For Dungeon Masters

Feature articles of interest to DMs.

Aligning D&D Next

30
February 8, 2012
The D&D Boss Fight

Wizards has sparked some discussion on alignment and D&D Next on Twitter. Here’s my quick, rambling take. Alignment is a relic. I say this as someone who has personally always used alignment and enjoyed what it brings to the game. Alignment is an old-fashioned idea. It probably doesn’t belong in D&D Next except as...
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The Two Faces of Healing

14
February 3, 2012
For DMs

This is kind of rough and dirty. I’m throwing it out as a quick response to Bruce Cordell’s recent D&D Next article about healing, which you can read here. Of course, just because it’s a quick response, doesn’t mean it is not also a long response because, hell, its me. I’m just warning you...
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Key Ability Scores Can Suck It

32
September 27, 2011
For DMs

Okay, let’s do this one quickly. Listen up. I got drawn into a discussion on Twitter this morning about Monte Cook’s first Legends and Lore column and about skills in 4E. A few folks brought up The Religion Problem and, honestly, this one was new to me. “Where have you been, Angry?” I know,...
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Play a New RPG Month

8
September 17, 2011
For Players

All right, people, listen up. October is Play a New RPG Month. Hadn’t you heard? No? Well, that’s because it’s a new thing. The folks over at the Dice of Doom podcast started it as a result of their Great Gaming Experiment. What’s that, you ask? Oh, come on. If you aren’t following the...
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Defining Your Game

13
August 14, 2011
Setting the PCs Up to Fail

You know what pisses me off? I know what you’re thinking: everything. And yes, that’s true. But it was a rhetorical question as a lead in to a point. So just go ahead and say “I don’t know, Angry DM, what pisses you off?” And then I can say “people who say ‘I had...
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