Creating Shadowdark Characters Teaches You the Gameplay Loop (And It’s Also Very Fun!)

The Shadowdark character sheet pretty much teaches you how the entire game works, and it’s very cool! Thanks so much to WorldAnvil for sponsoring this video! Visit https://www.worldanvil.com/supergeekmike and use the promo code SUPERGEEK to get 51% off any annual membership! https://www.worldanvil.com/supergeekmike Chapters: 00:00 - Getting Into Shadowdark 01:24 - The Character Sheet 03:53 - Stats, Race, Class, and Background 07:34 - Leveling Up and the Level Range 09:39 - Spellcasting and Spell Slots 12:00 - Deities, Alignment and Class Titles 15:25 - A Word From Our Sponsor 17:20 - Level 0 Characters and the Gauntlet Mode 18:36 - Creating Characters: Our Priest is a… Ranger? 22:22 - Creating Characters: A Very Cool Thief Character 24:26 - Creating Characters: The Witch is Such a Cool Class! 29:47 - Creating Characters: Creating a Completely Random Character 31:30 - Final Thoughts 35:02 - Outro Recommended Reading: Handling the "Tedious" Resource Management Mechanics in D&D: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RNfi_BAMNI Rolling for Stats First | The Many Ways to Build a D&D Character: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUjZC6O18jE Why I Don't Ban Character Races/Ancestries in D&D | Worldbreaking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HneJ1u1_EdU Why I Don't Ban Backgrounds (But I Might Start…) | Worldbreaking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5v4PMyNsnjA Wrapping Your Mind Around D&D's Magic System (Spell Slots, Vancian Magic): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6ywB5hkMPM My House Rules (as of 2022): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy5Ht7jkYFw Matt Colville: What Are Dungeons For? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQpnjYS6mnk Loopster Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ #shadowdark #osr #rpg #ttrpg #dnd #dungeonsanddragons Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMDXcgoyTb1EsvuymqDgRuQ/join PATREON: https://patreon.com/supergeekmike DISCORD: https://discord.gg/adJ3whS3NY TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/supergeekmike NEWSLETTER: https://www.supergeekmike.com/newsletter ____________________________________ WEBSITE/BLOG: https://www.supergeekmike.com/ WISHLIST: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3FH8UCEB06ZN9?ref_=wl_share NON-AMAZON PRODUCTS WISHLIST: https://throne.me/supergeekmike/wishlist Address for Packages: Mike Christensen 100 W. High St., #1326 Moorpark, CA 93021 - PLEASE don't address things to "SupergeekMike"; I need to show I.D. when I pick up packages, and that isn't the name on my driver's license Address for Letters: Mike Christensen P.O. Box 1326 Moorpark, CA 93020 TWITTER: https://twitter.com/supergeekmike INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/supergeekmike/ TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@supergeekmike TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/supergeekmike ____________________________________ More Links, including my Lonely Flans: https://www.supergeekmike.com/links