Tailored Goals and Rewards to Motivate Players🕵 D&D 5e #DMRoundtable

What do YOU think about giving players secret missions and goals? #DND #DND5e I'm joined by these DM specimens to discuss our thoughts and experiences with imparting special tasks to players: 🎩Fred from How to D&D: https://www.youtube.com/c/HowtoDD 🛅Wally DM: https://www.youtube.com/c/WallyDM 🎒Josh from Dungeoneer's Pack: https://www.youtube.com/c/DungeoneersPack Want more DM roundtable discussions? Check out this list of our collaborators' videos! https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/dmroundtable ⏰Time Stamps: 00:00​ Have we used secret missions as DMs? 00:42 Considering group dynamics 01:09 Building trust, knowing your players 02:41 Introducing friction for character development 03:11 Rewards and secret missions 04:05 Realigning the plot without railroading 05:04 Inspiration from board games to have fun 06:48 Randomized rewards 07:22 Modules that use secret missions 08:17 Caveats to succeed with secret missions