The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish

D&D and RPG news and commentary by Mike Shea of https://slyflourish.com Contents 01:16 D&D & RPG News: Candela Obscura 08:18 Kickstarter Spotlight: Tales of the Valiant 33:52 Commentary: The D&D Book Price Increase 47:58 Patreon Question: Trying Out House Rules 51:17 Patreon Question: Dials for Magic Items 53:41 Patreon Question: Physical Tools for Online Play 55:39 Patreon Question: Gods for your Homebrew Campaign 58:18 Patreon Question: Alternatives to Notion Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: Candela Obscura Tales of the Valiant Kickstarter D&D Studio Blog on Price Increases Enshitification

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D&D and RPG news and commentary by Mike Shea of https://slyflourish.com Contents 00:00 Show Start 00:56 Commentary: Maps - Is D&D an Incomplete Product? 02:54 Commentary: Maps - No Great Single Solution for In-Person Play 04:51 Commentary: Maps - What Does D&D Recommend for New DMs? 06:44 Commentary: Maps - A Big Digital Display 07:45 Commentary: Maps - The Pathfinder Basic Flip Mat 10:35 Commentary: Maps - Big Sheets of 1" Gridded Poster Paper 13:12 Commentary: Maps - Print "Blueprint" Maps for Cheap. 15:14 Commentary: Maps - Use Cloth for a Fog of War 16:24 Commentary: Maps - Print Individual Rooms on Normal Paper 18:59 Commentary: Maps - Mixing Different Types 20:24 Product Spotlight: JP Coovert's Drawing Dungeons Booklet 25:18 Commentary: Maps - Theater of the Mind and Abstract Maps 29:26 Commentary: Maps - Try Lots of Options 30:37 Product Spotlight: The Works of JP Coovert 40:18 Patreon Question: Rewarding Inspiration 43:57 Patreon Question: Balancing Encounters Across the Adventuring Day Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: Using Maps for In-Person Play The Pathfinder Basic Flip Mat Big Pads of 1" Gridded Paper (affiliate link) JP Coovert's Draw a Battle Map video Flik Silverpen's Guide to Drawing Dungeons Running Theater of the Mind Combat Abstract Maps for D&D Combat

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D&D and RPG news and commentary by Mike Shea of https://slyflourish.com Contents 00:00 Show Start 00:49 Product Spotlight: Crown of the Oathbreaker Physical Book 03:57 Sly Flourish News: The Lazy GM's Resource Document in the Creative Commons 08:14 Sly Flourish News: Lazy Solo 5e generator on Perchance 10:04 Commentary: Developers! Help Open5e! 14:22 Commentary: Will WOTC Use Open5e? 15:58 Commentary: Playing Five RPGs in Three Days 18:57 Commentary: Playing Dungeon World at 1d4 Con 21:15 Commentary: Playing Pathfinder 2 at 1d4 Con 25:57 Commentary: Playing Call of Cthulhu at 1d4 Con 29:05 Commentary: Playing Dungeon Crawl Classics at 1d4 Con 32:12 Commentary: Playing My Friend's New RPG at 1d4 Con 34:29 Patreon Question: Players Questioning the GM's Logic 38:04 Patreon Question: Remembering Campaign-Specific Rules 40:18 Patreon Question: Is the DM the Storyteller or the Referee? Neither! 42:53 Patreon Question: Running 45 Minute Battles with No Tweaking 47:19 Patreon Question: Reigning in Wanderlust in an Island Hopping Campaign Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: Crown of the Oathbreaker Crown of the Oathbreaker Spotlight Lazy GM's Resource Document Lazy Solo 5e Generator Open5e Open5e Discord Server Dungeon World Pathfinder 2 (Affiliate Link) Call of Cthulhu (affiliate link) Dungeon Crawl Classics (affiliate link)

D&D and RPG news and commentary by Mike Shea of https://slyflourish.com Contents 00:00 Show Start 01:17 Kickstarter Spotlight: Knave 2.0 08:02 Kickstarter Spotlight: Amazing Encounters and Quests 10:35 Kickstarter Spotlight: Emporium of Wonders 13:20 Commentary: Tips from the Midnight Temple 36:13 Patreon Question: Organizing an big RPG Club and Community 40:14 Patreon Question: Building Mythic Monsters 44:53 Patreon Question: Action-Oriented Monsters in Forge of Foes? 46:15 Patreon Question: Playing In Person after 30 Years Away 49:24 Patreon Question: Lazy Gamemaster's Guide? 52:27 Patreon Question: Does Curse of Strahd Take a Lot of Work to Fix? No 55:34 Patreon Question: Needing to Take a Break? 58:35 Patreon Question: Top Tips for New and Experienced GMs Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: Knave v2 Kickstarter Amazing Encounters and Quests Kickstarter Emporium of Wonders Kickstarter Fantastic Lairs Monstrous Appendix Lazy DM's Toolkit Ginny Di on Burnout Top Tips for Being a Great Gamemaster

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D&D and RPG news and commentary by Mike Shea of https://slyflourish.com Contents 00:00 Show Start 01:10 D&D & RPG News: Owen KC Stevens Bundles on DriveThruRPG 02:26 D&D & RPG News: Owlbear Rodel 2.0 Official Release in July 06:19 D&D & RPG News: Kobold Press Tales of the Valiant Monsters Playtest 19:51 D&D & RPG News: 2024 D&D Players Handbook Playtest 5 24:48 DM Tip: Mass Effect Style Preludes and Wars 33:46 DM Tip: Tuning the Lazy Encounter Bechmark 38:34 Patreon Question: Chat GPT and AI For Adventure Generation 44:26 Patreon Question: Running Ship Battles in Light of Xaryxis 47:40 Patreon Question: Character Grabbing the Wrong Hook Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: Owen KC Stevens Bundle 1 Owen KC Stevens Bundle 2 Owlbear Rodel 2.0 Full Release Owlbear Rodeo Videos Kobold Press Tales of the Valiant Monster Playtest D&D 2024 Players Handbook Playtest 5 Lazy Encounter Benchmark

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D&D and RPG news and commentary by Mike Shea of https://slyflourish.com Contents 00:00 Show Start 01:17 Sly Flourish News: The Lazy GM's Resource Document 18:21 D&D & RPG News: Darrington Press Roleplaying Games 22:19 D&D & RPG News: Chris Perkins on the 2024 Dungeon Master's Guide 23:13 D&D & RPG News: Cubicle 7 on C7D20 Open Licensing 32:07 D&D & RPG News: More D&D Creator Summit Accounts 33:19 Patreon Question: Running High Level 5e Games 37:25 Patreon Question: Pointing Out Magic Items to Characters 40:16 Patreon Question: Tying Together Independent Published Adventures 43:04 Patreon Question: 5e Cross Compatibility Among Publishers Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: Darrington Press RPG Announcements Chris Perkins on the 2024 DMG Cubicle 7 Interview about C7D20 Bob World Builder on the D&D Summit Alphastream Summit Writeup Part 3 Nerd Immersion Summit Recap

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D&D and RPG news and commentary by Mike Shea of https://slyflourish.com Contents 00:00 Show Start 01:02 Product Spotlight: Regnum Rattus - The Rats in the Cellar 02:50 Product Spotlight: Iskandar Explorer's Journal Volume 1 04:36 Kickstarter Spotlight: Blood and Doom 11:24 Sly Flourish News: Three Books Released to the Creative Commons 14:21 Commentary: What's Changed over 13 Years of Lazy DMing? 27:52 Sly Flourish News: More Material to the Creative Commons 31:41 Commentary: What Does 5e Backward Compatibility Mean? 49:04 Patreon Question: Dealing with Non-Heroic Heroes 53:37 Patreon Question: Convincing a DM to Run Online Games 55:27 Patreon Question: Initiation Quests to Get Into a Cult 57:35 Patreon Question: Challenging Tier 4 Characters Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: Iskandar Explorer's Journal Volume 1 (Affiliate Link) Blood and Doom Kickstarter Dungeon Master Tips – Creative Commons Running Epic-Tier D&D Games – Creative Commons The Lazy Dungeon Master (2014) – Creative Commons

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Mike talks about the D&D Creator Summit with a focus on what matters most to 5e DMs and GMs. Contents 00:00 Show Start 02:10 D&D & RPG News: Kobold Press's Black Flag is Tales of the Valiant 02:48 D&D & RPG News: The ORC Open Gaming License Draft Released 05:18 D&D & RPG News: Thirteenth Age Humble Bundle 06:21 D&D & RPG News: D&D Summit Writeups by Others 07:05 D&D & RPG News: D&D Summit Top Three Observations for D&D DMs 10:51 D&D & RPG News: Looking Into the D&D Summit Organization, Missteps, and Recommendations for Next Time 18:50 D&D & RPG News: D&D Summit 2024 Core Book Updates 39:40 D&D & RPG News: The Format of Planescape 41:08 D&D & RPG News: Thoughts on a D&D Beyond Marketplace 44:51 D&D & RPG News: Other News from the D&D Summit 50:05 Patreon Question: What Should the Dungeon Master's Guide Do? 51:44 Patreon Question: Challenges for 11th+ Level Characers Links Tales of the Valiant ORC License Public Draft Thirteenth Age Humble Bundle EN World D&D Creator Summit Summary TheSpaceJamber D&D Creator Summit Summary Daniel Kwan D&D Creator Summit Summary and Thoughts Alphastream D&D Creator Summit Summary D&D Community Update on the Creator Summit Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books:

D&D and RPG news and commentary by Mike Shea of https://slyflourish.com Contents 00:00 Show Start 01:22 D&D & RPG News: D&D Direct Announcements 05:50 D&D & RPG News: D&D 3D Virtual Tabletop First Look 09:54 D&D & RPG News: More Announcements from D&D Direct 13:03 D&D & RPG News: The D&D Virtual Summit 17:07 D&D & RPG News: PlayDnD and D&D Beyond 1st Level Pregens 21:04 D&D & RPG News: Cubicle 7's Design Goals for C7D20 25:22 D&D & RPG News: Shadow of the Weird Wizard Ancestries 27:09 Patreon Question: Getting Better at Being a DM 30:54 Patreon Question: Using Random Tables for Prep or At The Table? 33:12 Patreon Question: Using D&D For Facing with Real Life Issues 35:35 Patreon Question: Too Many NPCs as Upward Beats in a Dungeon Crawl 37:38 Patreon Question: Getting Through Lots of Story in Shorter Sessions 41:54 Patreon Question: Running Online With Some Players At Same Location 44:41 Patreon Question: How's Dungeon 23 Working Out? 48:05 Patreon Question: Dealing With High Passive Insight 50:20 Patreon Question: Offering Three Plus Infinite Choices 52:07 Patreon Question: Building Shorter Campaigns for 8 to 12 Sessions Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books D&D Direct Announcements Play D&D Homepage Cubicle 7's C7D20 Design Goals Shadow of the Weird Wizard Ancestries Paths for DM Expertise:

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D&D and RPG news and commentary by Mike Shea of https://slyflourish.com Contents 00:00 Show Start 01:09 Sly Flourish News: Final Week of Forge of Foes 12:08 Sly Flourish News: Appearance on D&D Beyond Twitch Stream 13:41 Sly Flourish News: Forge of Foes Interview on EN World 14:30 Commentary: The Resilience and Antifragility of Tabletop RPGs 25:22 Commentary: What can WOTC Do for the RPG Community? 44:22 D&D & RPG News: Before the Storm D&D Intro on D&D Beyond 45:30 Patreon Question: Avoiding Bioessentialism in 5e RPGs 52:05 Patreon Question: Low Fantasy Survival Horror in 5e 56:18 Patreon Question: Dealing with Lots of Overpowered Tag Along NPCs Links Forge of Foes Kickstarter – Back Now! Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: Forge of Foes on D&D Beyond! Forge of Foes Interview on EN World Before the Storm D&D Intro on D&D Beyond

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D&D and RPG news and commentary by Mike Shea of https://slyflourish.com Contents 00:00 Show Start 01:23 Sly Flourish News: Forge of Foes Material Going to Creative Commons 03:33 Sly Flourish News: General-Use Stat Blocks for 5e in Forge of Foes 16:11 D&D & RPG News: Shadow of the Weird Wizard Kickstarter June 2023 17:13 Product Spotlight: Arcane Library Adventures for 5e 31:21 D&D & RPG News: Kobold Press Black Flag Playtest 2 53:53 Patreon Question: Why Make a Book About Building Monsters? 57:01 Patreon Question: Playing D&D with Small Children or Obstructive Pets Links Forge of Foes Kickstarter Reintroducing the Weird Wizard Arcane Library 5e Adventures Kobold Press Black Flag Playtest 2 Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books:

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D&D and RPG news and commentary by Mike Shea of https://slyflourish.com Contents 00:00 Show Start 01:36 Sly Flourish News: Forge of Foes Kickstarter Continues 02:52 D&D & RPG News: Radiant Citadel Nominated for a Nebula 03:53 D&D & RPG News: Tome of Beasts 1 Revisited 05:39 Product Spotlight: Campaign Builder - Cities and Towns by Kobold Press 14:24 D&D & RPG News: D&D Community Update 19:22 D&D & RPG News: D&D Content Creator's Summit 21:43 Commentary: How Can Wizards be a Stronger Positive Force in the RPG Community? 38:59 Patreon Question: Modifying NPCs with Species Traits 42:07 Patreon Question: The Challenge of Discovering Secrets 45:28 Patreon Question: Integrating In Disconnected Characters 50:10 Patreon Question: Using Dice for Other Things In-World Links Forge of Foes Kickstarter Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: Radiant Citadel Nominated for a Nebula Tome of Beasts 1 Revsisted Campaign Builder: Cities and Towns (Referral Link) D&D Community Update Anydice

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D&D and RPG news and commentary by Mike Shea of https://slyflourish.com Contents 00:00 Show Start 01:07 Sly Flourish News: Forge of Foes Kickstarter Going On Right Now! 02:48 Kickstarter Spotlight: Shadowdark RPG by Arcane Library 10:58 Product Spotlight: Open5e.com 18:01 Patreon Question: How to Handle Maps for Exploration 20:55 Patreon Question: Teaching New Systems to Players 23:25 Patreon Question: Taking Notes while Running a Game 25:45 Patreon Question: Helping Players Balance Character Types and Skills 27:59 Patreon Question: Not Offering Custom Lineage or Variant Humans -- Is that Wrong? 30:54 Patreon Question: Accomidating a Players's Spirit Being In Your Game 35:48 Patreon Question: Overwhelmed by Midgard Lore 40:49 Patreon Question: Dealing with Shopping Sessions 44:54 Patreon Question: Balancing Encounters in High Magic Item Campaigns 47:47 Patreon Question: Adopting the Eight Steps to Gumshoe Games Links Forge of Foes Kickstarter! Shadowdark RPG Kickstarter Open5e.com Open5e Discord Server Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books:

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D&D and RPG news and commentary by Mike Shea of https://slyflourish.com Contents 00:00 Show Start 00:55 Sly Flourish News: Forge of Foes Kickstarter This Wednesday! 02:04 D&D & RPG News: Arcana of the Ancients Bundle of Holding 03:48 D&D & RPG News: Mastering Dungeons on Shadow of the Demon Lord 04:26 D&D & RPG News: New One D&D Playtest 23:03 Product Spotlight: Iskandar Player's Handbook 31:25 Patreon Question: Co-DMing Two Groups in the Same Campaign Adventure 34:40 Patreon Question: Managing and Referencing So Many Monster Books 38:26 Patreon Question: Updates to the 5e Artisenal Monster Database in Notion 43:42 Patreon Question: Worldbuilding Book recommendations 45:37 Patreon Question: Sharing RPG PDFs with Google Drive 49:02 Patreon Question: Running D&D for a 5 year Old 51:12 Patreon Question: Getting Players to Be More Tactical Links Forge of Foes Launching Wednesday! Get Notified! Arcana of the Ancients for 5e Bundle of Holding Mastering Dungeons Podcast Mastering Dungeons on Shadow of the Demon Lord (YouTube) One D&D Unearthed Arcana: Druid and Paladin Iskandar Player's Handbook Notion 5e Artisanal Monster Database Kobold Guides (including Worldbuilding) Sharing Documents on Google Drive Without Downloading or Printing Fate Accelerated RPG Kids Magical Kitties Save the Day Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books:

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D&D and RPG news and commentary by Mike Shea of https://slyflourish.com Contents 00:00 Show Start 01:17 Sly Flourish News: Forge of Foes Kickstarter Coming March 1st 13:20 Kickstarter Spotlight: Valikan Clans by Ghostfire Gaming 16:35 D&D & RPG News: Kobold Press Black Flag Playtest 1 35:05 D&D & RPG News: Demiplane 5e Nexus and the Future of Digital 5e Tools 40:43 Product Spotlight: Level Up Advanced 5e Trials and Treasure by EN World Publishing 50:20 Patreon Question: The Future of RPGs -- 5e or Independent RPGs? Links Forge of Foes Kickstarter Pre-Launch Page Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: Grim Hollow Valikan Clans Kickstarter Kobold Press Black Flag Playtest 1 Black Flag Designer Diary 1 5e Nexus by Demiplane Level Up Advanced 5e Trials and Treasure by EN World Publishing Fantasy Heartbreakers

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D&D and RPG news and commentary by Mike Shea of https://slyflourish.com Contents 00:00 Show Start 01:04 Sly Flourish News: Forge of Foes Kickstarter 1 March 03:28 Sly Flourish News: City of Arches Updates 10:58 Commentary: Kyle Brinks and the Future of D&D from Wizards of the Coast 28:31 Kickstarter Spotlight: Escape from Undergarden by JVC Parry 30:58 Kickstarter Spotlight: Encyclopedia 2 by Studio Agate 38:25 Patreon Question: Overwhelmed Running Big Published Campaigns 42:02 Patreon Question: Players Voting on Campaign Adventures to Run 44:30 Patreon Question: How Long to Prep Games and Generate Ideas? 48:03 Patreon Question: Running Shorter Sessions Links Forge of Foes Kickstarter Goes Live 1 March! Three Black Halflings Kyle Brinks Interview Three Black Halflings Interview EN World Summary Mastering Dungeons Kyle Brinks Interview Mastering Dungeons Kyle Brinks Interview EN World Summary Ginny Di Kyle Brinks Video Escape from Undergarden Kickstarter Encyclopedia 2: Lore Book & Toolbox Kickstarter Spending a Whole Day Preparing a D&D Game Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books:

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D&D and RPG news and commentary by Mike Shea of https://slyflourish.com Contents 00:00 Show Start 01:09 D&D & RPG News: Pathfinder 2 Humble Bundles 02:56 D&D & RPG News: Kobold Press Worlds Humble Bundle 04:21 Commentary: What's Normal in the Post OGL Fiasco RPG Hobby? 15:56 D&D & RPG News: Keys from the Golden Vault Free Adventure 18:02 Product Spotlight: Raiders of the Serpent Sea by Arcanum Worlds 24:23 Kickstarter Spotlight: Kibbles Compendium of Legends and Legacies 30:07 Patreon Question: Lazy Encounter Benchmark for Solo and Legendary Monsters 35:18 Patreon Question: Players Making Choices Against a Chracter's Alignment 38:33 Patreon Question: Converting Monsters Across RPG Systems? Reskin! 41:03 Patreon Question: Worried About Making Mistakes with Big Published Adventures 45:40 Patreon Question: Free to Use Dungeons of Fate? Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: Pathfinder 2 Humble Bundle Kobold Press and Friends Worlds Humble Bundle Keys from the Golden Vault Prisoner 13 Free D&D Beyond Adventure Raiders of the Serpent Sea Kibbles Compendium of Legends and Legacies Kickstarter Lazy Encounter Benchmark A5e Monstrous Menagerie Reskinning Monsters Dungeons of Fate

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D&D and RPG news and commentary by Mike Shea of https://slyflourish.com Contents 00:00 Show Start 01:13 D&D & RPG News: WOTC Releases 5e Into the Creative Commons 11:15 Commentary: What Does Trust Mean with Wizards of the Coast? 27:50 Sly Flourish News: Lazy RPG Podcast Awarded Best Talk Show Podcast by EN World 30:01 Kickstarter Spotlight: Oracle Character Generator Deck by Nord Games 34:41 Product Spotlight: Zobeck Clockwork City by Kobold Press 40:00 Patreon Question: Running Rich and Dynamic Combat Encounters 47:22 Patreon Question: Not Exposing a Movie-Based Adventure Plot 49:19 Patreon Question: Building a Villain or Monster from a PC 51:06 Patreon Question: How Many Rounds Should Encounters Go? 52:19 Patreon Question: Other RPGs I'm Running This Year? 53:16 Patreon Question: Finishing Writing One-Shot Adventures 57:11 Patreon Question: Balancing the Action Economy with Big Solo Monsters Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: WOTC Releases the 5e SRD to the Creative Commons Download the 5e SRD under a Creative Commons Right Now Morrus's Unofficial Tabletop Podcast Mastering Dungeons Podcast Oracle Character Generator Deck Kickstarter by Nord Games Zobeck Clockwork City by Kobold Press

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D&D news and commentary by Mike Shea of https://slyflourish.com Contents 00:00 Show Start 01:32 D&D & RPG News: OGL 1.2 Feedback and Suggestions 11:33 D&D & RPG News: The Industry Responds to the attempted OGL 1.0a Deauthorization 17:37 Commentary: Rebranding the Lazy RPG Talk Show 18:40 Commentary: I'm Here For You Whatever RPG You Play 21:47 DM Tip: Curing the OGL Blues 23:41 Kickstarter Spotlight: Deep Magic 2 26:27 D&D & RPG News: Two Huge Bundles of Holding and Humble Bundles 29:04 Patreon Question: Keeping Your Games on Track 32:51 Patreon Question: Running Games for Seven Players 35:41 Patreon Question: Introducing Lots of NPCs at Once 37:48 Patreon Question: Fueling Creativity 44:12 Patreon Question: Identifying Relics and Single-Use Magic Items 46:29 Patreon Question: Improving Representation in Older Material Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: WOTC OGL 1.2 "Playtest" WOTC's OGL 1.2 PDF (CC and OGL) Feedback to WOTC on the OGL 1.2 Draft Project Black Flag Update: Sticking To Our Principles The ORC license MCDM Rebranding Arcadia Deep Magic 2 Kickstarter RPG Worlds with Kobold Press and Friends Humble Bundle Bundle of Holding Alternatives to D&D Ancestries and Culture

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Mike talks about the OGL fiasco and offers up ten awesome RPGs that aren't D&D. 00:00 Show Intro 01:09 This Matters to All Of Us 03:35 WOTC's Excuses Hold No Water At All 07:53 What's Happening Now 08:45 We Can Never Trust WOTC Again 09:58 What Can We Do About This? 12:37 Ten Awesome RPGs that Aren't D&D 13:19 13th Age 15:56 Blades in the Dark 17:31 Fantasy Age 19:01 The Non-OGL Fantasy Bundle of Holding 19:38 Fate Condensed 21:41 Index Card RPG 23:44 Ironsworn 25:26 Level Up Advanced 5e 26:49 Numenera 28:59 Old School Essentials 30:55 Shadow of the Demon Lord Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: WOTC Attempts to Deauthorize the OGL 1.0a — Thoughts on the OGL 2.0 You, Me, and the D&D Open Gaming License Dungeons & Dragons’ New License Tightens Its Grip on Competition 13th Age 13th Age Bundle of Holding Blades in the Dark Blades the Dark SRD Fantasy Age The Non-OGL Bundle of Holding Fate Condensed Fate Condensed SRD Index Card RPG Ironsworn Level Up Advanced 5e Numenera Old School Essentials OSE Basic Rules Shadow of the Demon Lord

Mike covers the remaining Sly Flourish Patreon questions for December 2022! Contents 00:00 Show Start 00:48 Patreon Question: Replacing or Houserulling 5e Mechanics and Favorite Houserules 06:17 Patreon Question: Dealing with Followers from a Rod of Rulership 08:30 Patreon Question: Offering Multiple Paths with Diviniation 10:38 Patreon Question: Handling NPCs with the Lazy Encounter Benchmark 13:53 Patreon Question: Offering Options when Captured 15:54 Patreon Question: Learning a New RPG With Your Players 17:38 Patreon Question: Trouble Committing to Deadly Attacks 20:21 Patreon Question: Making D&D Deadlier 22:25 Patreon Question: Alternative Patrons like Koblold Press's Warlock 24:31 Patreon Question: Making Undead Monster Variants 27:41 Patreon Question: Dungeon 23 Links Theater of the Mind Guidelines Lazy Encounter Benchmark MCDM's Arcadia Patreon CZRPG Patreon Elven Tower Patreon Raging Swan Patreon Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: Dungeon 23 by Sean McCoy

D&D news and commentary by Mike Shea of https://slyflourish.com Contents 00:00 Show Start 01:13 D&D & RPG News: 13th Age Bundle of Holding 05:28 Commentary: How to Skip Content you Don't Want to Hear 06:52 Commentary: The WOTC OGL 1.1 Announcement 28:54 Product Spotlight: Alternate Objectives by Sneak AttackPress 33:14 Commentary: Favorite Product of 2022 37:27 Patreon Question: Connecting Published Adventures 41:12 Patreon Question: When to Use Which Dials of Monster Difficulty 46:10 Patreon Question: Thoughts on Owlbear Rodeo 2.0 50:35 Patreon Question: Making Failure Interesting with Ability Checks 53:58 Patreon Question: Performing Mid-Campaign Check-Ins 56:33 Patreon Question: Revealing a Pointcrawl Map 59:11 Patreon Question: Using AI Generators like Chat GPT and Midjourney Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: 13th Age Bundle of Holding OGLs, SRDs, & One D&D – Wizards of the Coast on D&D Beyond, 21 Dec 2022 Thoughts on the OGL 1.1 – MikeShea.net OGL 1.0a FAQ answered by Wizards of the Coast The OGL 1.0a and 5e System Resource Document version 5.1 (see if this link goes bad!) Level Up Advanced 5e Monstrous Menagerie by Paul Hughes Level Up Advanced 5e Monstrous Menagerie Video Spotlight Dials of Monster Difficulty Owlbear Rodel 2.0 Our Ability Check Toolbox Pointcrawls for City and Overland Travel

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D&D news and commentary by Mike Shea of https://slyflourish.com Contents 00:00:00 Show Start 00:01:03 DM Tip: Rolling Lots of Checks with a Single D20 00:10:51 Product Spotlight: Chronicles of Eberron 00:26:28 Commentary: How I Baseline D&D Monsters 00:34:00 Commentary: Designing MCDM's Flee Mortals Vampires 00:51:31 Patreon Question: What Are My DM Weaknesses? 00:54:38 Patreon Question: Handling Pacing in D&D Games 00:57:08 Patreon Question: Describing Old School Essentials to 5e Players 01:01:24 Patreon Question: Handling Large Exposition and Descriptions Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: Chronicles of Eberron Old School Primer

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D&D news and commentary by Mike Shea of https://slyflourish.com Contents 00:00 Show Start 00:55 Kickstarter Spotlight: Tome of Beasts 3 Monster Cards by Inkwell Ideas 04:05 D&D & RPG News: Blades in the Dark Bundle of Holding 05:34 D&D & RPG News: Free Monstrous Compendium 2: Dragonlance 27:37 Product Spotlight: Arcadia 22 Heroic Champions 36:37 Product Spotlight: GMs Miscellany Dungeon Dressing for 5e 45:07 Commentary: AI for DM Inspiration 48:18 Patreon Question: Tips for Running 20th Level One-Shot Games 52:04 Patreon Question: Campaign Hooks for West Marches Style Games 55:54 Patreon Question: Running Hordes and Minions Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: Tome of Beasts 3 Monster Cards Kickstarter Blades in the Dark Bundle of Holding Monstrous Compendium Volume 2: Dragonlance Creatures MCDM Arcadia Patreon Arcadia Issue 22 GM Miscellany Dungeon Dressing for 5e Running Hordes

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D&D news and commentary by Mike Shea of https://slyflourish.com Contents 00:00 Show Start 00:59 D&D & RPG News: One D&D Species and Cleric Playtest Packet. 07:07 Commentary: One D&D and Backward Compatibility 16:41 Commentary: One D&D Species and Cleric Playtest Thoughts 30:01 Product Spotlight: Tome of Beasts 3 by Kobold Press 42:56 D&D & RPG News: Kobold Press Adventure Calendar 43:47 Patreon Question: Droctor Who style Talk, Move, Do Fight in D&D Combat 46:45 Patreon Question: Speeding Up Dungeon Exploration from Dungeon-Crawling Players Links One D&D Species and Cleric Playtest Moving On From 'Race' in One D&D Tome of Beasts 3 by Kobold Press Jeremy Crawford on Playtest Results Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books:

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D&D news and commentary by Mike Shea of https://slyflourish.com Contents 00:00:00 Show Start 00:00:58 Sly Flourish News: Leaving Twitter for Mastodon 00:07:01 D&D & RPG News: Chronicles of Eberron by Keith Baker 00:08:23 Product Spotlight: Dragonlance Shadow of the Dragon Queen 00:41:17 D&D & RPG News: WOTC's Non-Answer About a One D&D SRD 00:45:26 Product Spotlight: Tomb of the Twilight Queen 00:50:17 Patreon Question: Incorporating Random Encounters 00:54:35 Patreon Question: Running Pointcrawls with Flying Characters 00:57:48 Patreon Question: Supporting Players Who Roll Poorly 01:03:00 Patreon Question: Making Friends from Online D&D Games 01:08:30 Patreon Question: Favorite Cult and Why Cults? Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: Sly Flourish on Mastodon D&D Tip Tweet Archive Keith Baker Presents: Chronicles of Eberron Statement on OGL from WotC Morrus’ Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk #228: The Open Gaming License and One D&D Tomb of the Twilight Queen Playing D&D Can Save Your Life

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D&D news and commentary by Mike Shea of https://slyflourish.com Contents 00:00 Show Start 00:49 D&D & RPG News: Level Up Advanced 5e on Bundle of Holding 02:13 D&D & RPG News: Justin Alexander on Pointcrawls 03:56 D&D & RPG News: Morrus on One D&D and the Open Gaming License 08:57 D&D & RPG News: Dragon+ Goes Offline 14:04 D&D & RPG News: Is Takhisis Tiamat? Who Gets to Decide? 20:47 Patreon Question: Using Side Initiative 23:02 Patreon Question: Reading an Entire Campaign Adventure 24:37 Patreon Question: Making a Campaign World Feel Alive 26:56 Patreon Question: Curing Lycanthrope with a Wererat PC 29:52 Patreon Question: Focusing Over-Preparing 32:54 Patreon Question: Non-Lethal Attack Options 36:36 Patreon Question: Making NPCs Stand Out in Online Games 38:08 Patreon Question: Player-Driven Character Motivations Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: Level Up Advanced 5e Bundle of Holding Justin Alexander on Pointcrawls Part 1 Justin Alexander on Pointcrawls Part 2 Morrus on One D&D and the OGL Dragon+ Archive WotC Officially Confirms Takhisis and Tiamat Are The Same

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