Adventures in Tabletop
Building D&D cities, towns, and villages is challenging. As a Dungeon Master, you either don’t spend enough time prepping a settlement to find it’s a forgettable, cookie-cutter location and one where the PCs have nothing to do and can’t find Continue reading How to Build Practical D&D Cities & Villages with Your Players in Mind
Dungeons, so important to D&D they’re listed before the game’s iconic Dragons. Indeed, the original game is based around delving multi-level underground complexes with each level’s number assigned to the appropriate character level. At the end of your dungeon, you Continue reading How to Build Better Dungeons for D&D
Welcome back, we’re continuing the discussion on upgrading your D&D game’s DC/TN. In the last section we created a way to make dynamic Difficulty Class/Target Numbers for your game. The focus was to create a system that gave you the Continue reading Upgrading D&D DC/TN Part II
Most tabletop RPGs function along one underlying fact. You roll dice to determine the success or failure of actions. That means there must be something to gauge those dice against. Most often it’s a static number. Referred to by most Continue reading Improving DC/TN in D&D, Dynamic Adjudication
Do you have difficulty handling overland travel in your games? I know I did. There should be some middle ground between daily simulation and hand waving trips. I’m talking about more than tossing together a few random combat encounters. Necessity Continue reading GM Quick Reference: Improving Overland Travel with Encounter Nodes
