Just a quick statblock for a fun item. The story of this ring is on my bluesky.
Behold! The Ring of Dumb Frog!
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DM War School: The Frontal Assault Pattern
Aka, how to make a fight easier than it looks.
For DMs learning to up their tactical acumen, read on. I’m going to talk about the most common combat encounter type, why it makes things easy, and how you can use that to your advantage. (Or at least avoid making things easy on accident.)
Read MoreThe Table of Random Drama
Have you ever had your players lock-in on a random NPC of no consequence? Or perhaps dig up an old one who’s arc is really done and there’s not much else going on in their life?
Do you need someone interesting right now?
Do you have no inspiration or ideas for such at this moment?
Yeah, that happens to even the best of us. The DM faucet of creativity is often forced to work right now despite that it' doesn’t always have something. That’s ok though, cause random tables can help.
Today, I’m going to show you one of my favorite tables. I call it, The Drama Engine and it’s prefect for creating interesting problems and secrets that players can chase. It’s also good for causing trouble, hehehe.
Read on!
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