Lunch Break Heroes
First Post
Hello, folks! I'm Steve of Lunch Break Heroes. I create video content focusing on useful changes you can make to published Dungeons & Dragons campaigns, as well as a few other tips and tricks here and there. I see myself as a storytelling DM, and I try to bring that aesthetic to each of the changes that I recommend to campaigns. How do these changes enhance the story, or tie disparate elements into the narrative? That sort of thing.
I hope you enjoy the videos, and find their content useful!
Here is a selection of some of my more recent videos:
Creative Ways for Players to Spend Gold
There is a lot of ways to give player's gold and treasure in D&D 5e, but the rule books don't suggest many ways for them to spend it. In the latest video, I've come up with a few ways for your players to spend their money and feel good while doing it!
[video=youtube;8bEYZQogfX4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bEYZQogfX4[/video]
Make Wyvern Tor Interesting
This is the latest in my campaign guide for Lost Mine of Phandelver. I never really liked Wyvern Tor as an encounter, because it felt so disconnected from the overall narrative. By turning it into a rescue mission, and linking the orcs to Thundertree, I created something that's much more closely related to the overarching story.
[video=youtube;rr2O5cNNu0c]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr2O5cNNu0c[/video]
Tarokka Deck Adventure Hook
I didn't care for the adventure hooks that came with Curse of Strahd, and I didn't like how little the Tarokka Deck was used. So, I heavily borrowed from Reddit users MandyMod and DragnaCarta, and came up with an adventure hook filled with dreams and destiny.
[video=youtube;GInpM7UpGnM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GInpM7UpGnM[/video]
How to Run a Skill Challenge in DnD 5e
Skill challenges are a mechanic from 4th edition, and they didn't make it over to 5th. That's unfortunate, because they're a great way to make a situation much more dynamic and dramatic, beyond a single die roll. This video uses an example of how to run a skill challenge that spoils an early part of Curse of Strahd.
[video=youtube;exFgqyCevAo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exFgqyCevAo[/video]
I hope you enjoy the videos, and find their content useful!
Here is a selection of some of my more recent videos:
Creative Ways for Players to Spend Gold
There is a lot of ways to give player's gold and treasure in D&D 5e, but the rule books don't suggest many ways for them to spend it. In the latest video, I've come up with a few ways for your players to spend their money and feel good while doing it!
[video=youtube;8bEYZQogfX4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bEYZQogfX4[/video]
Make Wyvern Tor Interesting
This is the latest in my campaign guide for Lost Mine of Phandelver. I never really liked Wyvern Tor as an encounter, because it felt so disconnected from the overall narrative. By turning it into a rescue mission, and linking the orcs to Thundertree, I created something that's much more closely related to the overarching story.
[video=youtube;rr2O5cNNu0c]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr2O5cNNu0c[/video]
Tarokka Deck Adventure Hook
I didn't care for the adventure hooks that came with Curse of Strahd, and I didn't like how little the Tarokka Deck was used. So, I heavily borrowed from Reddit users MandyMod and DragnaCarta, and came up with an adventure hook filled with dreams and destiny.
[video=youtube;GInpM7UpGnM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GInpM7UpGnM[/video]
How to Run a Skill Challenge in DnD 5e
Skill challenges are a mechanic from 4th edition, and they didn't make it over to 5th. That's unfortunate, because they're a great way to make a situation much more dynamic and dramatic, beyond a single die roll. This video uses an example of how to run a skill challenge that spoils an early part of Curse of Strahd.
[video=youtube;exFgqyCevAo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exFgqyCevAo[/video]