Run Pointcrawls for Overland Travel in D&D

39K views • 5 years ago • 16:01 Mike discusses using "pointcrawls" for overland exploration and travel including travel in the wilderness and cities. Click "show more" for useful links and info. Support Sly Flourish on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/slyflourish Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/aea22a827290/slyflourishnewsletter Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master http://slyflourish.com/returnofthelazydm/ Check out Humza K's in-depth description of Point Crawls: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbEyhsw70vs Pointcrawl Articles: http://hillcantons.blogspot.com/2012/01/crawling-without-hexes-pointcrawl.html http://hillcantons.blogspot.com/2014/11/pointcrawl-series-index.html http://hillcantons.blogspot.com/2016/02/hexcrawls-vs-pointcrawls.html http://detectmagic.blogspot.com/2014/04/pathcrawl.html http://spriggans-den.com/2016/08/15/wilderness-travel-with-a-pointcrawl-system/ https://diyanddragons.blogspot.com/2018/02/sub-hex-crawling-mechanics-part-1.html https://diyanddragons.blogspot.com/2018/03/sub-hex-crawling-15-more-pointcrawl-maps.html https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/17308/roleplaying-games/hexcrawl https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/43899/roleplaying-games/thinking-about-wilderness-travel https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/43901/roleplaying-games/thinking-about-wilderness-travel-part-2 https://www.tribality.com/2019/10/15/a-guide-to-hexcrawling-part-1/ viz-js.com Pointcrawl Example http://viz-js.com graph { "Gates of Making" -- "The Impaled" [label="Road of Triumph"]; "The Impaled" -- "Fallen Colossus" [label="Massive Footsteps"]; "Fallen Colossus" -- "Fortress of Blades" [label="Road of Fallen Blades"]; "Fortress of Blades" -- "Skydancer Wreck" [label="Scorched Trench"]; "Skydancer Wreck" -- "The Runoff" [label="Blackwater Way"]; "Fortress of Blades" -- "Clawrift" [label="Road of Dead Machines"]; "The Impaled" -- "Clawrift" [label="Road of Triumph"]; "The Impaled" -- "Daughters' Earthmote" [label="The Slaughterfield"]; "Silver Flame Spire" -- "Clawrift" [label="Cracked Road"]; "Silver Flame Spire" -- "Shattered Laboratory" [label="Old Tunnel" style=dashed]; "Shattered Laboratory" -- "Clawrift" [label="Teleporter" style=dashed]; "The Impaled" -- "Living Weird" [label="Dreamwalk"]; "Living Weird" -- "Silver Flame Spire" [label="Twisting Black Thread"]; "Daughters' Earthmote" -- "Clawrift" [label="Trollhaunt Road"]; "Gates of Making" -- "The Runoff" [style=dashed] "Skydancer Wreck" [color = red]; } Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:30 What is a Pointcrawl? 01:12 Blogs Covering Pointcrawls 03:00 The DMG Describing Pointcrawls 03:41 Pointcrawl vs. Hexcrawl 04:29 Pointcrawls, Time, and Resting 06:04 Jaquaying Your Pointcrawls 07:56 Drawing a Pointcrawl Map 08:47 Drawing Pointcrawls with http://graphviz.it 11:23 Advanced labeling in Graphviz.it 12:11 Showing a Pointcrawl Subgraph Map to your Players 13:45 Why I Love Pointcrawls