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The DM List that leads to the best sessions for your story

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3D Virtual Tabletop the wrong move for One D&D?

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Does it Deliver? - Spelljammer 5E Review

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Spelljammer Academy - Is this the quality we can expect?

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Or worst? It depends on your needs - Dragons of Stormwreck Isle Review

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DM Prep: CotN - Finishing Strong

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Forget OGL, Paizo is cooking up something new

With all the controversy around the possible updates to Wizards of the Coast and Dungeons and Dragons Open Gaming License (OGL), Paizo has announced they are working to develop their own Open RPG Creative License (ORC) and have gotten several other companies on board including Kobold Press, Chaosium, Green Ronin, Legendary Games, Rogue Genius Games and what they say is a growing list of other companies.
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The DM List that leads to the best sessions for your story

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The DM List that leads to the best sessions for your story

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I talk about my one Dungeon Master habit that has served me better than any other so far in my various TTRPG games including Dungeons and Dragon's 5E and how I use Notion to execute this concept, although many other apps will work. This gives any game master the ability to use the best of the best of their ideas. Notion Template of the Board: www.notion.so/theessentialgm/0742ebbf8b714e94812fbb0...

3D Virtual Tabletop the wrong move for One D&D?

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3D Virtual Tabletop the wrong move for One D&D?

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Wizards of the Coast, along with many other announcements about One D&D, has released pre-alpha footage of a gorgeous 3D VTT. But are appearances everything? Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase. My gear: Camera - amzn.to/3dzZmsx Talking Lens - amzn...

Does it Deliver? - Spelljammer 5E Review

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Does it Deliver? - Spelljammer 5E Review

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My review of the Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition Spelljammer Box Set. Going over The Astral Adventurer's Guide, Boo's Astral Menagerie, Light of Xaryxis, the DM screen. Nautiloid Ship Map show from limithron: www.reddit.com/r/battlemaps/comments/u9g9sz/nautiloid_ship_in_deep_space_the_spelljammer/ Another Patreon Battlemap artist with Spelljammer maps: www.reddit.com/r/battlemaps/comments/wdhr...

Spelljammer Academy - Is this the quality we can expect?

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Spelljammer Academy - Is this the quality we can expect?

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Now that all four parts of the Spelljammer Academy module have been released, I give my overall thoughts in this review with spoilers for both this and some spoilers based on leaks from Light of Xaryxis from the D&D Fifth Edition Box set coming out on August 16th. This is a free prequal adventure for levels 1-4 that leads into the adventure portion of the Dungeons and Dragons 5E book included a...

Or worst? It depends on your needs - Dragons of Stormwreck Isle Review

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Or worst? It depends on your needs - Dragons of Stormwreck Isle Review

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In this video, I review of Dragons of Stormwreck Isle, the Dungeons and Dragons Starter Set released in July 2022, I go over just how simple this adventure and set is. It's a lot of handholding. Which could be good, if you're daunted by the D&D system but interested or bad if you don't want something too simple. Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero c...

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DM Prep: CotN - Finishing Strong

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In this video I go over my thoughts on running Chapter 7 - The Heart of Despair, wrapping up the campaign or possibly continuing on. We discuss the various endings and many of the mechanics of running the various forms of the final boss, Alyxian The Tormented, Alyxian the Callous, Alyxian The Dispossessed and Alyxian The Absolved to finish out the D&D 5E adventure module Call of the Netherdeep,...

Spelljammer Academy: Orientation, a promising start

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Spelljammer Academy: Orientation, a promising start

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Spelljammer Academy: Orientation dropped for free on D&D Beyond and we take a look at the adventure. This is the first part to a prequel adventure to the material in the Spelljammer Box Set. This piece of the adventure is for level 1 to 2. Finishing the prequel should get characters up to level 5, which is where the box set material will begin. Adventure link: www.dndbeyond.com/claim/source/spe...

Table of Contents Leaked - Speculation on Dragons of Stormwreck Isle Starter Set contents

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Table of Contents Leaked - Speculation on Dragons of Stormwreck Isle Starter Set contents

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Internet sleuth /u/Captmizak over on reddit has painstakingly deciphered as much as possible of the table of contents of the adventure book for Wizard's of the Coast's new Starter Set, Dragons of Stormwreck Isle which comes out on July 31 as a Target Exclusive until October. Links: Original Reddit Post - www.reddit.com/r/dndnext/comments/v0vw8o/possible_spoilers_dragons_of_stormwreck_isle/ Pict...

DM Prep - Running The Netherdeep - Chapter 6 of Call of the Netherdeep

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DM Prep - Running The Netherdeep - Chapter 6 of Call of the Netherdeep

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Talking through my thought process on running Chapter 6 of Call of the Netherdeep. Our PC's have finally reached the dungeon the book was named after. A place of psychological turmoil and physical and emotional pressure in the world of Exandria. This is the first adventure module for Dungeons and Dragons 5E set in that world. See the full playlist here: ua-cam.com/play/PLwn1l395FpPcwA2EQOTziun2...

Spelljammer 5E: The materials released so far

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Spelljammer 5E: The materials released so far

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I looked through all of the Fifth Edition released materials for Spelljammer we've seen so far and am starting to get a picture of what to expect from all those materials. Sources: DM screen close up: i.redd.it/x9t217h2gaw81.jpg Unearthed Arcana: Travelers of the Multiverse: media.wizards.com/2021/dnd/downloads/UA2021_TravelersoftheMultiverse.pdf WizKids Minis: gizmodo.com/wizkids-dungeons-and-...

DM Prep - Running Cael Morrow - Chapter 5 of Call of the Netherdeep

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DM Prep - Running Cael Morrow - Chapter 5 of Call of the Netherdeep

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Talking through my thought process on how to run Chapter 5 of Call of the Netherdeep where our PCs head to Cael Morrow, the sunken city beneath Ank'Harel in the world of Exandria. This is the first adventure module for Dungeons and Dragons 5E set in that world. See the full playlist here: ua-cam.com/play/PLwn1l395FpPcwA2EQOTziun2N7UYtcMoK.html Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate l...

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New Starter Box Details (2022)

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The upcoming Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set, Dragons of Stormwreck Isle has official listings and a price point and it tells us a little bit about what Wizards of the Coast might be thinking about the Future of D&D 5E ever D&D. It looks a bit different than The Lost Mine of Phandelver Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an a...

Spelljammer, New Start Box and Dragonlance Confirmed! - D&D Direct Reaction

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Spelljammer, New Start Box and Dragonlance Confirmed! - D&D Direct Reaction

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Spelljammer, Dragonlance and Dragons of Stormwreck Isle, a new starter box were all confirmed at the first ever D&D Direct from the Dungeons and Dragons folks at Wizards of the Coast. UPDATE: Target has exclusive first release of the new starter box: Dragons of Stormwreck Isle and is actually listing it at $19.99 for Pre-Order, contrary to the reports I saw and what I said in the video: www.tar...

Ank'Harel - The most Intimidating part of Call of the Netherdeep?

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Ank'Harel - The most Intimidating part of Call of the Netherdeep?

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In this DM Guide, I walk through my thought process on running the city of Ank'Harel, the setting for Chapter 4 through the end of the Call of the Netherdeep adventure module set in the World of Exandria by Wizards of the Coast. I love hear from the beginner DMs and new Dungeon Masters how much this series has been helpful to them. Thank you! Name Generators: Donjon Generator: donjon.bin.sh/fan...