We used to do a lot of planar traveling once our characters got higher level (like 19 to 20) once we started dealing with demigods and gods. Never used the term Shadow stuff we called it Umbral mass but that was really a home build thing we did. we actually had a pocket realm we had made/won in the shadow realm. We won it originally as a reward for a quest then our mage, cleric and druid expanded it some. All of this was sort of a precursor to what would later become a Mage Teh Ascension campaign we played for a very long time as well :) Great video sir! I love it!
Yeeessssss the Shadowfel! Recently came to this channel as a DM who likes the lore and wants to learn more about it. This channel is quickly proving to be a new favourite of mine. Good work, dude!!!
Woo-hoo!!! 🎉 Love this. Shout out to AD&D where I spend years watching this foundation be laid and improvising when there was not much to work with. I love planer travel and all the impacts that go along with it. So much fun and so many memories. Can't wait for what is next. Thanks for another amazing video.
Really great and thorough video. I truly enjoy your attention to detail. If you seek more lore and insight into the plane of shadow, the Shadovar and Shar herself, I would also highly recommend the Forgotten Realms novels about Erevis Cale, by Paul S. Kemp. His books about Cale are downright fantastic and some of the best books from the universe of Forgotten Realms in my humble oppinion.
We stayed with 2E-3E Plane of Shadows for the most part, unless you got unlucky/lost/careless/adventurous it functioned as usual, but some Shadowfell lore was used to detail the deeper parts more infused with negative energy, and the Feywild their mirror parts infused with positive energy.
Thank you Rich. Fantastic work, as always! Looking forward to the other parts of this series.
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YAY! I have been waiting for this for what feels like ages. though it has only been 3 weeks, and I am sure these sorts of videos take time! I am just very glad it is here! I really enjoy your series and videos!
There are some channels that present D&D lore with the style of a recipe blogger and I am so grateful that you put the actual lore at the forefront here and in other videos. Thank you.
I think it would be interesting to explore, conceptually, the idea that the various merged planes of the Shadowfell exerting their own independent nature. So the only thing that keeps the Shadowfell together is the constant pressure of a divine force that keeps them merged.
thank you so much for this I have my session tonight. my players just got to the Shadowfell and the only thing that comes to mind is shadows & darkness. LMAO
@@RichesandLiches Yeah, I remembered you mentioning it in regards to fourth edition, but it was really a big part of the third edition Forgotten Realms campaign setting and Shar worshippers could access it for extra power and there were special classes for those that dedicated themselves to the Shadow Weave :)
A lone sorceress shudders. "This land is terrible. A twisted nightmare of fiendish creatures, dark energies, and a maelstrom... Oh. Wait." She sweats as her head turns. "Don't...," a blonde ghost coughs, "Even... think it." "Of misery," The sorceress finishes, "Reminds me of you." "WHAT! DID! I SAY!" The ghost's form sprouts a pair of blacken tendrils. "YAAAAAAAA!"
Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition According to the Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide (2008), Mystra has been murdered by Cyric, and is no longer part of the Pantheon. Her death initiated the Spellplague, which is the direct cause of most of the changes Toril has undergone between editions.
Thank you for this deep dive! I watched this as a refresher since I’m in a game where we are about to have to dive into the Shadowfell to fetch some souls being held while bodies are being held in a vegetated state in the mortal world. Fun stuff. XD But hhhhh man- Ravenloft…. I’m sorry… I’m partial to older lore over how 5e decided to handle it, actually. I think they did my man, Azalin so dirty in the most recent edition. I really adore the domains of dread in their totality. And have a huge collection of the 3.5 and below lore. (Including physical copies of all of the Gazateers, and many of the novels.) My favorite iterations came from between 2e to 3.5 Ravenloft. I really loved the era of the written novels. Gosh… the 90s era had so much good stuff.
@grzegorzwardzinski3850 - Pretty sure I included the negative energy plane in the shadowfell creation section, but probably should have expanded on it a bit... also I agree the negative energy plane itself is definitely worthy of its own video... note taken! :) Thank you for the great feedback!
Mystra does need an army and bodyguard to protect her. Too important to the realms. She is a Major Diety and she could make any spell she wants. So she could have infinite clones should she die plus avatars and any number of full simulcrums to defend her.
In my D&D campaign, the plot itself is that the villain, a Warlock first given power by Azalin Rex (it was a Ravenloft campaign), denied a position of Dark Lord and betrayed by Strahd (our campaign went total evil), let his ambition run rampant. If he could not rule a domain, he would have his revenge and aim higher. He would be a Dark Power, and not the 5e Dark Powers, I'm using a lot of older 2e lore for this too, so instead of the Dark Powers all being trapped in the Amber Temple, that is simply a fragment of their being trapped within (I am mixing them to a degree too). In order to perform this task, and needing power, and seeing in the lore that the Dark Powers control the Domains of Dread, not Shar, that to a goddess such as her? They are pockets of malcontent she'd rather see controlled or removed from her domain! Granted access to the Shadoweave, the villain brute forced the invitation of new heroes to Barovia, despite Strahd not desiring any new visitors (we gave him his eternal love, he saw no reason for now toys, at least not a mere 25 years after the first campaign went down). He manipulated them to seek Strahd's demise, and the plan is once they defeat him? The villain will swoop in, thank the heroes, reveal his machinations, and use Strahd's soul as blackmail and fuel for a grand ritual (think Grand Conjunction in older lore). The result will keep his word to Shar, and it will recreate the Demiplane of Dread, with all the domains rejoined as a sort of 'new world', but he betrays her as well, maintaining the power she gave in pursuit of being a Dark Power, which is what the players will have to stop in the second *half* of the campaign.
With the whole "evil" thing, I feel like the Shadowfell just reflects a natural truth about the world, and therefore can't be intrinsically evil. It's full of evil stuff, for sure, but the plane itself is just a part of the cosmos.
We're playing 2e, a homebrew world with no Outer Planes. My Shadow Plane is the Low Ethereal, the border to the Far Realms. The Fey realms are the elemental planes.
@yudeok413 We can agree to disagree on the haphazard nature, but I abhor using the same adjective incessantly. The script writing is perhaps my favorite part of my content. Regardless, thank you for taking the time to watch and comment, it is appreciated!
Remember though, death as a concept isn't evil. Certain death gods might be, but death itself isn't. It's a natural part of the life cycle and the destination of most beings at some point, even in D&D. I feel like that is where most of the 'Shadowfell isn't evil' remarks come from. The Raven Queen herself isn't evil aligned either, after all. Death might suck and cause grief/loss, but it's not evil.
I could be wrong but I think the Nightwalker was introduced in the Masters Set sometime in the 80s. Could've been the Companion Set but it was one of them.
@firesniperbullet2 Fungi and other dark & damp-seeking plants/animals/growing things, ghouls and ghosts and ghasts, deep gnomes and dwarves, more shadar-kai and twisted dark elves, etc. More focus on madness, claustrophobia, etc. So, similar to the Underdark but even deadlier.
I have actually answered this several times, I just choose to not to answer it everytime. I use a local LLM, a commercial license LLM and photoshop. I understand the controversy and try to be as open as I can about it when asked. I chose to pay a premium for a commerical license with the hope that someday soon a portion of that - expensive - fee will go to the artists. I do not get any free art and contrary to what many people think, I spend a great deal of time creating and refining the art, it is a lot of work. All said, each video constantly exceeds 80-100 work hours. The technology is not going away, so I have chosen to embrace it. That said, I understand and respect the position of those that take issue.
@@RichesandLiches 80-100 hours, I feel really guilty about just thinking, "hope part two comes out tomorrow, I don't want to wait too long". Thank you!
Bro pls be real. Is there ever gonna be another bg story video? Cause you keep saying its in the works but thats over a year now, and over 5 months since i last asked. If its not coming pls just tell me so i can quit waiting.
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We used to do a lot of planar traveling once our characters got higher level (like 19 to 20) once we started dealing with demigods and gods. Never used the term Shadow stuff we called it Umbral mass but that was really a home build thing we did. we actually had a pocket realm we had made/won in the shadow realm. We won it originally as a reward for a quest then our mage, cleric and druid expanded it some. All of this was sort of a precursor to what would later become a Mage Teh Ascension campaign we played for a very long time as well :) Great video sir! I love it!
Yeeessssss the Shadowfel!
Recently came to this channel as a DM who likes the lore and wants to learn more about it. This channel is quickly proving to be a new favourite of mine. Good work, dude!!!
Woo-hoo!!! 🎉 Love this. Shout out to AD&D where I spend years watching this foundation be laid and improvising when there was not much to work with. I love planer travel and all the impacts that go along with it. So much fun and so many memories. Can't wait for what is next. Thanks for another amazing video.
The Shadowfel, but it got back up again!
Really great and thorough video. I truly enjoy your attention to detail. If you seek more lore and insight into the plane of shadow, the Shadovar and Shar herself, I would also highly recommend the Forgotten Realms novels about Erevis Cale, by Paul S. Kemp. His books about Cale are downright fantastic and some of the best books from the universe of Forgotten Realms in my humble oppinion.
We stayed with 2E-3E Plane of Shadows for the most part, unless you got unlucky/lost/careless/adventurous it functioned as usual, but some Shadowfell lore was used to detail the deeper parts more infused with negative energy, and the Feywild their mirror parts infused with positive energy.
Thank you Rich. Fantastic work, as always! Looking forward to the other parts of this series.
YAY! I have been waiting for this for what feels like ages. though it has only been 3 weeks, and I am sure these sorts of videos take time! I am just very glad it is here! I really enjoy your series and videos!
29:09 The Shadar-Kai were actually introduced during 3e, in the "Fiend Folio". It was one of my favorite optional PC races and made great bad guys!
There are some channels that present D&D lore with the style of a recipe blogger and I am so grateful that you put the actual lore at the forefront here and in other videos. Thank you.
Another amazing video. I always look forward to these as well. Great job
Can’t wait for the Negative Energy Plane vid!
hey dude, just wanted to say I enjoy watching your videos. thanks for making and sharing em!
I think it would be interesting to explore, conceptually, the idea that the various merged planes of the Shadowfell exerting their own independent nature. So the only thing that keeps the Shadowfell together is the constant pressure of a divine force that keeps them merged.
I am writing a series of books that are D&D influenced. Your channel has been invaluable!
Thank you for the due diligence!
I'm old style still got and run 1st edition and 2nd edition D&D
thank you so much for this I have my session tonight. my players just got to the Shadowfell and the only thing that comes to mind is shadows & darkness. LMAO
Great video! I don't think you mentioned it, but the Shadoweave was available for Shar worshippers in third edition. It was a lot of fun.
@1Bearsfan
I did mention the shadoweave but probably did not do it justice. Excellent feedback, thank you!
@@RichesandLiches Yeah, I remembered you mentioning it in regards to fourth edition, but it was really a big part of the third edition Forgotten Realms campaign setting and Shar worshippers could access it for extra power and there were special classes for those that dedicated themselves to the Shadow Weave :)
Ah, yes that is so true. Note taken for a future Shar video :)
shadowfell, plane of shadow, shar, shadowstuff. sorrowsworn, shadar-kai...the designers really went to town on the word shadow didn't they?
You can practically feel the edge
😂😂😂
@@TimothyTurner-n5ecan’t believe that someone ever found this original and “edgy”.
I miss the TSR days. 😢
A lone sorceress shudders. "This land is terrible. A twisted nightmare of fiendish creatures, dark energies, and a maelstrom... Oh. Wait." She sweats as her head turns.
"Don't...," a blonde ghost coughs, "Even... think it."
"Of misery," The sorceress finishes, "Reminds me of you."
"WHAT! DID! I SAY!" The ghost's form sprouts a pair of blacken tendrils.
"YAAAAAAAA!"
Great video. Cant wait for the other parts to come.
Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition
According to the Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide (2008), Mystra has been murdered by Cyric, and is no longer part of the Pantheon. Her death initiated the Spellplague, which is the direct cause of most of the changes Toril has undergone between editions.
Only the most revelant lore, right now, on riches and liches.
Thank you for this deep dive! I watched this as a refresher since I’m in a game where we are about to have to dive into the Shadowfell to fetch some souls being held while bodies are being held in a vegetated state in the mortal world. Fun stuff. XD
But hhhhh man- Ravenloft…. I’m sorry… I’m partial to older lore over how 5e decided to handle it, actually. I think they did my man, Azalin so dirty in the most recent edition. I really adore the domains of dread in their totality. And have a huge collection of the 3.5 and below lore. (Including physical copies of all of the Gazateers, and many of the novels.) My favorite iterations came from between 2e to 3.5 Ravenloft. I really loved the era of the written novels. Gosh… the 90s era had so much good stuff.
Wow, such amazing lore!
Thank you for this- so excited for this whole series!
~_~
Shadowfell, Plane of Shadows and please let's not forget the Plane of Negative Energy.
@grzegorzwardzinski3850 - Pretty sure I included the negative energy plane in the shadowfell creation section, but probably should have expanded on it a bit... also I agree the negative energy plane itself is definitely worthy of its own video... note taken! :)
Thank you for the great feedback!
Mystra does need an army and bodyguard to protect her. Too important to the realms.
She is a Major Diety and she could make any spell she wants.
So she could have infinite clones should she die plus avatars and any number of full simulcrums to defend her.
Eh, I can imagine Bodyguard I as a 1st level spell, through to Bodyguard IV, as Monster summoning variants that she never casts.
@@archmage_of_the_aether she should have solar as guardians or get to breeding and make empyreans
I don’t play D &D but I love your videos for bed…. And that they are not ai
Indulgences come to mind. When comes the reformation?
The Raven Queen may not like undeath or undead. But that only applies to undead that isn’t her’s 😂.
Please do feywild next
In my D&D campaign, the plot itself is that the villain, a Warlock first given power by Azalin Rex (it was a Ravenloft campaign), denied a position of Dark Lord and betrayed by Strahd (our campaign went total evil), let his ambition run rampant. If he could not rule a domain, he would have his revenge and aim higher. He would be a Dark Power, and not the 5e Dark Powers, I'm using a lot of older 2e lore for this too, so instead of the Dark Powers all being trapped in the Amber Temple, that is simply a fragment of their being trapped within (I am mixing them to a degree too).
In order to perform this task, and needing power, and seeing in the lore that the Dark Powers control the Domains of Dread, not Shar, that to a goddess such as her? They are pockets of malcontent she'd rather see controlled or removed from her domain! Granted access to the Shadoweave, the villain brute forced the invitation of new heroes to Barovia, despite Strahd not desiring any new visitors (we gave him his eternal love, he saw no reason for now toys, at least not a mere 25 years after the first campaign went down). He manipulated them to seek Strahd's demise, and the plan is once they defeat him? The villain will swoop in, thank the heroes, reveal his machinations, and use Strahd's soul as blackmail and fuel for a grand ritual (think Grand Conjunction in older lore). The result will keep his word to Shar, and it will recreate the Demiplane of Dread, with all the domains rejoined as a sort of 'new world', but he betrays her as well, maintaining the power she gave in pursuit of being a Dark Power, which is what the players will have to stop in the second *half* of the campaign.
BOOM its story time👍👍👍
Any tips on a way to access a compiled archive of the dragon magazines? I'd love to read through them, even the earliest editions.
With the whole "evil" thing, I feel like the Shadowfell just reflects a natural truth about the world, and therefore can't be intrinsically evil. It's full of evil stuff, for sure, but the plane itself is just a part of the cosmos.
Thanks!
We're playing 2e, a homebrew world with no Outer Planes. My Shadow Plane is the Low Ethereal, the border to the Far Realms. The Fey realms are the elemental planes.
Shadowfell Bureau of Travel=LOL
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I love this, but.... So many haphazard adjectives 😂
@yudeok413
We can agree to disagree on the haphazard nature, but I abhor using the same adjective incessantly. The script writing is perhaps my favorite part of my content.
Regardless, thank you for taking the time to watch and comment, it is appreciated!
THÉ GOAT
Remember though, death as a concept isn't evil. Certain death gods might be, but death itself isn't. It's a natural part of the life cycle and the destination of most beings at some point, even in D&D. I feel like that is where most of the 'Shadowfell isn't evil' remarks come from. The Raven Queen herself isn't evil aligned either, after all. Death might suck and cause grief/loss, but it's not evil.
lets goooo
Shadtember
I jeed to ask you!Did you already played the Shadow Dark RPG? And if ,what's your opinion in comparison to E5 and/or the latest D&D Players handbook?
I could be wrong but I think the Nightwalker was introduced in the Masters Set sometime in the 80s. Could've been the Companion Set but it was one of them.
TL:DR Version: shits cold, yo
whats the underdark like in the shadow fell?
Shadowdark.
@@pandoraeeris7860 what goes on there?
@firesniperbullet2 Fungi and other dark & damp-seeking plants/animals/growing things, ghouls and ghosts and ghasts, deep gnomes and dwarves, more shadar-kai and twisted dark elves, etc. More focus on madness, claustrophobia, etc. So, similar to the Underdark but even deadlier.
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Do you use AI images for your videos?
I've seen this asked a couple times and not get answered. Assuming so at this point, which sucks.
I have actually answered this several times, I just choose to not to answer it everytime. I use a local LLM, a commercial license LLM and photoshop. I understand the controversy and try to be as open as I can about it when asked. I chose to pay a premium for a commerical license with the hope that someday soon a portion of that - expensive - fee will go to the artists.
I do not get any free art and contrary to what many people think, I spend a great deal of time creating and refining the art, it is a lot of work. All said, each video constantly exceeds 80-100 work hours.
The technology is not going away, so I have chosen to embrace it. That said, I understand and respect the position of those that take issue.
@@RichesandLiches 80-100 hours, I feel really guilty about just thinking, "hope part two comes out tomorrow, I don't want to wait too long".
Thank you!
Given the fact that these are long videos, having some AI images to assist is totally ok by me.
@RichesandLiches thanks for the reply it is appreciated.
Bro pls be real. Is there ever gonna be another bg story video? Cause you keep saying its in the works but thats over a year now, and over 5 months since i last asked. If its not coming pls just tell me so i can quit waiting.