Don't Get Lost in the Zeitgeist
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1d ago
If you're really into this hobby, like I am, it's extremely easy to get caught up in all the big news, scandals, conversations, and controversies that surround this (and any) big hobby. Gods know, I d ..read more
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Are Actual Play Games Hurting Home-Game GMs?
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1w ago
A friend passed me a post where someone described how their child, a GM, got feedback from their players stating "I think Matt Mercer would have done it differently". This comment fired up a common qu ..read more
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Two Different 5e Games at the Same Table
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2w ago
When we sit down to play a 5e game at our table, we're actually playing two different games with two different sets of rules, sometimes from totally different publishers. Players play one game – with ..read more
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Notable Sections of the 2024 D&D Dungeon Master's Guide
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3w ago
A while back I wrote about Gems of the DMG in which I captured what I thought were the most notable sections of a book typically ignored or vilified among 5e D&D DMs. I think it's an underrated book b ..read more
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Rolling Lots of D20s? Assume One Quarter Succeeds
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1M ago
When you need to adjudicate a whole bunch of checks — say rolling two dozen saving throws for a bunch of skeletons hit with Turn Undead — simplify the situation by assuming one quarter succeeds. This ..read more
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Let Characters Automatically Succeed Sometimes
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1M ago
My friend and Forge of Foes partner, Scott Fitzgerald Gray, wrote a great post called Embracing the Awesome (subscribe to his newsletter here!) extolling the virtues of letting characters automaticall ..read more
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Steal Character Archetypes from a Single Show
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1M ago
There are lots of ways to build NPCs in your fantasy RPGs. In Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master I suggest building NPCs by finding an existing character archetype from your favorite source of fiction ..read more
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Free Dice Roller
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1M ago
A while back, as part of Wizards of the Coast's great hurling of D&D into a digital future, WOTC removed access to a long hosted and simple dice roller – along with everything else on the original D&D ..read more
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Setting Up Situations
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2M ago
Setting up situations instead of scenes helps GMs avoid predetermined outcomes. Situations give players agency over the approach they take and builds a world that feels real. Even the GM doesn't know ..read more
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Dreadful Blessings – A Mechanic to Protect 5e Boss Monsters
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2M ago
Bosses need help. Bosses often face the full wrath of the characters, just for being a boss. This focus often leads to anticlimactic fights in which the boss is ineffective at fulfilling the role it h ..read more
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