Solo Gaming with Scarlet Heroes Episode 1 - Roark Heads South

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This week I demonstrate what I have been talking about which is using solo gaming in Scarlet Heroes as a form of fun DM prep and worldbuilding.
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[@TheBasicExpert]

Let me know if you would like more solo games like this too. I'd be willing to record more of these if people want more.

[@steveyoungwork]

more please, great stuff!

[@Mind_of_MATT]

Yes Indeed!

[@jaymea8907]

This was great thanks, more yes

[@onealflynn2414]

Ah yeah I would love to see more

[@Captain_Rimmer]

Same here. More please.

[@k9ine999]

I was looking for an in depth video on Scarlett heroes this morning and this showed up just in time!

[@markhall3323]

Thanks for the videos I really appreciate your getting down to business quickly. On some channels they spend so long getting ready and getting distracted there’s almost no gameplay.

[@marksgenremixer9587]

Great idea to flesh out a world for hex crawl type play.

[@justinfreitas4871]

My favorite intro music. Thanks TBE.

[@joelkurowski7129]

This, Greyhawk Grognard and Cpt. Corajus are the best OSR intros imo

[@Rogelio_007]

This is the cleanest, easiest video to follow on the topic I've watched so far. Thanks 😊

[@Captain_Rimmer]

I already had the book but wasn't sure how to run (play) a solo adventure. I'm new to the tabletop RPG games. Your video really helped me understand how to use the book and apply those rules/mechanics to my own game. Your series on 'Basic Fantasy Roleplaying' is also fantastic. As a sidenote, I found Chat GPT useful for generating descriptions or dialogue based on you rolls. Its worth a look if you don't have a GM.

[@TheBasicExpert]

I'm glad it could help you. I plan on doing more of these as I have time.

[@phaedruslive]

I really wish we could get a very 70's western fantasy version of this. Something with that gritty Baskhi'esque art style and atmosphere.

[@TheBasicExpert]

Yeah the far east flavor is cool in the art. But visually different. At leaat the rules are compatible.

[@frederick3523]

Scarlet Heroes is designed to be very compatible with Old School Dungeons and Dragons modules/settings. Grab some old setting books and do a quick conversion (rules in the book) and boom you have a new setting

[@phaedruslive]

@@frederick3523 You're totally right, but tell me you wouldn't want a full on Peter Mullen illustrated westernized version

[@IAcePTI]

Great video. One of the most detailed lets play i saw about Scarlet Heroes.

[@IAcePTI]

Well you may allrady discovered this but any Overflow damage your PC does against some one in a group it will get the rest damage into others. Example: You are fighting against 4 goblins with 1HD each. You rolled 6+1(7) = 2points of damage. Becouse each Goblin have 1HD means you killed 2 becouse the 1 damage you done to the first left you 1 pt of damage to the next one of the group. If you had done 10 = 4points, you had killed the entire goblin group in a single turn.

[@kyrnsword72]

Scarlet Heroes is an awesome game book as you said, for any system. I believe you may love as much as I do a ttrpg called D100 Dungeon. And yes more solo playthroughs are always great fun to watch when done by someone that does them even as close to as great as you do them. Thanks for this exceptional video Sir.

[@EmptyKingdoms]

What is this map creator you're using? It looks awesome!

[@Mind_of_MATT]

Rolling Encounter, Event & Feature at the same time might speed things up a bit with the d8s of differ assigned colors.

[@TheBasicExpert]

I should roll the d6 for encounters, the event dice, and the feature dice all at the same time.

[@Mind_of_MATT]

@@TheBasicExpert Just a thought :) However you like.

[@horusofoz]

Like to see more of these

[@PrintAndPlayPodcast]

Just checked the rules, your PC takes damage on the same damage chart as he uses to do damage, thus when a goblin rolls 1D6 for damage and scores 6, that's only 2 HP damage to your PC

[@TheBasicExpert]

Ah, I thought it was just straight damage. I'm playing on hard mode then! Haha.

[@PhilipDudley3]

NPCs do normal damage to PCs. PCs do damage against the number of Hit Dice of the NPC. This essentially turns their Hit Dice into wounds.

[@PrintAndPlayPodcast]

@@PhilipDudley3 Read the example combay on page 27, the beast rolls 6 for its damage roll, and does 2pt of actual damage meaning it use the standard damage table.

[@PhilipDudley3]

@@PrintAndPlayPodcast On page 18 of Combat under Rolling Dice, it says Subtract these point of damage from the hit points of the heroes or hit dice of the creatures.

[@PhilipDudley3]

Never mind, I see it now after reading it.

[@JamesTheKoopaTroopa]

A 10 gallon waterskin...? Sheeeeeesh.

[@PhilipDudley3]

I think I need a bit more of an explanation of how a Solo Dungeon Adventure works using Scarlet Heroes. I'm reading it and some of the first paragraphs are not making sense until I get to going to the next room.

[@TheBasicExpert]

It's more room by room. The length of a corridor doesn't matter as much. So you are not making a dungeon like Appendix A in AD&D, it's more abstract than that.

[@Machinationstudio]

A monument to the massacre of locals by a pre-human race. The Fey Cairn. That's why the town is called that.

[@verpalorian310]

Pdf is free if you by the book

[@SentientSoup]

I’m getting into solo gaming and just received Scarlet Heroes in the mail. Question: do you have a video where you created your map? Thank you for your work.

[@TheBasicExpert]

I don't have a video where I created my map. I made the map in Worldagrapher. It had the land masses originally and then I used the scarlet heroes rules to discover where stuff was. Good luck with Scarlet Heroes. I have further videos of me solo gaming with it. More to come!

[@SentientSoup]

@@TheBasicExpert excellent!

[@TheDiazDarkness]

You stopped looking for the price of a meal on a tavern just the moment you passed by it lol. Is on the same side as the hirelings.

[@TheBasicExpert]

I know! I just want to keep things moving for the sake of the video though. Haha.

[@montep]

What software are you using to track your games on the map

[@TheBasicExpert]

The program is Worldagrapher. Not the best UI but it works well and gets the job done.

[@Eviper44]

What program are you using for your map and campaign you are showing in video?

[@Adamthegeek70]

what tool are you using for the map / notes on the screen?

[@DennisCNolasco]

Nice play through. What is the mapping tool that you use?

[@TheBasicExpert]

I use Worldagrapher to make my maps.

[@DoomsDaySignals]

How did you create your world map?

[@TheBasicExpert]

I use Worldagrapher to make my maps.

[@jonathanfrost8767]

I can see how this would be useful overall but some of the rolls are always going to contradictory. Hard to wedge two opposing rolls together.

[@TheBasicExpert]

That's where in solo gaming you have to just make sense of it somehow and edit the rolls and what happens a bit. And if you use it at the table with a group of players, the same kind of editing applies. I think it's a good tool overall. Tonight's stream was an actual play where I ran Vik's fighter through a completely made-up on-the-spot adventure with this game. Should be able to catch the replay.

[@rogueskypilot4116]

I want your map haha

[@TheBasicExpert]

I'll release it someday when it is done.

[@galaktyczne_przygody]

Hello, can you help me understand when are treasure troves of H and G used at all? Also when I roll some treasure and it says M type or C type, which numbers should I use if they are not written? Like for example when is H11 Junzi’s Private Purse supposed to be used? Is it adventure threat of 10, maybe urban adventure vault that I roll which increases its threat by 1 in some other table? It is confusing me. Thanks for your help. Also is making magic items/crafting in general really supposed to take whole months to a year?

[@TheBasicExpert]

The trove types often tell you what they are best used for. So when I solo game, sometimes the oracles will say, "Use trove type C for the appropriate dungeon you are in." Monster stat blocks also list the type of trove to use for the treasure the monster may be carrying or what is in its lair..

[@rogueskypilot4116]

How do you add notes so easily? I always have to manually click the note button

[@TheBasicExpert]

For me the not feature is always on so anywhere I click adds a note. So I'm not sure I guess! Haha.

[@pyropoison113]

What is this map program that you're using called?

[@TheBasicExpert]

Worldographer

[@pyropoison113]

Thank you, Cool Video too! :)@@TheBasicExpert

[@PrintAndPlayPodcast]

Is naming a first level character a crime....maybe it should be.

[@TheBasicExpert]

He lived though. But you may be right. Haha.

[@Squishyjellyfish]

What map creator u using?

[@luless666]

hauling 100lbs of water on your back? that's a stretch...