Topic: Thoughts & Tools
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Shopping Spree!
Players spending their amassed wealth can be boring. Players flip through 4 books trying to find the mechanically optimal item for their character. As a DM you’re left to stare at a table full of people doing this. Then there’s always the one player...
Players spending their amassed wealth can be boring. Players flip through 4 books trying to find the mechanically optimal item for their character. As a DM you’re left to stare at a table full of people doing this. Then there’s always the one player...
3 days ago
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Yax posted a blog entry
Shopping Spree!
Buying new magical arsenals should be exciting, not a book scanning snorefest! I give you tips to turn your shopping trip into...
Buying new magical arsenals should be exciting, not a book scanning snorefest! I give you tips to turn your shopping trip into...
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The Divine Summons
Think about divine characters you have played with in the past, even some of those you have played yourself. How many of them never developed a personality beyond who they worshiped? In my sad experience, far too many divine characters never escape the...
Think about divine characters you have played with in the past, even some of those you have played yourself. How many of them never developed a personality beyond who they worshiped? In my sad experience, far too many divine characters never escape the...
5 days ago
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The Divine Summons
Explore the possibilities of divine characters, from the doubting cleric to the frightening zealot.
Explore the possibilities of divine characters, from the doubting cleric to the frightening zealot.
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You Want to Do What?! The Art of Improv in GMing (Part 4)
Focusing on your players is one of the most important things you can do as a DM besides actually showing up to the game. As an...
Focusing on your players is one of the most important things you can do as a DM besides actually showing up to the game. As an...
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You Want to Do What?! The Art of Improv in GMing (Part 3)
Not every player interaction can be a violent confrontation resolved at the business end of a longsword. No, seriously.
Not every player interaction can be a violent confrontation resolved at the business end of a longsword. No, seriously.
Yax posted a blog entry
Making Old Mechanics New Again
New ways to use the old rules for diseases, skill challenges and traps.
New ways to use the old rules for diseases, skill challenges and traps.
Yax posted a blog entry
Fantastic Festivals!
Tips for building your own fantasy holidays and sample celebrations, such as the drow Festival of Webs.
Tips for building your own fantasy holidays and sample celebrations, such as the drow Festival of Webs.
Yax posted a blog entry
How to Turn Your Campaign into a Greek Epic!
Make your game a Greek myth with a few simple house rules and attitude adjustments. Plus the latest release from Expy Games!
Make your game a Greek myth with a few simple house rules and attitude adjustments. Plus the latest release from Expy Games!
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Geeks Next Door – Not a Big Deal
Are there any pointers that you guys would give us? What would be your mindset going into the wizard's tower?
Are there any pointers that you guys would give us? What would be your mindset going into the wizard's tower?
Yax posted a blog entry
The D&D Fourth Edition Time Machine
I teach you how to run a 4e game with the old school flavor of 2e.
I teach you how to run a 4e game with the old school flavor of 2e.
Yax posted a blog entry
How to Mind Read Your Players!
Your players are dropping clues of what they want all the time. I tell you where to look!
Your players are dropping clues of what they want all the time. I tell you where to look!
Yax posted a blog entry
The Five Maxims of the Dungeon Master
The five most important rules for being a dungeon master.
The five most important rules for being a dungeon master.
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30 Fiction Writing Tips That Will Make You A Better DM (part 3)
In the spring of 2007 I did not work. I wrote. A lot! This was before I started writing for Dungeon Mastering. I was writing a...
In the spring of 2007 I did not work. I wrote. A lot! This was before I started writing for Dungeon Mastering. I was writing a...
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30 Fiction Writing Tips That Will Make You A Better DM (part 2)
My stint as an aspiring novelist made me a better writer and a better storyteller. I thought I’d share a few writing...
My stint as an aspiring novelist made me a better writer and a better storyteller. I thought I’d share a few writing...
Yax posted a blog entry
30 Fiction Writing Tips That Will Make You A Better DM (part 1)
My stint as an aspiring novelist made me a better writer and a better storyteller. I thought I'd share a few writing...
My stint as an aspiring novelist made me a better writer and a better storyteller. I thought I'd share a few writing...
Yax posted a blog entry
I’m Taking Over!
I have sent Yax and the crew on a ‘Temporary’ holiday for Halloween. While they are gone I’m in charge. So get ready for...
I have sent Yax and the crew on a ‘Temporary’ holiday for Halloween. While they are gone I’m in charge. So get ready for...
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Character Sheet Cross Dressing
I put on my eye shadow and high heels and explore gender bending....in roleplaying games!
I put on my eye shadow and high heels and explore gender bending....in roleplaying games!
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The one-shot session success formula
How to run a quick, fun session when you can't play your regular campaign.
How to run a quick, fun session when you can't play your regular campaign.
