quicktips

D&D Quick Tips - Creating A Party

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:00:36 +0100

D&D Quick Tips: advice for players and Dungeon Masters

Three DM tips on making the PCs come together as a party:

1. Give each PC a personal stake in the campaign.

2. Ensure the PCs have common goals.

3. Make the PCs need each other.

D&D Quick Tips - Dealing With Evil PCs

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:17:57 +0100

D&D Quick Tips: advice for players and Dungeon Masters

Three DM tips on preventing evil PCs from ruining your campaign:

1. Only allow evil PCs if all players agree to allow them.

2. If evil PCs are not allowed, turn any PCs that become evil into NPCs.

3. If you allow evil PCs but don't want backstabbing, force them to work together through in-game means.

D&D Quick Tips - Teaching New Players

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 22:23:21 +0100

D&D Quick Tips: advice for players and Dungeon Masters

Three DM tips for teaching new players how to play:

1. Start slow.

2. Teach organically.

3. Be mindful of implicit teaching.

D&D Quick Tips - Getting Organized

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:04:31 +0100

D&D Quick Tips: advice for players and Dungeon Masters

Three DM organizational tips for running a smooth session:

1. Plan out your next session.

2. Study.

3. Harness the power of the digital age.

D&D Quick Tips - Dealing With Cheaters

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 04:35:05 +0100

D&D Quick Tips: advice for players and Dungeon Masters

Three ways to thwart cheaters:

1. Establish fair rules that make cheating difficult.

2. Keep records of all character sheet changes.

3. Bait cheaters into traps to gather proof of their cheating.

D&D Quick Tips - Avoiding the Monty Haul

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 20:56:04 +0100

D&D Quick Tips: advice for players and Dungeon Masters

Three basic pieces of advice to avoid a Monty Haul campaign:

1. Communication.

2. Follow the rules.

3. Reestablish balance

D&D Quick Tips - Dungeon Mastering 101

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 23:57:28 +0100

D&D Quick Tips: advice for players and Dungeon Masters

Three basic pieces of advice to serve as a foundation for DMing:

1. Keep fun at the forefront.

2. Let the PCs shine.

3. Keep an open line of communication with your players.

D&D Quick Tips - Engaging Players in Puzzles

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 05:24:36 +0100

D&D Quick Tips: advice for players and Dungeon Masters

Three tips for engaging players in puzzles:

1. Ensure the advancement of the adventure is not contingent on the successful resolution of a puzzle.

2. Make your first puzzles easy.

3. Seamlessly integrate the puzzles into the adventure.

D&D Quick Tips - Skill Challenges

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 06:39:05 +0100

D&D Quick Tips: advice for players and Dungeon Masters

Three tips for designing and running skill challenges:

1. Design skill challenges that provide players with meaningful choices to make.

2. Have your players describe their actions rather than name a skill.

3. Ensure that no player can decide to use the same skill for the entire encounter.

D&D Quick Tips - Moving Things Forward

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 05:30:40 +0100

D&D Quick Tips: advice for players and Dungeon Masters

To prevent your sessions from being bogged down and to keep things flowing forward:

1. Ask leading questions to suggest what players can skip through.

2. Summarize dull and unimportant events.

3. Introduce stimuli to prevent a situation from stagnating.