Same. Seeing how he customized a campaign he pre-wrote is essential for new DMs to understand when and why to change things to fit your own campaign.@@CyanMentality
For me as a DM the hardest thing to do is keeping track of hit points of monsters & NPCs during combat especially when there a lot of enemies the group is fighting.
Best thing for note taking and organization as a dm is loose leaf paper in a 3-ring binder. You can add or subtract from anywhere to keep things organized and easy to find. Us Trapper Keeper kids from the 80's learned bis a long time ago. 😀
This is the way I started but I have recent switched to almost all electronic notes. That way when my players destroy the NPC that means them no harm and is absolutely innocent causing the last three months of planning to be useless there is no paper to tear up and the players never know of all the files I just deleted.
I have enjoyed these videos so far but Todd isnt very good at interviewing. The people he interviews do all the work of pushing the new books and he just sits there and talks about what he does in his home games. He should be asking the questions the community cares about.
It uses the latin pronunciation. Latin has long been associated with magic since it's a dead language, with Harry Potter even straight up using latin for spells.
I preordered my 2024 DMG at Zulu's Board Game Cafe in Bothell, WA this week and it will be here on Tuesday ...woop woop!
Huh, I ordered mine from my LGS here in Portland and its not coming until Nov. 12...
Shoutout to Zulus!!!
The D&D lore contribution of Dice, Camera, Action (24:10) : “Crying is a free action”.
Kinda sad that's all they're remembered for. That was an enjoyable show until it fell apart.
Nice to know in advance that the new DM's Guide will include all of this good advice and sets of helpful tools
Man, I miss Chris DM'ing an online show. DCA was great!
Straight up. Really helped me appreciate how a lead designer adapts their adventure on the fly.
Same. Seeing how he customized a campaign he pre-wrote is essential for new DMs to understand when and why to change things to fit your own campaign.@@CyanMentality
4:39 Chris quietly changed his shirt during that art transition...oh hey James, didn't see you there lol
...mark?
Wouldn’t have noticed that unless you mentioned it, and now I feel flabbergasted, thanks.
@@UriahNeveah Think of it as a metaphor for the OGL. The pushback happened at 6:44 haha
For me as a DM the hardest thing to do is keeping track of hit points of monsters & NPCs during combat especially when there a lot of enemies the group is fighting.
Best thing is to have scratch paper and add up the damage, rather than subtract down.
@@GeekMasterGames oh that's so smart!
Adding up instead of subtracting is one of my fav DM hacks.
HP subtraction has THAC0 vibes.
Best thing for note taking and organization as a dm is loose leaf paper in a 3-ring binder. You can add or subtract from anywhere to keep things organized and easy to find. Us Trapper Keeper kids from the 80's learned bis a long time ago. 😀
What is paper?
This is the way I started but I have recent switched to almost all electronic notes. That way when my players destroy the NPC that means them no harm and is absolutely innocent causing the last three months of planning to be useless there is no paper to tear up and the players never know of all the files I just deleted.
What’s up with the layoffs in the last few days involving people that were a part of this ?
Typical Q4 corporate bs, followed by the inevitable Q1 PR disaster that WOTC has become known for the last few years.
Hopefully WotC will release the Greyhawk campaign and mini-adventures from the DMG as a separate product.
DCA reference
I had to take over a drow campaign because the original DM was flaky, but the players were enjoying playing drow.
Tracking sheets sound very much like them filling space. Other than that sounds good.
The book is 64 pages longer than the 2014 dmg so it's filling space that wasn't there before.
Todd, Todd, Todd, never gatekeep with skill checks.
Cool but isn’t this chapter mostly stuff recycled from the old DMG? Tbf, more DMs need to read it, but still
It's just reorganized but with a few new things and now filled with cartoonish artwork that no longer inspires me and instead negatively distracts me.
that's why it's DMG 2024 and not DMG 5.5e or 6e
Yes, but as a whole the book looks to be a lot more accessible.
I have enjoyed these videos so far but Todd isnt very good at interviewing. The people he interviews do all the work of pushing the new books and he just sits there and talks about what he does in his home games. He should be asking the questions the community cares about.
Yeah but we are still waiting to have products fulfilled and issues resolved from the PHB over a month ago.
I really don't understand the insistence on calling it "siggle."
Because it's a proper noun and they called it that.
What is there to understand or not? That's just how it's pronounced.
It uses the latin pronunciation. Latin has long been associated with magic since it's a dead language, with Harry Potter even straight up using latin for spells.
Because that’s it’s name.
They named it. That's the name.