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.
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.
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!
Unofficial D&D content produced in a hobbyist or semi-professional fashion is broadly called homebrew by the game’s community. A lot of homebrew comes from players’ unmet needs by the official content or creators’ desires to explore the possibilities of D&D as a medium/set of mechanics.
When rolling an ability check or saving throw in D&D, success is determined by reaching a predecided number called a Difficulty Class (DC). Some DCs are already set by certain monster or character stats, while others are made by the DM at the table. But how do you set them?
Magic shops are a long-standing trope of D&D that often clash with the worldbuilding around it. Their existence, distribution, and stocks inform the player experience with what they imply about magic in your setting and what the players can buy from as mundane a fashion as commerce.
Whenever a character reaches a level in D&D 5e where they would gain an Ability Score Improvement (ASI), they can instead take a feat. Many players are unsure of what their best options are or which ones are catered to their class. So which are the best feats and for which class?
The barbarian goes into a rage and charges through a campfire to attack. The DM doesn’t have a stat block for the fire. How much does it hurt when quantifying it in hit points? This is where we must improvise damage.
Exploration is one of the three pillars of D&D—and the most misunderstood. Let’s explore what makes it more than just going from point A to B.
Playing support in D&D 5e is hardcore. Built right, it allows you to be a multitool outside combat, and a shaper of combat within it. What’re the best things to consider?
Focusing on tactics and mechanics can make fights drag. How can we make combat faster and less boring?
On the go? Listen to the audio version of the article here: The D&D session ended with a bang. The gnollish fiend's spiked flail missed the paladin by a narrow margin, and his slender, jet-black rapier thrusted from below like a lunging viper. As the blade dug...
Your friends have made 1st level characters, and you want a vampire as a villain. You look it up; your friends wouldn’t last a second. How did you know?
Immersion is the core of interactive storytelling. When immersed, we become engrossed in a story, think in the world’s terms, and feel real emotion from in-game events. It goes beyond mere suspension of disbelief—with the right tools, you can craft it.
