5E Dmg Tables Free But On

I roll a d20 and get 14: Humans (roll on the NPC Alignment and NPC Class tables to determine specifics). Okay. The NPC Alignment (d20 rolled a 9) gets me a Lawful Neutral dungeon creator and the NPC Class table (page 101, d20 rolled a 6) gets me a Fighter.

I wasnt really know for season-spanning campaign-style adventures that would go on and on and I dont think my players had the attention span for that either.).

Any experienced DM will tell you, however, that a good adventure will often require some (or a LOT of) tinkering once youve created the skeleton framework.

My goal here is to create that framework and try to avoid going too deep into the nitty-gritty details that can either be made on-the-fly during gameplay or after the framework has stewed a little in my head.

But rolling dice isnt going to give you a complete, out-of-the-box gaming experience.

Any DM who has tried to craft a random dungeon or adventure knows that you often have to ignore the dice and go with whats favorable for the developing story.

So, that said, what youll find below is my attempt at creating a simple little adventure using (as often as possible) the new 5e DMG tables and charts and deviating where I find a dice roll doesnt make sense.

In those instances, Ill let you know when Ive decided to ignore the dice and making a non-random decision.

Instead, Im wanting to create a mini-quest a small adventure that I could possibly insert into a larger campaign.

This could be when a player is absent and the group wishes to not proceed with the larger story.

It could also be an opportunity for XP to help level up a new player or give the DM a great way to drop a useful (or necessary) magic item into a storyline without it feeling too forced or convenient.

5E Dmg Tables Free But On

Ive started adventure during a prison break (with all the adventurers finding themselves incarcerated and now free but on the run) and even one where they were trapped in a burning library.

Nothing like starting an adventure by putting your players characters in immediate jeopardy.

If youve already read through Chapter 3 (and later chapters), then you probably know that there isnt any hard and fast place to start.

For me, Im just going to dive in and start by looking at page X Im going to roll a 20 and see what happens for the Dungeon Goals table on page 73.

There are 18 other options (roll a 20 and you have to re-roll twice), but Im going to try and stick to randomness as much as possible.

Page 74 has the Other Goals table roll a d12 and get something like Break a prisoner out of a jail or prison camp.

Okay, almost everything in that list is really almost a mini-quest in itself.

If youre wanting to create a longer adventure (maybe more than two hours or so), this could be a great table for finding a sub-quest.

Page 74 does have one final table, however, that sounds useful Adventure Introduction.

I rolled a d12 and got an 11: One night the characters all dream about entering the adventure location.

I rolled a 4, and check this out: The adventurers race to the site where the villain is bringing a master plan to its conclusion, arriving just as that plan is about the be completed.

Ill be using the Dungeon Location and a d100 I rolled a 9 Beneath a farmhouse.

Hmm. the next option (13-16) is Beneath a graveyard.

That sounds more ominous I dont have to honor my roll and could easily just choose that option.

I roll a d20 and get 14: Humans (roll on the NPC Alignment and NPC Class tables to determine specifics).