D&D General Advent's Amazing Advice: Dragons of Stormwreck Isle, A Mini-Campaign fully prepped! (Part 2 Seagrow Cave) 2026 Update: Now with Pre-Session Checklist

Advent's Amazing Advice · Friday at 9:04 PM

Welcome to Advent's Amazing Advice! The series where I take popular One-Shots, Adventures, Campaigns, etc., and fully prep them for both New and Busy DMs. This prep includes music, ambiance, encounter sheets, handouts, battle maps, tweaks, and more, so you can run the best sessions possible with the least stress possible!

*New 2026: For 2026, I'm updating all my old work to include a Pre Session Checklist that will include a list of all miniatures you may need, maps, handouts, possible loot, a link to a playlist, and more to make it even easier to start your session!

Congratulations on surviving that harrowing experience at sea. I'm sure your players enjoyed their brief respite at Dragon's Rest, minus the zombies, of course. Unfortunately, things are about to get a whole lot more difficult.

Next, they'll need to traverse Stormwreck Isle and find Seagrow Cave. A cave system inhabited by an unusual colony of Myconids, a fungus people who normally live deep underground. They've gone silent recently, and all attempts at contact have been met with a fierce undead fungal octopus. Will your players be able to survive and uncover the secrets of Seagrow Cave?

Without further ado:

Google Docs Notes for Part 2 Seagrow Cave: DM Notes
Link to: DM Notes for the Visually Impaired
Link to: Seagrow Cave Playlist

As always, if you see something you think I can improve, add, change, etc., please let me know. I want this to be an amazing resource for all DMs and plan to keep it constantly updated!

Cheers,
Advent

TheSword · Saturday at 4:23 AM

Hey, I would be interested, how do you approach adding ambience? Do you try to cover all play time or just key moments or scenes?

Advent's Amazing Advice · Saturday at 5:32 AM

TheSword said:
Hey, I would be interested, how do you approach adding ambience? Do you try to cover all play time or just key moments or scenes?

Typically, I have a general ambience for each section, one that can play throughout. For these, you never want tracks with words, unless of course it's say background chanting for a cult. Sometimes I'll include sound effects for breaking glass, countdowns, bells, etc. Then there will be tracks for each battle encounter that I try to ensure suit that encounter!