Welcome back to today's show. Today we talk about tragedy.

Here are some of the questions we talked about today on the show:

Writing Tragedy into your Game

What is tragedy in D&D and what are some examples?

Why use tragedy?

Environmental Tragedy

Personal Tragedy

What makes tragedy earned?

What are some wrong ways to go about adding tragedy to a D&D campaign?

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