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Longsword of Fearful Influence

July 7, 2019 by Beth Leave a Comment

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A homebrew magical longsword for D&D 5e, the Longsword of Fearful Influence deals extra psychic damage and allows its bearer to charm their opponents and monsters.

Filed Under: DM Resources, Items and Creatures, Our Playable Content Tagged With: For DMs, For Players

D&D One-on-One: An Actual Play Video

July 4, 2019 by Beth Leave a Comment

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An actual play video of a one-on-one D&D 5e game! We play through our introductory duet adventure, and we’ve also included some bonus content for your homebrew worlds!

Filed Under: Building Your World, DM Resources, For New DMs, For New Players, Playing a Duet Tagged With: For DMs, For Players

How to Design a D&D Campaign Arc

July 2, 2019 by Jonathan Leave a Comment

The City of Benares

One of the most effective ways to design a campaign arc for Dungeons and Dragons is to fully flesh out a place and its inhabitants beforehand.

Filed Under: Building Your World, DM Resources, For New DMs, Playing a Duet Tagged With: For DMs

Identify: Inkarnate

June 18, 2019 by Jonathan Leave a Comment

Inkarnate is a web-based cartography toolset designed with users of all ability levels in mind. With Inkarnate, pros and amateurs can quickly and easily create beautiful looking maps of their fantasy worlds.

Filed Under: DM Resources, For New DMs, Playing a Duet, We Recommend Tagged With: For DMs

Ideas for Increasing Your D&D Player’s Engagement

June 12, 2019 by Jonathan Leave a Comment

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 […]

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Crystalline Curse Trilogy

June 8, 2019 by Beth 6 Comments

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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!

Filed Under: DM Resources, Duet Adventures, Our Playable Content, Playing a Duet Tagged With: For DMs, For Players

How to Create DMPCs for One-on One D&D

June 4, 2019 by Jonathan 6 Comments

Pair in the Sea

In this article we talk about things to consider in regards to class, roleplay, and combat when first drafting your DMPC.

Filed Under: Character Creation, Creating NPCs Tagged With: For DMs

How to Create Your Player Character for D&D: Determining Motivation

May 24, 2019 by Beth Leave a Comment

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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.

Filed Under: Character Creation, For New Players, Playing a Duet Tagged With: For DMs, For Players

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