Sly Flourish

Lazy GM's Resource Documents

The following material from the Lazy DM series has been released under a Creative Commons Attribution license:

• Lazy GM's Resource Document
• Lazy GM's 5e Monster Builder Resource Document

Older Books

The following older books are available here for free under a Creative Commons license.

• The Lazy Dungeon Master
• Dungeon Master Tips
• Running Epic Tier Games

RPG Community Links

These sites and services help connect the larger TTRPG community.

• TTRPG Blogroll
• Daily RPG Blog Posts
• Sly Flourish's Follow List on Mastodon
• EN World and its communities
• ttrpg.network on Lemmy

Lazy Dungeon Mastering

• Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master
• The Eight Steps for Lazy Dungeon Masters
• Choose the Right Lazy DM Steps
• Running Session Zeros
• Review the Characters
• Start Strong
• Secrets and Clues

DM Tools

• Tools of the Lazy Dungeon Master
• Safety Tools and Pause for a Minute
• The Lazy 5e Cheat Sheet
• Using Maps for In-Person Games
• Dysonlogo Maps
• Lazy Monster Tokens
• Using Notion.so for Lazy RPG Prep
• Writing a One-Page Campaign Guide
• Progress Clocks for Complex Situations
• Pointcrawls for Overland Travel
• Replace Flanking with Cinematic Advantage
• Campfire Story Prompts During Rests
• Easy Initiative Cards

DM Advice

• It's Five Minutes to Game Time
• Improve Pacing
• Upward and Downward Beats
• Spiral Campaign Building
• The Ability Check — The Only D&D Subsystem You Need
• Creating Villains
• Build Resilient and Evolving Villainous Plots
• Recovering from a Bad Game
• A GM's Reading List

Running Adventure Types

• Dungeon Crawls
• Infiltrations and Heists
• Investigations and Mysteries
• Overland Exploration and Travel
• Missions and Quest Chains
• Defense
• Roleplay and Intrigue
• Combat
• Mashups and the Undefined

Combat Encounter Building

• Tracking Combat in 5e
• The Lazy Encounter Benchmark
• Running "Theater of the Mind" Combat
• Abstract Battlemaps
• Choose Monsters Based on the Story
• Dials of Monster Difficulty
• Lightning Rods — Showcase Powerful Character Abilities
• Reskinning Monsters
• Running Hordes
• Let Go of Defined Encounters
• Run Easy Battles
• Running Wars
• Set Piece Battles
• Improving Boss Fights

Running RPGs Online

• Experiences Running RPGs Online
• Two Years Playing RPGs Online
• Awesome Tools for Online Play
• Playing RPGs over Discord
• Organizing Digital RPG Materials
• Interviewing New Players for Online Games
• Share PDFs with your Players

One-on-One D&D

• Running One-on-One D&D Games
• A Framework for One-on-One D&D
• Balancing Combat for One-on-One D&D

Rules Discussion

• Choosing DCs
• Our Ability Check Toolbox
• Darkvision Isn't as Good As You Think
• What Does Passive Perception Show You?
• Handling Surprise
• The Flow of Trap Detection

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