Getting Into D&D 5e Adventures
Dragon of Icespire Peak: Dwarven Excavation Wilderness Encounter Prep
I wanted to start off the session with a little bit of excitement before the party began the written scenario at the Dwarven Excavation. I also wanted to make use of some awesome Dungeons & Lasers terrain I recently won 🙂
I covered the battle map for the Dwarven Excavation with a grassland mat so I can breakdown this setup and have the map underneath ready to go. I wanted this area of the forest to look like a clearing with some fallen trees. I used the Dungeons & Lasers The Elven Woods set for this encounter, and a few other terrain items I own. I placed the encampment terrain in the middle. I picked out some Woodland Scenic trees I made last year and placed them around the outside of the camp. I then added stumps from the Warlord Games basing set to the area. Lastly, I wanted to add some fallen and barren trees to the scenario by using the awesome trees from the The Elven Woods set. These things are great!
I purchased a lot of the D&D 2d Miniatures in preparation for this campaign too. It was great to see that many of the sets were specifically designed for the essentials box. I ended up buying the Goblin 2d Minis event though Dragon of Icespire Peak doesn’t have any in the adventure. I figured that goblins will always come in handy. I decided to make them the bad guys for the ambush.
I thought the set up for the encounter looked great even with some of the terrain being unpainted.
I finished setting up the table, and I was ready for the game the following morning.
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