#dnd tip: Build a group of six players plus two "on call" players and be willing to play with as few as three. It takes six cancellations to not run a game.

— SlyFlourish.com (@SlyFlourish) July 11, 2021

nd now please: How do you integrate “on call”-players in your game?
How do you thread them so they don’t feel like 2-class players? Usually I work with the player ahead of time to figure out why they would be there. Everyone at the table understands what’s going on so we had wave any inconsistencies

— SlyFlourish.com (@SlyFlourish) July 12, 2021

#dnd tip: Highlight the fantastic accomplishments of the heroes.

— SlyFlourish.com (@SlyFlourish) July 2, 2021

#dnd tip: Use heralds that build up the villains for the characters. Sometimes they'll be the most hated NPCs in the game.

— SlyFlourish.com (@SlyFlourish) July 3, 2021

#dnd tip: Write down a strong start, three to five fantastic locations, and ten secrets the characters might discover and you're all set.

— SlyFlourish.com (@SlyFlourish) July 4, 2021

When a character dies and the player makes up a new character, what level do you start them at? #DnD #OSR #DungeonsAndDragons In older versions parties had characters at all different levels. In 5th Edition, it's more about the collective story and all the characters level up together. So when someone dies and jumps back in they start on whatever level the group is on. But it's DM's choice!

— WI_DnDSupport (@dndsupport) December 7, 2020

daily #dnd creator tip: Giving a monster spells makes them more powerful and flexible, but also harder to run. For low-CR monsters, it's fine to give them abilities that mimic spells. This saves the DM from book-flipping. Obviously this gets burdensome with too many spells.

— Shawn Merwin (@shawnmerwin) January 28, 2021

daily #dnd creator tip: creating a right balance for a monster's power can be difficult and require lots of give and take–but here's a good rule of thumb: high AC, high hp, high damage output. Pick two of those three. And picking the first two isn't always fun for a game.

— Shawn Merwin (@shawnmerwin) January 26, 2021

Do you consider spells like counterspell or banishment as damage output? Because man, they make me mad as a player and happy as a DM 😁 I consider those spells something that I would get kicked off Twitter for saying out loud.

— Shawn Merwin (@shawnmerwin) January 26, 2021

Sure. Let your players tell THEIR story, don't inflict prepared stories on them.
Every life is a series of moral choices; give PCs chances to make theirs.
What do your players like most, when gaming? Give those things to them, and let them spread their wings.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 23, 2021

daily #dnd creator tip: Self-advice, but I hope it helps others. Some days you just can't do it. Rage and sorrow rarely act as productive wells of immediate creativity. Writing about those feelings, though, helps digest and harness them into something constructive later.

— Shawn Merwin (@shawnmerwin) January 7, 2021

daily #dnd creator tip: Much has been done to make solo monsters more interesting and fun. Even with legendary actions, lair actions, regional effects, legendary resistances, magic resistance, etc., they often come down to being a big bag of hit points with too few actions. (1/2)

— Shawn Merwin (@shawnmerwin) January 14, 2021

Rather than making solo monsters as loners, design them with an eye toward how they would be accompanied by servants, followers, symbiotic creatures, and the like. Abilities that protect or buff their helpers, or use helpers to protect themselves, are much more interesting. (2/2)

— Shawn Merwin (@shawnmerwin) January 14, 2021