History WebVideo / TalesFromMyDDCampaign

Meet the skilled artificer [[GadgeteerGenius Draven Rowe]], the heavily armored priest of Sirus [[MightyGlacier Reginald Black]], the lethal gnome Rogue and assassin [[TheTrickster Angel Bloodright]] and the half-dragon Warblade [[OneManArmy Little One]]. They are later joined by the cleric of Ankou [[DontFearTheReaper Zaheer]], his mysterious protector [[DeadToBeginWith Mahar]], and the [[MasterArcher elven marksman Krillidan]]. As they battle extra-dimensional dark elves, body-stealing golem spirits, absurdly badass orcs, evil FishPeople, invincible trolls, and more, they leave a trail of heroism and adventure behind them.

** Krillidan gets a lift back to the Feywild (via a friendly gnome named Tula) to handle a potential crisis there involving an impact in Formian territory.

* TieredBySize: As the campaign uses D&D 3.5 rules, creatures larger than humans have their own size categories (Large, Huge, Colossal, etc). However, Demonac [[HouseRules adds his own twist to this]] by giving any creature that's Colossal or larger a sized based [=DR=] that can't be ignored by the usual methods (e.g. Little One's Mountain Hammer maneuver) as well as a "Damage Threshold", meaning an attack has to deal a certain amount of damage to actually do ''anything'' to the target. These rules were made to emphasize just how tough such behemoths would be to fight against, for even a skilled warrior, never mind the average civilian or solder.

* SkewedPriorities: Episode 4 of ''Sea of Secrets'' reveals that the main reason that some elven Cleansers survived their war with the rest of the elves (led by their king and queen) was because the nature goddess Dihalia took them under her protection, since they were technically fighting for nature (which is naturally of great importance to her). She seems to have largely ignored that the group had committed numerous acts of murder and terrorism against both the elves and their allies (''[[{{Hypocrite}} including burning down several forest cities]]''), though she did offer some concessions to the elven royals, such as allowing the leaders of those Cleansers to be tried and punished for their crimes and extending her protection only to certain jungles.

* SkewedPriorities: Episode 4 of ''Sea of Secrets'' reveals that the main reason that the Cleansers survived their war with the Eladrins was because the nature goddess Dihalia took them under her protection, since they were technically fighting for nature (which is naturally of great importance to her). She seems to have largely ignored that the group had committed numerous acts of murder and terrorism against the Eladrin (''[[{{Hypocrite}} including burning down several forest cities]]''), though she did offer some concessions to the Eladrin royals, such as allowing the leaders of the Cleansers to be tried and punished for their crimes and extending her protection only to certain jungles.

* LawyerFriendlyCameo: In ''Sea of Secrets'', some of the names of certain races are changed due to then recent concerns regarding controversial actions Creator/WizardsOfTheCoast had taken regarding D&D's OGL. Warforged were now 'Mechanicals,' while Kua-Toa were referred to instead by their factions (Deluvian and Illuds). The StandardFantasyRaces like elves and dwarves were left as they were.

* NonIndicativeName: Little One is about six and a half feet tall, and built to match. {{Justified}} in that he was named by his mother, who was a dragon.

* ProperlyParanoid: As a precaution against slave uprisings, the [=KTs=] built their capital and other major cities on islands. Kua-Toa can breathe both air and water freely, but all other aquatic races can't survive for more than a few hours out of water.

* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler:After performing a HeroicSacrifice early on, a later episode has revealed that Draven's familiar Seven actually ''survived'' the portal collapse albeit very damaged. After a period of time of repair and recovery, Seven left Polaron before the party made it there is is currently in the Faewild for some unknown reason]].

** Angel and her cohort Moira go back to their jobs with the Organization specifically targeting a high-ranking Deluvian general that's hanging around near the [[spoiler:demilitarized zone near the former Peacebond]].

* BigBadEnsemble: While the main antagonist is the Deluvian Empire, there's also the Dark Ancients, Vampire Lords, and [[spoiler:The Mind Hunters.]]

* DisturbingStatistic: In episode 15, the party encounters the "Tiger Lord," a rakshasa called Lord Kimimoro. Spying on the rakshasa, they overhear a conversation they have with their fellow rakshasa, discussing the coming conflict with they party. They bluntly state that, according to their predictions, Kimimoro will almost certainly die in a fight with the party while inflicting a mere "1.5" casualties to the party in return. This figure (which notably bothers Black, who repeats it several times), along with the almost casual manner in which the Rajs (as they would later be known as) were discussing the high probability of Kimimoro's demise, actually throws the party off a bit before they decide to confront him.

* EnemyCivilWar: Pretty much the only reason the Kua-Toa haven't yet conquered the land nations and sacrificed all the humans to Blibaal is that around 300 years ago, they split into two factions: the Deluvians (the original and utterly evil KT civilization, worship Chaotic Evil Blibaal), and the Illud (mildly less evil, worship the True Neutral storm god Laarak). Since the Illud control about half the ocean and two of the five Monitor monasteries, the two factions are pretty closely matched.

* ItBeganWithATwistOfFate: When the party gains a bounty on thier heads and all sorts of bounty hunters start to come after them, including one particularly skilled one know as [[spoiler: Daggerface]] and his band of lackies. This encounter was suppose to be cinematic with very little chance that [[spoiler: the players end up TPK. However due to a combination of bad luck, one of the players being absent, and the players approaching the situation in a way that Demonac did not expect, all the player characters end up unconscious.]] This eventually leads them to [[spoiler: stopping a massive underground experiment to turn humans into living weapons to be used against the Kua-Toa, and becoming acquaintances with the Rajs (a group of rakshashas) and receive several quests from them. Demonac himself says that this event had a huge impact on the entire campaign]]

* MagicPants: Morduval's LovecraftianSuperpower tranformation destroys his clothing, leaving him naked (except for a CensorBox ) when he changes back, making him an aversion of this trope, even though it turns out that he had literal Magic Pants!

* SeeTheInvisible: Kua-Toa can see through invisibility spells automatically, which makes their trademark [[InvisibilityCloak Invisibility Cloaks]] useless for internicene war.

* ThrowTheDogABone: Back in the Gineron arc, the party hoped to turn the ancient facility into a base of operations. They don't get the chance, and are infected with an ancient disease instead [[spoiler:but at the end of the Poloron arc, [[LaserGuidedKarma not only do they kill the one responsible for infecting them]], but gain control of another ancient facility, even find a way to save themselves from the plague.]]

* {{Precursors}}: Two notable examples in this setting. The first are the Adar, a psionically gifted people (arguably ''too'' gifted; most psionic interactions with them apparently bordered unintentionally on MindRape) who built large crystal structures, before suddenly vanishing, with the only reason given is the Adar did want the gods' interference, with no other context given. The second were the Ytarrans, who were supremely talented artificers and engineers, creating many mechanical marvels. Their most notable creations were the Warforged/Mechanicals, who are still found to this day. Their race died out due to a mysterious illness called the Astral Plague [[spoiler:that possibly stemmed from some dangerous research into planar travel]], which spread rapidly amongst them and led to their extinction.

* TheCaper: The ''Sea of Secrets'' crew pull an Inverse example, where they need to sneak their employer onto a ship past the eyes of [[spoilers:the Illuvians]], using Jinx's shapeshifting combined with some misdirection to pull it off.

* ForWantOfANail: When the party gains a bounty on thier heads and all sorts of bounty hunters start to come after them, including one particularly skilled one know as [[spoiler: Daggerface]] and his band of lackies. This encounter was suppose to be cinematic with very little chance that [[spoiler: the players end up TPK. However due to a combination of bad luck, one of the players being absent, and the players approaching the situation in a way that Demonac did not expect, all the player characters end up unconscious.]] This eventually leads them to [[spoiler: stopping a massive underground experiment to turn humans into living weapons to be used against the Kua-Toa, and becoming acquaintances with the Rajs (a group of rakshashas) and receive several quests from them. Demonac himself says that this event had a huge impact on the entire campaign]]

* TheCaper: The ''SoS'' crew pull an Inverse example, where they need to sneak their employer onto a ship past the eyes of [[spoilers:the Illuvians]], using Jinx's shapeshifting combined with some misdirection to pull it off.

* AntiMagicalFaction: There's a collection of druids in this setting called "The Cleansers", who oppose Arcane magic, viewing it as an abomination (as opposed to their own nature based magic). They're obliquely referenced in the first season (though not by name), but only become prominent in ''Sea of Secrets'' when the party is ambushed by a group of them because Jinx used arcane magic to fix a broken wheel, [[spoiler:though it's really because their leader saw Blue use their psionic magic to try to murder someone]].

After the conclusion of the first series, the first episode of the sequel series, ''Sea of Secrets'', premiered in April 2023, following a new cast of characters in the same setting - the [[UnstoppableRage raging shifter Uhamicho]], the [[VoluntaryShapeshifting changling bard Jinx]], the [[MindOverMatter psionic goblin Blue]], the [[CharmPerson eladrin beguiler Adria]] and the [[DanceBattler stylish polearm user Pelor]] (no, not the god of the same name).

** The acheviments, which always pop up at times with funny "unlocks".

Meet the skilled artificer [[GadgeteerGenius Draven Rowe]], the heavily armored priest of Sirus [[MightyGlacier Reginald Black]], the lethal gnome Rogue and assassin [[TheTrickster Angel Bloodright]], the half-dragon Warblade [[OneManArmy Little One]], the cleric of Ankou [[DontFearTheReaper Zaheer]], and his mysterious protector [[DeadToBeginWith Mahar]]. As they battle extra-dimensional dark elves, body-stealing golem spirits, absurdly badass orcs, evil FishPeople, invincible trolls, and more, they leave a trail of heroism and adventure behind them.

** Angel and her cohort Moira go back to their jobs with the Organization specifically targeting a high-ranking Deluvian general that's hanging around near the [spoiler:demilitarized zone near the former Peacebond]].

** Black, released from his bodyguard duties, is given a new task by the Hand: to deliver a message to [[the head of the Gauntlet of Sirius ''personally'', not through their spy network or other subordinates, as well as investigating the status of the (potentially captive) prince]]. He's accompanied in this by [[spoiler:his father, now recovered from his ordeal in the Shadowfel and wanting to spend time with his son]].

** Krillidan gets a lift back to the Feywild to handle a potential crisis there involving an impact in Formian territory.

* AwesomeMcCoolName: Little One picks up the nickname "Orcslayer" after his climactic duel in Episode 4.
** Also, it turns out that Kua-Toa literally means "Masters of All".
** Literally with Ka-jord, since "Ka" is Orcish for "Badass/Awesome".

* BaldOfAwesome: Little One. Also, Marp the Orc.
** WordOfGod has it Little One's player imagines him with hair, but the creator of the webseries didn't know that initially, making his sprite bald mainly out of laziness.

* SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: The Kua-Toa civilization is fundamentally dependent on slave labor and slave armies to function, and this is widely regarded as the single biggest proof that the Illud are NotSoDifferent from their Deluvian kin.

* GreaterScopeVillain: The KT Empire is the obvious BigBad, but there are hints of this trope in play even early on. [[spoiler: It seems like the Mind Hunters of the Shadowfell, who rule that plane's oceans, may be filling this role. Even the KT seem to consider them BAD NEWS.]]

* SeeTheInvisible: Kua-Toa can see through invisibility spells automatically, which makes their trademark {{InvisibilityCloak}}s useless for internicene war.