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Playing a Duet
Ideas for Increasing Your D&D Player’s Engagement
We are huge fans of increasing immersion (and by extension, engagement) at the D&D table. We get pretty serious about it and discuss some of the ways that we have dialed it up during our duet game in our post all about Supporting In-Session Immersion. In many ways, this is a companion piece to that […]
Crystalline Curse Trilogy
Escape from a castle, rescue an ancient warrior, solve small town mysteries, and uncover the cure for the Crystalline Curse! We’ve bundled our first three adventures: First Blush, Second Glance, and Third Time’s the Charm, so you can download all three together on DMsGuild!
How to Play D&D: A Guide for New Players
This post aims to help you feel more confident heading into your first D&D session by explaining the basics of what goes on in a session and what your character can do. I also cover some key terminology, explain which dice you need when, and discuss a few of the different elements of your character sheet.
How to Create Your Player Character for D&D: Determining Motivation
This post discusses how to uncover your character’s primary motivation. I first walk through some sources of inspiration, both to further develop your character’s personality and to figure out where they came from and where they want to go. Then, we look at why motivation is so important.
Step-by-Step Setup for Multiple Characters in Combat
This post builds on the character-focused approach to combat with some practical steps you can take while setting up that will further streamline running multiple characters at once.
Running Multiple Characters in Combat, Simplified
This post offers a strategy for simplifying running multiple characters in combat: knowing a character’s primary motivation and plan. This emphasizes a character’s personality and experience and allows them to feel real while maintaining the practical matters of running multiple characters at once.
Failure States Beyond TPK in D&D
Next in our string of death and defeat posts, we wanted to work through some ways that DMs can enhance the drama and tension of failure without wiping everyone out. Especially in one-on-one games, where the death of the primary character could result in the end of a game, it’s a good idea to keep non-deadly stakes on the table. What follows are a few ideas on increasing dramatic tension through the threat of non-deadly (at least for the party) failure.
