The Keep on the Borderlands | D&D Walkthroughs

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• JH

  @jh1859 · 5 years ago

  "In D&D basic you didn't get death saving throws, you just got new character sheets."  Not bad.

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• GI

  @gilbertkohl6991 · 4 years ago

  &quot;Back then, one party member was designated as the party mapper.....&quot;<br><br>I feel so old.

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• DM

  @DMItAll · 5 years ago

  Remember, we can&apos;t die unless you destroy our coffins!

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• RA

  @ralphreichert8416 · 5 years ago

  Great video! &nbsp;I&apos;m old school enough to have played this puppy back in the eighties. &nbsp;Ah memories. &nbsp;Mt. Dew, potato chips and death by minotaur. &nbsp;Classic.

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• MO

  @mosespray4510 · 5 years ago

  Gary Gygax designed well realized modules that slaughtered player characters like they were Confederates at Pickett&apos;s charge. While it was quite edgy and exciting to know your whole party could be wiped at any moment, it was also pretty tough to develop any personality in your cannon fodder of the moment. I think this might have been because he was a war gamer first. Thanks for making these wonderful videos. They take me back.

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• ED

  @edh9999 · 5 years ago

  My very first character (a fighter) died in one of the orc areas. DM rolled max damage and we both agreed that the Orc&apos;s blade slipped into the small gap between my character&apos;s helmet and armor, decapitating him, so when we came back later (me with another character), we &apos;discovered&quot; a head, still wearing his helmet, right where he fell.<br>It&apos;s been more than twenty years since that happened, but I&apos;ve never forgotten that first death.<br>Thank you for the unexpected surge of pure nostalgia!

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• MY

  @MySqueezingArm · 5 years ago

  My dad ran the Hermit + Mountain Lion as my first session with him. &nbsp;My siblings and I were all young at the time.

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• UN

  @Unhacker · 4 years ago

  &quot;Kid Killing Quandary&quot;, an alliterative that occurs rarely - except in D&amp;D, where it&apos;s surprisingly common.

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• BI

  @bikzimusmaximus5250 · 5 years ago

  Holy shit, yesterday I was like &quot;I think they died...&quot; and here we are.

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• JO

  @JohnQ5 · 4 years ago

  How to fit, &quot;The Keep On the Borderlands&quot; into Spelljammer: Your spelljammer suffers a catastrophic and mysterious failure. &nbsp;Despite your best efforts a crash landing was inevitable. &nbsp;From your ship&apos;s suprisingly stable and well hidden mountain perch you are able to see multiple landmarks in the distance...

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• SA

  @saltytbone · 4 years ago

  I forget how punishingly brutal Gygax modules could be. &quot;You opened the wrong door. ... You&apos;re now dead.&quot;

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• KA

  @KahnShawnery · 5 years ago

  I ran the 25th Anniversary Edition about 2 years ago for a new, younger group of players and they loved it. They got really involved with a number of NPCs in town which made things so much easier on me with regards to giving them leads and such. They sold the golden dragon egg to the evil merchant that occasionally travels into town, not having figured out who he is.<br><br>A year later, long after we had finished the module, there was a gold dragon terrorizing the countryside and the merchant was using it to make money. Boy were they surprised.

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