Dungeons & Dragons DnD D&D 5e RPG Roll-Playing Game for Beg./Int. Adventurers
Embark on an epic adventure! Grab your dice and join your party to conquer monsters, solve problems, get distracted by side quests, build skills, and level up your character. The DM is ready to guide you on your way. Beginners welcome!
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1 live meeting
1 hrs 30 mins in-class hours per weekClass Experience
Beginner - Intermediate Level
Welcome to the captivating world of Dungeons & Dragons! This exciting class is tailored for young adventurers aged 10 to 14, eager to explore the magical world of tabletop role-playing games. The class will run in perpetuity, so players can drop in and out whenever is convenient for them. Course Overview: In this interactive and beginner-friendly course, our seasoned Dungeon Master (DM) will guide aspiring adventurers through the fundamentals of Dungeons & Dragons. From character creation to epic campaign quests, students will embark on a thrilling learning adventure within a safe and supportive virtual environment. What to Expect: Character Creation: Unleash your imagination as you craft your very own hero! Choose from brave warriors, cunning rogues, mystical wizards, or any character you can dream up. Discover unique abilities, skills, and backstories that will define your alter ego throughout the game. The Basics of Gameplay: Learn the core mechanics of Dungeons & Dragons, including dice rolling, character stats, and combat rules. Our experienced DM will explain everything step by step, ensuring every adventurer feels confident in their understanding. Collaborative Storytelling: Immerse yourself in a rich fantasy world where your choices shape the story. Work as a team, communicate, and solve challenges together. Your decisions will have consequences, so make them wisely! Epic Campaigns: Embark on thrilling quests filled with magic, mystery, and intrigue. Face formidable monsters, solve ancient riddles, and forge alliances with intriguing characters. Your character's growth and choices will have a lasting impact on the unfolding narrative. Problem-Solving and Critical Thinking: Sharpen your problem-solving skills as you navigate through the twists and turns of each campaign. Creativity and resourcefulness are the keys to overcoming the obstacles that stand in your path. Friendship and Fun: Forge new friendships with fellow adventurers as you share this imaginative journey. Collaboration and teamwork will strengthen the bonds between students and make the experience all the more enjoyable. Supportive Learning Environment: Our DM will provide a nurturing and inclusive environment where everyone's ideas are valued and respected. Mistakes are part of the learning process, and we'll celebrate each student's growth and progress. Join us and unlock the door to endless worlds of enchantment, heroism, and wonder. No prior D&D experience is necessary, just a thirst for adventure and a readiness to embrace your inner hero! Enroll today and let the quest begin! Week of September 10: The Adventure Begins! Character creation and beginning gameplay Week of September 17: Gameplay plus continued character creation for new players Week of September 24: Gameplay plus continued character creation for new players Week of October 1: Gameplay plus continued character creation for new players Week of October 8: Gameplay plus continued character creation for new players and so on! Future themes will be determined by the DM (Dungeon Master) and the party (learners). Each campaign will be unique and it cannot be determined how long it will last. The adventure is driven by cooperative, creative storytelling and will last precisely as long as it needs to. Although we hope that party members will remain until the end of the story, players may join mid-campaign if a spot opens up, and may leave at any time if needed.
Learning Goals
Players will learn the basic mechanics of D&D, how to create a character, how to work together as a team, and how to roleplay in the world of D&D.
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Parental Guidance
Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) is a popular tabletop role-playing game that allows players to use their imagination and creativity in a collaborative storytelling adventure. It's a game that brings people together around a table to create a shared fantasy world, where each player takes on the role of a character they create.
Here's a simple breakdown of how D&D works:
Creating Characters: Before the game starts, each player creates their own unique character. They can choose to be a brave warrior, a wise wizard, a stealthy rogue, or any other type of character they can imagine. Each character has their own abilities, strengths, and weaknesses.
The Dungeon Master (DM): One player takes on the role of the Dungeon Master, who is like the narrator and referee of the game. The DM guides the story, describes the world and its inhabitants, and sets up challenges and quests for the other players.
Storytelling and Adventure: Once the characters are created, the game begins. The players describe what their characters do, say, and how they react to different situations. The DM responds to the players' actions and rolls dice to determine the outcome of certain actions or events.
Rolling Dice: Dice are an essential part of the game. Players use different types of dice with various numbers of sides to determine the success or failure of actions. For example, rolling a 20-sided die (d20) might decide if a character successfully jumps over a pit or hits an enemy in combat.
Collaboration and Problem-Solving: D&D is a collaborative game where players work together as a team to overcome challenges, solve puzzles, and complete quests. Players use their characters' unique abilities and skills to contribute to the group's success.
Imagination and Creativity: Since D&D is not limited by a board or predetermined choices, players can use their imagination to attempt anything they can think of within the game world. This freedom allows for exciting and unexpected twists in the story.
Character Progression: As the game continues, characters can gain experience points (XP) by completing challenges and quests. With enough XP, characters can level up and become more powerful, unlocking new abilities and skills.
A Social Experience: D&D is a fantastic way for friends to spend time together, as it encourages communication, teamwork, and problem-solving in a fun and imaginative setting.
The Rulebooks: There are rulebooks that provide guidelines for playing the game, but ultimately, the rules are flexible, and the most important thing is to have fun.
Warnings: D&D games contain violence, as combat and fighting are apart of the game itself. Descriptions of violence are prevalent throughout combat as well, as the DM describes how enemies take the damage and blows that players deal. Places like taverns, bars, and restaurants serve ale and beer that players can purchase with in game currency as well.
Reminders: Children must be paying attention in game at all times, therefore there must be no gaming on or usage of any devices such as phones, computers, or gaming consoles.
Supply List
D&D 5E Character Sheet (either digital, like on the website D&D Beyond, or paper), full set of D&D dice, pencil (if using paper).
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Joined April, 2020
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Teacher expertise and credentials
2 teachers have teaching certificates
Pennsylvania Teaching Certificate in Music/Theater/Arts
Florida Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
From the DM/Teacher (Mr. B): I've been playing D&D for about seven years now, starting back in 2016 as a player, but quickly transitioned into DMing back in 2017. I've DMed many homebrew campaigns before, creating my own storylines, NPCs, monsters, and enemies for players to combat in game.
Storytelling and writing are huge passions of mine, and D&D is one of the best methods of getting audiences invested into a story, as you make audiences become quite literally apart of the narrative that you created for them to experience. I'm also experienced in teaching online D&D classes to kids, as I've DMed online D&D campaigns for about a year for another Outschool organization know as Trammell Classes. The age range for the kids I DMed for was 9-14, and while teaching at Trammell Classes, my D&D courses received multiple 5-star reviews from parents.
A lot of D&D is also centered around team-building and making connections with other players, so in my online D&D courses I try my best to create scenarios in game where players will have to work together to overcome an obstacle.Reviews
Live Group Class
$25
weekly1x per week
90 min
Live video meetings
Ages: 10-14
2-4 learners per class
