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The Lazy RPG Talk Show and the Lazy GM Prep show. D&D news, commentary, spotlights, Q&A, and lazy GM prep with Mike Shea of Sly Flourish.
Episodes
Thursday Jul 21, 2022
Thursday Jul 21, 2022
Mike prepares to run his next session of his Numenera campaign!
Monday Jul 18, 2022
Monday Jul 18, 2022
Mike talks about all things D&D!
Contents
- 00:00 Show Start
- 01:00 Sly Flourish News: Two SF Products Nominated for the 2022 ENnies!
- 03:10 Sly Flourish News: City of Arches Updates and Walkthrough
- 11:24 D&D News: Free Spelljammer Academy Adventures
- 16:26 D&D News: Roll20 and DriveThruRPG Merger
- 23:10 D&D News: First Look at D&D 5.5 "Soon"
- 24:26 Commentary: What I Want from D&D 5.5
- 39:29 Patreon Question: Dealing with the characters of players who leave a campaign
- 41:13 Patreon Question: Introducing Large Cities
- 43:47 Patreon Question: Running multiple villainous factions in a dungeon
- 47:09 Patreon Question: Magic items with a price
- 49:00 Patreon Question: Keeping Prep-time Brief
- 51:08 Patreon Question: Using Subsystems
- 54:43 Patreon Question: Handling the Guidance Cantrip
Links
- Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter
- Support Sly Flourish on Patreon
- Buy Sly Flourish Books:
- 2022 ENnie Voting (remember 1 is better than 5!)
- Spelljammer Academy
- Roll20 and DriveThruRPG (OneBookShelf) Merge
- Ray Winninger on Next Iteration Design Look Soon
- The Only Subsystem You Need: The Ability Check
Thursday Jul 14, 2022
Thursday Jul 14, 2022
Mike prepares to run his next session of his Numenera campaign!
Monday Jul 11, 2022
Monday Jul 11, 2022
Mike talks about all things D&D!
Contents
- 00:00 Show Start
- 00:53 Sly Flourish News: Update on the Lazy DM Companion Kickstarter
- 06:00 Sly Flourish News: SlyFlourish.com and the Lazy DM's Companion Nominated for the Ennies!
- 07:34 Product Spotlight: Mork Borg Bare Bones Editon Free!
- 12:04 Sly Flourish News: Scarlet Citadel and Empire of the Ghouls for my Next D&D Campaigns
- 16:47 Commentary: Adding Third Party Character Options
- 25:53 Commentary: The Best Features for Near-Perfect D&D Games are Free
- 34:58 Patreon Question: What's Fun for Dungeon Masters?
- 41:57 Patreon Question: Handling Shopping Trips
- 46:01 Patreon Question: Making Players Like Your Patron
- 49:14 Patreon Question: D&D Stories for 14-Year-Old Silly Larsons
Links
- Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter
- Support Sly Flourish on Patreon
- Buy Sly Flourish Books:
- 2022 ENnie Nominations
- Mork Borg Bare Bones Edition
- Mork Borg Spotlight
- Scarlet Citadel
- Empire of the Ghouls
- Tome of Heroes
- Midgard Heroes
- The Best Ways to Improve Your D&D Game are Free
- Building the Critical Role Gaming Studio
Thursday Jul 07, 2022
Thursday Jul 07, 2022
Mike prepares to run his next session of his Numenera campaign!
Monday Jul 04, 2022
Monday Jul 04, 2022
Mike talks about all things D&D!
Contents
- 00:00 Show Start
- 00:58 D&D and RPG News: Roll 20 Partners with the DM's Guild
- 03:43 D&D and RPG News: NODES system from Dungeon Delver's Guideb
- 09:46 DM Tip: More on Revealing NPC Archetypes
- 13:21 DM Tip: More on the Near-Perfect D&D Game
- 28:40 Patreon Question: Games Falling Flat with Disinterested Players
- 32:44 Patreon Question: Playeres Wasting Spells on Immune Creatures
- 35:03 Patreon Question: Good Third Party Books
- 36:23 Patreon Question: Changes to Improvised Statistics
- 40:12 Patreon Question: Digital Versus Analog Character Sheets
- 42:02 DM Tip: Write Down Page Numbers on Paper Character Sheets
- 43:19 Patreon Question: Running Campaigns with Often Absent Players
- 46:34 Patreon Question: Customizing Random Tables
- 50:56 Patreon Question: Determining Starting Gear for Higher Level Characters
Links
Thursday Jun 30, 2022
Thursday Jun 30, 2022
Mike prepares to run his next session of his Numenera campaign!
Monday Jun 27, 2022
Monday Jun 27, 2022
Mike talks about all things D&D!
Contents
- 00:00 Show Intro
- 00:45 RPG News: Radiant Citadel Free Chapter
- 05:00 Commentary: Vecna in Actual Play
- 08:28 D&D Tip: Revealing NPC Archetypes
- 15:33 D&D Tip: What Does a Near Perfect 10 Game Look Like?
- 30:57 Patreon Question: Helping Players Think Creatively During Combat
- 36:54 Patreon Question: Staying Consistent with your Own Fiction
- 39:19 Patreon Question: Running "Good" Monsters
- 42:47 Patreon Question: Actionable Clues Versus General Lore
- 45:37 Patreon Question: Interesting Third Party Monsters
- 47:41 Patreon Question: How Many Secrets Do You Typically Reveal?
Links
Thursday Jun 23, 2022
Thursday Jun 23, 2022
Mike prepares to run his next session of his Numenera campaign!
Monday Jun 20, 2022
Monday Jun 20, 2022
Mike talks about all things D&D!
Contents
- 01:07 Product Spotlight: The Mouthless One Archlich from Level Up Advanced 5e
- 11:54 Product Spotlight: A5e.Tools Level Up Advanced 5e Resource Website
- 13:32 Product Spotlight: The Night of the Dissolution
- 20:17 RPG Industry Tip: Alphastream on Finding Your Passion
- 29:51 Patreon Question: Products of Drag and Drop Encounters for 5e
- 31:27 Patreon Question: Reviewing the Characters for One-Shot Adventures
- 33:32 Patreon Question: Content Creators for Player-Focused Tips
- 35:58 Patreon Question: Handling Character Death
- 39:13 Patreon Question: Building Challenging Combat Beyond the Four Dials
- 41:58 Patreon Questions: Which D&D Books Would You Buy in Order?
Links
- Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter
- Support Sly Flourish on Patreon
- Buy Sly Flourish Books:
- Bob Worldbuilder on Vecna search popularity
- Mouthless One Stat Block
- Level Up Advanced 5e Monstrous Menagerie (affiliate link)
- A5e Tools
- Night of the Dissolution (affiliate link)
- Alphastream on Finding Your Passion
- Prepared – One-shot adventures for 5e
- Prepared 2 - More one-shot adventures by 5e (affiliate link)
- The Game Master's Book of Random Encounters (affiliate link)
- Ginny Di's videos
- Bob World Builder's videos
Thursday Jun 16, 2022
Thursday Jun 16, 2022
Mike offers tips and tricks for running Wild Beyond the Witchlight Chapter 3 and how to incorporate Domains of Dread from Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft.
Contents
- 00:00 Show Intro
- 01:07 Witchlight Runs Well On It's Own
- 03:16 Customize the Getaway Gang
- 05:30 Use Nib as a Handy Vendor
- 07:14 Foreshadow the Jabberwock
- 09:31 Place the Unicorn Horn Before Loomlurch
- 11:00 Reveal Secrets and Clues at the Wayward Pool
- 12:13 Foreshadow Zybilna's True Origin
- 13:48 Run Loomlurch as a Situation
- 19:00 Little Oak can be a Mobile Home Base and Guide Across Thither to Yon
- 21:02 Final Thoughts on Chapter 3
- 21:36 Expanding Dreadful Incursions into Witchlight
- 23:37 Small Encounter-sized Incursions
- 25:55 Anchors Between Worlds
- 29:39 The Quest of the Dread Lord to Escape Their Doman
- 31:34 Tying Domains of Dread to the Characters
Links
Monday Jun 13, 2022
Monday Jun 13, 2022
Mike talks about all things D&D!
Contents
- 00:00 Show Start
- 00:55 D&D News: Vecna Stat Block
- 19:56 RPG News: Cypher System Open License
- 20:49 Product Spotlight: Potbellied Kobold's Guide to Villains and Lairs
- 24:03 D&D Tip: Running War Priests and Enchanters
- 33:39 Patreon Question: Dealing with Overly Cautious Players
- 37:46 Patreon Question: Reading and Running Published Adventure Text
- 42:14 Patreon Question: Exposing Narratives and Events Outside of the Characters
- 44:05 Patreon Question: Tying Characters to the Game with Limited Background Lore
- 45:54 Patreon Question: Influences on our Games
Links
Thursday Jun 09, 2022
Thursday Jun 09, 2022
Mike prepares to run his next session of his Numenera campaign!
Monday Jun 06, 2022
Monday Jun 06, 2022
Mike talks about all things D&D!
Contents
- 00:00 Show Start
- 00:43 Sly Flourish News: New Campaign Arc in City of Arches
- 08:52 Product Spotlight: Battle Walker from the Abyss
- 14:28 DM Tip: Focusing on the Fiction and Starting with the Story
- 39:42 DM Tip: Focusing the Lens
- 45:20 Patreon Question: Hooking Characters Into Adventures
- 49:17 Patreon Question: Heralds for Factions
- 51:31 Patreon Question: Heuristics for Running Current and Future D&D Concepts
Links
Thursday Jun 02, 2022
Thursday Jun 02, 2022
Mike prepares to run his next session of his Numenera campaign!
Monday May 30, 2022
Monday May 30, 2022
Mike talks about all things D&D!
Contents
- 00:00:00 Show Start
- 00:00:45 Product Spotlight: Arcadia 16 and the Blackweald
- 00:09:14 Product Spotlight: Alphastream on Defining Your Success in RPGs
- 00:13:29 Product Spotlight: Monsters of the Multiverse Part 2
- 00:38:20 Patreon Question: How can DMs Enjoy Being Players?
- 00:41:51 Patreon Question: Running Third Party Campaigns with D&D Beyond
- 00:46:01 Patreon Question: Choosing a VTT to Invest In
- 00:49:42 Patreon Question: Collapsing a Wide-Spread Campaign
- 00:51:50 Patreon Question: Running Strahd
- 00:53:59 Patreon Question: Sharing Villainous Plans and Actions
- 00:55:24 Patreon Question: Choosing Third Party Character Options
- 00:56:35 Patreon Question: Running Multi-Table Events
- 00:58:35 Patreon Question: Using Gold in Mythic Adventures
- 01:00:25 Patreon Question: Defining Leveling Milestones
- 01:01:38 Patreon Question: Drawing Out Character Backstory
- 01:02:37 Patreon Question: Managing Chaotic Characters
- 01:05:17 Patreon Question: Recognizing GM Burnout
- 01:07:46 Patreon Question: Surprise Twists in D&D Campaigns
Links
Thursday May 26, 2022
Thursday May 26, 2022
Mike prepares to run his next session of his Numenera campaign!
Monday May 23, 2022
Monday May 23, 2022
Mike talks about all things D&D!
Contents
- 00:00 Show Start
- 00:44 D&D News: Free Phandelver and Acq Inc on D&D Beyond
- 02:21 Product Spotlight: Monsters of the Multiverse
- 30:35 Kickstarter Spotlight: Murder in the Shielding Peaks
- 34:13 Product Spotlight: Treacherous Traps
- 37:14 Patreon Question: Encouraging Player Ingenuity
- 40:40 Patreon Question: Running Dungeon Crawls
- 48:31 Patreon Question: Describing Irregular Caves in a Dungeon Crawl
- 49:52 Patreon Question: Witchlight with Three Players
- 52:17 Patreon Question: Resource Management During Travel
Links
- Free Phandelver and Acquisitions Incorporated on D&D Beyond
- Monsters of the Multiverse (affiliate link)
- D&D Adventurer's League rules for Monsters of the Multiverse Races
- Blog of Holding Analysis of Monsters of the Multiverse
- Level Up Advanced 5e Monstrous Menagerie (affiliate link)
- Kickstarter: Murder in the Shielding Peaks
- Treacherous Traps
Thursday May 19, 2022
Thursday May 19, 2022
Mike prepares to run his next session of his Numenera campaign!
Monday May 16, 2022
Monday May 16, 2022
Mike talks about all things D&D!
Contents
- 00:00 Show Intro
- 01:00 D&D News: Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes Comes Out on 16 May
- 02:01 D&D News: Can't Buy Tome of Foes or Volo's Guide to Monsters on D&D Beyond after 17 May
- 05:57 Product Spotlight: Above VTT
- 19:00 Kickstarter Spotlight: Campaign Builder - Cities and Towns
- 20:46 D&D Tip: Hex Flowers
- 31:37 Patreon Question: Introducing Villains in your Campaign
- 34:22 Patreon Question: Challenging Characters vs. Players with Puzzles
- 37:47 Patreon Question: Dealing with Bickering Players
- 41:55 Patreon Question: Evoking High Adventure in our RPGs
- 45:30 Patreon Question: Pacing Games with Split Parties
- 47:30 Patreon Question: What To Do With Gold
- 50:53 Patreon Question: Focusing a Homebrew Campaign
Links
Thursday May 05, 2022
Thursday May 05, 2022
Mike prepares to run his next session of his Numenera campaign!
Monday May 02, 2022
Monday May 02, 2022
Mike talks about all things D&D!
Contents
- 00:00:00 Show Intro
- 00:00:54 Sly Flourish News: Update to the City of Arches
- 00:04:15 D&D News: Heroes of Krynn Revisited Unearthed Arcana
- 00:08:25 Kickstarter Spotlight: Dungeonmorphs IV
- 00:12:58 Kickstarter Spotlight: Fraternity of Ash
- 00:15:40 Product Spotlight: Isle of the Dreaded Accursed
- 00:18:49 Patreon Question: Building Resilient Villainous Plans
- 00:23:30 Patreon Question: Points-of-Light Settings for Lazy DMs
- 00:25:54 Patreon Question: Long-Ranged Combat
- 00:27:42 Patreon Question: Reskin or Build a Big Bad Evil Mage From Scratch?
- 00:32:06 Patreon Question: Integrating Characters of Stand-By Players
- 00:34:22 Patreon Question: Managing Conflicting Factions
- 00:35:47 Patreon Question: Too Many Pirate Lords!
- 00:37:17 Patreon Question: Building an Apocalyptic Eberron
- 00:39:27 Patreon Question: Handling a Situation Where you Crossed the Line Accidentally
- 00:43:44 Patreon Question: Managing Portals in the City of Arches
- 00:46:04 Patreon Question: Published Inspiration for Homebrew Campaigns
- 00:47:59 Patreon Question: Handling In-World Pacing Problems
- 00:50:09 Patreon Question: Surprising Players vs. Surprising Characters
- 00:52:50 Patreon Question: Managing Political Intrigue the Lazy Way
- 00:54:39 Patreon Question: Managing Before-Combat Attacks and Actions
- 00:56:20 Patreon Question: Managing Downtime Activities
- 00:57:33 Patreon Question: Rewarding and Balancing Named Spells
- 00:59:09 Patreon Question: Managing Adventures Focused on a Missing Character
- 01:00:31 Patreon Question: Managing Timing While Running Fall of Elturel
Links
Thursday Apr 28, 2022
Thursday Apr 28, 2022
Mike prepares to run his next session of his Numenera campaign!
Monday Apr 25, 2022
Monday Apr 25, 2022
Mike talks about all things D&D!
Contents
- 00:00 Show Start
- 00:51 D&D News: Last Days of the Sly Flourish Bundle of Holding
- 01:56 D&D News: Lots of Wizards Announcements
- 02:13 D&D News: The Monstrous Compendium Volume 1
- 07:06 D&D News: Campaign Case - Creatures
- 10:01 D&D News: Campaign Case - Terrain
- 11:30 D&D News: D&D Starter Set - Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
- 12:59 D&D News: Spelljammer Boxed Set
- 16:58 D&D News: Dragonlance - Shadow of the Dragon Queen and War of Krynn
- 21:14 Kickstarter Spotlight: Shadow Under Hardflint Hall
- 24:46 Patreon Question: Who Do I Listen To, Watch, and Read?
- 28:34 Patreon Question: On Fudging Rolls and Choosing Targets
- 31:49 Patreon Question: Dealing with Familiars and Dungeon Reconnaissance
- 36:06 Patreon Question: How Do we Actually Begin our Sessions?
- 38:46 Patreon Question: Introducing Players to Other Game Systems
- 40:32 Patreon Question: Making NPCs Distinct
- 42:00 Patreon Question: How Strict to Represent Time Pressures
- 44:05 Patreon Question: Should I Worry about my Evil PC?
- 46:27 Patreon Question: Projecting Evil Humanoid Creatures
- 48:21 Patreon Question: What Bad Habits Have I Broken?
- 51:31 Patreon Question: Checklist for Homebrew Finales
- 55:14 Patreon Question: Running Deadly Standoffs in D&D
Links
- Sly Flourish Bundle of Holding!
- Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter
- Support Sly Flourish on Patreon
- Buy Sly Flourish Books
- Shadow Under Hardflint Hall Kickstarter
- D&D Direct – Announcement Video
- Monstrous Compendium Volume 1 (WOTC)
- Monstrous Compendium Volume 1 (D&D Beyond)
- D&D Campaign Case: Creatures
- D&D Campaign Case: Terrain
- D&D Starter Set – Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
- Spelljammer Boxed Set
- Dragonlance – Shadow of the Dragon Queen
- Bob Worldbuilder
- Dungeoncraft
- DM David
- Alphastream.org
- Mastering Dungeons
- Eldritch Lorecast
- The Alexandrian
Thursday Apr 21, 2022
Thursday Apr 21, 2022
Mike offers tips and thoughts for running Chapter 2 of Wild Beyond the Witchlight!
Contents
- 00:00 Show Intro
- 00:37 Four Tips for Witchlight Chapter 2
- 01:01 Tip 1: Reinforce the Theme of Whimsy and Wonder
- 02:19 Tip 2: Reinforce the Characters' Goals
- 04:34 Tip 3: Solidify the Chapter's Main Required Progression Key: Clapperclaw
- 05:42 Tip 4: Limit Agdon Longscarf's Multi-attack
- 07:48 Witchlight Runs Great On It's Own
- 09:01 Injecting Dreadful Incursions from Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft
- 14:29 Reinforce the Rules of Conduct
- 15:46 Manage Your Upward and Downward Beats
- 19:24 Make Telemy Hill Dangerous
- 20:19 Fall in Love with the Soggy Court
- 22:56 Lots of Options for Bavlorna and her Cottage
- 25:08 Choose Where you Put the Unicorn Horn
- 25:51 Add a Vendor
- 27:14 Fill Out Empty Locations As Desired
- 28:07 Be Careful While Leveling Slowly
- 29:33 Foreshadow the League of Malevolence
- 30:14 Show The Maps
Links
Monday Apr 18, 2022
Monday Apr 18, 2022
Mike talks about all things D&D!
Contents
- 00:00 Show Start
- 00:41 D&D News: Sly Flourish Bundle of Holding
- 02:02 D&D News: WOTC Buys D&D Beyond
- 08:56 D&D News: D&D Direct Announcements Coming Thursday 21 April 2022
- 10:05 Kickstarter Spotlight: Flee Mortals by MCDM
- 29:30 Product Spotlight: Volo's Vetted Vendors
- 33:06 Patreon Question: Seeding Future Quests Without Starting Them
- 36:41 Patreon Question: Handling Augury
- 39:00 Patreon Question: Manging Sources and Books for Game Prep
- 41:40 Patreon Question: Handling Curses That Remove Curse Doesn't Fix
- 45:15 Patreon Question: Running a Rebellion
- 48:13 Patreon Question: Uncomfortable Roleplaying NPCs
- 50:27 Patreon Question: Passing Complex Lore to Players
- 53:06 Patreon Question: Handling Mounts in Combat
- 55:03 Patreon Question: Strong Starts and Cold Opens
Links
- Sly Flourish Bundle of Holding!
- Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter
- Support Sly Flourish on Patreon
- Buy Sly Flourish Books
- Mastering Dungeons Video on D&D Beyond Acquisition
- D&D Beyond Acquisition Announcement
- D&D Beyond Acquisition Press Release
- D&D Direct Event & Product Announcements
- Flee Mortals Kickstarter
- Volo's Vetted Vendors
Thursday Apr 14, 2022
Thursday Apr 14, 2022
Mike prepares to run his next session of his Numenera campaign!
Monday Apr 11, 2022
Monday Apr 11, 2022
Mike talks about all things D&D!
Contents
- 00:00 Show Start
- 01:10 D&D News: Sly Flourish Bundle of Holding! $100 of PDFs for $20!
- 03:33 D&D News: City of Arches Update with Amazing Side-View Cutaway Map
- 11:42 Product Spotlight: Kenku.fm
- 18:50 Kickstarter Spotlight: Tome of Adventure Design
- 26:24 Patreon Question: Fast and Slow Initiative in D&D 5e
- 30:23 Patreon Question: Run Eberron in Sharn and in the Wilds
- 32:33 Patreon Question: Five Elements of Storytelling in D&D
- 37:01 Patreon Question: Players Running NPCs or Monsters
- 39:07 Patreon Question: Tactical Combat in Theater of the Mind
- 44:04 Patreon Question: Managing On-Call Players
- 47:48 Patreon Question: Recovering from a Bad Game
Links
Thursday Apr 07, 2022
Thursday Apr 07, 2022
Mike prepares to run his next session of his Numenera campaign!
Monday Apr 04, 2022
Monday Apr 04, 2022
Mike talks about all things D&D!
Contents
- 00:00 Show Start
- 00:49 D&D News: Spelljammer Confirmed??
- 08:38 Product Spotlight: Crown of the Oathbreaker
- 18:06 Commentary: Elderbrain's 2,000 Player D&D Survey
- 25:04 D&D News: Patreon Q&A for April 2022 Coming Wednesday
- 27:16 Patreon Question: Evolving Villain Stat Blocks
- 31:29 Patreon Question: Favorite Classic D&D Encounters
- 33:04 Patreon Question: Dealing with Insight Checks for Lie Detection
- 36:41 Patreon Question: Making Awesome Skeletons
- 41:06 Patreon Question: Helping Players Understand High Level Quests
- 45:28 Patreon Question: What Makes a Good Cultist?
- 47:04 Patreon Question: Mixing Ruins of the Grendleroot and Where the Machines Wait
- 48:51 Patreon Question: Outlining Scenes vs. Defining Situations