The characters hopped on the back of Felgolos, and he flew them all the way to Bryn Shander. I didn’t have any random encounters interrupt their journey — I wanted to get on with the next chapter of the story quickly, so they could see and interact with the giants up close…

Alan MacPherson in DM’s Apprentice

Apr 3, 2017

Storm King’s Thunder: Episode 2

The players in this campaign developed interesting backstories for each of their characters, and to not use them would be a waste. Storm King’s Thunder is nice because while there is a general urgency going on in the world of “giants are causing havoc” there is still time…

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Alan MacPherson in DM’s Apprentice

Mar 30, 2017

Storm King’s Thunder: Episode 1

Auberon, Cygnus, Xavian, and Zedrick began the campaign by arriving at Nightstone. The encounter at Nightstone would be the first clue as to how the giants are causing trouble in the lands of Faerun, but still leaves a lot of questions unanswered, namely “why?”

Alan MacPherson in DM’s Apprentice

Mar 22, 2017

Storm King’s Thunder: Episode 0

I played through Hoard of the Dragon Queen and planned to continue through Rise of Tiamat, but my group unfortunately had to disband because of scheduling. Life happens! Running HotDQ and the little we played of RoT was great… but more because 5th Edition D&D is fantastic…

Alan MacPherson in DM’s Apprentice

Mar 13, 2017

Integrating Digital Tools as a Dungeon Master in D&D

Playing Dungeons and Dragons is a balance of freedom and structure. You want your players to be able to “do anything they want,” but you also want and need them to conform to the story you are trying to tell. Some groups get presented a…

Alan MacPherson in DM’s Apprentice

Mar 6, 2017

My Philosophy as a D&D DM

When I was in grade 7 or 8, I made some forgettable joke to a friend of mine about how nerdy we were. He laughed and jokingly responded “we should make a D&D group!” as if that would be the next step on the nerdiness train. I laughed right back. And then we looked at each other, and…