Sorrowsworn in 5e Dungeons & Dragons - Web DM

[@WebDM]

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[@nathanpang7791]

Your channel is the best DnD resource i have found for advanced material. What can you say about a campaign, or one shot, to introduce elementary/middle school students to the game for a DnD club at school. Out of 5 5th and 6th graders in the club, only one has actually played. Can you guys help the next generation of gamers be born?

[@luckyswine]

@@nathanpang7791 check out runehammer's video on first sessions. He has a great 'wake up in a dungeon in rags' session with a gelatinous cube that worked great as an intro to play for my school group.

[@calebrenegar1992]

Web DM Jim, you look awesome man.

[@MrSilvUr]

I'm imagining that the Monk has the Ranger survival features in the Shadowfell. They're just too disciplined for the Shadowfell to get to them. The Shadowfell tries to send the psychic manifestation of the party's hunger at the party, and the Monk is just like, "Yeah, I am pretty hungry; the Dao says I should eat." And then the manifestation of the Monk's hunger turns into a sandwich.

[@blakebailey22]

"These creatures are manifestations of desire, desire creates suffering, I must temper my desire to weaken these creatures."

[@felixrivera895]

"A sound soul lives in a sound mind and a sound body"

[@DarthJacobi]

Jim’s looking good these days glad to see him living healthier.

[@zigzera7757]

Kash Zombi3 probably to busy to eat, seriously though me too

[@DarthJacobi]

Leaving Texas probably helped too we have HUGE portions down here

[@reidtaylor3037]

I had a Night Hag that would "bargain" for the negative emotions of local villagers in exchange for her favors and in turn she would distill those experiences into Sorrow Sworn. It was a great adventure for my team to figure out where these strange monsters with familiar faces were coming from and dealing with all the misery they caused. They eventually found the Hag, who was growing powerful enough to pull the area around her home into the shadowfel itself! Such an epic story arc! Good news for me, they let her escape the final fight and now I have a recurring villain. (Evil DM Cackling)

[@aerynh6116]

I have to extend my thanks to you two. You just lit my brain on fire with an idea for horror themed one shot centered mostly around these guys. My players are going to hate it but it will be so cool. Thank you, Jim, Pruitt.

[@emccoy]

Welp you've inspired me. One of my players has a cursed sword that drives them to either kill with it or consume lots of meat, guess who is going to have a visit with the Hunger

[@General12th]

Nice!

[@hive_indicator318]

The Shadowfell IS the Swamp of Sadness from Neverending Story. That's all the description needed.

[@FluffeyPandasWorld]

poor horsie

[@Mr.Lucidity]

One of the parties I DM for is heading into the Shadowfell soon. Can't wait for the barbarian to rage out and conjure up The Angry.

[@mason-.]

Is Jim losing weight? He's looking great.

[@Aleph-Noll]

for sure he looks way better hes even sitting up taller!

[@Popsculpture]

I was just checking the comment section for the same reason; he looks great. Keep it up Jim!

[@YUmailME]

yeah for real. Jim Davis lookin like a snack.

[@felixrivera895]

A member of the party starts to miss sunlight, they want fresh water to play in and a hot bath, they want to smell plant life and fresh earth. That's when a half eaten Wretched stumbles into the clearing, squealing and flopping towards the party. The Hungry is coming.

[@TheMatloch]

You’re end-of-video banter hit a little too close to home. I feel attacked

[@tonyvoegtlesquirrelpunkmag9768]

Sounds like Pruitt was channeling Xemnas or Ansem from Kingdom Hearts.

[@janedoe4929]

Obviously Xemnas too much nothingness and not enough darkness.

[@tonyvoegtlesquirrelpunkmag9768]

@@janedoe4929 too true.

[@Darknight4434]

True

[@kenmdrt]

I'm glad you brought it up in the stinger, because I was thinking of a Feywild opposite to the sorrowsworn, like the Laughter that maybe was the first creature to spread a plague of cackle fever or something.

[@cosmoreverb3943]

The lonely is possibly one of my favourite monsters. I've imagined setting up an encounter where a party enters a basement or something and spots a large silhouette in the corner that's making low wailing noises. As they get closer, one of it's arms shoots out to try to grab one of them. Also, I feel like the Apathy from RWBY would fit right in here

[@nickr1818]

I thought about pairing it with a caster who would throw down a darkness spell. Not only do you get the mechanical bonus for fighting in the dark, but the visual of dragging a character into the darkness against its will.

[@Nolinquisitor]

Meat Loaf Davis and The Cure Pruitt. Solid thumbnail, as always.

[@WebDM]

Thank you!

[@patdo777]

So does a Barbarian create a 'The Angry' whenever he rages in the Shadowfell?

[@OscarGreenworth]

I think rage is different than anger. Rage comes from a passion within and can be a driving force. Anger on the other hand comes from the outside and picks away at you, making your decisions and mood worse and worse until you snap.

[@Bluecho4]

He does now. Thanks for the idea!

[@j2dragon109]

Skeleton Warlord Interesting points, but the way I see it, a rage is when your anger overtakes you.

[@OscarGreenworth]

@@j2dragon109 I can see where you're coming from. I just think the anger that comes from frustration isn't the same as a barbarian's rage. Sure frustration can actually lead to a rage but during a rage you're still able to make halfway decent decisions. When you're frustrated and angry, you just start to lose composure and rational thinking. You get sloppy and make mistakes. But that's just me. Play the game how you want. It's what makes D&D so great.

[@peterosborne8315]

patdo777 rage doesn't necessarily have to be anger. That's just a common flavour. It could be like battle meditation or someone focussing on their strength

[@TheNerdySimulation]

Ah yes, the *BIG MOOD* of D&D Monsters.

[@TheSpunYarn]

I've got a 4 part dungeon planned in a section of the Underdark which holds a massive Shadow Crossing. The Drow society above it slowly began to sink physically and spiritually until its leaders each became one of the four large Sorrowsworn. Each one lives in a massive manor which tells the story of the fall of this Citadel.

[@joshnassano5484]

Getting ready to run some of these tonight. I've only watched this video 3 times now... great work guys

[@WebDM]

Have a good game!

[@OscarGreenworth]

I think these are my favorite new monsters in 5e. So many good ideas.

[@zenja6533]

I've actually ran a "two-shot" that involved a cult that would shed negative emotions *into* a shrine that they corrupted, and it summoned a reskinned "Sire of Insanity"(Ravnica), but I treated it like a sorrowsworn. It was basically "We are gonna just materialize our negativity for our enlightenment, also we're going to basically feed it to a sacrifice." Probably the most interesting game I ran to date.

[@torinnreactsgaming]

Quick Homebrew monster. What do y'all think? Definitely powerful, but fits, I feel. The Anxious Medium monstrosity, neutral evil AC: 19 (natural armor) HP: 332 (35d10 + 140) Speed: 45 ft STR: 20 (+5) DEX: 17 (+3) CON: 18 (+4) INT: 9 (-1) WIS: 7 (-2) CHA: 15 (+2) Skills: Perception +4 Damage Resistance: bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage when 2 or more creatures are within 30 ft of it Senses: darkvision 60 ft, passive Perception 19 Languages: Common Amxious Assault: When The Anxious makes an attack, the attack roll benefits from Dexterity, and the damage roll benefits from Strength. Anxious Mind: The Anxious has advantage on Intelligence and Wisdom saving throws and Perception checks, but has disadvantage on Insight checks and all Charisma saving throws and skill checks. Constant Anxiety: If there are 2 or more creatures within 30 ft of The Anxious, it has advantage on attack rolls and deals an extra 11 (2d10) psychic damage and 11 (2d10) necrotic damage. For each creature beyond the second that is within 30 ft of The Anxious. This creature gains one additional attack with its Multiattack Action. Additionally, this creature can concentrate on up to 3 spells at a time, so long as it doesn't cast a spell that would deal damage to a creature, regardless of concentration. Innate Spellcasting (+9 to hit, DC 17) at-will: Bane, Mind Spike, Major Image 3/day: Bestow Curse, Blindness/Deafness, Compulsion, Fear 1/day: Synaptic Static Actions Multiattack: The Anxious can make two claw attacks, or one claw attack and use its overwhelming anxiety action. Claw: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft, one target. Hit: 23 (4d8 + 5) slashing damage. Overwhelming Anxiety: The Anxious can choose a target within 30 ft of it that it can see, and that creature must make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the target becomes frightened for 1 minute. On a successful save, the target's base movement speed is halved until the start of its next turn. However, the target still gains full bonuses to its movement speed through features as normal. (i.e. A 15th level Human Monk with the Mobile feat would have a movement speed of 50 ft still. 15 ft from halved base speed, 10 ft from Mobile, 25 ft from Unarmored Movement.)

[@lorgarbeareroftheword5836]

Reminds me of the daemon spirits from the Fade in Dragon Age.

[@geoffdewitt6845]

Can Pruitt please build the Anxiety monster? I would love to see that shit, dude!

[@laoxep]

You are saying you are anxious to see it? :-)

[@Bluecho4]

This video has really made me see the Sorrowsworn in a different light. Now I want to throw it at players, and really screw with their heads. Thanks, WebDM! Thanks for enabling me to weaponize depression!

[@DrLipkin]

My favorite thing about the Sorrowsworn is their resistance to Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing while in dark or dim light. Not that this is not B/P/S from non-magical weapons. It's all B/P/S. That's dope.

[@madcountofdumont7742]

I'm always prepping my sessions during Web DM and getting really sidetracked. *Shakes fists* Heaven save my Level 1 party tomorrow

[@daddyp1877]

I love these monsters. Great insight as always. I have a small group I’m trying to get into playing and it’ll be my first time as well. They’re interested in getting technical with combat. For example shooting a dragon in the eye to give it a blind spot, or cutting the Achilles’ tendon of a giant to bring the vital spots down to their level. I’d love to see your guys’s take on expanding combat beyond the “roll dice, subtract damage from hit point pool” and maybe some mechanics and throws on how you’d come close to those technicalities in combat. I’m struggling with getting my head around it. “I aim for the jugular vein” is obviously a fatal blow to a human bandit and would make hit points irrelevant, but at the same time if I were fighting a bandit to the death, the neck is an obvious choice to target. Hitting his neck with a sharp object 7 times before he gives out and dies seems a little immersion breaking. Help pleasums!

[@comradeshamrock7572]

Do they succeed in doing enough damage to drop the bandit? Maybe they don't do enough damage to drop him immediately due to adrenaline and a hand over the wound but will be able to fight for another 30 seconds (5 rounds). You can also look at rules like Injuries and Massive Damage in the DMG P272. For inspiration more than the actual tables and mechanics. Perhaps the slash to the throat was only superficial, leaving only a minor gash rather than a straight gutting of the poor sod's neck. Then try and work out with your players what you think would be fair. Or you could use the system as is. It all depends on whether you think it would be fun.

[@daddyp1877]

Comrade Shamrock appreciate the assistance. Issue I’m running into is my shot at DMing is also going to be my first game as well lol. Cramming as much as possible but it’s a lot to take in. Trying to avoid the first game being me looking through the books to answer whatever questions may come up

[@comradeshamrock7572]

@@daddyp1877 Ah then I wouldn't worry about it. Get the basics down first and then look at expanding into things that appeal to and interest you. At low enough levels it won't matter too much about aiming for the jugular on bandits.They'll have low enough hit points that the players should drop them in a hit or two. Three if they're really unlucky. And if you need you still struggle with wrapping your head around fatal blows just imagine it somewhat like TV. They can get bludgeoned, beaten and stabbed but until they lose that last hit point, plot armour is in effect and they can still keep swinging. ;)

[@PainSquared]

Ah yes, the anxiety monster. Just have it go around the players camps during a long rest and keep making a ruckus. It won't ever attack or do anything except move at higher and higher speeds towards the party and then back away.

[@EGrahamBass]

I'm planning to make use of them in an area of my homebrew setting known as the Stormlands, where the most devastating battles of a war against mages took place. All the anger of those lost, the fear of those left wandering and the hunger and loneliness of the few who chose to stay behind. It became the perfect setting for Sorrowsworn, especially with that shadow dragon captive under the abandoned dwarven capital, he's gotta have some feelings....

[@ShurikenSean]

*when you were thinking if your character that grew up in the feywild ended up in the shadowfell you'd play them as even more affected by the plane than a normal person* well shit, these things certainly don't help XD

[@dittmar104]

ShurikenSean a spring eladrin finds himself lost in both the shadowfell and his own winter

[@iphidamasfilms1245]

something I never knew I needed was Jim Davis saying "big mood"

[@dirk_gently]

A barbarian raging in the shadow fell immediately adds the angry to your combat

[@jacobfreeman5444]

I would say it different. One might see the rage to be a cathartic release. It is drawing power from your emotions. Where as angry would be this smoldering feeling that actually drains you. And to this I would actually have using rage would deprive the Angry of the substance to continue. Thus making these monsters actually focus on this being who is depriving them of what makes them exist.

[@sagēzin1111]

JIM, LOOKING GREAT!

[@mercaius]

As far as I know, Sorrowsworn were originally a kind of Forgotten Realms demon. 4E gave them a unique role with the Shadowfell and the Raven Queen, and it looks like 5e is expanding them into a full creature type with a variety of different beasties.

[@VBadBaboon]

Every time the totem barbarian rages The Angry shows up with the head of the totem animal.

[@EndyHawk]

I love these monsters! Very Silent Hill-ish.

[@OscarGreenworth]

Silent Hill is basically just the Shadowfell in general.

[@EndyHawk]

Only if you include a lot of psychological horror elements in your game. I definitely skew closer that way in my protrayal of any sort of hell-dimension (my current campaign only has one "negative plane"), but i get it's not everyone's jam. Still, you can have a lot of fun, especially if like SH the plane in question "bleeds" into reality.

[@acastanza]

I like the shadowsworn looking like the player that originated the emotion but ghostly and distorted to have the distinguishing characteristic of the particular shadowsworn type (i.e. the maw).

[@infinitewanderer4187]

are you guys ever going to do a video about guns in D&D?

[@dracosfire7247]

I'm personally of the opinion that guns should replace light and heavy crossbows mechanically. The only difference is that the ammo would be about half as much to buy, and it can't be reclaimed. Other than that it should remain single-shot, and stay the same damage. I defend this position because the rapier was invented after firearms were.

[@IsacMH]

It's not a dedicated video about it but they talked about firearms in a subscriber Q&A video (question comes up around 13 minutes in) kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2awnIZvbZmJo5o

[@Gabranicus]

Ok, new idea. A town based on Silent Hill that occasionally planeshifts between the shadowfell and the abyss.

[@WebDM]

Spooky

[@kevinchristiansen4348]

Sorrowsworn appear in the shadowfell, misery loves company

[@torinnreactsgaming]

I love the idea of The Hungry being an encompassing "devourer", due to its Life Hunger ability. When it sees something regain hit points, that causes The Hungry to hit easier and harder. Hit Points being used in this metaphor as a manifestation of physical willpower, where the mental willpower causes The Hungry to manifest.

[@zigzera7757]

Legit best thumbnails in the business

[@WebDM]

Thank you!!

[@ladytanuki]

The campaign I'm running now involves a Shadowfell that is quite populated (with living people), and this video really got me thinking about how the residents might deal with the Sorrowsworn. For example, the primary goblin city is there. I imagined them having a city patrol consisting of warriors and wizards dedicated to staving these psychic manifestations off. They've effectively set up a shell containing what more resembles their own demiplane than the rest of the Shadowfell. Then you have the drow population which has spilled over from the Underdark. Got to thinking that maybe the Sorrowsworn are the reason why they haven't taken over the Shadowfell. They try to weaponize them, but too often fall prey to the emotions they manifest. They primarily thrive there because one of their goddesses bails them out. There are also demons who thrive there, using the manifested emotions as fuel or currency. I'm beginning to wonder if they themselves might manifest their own psychic entities that would wreak additional havoc. And then you have the shadar-kai, who have adapted to their presence by developing a culture of letting go of emotions and embracing death. They coexist with the Sorrowsworn and may even study them. As a result they make great guides for lost travelers. And finally I got an idea for the necromancers' guild that's based there to experiment with fusing Sorrowsworn-like entities into undead creatures, effectively weaponizing them.

[@sebaseba6710]

Great episode! And Jim looking good man!

[@jsonder2962]

I'm imagining the Anxiety monster would be an invisible/ethereal creature with the auras Pruitt mentioned. It would move slowly, but it can occupy the same space as another creature. The target creature would have to make a save or become paralyzed, repeating the save each turn. Just one version of many, I'm sure!

[@andrewhalverson6974]

Cool video idea: deep and profound moments in gameplay. "Feeling the feels"

[@WebDM]

Hmmm...like how to make those happen? How to handle them responsibly?

[@d-man3589]

I had an idea for an adventure that is for first level players that deal with the sorrow sworn kind of like Silent Hill, where bits of the Shadowfel are creeping through and when it dose it’s noted by the ringing of a church bell and the players got to hide because their unresolved problems are manifesting as monsters. I just use their backstories as inspiration as to which sorrow sworn comes after them.

[@WebDM]

That sounds really original and cool!

[@colbybastian17]

These creatures remind me a lot of the Fae in The Coldfire Trilogy.

[@eran5005]

Mordenkainen tome of foes is no doubt one of the best books released for 5e, with so much great lore about the plains, various races and a bestiary with some of the best designed monsters in this edition. Things like the Sorrowsworn, Star spawn, oblex, expansion on trolls, drow, ogres and so many others... Many of them designed really interesting and horrifying mechanics but also with fantasy and role play in mind.

[@juliustausch7377]

The intro of this episode might win up to ten awards at the Sundance Film Festival.

[@WebDM]

Thank you! We're feeling optimistic about Cannes.

[@17joren]

I think some of the existing sorrowsworn represent anxiety, like I think lost explicitly has anxiety in its description. However I like your idea, JP, and maybe give that to the lost or something.

[@Danothyus1]

i have an idea for a campaign that goes more or less like this: A skullord wishes to drain the power of the raven queen to gain control of the shadowfell, yet he can't get to her because the shadarkai is always protecting her, so he develop a plan. Using a mage pawn on the material realm, they start to make the shadowfell to overlap with the material plane, trying to bring out a nightwalker into reality to gain control over the plane, but also randomly making sorrowsworn to spawn, forcing the shadarkai to act and stop them as they are beings born from the shadowfell. The skullord plans to keep the shadarkai occupied on the material realm while he can keep a low profile using his mage servant to attack the raven queen and drain her powers. The party ends up getting in involved on the plot while doing a random quest against some bandits who are selling slaves from a distant land; they end up finding the place overruned by a lost and wretches that spawned because of the slaves feelings.

[@masonmross2257]

Danothyus1 life

[@brycenerdstrom567]

Now I want Legendary writeups for each sorrowsworn!

[@tylerhilpisch7850]

You could also modify the monsters so they represent the five stages of grief in a one shot where the PC’s are dead and have to “move on”

[@Locaneo]

A little Outlander Ranger named Atreyu goes into the Shadowfell, gets called from behind by a horse shaped Lonely rising from a swamp.

[@EpicDwarfStench]

Great start.

[@44tuck3r]

I imagine that spells/spell effects could be used within the Shadowfell to seed negative emotions, whether used by or on the party by outsiders or regional effects (with saves). Friends, Dissonant Whispers, Cause Fear, Charm person/monster, Hold person/monster, Crown of Madness, Wrathful smite, Ray of Enfeeblement, Fear, Compulsion, Confusion, Mislead, Scatter (Calm emotions would be helpful to the party to be prepared) Essentially anything that can create seeds of mistrust, anxiety, or anger, in the party themselves or others they interact with. Using friends or charm person on a benign Shadowfell denizen could result in Angry showing up for the conflict, and that denizen would know enough to disengage and vanish as the fight commences.

[@44tuck3r]

Possibly a bit too much of a mind game for me, but a DM could make wretched show up every time someone expresses a little negativity, so that the party associates negativity with danger, and creating a situation where in the process of trying to manage each others emotions they attract bigger threats. Character flaws and personality traits should also he in full effect in the shadowfell - mirages of loved ones, nightmares, illusory treasure (a character who typically values material stuff might see that another player has something new. Since spells like Creation and Illusory Dragon draw on the Shadowfell, it is clear that their is a precedent for illusions in the shadowfell to be tangible amd harmful. An illusionist could have much stronger powers in the Shadowfell potentially, or maybe even be a primary antagonist in the story that (as in the prior post) attempts to manipulate the party to sow fear, anger, and other negativity.

[@marcusjones7082]

I never noticed how pretty Pruitt's eyes were until I saw him in black and white lmao.

[@vadaritis]

In my world a dead god was cast from the heavens corrupting the plane now known as the shadow fell. The dreams and desires of this dead god wanting once more to live, become manifest. Mechanically I nerfed these monsters dps, hp, ac, and DC's, why? So I can throw more of them at the party. I also turn them undead, give them the troll's loathsome limbs ability and undead fortitude. Yes, in case you were wondering. I did this so I could have dead space necromorphs.

[@23DEATHNUMBER]

Thx for the idea I love the necromorpths my deamon undead are inspired by them

[@CaymenLeP]

I swear I heard the adventure zone jingle around 11:50

[@benjaminfrost2780]

Great video, Shadowfell is an amazing place.

[@jeromepeters9842]

I used these creatures as the languishing souls of the 4 architects that built the tombs that Hide the hand and eye of Vecna.

[@jackservans6906]

I like that both the Feywild and Shadowfell can create beings of emotion. But while the Shadowfell makes the angry, the Feywild creates a redcap. Where the Shadowfell creates the lonely, the Feywild creates the boggle. The Feywild satisfies needs in unanticipated ways, and the Shadowfell destroys you because of your needs.

[@anthonynorman7545]

Pruitt spoke to the core of my being with that intro 😢

[@brownjacket615]

These monsters are useful if you want to make a campaign that is a lot like the Silent Hill games. Shadow fell is a distorted reality where monsters manifested from your personal struggles come to life and attack you.

[@memetaco7732]

Thank you for so much inspiration this episode! My group just started oota and i had been thinking about how the shadowdark and feydark connected to the underdark (im lazy i chose giants archways

[@AKNeal81]

I feel like someone who experienced AA invented these monsters from the acronym HALT: Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired.

[@IndorilNerevar-MoonandStar]

Jonathan Pruitt, Jim Davis I'm your biggest fan!

[@WebDM]

Thanks Dakota Morgan!!

[@UnhallowedEssence]

*note, have yet to run an encounter in the Shadowfell or an encounter with the sorrowsworn* I kind of imagine that when a mortal dies in the Shadowfell, whatever aspect of dread they were currently dealing with manifests itself. Someone died violently? The Angry shows up. Someone got lost and died, and was never recovered? The Lost shows up. Someone became isolated from their group and as a result was driven to suicide? The lonely shows up. Someone dies of starvation? The hungry shows up. Someone survived in the Shadowfell and died of their own stupidity? The wretched(s) show up. If Shadowfell is the inverse to the material plane, the underworld more or less, then playing to the strengths of the plane works perfectly I would imagine.

[@nazgulpenguin]

these things sound dope, more abstract/psychedelic fantasy!

[@AlmightyOmmm]

Sorrowsworn - Perhaps created initially by the Shadar'kai Elves, by shedding themselves of their negative emotions periodically so living in the Shadowfell is bearable? I think that would make it so they are PC compatible when not there, as they don't have to do it, but also add cultural items to the people who live there with purification ceremonies and so forth.

[@simien896]

"the grease trap of the universe"

[@argophontes]

The Gaping Mall? Is that the one with the Orange Julius? Love the Bergman...

[@TheBlackSerpentBeta]

In my setting, the Shadowfell is the Land of Order, with the Feywilde being the land of chaos, though its more accurate to call it "the Land of Stillness". A place in which "True Time" exists, its passage set without the warping of planetary rotating, the sun or the stars. Example, say your a Shadar-Kai that lives there and you wanna go to the local shop. It takes 20 minutes to get there. Exactly. Regardless of how fast you run, how many shortcuts you take, if you ride a horse or literally crawl there, it will take 20 minutes EXACTLY to get there regardless. Travel in the shadowfell takes an amount of time, regardless of distance or travel method, making the world around you feel warped and against you. The Land of Stillness, as said before, is a place of absolute order. Strong emotions are elements of chaos in this place, emotions that become manifested through infection with shadowstuff to become the Sorrowsworn. They are the lands immune system attempting to destroy what it views as chaos within its silent borders.

[@DarkKryptid]

I love Pruitt's shirt. I need one.

[@WebDM]

Voidmerch.net

[@marshallsonsteby3862]

I'm curious, if the Shadar Kai are just use to seeing these manifestations? Do they know how to avoid them or how would you play that into the larger idea of the Shadowfell?

[@sorufa888]

Marshall Sonsteby well, if you think about it in the way that when you feel the tied emotion, one of them will show up, the Shadar Kai don’t really feel in the first place. They’re like Vulcans and are under control of their emotions that these monsters don’t go after them

[@marshallsonsteby3862]

@@sorufa888 That actually makes sense. Thinking about that, they might make really good Guides through the Shadowfell for a cost.

[@biancabrooks280]

Is that end logo new? I like it.

[@RexYoung206]

"Maybe BOB is the evil that men do." - Albert, Twin Peaks

[@Grimlore82]

Awesome intro!

[@orlandogvazquez-crespo6809]

oh man, campain that features the sorrowsworn as the main antagonistic force, that oughta change your world, it means cooking is less fancifull now, with a focus on feeding people than actually comforting at points, but the wealthy never have that issue, but then i could see the lone noble locked away in their estate being INTIMATELY aware of the lonlyness, anger management becomes essential, also, what does anger interact with the barbarians rage fature too?

[@loadnlock357]

I love the Shadowfell or the Plane of shadow depending on what edition. It's literally Silent Hill.

[@randyman410]

I bet Sorrowsworn love The Smiths

[@WebDM]

Sorrow on the Streets of London...

[@rokkkrinn2793]

Heaven knows I'm miserable now.

[@cretan320j]

Sorrowsworn as the foot soldiers in an army in which the 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse are the generals.

[@Fpwc2]

If you want inspiration on how to represent the Shadowfell, take a look at Wraith the oblivion.

[@Bluecho4]

Yes, exactly. That game is a rich mine of inspiration for any Shadowfell adventure. Imagine the PCs traveling through the Shadowfell - they've just fought through an army of skeletons, zombies, ghosts, and sorrowsworn - and they reach a dark city with towers miles high. Then, the Hierarchy's knights, mounted on ghost horses, ride out to hunt down weak ghosts. The forges need more Soulsteel.

[@Fpwc2]

@@Bluecho4 or when they travel through an area that, in the material plane, is nothing but ruins of a once great city, but in the Shadowfell, it's a city that is always burning, filled with ghosts and sorrowsworn.

[@RexYoung206]

Isn't there some kind of hedge barrier between the mortal world and the changeling world of the fae?

[@colinbunn6066]

Damn Jim is looking fantastic!

[@geoffdewitt6845]

Pruitt's face in that intro is my everyday...

[@FuelDropforthewin]

The Apathy monster. Can't be bothered to attack.

[@gambent6853]

The Sorrowsworn were indeed in 4e. They were Epic Tier monsters.

[@dragonmaster613]

What book?

[@gambent6853]

@@dragonmaster613 Monster Manual; pages 242-243

[@dragonmaster613]

@@gambent6853 thanks

[@gambent6853]

@@dragonmaster613 No problem!

[@Fionor01]

Maybe I can tie them to my player's Shadow Sorcerer? As his magic grows stronger, his actions could summon these monsters into reality from Shadowfell.

[@Troommate]

"hunger doesn't just come from the body, it also comes from the soul." - Famine Supernatural.

[@RexYoung206]

lol "You spilled some emotion on my foot." lol

[@MonkeyWhoWouldBeKing]

The Depression Lord is in conflict with the Manic Queen So the Lord has the Lonely, the Lost, and the Wretched. The Queen has the Angry, the Frantic (which has Haste cast on it always and causes saves against exhaustion when they hit), and, idk, something with illusion magic.

[@Bluecho4]

I would see the Manic Queen less as a Shadowfell being, and more like an Archfey. The Feywild is the opposite of the Shadowfell - bright, passionate, full of life, chaotic - just as Mania is the opposite of Depression. (Moreover, anyone who has been around someone in a Depressive state knows they are perfectly capable of anger). So it might be less a conflict between different Sorrowsworn, and more a conflict between Sorrowsworn and Fairies. With the PCs stuck in the middle.

[@MonkeyWhoWouldBeKing]

@@Bluecho4 i keep faerie very Susana Clarke in my game. just our tastes. so its a place of madness, yes, but only in the poetic, romantic literature sense when me (bipolar) and my schizoaffective pal who plays in my game want to explore the conditions a little, faerie wouldn't quite work for it :P but i see your thinking

[@EunoiaRPG]

I had my own thought while watching this, taking from the original Ni No Kuni game in which the enemy takes pieces of people's hearts. If someone's love is removed they become cruel and heartless people. Taking that concept up a notch these monsters could just be people who have had parts of their hearts or souls taken from them, leaving them as lonely husks or angry husks that have had happiness taken away from them

[@emophobe]

Antithesis of sorrowsworn are the O'joyles

[@matthewwilletto4314]

Y'all should do an episode on the shadowwalker!

[@dominicpalladini7290]

I want a t-shirt like Jonathan has!

[@WebDM]

Voidmerch.net

[@PenDragonx]

Good horror game monsters

[@pancyfans9041]

The Sorrowsworn are cool and all but I''ll definitely be using the JoyyoBoys to freak my players out.