Lazy DM D&D Game Prep: Snow Day! (13 January 2019)
Today my game was snowed out so we talked about many things D&D! Topics included my show with Enrique Bertran, the three things to improve the Tomb of Annihilation, what makes great adventures, and more! Click (show more) for full game notes and useful links.
Conversation with Enrique last night:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDXGUUdnOxY
Three ways to improve Tomb of Annihilation
- Loosten the grip of the death curse: http://slyflourish.com/death_curse.html
- Be wary of companion NPCs: http://slyflourish.com/tag-along_npcs.html
- Handle the shift of lethality between the main adventure and the Tomb of the Nine Gods (upcoming article)
How to Write Good Published Adventures:
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/182608/How-to-Write-Adventure-Modules-That-Dont-Suck
http://www.goodman-games.com/downloads/HowToWriteAdventuresThatDontSuck.pdf
http://archive.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ab/20060728a
http://archive.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ab/20060811a
The writing habits of Benjamin Franklen and Hunter S Thompson
http://mikeshea.net/benjamin_franklin_vs_hunter_s_thompson.html
Oath of the Frozen King Adventure Kit:
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/224724/Oath-of-the-Frozen-King--Adventure-Kit
Are people satisfied with season 8?
https://twitter.com/SlyFlourish/status/1084179481743503362
stepbackhistory: "Write, not too much mostly plants"