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

Mike talks about all things D&D! Contents 00:00 Show Start 00:43 Sly Flourish News: New Campaign Arc in City of Arches 08:52 Product Spotlight: Battle Walker from the Abyss 14:28 DM Tip: Focusing on the Fiction and Starting with the Story 39:42 DM Tip: Focusing the Lens 45:20 Patreon Question: Hooking Characters Into Adventures 49:17 Patreon Question: Heralds for Factions 51:31 Patreon Question: Heuristics for Running Current and Future D&D Concepts Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: Goblin's Henchmen on Hexflowers Hexflower Toolkit (Affiliate Link) Battle Walker of the Abyss (Affiliate Link) DM David Blog on Battle Walker of the Abyss Safe Havens

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Mike talks about all things D&D! Contents 00:00:00 Show Start 00:00:45 Product Spotlight: Arcadia 16 and the Blackweald 00:09:14 Product Spotlight: Alphastream on Defining Your Success in RPGs 00:13:29 Product Spotlight: Monsters of the Multiverse Part 2 00:38:20 Patreon Question: How can DMs Enjoy Being Players? 00:41:51 Patreon Question: Running Third Party Campaigns with D&D Beyond 00:46:01 Patreon Question: Choosing a VTT to Invest In 00:49:42 Patreon Question: Collapsing a Wide-Spread Campaign 00:51:50 Patreon Question: Running Strahd 00:53:59 Patreon Question: Sharing Villainous Plans and Actions 00:55:24 Patreon Question: Choosing Third Party Character Options 00:56:35 Patreon Question: Running Multi-Table Events 00:58:35 Patreon Question: Using Gold in Mythic Adventures 01:00:25 Patreon Question: Defining Leveling Milestones 01:01:38 Patreon Question: Drawing Out Character Backstory 01:02:37 Patreon Question: Managing Chaotic Characters 01:05:17 Patreon Question: Recognizing GM Burnout 01:07:46 Patreon Question: Surprise Twists in D&D Campaigns Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: MCDM Patreon Alphastream on Defining Success in RPGs Building a Great D&D Character Good Behaviors for D&D Players Running Strahd Matt Coleville on Offering Better Rewards Campfire Stories

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Mike talks about all things D&D! Contents 00:00 Show Start 00:44 D&D News: Free Phandelver and Acq Inc on D&D Beyond 02:21 Product Spotlight: Monsters of the Multiverse 30:35 Kickstarter Spotlight: Murder in the Shielding Peaks 34:13 Product Spotlight: Treacherous Traps 37:14 Patreon Question: Encouraging Player Ingenuity 40:40 Patreon Question: Running Dungeon Crawls 48:31 Patreon Question: Describing Irregular Caves in a Dungeon Crawl 49:52 Patreon Question: Witchlight with Three Players 52:17 Patreon Question: Resource Management During Travel Links Free Phandelver and Acquisitions Incorporated on D&D Beyond Monsters of the Multiverse (affiliate link) D&D Adventurer's League rules for Monsters of the Multiverse Races Blog of Holding Analysis of Monsters of the Multiverse Level Up Advanced 5e Monstrous Menagerie (affiliate link) Kickstarter: Murder in the Shielding Peaks Treacherous Traps

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Mike talks about all things D&D! Contents 00:00 Show Intro 01:00 D&D News: Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes Comes Out on 16 May 02:01 D&D News: Can't Buy Tome of Foes or Volo's Guide to Monsters on D&D Beyond after 17 May 05:57 Product Spotlight: Above VTT 19:00 Kickstarter Spotlight: Campaign Builder - Cities and Towns 20:46 D&D Tip: Hex Flowers 31:37 Patreon Question: Introducing Villains in your Campaign 34:22 Patreon Question: Challenging Characters vs. Players with Puzzles 37:47 Patreon Question: Dealing with Bickering Players 41:55 Patreon Question: Evoking High Adventure in our RPGs 45:30 Patreon Question: Pacing Games with Split Parties 47:30 Patreon Question: What To Do With Gold 50:53 Patreon Question: Focusing a Homebrew Campaign Links Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes (affiliate link) Volo's Guide to Monsters (affiliate link) Monsters of the Multiverse (affiliate link) Above VTT Above VTT Patreon Page Campaign Builder Cities and Towns Kickstarter Hex Flowers Hex Flower Cookbook (affiliate link)

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Mike talks about all things D&D! Contents 00:00:00 Show Intro 00:00:54 Sly Flourish News: Update to the City of Arches 00:04:15 D&D News: Heroes of Krynn Revisited Unearthed Arcana 00:08:25 Kickstarter Spotlight: Dungeonmorphs IV 00:12:58 Kickstarter Spotlight: Fraternity of Ash 00:15:40 Product Spotlight: Isle of the Dreaded Accursed 00:18:49 Patreon Question: Building Resilient Villainous Plans 00:23:30 Patreon Question: Points-of-Light Settings for Lazy DMs 00:25:54 Patreon Question: Long-Ranged Combat 00:27:42 Patreon Question: Reskin or Build a Big Bad Evil Mage From Scratch? 00:32:06 Patreon Question: Integrating Characters of Stand-By Players 00:34:22 Patreon Question: Managing Conflicting Factions 00:35:47 Patreon Question: Too Many Pirate Lords! 00:37:17 Patreon Question: Building an Apocalyptic Eberron 00:39:27 Patreon Question: Handling a Situation Where you Crossed the Line Accidentally 00:43:44 Patreon Question: Managing Portals in the City of Arches 00:46:04 Patreon Question: Published Inspiration for Homebrew Campaigns 00:47:59 Patreon Question: Handling In-World Pacing Problems 00:50:09 Patreon Question: Surprising Players vs. Surprising Characters 00:52:50 Patreon Question: Managing Political Intrigue the Lazy Way 00:54:39 Patreon Question: Managing Before-Combat Attacks and Actions 00:56:20 Patreon Question: Managing Downtime Activities 00:57:33 Patreon Question: Rewarding and Balancing Named Spells 00:59:09 Patreon Question: Managing Adventures Focused on a Missing Character 01:00:31 Patreon Question: Managing Timing While Running Fall of Elturel Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books Heroes of Krynn Revisited Dungeonmorph's IV Kickstarter Fraternity of Ash Kickstarter Isle of the Dreaded Accursed Building Resilient Villainous Plans

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Mike talks about all things D&D! Contents 00:00 Show Start 00:51 D&D News: Last Days of the Sly Flourish Bundle of Holding 01:56 D&D News: Lots of Wizards Announcements 02:13 D&D News: The Monstrous Compendium Volume 1 07:06 D&D News: Campaign Case - Creatures 10:01 D&D News: Campaign Case - Terrain 11:30 D&D News: D&D Starter Set - Dragons of Stormwreck Isle 12:59 D&D News: Spelljammer Boxed Set 16:58 D&D News: Dragonlance - Shadow of the Dragon Queen and War of Krynn 21:14 Kickstarter Spotlight: Shadow Under Hardflint Hall 24:46 Patreon Question: Who Do I Listen To, Watch, and Read? 28:34 Patreon Question: On Fudging Rolls and Choosing Targets 31:49 Patreon Question: Dealing with Familiars and Dungeon Reconnaissance 36:06 Patreon Question: How Do we Actually Begin our Sessions? 38:46 Patreon Question: Introducing Players to Other Game Systems 40:32 Patreon Question: Making NPCs Distinct 42:00 Patreon Question: How Strict to Represent Time Pressures 44:05 Patreon Question: Should I Worry about my Evil PC? 46:27 Patreon Question: Projecting Evil Humanoid Creatures 48:21 Patreon Question: What Bad Habits Have I Broken? 51:31 Patreon Question: Checklist for Homebrew Finales 55:14 Patreon Question: Running Deadly Standoffs in D&D Links Sly Flourish Bundle of Holding! Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books Shadow Under Hardflint Hall Kickstarter D&D Direct – Announcement Video Monstrous Compendium Volume 1 (WOTC) Monstrous Compendium Volume 1 (D&D Beyond) D&D Campaign Case: Creatures D&D Campaign Case: Terrain D&D Starter Set – Dragons of Stormwreck Isle Spelljammer Boxed Set Dragonlance – Shadow of the Dragon Queen Bob Worldbuilder Dungeoncraft DM David Alphastream.org Mastering Dungeons Eldritch Lorecast The Alexandrian

Mike offers tips and thoughts for running Chapter 2 of Wild Beyond the Witchlight! Contents 00:00 Show Intro 00:37 Four Tips for Witchlight Chapter 2 01:01 Tip 1: Reinforce the Theme of Whimsy and Wonder 02:19 Tip 2: Reinforce the Characters' Goals 04:34 Tip 3: Solidify the Chapter's Main Required Progression Key: Clapperclaw 05:42 Tip 4: Limit Agdon Longscarf's Multi-attack 07:48 Witchlight Runs Great On It's Own 09:01 Injecting Dreadful Incursions from Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft 14:29 Reinforce the Rules of Conduct 15:46 Manage Your Upward and Downward Beats 19:24 Make Telemy Hill Dangerous 20:19 Fall in Love with the Soggy Court 22:56 Lots of Options for Bavlorna and her Cottage 25:08 Choose Where you Put the Unicorn Horn 25:51 Add a Vendor 27:14 Fill Out Empty Locations As Desired 28:07 Be Careful While Leveling Slowly 29:33 Foreshadow the League of Malevolence 30:14 Show The Maps Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books Witchlight Video Playlist

Mike talks about all things D&D! Contents 00:00 Show Start 00:41 D&D News: Sly Flourish Bundle of Holding 02:02 D&D News: WOTC Buys D&D Beyond 08:56 D&D News: D&D Direct Announcements Coming Thursday 21 April 2022 10:05 Kickstarter Spotlight: Flee Mortals by MCDM 29:30 Product Spotlight: Volo's Vetted Vendors 33:06 Patreon Question: Seeding Future Quests Without Starting Them 36:41 Patreon Question: Handling Augury 39:00 Patreon Question: Manging Sources and Books for Game Prep 41:40 Patreon Question: Handling Curses That Remove Curse Doesn't Fix 45:15 Patreon Question: Running a Rebellion 48:13 Patreon Question: Uncomfortable Roleplaying NPCs 50:27 Patreon Question: Passing Complex Lore to Players 53:06 Patreon Question: Handling Mounts in Combat 55:03 Patreon Question: Strong Starts and Cold Opens Links Sly Flourish Bundle of Holding! Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books Mastering Dungeons Video on D&D Beyond Acquisition D&D Beyond Acquisition Announcement D&D Beyond Acquisition Press Release D&D Direct Event & Product Announcements Flee Mortals Kickstarter Volo's Vetted Vendors

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Mike talks about all things D&D! Contents 00:00 Show Start 01:10 D&D News: Sly Flourish Bundle of Holding! $100 of PDFs for $20! 03:33 D&D News: City of Arches Update with Amazing Side-View Cutaway Map 11:42 Product Spotlight: Kenku.fm 18:50 Kickstarter Spotlight: Tome of Adventure Design 26:24 Patreon Question: Fast and Slow Initiative in D&D 5e 30:23 Patreon Question: Run Eberron in Sharn and in the Wilds 32:33 Patreon Question: Five Elements of Storytelling in D&D 37:01 Patreon Question: Players Running NPCs or Monsters 39:07 Patreon Question: Tactical Combat in Theater of the Mind 44:04 Patreon Question: Managing On-Call Players 47:48 Patreon Question: Recovering from a Bad Game Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books Sly Flourish Bundle of Holding! Kenku.fm Tome of Adventure Design Kickstarter Running Combat in the Theater of the Mind Finding and Maintaining a D&D Group Recovering from a Bad Game

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Mike talks about all things D&D! Contents 00:00 Show Start 00:49 D&D News: Spelljammer Confirmed?? 08:38 Product Spotlight: Crown of the Oathbreaker 18:06 Commentary: Elderbrain's 2,000 Player D&D Survey 25:04 D&D News: Patreon Q&A for April 2022 Coming Wednesday 27:16 Patreon Question: Evolving Villain Stat Blocks 31:29 Patreon Question: Favorite Classic D&D Encounters 33:04 Patreon Question: Dealing with Insight Checks for Lie Detection 36:41 Patreon Question: Making Awesome Skeletons 41:06 Patreon Question: Helping Players Understand High Level Quests 45:28 Patreon Question: What Makes a Good Cultist? 47:04 Patreon Question: Mixing Ruins of the Grendleroot and Where the Machines Wait 48:51 Patreon Question: Outlining Scenes vs. Defining Situations Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books Crown of the Oathbreaker Elderbrain D&D Survey Where the Machines Wait Outlining Scenes Video Situation-based D&D Video

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Mike talks about all things D&D! Contents 00:00 Show Intro 00:36 D&D News: Journeys through the Radiant Citadel 15:43 Product Spotlight: Warlock Lairs - Into the Wilds 21:09 Commentary: The Intractable Problem of Maps for In-Person Games 43:15 Patreon Question: Tracking Secret Organizations In Your Campaign 46:07 Patreon Question: How do You Grab Artwork? 47:33 Patreon Question: How Are Heists Different than Dungeon Crawls? 50:11 Patreon Question: Challenge Ratings for Custom Monsters 52:17 Patreon Question: Running a One- or Two-Hour Adventure 53:59 Patreon Question: How Do You Run a Dungeon? 56:16 Patreon Question: Solidifying Choices in a Homebrew Campaign 58:12 Patreon Question: Why Do Bosses Need Mobility? Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Join the Sly Flourish Patreon Buy the Lazy DM's Companion Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master Buy the Lazy DM's Workbook Journey through the Radient Citadel Warlock Lairs – Into the Wilds Large Graph Paper (affiliate link) Lazy D&D Monster Tokens

Mike prepares to run his next session of his Numenera campaign! Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master Buy the Lazy DM's Companion Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Numenera Lazy DM Campaign Notebook Numenera Discovery

Mike talks about all things D&D! Contents 00:00 Show Start 00:38 D&D News: New Product Announcements Tuesday 05:04 Product Spotlight: Call from the Netherdeep 22:32 Kickstarter Spotlight: Remarkable Guilds 27:16 DM Tip: Another Look at "Attack on a Miss" 35:22 Patreon Question: Players Won't Interact with Quest NPCs 40:30 Patreon Question: How to Use 3rd Party Monsters 44:57 Patreon Question: Villainous Banter During Combat 48:32 Patreon Question: Your Own Canon for Published Campaign Worlds 51:27 Patreon Question: All-in Group Checks and Secret Ability Checks 55:36 Patreon Question: Understanding Which Monster Make Sense For a Situation 59:14 Patreon Question: Overwhelmed with Locations and NPCs in Strixhaven Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Join the Sly Flourish Patreon Buy the Lazy DM's Companion Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master Buy the Lazy DM's Workbook Enworld on new product announcements Call from the Netherdeep (affiliate link) Remarkable Guilds Kickstarter Ability Check Toolbox

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Mike talks about all things D&D! Contents 00:00:00 Show Start 00:00:34 WOTC Product Spotlight: Heroes of Krynn Playtest 00:20:07 Product Spotlight: Book of Wondrous Magic Volume 2 00:27:18 Product Spotlight: Free Dwarven Forge Adventures 00:34:33 DM Tip: Attack Again on a Miss 00:39:19 RPG Industry Tip: Lunch break Heroes on Making Money in RPGs 00:45:59 Patreon Question: Scaling Combat for Six Players 00:49:32 Patreon Question: Lazy Tricks for Incorporating Character Backgrounds 00:53:39 Patreon Question: Tools for In-Person Games 00:56:47 Patreon Question: Handing Out Magic Items 00:59:32 Patreon Question: Best Adventure I've Ever Played In 01:01:16 Patreon Question: Running Structured Social Encounters 01:03:47 Patreon Question: Blades in the Dark for D&D Heists Links Join the Sly Flourish Patreon Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Buy the Lazy DM's Companion Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master Buy the Lazy DM's Workbook Heroes of Krynn Unearthed Arcana Playtest Book of Wondrous Magic Volume 2 Alphastream on YouTube Alphastream's Blog and Newsletter Dwarven Forge Adventures Lunch Break Heroes on Making a Living in RPGs Lazy D&D Combat Encounter Benchmark Tools for In-Person Games Invasion of the Planet of Tarrasques

Mike prepares to run his next session of his Numenera campaign! Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master Buy the Lazy DM's Companion Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Numenera Lazy DM Campaign Notebook Numenera Discovery

Mike covers the remainder of the February 2022 Sly Flourish Patreon questions! Contents 00:00 Show Start 00:28 Commentary: Patreon Q&A Guidelines 01:41 Commentary: Disclaimer...I'm Just Sharing My Experiences 02:45 D&D News: The Lazy D&D Talk Show Topic Database 04:04 Patreon Question: Managing Mechanics-Focused Players 07:23 Patreon Question: Being Too Nice? 10:47 Patreon Question: Limiting Turn Time in Combat 13:55 Patreon Question: Druids Conjuring Giant Octopi 17:27 Patreon Question: Projecting Deadly Threats in Numenera 19:29 DM Tip: Limiting Polymorph by Treating Monster Sightings like Pokemon 20:46 Patreon Question: Getting Ideas for Fantastic Locations 22:53 Patreon Question: Managing Table Talk in Online Games 25:47 Patreon Question: Really Big Pointcrawls? Sure! 28:28 Patreon Question: Campaign Outlines for Lazy DMs? 31:08 Patreon Question: Player Agency with Dominated Characters 33:24 Patreon Question: What Program Did I Layout City of Arches In? 34:39 Patreon Question: Appendix N for Grendleroot Games 37:13 Patreon Question: Better System for Quest Rewards? 38:59 Patreon Question: Upward and Downward Beats During Combat 41:22 Patreon Question: Selecting Magic Items for Shopping Characters 43:37 Patreon Question: Experiences Writing City of Arches 51:42 Patreon Question: Telegraphing Deadly Situations Links Ginni Di on Table Talk Etiquette for Online Games Join the Sly Flourish Patreon for the City of Arches and much more! Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Buy the Lazy DM's Companion Pick up Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master Pick up the Lazy DM's Workbook

Mike talks about all things D&D! Contents 00:00 Show Start 00:24 D&D News: City of Arches Updates 10:06 Commentary: The Shift to Online Play 18:08 Product Spotlight: Cult of the Hydra 26:44 Commentary: Writing Expensive Products for the DM's Guild 36:01 Patreon Question: Getting Players to Read the Books 40:34 Patreon Question: Building a Dark Lord Boss Monster 43:34 Patreon Question: Speeding Up Milestone Experience Rewards 46:00 Patreon Question: Introducing Villains All at Once or One At a Time 48:30 Patreon Question: Deadly Encounter Benchmark for Level 11+ 54:01 Patreon Question: Experiences Playing Solo RPGs Links Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy the Lazy DM's Companion Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Shift in Online and In Person Play Roll 20 has 10 million users Cult of the Hydra Collective Experiences Running D&D Boss Monsters Improvising Legendary Boss Monsters Video Improvising Coleville-style Action Oriented Monsters Lazy Encounter Benchmark Ironsworn Thousand Year Old Vampire Mork Borg Feretory

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Mike uses the Lazy DM's Companion and the City of Arches to put together a heist one-shot adventure! See the show notes for details Links Buy the Lazy DM's Companion Check out the Lazy DM's Companion Sample Pages Join the Sly Flourish Patreon for the City of Arches and much more! Check out the final Notion page for the adventure Learn more about Notion for Lazy Campaign Building Pick up Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master Pick up the Lazy DM's Workbook

Mike talks about all things D&D! Contents 00:00:00 Show Start 00:00:23 City of Arches Player's Guide 00:02:39 City of Arches Map by Chloe Bollard 00:06:19 Obsidian Skull Patreon Adventure 00:08:26 Lazy D&D Talk Show Topic Database 00:13:38 Product Spotlight: Uncaged Godesses 00:27:57 Kickstarter Preview: Old School Essentials 00:34:57 Patreon Question: Lazy DM Steps for Sandbox Urban Adventures 00:39:30 Patreon Question: Tips for Running One-on-One D&D Games 00:42:16 Patreon Question: Tips for Describing Combat 00:44:14 Patreon Question: Player Worldbuilding 00:46:08 Patreon Question: Feats in DMG, Magic Items in PHB? 00:48:12 Patreon Question: Random Tables for Hunt-Based Adventure 00:51:01 Patreon Question: Character Race and WOTC Storylines 00:54:30 Patreon Question: Favorite Non-D&D RPG 00:55:17 Patreon Question: Lazy D&D Tips for Megadungeons 00:57:06 Patreon Question: Re-Balancing High Level Characters 01:00:13 Patreon Question: Filtering New Players for Online Games Links Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy the Lazy DM's Companion Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Uncaged Godesses Old School Essentials Kickstarter A Framework for One-on-One D&D Games: Sherlock Holmes and Watson Balancing D&D Combat for One-on-One Play Running One-on-One D&D

Mike prepares to run his next session of his Numenera campaign! Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master Buy the Lazy DM's Companion Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Numenera Lazy DM Campaign Notebook Numenera Discovery Injecting the Weird Voices in the Datasphere Technology Compendium: Sir Arthour’s Guide to the Numenera

Mike talks about all things D&D! Contents 00:00:00 Show Start 00:00:37 Lightning Rods - Leaning In on Powerful Character Abilities 00:10:19 New D&D Starter Set: Dragons of Stormwreck Isle 00:15:32 Kickstarter Spotlight: Epic Legacy - Tome of Titans 2 00:26:21 Product Spotlight: Home Field Advantage - Lair Actions for Most D&D Monsters 00:37:16 Alphastream on Spellcasting Monsters 00:51:40 Patreon Question: Using GM Intrusions from Numenera in 5e 00:55:24 Patreon Question: Setting Up Gamestore Games for New Players 00:57:13 Patreon Question: Faster Leveling in Witchlight 01:00:16 Patreon Question: Overwhelmed with Lore 01:03:02 Patreon Question: Lazy DM Tips for Drawing Maps Links Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master Buy the Lazy DM's Companion Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Ginni Di on Leaning In on Powerful Character Abilities Nerd Immersion on New D&D Starter Set EnWorld on New D&D Starter Set: Dragons of Stormwreck Isle Ray Winninger on Starter Set Price Error Kickstarter: Epic Legacy Tome of Titans 2 Home Field Advantage: A Compendium of Lair Actions Alphastream: The Future "We" Want for Spellcasting Monsters Alphastream: How WotC Already Found the Future of Spellcasting Monsters Dyson Map Key for drawing quick battle maps Map Fu by Chris Perkins Map Fu SF Archive

Mike prepares to run his next session of his Numenera campaign! Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master Buy the Lazy DM's Companion Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Numenera Lazy DM Campaign Notebook Numenera Discovery Injecting the Weird Voices in the Datasphere Technology Compendium: Sir Arthour’s Guide to the Numenera Taking the Narrative by the Tail: GM Intrusions & Special Effects

Mike talks about all things D&D! Contents 00:51 Kickstarter Spotlight: Elements of Inspiration Decks 05:53 Product Spotlight: Dragonflight by 2C Gaming 27:09 Sly Flourish Patreon Product: The City of Arches Guidebook 38:55 Patreon Question: Running Sandbox Games with the Eight Steps 42:47 Patreon Question: Going Too Far with End-of-Campaign Montages 44:49 Patreon Question: Underused Nugget from the Eight Steps? 46:28 Patreon Question: Good Aspects of 4e 49:10 Patreon Question: Organizing Useful Info from RPG PDFs 52:27 Patreon Question: Running Labyrinths in D&D 55:22 Patreon Question: Preparing Upward and Downward Beats 59:24 Patreon Question: Preparing Options after a Cliffhanger Battle Links Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master Buy the Lazy DM's Companion Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Elements of Inspiration Deck Kickstarter Dragonflight by 2C Gaming

Mike offers tips and discussion for chapter 1 of Wild Beyond the Witchlight and prepares to run chapter 2! Contents 00:00 Show Start 01:20 Top Three Tips for running Chapter 1 of Wild Beyond the Witchlight 11:25 Other Tips for Running Wild Beyond the Witchlight 14:30 What Did I Do in Chapter 1 in My Game? 23:36 Adding Dreadful Incursions - Not Good for Every Witchlight Campaign 28:41 Thoughts about Chapter 2 35:13 Prepping my Next Session in Chapter 2 48:16 Building a Dreadful Incursion 58:38 Finishing Up our Session Prep Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy the Lazy DM's Companion Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master Buy Wild Beyond the Witchlight on Amazon (affiliate link) Wild Beyond the Witchlight Notion Template Wild Beyond the Witchlight One-Page Campaign Guide Using Notion.so for Lazy D&D Campaign Planning

Mike prepares to run his session zero of his first Numenera campaign! Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master Buy the Lazy DM's Companion Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Numenera Lazy DM Campaign Notebook Numenera Discovery Injecting the Weird Jade Colossus

WOTC's new president, Lazy DM's Companion PDF for sale, Tal'Dorei Reborn product spotlight, more on Monsters of the Multiverse monster difficulty, and February Patreon Q&A in this week's Lazy D&D Talk Show! Contents 00:00 Show Start 00:35 New President of Wizards of the Coast and the Unpredictability of the Future of D&D 07:20 Lazy DM's Companion PDF Now for General Sale! 08:36 Tal'Dorei Reborn Product Spotlight 25:17 Videos and Articles about Monster Difficulty in Monsters of the Multiverse 37:57 Patreon Question: Running with One Remote Player and Three Physical Players 41:55 Patreon Question: Running a Predator-style Adventure that Doesn't Suck 45:55 Patreon Question: Any Further Tips on Campaign Development? Not really! 47:51 Patreon Question: Getting Players to Use More Character Features 50:31 Patreon Question: Getting Players to Understand Old-School Style Adventures in 5e 53:29 Patreon Question: Building Legacy Weapons that Scale Up in Power Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master New WOTC President – Cynthia Williams Lazy DM's Companion PDF for general sale! Tal'Dorei Reborn

Mike discusses his Blades in the Dark finale and thoughts about the game. Blades in the Dark Blades in the Dark Cheat Sheet by Justin Alexander Blades in the Dark Notion Campaign Notebook Using Notion.so for Lazy D&D Campaign Planning Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Join Sly Flourish's Patreon Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master

Mike prepares to run his session zero of his first Numenera campaign! Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master Buy the Lazy DM's Companion Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Numenera Lazy DM Campaign Notebook Numenera Discovery Injecting the Weird Jade Colossus

Mike goes through the final 33 Patreon questions of January 2022! Contents 00:00:00 Show Intro 00:01:01 Cliche Bad Guy Expositions 00:02:49 Managing Treasure Distribution 00:05:08 Describing Three of Five Keys In Fiction 00:07:30 Building Quick Monsters from Scratch 00:09:39 Incorporating Character Backstories - Not for Everyone 00:13:46 Lazy Tips for Character Retreats 00:17:41 Sly Flourish DM Screen? 00:21:05 Creating Interesting Combat Encounters 00:25:12 Adding New Characters to Descent into Avernus 00:27:06 Making a CR 3 Vampire 00:28:56 More Sly Flourish Streamed D&D Games? Nope, Sorry. 00:30:29 Running One-Hour D&D Games 00:33:33 Tracking Factions in Notion 00:35:26 One-Page Campaign Guide for Homebrew Worlds 00:38:49 Setup for Running Games Online 00:41:08 Experience with Devesting Critical Hits 00:42:05 Using Extra Encounters for WOTC Hardcover Campaigns 00:43:33 Fog of War for Tabletop Maps 00:46:01 Secrets and Clues for West Marches Games 00:48:16 Managing Monsters with Debilitating Fun-Stealing Effects 00:51:04 OGL Good for Smaller Publishers? Not sure. 00:52:57 Running Grendleroot in Avernus 00:54:10 Integrating Monuments 00:55:50 Running Forgotten Realms for Knowledgable Players 00:58:05 Running Townbuilding Scenarios 00:59:44 Revealing Pointcrawls to Players 01:01:59 Playing in an 11-year-old's D&D Game 01:03:01 Running Grendleroot to 20th Level 01:04:31 Converting Settings to Other Systems and Running Fate 01:07:12 Speeding Up Combat 01:09:10 High-Level Relics Too Powerful? Nope! 01:11:03 Getting Players to Roleplay With Each Other 01:12:26 Revealing Numenera to Unknowing Characters Links Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master Buy the Lazy DM's Companion Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Ruins of the Grendleroot Shawn Merwin Deep Dive on One-Hour Games Three of Five Keys Sly Flourish D&D Cheat Sheet Running a West Marches Grendleroot Campaign

Mike talks about all things D&D! Contents 00:29 My friend Bryan and the Importance of D&D 08:07 Quick Thoughts on Blades in the Dark 09:23 Further Thoughts on D&D Beyond and Monsters of the Multiverse 12:28 Kickstarter Spotlight: Tome of Beasts 3 by Kobold Press (Sponsored) 17:04 Product Spotlight: Level Up 5e Monstrous Menagerie 42:58 Patreon Q&A 43:23 Patreon Question: 5e's Time Sinks 48:22 Patreon Question: Do Monster Dials Prevent Character Death? 50:27 Patreon Question: Digital 3rd Party Products Outside of PDFs? 53:09 Patreon Question: Tips for Monster Morale 55:18 Patreon Question: 4e Modules of Note for 5e Conversion? 56:59 Patreon Question: Secrets, Clues, and Discoveries for Numenera Links Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master Buy the Lazy DM's Companion Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Playing D&D Can Save Your Life Tome of Beasts 3 Kickstarter (Sponsored) Level Up Advanced 5e Monstrous Menagerie Madness at Gardmore Abbey

Mike prepares for his Blades in the Dark game. Blades in the Dark Blades in the Dark Cheat Sheet by Justin Alexander Blades in the Dark Notion Campaign Notebook Using Notion.so for Lazy D&D Campaign Planning Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Join Sly Flourish's Patreon Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master

Mike talks about all things D&D! Contents 00:38 Lazy DM's Companion PDF Delivered! 09:29 Monsters of the Multiverse on D&D Beyond on May 17th 13:25 MotM Not Updating Previous Content on D&D Beyond 23:26 A Look at Monsters of the Multiverse Stat Blocks 47:56 Patreon Question: Transitions Between Scenes and Encounters 50:47 Patreon Question: Running "World Without Heroes" Campaign 53:35 Patreon: Using Callbacks 56:08 Patreon Question: Problems and Benefits of D&D Canon 59:36 Patreon Question: Bite-sized Lore and Inspiration Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master Preorder the Lazy DM's Companion Monsters of the Multiverse on D&D Beyond on 17 May 2022 Enworld on Monsters of the Multiverse not replacing existing monsters Reddit transcript of D&D Beyond Twitch show on Monsters of the Multiverse DDB Taking Queues from WOTC on MotM integration Brandes Soddard's Twitter Preview of MotM See Brandes Soddard's media files for all of his MotM previews Level Up 5e Monstrous Menagerie (affiliate link) A World Without Heroes: A 1st to 20th level Campaign Outline

Mike talks about his first full session of Wild Beyond the Witchlight. Contents 00:00 Show Start 02:10 Seven D&D Tips from Last Night's Game 12:31 The Theme of Witchlight and the Dreadful Incursions 16:42 The Characters in my Witchlight Campaign 21:22 First Witchlight Session Retrospective 45:11 Prep for my Next Session 59:49 Listing the Cool Dreadful Domains for Dreadful Incursions Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy the Lazy DM's Companion Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master Buy Wild Beyond the Witchlight on Amazon (affiliate link) Wild Beyond the Witchlight Notion Template Wild Beyond the Witchlight One-Page Campaign Guide Eventyr's Complete DM's Bundle for Wild Beyond the Witchlight (affiliate link) Using Notion.so for Lazy D&D Campaign Planning

Mike prepares for his Blades in the Dark game. Blades in the Dark Blades in the Dark Cheat Sheet by Justin Alexander Blades in the Dark Notion Campaign Notebook Using Notion.so for Lazy D&D Campaign Planning Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Join Sly Flourish's Patreon Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master

Mike talks about all things D&D! Sorry about the plosives in the recording, I was speaking too much into the mic (no need to comment =)) Contents 00:00 Show Start 00:41 Lazy DMs Companion Update - All is Great! 05:02 Thoughts about Wild Beyond the Witchlight Sesson Zero 15:42 More on D&D Not Being Like World of Warcraft 33:05 Patreon Questions 33:28 Patreon Question: Revisiting Old Eliminated Prep Areas 36:04 Patreon Question: Preparing Multiple Sessions in Advance 38:35 Patreon Question: Handling Unexpected Character Deaths 41:25 Patreon Question: Publishing Homebrew Campaigns 45:14 Patreon Question: Favorite and Least Favorite Parts of 5e Seven Years In 51:07 Patreon Question: Evaluating Published Adventures 55:30 Patreon Question: DCs Higher than 30 and Choosing DCs based on the Characters Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master Preorder the Lazy DM's Companion

Mike's special mic-check episode of the Lazy D&D Talk show. Just general chatter about lots of random stuff. Contents 00:00:00 Show Intro 00:01:16 What Did I Do Today? 00:03:33 Cobra Kai 00:05:15 Reddit on Character Race Changes 00:13:12 Checking my Mic 00:16:58 Predictions on the Next D&D 00:18:47 Jim Collins's "Good to Great" and Wizards of the Coast 00:28:07 Lots of Monster Books Coming 00:28:50 Dangerous Destinations by Nord Games 00:32:32 Potential Numenera Campaign Adventures 00:45:17 Alphastream's New Patreon 00:49:23 My Dream: An RPG Industry Talk Show 00:52:45 Mike's Next Thing... (Join Patreon to find out!) 00:55:35 Latest Lazy DM's Companion Preview 01:06:54 How do you Grow Your Patreon Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master Preorder the Lazy DM's Companion Good to Great Five Stages of Decline Dangerous Destinations Preorder Page Alphastream's New Patreon

Mike prepares for his full Blades in the Dark game. Blades in the Dark Blades in the Dark Notion Campaign Notebook Using Notion.so for Lazy D&D Campaign Planning Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Join Sly Flourish's Patreon Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master

Mike prepares for his session zero of Wizards of the Coast hardcover adventure Wild Beyond the Witchlight! Video contents 00:00 Show Intro 01:09 How I feel about Wild Beyond the Witchlight 07:41 Running a Session Zero 12:15 Witchlight Campaign One-Pager 39:26 Reading and Absorbing Wild Beyond the Witchlight 44:04 Adding Dreadful Incursions for Combat Options in Witchlight 57:13 Prepping the First Session at the Witchlight Carnival Links Buy Wild Beyond the Witchlight on Amazon (affiliate link) Wild Beyond the Witchlight Notion Template Eventyr's Complete DM's Bundle for Wild Beyond the Witchlight (affiliate link) Using Notion.so for Lazy D&D Campaign Planning Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon

Mike talks about all things D&D! Contents 00:00 Show Intro 01:24 WOTC CEO Chris Cocks Promoted to Hasbro CEO 10:03 Kickstarter Spotlight: Limitless Heroics 14:53 Kickstarter Spotlight: Adventurer's Guide to the Bible 18:47 Kickstarter Spotlight: Nerdarchy's Mage Forge 20:33 Kickstarter Preview Spotlight: Tome of Beasts 3 by Kobold Press 22:31 Product Spotlight: What Crooked Roots 28:04 4e Skill Challenges vs. Blades Progress Clocks 34:52 Patreon Questions 35:27 Patreon Question: Keeping High Levels Challenging 41:00 Patreon Question: Sly Flourish Books on Roll 20? 44:44 Patreon Question: When Do You Give Out the One-Page Campaign Guide? 46:19 Patreon Question: Pre- and Post-Game Rituals 48:34 Patreon Question: Running Complicated Political Intrigue 51:12 This Isn't Gospel. I'm Just Sharing My Experiences 52:05 Patreon Question: Good 5-Page Product Types? 56:11 Patreon Question: Running RPGs for Kids? 57:55 Patreon Question: Good Downward Beats from Hamlet's Hit Points 59:25 Patreon Question: Scaling D&D for Three Characters Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master Kickstarter: Limitless Heroics Kickstarter: Adventurer's Guide to the Bible Kickstarter: Mage Forge Kickstarter: Tome of Beasts 3 What Crooked Roots (affiliate link) Mike on Progress Clocks RPG Kids No Thank You Evil Honey Heist Hamlet's Hit Points

Mike prepares for his first full Blades in the Dark game. Blades in the Dark Blades in the Dark Notion Campaign Notebook Using Notion.so for Lazy D&D Campaign Planning Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Join Sly Flourish's Patreon Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master