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I have been busy during this lock-down time, a surprising amount actually. My job is unaffected by all of this so its hasn’t really felt real. However one of my friends decided to DM again, and in a One Piece D&D setting. So scrounging around we found the One Piece d20 system. We found the […]
A homebrew setting is something special, and it says a lot about a person. With it, ambition is shown, and interesting stories created. Best of all is the fun time’s with your group. The first homebrew setting I made was rough, it took heavy inspiration from Matt Colville’s videos and minor inspiration from Critical Role. […]
As a DM your players will pull stupid things every session. We all have those story’s we share and laugh together with our group. The fondest memories are made this way, and the in-jokes will always abound. Below are two stories from two different groups I’ve run and how they fooled me or created funny […]
Image by Pete Linforth from Pixabay Below is a short story I wrote almost a year ago, It is set in the Broken Lands and details Dragon’s attacking the capital of Whitecrest. This is something I was inspired to write because of D&D, and I hope you enjoy reading it! It helped to absorb my mind into […]
Making Something You Want to Run A campaign pitch is important. Every Campaign you run in D&D will last anywhere from a few sessions to years. For you, it will become a second life, whether it be a pre-built campaign or a home-brew one. A good campaign pitch can properly set expectations, and a bad […]
The Want to Do Something New With the current campaign in DND being the second-longest I have run, and it seems to begin going to a natural conclusion prep has, of course, began on a new campaign. This time lessons have been learned in world-building, and a new idea has sprung forth. To build the world around […]
Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay NPCs, The Many Faces of a DM What can arguably be considered as the most important part of the game, non-player characters are who the players talk with and will spend the most time with. From simple monsters to noble paladin’s these figures have to be just distinct enough to […]
Image by MasterTux from Pixabay Making Adventures Adventures are fun right? They are the most challenging thing to make, a single one can last a campaign or just a few sessions. This will also touch a little on individual session making but know that I still struggle with pacing and difficulty of combat encounters. Now […]
Or so everyone wants you to think. This is a summary of a years’ worth of experience world-building in D&D, and most of it was me winging it!
This is the second part of the Article A Year of Running D&D and Deadlands Part 1. It continues the story of my first year as a dungeon master, covering the last six month’s of it. This is really a story about friends, and being inspired to do more.