Insofar as campaign ideas go, this has to be one of the simpler ones I've devised, but it is easily one of the most mentally prevalent I've had in a while. Based in a song that I heard by Barns Courtney, I was inspired a long time ago and with each listen of the song since, I've had ideas of how a story could develop around a dwarven empire.
After some quick research, I decided to base the story line in the...
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Feldspar is the name given to a group of minerals distinguished by the presence of alumina and silica (SiO2) in their chemistry. This group includes aluminum silicates of soda, potassium, or lime. It is the single most abundant mineral group on Earth.
'Shnike' is the sound I imagine leather makes as someone wearing lots of it moves around. Like wudwudwud that cordrouy makes.
This last week was a good set of sessions.
Story's developing; objectives are being achieved; questing's being done.
The 'Cormy.' storyline is based in Malorens Rest at...
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I don't know that I'd ever say I'd bombed on stage in the past.
Monday, I bombed. I bombed in no small fashion, completely unable to maintain myself towards a goal.
I'm really ashamed if it, because at the beginning and end of the day, I'm master and commander, I'm the writer, the director, the producer, and I'm the dungeon Master.
Not the dungeon practitioner, not the dungeon casual; the dungeon fucking master.
Monday was a lesson learned. Two actually:
#1, I got detailed, but I didn't take it far enough.
#2, I didn't rehearse that shit.
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While the title is a play on romancing the stone, the playership is anything but stone like.
Mondays playership is vivacious, exciting and inspiring. How refreshing to be faced with such passion in the game.
The story line is developing and characters are growing in my notes. As it goes, I'm aiming to keep things in short cycles, with growing stakes over each iteration.
Something leads to something a bit bigger, rinse repeat. Now that they've retrieved Jasper, they can play escort mission which should present a neat combat scenario.
I've got to...
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It's been interesting, spending the last few nights writing on my phone; notating ideas and directions for the upcoming Monday.
I have a plot and closure for the current 'thing' that will include whatever new people arrive. That's all in the can, but what comes after?
I have an idea of what I'm doing with the introductory splash of magic, but how far do I want to take that?
I have an idea of how I can make that an episodic piece, although I could argue that I've already failed to address my need to conduct episodic sessions.
So long as I plan ahead, I can have...
Read MoreMy name is Dooley, and I run Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition for players in the Okanagan Valley.
We operate several groups, and the games are a semi-public affair where regular players play every several nights a week from 7pm until whenever the sessions conclude.
Each session is a dynamic and fun episode, each in an ongoing campaign. Each player is encouraged to be a part of the story.
This site serves as a hub to my game.
If you want to email me directly you can do so at dooley@dungeonmaster.ca
If you live in the Okanagan, and you would like to get involved with the game as a player, feel free to email. I might respond.
You can try to call me out on Twitter, or Facebook as well. That always goes over well.