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We believe in making games that are as easy to pick up and play as possible. With every product, we ask ourselves “how can we make this easier to run?” in an attempt to bring more people into the game and ensure that even the busiest people can get to the table come game night.

DM Resources

Here’s a collection of useful tools and other tricks of the trade for any aspiring DM. It includes affiliate links for all the campaign and rulebooks (which partially support us), as well as tools for generating free maps, level-appropriate encounters, and other useful stuff!

5E: Making Cursed Items

5E: Making Cursed Items

Cursed items are objects of power that negatively affect the user against their will. Sometimes a cursed item provides a tempting benefit along with the negative effect, or it influences the user’s mind to make them unwilling to part with it. Sometimes, the curse doesn’t bother the user at all or can be used to their benefit.

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5e: Best Magic Items for Each Class

5e: Best Magic Items for Each Class

One of the most exciting aspects of wandering and plundering the worlds of D&D is the loot that you find along the way. From ancient swords to cursed tomes, there’s plenty of treasure to find as you adventure. Though, some items are better than others depending on your class.

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5e: Mastering The Action Economy

5e: Mastering The Action Economy

The action economy measures how many acts creatures or groups can do in a round of combat. In a 5e round—six in-game seconds—a creature can do: one action, one bonus action, one reaction, one free object interaction (like unsheathing a blade), move up to their speed.

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D&D 5e: Beginner DM Tips

D&D 5e: Beginner DM Tips

Start small; develop the world as you go. You should also be enjoying yourself when playing. Take inspiration from everywhere. Don’t bother studying the rulebook; study key basics, then learn as you go. Embrace chaos, stop the game when needed, and adapt the world to the party. 

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5e: How to Run Horror Adventures

5e: How to Run Horror Adventures

The horror genre covers a broad spectrum of scenarios. What unites them are the feelings of mounting dread and powerlessness. Though D&D 5e is ultimately about acquiring power and beating the odds, you can still achieve a riveting horror experience through narrative and careful tweaking.

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5e: Slow vs Haste

5e: Slow vs Haste

In older editions, there was a clear winner between Slow and Haste. In 5e, however, they are equally useful but in different contexts. Against a group of weak-ish enemies, you want to use Slow to control the battlefield. Against a single foe, Haste is better to maximize your action economy.

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5e Grappling: Build a Luchador Extraordinaire

5e Grappling: Build a Luchador Extraordinaire

n 5e, grappling lets you keep an opponent from moving, forcefully move them, or even make them an easier target. You can drag them out of cover, make sure the rogue can Sneak Attack (depending on turn order), keep them Prone to give your allies advantage, and combo with Feats for extra nastiness. 

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5e Gold: All that Glitters Shouldn’t be Gold

5e Gold: All that Glitters Shouldn’t be Gold

1 gp is roughly 100 USD. Characters can spend money on lifestyle, transportation, toolsets, magic items/services—depending on playstyle—even on training and real estate. Often, adventuring is so lucrative that PCs hoard cool stuff in a way that feels unearned. But it doesn’t have to be so.

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