Backstories | Apprenticedm 2/2

Mar 30, 20231 min read

D&D Pre-made Character Sheet: Edward Learner (Pirate Bard)

Sometimes creating a new character for Dungeons and Dragons can be a bit of a pain! If you don't have the time or inspiration to do so,...

NPC of the Week: Tomlin Pellegrino (Fraudulent Pilgrim)

Mar 19, 20231 min read

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NPC of the Week: Tomlin Pellegrino (Fraudulent Pilgrim)

Need a little help coming up with NPCs for your Dungeons and Dragons campaign? Then check out my NPC of the week! This week it's the fake...

NPC of the week: Juniper Misselthwaite (poison brewer)

Mar 12, 20231 min read

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NPC of the week: Juniper Misselthwaite (poison brewer)

Need a little help coming up with NPCs for your campaign? Then check out my NPC of the week! This week it's the middle-aged jam and...

NPC of the week: Sir Digbert Weatherby-Smythe (Retired colonel)

Mar 5, 20231 min read

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NPC of the week: Sir Digbert Weatherby-Smythe (Retired colonel)

Need some help coming up with NPCs for your Dungeons and Dragons campaign? Then check out my NPC of the Week! This week it's the proud...

Review: Dragons of Stromwreck Isle (2022 D&D Starter Set)

Mar 2, 20235 min read

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Review: Dragons of Stromwreck Isle (2022 D&D Starter Set)

Back in Oct 2022 Wizards of the Coast launched a new Dungeons and Dragons Starter Set - Dragons of Stormwreck Isle(*). As I was such a...

NPC of the WEEK: Rosamund Crane (pet necromancer)

Feb 23, 20231 min read

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NPC of the WEEK: Rosamund Crane (pet necromancer)

Need some help coming up with NPCs for your Dungeons and Dragons campaign? Then check out my NPC of the Week! This week it's the Pet...

NPC of the Week: Samitos Briarthorn (Druidic entertainer/ sewer cleaner)

Feb 15, 20231 min read

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NPC of the Week: Samitos Briarthorn (Druidic entertainer/ sewer cleaner)

Need a little NPC inspiration for your Dungeons and Dragons campaign? Then check out this week's NPC of the week! This week it's the...

NPC of the week: Felix Dragonscale (kobold chef)

Feb 9, 20231 min read

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NPC of the week: Felix Dragonscale (kobold chef)

Need a little NPC inspiration for your Dungeons and Dragons campaign? Then check out this week's NPC of the week! How about including the...

Review: Game Master's Book of Non-Player Characters, By Jeff Ashworth.

Feb 5, 20235 min read

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Review: Game Master's Book of Non-Player Characters, By Jeff Ashworth.

Great NPCs are one of the most important things for making your Dungeons and Dragons world come to life! It's worth taking a bit of time,...

NPC of the WEEK: Imelda Ravenwood (Human Barkeep)

Jan 26, 20231 min read

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NPC of the WEEK: Imelda Ravenwood (Human Barkeep)

Need a little NPC inspiration for your D&D campaign? Then how about including the feisty but friendly old tavern owner, Imelda Ravenwood?

NPC of the week: Giovanni Battista (Human Sharpshooter)

Jan 7, 20231 min read

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NPC of the week: Giovanni Battista (Human Sharpshooter)

Need a little inspiration coming up with your next NPC? Look no further! This is the first of several NPC sheets I'll be adding in the...

Dec 25, 20224 min read

Prep

The lazy way to do your D&D prep

Usually when I prep for a Dungeons and Dragons session, I have some vague idea of the direction I expect the session to go in. Often my...

Dec 11, 20226 min read

Session 0

Running a D&D Session 0

One of the best things you can do to ensure your Dungeons and Dragons campaign runs smoothly, is to run a Session 0 before your first...

Nov 30, 20221 min read

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D&D Human NPC names

Struggling to think of a name for your NPCs? Worry not - just download the list above and use that whenever your players next want to...

Nov 26, 20225 min read

NPCs

Creating NPCs in D&D

NPCs are super important in any Dungeons and Dragons campaign. They are basically what bring your world to life. Sure, you can have...

Plagiarism in D&D (or, why stealing is good)

Nov 6, 20225 min read

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Plagiarism in D&D (or, why stealing is good)

Ok, so you want your campaign to be enthralling and dazzling and unique. You want the story to be ground-breaking and genre-defying and...

Oct 25, 20226 min read

Combat

Improving D&D Combat

So what's new? Your party tries to sweet-talk their way past the city guard when the barbarian of the group decides that punching them in...

Getting players invested in your D&D sessions

Oct 25, 20224 min read

Storytelling

Getting players invested in your D&D sessions

Few things are more frustrating to a DM than players who just aren't invested in the world or the story you're building for them. You've...

Oct 25, 20224 min read

Roleplay

How to increase roleplay in D&D

Ok, so you've been binge watching Critical Role or Dimension 20 and are wondering 'how do I get my players to roleplay like that?!' Ok,...

Oct 25, 20226 min read

Homebrew

My favourite D&D homebrew rules

Everyone likes different kinds of DnD. For me, my favourite experiences have been roleplay intensive, testing the boundries of the world,...