One of the tasks many of us have to consider over the next couple of months is how we’ll run D&D Adventurers League games. There are more options than before: they can be run at home, online, in store, at conventions, or anywhere you can run a D&D game! In this article, I’m going to discuss how I’m planning to handle it at my store. … Continue reading Planning for the next season of the D&D Adventurers League
We’re now counting down the hours until the official announcement on Monday, but it’s now almost certain that Curse of Strahd will be the next adventure from Wizards of the Coast for the current edition of Dungeons & Dragons. The date we’re looking at March 15th, 2016. Under raging storm clouds, the vampire Count Strahd von Zarovich stands silhouetted against the ancient walls of Castle Ravenloft. … Continue reading Curse of Strahd
Have you ever wondered about what the background was on the adventures of the D&D Expeditions line? Now, you can find out! Travis Woodall, the D&D Adventurers League Content Manager, has uploaded three documents to the DMs Guild – one for each season – that have information on the story themes, city information, and NPC information that guided the creation of the adventures. Season 1 … Continue reading D&D Expeditions Narratives
Greg Marks’ Shadows Over the Moonsea is one of the great adventures of the first season of the D&D Expeditions line. It’s not an easy adventure to run, and there are elements that I don’t think quite work, but it can never be faulted for its ambition. The adventure sees the adventurers travel to a small island inhabited by inbred villagers, as they search for … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: Shadows Over the Moonsea
DDEX1-02 Secrets of Sokol Keep is a 4-hour adventure written by Pieter Sleijpen for the D&D Adventurers League program. As it has just become widely available through the Dungeon Masters Guild site, I thought now would be a good idea to post my thoughts on the adventure. I have run it several times (and played once) as part of the D&D Adventurers League. The adventure, like … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: Secrets of Sokol Keep
One of my new Adventurers League players expressed interest in playing a Tiefling Warlock belonging to the Zhentarim. As he’s new to the game, I volunteered to create the character for him. This is what I came up with: Tiefling Warlock For this character sheet, I’ve left off most of the personality details, feeling they’d be filled in by the player. (At some point, I may … Continue reading A Tiefling Warlock
The track of Varram, the white wyrmspeaker, takes the characters into the Serpent Hills. The Rise of Tiamat basically glosses over a lot of what can be found in this area – the random encounter table has a few entries for ruins or relatively minor encounters. Once upon a time, TSR released a product that gave a large number of encounter tables for the Serpent … Continue reading The Rise of Tiamat revisited: The Tomb of Diderius
I’ve had a few questions about treasure in adventures of late, so it’s worth going over a few points about how to handle treasure in the D&D Adventurers League. Many of these questions have been previously answered in the AL Player’s Guide or FAQ, but it’s worth the reminder! (Check those links just confirm what I say; I may have misinterpreted something. If I have, … Continue reading D&D Adventurers League Q&A – Treasure and Modifying Adventures
Several months ago, we expanded our D&D program here in Ballarat to two nights a week. With Out of the Abyss not yet available, I decided to replay the Tyranny of Dragons adventures. Along the way, we had a TPK in Castle Naerytar, requiring the use of Lost Mine of Phandelver to get a new bunch of PCs to the proper levels. And then we … Continue reading The Rise of Tiamat, revisited
I’m a Local Coordinator with the D&D Adventures League. I’m not the ultimate arbiter of What Is Legal in the League, but I have been paying attention. So, if you have a question or two, I’m happy to answer them. However, you might want to initially check the Official FAQ and see if your question is already answered. I might get something wrong in my … Continue reading More D&D Adventurers League Q&A
