D&D Campaign Planning Workbook for First-Time DMs
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Run your first session without sweating through your hoodie. The campaign planner experienced DMs wish they’d had on day one.
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Description
You volunteered to DM. Your friends are excited. You bought the Player’s Handbook, watched 14 hours of Critical Role, opened a blank Google Doc — and froze. Where do you start? How much do you actually need to prep for session 1?
This workbook is the structured planning system experienced DMs use, stripped of the lore-dump intimidation and built for the first-time DM running with friends.
What’s inside
- Campaign Concept Sheet — premise, themes, tone, the central conflict, the elevator pitch for session zero.
- Worldbuilding Lite — the only worldbuilding you need for session 1: starting town, 3 nearby locations, 5 named NPCs, 1 villain, 1 mystery.
- Session Zero Worksheet — character creation, table rules, lines & veils, scheduling, the 8 questions every Session Zero needs.
- Session Prep Sheet (reusable) — the 1-page template for every session.
- NPC Builder — name, role, voice, motivation, secret, what they want from the party.
- Encounter Planner — combat / social / exploration templates with a simple difficulty calculator.
- Plot Hook Library — 30 ready-to-drop adventure hooks.
Who this is for
First-time and second-time Dungeon Masters running 5e or any TTRPG (Pathfinder 2e, Daggerheart, Shadowdark, Dungeon World — the planning structure is system-agnostic).
What you get
- dnd-campaign-planning-workbook.xlsx (all worksheets)
- dnd-session-prep-printable.pdf
- dnd-npc-builder-printable.pdf
- dnd-plot-hook-library.pdf (30 hooks)
In plain terms
What is the D&D Campaign Planning Workbook for First-Time DMs? A structured planning workbook for new Dungeon Masters running their first D&D or tabletop RPG campaign. It includes a campaign concept sheet, lightweight worldbuilding templates, a Session Zero worksheet, reusable session prep sheets, an NPC builder, an encounter planner, 30 plot hooks, and a campaign journal. System-agnostic for D&D 5e, Pathfinder 2e, Daggerheart, and more.
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