What do you do when pre-writing a campaign setting?

Keep this series going!

I wrote an essay on Dracula in college, I said he represents a reactionary force encroaching in the modern era of the late Victorian period.
They had conquered night with technology, but Dracula represents the ancient fear of night, disease, and tyranny, that's why he's a nobleman who controls wolves.

i dig it. one suggestion for a knob tweak on the factions: if you want gothic horror, the supernatural evils, monstrosities, curses, etc. have to originate in motives that were not just fatal flaws, but entrenched vices. they can't be evils that are merely of naivety or impulsiveness or craving. somebody has to have done something where they knowingly paid a profoundly steep price for their pursuit, and they were fully aware that the motive was selfish and destructive to others.

Love this! Great description of the pre-writing anyone creating a campaign needs to do.

Another day another banger

what I especially love about this approach is the party is free to do whatever they want. They can hinder/kill/help Stra- I mean the Vampire Lord, or any other faction and shape the end status of Bar- I mean of the realm, and/or just fuck off though the mountains if they manage to find the path and climb it.

The soul economy is a great idea, very straightforward engine for horror, intrigue, corruption and danger.

I absolutely love your style and content. As someone who played CoS myself, where my group eventually only kept going just to "get it over with and finish it," I find your approach both fascinating and incredibly inspiring. Your whole train of thought is spot on and easy to follow.

It shows with terrifying clarity how poorly structured and written many modern campaigns actually are. Without wanting to disrespect the authors, a lot of it feels uninspired and, frankly, amateurish in parts. They make fundamental narrative and structural mistakes that you simply shouldn't expect from professional writers anymore.

I’m currently running Abomination Vaults in Pathfinder 2e (a massive megadungeon, as the title suggests), which is a whole different beast altogether and comes with its own unique challenges when it comes to keeping things engaging.

Thank you for this outstanding content. Without you and maybe one or two other creators, I honestly wouldn’t have expected to rediscover this specific side of tabletop gaming and find so many like-minded people.

To answer your question regarding channel membership: I’d be highly interested and would definitely love to see more additional content from you!

Jan Hartmann out ;)

Would love to see the next vid in this series.
I found this one helpful.

pretty awesome setting, id want the map and a a write up on this tbh

this is great! can't wait for the final result!

This is amazing.I am trying to start up a one shot with a couple of my friends.And this has helped a lot

I'm getting ready to create a new campaign setting for eventual zine publication and this is immensely useful as a potential framework and guide. Thanks
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No shade on folks who don't know this because I used to use it until I learned it too. The people are the Romani, the clothing style is boho/bohemian, and the lifestyle is nomad. I hope this helps some folks

Jack russel driving a Commodore(?) past some paddocks. You beaut'. Iconic.

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Rather than Law, Neutral, and Chaos, I see
Moral, Immoral, and Amoral

Edit: Great video. :D

Absolutely do a follow up if time allows it. This was really practical.

Trying out Curse of Strahd with these changes put in as well as the criticisms from the 10-part series. Wish me luck.

Why don't they just print more souls if they're in such high demand?

I loved this video, really great !