Dungeons and Dragons

On this page you'll find a collection of levels and custom content that I created for Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition. Please note that this is not official content, and all rights are reserved to Wizards of the Coast.

Dungeons and Dragons is a very special game to me, it is what brought me into the realm of game design. I created all the maps using the website Inkarnate these levels and systems are all original works.

Levels

The Battle for Isdashol - Making Big Maps Work

This is the second biggest map I've created. In this level I took my players to four different combat arenas, each with scaling levels of enemies. The intention was to have the party use all of their resources as they fought their way through a town infested by devils.

The Map was split into four corners. Each of them obscured by a Fog of war that I added while the players were in the game. During each encounter, I would tempt the players by asking if they wanted to continue fighting or cut their losses. As expected, the party fought until the last breath, skillfully making their way through each encounter.

By the time they reached the final encounter, their resources were almost completely depleted, but by using the houses as cover and as vantage points, they were able to complete the level.

The Gemborne Gallery - Leading Players without Forcing them

This is the map I am the proudest of. The Dungeon itself was a puzzle. Players needed to go through each of the rooms and make successful investigation or perception checks to try and find letters to uncover the solution to a puzzle.

As any Experienced Dungeon Master knows, puzzles in dungeons and dragons can be incredibly tricky to run, because it is difficult to give audio and visual feedback to your players, and 9/10 times they'll do anything but try and solve things the intended way. I wanted to guide my players without railroading them into the intended solution. Therefore this dungeon would be something of a trick. Along the walls of the dungeon that spanned throughout each room, this tale is related to 3/7 party members, slowly enticing them to travel throughout the dungeon. As they travelled, this cave/museum that they find themselves in begins to reveal technologies beyond understanding. This actually worked the way that I intended, where players were asking to investigate the different artifacts and trinkets, slowly guiding themselves towards the puzzle that I intended them to sovle.

Systems

Reputation

Throughout the quest that I sent my party on. I wanted them to feel like they were appreciated by the citizens of the world. Additionally, I also wanted them to face the consequences of people and groups that they've slighted. I created a system of punishment and rewards that is based how well liked the party is among the towns and groups they associate with. Actions that go against the interests of groups will lower the reputation, and actions that further a group's interests will raise their reputations. Below you'll find their statuses' and the rewards/punishments for their actions.

Reputation rewards and punishments

Party's Reputation Among the Towns in my World.

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