The Wyld Twins: A Fey Double Warlock Patron for 5e D&D
So I had a friend of mine who came to me with an interesting request. They came to me with the idea that they’d like to be patronized–patron-ated– be-patroned? They wanted to make a...
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Are We There Yet: 3 Ways to Make Travel Exciting in Your D&D 5e Game
Today, I want to talk about a problem that I see arising in a lot of people’s games that never seemed give J.R.R. Tolkien trouble. The walk from the Shire to the Crack of...
Scum & Villainy Warstory #5: Mink’s Best Day Ever
Little late this week, I realize, but I got these next four weeks all formatted and codified, and if you’ve never tried to compress down five hours of game-time into a coherent narrative you...
You Should Try “Dungeon World”: A Dungeon-Punk Fantasy RPG Powered by the Apocalypse
If you like Dungeons and Dragons, but find yourself in need of something new (like I did), the perfect next game on your road to tabletop nirvana is probably Dungeon World. I promised to...
Player Types: The 4 Love Languages of D&D 5e (and every other TRPG)
This is not an article about Player Romance, topics of sexuality or love at the table, or anything of that nature. This a DM tool for engaging Tabletop Roleplayers through cunning use of psychology...
Campaign Pitches: 5 Ideas for Your Classic D&D 5e Campaign
Since we got so much great feedback on our last Campaign Pitch article, I figured we’d go ahead and spin off some more ideas, focusing this time on the classic D&D experience. By that,...
Scum & Villainy Warstory #4: Microwaves and Marines
It’s been a while, but we’ve finally gotten our internet situation worked out (mostly) at the Drake house, which means that for the past three weeks, I’ve got no legitimate reason –beyond being an...
05 May 2020: The Way Ahead
Hey, folks. Just wanted to put in a quick note about the health and wellbeing of the site and the way forward as I see it. It’s a short one, so if you are...
3 Ways to Make D&D 5e Combat Faster
So today, I want to discuss three ways that I’ve found to make D&D 5e combat a faster experience. Consider this: the night’s going great. Your players are actually engaged, teasing out clues, putting...
D&D 5e Warstory: Quantum Dragons and The DM’s One Job
So, the schedule fell apart a little there. I’ll admit, between the world catching fire, adding new markets to keep my farm up and running, and Camp NaNoWriMo eating my lunch, I’ve been looking...
Steal This D&D 5e Magic Item: Self-Driving Spikes
If I had to point to the moment where Dungeons and Dragons really clicked for me, I’d level my indicting finger at the first time I ever got an Immovable Rod. It was such...
