Category: Build Your Own Campaign

Ep12: Build Your Own Nemesis

It’s the last episode of the build your own series!  When it comes to building out a campaign, building a nemesis can be a big undertaking.  In addition to determining whether your characters will end up choosing their own nemesis because of their own actions, you have to concern yourself with a big personality, back…
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Ep11: Build Your Own Story

In the next episode of our continuing series discussing building your own campaign, we cover building your own story.  Whether its dungeon diving or palace intrigue, every role playing game has some sort of story, but where do you begin?  Whether you need help just getting the ball rolling or you need to understand story…
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Ep10: Build Your Own Setting (Part 2)

Religions and Governments and Races, oh my! Knowing the what the map looks like and some of the other basics in your world is great, but what if you want to get more nitty gritty details that you can build stories with and get your players even more involved in the setting? In the third…
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Ep9: Build Your Own Setting (Part 1)

Where your story happens can be just as important as the story itself.  If you’re planning on running a game in a country, a region, or even just a single city the content of those locations can enrich and enhance the story that your players will be a part of.  In the second episode in…
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Ep8: Before You Build Your Own

Whether it’s the stories they tell or the worlds that their players exist in, many DMs often decide it’s time to build their own adventure.  But the question is, where do you start? In this episode of becomingDM we will talk about the things to do before you get started building your own campaign. John…
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