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Advent's Amazing Advice: White Plume Mountain Part 1, A Classic Adventure fully prepped and ready to go!
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Welcome back 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!
White Plume Mountain is an absolute classic Adventure for level 8 players; one that has been talked about for years and has been redone time and again. Heck, it was even ranked the 9th greatest Dungeons & Dragons adventure of all time by Dungeon magazine in 2004. This is the perfect Adventure for those of you who are looking for a bit of combat and a whole lot of puzzle!
Three magical weapons have been stolen recently. Clues in the form of a poem lead those in power to believe the weapons have been brought to a volcano which was once the hideout of a powerful wizard named Keraptis. These are no mere magical weapons, but sentient artifacts. Can your players survive the perils of White Plume Mountain and retrieve them!?
Without further ado:
- Google Docs Notes for White Plume Mountain Part 1: DM Notes
- Link to: White Plume Mountain Playlist
- Link to: The AAA Collection
Included in The AAA Collection is:
- A Word document with all my notes including links to music tracks for ambiance and fights
- Special PDF for all encounters. This includes the enemy stat blocks organized neatly along with an initiative tracker and a spot to mark HP
- Spellsheets for all relevant encounters
- Note from Krepatis and Hiring Letter Handouts
- Custom Battle Maps
Over 5 dozen other Fully Prepped One-Shots, Adventures, and Campaigns: Click Here
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! If you'd like to support me, shape future releases, and get content early feel free to check out my Patreon!
Cheers,
Advent
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Advent's Amazing Advice: Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk Act 1, Fully Prepped and ready to go! (The Complete Act 1 Collection)
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Welcome back 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 fully fleshed-out notes, music, ambiance, encounter sheets, handouts, battle maps, tweaks, and more so you can run the best sessions possible with the least stress possible!
Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk stems from The Lost Mine of Phandelver a classic and beloved starter set that many new DMs run. Even with this being the most recent release it still has an issue, the same as with many others...it doesn't describe the best way to transform the book's contents into an actual session. The Book-to-session conversion can be difficult between figuring out when things should happen, understanding motivations, and even organizing encounters.
Well, fortunately for you, 99% of that work is done! Only a few things are really left:
- Read the book, I know surprising, but it can be extremely confusing when you don't know where everything leads to.
- Consider the needs of your group. As you've heard or are about to hear a million times, every table is different. If you plan on combining this with a campaign, you'll have to make tweaks here and there.
- These notes aren't meant to be the end-all-be-all. Tweak to your heart's content, and don't consider any of what's written to be set in stone. For me having notes like this helps give me the confidence to go off the rails and follow along with what my players want. It helps me understand where things were meant to go and why. Having that understanding allows me to guide the players and create other new and interesting stories. These are all things that will come with experience, though, so don't freak out and enjoy the journey!
Without further ado:
Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk Act 1
- Part 1 - Intro and Cragmaw Hideout
- Part 2a - Phandalin
- Part 2b - Redbrand Hideout
- Part 3a - Reign of Iron
- Part 3b - Thundertree
- Part 3c - Cragmaw Castle
- Part 4 - Wave Echo Cave
- Part 5 - Side Quests
Included in my posts are:
- A Word document for each part of Act 1 for Phandelver and Below with detailed notes for running a perfect session including links to music tracks for ambiance and fights
- Special PDFs for every encounter. This includes all the enemies' stat blocks organized neatly along with an initiative tracker and a spot to mark HP.
- Additional PDFs for allies and commoners
- A variety of maps for each part of the campaign
- Spell lists for all relevant fights
- Handouts for various spell scrolls throughout the campaign
- A playlist for each section!
Over 5 dozen other Fully Prepped One-Shots, Adventures, and Campaigns: Click Here
Campaign Info: As of today, I've officially completed Act One of Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk! I've also compiled all of my prep for it in a single easy-to-access post which is available to all my Heroes and Legends. You can find it HERE!
I've discussed this on Discord as well as answered a few questions and thought I would clarify some information here; campaigns are super time intensive, so I have to choose wisely which ones I prep. The first half PaB:TSO is an updated version of The Lost Mine of Phandelver which I had already fully prepped; so, I thought I would go through all my prep and update it to match and help all those who are starting to run the campaign! I may one day prep the second half; however, I'm trying to focus on the more popular Campaigns such as Curse of Strahd, before I work on others.
With what I've released, you'll have a great kickstart through most of the campaign and there are plenty of helpful members both on Reddit and on my Discord that can guide you along the rest of the way! I hope that with what I've prepped so far you can have a truly Amazing campaign!!!
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! If you'd like to support me, shape future releases, and get content early feel free to check out my Patreon!
Cheers,
Advent
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cross-posted from: https://ttrpg.network/post/7655321
All premieres at 9am PDT:
- Monday, July 1st - Spells Tuesday
- July 2nd - Crafting Sneak Peek (this is a short video; no premiere)
- Monday, July 8th - Monk
- Tuesday, July 9th - Sorcerer
- Wednesday, July 10th - Cleric Thursday
- July 11th - Bard Friday
- July 12th - New Dragon Designs
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Advent's Amazing Advice: Dragon of Icespire Peak, A Mini-Campaign Fully Prepped and ready to go! (Part 1 Phandalin)
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Welcome back 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 fully fleshed-out notes, music, ambiance, encounter sheets, handouts, battle maps, tweaks, and more so you can run the best sessions possible with the least stress possible!
We're back at it again with another Fully Prepped Mini-Campaign; Dragon of Icespire Peak, A level 1-6 Adventure that's a bit frosty! This is part of the Essentials Kit; released between Dragon of Stormwreck Isle and The Lost Mine of Phandelver all created by WoTC.
Dragon of Icespire Peak is a bit different from the other two I've prepped; not only is it more of a sandbox, but it also has the ability to be run with just one player which is a huge plus for those of you who can't get larger groups together! I'll be incorporating the recommendations from both Bob the World Builder and Sly Flourish along with my own tweaks to make this one of the best experiences you can have running this Mini-Campaign!
If you've used my previous notes you'll know that I take adventures such as these and do all the difficult and time-consuming book-to-session conversions so you don't have to! I do my best to include ambiance for every scene, custom battle maps, handouts when needed, spell sheets, encounter sheets, and more!
This may all sound familiar, but seeing as this is a Starter/Essentials Kit, I think it's important to reiterate:
- Read the Adventure: I know surprising, but it can be extremely confusing when you don't know where everything leads to.
- Consider the needs of your group: As you've heard or are about to hear a million times, every table is different. If you plan on combining this with a campaign, you'll have to make tweaks here and there.
- These notes aren't meant to be the end-all-be-all: Tweak to your heart's content, and don't consider any of what's written to be set in stone. For me having notes like this helps give me the confidence to go off the rails and follow along with what my players want. It helps me understand where things are meant to go and why. Having that understanding allows me to guide the players and create other new and interesting stories. These are all things that will come with experience, though, so don't freak out and enjoy the journey!
Without further ado:
- Google Docs Notes for Part 1 Phandalin: DM Notes
- Link to: Phandalin Playlist
- Link to: The AAA Collection
Included in The AAA Collection is:
- A Word document with all my notes including links to music tracks for ambiance and fights
- Custom Map of Phandalin
Over 5 dozen other Fully Prepped One-Shots, Adventures, and Campaigns: Click Here
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! If you'd like to support me, shape future releases, and get content early feel free to check out my Patreon!
Cheers,
Advent
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2024 Player's Handbook Reveals (all premieres at 9am PDT)
Monday, June 24th - The Rogue Tuesday, June 25th - The Warlock Wednesday, June 26th - The Druid Thursday, June 27th - The Wizard Friday, June 28th - The Ranger
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Advent's Amazing Advice: Don't Say Vecna, A Level 20 One-Shot fully prepped and ready to go!
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Welcome back 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 fully fleshed-out notes, music, ambiance, encounter sheets, handouts, battle maps, tweaks, and more so you can run the best sessions possible with the least stress possible!
Don't Say Vecna is a level 20 One-Shot by Michael Galvis and Mike Bernier that will have your players tasked with investigating a wizard tower that mysteriously disappeared from the Material Plane. Their exploration will reveal the forbidden secrets three scholars discovered and what fates befell them. Will your player be able to handle the might of Vecna!?
Fortunately, even if they can, there's a modified stat block to really throw the full power of the Arch-lich himself!
*Estimated Session Length: 4-6hrs
*Important Note: If using the revised statblock it is recommended to allow your players to pick the following Magic items:
- Legendary/Artifact x1
- Very Rare x2
- Rare x3
- Uncommon x 4
Without further ado:
- Google Docs Notes for Don't Say Vecna: DM Notes
- Link to: Don't Say Vevcna Playlist
- Link to: Don't Say Vecna PDF (Original D&DBeyond Post)
- Link to: Revised Vecna Statblock
- Link to: Vecna Dossier
- Link to: The AAA Collection
Included in The AAA Collection is:
- A Word document with all my notes, including links to music tracks for ambiance and fights
- Special PDF for all encounters. This includes the enemy stat blocks organized neatly, along with an initiative tracker and a spot to mark HP
- Revised Vecna Statblock for those who want a greater challenge
- Custom Maps of Cientia Tower
Over 5 dozen other Fully Prepped One-Shots, Adventures, and Campaigns: Click Here
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! If you'd like to support me, shape future releases, and get content early feel free to check out my Patreon!
Cheers,
Advent
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Advent's Amazing Advice: The Delian Tomb, A Beginner One-Shot fully prepped and ready to go!
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Welcome back 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!
The results are in and I'm excited to announce that Nyx and Alanna (AJ) are the 1st and 2nd place winners of Advent's One-Shot Challenge! The goal was simple, to find people who could prep in a style similar to mine so that I could work with them and expand Advent's Amazing Advice! I was blown away with the results and I'm proud to show you what they've come up with!
The Delian Tomb is a Level 1 Introductory One-Shot based on Matt Colville's first episode of his Running the Game series on YouTube.
This adventure begins in the backwaters of a small kingdom, it's a quiet place...most of the time. Recently, there has been an influx of goblins in the region and some of the foul creatures have even begun attacking the farms in the outskirts of the village. Your players are all friends, just traveling through, in search of adventure. It isn't long before they find themselves mixed up in the business of Goblins and pursuing a kidnapped child into the depths of a long-forgotten tomb. This is their opportunity to prove themselves, and to rescue someone in need...if they can survive the perils of The Delian Tomb!
Below you'll find the winner's notes updated by me with all the tweaks and formatting you've come to know and love.
Without further ado:
- Google Docs Notes for The Delian Tomb (Nyx): DM Notes
- Link to: The Delian Tomb Playlist (Nyx)
- Link to The Delian Tomb PDF: Version 1
- Link to: The AAA Collection + Original and Second place versions
Included in The AAA Collection is:
- A Word document with all my notes, including links to music tracks for ambiance and fights
- Special PDF for all encounters. This includes the enemy stat blocks organized neatly, along with an initiative tracker and a spot to mark HP
- Spellsheet Handout for the Goblin Shaman
- Custom Maps (Credits: u/sladank, uchideshi34 (Jon), grant1derlin, CragtheLAD)
Other One Shots, Adventures, and Campaigns:
- The Lost Mine of Phandelver - Click Here
- Dragons of Stormwreck Isle - Click Here
- The Wild Sheep Chase - Click Here
- The Haunt - Click Here
- We Be Goblins - Click Here
- Scarab of Death - Click Here
- Don't Say Vecna - Click Here
- The Egg of Estyr - Click Here
- Into Ivy Mansion - Click Here
- Wolves of Welton - Click Here
- To the End of Time - Click Here
- A Most Potent Brew - Click Here
- Moon over Graymoor - Click Here
- The Drunken Treasure - Click Here
- Curse of Strahd - Click Here (W.I.P)
- A Grimdark Adventure - Click Here
- A Wild West One-Shot - Click Here
- The Wizards Treehouse - Click Here
- D&D vs Rick and Morty - Click Here
- A Prison Break One-Shot - Click Here
- A Holiday One-Shot (2023) - Click Here
- The Barber of Silverymoon - Click Here
- The Tavern at Death's Door - Click Here
- The Night Before Wintermas - Click Here
- L'Arsène's Ludicrous Larceny - Click Here
- Shadow of the Broodmother - Click Here
- Grammy's Country Apple Pie - Click Here
- A Deep and Creeping Darkness - Click Here
- The Secret of Skyhorn Lighthouse - Click Here
It was such a fantastic experience working with others on this! You'll see plenty more of Nyx and Alanna in the future!
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! If you'd like to support me, shape future releases, and get content early feel free to check out my Patreon!
Cheers, Advent
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Advent's One-Shot Challenge: Showcase Your DnD Prep Skills for a Chance to Win $100 and Join Our Creative Team!
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Hey, everyone my name is Advent, and I run a Patreon called Advent's Amazing Advice! I take popular One-Shots, Adventures, Campaigns, etc., and fully prep them for New and Busy DMs. My prep includes detailed notes, music, ambiance, maps, encounter sheets, handouts, and tweaks so you can run the best sessions with the least stress possible!
I've been working on Advent's Amazing Advice for well over a year now! Thanks to all the support of my Patrons, I'm finally in the position where I can add someone to the team to lighten the load of prepping! With their assistance, I'll be able to expand the ways I can help everyone!
In order to find the perfect person, I'm creating a contest. The rules are simple. The person who can prep a One-Shot in a style most similar to mine will be the winner. I'll be judging this based on the following:
Main Criteria
- Formatting: How close you can match my style
- Improvements: Includes additions; as well as flow, ease of use, etc.
- Music Selection: Picking the perfect tracks to match each scene (*Create a YouTube playlist)
- Including additional resources: ie. maps, handouts, encounters sheets, etc. (Be sure to properly credit)
- Packaging: Delivering the Prep the same way I would (ie. Folder Organization)
The One-Shot that contestants will be working on will be The Delian Tomb. I've chosen this one because it's short, has multiple versions, and is made for beginners to D&D. How you choose to prep will allow me to see how well you can get into the mind of a new DM; ensuring they have all the tools at their disposal to run an Amazing session!!!
Not only will the winner be joining the team*, but there will be prizes! Additionally, if 2nd and 3rd place impress me enough with their quality, they might just find themselves being called up to collaborate in the future!
Prizes
- 1st - $100 and have your prep featured on Advent's Amazing Advice
- 2nd - $50
- 3rd - $25
Deadline - 1/15/24
If this sounds like something you're interested in, you can get started by downloading the Contest Resources by Clicking Here or Here. Once you've finished, you can upload your files to Google Docs and send an email with the link, as well as to the YouTube playlist that you created!
Email - AdventsAmazingAdvice@gmail.com
For those of you who haven't seen my work before, you'll find an example of my Into Ivy Mansion prep in the Contest Resources Pack. I've also included additional examples of my prep below.
- Dragons of Stormwreck Isle - Click Here
- A Most Potent Brew - Click Here
- Index of over 4 dozen sessions with previews - Click Here
Position Info
- Pay: I’m offering the same amount that I charge for commissions, so $100 for each One-Shot Prepped; with up to a bonus $100 for each completed project based on how closely the person can match my style. If the person is good enough, then they’ll eventually be able to switch over to receiving a percentage of all profits from Advent’s Amazing Advice instead! Payment is via Venmo, but other ways can be worked out if needed!
- Content Production/Hours: - I’m looking for someone who can fully prep between 1-2 One-Shots a month, you can choose when, where, and how to complete the work! I’ll be guiding the person to match my style and be there to help with anything that pops up along the way.
I can't wait to see how this turns out and I'm so excited to have the chance to be able to do something like this. Thank you all so much, without you, I could never have imagined coming this far! If you have any questions at all, please don't hesitate to ask!
Cheers,
Advent
* Joining the team is contingent on producing high-quality content and being a person others would want to work with!
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