Audiobook (Part 1) - Return to the Tomb of Horrors (Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition)

[@terenceconnors9627]

There is a real dearth of audiobooks for table top RPGs. It's a problem, many visually impaired people want these resources, and very few people make them. Great job, dude!

[@rossy3486]

This adventure shows me what professional rpg writer of great caliber can produce. This adventure is the masterpiece i never got to play or run. Listening to it was a joy! Thank you so much Wyloch!

[@timparks9833]

I love this. I would subscribe to a channel that just read through old adventures like an audio book.

[@codywhite3098]

100%

[@Aikolon]

Me too. I just love this.

[@TheBinger033]

Yes please! You are so good at this!

[@fullerbd]

After I watched the supercut of your tomb of horrors, I was wishing this existed. I will join in that I would like more of these. Well done. Those I still keep expecting you to interject with a silly quip at certain times. 😜

[@justanothercaptain6566]

I really enjoyed that. I just put it on and started painting my miniature. It was perfect! Thank you!

[@JakalTalk]

This should be its own genre of audiobook. Cant wait for the next part!

[@Dosbomber]

I've found "LitRPG" to be a pretty close genre, although many of them are more of an MMORPG online gaming theme than specifically tabletop gaming.

[@WylochsArmory]

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[@WakkasLove]

This was so perfect. You have a wonderful voice for narration-you set the right tones, the right Cadence. I was completely gripped in the story.

[@Zacknafin]

makes me want to light a fire and drink some ale, as Wyloch the Bard spins a tale of wounder!

[@tomyoung9834]

Thanks for this, Wyloch! It really makes me want to run this adventure again!

[@path_of_the_yeti]

This is fantastic. I have listened through this and the second video numerous times. I will also turn them on to help me fall asleep on occasion. Thanks Wyloch!

[@ryanbeasecker9235]

Oh My God!!! I love this adventure and am even considering running it when (if) my players get high enough level. We need audio books of all the adventures! Im going to be listening to this in the car. Put me down for Interested in the read of the book in audio book form. Super awesome dude!!!

[@broompatrol]

Lovely to listen to this while painting. Thank you.

[@knghtbrd]

Wyloch, you are an EXCELLENT narrator! I've listened to a lot of audiobooks (I'm legally blind and the printed ones give me migraines), so I'm used to enjoying books sometimes in spite of the narrator rather than because of them. It's a treat to hear a good narrator read something they are invested in themselves.

[@AZ-su2vc]

If you were born 25 years earlier, Gary would have made you a VP at TSR. Things might have turned out differently for both Gary and TSR, in that case. Gary lives on in your work. You are great.

[@stuartmahony9207]

You have a great voice for listeners. More audiobooks, please!

[@alexmharms]

This is an amazing idea! I would love more audio read through and analyses of old modules. It would save me much needed reading time having it audio in the car!!! Thank you. Do more!

[@mbarker_lng]

This is still a great source of idea material if you are using a later ruleset or associated ruleset (read: Pathfinder). I just used the City That Waits as a standalone adventure location. Instead of it being on another plane, I located it deep in an arctic region with towers jutting from a sub-freezing ocean; an ancient and alien fortress unlike they had ever seen. This location kept the 'frozen' theme intact, then I had to swap out some creatures and look up appropriate trap DCs for the char levels.

[@soulside]

This was great. Please make part 2!

[@WylochsArmory]

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[@Stormcrow147]

This is by far my favorite channel on KZbin

[@ohmissjane]

Dude, do you have plans to make any more of these? I had this read through playing as I painted up a set of cavern terrain recently and honestly it put me just in the best mood for adventuring and dm'ing. In the madness of frantic family life I still think back to that peaceful evening painting listening to this great module. I would love it if you were to make more.

[@nixit11g34]

i opened my box, pulled out my book and made it a read along... Huzzah... thanks for sharing this with younger players

[@MarkLewis...]

We do love a good story... Awesome video for the Wyloch Ness monsters (fans)!!!

[@MrDGoldDragon]

Absolutely loved Return. Tomb of Horrors (AD&D and various official conversions), Return to the Tomb of Horrors (2nd), and Tomb of Horrors (4th super adventure) were in my opinion an excellent franchise. While I haven't actually read Tomb of Annihilation (5th) my understanding from the synopsis and people who have read/played it is that it doesn't really "fit in" and I wish they hadn't called it a continuation. Return included the original dungeon as part of it; the 4th edition super adventure revisited Skull City, Moil, and the Fortress from Return, as well as the original dungeon (although these were "aged"); all of these built off of the previous. ToA just takes the same villain and repurposes him.

[@Taricus]

There was a 3rd edition one from Dungeon Magazine too. It was more of just an update, so that you could play it as written with the stats for 3rd, I think.

[@MrDGoldDragon]

@@Taricus if it's the one I'm thinking of, it was one of wotc's free web adventures and it was a simple conversion of the original. There were also 4e and 5e direct conversions, which is why I noted 'and official conversions'

[@danacoleman4007]

I really like this a lot. I noticed that you have part two posted. I hope you decide to do other content like this as well!

[@WylochsArmory]

Workin on it

[@Aikolon]

This is so great. I love this. I often let an app read aloud the text I'm reading to better integrate it. English isn't my first language and it's much easier for me to listen to it than reading an entire book. Thank you so much. This is a big help : )

[@mistermakebelieve]

As another said, I would love for you to do more of this. I imagine this is very time consuming. I'd gladly support your patreon if you did more of this. Question: where did you get the music?

[@WylochsArmory]

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[@solodragun]

THAC0 LIVES BROTHER! Fond memories😎 Loving the book. You do Gary proud. On the other end of the spectrum, for low levels, a favorite of mine I never hear or see mentioned; Arena of Thyatis... Good times😌

[@stephenparlin9361]

this is awesome, ty for doing this!!!

[@cloak5857]

This is amazing. I love it.

[@Dave_L]

Please continue this!

[@WylochsArmory]

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[@dratzlogic]

I've thought this for a long time, that you have a great tenor and resonance when you speak. You could totally pursue a career in vocal narration, announcing, etc.

[@R.D.G.C.]

This is fantastic! Thanks!

[@TenebrisVeritatis]

This is in fact, quite nice

[@WhatThePublicWants]

This is amazing!

[@R.D.G.C.]

Any chance for a Part 2? I've listened to this several times now... hahha

[@WylochsArmory]

Yeah I have another four hours recorded, just need to clean the audio and take care of the slideshow and music. Been too lazy to do so. Soon.

[@R.D.G.C.]

@@WylochsArmory Fantastic news! Thanks, and keep up the awesome and entertaining work!

[@WylochsArmory]

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[@cooper92697]

eagerly awaiting part 3 :]

[@notreallydavid]

Ya cain't leave it alone! Won't leave my head either, nearly four decades on. (Not sure how I got so old.)

[@desertgamers6065]

More of these!

[@WylochsArmory]

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[@Ipanophis]

That book is on my shelf, sitting about 8ft from me. 🤘

[@AZ-su2vc]

We will we ever get part 2? 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@WylochsArmory]

Yep

[@jwraper1498]

More videos like these!

[@sirguy6678]

Fun video!

[@MrSvlad]

I have this lovely pre-woke artifact on my gaming shelf too. Purchased it shortly after its publication. Good times.

[@xGarrettThiefx]

Pre woke ? Well said...

[@s.m.2523]

Very good work ! The idea of RPG books audiobook is a good one. Wish there were more. I have to ask, does the whole "false prince" thing is something that's part of Greyhawk lore, was it ever followed up in either this scenario or any other ? Because it feels like a weird narrative aside otherwise. Also same with the memoirs of Didro Eightfingers ? I mean I can see how it could tie to the rest o the adventure since it contain, some vague information about two room in the black academy but still... there's no indication on how the Pcs culd resonably learn about it or even the scribe selling the plays. I guess it's jsut somthing for a GM to insert in how they see fit ?

[@Taricus]

It was a promotional thing given out at bookstores in real life. The book explains the story behind it, because the players might investigate the meaning behind it--because it was meant to promote this module.

[@Taricus]

The false prince is just an interesting point of interest to make the travel back more than just a series of random encounters. It's a location/event encounter. DM's are free to elaborate on it, if they want to. It could be based on something in the author's home campaign or a plot hook for a future module, but could just be there as inspiration. That was common in older editions.

[@louiegent6935]

This is awesome how long did it take to read

[@WylochsArmory]

Well I've only done about 20% of the book so far, that's this video. If this video does well and people are interested, I will do the rest of the book.

[@cyrix_dx]

@@WylochsArmory do the rest of the book. Its done better than most audio books and more interesting

[@Steampoweredhermit]

Please do, hearing a audio version helps me to understand the interactions within a module, and I am starting this beast in a few weeks!

[@DB-ig9li]

@@WylochsArmory Please do the rest of the book. This is phenomenal!!

[@jerrywhoomst1116]

Awesome.

[@shawnmulberry774]

Now I must begin the waiting....

[@WylochsArmory]

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[@Kyle_Aurik]

Well done! The music you use sounds very familiar. Where is it from?

[@WylochsArmory]

Its all listed in the first ten secods of the video.

[@Kyle_Aurik]

@@WylochsArmory Thank you sir!

[@kevinpatrickcarey3741]

a stange dungeon, very colorful and a random grotto

[@Shakey719]

based & professional quality audio-pilled, homie!

[@RPGmodsFan]

Suggestion: Using your miniatures, you should create D&D stories, just as DungeonCraft did early in his KZbin career. However, he became lazy, and he no longer makes such videos, which made me loose interest in his channel.

[@WylochsArmory]

Well, to do something like that takes about 50x the time and effort, which I certainly ain't got :-D

[@OzmodiusIluvatar]

I built this to scale, ran it at 11 conventions, and if done right this is a wicked fun crawl that has great loot.

[@WylochsArmory]

Which part of it, the final fortress?