About this episode
Episode 184 of Mastering Dungeons! Main topic: Design an RPG Starting Encounter! Continuing the discussion of designing a first adventure in our world, how do we design the first adventure? We look at creating an encounter that utilizes our setting, hooks, and plays off of the PCs! News: Core Book Prices, Free Tsojcanth and LEGO Adventures, D&D Sales Drop! Contents 00:00 Two Fools 01:28 Adventure Curriculum? 12:34 MCDM Daggerheart Initiative? 19:37 Flaws Mechanic? 30:27 D&D Beyond Kickstarter Reward 35:45 Core Book Prices 36:52 Most of Hobby is Down 40:52 Free Tsojcanth 44:24 Free LEGO Adventure 48:48 Design an RPG Starting Encounter 50:00 Use What You Set Down 51:53 Encounter Goals 53:10 Don't Overwhelm 54:46 Setting Considerations 58:32 Theme and Tone 01:01:55 Antagonists 01:04:34 Allies and NPCs 01:06:13 Duration and Pacing 01:09:32 Session 0 Promises 01:12:48 Play off PCs 01:15:38 Satisfying Conclusion 01:19:24 Cliffhangers? 01:21:39 Final Checklist 01:25:04 Shout-Outs Thank you for listening! Get the full show notes with links on Patreon. Our intro and outro music is Metropolis Fanfare, provided royalty-free by Tabletop Audio (https://tabletopaudio.com) under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). MP3 file metadata populated with Online MP3 Podcast Chapter Editor, built by Dominik Peters. https://mp3chapters.github.io/ and customized for Mastering Dungeons by Vladimir Prenner from Croatia.