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A few years ago, I got a DM screen that let me slide paper into the transparent insert pockets, similar to the covers of a 3 ring binder. I think it was this one, or something similar. Unfortunately, toner from the paper tends to stick to the inside of the inserts, causing them to be hard to...

We have a Belt of Dwarvenkind, and boots and cloaks of Elvenkind. What edition did they originate in, and why don't we have, I don't know, Vests of Halflingkind, Dragonborn pendants, a shark-tooth Necklace of Orcishness, etc.?

My boys and I recently did a real "lost in the woods" maze and had a lot of fun. They're getting close enough to being able to handle D&D instead of the simpler Hero Quest that I want to start looking for what to run them through first. I think a nice multi-level "Mad Mage's Maze" maze type...

I realized today that I seem to have some favored enemies in the modules I write as a DM. Castle Dracula (Castlevania): Undead, including lots of skeletons and some vampires. Secondary: Constructs Against the Idol of the Sun: Humanoids, specifically Aarakocra and their priests. Death...

I recently posted Ghost Farm, a 5e module for 6th level characters. Have you ever considered how hard it would be to fight a tractor with a sword or greataxe? Your players deserve to find out! This adventure traps the player characters in a small pocket plane set up by nefarious forces. They...

I did a post like this back in February 2020, and decided to revisit it. Here are the Adamantine bestsellers, representing the top 0.38% sellers. Note that if you sort by "Popularity" you'll get a different set of results, with Gold sellers (top 90%) on the 3rd or 4th page. There are 124...

(I have no connection to the authors) I saw this on the DM's Guild. Production values look good, and it's certainly amusing. Apparently it made silver status (in the 3 digit order count) within 48 hours. https://www.dmsguild.com/product/432420/Honkonomicon I like it and want to get it, but I...

Most here are probably familiar with the "Monster Manual on a single page" tool put together by Blog of Holding. Before I re-invent something, has anyone seen a "NPC statblocks on a single page" type tool? My concept is to include the base statistics we should see in a short chart: "Level" HP...

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/redpandapublish/azraels-guide-to-the-apocalypse?ref=5hqzpr This is targeted at levels 10-20, and is timeline-agnostic, so a Chaldean with a copper blade could end up in the same party as a modern-day rifleman. Red Panda published the Adventurer's Guide to...

The game I'm am a player in (IRL) had this happen last night. We're trying to catch a thief who ran from one city to another, and got the police to set up a roadblock just outside the town we think the thief was headed to. This setting is kind of steampunk-1920s, so there are cars and guns...

I'm making a "defend your lair from adventurers, while playing as goblins" mini-campaign. To do this, I'm making a bunch of PC-style adventurers, written up as monster statblocks. We all know what a basic character sheet is going to look like. Printed off of DND Beyond, it's going to be 2-3...

"Bearded devil" has always seemed like an odd name, but I discovered a possible origin yesterday: This series of Burma Shave signs hangs in the garage of the Moody Mansion, an old house (American old, not European old, it's only ca. 1895ish) in Galveston, TX that's been turned into a museum...

I'm doing a "Honey I Shrunk the Kids" sort of module, and I'd like for the party to be able to move around inside the interior walls of a wizard's mansion. I am quite certain that 2x4 framing with drywall is not period appropriate. I can justify 2x4s and plaster/drywall with "Fabricate to make...

Polls are in vogue right now, so here you go. Mine were monk (level 1-2, one-shot at FLGS) and then druid (3 or 4, land, similar).

It's not just about highway robbery. I found this to be an interesting and entertaining video. If I get to run a game in the future where there are bandits, pirates, etc. - or if we play as such - I will definitely be incorporating roadblock taxes, ransoms, franchising, and even primitive...

They should reverberate with a deep thumping noise that you feel in your spine. Somewhat more scary in some ways.

My party has completed the Mage Tower and I have Bakasura's Temple and From Ancient Grudge queued up to do next. I also have The Throne of Bone, which I'm on the fence about as it's very linear. Beyond that, I don't have anything planned until the 9th-level Myrkara's Hoard. I'm looking for...

After watching these videos (below), I estimate that 30% or more of national capitals or nations in Europe are in some fashion named after a body of water. If you're doing worldbuilding, you may appreciate these videos for insight into how place names develop over time. The same videographer...

I recently posted (Idol of the Sun campaign log on GITP) that I'm not happy with how the Aaracokra War Priest is playing out in combat. The statblock supports too many things at once while managing to deliver on none of them. I'm not a huge fan of what I've seen of Mord's, but this is a place...

I'm tired of always being the DM. I learned via reading a lot over many years, including reading plenty of articles by the very thoughtful but non-concise Angry DM. What are the top 3-5 articles you would recommend as "How to DM decently well?" I'd prefer stuff that's fairly concise and free...