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My Two Most Controversial Posts Prompt a Trip Into the Comment Section
The last two months included the two most discussed posts in the 7-year history of DM David, which calls for another trip into the comment section. In Should a Dungeon Master Invite Players to Help Create the D&D World Beyond … Continue reading
Fifth-edition D&D strategy for fourth-edition players: Choose your battles
Over the last few months, I have introduced fifth-edition Dungeons & Dragons to lot of folks who have only ever played fourth edition. In the new game, these players tend to make assumptions likely to get their characters killed. For … Continue reading
User hostile: How to make a good game book painful to use
Dreams of the Red Wizards: Scourge of the Sword Coast has the seeds of a solid adventure. While characters visit the town of Daggerfall, they investigate mysteries like a theft and a suicide. Leads take them to a variety of … Continue reading
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Tagged D&D Encounters, Scourge of the Sword Coast, Tome Show podcast, usability
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Dead in Thay Player’s Handout
I’m interrupting my series of advice on observation and perception to present a player’s handout that anyone running the Dead in Thay Encounters season will need last week. Dead in Thay features teams of adventures raiding the sprawling Doomvault dungeon … Continue reading
Converting Scourge of the Sword Coast from D&D next to fourth edition
The regular players at my regular Dungeons & Dragons Encounters games include a mix of fourth-edition loyalists and folks indifferent to edition. Although I would happily run D&D next, I have bowed to the group and still run Encounters in … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, D&D fifth edition, D&D fourth edition
Tagged conversion, D&D Encounters, power, Scourge of the Sword Coast
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Actions players always take and choices players never make, part 1
At conventions and in organized play, I’ve served as dungeon master for a lot of adventures from other authors. Every adventure author makes certain guesses about what the players will do. Typically the authors guess pretty well, but sometimes they … Continue reading
