D&D 5E Recommend a D&D resource not everybody knows about

[Patrick McGill]

I would recommend reading Ultimate Spider-Man Volume 1 issues 1-133, written by Brian Michael Bendis. This particular comic series taught me everything I needed to know about campaign pacing, session planning, and how to succeed with milestones.



EDIT: Not a formal "D&D" resource, per se, but I have offered up the same advice to many an aspiring Dungeon Master and feedback is always positive. -- Each issue is a session, each arch is a milestone, something begins and ends every session, a broader story is told over the course of an arch, etc. It's good stuff.

This is an interesting reply and definitely something I'll look into. Marvel does digital comics, right?

 

[Sacrosanct]

If you can find a copy of this, I highly recommend it. Not just for AD&D. Excellent resource for DMs

 

[SkidAce]

 

[FormerlyHemlock]

In the interests of sharing the love -- recommend a D&D resource you think is awesome, but which maybe not everybody has heard of. Maybe it's a book, a blog, a web page, an accessory, an electronic tool, a prop - if you use it in/for your D&D game, let us know what's awesome about it. Try to keep to things you have no involvement with though!

So, what awesome D&D resource do you think more folks should use?

HackSlashMaster's index of random tables: http://hackslashmaster.blogspot.com/2011/03/on-never-being-able-to-find-table-when.html

 

[guachi]

dnd-edit.tumblr.com for some absolutely amazing maps. The maps for LMoP are stunning as well as the recreation of Harlech Castle, a real castle, is almost photorealistic.

Also, I really like gamemash.com for inexpensive creature tokens. Yes, it's a commercial site, but it's good stuff and much cheaper than miniatures.

 

[FormerlyHemlock]

For those who create their own material; A series of posts that should be near mandatory reading, Node Based Scenario Design, and the Alexandrian for general excellence in DM issues.

Wow, thanks for sharing that Node-Based Scenario Design link. The Alexandrian is excellent, but I hadn't read that one before, and it's terrific!

 

[LordEntrails]

Wow, thanks for sharing that Node-Based Scenario Design link. The Alexandrian is excellent, but I hadn't read that one before, and it's terrific!

Jason is really thoughtful and a good writer. His style and thoughts resonate with me. That's one of my favorite design theory posts.

And you are welcome

 

[FormerlyHemlock]

Jason is really thoughtful and a good writer. His style and thoughts resonate with me. That's one of my favorite design theory posts.

And you are welcome

Yeah, if WotC sold adventure modules that followed his advice, I'd not only buy them, I'd also run them! (As is I tend to buy them anyway, and discard them as worthless. So I guess they have no real incentive to change their ways. )

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[Monayuris]

HackSlashMaster's index of random tables: http://hackslashmaster.blogspot.com/2011/03/on-never-being-able-to-find-table-when.html

This entire blog is absolutely amazing. Reading this blog has objectively improved my DM'ing skills.

 

[smbakeresq]

A complete index of all Dragon Magazine articles.

http://www.aeolia.net/dragondex/

And a great article from same on alignment "Alignment: A New View of the Nine Philosophies" John Lees Issue 60,page 72