Posts tagged #dungeon-master
SCA Heraldry Names
Just a quick reminder: SCA Heraldry has a ton of names by period and culture. You can distill random tables of names from there. Using ChatGPT to mash them up can sometimes also work.
Random Myth Generator
I stumbled upon the following link and need to remember it: Random Myth Generator by Chris Francis. That link will take you to a very simple page: It’s a giant button that says “Random Myth Article” and clicking on it will take you to a random Wikipedia article. Some examples you might get directed to:
Campaign Setting and Player Language
In my mind, Dungeons & Dragons is something that happens in English. I make sure to get the English version of the books. I consume blogs and youtube videos on the topic in English. I think about my game and prep session notes in English.
Random Allemanic Names for NPCs
I’ve been working on a setting that would work well in Swiss German for a campaign. Fantasy names tend to be very English oriented and “home” base names just… don’t really fit a setting that goes well with Swiss German native speekers. I hope to explore that further another day, but for now, here’s a table of random NPC names to use in a setting that might be a place like medieval Switzerland:
Comparing Magic User Mechanics in D&D 5e
This is something that has been bugging me for a while now: When reading through the Player’s Handbook (PHB), it’s really hard to understand how the rules for magic differ between classes. If all you want to know is how magic works for your specific class, it’s perfect! But I’d like to compare and contrast the mechanics of using magic in D&D 5e. So I went and did a bunch of homework to sum this up for future reference.
Lazy Player Tokens
Last weekend, I spent hours going over the tokens at Game-icons.net, sifting for those I could use as lazy player tokens, following the guide from Sly Flourish on Crafting Lazy Monster Tokens for D&D.
Give Your Scenes Movement
Just watched the following video on youtube: D&D Exploration SUCKS. This is why.
NPC Development Questions (d20 Table)
Here’s a list of questions that could be used to help flesh out an NPC. I suggest rolling 3 times on the list and answering the random question.