Okay, I’ll admit it… I don’t like running one-shot adventures. I usually find it cumbersome, slow, and generally boring. One of the reasons I love DMing so much is that my players and I get to weave a story that includes elements in which everyone is invested. A one-shot pretty much always precludes that, reducing […]
Using Elements from Real Life in Your Game
One way to get your players to role-play more is to do so yourself. When you have them meet an NPC, bring something fresh to the table when you play that character. How do you do that without spending hours planning an NPC? Well, one way is to bring in elements from your daily life […]
World Building 1.1: The Why of Gods and Mythology
As a dungeon master there are things that I like to have control over in my campaign world and there are things that I don’t care so much about. One of the things that I like about DnD, and 4e in particular, is that I can create a world and have complete control over the […]