How to Make a D&D Campaign (the easy way)

💥 James RPG Art: www.patreon.com/jamesrpgart *typo at 4:27, should say "does NOT"

Psst Coville usually doesn't do it, he just has an amazing editor who makes it super smooth

You definitely did a better job then if I were to do anything in one take lol

4:22 I agree that a complex villain can be hard to pull off but when it comes to the philosphical debate part I really think it depends on your players. There are plenty of groups out there who love to have their morals challenged, while there are plenty others who just want to fight. The lesson here should be to know your players.

“Layers of detail that your players will never know exist.” Very accurate. Still fun for the GM tho. For a lot of us, a big part of “playing” DnD is the creation of players and places - even if they never get used in a game.

Wait a minute, the boss is an alien that needs food to obtain perfection? This is literally just Cell. 😆

I can't even put together 2 sentences without making at least 5 takes. Great job Bob

This is so Wholesome I'm gonna try it for my next adventure. Thanks BOB!

Regarding the idea of having a "philosophical debate" about the BBEG's points, in my campaign, I turned the script around a little. Instead of making the BBEG deep, I made the adventure the cause of a lot of trouble. A catastrophic evil that WILL turn the tide in the blood war claws itself towards the surface, at which point, all will be lost. The party has to go on a McGuffin quest, collecting magical stones to do the magical thing and 'nope' the catastrophic evil out of existence. As they do it, they learn that almost every time they get towards a major progression point, their actions have severe consequences against their intentions - to save the material plane, if not the entire cosmos. They will save everyone, for sure. But they will have caused so much trouble, that future generations may wonder if it was ever worth it at all. The campaign is about to end in a couple of sessions, and it started to dawn on them, that everything good they ever did was tainted with bad, and we all love it. (The general theme of this campaign is that nothing good is without bad, and nothing bad is without good, so as long as they keep their good intentions, they are reassured to walk the path which creates harm as little as possible).

Love these tables! Amazing campaign generator, the only thing that I wouldn't do is randomizing PCs, but that's just personally me. Thank you for the video!

You're an "oath of the one take" paladin! 😂 I love this format: it feels like you're actually there teaching me things. 😊

As someone whos only done homebrew, this is a great outline for structuring a campaign. Thanks bob ❤

Buddy, I AM a random character generator. And my bad guys typically have Doofenschmirtz backstories, but I rarely share them.

Fantastic ideas as always! Side note - the random campaign you generated for this is bringing back fond 2e memories of the StarCraft campaign a friend ran way back in highschool 😁

THAT WAS AN AWESOME ONE TAKE I AM SO PROUD

Run it, Bob, run it! Finally, a reason to use the optional equipment rules in the DMG!

Last year I was potentially going to be a GM for D&D at my local library. But no one signed up to play:( I planned a campaign that would start with Dragons of Icespire Peak with some added twists & sidequests & NPCs I created. Then it would move on to Dragons of Stormwreck Isle with yet more added "Homebrew" things. After that it would move on to an Ancient Tomb Questline with my own twists and things. Additionally, with all this I had my own "Homebrew/House Rules" that would be incorporated with everything. 1 of those things is: Every Plane of Existence is connected to each other, so any & all Races & Backgrounds are allowed as long as they are officially created and/or are from Unearthed Arcana. As well as my own improved Vampire Race & improved Lycanthrope Race.

4:33 best advice ever. Plus: great simple tables! On my first attempt to GM, after a 30 years pause, I tried to add intrigue, trauma, politics, etc. Result: A total and utterly failure that resulted in an ongoing 5-year pause. 😞

Man, I've been in this hobby for over 30 years, and this is one of the best pieces I've seen on generating content for TTPRG's! Bravo man, you've got a good thing going here

I really like being specific about a neutral party who may help or hinder outside of the big bad and minions. Great video Bob, the bloopers make it better!