15 Essential Tips for D and D 5e World-Building
Hey there, adventurers! We’re seasoned dungeon masters here, and we’ve learned a thing or two about crafting engaging D and…
Hey there, adventurers! We’re seasoned dungeon masters here, and we’ve learned a thing or two about crafting engaging D and…
Greetings, fellow adventurers! I’m your resident Dungeon Master, here to transform your humdrum gaming sessions into unforgettable escapades. Over the…
Greetings, fellow Dungeon Masters! Embark on an epic journey to crafting captivating story arcs in D&D 5e with this comprehensive…
Navigating the realm of Dungeons & Dragons combat encounters can be a labyrinthine task. Thankfully, tools like Kobold Fight Club…
Encounter balance is crucial to the fun and challenge of Dungeon & Dragons 5e, yet it remains a thorny concept…
Are you a Dungeon Master looking to create balanced, thrilling combat encounters for your D&D games, but find yourself overwhelmed…
Are you lost in managing mobs, perplexed by party power, or simply seeking to spice up your Dungeons & Dragons…
Are you constantly grinding your gears over designing balanced and engaging encounters for your next D&D campaign? You aren’t alone!…
Are your RPG players breezing through battles, yawning at your monsters, and poking fun at your pitiful puzzles? It’s time…
Unlocking the perfect balance for your D&D encounters is an art-form that has perplexed many a Dungeon Master. Too easy:…
Embarking on a thrilling adventure through the realm of Dungeons and Dragons requires not just an imaginative mind, but also…
Are your players yawning through battles, defeating enemies with a simple flick of the wrist? Or are they constantly on…
As a veteran player character in the world of Dungeons & Dragons, one must be well-prepared and armed with the…
Imagine finishing an epic D&D campaign, only to realize that half of the game’s mechanics were untouched—like discovering a hidden…
One facility that I didn’t mention in my previous Adventurer’s Guild design article was the bedroom. It’s a unique facility in that…
Running Curse of Strahd has been a fantastic experience for me. Running a hardback adventure has been a welcomed “break” from tirelessly…
Last time I went over my pre-session 0 prep list which included giving the players an overview of the campaign and…
A while ago I thought I was close to the end of my 3+ year D&D campaign. We wound up playing for…
Today I want to talk about an issue I’ve been facing lately. This is a very opinionated topic so bear…
My Shadow of the Demon Lord group has played maybe six total sessions since May (!?) when I wrote about how I prepped the campaign…
I talk a lot about “building an encounter”. Typically, this is about everything else that goes into creating an interesting encounter…
The hard part is over. You’ve done the initial prep for your campaign. You’ve assembled a party of adventurers (props to you…
Cities, towns, villages, and other settlements are an integral part of any TTRPG campaign. However, a city is perhaps the…
There’s a holy grail for GMs. No, it’s not the perfect TTRPG system or anything like that. The holy grail…
I’d wager that Dungeon Master burnout is one of the top 3 reasons for a D&D campaign dying off. It…
There are plenty of D&D plots and stories that center around thwarting the villain and saving the world. You know,…
I mentioned a while ago in my post about sandbox D&D 5e campaigns that I had an interest in running a West…
Boss fights are a huge part of gaming in general. It’s satisfying to finally butt-heads against the villain, and they’re…
In the past whenever I’ve tried to “sell someone” on playing D&D compared to a video game the words “you…
Like this post on RPG StackExchange states, pg 83 of the DMG says that the ideal party size is 3-5 players. This…
I find that the more experienced I get at running table top RPGs, the better I am at picking up…
I’ve mentioned more than a few times now that I have been DMing a campaign that has met weekly for…
I constantly look for new ways that I can spend less time doing tedious bookkeeping and focus on the story…
Session 0 is part of the preliminary planning part of any major campaign, and it’s one thing that I had…
Part of the reason why a few of my players and I have been doing one-offs and casual D&D games…
Dungeons and Dragons tend to play a lot smoother when there are 5 or fewer players in a party. That…
Because of the long weekend I’ve had plenty of time to plan out the upcoming D&D campaign I’m DMing. I…