Welcome back to Advent’s Amazing Advice! The series where I take popular One-Shots, Adventures, Campaigns, etc. and fully prep them for both New and Busy DMs. This prep includes music, ambiance, encounter sheets, handouts, battle maps, tweaks, and more so you can run the best sessions possible with the least stress possible!

The Genius Creator Richard Jansen-Parkes of A Wild Sheep Chase, The Wolves of Welton, and To The End of Time is back at it again with another amazing One-Shot! A Most Potent Brew brings together a group of rookie adventurers on a classic adventure; clearing out a cellar from some rats. Things take an unexpected turn though and lead them to their first dungeon! This level-one adventure will take your players into the depths of a brewery, that turns out to be connected to an abandoned mage towers basement. Will your players survive their first adventure slaying giant rats, centipedes, and more?

Coming in at approximately 2 hours of play, this is the perfect one shot to show new players what D&D is all about, without overwhelming them with a 6hr+ sessions!

Thanks to this One-Shot’s popularity, countless maps have been made. I took the time to collect the best ones that I could find. My notes currently work best for the original map and Alternate Maps 2 and 4; however if you would like me to adjust the notes to be able to run smoother with the other maps, please let me know in the comments below! If enough people are interested, I’ll begin work on those immediately!

*Average Session Length: 1.5 - 2hrs

Without further ado:

Included in The AAA Collection is:

  • A Word document with all my notes including links to music tracks for ambiance and fights
  • Special PDF for the encounter. This includes the enemy stat block organized neatly along with an initiative tracker and a spot to mark HP
  • Multiple Custom Maps!

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Other Fully Prepped One-Shots, Adventures, and More:

As always, If you see something you think I can improve, add, change, etc. please let me know. I want this to be an amazing resource for all DMs and plan to keep it constantly updated! If you’d like to support me, shape future releases, and get content early feel free to check out my Patreon!

Cheers,

Advent

  • DeltaWhy@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 year ago

    I used this for my first time DMing (there was an attempt to run PF1e several years ago but we don’t talk about that one) and it went great! The scripts made the role play sections super easy, and the playlist really helped sell the setting.

    I did pull a few punches to err on the side of not killing characters. I didn’t use pack tactics with the rats and I left off the poison effect with the centipedes. 3d6 poison could have easily one-shotted first level characters without death saves, which just seemed unfair for an encounter after they’d already beaten the boss.

    If I run the module again I’ll probably also add some minions to the spider room. With 6 PCs it ended up being a pretty easy fight.

    • Advent@ttrpg.networkOP
      2·
      1 year ago

      Great job DMing, balancing on the fly is an important skill! I definitely agree with the centipede’s poison being a bit strong. I’m glad to hear my notes helped! I’ve got plenty more notes where that came from, so feel free to check them out!!!

      • DeltaWhy@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 year ago

        Thanks! I definitely want to run some more one shots until I get comfortable with things, then I’ll probably run Phandelver. Will definitely check out your stuff again.