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 00:00 Show Start 00:49 D&D News: Spelljammer Confirmed?? 08:38 Product Spotlight: Crown of the Oathbreaker 18:06 Commentary: Elderbrain's 2,000 Player D&D Survey 25:04 D&D News: Patreon Q&A for April 2022 Coming Wednesday 27:16 Patreon Question: Evolving Villain Stat Blocks 31:29 Patreon Question: Favorite Classic D&D Encounters 33:04 Patreon Question: Dealing with Insight Checks for Lie Detection 36:41 Patreon Question: Making Awesome Skeletons 41:06 Patreon Question: Helping Players Understand High Level Quests 45:28 Patreon Question: What Makes a Good Cultist? 47:04 Patreon Question: Mixing Ruins of the Grendleroot and Where the Machines Wait 48:51 Patreon Question: Outlining Scenes vs. Defining Situations Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books Crown of the Oathbreaker Elderbrain D&D Survey Where the Machines Wait Outlining Scenes Video Situation-based D&D Video

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 00:36 D&D News: Journeys through the Radiant Citadel 15:43 Product Spotlight: Warlock Lairs - Into the Wilds 21:09 Commentary: The Intractable Problem of Maps for In-Person Games 43:15 Patreon Question: Tracking Secret Organizations In Your Campaign 46:07 Patreon Question: How do You Grab Artwork? 47:33 Patreon Question: How Are Heists Different than Dungeon Crawls? 50:11 Patreon Question: Challenge Ratings for Custom Monsters 52:17 Patreon Question: Running a One- or Two-Hour Adventure 53:59 Patreon Question: How Do You Run a Dungeon? 56:16 Patreon Question: Solidifying Choices in a Homebrew Campaign 58:12 Patreon Question: Why Do Bosses Need Mobility? Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Join the Sly Flourish Patreon Buy the Lazy DM's Companion Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master Buy the Lazy DM's Workbook Journey through the Radient Citadel Warlock Lairs – Into the Wilds Large Graph Paper (affiliate link) Lazy D&D Monster T

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 00:38 D&D News: New Product Announcements Tuesday 05:04 Product Spotlight: Call from the Netherdeep 22:32 Kickstarter Spotlight: Remarkable Guilds 27:16 DM Tip: Another Look at "Attack on a Miss" 35:22 Patreon Question: Players Won't Interact with Quest NPCs 40:30 Patreon Question: How to Use 3rd Party Monsters 44:57 Patreon Question: Villainous Banter During Combat 48:32 Patreon Question: Your Own Canon for Published Campaign Worlds 51:27 Patreon Question: All-in Group Checks and Secret Ability Checks 55:36 Patreon Question: Understanding Which Monster Make Sense For a Situation 59:14 Patreon Question: Overwhelmed with Locations and NPCs in Strixhaven Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Join the Sly Flourish Patreon Buy the Lazy DM's Companion Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master Buy the Lazy DM's Workbook Enworld on new product announcements Call from the Netherdeep (affiliate link) Remarkable Guilds Kickstar

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 00:00:34 WOTC Product Spotlight: Heroes of Krynn Playtest 00:20:07 Product Spotlight: Book of Wondrous Magic Volume 2 00:27:18 Product Spotlight: Free Dwarven Forge Adventures 00:34:33 DM Tip: Attack Again on a Miss 00:39:19 RPG Industry Tip: Lunch break Heroes on Making Money in RPGs 00:45:59 Patreon Question: Scaling Combat for Six Players 00:49:32 Patreon Question: Lazy Tricks for Incorporating Character Backgrounds 00:53:39 Patreon Question: Tools for In-Person Games 00:56:47 Patreon Question: Handing Out Magic Items 00:59:32 Patreon Question: Best Adventure I've Ever Played In 01:01:16 Patreon Question: Running Structured Social Encounters 01:03:47 Patreon Question: Blades in the Dark for D&D Heists Links Join the Sly Flourish Patreon Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Buy the Lazy DM's Companion Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master Buy the Lazy DM's Workbook Heroes of Krynn Unearthed Arcana Playtest Book of

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 covers the remainder of the February 2022 Sly Flourish Patreon questions! Contents 00:00 Show Start 00:28 Commentary: Patreon Q&A Guidelines 01:41 Commentary: Disclaimer...I'm Just Sharing My Experiences 02:45 D&D News: The Lazy D&D Talk Show Topic Database 04:04 Patreon Question: Managing Mechanics-Focused Players 07:23 Patreon Question: Being Too Nice? 10:47 Patreon Question: Limiting Turn Time in Combat 13:55 Patreon Question: Druids Conjuring Giant Octopi 17:27 Patreon Question: Projecting Deadly Threats in Numenera 19:29 DM Tip: Limiting Polymorph by Treating Monster Sightings like Pokemon 20:46 Patreon Question: Getting Ideas for Fantastic Locations 22:53 Patreon Question: Managing Table Talk in Online Games 25:47 Patreon Question: Really Big Pointcrawls? Sure! 28:28 Patreon Question: Campaign Outlines for Lazy DMs? 31:08 Patreon Question: Player Agency with Dominated Characters 33:24 Patreon Question: What Program Did I Layout City of Arches In? 34:39 Patreon Question:

Mike talks about all things D&D! Contents 00:00 Show Start 00:24 D&D News: City of Arches Updates 10:06 Commentary: The Shift to Online Play 18:08 Product Spotlight: Cult of the Hydra 26:44 Commentary: Writing Expensive Products for the DM's Guild 36:01 Patreon Question: Getting Players to Read the Books 40:34 Patreon Question: Building a Dark Lord Boss Monster 43:34 Patreon Question: Speeding Up Milestone Experience Rewards 46:00 Patreon Question: Introducing Villains All at Once or One At a Time 48:30 Patreon Question: Deadly Encounter Benchmark for Level 11+ 54:01 Patreon Question: Experiences Playing Solo RPGs Links Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy the Lazy DM's Companion Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Shift in Online and In Person Play Roll 20 has 10 million users Cult of the Hydra Collective Experiences Running D&D Boss Monsters Improvising Legendary Boss Monsters Video Improvising Coleville-style Action Oriented Monsters Lazy Encounter Benchmark Ironsworn

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 uses the Lazy DM's Companion and the City of Arches to put together a heist one-shot adventure! See the show notes for details Links Buy the Lazy DM's Companion Check out the Lazy DM's Companion Sample Pages Join the Sly Flourish Patreon for the City of Arches and much more! Check out the final Notion page for the adventure Learn more about Notion for Lazy Campaign Building Pick up Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master Pick up the Lazy DM's Workbook

Mike talks about all things D&D! Contents 00:00:00 Show Start 00:00:23 City of Arches Player's Guide 00:02:39 City of Arches Map by Chloe Bollard 00:06:19 Obsidian Skull Patreon Adventure 00:08:26 Lazy D&D Talk Show Topic Database 00:13:38 Product Spotlight: Uncaged Godesses 00:27:57 Kickstarter Preview: Old School Essentials 00:34:57 Patreon Question: Lazy DM Steps for Sandbox Urban Adventures 00:39:30 Patreon Question: Tips for Running One-on-One D&D Games 00:42:16 Patreon Question: Tips for Describing Combat 00:44:14 Patreon Question: Player Worldbuilding 00:46:08 Patreon Question: Feats in DMG, Magic Items in PHB? 00:48:12 Patreon Question: Random Tables for Hunt-Based Adventure 00:51:01 Patreon Question: Character Race and WOTC Storylines 00:54:30 Patreon Question: Favorite Non-D&D RPG 00:55:17 Patreon Question: Lazy D&D Tips for Megadungeons 00:57:06 Patreon Question: Re-Balancing High Level Characters 01:00:13 Patreon Question: Filtering New Players for Online Game

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  

Mike talks about all things D&D! Contents 00:00:00 Show Start 00:00:37 Lightning Rods - Leaning In on Powerful Character Abilities 00:10:19 New D&D Starter Set: Dragons of Stormwreck Isle 00:15:32 Kickstarter Spotlight: Epic Legacy - Tome of Titans 2 00:26:21 Product Spotlight: Home Field Advantage - Lair Actions for Most D&D Monsters 00:37:16 Alphastream on Spellcasting Monsters 00:51:40 Patreon Question: Using GM Intrusions from Numenera in 5e 00:55:24 Patreon Question: Setting Up Gamestore Games for New Players 00:57:13 Patreon Question: Faster Leveling in Witchlight 01:00:16 Patreon Question: Overwhelmed with Lore 01:03:02 Patreon Question: Lazy DM Tips for Drawing Maps 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 Ginni Di on Leaning In on Powerful Character Abilities Nerd Immersion on New D&D Starter Set EnWorld on New D&D Starter Set: Dragons of Stormwreck Isle Ray

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