Adventure Walkthrough: Fortress of the Burning Brothers (Shadowdark RPG)

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This video is a walkthrough for The Arcane Library's Shadowdark RPG adventure for 4th-6th level characters: Fortress of the Burning Brothers!
A stark, iron fortress lurks deep in a magma-filled cave close to the heart of the earth. Inside this fortress are twin efreet brothers who are at war with each other. Will the characters be able to sway the balance of power and come out ahead of everyone?
This adventure is included in the second issue of the official Shadowdark RPG zine -- Cursed Scroll 2: Red Sands!
🔥 You can pick up a physical print copy here: www.thearcanelibrary.com/coll...
☠️ Shadowdark RPG is an old school fantasy adventure game with modern sensibilities. Learn more about it here: www.thearcanelibrary.com/page...

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@bonzwah1 Ай бұрын

These kind of verbal walkthroughs are so important for people like me who mostly have free time only when they're commuting. I can't read through an adventure while I'm driving. But I can listen to someone talk through it for me. I'm definitely going to run this adventure now thanks to this video.

@Runehammer1 Ай бұрын

No one hunts like Gaspar, no one jumps like Gaspar!

@TheArcaneLibrary Ай бұрын

Hahahahaaaa! Now I just need to get him a crew of lackeys who sing his theme song...

@UnwalledGarden Ай бұрын

I loved running through this adventure as a player! Thank you for the creator’s eye view of the inner workings.

@HeartofArcana Ай бұрын

I love your adventure walkthroughs - great detail, advice, and insight. I know not everyone learns this way, but I do!

@Owl_of_Omens Ай бұрын

I cannot begin to tell you how important your videos are I don't have a lot of free time and I'm moving about throughout the day especially driving and I can listen to these videos and get an idea the day before I run something. It's very very helpful.

@TheArcaneLibrary Ай бұрын

Thank you so much! :) I'm never sure how helpful these are, so hearing it was useful means a lot to me.

@hexchad765 Ай бұрын

This makes running the adventure so much better. Thank you!

@TheADHDM Ай бұрын

Short sandboxy dungeon with factions and "living" inhabitants on the move without being tough to track I think this could be a really great adventure for first timers, reminds me of what was really awesome about Sunless Citadel I also have a special weakness for magical gemstone eyes of terrible consequence. There's that old AD&D cover art, the Fafhrd and Gray Mouser story, the Skyrim Thieves Guild quest that pays homage to both, it's really evocative

@kuraishinobi Ай бұрын

Good to see you back on here, and thank you for making this video.

@lulipe21 Ай бұрын

such a simple premise and yet so elegantly delivered. I love Shadowdark =)

@PeculiarNotions Ай бұрын

Great walkthrough with plenty of cool advice. All of the Curse Scrolls have been excellent.

@Gossamer3592 Ай бұрын

Love these walkthroughs! And this is my fav of the dungeons you've published. Cant wait to run this one!! ⭐️

@oldmanofthemountains3388 Ай бұрын

I've been running Shadowdark for a class at my school for about a year now. I just got this zine for the Pitfighter class and the kids are LOVING it!

@ScottBaker_ Ай бұрын

These walk throughs are so helpful. Love seeing more Shadowdark from the Library here on the tubes.

@NocturnalPeacock Ай бұрын

Loved to Run that adventure! Awesome to hear all the Insight about it !

@francoisdumont4105 Ай бұрын

I love to watch videos like this so I can learn to design adventures.

@MemphiStig Ай бұрын

I used to say it "dwer-gar" (like "swear"), until I saw Van Helsing, where they correctly said "DOO-er-gar." Considering I had the Dragon magazine with the pronunciation guide, and used it frequently, I should have known. But grey dwarves works. Or bad dwarves. "Bad dwarves, bad dwarves, what you gonna do..."

@GothridgeManor Ай бұрын

Lots of options to work with. All very cool. I appreciate your work. Keep safe.

@macoppy6571 Ай бұрын

Excellent ideas for running a two faction dungeon. Each primary faction gets a level of the dungeon; the presence of a lore dump npc that is also very dangerous if crossed; a Rakshasa {shapeshifter} working for the spell-casting faction as a spy. One should buy the module in respect, but steal these ideas for one's table.

@richardfortier Ай бұрын

I ran your Lost Leprechaun Hollow mini adventure last week at an event for some of my college students and it was a *HOOT*. You've got me excited about this one now too, I will have to pull the zine off of the shelf :)

@AmazingAaxor Ай бұрын

Oooh. That outro sign was awesome!

@jllav8214 Ай бұрын

Looking forward to checking this out thoroughly!

@dylanhyatt5705 Ай бұрын

Love the eyes of the iron golem intrigue - can just see the PCs becoming power brokers if they can get them. The rebellion option too - lots of PC agency. When I started watching this - I thought 'oh no, a dungeon crawl, yawn' - but glad I watched on as the adventure looks really open with shed loads of roleplaying (as well as combat of course).

@xavierp7658 Ай бұрын

Good dungeon crawls have that nuance. Bad dungeon crawls are just a series of combat encounters in adjoining rooms

@dylanhyatt5705 Ай бұрын

@@xavierp7658 Exactly.

@TheArcaneLibrary Ай бұрын

I’m glad you gave it a chance! Thank you so much! 😊

@kevinking7218 Ай бұрын

Nice End Graphic!! Love your stuff. Keep it up!

@donkeyfly43 Ай бұрын

Nicely done. I am curious to run this! I love Duergar

@xer0vi Ай бұрын

I can't wait to run more ShadowDarkRpg. I plan on running all of the Zines and dungeons. Excited for the 4th Zine... whenever it comes..lol. All jokes aside take your time. It will be awesome!

@ceranko Ай бұрын

You said it correctly. Good job.

@dantherpghero2885 Ай бұрын

Gaspar is one of my favorite NPC names.

@wanderinghistorian Ай бұрын

I'm really hoping we can get a look at those Shadowdark Solo rules soon!

@knghtbrd Ай бұрын

Okay, somewhere in this dungeon, someone's going to be disguised as a car-a BARREL-that tries to only move when you're not looking at it. I know what my players want.

@ocecena Ай бұрын

This sounds like a really cool adventure!

@helixxharpell Ай бұрын

Interesting. 🤔 I've had the same gong idea that's present in this dungeon since the 90s. 😊 It's very different tho. Just placing this comment here for posterity.

@TheArcaneLibrary Ай бұрын

I’m glad to see the threat of a gong is a time-vetted idea!

@setheon1972 Ай бұрын

Love these videos 🎉🎉

@aleksosis8347 Ай бұрын

I love all the intrigue!

@TheArcaneLibrary Ай бұрын

Gotta have that intrigue! 😃

@oo4352 Ай бұрын

Really can't wait to get a german version an run your adventures for my friends :)❤

@MrJHDK Ай бұрын

I don't think it's nice, you laughin'... You see, my mule don't like people laughin'. Gets the crazy idea you're laughin' at him. 😉

@Xathos Ай бұрын

0:28 It's pronounced doo-bee-doo-gaar. Totally canon.

@TheArcaneLibrary Ай бұрын

Hahahahahaaaa! Of course, it makes perfect sense! ;)

@robertwallace5288 Ай бұрын

You know, i had an idea for an adventure in hell. Was doing some work on it, but this might work better

@bamboozledgreatcrowd8982 Ай бұрын

New to shadowdark. What does it mean levels 1-3 or 2-5. Is it a challenge thing like hard to easy

@TheArcaneLibrary Ай бұрын

It’s a challenge thing! The adventure is written for characters of that level range.

@beowulfshaeffer8444 Ай бұрын

Woohoo!

@notreallydavid Ай бұрын

If the players throw a ball, will the hell hounds chase after it?

@TheArcaneLibrary Ай бұрын

I think it's almost guaranteed!

@teathomas Ай бұрын

Yeees!!

@chungbertflabbergast5995 Ай бұрын

I've always pronounced it "door-gar." I'm sure that's not remotely correct, but alas, I'm too old to change 😄

@briancorso5672 Ай бұрын

When should i expect my shadowdark pre-order to arrive? I thought yall fled the country 😂

@TheArcaneLibrary Ай бұрын

Hmmmmmm, that's not good! We finished fulfillment a few months ago. Definitely send an email to contact@thearcanelibrary.com so we can sort out what happened!

@notreallydavid Ай бұрын

Hello world!

@bigbiggoblin2873 Ай бұрын

Noice

@user-sp5cl9we4w 20 күн бұрын

@TheArcaneLibrary - your most hard-core supporter on KZfaq! for us die-hard crawlers is @RedMageGM. I would LOVE to hear him interview you about what YOU believe makes for great design for Shadowdark adventures or supplements! His channel is inspiring my friends and I to purchase SD content on DriveThru like no one else!

@TheArcaneLibrary 6 сағат бұрын

Red Mage is the best! I love his channel!!