Embrace the KITCHEN SINK to build your worlds!

[@Mystic-Arts-DM]

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[@matthewholevas5039]

For those on the fence about "kitchen sink" or too deep into a low fantasy world building to find a way out? Just make an event that brings them around. Like a reverse asteroid that BRINGS dinosaurs. Precedent in Witcher for "Conjunction of Spheres" or Berserk's "Eclipse" bringing about fantasy monsters and magic in a blink. You can always choose the version of your setting that you want over the version that's "acceptable?"

[@Mystic-Arts-DM]

Yeah, you can always add! Introduce a cultist baddie who's going to "redefine what it means to be mortal." and then something WHACK happens.

[@davidmoss9943]

You and Bandit's Keep are the two best DnD tubers. Your sub count is criminally low for your content quality.

[@toddgrx]

Daði got a hug. AB was giving that from all of us

[@Mystic-Arts-DM]

Unscripted, but appreciated! - Daði

[@Israelmadruga]

Everybody needs a hug :D

[@SiggiP95]

Again Daði saves my Monday blues with yet another amazing video. You guys are doing such an amazing work and it’s been awesome to have been a part of this journey with you.

[@whotheo4878]

He’s finally starting to make some real D&D thumbnails! Remember, the more insane and inane, the better!

[@Mystic-Arts-DM]

Guess the only way to go from here is crazier!

[@ZeroPhoenixTheLastBladeTheory]

😳😱😲🤯👉➡️ 🎯 ⬅️👈😲😱🙀

[@loganswalk8621]

Pathfinder’s Golarion is one of my favorite fantasy settings because it has a bit of everything with the gothic horrors of Ustalav or fledgling democracy of Andoran even more unique realms like the wild west inspired Alkenstar or the techno barbarians of Numeria each nation has it’s own flavor of fantasy that can provide a whole campaign or a adventure of the week style where the players are traveling the world having wildly varying experiences in each nation.

[@ardenthebibliophile]

Diving into each location and making it unique as you discover it dovetails wonderfully with Obsidian and note based knowledge management. All hail the screaming mass

[@theecoacer5999]

Thank you once again, made DMing in the long-term far more exciting, 3 months into running my first campaign on a small island kingdom next campaign in a month or so will be overseas on a completely different continent, looking forward to seeing how the all in one world approach works and has gotten me enthusiastic about expanding my world whilst playing dnd weekly

[@ehsanrahee7411]

More validation for what I've been doing with my setting for the last decade. I really appreciate making videos on that subject matter because I came to a lot of these conclusions because I have a passion for writing and storytelling (despite the lack of skills and focus), and talked to my buddy about world building for years when we started playing. I'd love to see more and how some of these concepts can be taken further!

[@magley64]

More stellar content from Daði and co!

[@Armaggedon185]

Hell yeah. Theme isn't the gatekeeper, it's the glue which sticks all the jank together.

[@Mystic-Arts-DM]

Excellently put. That should've been in the video!

[@Lodane]

Made a kitchen sink homebrew. Between my ideas + rolling on tables = this place has room for anything. Got a mountain valley the size of Colorado where it's a real wild west frontier vibe, though it's still in the medievalish fantasyland. Never been to DisneyWorld, but as I understand they have everything and just chunk it up into distinct districts. ALSO, THANK YOU FOR PRONOUNCING "OVERARCHING" CORRECTLY, the entire world has forgotten how except like 3 of us.

[@eshelsh1905]

Great vid, loving how you use examples from your own setting and games, hopefully we’ll one day get a world tour? The light behind you started peeking over your shoulder around 8:50, might want to lower it a bit

[@Mystic-Arts-DM]

One of these days we'll figure out our lighting set-up...

[@railking927]

Great video as always!

[@chikinpotpi]

Dutifully engaging for channel boost... ALL HAIL THE ALGORITHM.

[@telenelatelin8632]

Skaven, yes-yes! One of the first dungeons I put my pirate party through turned out to be a skaven den with warp lightning cannons and Gatling guns, it was the most epic near TPK 🤣 🐀

[@Jamesington]

Good advice. My RPG background before D&D was World of Warcraft which has basically everything at some point or some place. That freedom has served me well so far.

[@ericgonzales419]

Too many people dunk on WoW but forget how actually good it was

[@prosamis]

That's awesome! Tbh I struggle with having a central "theme" for my world because they're very general Mainly being the "Struggle to survive in a hostile world" and "finding kindness, beauty, and purpose amidst tragedy" I have 3 main "big" factions (technically 4) and each and very wildly different One being traditionalists that believe their god hasn't abandoned them, that they still have a connection and that the current plight that's ravaging civilization is a test of faith Another is an elf centric faction that utilizes the "gifts of arcanum" to survive. They use arcane magic (which supposedly didn't exist before) as well as metals and crystals (which didn't exist in the time of gods) And the third are a steampunk faction living in and around a volcano, utilizing remnants of their old god to survive as well as the world's new bounties. The traditionalists clash with the other two as they see the arcane, metals, and crystals to be taboo While the other two work together due to their mutual usage of these new powers, though they each do so very differently

[@LeninReturns]

I feel called out, I've "borrowed" SO much Warhammer themes / styles / characters. Good-Good Video man-thing!

[@beyondthecircles1]

🙏🏻

[@Mystic-Arts-DM]

You do not know how much I rely on your emoji comment for every video. 🫡 - Daði

[@sirhamalot8651]

I had a Shakespeare professor tell me that every story theme is found somewhere in Shakespeare's writings. I still have not been able to prove him wrong.

[@kendiamond7852]

The proper term in D&D for this is Gonzo. I learned it from Bandit's Keep

[@rainbowmothraleo]

I adore kitchen sinks, that's why I love Planescape more than any other setting

[@AgentAndor]

Because I know too little about themes and D&D lore, I’m not limited by this 😃

[@Lemonsynths]

Cant wait to argue with my players abt why my fantasy dinosaurs arent feathered

[@CapnShades]

I will always have equal fondness for the detail and cohesion of Middle-Earth as I do for the worlds of Dragon Ball and Samurai Jack.

[@michalcross9013]

I think people should not be scared of using any cool ideas they have immediately, be it setting or plot stuff. Use 'em or lose 'em, I say. Also, I did enjoy the sound recording bouncing back and for the with the jump cuts! 😅

[@TheDoranMaster]

Just a FYI, your videos are normally on the top of my feed, but I had to scroll a decent amount before I found your video 😢

[@TheDoranMaster]

I just finished it, it was amazing! 😊

[@jeffmann7604]

it's so funny you should mention the Skaven! Just setting up to run my first campaign, and at least for the early to mid levels The primary antagonists are a race similar to but legally distinct from the Skaven. One of the first plot hooks in the game is going to be finding missing children. Three guesses to what the rats are taking children for :-) Set the tone early right?

[@kendallcarlson5502]

Did you change the thumbnail? Because whatever thumbnail you have now got me while the one I saw at first did not

[@hierroarcanjo451]

This is legit how i make my stuff lol This is my totally not Noxus with my own spin somewhat influenced by their Pantheon of gods that are capable of interfering in matters, which is why they haven't been simply wiped out of the world by enemies since they are an expansive conquesting empire. At the same time, on another continent there is a whole steam/magicpunk region where the greatest invertors and many concepts we would consider were born, such as big ships that were made by the first ever Pirate that made his ship so he could flee the continent with his riches, settling on an island that ended up becoming another independent continent ruled by criminal syndicates. It just keeps devolving and evolving into more and more, but remaining connected.

[@634n5]

i love the idea of suspending disbelief, the only thing a dm has to do, is be consistent, not make any sense

[@cadenceclearwater4340]

That's my excuse, and I'm sticking to it.

[@vanderlark]

I really needed this video 🤪 I am currently creating a world to first-time DM, and I am falling into all the classic pitfalls (overcreating, too much detail that probably wont come up etc. pp.) - and this is no different 😅 Its going to be a pirate themed nautical campaign with underwater elements and deep sea horror and potentially Dagon at the end. Bur oh, also Vampires because cool! And mindflayers! But wait, gotta have a dragon or a couple. And the elemental plane of water could play a role, maybe even air! And there will be a volcano, so maybe even fire. And the feywild sounds cool, lets work that in somehow! Maybe a hagcoven or something. In my head I am justifying that I just want to give the players themes so they can just follow what they like, but in reality I am just over-exited for all the possibilites and scared I wont be able to improvise something cool when needed, so I try to overprepare. But your videos help! 😅

[@Mystic-Arts-DM]

Let yourself be excited! You can restrict yourself each game night, but in between you DREAM! - Daði

[@johncasebeer179]

Great video!

[@Mystic-Arts-DM]

Thanks!

[@86myvega]

Love the content! Always what i seemingly need at just the right time and for that i thank you. Random question....what size or how many miles are each of the hexes on your world map?

[@Whyzerowl]

DINOSAURS, ALWAYS MORE DINOSAURS

[@kaicrutcher1313]

@Whyzerowl lol I just did this in a game im running. Players made their way to an unknown (until now) island. Where bbeg has made his operations and I was just going thru the MM to find interesting monsters to throw at them until they found him.....and then i came across dinosaurs and I was like YUP.

[@Mystic-Arts-DM]

IT'S DINO TIME!

[@Whyzerowl]

@@kaicrutcher1313 depending on what you're playing...there's a Monster Hunter module for 5e that's friggin sweet for stuff like that!

[@louismuir9485]

Im wanting to add Blood Hunters to my setting but i still want to find that connective thread to make sure im happy with them in my world... but my mind just keeps coming back to Bloodborne themes

[@TacticalGoldfishy]

oh man would i love to have the skaven in my campaign, but they're too cool for me - i wouldn't do them justice.

[@NeuralNotes5]

Wait so there are other ways to create a world other than mix everything you Love with a secret sauce of Whole Lot of Love? 🤯 Loved the video. You always make my day a little bit better, Dadi. Thank you for that. Much love, take care and bye. 😃🥰😇

[@StephaniePlaysGames]

Do you think myyy partner will let me get emotional support rats? 🤔 I really love your use of "different types of glue" - I'm also a fan of gonzo-style worldbuilding!

[@CantComplain3k]

When you brought up the Skaven, I was quite surprised. To my recollection, I haven't seen you mention anything Warhammer-related in your videos. Guess I shouldn't be too surprised though, you seem to know your way around a variety of TTGs. Do you run WHFB/AoS games? Have you ever run WH40k games, like Black Crusade? Edit: nvm, you answered my question... next time I'll watch the whole video before commenting 😂😂😅

[@VitoWolf-me3tq]

Rifts rpg from the 80s and 90s was just this.

[@Mystic-Arts-DM]

I cut out a Rifts reference last minute! I thought that only the grognards would get it... I forgot who my audience was! We'll get it next time! - Daði

[@TartagliaEvilMan]

Your serious thumbnail face was waaay more compelling, than your typical youtube thumbnail face. I think most of your viewers are not so easily exited 11 years old children. Otherwise - good topic, good delivery. Bashing toys in kitchen sink, heh.

[@zibbitybibbitybop]

Algorithm likes the crazy thumbnails, though, there's no way it's not prioritizing them.

[@djbslectures]

❤❤❤❤

[@dynestis2875]

But were you wearing shorts this time? I recently stole the idea of a Hive City from Warhammer, I made the government be the Arcanist Inquisition which I took from Ghostfire Gaming and then decided to have this city be built deep underneath the polar ice as an Ark which I based on Frostpunk, because some magical rift allowed the world to be completely covered by an otherworldly corrosive mist which I took from somebody's homebrew setting called Aarden.

[@Mystic-Arts-DM]

Actually jeans, annoyingly. This video would've been better in shorts... - Daði

[@Mystic-Arts-DM]

Love to see it, that's exactly how I run the game. It's all a hodgepodge.

[@dynestis2875]

​@@Mystic-Arts-DMyou're welcome to join us sometime!

[@BG-bm3sn]

For the algorithm! I'm doing a ghibli 5e heist one shot soon

[@BG-bm3sn]

With a Centaur, a hydra, and hello kitty as players

[@bladeleonhart1224]

I heard a WAAAGH! I came as fast as I could.

[@Mystic-Arts-DM]

WAAAGH!

[@aegishield2836]

What did you use to make the map of your world?

[@cthomashand]

do good work

[@TK-421_66]

Last time I was this early I... actually I have never been this early.

[@Mystic-Arts-DM]

See you here next time at 15:00 GMT sharp.

[@alecbetz1611]

You sound just like my favorite podcast host, Roman Mars. Check out 99% invisible sometime

[@xxTerraPrimexx]

That was a glorious game to pick. Total Warhammer series has got me at about 2.1k hrs so far 😂

[@Mystic-Arts-DM]

I dare not look at my playtime in that thing. - Daði

[@xxTerraPrimexx]

@Mystic-Arts-DM what's worse with mine is that is probably 1.7k hrs with the same faction (summon the Elector Counts)

[@talscorner3696]

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAhem- how are you doing, Dadhi and Out Of Frame Arm? (Fun fact: I am adding skaven to my campaign for the local kids ^^ can't wait to see their face when the goofy ratmen start becoming scary!)

[@Mystic-Arts-DM]

In frame hug this time around!

[@MKzing]

The "Earth mixes genres" bit made me stop and think for a long time.

[@jancarlmatysiak4354]

Thank you for your content I really enjoyed the video! I think your approach to kitchensinks and havin fun is totally right and brands like Marvel, Warhammer and MtGshow that as well. However I I'm intrested what you think about the term "fortnitefication" in recent years I have the feeling that a lot of nerd brands sacrificed their own tone& identity on the altar of customer aquisition so that there are only big kitchensinks. While I think your approach is right at the moment I try to restrict tone and theme of my campaigns to offer something different and I have only an audience of 4 players who really enjoy my world which will be elevated for them since I stuck to my theme... At least this is my hope

[@Mystic-Arts-DM]

I think there's no wrong way to play, I'm often strict about tone in adventures. The one I'm prepping live with an audience came with requirements for the PCs. I just make sure it doesn't stifle my creativity, which I guess is what the video is about. - Daði

[@ericgonzales419]

This is the elden ring approach

[@Scarletraven87]

My man, you mention Talenta Plains and not the jungle of Xen'Drik

[@Mystic-Arts-DM]

My Eberron ignorance is showing! - Daði

[@120588880106]

Skaven do not exist-be, manthing! That is a myth, yes-yeeees.

[@tonysladky8925]

I'm always criticizing Forgotten Realms DMs (and arguably, published adventures and sourcebooks) for not taking advantage of the setting's kitchen sink nature. In my book, the only ones to have gotten the Forgotten Realms right is Acquisitions Incorporated. If there's not off-the-wall super-magic and Beholder mechs and airships and ancient Druidic super-weapons leftover from a millennia-old war they fought against illithids and a dragonborn city-states where dogs are senators and Swiss Army Knife lutes, you're wasting the Forgotten Realms' potential and might as well just grab an actual generic medieval fantasy setting.

[@NeuralNotes5]

First? I Guess?

[@sr.piedra3802]

Beat me to it

[@Mystic-Arts-DM]

You get the prize!

[@michaelmurtagh330]

[@mahrtist1179]

drop your girlfriend, marry me instead?

[@Mystic-Arts-DM]

😎👉👉 no

[@mahrtist1179]

@@Mystic-Arts-DMat least i tried... 😢

[@mahrtist1179]

I really love you guys's content tho, and i've been watching all of your vids with my own girlfriend. She didnt even enjoy TTRPGs before this channel, so thank you very much!