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Become the forever DM and never have to deal with the problem to begin with

Become the forever DM and never have to deal with the problem to begin with.

It’s harder to do (for me anyway), but instead of my players feeling afraid their characters are going to die, I attempt to make them...

I know there’s games that use dice pools for DM’s but for me the idea came from trying to implement a Doom Mechanic as per Conan 2D20. I...

I love the Cup of Doom. Genius.

I don't do that but I have had a dragon take the mule of a 2nd level party as they made camp. They didn't lose any important gear as it...

Great blogpost. There’s two ways I’ve baked fear into my 5E game. 1. Roll initiative every round: A D6 gets rolled by one of the...

My best tip for Real Fear is run an Old School Style Hard Fun Unfair Unbalanced Game. Just Random Meaningless Character Death at any...

I think the DM was trying to be spontaneously dramatic without knowing they were pulling the rug out from underneath you when they had...

One thing I did was have the patrons ultimate goal line up with the parties. Had a warlock player whose patron was vecna. The big...

One of the things I like about the gritty, grimdark world of the Witcher is how the local people fear and dislike Witchers. It keeps...

Currently, I’m running a dungeon crawl, and the only source of light that works is a magic crystal. It’s the only thing that can...

I use the D&D beyond character sheet, and also a cue card for my 13th level fighter. I put all the to hit bonuses and damage options, as...