The Keep – DM Tips for Heroes of the Borderlands!

Let's take a detailed look at the Keep on the Borderlands adventure booklet in the new Heroes of the Borderlands Starter Set for Dungeons & Dragons. This is an excellent set of adventures with no major issues, but I provide tips to help you run a better game. I also suggest an approach to running the inner and outer keep quests and mixing them in between trips to the wilderness and caves. (Spoilers for the adventures!)

Contents:
00:00 An Improved Classic
01:51 Active vs Descriptive Roleplay
06:19 Memorable NPCs
09:26 Dealing with Multiple NPCs
13:27 Starting at the Gatehouse
17:23 PCs and Breaking the Law
22:08 If Players Don't Interact
24:55 Gatehouse Goals
27:56 How Many Quests?
30:00 Keep Quests Approach
35:05 When to Use the Inner Keep
36:20 Dwern's Wilderness Quests
37:19 Elandra's Keep Quests
40:07 Inner Keep Quests
40:57 Reinforcing a Larger Narrative
44:19 Switching Between Books
46:29 When to End the Campaign
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