The Dm's Deep Dive With Mike Shea

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 01:07 Product Spotlight: The Mouthless One Archlich from Level Up Advanced 5e 11:54 Product Spotlight: A5e.Tools Level Up Advanced 5e Resource Website 13:32 Product Spotlight: The Night of the Dissolution 20:17 RPG Industry Tip: Alphastream on Finding Your Passion 29:51 Patreon Question: Products of Drag and Drop Encounters for 5e 31:27 Patreon Question: Reviewing the Characters for One-Shot Adventures 33:32 Patreon Question: Content Creators for Player-Focused Tips 35:58 Patreon Question: Handling Character Death 39:13 Patreon Question: Building Challenging Combat Beyond the Four Dials 41:58 Patreon Questions: Which D&D Books Would You Buy in Order? Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: Bob Worldbuilder on Vecna search popularity Mouthless One Stat Block Level Up Advanced 5e Monstrous Menagerie (affiliate link) A5e Tools Night of the Dissolution (affiliate link) Alphastream on Finding Your Pass

Mike offers tips and tricks for running Wild Beyond the Witchlight Chapter 3 and how to incorporate Domains of Dread from Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft. Contents 00:00 Show Intro 01:07 Witchlight Runs Well On It's Own 03:16 Customize the Getaway Gang 05:30 Use Nib as a Handy Vendor 07:14 Foreshadow the Jabberwock 09:31 Place the Unicorn Horn Before Loomlurch 11:00 Reveal Secrets and Clues at the Wayward Pool 12:13 Foreshadow Zybilna's True Origin 13:48 Run Loomlurch as a Situation 19:00 Little Oak can be a Mobile Home Base and Guide Across Thither to Yon 21:02 Final Thoughts on Chapter 3 21:36 Expanding Dreadful Incursions into Witchlight 23:37 Small Encounter-sized Incursions 25:55 Anchors Between Worlds 29:39 The Quest of the Dread Lord to Escape Their Doman 31:34 Tying Domains of Dread to the Characters Links Wild Beyond the Witchlight (Affiliate Link) Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft (Affiliate Link) Wild Beyond the Witchlight Video Playlist Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flouris

Mike talks about all things D&D! Contents 00:00 Show Start 00:55 D&D News: Vecna Stat Block 19:56 RPG News: Cypher System Open License 20:49 Product Spotlight: Potbellied Kobold's Guide to Villains and Lairs 24:03 D&D Tip: Running War Priests and Enchanters 33:39 Patreon Question: Dealing with Overly Cautious Players 37:46 Patreon Question: Reading and Running Published Adventure Text 42:14 Patreon Question: Exposing Narratives and Events Outside of the Characters 44:05 Patreon Question: Tying Characters to the Game with Limited Background Lore 45:54 Patreon Question: Influences on our Games Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: Vecna Stat Block on D&D Beyond Cypher System Open License Announcement Potbellied Kobold's Guide to Villains & Lairs

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 00:43 Sly Flourish News: New Campaign Arc in City of Arches 08:52 Product Spotlight: Battle Walker from the Abyss 14:28 DM Tip: Focusing on the Fiction and Starting with the Story 39:42 DM Tip: Focusing the Lens 45:20 Patreon Question: Hooking Characters Into Adventures 49:17 Patreon Question: Heralds for Factions 51:31 Patreon Question: Heuristics for Running Current and Future D&D Concepts Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: Goblin's Henchmen on Hexflowers Hexflower Toolkit (Affiliate Link) Battle Walker of the Abyss (Affiliate Link) DM David Blog on Battle Walker of the Abyss Safe Havens

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 00:00:00 Show Start 00:00:45 Product Spotlight: Arcadia 16 and the Blackweald 00:09:14 Product Spotlight: Alphastream on Defining Your Success in RPGs 00:13:29 Product Spotlight: Monsters of the Multiverse Part 2 00:38:20 Patreon Question: How can DMs Enjoy Being Players? 00:41:51 Patreon Question: Running Third Party Campaigns with D&D Beyond 00:46:01 Patreon Question: Choosing a VTT to Invest In 00:49:42 Patreon Question: Collapsing a Wide-Spread Campaign 00:51:50 Patreon Question: Running Strahd 00:53:59 Patreon Question: Sharing Villainous Plans and Actions 00:55:24 Patreon Question: Choosing Third Party Character Options 00:56:35 Patreon Question: Running Multi-Table Events 00:58:35 Patreon Question: Using Gold in Mythic Adventures 01:00:25 Patreon Question: Defining Leveling Milestones 01:01:38 Patreon Question: Drawing Out Character Backstory 01:02:37 Patreon Question: Managing Chaotic Characters 01:05:17 Patreon Question: Recognizing GM Burnout 01:07:4

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 00:44 D&D News: Free Phandelver and Acq Inc on D&D Beyond 02:21 Product Spotlight: Monsters of the Multiverse 30:35 Kickstarter Spotlight: Murder in the Shielding Peaks 34:13 Product Spotlight: Treacherous Traps 37:14 Patreon Question: Encouraging Player Ingenuity 40:40 Patreon Question: Running Dungeon Crawls 48:31 Patreon Question: Describing Irregular Caves in a Dungeon Crawl 49:52 Patreon Question: Witchlight with Three Players 52:17 Patreon Question: Resource Management During Travel Links Free Phandelver and Acquisitions Incorporated on D&D Beyond Monsters of the Multiverse (affiliate link) D&D Adventurer's League rules for Monsters of the Multiverse Races Blog of Holding Analysis of Monsters of the Multiverse Level Up Advanced 5e Monstrous Menagerie (affiliate link) Kickstarter: Murder in the Shielding Peaks Treacherous Traps

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 01:00 D&D News: Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes Comes Out on 16 May 02:01 D&D News: Can't Buy Tome of Foes or Volo's Guide to Monsters on D&D Beyond after 17 May 05:57 Product Spotlight: Above VTT 19:00 Kickstarter Spotlight: Campaign Builder - Cities and Towns 20:46 D&D Tip: Hex Flowers 31:37 Patreon Question: Introducing Villains in your Campaign 34:22 Patreon Question: Challenging Characters vs. Players with Puzzles 37:47 Patreon Question: Dealing with Bickering Players 41:55 Patreon Question: Evoking High Adventure in our RPGs 45:30 Patreon Question: Pacing Games with Split Parties 47:30 Patreon Question: What To Do With Gold 50:53 Patreon Question: Focusing a Homebrew Campaign Links Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes (affiliate link) Volo's Guide to Monsters (affiliate link) Monsters of the Multiverse (affiliate link) Above VTT Above VTT Patreon Page Campaign Builder Cities and Towns Kickstarter Hex Flowers Hex Flower Cookbook (affiliat

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 00:00:00 Show Intro 00:00:54 Sly Flourish News: Update to the City of Arches 00:04:15 D&D News: Heroes of Krynn Revisited Unearthed Arcana 00:08:25 Kickstarter Spotlight: Dungeonmorphs IV 00:12:58 Kickstarter Spotlight: Fraternity of Ash 00:15:40 Product Spotlight: Isle of the Dreaded Accursed 00:18:49 Patreon Question: Building Resilient Villainous Plans 00:23:30 Patreon Question: Points-of-Light Settings for Lazy DMs 00:25:54 Patreon Question: Long-Ranged Combat 00:27:42 Patreon Question: Reskin or Build a Big Bad Evil Mage From Scratch? 00:32:06 Patreon Question: Integrating Characters of Stand-By Players 00:34:22 Patreon Question: Managing Conflicting Factions 00:35:47 Patreon Question: Too Many Pirate Lords! 00:37:17 Patreon Question: Building an Apocalyptic Eberron 00:39:27 Patreon Question: Handling a Situation Where you Crossed the Line Accidentally 00:43:44 Patreon Question: Managing Portals in the City of Arches 00:46:04 Patreon Question: Published I

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 00:51 D&D News: Last Days of the Sly Flourish Bundle of Holding 01:56 D&D News: Lots of Wizards Announcements 02:13 D&D News: The Monstrous Compendium Volume 1 07:06 D&D News: Campaign Case - Creatures 10:01 D&D News: Campaign Case - Terrain 11:30 D&D News: D&D Starter Set - Dragons of Stormwreck Isle 12:59 D&D News: Spelljammer Boxed Set 16:58 D&D News: Dragonlance - Shadow of the Dragon Queen and War of Krynn 21:14 Kickstarter Spotlight: Shadow Under Hardflint Hall 24:46 Patreon Question: Who Do I Listen To, Watch, and Read? 28:34 Patreon Question: On Fudging Rolls and Choosing Targets 31:49 Patreon Question: Dealing with Familiars and Dungeon Reconnaissance 36:06 Patreon Question: How Do we Actually Begin our Sessions? 38:46 Patreon Question: Introducing Players to Other Game Systems 40:32 Patreon Question: Making NPCs Distinct 42:00 Patreon Question: How Strict to Represent Time Pressures 44:05 Patreon Quest

Mike offers tips and thoughts for running Chapter 2 of Wild Beyond the Witchlight! Contents 00:00 Show Intro 00:37 Four Tips for Witchlight Chapter 2 01:01 Tip 1: Reinforce the Theme of Whimsy and Wonder 02:19 Tip 2: Reinforce the Characters' Goals 04:34 Tip 3: Solidify the Chapter's Main Required Progression Key: Clapperclaw 05:42 Tip 4: Limit Agdon Longscarf's Multi-attack 07:48 Witchlight Runs Great On It's Own 09:01 Injecting Dreadful Incursions from Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft 14:29 Reinforce the Rules of Conduct 15:46 Manage Your Upward and Downward Beats 19:24 Make Telemy Hill Dangerous 20:19 Fall in Love with the Soggy Court 22:56 Lots of Options for Bavlorna and her Cottage 25:08 Choose Where you Put the Unicorn Horn 25:51 Add a Vendor 27:14 Fill Out Empty Locations As Desired 28:07 Be Careful While Leveling Slowly 29:33 Foreshadow the League of Malevolence 30:14 Show The Maps Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books Witchlight Video

Mike talks about all things D&D! Contents 00:00 Show Start 00:41 D&D News: Sly Flourish Bundle of Holding 02:02 D&D News: WOTC Buys D&D Beyond 08:56 D&D News: D&D Direct Announcements Coming Thursday 21 April 2022 10:05 Kickstarter Spotlight: Flee Mortals by MCDM 29:30 Product Spotlight: Volo's Vetted Vendors 33:06 Patreon Question: Seeding Future Quests Without Starting Them 36:41 Patreon Question: Handling Augury 39:00 Patreon Question: Manging Sources and Books for Game Prep 41:40 Patreon Question: Handling Curses That Remove Curse Doesn't Fix 45:15 Patreon Question: Running a Rebellion 48:13 Patreon Question: Uncomfortable Roleplaying NPCs 50:27 Patreon Question: Passing Complex Lore to Players 53:06 Patreon Question: Handling Mounts in Combat 55:03 Patreon Question: Strong Starts and Cold Opens Links Sly Flourish Bundle of Holding! Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books Mastering Dungeons Video on D&D Beyond Acquisition

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 01:10 D&D News: Sly Flourish Bundle of Holding! $100 of PDFs for $20! 03:33 D&D News: City of Arches Update with Amazing Side-View Cutaway Map 11:42 Product Spotlight: Kenku.fm 18:50 Kickstarter Spotlight: Tome of Adventure Design 26:24 Patreon Question: Fast and Slow Initiative in D&D 5e 30:23 Patreon Question: Run Eberron in Sharn and in the Wilds 32:33 Patreon Question: Five Elements of Storytelling in D&D 37:01 Patreon Question: Players Running NPCs or Monsters 39:07 Patreon Question: Tactical Combat in Theater of the Mind 44:04 Patreon Question: Managing On-Call Players 47:48 Patreon Question: Recovering from a Bad Game Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books Sly Flourish Bundle of Holding! Kenku.fm Tome of Adventure Design Kickstarter Running Combat in the Theater of the Mind Finding and Maintaining a D&D Group Recovering from a Bad Game