Roleplaying in DnD is not always just between the player characters and your NPCs. One often missed experience is the roleplaying that happens between the player characters themselves. It’s easy to find yourself in a rut of shuffling your characters from one location to the next and from encounter to encounter, completely missing these player …
Have you ever had a bad session as a DM? Did you ever think your story was bad or characters were flat? This happens to even the most experienced dungeon masters. You’ll always have times that you’re not at the top of your game. And you know what? That’s okay. Because being a dungeon master …
They look a lot alike. They smell a lot alike. If you’re using a brush-on primer and lick your brushes back to a point after rinsing (and you should lick your brushes back to a point), they even taste a lot alike. But paint and primers aren’t the same. And you shouldn’t use paint as …
In a previous article we talked about why the rules for crafting potions in DnD 5e are insufficient for most players and DMs. Today we’d like to share with you a spell based option to allow your casters to create potions in the game without spending 200 days crafting them. This is a homebrew spell, …
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Every couple of months, be it on Twitter, Discord, or Reddit, the same thread seems to pop up: “How do I deal with the min-maxer in my group?” How do I DEAL WITH the min-maxer in my group? Sigh. I know in the past we’ve written about min-maxers. Twice. And honestly, those articles are based …
How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Min-Maxer Read More »
There simply aren’t enough potions in DnD. To rectify this problem as a Dungeon Master, all you need to do is make some of your own. But how do you create potions? This guide will teach you not only how to select potion effects, but also how to turn any spell into a potion in …
After reviewing Field Notes’ amazing 5e Character Journals it was brought to our attention that they also made 5e Game Master Journals as well. With this news, we simply couldn’t resist looking deeper into this product to give our honest opinion on how it might help you in your game. Let’s dive right into it! …
Combat encounters are critical to running a successful Dungeons and Dragons campaign. As a DM there are plenty of times where you’ll be put in a position where designing engaging and thoughtful encounters will be a must for an upcoming session. So how do you go about designing an encounter? What makes an encounter good? …
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Dungeons and Dragons is a fantastic roleplaying game with deep lore, fun mechanics, and more than its fair share of expensive components. But what if we told you that you can play free Dungeons and Dragons games? Most people who play DnD have shelled out a pretty penny to get the rule books, dice, miniatures, …
Play DnD Without Spending Any Money: Free Dungeons and Dragons Read More »
Recently we met with a member of the ElderBrain team to talk about their latest project, Crown of the Oathbreaker, a 5e compatible dark fantasy campaign setting. Not only is the project successfully backed on Kickstarter, but it hit its first goal in 24 hours. This comes to us as no surprise as they’ve really …
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