The Wonderful World of Darklords

In which listening to a dude monologuing about his past exploits is actually helpful. The in-character fiction from the episode without the in-depth out-of-character discussion of the domain. Content Advisory for D's Journal (details on content advisories can be found on  Facebook,   Tumblr , and  Patreon ) Child death (moderate), mind control (moderate) All music recordings are in the public...

Peter Pan has a, um, checkered history with its use of Native American characters, but their role as a third faction of Neverland has the potential to be incredibly fruitful for gaming. In Episode 3, we have six or seven minutes devoted to possible ways to run Tiger Lily without wanting to punch yourself in the face, but we cut almost twenty minutes of other potential options (and a lot more discu...

Welcome to Wonderful World of Darklords! In this particularly liberal-arts-major episode (which, contrary to our expectations in Episode Zero, is only one episode), we discuss Peter Pan, and occasionally even touch on the Disney movie. A land of perpetual childhood is a bit like Narnia's Dark Island where dreams come true: it sounds lovely until you think about it for five minutes, and then th...

In which D goes to a domain where everyone is happy and adores their loving matriarch! What could go wrong? The in-character fiction from the episode without the in-depth out-of-character discussion of the domain. Content Advisory for D's Journal (details on content advisories can be found on  Facebook,   Tumblr , and  Patreon ) Mind control (major), cults (major), emotional abuse (minor) All...

CONTENT ADVISORY: In this episode, we're talking about how to make Encanto--a movie about emotional abuse, intergenerational trauma, emotional abuse, gaslighting, and emotional abuse-- even darker, which involves getting pretty heavily into those themes and making some of the implicit horror of Encanto a lot more explicit. This episode, like this setting, isn't for everyone. For those of u...

In which D and Yensid's working relationship begins. The in-character fiction from the episode without the in-depth out-of-character discussion of the domain. All music recordings are in the public domain (mark 1.0) and are licensed through  https://musopen.org : Chopin Nocturne in B-Flat Minor, Op. 9 No.1  (main theme), performed by Eduardo Vinuela Chopin Etude Op. 25, No. 12 in C Minor: “Oce...

Welcome to Wonderful World of Darklords! In our pilot episode, we discuss The Lion King, why Scar is basically already a darklord, and how to bring him into your own campaign if saving a horror-movie version of the Pride Lands sounds like a fun way to spend a Saturday night. Subjects discussed include: –Our own histories with Ravenloft, including Rachel flexing extremely hard because she doesn’t w...

In which we meet our narrator! The in-character fiction from the prologue without the in-depth out-of-character discussion of the domain. All music recordings are in the public domain (mark 1.0) and are licensed through  https://musopen.org : Chopin Nocturne in B-Flat Minor, Op. 9 No.1  (main theme), performed by Eduardo Vinuela The Wonderful World of Darklords logo was designed by Halite Jones, w...

Welcome to Wonderful World of Darklords! In this, our "session zero" episode, we get into who we are and what we plan to do. Subjects discussed include: --Why we hope a subject as specific as "turning Disney movies into Ravenloft domains of dread" will be helpful for more than just Disney fans and Ravenloft GMs; --What we mean when we say we're a "PG-rated, family-friendly&...