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 00:52 Kickstarter Spotlight: Wastes of Chaos by Kobold Press 05:41 Sly Flourish News: New Lazy D&D Talk Show Topic Database for Patrons 10:01 Kickstarter Spotlight: Anatomy of an Adventure by MT Black 13:11 Product Spotlight: Path of the Planebreaker by Monte CookGames 45:44 Patreon Question: Dealing with Secret Truths of a Campaign World 48:04 Patreon Question: AI-generated Art and the Lazy DM Links Wastes of Chaos Kickstarter by Kobold Press Anatomy of an Adventure Kickstarter by MT Black Path of the Planebreaker by Monte Cook Games Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books:

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Mike talks about all things D&D! Contents 00:00 Show Start 01:08 D&D & RPG News: One D&D Origins Playtest Survey 02:25 D&D & RPG News: Mastering Dungeons on the Origins One D&D Playtest 03:09 Patreon Update: World of Dead Temples and Secrets of Summervine Villa 07:49 D&D & RPG News: Spelljammer Errata 16:04 Kickstarter Spotlight: Dungeon Delver's Guide 20:31 Product Spotlight: Planegea 30:47 Commentary: I don't Review Third Party Products I Don't Like 36:05 Commentary: 5e Isn't 5e Compatible - We're On Our Own 46:23 Patreon Question: Strongest Criticism of Lazy DM Advice 48:59 Patreon Question: Adding a New Player Mid Campaign 51:00 Patreon Question: Spelljammer for New Players 52:50 Patreon Question: Adventure Anthologies and Heists 54:48 Patreon Question: Awarding Gold with the Lazy DM's Companion 58:03 Patreon Question: Tips for Reaching a Satisfying Campaign Conclusion Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: One D&D Playtest and Survey Mastering Dungeons on the One D&D Playtest WOTC Spelljammer Apology and Errata Dungeon Delver's Guide Kickstarter Planegea Reddit Thread on Backgrounds and Feat Mismatch Poll on Satisfying Conclusions for D&D Campaigns

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Mike talks about all things D&D! This week a Spelljammer deep dive! Contents 00:00 Show Start 00:51 D&D News: WOTC Offering Refunds for Dragonlance Pre-Orders 02:40 Kickstarter Spotlight: Horror at Devil's Run 05:32 Kickstarter Spotlight: Sebastian Crowe's Guide to Drakkenheim 07:30 Product Spotlight: Spelljammer - Adventure's In Space Boxed Set 09:11 Astral Adventurer's Guide - Spelljammer Character Options 14:35 Limited (No) Ship-to-Ship Combat Rules 17:19 Light of Xaryxis - the Spelljammer Adventure 20:17 Spelljammer DMScreen 21:07 Boo's Astral Menagerie - Spelljammer Monsters 31:55 Amazing Production Quality 33:01 No DM Tools to Build Spelljammer Adventures 37:31 Not Compatible with Spelljammer Academy 39:54 Spelljammer Doesn't Help DMs Run Games 40:45 Should You Buy It? 41:40 Patreon Question: Is Witchlight Still Great Without Dreadful Incursions? 43:33 Patreon Question: How Well Does Numenera's Stat Point Spend and Roll Negotiation Work? 46:53 Patreon Question: How Much Character Background for New Players? 49:05 Patreon Question: Making a Dungeon Feel Like a Megadungeon 51:20 Patreon Question: Actionable and Relevant Secrets and Clues Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: Wizards of the Coast D&D Customer Service Form Horror at Devil's Run Kickstarter Sebastian Crowe's Guide to Drakkenheim Kickstarter Spelljammer Adventures in Space Boxed Set (Amazon Affiliate Link) Add Dreadful Incursions to Wild Beyond the Witchlight Alphastream on Actionable Lore

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Mike talks about all things D&D! Contents 00:00 Show Start 00:58 The One D&D Announcement 02:45 One D&D and Backward Compatibility 04:25 Playtesting Experiences and Expectations 05:51 Providing Feedback 08:19 Looking at the First One D&D Playtest Document 08:53 Character Origins 13:25 On Power Increases 17:22 Changes to Fundamental Rules 18:10 A 20 Always Succeeds, a 1 Always Fails 20:24 Critical Hit Changes 23:50 Inspiration on a 20 - Should be a 1!! 25:51 Changes to Long Rests 26:45 One D&D 3D Virtual Tabletop Alpha screenshots 28:49 Does That Mean No 2d VTT in D&D Beyond? 29:53 Dragonlance - Wizards Took my $160 For Something I Don't Want and Won't Refund It 36:27 Five Other Books Announced for 2023 37:14 Phandelver Campaign - Eight Years Too Late 40:14 Book of Many Things 40:42 Planescape - Please Don't Make it a Boxed Set 43:57 Final Thoughts Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: One D&D Playtest One-Hour with Jeremy Crawford on Character Origins Ancestry and Culture in D&D D&D 3D Virtual Tabletop Shots

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Mike talks about all things D&D! Contents 00:00 Show Start 00:52 D&D & RPG News: New 13th Age in 2023 07:51 DM Tip: A New D&D Ability Score Standard Array 15:50 Product Spotlight: Dungeons of Drakkenheim 30:25 Patreon Question: Distinct Racial Characteristics for NPCs 33:10 Patreon Question: Making Prophecies Come True Without Railroading 35:07 Patreon Question: Inspiration for City of Arches 37:51 Patreon Question: "Milestone" Event-Based Leveling Without Removing Player 41:13 Patreon Question: Running Zero Prep One-Hour Games Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: New 13th Age Escalation Edition in 2023 Zipperon Disney: $20 for everything you need to run Dragons of Stormwreck Isle Dungeons of Drakkenheim Powerslave by Iron Maiden Ozymandias by Percy Shelley Running One-Hour D&D Games with Shawn Merwin

Mike dives deep into the Numenera RPG by Monte Cook Games with tips and tricks for Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Masters. Contents 00:00 What This Video Gives To You 00:56 What Is Numenera? 05:04 Top Three Favorite Things about Numenera 09:19 Three Challenges Running Numenera 17:47 Numenera Buyer's Guide 27:49 Bringing Your D&D to Numenera and Vice Versa 33:11 Ideas from Numenera You Can Bring to D&D 40:33 Other Thoughts About Numenera 46:02 Final Thoughts on Numenera Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: Numenera Discovery Technology Compendium: Sir Arthour’s Guide to the Numenera Numenera Bestiary 1 Numenera Bestiary 2 Numenera Bestiary 3

Mike talks about all things D&D! Contents 00:49 Sly Flourish News: Sly Flourish Wins Two ENNIES! 03:05 D&D and RPG News: Wizards Presents Announcements 18 August 05:16 D&D and RPG News: Final Spelljammer Academy Adventure 07:54 Dragons of Stormwreck Isle Character Sheet PDFs 09:23 Kickstarter Preview: Face Folio by M Blake 12:34 Commentary: Encounter Building by Dragna Carta 32:59 Patreon Question: Best Adventure for New Players 34:22 Patreon Question: Choosing Your Next Campaign With Your Players 36:56 Patreon Question: Building a Quest Board 39:23 Patreon Question: Not Enjoying Game Prep Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: 2022 ENNIE Awards Wizards Presents Announcements Spelljammer Academy Spelljammer on Amazon for 40% off (Affiliate Link) Dragons of Stormwreck Isle Pregenerated Characters Face Folio Kickstarter Encounter Building on Dragna's Den D&D Combat Simulator Challenge Ratings 2.0

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Mike offers tips and tricks for running chapters 4 and 5 of Wild Beyond the Witchlight! Contents 00:00 Show Intro 00:51 Recommendation 1: Consider Dreadful Incursions 02:02 Recommendation 2: You Don't Have to Run All the NPCs 03:41 Recommendation 3: You Don't Have to Run Every Location or Encounter 04:16 Recommendation 4: Run Hag Lairs as Big Situations 05:09 Recommendation 5: You Can Ignore Valor's Call and the League of Malevolence 05:47 Recommendation 6: You Don't Have to Run All of the Palace of Heart's Desire 06:44 Recommendation 7: Add a Dark Lord Villain If Desired 07:43 Overall Campaign Thoughts Thus Far 08:41 Witchlight Chapter 4 - Yon Deep Dive 18:14 Motherhorn 19:52 Witchlight Chapter 5 - The Palace of Hearts Desire 21:27 The Final Battle 22:52 Saving Zybilna 24:15 One Year Later... Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: YouTube Playlist of All Witchlight Videos Notes from the Video Add Dreadful Incursions to Wild Beyond the Witchlight Reddit Post on Palace of Hearts Desire

Mike talks about all things D&D! Contents 00:00 Show Start 00:45 Product Spotlight: D&D Starter Set Dragons of Stormwreck Isle 18:03 Sly Flourish News:The Sly Flourish Bookstore is Open! 21:47 D&D News: DM David On Monster Roles 24:26 D&D News: ENWorld's Review of Radiant Citadel 25:16 Patreon Question: Banning and Limiting Material In Your Game 31:17 Patreon Question: Dealing with Tag-Along NPCs 32:13 Patreon Question: How Many Monster Types in a Battle? 33:18 Patreon Question: Players Catching On to Film Homage 34:37 Patreon Question: Stealing Ideas for Homebrew Campaign Setting 36:26 Patreon Question: Checklist for Building Situations 38:52 Patreon Question: Lazy Dungeon Mastering and the Quantum Ogreb 41:11 Patreon Question: Ranking Wild Beyond the Witchlight 42:14 Patreon Question: Dealing with Prisoners 44:53 Patreon Question: Pre-Gen Story Hooks for One-Shot Games Links D&D Starter Set – Dragons of Stormwreck Isle Thoughts (Notion Notes) D&D Starter Set at Target Sly Flourish Bookstore DM David on Monster Roles ENWorld on Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books:

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Mike talks about all things D&D! Contents 00:00 Show Start 01:28 Product Spotlight:Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel 13:34 D&D News: Wonders of the Multiverse Unearthed Arcana 17:43 Commentary: Adding Reactions to the Resolution Stack 26:53 D&D News: New Spelljammer Academy Adventure Released 30:46 D&D News: Teos Abadia's Spelljammer Dispatch on Roll20 31:12 D&D News: Ben Riggs's TSR D&D Sales Stats 39:30 Patreon Question: Running Multiple Games a Week 42:28 Patreon Question: Meaningful Choices in Adventure Designb 45:06 Patreon Question: Running Too Many Different RPGs 47:57 Patreon Question: Running Streaming, Live Play, or Actual Play Games 52:16 Patreon Question: Players Drawing Other Players Into the Spotlight Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: Wonders of the Multiverse Playtest Spelljammer Academy on D&D Beyond Spelljammer Dispatch on Roll20 Mastering Dungeons with Ben Riggs Slaying the Dragon: A Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons (Referral link)

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Mike talks about all things D&D! Contents 00:00 Show Start 01:00 Sly Flourish News: Two SF Products Nominated for the 2022 ENnies! 03:10 Sly Flourish News: City of Arches Updates and Walkthrough 11:24 D&D News: Free Spelljammer Academy Adventures 16:26 D&D News: Roll20 and DriveThruRPG Merger 23:10 D&D News: First Look at D&D 5.5 "Soon" 24:26 Commentary: What I Want from D&D 5.5 39:29 Patreon Question: Dealing with the characters of players who leave a campaign 41:13 Patreon Question: Introducing Large Cities 43:47 Patreon Question: Running multiple villainous factions in a dungeon 47:09 Patreon Question: Magic items with a price 49:00 Patreon Question: Keeping Prep-time Brief 51:08 Patreon Question: Using Subsystems 54:43 Patreon Question: Handling the Guidance Cantrip Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: 2022 ENnie Voting (remember 1 is better than 5!) Spelljammer Academy Roll20 and DriveThruRPG (OneBookShelf) Merge Ray Winninger on Next Iteration Design Look Soon The Only Subsystem You Need: The Ability Check

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Mike talks about all things D&D! Contents 00:00 Show Start 00:53 Sly Flourish News: Update on the Lazy DM Companion Kickstarter 06:00 Sly Flourish News: SlyFlourish.com and the Lazy DM's Companion Nominated for the Ennies! 07:34 Product Spotlight: Mork Borg Bare Bones Editon Free! 12:04 Sly Flourish News: Scarlet Citadel and Empire of the Ghouls for my Next D&D Campaigns 16:47 Commentary: Adding Third Party Character Options 25:53 Commentary: The Best Features for Near-Perfect D&D Games are Free 34:58 Patreon Question: What's Fun for Dungeon Masters? 41:57 Patreon Question: Handling Shopping Trips 46:01 Patreon Question: Making Players Like Your Patron 49:14 Patreon Question: D&D Stories for 14-Year-Old Silly Larsons Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: 2022 ENnie Nominations Mork Borg Bare Bones Edition Mork Borg Spotlight Scarlet Citadel Empire of the Ghouls Tome of Heroes Midgard Heroes The Best Ways to Improve Your D&D Game are Free Building the Critical Role Gaming Studio

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Mike talks about all things D&D! Contents 00:00 Show Start 00:58 D&D and RPG News: Roll 20 Partners with the DM's Guild 03:43 D&D and RPG News: NODES system from Dungeon Delver's Guideb 09:46 DM Tip: More on Revealing NPC Archetypes 13:21 DM Tip: More on the Near-Perfect D&D Game 28:40 Patreon Question: Games Falling Flat with Disinterested Players 32:44 Patreon Question: Playeres Wasting Spells on Immune Creatures 35:03 Patreon Question: Good Third Party Books 36:23 Patreon Question: Changes to Improvised Statistics 40:12 Patreon Question: Digital Versus Analog Character Sheets 42:02 DM Tip: Write Down Page Numbers on Paper Character Sheets 43:19 Patreon Question: Running Campaigns with Often Absent Players 46:34 Patreon Question: Customizing Random Tables 50:56 Patreon Question: Determining Starting Gear for Higher Level Characters Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: Roll20 Partners with the DM's Guild Level Up Advanced 5e Dungeon Delve NODE system Johnn Four on 5-Room Dungeons Mike Shea and Johnn Four talk about Five-Room Dungeons Notable Third Party D&D Books

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Mike talks about all things D&D! Contents 00:00 Show Intro 00:45 RPG News: Radiant Citadel Free Chapter 05:00 Commentary: Vecna in Actual Play 08:28 D&D Tip: Revealing NPC Archetypes 15:33 D&D Tip: What Does a Near Perfect 10 Game Look Like? 30:57 Patreon Question: Helping Players Think Creatively During Combat 36:54 Patreon Question: Staying Consistent with your Own Fiction 39:19 Patreon Question: Running "Good" Monsters 42:47 Patreon Question: Actionable Clues Versus General Lore 45:37 Patreon Question: Interesting Third Party Monsters 47:41 Patreon Question: How Many Secrets Do You Typically Reveal? Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: Radiant Citadel Free First Chapter 2C Gaming Kobold Press Level Up Advanced 5e Monstrous Menagerie (affiliate link)

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Mike talks about all things D&D! Contents 01:07 Product Spotlight: The Mouthless One Archlich from Level Up Advanced 5e 11:54 Product Spotlight: A5e.Tools Level Up Advanced 5e Resource Website 13:32 Product Spotlight: The Night of the Dissolution 20:17 RPG Industry Tip: Alphastream on Finding Your Passion 29:51 Patreon Question: Products of Drag and Drop Encounters for 5e 31:27 Patreon Question: Reviewing the Characters for One-Shot Adventures 33:32 Patreon Question: Content Creators for Player-Focused Tips 35:58 Patreon Question: Handling Character Death 39:13 Patreon Question: Building Challenging Combat Beyond the Four Dials 41:58 Patreon Questions: Which D&D Books Would You Buy in Order? Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: Bob Worldbuilder on Vecna search popularity Mouthless One Stat Block Level Up Advanced 5e Monstrous Menagerie (affiliate link) A5e Tools Night of the Dissolution (affiliate link) Alphastream on Finding Your Passion Prepared – One-shot adventures for 5e Prepared 2 - More one-shot adventures by 5e (affiliate link) The Game Master's Book of Random Encounters (affiliate link) Ginny Di's videos Bob World Builder's videos

Mike offers tips and tricks for running Wild Beyond the Witchlight Chapter 3 and how to incorporate Domains of Dread from Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft. Contents 00:00 Show Intro 01:07 Witchlight Runs Well On It's Own 03:16 Customize the Getaway Gang 05:30 Use Nib as a Handy Vendor 07:14 Foreshadow the Jabberwock 09:31 Place the Unicorn Horn Before Loomlurch 11:00 Reveal Secrets and Clues at the Wayward Pool 12:13 Foreshadow Zybilna's True Origin 13:48 Run Loomlurch as a Situation 19:00 Little Oak can be a Mobile Home Base and Guide Across Thither to Yon 21:02 Final Thoughts on Chapter 3 21:36 Expanding Dreadful Incursions into Witchlight 23:37 Small Encounter-sized Incursions 25:55 Anchors Between Worlds 29:39 The Quest of the Dread Lord to Escape Their Doman 31:34 Tying Domains of Dread to the Characters Links Wild Beyond the Witchlight (Affiliate Link) Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft (Affiliate Link) Wild Beyond the Witchlight Video Playlist Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books:

Mike talks about all things D&D! Contents 00:00 Show Start 00:55 D&D News: Vecna Stat Block 19:56 RPG News: Cypher System Open License 20:49 Product Spotlight: Potbellied Kobold's Guide to Villains and Lairs 24:03 D&D Tip: Running War Priests and Enchanters 33:39 Patreon Question: Dealing with Overly Cautious Players 37:46 Patreon Question: Reading and Running Published Adventure Text 42:14 Patreon Question: Exposing Narratives and Events Outside of the Characters 44:05 Patreon Question: Tying Characters to the Game with Limited Background Lore 45:54 Patreon Question: Influences on our Games Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: Vecna Stat Block on D&D Beyond Cypher System Open License Announcement Potbellied Kobold's Guide to Villains & Lairs

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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

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 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

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 00:49 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

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 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