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83 free D&D adventures
Written by Yax - Published on April 8, 2008Free resources for dungeon masters
Here are a few(!) adventures for you to choose from. Along with a link the the adventure resource (pdf) or page you will find the suggested level range and a short snippet from the adventure itself. The adventures are grouped by publisher.
I hope this tool will help you prepare [...]
Tuesday Tips - Connecting factions & NPCs
Written by Yax - Published on February 12, 2008D&D Tuesday Tips for DMs (DNDTTFDM) 02-12-08
There’s a lot going on behind the DM screen and a game session can easily come to a grinding halt because of misplaced or lost notes. If you run a game with a lot of different factions and NPCs the your party can interact with it can be [...]
Scouts rock… and die!
Written by Yax - Published on February 6, 2008Have you ever saved the world? Well, I’m telling you: it will keep you busy. So busy that you might not have enough time to kill goblins anymore. That’s why some adventurers and villains choose to hire scouts or henchmen to do their dirty work.
The game within the game
If your PCs have [...]
Root for your campaign
Written by Yax - Published on January 2, 2008Wayne - a Dungeon Mastering reader - recently e-mailed me:
I’m bored to death with my Wednesday night game but as far as I can tell all the players are having fun. Any thoughts on what I should do?
Root for your campaign
Running a D&D campaign should be like rooting for your favorite sports team. You have [...]
Follow my campaign planning on Obsidian Portal
Written by Yax - Published on December 9, 2007New campaign
I set up an Obsidian Portal blog/wiki for my next D&D campaign - Demon Delver. I’ll try to build hype about the campaign during the next 6 months and will start playing it when 4E is released in June.
Feel free to check the campaign out and give it a 5 star rating!
Parallel Adventures
Some scenes [...]
Make your campaign better… NOW!
Written by Yax - Published on December 8, 2007Random thoughts
With the ever-growing geek population I wonder if we’re ever going to live through a “taped glasses and hunched back is sexy” trend.
7 quick ways to make your campaign better
Just because you have planned a fun campaign and your next few games are prepared doesn’t mean your campaign can’t get better. Here are a [...]