Half orcs explained

 Gloomraider guy https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yp_-gq4Ov3M&t=316s&pp=2AG8ApACAdIHCQk-CwGHKiGM7w%3D%3D&ra=m

Orcs and halforcs explained. 

Orcs 1e adnd says - brown or brownish-green with a bluish sheen… highlights their  Pinkish noses and ears. (We see the pink nose in the dnd cartoon, though they are super green there).  Bristly hair is dark brown or black sometimes with tan patches  

Orc-goblins, orc-hobgoblins, etc. 

Only 10% of halforcs favor the human side much  

The hakf human halforcs that r player characters are presumed to be the “superior 10%” type. 

Art - arty redesign of a Manticore is good

 Freaky Manticore yt guy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7Gcg1Lnu8s&t=196s

OSE night

 Made it through first big adv.  Secomd run of second adv. 

Magic lady, little ole lady, was a doppelganger.  Other fighter who never melees was near her and went to zero. Doppel stunned by true npc ole lady mage.  Eveybody tried stabilizing fighter2, bad rolls, so near dead.  Finally last npc saved him.  We killed freely doppel.  

Dragon (not dragon) near pool. Dangerous stuff. 

Felt more fun than this description sounds. 

Food order health

 Food order

Fiber first

Then protein

Then carbs

Supposed to help good gut bacteria. Might be true. But what’s up w Japan diet and low fiber. Then again, they have more stomach cancers (even if less all other cancer).

Pro art rig for pc

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95GvRH_e38s

Above is what Toren Atkinson uses to draw d&d and dnd cartoon stuff - see comments  https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=fahOLc4i5as&t=696s https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=fahOLc4i5as&t=696s

Next time - G3 module D&D

 Drow. Drow. 

Eclavdra. 

And Eclavdra’s enemy?

Drow drow = ambush and run? Or a dozen sleeping arrows and capture? 

• Drow tell fire giants “take the sword fools!” They know the sword hates giants  

If capture- Exlavdra might say “you are powerful but foolish for being captured. It seems you would risk all for treasure… perhaps you are not so alien to me. We can make a deal. Release you, but I keep this sword that hates giants… it may ne of use to me. This bow of light and sword of light are hateful and stupid things in our dark world. We drow would not use them, for the enemy would spot us easily (and hurt eyes). … …. …………… … but for me you must spy on my enemy. The Spider Queen lovers haunt my footsteps. Eliminate them and you have won your freedom. 

=============Chuul?============

See my copy of Level Up Monstrous Menagerie v2. 

• CR 5-10 would be 1 to 2 Chuuls.
• CR 11-16 would be 3 Chuuls with 1d4 aboleth thralls (see aboleth). But WATER, need WATER. 

Useful music album site

 https://www.classic-rock-covers.com/2026/04/dead-can-dance-full-discography.html

Picts of albums. 

Has explanations on which album is what sound. For example, I can hone in on some "Dead can Dance" vibes quicker with their explanation (looks suspiciously super ai llm generated, but seems useful):

Early Era (1980s)

• Albums:
  • Dead Can Dance (1984)
  • Spleen and Ideal (1985) ⭐

Style:

• Gothic
• Darkwave
• Post-punk influences

👉 This era laid the foundation for their atmospheric sound

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🌍 Experimental & World Music Era (Late 80s–90s)

📀 Within the Realm of a Dying Sun (1987)

• Orchestral, grand, dramatic

📀 The Serpent’s Egg (1988)

• Spiritual, minimal, haunting

📀 Aion (1990) ⭐

• Medieval and Renaissance influences

📀 Into the Labyrinth (1993) ⭐

• Their most successful album
• Blends world music, ambient, and folk

👉 This period defined their signature sound:

• Ancient + modern fusion
• Ritualistic and cinematic atmosphere

---

🌌 Later Works & Return

• Spiritchaser (1996)
  • Strong tribal/world music focus
• Reunion albums:
  • Anastasis (2012)
  • Dionysus (2018)

👉 Their later work continues exploring:

• Mythology
• Ritual
• Spiritual themes

D&D Artist Toren Atkinson reacts the dnd cartoon

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLm6QuC2xdA&t=1180s

So the purple worm, maybe a blood worm, phantom stalkers, and the incredible fight scene at 19:45. 

He has some more stuff on dnd cartoon here https://torenatkinson.com/

Buy Adapting this episode to a D&D adventure:

https://torenatkinson.com/2024/01/07/adapting-in-search-of-the-dungeon-master-dungeons-and-dragons-cartoon-episode-for-a-dd-campaign/

Portraits and Monster SOUNDS from yt fiend folio ai

 Gibberimg Mouther sounds - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kzTr8COWIM8

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gcSnl-_7Sog&t=615s

Time 12:41, the wizard. 

Time 13:06, the knight. 

Time 5:27 wizard. 

Time 9:04 Kuotoa

10:11, Mezzodemon

Deathknoght arouund 3:05

Elf fighter time 11:41

Fun Spells in AD&D1e

 https://1eonline.info/2ph/vanish.htm

Got there from Wand of Wonder: https://1eonline.info/3dmg/wandofwonder.htm

G3 Results So Far (Nearing End) - troll rooms, Tsunami spell, Green Slimes

 So the kid uncovered much of the lowest level in G3, Hall of the Firegiant King. The latest things include:

• Avoiding red dragon lair till last (he figured out there was a real dragon in there sleeping). 
• Fought 30+ trolls, maybe 40 trolls so far. There were 2 drow hiding amongst them in the ceiling on lizards, but the crazy high level Tsunami spell from the Druid took one of them out along with a lot of trolls. 
• Fought 4 more drow hiding in another room. One was a fighter-mage who cast some problematic spells. Another used darkness to cause trouble. A few trolls were there too and surrounded the party, but then tey were all in darkness when that happened. A Party spell to the right of the darkness (Hunger of Hadar?) fizzled. Warlock got put to sleep from sleep bolt from drow. Lightning bolt hit 3 of the party, and a troll lol. That woke up the Warlock b/c couldnt have avoided the lightning bolt. 
• He started taking out the trolls and then the drow... one drow fell from the ceiling vs. the air elemental I think, but used levitate to survive the fall.
• The air elemental wildshaped druid chased the drow on thelizards and easily caught up after a couple of rounds. 
• The wizard drow used inviz to get away. 
• Super ultra deadly green slimes attacked him after a drow tried to trick them into going into that bottom right narrow hallway with a pool at the end. The green-blue things worded to seem as if they were minerals in the walls and ceiling. I was worried he might lose a character and need to use a wish spell but here is what happened:
• Sent the druid wildshaped into an air elemental down the hall super duper fast... the green slimes couldn't fall on him, as the elemental was so fast and more like wind than a creature. BUT when he stuck his arm in the pool to get the gems, that green slime attacked his arm. It was "burning like crazy, despite the air elemental form usually not feeling much pain"... I rolled a secret roll on a d6 to see how many rounds before he'd be destroyed/turned into a green slime... then he thought to try turning into a fire elemental and burning it off. PERFECT! That worked great, now to get outta there. Unfortunately the rest of the party had run into try to help, and on the way out they had an unlucky roll and a green slime fell on the fighter's arm. Luckily he burned it off with the fire elemental, and they got out with no more issues. Left the treasure in the pool, it wasn't that great anyhow. Realized the drow was trying to lure him here.
• Piercers- on Sunday we played for 20 minutes. Piercers. They are weird… what do they do once they hit you. Are they stuck on you and a mouth tries to eat you? Probably. The kid was still a fire elemental so they hot him then fell off… can’t eat fire! So then they super slowly crawl back up the cave wall over hours(?). 

Deathstalker 2025 looks fun

 Good practical effects.  And Slash was the exec producer. And director drew from Heretic and Diablo games.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVgP1MIbtfw&t=194s

OSRIC 3.0 is AD&D 1e and B&W art

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VwB5VOidww&t=1371s&pp=0gcJCSgLAYcqIYzv

Time 50:00 has cool mage burning up a skeleton while holding a dude at bay

Huge and nice review. I like the B&W art