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Submit Your Questions for the December Q&A Livestream! (Patreon)

Published:
2020-12-12 19:10:24
Edited:
2021-01-25 16:04:56
Imported:
2026-06

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Kelly and Monty are discussing everything Drakkenheim on the December 2020 Livestream!

Join us stream on FRIDAY, December 18th from 6 PM to 8 PM ET!

Please submit any questions by replying to this thread. We ask that you submit no more than one question for consideration. 

Possible sub-topics might include:

Anything about the show, characters, and the campaign

Questions about the upcoming Drakkenheim Campaign book

General questions about running tabletop roleplaying games.

Please leave your questions in the comments below by Friday at noon.

We hope we can answer most submissions, but we may need to narrow our selections occasionally depending on the quantity. We’ll curate the questions to avoid duplicates, and we encourage you to LIKE questions submitted by other patrons which are of interest to you so we can prioritize if necessary. We’ll read out your questions out during the stream, and hopefully take a few extra questions from the live chat as well.

If you miss the live stream, don’t worry — the full recording will be available on YouTube a few days later.

Cheers

Kelly & Monty

Comments

KellowsTinyHut

QUESTION - Do you recommend using an already made module for your first ever campaign as a DM or create your own world and plot from scratch?

SaxyPirate

Do you have a backup character ready?

Samuel Cavender

I really like your concept of "Personal Quests" that you're going to include in the module, and would love to incorporate them into my own games! What would you say are some good examples of some personal quests, and do they vary on what kind of campaign you are playing? I presented this idea to my players, and they aren't sure what would qualify.

Jordan Woloshyn

This might seem a bit vague, but when you are home brewing a campaign setting/adventure, how do you know when you have enough content to start running it? Obviously you don't need everything planned out, nor should you improvise everything from the start, but at what point are you ready to start the adventure?

SaxyPirate

Along those same lines, if somehow the Dusk Wardens TPK happens do you, Monty, have plans for campaign 3?

SaxyPirate

Does Bruce pose a threat to the rat god?

Stephen Jedynak

I have decided to let all Sorcerers and Warlocks have there subclass spell lists be spells known without counting against spells known. Thoughts in this? I was further considering doing the same for Rangers.

Stephen Jedynak

If a person wanted to change characters mid campaign, would you prefer the old character died, or rather have them retire/leave? I can see arguments for either.

SaxyPirate

Is it a full break or is there plans for other games to be streamed like Eldritch Horror or MotW?

Alex

Hello Kelly, Monty, and crew! I wanted to say thank you for all of your content and that I have really enjoyed your Drakkenheim series. My question is about if anything is happening between your players and/or the DM behind the scenes. I've noticed that when you guys are playing that Kelly, Jill, and Joe are always so good at working together to keep the plot moving forward and developing cool ideas on what to do next. This happens sometimes with my players, but not nearly as often as it does with you guys. Does that come from all of your experiences playing rpgs, DM direction, or do you guys have discussions away from the table as a group about what you are hoping to do next? Thanks!

StainsbyKingsby

Hey guys, I’ve just started being a DM. My question to you both is; with my players going off the path or what I have planned, how far ahead should I plan? I’m currently running a homebrew world and we previously ran a few ‘Session 0’s’ which link into this campaign. I’m taking it one or two sessions at a time but I have an ‘ultimate ending’ that I want them to reach.

Moses Allen

Given the season, what are some good tabletop gift ideas for new and/or experienced gamers? Something to reward them for time commitment to a long campaign, to make the group feel appreciated for their on-going contributions in the game narrative.

Goblin

In my game my players make choices that dramatically shift the story. I feel like manipulating the rat prince was one such choice. How much would the story have differed if drakkenforce had killed him instead?

Seth V

What is the thing that you all have enjoyed writing the most for the upcoming book, and why?

Isaac Remnant

You seem to give out a lot of homebrew magic items and potions. What parameters do you have for deciding if you should give it to your players? Also, do you normally do that in other game settings? Because obviously the meteors delirium begs for that to happen in Drakkenheim.

NightRaven

In relation to running/designing a game: I have so many good ideas for my campaign but I don’t know how to properly implement them without knowing how the game will go. How do I know when the time is right to use the plot point I’ve pre-realized?

Klaven Karahasan

How would you go about doing a world where the magic is broken (still usable for obvious reasons but not right). And is there anything you would do in addition to this so that casters aren't handicapped?

Sze Chuan Pang

Monty, Rudi releasing the Fire Elemental in the penultimate SoD fight and her new magic axes ability to grant her temp HP fighting minions gave me the impression that magic items were given a bit too freely. Do you see the risk of the Monty Haul effect (pun intended) affecting future SoD episodes? and how would you go about fixing any Monty Haul situations?

Aliceandbob

*SPOILERS for Season 1* Monty, I wonder to what extent did the players' non-trivial interactions with the NPCs affect the course of the campaign. For example, were you considering Queen Lenore to be "savable" when you designed her? Or was it another instance of the "Rat Prince syndrome": you saw her as just a "boss monster", and had Kelly not taken out that mirror (which seems very unconventional), she'd most likely be dead? Maybe you can name some other examples of unexpected NPC "transformations" from Season 1. As a DM, I'm trying to grasp the balance between the planned and the player-induced. *SPOILERS for Season 1*

Jake Miller

Your feed has helped me go from D&D lacky to holding up my slack(y) in our adventuring party, so thank you! We are all relatively new and having a blast. While I think everyone gets their share of the spotlight, I am curious what tips you had for large group play (we have 7 + DM). I also wouldn't mind if you made this its own episode :) Keep up the great work, Kelly + Monty!

cmac

Can you give us some examples of creative ways to use cunning artisan and artisan tools, like brewer, glassblower, leatherworker, etc.? Most of the time we end up ignoring tem, in my groups anyway, and it seems like a missed opportunity.

Benjamin W

You use a lot of interesting semi-homebrew creatures in the campaign, are you planning to include a monster section in the new book, or maybe a way to "upgrade" existing monster manual entries which have been affected by Delerium?

Martin Hall

In both DoD and SoD, you provide healing potions quite freely. This seems to make a quite different balance in the games, so that healing spells and other healing have much less value. Is this is:

Martin Hall

continuing: a) design decision for shows b) match to player choices c) general play style choice for your group

Tinytalkingtina

You're allowed to go back in time and change how your NPCs or characters reacted to one thing that happened in season 1 of DoD. What do you change?

Daniel Gray Webb

How do you as DM create and as a player support good tempo, building suspense, and creating dramatic scenes and encounters? As a DM how do you open up and set the scene to give the players a chance and encourage them? Then as a player how do you work with that or ask more without interrupting the tempo or DM ?

McSquishy

Hey, thank you guys for always making great content! Question: Oftentimes during combat, spells or abilities take place and force Player Characters to make ability checks. /How lenient should you be with interchangeably using STR or DEX based on what that specific character is known for (i.e. allowing a STR check to be swapped for a DEX check for a Rogue)? How would this decision affect interchanging checks like “Perception v. Investigation” based on their ability scores as well?/

Thomas Keller

Where did you get inspired for the "german-ish" naming of towns, rivers, places in Westemar?

Michael Epp

I'm really looking forward to seeing the Queen of Thieves stats in the upcoming book (fingers crossed that they are included). Such a great character! My question is, did the players have any chance of defeating her in season 1, or were they always going to have to wait to make it to level 20 or something?

ttyybb

If the academy knows magic is genitic are they working on using (true) polymorph to make themselves more powerful or even trying to make mundane people magical?

Gregory Nash

Do you guys ever give out the "Bag of Tricks" in your D&D campaigns? In our group, we've been debating lately how many animals you can control with a single bonus action and how many bonus actions you need to use. My buddy spent hours researching online, but didn't come to a decisive conclusion.

Rich McCann

If this does not include spoilers: Did Lenneth ever love Sebastian's father? She seemed to want a family but didn't really seem too attached to either Sebastian or his father.

Rich McCann

Who or what is the Duchess?

Rich McCann

How does Elric rank in the Academy? At points he seemed to out rank Archmages from other academies.

Rich McCann

Is there a specific reason to make Pluto's father in his 80's?

Rich McCann

When choosing magic items for this campaign did you pick for characters or what fits thematically? I wonder because at a later point in the campaign they find a rod of the pact holder when no PC could use it.

Dunn Yoshitani

New Patreon patron, so forgive me if these questions have already been asked before. First is production-related...before COVID, I loved that you video'd your minis as you played, mainly because it satisfied my need for visual representation of the spatial relations in a battle. Plus Dwarven Forge is gorgeous terrain! But also because, at least at the time, that's what most of us did...you guys were like just another group of friends using their minis. But the execution perhaps needed improvement (no offense). Now with the widespread awareness of VTTs and the beautiful maps you can easily put on screen for us viewers, are you planning to go back to minis when you return to in-person? Are you considering sticking with VTT mapping, even when it's no longer remote? With our support, would you be willing to get a better system of cameras to shoot more clearly the action on the table (camera mounted on an articulated arm perhaps)? Whew, that was quesiton one. I might leave it at that.

Leviathan_Guy

So we know which factions Veo, Sebastian and Pluto sided with but based on their ideals and beliefs alone, which factions would you two side with and why?

Robert Gregory

Is it even remotely possible to destroy drakkenheim and the comet from the silver order and sacred flames point of view?

SaxyPirate

Become a part of the silver order and find out!

Walt Flood

Yeah - this would be great. Almost like the template where you can turn any dragon into a shadow dragon! Maybe a "delerium-ed" monster template!

Walt Flood

I have so many questions about places the characters never visited... but, I think more importantly, will Eldor the immense make an appearance in Shadows? (please??)

Walt Flood

You've previously alluded to some possible guest appearances for some of the upcoming untold tales after the 1st of the year... any teasers on who those may be??? (I'm wildly excited to see Monty DM for some additional players and also see some more looney one-shot level choices being made by the players)

Walt Flood

You've previously mentioned that you had hidden one of every magic item in the ruins of Drakkenheim. Obviously, some of these legendary-level items would be inappropriate for lower-tier characters to obtain. Were they hidden with "gates" that would force some degree of level-appropriateness in order to obtain?

Fox

How accessible do you think the Drakkenheim book will be for first time DMs and would recommend running a Drakkenheim game for a new DMs first long-term campaign? Thanks Dudes cant wait for the kickstarter!

xSilentStrangerx

So we see the way Drakkenforce played out in regards to their alliances, and deciding to give control of the badges to Veo's father... What I am super interested in and curious about is how much of this is 'canon' to the world of Drakkenheim's kickstarter? In other words when we get the (AMAZING) campaign book, is it going to be a brand-new adventure from the ground up with your choice of faction alliances, or are certain choices that Drakkenforce made going to resonate in the sourcebook at all? The answer seems obvious in that it's a brand-new campaign with fresh sandbox choices, but completely omitting the Drakkenforce and what they do from the sourcebook feels difficult to separate out. I feel like they are important NPCs that can't be ignored, and as a result they would probably accomplish roughly similar things to what we saw in the campaign. Whew, sorry for the minor novel but I feel it can be an interesting discussion! Thanks, and you guys rock! <3

Clifton Ponciano

How did you come up with Delerium? Were there other campaign choices being thrown around before deciding to run Dungeons of Drakkenheim?