The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish

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...

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: Dea...

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 Dif...

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: Vill...

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 Pl...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 th...

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 abou...

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

WOTC's new president, Lazy DM's Companion PDF for sale, Tal'Dorei Reborn product spotlight, more on Monsters of the Multiverse monster difficulty, and February Patreon Q&A in this week's Lazy D&D Talk Show! Contents 00:00 Show Start 00:35 New President of Wizards of the Coast and the Unpredictability of the Future of D&D 07:20 Lazy DM's Companion PDF Now for General Sale! 08:36 Tal'Dorei Reborn Pr...

Mike discusses his Blades in the Dark finale and thoughts about the game. Blades in the Dark Blades in the Dark Cheat Sheet by Justin Alexander Blades in the Dark Notion Campaign Notebook Using Notion.so for Lazy D&D Campaign Planning Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Join Sly Flourish's Patreon Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master

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

Mike goes through the final 33 Patreon questions of January 2022! Contents 00:00:00 Show Intro 00:01:01 Cliche Bad Guy Expositions 00:02:49 Managing Treasure Distribution 00:05:08 Describing Three of Five Keys In Fiction 00:07:30 Building Quick Monsters from Scratch 00:09:39 Incorporating Character Backstories - Not for Everyone 00:13:46 Lazy Tips for Character Retreats 00:17:41 Sly Flourish DM Sc...