Heroes of the Borderlands Starter Set Gameplay Demo & Tutorial for new DMs - Caves of Chaos

A Patreon exclusive walkthrough of the newly released Starter Set. Patreon.com/VicariousVentures for more free bonus content and guides for DMs or fans of the show on the main channel @VicariousVentures

A quick playthrough / playtest of Caves of Chaos, but if you want me to cover the Wilderness or Keep regions leave a comment below! 📣

I forgot to mention in the video but definitely check out DnD 5th edition FREE System Reference Document online if you want to learn the core rules for DnD 5e better, or you want to see all of the classes, conditions, and mechanics not covered by the Play Guide.

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0:00 Picking our starting locations
3:10 Character Sheets (Char "Boards")
5:45 Power Tokens? That's not a normal D&D thing...
7:40 Fog of War, setting up Cave A
11:18 What to hide from players, DM Screen
12:57 Create a narrative, backstories, how does the party know each other
19:00 UNEXPECTED STRAUSS?!
20:18 Entering the cave, Pit Trap options
24:30 Analysis of a cave. How to use Darkness.
31:45 Kobold watcher emerging from his Nook
35:25 Acolyte background perk, casting Concentration spells
39:50 How Kobolds could make the cave deadly with traps + example
41:20 The importance of reading Monster Cards beforehand
46:15 Usinf character Flaws and Quirks to make things more interesting
48:20 Centiped Den battle
55:15 Escalating the encounter, using Monster's abilities to your advantage
56:50 Tracking Initiative and adding enemies mid encounter
1:02:10 Round 1, Turn 1 - Cleric scrambles for light
1:08:30 Turn 2 - Centipede Attacks
1:10:20 Cleaning up narrative post-rolls
1:13:00 Fighter'a turn, conditions (Poisoned etc)
1:14:20 Fire Beetle join the fight
1:17:35 Cleric kills bug with a little fudging (optional based on flow of session)
1:22:15 Centipede fails, Fighter attacks (I forgot she had poisoned condition 😅)
1:24:30 Fire Beetle doesn't flee, gets bopped
1:28:20 Combat over, running resf of the cave
1:34:58 Leaving cave, going across wilderness to the Keep