Tabletop RPGs
How to Encourage Roleplaying, the Loresmyth Way
Hi all! Today’s guest article was written by Chris Mahon and Chris van der Linden from Loresymth. Loresmyth is an RPG publishing company with a […]
Tabletop RPGs
Tabletop RPGs
Using Player-Owned Property to Generate Plot Hooks
Recently in my Shadow of the Demon Lord campaign, I opted to run a premade module for the party’s latest adventure. I wanted to do this […]
Tabletop Tactics
Tabletop Tactics: Pillars and Spider Climb
This past week I ran perhaps the greatest boss fight I’ve ever created in D&D 5e. While the homebrew version of Lolth that I created […]
Tabletop Tactics
Using Spells to Maintain Battlefield Control
Battlefield control is an important factor in beating an encounter in D&D 5e or any TTRPG for that matter. Preventing an enemy from attacking your […]
Campaign Planning
How to Introduce a New Character in the Middle of a Campaign
My Shadow of the Demon Lord group has played maybe six total sessions since May (!?) when I wrote about how I prepped the campaign using OneNote. […]
Tabletop RPGs
Retiring a Player Character Before a Campaign Ends
Like it or not, if you’re playing a tabletop RPG such as D&D 5e, there is a story that your table is playing through. I’m […]
Tabletop RPGs
I’ve Changed My Mind About Milestone Leveling
The more I play Shadow of the Demon Lord the more I enjoy the system. I feel like a broken record saying that, but it’s seriously […]
Tabletop Tactics
Tabletop Tactics: Using a Door to Create a Chokepoint
Sometimes the party does something that, while not anything exciting, ends up being a genius tactical maneuver. For example, simply using a large door as […]
Tabletop RPGs
The Pros and Cons of Playing on a Virtual Tabletop
A virtual tabletop such as Roll20, Fantasy Grounds, Astral Tabletop, etc. is a modern-day solution to a modern day problem. That problem is, of course, […]
Tabletop RPGs
Ruling Yourself Into a Corner and How You Can Escape It
Let’s be honest, even if you read a rulebook cover-to-cover, you’re probably not going to memorize every single mechanic or rule. Especially if it’s your […]