Davvy's Review of Hoard of the Dragon Queen

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  • @spagandhi
    @spagandhi4 жыл бұрын

    I think this is the most angry davvy has ever been in a video

  • @ruikirisame1744

    @ruikirisame1744

    4 жыл бұрын

    Angry davvy is like angry Terry from Brooklyn 99

  • @LovingPrinceTamayuki

    @LovingPrinceTamayuki

    4 жыл бұрын

    Meh, he needs to get angry every once in a while. We all need to let off some steam at times. Dragon Queen just sounds like it has some substantial flaws... I've seen stuff like that and I've been to that boiling point where I just needed to Davvy my Chapps and yell but I hope it doesn't get to him. I can't stand seeing when people think their natural expression of emotion or passion is a negative just because they made "too many criticisms..." They start feeling like, "I was being too negative..." (Which isn't true, but now you are by nitpicking about how critical you were...) Yeah, don't be too critical, but don't be too critical of yourself when you make a video.

  • @adamwelch4336

    @adamwelch4336

    4 жыл бұрын

    So skulls that movie in the 90s secret society film

  • @km1dash6

    @km1dash6

    4 жыл бұрын

    It seemed less angry and more frustrated and disappointed. The sound if his voice was like when he talked about the ranger.

  • @MrKailanb

    @MrKailanb

    3 жыл бұрын

    Played this as level 3 still got 1 shot by the end of ep1, and then the rail road was set 👌

  • @Alicendre
    @Alicendre4 жыл бұрын

    As a DM currently running the Tyranny of Dragons, I 100% agree with your review. My players are having a blast (doesn't hurt that most of them are pretty passive and are happy staying on the tchoo tchoo), but any time they decide to do any action that's not THE linear path, I have to move mountains to make it work. It makes me sad because it's possibly the most traditional "explore the world and kill dragons" campaign in 5e, and if it were not so linear and better balanced, it would truly be iconic. Also, fuck chapter 4.

  • @Csrumk

    @Csrumk

    4 жыл бұрын

    You may have already done this, but I wish I had written an outline for the module the first time I DM'd it. WotC seemed to have pushed it out way too quickly, and there are some serious plot holes as you've seen already. A skeletal outline would have helped me seem like a more organized DM that was running a more thought-out module. Good luck on your game!

  • @mshatters28

    @mshatters28

    4 жыл бұрын

    I totally agree, I'm running this campaign at the moment. But heavily amended to suit my players free roaming style, I've added extra locations and npcs. Plus they've had a week or so in Baldur's gate chasing bad guys around, extra work for me but worth the effort. I'm missing chapter 4 completely total waste of time imho.

  • @GalvatronRodimus

    @GalvatronRodimus

    3 жыл бұрын

    What iconic locations are supposed to be visited in chapter 4? Davvy's anti-spoiler policy made it hard to understand that bit.

  • @Alicendre

    @Alicendre

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@GalvatronRodimus Baldur's Gate. Oh I forgot, Waterdeep too, but I'm not sure for the other two. They both get extremely little screen time and almost no description. Thankfully though, both have adventures dedicated to them nowadays. I haven't played Avernus but Dragon Heist is excellent at fleshing out Waterdeep, and actually better at that than its scenario, which honestly felt like a bait and switch because if you play it by the book, there isn't a fucking heist.

  • @capy-karma186
    @capy-karma1864 жыл бұрын

    *Player Having To Deal With Continuous Chapter Four BS:* "I DIDN'T SKIP WORK TODAY JUST TO PLAY WALKING SIMULATOR THE BOARD GAME!!"

  • @azmiraclegirl441

    @azmiraclegirl441

    3 жыл бұрын

    Amen!

  • @buboniccraig896
    @buboniccraig8964 жыл бұрын

    Wow Davvy hasn't been this mad since the ranger

  • @danieldosso2455

    @danieldosso2455

    4 жыл бұрын

    Especially the Wizard!

  • @blueray2174

    @blueray2174

    4 жыл бұрын

    @cak01vej i feel like with the Wizard he was more "annoyed at blatant favoritism" than "angry" the Ranger one felt like he was upset at how "meh" a newbie bait class is especially since fixing it doesn't seem that hard all things considered

  • @leonmoonson
    @leonmoonson4 жыл бұрын

    Please do a DM counterpart with how you prefer to fix the downsides! Now that is off my chest, I would love to hear your opinion on the Adventure in the 5e Starting Box. I have been having troubles running that one each time I try and end up doing off the rails to liven up the adventure.

  • @hazama0634
    @hazama06344 жыл бұрын

    I get the feeling Davvy doesn't like this module

  • @defensivekobra3873

    @defensivekobra3873

    4 жыл бұрын

    Really? Didint notice it

  • @hazama0634

    @hazama0634

    4 жыл бұрын

    defenseive kobra I mean it might just be my hyperactive imagination

  • @defensivekobra3873

    @defensivekobra3873

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@hazama0634 yeah probably. Maybe you should go see an doctor?

  • @hazama0634

    @hazama0634

    4 жыл бұрын

    defenseive kobra yeah that's probably a good idea

  • @DHTheAlaskan

    @DHTheAlaskan

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@hazama0634 well if you are part of the cult you get healthcare so you might be able to afford it.

  • @mediamaddness523
    @mediamaddness5234 жыл бұрын

    Dear sir davvius cap, second of second of your name, king of the unearthed arcana reviews, Lord of the dance, and Super gay boy supreme ..... Yes I would love a video on the DM side of the book, please and thank you

  • @clarkside4493
    @clarkside44934 жыл бұрын

    Are you going to run the revamped version of the adventure when it is released? They've said they're going release an updated version some time later.

  • @blazesalamancer8767

    @blazesalamancer8767

    4 жыл бұрын

    I would like to see if they fix most of this if he'll revisit it again.

  • @ChrundleKelly

    @ChrundleKelly

    4 жыл бұрын

    Where did you see they were revamping HotDQ? Because all the things that I saw was it's going to be re-released as it was but with updated art.

  • @clarkside4493

    @clarkside4493

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ChrundleKelly Right here. A reworked opening chapter and they included all the errata. dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/rpg-products/tyranny-dragons

  • @ChrundleKelly

    @ChrundleKelly

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@clarkside4493 Nice! I honestly thought people were gona fall for it again. Very good news.

  • @Wanderingsage7

    @Wanderingsage7

    4 жыл бұрын

    But they won't fix beastmaster ranger.

  • @johnkiezulas7439
    @johnkiezulas74394 жыл бұрын

    Hoard of the dragon queen was the module that me and my friends used for our first try at d&d. We all did have fun and went on to try other modules (especially Curse of Strahd) and looking back it really wasn't that good. For starters, one of our party members died in Greeenest, the beast master ranger I made really didn't do much aside from being our devoted archer, and the shit ton of travel time really didn't lead to anywhere. In fact looking back, the best moments we had were due to a combination of our dm tweaking things for us, and character moments. One of the highlights for us was when my character Laura accidentally found herself pressed into working as a poledancer for a day in baulder's gate because she was brought in by a big guy, was told she would make some cash, and figured they would need it due to our bard Sigfield's drinking problem. The rest of the party found her being a fan favorite at the strip club, her wolf Fenrir (who Sigfield constantly called "Loki spawn") was outside depressed, the rest of the party was completely caught off guard, and the phrase "elven flexibility" was introduced. But that shows how we had to make our own fun, because it was an event even our gm didn't see playing out the way it did. Edit: Another big moment was when my character (a human who was raised by wood elves) was introduced to a drow sigfield had feelings for, and she nearly pissed herself at the sight of her.

  • @connectionpoints930
    @connectionpoints9304 жыл бұрын

    6:02 Our fighter got instantly incinerated by a half-dragon's lightning breath weapon which suddenly changed to "non-lethal damage"

  • @Thiccyg

    @Thiccyg

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yup as a lvl 4 paladin with 29 hit points left i got knocked to 1 hp a d we got tpked. Our dm planned for it though and had an awesome post death demonic intervention

  • @kori228
    @kori2284 жыл бұрын

    3:24 "shades of grey with zero consequence to the story that may as well not be there" *shows a pic of boruto* well played, well played

  • @damianmorningstar3150

    @damianmorningstar3150

    3 жыл бұрын

    kori228 Sarada best girl still

  • @michaelfong1813
    @michaelfong18134 жыл бұрын

    Can we get a video, quick or lengthy, dealer’s choice, where you rank the premade adventures? I like the deep dives as well (this was very helpful) but I would also like to know which premade I should dive into

  • @zoesequeira5388

    @zoesequeira5388

    4 жыл бұрын

    My first ever time dm'ing, I ran Curse of Strahd. It's dark with lots of fun lore and a very fun antagonist

  • @Thiccyg

    @Thiccyg

    4 жыл бұрын

    Im gonna run either CoS or LMoP for my first time dming. Any tips or recommendations? First time dming (played dnd before) and first time players for my party

  • @zoesequeira5388

    @zoesequeira5388

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Thiccyg Strahd everywhere. Have him show up to taunt, congratulate, and/or test the party. And remember, he probably has more spells in his spell book than in his stat block, so feel free to pull out a spell he doesn't officially know. And one suggestion I was given is, if the players are invited to dinner with Strahd, perhaps Strahd has taken players family/friends/background characters and invited them as guests. These guests could be obviously in danger, blissfully unaware, or even turned into vampire spawn. There is so much you can do with Strahd alone Also, it apparently has it's own subreddit: www.reddit.com/r/CurseofStrahd/

  • @Thiccyg

    @Thiccyg

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@zoesequeira5388 oh that is just too good. Thank you!! Im going to have a loooooot of fun with this

  • @deltaphant_
    @deltaphant_4 жыл бұрын

    Playing this campaign was my first time both playing D&D at all and DMing, and every single player was new too. The railroading and simplicity was thus pretty nice, since none of us were really ready for the more complex stuff. I still wouldn't call it good or anything, even as a new DM I think some of my alterations were pretty good decisions.

  • @Csrumk

    @Csrumk

    4 жыл бұрын

    I bet any of your alterations were great in comparison to what was originally written (or not written). I think every DM that runs HotDQ had to learn the hard way to start pencil whipping plot points.

  • @Csrumk
    @Csrumk4 жыл бұрын

    How to Prepare to DM HotDQ: Step 1: Find a red pen. Step 2: Cross out 60-70% of the content. Step 3: Write in whatever you need to make the story cohesive. Step 4: Throw it away and run CoS or OotA or ToA or GoSM or anything else.

  • @justinboyd9833
    @justinboyd98334 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for this video!! I’ve been looking for a series that reviewed the prewritten modules from a player perspective and wasn’t super spoilery. Would love to see more videos like this one! 😁

  • @thereaIitsybitsyspider
    @thereaIitsybitsyspider4 жыл бұрын

    Davvy's hair gets better with each video

  • @troylamontagne5998
    @troylamontagne59984 жыл бұрын

    Honestly i love how you did this. Video! I would like to see a more involved review going over more plot points in later videos as maybe a spoilers be ahead section. As always great work my dude

  • @SmittyWerbenjagermandragon
    @SmittyWerbenjagermandragon4 жыл бұрын

    *my first reaction:* "Wait what? HDQ is sucky?" *Midway through video:* "Holy S***! HDQ does suck." *Davvy askes if he should tell us how to fix it* "YES!" *immediately grabs davvys hands and puts them on the cashcow's udders* "DO THE THING!!! NOW!!!"

  • @Hermslice
    @Hermslice4 жыл бұрын

    So this might be my fave video you have done. Please please do more like this!! Getting insight from a professional DM on how this play, would def help to give confidence in my experience running a game. Knowing that others have issues with certain parts would be super awesome

  • @Grammoth
    @Grammoth4 жыл бұрын

    I really hope you keep this series up, no one seems to really review the modules and its hard to see from the outside which are great or crap.

  • @FrumpybutSuperSmart
    @FrumpybutSuperSmart3 жыл бұрын

    This was so deeply accurate to my experience of running this adventure. Vindication. Feel free to do a review of Rise of Tiamat as well. Also I'd really enjoy a thorough breakdown of your changes. I'm nearing the end of Tyranny of Dragons now, but I'd still love to try it again in the future.

  • @Biostasis5x7

    @Biostasis5x7

    2 жыл бұрын

    what major changes did you use? I've got Hotdq/Rise of Tiamat as my 3rd tier campaign story. So I'd like to hear what alterations you went with.

  • @ClockworkBard
    @ClockworkBard4 жыл бұрын

    More of these, please and thank you! I've run mostly homebrew and self-made campaigns for decades. My improv and creativity are on point, but free/prep time is lacking these busy adult-type days. I recently turned to Yawning Portal's Sunless Citadel to help catch my breath and it went over really well, but also illuminated to me how weak my module-fu really is. The insight of a seasoned runner into which modules are worth my limited time and how best to run them is and would continue to be invaluable.

  • @Alovatololo
    @Alovatololo4 жыл бұрын

    I don't want to go to Ohio. Please don't force me Daddy chappy.

  • @zackmc7123
    @zackmc71234 жыл бұрын

    These are fantastic my guy!

  • @kriss7352
    @kriss73524 жыл бұрын

    i love this. Not many (if any) makes videos about modules that is under 1 hour and is spoiler free. i always fear to be spoiled if i look for reviews, which would take the fun out of it if i were a player. i hope you make more of these videos of the other modules.

  • @CharlieDouglas
    @CharlieDouglas4 жыл бұрын

    pleeeeeeeease do more module reviews. this was one of your best videos so far

  • @-POISON-
    @-POISON-4 жыл бұрын

    This is great. We need more of these reviews.

  • @HATEPR00F
    @HATEPR00F4 жыл бұрын

    Dude you have to do these for all of them. I can't wait for the DM video!

  • @zacchaeusabbiati2452
    @zacchaeusabbiati24522 жыл бұрын

    The editing in this video gives me vertigo. It's like he's making us experience the pain of this module with him XD

  • @Eliphas_
    @Eliphas_4 жыл бұрын

    Its the first campaign i DM’ed. My party got TPK’ed in the first episode. If you played this campaign, you know why...

  • @arandomcheese

    @arandomcheese

    4 жыл бұрын

    I read the first chapter. It seems like the players should be at least level 3 before dealing with all of... that. Also, there is nothing stop a group of smart reasonable PC's just going "Fuck this" and leaving therby ending the main plot hook. immediately.

  • @therai8392

    @therai8392

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah the first time we’re they are all 1stLv and they fight a adult dragon with no long rests I have been trying to fix this but I just can’t

  • @ga9ga3xy28

    @ga9ga3xy28

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yup, my party all died at least once each (successful death saves, thankfully)

  • @jackekal3305

    @jackekal3305

    4 жыл бұрын

    Had my first ever tpk with this module, for a little bit after I honestly thought I messed up while running it despite following the module best I could. Glad to see I’m not the only one

  • @HDFSpeedNuva

    @HDFSpeedNuva

    4 жыл бұрын

    When we played this, we managed to talk the dragon into leaving. The DM said he was glad about that because fuck fighting the dragon

  • @francoallieri51
    @francoallieri514 жыл бұрын

    Try with Tomb of annihilation. It's a blast for the DM and the characters will recive more than one blast :D

  • @2MeterLP

    @2MeterLP

    4 жыл бұрын

    ToA can be a bit of a walking simulator, though. My favorite module by far is Curse of Strahd.

  • @francoallieri51

    @francoallieri51

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@2MeterLP perhaps, but unless you are walking aimlessly through the jungle, you can ff to the next location. Also, the random encounter table is really great.

  • @reubenfromow4854
    @reubenfromow48544 жыл бұрын

    I might be running this soon and I NEED your wisdom Mr Chapster

  • @davecantshutup7446
    @davecantshutup74464 жыл бұрын

    Nail on the fricken head Davvy. I've always felt that most of the credit to the quality of 5th edition lands on the DMs, and let me be clear, it shouldn't be that way. If I play your game with the base mechanics and instructions and it isn't engaging and dynamic, something is askew. I think they've made marked improvements, but all my favorite parts of the game have been DMs ripping their souls apart to make a good time. It shouldn't be like that.

  • @ArcNeoMasato

    @ArcNeoMasato

    4 жыл бұрын

    Just out of curiosity, is there an edition you feel does do that? (Black sheep idea, but I personally think 4th edition did that to a small degree, at least with just how much happened or could happen in combat, but the story being fun was 100% the DM's problem for sure, though I don't know how you could get away from that.)

  • @davecantshutup7446

    @davecantshutup7446

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ArcNeoMasato I don't think I've seen it with D&D but other games like burning wheel has done a better job IMO.

  • @davecantshutup7446

    @davecantshutup7446

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ArcNeoMasato 4th edition brought some cool ideas but in my experience it missed the mark because it is strictly a dungeon crawler when most players want more role playing than pure combat

  • @ArcNeoMasato

    @ArcNeoMasato

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'll have to look into that system, thanks! And it missed the mark for sure in some ways. From my experience, most D&D editions do in some way. I've actually had the most fun taking 4th and 5th editions rulesets and mashing them together into a sort of 4.5 edition, but I also switch to other systems from time to time just because. lol

  • @davecantshutup7446

    @davecantshutup7446

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ArcNeoMasato haha, I ended up modding 5e and 3.5 so much that it barely resembles it in my group.

  • @donovancrews2919
    @donovancrews29194 жыл бұрын

    Great video! Do more of these, like out of the abyss!

  • @thelonelion
    @thelonelion3 жыл бұрын

    I love these reviews of modules. I enjoyed ride of Tiamat so I’m excited to hear your thoughts. I’d also like to hear your thoughts on Storm King’s Thunder, it’s my personal favourite module

  • @UndeadForsaken
    @UndeadForsaken4 жыл бұрын

    Oh, yeah. A series i can get behind. I'm running a lot of modules lately to help me with the prep work, so i wanna know more.

  • @buboniccraig896
    @buboniccraig8964 жыл бұрын

    Man you gotta do more of this.

  • @montezuma0000
    @montezuma00004 жыл бұрын

    Hey! I like that you're trying to keep it spoiler free, but maybe put some clips in talking about some of the modifications you've made. I love hearing about changes to hardcovers. Great vid!

  • @autisticlizard5468
    @autisticlizard54684 жыл бұрын

    This video is already a lot of help (even without a DM's guide), because it explains part of why my players are struggling through it. It plays off several of my personal weaknesses, such as what to do when the players don't want to follow the plot.

  • @ramgladore
    @ramgladore2 жыл бұрын

    Oh God I was planning to take my group thru this after we complete Phandelver. I wonder if there's a revised PDF of HotDQ I can get online.

  • @ChronoShadow69
    @ChronoShadow694 жыл бұрын

    My table just finished up this module at our Adventure League nights (I know, I know, 'Ew, AL!') and you nailed it near the end: A good DM or a good party can make fun out of almost anything, but even to a party that is over half total-newbies to D&D, it was obvious this book was... not great. We had great moments! ...but we made those ourselves. We EARNED them. Also, we're running Storm King's Thunder next, so I"m excited for more of these from ya, Davvy!

  • @diegomaldonado2996
    @diegomaldonado29964 жыл бұрын

    Love your videos. You should make one on into the abyss

  • @rolay7730
    @rolay77304 жыл бұрын

    You should do this more often, I would love to see your opinion on mechanics and magic items that appear in latter books.

  • @tysenfromwork4145
    @tysenfromwork41454 жыл бұрын

    this was cool I hope you do one on curse of strahd and the dm vid to fix it would be awesome

  • @awithee119
    @awithee1194 жыл бұрын

    Please review more modules. I loved this video.

  • @TheJPKaram
    @TheJPKaram4 жыл бұрын

    I think a series of video on each adventure book is cool especially if it's two per book, one like this, the player perspective, and one like you said at the end, the GM perspective

  • @EdBurke37
    @EdBurke374 жыл бұрын

    I would like more of this, please.

  • @mitchellorchard2163
    @mitchellorchard21634 жыл бұрын

    Your my favourite DnD KZread Davvy keep it up mate.

  • @atillabotondkelemen6520
    @atillabotondkelemen65204 жыл бұрын

    can't wait for the other modules

  • @karmaschampion8940
    @karmaschampion89404 жыл бұрын

    Great Video as always and Frankly kinda funny timing as I myself have been looking into the Modules. It would be interesting to see both the player and DM perspectives on these modules as it would help a lotta people make more informed purchases, it also probably gives you an ass ton of videos to write but hey at least the concept is there. Either way great video as always. On a side note. Any recommendations for a module for players that love to min max and roll dice to hit shit? My mind's been drifting towards Mad Mage because it's a huge mega dungeon that I'd only have to tinker with as needed. But I hear it's a bit lacking in terms of plot. Some of my guys are big RPers as well. Any idea for a combat heavy module with some good RP?

  • @MOsesIcan
    @MOsesIcan4 жыл бұрын

    So yeh more of these please

  • @jroden06
    @jroden064 жыл бұрын

    WOO! New Davvy Chappy!!

  • @christopherwilliams6902
    @christopherwilliams69024 жыл бұрын

    I'm running this now. Make more HoTDQ videos

  • @skyesilverwing8922
    @skyesilverwing89224 жыл бұрын

    A lot of modules have the issue of a known City that the party isn't meant really be spending time in being on the map. Even Lost Mine of Phandelvar had the City of Neverwinter within a day's travel of its key locations, but when the players inevitably head back there, the module has no information on it.

  • @Niemandzockt
    @Niemandzockt4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the heads up

  • @UberBri
    @UberBri4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the great video and rant away. Your passion is hot. 😍🥰

  • @STARWARSMAN7000
    @STARWARSMAN70004 жыл бұрын

    I'm currently just on the beginning of chapter 4, thankfully I'm yoinking materials from other modules to boost it a little... still cant believe nothing is even spoken of about thr DAMN COMPANION FLOATING OVER THE SKY OF THE SECOND CITY YOU GO TO

  • @bigkid3571
    @bigkid35714 жыл бұрын

    I did the starter set then had the players delve into their backstory for 2 levels before bringing them to the hunting lodge. one quick interaction with Leosin filled them in on the storyline.

  • @Csrumk

    @Csrumk

    4 жыл бұрын

    That legit sounds like the smartest way to go about playing HotDQ. You, Sir, are a genius.

  • @lukethegamingkiwi662
    @lukethegamingkiwi6624 жыл бұрын

    on the bright side in a couple weeks Tyranny of Dragons (the storyline Hoard of the Dragon Queen comes from) is getting a remake, the two books become one and apparently Wizards are fixing some of the story trouble that Hoard had thanks to player feedback so yeah there is hope

  • @blackhillsbirder881
    @blackhillsbirder8814 жыл бұрын

    That's why our game of HOTDQ is pretty much all homebrew story and character wise. We still use the dungeons because as you said they are pretty neat in the later chapters, but we have been off book for about 12 sessions. I've been reading up on each town they go to to make plot hooks and I couldn't be happier about it. We skipped the majority of the long haul north

  • @cutterg3198
    @cutterg31984 жыл бұрын

    Loved the review....Hope you do more and/or rank some other modules in the near future. I just recently started DM'ing....had a great time starting my group with LMoP. Did a google search as to 'where to go next' and I shit you not HotDQ showed up as a 'decent' option. Since I had introduced a dragon cult in Lost Mines I said...sure....why not? I've since regretted that decision but we're muddling along. Basically gutted all the bullshit you already mentioned and so far we're having fun. But jeebus...I don't see how you're supposed to survive the final chapter at the level they recommend. Anyway....... Definitely be interested in what are better options given your experiences with DMing. (I got through the first 5-10 pages of Strahd and it didn't grab me. Maybe i'll have to have another look)

  • @Funkin_Disher
    @Funkin_Disher4 жыл бұрын

    YES DO ALL THE ADVENTURES Would've been nice to hear this 3 months ago when I started a new group on HotDQ but hey, like you said they're having a blast regardless

  • @Alurkerdood
    @Alurkerdood4 жыл бұрын

    Have you taken a look at the 5e remakes of Red Hand of Doom?

  • @fateguardian2825
    @fateguardian28254 жыл бұрын

    I am running this campaign right now and to have some fun with it my players are playing homebrew classes. It adds to the fun especially since some have played it as players before

  • @StarkMaximum
    @StarkMaximum4 жыл бұрын

    Based on how you describe it, it feels like a lot of Hoard was them going "Hey, old fans! Remember old thing?? Old thing back! Old thing good! Okay let's go see other old thing now!" But 5e brought in a lot of new players who have no attachment to Old Thing, and want to see New Thing. Also like many others have said yes GM-focused reviews and more module reviews are hot requests. PLEASE do Storm King's Thunder, I love it and I've been studying it and it's my DREAM to run it.

  • @k-sanend6474
    @k-sanend64744 жыл бұрын

    I feel like God just answered my questions been asking around for opinion on hoards of the Dragon queen cause my dm asking the players for what module he should use and I wanted to play this module but I have no idea what to expect thanks for the video it really help me out

  • @olis87
    @olis874 жыл бұрын

    Would love to see more of these module reviews. I'd love to play an adventure module but I'm never sure what's worth the money and time investment.

  • @goodberry4825
    @goodberry48254 жыл бұрын

    I honestly didn't mind your rant because everything said was solid and also emotional. As long as ranting doesn't become your Thing, I wouldn't mind more.

  • @The_Elara_Story
    @The_Elara_Story4 жыл бұрын

    Im running this campaign for the first time for my regular group and I modified it to fit in to my Homebrew world do to a characters background. So far they are still on Chapter 3 and have nearly died 4 times but the rise and fall of all of it keeps my players in constant planning on how to progress. Honestly, Im kind of a brutal DM. Consequences are a big part of my gig and I allow the characters to roam and wander as they please. Recently they took the wrong route in the Chapter 3 cave and we had fight with 9 lvl 3 players and 5 Berserkers, Cyanwrath, and Frulam. Nearly half the group was downed and the other half struggled. They got upset with me because I had them fight them but then understood that I had them do nothing. They falled Frulam, Failed stealth checks, and started the fight. I can't wait to see where they take this next!

  • @hisnameisvila
    @hisnameisvila4 жыл бұрын

    More of this plz

  • @rotheraisscott7315
    @rotheraisscott73154 жыл бұрын

    Can't wait to see davvy get hyped af at Ebarron: rising from the last war

  • @andrewbarragan3520
    @andrewbarragan35204 жыл бұрын

    I definitely agree that this module is very linear and has an unnecessary amount of filler. As you said, a good DM can make this a more enjoyable experience. If I’m ever running Tyranny of Dragons, then I usually grant a bonus feat and give them an extra level boost at certain points to give a more heroic feel. It is interesting to watch a party go full out hard mode and attempt this module with rangers only and no DM gifts (especially early in Hoard of the Dragon Queen). Your players have to be okay with the idea of death and absolute frustration if they want to do this. This group of mine just wanted to raw dog the adventure with as little advantage as possible and made it through Hoard and a little pass the halfway mark in the Rise of Tiamat before life happened and the group had to split ways. The other modules are phenomenal, but I had some great memories with Hoard. Great review 👍

  • @Dile0303
    @Dile03033 жыл бұрын

    11:12 "all of the other pretty great modules that 5th edition has to offer" *Shows image of planeshift-Zendikar Me: Yes

  • @martinpat94
    @martinpat944 жыл бұрын

    I am running a home brew campaign and a friend said it sounded similar to this campaign so I’m just taking some parts from this and we will see how it ends up

  • @cpt.buckpyrax9510
    @cpt.buckpyrax95104 жыл бұрын

    Hey, thanks for the information in regards to this book. Not gonna lie, had considered running it for my own campaign, but now I'm gonna have to really think about what alterations I'll have to make for the sake of the campaign. Side note, got any suggestions as a GM to make the player not travel as much?

  • @arturv.a.4542
    @arturv.a.45424 жыл бұрын

    Running it, we're but an encounter away to end the cursed 4th chapter.

  • @pranakhan
    @pranakhan4 жыл бұрын

    As a DM of this, I think we had a good time. Of course I rebuilt the whole goddamn thing; fleshed out the places, the NPC's and their relation to each other in the wider story while approaching individual player side missions and a "ritual killer" subplot in CH.4, but yeah. It's been good. I think if they had been more honest about being linear in design, with some side hooks sprinkled in, it would have made more sense than trying to create a "cohesive" module. I just "remixed" it, and used the pieces I liked thematically to hold it all together.

  • @Solereaper21
    @Solereaper214 жыл бұрын

    “The best edition of d&d that has appeared in years”... so you mean it’s better than 4e. Just say that then

  • @DavvyChappy

    @DavvyChappy

    4 жыл бұрын

    "The best edition of D&D that has appeared in exactly 42 years"

  • @wanderer7965

    @wanderer7965

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@DavvyChappy Ah, the famous double down. Glad to see you fighting on that hill.

  • @DavvyChappy

    @DavvyChappy

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@wanderer7965 I took the dodge action.

  • @KlausWulfenbach

    @KlausWulfenbach

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@DavvyChappy Rules-wise, I'd agree. In terms of cultural importance, I'd place it in third behind AD&D1 and D&D3e.

  • @wanderer7965

    @wanderer7965

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@DavvyChappy ah, but your enemies are flanking you from all sides, so they attack without disadvantage.

  • @Petrico94
    @Petrico944 жыл бұрын

    Would enjoy hearing more reviews of prebuilt adventures. I read through Out of the Abyss and it looked like something fun to play through but I'd also like to hear if there are any recommended alterations or better books/publicly known homebrews. For a first adventure, the first new players may use to get into dnd, you gotta make it balanced. A good DM can fix up a flawed adventure but it's always better to have stable ground work rather than make their job adding side quests for the players to experience something or save them from a horribly imbalanced encounter. Strong enemies are good but lvl1's should focus on a bullywug nest or something more influenced by roleplay, not dragon cultists trying to bring forth Tiamat

  • @LovingPrinceTamayuki
    @LovingPrinceTamayuki4 жыл бұрын

    My youngest sister (18) (played as a stereotypical Dwarven barbarian, and played it well) was super addicted to Spelunky for a few years.

  • @nightwishfan1991
    @nightwishfan19912 жыл бұрын

    My DM decided that this would be her first adventure. We did do the whole storyline. Beginning was incredibly rough because she was new at the time and she was playing the book completely straight off the pages. Thankfully she learned fast that wasn't working and really worked on fixing the module. Rise things got a lot smoother and when we finished the adventure she told us she really had to gut a lot of the module to make it work. I still had a blast with the group because we made the best of what we had but I totally see why Hoard especially is always on the bottom of 5e adventure lists.

  • @averymalone2164
    @averymalone21644 жыл бұрын

    currently playing through this, nice to hear a d.m. sayinh this

  • @danielcharland1374
    @danielcharland13744 жыл бұрын

    I don't know much about this game, but it sounds like it would be less work to completely homebrew a world than try to fill in all the details that this book leaves out.

  • @GURGLEGUY12345
    @GURGLEGUY123454 жыл бұрын

    My friends and I were doing a sort of round-robin DM thing, where everyone got to run a game. Our main game was _Pathfinder_ , but I had been wanting to get into 5e. We actually decided we wanted to try converting _Fire Emblem_ to a tabletop system, and everyone pretty much unanimously voted that I'd be the DM for that. I wanted to try running a pre-established module of an existing ruleset to get used to DMing before the FE thing, and I figured this was the perfect opportunity to try to get into 5e. And what better module to start with than the first one ever released, right? ...Yeah. Anyway, I more or less figured I had all I needed, but...we were used to playing on a grid, which wasn't provided for the first chapter. The closest we had was a map of Greenest. Which I tried drawing on a dry erase map. Which took so long we decided not to play. Which, looking back, was probably for the best if we were going to play _Hoard of the Dragon Queen_ .

  • @michaelcalleja6128
    @michaelcalleja61284 жыл бұрын

    Great video, looking forward to this as a series. But can you tone down the twirling animation you give objects a bit please

  • @user-kx6vj4fg7l
    @user-kx6vj4fg7l4 жыл бұрын

    I'd love to see reviews of other modules

  • @ryanwinpenny4210
    @ryanwinpenny42103 жыл бұрын

    Did you ever do your DM guide to this? Did you run Rise of Tiamat after? I skipped Hoard and went straight into RoT after lost mine of phandelver which has been working well.

  • @OtioseFanatic
    @OtioseFanatic3 жыл бұрын

    Super linear modules like this is why when I run from some I always use at least two of them that take place in similar areas. Because I don’t for a moment trust a party of players to follow the plot easily. Sure it means I gotta rebalance things as they hop back and forth from different stories but it’s a small price to pay. That’s what I did with some new players using the included adventures in both the starter set and the essentials set at the same time.

  • @LovingPrinceTamayuki
    @LovingPrinceTamayuki4 жыл бұрын

    Davvy Ranty... Lol Naw you good boi, I know how some things can just be infuriating when you just want to love it. Dis a good video Chappy! Don't beat yourself up over how negative it might have made you feel, sometimes that's just what we gotta do. If you are still feeling bad about it watch some of your other recent videos and listen to just how fun and happy you've been. Maybe not the unearthed arcana... Bad example...

  • @hailing3806
    @hailing38064 жыл бұрын

    I didn't read the module (and I don't want) but to which cities is he referring to in chapter 4? I'm not really deep into the forgotten realms lore but it sounds interesting (sorry for bad English blablabla)

  • @madmachanicest9955
    @madmachanicest99554 жыл бұрын

    Do cures of Stroud next

  • @LovingPrinceTamayuki

    @LovingPrinceTamayuki

    4 жыл бұрын

    That would make for a great spell...

  • @Seruvius
    @Seruvius4 жыл бұрын

    Tips on how to make the quest for draconic whoopass less terribad? Yes please!

  • @chyenneporter1666
    @chyenneporter16664 жыл бұрын

    I’m DMing this right now and 100% agree. I use the book as such a base line that if any of my players played this module with a different DM they would have a hard time identifying it as the same module. I have created plots and NPCs for each town and basically told chapter 4 to fuck off by giving like one random encounter between towns then sort of speeding them through the travel.

  • @squishgod9094
    @squishgod90944 жыл бұрын

    Would you be able to review Princes of the Apocalypse next? I'm considering buying it but I've heard mixed things about it

  • @Croton-vo8cv
    @Croton-vo8cv4 жыл бұрын

    I literally just finished running this campaign 3 days ago and my god i feel this i wish i had prepared way more than i actually did to let my players get to do what they wanted.

  • @caidenfelkey6328
    @caidenfelkey63284 жыл бұрын

    I’d like to eventually see your thoughts on Curse of Strahd

  • @californiawells2805
    @californiawells28054 жыл бұрын

    I genuinely loved this campaign in the little bit I played of it. I highly recommend it, especially if it is your first campaign with a more experienced DM.

  • @californiawells2805

    @californiawells2805

    4 жыл бұрын

    There are definitely things to fix but as long as you have a DM who knows what they're doing to make it a fun campaign.

  • @Rubymagicalgirl88
    @Rubymagicalgirl882 жыл бұрын

    Well, this should be interesting I am planning to run it because I ove the concepts in it so let's see the blemishes.

  • @itachihoover
    @itachihoover10 ай бұрын

    Did you ever do a DM guide for this? I am about to run Tyranny and would Love to fix the many issues.

  • @Throckmongler
    @Throckmongler4 жыл бұрын

    I hope they revise this eventually because it sounds like it could be a good module

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