Category Archives: DM Notes

As we saw during last week’s Arena Practice, the movement rules for 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons expressly allow combatants to use part of their available movement on their initiative, to attack, and then to use more or all of … Continue reading →

Yesterday was really fun–which is to say that I had a good time. Instead of progressing any of the storylines associated with the third scheduled session of our campaign, we spent most of our time grinding our way through two … Continue reading →

I’ve finished my initial review of The Armorer’s Handbook: Equipment Upgrade and Rune Magic System for 5E. To put it mildly: It seems like it’s a good fit for our current campaign. We’ll have to see how the introduction of … Continue reading →

After listening to Nerd Immersion’s 26-minute YouTube review of Heavy Arm’s “The Armorer’s Handbook: Equipment Upgrade and Rune Magic System for 5E,” I point my brwoser at the Dungeon Master’s Guild website, yanked a copy from their virtual bookshelf into … Continue reading →

My leading priority right now is retooling the current campaign so we can get back to playing, but in a way that will be more efficient and engaging. That said, I still want to get more of my worldbuilding notes … Continue reading →

At the last minute, I let everyone in our gaming group know that I’d decided to postpone our next gaming session for a week. We’ve only played two games in this new campaign, and while I was ready to run … Continue reading →

So, what do you do when you craft a campaign around four characters and then one of those four characters dies unexpectedly at 1st level? Yeah. I’ve been thinking about that question a lot over the last week.