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DM Tips for Running One-Shot Adventures

A one-shot is an adventure that starts and ends in one session. We use one-shot adventures when some players are free, but we can’t do a session our long-running campaign. I’ve run some one-shot adventures and played in several, and they’re a great way for people to try out character concepts!

Here, I’ll talk about the set-up and prep for a one-shot, as well as tips to keep in mind while actually running a one-shot.

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Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything: Subclass Changes, Part 1

Hey, folks! Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything is here, and with it come a plethora of new subclasses to try. These subclasses appeared in previous Unearthed Arcana articles. In these posts, I’ll compare the Unearthed Arcana versions of these mechanics to the official versions present in Tasha’s.

There’s a lot to cover, so this will be a multi-part series of posts! This post discusses the artificer and barbarian subclasses.

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Session Prep: Halloween CoS Session

We got to have a Curse of Strahd campaign session the day before Halloween! That was super fun. The party met a powerful new ally and ventured inside the werewolf den to recover the sword of sunlight.

In these session prep posts, I go over what I did to prepare for my monthly CoS sessions. I also talk a bit about what happened and what I need to prep for next time!

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Player Prep: Waiting Between Sessions

It’s hard to wait for the next D&D session! As a Dungeon Master, I’m happy to have some time to prep the next part of the adventure. But, as a player, it’s much more difficult to be patient. I want to do more with my character, see what happens next, but the constant rate that time progresses keeps me from fast-forwarding to next month.

So, what is there to do?

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