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Waterdeep Background Hooks: A Dragon Heist supplement

Published: 2018 by Hipsters & Dragons
Author: (uncredited)

Turbo charge your Waterdeep: Dragon Heist campaign – and maximise player engagement - with these 30+ background hooks that tie your PCs to the storyline's NPC cast with bonds of love, friendship, jealousy, prophecy, justice and revenge.

 

***SPOILER ALERT:*** This is a DM supplement, do not buy this, or even read the preview, if you're a PC about to play Dragon Heist... instead send your DM a link to this product (and give them 2 dollars!).

 

Why buy this product?

 

The best DMs use their PCs' back stories as one of the key driving forces in any campaign. However that's often difficult when playing a published adventure, when so much of the plot is already determined.

 

The goal of this product is to personalise Dragon Heist for your players, interlinking the PCs' and NPCs' back stories, so that the moment a villain (or potential ally) steps onto the stage the stakes are higher.

 

I hope it brings plenty of extra enjoyment to the already intriguing Waterdeep: Dragon Heist storyline!

 

What is a background hook exactly?

 

A background hook is something from the PC's back story that can be woven into a forthcoming adventure. This product suggests over thirty that will come back to help/haunt players as the events of Waterdeep: Dragon Heist unfold... check the preview to see examples.

 

What's included in this product?

 

Thirty background hooks (including at least one suggestion for every background type in the Player's Handbook).

A player handout of all the hooks, without the DM's Notes, which you can quickly share with players by copy and pasting into an email, or handout as a session zero, as you plan the campaign.

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Types: Sourcebook

Games: 5e Game System Product (D&D 5th Edition Compatible)

Settings: Forgotten Realms