Five changes you should make to your D&D 5e magic system right now
I’ve been running a lot more...
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Author: John Arcadian
Make The Most of Passive Modes in D&D and Other Games
A recent multi-session traipse through the Tomb...
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Five changes to make to the mechanics of your 5e D&D games right now
I’m a big fan of a lot of what 5e...
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Digital Gaming Changed Me – I Don’t Think I’m Ever Going Back To Minis…
Digital gaming during the pandemic has changed...
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Are You Using Your Game Night Checklist?
A move to virtual has had me running many...
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A Super Simple System for Contacts in D&D 5E (or nearly any other game)
The last week or so I’ve been building out...
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Resurrecting the Mini-Map in TTRPGs, especially online
During the pandemic and the stressful events of...
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My Secret to Compelling Lore – Random Encounter Lists To Hook Into Setting Tropes
Random encounter lists have been around forever...
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Rolling with Default (or Passive) Initiative
As I’ve begun to move back to D&D online...
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Confession Time – Reddit and Trello are like, 90 percent of my game prep these days
Over the last year or so I’ve ditched...
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Taking The Research Roll To The Real World – A Meta Experiment
Player: Okay, we know the cult got their...
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The end of your game NEEDS denouement
I just recently finished a playthrough of Final...
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You’re not getting the most you can out of your inspiration points
I tend to be a very generous Game Master. I give...
Read MoreCharging A Meta Tax
When I was in my Monday night Zoom game this week, the...
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How Infinitas DM Saved My Digital Mapping
Around 9 or 10 months ago I built myself a...
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