One bard's take on D&D and other things
Hey Dungeon Masters, how you run combat? Do you use grid maps and miniatures or online tools to represent the battle map? Or, do you rely on description only?
If you go with the latter, you’re running “theater of the mind” combat! Let’s talk about it.
Continue readingThe great thing about published adventures is that, generally, the maps are already drawn. The important areas of the adventure already have their requisite furnishings and encounters placed. You don’t have to worry about visualizing the space around your adventurers; the adventure designers have done that work for you.
But, how do you use these maps? More than that, how do you run these maps? Let’s talk about it!
Continue readingD&D is really fun! But DMing is hard, and sometimes a session falls flat. Something happened, and you walk away feeling less inspired and maybe even disappointed. That’s okay!
Nobody is perfect, not even the greatest DMs with the best player group have 100% perfect sessions all the time.
So, let’s figure out what to do and how to improve from a less-than-ideal session.
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