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Full Moon StorytellingIntegrating pop songs into the five-room dungeon systemYou have limited time for gaming. Pulled in so many directions, you need to find ways to reduce prep time and focus the game on action.Two innovations help those efforts quite a bit when playing a D&D style game.<ul><li><a href="https://slyflourish.com/eight_steps_2023.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Lazy GM’s 8 steps</a></li><li><a href="https://dysonlogos.blog/2022/07/04/on-the-five-room-dungeon/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The five-room dungeon</a></li></ul>But, you’re still left trying to be creative within those techniques.Take the five-room dungeon, the short essay of dungeons. It’s an introduction/guardian, puzzle/social encounter, trick/setback, climax/big bad, and the resolution or plot twist.This generally follows the basic plot graph in literature. It’s familiar, fast and can be done in one sitting if you time things well.How do you fill that out? What’s the source of creativity?Use pop songs!No, really, they often follow a similar arc, but have a chorus that echoes the main theme of the song. This idea first sprung to mind with Apollo, by SYML.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIMSP3OC91g" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIMSP3OC91g</a>Rather than five-rooms, we’re going to go with seven events because of the chorus. The song provides the creative prompts to fill these out.Introduction/Entry — on the steps of a temple the party sees a golden altar being shined, hears talks of other wonders when a dark cloud blots the sky. A raven and a wolf rush to the altar, tossing it aside, fleeing to the countryside.Note: after the intro the PCs determine the order of approach. Social encounter — Interview the group talking of other wonders and the goals for the faith. Secrets and clues include a song that is unsung and a build up of a military force by the faith.Choral echo — Tracking the raven and wolf leads to a moonlit glade with an empty space framed by 7 monoliths.Setback — The huntress on wolf back, she rides with bow drawn, ready to fight. If the party sings the unsung song there is an attack. She only appears at night, under a full moon.Choral echo — If the party rights the altar themselves and shines it to bright gold they discover a medallion that prevents the poison on the arrows from taking effect on the group (immunity from the poison condition in an emanation of 10′ from the one wearing the medallion).Climax — The songmaker arrives when one of the party bends their knee (falling unconscious qualifies, as does voluntary submission)Resolution (always last) — When the songmaker and huntress are both defeated a flock of ravens blots out the full moon. The wonders fall and a song echoes at their altars “I am. I was. I will be.” Yes, that’s quick and dirty. Tuning that to a party shouldn’t be too difficult. Maps and expanding on the secrets can turn it into a decent short adventure facing off against avatars of gods in any D&D world.Sure, that works for Apollo, but what about other songs?Quicker and dirtier with <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s5xdY6MCeI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Last Great American Dynasty</a> by Taylor Swift.Intro — In history there was a party with many attendees scheduled at any outsider’s home. Celebrations are held in town honoring the host and diminishing the current leadersChorus — One of the hosts dies, their partner is blamed in efforts by the current leadership to reduce influencePuzzle — How did the person die? Clues include a neighbor’s dog, poor health, a nearby sea, a long drink together prior to the partyChorus — The commoners in the community ignore the other surviving families, focusing instead on the surviving partner as both suspect and heroSetback — Both partner-hosts haunt the house, interfering with ideas at solutions, causing the group to collect extra clues that may or may not be relevant.Climax — PCs discover that the old money in the area is the reason for the death, as they didn’t want the new money to interfere. If the PCs share this with the commoners there is an uprising.Resolution — The house remains haunted, after the PCs solve the mystery of the death, though the group can live there undisturbed.Did you just use a Taylor Swift song?Yes, I did.Not every pop song will workJust like not every TV show, movie or book is a good inspiration for a D&D adventure or campaign, not every song is.But, if you find out at 9 in the morning that you’re DMing in the afternoon you can adapt the five-room dungeon using the chorus to help with theme and secrets.Playing the song that inspires you on repeat can help you focus your energy. Sketch out the quick map including notable fantastic elements, make certain your secrets and clues work in a multi-nodal fashion.Fill the monsters or opponents that fit the song (ravens, wolves, ghosts). The NPCs are in the song as well (commoners from LGAD or clergy in Apollo).Connect a couple events to the characters and/or past adventures.The chorus can either be tucked into various other scenes, can be dream sequences, portents, or speeches from various NPCs rather than specific events.Have fun gaming<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://fullmoonstorytelling.com/tag/dnd/" target="_blank">#DnD</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://fullmoonstorytelling.com/tag/dungeons-and-dragons/" target="_blank">#DungeonsAndDragons</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://fullmoonstorytelling.com/tag/five-room-dungeon/" target="_blank">#FiveRoomDungeon</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://fullmoonstorytelling.com/tag/homebrew/" target="_blank">#homebrew</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://fullmoonstorytelling.com/tag/playing-dd/" target="_blank">#PlayingDD</a>

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