Fate of Drakkenheim Episode 8: Royal Flush

MONSTERS OF DRAKKENHEIM is 300+ pages of eldritch horror inspired monsters for 5e by the Dungeon Dudes! Coming to Kickstarter March 26th, 2024: www.kickstarte... Sebastian, Rudi and Wrath head to Camp Dawn before tracking down the Queen of Thieves via an interesting lead...
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[@jacobsargent5367]

Monty's dungeon and encounter design is absolutely superb. I aspire to be this skilled at the craft one day.

[@bigwig8657]

"Life is a death game, you'll be fine" -comforting wisdom from Rudy.

[@dgrunklesamiii4615]

For those that remember, Wrath was correct about the Queen of Thieves' naming of Refuge for what it was. Our favorite crazy cat man has been underestimated once again.

[@KnicKnac]

I'm still amazed how the six heroes venture forth without a cleric or paladin. Just shows you don't always need such classes to have a fun party dynamic.

[@ADT1995]

Or a Bard Like cleric and paladin I don't think are necessary for most groups (although both are powerful classes), but adventuring without a bard is much harder, so much damage mitigation/avoidance and battlefield control

[@KnicKnac]

@@ADT1995 Bard isn't needed either. I'd rather add a wizard for better CC spells.

[@willmena96]

@@ADT1995 I think the interesting thing is that they don't have any kind of divine magic. The closest to that is Veo's spellcasting as a ranger and that's not a lot.

[@ADT1995]

@@KnicKnac CC was the reason I put bard over cleric for keeping a party alive But yeah when I play wizard I go all out for crowd control. I think I've literally only prepared one damage dealing spell with my current wizard (disintegrate) When I played bard in our last campaign I was a lore Bard so I ended up picking all the spells that I missed with magical secrets (web and slow... This was before slow was on the bard spell list), so bards may not actually be as good at CC as I remembered, and the CC that I had may have just been unique to my character. I personally feel like CC is what wins encounters, and probably the best compliment I ever got from a DM was when she told me she didn't gauge the party's strength by our hit points or hit dice remaining, but instead by the number of spell slots I have left (and I wasn't the only full caster in that group)

[@alex.aguilera9332]

Yeah, lets take un account that this is a heavy Magic setting and they are given lots of healing potions often

[@logancuster8035]

This encounter was SPECTACULAR Monty. The combination of trap, puzzle and combat encounter was a thing of genius and very on point for the Queen of Thieves. Easily one of my favorites that you have ever uploaded and I’ve watch them all.

[@TheCasualGM]

With Spelljammer having just been announced, I think it’d be cool if the next step after Drakkenheim is going into space to find the source of (and/or stop) these eldritch meteors that have been striking planets and infecting them with Delerium. Kinda like Metroid Prime 3 with going to other planets and destroying the Leviathan seeds infecting them.

[@zTom_]

Easter 4 day weekend, Sun in London, and now, some sweet Drakenheim to listen to in the park with a cider in hand. Nice! 😎

[@aperson9556]

Me too!!

[@spencerbrown6238]

Me three

[@philwalsworth4085]

Living the dream! Color me jealous!

[@isaackarr6576]

Canada is so cool that's just apple juice to them.

[@MrRDRII]

Sounds lovely! Howdy from Texas.

[@rorybeckstrom9602]

I love the frustrated paranoid breakdown from sebastion explaining dealing with the queen of thieves

[@Wintermute909]

Yeah I'm really questioning Wilhelm's judgement on sending the two most unpredictable agents of chaos into the lair of of the Queen of paronioa! Actually that sounds like a genius tactic! A bit cold though

[@rorybeckstrom9602]

@@Wintermute909 only if you think they won't come back

[@the.jamie.turner]

Petition for this trio’s name to be “Rudi and the Disaster Mages.”

[@TheCasualGM]

I think if anything, without Veo and Pluto around to object; Sebastian could name this group The Three Crowes like he always wanted

[@AjenjoAnejo]

@@TheCasualGM Nope, Wrath would have them called Bruce and the pussycats.

[@RicardoMoralesMassin]

OMG this is one of those screaming at the screen episodes. I was like TRUE SIGHT! BRUCE TOLD YOU THIS WAS NOT REAL. And then SCRYING! SCRYING! TAKE SOME OF HER STUFF, SEBASTIAN YOU KNOW THISSSS JFC

[@rainbowgang5594]

These videos help me get to sleep sometimes, I fell asleep while watching this one and had a first person dream about a party having to escape a building slowly filling with water with a bunch of magic shenanigans going on, pretty intense in the moment

[@AjenjoAnejo]

When I started watching them and was behind, these were my workout playlist. Well dungeons of drakkenheim was.

[@thisisarobberyb4398]

Often the most exciting thing of the week when a new episode of Drakkenheim drops. P.S. even more excited with this big news regarding the new level 1 variant human

[@meredithsalt8397]

The puzzle mixed with combat is a good idea to do. Thanks for the inspiration

[@r9-core581]

Finally caught up with all the previous episodes. Now I'm hear! Wow that was a lot of watching, lol!

[@DazraelArianos]

Have you watched the Untold Tales of Drakkenheim?

[@r9-core581]

@@DazraelArianos I'm on to the last 2 adventures, Hogtown and Grave robbers.

[@r9-core581]

@@DazraelArianos planning to binge monster of the week once I'm done with untold tales

[@DazraelArianos]

@@r9-core581 those are great too. Very different system and feel.

[@martiansoon9092]

After 2 hearts and and corner diamond, this puzzle is solvable. Each row has 1 similar shapes, so that leads to 2 bottom rows, also looking at other side same applies, so there is only 2 possible slots left. 3rd row the last one and last row the 3rd one. It's a picture remembering game with sudoku twist.

[@martiansoon9092]

If all are needed to be flipped, it can be done after the point all diamonds are flipped as they have played... Also kill one elemental at the time before flipping other suit, so you don't have to fight them all at once...

[@EyeOfMagnus4E201]

It was cool to finally see the two teams exchange members. It was interesting seeing Sebastian working with Rudy and Raith.

[@kyleharrell4853]

@@Dezbood Not quite, Monty and Kelly created an expanded spell list for the Shadow Sorcerer and they are using it. I don't remember if they're doing similar with Warlocks but they still have a pretty good amount of spells known.

[@timjerrom7173]

Awwwww so close to finally getting some Dwarven love in this epic series, you trickster Monty! Well that's 10 more future adventures quite literally in the bag "of holding" plus an excellent DnD puzzle! Fantastic episode guys x

[@majorcosmos2]

Wrath's super cluch mass suggestion was gold

[@TheNihonjin]

Joe will return with 3 points of exhaustion, the stunned condition, and possibly a few levels of contamination. Congratulations sir, welcome to the club. We're out of clean jackets.

[@anonymouszebra1239]

The Queen of Thieves’ lair is so cool

[@spencerbrown6238]

What an ending. I can't believe I will have to wait so long until the next episode. You guys keep me going thanks.

[@williamlazenby314]

Sebastian, Rudy, and Wrath are the perfect magical party for magic stuff. "That's why I had to show you because no one was asking" is the perfect teen angst explanation.

[@ChiefBloodrain]

Currently binging through season 1, but I had to dip my feet into this out of sheer curiosity, I'm loving both, and I like how the session format has evolved

[@esgeir9499]

My mother and I look forward to this every week, thank you :)

[@WolfmanXD]

A memory game in d&d. I absolutely love it, and am 100% stealing it.

[@Broken_valley]

*incoherent excitement always pumped to see your dnd games on Friday or on stream! Enjoy the break and all the extra sleep joe!

[@PartialDemon]

"Where in the world, is, Carmen Sandiego..?" That being said I cant believe it took me this long to make the connection.

[@dakbar4966]

amazing game as always. Wrath/Joe killing it with the one liner at the end.

[@sebastianlindberg2976]

This shake-up with the characters was as hilarious as I hoped! And Joe, congratulations on the next big adventure!

[@comradjohn117]

So I think they missed a hint about the puzzle, the hearts were mirrored by the clubs and the spades were mirrored by the diamonds.

[@thomasbarnard2876]

I can't be the only one that wants to see a 3d print of the Dwarven door...

[@natsukimew6987]

Congrats, Joe!

[@taliesinllanfair4338]

Awesome ending guys.That ending will keep us theorycrafting while Fate of Drakkenheim is on break.

[@stevenallan7945]

Ahh May 24th, my baby's due date and the return of Drakkenheim. Shall be a great day! 😁

[@Axiom_Link]

Congratulations to you and your family in this new season! 🫶🏻

[@ericjordan1348]

Love hos Sebastian overthinks everything involving Katerina

[@joaopedromeira2619]

Oh man I knew where the hearts were, its not random, its basically a sudoku map

[@alexwhitney6372]

Spoiler Did nobody else think it was weird that the queen of thieves clearly labelled the boxes that contained all of her valuables, so anyone who came in could easily tell what was inside?

[@Ramperdos]

About 40 episodes in two months in order to catch up to the release schedule, I'm finally here. And sounds like I was one month too fast! What are some must watch Untold Tales?

[@TommyTheCat83]

All of them... but I really liked the cleanup crew and rooked

[@ContractAaron]

Major Zork vibes from the way Monty kept going over the room in the dome.

[@cattrucker8257]

I was low-key thinking the hideout would be all the way on another continent, one of those mentioned in the previous campaign. Though this location obviously makes sense too. Fittingly, this time one really couldn't say they didn't walk themselves right into this one. Though, of course, there was probably a trap with the solution suggestion or it was false to begin with. Either way, nice work on Monty's part permitting some of those clever tactical uses of stuff. And Joe saving the day by proving just how genius his last spell list expansion was. I do hope at least one of the expanded gang will learn a way to use teleports sometime.

[@ghilliemonster566]

I want to play with you all lol that would be so awesome. That episode was epic absolutely loved the puzzle and team work. Congratulations Joe. Look forward to the next one!

[@israelcowl6764]

suggestion works if they can understand. Water elementals don't typically understand common in the MM.

[@roleforfantasy]

Can’t wait to watch this 😁

[@bluishkitten]

Yay, I finally caught up after binge-watching/listening over the past few weeks

[@Agroveb]

By the time the spades were revealed I solved the whole puzzle, what cool design!! I’m totally gonna steal this for my own games.

[@mishiara5499]

Just wanted to say thank you guys so much for getting me hooked on dnd

[@couryrussell7653]

2:21:15 Wilhelm, “seventeeeennnn” and as wrath is rolling I think to myself, “four” in the very deadpan way he says it, wrath rolls, “4”. That’s my first called roll and I called it right hahahah.

[@peterhowardlawson]

I spontaneously punched the air in a "peppy handler from Monster Hunter" kind of way when I saw this episode was up.

[@darev2335]

I wonder what sebastions sees from Bruce while wearing the goggles. Also, can't the truesoght goggles see into the ethereal plane?

[@chewygad7899]

If not knowing what to say, close mouth and think. Then speak

[@1Lanavis1]

I wonder who has taught the Queen of Thieves to do all she does. I can't believe she ascended to her talent and skill without a mentor of sorts

[@loganmcgee18]

Diggin' the glasses, Jill

[@euansmith3699]

"I feel powerful... and yet, also sick." Joe's inventiveness when it comes to Wrath's weirdness is so much fun. "I'm an important asset..." 😂😂😂🥲 "Your cat is on to something here." 😆

[@omeganerdhq]

I love to listen to these while playing sonic the heagehog.

[@jairoquinino7261]

2:30:42 What a play!!

[@BlackShadow1991]

That was a very fun puzzle and encounter :) Good stuff, Dudes!

[@mcphadenmike]

All the best, Joe!

[@thisisarobberyb4398]

„Your cat might be onto something.“ XD funniest shit I’ve heard

[@ilonafleischer924]

That was an amazing use of mass suggestion.

[@bigwig8657]

Wrath and Sebastian are such an odd pair of late game magic users, with hardly a clue of how magic works, it just does.

[@Wintermute909]

I'm starting to question Wilhelm's judgement in sending the two biggest agents he knows into the secret lair of queen of paronia! Actually that sounds genius! Surprisingly cold, but smart.

[@TerraDoctor]

[Mass] Suggestion isn't mind control... the course of action ought to be reasonable, and the enemies need to understand the caster verbally.

[@jameskaib6407]

That's a lot of bonks.

[@ddickson1167]

So I got the PDF, so I can get up to speed while waiting for my hardcopy and decided to start my campaign in two weeks in area of the map you not explored in the streams yet? One guess where? Yep, Freetown itself...not that it matters as I am starting pre-Duskwardens/Counting Crowes.

[@HiopX]

oh, it's a once per row, once per column type of pattern. they'll figure it out easily, right? ...right?

[@CallenExile]

Yeah. This hurt me.

[@gayperson420]

this type of puzzle is my enemy, my adhd is so bad I would forget where everything is lol

[@cactoidjim1477]

I really hope Joe named his son Pluto.

[@brianmcdonald4457]

Hey you congrats to Jill and to Joe for there foray into patent hood

[@Iveno-Von-Aethervein]

Go Dusk Force! or Drakkenwardens! whatever you prefer. Murder & Friends for Sebastian because Crows. What's the worst that could happen with a name like Murder & Friends?

[@jamesknapp64]

2:42:37 Montey "Drackonhiem is on Pause" Me watching 2 years later "Montey you liars"

[@benjamindavies4960]

Jill looks so stressed in this episode!

[@jseigle_]

So I’m several episodes behind still, but with the parties mixing I’m now envisioning a fight where Sebastian twin cast Haste on Pluto and Rudi and almost feel bad for whatever enemy they would be fighting. A lot of heads will be removed

[@beastwithin7772]

First. Just dropping my like cause I know this will be a good one. Congratulations on the little Lvl 0 Human Joe!

[@Vic1577]

Looking forward to running the game, had to get the pdf files. Shipping from Australia is a bit out of my budget ATM.

[@denisgagne302]

« Do you see my name? » Lol

[@jimbowers1298]

This episode is soon iconally good, I had to stop listening to the podcast and watch the KZbin video!! Great episode!!

[@mikecarson7769]

extra bonus points for the video title !

[@HighmageDerin]

WoW this DM has the players PARANOID about this NPC :)

[@TobiasFunke-rz1uu]

With the crank I was hoping they’d say “Crank that soulja girl” to Rudy.

[@mattfitzgerald7836]

Good luck to Joe and (soon to be larger) family, and thank you all for another excellent stream. :)

[@EmeraldsFire]

In the room is a red hat, matching leather jacket, and a shoulder strap bag. Anyone else remember Where is Carmen Sandego? 😂

[@westerncivilization]

Carmen Sandiego!

[@dannyc3954]

Is the queen of theives a Carmen sandeago?

[@RJWdevelopment]

Just downloaded my copy of the PDF! BTW, your book looks and feels like more of a real D&D book than the ones published for Critical Role, which have that more cartoony art style. I'm so proud of you all! What a journey.

[@GaryBoyles342]

Open Question: Would true seeing be beaten by physical camouflage? Like say a player constructs their own prosthetics to look like another person?

[@ADT1995]

I would rule that it would counter truesight... Since it's not an illusion truesight doesn't grant anything more than physical eyes

[@MrGalagoth]

it would since it let's you see past magic not what is real

[@codemaster2861]

Hey I was just thinking, the rod of Contamination Cleansing is only an action to use right why didny you use it on the Vampiress when you were in Kestlehome to reset the mutation counter?

[@gimlym6641]

Purge Contamination takes 1 hour to cast

[@firelordsinger9666]

Wow im finally caught up!!!!!!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@petrus9067]

Where is the scrying they would try with the queen's Spellbook xD please drakkenduskforcewardens

[@brendanhamm7195]

Anyone know why the podcast hasn't dropped yet?

[@GeorgeSmith-x7j]

Is the Queen of Thief's Carmen Sandiego?

[@willmena96]

I finally managed to catch up with the campaign. I can't sit and watch a livestream but I can definitely listen to the podcast while at work. I gotta say I'm really enjoying it, and I wanted to "vent" (maybe that word sounds hostile lol) some ideas: I'm happy that both parties stopped blindly doing everything the Academy asked them to do (I mean, not exactly, but kinda). Like, the mages built a bomb and handed it to some random adventurers, they sold delerium to a bunch of people and then tried to hide the consequences of delerium, they also kinda brainwash their students and then run away when something goes south. Ever since operation super shield was mentioned, Eldrick started saying the Academy would choose if someone can enter or not (totally not ominous). I never understood why they always sided with the Academy even when it was clear they were being used. Well, maybe it's because Sebastian always changed the subject every time Pluto started doubting them. Also, the Dusk Wardens were thinking about saving people and didn't really pay attention to what the Academy was plotting behind the scenes, so now they have the elvens towers, the geode, the last (?) elf and a lot of power. I'm not bashing on the players, of course. I'm just pointing out something I've noticed since season 1. Finally, I just wanna say I would totally side with Lucretia just to get Argonath back lol. They are trying to stop the Elyrians but those people want to destroy the delerium, while the Academy clearly won't let it happen. There's no way both factions are going to agree on that

[@MageLeaderInc]

Clearly Monty's doctorate wasn't in math lol. 12+3+1+5 is only 21 not 30.

[@markeames4568]

When will episode 9 for fate of drackkenhiem be available to view on KZbin?

[@davidjarkeld2333]

14:50 The tent has deer meat?

[@allanmenard1651]

Where are Drexal's kids? They have not showed up thus far.

[@dizzykincade7831]

Yessss…yeSSS!

[@devistalsgaming709]

Vaeo and Wilheim: (may not be spelling correctly as I usually listen to the podcast). I was wondering why I'm not hearing more double sneek attacks happening? Not sure if you were aware or maybe a reason as to why not, but it would definitely help in the near death fights your party's are in every other day 😂 😂.

[@devistalsgaming709]

As a side note I'm not referring as you to attacking together, but each of you have the ability to do so.

[@carragorby3004]

You can only sneak attack once per turn.

[@devistalsgaming709]

@@carragorby3004 you can multiple times if conditions are met.

[@carragorby3004]

@@devistalsgaming709 You can sneak attack again as a reaction on someone else's turn in the same round, but you can't sneak attack again on your turn.

[@jonathanmartin8716]

Watching people fail at obvious puzzles amuses me :) The grids were built like Soduko where ther'es no repeat in each line so I knew where the hearts were when they flipped that corner diamond. Once ya know where they are the electicity is less of an issue. :) Wrath's Mass Suggestion was the best!

[@ADT1995]

Funny, when I watch people play the solutions seem obvious, but me and my group got stumped by a simple bridge last week so I can't say much

[@swedichboy1000]

Whats your take on Dark Sun?

[@orod731]

Is there a reason they went full virtual for a while now? Still catching up so not sure if they’ve said anything about it.

[@sagealdridge852]

Wrath is so good