Planning for Ghosts of Saltmarsh D&D5e - GM Tips

The proper pronunciation for Sahuagin is Sa-hoo-a-gin, so sayeth Chris Perkins. Good video Guy, thanks.

"Long walks on the beach at saltmarsh" :)

Goshes! Sounds like fun!

Actually ramming other ships were more of a greek and carthaginian thing. It requiered a lot of naval skill. The Romans were really bad at that, but they had very good foot soldiers. So they devised articulated bridges that would hook themselves on the deck of an ennemy ship and allowed to board it with heavy infantery.

I love the idea of a medieval-fantasy ship captain turning to their mage and shouting, "Shields up! Load Magic Missiles!"

First I want to say that I loved the U-Series. Second is seeing that you are doing this is exciting.

Underwater races would develop spells that either manipulate small amounts of metal to form weapons or items. Or spells that could harden material that is found underwater for use in battle. Or maybe even spells to manipulate coral to build structures.

Enchanted and non-enchanted weapons with shark teeth embedded in it may be plentiful.

I expect ghosts, salt and marsh.

In Aquaman whales were used to transport cargo. Perhaps have a whaleroad war similar to the railroad wars in America? 🤔

Water breathing monsters / characters with adamantine hammers / axes (free action magic) pounding on hulls ... hhmmm

Easy to prepare since a lot of the series is based off previous edition modules starting with the U1 through U3 series.

Solidifying water combat. So... ice combat?


Seriously though, I think I remember you said somewhere in the Creating the Campaign series that you haven't done much underwater stuff in DnD. Looks like you might be gerring your chance now, and I'm exited to see how it turns out.

Im just hyped for the return for the Final Enemy story. also, that jacket looks amazing

I generally like this channel, but this goes nine minutes before actually getting to the topic.

"Ghosts of Saltmarsh"... like "Dragon Heist"?

This sounds like an update of the old 1st ed Secret of Saltmarsh trilogy. Interesting.

Drillnose dolphins...
Evil dolphins with noses designed to poke holes in ship hulls so they can eat the crew as they drown.

Nothing beats my session where the Captain was a moth in disguise steering the ship into the lighthouse!

When Suddenly Cthulhu...level 60 difficulty, middle deity status and hard as hell to kill. O>o

Am I going crazy or is this Shad (Shadiversity) or at least his evil twin? The accent, the history lesson, the talk of crenelations! I'm just not seeing any link between the channels.

I wouldn't worry too much about Ursula interefering with the contract. That little crab dude interfered just as much, if not more.

Thanks for the vid!! I tried to watch the campaign your running but the Seabolds accent was unbearable!!! Oh well, can’t please everyone.

With the release of pillars of eternity: deadfire.....lot of inspiration right there

What's the opening song?

I'm late to the party here but re: Aquatic races using corkscrews and human tactics to sink ships. What is a corkscrew? What's it made of? What's a saw made of? What's a piton made of? The answer is metal if it's going to pierce a ship hull. This is something often forgotten about races that live under the sea but blacksmithing as a whole would be nearly impossible or at the very least incredibly rare. There are heat vents at the bottom of the ocean, yes, but that doesn't solve the issue if you know how blacksmithing is actually done. Just my two cents for other aspiring Game Masters and setting writers! Aquatic races aren't as absolute in terms of power on the seas as you might think. Only under the waves do their advantages show in such extremes. Not the surface of it.

It appears to me that the same Saltmarsh video is linked in the playlist 3 time.

I loved your opening

Personal resources for inspiration: Assassins Creed: Black Flag game, Treasure Island (book and movie) Black Sails show, The Terror show, Taboo show, Civ V (island nations builds)

You could narrate H.P Lovecraft

I'm watching this 5 hours before I'm supposed to DM my session :) I'm fucked lol

I don’t know the name of an aquatic hobgoblin off the top of my head, but if it’s not “Bog-Goblin”, it should be.

Over load of information, not need to run these adventures. I couldn't even make it half way through. Was looking for useful tips on the adventure. What does little mermaid have to do with an adventure based on lizard men. I get he was trying to give you tips for background information. It just over kill.

Man, I can tell you're great at what you do. Very knowledgeable and creative. I just wish your videos were shorter. 37 minutes just isn't digestible.

Can you play ghosts of saltmarsh with existing an character? Me and my daughter are wrapping up the dragon of Icespire peak and will be level 8.

Holy Shit your accent is so annoying I can't even finish the video....

I haven't read through the adventure yet. I do have a question. * SPOILER * First adventure has Ned tied up "captured" upstairs. Is it explained that the smugglers suspect someone is investigating them? Does Ned just lounge about in ropes all day? Not there's anything wrong with that. It just seems weird unless they were tipped off somehow.

Is it possible to play all of these in one large adventure, instead of adding them on to other adventures. I just bought this for my party and didn't realize that it was a book of add on.

I reallllllly love your thought process. Subbed

Is there anywhere I can listen to this campaign? I mean this guy's in particular

Me watching this and practicing my pirate voices

I'm planning on running this for my friends! It'll be our first campaign ever together (and my first time dming)

We made him play soggy biscuits in school

Came here for the book info, stayed for the history lesson 😄

“I decided that Ursula was the right shape, just without the tentacles.” 😂🤣

I'm studying this adventures and trying to connect each one but the book doesn't help that much. I've been following this channel for almost two years now and I feel blessed to know you have a guide for this. BTW it's weird to watch you without your glasses, Guy.

Reading the title, I think "ghosts" is a synonym for secrets. Not literal ghosts. Though they may have some.

I recommend some DMs to look for “Legendary Games 5e” pirate-themed material! The stuff they have is just Excellent!

The Gungans in Star Wars Episode 1 had underwater ships! Another great source for fantasy inspiration!