Tag: DM Lair

Hey folks! Tonight at 8 p.m. Eastern on my YouTube channel, the DM Lair, we’ll be having a collaborative adventure creation live stream. We do these things roughly every two weeks on Friday night, and they are a blast. You should totally stop on by and help us create an awesome adventure together! We’re currently […]

Let’s face it, there’s nothing sexy about math in D&D — unless it’s adding up 10d6 sneak attack damage from a critical hit. However, calculating the difficulty of an encounter for your players is a skill set that all DMs need. A slew of easy encounters or incredibly hard ones will get super old super […]

Most dungeon masters are not actors or theater majors. So what can they do to improve the dialogue of the NPCs in their D&D games? More importantly, what can a DM do to get better at speaking in character for an NPC on the fly in Dungeons & Dragons? In this video, I discuss several […]

Sometimes it seems like it’s hard to find map making software for role-playing games that can do what you want but is also easy to use. Many map tools that I’ve used are either too complicated to use or just don’t have all the features that I’m looking for to create great maps to use […]

I pride myself on being a devious, wicked dungeon master. That’s why every time my players use awesome, kickass spells against my bad guys, I’m sure to return the favor. In this video, I go over my favorite 5 spells to use against my players and discuss how to implement them to the greatest effect. […]

Selecting monsters is the backbone of creating an encounter in Dungeons & Dragons. Without the right monsters or the right combination of monsters, D&D combats can often fall completely flat at the table, resulting in boring game play. In this video, I go over several ways you can build encounters so that they are fun, […]

Hey folks, tonight, Friday, March 1, at 8 p.m. Eastern US time on my channel, the DM Lair, we’ll be doing another collaborative D&D 5e adventure creation live stream. And, we’ll be doing a little giveaway, too. Last week we continued our work on our adventure, The Beholden Temple, so tonight we’ll just continue where we left […]

In this video, I go over six ways you can make your D&D traps more dynamic and fun for your players. Now, trap making in Dungeons & Dragons is a very creative process that relies heavily on one’s imagination, so these are simply general guidelines for building awesome traps. For more videos to help dungeon […]

Okay, be honest: do you put the ability score or the ability modifier in the big box on your character sheet? And does it even matter? Well, I’m here to tell you that is most certainly DOES MATTER. In this video, I discuss why filling our your character sheet properly is so critical. For more […]

Hey folks, tonight at 8 p.m. Eastern US time on my channel, the DM Lair, we’ll be creating a D&D 5e adventure together live. This will be a collaborative adventure creation stream, so please swing on by and help us create something awesome! This is a great opportunity for new DMs to learn how to […]