How to Build a Dungeon for D&D 5e: What is a Dungeon?
This question gets bandied around an awful lot with new DMs. The fact that the game is titled Dungeons and Dragons sort of keys the prospective game runners that two things have to make...
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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...
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...
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...
5 D&D Campaign Ideas and Pitches for Your Classic 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,...
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...
Homebrew 5e Monster Monday: Chatterhound, a Terrifying Undead tracking beast for D&D 5e
I’m on an undead kick. I think I’ve made my case pretty clearly last week regarding their inherent punchability and universal applicability. They are my favorite chassis to strap fun mechanics and deadly surprises...
5e Homebrew Monster Monday: The Heart Collector, a Valentines Day Devil for D&D 5e
So, Monster Monday is a bit late, and that means that so too is Throwdown Thursday. It’s been a crazy week. My wife had a birthday on Monday and I’ve been trying to get...
Steal This D&D 5e Magic Item: Jug of Bad Ideas
Some of you might remember back when I spoke about the information economy of Dungeons and Dragons, that weird conceit to the shared fiction that basically goes as follow: The DM knows all there...
