How I Write One-Shots

My D&D group likes to take turns DM'ing, and I've become known as the one-shot guy because I usually set up long, complex sessions. Our group has had a lot of fun doing these kinds of one-shots, and I haven't really seen videos about this particular style of one-shot on YouTube, so I decided to make it.

Usually the advice is similar to what ‪@Runesmith‬ has talked about; coming up with an idea, having a series of encounters that lead into each other, and running it with whatever characters the players bring. But I like to make more open, longer one-shots, where the players have a buy-in, it's written around them, and they're just given a list of things to do in whatever order they wish.

I've run a few of these one shots before, and it's been successful at my table. I can't speak for everyone, but I think it's a nice way to mix things up. It's sort of like an open world campaign, but restricted to a single location. As I'm writing this, I think I didn't do as good of a job describing that as I should have -- I mostly focused on the example one-shot I've run before. I'll probably make a supplementary video to this later, or maybe replace it in a few years if I end up continuing making content. Who knows!

Let me know what you think!