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(Camp) D&D Adventure - Dungeon Delve

A newly discovered dungeon ruin beckons, what will the characters find, treasures...or troubles. An original D&D 5e Adventure, beginning at 1st level. (You are welcome to join in mid-week...It will be prorated.)

Lanica Klein

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5.0

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(53)

What's included

8 live meetings

15 hrs 20 mins in-class hours

Class Experience

In this class, I have created an original dungeon and pre-generated characters for your students to use as they explore the fantasy world as elves, dwarves, gnomes, halflings, and humans. They will use their social skills to interact with other players as they fight the bad guys, solve the puzzles, or protect the innocent.

I will be the Dungeon Master (DM) or storyteller. The students are Player Characters (PC's) who get to interact with whatever interests them in this 'dungeon delve' game of D&D. Traps, tricks, and puzzles may stymie them individually, but as a group, they may overcome.

The setting The characters are running from Evil Fey when they find themselves in an old castle ruin amid the thick, unwelcoming forest. The characters are safe behind the iron gates, for now...but with nowhere to go they must hope that there is something that will help them within the ruin.

A set of dice or online die roller is needed.
The Players Handbook (5th Edition) would be helpful as the characters gain levels, skills, and powers. I have included a link to the simplified rules in case your student doesn't already own the Players Handbook.

Basic knowledge of Dungeons and Dragons is useful. (If your learner has not played D&D before, please consider signing them up for my class: "D&D for Absolute Beginners", where we go over character sheets and how to use them.)

There is a chance that your student's character might meet an untimely death in the dungeon. That is part of D&D. If this happens I will allow them to make a new character all their own (not one of the pre-generated starter characters). I have a class for making characters that may be helpful if this occurs. I will give a 50% discount to players in this game who decided to take that class.

Learning Goals

Students will get a chance for social interaction.
Students will use basic math skills.
Students will engage with imaginative settings and become their characters through interaction and improvisational acting.
Students will learn and practice the game of Dungeons and Dragons (5th Edition). 
There may be some map-making, writing, and engineering skills used as well.

Other Details

Parental Guidance

GOOD vs EVIL - Dungeons and Dragons is a fantasy role-playing game. While my games will always have the players being on the side of good, each student makes their own decisions on what their character does during the game. Outside of Outschool, players and DM's (Dungeon Masters) may choose scenarios where their characters are not 'good' in nature. This class teaches basic game mechanics. What your student does with this knowledge in the future is up to them. RELIGION - Dungeons and Dragons is a fantasy role-playing game. In this game, there are large pantheons of made-up deities. This is not intended to mimic any real-world religion. Some parents may be uncomfortable with characters that 'worship' a make-believe god. If this is the case, please let your student know not to play a cleric or paladin. Also, some characters get powers granted to them by an outsider (good, neutral, or evil). In my game, all outsiders will be good. If you would rather avoid this, please do not play a warlock. CHARACTER DEATH - It is possible that the character your learner is playing may die as part of the story. If this happens I will notify you. This doesn't happen often, but the tension that it may is one of the things that makes Dungeons and Dragons interesting and challenging. If your student will react poorly to this, please let me know and I will pull-my-punches. If the character they are playing does die, the student will be allowed to make a new one - this is something that players in the past have liked about the game. The first character is 'practice' created by me...the next one is all their creation and they have an emotional tie to it that they didn't with the first. I have had players ask me to kill off their character so they can make a new one...so that may happen as well.

Supply List

- Students will need either a set of polyhedral dice, or find an online die roller with d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, and d20. (I recommend online Dice Roller (Google) or Online Dice Roller (Teall).
- If they already own a D&D 5e Players Handbook (or Starter Set, or Essentials Set) they should bring them, but you don't need to buy new ones. 
- I have provided several pre-generated characters, please have them print at least one of them. 
- I have provided a blank character sheet for future use if the student would like to create their own characters online. It is extra, not needed for this class, but often asked for by students.

External Resources

Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.

Lanica Klein

Joined December, 2020

5.0

53reviews

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Teacher expertise and credentials

I have been playing D&D since the 1980s. I have written modules for Living Greyhawk and the RPGA Forgotten Realms settings. 
I have a MN teaching license and have taught all ages of players how to play various editions of this game and other Role Playing Games (RPGs).