Tabletop Role Playing Games (TTRPGs) such as Dungeons & Dragons, the iconic tabletop role-playing game, have captured the hearts of countless adventurers over the years. Whether you're a Dungeon Master (DM), Game Master (GM), or Keeper of Arcane Lore (Keeper), preparing a campaign or a player crafting a character, the process of preparing for a session can be a challenging yet immensely rewarding experience. Let’s chat about three common difficulties faced during session preparation and offer practical solutions to overcome them…
Read MoreWelcome to Roll a Ritual, our first installment of drop-in ready rituals to help DMs set the scene for an engaging, mystical experience. While surfing the DnD subreddit I came across someone looking for ideas relating to a ritual involving the infamous Azmodeus. While our first Roll a Ritual is not necessarily quite so nefarious in its intent, this scrying ritual can…
Read More…you are enveloped in an eerie and unsettling atmosphere. The walls of this dungeon room are adorned with ancient, obsidian-black stone etched with bizarre and unsettling symbols that seem to writhe and shift when you gaze upon them. The ceiling disappears into a starless, infinite void, giving the unsettling impression that you are no longer within the confines of reality. In the center of the room stands an…
Read MoreIn a new series we’re calling Dungeon Drop-In, we offer DMs and GMs a chamber, room, or otherwise contained area within a larger dungeon. The purpose of this series is to provide an interesting room for your adventurers to explore ready to drop into your next session with only minor tweaks needed to fit your campaign. Some may need more tweaking than others, but the bones are what matter. And, who knows? Maybe all you need is a little inspiration to break through your own dungeon-writer’s block, in which case this series may help bust down that block. Anyway, I present to you: