Do your monsters bore you? Are your fights uninteresting? I’ve run into this problem. It is an issue plaguing many DMs. However, it is easy to fix. I stopped doing the minimum. I made a list of criteria, looked at each encounter, and decided if it was missing things from that. So take a page…
Take a Page from my Book: 10 Best D&D Spell Scrolls
Dungeons Masters, have you ever wanted to fill up a hoard, but had no clue what to put in it? Did you stare at the pages and nothing jumped out at you? Sure, you’re adding in more potions now, but it still isn’t quite varied enough. What do you do? What else is there? Let…
Take a Page from my Book: 10 Best D&D Potions
It sucks when players don’t like their loot, doesn’t it? As Dungeons and Dragons players adventure and quest, they invariably gain more magical gear. It’s exciting! Eventually, though, they’ll get something nobody’s interested in having. Maybe that’s just how things turned out? Maybe you thought it’d be neat for them to find a magic pick…
Playing to the Hilt: Orcs
Dungeons and Dragons, even fantasy in general, has few villains more iconic than the classic orc. If goblins are the weak fodder, orcs are the monstrous marauders bent on pillaging and plundering. Recent trends have shown an effort to make orcs grow beyond that standard. That’s all well and good, namely for newer settings. However,…
Playing to the Hilt: Goblins
Among fantasy, and Dungeons and Dragons specifically, goblins have played a simple role. Namely, they’re fodder for fledgling adventurers to cut through. They are the mean, crude, destructive little creatures and most common folk would be far happier without them. And yet, there’s a strong appeal to them. A sort of mischievousness is implicit in…
Playing to the Hilt: Tieflings
Tieflings. You can call them “planetouched,” you can call them “demi-humans,” but nowadays, they’re presented (by many players) as “mega-angst devil-teen super-emo edgelords.” All too often, a player sees only the superficial features of being a tiefling. Ironically, it’s more tragic than their own tragic backstories. This leads some folks to balk at even allowing…
Playing to the Hilt: Dragonborn
Classical fantasy races have withstood the test of time. They’re staples of the genre and beloved by all. However, sometimes, you need something a little bit different. The game is called Dungeons and Dragons, but dragons themselves are rarely seen. What better way to play up the title (and do something new) than a unique…
Playing to the Hilt: Gnomes
Branching off of the more classical fantasy races, gnomes in Dungeons and Dragons can be easily written off as being knock-off halflings or shrimpy elves. Few people give them much mind beyond that, as they’re even harder to find than halflings. But what is there to them, really? In this post I’ll provide exactly what…
Playing to the Hilt: Halflings
A lesser known, but equally important race, halflings are a more diminutive folk who often stand in the shadows of other races. A common misconception of halflings paints them as lazy, gluttonous, bumpkins who aren’t good for much at best and might pick your pockets at worst. This is an unfair assessment and occasionally is…
Playing to the Hilt: Elves
In wild forests, in lost towers, and even in the darkest depths of the world (and beyond) live one of the most iconic races in all of fantasy. Elves are as varied as their lifespan is long but all share in common certain magical traits and outlooks that more mundane men lack. It isn’t the…
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