Massive massive thank you to Skyler for the super thorough proofread, go check out the channel, it's a goldmine of lovely tips! www.youtube.com/@TheADHDM

I ran the one-shot the day this video came out, the players loved it. Thanks Val!

@corkboardsandcuriosities

11 ай бұрын

wow! that was fast!!! haaa i'm so happy it went well! do you have specific moments that you think went well? (or poorly haha, all feedback is great!)

@vindaaris9217

11 ай бұрын

@@corkboardsandcuriosities Watching them gather information while at the temple was really fun. They were blown away by every new piece of information haha I did have a little bit of trouble when they started asking the Sages' neighbors, I didn't know what to say, and they deliberately never mentioned that Wildorine died so they never offered to use the key double, it was kind of awkward

@corkboardsandcuriosities

11 ай бұрын

@@vindaaris9217 oops haha, yeah I could see that being an issue. Thanks so much for the feedback! It's fun to hear the temple was such a big moment for the players, in my head I assumed meeting Ninette would have been the strongest point, but that might just be because i am too biased by my taste in dread hahah

Can I say I have found your channel very recently and it's just... Absolutely fantastic. You approach running D&D from such an immersive, intelligence-respecting perspective where you trust your players and audience to be capable of following you into a deep dive rather than underestimating them. It feels incredibly refreshing. Quickly went to the top of my personal favourites.

Izeline is a fantastic take on the succubus. The whole one shot is really concise while not being obviously on rails. I'm 100% borrowing elements, if I don't end up using it as is.

@corkboardsandcuriosities

11 ай бұрын

haha yeah, I think the "non sexual succubus" thing was really my main incentive to write this, i'm really glad you like this aspect. And yeah, with one shots (and especially for a mystery) I think some rails tend to help, but I'm hoping this one doesn't feel too restrictive to the players? This comment for sure reassures me on that, it's something I always worry about a bit when writing modules. On one hand modules often inherently have some rails to help out the GM, but the less obvious or pushy, the better haha

@Ctrl_Shift_

11 ай бұрын

@@corkboardsandcuriosities I think it does a great job of allowing player choice to drive the story. That's a big part of getting that "solving a mystery" feel. I'm also a sucker for monsters with flipped motivations. I've got Hags in my game that feed on joy. One runs a popular tavern, and another runs a massive bathhouse, but both are pretty "morally flexible" on how they procure that joy.

@corkboardsandcuriosities

11 ай бұрын

@@Ctrl_Shift_ haaaaa hags are my favourite monsterssss they're so good! Love the idea of them feeding on joy, can I steal that for a game?

@Ctrl_Shift_

11 ай бұрын

@@corkboardsandcuriosities Absolutely, anything to make people's games more fun

Ran this tonight with my players and they loved it! Thank you so much for writing this!

This is an amazing concept. I will absolutely run this for my friends. One of them is a very accomplished Keeper who runs a ton of Call of Cthulhu for my friends and I. Hopefully this will give him a taste of his own medicine.

Wow...that is quite incredible. The tone, themes and npc behaviour fit Call of Cthulhu perfectly, I was recently looking for my first scenario to run and now I am seriously considering running yours :)

I love the detail of embroidery! something very beautiful but often not examined by players, and a perfect place to hide pleas for help!

I just realised I wasn't subscribed to your channel. I missed so much good stuff!

Very happy to find this adventure, thanks.

Amazing story! So happy to see your channel continuing to make such high quality content! Can't wait to use this in my game.

@corkboardsandcuriosities

11 ай бұрын

And on my end, so happy to see you sticking around and enjoying this haha, I was a bit spooked about posting a one shot i've written but this reassures me so much

That is an amazing take on the succubus, I am a big fan of reskinning monsters whenever possible to fill a specific need. I'm looking forward to running the one shot the next chance I get to GM.

@corkboardsandcuriosities

11 ай бұрын

oh absolutely agreed. I'm not big on mechanics, more of a flavour/tone person, so the good ol' reskin is my favourite thing. With the occasional replace/remove/add a trait or ability. I'm happy you like this take on the succubus, it was the main motivation to write this one shot!

What an engaging and interesting one shot/story! This was really well thought out and compelling, thanks!

@corkboardsandcuriosities

7 ай бұрын

thank you so much! it was a lot of fun to write haha, although now, I'm thinking perhaps i should make a version of it more suited to call of cthulhu rather than 5e hahaha

Very Poitot meets Call of Cthulu. Nice.

I watched all ur videos and can't wait for more. Thanks for sharing ur ideas

This is honestly one of my favourite KZread channels. So great, useful and fun!

@corkboardsandcuriosities

11 ай бұрын

this makes me too happy

Oh, and as someone who used to play a lot of CoC, I can appreciate a handout!

@corkboardsandcuriosities

11 ай бұрын

hahaha it's good to see in the comments that a bunch of peeps are interested in CoC too, since my goal for the upcoming weeks is to learn to write modules for that system super happy you like it! and yeah, I love handouts hahaha, hopefully next one i'll have time to make pretty handwritten ones!

@joolsgrommers1466

11 ай бұрын

@@corkboardsandcuriosities It’s a perfect story to introduce ‘the Caller’ from Ravenloft. Very similar to it’s MO. Was planning on making them a main villain anyway. When I run this it’ll be the second time they encounter it.

@corkboardsandcuriosities

11 ай бұрын

@@joolsgrommers1466 ooooh i've only ever run 5e's curse of strahd, but I just looked this up and the caller sounds like an awesome character

Sounds great! Already started thinking about implementing it. You do great work, and the storytelling is on point! Keep up the good work!

@corkboardsandcuriosities

11 ай бұрын

thank you so much! please let me know how it went if you run this! I'd love to get some feedback on it !

This is such an amazing oneshot!!!! I cannot wait for your next amazing oneshot!!!

@corkboardsandcuriosities

11 ай бұрын

haaaaa thank you!!! well now i can't wait to get working on the next one !

Wow, so glad I found your channel, this kinda spooky approach to dnd sounds super cool :D

@corkboardsandcuriosities

11 ай бұрын

spooky = everything I aspire to be

Sounds fantastic, look forward to running it

Excellent. Job! I didn't find your plot to be over whelming. Or cliché. Overall descriptions of scenes and characters were good. You didn't make it so obvious. Thank you! 😀

@corkboardsandcuriosities

11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this feedback! I'm really happy that people are liking this, it's my first time writing a one shot independently without a whole studio to proofread and direct it, so it means a lot!

Spectacular video. Seriously felt like I’d been watching for over half an hour at the 5 minute mark. Love the pace. Well done, so much to unpack here. 😊👍

Loved it! I'm just starting a campaign so I think I'll keep this one up my sleeve and drop it in a couple of sessions.

I always look forward to your videos, knowing that they will always be very useful and interesting. It's easy to see all the passion and care you put into each of them, and they are becoming better and better yet again. Keep it up, you should be proud of your work and talent :)

@corkboardsandcuriosities

11 ай бұрын

how dare you warm my cold dead heart so much? In all seriousness though, thank you so much, this makes me so happy and hype to make more

I really agree. Just found it on 7-Mar-24 & really well presented

Another great video. For my next campaign, I very much want to lean into the horror aspect of things, so this video has been helpful! I'll have to check out the pdf for sure.

We play D&D every other Sunday, but I was looking for something for our Halloween 1 shot from Call of Cthulhu. I going to start working this one out in that direction. Perfect timing since I was starting to look around for ideas. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

@corkboardsandcuriosities

11 ай бұрын

aaah that's amazing! please let me know how it went! also, really good to know from the comments that there's a bunch of people here running Call of Cthulhu, because my goal for this august/september is to learn to write CoC modules hahaha

@jewabeus

11 ай бұрын

@@corkboardsandcuriosities AWESOME! It will be close to Halloween when we play, but I'll try my best to let you know how it goes. I'm really excited to hear that you will be writing CoC modules. Thank you, again.

Wow, this is absolutely excellent! And managing to fit it into only 8 pages is an achievement in itself! I'll be adapting this for a gaslight era gothic horror game, maybe adding a few tidbits, an occult bookshop with a bit of extra information on life draining monsters and possible a victim that is currently being corrupted to add a ticking clock element?

@corkboardsandcuriosities

7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Loving all those ideas, I tried to keep this one short for the sake of making it easy to run as a one shot, but if running this with more time, I think I will also go with a victim currently being corrupted, time sensitive stakes are an immediate upgrade

Great stuff! Loving the videos and happy I subscribed! printing it out rn, need some bridging stories after the big catastrophe in a few weeks.

This is very interesting. This specific construction seems to fit the cravings of three of my players. I will surely end up borrowing it eventually.

Amazing work once again! :D

I think any DM could run the adventure immediately after watching this video. This is the missing ingredient for ADHD game prep. Now to practice my Izeline voice...

@corkboardsandcuriosities

11 ай бұрын

I always need more roleplaying as creepy kids in my games that said, this is very encouraging and now i really want to make more hahahah, thanks a bunch again for the amazing proofreading you did on this

Perfectly unsettling. Good job!

@corkboardsandcuriosities

11 ай бұрын

"perfectly unsettling"

Wow, that's a cool set-up for an adventure. My group is not into horror (given we have kids playing), but I cannot help but think that with a little care it could be a cool adventure regardless. Thanks for sharing!

The story and setting and characters all sound great!! I'm putting this into the list of one shots I want to run!

@corkboardsandcuriosities

11 ай бұрын

please let me know how it goes if you run it! i'd love to hear feedback! It's my first time writing a dnd scenario without a whole studio backing me and checking my work haha (although my proofreaders for this are amazinngg), so the more feedback i get to improve, the better!

@haofabs

9 ай бұрын

I finally ran it today for my group and it was BIG HIT!! :D We all loved the characters and plot. The only small change I did for big horror impact was making the house of the Sage couple even creepier, using tips from your other videos. SPOILERS: They couldn't manage to save Ninette, but they did kill the monster. That was a big emotional hit for them. We even added a scene for Ninette's burial were they said some beautiful last words for her.

Great work Valentine! I run my own TTRPG system and your content always translates so easily to it! I love the details and worldbuilding you can do with less than 10 pages! It's always so nice to see you come out with new stuff and I love listening to you explain them!

@corkboardsandcuriosities

10 ай бұрын

haaaa thank you! i really like writing hahaha, so expect to see more coming! glad they and congrats on creating your own system! our of curiosity, what kind of system is it ?

@SpiderDilly

10 ай бұрын

@corkboardsandcuriosities It's called SimpleTop! It's meant to be....well, simple XD I'm aiming to make it friendly for beginners into the world of roleplaying and very homebrew friendly, so more experienced roleplayers can use a system with a lot more freedom for their own systems. It's basically a very light system that provides a foundation for combat, and just tips and tricks for storytelling (and very light systems in case you want to rely on rolling dice to progress the story). So far playtests have gone pretty well, and the goal of homebrew-friendliness and approachability for beginners is pretty good! I've run sessions ranging from Dark Souls boss fights, typical D&D adventures, some of your content, and even a Pokemon mystery dungeon one! If you'd like, I can DM you the link to the online repo with it so you can see updates and all that!

@corkboardsandcuriosities

9 ай бұрын

@@SpiderDilly oooh yes please!!! also wow, pokemon dungeon??

This a awesome! It will hopefully come up in my upcoming campaign, I just need to connect it either to a PC and find a suiting monster. Love your vids keep it up!

This looks like a lot of fun :D Even though I dont play that many premade oneshots I might try this one :)

This is definitely going to be a Call of Cthulhu game for me! Izeline's would be insidiously terrifying as COC monster for the seekers. Love that jump scare in the early part of the video. I was on earbuds and you scared the skin off of me. ha ha.

@corkboardsandcuriosities

11 ай бұрын

oops, my turn spooking the Keeper hahaha

Lovely! I'm running a campaign and one of the players is known to adore mysteries and investigation kind of plays, so if I manage to fit this banger of a oneshot with a location in the campaign, it's going to be the perfect mix for a side questline! Great work (Btw loving your videos

@corkboardsandcuriosities

11 ай бұрын

thank you so so much

The details about Lynette embroidering 'HELP' over and over into the blankets but seeming fine when spoken to is messed up. Very creepy.

WOW!!! Awesome adventure.

Nice, I love mystery and horror stories, it's always nice to see more of them. Sadly I wouldn't be able to play your one-shot myself, can't really find any TTRPG groups nowadays, but it was still interesting to listen about nonetheless

@corkboardsandcuriosities

11 ай бұрын

haaaa the bane of finding a table... no luck finding online games either ?

@_tbg

11 ай бұрын

@@corkboardsandcuriosities Yep, a bit of a ramble incoming: Actually I've never even had a chance to play in person, I only played DnD online before. Even then I've had some pretty bad experiences with online groups at first and was almost ready to give up on it before I found one that clicked, and we've played together for around a year or so. That being said, the games eventually started getting less and less fun (the GM became veeery railroading and pretty much every session was 95% combat against the same few enemy types *for months*), and I've been struggling a lot with mental health so I decided to quit after we finished our first "campaign". Pretty recently I decided to give it another try, wanted to play again and figured that meeting some new people could be good, but no luck so far. Been asking around and checking the listings on Roll20, but most of the time it's either clashing timezones / schedules, or the groups are basically just looking for 1 more person and already have dozens of applications.

I love you're videos! Love horror one shots too! Nothing like getting a group of friends in a room and scaring them, I used to outlaw/Nerf dark vision because it's amazing how much players have to plan and think when they're operating in the dark

@corkboardsandcuriosities

11 ай бұрын

aaaaah thank you so much!!! also if you like horror one shots have you ever considered the game dread? I find it's amazing for a horror one shot night

@phoenixdzk

11 ай бұрын

@@corkboardsandcuriosities oooh that sounds amazing! I'll check it out, thanks!

I've been wanting to try running the Candela Obscura system, and I think this might actually work really well for that.

Love your vids!!! I'll be grabbing the pdf ASAP -I would prolly use it with Vaesen. Thanks for the vid - and adventure. :) ~Fritz

I will adapt that to my VtM chronicle. Very good (= I am looking forward to your next video. Thank you. (=

@corkboardsandcuriosities

11 ай бұрын

oh wow! I hadn't even considered VtM, now I might look into running it for VtM myself hahahah

@gegegebebebe5087

11 ай бұрын

@@corkboardsandcuriosities I decided to go for a Nagaraja

@corkboardsandcuriosities

11 ай бұрын

@@gegegebebebe5087 thank you!! i'll keep that in mind for the day i maybe run this as a VtM game haha

i've been looking for a murder mystery or even just an idea i could use for a Trail of Cthulhu one-shot, and while this doesn't quite work for what i had in mind, it seems like a decent little story that i would love to run. and wouldn't you know it... halloween season is approaching...

@corkboardsandcuriosities

11 ай бұрын

oh i've never played trail of cthulhu or the gumshoe system in general but i've always wanted to! So I can't really speak for how this adventure would work in that specific system, i'd need to look more into it. What's your opinion on trail of cthulhu so far? How easy is it to learn to run? Also, if we believe in it hard enough, it's always halloween.

So not all kids are playing minecraft 24/7, there is hope for mankind.

@corkboardsandcuriosities

11 ай бұрын

hahahaha, in defense of minecraft, my first "scenarios" were little stories i imagined and built things for in minecraft, so that my little cousin could play through them in game. TTRPG seemed like the most logical next step.

Audio quality has improved a lot, well done. I'd like to suggest an editing change. Allow a longer pause at the end of your sentences\ideas for me to process them. I find the lack of pauses makes the audio equivalent of a page of text with no paragraph breaks - it is difficult for me to take the information in

@corkboardsandcuriosities

11 ай бұрын

oh thank you so much for the feedback! I admit I kept that in mind on the more recent one, if it seems better than i'll keep with that rhythm, I do admit this vid is a bit hard to process with the lack of pauses (and it's not the first time i've heard this haha, i really need to get out of that "gotta go fast" instinct haha)

@inactivated0

11 ай бұрын

@@corkboardsandcuriosities keep up the good work :)

Why dnd, when there's a lot of cool horror systems?

@corkboardsandcuriosities

7 ай бұрын

fair question! Mostly because 5e is what I'm most used writing for and the only thing I've actually published for. Although these days I'm learning to write for CoC, and I am planning to eventually move to writing system neutral modules. For the system neutral ones, I'm know it's been done before but haven't gotten the chance to research it more, I just need to take the time to look into it and figure out a proper structure that I like. Until then, 5e it is to scratch that writing itch!

Love this, I planned doing an encounter like this with the false hydra.

@corkboardsandcuriosities

10 ай бұрын

OH. OH MY. love the concept of the false hydra, you're in for a fun time. How would you structure an encounter with it? Thinking myself of bringing it into a game as well

@magoschonkers711

10 ай бұрын

@@corkboardsandcuriosities I will have to reread the original "Goblin Punch" blog post tomorrow and get back to you with a detailed layout.

Bravo! Fantastique!