Delve With Hope: a Daggerheart blog

I’m running a session tomorrow, and having written everything for the Advent of Dungeons, I want to actually use some of it. I’ll report back if I do. And if it isn’t embarrassing when players see it. My Day 17 Content Today’s prompt is CLAWS. That sounds like a good lead-in for an adventure. Quest:…

The Advent of Dungeons continues! Each day has a new prompt for creating GM content. I have primarily been doing adventures since that’s where I face the most writer’s block, but I have mixed in a few specific encounters and items and such. My Day 16 Content Today’s prompt is CAPTAIN’S ORDERS. I think I’m…

The Advent of Dungeons continues. Ironically, I am procrastinating on preparing for my actual game by working on this. Go figure. My Day 15 Content Today’s prompt is FLYING COW. This reminds me of “Ghost Riders in the Sky“, a western song about devil cows being chased by ghost cowboys. It’s not really the sort…

We’re two weeks into the Advent of Dungeons, and I’m still happily cranking on content. I was wondering if I would need to plan or think a lot about the prompts, but the world is full of inspiration. My Day 14 Content Today’s prompt is FENCE REPAIR. That naturally fits into an adventure. I want…

I really enjoyed coming up with yesterday’s content. I tend to let the humor come through at the table rather than planning for it, but I also like the idea of setting a sillier tone for the world in general. Since writing that, I thought a good setup would be for an arm to almost…

We’re half-way there in creating bits of game content for the Advent of Dungeons! I’m hoping to stay on track with the rest of this My Day 12 Content Today’s prompt is MARBLE. Let’s try a different sort of adventure setup that hopefully is a good setup for hijinks. Quest: The party needs to deliver…

I have to admit: I didn’t write this post today. I anticipated not having time, so I wrote it a day in advance. Still, here we go! My Day 10 Content Today’s prompt is FORGETFUL. That sounds like the basis for an interesting magic item. Hammer of Forgetfulness Effect: Whenever you hit a target with…

I have to admit that I really procrastinated on this evening. I’m not late, but I definitely put this off to be the last thing to do. Why? I think the uncertainty of the process and result. I had plenty of chores that I knew how to do, how long it would take, and what…

Second post this day. I’m ready to keep rolling with generating game content. Reflecting on the session I ran yesterday evening, I wonder if this is already working to help me through my GM writer’s block. It’s a careful optimization to put the right amount of effort into prep to make for a good session,…