Characters often grow and change over the course of a campaign, gaining new abilities and class features as well as learning something from their adventures and bettering themselves as a person. So what is it that defines them as a person?
Category: D&D
Making Failure Interesting
Failing an important die roll can often be a disheartening experience for a players- especially when the roll is the crux of story events. As a DM, how can you ensure there are consequences for failure while still keeping the drama and tension of a story?
Fantasy Fisticuffs: Solo RP gaming exists, and it’s good!
Playing one-player games might sound impossible, but some have not only made it work, but made it great!
How Do I Horror?
Just in time for Halloween Thanksgiving, we’ve got some tips for including elements of horror in your game sessions. Because the true horror, is dealing with your family.
Fantasy Fisticuffs: 3 Games for when D&D5e loses its luster
It is the most popular RPG in the world, but sometimes you want more (or less) from a RPG
Scroll of Enjoyable Adventuring
Ryder from The Brew Crew talks about the three Tenants of enjoyable adventuring in tabletop campaigns. You fiddle at the lock, hearing the final tumbler fall into place. You are weary, exhausted, having spent hours in a game you just wish would end already. Your party is showing each other pictures of their pets, the…
Making Interesting NPCs
It’s something every DM struggles with- how do you make your players care about your NPCs and have reactions, either positive or negative, to them?
Monsters Are People, Too
Are your combats lacking pep? Has fighting lost its zazz? Do you need a little pick-me-up on the battlefield, something to give your encounters a kick in the pants? My friend, you don’t need better monsters, you need smarter monsters.
How Do I Exploration?
Exploration is fundamental to a lot of types of D&D games, but making such a “sandbox” game be fun rather than boring can be a real challenge. How do you make that happen, and what tools are out there to help you?
(One)Shot in the Dark: Horror in a Single Session
The night is dark and full of terrors. But with a little help, the forces of shadow can be yours to command. In this installment from the Brew Crew, we’ve got Daggar here to cover how to create a horror one-shot for your tabletop game sessions, just in time for Halloween.