I’m starting Phandelver and Below for the 5e beginners table atmy LGS. This is the table of hazards on the road, in a cave,entering a remote town I want to use some of these rolls totelegraph future story elements. I’ll need to keep the secret’sfor session 1 and for the whole campaign clear and well…
Category: 5e Session Preparation
5e Session Preparation
TTRPG Session Prep One Shot
I’m running a one shot called Treaty of the Tiger King from the Arcane Library. I have run this adventure once before and I’m excited for round two. The adventure comes with excellent random event tables for several of the scenes. I might not get around to using my hazard table but it’s such a…
TTRPG Session Prep 5e One Shot
I’m preparing to run Treaty of the Tiger King for my 5e beginner table. This one shot is a soft farewell to their characters because it is the last one shot before I begin the summer campaign: Phandelver and Below. When we begin the campaign I will be asking that the players build new characters…
TTRPG Game Master Prep 2/6: Secrets and Clues
I currently break my session prep into six categories. This is the second in a series of 6 posts about these six session prep categories. Secrets/Clues I devise several secrets for each session. I have a lot of fun with this. I often over prep this category. I usually make the secrets about faction actions,…
5e D&D Prep #1
Orvold’s Tower <2024-05-05 Sun> Orvold’s Tower <2024-05-05 Sun> Table of Contents first :: meta talk read the table rules explain rpgs as collaborative storytelling explain the time requirements of all players at the table meta gaming no-nos remember where your character is do not spill the beans about monsters explain that this is a good…