Dnd Tips & Tricks

Advice on Balancing: 5 things to consider when building an encounter

Advice on Balancing: 5 things to consider when ...

Rory Hoffman

Balancing encounters is difficult. To create challenge that is both difficult yet surmountable is no easy task, and regardless of how thoroughly you read the DMG, this article, or pretty...

Advice on Balancing: 5 things to consider when ...

Rory Hoffman

Balancing encounters is difficult. To create challenge that is both difficult yet surmountable is no easy task, and regardless of how thoroughly you read the DMG, this article, or pretty...

Rolling on the Table: Worth it or Not?

Rolling on the Table: Worth it or Not?

Rory Hoffman

When you're a DM you have the option to make all your rolls behind a screen. This allows for roll fudging if an encounter is either far too difficult or...

Rolling on the Table: Worth it or Not?

Rory Hoffman

When you're a DM you have the option to make all your rolls behind a screen. This allows for roll fudging if an encounter is either far too difficult or...

Monster Tutorial: How to Use Goblins in Combat

Monster Tutorial: How to Use Goblins in Combat

Rory Hoffman

Goblins are frequent enemies in the early stages of a campaign. They have funny voices, they're distinct looking and they make for interesting combat and loot. But, time and time...

Monster Tutorial: How to Use Goblins in Combat

Rory Hoffman

Goblins are frequent enemies in the early stages of a campaign. They have funny voices, they're distinct looking and they make for interesting combat and loot. But, time and time...

Enacting Consequences: How to Punish your Party Fairly without Killing Them

Enacting Consequences: How to Punish your Party...

Rory Hoffman

The beauty of DnD and all TTRPGs is the fluidity which it encapsulates. Where a video game only has a small number of possible outcomes in any given situation, the...

Enacting Consequences: How to Punish your Party...

Rory Hoffman

The beauty of DnD and all TTRPGs is the fluidity which it encapsulates. Where a video game only has a small number of possible outcomes in any given situation, the...

Map Making for Dummies: How to Make a Map That Works

Map Making for Dummies: How to Make a Map That ...

Rory Hoffman

I have advocated for the use of a battlemap on a number of occasions, and while I firmly believe you can and should pick up and play with whatever you...

Map Making for Dummies: How to Make a Map That ...

Rory Hoffman

I have advocated for the use of a battlemap on a number of occasions, and while I firmly believe you can and should pick up and play with whatever you...

Reskinning Enemies: The Best Way to Make Monsters Fit

Reskinning Enemies: The Best Way to Make Monste...

Rory Hoffman

Let's be honest, homebrewing enemies from scratch is time consuming. It can be incredibly fun, if you're into that kind of thing, but balancing enemies without playtesting them first is...

Reskinning Enemies: The Best Way to Make Monste...

Rory Hoffman

Let's be honest, homebrewing enemies from scratch is time consuming. It can be incredibly fun, if you're into that kind of thing, but balancing enemies without playtesting them first is...