Shadows of Drakkenheim Episode 1: Terror in Tierhaven 

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I don't know if anyone has mentioned it yet, but Rudi is all the characters from Little Red Riding Hood. The Wolf, Red, Grandma, and the Huntsman. Pretty nifty!

“This is Bruce. He is my master.” Followed by telling Bruce “No, Bruce, NO.” “I’m... concerned...” Lol

"he knows how to hammer real well.." Yes, yes what was it? 10 kids? 😂😂😂

I just love the synergy you guys have. "Oh, it's you two..." "Yes... We already said that!"

I appreciate the H. P. Lovecraft reference, Monty. The Color Out of Space is an amazing tale.

46:36 “I sense death within this place”. Totally not a Diablo 2 Necromancer quote coming from Kelly😂. Major props.

"This is way bigger than ducks." is the new "What's the worst that could happen."

“He knows how to hammer real well” I spit out my drink at that 😂😂😂 with 10 kids I’d imagine he hammers real well hahaha

The chemistry between all involved is so good.

10 kids and she still has a full-time job that woman is strong

I wanna make a formal petition the episode should be retitled "Way More Serious than Ducks." Also I both love and hate that terrible wig.

You all are so underrated as a DnD channel. I love this show and setting and can't wait to see more!

I'm getting really strong Alex Louis Armstrong vibes from Wilhelm "THESE RULES HAVE BEEN PASSED DOWN THE WOLFSBANE FAMILY FOR GENERATIONS!!!"

Wood panel walls, costumes, and D&D how could this not be good. Let's get 100 likes on this post to get Monty to dress up!

1:35:57 "Yes Bruce. It needs to die." Such a satisfying first episode!

"This is way bigger than Ducks." Lol I'm dead

Monty needs to totally publish his ideas for his campaigns! I still haven’t finished the awesomeness that is dungeons of drakkenheim. I’m so excited for season two!

"It sounds like a horse throwing up." The single strangest sentence I've ever heard.

So excited to see someone i regularly enjoy watching to be playing a Eldritch knight

Three months have passed in my life, and I’m now fully caught up on all the seasons, and my respect for the Dungeon Dudes team has only grown.

2:01:45 "we have to figure out what happened to this family" Wrath: "i think they were just all murdered by a lady wearing a red cloak" 😂😂 that made me laugh

I am getting a serious love craft vibe from the narration, a color out of space maybe.....

Love this group! I like the smaller group format compared to some other groups. You care about the characters more.

I just finished watching the full Dungeons of Drakkenhiem. Loved it. Great Stuff!!!

Great start, great start! Really loving just how different the party is, both because of the players kind of picking the opposites (Jill going from ranged murder machine to fighter with some magic, Kelly from a sorcerer to a kinda serious and cool swashbuckler, and Joe from tanky fighter to magical powerhouse) and because of the characters' personalities and the beginnings of their dynamics. (Particularly liking to see Kelly not playing a "comic relief inept" sort of character - really wanted him to run a more in-control, cooler PC whose comedic bits mostly come from bad rolls or the funnier uses of the "list of rules"; in the same vein, love seeing Joe's take on a competent-but-kinda-humorous character side by side!) They're not fully in their stride yet, but I see them hitting their pitches already - I think this will prove to be a fine party. And the same goes for the tone and setting - man, this table sure has an affinity for horror-y theming, proving that you very much can run a dark and disturbing and pretty horror-y campaign in 5E without impinging on the "heroic fantasy" side of things; it reminds me of the earlier Drakkenheim campaign stages but in an even "grittier", down-to-brass-tacks sorta way, and it works very well at this phase of the setting. Almost all of it is courtesy of Monty's great storytelling and DMing, so hats off there, you're continuing to be an inspiration to me as a hopeful future DM. I really hope this tone persists for some time - eventually it'll have to shift, but it's perfect for "chapter one". Excellent work with making the delirium and stuff feel properly disgusting and disturbing and wrong, in a truly horror style, Monty! Also, have to say that, while it may seem strange for Rudi the Red Rending Hood to be this hardcore right away (Jill sure likes this style of characters! Nothing wrong with it.), to me it kinda fits - this is part of why she's so respected and held in awe, and she shows this hardcore side when dealing with real, serious trouble. As others said, great use of "Color Out of Space" sorta things - it does things almost as well as the story itself, which is good praise for a TTRPG session. With some nice side bonuses of Darkest Dungeon's likewise-inspired Color of Madness content - the giant they're hunting almost gave me the Thing from the Stars vibe, albeit more humanoid. All together, the Warhammer Fantasy sorta world theming and "cosmic horror" Lovecraftian threats and the way the characters are performing so far really do make this party feel like a Darkest Dungeon squad, in a good way. Really looking forward to more! Particularly if they do end up going from town to town, dealing with some sort of incursion or plot or the like! One note I have to make, though, is that the sound, while pleasantly decent in volume (keep that up!), felt a bit "fuzzy" and almost static-y around the edges. The same goes for the custom theme you got - it's almost like it's at a lower bitrate than it should be. It's not a huge issue - I only detect this thanks to my sound hardware being upgraded, and it's probably totally fine on phones or other such devices - but thought I'd let you know. P.S. Please make the Ducks a bonus encounter one way or another. Perhaps delirium will make them mutate into Untitled Geese? Also, I know it may be wrong, but I hope Rudi's family survives the events. 10 kids give a lot of temptation to kill off one or more, but I'm definitely rooting for them all to survive.

"The corpse falls dead." Welcome back to Drakkenheim!!

Little Red Writing-you-a-ticket Hood.

22:06 Character Appearance Descriptions. 22:14 Raphael/Raph/Wrath, Mage of Academy. Talks to and serves a cat named Bruce. 23:42 Wilhelm Wolfsbane, Deputy Sheriff, lives in Rudy's Barn escaped from Civil war of Westamar. 24:49 Rudy Whittaker, Sherif of Tearhaven, age 53 married to Local Blacksmith with 10 Children. Has a Owl named Houdini. 26:04 Character Race/Class introductions. 26:07 Rudy as Shifter/Eldritch Knight. Level 5. 26:11 Wilhelm as Human/Swashbuckler Rogue. Level 5. 26:15 Raph as Aasimar/Warlock Pact of the Tomes. Level 5. 50:46 First Dice Roll of the session. 1:01:46 First fight of the session starts with Rudy Whitaker with her portrait in bottom left. 1:03:31 Wilhelm chance with his portrait in bottom left. 1:07:01 Wrath/Raph chance with his portrait in bottom left.

I love the new into. Now and then the sound covered over the voice. But still fantastic. I'm sorry to say "goodbye" to Veo, Sebastian and Pluto. High hopes for this new trio!

I really like the tone of this game. It fits the title of SHADOWS.

"...and I ain't stopping until the swear jar is full" in the Lorem Ipsum. That's awesome.

"A Colour? Did it come out of something...like an area...or a place...maybe a location?"

love, love love the warlock rp. That subclass is so perfect for this setting and I'm nothing but excited to see more.

I'm so happy you guys are back. Tip for Joe. I used to have a mohawk not to far off that one and to kept it standing use white carpenters glue as gel. You'll keep the mohawk a mohawk the whole episode, and it washes out with shampoo

I just came from bingeing dungeons of drakkenheim, these need to be written into a book

My god... when the intro started I jumped out of my seat, and then repeatedly got chills through the entire thing XD

Is it me or does this remind anyone of that color out of space from lovecraft?

Really like how Wrath is somewhat paranoid and follows Bruce's instructions to the letter. Makes you wonder if it's going to develop into something more in the future. Awesome to see you guys back at the table!

THE COLOUR OUT OF SPACE BY H.P. LOVECRAFT love your work guys

“Guess we follow the Bruce…” My soul can’t handle this already. Daaaaaang I’m invested, fully.

Little bit of H.P. Lovecraft, little bit of Terry Pratchett. Love it!

I am BEYOND happy you guys are back. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!

Love the Terry Pratchett inspiration.

Really loved this first episode, definitely intrigued in where it is going.

So excited to see the new characters so excited to see what Revelations are uncovered about Delerium and the meteor and so much more I'm just hype BRING IT!!

Before I see anything else MY GOD THAT INTRO WOOO IVE WAITED SO IMPATIENTLY

Just finished Dungeons of Drakkenheim S1, and I am all in this world!

Dude how B.A. was that opening!!

Just finished Dungeons of Drakkenheim! Can't wait for new episodes of Shadows of Drakkenheim. Great work, love it!

Wonderful! I am excited for this second story arch of what became to be my favourite D&D broadcast!

Tune in next week for John Carpenter's 'The Thing of Drakkenheim'. Damn I really hope this whole series is as messed up as it began!

Welcome back! Monty - Horror is not my thing I easily get scared! However, I wanted to point out that you did an amazing job creating the fear and tension of the scenes inside the farmhouse which is completely evidenced by the players needing to break the mood with laughter and jokes (both after the downstairs scene and during the upstairs one) just to shake themselves out of the frightened mood you had put them in! A big THANK YOU for such a Fantastic job everyone on this 1st episode of the new campaign. I look forward to watching these RU-vid episodes during my breaks as I work on the weekends!

I'm very late to the party but I hear some Cornelius in Wilhelm and I love it

Well Rudi is just the best, I love her.

I'm really digging the references to The Thing. One of my favorite movies

Finally caught up on dungeons and now I'm so excited for new content!!

4/9/2020 Starting this campaign out! Out of restraint for spoilers, I kept myself out of the wiki and much to my surprise, I was shocked to see the wiki has so little activity. So I'm bringing it upon myself to make this wiki amazing!

Woo-hooooooooooooo! More Drakkenheim, and it's new and exciting and super different! I LOVE that we get to see new perspectives. Fantastic job as always and I'm stoked to binge this too!

Rafael do be looking like a netflix adaptation of his character art

Been waiting many a moons for this series. Good to see you guys back

You guys are awesome, and have done so much for me as a player and a new DM! Love the videos, I know I’m a little behind on this campaign that so far I am totally inspired and 100% digging the Lovecraft inspiration behind this session! Can’t wait to see what’s next!

I'm a few weeks behind in hopping on this, but really enjoyed the first session. I came in way too late with season 1 to try to catch up but like the vibe this group is putting off. Really enjoyed the descriptions as well. Looking forward to seeing the rest.

I love everything about this - I also play an aasimar warlock in one of my current campaigns and I love the weird factor a warlock can bring to the table

That new opening is super slick! I love it!

This is my first time seeing your D&D podcasts and I'm now hooked! ^^

I completely forgot you were starting a whole new thing. I'm excited!

I'm so excited to start season 2! I started dnd this year and you guys have helped me learn so much. Many thanks!

I am so excited that you guys are back with a second season! I've been playing D&D off and on since high school, but yours is the first live play I have watched. It's been such a great experience. But I have since tried to watch other live plays of D&D, like Critical Role and they are just not as good as yours. Your game feels like a really good version of real D&D. The friendship, comradery and fun just oozes out of your game! Thanks for being awesome!

So happy there is a whole new season to look forward to cause you are the best :) I like everything about this series, thank you for sharing your work, passion and humour.

So excited for this now. Even if I have to wait a whole week for next episode. And, as a guy with glasses, I'm impressed with Kellys patience and the eye patch (we'll see how long it stays ;) )

The fact Monty has to use his fingers to tell his left and right is awesome.

Love your work!! Watched the previous Dungeons of Drakkenheim in it's entirety.

This is going to be freaking EPIC to binge. I’m going to be DM for the first time in over a decade soon, and I’m scared I’m going to bore everyone in the party. I’m going to be running the story online. Thank you for being so fabulously generous to share this adventure with us!!

First time playing DnD I'm about 4 months into my campaign and you guys have helped me so much thank you guys for your videos you are amazing!!! 💜

Already watched on twitch, but stopping by to drop a like. Great beginning of a new ark, thank you, always a pleasure to see you guys weave a story as you do ^_^

“Like a horse throwing up” “I have a bad feeling” Yeah so do I considering horses physically can’t throw up.

Joe calling out "honey" had me choking with laughter. Great episode.

Did Kelly write 100 rules for his character? If so, Bravo sir

The intro was really cool! Am also enjoying the new background music

Welcomes back dudette and dudes! Very excited for the new chapter!!

A. Hearing Kelley read the rules starts channeling Mortimer lol. B. River is a Tiefling. Raff is an Aasimar. What's Joe's next character a dragon born with the same dad too?

Congratulations on season 2 guys! This is so cool! I'm looking forward to following this season! - Simon

This is the fastest I've ever clicked on anything. Great to see more of y'all!

It's nice to revisit this season again to refresh my mind before the series picks up again

Just found you guys in February and finished season 1 last week. I was not prepared for season 2 to start at Sam Raimi's farm house of horrors. Amazing start!

I got shellshocked when I first heard the intro! I love this already!

OMG. Finally finished DoD so awesome. Great job guys. Great job. Soon ill be all caught up.

Drakkenfoooooorce! Can't wait to see which amazing NPCs we're going to come across this time!

Such an increase in production value in just a year, I am proud.

You Rudi...... You are what happened to this poor family. :o) Blown away by how awesome you guys are, recently discovered the site and been bingeing all the way through Drakkenheim. Monty - I cannot emphasize how in awe I am of you, the skill with which you are able to weave narrative is quite mesmerizing... I shudder to think just how much work must go into it.

49:07 - Was listening as a background podcast and immediately snapped to when you said "horse throwing up," as horses can't throw up. I wouldn't know what that sounds like! Very eerie 😂

Oh, man, this just got good. Love the Lovecraft reference to the otherworldly color... and immediately, we see creatures Drakken-Force never encountered in the form of flesh-eating Treants (is that what they are?)... Also... 1:30:00 onward... What...? What even?? What. IS. *THAT?!?* That's *horrifying!!* Not even the stuff in Drakkenheim was this disgusting! What even, man?? I don't even know! I'm impressed that you've managed to perturb both me and your players... I can only imagine the horrors that exist further from this poor little village. A terrifying and ominous start. I'll be finishing up this archive, and then look forward to watching you guys live.

Colour Out of Space is my favorite Lovecraft story, so I'm pumped for this!

10 kids! There's a good woman. It's probably why she makes such a good sheriff for herding the "children" that make up Tierhaven and its surroundings.

At 1:47:20, Jill really looks like a grumpy evil grandma.

Now I just need The Chain back and all will be right in my viewing world again.

Listening to this and imagining reading a comic makes it much better. Makes me wanna start a dungeon and dragons champaign and making a comic after it.

I HAD to start this season as soon as I finished Dungeons of Drakenheim. I'm LOVING the Lovecraft vibes and also seeing alot of notes of the 1980s The Thing.

That character art is phenomenal.