Hey there! Hope this post finds everyone safe and well.
I recently released a DM’s Guild product of my own called Downtime Scenes, so I’m going to talk about how you can use this in your game!
Continue readingOne bard's take on D&D and other things
Hey there! Hope this post finds everyone safe and well.
I recently released a DM’s Guild product of my own called Downtime Scenes, so I’m going to talk about how you can use this in your game!
Continue readingEveryone’s back! Last time, we were a player short, but this session had the whole crew and some good energy—everyone was excited to play, and it really showed!
In these Campaign Diary posts, I talk about the campaign I play in and how our latest session turned out!
Continue readingWhen I wrote “no rest for the weary” last time, I didn’t expect the action of this session to mostly take place during the party’s rest, but here we are!
In these Campaign Diary posts, I talk about the campaign I play in and how our latest session turned out!
Continue readingNo rest for the weary! More complications arise after settling a demon problem, but the problems now are intraparty in nature. We had a roleplay-heavy session with a lot of drama and tension!
In these Campaign Diary posts, I talk about the campaign I play in and how our latest session turned out!
Continue readingLast session, we switched gears and are on a much different
mission than we had been. New place, new problem—but connected to events at the beginning of the campaign.
In these Campaign Diary posts, I talk about the campaign I
play in and what happened last session!
Roleplaying during a D&D session is a lot like group writing. Everyone is writing one protagonist, except for the Dungeon Master, who’s in charge of writing everything else. You use dice to resolve actions of uncertain outcome and respond to the consequences. Over time, you and your group will weave a story about your party of adventurers.
If roleplaying is like writing with a group of other writers, then writing advice surely would apply to playing Dungeons & Dragons as well, right?
Right?
Continue readingIf you can easily describe a session with the cliché, “the plot thickens,” then it was probably a pretty good session! We came in to the session with a plan, circumstances changed that plan, and now the situation has changed. In these Campaign Diary posts, I talk about what happened in the last session of the campaign I play in.
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