Michael R. Underwood

Building Modular Encounters (Patreon)

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2026-01-05 18:00:17

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This week's stream will talk about my method for building modular encounters to use with the Daggerheart rules, which involves developing an environment and related adversaries to present a dramatic situation for the PCs to navigate.

In the stream I'll continue to develop this approach, which I've used in the Wish Glade encounter from Incredible Creatures. Watch as I build an encounter around a new environment and then fill out what else a GM might need to drop it into their game as needed!

Join live this Wednesday, January 7th at 1pm EST over at twitch.tv/turbotango or watch the VoD Thursday morning at youtube.com/@mikeunderwood

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Building Modular Encounters for Daggerheart

Mike talks through their personal approach to building modular encounters for Daggerheart, building out from a core environment. They do this through using a custom time loop environment they made to create a specific encounter using a version of that environment. Content note for discussion of grief and suicide within the fictional context of the encounter writeup. Intro & intermission music: "A Good Life" by Dark Fantasy Studio. Outro music: "City of Magic" by Dark Fantasy Studio. All songs used with permission. Watch future streams live at Twitch.tv/TurboTango and support Mike's writing and streaming at Patreon.com/MichaelRUnderwood or follow them on Bluesky @MikeRUnderwood.bsk.social This video is not official content of Darrington Press or Critical Role and does not represent the opinions or stances of anyone other than Mike themself. This product includes materials from the Daggerheart System Reference Document 1.0, © Critical Role, LLC. under the terms of the Darrington Press Community Gaming (DPCGL) License. More information can be found at https://www.daggerheart.com. There are no previous modifications by others.