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

@TheArcaneLibrary

11 ай бұрын

Aw, shucks! :) Thank you very much for saying that!

@jjbudinski8486

11 ай бұрын

@TheArcaneLibrary Well deserved after so much hard work. You are the Bob Ross of TTRPGs lol

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.

@TheArcaneLibrary

11 ай бұрын

"Marinated fiend nugget" is my new favorite descriptor! 🤣

@meshuggahshirt

6 ай бұрын

The Demon Lord Jubilex has entered the chat

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

@twentysides

9 ай бұрын

Nashville hot boneless demon!

"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

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

@TheArcaneLibrary

10 ай бұрын

Hahahahaaa! I love it! :D

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!

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

@TheArcaneLibrary

10 ай бұрын

Hahahahaha, amazing!!

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

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

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!

@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115

11 ай бұрын

subscribed and waiting for your content.

@RadiantPathGaming

10 ай бұрын

Thanks! Yeah I'm excited to start. Should be in September. :)@@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115

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!

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

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.

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

@TheArcaneLibrary

10 ай бұрын

Yes! Hahahaha!

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.

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.

Instantly thought of that x-files episode. IFYKYK

Nice animation at the end.

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...

@Dyundu

7 ай бұрын

Like a sapient, malicious feather boa, except instead of feathers, it’s covered in foul-smelling rubbery gloop, and it has a single malefic cats-eye, rimmed with fire, and an eel’s mouth ringed with six rows of teeth.

Awesome as usual, many thanks for this!

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

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

@TheArcaneLibrary

11 ай бұрын

Hahahahaaaa! I am particular to bacon-wrapped stingbat bites!

Love it! Thanks for sharing your insight Kelsey!

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

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.

I love your CHART SUPPORTS! Great Job!!

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]

Is that a print master? Production copy? Cool!

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.

I like it simple and useful

Oh, nice and useful 💜💜

Very cool!

This was very helpful

🐘🐘🐘 The Colonel Hathi Principle

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

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?

Very cool.

😭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

So I just have the QuickStart guide since I can't afford the actual book just yet, is there anywhere I can get a blank fillable monster stat block sheet? I don't think it's anywhere on there, but I wasn't sure if it's something that came with the actual book or not

Moar Monsters!

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

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?

@TheArcaneLibrary

10 ай бұрын

Not yet! I've been working to get that geared up and had the lucky opportunity to meet Trevor Devall in person recently (of the Me, Myself, and Die KZread channel), who gave me a lot of ideas to chew on. Stay tuned -- updates on it soon!

@mariuskrauer8685

10 ай бұрын

@@TheArcaneLibraryVery nice

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

@TheArcaneLibrary

11 ай бұрын

I just used a tweaked version of some of my layout documents for the Shadowdark books... But some great publishers have made template files for Shadowdark material, like this one! sersavictory.itch.io/shadowdark-rpg-affinity-publisher-template

@xavierp7658

10 ай бұрын

@@TheArcaneLibrarythank you very helpful

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

@TheArcaneLibrary

10 ай бұрын

The PDFs are up right now on the arcane library's webstore, but the physical books will probably be available in October if all things remain on track! :)

@f.a.santiago1053

10 ай бұрын

@@TheArcaneLibrary I was able to back the digital copy but not the physical because of money issues. Now O have the money, buy can't change my pledge. lol So I'll just wait for October. Thanks, Kelsey!!

@TheArcaneLibrary

10 ай бұрын

@@f.a.santiago1053 Oh dang! I can help you change your pledge if you want to (no pressure), we have admin powers to alter locked pledges. Email me at kelsey@thearcanelibrary.com with the details if you want me to do that!

@f.a.santiago1053

10 ай бұрын

@@TheArcaneLibrary admin powers for the win!!

Kelsey, I love you❤

@TheArcaneLibrary

10 ай бұрын

Hahaha, thank you! :)

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

Anyone know when the shadow dark books will be shipped?

@TheArcaneLibrary

10 ай бұрын

Current date (which hasn't changed in a while now) is October! :)

@dreamleaf6784

10 ай бұрын

@@TheArcaneLibrary thanks!

Give us a module kelsey, pls

@TheArcaneLibrary

10 ай бұрын

They take a while to write! 😅 But I have been seeing your thoughts on wanting a "Keep on the Borderlands" style adventure, and that's what I'm aiming for. :)