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Dungeon Masters, Don’t Prepare Plots and Encounters—Do This Instead
Every dungeon master sometimes throws characters into a combat encounter, and then sees players do something unexpected. We never expect a peaceful dialog. Later, the characters reach a mountain outpost stocked with perfectly crafted encounters and the players show ingenuity … Continue reading
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Tagged encounters, plots, preparation, situations, Tom Lommel, Tomb of Annihilation, Tomb of Horrors, villains
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Unfrozen DMs, Annoying Spells, Dynamic Battles, and More Insights from the Comment Section
Time for another trip to the comment section. The unfrozen dungeon master In The Plight of the Unfrozen Dungeon Master, I wrote about DMs returning to Dungeons & Dragons and adapting the changes in the way folks play the game. … Continue reading →
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