How to Run the D&D Starter Set: Dragon's Rest

Prepare to be the Dungeon Master for Dragons of Stormwreck Isle, part of the D&D Starter Set and the latest entry point for Dungeons and Dragons. In this one we're looking at Chapter One: Dragon's Rest, the characters home base and location of the main NPCs of the adventure.
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‪@JNJTabletop‬ DoSI Guide: • Dragons of Stormwreck ...
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00:00 - Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
00:42 - Chapter 1: Dragon's Rest
01:41 - Myla the Winged Kobold
02:43 - Elder Runara
06:08 - Tarak
07:10 - Character Background Connections
08:59 - Varnoth
09:48 - The Library
12:09 - Temple of Bahamut
12:57 - A Note on Role Play
13:45 - What's next on Stormwreck Isle
14:47 - Stars and Wishes / Rose and Thorns
15:28 - Traveling and Random Encounters
18:00 - Foreshadowing the Conclusion
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[@majoraborne403]

Surprised no one does it how I always learned it. Rose-Something you liked. Thorn- Something you didn’t care for or at least want to watch out and approach differently the next time. Bud- Something you are looking forward to in the future. Makes a sandwich good/bad/good format that tends to work a bit better than ending on the sour note. Also watch out for people who use bud to do basically a restatement of thorn…it’s the worst, “I loved the role play, but the combat could use alot of work to run smoother. I’m looking forward to the DM running smoother combat!” Puts pressure on the person twice. Trust me, when you tell someone they did bad at something…they won’t forget😅

[@JNJTabletop]

Hello there! Thanks for the shoutout!! You give outstanding tips here too! We love how deeply you can tie things together by having Mek and Minn be active parts of the community when things start out 🙂

[@jaytyler6203]

Hey Ryan, I agree that Myla is important, I had her as a more guide around the cloister but not give up too much info. Also I had Runara's reason for not leaving Dragon's Rest as her connection to the Temple keeps an aura of good that repels the lesser (zombies, etc) away from the cloister, so she can't leave the immediate area.

[@RdotDoyle]

Oh nice, two good ideas

[@jaytyler6203]

I also peppered in what I call a healing plaster, bandage that does 1d4 +1 healing that a kobold could give a player or have it as treasure if party takes damage exploring, still leaving Seagrove Caves important.

[@RdotDoyle]

Make that three good ideas, thanks for sharing!

[@UFOCrochet]

A Court of Thrones and Roses is crazy popular maybe keeping the name Rose and Thornes will appeal to people

[@culturalproduct]

Wow listening to this series I feel like I totally just missed half the story.

[@RdotDoyle]

Yeah there's a few aspects I highlight here because I feel like they kind of get buried

[@pxturtle4297]

Where can I find that free pdf for the random encounters?

[@RdotDoyle]

On the DMs Guild, link in the description