D&D General FINALLY!!! Dragon Delves to include Quickstart Guides for each adventure.

[BruceWright]

I noticed the emphasis in the Dragon Delves marketing for this:

Streamlined Dungeon Master Prep
Need a play-ready adventure for tomorrow’s game night? Dive into action with the adventures found in Dragon Delves. Each adventure includes step-by-step prep for Dungeon Masters with a quick start guide that summarizes key NPCs, key plot points, and more.

I've long wished for WoTC to adopt this kind of table-readiness in their published adventures. Let's hope this idea takes off. I'm weary of having to read every entry in a whole adventure, and kind of make my way through it all to figure out at the end "Oh, the theme of the adventure is about getting past the loss of a loved one. Wish I could just know the main theme and the jist and form of the adventure more easily, so I could know how to approach running it."

 

[pukunui]

Yes, my understanding is that this book will actually follow the guidelines in the "Creating Adventures" chapter of the new DMG. It'll be nice to see WotC following their own DMing advice for once.

 

[Hexmage-EN]

That NPC reference tables weren't always the standard was a mystery to me.