Hi, my name is Joe and my friends in the RPG community have tricked me into making a series of videos about how to write an adventure.
Yep, I’m back on YouTube.
Part 1: How to define your vision or goal, including: Example of style, Example of design, Player action, Setting, Types of creatures, and Story.
Part 2: Making lists, or how to do basic research for your adventure. Including: Adventure locations, People and professions, and Genre and mundane creatures.
Part 3: Making an outline for your adventure, including: Shuffling locations, Adding people, Adding creatures, and Saving the leftovers.
Part 4: Writing a location, including: Descriptions (read-aloud text), Bulleted items (details), and Writing NPCs.
Part 5: Creating additional content, including: Introductions, Random Encounter Tables, and Maps.
Part 6: Q&A, including: Laying out maps, Avoiding scope creep, One-page dungeons, Pros and cons of tables, Designing a small adventure, Organizing a document, PC motivations and goals, Elevating the first draft, and NPC goals.
If you have any questions or ideas for more videos, let me know!
