I need help here the guidelines are rather vague. What I see is this: I, as a DM can run a 2 to 4 hour session based on the adventure seeds available. Each seed has a specific group of allowed rewards. So as long as I use the adventure seed in some way, restrict rewards to what is allowed and only use approved monsters from the list I can run a game and it is adventure league legal?
And if I don't want to publish the adventure, I don't have to?
And what if i want to publish it? What's the format? Who do I submit it too?
As far as I know those are all correct statements. I haven't seen any specific format information but there are several already available on DMsGuild so you could check there to see what they look like.
You just need to follow the rules in terms of creating the adventure. 2 or 4 hours, no deaths of named NPCs, Ice Wind Dale setting, use the adventure seed, only award the specific magic item associated with that seed and nothing else. There is no consistency checking between these adventures so ideally whatever you create can't affect any ongoing plots/storylines or anything else published by WotC.
Adventure Duration. Your adventure can be either two or four hours in length. Adventures of shorter or longer duration are not permitted.
Using Creatures. You can only use creatures as designated in the appendix. These have been selected as appropriate for the locations and stories that comprise this season. Creatures must be used as published. They cannot be modified or reskinned for play in your adventure.
Adventure Setting. The adventure can take place in any of the locations used in Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden. These include Ten-Towns, the wilds of Icewind Dale (including any ‘places of interest’ listed in chapter two of that book), Sunblight, the Sea of Moving Ice, Grimskalle, the Reghed Glacier, the Caves of Hunger, and the Necropolis of Ythryn.
Canonical Elements. It’s important to note that your adventure can’t feature the death of NPCs or the destruction of locations featured in Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden or any other canonical D&D reference for that matter.
I need help here the guidelines are rather vague. What I see is this: I, as a DM can run a 2 to 4 hour session based on the adventure seeds available. Each seed has a specific group of allowed rewards. So as long as I use the adventure seed in some way, restrict rewards to what is allowed and only use approved monsters from the list I can run a game and it is adventure league legal?
And if I don't want to publish the adventure, I don't have to?
And what if i want to publish it? What's the format? Who do I submit it too?
As far as I know those are all correct statements. I haven't seen any specific format information but there are several already available on DMsGuild so you could check there to see what they look like.
You just need to follow the rules in terms of creating the adventure. 2 or 4 hours, no deaths of named NPCs, Ice Wind Dale setting, use the adventure seed, only award the specific magic item associated with that seed and nothing else. There is no consistency checking between these adventures so ideally whatever you create can't affect any ongoing plots/storylines or anything else published by WotC.
https://media.wizards.com/2020/dnd/downloads/DC_PlagueAncients.pdf
CRAFTING YOUR ADVENTURE
Adventure Duration. Your adventure can be either two or four hours in length. Adventures of shorter or longer duration are not permitted.
Using Creatures. You can only use creatures as designated in the appendix. These have been selected as appropriate for the locations and stories that comprise this season. Creatures must be used as published. They cannot be modified or reskinned for play in your adventure.
Adventure Setting. The adventure can take place in any of the locations used in Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden. These include Ten-Towns, the wilds of Icewind Dale (including any ‘places of interest’ listed in chapter two of that book), Sunblight, the Sea of Moving Ice, Grimskalle, the Reghed Glacier, the Caves of Hunger, and the Necropolis of Ythryn.
Canonical Elements. It’s important to note that your adventure can’t feature the death of NPCs or the destruction of locations featured in Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden or any other canonical D&D reference for that matter.