It has been a little while since I have visited this topic, but now with the new book from D&D coming out, it seems like a good time to jump back into the subject. This post is going to go into more of the top level system agnostic information, and I will likely structure future posts like this until the new D&D book rolls out. I don’t want to present house rules for something that there are official rules for. So without further ado. Duties on a Pirate Ship Review…
Building a D&D Campaign like a Marketeer | DM Tips
While sitting at a digital marketing conference this week I started to think about Dungeons and Dragons. The thing about Dungeons and Dragons is as a DM you are the marketer, and your customers are the party, and your product is the campaign. Over the next few paragraphs, I am going to show how I might plan a Dungeons and Dragons campaign like I might plan a marketing campaign. Building The Funnel The first thing we are going to do is build our funnel. Where are our players going to…
Life Aboard a Ship in D&D 5e Part 1: Crew | World Building in D&D 5e
Life abroad a ship in a Forgotten Realms or any D&D Setting – Part 1: Crew. Life on a ship on the sword coast or dragon coast is not going to be an easy one. Not only do you have to deal with other sailors, pirates, and the weather, but you also have to contend with the monsters that roam the sea. Later in this series I am going to have some nautical based encounters that you can run for you hearty crew of adventurers, but this series of posts…
An Introduction to Pirates in D&D | World Building Dungeons and Dragons 5e
Introduction to Pirates in your D&D Campaign. How do I run Pirates in my home game? I love pirate history and I love pirate fantasy. Both are fascinating and something I spend a lot of time thinking about. I almost started up a pirate podcast and sometimes I go spend an entire weekend dressed like a pirate. This is known among my friends, so I often get the question ‘Am I running these pirates right?’ or the request that I left them know if they do something wrong. To this,…