The 4 Pitfalls of Travel Campaigns in D&D

A lot of Game Masters already struggle with making travel interesting in D&D, swapping random encounters for other systems like five room dungeons or Pointy Hat's "red/blue/purple" encounters... ...But what would happen if you tried to run a campaign that was ALL travel? A "road trip" story, like Lord of the Rings, Frieren, the Odyssey, or Journey to the West? This video answers by giving you 4 pitfalls you might run into when you try to do this in Dungeons and Dragons, and solutions for how to avoid them. ___ ⭐Get the 15 Companion NPCs!⭐   / 156184239   ___ 🦋🌷🌺FEY WEEK PLAYLISTS:🌺🌷🦋 Monday:    • Monster Week: Fey – Monday   Tuesday:    • Monster Week: Fey – Tuesday   Wednesday:    • Monster Week: Fey – Wednesday   Thursday:    • Monster Week: Fey – Thursday   Friday:    • Monster Week: Fey – Friday   ___ ⭐ PATREON:   / trekiros   💬 DISCORD:   / discord   ___ PNGTuber avatar by KoffeineYT [    / koffeineyt   ] Music: The Golden Valley by The Seventh Midnight (theseventhmidnight.com) ___ 00:00 Intro 01:06 Pitfall 1: Railroading 02:22 Solution 1: Open Destinations 04:10 Pitfall 2: No Consequences 05:20 Solution 2: Traveling Narratives 07:00 Pitfall 3: Burnout 09:50 Solution 3: Narrative Arcs 10:32 Pitfall 4: Tunnel Vision 11:09 Solution 4: Repeatable Hooks 13:04 outro