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Kobold Fight Club: Balanced Encounters on the Fly
I constantly look for new ways that I can spend…
Planning a West Marches Campaign in D&D 5e
I mentioned a while ago in my post about sandbox D&D 5e…
Kobold Fight Club: A Comprehensive Guide On How To Use It For Encounter Planning in D&D
Are you lost in managing mobs, perplexed by party power,…
Using a MacGuffin to Drive the Plot in D&D 5e
There are plenty of D&D plots and stories that center…
How to Run a Session 0 of an RPG
Session 0 is part of the preliminary planning part of…
DMing for Large Parties
Dungeons and Dragons tend to play a lot smoother when…
How to Design Balanced Dungeons and Dragons Encounters: Tips for Creating Challenging Battles
Are your players yawning through battles, defeating enemies with a…
Unlock Your DM Toolbox: A Guide to Conditions in D&D 5e
Imagine finishing an epic D&D campaign, only to realize that…
Using Kobold Fight Club: Best Practices for D&D Combat Encounters
Navigating the realm of Dungeons & Dragons combat encounters can…
How to Use Kobold Fight Club: Features, Functions, and Tips for Dungeons and Dragons
Embarking on a thrilling adventure through the realm of Dungeons…
Campaign Prep: The Path to Session 0
A while ago I thought I was close to the end…
Campaign Prep: The First Session
Last time I went over my pre-session 0 prep list which…
Running a Sandbox D&D 5e Game: Ambition vs. Possibility
In the past whenever I’ve tried to “sell someone” on…
How to Select the Perfect Creature(s) for a Combat Encounter
I talk a lot about “building an encounter”. Typically, this is…
D&D Monster Monday: Magma Mephit
A chill runs down your spine as you pass by the pool of magma. You turn around just in time to see a wiggling body emerge from the pool. The strange, winged creature dashes towards you in a flash, opening its mouth to unleash a…
D&D Monster Monday: Bullywug
You take a break to make camp as you traverse the murky swampland. Then as…
D&D Monster Monday: Winter Eladrin
You hear and see the lonely winter eladrin weeping, but you can’t look away. Her…
D&D Monster Monday: Hobgoblin
Horns bellow in the distance. You see hobgoblin war banners emerge from the forest line…
D&D Monster Monday: Wyvern
An audible crunch erupts from the twigs beneath your boots. The once sleeping wyvern jolts…
D&D Monster Monday: Ancient Sea Serpent
Your ship lurches as out of nowhere, massive waves begin to toss and turn the…
D&D Monster Monday: Gray Ooze
Your entire body is slowly being cooked alive in a living vat of acid. “The…
D&D Monster Monday: Nivix Cyclops
Your heart pounds as you dash through the hallways of an Izzet League workshop as…
D&D Monster Monday: Green Slaad
Finally, you’ve snuck your way into the wizard’s dungeon and located the prisoner. You jimmy…
D&D Monster Monday: Blink Dog
You’re cornered. You close your eyes, waiting for the displacer beasts to pounce. Your final…
D&D Monster Monday: The Banshee
In this bi-weekly series, I talk about some of my favorite D&D monsters both official…
D&D Monster Monday: Iron Cobra
Suddenly the giant, metallic snake statue springs to life as you approach it. It lets…
D&D Monster Monday: Yuan-Ti Broodguard
You wake up restrained by tough, hempen rope. A crowd full of snake-like yuan-ti look…
D&D Monster Monday: The Magma Bear
As you slowly clamber down the side of the volcano you come across a small…
D&D Monster Monday: Draegloth
This is usually the part of a Monster Monday article where I’ll write some fun flavor text…
