The Dm's Deep Dive With Mike Shea

Mike talks about the importance of being nice to 1st level characters and offers three tips to make their lives a little easier. Original Youtube Video Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Join Sly Flourish's Patreon Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master

Mike prepares for his latest session of Icewind Dale, Rime of the Frostmaiden! Original Youtube Video Notion Frostmaiden Campaign Notebook Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Join Sly Flourish's Patreon Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master

Mike discusses the importance of managing time in your D&D game. Original Youtube Video Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Join Sly Flourish's Patreon Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master

Recently recovered from the deepest depths of the ancient Sly Flourish libraries, I bring you my interview with Paige Leitman in which we discuss D&D Adventurer's League, our favorite conventions, and all sorts of fun topics. Video Contents 00:00 We love Winter Fantasy! What We've enjoyed. 03:07 Who's Paige Leitman? 06:07 Paige's there new tips for current DMs 07:15 Use an X Card (see the link below) 08:44 Cater to your audience and ask them what they want 09:01 Read your published adventures 11:00 What's changed in 2 years? AL moving towards story. 16:56 How are the changes being accepted? 19:20 What people think of Waterdeep: Dragon Heist 21:17 Other trends from the 5e Facebook: greater diversity and inclusion. 22:30 Interesting homebrew is popping up. 23:20 The impact of D&D Beyond 26:30 Navigating the curve between tactical and story 31:58 Play a different game X Card Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master  Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon

Mike chats about all things D&D including the new D&D book leaks and other stuff!  Video Contents 00:00 Show Start 03:15 New D&D Books Leaked 03:49 Wild Beyond the Witchlight 04:50 Curriculum of Chaos 05:50 How to Enjoy D&D + MtG Books More 12:51 The Problem Challenging Players 38:16 Critical Role and the 20th Level Complexity D&D Game Links EnWorld on the new D&D books: The Wild Beyond the Witchlight and Curriculum of Chaos Using Ravnica in Eberron Alphastream on the Trouble Challenging Players Choose Monsters Based on the Story Lazy Encounter Benchmark The Dials of Monster Difficulty Paths for DM Expertise

Mike offers three simple quest models you can keep in your toolkit when preparing your D&D games. Original Youtube Video Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Join Sly Flourish's Patreon Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master

Mike prepares for his latest session of Icewind Dale, Rime of the Frostmaiden! Original Youtube Video Notion Frostmaiden Campaign Notebook Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Join Sly Flourish's Patreon Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master

Mike does an in-depth review of Van Richten's Guide to Everything. In short, it's awesome. Original YouTube Video Buy Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master  Video Contents 00:00 Video start 00:58 I Highly Recommend This Book 03:09 Are "Ravenloft" and "Domains of Dread" the same thing? (Yes) 04:25 Great Player Guidance I Wish Was in the PHB 06:14 Lineages (they're awesome) 10:09 Building Domains of Dread (Meh) 14:27 Genres of Horror (I loved this section) 17:53 Domains of Dread (110+ pages of awesome) 24:47 Travelers in the Mist (didn't dig in too much) 30:04 Haunted Traps (What the hell is a haunt bonus?) 30:39 Survivors (0 level characters???) 34:47 The House of Lament Adventure (Awesome) 36:01 Monster Traits and What-Not 38:12 Monster Stat Blocks 46:49 Concluding thoughts

Mike talks about the value in understanding that secrets and clues serve you. Original Youtube Video Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Join Sly Flourish's Patreon Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master

Mike prepares for his latest session of Icewind Dale, Rime of the Frostmaiden! Original Youtube Video Notion Frostmaiden Campaign Notebook Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Join Sly Flourish's Patreon Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master

Mike discusses and ranks nearly all the hardcover WOTC-published D&D adventures. Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master  Guide to Published D&D Adventures Video Contents 00:00 Beginning 03:52 Lost Mine of Phandelver 06:17 Dragon of Icespire Peak 08:47 Curse of Strahd 12:10 Ghosts of Saltmarsh 16:05 Tomb of Annihilation 22:23 Storm King's Thunder 26:15 Tyranny of Dragons (Hoard of the Dragon Queen and Rise of Tiamat) 29:52 Waterdeep Dragon Heist 33:32 Out of the Abyss 36:07 Rime of the Frostmaiden 42:01 Princes of the Apocalypse 44:13 I've enjoyed ALL of these adventures 45:25 Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus 48:04 Even rough adventures can be great fun Amazon Associate Links for these adventures... D&D Starter Set: Lost Mine of Phandelver D&D Essentials Kit: Dragon of Icespire Peak Curse of Strahd Ghosts of Saltmarsh Tomb of Annihilation Cellar of Death for Tomb of Annihilation Storm King's T

Mike talks about the value of running simple D&D adventures. Original Youtube Video Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Join Sly Flourish's Patreon Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master

Mike argues for the value of published RPG material even when running our own homebrew adventures and campaigns. Original Youtube Video Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Join Sly Flourish's Patreon Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master

Mike chat's about D&D!  Original Youtube Video Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Join Sly Flourish's Patreon Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master Video Contents 00:00 Intro 01:21 Scaling Adventures & Dials of Monster Difficulty 03:54 All the ways to subscribe to Sly Flourish! 06:01 Beefing up an ogre 11:10 "Roles" in 4e and 5e 13:05 Why Minions, Normal, Elite, and Solo roles don't work for 5e 17:32 Monsters Know What They're Doing is awesome 21:03 Initial thoughts on Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft 42:59 Thoughts on 6e from a indie publisher's point of view Links Dials of Monster Difficulty Monster's Know What They're Doing DM Deep Dive with Keith Amman Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft Ancestry & Culture: An Alternative to Race in 5e Raging Swan Press Patreon Raging Swan Press DriveThruRPG Shadowed Keep on the Borderlands  

Mike prepares for his latest session of Icewind Dale, Rime of the Frostmaiden! Original Youtube Video Notion Frostmaiden Campaign Notebook Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Join Sly Flourish's Patreon Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master

Mike discusses the value of running more easy battles in our D&D games to maintain the oscillation of upward and downward beats.  Original Youtube Video Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Join Sly Flourish's Patreon Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master

Mike chats about general D&D topics and ponders how to handle chapters 2 and beyond in Rime of the Frostmaiden. Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master  Ptolus by Monte Cook Frostmaiden Chapters 2+ Thoughts Notion Notebook Video Contents 00:00 Beginning 00:30 Become a Patreon: https://patreon.com/slyflourish 02:34 Ptolus by Monte Cook Games 11:27 Van Richten's Guide and overly positive early reviews 16:50 New Adventures c Can we see more optimistic adventures? 24:39 Are WOTC hardback adventures all about marketing? 34:50 How do we steal from published adventures for our own game? 44:05 Embrace third-party D&D publishers 51:34 New Sly Flourish three-minute tip videos 56:52 Mire's End – A Patreon-exclusive adventure location coming soon 58:54 Increasing Patreon subscription for new patrons? 1:05:13 Frostmaiden: Auril's Endless Night 1:13:21 Auril as a "Front" 1:16:40 Frostmaiden as a Three-Act Story 1:21:00 Sub-

Another short episode in which Mike talks about the importance of focusing on your next D&D game. Original Youtube Video Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Join Sly Flourish's Patreon Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master

Mike prepares for his latest session of Icewind Dale, Rime of the Frostmaiden! Original Youtube Video Notion Frostmaiden Campaign Notebook Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Join Sly Flourish's Patreon Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master

Mike offers three tips to draw players into the fiction of your D&D game in three minutes. Original Youtube Video Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Join Sly Flourish's Patreon Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master