Dear Readers, welcome back to our Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) blog! Today, we embark on a journey through the myriad themes and genres that can shape your D&D campaigns. The beauty of D&D lies in its flexibility and the vast creative potential it offers both Dungeon Masters (DMs) and players. Whether you’re a seasoned DMContinue reading “Campaign Themes: Exploring Different Genres in D&D Campaigns”
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Campaign Structure Strategies
Dear Readers, welcome again to another exciting exploration into the intricate world of tabletop role-playing games! Whether you’re a seasoned Dungeon/Game Master or a curious adventurer just starting your journey, one of the key elements that can significantly impact your game is the structure of your campaign. The way you organize your narrative, encounters, andContinue reading “Campaign Structure Strategies”
My Top 10 Awesome Campaign Ideas
One of the most exciting parts of playing D&D is creating and running campaigns. A campaign is a series of connected adventures that take place in a shared world. As a Dungeon Master (DM), it is your responsibility to come up with engaging campaign ideas that will keep your players invested and entertained. In thisContinue reading “My Top 10 Awesome Campaign Ideas”
World Building Post: City of Red Fern
As I may have said before, Dear Readers, I’ve been having one heck of a week. My hot water heater went out couple weeks ago and all I’ve been doing since then, it seems, is dealing with contractors, restoration people, and the insurance company. This is made getting things done here quite the challenge, toContinue reading “World Building Post: City of Red Fern”
Well, It Finally Happened…
Dear Readers, I am so irritated right now. Throughout this whole pandemic, I had successfully avoided any and all contact with Covid and possible exposure. Until now. And although I am vaccinated, and although I am asymptomatic, I am choosing to quarantine for the next 10 days. What this means for me and y’all isContinue reading “Well, It Finally Happened…”
How-To DM: Strongholds & Businesses
One of the cool things about tabletop games, especially with D&D, is the idea that, during the course of adventures, the party can acquire (and sometimes “acquire” if you catch my meaning…) various things that aren’t traditionally considered treasure. What am I talking about? I’m talking about businesses and strongholds. Maybe the king granted theContinue reading “How-To DM: Strongholds & Businesses”
[Insert Fill-In Post] Explanation to Follow
So my Sunday group has finished Rime of the Frostmaiden, and I looked up something for them to play, and settled on running Dragon Heist. Due to the rather…prestigiously large number of times I’ve run this, as well as the fact that they are still in chapter 1, I won’t be recounting their adventures asContinue reading “[Insert Fill-In Post] Explanation to Follow”
Xanathar & How-To DM: Character Creation Guidelines
First and foremost, before I get into anything else, or do anything else, here he is, in all of his hateful and dreadful glory, The Xanathar: Isn’t he just the cutest?! Just…that way he looks like he’s going to either not kill you outright or disintegrate you? And even from the rear, you just KNOWContinue reading “Xanathar & How-To DM: Character Creation Guidelines”
Let’s Do Some World Building
Dear Readers, I apologize for a lack of post this last Friday. Both yourdorkmaterials and I were swamped. Thanks for your understanding! So we’ve talked a lot about building adventures, and encounters, and campaigns, etc…But what if we want to build a world? Well, that’s what we are going to look at doing today, andContinue reading “Let’s Do Some World Building”
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