The Halls of Arden Vul Ep 69 - Old School Essentials Megadungeon | Nice

It's Episode 69, dudes! Honorary Wyld Stallyn Upior has a ghostly encounter. Meanwhile, the rest of the AV Club does a solid for Count Skleros, and then attempts to contact Sir Simonet.
Feats of Exploration achieved during this session: docs.google.co...
The Halls of Arden Vul is by Richard Barton, Andreas Claren, and Joseph Browning, published by Expeditious Retreat Press.
Purchase it here: www.drivethrur...
Old School Essentials is by Gavin Norman a.k.a. Necrotic Gnome. OSE is a restatement of the Basic/Expert (B/X) rulesets of Dungeons & Dragons, originally published in 1981. Check it out at necroticgnome.....
Explore more 3d6 Down the Line at our official website! Find our House Rules (culled from numerous luminary OSR sources), character sheets, both video and audio only versions of every episode, and lots more!
www.3d6downthel...
Listen to the audio podcast version! anchor.fm/3d6dtl
Support our Patreon, and enjoy awesome benefits! / 3d6downtheline
Purchase Feats of Exploration, an alternate XP system for old-school games!
Drivethru RPG bit.ly/40GI4yo
Itch bit.ly/3MKSs2d
Grab some 3d6 DTL merchandise! 3d6dtl.creator...
Join our friendly and lively Discord server! / discord
Isometric maps by Jason Lutes.
Maps used in the channel banner by Dyson Logos.
Intro music by Muzaproduction.

[@passthegrits]

"Strange things are afoot at the Circle K." -Ted Theodore Logan

[@ImreRides]

Love that you went back to physical dice :D

[@freespace21]

My friends and I also have hit-or-miss randomness when it comes to the virtual dice in Roll20. It feels good to see you travel back to the good old plastic polyhedrals.

[@gdmnsdgl]

the gang has made some vicious enemies, yet are also forging promising---even if somewhat tacit---alliances. I came here for the dungeon-delving and hare-brained schemes, but am most definitely staying for the faction play and how it is and will be shaped by both the players' decisions and the yet-undiscovered secrets that Arden Vul itself holds

[@Metal_Horror]

The factions, the mysteries, the exploration, the NPC's, the emergent storytelling... This campaign and Arden Vul have so, so much going for them, and we've barely scratched the surface.

[@warduke42]

Party on, dudes!

[@rrcabr]

A nice encounter with Jacobus, the friendly ghost! Great session guys!

[@michaelmorrison8679]

i thought david was going to diiiiiieeeeeee!!!! again.

[@jaybakata5566]

@@michaelmorrison8679 No, you wait until his magic-user gets two or three levels, then he dies.

[@mtnbiker78]

What an ending to tonight's session!

[@BaltoBruiser]

Strange things are afoot at the Circle AV

[@3D6DTL]

😎

[@chungbertflabbergast5995]

I love that Wulfheard has apparently settled on "cartoon Mainer" for his accent 😅 Really a big fan of physical dice. It was super cool to be able to see the dice rolls on screen but even in my online games, I encourage my friends to use physical dice. There's just something more exciting about it!

[@PhilC_PhD]

I am still going through the original Dolmenwood campaign so this comment is to just say thank you and I wish this show was around before all the 5e shows. You guys do an amazing job showing off the reason why this style of play is the golden standard in my opinion. Out of the box thinking. Pure emergent storytelling. The shows running modern style games do a great job as being entertaining but you guys show off more of the beauty of ttrpgs (in my opinion). I have loved D&D since I was 8 (3e) but never got to play till 4e/5e era. Not till recently have I started playing the golden age old-school style. I wish I could have had access to B/X or something similar when I was younger instead of 3e but oh well. Watching your games is helping me get out of bad habits both as a GM and a player that I got from running and playing more modern style games. Keep it up and thank you for putting this out there fro everyone to enjoy.

[@3D6DTL]

That’s lovely to hear! I’m glad you were able to find and enjoy this play style!

[@michaelmorrison8679]

yeah welcome aboard!

[@Mrdr]

This episode had a lot going on... negotiation, exploration, vaporizing the much coveted cleric scrolls. One of the downsides to episodic play with tight deadlines is how that chest was handled out of necessity, don't get me wrong, it was a really cool scene!

[@jaybakata5566]

Power outage yesterday. Had to wait until today to watch the best dang live play. I love all 3d6 Down The Line videos! "You're an ambassador now dog!" Epic quote Jon. David, stop hammer time.

[@magdaleneabiuso65]

Episode 69 (nice!) into Happy Mothers Day was a bit of whiplash lol

[@pateyler]

another awesome session, gents!

[@lukejackson3901]

Nice

[@Tavarna]

Nice, nice, nice

[@Dirus-Nex]

Great job guys! I love the energy you guys are all bringing to the table right now, and it is nice to see a lot more exploration of the level. It was painful at the end with the scrolls, hopefully you can find more. Keep up the great work!

[@timothyreal]

Another exciting episode! Looking forward to the Detox!

[@cameronmaas2644]

Hi guys! Glad to be in a place where i can support you on patreon! I straight up look forward to every Tuesday morning. You guys taught me how to run old school style DnD and revolutionized my gaming table :)

[@michaelmorrison8679]

So sorry about that tournament lol!

[@3D6DTL]

Thanks for being a great sport, Cam, and thanks for the support!

[@cameronmaas2644]

@@3D6DTL :D

[@cameronmaas2644]

@@michaelmorrison8679 lol i had a blast regardless, thanks for inviting me!

[@chris70723]

I like me some Wulfheard Cheek. Matt’s best character yet #mortforking

[@warduke42]

I don't know what Mortforking is, but Wulfheard better get that looked at.

[@chris70723]

@@warduke42I fully endorse Mort for the goblin king:) Great show and I thank you for broadening my idea of OSR gameplay and the hours of entertainment

[@dungeoneerofphilosophyphd172]

Now this is an episode of Arden Vul. It's got it all, seriously.

[@EricVulgaris]

nice.

[@Gador_Hir]

A most excellent and totally non-heinous episode my dudes! Thank you for the continuous awesomeness that is 3d6DTL!

[@HighlyRegarded420]

What number am I thinking of...right now? I hope you and the beast men are excellent to each other dudes

[@LailaJohanna]

Loved the ghost interaction and the beastmen, definitely left me wanting more :D. And I can't believe you guys are still in the debouch level. It's incredible how dense this dungeon is.

[@captaingambit8690]

Fantastic episode. May I ask why you went back to physical dice? 🎲 I was a little disappointed, as it adds to the excitement seeing the rolls. This does not alter the fact that this is the best actual play RPG on the internet.

[@3D6DTL]

We want true randomness in the rolls, and digital dice is just another window we have to keep open. Plus handling real dice is one of the joys of RPGs.

[@captaingambit8690]

Yes, that is true. There is nothing like rolling real dice. Your show is so entertaining, it doesn’t really matter about seeing the dice.

[@jaybakata5566]

@@3D6DTL I think the real reason is Jon has finished working on his deck of cards magic/slight of hand, and now wants to work on his dice magic.

[@darjr]

Terry is our DM!

[@magdaleneabiuso65]

Those scrolls! No!

[@Muzgrob]

Great episode. Blowing up a resurrection scroll surely can't come back to haunt them. Can't wait to see how the Beastman alliance goes.

[@posadistpossum]

The cleric scrolls reveal **hurt** Great episode you guys

[@josephbrowning4220]

Yeah, ouch indeed...

[@jaybakata5566]

Pretty sure magic items should get a save... I can hope right?

[@guerintueno2066]

I’m torn. Not sure if the highlight was David solo-running the situation with the ghost, or the whole gang blowing up a treasure chest and losing a scroll with Raise Dead in it…

[@warduke42]

David's run was awesome. I could have done without the explosion.

[@Steven.T.Y.]

Noice!

[@derekf_ny5669]

Did they get the feats of exploration this episode? I think it was five rooms… Also, glad to see the AV club growing in strength especially after the long party split some episodes back. It was looking pretty dire.

[@3D6DTL]

Yep, they sure did! Don’t forget you can peruse the session’s FoE by clicking the link in the description. 👍

[@kylegraywolf]

I'm curious what Lothar's holy symbol is?

[@michaelmorrison8679]

I think I described it as an iron disk inscribed with a tree and two ravens

[@kylegraywolf]

@@michaelmorrison8679 oooh, I missed that

[@michaelmorrison8679]

@@kylegraywolf it was waaaay back when we had the three way split in the party

[@kylegraywolf]

@@michaelmorrison8679 no wonder I had forgotten

[@ionamilne3455]

...nice 😉

[@rubenrosario-rodriguez6490]

You blew it up!🫣

[@VisableVetetable]

Nice

[@Wyrmsblood]

Nice