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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?

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?

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.

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?

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.

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?

“Parting is such sweet sorrow,” sayeth the bard, but clearly not as sweet as Mountain Dew Gamer Fuel.

A lot of Dungeon Masters struggle to get their players to care about, or be a part of, the campaigns they create. But there’s one simple way to get them hooked into things, and it’s probably easier than you think.