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Tools of the Lazy Dungeon Master Video

by Mike on 22 January 2013

"When art critics get together they talk about Form and Structure and Meaning. When artists get together they talk about where you can buy cheap turpentine." - Pablo Picasso

The Lazy Dungeon Master gives you the philosophy, theory, and techniques to make preparation for D&D easier, more efficient, and hopefully lead you to a more dynamic and entertaining game. In the video below, I describe a few of the tools we can use at our tables, during our game, to help us improvise and grow the story from the choices of our players and the random nature of the dice.

You can also watch the video here.

Here is a list of the tools I discuss over the nine minute video:

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