What do you need to know to start playing a duet in D&D? In this post, we answer some frequently asked questions and link to other resources across our site to help you get going with your one-on-one game!
Building Your World
Identify: Syrinscape
If you’re on the hunt for immersive music for your D&D games across a wide variety of settings, look no further than Syrinscape! When you select one of their fantasy soundtracks, they have several options for ways the narrative might progress. This feature makes make navigating the sounds settings really easy for DMs. There are also selections on the sides for sudden sound effects, like a creaking door or clap of thunder, if needed.
Lost and Found: A Duet Adventure
Our newest duet adventure, Lost and Found, is available now from Kobold Press! In this exciting one-shot adventure for one DM and one PC of level 3-5, the PC finds themself embroiled in political intrigue during the Rites of Spring festival. Caught between two rival forces and promised a lucrative reward or threatened with being turned in to the authorities, the PC embarks on a quest to one of the city’s finest manors. But exactly how clever and sneaky can they be?
Bloodties: Volume I, Bloodstained
A new D&D anthology with twelve adventures for tiers 1 and 2 is now available on DMsGuild! This anthology is perfect for introducing someone—or a few people!—to D&D, written and designed by several community content creators, including one of our authors!
Top 3 Tips for DMs of One-on-One D&D
In this post, I cover my top three tips for DMs of one-on-one D&D as well as two bonus tips! First, establish and maintain trust. Second, let player preference be your guide. Third, collaboration is key! With this foundation, you’re ready for so many fun sessions of duet D&D!
The Penshaw Poisonings: A Free 5e Duet Adventure
A free one-on-one adventure for 5e set in the town of Penshaw! Take on zombies, investigate criminal organizations, encounter small elemental creatures, and more!
Character Questions for Adapting Published Campaigns for One-on-One Play
Where do we start when adapting a published campaign for one-on-one play? What should you take into account as the player in this situation while you prepare your PC? The short answer is to have an idea as to why the PC is going to take part in the storyline. Why will they care? This post tackles these questions in greater detail.
Advice for DMs of One-on-One D&D
Are you hesitant to start your one-on-one game? Or worried about accidentally killing your best friend’s carefully crafted PC when they’re only level two? Mike Shea, aka Sly Flourish, and I sit down to discuss our best tips for DMs of duet-style D&D.
