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Waterdeep Dungeon of The Mad Mage: Dungeons and Dragons Story Explained

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ส.ค. 2024
  • Hey D&D peeps!
    This request was a difficult one but fun to do! The amount of content that's jam-packed in this adventure is unreal and definitely one of the longer adventures that I've read. That being said, the story that lies in this adventure is more concentrated in the individual levels and interactions rather than the overarching plot.
    Tried my best to manage my time better when making this video so I'm able to put this one out a lot earlier than I expected. I hope you enjoy it!
    Timestamps:
    0:00 Introduction
    1:04 Undermountain Overview
    4:39 Level 1
    6:47 Level 2
    9:49 Level 3
    15:10 Level 4
    17:14 Level 5
    22:06 Level 6
    24:00 Level 7
    28:13 Level 8
    31:18 Level 9
    33:00 Level 10
    34:48 Level 11
    35:36 Level 12
    38:57 Level 13
    41:04 Level 14
    43:37 Level 15
    47:09 Level 16
    48:58 Level 17
    51:32 Level 18
    56:08 Level 19
    58:19 Level 20
    59:57 Level 21
    1:03:57 Level 22
    1:08:03 Level 23
    1:10:55 Closing Statements
    Subscribe to get more Dungeons and Dragons modules explained!
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  • @jontylerlud
    @jontylerlud ปีที่แล้ว +71

    Honestly running this campaign as well as preparing it makes YOU as the DM the real Mad Mage. It takes a certain kind of obsessive madness to go into this project yourself, understand it in its entirety, and craft the very foundations all players interested in trying this campaign require in order to actually experience it. It’s been a couple of weeks and I’ve only finished polishing up the first 3 levels of this thing. I hope I will manage to actually finish this immense project cuz after listening to this it’s truly an amazing book and crafted world

    • @catman-hi5cn
      @catman-hi5cn 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      How’s it going? I’ve failed the intelligence save that is this campaign a couple times now

    • @EdologyTTV
      @EdologyTTV 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Totally agree. My PCs are currently in level 2, and I'm preparing both level 3 and 4 as well as Skullport and Xanathar's Lair... It's a mess 😂

  • @controlfreak3587
    @controlfreak3587 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Awesome Review! My group is currently on the 23rd level, having beaten Trobriand (in both forms) and are now mid-fight against Arcturia, who isn't faring very well. I'm giving the group the link to this video so they can reminisce about the almost 2 year journey they've taken to where they are.

    • @DnDWalkthrough
      @DnDWalkthrough  2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Congrats on the home stretch! I hope you guys made plenty of wonderful memories in this infamous dungeon!

    • @jontylerlud
      @jontylerlud ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Could I ask you about some of the things you implemented into your campaign with your group? I’m currently running this and I am so curious how others run water deep and stuff outside the dungeon :P

  • @GM-lx7ji
    @GM-lx7ji ปีที่แล้ว +23

    As much as i woulnd't run this adventure myself or play through the whole thing, there seems to be lots of interesting encounters and sitiuations on it to use as inspiration in a homebrew campaing.
    Good job in making this video as understandable as possible while keeping each level description as short as posible.

    • @DnDWalkthrough
      @DnDWalkthrough  ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Thanks! Glad you appreciate the short summary of each level! The adventure is quite a hefty dungeon crawl so I think it'd be quite a tall order to run this campaign fully. Hopefully you find some neat floors to enjoy that will help you design your homebrew!

  • @oscarsiri2763
    @oscarsiri2763 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    23 levels of greatness. Beautiful, epic.

  • @davidwilson4446
    @davidwilson4446 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I use bits and pieces of modules to spice up homebrew dungeons… take the Undertakers gang, instead of bickering bandits I made them into 12-17 year old orphan gang who use their trickery to extort adventurers to earn enough to make a living back up top and are aware of the dungeon as part of their daily work they also mine out the top floor to earn a pittance. Makes it all the more tragic when the adventurers realize they just one shot a 4 hp child disguised as a vampire.

  • @John-ej9xz
    @John-ej9xz 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I’m Ngl I’m a new DM and I’ve been struggling with trying to approach my campaign so I decided to look up random modules and honestly this gives me so much of a better feel as to how I should approach my planning. Thank you so much 🙏

  • @jandobiasovsky4287
    @jandobiasovsky4287 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    You did an amazing work in keeping it comprehensive. Got lots of inspiration for my game and very interesting listen. Thanks a lot

    • @DnDWalkthrough
      @DnDWalkthrough  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for the kind words! Wish you the best in your future games!

    • @docop8926
      @docop8926 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      stop kissing ass... i could barely hear the words over the music

  • @MichaelCadence
    @MichaelCadence 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Absolutely fantastic video. Incredibly helpful for running this adventure and keeping the lore of each level straight. Thank you so much for the work you put into this!

    • @DnDWalkthrough
      @DnDWalkthrough  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Glad you found this helpful! Wish you the best in running this astronomically large adventure!

  • @ijokerdu4902
    @ijokerdu4902 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I feel like i need a corkboard with thumbtacks and strings. So helpful thank you.

    • @DnDWalkthrough
      @DnDWalkthrough  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Haha, the story is quite large for sure! If you run it, don't worry. The book is set up in such a way that you get away with only reading a few chapters ahead before running each floor.
      Regardless, glad to hear you find this helpful!

    • @spdegabrielle
      @spdegabrielle 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Red string😅

  • @jackcook7051
    @jackcook7051 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Have been so keen for this vid and once again you've exceeded my expectations! Top content as always :)

    • @DnDWalkthrough
      @DnDWalkthrough  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Haha, I'm very glad to hear it exceeded your expectations! Thanks for watching and appreciate it!

  • @houstonhall1144
    @houstonhall1144 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Ooo lawd. An hour, god bless all you do!!

    • @DnDWalkthrough
      @DnDWalkthrough  2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Haha yeah! It was brutal to edit but glad I was able to do it!

  • @helixxharpell
    @helixxharpell ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Good work here young man! No offense but allow me to correct you on pronunciation.
    "Deemacore" is pronounced
    "Dwemer-core"
    The "Dw" is emphasized as "duwa" said quickly, running the D & U together.
    Dweomer is realmspeak for an enchantment. It's also used to describe any glowing aura produced by arcane or divine magic.
    Faerie Fire is also known as "Dweomer Glow" in some regions of Faerun.
    Excellent work tho! Thoroughly enjoyed the video! Instant subscribe!

  • @jamespearsoniii914
    @jamespearsoniii914 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This is a great listen and motivated me to get the book! On the downside, the truth that most lvls are barely changed by the actions of the party is a bit disheartening😅

    • @DnDWalkthrough
      @DnDWalkthrough  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm glad you enjoyed it enough to pick up the book! Yeah, most people seem to have the opinion of using this adventure as a supplement in their own D&D campaigns rather than running it all in one go since most actions in one level don't really affect another.

  • @mau_victorino
    @mau_victorino 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Remarkable undertaking! Thanks a lot!

    • @DnDWalkthrough
      @DnDWalkthrough  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Anytime! Thanks for watching and the kind words!

  • @GarikTate
    @GarikTate ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've been looking for this type of video for a while!
    Thank you for the hard work in summarizing these levels. Helps me see what I might want to pluck and put into my own DnD campaign.
    Levels 5, 7, 9, 12,13, 18, 22,23 look really interesting

  • @ADT1995
    @ADT1995 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is one book I highly recommend for any DM, even if you aren't running it, it's got so many good ideas to steal.
    Thanks for the great overview

    • @DnDWalkthrough
      @DnDWalkthrough  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It does! I think it'd be fun to just steal a floor in the dungeon to throw into your campaign! Certainly less taxing than running this mega dungeon lol

    • @sigmar4564
      @sigmar4564 ปีที่แล้ว

      Great Video

  • @vnavone
    @vnavone ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you so much for this! I would never have had the patience to read the whole book myself, and this video is a great resource for highlighting bits of the adventure I can steal!

  • @saintdane7336
    @saintdane7336 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The fact that there are certain levels in this dungeon that if rewritten and expanded upon properly would count as entire campaign plots on their own truly is a form of madness

  • @JacintoDeSousa-bq2wp
    @JacintoDeSousa-bq2wp ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Next to Tomb of Horrors and Annihilation, the Dungeon of the Mad Mage is my favorite and most memorable.

    • @PMMagro
      @PMMagro 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It is a classic for sure!

  • @edthered
    @edthered 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is awesome, I will probably never get to play through this or DM it, but I did read through it twice, but I feel like I have a better grasp and understanding of it now. There's a lot of lore that connects to other events before and beyond, it makes more sense now. A good DM who brings their players through the previous campaign to here could really open it up to something awesome or even keep it as a kind of "progress as you level" thing players could come back to between other adventures in a more sand-boxy campaign set in the Forgotten realms.

  • @mojorn8837
    @mojorn8837 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thanks a ton for this! What a great preview and review resource for the floors as a dm trying to prepare for a session

    • @DnDWalkthrough
      @DnDWalkthrough  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Anytime! Thanks a plenty for watching and wishing you and your party the best!

  • @miked3340
    @miked3340 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great overview! I found tthis whilst prepping level 9, my players are on level 2, and this helps me get an overarching view of the dungeon. Now I just hope my players don't stumble on this video :)

  • @zackrox4347
    @zackrox4347 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is beyond awesome. Thanks man!

  • @Conradmartin97
    @Conradmartin97 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Love your content, Keep it up!

    • @DnDWalkthrough
      @DnDWalkthrough  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you so much!! I'll do my best!

  • @alphabugs
    @alphabugs 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you for this video, was considering buying it but it's so hard to find a comprehensive overview!!

  • @eXdXgXe4life
    @eXdXgXe4life ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just stumbled upon this. This is amazing. Thank you for making this.

  • @dogfishfood
    @dogfishfood 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for all of your effort! It's helped me decide on investing the campaign for my players.

  • @ijokerdu4902
    @ijokerdu4902 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So far this has been my favorite level. Although I I statred at level 10 so may have missed others. The level just seems to flow nicely unlike some of the other levels. Thanks for the overview, it is very helpful.😁

  • @ProgramKiraTV
    @ProgramKiraTV 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You sir are a god. Blessed be your dice

    • @DnDWalkthrough
      @DnDWalkthrough  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Haha, thanks! I like my dice to fight back a bit 😉

  • @texastaterbug5395
    @texastaterbug5395 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is super helpful. I'm running this campaign starting tomorrow. Hoping my players don't stumble across your video!!! It looks like your channel isn't monetized yet. Do you have a Patreon?

  • @iktancreativo9910
    @iktancreativo9910 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks a lot, I'm starting to read this book and surely this video is a good complement.

    • @DnDWalkthrough
      @DnDWalkthrough  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I hope it helps! Thanks for watching!

  • @saveronshadow
    @saveronshadow 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Finishing up Seadeeps next week!

  • @larkohiya
    @larkohiya 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    What I've always been wanting. I just don't have time to read all of it and trying to do a text to speech of the format of DND books is not possible.

    • @DnDWalkthrough
      @DnDWalkthrough  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah, this adventure is a 300 page long read. I can understand the burden so glad to help in that department!

  • @weederfish9254
    @weederfish9254 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Running this when current campaign (BG3 Decent) is done (next session) as my 1st ever time DMing a campaign

    • @alphabugs
      @alphabugs 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I'm thinking about getting it and trying my hand at it for my first time DMing a campaign too

  • @cwesley2005
    @cwesley2005 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is an amazing video!!!

  • @3sgamestudio
    @3sgamestudio ปีที่แล้ว +1

    amazing video .as a DM i appreciate it a lot! its a great intro to a 300 page adventure :D

  • @thashadowspawn
    @thashadowspawn ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That Was 😎🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😎 Awesome!

  • @NicholsonNeisler-fz3gi
    @NicholsonNeisler-fz3gi หลายเดือนก่อน

    You know you are an archmage when you don’t need your apprentices to build your tower

  • @kashantius
    @kashantius ปีที่แล้ว

    Your work is so awesome!

  • @houstonhall1144
    @houstonhall1144 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Level 20 aka the Christmas level

  • @NicholsonNeisler-fz3gi
    @NicholsonNeisler-fz3gi หลายเดือนก่อน

    The yawning portal costs a mere 1 gold piece

  • @alanschaub147
    @alanschaub147 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is *so* good! ❤

  • @greeninferno1339
    @greeninferno1339 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very cool!! Could you do a short spoiler-free intro video for the first floor for players? Kinda what you do in the introduction 0:00 and first overview? Great stuff!!!

  • @matthewjenkins4559
    @matthewjenkins4559 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    All of this is happening underneath a wizard tower/bar?

  • @user-gj7lp5iz6k
    @user-gj7lp5iz6k ปีที่แล้ว +1

    music gets too loud at times 🔊

  • @MoneySpain1188
    @MoneySpain1188 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just finished dragon heist as dm, about to start this. Any advice?

  • @zenmaster6780
    @zenmaster6780 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great work but I find the music distracting

  • @simongellings9482
    @simongellings9482 ปีที่แล้ว

    gratulation

  • @gerardoalvarado8425
    @gerardoalvarado8425 ปีที่แล้ว

    Does anyone know the artist of the first song I tried to find it but only gospels where popping up 💀

  • @GodwinXZ
    @GodwinXZ ปีที่แล้ว

    Tears of Selune

  • @docop8926
    @docop8926 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    music is waaaaay to loud

  • @troisot1107
    @troisot1107 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Could you narrate some horror story adventures?

    • @helixxharpell
      @helixxharpell ปีที่แล้ว

      Like to hear him do a Ravenloft narrative!

  • @quicksilvertongue3248
    @quicksilvertongue3248 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "Undermountain Overview" lol.

  • @user-gj7lp5iz6k
    @user-gj7lp5iz6k 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Duergar is pronounced "dwere-gar", not "dur-a-gar"

    • @dermaniac5205
      @dermaniac5205 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      While we are correcting pronunciations: Muiral is "mis-shapen" not "miss-hapen". He changed his body into a different shape, which is why he is misshapen.