Getting Into D&D 5e Adventures
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About the Project
My family and friends recently got into Dungeons and Dragons. I haven't played for many years and now I've taken on the role of DM for our games. One of my favorite parts of the game is preparing maps, tokens, figures, etc for the sessions. I finished the last chapter of Dragons of Stormwreck Isle earlier in December. I plan on running Dragon of Icespire Peak from the Essentials Kit next. This will follow my progress creating the maps, tokens, etc for the adventures.
Related Game: Dungeons & Dragons
Related Company: Wizards of the Coast
Related Genre: Fantasy
Related Contest: Dungeonalia 2023
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Building Terrain for Dragon of Icespire Peak part 2
We've had some cold weather and snow come through that has prevented me from painting The Elven Woods. I decided to start building the Land of the Giants set from Dungeons and Lasers until the weather clears.Quest 1 Umbrage Hill Windmill Terrain
I decided to make some tiles to use for the windmill in the Umbrage Hill quest.
I cut some pieces off of cardboard boxes left over from the holidays and sprayed one side with black primer. I used a glue stick to affix wrapping paper that has 1 inch grids onto the cardboard as easy reference for player movement. I had a great time using markers we had around the house to copy the maps from the campaign book.
I decided to cut some of the extra cardboard to make the roof details. I had some craft paints and used that to paint on some basic shingle shapes. I glued the smaller roof pieces to the appropriate tiles and made a final tile for the top roof.
Building Terrain for Dragon of Icespire Peak
Building The Elven Woods from Dungeons and LasersBegining Dragon of Icespire Peak
My plan for the first adventure is to have the characters meet in Phandelver. From their, the adventurers will discover the Quest Board that will have the 3 starting missions. Because of the geography, no matter what quest the adventurers will select they’ll have to deal with the Umbrage Hill mission due to the geography/they have to travel past it to get to the other quests. This will help make things easier on me with prep. I plan on using part of the Dungeons and Lasers The Elven Woods terrain, some of the ruins from the Bolt Action hamlet set, and make map tiles of the windmill.
From there I’ll let the adventurers decide if they want to attempt the Gnomengarde mission or the Dwarven Excavation. Then I’ll have plenty of time to prep for one of those for the next session.
Finishing Up Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
I ran Dragons of Stormwreck Isle for my friends and family. We finished up the last mission earlier this month. Next up is Dragon of Icespire Peak. The plan is for everyone to create new characters for this campaign. The DOSI characters will be “backups” if any of the characters die 🙂
