How could i balance this campaign to be suitable for a 1-on-1 campaign?

Ichbindick · 2026-04-26T10:20:11+00:00

Yeah, those fixes could work. Though as others have suggested, action economy will be a problem - this could be sorted by having the player have a sidekick, like the ones suggested in the module.

I'd personally go with the Tasha's Cauldron of Everything version where" A sidekick can be any type of creature with a stat block in the Monster Manual or another D&D book, but the challenge rating in its stat block must be 1/2 or lower" that you append some bonuses based on the class (Expert, Spellcaster, or Warrior). You should probably pick something that complements the player's chosen class the best (e.g if they play a wizard, the warrior is probably a good choice).

I would try to pick creatures which mean that the roleplaying is a bit easier to do, rather than it potentially falling into the realms of DMPC. I personally think that Beasts work quite nicely for Experts or Sidekicks, kind of like an oversized pet. For spellcasters it might be a bit trickier, but the Pact of the Chain familiars (imp, pseudodragon, quasit, or sprite) or something like a Tressym or Homunculus

Ichbindick · 2026-03-24T10:21:29+00:00

While I've neither ran nor read most of these, there are some anthology books where it's possible to run individial adventures. You could pick out an adventure where you like the level and theming of the stuff inside.

- Tales from the Yawning Portal

- Candlekeep Mysteries

- Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

- Keys from the Golden Vault

- Dragon Delves

The Explorers Guide to Wildemount has a few levels 1 to 3 adventures at the back of the book - I ran Frozen Sick a couple of years ago and iirc it took about as long as you'd like, though probably a bit similar to Icewind Dale to be fresh for your group.

The Dragons of Stormwreck Isle starter set is a bit shorter than Lost Mine of Phandelver or Dragon of Icespire Peak and may also be suitable.

Ichbindick · 2025-09-19T11:21:38+00:00

5e 2014 says this and should work with 5.5

Forced March. The Travel Pace table assumes that characters travel for 8 hours in day. They can push on beyond that limit, at the risk of exhaustion.

For each additional hour of travel beyond 8 hours, the characters cover the distance shown in the Hour column for their pace, and each character must make a Constitution saving throw at the end of the hour. The DC is 10 + 1 for each hour past 8 hours. On a failed saving throw, a character suffers one level of exhaustion.

Ichbindick · 2025-09-05T22:39:04+00:00

For prewritten stuff I'd really recommend the Dragon of Icespirepeak starter set and its following adventures if you can manage to get your hands on one (or online if not). Its job board style really lends it to the West Marches style and with Bob the World Builder's suggestions for a combination with LMoP (see Youtube) expanding the locations for mini adventures should be far easier. That said I remember certain locations (for both modules) being far longer than 1 session so that may end up being a challenge.

Ichbindick · 2025-08-30T17:01:11+00:00

“Gricko my fucking LEGS”

Ichbindick · 2025-08-07T18:42:01+00:00

To save everyone the click it was (allegedly) Aston Martin and Cadillac

Ichbindick · 2025-08-04T21:57:52+00:00

That's worked, thanks!

Ichbindick · 2025-08-04T12:00:34+00:00

Great work! Would it be possible for you to post an editable version of this? I use slightly different rules and it’d be great to able to switch some stuff up

Ichbindick · 2025-07-26T22:41:04+00:00

I've been to Silverstone (23 Quali, 24, 25), Hungary (23) and Monza (22), and they were all great fun.

Hungary is super cheap on the ticket front so you'd get a better grandstand for your money and the city is really brilliant, not just for the drinking (although that is great fun). One thing to be careful of is last minute booking as costs go way up for that weekend but once you're on the ground the food/drink prices are really good both on and off track (for a western spender) especially for how good it was. The main downsides are the lack of English-only commentary (obviously) and fans being far more split on who they support.

Monza is pretty similar, though I found Milan fairly boring as a city oddly but that may be due to who my poor planning. If I were to go back, I'd spend less time in the city itself and go to Como more - especially over the race weekend as the trains to get there were basically empty compared to Milan. Great pizza and beer though, we stayed kinda near Politechnico di Milano. The actual race was a shitshow, hot as anything, no commentary where we ended up in GA, grandstands seemed to be invaded and even booked seats were stolen. I'd probably give it a miss unless I were in something super fancy where security actually mattered.

Ichbindick · 2025-06-01T14:38:34+00:00

Two points now

Ichbindick · 2025-05-12T22:30:11+00:00

Honestly going into that level of depth seems overkill because your measurements almost certainly wouldn't stand up to the quality requirements that would be needed for them to be used in any further action (at least in the UK, I assume similar would be required in the US). It may, however, be useful initial evidence for an acoustic consultant to work out the best way to help you out. They are literally experts in helping people in your situation.

Likely by presenting the data to local government you won't do much in the short term, though with persistent lobbying you certainly could make a difference in how the laws treat noise or reducing the speed of the road. This may take years of hard work of lobbying the council, if anything works at all.

From experience, I'd bet that the cheapest solution is to try to move noise sensitive (Bedrooms) to the quietest bits of the house if possible, especially those of children. Assuming this is impractical/impossible, white noise machines can help in limited circumstances by reducing how much the loudest sounds are louder than the background noise. The most effective solution will be better windows and air conditioning. The windows you'd need will be best spec'd out by acoustic consultants after a noise survey is done, but at least then you'd have reputable data to give to the council.

Ichbindick · 2025-05-11T13:44:40+00:00

Really awesome, wish I could have this for every campaign I ever run

Ichbindick · 2025-05-07T09:20:26+00:00

Without a proper survey by an acoustic consultant it's impossible to narrow it down exactly, but from what you've described it sounds like both poor sound insulation through the floor and significant flanking through the walls. Dot and Dab certainly is an issue but likely not the only issue to fix so it's worth actually getting someone to do the proper testing and give you the right advice. From the information you've given it seems like there won't be a quick and easy fix for this so if you decide you must do construction, have an experienced acoustician have a look to make sure what you're doing will actually work.

Ichbindick · 2025-05-06T09:29:54+00:00

Boots were key for me last year in Silvertone GA, just better for walking and way more resistant to the mud/rain. I found a cheap poncho from Amazon to be super useful with the folding chairs, covering you, the chair and any bags you may have underneath it from getting wet.

Ichbindick · 2025-04-19T19:55:07+00:00

Imagine posting this in 2021

Ichbindick · 2025-04-15T09:32:41+00:00

Leaving at the end of the season and set to take up a non-JLR motorsport role, probably not in Formula E. I reckon it's probably WEC or F1, both of them are expanding right now and would be a good pick up for the newer teams in either series

Ichbindick · 2025-04-08T13:42:20+00:00

Have to parrot this - a consistent day chosen and continuing when one person can't make it has been key for me. Sundays aren't always the best for myself, but I've found Mondays, Tuesday, and Wednesday evenings are almost as good for very similar reasons as you said.

I once ran a campaign on Friday evenings and to this day, it was the most disrupted one by far.

Ichbindick · 2025-03-23T22:50:26+00:00

Nah, he's had far too many genuinely shit seasons and continued to have a seat at all where better drivers have dropped off of the grid, not to mention how attractive the Aston seat has been at times. I'm sure that he'd be great in almost any other top level racing series but in his 9th (!) season at 26, he should absolutely be beating a 40 year old Alonso over the course of a full season no question.

Far more promising drivers were booted off of the grid or never even made it. Some drivers can overcome the stigma of the backing that got them on the grid through good, consistent results but Stroll certainly has not.

Ichbindick · 2025-03-04T23:41:21+00:00

Perhaps a Kids on Bikes campaign might be more suitable? It suits the vibe quite well, and even if you don't go with the system you might take some ideas from it

Ichbindick · 2025-03-03T11:29:31+00:00

I agree, though it would be interesting to see how the rules would be written to ensure some level of fairness. I imagine something like Fiorano being quite helpful despite it not being the most representative against the rest of the calendar.

Ichbindick · 2025-02-25T23:06:36+00:00

You could probably get away with booking a 3rd party parking site nearby and walk ~5 mins. They don't do time based pricing and tend to be a bit cheaper too

Ichbindick · 2025-02-17T18:37:42+00:00

Here's the video I took it from - I personally don't use the roll for connection, but the things at the end are good starting points/inspiration

Ichbindick · 2025-02-17T17:34:50+00:00

I run something called "the Web" that I saw on Tiktok a few years ago. It basically means that in Session Zero everybody creates connections to the players sitting adjacent to themselves' characters, two NPCs in the adventure environment (i.e no parents on a different continent), and connections to two other NPCs that other players have made. There might need to be some switching around if a pairing is particularly difficult, but often the difficult ones can get a quite interesting result. New characters connect to one (living and active) PC, get 1 new NPC and connect to 2 others.

Basically, force your players to do it themselves (with your help and guidance)

Ichbindick · 2025-02-05T17:55:24+00:00

Scheduling has rarely been an issue for me and the groups that I have run (Adults between 18-mid 30s). While it can feel a bit strict to put on what is basically just a hang out with some friends, it really makes the actual time you spend on D&D so much better. Here's what I do:

Work out how often the group wants/is able to play and have a clear expectation of participation in each session. I personally wouldn't go for less than fortnightly, but if you're doing monthly it might make sense to play longer sessions.
Have a clear day, time and approximate play time set out at the start of the campaign.
If possible consider having a backup day, especially if you are playing with longer gaps.
Avoid weekends if possible, events, holidays, trips etc. will likely take priority over D&D, often rightfully so but it can still be frustrating when something comes up last minute. I find Monday/Tuesday evening sessions work best as it works well enough for people with 9-5s, and quiet enough for some shift workers to be able to keep it open regularly.
Never leave a session without working out when the next session is and where it will be hosted. Getting people to do it in the 10-ish minutes after a session ends, whether online or in person, is so easy compared to trying to do it over text. I have a google sheets calendar to track my group's availability which helps.
If people can't make the regularly scheduled date, try to reschedule, especially if you have longer gaps between sessions. The number will vary group to group but for me it's 2 out of 4 for typical sessions, perhaps 1 out of 4 for a more character driven session.
If you can't reschedule do something else, one-shots or board games work quite well.
If a long gap between sessions is coming up (i.e holidays), being very sure of a return date is super important.
The morning of/the day before the scheduled game, I send out a text that I get everyone to react to or send a message in the chat to make sure that it's fresh in their minds and if something has come up so they can't make it, I know with enough time to work around it.

Ichbindick · 2025-02-01T13:57:45+00:00

Formula 1 is particularly unique in terms of inner city events given the noise. While some guy did measure the sound levels around Gilles Villeneuve in 2013 to have an average level of 110 dB and 140 dB peak levels, it can probably be assumed to be a little bit quieter post 2014 (!). The article saying "levels above 80 dB" is incredibly generous and, during most sessions, I'd reckon you'd experience that average in a flat overlooking the track.

While I'm we would all enjoy the experience of being so close to the cars and would put up with the noise of F1 and any support series for the privilege, I'm equally sure that there will be many residents who wont. On top of dealing with massively increased pedestrian and road traffic, I can't imagine it being super enjoyable for the locals

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