Uploaded July 2020 | Updated September 2026, 4 minutes ago

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Here is my guide to the Lost Mines of Phandelver, which is the D&D 5th Edition Starter Set. This first episode shows Dungeon Masters how to run LMoP, focussing on Session Zero and character backstories.
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This work includes material taken from the System Reference Document 5.1 (“SRD 5.1”) by Wizards of the Coast LLC and available at dnd.wizards.com/resources/systems-reference-document. The SRD 5.1 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License available at creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.

▼▼ Timestamps ▼▼
0:00 Introduction
0:43 Why Lost Mines is worth your time
2:11 Heroic synopsis
3:47 Villainous synopsis
4:41 General changes to the campaign
7:35 Session Zero!
8:39 Writing character backstories
9:54 Gundren the Golden God
11:01 Special player moments and prologue
13:18 The Mysterious Puzzle Box McGuffin
14:16 Homework

#dnd #5e #lmop