Anatomy of a Campaign - A Dungeons and Dragons Podcast

Episode 29: The plan is to change gears following the side-track adventure into the Oozing Temple. Introducing comedic characters to break tension and deliver a more varied tone across the campaign. Also, while the party spent two days in the Oozing temple, it took 2+ months of real time - how to re-focus following a long diversion.

Episode 28: The battle between Dragons and Demons is really just window dressing for a simple character decision. How do you bring to life multi-classing at the behest of a god? Our last session was dominated by an epic battle - we take a look at how that battle played out and the critical character decision it ultimately served.

Episode 27: Preparing for an epic battle at the gates of death involving a wing of dragons vs. a Balor and his demon horde.

Episdoe 26: In our last session, another character falls to the gates of death. The players dealt with moral choices that both define their characters and the philosophical differences within the party.

Episode 25: In our next session, one character must choose between their own death or ritualling sacrificing someone else to save themselves. Also, planning a new storytelling technique that gets inside the PC's minds.

Episode 24: Recapping our latest session in the Oozing Temple - how best to manage player absences and how to handle it when the choices your story forces on a character irrevocably change them.

Episode 23: Preparing for the final encounter in the Oozing Temple, I discuss adding elements to combat that are intended to make a basic and even cliched encounter into something more engaging.

Episode 22: On the run from Black Oozes, the Shadow Sorcerer is offered the power to survive, but at what price? Recapping the second part of our adventure through the Oozing Temple.

Episode 21: Prepping for part 2 of the Oozing Temple crawl, I am amending the map and the monsters to deliver a more appropriate experience for the party. Changing things mid-adventure feels like it should be "wrong", but it's reality for a busy DM.

Episode 20: Using side quests to introduce a new PC. If you want to hear how much things can change from prep to actual-play, compare what actually happened here to episode 19. A lot changed in the final hours before our game. D&D, it's not just an adventure for the characters!