Aboard the Northern Locomotive

Buff Santa

This was the first time I DMed and it couldn't have been easier. I was a bit nervous to run it but with this step by step guide it was a piece of cake. I created some maps on PPT (attached pictures) which gave the session a very nice, visual to it. We played for 8 hours more or less and had players begging for another session. Great job, we all loved it. Played with another group a week later (they were new to D&D) and they also had an amazing time!

Wonderful for Children!

Thank you so much for this one shot, it was the perfect framework to use as an introductory one-shot to teach a group of children D&D combat! This was their first time ever playing, I had to home brew some of the rules, make them squishy and fudge the numbers a bit to keep the game moving- these were 6-8 year old kids, so they were very easily distracted. With a two hour time limit in mind, we had to skip the third car, and we also severely cut back on the big bad’s HP, but it all worked out! I added the twist to keep the children interested- when our monk rolled a Nat 20 and pushed the elf into the furnace of the train, he caught fire and ran screaming off the train (all of our bad guys jumped off the train instead of dying, part of the reason this setting is so good for kids) setting fire to the bandit’s clothes, revealing green fur underneath- a Grinch in disguise, a creature only heard about in legends! The children lost their minds, screaming “Kill the Grinch!”

Very Fun!

Well written and easy to implement. I've been using this as my template for my own one-shots.