The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish

Mike offers tips and tricks for running chapters 4 and 5 of Wild Beyond the Witchlight! Contents 00:00 Show Intro 00:51 Recommendation 1: Consider Dreadful Incursions 02:02 Recommendation 2: You Don't Have to Run All the NPCs 03:41 Recommendation 3: You Don't Have to Run Every Location or Encounter 04:16 Recommendation 4: Run Hag Lairs as Big Situations 05:09 Recommendation 5: You Can Ignore Valor's Call and the League of Malevolence 05:47 Recommendation 6: You Don't Have to Run All of the Palace of Heart's Desire 06:44 Recommendation 7: Add a Dark Lord Villain If Desired 07:43 Overall Campaign Thoughts Thus Far 08:41 Witchlight Chapter 4 - Yon Deep Dive 18:14 Motherhorn 19:52 Witchlight Chapter 5 - The Palace of Hearts Desire 21:27 The Final Battle 22:52 Saving Zybilna 24:15 One Year Later... Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: YouTube Playlist of All Witchlight Videos Notes from the Video Add Dreadful Incursions to Wild Beyond the Witchlight Reddit Post on Palace of Hearts Desire

Mike talks about all things D&D! Contents 00:00 Show Start 00:45 Product Spotlight: D&D Starter Set Dragons of Stormwreck Isle 18:03 Sly Flourish News:The Sly Flourish Bookstore is Open! 21:47 D&D News: DM David On Monster Roles 24:26 D&D News: ENWorld's Review of Radiant Citadel 25:16 Patreon Question: Banning and Limiting Material In Your Game 31:17 Patreon Question: Dealing with Tag-Along NPCs 32:13 Patreon Question: How Many Monster Types in a Battle? 33:18 Patreon Question: Players Catching On to Film Homage 34:37 Patreon Question: Stealing Ideas for Homebrew Campaign Setting 36:26 Patreon Question: Checklist for Building Situations 38:52 Patreon Question: Lazy Dungeon Mastering and the Quantum Ogreb 41:11 Patreon Question: Ranking Wild Beyond the Witchlight 42:14 Patreon Question: Dealing with Prisoners 44:53 Patreon Question: Pre-Gen Story Hooks for One-Shot Games Links D&D Starter Set – Dragons of Stormwreck Isle Thoughts (Notion Notes) D&D Starter Set at Target Sly Flourish Bookstore DM David on Monster Roles ENWorld on Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books:

Mike prepares to run his next session of his Numenera campaign! Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master Buy the Lazy DM's Companion Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Numenera Lazy DM Campaign Notebook Numenera Discovery

Mike talks about all things D&D! Contents 00:00 Show Start 01:28 Product Spotlight:Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel 13:34 D&D News: Wonders of the Multiverse Unearthed Arcana 17:43 Commentary: Adding Reactions to the Resolution Stack 26:53 D&D News: New Spelljammer Academy Adventure Released 30:46 D&D News: Teos Abadia's Spelljammer Dispatch on Roll20 31:12 D&D News: Ben Riggs's TSR D&D Sales Stats 39:30 Patreon Question: Running Multiple Games a Week 42:28 Patreon Question: Meaningful Choices in Adventure Designb 45:06 Patreon Question: Running Too Many Different RPGs 47:57 Patreon Question: Running Streaming, Live Play, or Actual Play Games 52:16 Patreon Question: Players Drawing Other Players Into the Spotlight Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: Wonders of the Multiverse Playtest Spelljammer Academy on D&D Beyond Spelljammer Dispatch on Roll20 Mastering Dungeons with Ben Riggs Slaying the Dragon: A Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons (Referral link)

Mike prepares to run his next session of his Numenera campaign! Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master Buy the Lazy DM's Companion Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Numenera Lazy DM Campaign Notebook Numenera Discovery

Mike talks about all things D&D! Contents 00:00 Show Start 01:00 Sly Flourish News: Two SF Products Nominated for the 2022 ENnies! 03:10 Sly Flourish News: City of Arches Updates and Walkthrough 11:24 D&D News: Free Spelljammer Academy Adventures 16:26 D&D News: Roll20 and DriveThruRPG Merger 23:10 D&D News: First Look at D&D 5.5 "Soon" 24:26 Commentary: What I Want from D&D 5.5 39:29 Patreon Question: Dealing with the characters of players who leave a campaign 41:13 Patreon Question: Introducing Large Cities 43:47 Patreon Question: Running multiple villainous factions in a dungeon 47:09 Patreon Question: Magic items with a price 49:00 Patreon Question: Keeping Prep-time Brief 51:08 Patreon Question: Using Subsystems 54:43 Patreon Question: Handling the Guidance Cantrip Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: 2022 ENnie Voting (remember 1 is better than 5!) Spelljammer Academy Roll20 and DriveThruRPG (OneBookShelf) Merge Ray Winninger on Next Iteration Design Look Soon The Only Subsystem You Need: The Ability Check

Mike prepares to run his next session of his Numenera campaign! Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master Buy the Lazy DM's Companion Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Numenera Lazy DM Campaign Notebook Numenera Discovery

Mike talks about all things D&D! Contents 00:00 Show Start 00:53 Sly Flourish News: Update on the Lazy DM Companion Kickstarter 06:00 Sly Flourish News: SlyFlourish.com and the Lazy DM's Companion Nominated for the Ennies! 07:34 Product Spotlight: Mork Borg Bare Bones Editon Free! 12:04 Sly Flourish News: Scarlet Citadel and Empire of the Ghouls for my Next D&D Campaigns 16:47 Commentary: Adding Third Party Character Options 25:53 Commentary: The Best Features for Near-Perfect D&D Games are Free 34:58 Patreon Question: What's Fun for Dungeon Masters? 41:57 Patreon Question: Handling Shopping Trips 46:01 Patreon Question: Making Players Like Your Patron 49:14 Patreon Question: D&D Stories for 14-Year-Old Silly Larsons Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: 2022 ENnie Nominations Mork Borg Bare Bones Edition Mork Borg Spotlight Scarlet Citadel Empire of the Ghouls Tome of Heroes Midgard Heroes The Best Ways to Improve Your D&D Game are Free Building the Critical Role Gaming Studio

Mike prepares to run his next session of his Numenera campaign! Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master Buy the Lazy DM's Companion Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Numenera Lazy DM Campaign Notebook Numenera Discovery

Mike talks about all things D&D! Contents 00:00 Show Start 00:58 D&D and RPG News: Roll 20 Partners with the DM's Guild 03:43 D&D and RPG News: NODES system from Dungeon Delver's Guideb 09:46 DM Tip: More on Revealing NPC Archetypes 13:21 DM Tip: More on the Near-Perfect D&D Game 28:40 Patreon Question: Games Falling Flat with Disinterested Players 32:44 Patreon Question: Playeres Wasting Spells on Immune Creatures 35:03 Patreon Question: Good Third Party Books 36:23 Patreon Question: Changes to Improvised Statistics 40:12 Patreon Question: Digital Versus Analog Character Sheets 42:02 DM Tip: Write Down Page Numbers on Paper Character Sheets 43:19 Patreon Question: Running Campaigns with Often Absent Players 46:34 Patreon Question: Customizing Random Tables 50:56 Patreon Question: Determining Starting Gear for Higher Level Characters Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: Roll20 Partners with the DM's Guild Level Up Advanced 5e Dungeon Delve NODE system Johnn Four on 5-Room Dungeons Mike Shea and Johnn Four talk about Five-Room Dungeons Notable Third Party D&D Books