Love playing my current Wechselkind Monk. After dying and being brought back to life, he had an existential crisis: Was I even really "alive" in the first place? how could I be brought back? Doesn't that require a soul? If I have a soul, was it created by the fey, or did they also steal this to put it in my body to animate it? The cleric of seraph of vengeance in my party couldn't answer me well enough, but as a proud Ostoyan, we agreed on vengeance being a valid response. In this case, against the fey who stole a child and a soul to torment an innocent family. My monk just reached level 3 and picked the Leaden Crown path because after his crisis, he really, really hates fey, demons, undead and other creatures that treat humanoids and their souls like play things.
I adore rhe Wechelkind's lore because it can be either really soft or creepy. They're forever children and unlike changlings, fae usually swap them in when the child is dying of sickness or has passed in order to ease the parents suffering. Pinocchio is a similar feeling but you don't even realize it until much later. Because of their nature of being replacement children, they're usually extremely helpful, but its impossible to know how old they are. A player of mine basically just played Greg from Over the Garden wall but he could turn into a mutant bear and yet he was the sweetest bean throughout our game of Citadel of the Unseen Sun
I'm so glad you went out of your way to explain each race! And the Accursed are just what I needed. Some of my players when I mention Grim Hollow have asked about playing a race that's not in the Grim Hollow player's guide like a Tabaxi. To see the Accursed, it just fits perfectly as a way to fulfill my players' need for what they look like and my desire to make it fit within the world of Etharis.
Excellent creativity in the different heritage options. The tragic aspects so many of them have fits perfectly into a dark fantasy setting. Picking a favourite is hard, but I find myself especially curious about the Downcast and the Wechselkind.
On of my dnd groups is starting up a grim hollow game. I chose wechselkind requiem bard. I figure I would lean into a different origin story for my character. Keeping irl fairytales in mind, and the capricious nature of fey, I opt to not have my wechselkind be the typical “replacement child” that most are. Most replace a child stolen, in this lore. The same isn’t true for mine as they were a gift by a neighboring fey who gave the parents the construct child after their own, real one, passed away, as the fey was moved by their grief. The parents knew full well my wechselkind was not flesh and blood but raised her anyway and even referred to her as their late child’s “twin.” The backstory I went with is that this wechselkind spent the rest of their parents’ lives caring for them and playing the part of their blood child until the parents tragically passed during a pandemic outbreak that swept through. Now the wechselkind, since they were raised by nobles, has inherited the name and fortune but had it contested by flesh and blood people. Normally such people could successfully remove someone like her, but none wish to possibly anger the fey who created her. So she has opted to join others and travel (joined the party basically) all to remove herself from the nightmare that is high society and noble circles.
Fantastic work as always. I usually use Grim Hollow stuff to support my own setting but i just realized i could use only these for my next Ravenloft game
I would love to see a full in depth Video about the lore of either the Dreamers or the Disembodied. I personally wonder what happened to Ulmyr's Gate after spending so long in the Ethereal realm. In a game me and my Friends played in, we ran it as that Ulmyr's Gate had been there for so long that so people were unable to maintain their minds for such a length of time and as they lost themselves since the Ethereal is already the realm of Spirits they didn't really have anywhere to go. So their spirits morphed and became part of the city. Over the course of many years and many people becoming part of the city, Ulmyr's Gate itself began to develop a form of consciousness itself. And it always was hungering for new knowledge.
I was hoping for a Grim Hollow variant for Tiefling so I can make my Hellboy Monster Hunter, but there's still plenty of time for it before the Kickstarter begins.
... omfg.... When I first made my grim hollow character like.. half a year ago? There was no accursed. There was no Arisen. Without going into a lengthy backstory.... My character is a shifter, but she most certianly would have been a cat-accursed if it existed... And she has worked with science and magic along side her father and.. well... Her first lover became horribly mangled by one of the monsters she made... And managed to bring him back with the power of science... He most certianly would have been an arisen,
Please do a video on the Gnomes!! Gnomes being good with explosives, make me think of making a Artificer or adding the Gunner feat? Obviously best friends with maybe a Gith & Possibly an Elf (elven accuracy)..
3:19 maybe for this one you can gain strength by drinking the blood of other vampires, you can drink the blood of your foes but it's nothing more than having a sandwich that doesn't fill you up. But to drink the blood of other vampires is a form of rejuvenation giving you the power as the same as a full-blooded vampire.
Question for your next how to video: in a grim fantasy setting, how would you recommend implementing the rule of silly without breaking the immersion? After all, the dice have the ultimate say in everything.
Are their limits to what anthromorphed form the Accursed can take? I always enjoyed text RPing as Insect Folk like Thri-Keen, so I hope an insect form falls into that category =) In fact, I would like a video about the Accursed just to know what anthro forms can be used in a campaign
Not really! The heritage system is intended to let your imagination roam. There may be limits to the traits we provide in the Grim Hollow version of the heritage system for the sake of capturing the setting's dark fantasy vibe. But if you have a specific character in mind, you could port a trait over from Arora or Aetherial Expanse. But a video exploring how anthropomorphic type characters could fit into Grim Hollow, to help player's and GM's, is a great idea!
They’re the same species, separated by time. The orcs were a culture from Grim Hollow’s deep history that are whispered about as fairytale monsters. Modern grudgels don’t much resemble these tales, anymore, which were likely apocryphal in the first place.
@@GhostfireGaming but they have the same stat's as normal dnd orcs when played? as ive be looking for a book that has them stated as a player race but I haven't found them anywhere Also I really like the change you've made to ogres in the orgrish. Taking them form the hungery idiots they typically are to wheeler dealers
@@shmee123fulI haven’t seen a playable race page on these guys, but the Monster Grimoire has the grudge stat block I’ve adapted for my players to be able to play! Definitely worth the look
They have different traditional heritage traits than what typical D&D 5e Orcs have had in the past. They're designed to feel different and more flexible in character creation than a 5e orc.
We appreciate how evocative you found the grudgels to go to that effort! There are also heritage traits provided for grudgels on page 420 of the Monster Grimoire, under the 'Monsters as PCs' chapter heading. 😅 I suppose use whichever version (ours or yours) you prefer!
I actually began devising a campaign back in 2018 or 2017, Almier's Crossing is a protected City which scavengers ancient tech. Their City existing as a gate or entry into a mist which resembles that of far harbor from fallout 4. Is Almier a common or popular fantasy name?
I love the name "Downcast" for fallen angels, wicked evocative.
I’d love to see more on the Dreamers. They’ve been one of the parts of Grimhollow I’ve fixated on since first reading about them in the player book
Love playing my current Wechselkind Monk. After dying and being brought back to life, he had an existential crisis: Was I even really "alive" in the first place? how could I be brought back? Doesn't that require a soul? If I have a soul, was it created by the fey, or did they also steal this to put it in my body to animate it? The cleric of seraph of vengeance in my party couldn't answer me well enough, but as a proud Ostoyan, we agreed on vengeance being a valid response. In this case, against the fey who stole a child and a soul to torment an innocent family. My monk just reached level 3 and picked the Leaden Crown path because after his crisis, he really, really hates fey, demons, undead and other creatures that treat humanoids and their souls like play things.
I adore rhe Wechelkind's lore because it can be either really soft or creepy. They're forever children and unlike changlings, fae usually swap them in when the child is dying of sickness or has passed in order to ease the parents suffering. Pinocchio is a similar feeling but you don't even realize it until much later. Because of their nature of being replacement children, they're usually extremely helpful, but its impossible to know how old they are. A player of mine basically just played Greg from Over the Garden wall but he could turn into a mutant bear and yet he was the sweetest bean throughout our game of Citadel of the Unseen Sun
Glad to see the art I had commissioned, Ogresh is my favorite heritage 9:09
I'm so glad you went out of your way to explain each race! And the Accursed are just what I needed. Some of my players when I mention Grim Hollow have asked about playing a race that's not in the Grim Hollow player's guide like a Tabaxi. To see the Accursed, it just fits perfectly as a way to fulfill my players' need for what they look like and my desire to make it fit within the world of Etharis.
Excellent creativity in the different heritage options. The tragic aspects so many of them have fits perfectly into a dark fantasy setting. Picking a favourite is hard, but I find myself especially curious about the Downcast and the Wechselkind.
On of my dnd groups is starting up a grim hollow game. I chose wechselkind requiem bard. I figure I would lean into a different origin story for my character. Keeping irl fairytales in mind, and the capricious nature of fey, I opt to not have my wechselkind be the typical “replacement child” that most are. Most replace a child stolen, in this lore. The same isn’t true for mine as they were a gift by a neighboring fey who gave the parents the construct child after their own, real one, passed away, as the fey was moved by their grief. The parents knew full well my wechselkind was not flesh and blood but raised her anyway and even referred to her as their late child’s “twin.” The backstory I went with is that this wechselkind spent the rest of their parents’ lives caring for them and playing the part of their blood child until the parents tragically passed during a pandemic outbreak that swept through. Now the wechselkind, since they were raised by nobles, has inherited the name and fortune but had it contested by flesh and blood people. Normally such people could successfully remove someone like her, but none wish to possibly anger the fey who created her. So she has opted to join others and travel (joined the party basically) all to remove herself from the nightmare that is high society and noble circles.
It's great that everything fits in the world with history and lore.
Since I'm running Grim Hollow at Gen Con this is very helpful.
We’ll see you there!
Fantastic work as always. I usually use Grim Hollow stuff to support my own setting but i just realized i could use only these for my next Ravenloft game
More and more i learn and .ore and more i love the imagination here. The heritage chosen to play really help set the tone
I LOVE ALL Ghostfire Gaming videos!
I would love to see a full in depth Video about the lore of either the Dreamers or the Disembodied.
I personally wonder what happened to Ulmyr's Gate after spending so long in the Ethereal realm. In a game me and my Friends played in, we ran it as that Ulmyr's Gate had been there for so long that so people were unable to maintain their minds for such a length of time and as they lost themselves since the Ethereal is already the realm of Spirits they didn't really have anywhere to go. So their spirits morphed and became part of the city. Over the course of many years and many people becoming part of the city, Ulmyr's Gate itself began to develop a form of consciousness itself. And it always was hungering for new knowledge.
I'd love to see the Disembodied get a video, if only to point out where Ulmyr's Gate is on the map!
Those are so interesting an imaginative. My head was bursting with ideaas when listining to this videao. Amazing!
Gotta love it! cant wait to see it come to Foundry VTT tbh! LOVE Grim Hollow, LFG!
I would love to see vid of lore or even more ideas for the new heritages like the wulven or arisen. But great work guys! 👍
I was hoping for a Grim Hollow variant for Tiefling so I can make my Hellboy Monster Hunter, but there's still plenty of time for it before the Kickstarter begins.
Downcast.
@parmesanzero7678 Downcast is a Fallen Angel, literally the opposite of a Demon, and last I checked, Hellboy isn't half Angel, he's half Demon.
I like quite a few of these races.
... omfg.... When I first made my grim hollow character like.. half a year ago? There was no accursed. There was no Arisen.
Without going into a lengthy backstory.... My character is a shifter, but she most certianly would have been a cat-accursed if it existed... And she has worked with science and magic along side her father and.. well... Her first lover became horribly mangled by one of the monsters she made... And managed to bring him back with the power of science... He most certianly would have been an arisen,
I like the idea of being a Wechelkind rogue thief. After being rejected from my family I have no choice but to steal to survive.
Please do a video on the Gnomes!!
Gnomes being good with explosives, make me think of making a Artificer or adding the Gunner feat? Obviously best friends with maybe a Gith & Possibly an Elf (elven accuracy)..
I think a lenishi video would be cool
3:19 maybe for this one you can gain strength by drinking the blood of other vampires, you can drink the blood of your foes but it's nothing more than having a sandwich that doesn't fill you up. But to drink the blood of other vampires is a form of rejuvenation giving you the power as the same as a full-blooded vampire.
Question for your next how to video: in a grim fantasy setting, how would you recommend implementing the rule of silly without breaking the immersion? After all, the dice have the ultimate say in everything.
Are their limits to what anthromorphed form the Accursed can take? I always enjoyed text RPing as Insect Folk like Thri-Keen, so I hope an insect form falls into that category =)
In fact, I would like a video about the Accursed just to know what anthro forms can be used in a campaign
Not really! The heritage system is intended to let your imagination roam.
There may be limits to the traits we provide in the Grim Hollow version of the heritage system for the sake of capturing the setting's dark fantasy vibe. But if you have a specific character in mind, you could port a trait over from Arora or Aetherial Expanse.
But a video exploring how anthropomorphic type characters could fit into Grim Hollow, to help player's and GM's, is a great idea!
question: are Grudgel's like the orc equivalent in grim hollow or are they more their own thing and can i play as a orc, is that race advirable
They’re the same species, separated by time. The orcs were a culture from Grim Hollow’s deep history that are whispered about as fairytale monsters. Modern grudgels don’t much resemble these tales, anymore, which were likely apocryphal in the first place.
@@GhostfireGaming but they have the same stat's as normal dnd orcs when played? as ive be looking for a book that has them stated as a player race but I haven't found them anywhere
Also I really like the change you've made to ogres in the orgrish. Taking them form the hungery idiots they typically are to wheeler dealers
@@shmee123fulI haven’t seen a playable race page on these guys, but the Monster Grimoire has the grudge stat block I’ve adapted for my players to be able to play! Definitely worth the look
They have different traditional heritage traits than what typical D&D 5e Orcs have had in the past. They're designed to feel different and more flexible in character creation than a 5e orc.
We appreciate how evocative you found the grudgels to go to that effort! There are also heritage traits provided for grudgels on page 420 of the Monster Grimoire, under the 'Monsters as PCs' chapter heading. 😅 I suppose use whichever version (ours or yours) you prefer!
Could you do a video on the Disembodied and their Lore?
Great suggestion! We may have something brewing.
Where do these cinematic Angels come from? 0:38
I want all the Grim Hollow books on DND beyond!!!
Both the new Grim Hollow Player’s Guide and Campaign Guide will be coming to D&D Beyond.
I actually began devising a campaign back in 2018 or 2017, Almier's Crossing is a protected City which scavengers ancient tech. Their City existing as a gate or entry into a mist which resembles that of far harbor from fallout 4. Is Almier a common or popular fantasy name?
82nd like!👍
Awesome video!🤘
Keep up the awesome work!🤘😎🤘
Wechselkind!!
What if I already have the Grim Hollow books paid for? Can i still get the dice?
Can you please expand on ogresh. There is so little. I want a deep dive. Do they come from ogres?
Why is Veo in this?
I'm not sure I need any more *races in my game. (* I don't play 6E).
Hey at 9:09 you use uncredited art
I own it but it would be nice if the artists I used got some love
Would be nice to credit your image sources, if they aren't your own. Don't turn into wotc 2.0
You mean races?
Pay to playtest? Are you guys for real?