As the Dungeon Master begins their prep for the upcoming session, they load their favorite playlist. Suddenly the ambiance of adventure echoes around their workspace. The introduction of music into your Dungeons & Dragons game is not a an optional element; it is a vital ingredient to immersive storytelling.
Your Dungeon Master calls you together to kick off the campaign with a session zero. After discussing the setting and their expectations for the table it comes down to the part that you’ve been waiting for, creating your character and your party. For the sake of this we will say there are four players, a pretty standard D&D party size wise. You all start blurting out what you want to play, and discuss the party composition. What is the party composition?
As you finish the final word of the lengthy monologue from an important NPC, you hear a shout from across the table: “INSIGHT CHECK!”. You roll your eyes as they proceed to roll their dice, add their modifier and tell you their score. The frequency of call-out skill checks really depends on the players at your table and your style as a Dungeon Master.
Dungeon Mastering is a hobby which can end up costing quite a bit of money. If you are a collector, like me, you are constantly trying to acquire anything you think will improve your game. There is a whole library of books you “need” to have, along with your dungeon tiles, an entire dragon’s hoard worth of minis, a DM screen, a custom initiative tracker, a dice tower, a D&D Beyond subscription, and the countless other resources you find to help run your game.
