We’ve now covered major characters, background of the location, the beginning and potential climax of the adventure. Goal: Block the Druid’s efforts against the cult but also not risk his own cover. Niles is a recent retainer to Sir Bremond.

Goal: Plunder an abandoned Mind Flayer lair for their magic and technology. He is a gifted wizard and charismatic cell leader who desires more power. Was a lesser noble who stepped aside from court to defend all the lands and all its inhabitants. They do know: people have been kidnapped by the cult, and it is a race against time for the forces of good. The Druid and his allies do not know these details. This technology is suspected by the cult to be of great use to them in enslaving the mainland peoples. It leads me to believe that the cult is performing a ritual to summon demonic help to dig forbidden Mind Flayer technology. The PCs have been sent to discover why the villain is interested in an old, abandoned lair of the Mind Flayers with an entrance on an island. The players have a patron, and he is probably the lawful good druid. It also has several chapters on adventure design. What I didn’t realise is that my 5e Dungeon Master’s Guide also has an Appendix A. Appendix A is a random dungeon generator that originally appeared in the AD&D Dungeon Master Guide in 1979. The Tome of Adventure Design (Kickstarter) has comprehensive adventure random tables Mothership has a great dice-based random spaceship generator, and Dungeons & Dragons has Appendix A. I ask myself: where else could adventure designs come from? How could I create more interesting adventure designs? Where can I get new inspiration beyond the media I’ve consumed?Īnd then I remembered random dungeon generators. I would like to create more exciting adventures and stretch beyond these. Mine come from books, movies, video games, dreams, mythology, conversations, and half-forgotten history lessons. Today, Mark plays with his friends and his three boys, continuing what his father and grandfather started. It was awesome! Since then it’s been a hobby that brings people together, makes spaces to create, and is an outlet from a hectic professional life. It was full of spiders, stirges, and skeletons. So his poor dad stepped in and DM’ed Mark’s first game. Say hello to our newest guest writer! Ten-year-old Mark got a D&D basic set from his Grandfather… but couldn’t understand where the board or pieces were.

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