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DMing is not a Covert Power Grab
The DM initiates and shapes play; collaboration matters, but new norms that cast their creative lead as suspect risk stifling games.
Posts tagged with “Dm advice”
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The Statistical Mirage of Advantage in D&D 5th Edition
Advantage skews outcomes toward the mean, boosts easy checks more than hard ones, and its non-stacking design blunts creative tactics and tension.
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Dungeon of the Grieving Mind - Not Your Typical Dungeon!
A level-5 DnD 5e grief-themed dungeon born from slain innocents, mixing environmental hazards and moral trials across five evocative chambers.
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Narrative Landscapes - More Engaging TTRPG Travel
Transform travel by treating geography as a character, embedding hooks and implied encounters that spark curiosity and player-driven choices.
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Summon the Unusual - 3 New Spells for DnD 5e
Homebrew options for arcane pet play: animate weapons, clockwork constructs, and mephits, with balance notes, scaling, and narrative discovery hooks.
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Gritty Survival in 5e - Breathing life into Death Saves
A proposed 5e house rule ties risk to negative HP and CON saves, raising urgency, nerfing Healing Word, and making knockdowns matter again.
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Decoding D&D - The Enigma of Armor Class
Explains AC as an abstract defense working with HP to pace damage over time, guiding narration and design without literal blow-by-blow realism.
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Pitch Perfect - Using a Pitch Deck for Your D&D Campaign
Use a concise pitch deck to attract the right players by outlining premise, tone, rules, schedule, and boundaries, plus tools and templates to get started.
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Decoding D&D - What the heck are Hit Points Anyway?
HP in D&D are an abstract tool shaped by the DM to set tone and stakes, not literal wounds, evolving across editions to serve fun.
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You Have the Power - Places of Power in D&D
High-risk magical sites let casters supercharge spells via attunement and metamagic checks with failure risks and rarity tiers, giving DMs rich hooks.