Chris Perkins and host Greg Tito discuss the history of Halaster Blackcloak and Undermountain in a Lore You Should Know segment. -- Watch live at / dnd
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@t20sgrunt365 жыл бұрын
Will always remember my first jaunt into Undermountain nearly 30 yrs ago. A romp through the sewers of Waterdeep in search of a cult of Myrkul eventually led to Undermountain. That same DM still runs our games and is amazing.
@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself4 жыл бұрын
It has held on to me for 30 years too. It was the first major campaign that I ran as a DM. And like Halaster, I am forever bound to it. I am about to restart my Waterdeep / Undermountain campaign again for the (?) 5th or 6th time. So far, no one I know has made it to the bottom. I'm tempted one of these days to start a high-level campaign (PCs level 12-16 or higher) where the party begins the adventure on the lowest level and fight their way back to the surface - or find some other way out.
@TKFKU4 жыл бұрын
When thieves backstabbed and you had to roll a high number to hit a low number lol. All those thACo charts and even more dead Gnomes...
@t20sgrunt364 жыл бұрын
@@TKFKU I still remember THAC0 stats. As a teen I had 2nd edition PHB memorized :) 5e players have no idea how easy they have it
@WallyDM5 жыл бұрын
Putting the "Dungeons" back into D&D? Exactly what this old DM wanted to see! Thank you, Chris Perkins!
@rokkkrinn27935 жыл бұрын
Tales from the Yawning Portal has a grip of awesome dungeon crawls.
@WallyDM5 жыл бұрын
Most definitely Rokk... that is the main reason I own that book, for sure. I love Tales from the Yawning Portal! But, It's not that. The vibe I get nowadays, and I may be interpreting things wrong, but it seems that Dungeon Crawls were leaning toward "un-cool" in today's D&D. Back in my 1E days... we dungeon crawled. All the time. And it was awesome. If anyone can bring dungeons back to the forefront of D&D games, it is Chris Perkins. :)
@rokkkrinn27935 жыл бұрын
@@WallyDM I get what you're saying. It's more about story and character nowadays. Dungeon crawling is old school uncool. I hope the can meld the two and make something awesome.
@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself5 жыл бұрын
I've been DMing Undermountain adventures since the '90s. I'm glad to see it is still getting lots of love.
@theouterlimits77885 жыл бұрын
I could hear Chris Perkins talk about lore forever. I want to hear him talk about grayhawk world.
@ajediknight5 жыл бұрын
My players have been lost in Undermountain for over 20 years. Real time. Same group, many different characters as they die off and encounter new friends and frienemies.
@spkt0r5 жыл бұрын
That's funny stuff, Ive always had Durnan as Halaster they are one and the same (In my game back when I first got Ruins of undermoutain box set 1991), to ensure that Undermountain receives it's sacrifices.
@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself4 жыл бұрын
The Shayamalan Twist!
@zackkwam1345 жыл бұрын
Real excited for this adventure!
@johnlittle89752 жыл бұрын
Halister could have been connected to the magic tangle left by the dwoemer when the elves transported their city. This could be tying him to the place
@Captain_Mike825 жыл бұрын
I could listen to Chris Perkins talk all day long.
@Bondanalloy5 жыл бұрын
Can't bloody wait for this book!
@SirionBloodmoon5 жыл бұрын
I love Chris and Greg
@Blufacia4 жыл бұрын
Current campaign, Halaster can die, but only if the undermountain locks on to someone else..... so don’t be too powerful
@kylemccool10375 жыл бұрын
Tito's shirt is amazing
@majestyc03595 жыл бұрын
Chris Pumpkins!
@lafortya5 жыл бұрын
Got the old 2nd ed AD&D box set and really enjoy it. Haven't really kept up with UM since though. One thing I was hoping the makers would touch on is the actual dungeon ecology in the literal sense. How do all these monsters and humanoids actually live down there? Where do they get food and supplies? How do they handle waste? How do their societies function and get along with their neighbors? I know many will say, "It's just a dungeon crawl, don't worry about it", but these sorts of questions always pick at my brain and not being able to answer them takes me out of the immersion. I want even my dungeons to make sense. Even if the answer is "magic" then okay, what kind of magic? Left unanswered it makes it feel more like just an arcade game played with books and dice and not a living world.
@thedarkness1255 жыл бұрын
Isnt a lot of what you asked kinda up to your DM to fill in?
@RC-bl2pm5 жыл бұрын
Dming the Waterdeep Heist right now...we're loving it! Need the Mad Mage as a next chapter, when will it make the shelf in the hobby stores?
@nicholasreed96275 жыл бұрын
I believe end of November. :)
@nolanbond4745 жыл бұрын
Hits shelves November 2nd in select hobby stores
@kmerritt095 жыл бұрын
Early November baby!!! So STOKED!
@bardogimbal44495 жыл бұрын
So ToA was just a warm up
@joluoto5 жыл бұрын
A wizad did it!
@popinjayishuman5 жыл бұрын
So forgive me if this is common knowledge but does anyone know why we haven’t seen Matt Sernett on lysk in ages? I love me some Chris Perkins but it was always the best when they were both on because they approached things in different ways. Chris knows the lore from a very story based perspective but Matt always approached it from a historical account in regards to dnd as a whole. They always played off each other really well, their combined knowledge always left me feeling like all of the blanks were filled in.
@LAJackson123 Жыл бұрын
Undermountainlazarus pit.
@scottmcley51114 жыл бұрын
Since Hilather was from Imaskar, he should have been a Artificer.
@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself4 жыл бұрын
His apprentice, Trobriand is an artificer of sorts.
@shaggycan3 жыл бұрын
DOTMM really should have been multiple books. While huge, compared to the true enormity of undermountain leaves the book feeling a bit anemic.