Dungeon Master Guide for D&D | Homebrew World Umbranthal | Twitch Stream
Umbranthal is the setting for the Hp2Xp Dungeons and Dragons Campaign (Starting December 16th, / hp2xp .
Chris, our Dungeon Master, takes you through a brief overview of the world and answers audience questions from chat.
Sorry for the dropped Frames. We are still trying to optimize our streaming output!
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0:00 Introduction to our D&D campaign
6:20 Background of Umbranthal, calendar, history
8:42 Politics in the homebrew world, the map
14:08 Tangent about older editions of DnD (1e, 2e), murderhobo trope, thaco
19:25 Umbranthal as a setting, diversity, what makes good fiction, setting info
22:56 Main continent, Drow society, Elf Politeia, common and uncommon races, monster races, goblins
26:37 What makes content engaging, partisan, agenda, advocacy, art is political
30:10 Humanoid races, Commonwealth, ambition, story themes, perspective
37:00 Umbranthal Pantheon, deities, D&D Gods, curiosities, Joseph Campbell
41:55 World building, meeting in a tavern
48:45 Monstrous races, privacy, tribalism
52:54 Continents & stealing a pirate ship
54:15 Magic, alchemist, gun powder, medicine, mages, clerics, witches
56:52 Strongholds and Followers, DM style, boundaries
58:30 Subverting expectations or tropes, narrative
1:00:00 Satisfication ??? Satisfaction
1:00:36 Firefighting, Fire Service
1:01:20 Transgressive fiction, Chuck Palahniuk, challenging norms
1:02:30 Tasha's Cauldron of Everything by Wizards of the Coast
1:03:19 Explorer's Guide to Wildemount & creating an official homebrew available to public, metagaming, lore
1:07:30 Planning, Heroes Journey, character arc, NPC arc
1:11:18 Voice acting, voice overs
1:11:54 Nemesis and NPC interactions, conflict and resolution