Welcome to the DnD 420 Podcast. In this series, we talk the basics of  creating a great D&D campaign from initial creation to session one.  We talk plot points, NPCs, creating environments, keeping your players  interested, and telling a great story with a veteran with 30 years of  D&D experience.

Topics: encounters, what makes a good/bad encounter,  what a basic encounter looks like, what they accomplish for the  players, how encounters do not necessarily include combat

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Welcome to the DnD 420 Podcast. In this series, we talk the basics  of creating a great D&D campaign from initial creation to session  one. We talk plot points, NPCs, creating environments, keeping your  players interested, and telling a great story with a veteran with 30  years of D&D experience.

Topics: controlling players, getting players  engaged. knowing when players are not responding to the world, working  through players who only want to roll dice, knowing when it’s time to  say goodbye

web: dnd420.com

Welcome to the DnD 420 Podcast. In this series, we talk the basics of  creating a great D&D campaign from initial creation to session one.  We talk plot points, NPCs, creating environments, keeping your players  interested, and telling a great story with a veteran with 30 years of  D&D experience.

Topic: NPCs (Non-Playable Characters)

Items and issues discussed: NPCs, non playable  characters, dungeons and dragons, D&D, storytelling, creating fun  characters, 3.5, red herrings, when misinformation is important to the  plot, keeping your players engaged, our favorite NPCs.

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In this very special episode, we have fellow DnD420 guild member and dungeon master Nathan Barger guest with us today. We got back over the  last four episodes of the podcast and get Nathan’s thoughts on a load of  topics including character development, story design, outlining, and  NPCs.

In this episode, we are LIVE! We talk about a session one outline I put  together, the importance of that first session, how important it is for  session zero to get your players together in group dynamics, and how  knowing your characters in your game will help build that first session.

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In this episode, we discuss the importance of having character names and  characteristics at the ready, using the five senses when creating  environments, and how to make the world feel really immersive and real  for your players.

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In this episode, we discuss the characters I’ve created, talk about how  more important it is to have characters with good backgrounds and  stories over stats, and the positives and negatives of having a DM  played character.

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In this episode, we start at the very basic foundation as I start  working on creating a brand new campaign. All of this is very basic  stuff but if you are new to D&D or are looking for a fresh take on  how to build a campaign from the bottom up, this is a great few stepping  stones into crafting your story.

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