Running D&D Waterdeep Dragon Heist–Finale and Full Adventure Walkthrough

38K views • 7 years ago • 1:00:08 Mike's recap of his Waterdeep Dragon Heist game. What worked well? What needed help? Click (show more) for full game notes and useful links. Back Fantastic Locations: Ruins of the Grendleroot https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/slyflourish/fantastic-adventures-ruins-of-the-grendleroot-for-5e Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master http://slyflourish.com/returnofthelazydm/ Support my Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/slyflourish What text editor am I using? https://www.sublimetext.com/ Lazy DM Free Preview with the 8 Steps: http://s3.amazonaws.com/slyflourish_content/return_of_the_lazy_dungeon_master_sample.pdf Return of the Lazy DM Youtube Video Overview https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb39x-29puapg3APswE8JXskxiUpLttgg Playlist of all Lazy DM Prep videos https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb39x-29puaqbHmqvQufhsCVyFpZj3Ugn Buy the Lazy DM's Workbook http://slyflourish.com/lazydmsworkbook/ Recommended product: Waterdeep City Encounters https://www.dmsguild.com/product/251816/Waterdeep-City-Encounters?affiliate_id=70406 Summary of final session - Facing Aurinax in the vault. - Facing Victorio, Top Hat, and Willifort Crowelle - The choice of where to send the gold? The half-choice. - Assassinating Ammilia Cassalanter - The third coin. - Deals with the devils. - A few tendays later... General thoughts X Primary villain, secondary villain, rival X Waterdeep City Encounters X Maps, handouts, and table accessories Gale Force Nine Map of Waterdeep: https://amzn.to/2LqYruh Chapter 1 Runs well, add something to the warehouse to make it fantastic and tie it too your villain. Chapter 2 This chapter takes some work. Run your own sidequests. Decide on a level of granularity for the trollskull upkeep. Choose factions carefully. Chapter 3 Runs well. Enjoy the heist at Gralhund Villa. Avoid the red herrings. Chapter 4 Turn the chase into an investigaton. Give the villain the Stone of Golorr. Use the villanous lair from chapters 5-8. Chapter 5-8 Run a fun heist. Chapter 4 part 2 Ignore the secondary key quests. The stone opens the vault. Up to you, of course. Make the dragon ignorant of the ending of the War of Dragons. Much easier motivation. Video Contents: 00:00 Video Start 03:29 Recap of final session of Dragon Heist 18:54 Review of the whole adventure. 19:30 Accessories to make the most of Dragon Heist 23:37 Waterdeep City Encounters Recommendation (get it!) 27:20 Choosing primary and secondary villains 33:25 Chapter 1: A Friend in Need 37:20 Chapter 2: Trollskull Manor 39:42 Chapter 3: Fireball 41:50 Chapter 4: Dragon Season 43:34 Chapters 5-8: The Heist in Dragon Heist 47:24 Overall adventure review 49:12 Running a huge sword coast uber-campaign 51:50 Talking about all of the hardback adventures