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I really like all of the giant lairs from Storm King's Thunder, but Grudd Haug stands out to me. I've run it as a DM and played it as a player. Lots of fun both times. Oooh, and Ironslag, the fire giant lair. It's got a rotating bucket system that will take you all around the map if you jump...

Turns out there is Justice!

Storm King's Thunder can be a great adventure, with some work. I ran a 1-20 level campaign that mashed up Lost Mine of Phandelver, Tyranny of Dragons, and Storm King's Thunder. Sort of. I changed just about everything. But those campaigns were my primary inspiration. If I had another group of...

Fantastic example. I love this. Thank you.

I take your point. But choke points are fairly common, big rooms are not. I'd prefer to see that flipped.

I cannot emphasize this enough: Maps are too dang small! In my group, I have 5 players. Sometimes they have allies, henchmen, pets, etc. They almost always face off against an equal or greater number of foes. Therefore, a typical combat has 12-15 creatures. A climactic set piece could have...

I have actually thought about this in sufficient detail to outline a series. My pitch is simple: Undermountain. Most fantasy stories focus on epic quests where the fate of the world hangs in the balance. In this show, we instead focus on working-class adventurers. They don't go into...

I for one am intrigued. I dig D&D 5E and sci fi, so this sounds like chocolate and peanut to me.

My resolution is just to keep on keeping on. In 2026, I expect to... Complete my 13th Age campaign (it's likely going to take 2 1/2 years and 75 sessions) Start a D&D 2024 campaign set in the Dalelands There's a ton more I'd like to do, but right now my life only has room for one campaign at a...

Wow. I've been watching these maps come together over the months (years?) and they never resonated with me. But now, here, seeing how all the pieces fit? Amazing work. I'm inspired to run a megadungeon campaign set here. Thank you for this and all of your contributions to the hobby.

The appeal of the Dales is that it's classic D&D: Small villages on the edge of the wilderness threatened by evil forces on all sides. Hard to go wrong with that formula. Myth Drannor is entirely optional. My next campaign will be set in the Dales. The climax is likely to be in Myth Drannor...

We've taken a 2 month break from our 13th Age campaign due to my schedule. However, in my absence, the group played Delta Green. I dropped back in for the final two sessions, just in time for my character to blow up himself along with a score of Dagon cultists. Good times were had by all.

This is typical for my campaigns, too.

Thanks. I have a rough outline that takes them up to Tier 3. In addition to the Cult, there will be various factions, such as an evil dragon that wants those abandoned dragon hoards for himself, rival adventurers, etc. Tier 1 is just establishing the setting, introducing factions, seeding...

Jack Aubrey is the perfect example of a min-max'd character. Jack's player: "But you said this was going to be a nautical campaign!" Stephen's player: chuckles [adds another skill point to Bureaucracy]