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I like a little bit of realism in my DnD games. I like City Building games, and I think it's rather fun to try and have some elements of the economy in my DnD world. By implementing a couple of things that emulate the economy, it made my merchant/shop/guilds more interesting and believable, and today we will take a look at those ideas.
In the last episode, we are looking at ways how not to make an Epic Wizards Tower. That video made me sick, I got the plague(the flu) for the following week so this video is me trying to wrestle with the flu, my tendencies for rambling and the English Language. Today, we are looking at ideas on how to make fantasy maps for Dungeons and Dragons, that you can use at your table, enjoy.
Organizing your game is one of the most significant pain points running D&D. You need to manage a group of people with different life schedules and ensure that everyone can participate in your game. And of course, there is last moment flaking and countless other things that Dungeon Master needs to take into consideration when running a game effectively.
One of the biggest problems in running a sandbox campaign, in my opinion, is the scale problem and the biggest of them all - burnout since you probably will need to prepare more than one or couple things before the session. In this blog post, we will take a look at how I deal with these scale problems and what do I do to avoid burnout, that could happen rather fast if not managed well.
Look, there are many ways to create conflict with your villains. Sometimes Dungeon Masters get a little bit overboard giving reacquiring Villians more powers, followers and other things that make your players go - what? Today I will be dwelling on how to run your villains organically, create more conflict in your campaign, and have more fun while doing so.
Yes, we all know that flaws make the characters Interesting. BUT, let's try to find some angles here on how to have FUN, playing up these flawed character roles for ourselves. So let's find some ways you could enjoy being a total shmuck while playing an unbalanced mess of a character, not suited for the best damage rolls, but in the long run, getting something more fabulous than that in return.
Goblins are one of the most Iconic fantasy creatures. In Dungeons and Dragons, Dungeon Masters tend to use Goblins more for lower-level play. Sometimes, they even overuse them by making dull encounters for the party to level up. They are small, fragile, and any adventuring party could squash them in their way. But as a representative of the Dungeon Goblin here, I cannot have this. Killing and using Goblins just for low-level encounters must stop today. Goblin lives matter and Goblins must prevail, and today we will be looking at ways to creatively use them in our combat encounters.
I thought to myself, could I use some of these "tactics” for my Dungeons and Dragons encounters? Could I implement real-life military tactics in D&D? I tried doing that at my table, and oh boy, how did that changed things. Let's explore the basic ideas of tactics and how to use them in Dungeons and Dragons to make your encounters more engaging and fun for your table.
When writing many characters for your RPG game, how do you find inspiration to distinguish your NPCs from the player's characters? The answer is not the easiest, in my opinion, especially when you need to tie them with your story that you are planning to make as a Dungeon Master. These are a couple of ways that I find inspiration for the characters that appear in my games. With these tips, I find something to write even if I have nothing but a blank page looking at me, looking at me like a buffoon.
If you have a Spotify, even better, Spotify Premium, this post is for you. There are many ways to enhance your games with music, yet most of the time, searching for the right soundtracks on Youtube is somewhat uncomfortable at best. If you use Spotify for your sessions and games, here is a Dungeon Goblin curated a list of soundtracks that you can use and follow for your games. The list most of the time is renewed, and feedback is excellent for what kind of soundtracks would like to see in the future.
There are many ways to improve your game, but if you will not have a good atmosphere at the table a good puzzle or a good combat encounter will not save the game in the long run. Today we will be looking at the things that could make your game better in means of atmosphere for your players and yourself.
Villages are not the most exciting places in DnD. Most of the time, a village is a place for your players that just started the campaign or in the long run, a stop to rest up between adventures that lead the players to Dungeons or other Quest Locations. But that doesn’t mean that they have to be boring or don’t have something to do with them. The opposite, if you craft your village well, there could be plenty of things to explore for your players and stories to craft if you do it well.
So you decided you are going to do a campaign or a one-shot? But you still struggling with many convoluted ideas, unclear story you want to tell, well this post will teach you the essential things to get you started as soon as possible to get the game running in no time.
