Review: Chains of Asmodeus 5e Adventure

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Review: Chains of Asmodeus 5e Adventure

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9 ай бұрын

There's a new Dungeons & Dragons campaign book on DMs Guild that takes characters through the Nine Hells and from level 11 to 20. In this video we take a detailed look at this module and how you might want to play it. Also, purchase proceeds go to the Extra Life charity!
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@socialcommentary Ай бұрын

Great review! The angry Asmodeus "Grrrr" voice at 3:10 had me laughing out loud! Hilarious! Thank you!

@TheRPGRundown 29 күн бұрын

Gotta love stock clips! :)

@Cassapphic 9 ай бұрын

I really like the premise of a semi linear plot where you go from one area/circle of hell to the next, but each individual circle is an open area to explore, reminds me a lot of xenoblade chronicles 1, one of my favourite video games ever, where the plot is fairly linear, but each area along the way is huge and sprawling allowing you to branch out and explore to your curiosity to help break up the pacing more to your tastes and make the world feel more rich and detailed.

@ForTheLaughingGod 8 күн бұрын

Thank you for a review without spoilers. Feels like it gets harder to find them these days

@davidharris915 9 ай бұрын

clear and concise review. I just found your channel and like it! you sir just earned a sub.

@tomyoung9834 Ай бұрын

Great review, thanks!

@longshankscogsandcranks 9 ай бұрын

Hello Dave! I just discovered your channel. Thanks for the informative review of Chains of Asmodeus! I have been looking for a good review of it since it came out. I have a question. Is the adventure just a matter of going through one level of hell, defeating the archdevil, and then proceeding to the next level of hell and repeating all the way to end when you face Asmodeus, or is there a little more meat to the plot with twists and mysteries and whatnot? Thanks for the help and thanks for your video review!

@BrentKnowles_GameDesigner 9 ай бұрын

Hey... I'm one of the writers on Chains. The adventure isn't about fighting the archdevils one by one. In fact it's very much NOT about that at all. The adventure mostly revolves around recovering souls in various hotspots through the Nine Hells. There *are* opportunities to fight some of the archdevils but that's not the focus of the plot--and is very likely a lethal mistake for most parties.

@TheRPGRundown 9 ай бұрын

Hello! Thanks for the comment! There's a lot more going on than just level-solving. I didn't want to give too many spoilers in the video, but the corruption mechanic, the patron group your parties use, and the souls they wind up trying to save all factor into the plot, and especially into the endgame.

@TheRPGRundown 8 ай бұрын

@@BrentKnowles_GameDesigner Hey, thanks for stopping by! I didn't see your comment at first because YT for some bizarre reason held it as potential spam. And thanks for the clarification too!

@Jason-96 9 ай бұрын

0:33 I too just found this channel and I'm looking forward to the review. Please adjust your volume. I had my volume turned up so I could hear you, then got blasted by your intro. If you could make them about the same volume, then my ears will be eternally grateful.... And now, on to the show...

@TheRPGRundown 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the feedback, and sorry about that! We’re fairly new and still getting our audio engineering figured out. I’ll make sure to pay attention to normalizing audio levels!

@sunsin1592 9 ай бұрын

I'm rewriting an old Infernal campaign and I love grabbing stuff like this for setting info and maps.

@sunsin1592 3 ай бұрын

Been waiting 4 months for my hard copy as of today. 3 weeks ago DTRPG claimed they were sending a replacement.

@olehd2023 2 күн бұрын

I AM SO DMING THIS!

@ApplesForEyes 9 ай бұрын

Chains of Asmodeus is published by WoTc as per DMs guild.

@davemunger8803 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for the clarification!

@TheRPGRundown 9 ай бұрын

Oops, let me say it again on the channel’s account. 😅 Thank you for the clarification!

@justinargenio2555 9 ай бұрын

2:26 Do you really need Monsters of the Multiverse, or will Mord. Tome of Foes and Volos Guide to Monsters work? Is there anything special in the update to this adventure?

@neb985 9 ай бұрын

Pretty sure everything referenced is in Mordenkainen’s tome of foes as well so you don’t really need MotM.

@TheRPGRundown 9 ай бұрын

I've looked into this (twice) and after a couple of false starts, I have the answer, lol. Yes, you can get by with Volo's Guide and Tome of Foes. More info in my follow-up video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q7ujqKVouc-aiKc.html

@nikp3572 9 ай бұрын

Could i use a being in my world to capture the souls of the love ones of my group in homebrew world? Makign them goign to the gates of hells

@TheRPGRundown 9 ай бұрын

The adventure is written in a pretty open way for who the souls are and why they're there. It has suggestions in case you need somewhere to start, but yes, you can easily set that up your own way with your own characters and story.

@nikp3572 9 ай бұрын

@@TheRPGRundown awesome thanks i will pick it up take have a look

@jancarlmatysiak4354 9 ай бұрын

It is a shame that there is no print version of the book and in addition to this it is a catastrophe how WOTC is handling translations of their prodct these days. I think I am relatively fluent in english however I want my books in german and since they translate every MTG edition in german it should be possible....

@bonderoff 8 ай бұрын

It’s supposed to have a print version by the end of this month according to the creator