5e content above 15th level with a ten foot pole lol. I'm too old to keep track of all that mess.
Me too, though I'd be interested to see more actual adventures that support higher level play. There's very few third party stuff, and official I think we only have DotMM and Vecna: EoR.
Pretty cool. I was thinking the same thing you mentioned at the end about giving a tier 1 boon to a lower lvl character as a reward from a powerful being.
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It’s like WOTC saw what Goodman Games was doing and wanted in on the action.
Going to resurrect this a little. Came here to watch some story I'd forgotten as we picked up the game recently. The dude talking over the story parts was thus very annoying. Thanks for making this series though!
I’m so glad this book is getting some attention! If I never see another video about the upcoming PHB it will be to soon. I love the new Barrier Peaks and now I’m excited about When a Star a Falls.
Thanks for watching!
Very excited to run Expedition.. Looks like a big improvement on the original though I think I will eliminate all the combat encounters from the random tables since there will be lots of that anyways and it runs the risk of being a slog
Yeah, this is a huge dungeon crawl with plenty of stuff inside!
Thanks for doing this review. I loved your energy about it! I've read the Barrier Peaks chapter and loved it. I own the original module but I really like this new one. Also thanks as I've been looking for more videos on it and am realizing that the Vecna adventure and the core rules really have sucked the energy from this publication. I would totally watch play throughs of these adventures. I'm really looking forward to running some of them.
Stay tuned for my ranking video, coming later today!
@@RogueWatson will do!! 😃
From my understanding this advice is from DM perspective, right? What advice do you have from player perspectives?
Be careful using the vampire bite attack against anyone paralysed, as it would be an auto crit! Big health reduction needing a long rest and higher chance would straight up die if it drops them to 0.
Ohhhhh!
Fun idea, since being loosey goosey with the wands. What if, he could choose to de'attune to a wand in order to use a legendary resistance? Make the players feel good, even though the voss saved.
You know, I bet Mac and/or Gotwald will try to disarm those wands, too!
Hey Eric, not sure if you will see this I had to watch the video later. The wand of fear is very different from the spell. It can cast the command spell to flee or grovel, also the description does not say that you need to concentrate on it.
" Welcome to my Bike-weakly stream, where i ride & perspire right here. If you are sailors, goth whelps, salsa mac or tortillas... this bike stream is not for you"
This is the point I am up to now with my party. I found a scale model of the forge level of Sunblight and printed it out. It's so big it doesn't fit on the dinner table so we had to set it up on the living room floor. Xardorok has turned invisible and retreated to the throne room, (my players don't know that yet), and the dragon took off up the shaft. It was a brilliant session with everyone getting to do some cool shit. I am really looking forward to running the next session for them. I think I will throw the Umber hulk at them as they are kicking ass.
Sunblight is basically a James Bond villain lair, and it's awesome. Definitely a highlight of the campaign.
Friday 13th was just a day to be extra careful for superstitions before the movie came out
yea i dont like it either, its too big, too spread out, the current sheet is perfect, everything is right there on 2 tabs main and spell. while i love the detail and the the thoughtfullness of it, i probably will not use it in my games.
Where did you find the battlemap for the pit of all flesh? it looks great and I'm interested in it for my game
Thank you for reminding me to put a link to the map! The base map is from the Roll20 marketplace - Battle Arena Constructor. marketplace.roll20.net/browse/set/8922/battle-arena-constructor I think I then pulled assets from other packs to make the blood, pit, etc.
Session begins 13:00
Session begins 26:49 😬
Roll20 actually paid for this to be shown off? This should still be in Alpha, not a public Beta. No Point buy. Poor UX / layout requiring so much scrolling and clicking to get handle previously basic tasks. Combat, Feats, Inventory all now in same place means even more clicking (though at least spells are on front page.) I just feel this was poorly designed and needs a big overhaul.
Looks good, especially in Dark Mode. I think I'm fine with using the check boxes for features/abilities. I like the built in Rage button that adds the damage automatically. Hopefully something similar is in there for Rogues' Sneak Attack.
The check boxes seem easy to miss, but maybe I'm not used to it yet.
Visually, i love having your characters portrait on the main sheet. Overall, it looks like it might be a little more scrolling/tabbing than the current setup.
True, portrait is a nice touch!
While the new sheet looks nice, it takes up a lot of real estate due to the spacing and font sizes. Lots of scrolling required and for many of my players with smaller screens I can see it being an issue already. Tested it on my smaller laptop and it really takes up the VTT to a meaningful portion of the sheet at once.
That's a good point! Here I am on my ultrawide, one of three monitors I have hooked up....
Automatic advantage/disadvantage is interesting, though, there's so many niche ways of gaining it ( weapon mastery procs, attacking prone within 5ft, ranged within 5 ft, prone but not within 5ft.) Hahah, i imagine we'll still default to always roll, take the left.
I hate that default, I rather default to just rolling one number, then roll again if we realize adv/disadv. Hopefully automatic can alleviate most situations, but yeah there will always be some need to toggle manually I imagine.
I was gonna move the quest from dougans hole and have it currently being done in by a plague and any nearby towns are aware of it warning anyone trying to go there and anyone coming from that direction is not allowed in. Aldo since it's first in the dragon's path and basically confirmed destroyed town so also the PCs won't feel so bad about it being completely destroyed.
Great content, very helpful for me DMing Icewind Dale! Cat meowing in the background is pretty hilarious! More cat content (a la the toad hunting the moth video) please!
Hilarious video! I heard the cat meowing in the background of your Icewind Dale DM guides and had to confirm the cuteness! Great stuff! Toad hunting the moth was cool, too.
This looks amazing. I need it now.
I used his first 2 monster books back when I used to play 5E. They have really cool themes, interesting mechanics, and amazing artwork! Even though I don't play 5E anymore, I think I will support the Kickstarter. As a GM, it never hurts to have new monsters at your disposal ;)
CAR'COLLLLLLH - insert walking dead meme
neat
🔒🧬🧪🪜
There will be less and less Free DM/GMs as the population grows older, polder people have less time to run games especially long campaign games for years. Free DMs are becoming mainly the age ranges of up to college years or retired which becomes older and older. As a musician, marketer/graphic designer, DMing is still a new entertainment media, like Music, people will generally agree the Entertainment Service of running Custom Gameworlds should be a value exchange as a standard. It will be like where you can go see a Band play for free at a friend's party, but otherwise you pay a cover at a show at a Club r Concert. So Paid DMing will only increase to fill that 80 million plus (and additional BGIII converting players) player/DM pool.
I'm greatfull for things like this, cuz I ordered the game and now I can see a bit about it before playing
Can you give me a link to that Shipwreck map you used. I would really appreciate it Thanks
Thanks for this. Was looking high and low for enchanted bullet ideas for gunslingers and these are great.
vampirey sawaghags, copy that. 👍
Ha!... Yes, Millie would have run in already (at 45:00 mark). Mobile, so she'd dash to ignore the difficult terrain. Then double dash with a ki point so 180' movement.
Mechanically that checks out, though dashing to avoid the difficult terrain of....jagged stalagmites and stalactites and narrow tunnels makes zero sense!
Yeah, I guess exploring caves isn't meant to be a quick thing. Spelunking not speed-lunking. Still 90' with a double dash in there is probably fast enough.
Thumbs up indeed. Great stuff, so enthusiastically presented, I'm sold!! And yes the creme de la creme at the end looks simply fantastic.
I think it would actually be pretty fun to play as a group with only "main characters". Imagine the chaos 😄
37:30 Shows you don't know Eberron very well. Its a huge world woth loads of complicated stuff and this is just a generic sci-fi thing.
Thanks for the great review and putting the spotlight on this book which would have probably otherwise escaped my attention
Session begins 15:23
Wand of Magic Missiles doesn't need attunement. :D Also the gimmicky Xanathars' wands that are just for flavour, like smiles/conductin/pyrotechniucs.
And we usually end up with a wand of MM in every campaign, so I guess I thought most wands don't need attunement.
Vampires' don't have lair actions? They suck... 🤭🧛