The Dm's Deep Dive With Mike Shea

Mike talks about all things D&D! This week a Spelljammer deep dive! Contents 00:00 Show Start 00:51 D&D News: WOTC Offering Refunds for Dragonlance Pre-Orders 02:40 Kickstarter Spotlight: Horror at Devil's Run 05:32 Kickstarter Spotlight: Sebastian Crowe's Guide to Drakkenheim 07:30 Product Spotlight: Spelljammer - Adventure's In Space Boxed Set 09:11 Astral Adventurer's Guide - Spelljammer Character Options 14:35 Limited (No) Ship-to-Ship Combat Rules 17:19 Light of Xaryxis - the Spelljammer Adventure 20:17 Spelljammer DMScreen 21:07 Boo's Astral Menagerie - Spelljammer Monsters 31:55 Amazing Production Quality 33:01 No DM Tools to Build Spelljammer Adventures 37:31 Not Compatible with Spelljammer Academy 39:54 Spelljammer Doesn't Help DMs Run Games 40:45 Should You Buy It? 41:40 Patreon Question: Is Witchlight Still Great Without Dreadful Incursions? 43:33 Patreon Question: How Well Does Numenera's Stat Point Spend and Roll Negotiation Work? 46:53 Patreon Question: How Much Character Background for

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 The One D&D Announcement 02:45 One D&D and Backward Compatibility 04:25 Playtesting Experiences and Expectations 05:51 Providing Feedback 08:19 Looking at the First One D&D Playtest Document 08:53 Character Origins 13:25 On Power Increases 17:22 Changes to Fundamental Rules 18:10 A 20 Always Succeeds, a 1 Always Fails 20:24 Critical Hit Changes 23:50 Inspiration on a 20 - Should be a 1!! 25:51 Changes to Long Rests 26:45 One D&D 3D Virtual Tabletop Alpha screenshots 28:49 Does That Mean No 2d VTT in D&D Beyond? 29:53 Dragonlance - Wizards Took my $160 For Something I Don't Want and Won't Refund It 36:27 Five Other Books Announced for 2023 37:14 Phandelver Campaign - Eight Years Too Late 40:14 Book of Many Things 40:42 Planescape - Please Don't Make it a Boxed Set 43:57 Final Thoughts Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: One D&D Playtest One-Hour with J

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 00:52 D&D & RPG News: New 13th Age in 2023 07:51 DM Tip: A New D&D Ability Score Standard Array 15:50 Product Spotlight: Dungeons of Drakkenheim 30:25 Patreon Question: Distinct Racial Characteristics for NPCs 33:10 Patreon Question: Making Prophecies Come True Without Railroading 35:07 Patreon Question: Inspiration for City of Arches 37:51 Patreon Question: "Milestone" Event-Based Leveling Without Removing Player 41:13 Patreon Question: Running Zero Prep One-Hour Games Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: New 13th Age Escalation Edition in 2023 Zipperon Disney: $20 for everything you need to run Dragons of Stormwreck Isle Dungeons of Drakkenheim Powerslave by Iron Maiden Ozymandias by Percy Shelley Running One-Hour D&D Games with Shawn Merwin

Mike dives deep into the Numenera RPG by Monte Cook Games with tips and tricks for Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Masters. Contents 00:00 What This Video Gives To You 00:56 What Is Numenera? 05:04 Top Three Favorite Things about Numenera 09:19 Three Challenges Running Numenera 17:47 Numenera Buyer's Guide 27:49 Bringing Your D&D to Numenera and Vice Versa 33:11 Ideas from Numenera You Can Bring to D&D 40:33 Other Thoughts About Numenera 46:02 Final Thoughts on Numenera Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: Numenera Discovery Technology Compendium: Sir Arthour’s Guide to the Numenera Numenera Bestiary 1 Numenera Bestiary 2 Numenera Bestiary 3

Mike talks about all things D&D! Contents 00:49 Sly Flourish News: Sly Flourish Wins Two ENNIES! 03:05 D&D and RPG News: Wizards Presents Announcements 18 August 05:16 D&D and RPG News: Final Spelljammer Academy Adventure 07:54 Dragons of Stormwreck Isle Character Sheet PDFs 09:23 Kickstarter Preview: Face Folio by M Blake 12:34 Commentary: Encounter Building by Dragna Carta 32:59 Patreon Question: Best Adventure for New Players 34:22 Patreon Question: Choosing Your Next Campaign With Your Players 36:56 Patreon Question: Building a Quest Board 39:23 Patreon Question: Not Enjoying Game Prep Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: 2022 ENNIE Awards Wizards Presents Announcements Spelljammer Academy Spelljammer on Amazon for 40% off (Affiliate Link) Dragons of Stormwreck Isle Pregenerated Characters Face Folio Kickstarter Encounter Building on Dragna's Den D&D Combat Simulator Challenge Ratings 2.0

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 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 Witchligh

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 B

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 H

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 R

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

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 D

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 Intro 00:45 RPG News: Radiant Citadel Free Chapter 05:00 Commentary: Vecna in Actual Play 08:28 D&D Tip: Revealing NPC Archetypes 15:33 D&D Tip: What Does a Near Perfect 10 Game Look Like? 30:57 Patreon Question: Helping Players Think Creatively During Combat 36:54 Patreon Question: Staying Consistent with your Own Fiction 39:19 Patreon Question: Running "Good" Monsters 42:47 Patreon Question: Actionable Clues Versus General Lore 45:37 Patreon Question: Interesting Third Party Monsters 47:41 Patreon Question: How Many Secrets Do You Typically Reveal? Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: Radiant Citadel Free First Chapter 2C Gaming Kobold Press Level Up Advanced 5e Monstrous Menagerie (affiliate link)