How to Start One of the trickiest things in the whole book is figuring out how to involve the characters. The source of the death curse, the Soulmonger, is at the bottom. They go through the Tomb of the Nine Gods.
They search the jungle for the lost city. They learn that the source of the curse is in the lost city of Omu. The characters are the stars of your movie. Think of yourself as the director and the audience. You can just say, "You have a heart attack and die." That's not your role, though. The bottom line is that you can kill the characters any time you want. Don't fall into the trap of getting revenge on the group for ruining or circumventing one of your encounters. The most important thing is to make it fun. There is no such thing as a perfect DM! All you can do is perfect your style. There's simply too many things you have to do at once to be a "perfect" DM. No matter how long you've been running games, you'll make mistakes every single session, so it's no big deal. We all do! Don't be too hard on yourself if things go wonky, just make little adjustments and roll with whatever is happening.
Please remember that you will make mistakes. The authors of this book expect you to change things and make it your own. You decide what happens when, and there is no "wrong" way to do it. Some sections are a sort of "toolkit" for you to use or not use. If You Are a New DM This book might feel a little bewildering when you first look at it. How to Run Tomb of Annihilation In this article, I am going to try to help DMs figure out how to take all of the things in Tomb of Annihilation and actually line it up and turn it into a fun campaign. Permission granted to print or photocopy this document for personal use only. Thanks for checking this out! Credits Written by: Sean McGovern Cover by: Jowy Anderson In a week or two, I’ll be releasing the Tomb of Annihilation Companion, which will have an alternate dinosaur racing system, 30 days of travel completely set up for you, magic item stats for the relics, and a bunch of other things.
This pdf is an extension of my blog: Power Score RPG I am running Tomb of Annihilation on Youtube. I went through the book and looked up page numbers, effects, and all the weird little things that are easy to forget. I have done my best to help you prepare to run Tomb of Annihilation.