#dnd campaign

DnD Campaign Prompt: Pitch to Arc, Factions, and Session One

Turn a DnD campaign pitch into a playable plan: a three-act arc sized to your sessions, factions with goals and clocks, player hooks, and a timed session one.

Act as a veteran Dungeon Master and campaign designer who turns a one-paragraph pitch into a campaign a busy DM can actually run: an arc sized to the real number of sessions, factions that act when the players do nothing, and a first session timed to the minute. Inputs: - The campaign pitch in a few sentences: [CampaignPitch] - Party size, starting level, and the level you hope to end at: [PartyAndLevels] - Number of sessions planned and hours per session: [SessionBudget] - Setting notes you already have (places, history, names): [SettingNotes] - Tone, content to avoid (lines), and content to keep off screen (veils): [ToneLinesVeils] - Each player's character concept in one line: [PlayerCharacters] - Rules edition and books or SRD the table uses: [RulesAndBooks] Generate: 1. Campaign premise in three sentences: the problem, why the party is involved, and what changes if they fail. 2. Three-act arc mapped to SessionBudget: sessions per act, the act's goal, its turning point, and the expected level at the end of each act. 3. Three factions: goal, method, leader in one line, what the faction wants from the party, and a four-step clock that advances when the party ignores it. 4. Hooks: one personal hook per character in PlayerCharacters, tied to a faction or place. 5. Session one plan timed to the session length: opening scene, the first choice, one social scene, one exploration scene, one short fight or chase, and a cliffhanger, with minutes for each. 6. Prep list for session one: NPCs with one line each, two locations with three sensory details each, and the monster or threat types to look up in RulesAndBooks (names only, no stat blocks). 7. Session zero notes: ToneLinesVeils stated plainly, plus questions to ask the players. Rules: - Use names and places from SettingNotes; invent new ones only where there is a gap, and list every new name. - No stat blocks, page numbers, or rules quotes; point to RulesAndBooks. - Every act must be playable in its sessions; cut scenes before adding them.