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Redwatch Island Maps Completed!

16 Thursday Apr 2020

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I’m excited to now reveal what I’ve been working on! (IE my PCs finally found all the maps I’ve made. Feel free to use these with your own Redwatch Island adventure! See the link on the Custom Missions Page!

Southern RedwatchEastern Redwatch(1)North East RedwatchNorth West Redwatch Island

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So You Want to Homebrew a D&D Campaign – Part 2 – Expand the Background

15 Wednesday Jan 2020

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DM Daniel here, and it is time to expand your background building. Coming at this from a novelist perspective, there’s so much we can do here! So let’s take a deep dive into the idea of world building – country and culture edition. Click beyond the line to learn more.

Rough Draft of Map

Hey look, a homemade map!

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So you want to Homebrew a D&D Campaign – Part 1 – Game Pitch & Background

09 Thursday Jan 2020

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Hi all,

DM Daniel here, wanting to wish you all a very happy new year. With this new year comes new ideas! Such as creating this homebrew D&D Campaign setting. This will be my first Homebrew campaign (also my first non-starter set one) and I don’t want to give away too many bonus details in case my players read this (You know who you are!) So let’s get to it – background time!

The pitch I gave my players was as follows.

You’re soldiers in the royal army. While defending the capital city from an overwhelming attack, you are drafted by your commanding officer, the leader of the Royal Guards, to lead an escort out of the city. Your traveling companion – none other than the six year old heir of Telin. Your mission – get the prince to the southern city of Kurlinburg – no matter the cost.

So there’s the pitch! Read below the line for some more spoilers and background information. This is only part one, and I know that some DMs think more or less information is appropriate for their PCs. I’m not inclined to give them all this information, but writing it out helps me spin my ideas and gets the creative juices flowing. Click the Read More to see the actual background information.

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