Boneless Demons?! Let's Make A Shadowdark Monster! 

Kelsey, you are so freakin' good at making TTRPGs accessible and appealing.

I love the monster creation system in your book. I had an amazing time creating rival monsters contesting a sprawling cave complex: magic-resistant shark-like brutes who will mindlessly attack their own reflection, vs. snake-goblins who can turn near-invisible unless they get wet. I would never have thought of these on my own but it just took a few minutes to flesh out these prompts.

I for one, look forward to implementing the patented Shadowdark "Can this monster beat up an elephant" method of encounter balance. Call me old-fashioned, but if it ain't got bones, it ain't a demon, it's a marinaded fiend nugget. And you're supposed to eat them bleu cheese, not ranch dressing. They shouldn't even sell them at Demon Stop.

First boneless chicken wings and now boneless demon claws! All red, oily, and very spicy. I like it! But bones would've been preferred.

That has to be one of the best walk-throughs for monster creation I've ever seen. Thank you. And yes, I'm a proud backer of Shadowdark. Can't wait for the physical copy. Well done!

Awesome monster! A lot of cool, not to mention frightening possibilities. I'm looking forward to using it. Thank you.

"Sure, you could fit under a door, but could you fit within my water skin (which I conveniently have empty and uncorked)?

Thanks for the amazing content! I'll be launching my RPG channel soon and I'll be starting with a Shadowdark Campaign, I love your work keep it up!

I've got a theory that it's a demon! A stealthy demon? No something isn't right there...

Thanks Kelsey, great video! For your “Bind” power I mistakenly read it as “Blind.” I thought, how cool, a vain demon who could not look in mirror to see he was a pile of jelly, lol! Excited for my books to arrive!

"Cartilage deforms more than bone so he can, with time, work his way through spaces that in human scale would be little bigger than a letterbox mouth, about the size (relative to you) of an A4 book. ... He will eat you, chewing well, equipment and all, to get you out of the way. He could come into your house though the front door. He could slowly squeeze his body up your stairs, filling the stairwell with his flesh, then send one questing hand through your bedroom door. He could squeeze his head into your room and look at you." - Patrick Stuart; Deep Carbon Observatory

Thanks for doing this! I'm working to publish some Shadowdark Adventures. I'm still building a following for my channel, but I figured selling adventurers would expand the brand.

Is that a print master? Production copy? Cool!

When I've created demons in the past I've always included some sort of quirk. Mostly some sort OCD trait or intellectual vanity. It gives a demon more to play other than a horrific otherworld creature. And they are fun to play. Love that you included it in your creation. Well done.

19:17 I love the way English blends sounds sometimes, I saved my copy of the PDF as "Cool Ass Demon.pdf"

I almost could imagine the lash demon being something akin to the regeneradors from RE4. Lumpy, mishapen, like an octopus pretending to be a human as it's limbs stretch outwards. Given how vile that image is in my head, I find it's vanity being a weakness to be rather interesting. I wonder if you could get it to go away by showing it's reflection to it, make it realize how horrible it looks?

I love your CHART SUPPORTS! Great Job!!

Nice animation at the end.

Yes, this! This right here is super useful. Im so happy you did this. It's great to get your perspective on how ShadowDark works. Thank you! Looking forward to the next one.

Loved it, Kelsey! Can't wait to throw a Lash Demon at my players!!

Loving your content for your game, Shadowdark! Having your views and suggestions for the Shadowdark community is always welcome and a boon. [bows]

Yay, would love to see more monster creation videos, this was very interesting and useful!

Think the best 'monster' I ever came up with was a huge out-of control mechanical orrery which the PCs had to figure out how to deactivate while avoiding the special effects of the planets (in my 'Sunken Village of Little Corth' on the DM's Guild). Looking forward to writing an adventure for Shadowdark and your monster-building guidance here really appreciated.

So throwing together a monster from the various tables could be called .. a monster mash?

Very helpful and informative. I wish there was a way I could download the template for making my own monster stat blocks.

Instantly thought of that x-files episode. IFYKYK

Why do these sound like appetizers? What is next twice baked elementals? Stuffed Djinnis? Infernal Fried Cocktrice? Frozen Chocolate Puddings on a stick?

I want to be a lash demon when I grow up!

Love it! Thanks for sharing your insight Kelsey!

Awesome as usual, many thanks for this!

😭no fair taunting us with that beautiful book. Great video though! Currently satisfied with the monsters in the book for now but i am interested in making some new ones now

This was very helpful

0:52 I'm a little sad that D&D abandoned use of d6s for handling monster HP in favour of d8s so early on. I'm pretty sure most people have buckets of d6s lying around (I know I have) but hardly any d8s. 3:22 judging monsters next to real life animals is an excellent idea! I've only heard that before in Mausritter, when the author pointed out that while it's hard to imagine how dangerous a dragon truly is, it's very easy to imagine how dangerous a cat is to a mouse. I figure a bear is probably a good solid enemy that should be a near deadly threat to most regular characters.

🐘🐘🐘 The Colonel Hathi Principle

I was picturing a fleshy puddle occupied with stretching itself over “beautiful shapes” that gave it internal structure: creatures, objects, whatever, being boneless but not a strict shapeshifter, perhaps to out-compete its kin in “fashionable forms”. Perhaps it would reward a party that offered it choice shapes to stretch around...

Oh, nice and useful 💜💜

Moar Monsters!

Demons are all about bones. Definitely heresy we're seeing here.

Very cool!

Very cool.

I really cannot wait to start with the books and zines. Btw, did I miss the solo campaign that you wanted to start?:) Or is it planned?

Is there a editable pdf for monster creation like the one she is using?

Where do you get the blank monster sheet? I backed the book but don’t think I’ve seen that document

Kelsey, I love you❤

Any idea on when the printed book will be available for purchase?

Give us a module kelsey, pls

I like it, but it's pretty much a mimic.

Anyone know when the shadow dark books will be shipped?