D&D Dragons: Why We Love Them and How We Run Them
When you decide to put a dragon in your campaign, you know it has to be special. But how do you make sure it hits the right notes for your players?
Campaign Inspiration
D&D 5E Wrestling Rules – Homebrewed Fresh in 3WD’s Curse of Strahd Campaign
What do you do when a player brings a character that begs for something far outside the normal scope of your game? As an example, let’s say you have a player that brings a barbarian into your Curse of Strahd campaign that is, in no uncertain terms, Hulk Hogan. As I see it, you have two options: Shut it down or lean into it. What follows are the wrestling mechanics we’ve been developing in our Curse of Strahd campaign as well as 3WD’s paean to the wrestling memories of our youth … “Whatcha gonna do when Hawkamania runs wild on you, brother?!”
How to Bring WrestleMania to Barovia: DM Dave’s Curse of Strahd Goes WAY Off Book With a Homebrew Wrestling PPV
Sometimes you want to change the game up completely, even if it’s just for the night. Maybe you want to have a night of gambling games, a carnival with an archery contest, a little football, or, like DM Dave’s Barovia, a werewolf wrestling match to put the WWE to shame! When you have that urge, how do you make that happen? The 3 Wise DMs call them minigames, and in this episode, they’ll use Dave’s wrestling escapades to break down how to make these sessions fun for everyone.
How a Real Archmage Fights: Threshold of Evil and D&D’s Most Underrated Wizard
The life of an adventurer isn’t always about saving the kingdom and having ales. Sometimes, the heroes are faced with failure, and nothing is a greater example of this than a TPK. So. allow me to pay my respects to an old rival of mine as I begrudgingly explain why he deserves to be counted among the ranks of the greatest D&D wizards, such as Elminster and Mordenkainen.
Strange Homebrew: Knowing When, Where and How to Make Your RPG Campaign Weird Without Losing Your Players
DMs have some crazy ideas. And deep down, there’s nothing most of us want to do more than unleash those ideas on our unsuspecting players. These strange homebrew ideas can be the coolest and most memorable part of the campaign, but they’re also risky. Will your player throw a fit after their corporeal form is replaced with a pile of insects? The quit risk is high. What makes sense in the story? If you can get the players to go along with that, you can have fun with all sorts of crazy homebrew ideas.
The Richest D&D Adventure of All Time: Greyhawk Ruins, Is It Monty Haul if It’s Canon?
What if the treasure horde was just so over the top that instead of its collection being an awesome moment it was more of a WTF one? Let’s take a look at the module that made my players feel like they both jumped the shark and nuked the fridge, and what was done to keep the campaign going afterward.
4 Movie Franchises That Make Blockbuster RPG Campaigns
Movies: They fire our imagination as storytellers and DMs. We want to help create the same level of tension, drama, hope, fear, love and hate that our favorite stories do. Here are 4 blockbuster movie franchises that could make epic RPG worlds.
When Your Game Goes Hollywood: How to Adapt Jurassic Park, Jumanji, and Any Other Movie Into an RPG Adventure or Campaign
campaigns, including how it can go wrong, choosing the right system, and understanding the details your players will identify with.
The Hardest D&D Adventure of All Time: Anyone Ever Run Through the Throne of Bloodstone?
The Throne of Bloodstone is the finale of a 4-part series that was published in 1988. What makes this module so unbelievably difficult that it made the #1 spot on my most challenging module list? Grab yourself a coffee and let’s talk about how, back in the day, D&D used to crank the difficulty up to 11.
Murderhobos vs. Cthulhu? 3 DM Tricks to Make Players Respect The RPG Campaign Setting You’re running
How often has the new campaign just become murderhobos in space, murderhobos vs. Cthulhu, or murderhobos visit Scooby-Doo? It’s one thing to start a new campaign in a new setting or system. It’s another to get the PCs to act they belong there. Here are 3 tips that can help bring your new setting to life and keep murderhobos from infesting every world in your multiverse.