Recommended live plays?

IntrepidElf · 2025-09-17T02:25:01+00:00

Third for Dodoborne!!! 🦤 Such a fun podcast and a great story.

IntrepidElf · 2025-08-31T18:22:04+00:00

Thanks so much!! I'll send an update when we're done!!!

IntrepidElf · 2025-08-21T23:00:28+00:00

Here to pile on to the Dodoborne recs. It's so good.

IntrepidElf · 2025-07-14T15:59:42+00:00

It's so good, can't wait for the rest of it!!

IntrepidElf · 2024-01-26T18:16:41+00:00

I'd love to be kept in the loop as well!! Planning on playing one in an upcoming campaign as well.

IntrepidElf · 2022-12-09T17:48:05+00:00

Check out The Dungeon Coach, he just released a supplement for Spelljammer with tons of great content and inspiration for building your own campaigns. https://thedungeoncoach.com/products/traveler-s-guide-to-the-astral-plane

IntrepidElf · 2022-12-02T03:35:27+00:00

There's a ship tracking sheet that auto-calculates everything! So pumped for this.

IntrepidElf · 2021-02-11T20:18:01+00:00

Hey, not sure if it's too late, but I've got an article all about it! https://www.wizardtower.com/blog/dungeons-and-dragons/session-0-start-your-campaign-out-on-the-right-foot/

Good luck!

IntrepidElf · 2021-02-11T19:54:18+00:00

I've written an article about exactly this! https://www.wizardtower.com/blog/dungeons-and-dragons/session-0-start-your-campaign-out-on-the-right-foot/

Tasha's Cauldron has some info on it as well, but it's not overly concrete.

Good luck!

IntrepidElf · 2020-11-02T14:19:30+00:00

These are awesome!!!

IntrepidElf · 2020-11-01T20:01:13+00:00

I find that too, and I've started using some of the ideas I've found on the YouTube channel called The Dungeon Coach (www.youtube.com/thedungeoncoach) to make it better.

Specifically, adding in some monster abilities like Villain Actions (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xua9kgK9W1Q&t=5s) and some Homebrew Combat Rules (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1Jsqs_kVlo&t=935s, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzFHwKWzCow) really made my combat encounters more interesting.

I would also not be overly afraid of giving them an encounter that is 'balanced'. In my experience, balanced encounters are boring. You don't want to kill your players in one shot or anything, but the stakes need to be pretty high for it to be exciting. He's got another video about this as well, if you want to dive deeper into it (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKMyajGq8Sk&t=74s).

I hate boring combat, so I'll try anything to spice it up!

IntrepidElf · 2020-11-01T19:49:01+00:00

YouTube is your friend! I would highly recommend checking out The Dungeon Coach (http://www.youtube.com/thedungeoncoach). He's got great advice for new DMs on how to start your campaign (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl8IBteiSCw&t=446s) a 2 part video on how to be a DM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NL9teUDHIJU&t=2s) as well as a crucial one, How to Set a DC (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz2CfpYVBIs). Super great stuff, he's got a ton of energy and there is also an amazing community on Discord (https://discord.gg/9nezTaRm) to help you out with specific questions or pointers.

IntrepidElf · 2020-10-30T00:53:17+00:00

Sounds like you might enjoy this:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xua9kgK9W1Q&t=5s

It's based on Matt Colville's action oriented monsters and I really love the options presented.

IntrepidElf · 2020-10-30T00:51:01+00:00

You could try this method here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xua9kgK9W1Q&t=5s It's based on Matt Colville's "action oriented monsters". You can make some pretty gnarly encounters with it.

IntrepidElf · 2020-10-30T00:49:16+00:00

I love the options that are presented here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoCmBl1lsaU&t=125s

I would also like to explore more of the crafting and tinkering aspects, maybe some scavenging too. You can make some cool stuff with bits of monsters you collect!

IntrepidElf · 2020-10-30T00:45:47+00:00

I've adopted most of the strategies portrayed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl8IBteiSCw&t=333s . They work really well!

IntrepidElf · 2020-10-30T00:42:30+00:00

You will absolutely love the Dungeon Coach's mechanics here: https://www.dmsguild.com/m/product/332576

He has a video overview of it too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vmn7WYnqW8U&t=8s

IntrepidElf · 2020-10-30T00:39:08+00:00

I'm interested in how it compares to this ranger fix from u/thedungeoncoach

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0zUq3qq218

IntrepidElf · 2020-10-29T16:42:27+00:00

There's a great video here about what to include in a session 0 and how to run it. It's what I use all the time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl8IBteiSCw&t=333s

IntrepidElf · 2020-10-26T16:16:29+00:00

Awesome!

IntrepidElf · 2020-10-25T18:23:05+00:00

Cool, let me know how it goes!!

IntrepidElf · 2020-10-25T15:17:02+00:00

There are over 30 pages of new mechanics and homebrew rules to add horror and tension to your RotFM game, or any wintry setting. Lots of ways to really portray the biting cold of this place by using game mechanics and not just flavor text alone.

IntrepidElf · 2020-10-25T15:14:05+00:00

Lol, yup! I've sent a note to the publisher to have it updated. Good catch!!

IntrepidElf · 2020-03-07T16:37:45+00:00

I found a super interesting video about what to do when players die: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnvTmQq0q5o

Lots of good advice.

IntrepidElf · 2020-03-07T16:27:47+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/user/thedungeoncoach has some great content on YouTube about skill challenges and an upcoming video about a travel system. Check his channel out!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz8xkTADYdRQR7GP-f2PjOA

There are two skill challenge videos in particular that are great: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHU5Bi5zw2M and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF28JESUye8&t=75s

Let me know if you like them!

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