No-prep GMing can be very rewarding. However, one of the biggest pitfalls can be names. Coming up with exciting people and place names on the spot can be the death of even the best gamemasters. The main trick to not having every NPC named Bob or every town named Springfield is to have lists of […]
A small village provides many opportunities for role-players, so grab this town map and use it in a session. Use my random 1D100 tables to fill in some details. The map was generated with this tool and I colored it.
A friend in my gaming group created these two D&D Race and Class tables. These random tables come in handy while playing D&D. Often a dungeon master or players need a random fantasy race or character class. Hanging out in inns or taverns, traveling along the road, or strolling about towns always presents the opportunity
One of my regular gaming group members created these D&D critical hit weapon damage tables. Sometimes you just want to add a bit of flare or something unique to a combat encounter. Or give that extra spice to a nat 1 or a nat 20. If one of your D&D players rolls a critical hit
This D&D Spell Scrolls random table was created by a member of my RPG gaming group. One annoying problem of finding a random spell scroll in a dungeon while playing D&D is that the DM then has to figure out which spell and which level. Now, that’s not as rough as coal mining, but it
This D100 random table of D&D warlock patrons was created by a friend in my RPG gaming group. If you have a player struggling to come up with a patron idea, this table can be very useful. It’s packed with creative options. Additionally, as a Dungeon Master running a game, it’s always helpful to have
When your players stumble out of the wilderness give them an exciting place to have some urban adventures. Use my random 1D100 tables to fill in some details. The map was generated with this tool and I colored it.
Creating a world for an RPG campaign does not have to be a solitary experience. A lonely gamemaster sitting at a computer desk creating reams of material dreaming of friends who actually want to play role-playing games as desperately as he does is not a healthy state of being. Have your players help you create
If you are creating your own setting for an RPG campaign there are some keys to not losing your mind. Let me back up to say worldbuilding is a ton of fun. That’s why it is easy for some gamemasters to get a little out of hand. We are looking for an outlet for our
Gamemasters sometimes you need time to think during a session. Other times you need a place to start your campaign or session. If you are playing Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder or another combat heavy tabletop RPG, you’re in luck. Combat is a great stalling tactic as well as a great place to start an RPG
A handy city map you can use in your next RPG session. Use my random 1D100 tables to fill in some details. The map was generated with this tool and I colored it.
A gamemaster needs situations and complications, not huge epic stories and plotlines. For the no prep GM this is where that catalog of stories we talked about comes in handy. Don’t think of a plot Don’t think of an event follows another event or that event is triggered by this event. Once your players begin
This is a bonus tip for gamemasters who do not have time to prepare. While you’re consuming stories, reading books, watching TV shows or movies you can actually just take the scenario and the story of the book or movie and run it as an adventure or an RPG campaign. Simply take the movie or
Okay, this is the woo-woo section where I tell you to be a better person. Just hang with me for a bit. I think it is critical for any gamemaster or dungeon master to understand story. To understand how stories work and how they are told. But I don’t want to go overboard. I don’t
A quick town map you can simply throw into your next RPG session. Use my random 1D100 tables to fill in some details. The map was generated with this tool and I colored it.
