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- Running Hordes: Guidelines for D&D Battles with Hundreds of Monsters
Mike offers guidelines for running huge hordes of monsters in D&D and looks at a number of alternative approaches.
- Show notes
- Original Youtube Video
- Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter
- Join Sly Flourish's Patreon
- Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master
Podcast Contents
- 00:00 Intro
- 00:41 Mike's recommended horde system
- 05:03 Why we care about horde guidelines
- 05:58 Mike's criteria for good horde guidelines
- 06:54 Horde guidelines from the Dungeon Master's Guide (Chap 8, Pg 250)
- 08:26 4e D&D style minions
- 09:38 Single-stat-block hordes
- 10:36 5e Hardcore Mode's horde guidelines
- 12:09 13th Age mook rules
- 13:25 Mike's recommended horde guidelines review
- 15:53 Problems with Mike's horde guidelines
- 18:14 The importance of horde guidelines for D&D
20 min - DM Deep Dive on Skill Challenges with Teos Abadia
Mike chats with Teos Abadia about D&D skill challenges!
- Original Youtube Video
- Mastering Dungeons
- Alphastream.org
- Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter
- Join Sly Flourish's Patreon
- Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master
1 hr 8 min - Frostmaiden Session 8: House of the Triad Finale
Mike prepares for his latest session of Icewind Dale, Rime of the Frostmaiden!
- Original Youtube Video
- Notion Frostmaiden Campaign Notebook
- Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter
- Join Sly Flourish's Patreon
- Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master
59 min - Ability Checks, Failing Forward, and Succeeding with a Cost
Mike gives a short talk about ability checks, failing forward, and succeeding with a cost.
- Show notes
- Original Youtube Video
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- Join Sly Flourish's Patreon
- Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master
Podcast Contents:
- 00:00 Intro
- 00:38 The core mechanic of D&D
- 01:35 You don't need an ability check for easy stuff
- 02:02 Easy steps to choose a DC
- 03:04 DCs don't change based on the character's abilities
- 03:52 The power of improvising ability checks
- 04:32 Ability checks in complicated situations
- 07:08 Understand the in-world situation instead of focusing on mechanics
- 09:09 Asking for a check without a DC to see if they succeed at a cost
- 10:45 The improvisational power of ability checks, succeeding at a cost, and failing forward
13 min - Frostmaiden Session 7: House of the Triad
Mike prepares for his latest session of Icewind Dale, Rime of the Frostmaiden!
- Original Youtube Video
- Notion Frostmaiden Campaign Notebook
- Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter
- Join Sly Flourish's Patreon
- Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master
41 min - Frostmaiden Session 6: Holed Up Finale
Mike prepares for his latest session of Icewind Dale, Rime of the Frostmaiden!
- Original Youtube Video
- Notion Frostmaiden Campaign Notebook
- Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter
- Join Sly Flourish's Patreon
- Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master
57 min - D&D Quest Model: The Three-of-Five Collection Quest
Mike describes a robust D&D adventure or campaign quest model that offers a lot of flexibility and prevents quests from being thwarted with the capture or removal of a single key.
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- Join Sly Flourish's Patreon
- Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master
11 min - Frostmaiden Session 5: Holed Up Part 2
Mike prepares for his latest session of Icewind Dale, Rime of the Frostmaiden!
- Original Youtube Video
- Notion Frostmaiden Campaign Notebook
- Support Sly Flourish on Patreon
42 min - Game Pacing in D&D
Mike offers tips and tricks to maintain a good pace in your D&D game; one of the most important traits a DM can practice.
Show Notes
Books and Articles
- Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master Chapter 24
- Hamlet’s Hit Points by Robin Laws
- Your Best Game Ever by Monte Cook Games
- Kobold Guide to Plots and Campaigns by Kobold Press
- Timing and Pacing Adventures on Sly Flourish
- Improving Pacing on Sly Flourish
20 min - Frostmaiden Session 4: Holed Up
Mike prepares for his latest session of Icewind Dale, Rime of the Frostmaiden!
- Original Youtube Video
- Notion Frostmaiden Campaign Notebook
- Support Sly Flourish on Patreon
1 hr 2 min
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The Lazy RPG Talk Show and the Lazy GM Prep show. D&D news, commentary, spotlights, Q&A, and lazy GM prep with Mike Shea of Sly Flourish.
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