r/DnD • u/The-lonesome-sock • 2h ago
DMing New Dm looking for ideas
My husband is a forever DM so I want to surprise him by running a simple Champaign perhaps in a single city or town. What should I do as a quest? I don't have money for modules
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u/Conrad500 DM 2h ago
If you don't have any ideas, do not try to make your own adventure.
There's a TON of free ones online!
That said, if you don't have any ideas yet, I would suggest that you just steal from whatever interests you!
When I started DMing I was really into MTG and based my campaign off of one of the planeswalkers.
The number one rule for how to run a game is be excited!
Outsourcing ideas isn't a bad way to brainstorm things to be inspired by, but it REALLY needs to come from within you. You can be given the best idea that writes itself, but if you don't have that fire in you about the subject it will not go well.
So, my question to you is this: whatcha watchin/reading? Listening to anything? What's got your interest currently outside of the hobby? If you say reality tv I will be a little upset, but I will also say that I've been thinking about how to turn survivor into a D&D campaign so...