There are a ton of different weapons in D&D and despite your best intentions as a dungeon master, some of the finer details are likely slipping through your fingers. When running a game, it’s important to know what weapons your players are using and how they’re using them. A group that is using two-weapon fighting …
Introduction to DnD Maps Maps are sometimes one of the coolest parts of DnD. Nothing says adventure like a map. A DnD map can lay out the continent you’re playing in, the dungeon you’re exploring, or even the inn you’re staying at. DnD really makes the most out of maps and allows you to put …
NPCs are a really critical part of DnD. Often an amazing story lives or dies on the backs of good NPC development. Everyone should be using good NPCs and everyone should be role playing the heck out of them. But here’s the reason not enough people are: designing a memorable DnD NPC is hard. Not …
So, your adventures walked away from the main story line again and are in the middle of unplanned nowhere. This happens to every DM. But what do you do when you need to put an area together for your party in a short amount of time? You turn to generators of course! Currently, we haven’t …
Sometimes DnD can fall into the formula of combat, dungeon crawls, and fetch quests. While this isn’t necessarily a bad thing, sometimes you need more opportunities for role playing. The perfect solution to a role play light game is a mystery adventure. Mysteries are essentially large role play focused puzzles that the players need to …
A player can influence their character and other player’s characters in both obvious and subtle ways. While players often start with the end goal of what type of character they want in mind, they often overlook one of the fundamental elements of D&D, which is the journey the game takes their character on and how …
As a DM you will run into a lot of problems when running D&D. While most of these problems can be solved with knowledge of the rules or simply talking through an issue with your players, there is one problem that is hard to manage without breaking the flow of the game. We’re talking about …
Dungeons and Dragons is a shared experience. Both you and your players take part in crafting the story. Playing the game as a dungeon master also means running the game and having to wrest some of that power away from your players. There are times when you players may want to do crazy things. There …
The encounters in Dungeons and Dragons are the cornerstone of your game play. Whether you’re fighting goblins, disarming traps, or talking with NPCs, all of these events engage the players. Ultimately, the quality of your campaign is directly tied to the quality of the encounters within it. We’ll cover simple tricks for creating encounters for …
So your group is coming over in half an hour for a session and oops, you forgot to prepare anything for this week. It happens to everyone sooner or later and it can be stressful. You may think that the only choice is to cancel D&D and just prep for next week. But what if …
