Phandelver 8 DM Tips | How to Run D&D Phandelver and Below Chapter 8

DM Tips for DnD Phandelver and Below Chapter 8 Beyond a Lightless Star by Amanda Hamon. Check out more #dnd and #roll20 links in this description!

PLAYING PHANDELVER
1:    • Phandelver 1 Playing D&D Phandelver a...  
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2b:    • Phandelver 2b, Playing D&D Phandelver...  
3a:    • Phandelver 3a, Playing D&D Phandelver...  
3b:    • Phandelver 3b, Playing D&D Phandelver...  
3c:    • Phandelver 3c, Playing D&D Phandelver...  
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6a:    • Phandelver 6a Playing D&D Phandelver ...  
6b:    • Phandelver 6b Playing D&D Phandelver ...  
6c:    • Phandelver 6c Playing D&D Phandelver ...  
6d:    • Phandelver 6d Playing D&D Phandelver ...  
7a:    • Phandelver 7a Playing D&D Phandelver ...  
7b:    • Phandelver 7b Playing D&D Phandelver ...  
7c:    • Phandelver 7c Playing D&D Phandelver ...  
8a:    • Phandelver 8a | Playing D&D Phandelve...  
8b:    • Phandelver 8b | Playing D&D Phandelve...  
8c:    • Phandelver 8c | Playing D&D Phandelve...  

DM GUIDE AND TIPS FOR PHANDELVER
1:    • How to Run Phandelver and Below Chapt...  
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7:    • Phandelver 7 DM Tips  
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DM GUIDE AND TIPS FOR PHANDELVER 8
PLOT
-- Enter the Briny Maze in pursuit of the Mind Flayer Fanatics.
-- -- Include visions/nightmares/dreams of the creeping transformations in Phandalin
-- -- Remember Lobe Benefits.
-- Help Githyanki in B7
-- B10 Jomulus' book. change 1 hr. PCs are on a time crunch
-- Help Dragon in B17
-- Help Arcanaloth in B21
-- Pass thru Brine Pool guarded by an enormous worm.
-- Explore the Endless Void.
-- Rescue prisoners in Crystal Dome
-- Enter Ilvaash's Anima and thwart Mind Flayer fanatics (Chishinix, Hashutu, and Voalsh).
-- During escape, face a refraction of Ilvaash
-- Return to a hero's welcome in Phandalin

PC LEVELS AND CHALLENGE
Assuming 5 PCs based on: https://slyflourish.com/the_lazy_enco...
I also increase monster damage by x1.2 or more (see:    • Ramping Up Damage in D&D Using Token ...  )

L10 | Reach Entrance to the Endless Void | L11 | Defeat Mind flayer Fanatics and Ilvaash | L12
L10 (25+ deadly)
L11 (31+ deadly)

Area B6: use 5 wraiths (TCR 25)
Crystal Dome: use 4 shield guardians (TCR 28) (a slog otherwise)
Occluding Miasma: would the invisible stalkers be visible due to displacing miasma?
A1-4: make sure all flayers retreat to 4 (to match the cool picture!
A3: exclude extra mind flayers

PACING FOR 4 HOUR SESSION
Assuming a fast pace. A more relaxed pace could go several extra sessions.

Session 1: Running This Chapter, Doom Comes to Phandalin, The Briny Maze
Session 2: The Briny Maze, The Endless Void
Session 3: The Endless Void, Ilvaash's Refraction, Wrapping Up

NPC Interactions
Wandering monsters

MAPS
Heroic Maps:   / heroicmaps  
Lost Mine of Phandlever Chapter 8: https://www.dmsguild.com/product/483992

IMAGES
From adventure

MUSIC
Tabletop Audio: https://tabletopaudio.com/ (and in Roll20)
Doom Comes to Phandalin: Country Village, Abyssal Gaze
The Briny Maze: Bubbling Pools
The Endless Void: Astral Plane
Ilvaash's Refraction: Mind Flayer Chamber
Wrapping Up: Homecoming

TOKENS
Unique tokens for this adventure at d20play.com/tokens/
AberrantZealot.png
ChishinixName.png
EncephalonCluster.png
EncephalonGemmule.png
FleshMeld.png
Flumph.png
HashutuName.png
IlvaashName.png
IntellectSnare.png
MindFlayerProphet.png
PsionicAshenwight.png
PurpleWorm.png
VoalshName.png
YoungAmethystDragon.png

KNOWLEDGE
/w gm Ilvaash was formed from the remains of the mind flayer god Ilsensine, the God-Brain. When Ilsensine left the Far Realm to establish a divine domain elsewhere, pieces of the God-Brain sloughed away and awoke to sentience. This is Ilvaash, the Dissonant Psyche. (13Rel)
/w gm Githyanki knights weild silver greatswords that can sever the silver cord of an Astral Traveler. (14Arc/His)


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D20PLAY, D&D, AND ROLL20 HOW-TO
d20play How To Notes: https://d20play.com/d20playHowTo.pdf
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Adventure Token Creation:    • Roll20 Tips - Adventure Token Creatio...  
Map Preparation:    • Roll20 Tips - Map Preparation for D&D  

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