#dnd tip: Give your boss a couple of big dumb brutes to give characters something to banish and otherwise crowd control and a big pile of weak monsters to blast to smitherines.
— SlyFlourish.com (@SlyFlourish) July 23, 2021
#dnd tip: One-on-one games are a fantastic way to focus a game around the story of a single character. It's a different, yet no less fun, way to play D&D.
— SlyFlourish.com (@SlyFlourish) July 24, 2021
daily #dnd creator tip: When designing rules content, think of the 3 F's: fun, flavorful, and (freaking) balanced. Great design covers all three. Each comes with its own special challenges, so stay tuned for more details going forward.
— Shawn Merwin (@shawnmerwin) January 4, 2021
daily #dnd creator tip: Let's talk monsters! A well-designed monster's lore informs its rules, and its rules should hint at its use in encounters. At the same time, it should still be usable outside of its typical type of encounter.
— Shawn Merwin (@shawnmerwin) January 11, 2021
daily #dnd creator tip: Monsters! Though 5e removed monster roles like artillery, soldier and brute, they're still handy for envisioning how a monster acts in combat and fits into their society/ecosystem. Keep those in mind while designing without unduly limiting the monster.
— Shawn Merwin (@shawnmerwin) January 12, 2021
#dnd tip: Use rough abstract maps and theater of the mind for smaller battles and more tactical combat for big boss fights.
— SlyFlourish.com (@SlyFlourish) July 9, 2021
#dnd tip: Develop an understanding for the offensive and defensive capabilities of the characters; it serves you better than encounter balance tools and tables.
— SlyFlourish.com (@SlyFlourish) July 14, 2021
daily #dnd creator tip: Monsters are meant to be pieces of a whole in combats. They each represent parts of a challenge. Trying to make monsters that do everything well is antithetical to that. Putting different monsters together makes interesting encounters, so design for that.
— Shawn Merwin (@shawnmerwin) January 13, 2021
The best superhero fights are always the team fights. Who is good at combating which benefit the enemies have? Which target or object is best fit to this one character's abilities?
— Greg Marks (@Skerrit7h3green) January 13, 2021
what about a solo boss monster That will be discussed in a daily tweet coming to a feed near you in the coming days! 🙂
— Shawn Merwin (@shawnmerwin) January 13, 2021
daily #dnd creator tip: giving a monster you create a fly speed can make it very powerful against lower level PCs. Also consider whether or not to give it the hover ability, which makes it more mobile and harder to knock out of the air.
— Shawn Merwin (@shawnmerwin) January 25, 2021
He GMs, when you create an obstacle for player characters to overcome, do you think of a solution first? As a designer, I do for published stuff, but for home games I rarely do and let them surprise me. I should mention that as a designer, I often think of several and detail them but also leave an obstacle open to others I haven’t thought of.
— James Introcaso (@JamesIntrocaso) May 3, 2021
#dnd tip: Whenever you have questions, dive back into the story and the NPCs in it. Think through their eyes. What would they do?
— SlyFlourish.com (@SlyFlourish) July 26, 2021
