Tag Archives: other DMs

Running Phandelver: Part 4

This week the team (human fighter Kosef, halfling rogue Rosco, dwarf cleric Bob and new human fighter Pip) ran the Redbrand Hideout gauntlet. They’re not quite finished with it, but with about three rooms to go, I feel like I … Continue reading

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Travel Case Study: Into the Wild

When I started playing D&D, I thought it was all dungeons (and dragons). I never realised how much the wilderness could play a part. And…now I’m learning. My players are trekking from one end of the Nentir Vale to the … Continue reading

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Dungeon Case Study: the Sword Barrow

The Sword Barrow is the first dungeon I created for my campaign Orcus in Nentir Vale, as (vaguely) described in my last blog post. I thought I’d do a write-up about the creation process and what I learned.

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The “5 Room Dungeon”

Someone mentioned this concept on The Internet today, and I was like “oh yeah, I read about this a while ago! Wow, it’s a shame I didn’t re-read this before creating the mini dungeon I ran with my players today” – … Continue reading

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