The Keep – DM Tips for Heroes of the Borderlands!

Let's take a detailed look at the Keep on the Borderlands adventure booklet in the new Heroes of the Borderlands Starter Set for Dungeons & Dragons. This is an excellent set of adventures with no major issues, but I provide tips to help you run a better game. I also suggest an approach to running the inner and outer keep quests and mixing them in between trips to the wilderness and caves. (Spoilers for the adventures!) Contents: 00:00 An Improved Classic 01:51 Active vs Descriptive Roleplay 06:19 Memorable NPCs 09:26 Dealing with Multiple NPCs 13:27 Starting at the Gatehouse 17:23 PCs and Breaking the Law 22:08 If Players Don't Interact 24:55 Gatehouse Goals 27:56 How Many Quests? 30:00 Keep Quests Approach 35:05 When to Use the Inner Keep 36:20 Dwern's Wilderness Quests 37:19 Elandra's Keep Quests 40:07 Inner Keep Quests 40:57 Reinforcing a Larger Narrative 44:19 Switching Between Books 46:29 When to End the Campaign 49:33 Support the Show Support me and join our community to help shape this show (and get a copy of my Adventure, Encounter, and Monster Design Tools): https://alphastream.org/index.php/sup... You can find more RPG and D&D insights on my blog, https://alphastream.org/ Subscribe to my newsletter to receive a FREE product and get updates on new RPG products and blog posts! https://alphastream.org/index.php/sub... Follow me on Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@Alphastream Follow me on Patreon:   / alphastream   #DnD #StarterSet #ttrpg #miniatures #tabletopgames #rpgs #dungeonsanddragons #characterdesign #characterbuilding #charactercreation #tabletoprpg