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Dungeons & Dragons
For those who don't know, Dungeons & Dragons is a Tabletop Role-Playing Game where one player leads the rest of the group through a fantasy adventure. This player is called the Dungeon Master, or DM, and if they have set the game in their own world, there is a lot of preparation that goes into running the game. I am a DM, and have been since 2019, where I have run a "homebrew" campaign nearly every single week.
Being a DM has been invaluable to my development in my creative journey. It has been my outlet for writing, sharing stories, testing ideas, drawing inspiration, and more. What makes planning for D&D unique when compared to writing a book or screenplay is that it requires you to create in pieces and look at the bigger picture. Your players are unpredictable, and the dice are even more so. From here it can be easy to draw the connection to writing for video games.
I use a combination of diagrams (diagrams.net) and knowledge bases (obsidian.md) for my planning. I have also used these tools and skills for university projects.
Campaigns
The Disenchanted
MAY 12 2019 - NOV 21 2021
The Disenchanted was my first campaign. It took place over 8 character levels and two and a half years. Most of the diagrams in the slideshow above are from this campaign. You may also notice most are missing pieces. That is because we cut the campaign short for personal reasons. Overall, the campaign was poorly structured (it was my first after all) but with my planning it was still enjoyable.
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Art by Zephyr Henry.
Candlekeep Mysteries
DEC 5 2021 - JUNE 2022
Candlekeep Mysteries is an adventure module published by Wizards of the Coast that consists of 17 separate adventures that all begin with a mystery surrounding a book. We are played until 6th level in this book, ending on a dramatic fight with a coven of witches. Since this is a published adventure, I didn't have to do much planning for it, but I did have an Obsidian vault for any notes I did have.
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Art by Zephyr Henry.
Favoured by the Stars
JUNE 2022 - PRESENT
My current campaign is Favoured by the Stars, a reboot of sorts of The Disenchanted. Because of this, a lot of my notes from that campaign will be reused, and it will be set in the same place, Shikitsi. We are well into 8th level, and the players have had many run-ins with mind-bending eldritch beings and interweaving plots. Running this game has had some very interesting challenges since it is so personally connected to the characters.