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On a recent Mastering Dungeons podcast, Teos and his co-host discussed how sales volume on the DM's Guild has dropped dramatically over the last 2-4 years, and how many people who got their start on the Guild have moved on to write for other companies. There was mention made of groups putting...

I've been running an adventure for 20th+ level characters (lots of epic boons, enemies of all types that they have to defend a point against for a time period). I've found that many creature types or factions have a very narrow band of useful CRs. Yugoloths cap out around CR 13, most of the...

Aside from getting play-testers to review modules/campaigns after you post them, how does everyone who isn't a well-known publisher get people to read and review your work? The very few review blogs I have found are either not 5e any more, not updated any more, or are backlogged and not...

This game is a classic for a lot of us, and a couple of years ago I was bit by the "Can I make this in D&D?" bug. The answer is "In a land over-run with monsters and minions of Dracula, every night is a horrible night to be under a curse." Each wielding a powerful item to a family legacy...

I'm doing a D&D adaptation of the Twelve Labors of Hercules, which will end up on the DM's Guild once I'm done playtesting. I get these ideas and go "Hmm, that would be fun..." The Augean Stables adaptation involves trying to burgle a dragon's lair for a specific item while fixing a blocked...

This is not a place of honor. No highly esteemed deed is commemorated here. Nothing valued is here. What is here is dangerous and repulsive to us. The danger is still present in your time, as it was in ours. This place is best shunned and left uninhabited. Has anyone written an adventure...

One of my players has been attending by Discord the last couple of weeks. He recently had a terminally ill family member move in with him. That family member went on hospice recently with a very short time left to live. He was late logging on to the game last night after making the drive home...

If your 11 year old wanted to be a DM, what is the one best resource you would point that kid to? I know there are several books out there. There are also a number of websites, although some (Angry DM) are not child appropriate. I'm specifically wanting something that covers the basics of...

We have some discussions going about why people don't play high level campaigns, and how there's not a lot written for that levels. Maybe someone will write something that will take off, prompted by this thread? IRL I'm already running Baldur's Gate II from 1 to 20ish (2 years in), and...

We have a player out in my Sunday game (only 3 players), so I'm probably going to run a one shot for my other 2 players to try out some other character class. We could have 1-2 guests. We have about 2.5 hours of play time. Any recommendations for a great low-prep 1-shot? I am considering just...

Pay them in silver instead! From Bret Devereaux: https://acoup.blog/2025/01/03/collections-coinage-and-the-tyranny-of-fantasy-gold/ There's a level 0 to 5 campaign idea in here, where the PCs go from level 0 commoners to landed warriors with good gear. Add a couple of layers of magic items in...

I know some people are putting out full-fledged illustrated books on the DM's Guild, complete with lots of art. Examples include the Hell-themed Asmodeus one last year, the Honkonomicon, and more. At the high end with the right team and a near-guarantee of selling a couple of thousand copies...

After a discussion in the Weapon Mastery/Complexity thread, I was listening to Ginny D's D&D with ADHD video and realized that my cleric who can't remember some of his class abilities or find things quickly on his character sheet is probably ADHD or ADD. I have designed a one-page character...

What are your favorite crafting systems / DM's Guild publications for 5e? Magic Item pricing? I'm aware of the Sane Magic Item pricing and am not a fan of the huge numbers and over-complication in it. I'd like something better than the basic DMG "around X-Y range per rarity" though.

I am planning an upcoming campaign that could involve infiltration and/or attack of multiple noble families living in the same city. I don't want to re-use the same map, and I also don't want to have to re-invent the layout of a 20-50 room manor every single time. Most of the "manor" maps on...

I'm running a Baldur's Gate II game. The Harper in the party is not working to steer the Bhaalspawn towards good; rather the opposite. He has been onboard with the group's decision to work for a vampire because she was more up-front and cheaper. They have attacked the living to destroy stakes...

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...