If you’re like most DMs out there you’ve probably run a combat with enemy spell casters at some point in your games. Inevitably, the first time a DM tries this something almost always goes wrong. Mages are particularly hard to use in combat scenarios in D&D because they can so easily tip the scales of …
Play-by-post is a way to play RPGs over a mail, chat, or messaging service. Play-by-post DnD is specifically using this play-by-post system in tandem with the DnD rule set. While there are some alterations to the normal DnD rules, play-by-post is fairly accessible for anyone who wants to play DnD. If you’re interested in learning …
Towns, cities, and villages all appear heavily in Dungeons and Dragons adventures, but have you ever really stopped to think about why? We use them in our games frequently, but without properly thinking about them they can feel flat, uninviting, and lifeless. Let’s talk about how to make your DnD towns feel alive. Why DnD …
Any GM out there can run a guild, tavern, or simple government in their game with just the basic game rules (DMG 17-19, 21-22). While the rules and mechanics for any institution are fairly straightforward, making these things feel like a living, breathing part of the game is a whole different story. To make an …
With all their complexities and room for narrative exploration, Guilds are often a staple of the fantasy roleplay world. Using guilds in your DnD games makes a ton of sense given the nature of the game, its rules, and how stories are generally set up and presented. In DnD 5e there are already some great …
While there are plenty of map generators out there, sometimes you want your own hand drawn town map for your DnD campaign. You might not think of yourself as an artist. You may have never made a map before. But you can draw a town map from scratch just by following some simple steps and …
Governments are complicated and replicating them in DnD is no easy feat. Because they add a lot of new, complex mechanics to interact with, it’s easy to see why hardcore world builders would want to install a government system in the fantasy world they are creating. However, governments are hard to simulate even with a …
Black paint is an essential material for all miniature painters. There’s no getting around it: we need it for bases, undercoating, glazing, and washing, and black is a color that gets mixed with a lot of other paints. We go through it faster than any other color. But there’s a problem. The cycle of buying …
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Your party walks into a room and the door shuts behind them. Instead of impending doom waiting for them, they instead find a long, narrow path suspended over a deep, dark pit where they cannot see the bottom. Across the narrow path on the other side of the room is a door. This seems straightforward …
Spell casting is generally considered a common, natural thing in Dungeons and Dragons. Wizards cast spells that they learn and study, Sorcerers cast spells from the innate will within themselves, and Bards cast spells from being sexy (just kidding!). Magical creatures cast spells too. For all the ways that magic is cast in DnD, very …
