Backgrounds offer a bit of flavor to flesh out your backstory, and they come with a few special abilities and skill/tool proficiencies. These aren’t game-breaking, but they’re nice to have on adventures. Browse the bestDnD backgrounds, and record the name of your choice here. If you’r...
When we were in high school, my first DM would pass folders with lined paper to his players during the day. He would start a scene, then they would write a reply and give the folder back to him so he could continue it. This back-and-forth exchange could go on all day. Since it'...
Resist the urge, in e-mail, to write a novel of your grievances. Just state it simply as you did above in a couple of sentences. Either way, ask who wants to step up to be a DM. Whichever case you are in (within or between dungeons), one of three t...
As a GM, I generally try to put the onus on my players to explain why something worked. The wizard might explain that they realized that the surface of the table was uneven, so they picked a spot where they knew the orc wouldn't have a stable place to put their elbow. The wizard m...
Now, if you do do this, there are a few things that you'll have to do as well: Keep notes! You've now made Fizz Wizzets Magical Gadgets, and Fizz Wizzet is the owner, a gnome with red hair and a bubbly personality. Write all that down so that the players have a c...
Draw a map and write an introduction. …A very simple one, like this: Whatever you draw should be signifficant. For now, you don’t need to map out every city or village in your world; just the most important places. The Hobbit – Important Places: ...
After you come up with your ten facts and you give five of them to the players to make their characters, it’s time to stop worldbuilding and start writing games in the world. It’s time to write your first adventure. As you write that adventure, you’ll probably need to invent some...
We're trying to figure out what to do about this situation. That's the short version. The long version Ok, so, a little backstory, and sorry for the length of the rant, it's kind of an urgent problem. Me and 4 of my friends have recently started playing DND 4e...
Burned into the front cover are the words "Write and rip to place the item within your grip. Something new or something old; something less than a pound of gold". Plot Crafting It's worth noting that you could have story elements that require a "master craftsman"...
This is a technicque that I use when playing one-shots, or when players want to have a quick start (just come, sit and play) or when introducing players to a new game and players haven't the time to read the rules: I write a handful of characters and give it to them to select....