Here's a little adventure specifically tailored to groups who love RP and drama! And though this project was 5e focused, I tried to keep it to a theme that's easily transposable to other systems and settings. Hope you like it!
I absolutely loved this! Thought it was a ghost possessing the theater in its entirety at first , and expected it to cause all kinds of chaos like sandbags falling on people but this was even better Also got serious Ingmar Bergman vibes from your editing & description of the atmosphere, genuinely freaked me out a bit, your games must be amazing fun!
hell yeah! Happy you like it! I had a lot of fun writing this one for sure haha And I don't know Ingmar Bergman so much, which movie would you recommend to get started ?
@@corkboardsandcuriosities oh I would recommend his 1966 film Persona. Focuses on an actress who's having trouble adjusting to reality after playing so many roles. It's the reason I suspected Clementia herself at first. Some sort of a Black Swan dissociative identity situation
I knew it had to be magical coercion of some kind, but I thought it was going to be someone in the audience or even Madame Vilmonde. Eventually the ghostly swallow gave it away for me.
Cool Phantom of the Opera vibes. In truth, I was more entertained by your walk through than any attempt to guess the culprit. There's a few channels that do lore readings for various games and often times, a little long from content is a nice accompaniment to a crafting session.
I do enjoy how you create NPC's, who have a soul to them. If that makes sense. I find myself included, when creating NPC's, that are wooden, cardboard and mechanical. You place feelings, and emotions. In order to create almost as a player character. It's unique to me. Most of my NPC's one-sided. Thank you! 😀
oh wow, thank you so much, that makes me so happy!! also, sounds like i cool idea for a video too, NPC creation.. i'll see if I can do a lil something with it!
Absolutely enjoyed the format. It has that golden age detective novel vibe with you telling a story, but allowing the audience to guess the ending midway. Wouldn't mind watching another video in this vein!
I'm so glad we got another video from you so soon! The idea of not revealing the culprit right away and let us try our detective skills is nothing short of genius, a fantastic way to engage the viewers and at same time it really shows your own advice of engagement on your last video (and your background as a teacher) put in practice. Touchè!
HOLY EXPLETIVE, ANOTHER VIDEO!?! So much fun and a really cool idea. I like the way you laid it out, and the “why” of it all makes a lot of sense. Sometimes when I am trying to make a mystery, I get tripped up on trying to be so crafty, that the story doesn’t make sense anymore, or it becomes so convoluted that absolutely no one can figure it out. Really well done! I keep learning.
Indestructoboy mentioned you in his stream recently and i love your video styles. You've earned a subscriber. i look forward to seeing more content and your growth.
Spoilers I love listening to your narration, a soft measured tone In terms of the mystery, as soon as you said "Theatre Parent" . I was thinking "mystery solved, let's have a little chat with them!"
I recently ran this for my table, and they absolutely loved it. The PDF was great, but the video was absolutely essential! Listening to you explain each scene gave me so much inspiration for dialogue and the tone of the characters, really helping me bring them to life. My players aren't the strongest role-players, but this session, they really dove in deep, desperately trying to unravel the mystery. Getting them up on the catwalk and pulling their focus away from the NPCs for a possession was tense, but it all played out perfectly in the end. Appreciate the great session! I'd love to see more content like this and look forward to trying out some of your other adventures in the future. I've 100% shared this with my community. Keep up the fantastic work. Cheers!
Wonderful! I love your presentation, and as mentioned in another comment, your skill in teaching does show! Your "walk through" format is very helpful, as it gives us just the right amount of information to adapt the adventure to whatever system we want, while at the same time leaving us fascinated and eager to play it through the atmosphere you create. Bravo, ma chère, et merci beaucoup! 😊
Seeing a play through of this would be a lot of fun. Is it difficult to strike a balance between mysteries having a “solution” but allowing the players to have agency to come up with their own?
I would KILL (yes a plot of murder most foul) to play in one of this authors campaigns, or read this book. This really would make a fantastic book. I am completely enamored by this channel and the fun stories and content. So whose Bergamot tea do I need to poison to get to play?
@@corkboardsandcuriosities Just the facts! You are an amazing storyteller. I would never admit to murder, but I make a good red herring when one of your players vanishes under mysterious circumstances
tbh ı solve the mystery as soon as you speak about Adelaide's mother but that's because ı want criminal to be the most unpredictable person :D cus ı always though from the start that this way is cooler and interesting :D also you speak about supernatural things so much from the begining of the story :D And as Sherlock holmes said "when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth? " . Adelaide wants the role so much , this is why she cannot openly act crime against Clementia when she knows everyone blame her imideatly. And Clementia does not have any reason to let herself fall . She is the Crown Swallow already. So we have only one option... Belive in ghosts :D
Great content, big fan. I binge watched all of your vids, lot of great ideas in each of them. I'm planning Ravenloft campaign and I'll definitely include Swallows and Embroidery in it.
