Running Downtime Sessions – Tips and Tricks – Volume 1
Volume 1: The Basics In this new series, we will unearth the arcana of running downtime sessions. In each article, we’ll offer up some exciting tips and tricks, dos and don'ts, and help you expand this often overlooked activity of the TTRPG. With well-thought-out downtime activities,...
Simple Monsters Made Interesting: the Dryad
Simple Monsters Made Interesting is a series where we take an underutilized or generic creature and flesh them out into something more than their stat block to give you some inspiration for your games. Today, we’re taking a walk in the woods to find a...
Adventure Hooks for Downtime #5
Today we came up with two ideas (from our very own Igor v9) which can be easily adapted to any character’s circumstances. „But… you should be dead!” This classic theme has been covered by a lot of books and movies, but the possibilities are endless. The character had...
Downtime Journals 3: Weelor
I, Weelor of the House Dimir, The Undying, Slayer of Kara-Thoth, Commander of the Cold Legion and Justicar of the Damned, well aware that most events of my life have been hopelessly misinterpreted by some lost souls who are better at quick judgments than careful...
How to create a freeform (aka. open world, sandbox) campaigns and keep your players entertained for years?
Chapter 1: Why would you want such a campaign? The loud regards of slower things How to create a narrative-driven campaign and keep your players entertained for years? Chapter 1: Why would you want such a campaign? Well, we’ve all been there. We DM’d the awesome official adventures and...
Downtime Journals 2: Weelor
I, Weelor of the House Dimir, The Undying, Slayer of Kara-Thoth, Commander of the Cold Legion and Justicar of the Damned, well aware that most events of my life have been hopelessly misinterpreted by some lost souls who are better at quick judgments than careful...
Adventure Hooks for Downtime #4
Three new side-quest ideas for your one-on-one sessions to play during downtime! Wedding: an old friend of the character's is getting married! She used to be an adventurer, but gave up on the dangerous life a few years ago when she met the love of...
Simple Monsters Made Interesting: the Troll
In this new, and hopefully bi-weekly series we’ll give you some special example background stories to make well-known, and possibly neglected monsters interesting. Do your characters view orcs as easy target? Does a gnoll give them no thrill only faint boredom? Well, here are a...
Downtime Journals: Weelor
I, Weelor of the House Dimir, The Undying, Slayer of Kara-Thoth, Commander of the Cold Legion and Justicar of the Damned, well aware that most events of my life have been hopelessly misinterpreted by some lost souls who are better at quick judgments than careful...
Adventure Hooks for Downtime #3
"Let's make some background wealth" Here comes three adventure hooks from our very own Igor v9! When the character feels that he's famous and a bit wealthy, it's time to create a steady source of income! Taking over the family business: the venture of your family...
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