Is this your favorite false hydra story? 🤔

@captaintegu7719

4 жыл бұрын

Might be, this seemed exciting.

@Pumpkin-man

4 жыл бұрын

Holy crap. Please give the rest of the story, if possible. This may rival ashtoshan...

@moiramain9749

4 жыл бұрын

total jane prentiss vibes!

@BaoHadir

4 жыл бұрын

Chills? Yeah, chills. Like a cold hand along my spine. Hope for a sequel.

@DEMONIK1149

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, it sounds like a really compelling narrative, Ive craved games that can induce this kind of atmosphere and Im far to often left with little to show for it in digital renditions of dnd... closest I've ever found would be legacy of cain (original) and I think the Witcher series...

imagine an arthurian setting where the party enters the city with a sword in the stone, except the sword is removed, the king is a tyrant and there's a begger in the streets who's missing his right hand.

@baxterbruce9827

4 жыл бұрын

Arthurian Legend if it was written by someone like Kentaro Miura

@molliethomas2585

4 жыл бұрын

@@baxterbruce9827 And the Arthur figure would have bright blue eyes, long, flowing locks of white hair, and underneath that pretty face would lie a filthy, amoral piece of shit.

@baxterbruce9827

4 жыл бұрын

@@molliethomas2585 So... Griffith

@molliethomas2585

4 жыл бұрын

@@baxterbruce9827 Yup

@baxterbruce9827

4 жыл бұрын

@@molliethomas2585 sounds fun, I'd play that campaign,I have a few different ideas for build for it, shame it would kinda defeat the purpose, building the whole team

The False Hydra is one of the most nightmarish, spine-chilling, and brilliantly-conceptualized monsters ever put to pen and paper.

@lucielm

4 жыл бұрын

By looking it up, it's based on the most evil miniboss in all of Zelda. Dead Hand. Seriously that monster to this day creeps me the f- out.

@alexreich843

4 жыл бұрын

Perhaps this shouldn't be the first visable comment, no shade but it spoiled the story for me

@lucielm

4 жыл бұрын

@@alexreich843 I mean, the video is showing a False Hydra from the very first second so. So your throwing shade and hate for no real reason.

@thegreatestchigone5813

3 жыл бұрын

The false hydras terrifying like the silence from doctor who they could be behind you and you would never know

@Sgt-Wolf

3 жыл бұрын

@@lucielm It has a detachable jaw, long lanky arms, sunken black eyes, it's got red on him. Truly a horror to behold and it's in a Nintendo game.

Ok, now I definitely need stories about the other three horseman. A false Hydra is definitely not how I would normally envision the white horseman, but I really enjoyed the interpretation. Bring on the rest!

@gwschoonmaker

4 жыл бұрын

For real. I need the rest of this story!

@solarisnova9530

4 жыл бұрын

Same

@mslayer6467

4 жыл бұрын

Same here

@user-dj6tf1ql8n

4 жыл бұрын

Same give us the rest!

@darkwarriorprogram6546

4 жыл бұрын

Right? If Pestilence is doing this I can't begin to imagine what War, Famine and Death will do. :)

If OP has written of the other horsemen, I don't think It'd be too big of a stretch to say we want to hear about it

Adding a plague virus in the mix was a great touch. That feeling of "everything is lost" vibe. You got a False Hydra, and a fast acting virus, and a lost doctor. Think that would be the rule of 3 kinda deal? Even details like a bible entry. Ugh shiver*

I remember when the group i'm with encountered a false hydra. We ended up using a wish spell to bring everyone back. Thankfully it worked.

@INTERNALSERVERERROR500

4 жыл бұрын

you fuc*ing DBZed that shit, lol

@flyingturret208thecannon5

4 жыл бұрын

No it didn’t, you think it did, but you can’t remember the one it didn’t work on.

@nnelg8139

3 жыл бұрын

Way to make that wish backfire: Bring back someone horrible that everyone forgot about.

@ChouhouinNeko

3 жыл бұрын

i did the same thing when i ran it. had it had swallowed a wishing stone a player who was eatten found inside of it.

@droidixbacon

3 жыл бұрын

@@flyingturret208thecannon5 thank you, this is beautiful, but as a forgetful person leave

I'd they post the rest of their campaign, we need to hear it good sir.

@PvtCrit

4 жыл бұрын

would be awesome

@NeonRahkshi

4 жыл бұрын

indeed

@madhatten00

3 жыл бұрын

yeah i wanna see what they come up with for the next 3 horsemen

This was Pestilence. So what are they going to use for Famine, War, and Death?

@MarkATorres1989

4 жыл бұрын

I somehow imagine War's Steed being either a Red Dragon or some Demonic/Taniri Creature from the Abyss.

@darkherculeskabuterimon7203

4 жыл бұрын

@@MarkATorres1989 That'd be interesting, the dragon idea. In which case perhaps War is a Githyanki?

@MarkATorres1989

4 жыл бұрын

@@darkherculeskabuterimon7203 Could be, I'm excited for what the DM has planned and can only speculate on what comes next. Really hoping for more stories on this campaign.

@indigosteel5702

4 жыл бұрын

Let's see... Famine could be an insane, now cannibalistic wendigo druid starving out the wealthy town that refused he and his family assistance (leading to their deaths) by killing their crops and sending swarms of rats, locusts and flies to devour or putrefy the rest of their food supply, as well as stopping any supplies or travelers being sent in. War could be an extremely bloodthirsty orc horde led by an abyssal demon in disguise as their brutal chieftain. The more they slaughter in battle, the stronger the demon and the orcs become. OR, if you wanted sonething less obvious, do an aged Paladin leading a bloody crusade against the local orc tribes in a desperate last bid to appease his god (who abandoned him due to an oath break that the old Paldin refuses to acknowledge) and die a "warrior's death" in battle. As for Death? One would assume it's a lich raising undead...until the party finds out that it's ACTUALLY a god of death, who's been trying to kickstart the apocalypse this whole time, but the heroes keep stopping him.

@darkherculeskabuterimon7203

4 жыл бұрын

@@WillGlacier They're the same being with different titles. It doesn't really matter anyway since conquest and pestilence are two sides of the same coin. Pestilence is just what everybody knows it as these days.

The only reasons I knew the plague was Pestilence is because A: The video title, and B: I'm also running a 4 Horsemen campaign. I was taken aback when false hydra symptoms were starting to appear. The false hydra is my favorite creature in all of dnd, and I've wanted to put my players against one for a while, but I have no way to properly execute it yet. I would use it how op did, but I already have all 4 of my horsemen planned out

@s0ph053

4 жыл бұрын

Care to share? I am very interested in adding the four horsemen to my grand campaig.

@fotherphrogg

4 жыл бұрын

@@s0ph053 Sure thing! Are you wanting the basic rundown of my plot, the actual horsemen I'm using, or both?

@TheeOK1

4 жыл бұрын

@@fotherphrogg Porque no los dos?

@fotherphrogg

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheeOK1 Ngl, I don't know a lick of Spanish. Sorry dude. I can't find anything that has an accurate translation either. Sources disagree.

@s0ph053

4 жыл бұрын

Clarinet King Both would be nice. Story is something I definitely want to think about with the four horsemen. As for the horsemen, ideas of how they work and where they come from always helps.

I have to say, this is one of the best uses of the false hydra I have ever seen, and the way that the horseman Pestilence was introduced was very well done. I cant wait to see how the others are worked in, so please let this person post the further updates to this campaign.

Moses: "These are the 15 command.." *crack* ".. 10 commandments"

@gnarthdarkanen7464

4 жыл бұрын

I see a fellow Scholar, well immersed in The Chronicles of Brooks! ;o)

@axios4702

4 жыл бұрын

Great movie, and not completely unrelated: "And the 11th commandment, Moses always gets to go first at the buffet..."

@gnarthdarkanen7464

4 жыл бұрын

@@axios4702 These days, I think Moses can have the whole damn buffet to himself! ;o)

@noblesseoblige319

4 жыл бұрын

... Seems a bit random of a reference when on a video about 4 horsemen

Kudos to the DM. Brilliant villain and execution.

A few days ago i finished playing a short campaign where me and three other friends played as the actual horsemen. For a short campaign it was filled with a lot of plot twists and i was surprised with our DM, seeing as this was his first time, and he had played only a few campaigns before. He got us so hooked on the story that we forced him to play every day for 2 weeks. And to think it all started with the five of us sitting on a park bench at night and just started (what we thought was) a one off, casual campaign because we were bored. Im sad its over :(

All things DnD with the happy expression but really gritty voice at the start is the funniest contrast.

I really did not need another false hydra story when i am trying to sleep, but here I am, rewatching to make sure I didn't miss anything.

OP! I dare you to share the storry of the other 3 horsemen with us. This was pure gold. Thank you that there are still glorious tales out there for us to devour

I adored the sense of atmosphere this one gave, fantastic work

Wow! That was crazy! The campaign storyline is what real DMs can come up with.

The fact there's going to be more to this has me ecstatic

@bedtimehorror9

4 жыл бұрын

love listen to horror stories at night ? Checkout !

i really hope we get to hear about the other horsemen, but in the meantime i think im gonna go listen to Astoshan again

@karstheultimatelifeform2649

4 жыл бұрын

Wait what if astoshan is like the horseman of death in this story

@FreedomAndPeaceOnly

4 жыл бұрын

Ah yes the ever so calm and unemotional Edgelordshan.

@NaBa.O3O

4 жыл бұрын

@@karstheultimatelifeform2649 that would be interesting, and also possibly either the most peaceful or the most dreadful encounter of the party with a Horseman since Astoshan wouldn't attack if completely unprovoked but also have no qualms about killing if there's a reason for it (and, as someone who's not exactly alive, would be much harder to kill than other foes).

Your channel has gotten me and my friends into d&d and im very thankful for all the amazing stories, keep up the good work 😁

Wow, this was wonderfully crafted! Love it!

The most on edge I ever experienced during a session was when we did a one shot in the Article, at night, with Shadows constantly appearing to drain us in our sleep and fighting a nightwalker as the big boss. I’m pretty certain we were one turn away from a TPK

I really, REALLY hope there's going to be a part 2 to this - this was excellent

Amazing story! I'd love to hear more of that!

If you want good depictions of the 4 Horsemen, watch Good Omens

@breakerb913

4 жыл бұрын

Or Supernatural 👍

@TomozAlpha

4 жыл бұрын

BreakerB not a big fan of the supernatural horsemen

@joshuareynolds23

4 жыл бұрын

Or Darksiders.

@benkayvfalsifier3817

4 жыл бұрын

Or better yet the Bible. You know, where they're first described. Revelations 6:1-8

@joshuareynolds23

4 жыл бұрын

@@benkayvfalsifier3817 yeah but if I'm going to read a fictional story I want it to be a good one not what sounds like the mad ramblings of a street corner preacher.

I love the false hydra concept and this one was done very well! I have a version planned for my home game and I hope I can pull it off at least half as well as this DM did. I'm changing things up a little though as it's a younger hydra and petrifies its victims to feed off of their life force until it's reached the next growth stage where it starts devouring them whole. I want there to be a possibility of recovering some of the victims if they act soon enough.

These take me back to some of my own best moments... keep them coming

whenever I finish our first horror arc in my current campaign I'm playing in, I'll have to submit

Keep posting more of these RP, I wanna see the other horsemen too!

holy moly... we need the following of this crazy campaign

I'm really envious of this campaign... Im envious of people able to play dnd all together especially when everyone is having fun... I play a lot of rpg video games and dnd esque style games due to my life's circumstances, but I think a lot is lost in digital renditions of the table top version. A lot of authenticity and imagination just isn't as strong and the flexibility of table top rpg's as I understand it is better than their digital counterpart when everyone works together.

@kkTeaz

4 жыл бұрын

Oui

@gnarthdarkanen7464

4 жыл бұрын

There just isn't (currently due to the tech') any good way to put a GM into a digital video game setup. It doesn't even matter between tower or console... SO you are very right that you can get a "D&D-esque style experience" but you're missing a LOT in the strictly digital medium versus "throwing dice and shouting" the way we Play at my Table (for instance). Don't lose hope, though. Through the likes of Discord and with app's and sites like rpgtablefinder.com you can even find "virtual Tables" where the experience can far more closely resemble the traditional dice throwing and Role Play of an old-school GM and Players creating stories much like these. I've only been Playing and GM'ing for a little more than 30 years, and it really IS the greatest hobby in the world. ;o)

@ruggerosimonetta2885

4 жыл бұрын

Enter a discord channel for playing on applications like roll20

@DEMONIK1149

4 жыл бұрын

@@ruggerosimonetta2885 my schedule is to erratic for such unfortunately, I constantly have to deal with an ever changing schedule week to week (hours of my shift, time of day, and what days I work) along with being on call and having to leave at a moments notice, otherwise I would certainly join such groups :(

@lucielm

4 жыл бұрын

@@DEMONIK1149 That is the worst part. I got a set schedule, but I never can find games.

Great story!!

One of the best scary moments in a campaign I ever had was the moment the PC's realized they were the living seals leading to the apocalypse.

Hope to see more of this story

the metagaming was a bit dissapointing. "we immediately went online", no. please dont.

@xeath9992

4 жыл бұрын

That wasn't really the metagaming part that was just them looking something they don't know up. The metagaming part was when the DM said the druid had seen and heard the creature eating someone in the basement and then forgot. The players knew something was down there even before looking it up. So even if they didn't look it up they probably would have reacted the same way getting ready to attack whatever was down there. But this is just my opinion on what happened and where the metagaming started.

@CrankyPants05

4 жыл бұрын

@@xeath9992 it started there, but both are pretty bad, if they look up a false hydra they immediately know everything about it and the best way to defeat it

@Rik3n

4 жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing

@xeath9992

3 жыл бұрын

@@DabroodThompson Looking a monster up that you have never heard of nor have ever had an encounter with until this very day isn't metagaming to me, it's just looking up and reading some information of the monster. The metagaming aspect for me comes into to play when you look it up and then try to use that knowledge in the game right after like they tried to (like the definition of the word metagaming says). I've looked information up on a monster that I knew nothing about but I didn't go "oh it's weak to fire better use that ingame to beat it." No I go "ok cool it sounds and looks really cool and has some interesting moves that could kill me." I never use any of it's weaknesses that I saw against it. I just say "ok now let's fight it" and just go and do the regular thing. Which is to try and bunk it or continuously shoot magic at it till it dies or runs away.

Excellent story. Loved the narration and the tone of voice used for it. My only issue was that the line 'we all rushed to the quarantine zone and as we walked through the gate we saw the false hydra.' was repeated twice, but other than that, it was a very compelling tale.

I think i want to see more of this particular story line. it sounds great.

I started a homebrew campaign about a year ago almost immediately after watching the first False Hydra video from you. Hopefully they will arrive at the false hydra island in about 3 weeks. Super hyped

Man! Please introduce the full D&D session to us! Last three horsemen and all! I loved the false hydra by the way. That's probably my favorite monster now. I think I had heard about it once years ago but this was pretty cool

That is a REALLY great concept! Man I wish i could think of something ao creative as this😢

I want to hear more from this author. I'm excited to know what the other three are like in this campaign

This is amazing! I hope there are follow-up stories.

I immediately noticed the tone and was like this gone be good

That was a really good story. I would event say excellent. Well put together.

What a cool freaking story. I would love for that to be live streamed.

I for one would love to hear about the rest of this campaign

The moment you mention M'Lady, and the very specific way it was said, I was like: "Malady. She's the cause of this."

Another fabulous story 🤩

I wish I could listen to the rest of it because this sounded awesome

That is BEAUTIFULLY TERRIFYING! I need more!

If there are others parts to this story, bloody do it. It was captivating!

Damn! Love it! Really want to see what the next Three Horsemen are going to be like. Also if the DM puts in The Beast as well.

I cant wait for the next three!!!!

I'm pretty sure there was a part at the end where the party found a picture of themselves with one extra person: the spouse of one of the PCs that the false hydra had eaten and made them forget.

Oh my God, that was awesome!!!!

i hope there is more of this tale! :D

Whoa. That was intense. Even from a listener point of view. Brava DM, brava

My interpretation of the 4 horsemen has essentially been that they were 4 individuals in life who best represented the thing they became. Pestilence was someone who took joy in the weaponizing, experimenting, and spreading of disease, War was a someone who took joy in battle, destruction, and bloodshed, Famine was someone who took joy in the destruction of sources of food and water so they could watch people fade away and struggle to survive, And Death was someone who as the name would suggest reveled in the taking of life through any means simply to watch people die. Instead of going to where they would go when they died they were made into the horsemen and were charged with bringing about the end of the world when the time came.

@jacobfreeman5444

4 жыл бұрын

If gods are kind, that could be how it works. But some are not. So it can be those who are chosen, regardless of desire. Unwilling to perform their role but helpless to stop it.

@lucielm

4 жыл бұрын

My Interpretation of the 4 horsemen are that they are the opposite of their titles. Pestilence a man who wishes to cure the world of all it's deseases makes some of the worst viruses around. War - A pacifist who's actions have caused more to die in battle around him. Famin - A person who was making a perfect food source only for it to twist and go bad. And Death is a healer who's presence seems to cause more people to die around him. They don't wish to be the riders, they simply are and must suffer the curse.

I want to hear more of this campaign.

Chills indeed! This was a good story!

If my dm ever trys to pull a false hydra,l am nopeing the f*** out.

@BewareTheCarpenter

3 жыл бұрын

If he does it right, you won't know there's a false hydra.

Oh my god.... this was amazing

I don't play dnd but these stories are always so awesome.

This is a while new level of campaign. Damn, I need to see the rest of this!

Oh wow that boss reveal is straight out amazing.

As in some systems of belief, true death is often simply being forgotten.

Daaaamn! That was some pretty epic gaming! That’s a good group, there!

This needs more installments!

Is there story of the other 3 horsemen? I'd love to hear those.

@cemereffstream7866

3 жыл бұрын

The False Hydra ate them, and people forgot about it.

Love this. Is there a part 2

I'm really liking the more serious tone

Until I discovered these videos I've never even heard of the false Hydra. And I've been itching to put one to use ever since.

Damn thats awesome. I wonder how the rest went!

We need a part 2

I might use this!

I would LOVE to play this campaign it sounds amazing.

Oooh i hope for a next vid about the horsemen.

Well that was intense.

this quarantine sounds like a normal day in the east coast

Definitely get the other three horsemen stories

Hope there is more :)

"Killed for a cough or sneese" oh lord, that sounds like what happened irl some time ago-

I hope he scharfes the storys of the other Horsemen too this one was great

wow, I never thought of the idea that someone might *use* a false hydra

Haven’t seen yet, but this looks fun.

These stories are making me want to play DnD one day, if I find someone to play with that is

The forgetting filled me with such imenses foreboding and fear

HOLY SHIT, this was epic. Creepy as hell, but epic! I want to hear more about how they fought the DnD horsemen of the apocalypse.

I hope that 3 more parts get posted for the other 3 horsemen.

a great example of how conquest and war are not the same thing. the false hydra does not war, it conquers.

Awesome

I’d like to hear of the other three horsemen.

I can't help but wonder if that one episode of Stargate SG1 where they find the city in the radioactive acid mists protected by a shield bubble, and a super computer that is all too efficient at keeping everyone "safe" is inspired by the false hydra.

This is such an awesome story. Is there a sequel or two to this? I'd love to find out what the other three horsemen were like.

Thinking about making an Isaka campaign where the gods that brought them over want to play with them like chess pieces. The goal, conquer the world. I want the players to start off by being summoned, gaining a +1 to all physical stats for crossing over into a world with slightly lighter gravity, and an additional bonus feat to start off with. Similar to the pick your superpower before being summoned trope. I want the 4 horsemen to be the previous summoned heroes. I want the stories for them to be gripping, like if the players made their same mistakes, they too could end up in their enemy's positions.

Finally I've been waiting for another false hydra

CAN WE PLEASE GET THE REST OF THIS STORY!?!?

Woah. That was horrifying on so many levels.