Great insight as always. Looks like DNDBeyond put proficiency bonuses into their normal blocks too. It's convenient to not have to calculate it on the fly anymore. I see where you're coming from with the monster stat blocks, I think ideally I'd want both but realize why they don't. When a fight has built in mechanics which are unique, its nice to have the in line stat blocks. This happens all the time in Adventurer's League modules during convention play and is annoying to swap back and forth. On the flip side a place to see everything related is also awesome. Its part of what makes gaming without a laptop difficult for me because DNDBeyond does such a great job of letting me get my information how I want it.
I'm rarely excited for official content but this sounds cool! My favorite parts of the game are puzzles and escape room style areas, and I could actually see this book being really useful as inspiration to drag and drop into a Dungeon or to run as a one shot. The idea of entering a library that suppresses fire and is guarded by a ghost dragon is pretty cool!
Love the homebrew videos you do! I want to get into DMing as soon as the current campaign I'm in is over or after the next campaign. I'm taking notes on your videos lol
I think mystery is a part of adventures in general. At least in terms of things like figuring out the BBEG's motivations, abilities, allies, etc. Looking for clues, locations, stuff like that. This seems like it just codifies that part and narrows the focus. I wasn't super excited about this book when I first heard about it, but now I am.
I'm so bad with mysteries - I just don't know how to run 'em. I think it's because I don't consume a lot of Sherlock Holmes-esque type of content, so I don't know tropes and twists as I do with action and drama. Also, understanding player's passive abilities and adapting them would be super hard - the elf ranger with observant feet hitting 25 passive perceptions would pick up a lot of clues just by existing. Totally interested in seeing that video in the future.
@@DeathandBeeZ OMG LOL I had to edit this video instead of my editor, so apparently I’m a little rusty! That says your text goes here, and it was a placeholder for me to remember some overlays. But I forgot to delete it apparently... WOW lol!
Mmmm I would say no, because I myself have not read the conclusions of any of them. So nothing I say is with knowledge of spoilers, just vague generic over views of each, so if that would be a spoiler, then don’t watch 👍🏼😇
I love running puzzles and traps and mysteries sort of fall into that category. My players say they want these things but when I take the time to make them instead of solving them they do their best gordon freeman impression and bust out the crowbar. Oh its a magical painting on the wall that speaks and if we get the riddle right it opens it becomes a portal? Well lets take apart the wall brick by brick to bypass it. Its also how they bypassed the alcove in the fireplace that had a riddle over the mantle they just took apart the fireplace. So at least with this group, I think I'm done with riddles but mysteries they might gravitate towards
The 3:13 sifflet sounds stress me out everytime and make my heart stop as it looks so much like my fire alarm. Great job on the video otherwise, very interesting.
Monsters actually have a proficiency bonus. It's not shown in the book, but actually if you do the math you will find that they numbers are not random, they match. Everybody can make any swing throw, the ones that are listed in the statblock are there to add that number. To know that number, you can just subtract one of that numbers (like, Dex saving - Dex) but it's easier to look at the monsters DC. Under 1dc is 1, 1-4 DC is 2.... You know the deal, exactly as players, till getting to 6 proficiency. Actually monster can get 7 from DC 21 and above.
Also, they hp is not random. The hit fie they use depends solely of their size, and then they roll one die + con for each DC they have. Wich is a system that I hate so I don't use at my table. I found out all of this searching to officially realease my homebrew things, and I find half of the monster rules are broken, don't help with balance and still being somewhat limiting and absurd, as rules as written your sorcerer human enemy and your barbarian human would have the same hp with the con difference, and sorcerer would want a high con for concentration, so not that much.
Discovering this guy is the like the the bird and the cracker meme ( i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/620/786/194.jpg ). 1. Starting with seeing this video in the youtube recommended and go ehh what the hey im bored 2. Then seeing its a lot of the same ideas as other Dnd youtubes with that low subscribers count you go ehhhhhhhhh but you watch his videos 3. Finish the whole video with complete attention even blasting past my adhd brain realizing moments where his ideas would solve many problems in some of my games 4. Wait there are how many videos.....my god......its perfect..........why haven't i known about this (*awestruck*) My games have been running well until time restraints started happening because of life situations and having a more effective solutions to many RP moments really help forge real life friendships and for that you get my thanks.
Watched twice. Yes, I would enjoy a separate video on how you would run a mystery.
Your vote is for mysteries then! I got you!!
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Woot, Mysteries are so much fun when they're done right. Coach coming in with the breakdown!
"Ruin" card is literally the plot of a famous book, name included.
Let me know if you want a mystery guide or an adapting adventures guide!!
Honestly coach you have some of the best home brew content. That you promote on your channel
My vote would have to go for mysteries
Either would be awesome, but I think my vote would be for mystery guide 😁
Adapting guide.. but mystery guide would be cool too... Ughh why not both? Lol 😂
video not even over... supported the kickstarter. I love products like this that make the lives of us DMs easier! Thanks Dungeon Coach!
I’m excited for it too!!
Great insight as always. Looks like DNDBeyond put proficiency bonuses into their normal blocks too. It's convenient to not have to calculate it on the fly anymore.
I see where you're coming from with the monster stat blocks, I think ideally I'd want both but realize why they don't. When a fight has built in mechanics which are unique, its nice to have the in line stat blocks. This happens all the time in Adventurer's League modules during convention play and is annoying to swap back and forth. On the flip side a place to see everything related is also awesome. Its part of what makes gaming without a laptop difficult for me because DNDBeyond does such a great job of letting me get my information how I want it.
Yo! I’ve also used that SAME dragon module in a homebrew campaign!
Twinsies!!! Haha small WORLD bro
You mention making a video about running mysteries and about taking adventures and plugging them into your game and... id totally love to see it!
Very useful video Coach. That table makes it a lot easier to drag and drop into a campaign!
Sweet.wasnt even considering this before but with all the drop in options for spicing adventures up it sounds really good.thanks for the video coach
Honestly I wasn’t either, but I wanted to make sure to do it justice for you guys, so that you would know to get it or not 👍🏼
Love the enthusiasm! Thanks for your high energy and deep understanding of the adventure leading life.
Thank you for that! I love that you called it adventure leading life lol
Yes please to both timeout topics but running a mystery takes priority fo sho. Thanks Coach.
What do the white letters over the table say at 4:07?
Your text goes here... I got rusty editing videos here when I was making the overlay for the video lol 😅😂
Hell yes, running mysteries is so much fun! Seeing another way of running them could really improve my DM style.
I'm rarely excited for official content but this sounds cool! My favorite parts of the game are puzzles and escape room style areas, and I could actually see this book being really useful as inspiration to drag and drop into a Dungeon or to run as a one shot. The idea of entering a library that suppresses fire and is guarded by a ghost dragon is pretty cool!
Heck yea! This makes me want to add stuff like that too!!
I would love to watch you explain how you would run a mystery! Very interested.
Love the homebrew videos you do! I want to get into DMing as soon as the current campaign I'm in is over or after the next campaign. I'm taking notes on your videos lol
I think mystery is a part of adventures in general. At least in terms of things like figuring out the BBEG's motivations, abilities, allies, etc. Looking for clues, locations, stuff like that. This seems like it just codifies that part and narrows the focus. I wasn't super excited about this book when I first heard about it, but now I am.
I would love advise on how to run mysteries!!!
Would definitely like your ideas on how to run a mystery
I'm so bad with mysteries - I just don't know how to run 'em. I think it's because I don't consume a lot of Sherlock Holmes-esque type of content, so I don't know tropes and twists as I do with action and drama. Also, understanding player's passive abilities and adapting them would be super hard - the elf ranger with observant feet hitting 25 passive perceptions would pick up a lot of clues just by existing. Totally interested in seeing that video in the future.
I'm the same. Love mysteries......but I don't think I'm smart enough to run them...
Yes plz, more examples
YEs, Separate vid on placing prewritten adventures in our own homebrew settings!
Ooooo right now it’s tied 1:1 , but I got you!
What did that say at 4:05? it looked like TH-cam...something
Your text goes here... lol
Forgot to delete that when I was making overlays
4:07 coach what is typed out there?
Basically it’s a little cheat sheet so you can see a general idea of what each adventure is about 👍🏼
@@TheDungeonCoach gotcha thank you Coach!
@@TheDungeonCoach wait no i mean there is a sentence but the font is white so it is washed out by the cheat sheet.
Guess it is more 4:04 my bad xD
@@DeathandBeeZ OMG LOL
I had to edit this video instead of my editor, so apparently I’m a little rusty! That says your text goes here, and it was a placeholder for me to remember some overlays. But I forgot to delete it apparently... WOW lol!
Does this have candle keep spoilers?
Mmmm I would say no, because I myself have not read the conclusions of any of them. So nothing I say is with knowledge of spoilers, just vague generic over views of each, so if that would be a spoiler, then don’t watch 👍🏼😇
I love running puzzles and traps and mysteries sort of fall into that category. My players say they want these things but when I take the time to make them instead of solving them they do their best gordon freeman impression and bust out the crowbar. Oh its a magical painting on the wall that speaks and if we get the riddle right it opens it becomes a portal? Well lets take apart the wall brick by brick to bypass it. Its also how they bypassed the alcove in the fireplace that had a riddle over the mantle they just took apart the fireplace. So at least with this group, I think I'm done with riddles but mysteries they might gravitate towards
I would love to see how you run a mystery
A how to run mysteries video would be interesting
+1 vote for video on mystery quests.
Mystery!
After i tried running saltmarsh, I decided to only chop up and take what I need from modules.
Yea I feel like that would be me too from what I’ve seen modules offer, seems easier to just make it or adapt stuff!
I'm greedy, I want both mysteries and adapting adventures 😉
The 3:13 sifflet sounds stress me out everytime and make my heart stop as it looks so much like my fire alarm. Great job on the video otherwise, very interesting.
Monsters actually have a proficiency bonus. It's not shown in the book, but actually if you do the math you will find that they numbers are not random, they match. Everybody can make any swing throw, the ones that are listed in the statblock are there to add that number. To know that number, you can just subtract one of that numbers (like, Dex saving - Dex) but it's easier to look at the monsters DC. Under 1dc is 1, 1-4 DC is 2.... You know the deal, exactly as players, till getting to 6 proficiency. Actually monster can get 7 from DC 21 and above.
Also, they hp is not random. The hit fie they use depends solely of their size, and then they roll one die + con for each DC they have. Wich is a system that I hate so I don't use at my table. I found out all of this searching to officially realease my homebrew things, and I find half of the monster rules are broken, don't help with balance and still being somewhat limiting and absurd, as rules as written your sorcerer human enemy and your barbarian human would have the same hp with the con difference, and sorcerer would want a high con for concentration, so not that much.
... giving the Master Sage "fireball" when fire spells are negated... is not well thought through.
I mentioned this to another reviewer, there's no excuse for someone to produce a book with no appendix or index regardless of word or page count.
Monsters in 5e have always had a proficiency bonus, they just never showed it.
He was referring to it being shown in their statblock. Not saying that they never had one.
O for sure, but people would have to do subtraction to “solve for it” lol, just like the efficiency of it 👍🏼
Every monster has a Proficiency Bonus based on it’s challenge. They’re listed in the first column of a table on DMG 274.
Mystery video, please.
I think Shemshime's name is supposed to be pronounced like "ham-time," so that it rhymes with "bedtime rhyme."
Discovering this guy is the like the the bird and the cracker meme ( i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/620/786/194.jpg ).
1. Starting with seeing this video in the youtube recommended and go ehh what the hey im bored
2. Then seeing its a lot of the same ideas as other Dnd youtubes with that low subscribers count you go ehhhhhhhhh but you watch his videos
3. Finish the whole video with complete attention even blasting past my adhd brain realizing moments where his ideas would solve many problems in some of my games
4. Wait there are how many videos.....my god......its perfect..........why haven't i known about this (*awestruck*)
My games have been running well until time restraints started happening because of life situations and having a more effective solutions to many RP moments really help forge real life friendships and for that you get my thanks.