D&D General Your quick post-it-note DM reminder
BookTenTiger
He / Him
This is a great thread for quick-bite DM advice!
Vaalingrade
Legend
It would be the stat block for an NPC that says something mildly antagonistic to the PCs, thus kicking of a session of plotting and revenge in case I don't have an idea for the week.
Tales and Chronicles
Jewel of the North, formerly know as vincegetorix
Weather is part of a journey's or battle's challenge. Dont skip it.
toucanbuzz
No rule is inviolate
Stumpy
Stumpy is the 3-legged dog that started as background flavor in our campaign that I made up on the fly. He has now become a legend in our campaign, even so much that when invaded, I handed out NPC cards to players to control, and people wanted to play Stumpy. In 20+ years of DMing, I've made up innumerable NPCs, but I've never had players latch onto anything like they have Stumpy.
"Stumpy" is a metaphor for remembering to let the game go wherever it may go, to create colorful, meaningful scenes that tag the senses, that NPCs make the gaming world come alive, and to pay attention to how the players react to your world more so than how you originally scripted it.
Since that metaphor won't fit on a post-it note, it has to be Stumpy. My advice: find your Stumpy reminder.
Stumpy is the 3-legged dog that started as background flavor in our campaign that I made up on the fly. He has now become a legend in our campaign, even so much that when invaded, I handed out NPC cards to players to control, and people wanted to play Stumpy. In 20+ years of DMing, I've made up innumerable NPCs, but I've never had players latch onto anything like they have Stumpy.
"Stumpy" is a metaphor for remembering to let the game go wherever it may go, to create colorful, meaningful scenes that tag the senses, that NPCs make the gaming world come alive, and to pay attention to how the players react to your world more so than how you originally scripted it.
Since that metaphor won't fit on a post-it note, it has to be Stumpy. My advice: find your Stumpy reminder.
Tales and Chronicles
Jewel of the North, formerly know as vincegetorix
Action economy is the ultimate equalizer in an encounter; try to put challenging encounters with enough enemies or threats to equal the action allotment of the party they face.
Swarmkeeper
Hero
This
MichaelSomething
Legend
DMs don't plan; they improvise.
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