A Different Session Zero || Dramatic Campaign Introductions

Go beyond the basics of session zero to launch your next #DnD campaign! In this advanced dungeon master technique video I give some next level DM tips. In our SUPER session zero my player took control of various factions to play out the inciting incident for the campaign. I also detail how we made dynamic characters with inner-party relations. I wanted to give them some role play tools to help build better characters for our Dungeons and Dragons campaign.
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"My character is the world." As a DM I found that profound.

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[kayasarangelo]

Just did this kind of session 0 with my players- IT WENT REALLY GREAT! BEST SESSION 0 EVER

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About to start a new homebrew campaign at level 5 so I've been revisiting some of your videos. The interactive faction cards and multi-faceted flaws are gems. Also, your breath control and presentation of your videos has improved so much over the last few years, it's good here but your on a professional level now.

[Frostrazor]

Dungeon World has all of these session zero character ties and bonds baked into the core rule/building of the game.

[knightnomore]

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[rodolforupp]

Very helpful! Will include aspects of this in my game!

[valkyrie]

I love your thoughtful advice its seriously the best and your players are blessed by an endowed dm, but it's also daughnting for a beginner dm. It's so many concepts. Will you make a beginner dm video to teach dm's to get started crawling before walking and running. That would be fantastic. And I bet you would wicked advice in a for players video

[RedCoat]

How have you slipped under the radar? "The lie you tell yourself" This is the question I've been looking to pose to my players without knowing it for so long. I've been making characters like this and not realizing that this is why I find them so compelling, I just couldn't put my finger on it. The lies can be simple, like "good things happen to good people" (therefore I am good, or therefore I am bad, both interesting), or incredibly specific "if I hunt down the avatar then my father will be proud and loving." Will be taking a lot from here, I've been trying to pose a lot these questions to my players, but haven't found phasing that hits the nail on the head like that.

[darrylhodgson]

Bonds and Conflicts are part of a system I'm working on. The game gives you Fortune points to influence a roll. A person you have a Bond with can offer to give you a point once a game. But a person you have a conflict with can steal one once per game.

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[Maninawig]

Though I dunno how popular this might be, I found one trick to make my characters more well-rounded is to consider combining attributes from different backgrounds.

For instance, an Aasimar is a demi-celestial, so add an ideal and flaw from the Acolyte background, or try combining one with one from their main background. "It is the duty of the strong to protect the weak" might turn into "our gods have given each of us a strength to be used in the service of others" then "I look down on the weak" would become "I have no tolerance for those who demand of others strength in belittling ways"

the DM could then introduce conflict by simply having the group need to gain the graces of a Noble Karen.