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

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 Injecting the Weird Voices in the Datasphere Technology Compendium: Sir Arthour’s Guide to the Numenera  Taking the Narrative by the Tail: GM Intrusions & Special Effects 

Mike talks about all things D&D! Contents 00:51 Kickstarter Spotlight: Elements of Inspiration Decks 05:53 Product Spotlight: Dragonflight by 2C Gaming 27:09 Sly Flourish Patreon Product: The City of Arches Guidebook 38:55 Patreon Question: Running Sandbox Games with the Eight Steps 42:47 Patreon Question: Going Too Far with End-of-Campaign Montages 44:49 Patreon Question: Underused Nugget from the Eight Steps? 46:28 Patreon Question: Good Aspects of 4e 49:10 Patreon Question: Organizing Useful Info from RPG PDFs 52:27 Patreon Question: Running Labyrinths in D&D 55:22 Patreon Question: Preparing Upward and Downward Beats 59:24 Patreon Question: Preparing Options after a Cliffhanger Battle Links Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master Buy the Lazy DM's Companion Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Elements of Inspiration Deck Kickstarter Dragonflight by 2C Gaming

Mike offers tips and discussion for chapter 1 of Wild Beyond the Witchlight and prepares to run chapter 2! Contents 00:00 Show Start 01:20 Top Three Tips for running Chapter 1 of Wild Beyond the Witchlight 11:25 Other Tips for Running Wild Beyond the Witchlight 14:30 What Did I Do in Chapter 1 in My Game? 23:36 Adding Dreadful Incursions - Not Good for Every Witchlight Campaign 28:41 Thoughts about Chapter 2 35:13 Prepping my Next Session in Chapter 2 48:16 Building a Dreadful Incursion 58:38 Finishing Up our Session Prep Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy the Lazy DM's Companion Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master Buy Wild Beyond the Witchlight on Amazon (affiliate link) Wild Beyond the Witchlight Notion Template Wild Beyond the Witchlight One-Page Campaign Guide Using Notion.so for Lazy D&D Campaign Planning

Mike prepares to run his session zero of his first 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 Injecting the Weird Jade Colossus

WOTC's new president, Lazy DM's Companion PDF for sale, Tal'Dorei Reborn product spotlight, more on Monsters of the Multiverse monster difficulty, and February Patreon Q&A in this week's Lazy D&D Talk Show! Contents 00:00 Show Start 00:35 New President of Wizards of the Coast and the Unpredictability of the Future of D&D 07:20 Lazy DM's Companion PDF Now for General Sale! 08:36 Tal'Dorei Reborn Product Spotlight 25:17 Videos and Articles about Monster Difficulty in Monsters of the Multiverse 37:57 Patreon Question: Running with One Remote Player and Three Physical Players 41:55 Patreon Question: Running a Predator-style Adventure that Doesn't Suck 45:55 Patreon Question: Any Further Tips on Campaign Development? Not really! 47:51 Patreon Question: Getting Players to Use More Character Features 50:31 Patreon Question: Getting Players to Understand Old-School Style Adventures in 5e 53:29 Patreon Question: Building Legacy Weapons that Scale Up in Power Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master New WOTC President – Cynthia Williams Lazy DM's Companion PDF for general sale! Tal'Dorei Reborn

Mike discusses his Blades in the Dark finale and thoughts about the game. Blades in the Dark Blades in the Dark Cheat Sheet by Justin Alexander Blades in the Dark Notion Campaign Notebook Using Notion.so for Lazy D&D Campaign Planning Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Join Sly Flourish's Patreon Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master

Mike prepares to run his session zero of his first 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 Injecting the Weird Jade Colossus

Mike goes through the final 33 Patreon questions of January 2022! Contents 00:00:00 Show Intro 00:01:01 Cliche Bad Guy Expositions 00:02:49 Managing Treasure Distribution 00:05:08 Describing Three of Five Keys In Fiction 00:07:30 Building Quick Monsters from Scratch 00:09:39 Incorporating Character Backstories - Not for Everyone 00:13:46 Lazy Tips for Character Retreats 00:17:41 Sly Flourish DM Screen? 00:21:05 Creating Interesting Combat Encounters 00:25:12 Adding New Characters to Descent into Avernus 00:27:06 Making a CR 3 Vampire 00:28:56 More Sly Flourish Streamed D&D Games? Nope, Sorry. 00:30:29 Running One-Hour D&D Games 00:33:33 Tracking Factions in Notion 00:35:26 One-Page Campaign Guide for Homebrew Worlds 00:38:49 Setup for Running Games Online 00:41:08 Experience with Devesting Critical Hits 00:42:05 Using Extra Encounters for WOTC Hardcover Campaigns 00:43:33 Fog of War for Tabletop Maps 00:46:01 Secrets and Clues for West Marches Games 00:48:16 Managing Monsters with Debilitating Fun-Stealing Effects 00:51:04 OGL Good for Smaller Publishers? Not sure. 00:52:57 Running Grendleroot in Avernus 00:54:10 Integrating Monuments 00:55:50 Running Forgotten Realms for Knowledgable Players 00:58:05 Running Townbuilding Scenarios 00:59:44 Revealing Pointcrawls to Players 01:01:59 Playing in an 11-year-old's D&D Game 01:03:01 Running Grendleroot to 20th Level 01:04:31 Converting Settings to Other Systems and Running Fate 01:07:12 Speeding Up Combat 01:09:10 High-Level Relics Too Powerful? Nope! 01:11:03 Getting Players to Roleplay With Each Other 01:12:26 Revealing Numenera to Unknowing Characters Links Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master Buy the Lazy DM's Companion Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Ruins of the Grendleroot Shawn Merwin Deep Dive on One-Hour Games Three of Five Keys Sly Flourish D&D Cheat Sheet Running a West Marches Grendleroot Campaign

Mike talks about all things D&D! Contents 00:29 My friend Bryan and the Importance of D&D 08:07 Quick Thoughts on Blades in the Dark 09:23 Further Thoughts on D&D Beyond and Monsters of the Multiverse 12:28 Kickstarter Spotlight: Tome of Beasts 3 by Kobold Press (Sponsored) 17:04 Product Spotlight: Level Up 5e Monstrous Menagerie 42:58 Patreon Q&A 43:23 Patreon Question: 5e's Time Sinks 48:22 Patreon Question: Do Monster Dials Prevent Character Death? 50:27 Patreon Question: Digital 3rd Party Products Outside of PDFs? 53:09 Patreon Question: Tips for Monster Morale 55:18 Patreon Question: 4e Modules of Note for 5e Conversion? 56:59 Patreon Question: Secrets, Clues, and Discoveries for Numenera Links Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master Buy the Lazy DM's Companion Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Playing D&D Can Save Your Life Tome of Beasts 3 Kickstarter (Sponsored) Level Up Advanced 5e Monstrous Menagerie Madness at Gardmore Abbey

Mike prepares for his Blades in the Dark game. Blades in the Dark Blades in the Dark Cheat Sheet by Justin Alexander Blades in the Dark Notion Campaign Notebook Using Notion.so for Lazy D&D Campaign Planning Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Join Sly Flourish's Patreon Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master