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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
Monday Sep 12, 2022
Monday Sep 12, 2022
Mike talks about all things D&D!
Contents
- 00:00 Show Start
- 00:52 Kickstarter Spotlight: Wastes of Chaos by Kobold Press
- 05:41 Sly Flourish News: New Lazy D&D Talk Show Topic Database for Patrons
- 10:01 Kickstarter Spotlight: Anatomy of an Adventure by MT Black
- 13:11 Product Spotlight: Path of the Planebreaker by Monte CookGames
- 45:44 Patreon Question: Dealing with Secret Truths of a Campaign World
- 48:04 Patreon Question: AI-generated Art and the Lazy DM
Links
Thursday Sep 08, 2022
Thursday Sep 08, 2022
Mike prepares to run his next session of his Numenera campaign!
Monday Sep 05, 2022
Monday Sep 05, 2022
Mike talks about all things D&D!
Contents
- 00:00 Show Start
- 01:08 D&D & RPG News: One D&D Origins Playtest Survey
- 02:25 D&D & RPG News: Mastering Dungeons on the Origins One D&D Playtest
- 03:09 Patreon Update: World of Dead Temples and Secrets of Summervine Villa
- 07:49 D&D & RPG News: Spelljammer Errata
- 16:04 Kickstarter Spotlight: Dungeon Delver's Guide
- 20:31 Product Spotlight: Planegea
- 30:47 Commentary: I don't Review Third Party Products I Don't Like
- 36:05 Commentary: 5e Isn't 5e Compatible - We're On Our Own
- 46:23 Patreon Question: Strongest Criticism of Lazy DM Advice
- 48:59 Patreon Question: Adding a New Player Mid Campaign
- 51:00 Patreon Question: Spelljammer for New Players
- 52:50 Patreon Question: Adventure Anthologies and Heists
- 54:48 Patreon Question: Awarding Gold with the Lazy DM's Companion
- 58:03 Patreon Question: Tips for Reaching a Satisfying Campaign Conclusion
Links
- Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter
- Support Sly Flourish on Patreon
- Buy Sly Flourish Books:
- One D&D Playtest and Survey
- Mastering Dungeons on the One D&D Playtest
- WOTC Spelljammer Apology and Errata
- Dungeon Delver's Guide Kickstarter
- Planegea
- Reddit Thread on Backgrounds and Feat Mismatch
- Poll on Satisfying Conclusions for D&D Campaigns
Thursday Sep 01, 2022
Thursday Sep 01, 2022
Mike prepares to run his next session of his Numenera campaign!
Monday Aug 29, 2022
Monday Aug 29, 2022
Mike talks about all things D&D! This week a Spelljammer deep dive!
Contents
- 00:00 Show Start
- 00:51 D&D News: WOTC Offering Refunds for Dragonlance Pre-Orders
- 02:40 Kickstarter Spotlight: Horror at Devil's Run
- 05:32 Kickstarter Spotlight: Sebastian Crowe's Guide to Drakkenheim
- 07:30 Product Spotlight: Spelljammer - Adventure's In Space Boxed Set
- 09:11 Astral Adventurer's Guide - Spelljammer Character Options
- 14:35 Limited (No) Ship-to-Ship Combat Rules
- 17:19 Light of Xaryxis - the Spelljammer Adventure
- 20:17 Spelljammer DMScreen
- 21:07 Boo's Astral Menagerie - Spelljammer Monsters
- 31:55 Amazing Production Quality
- 33:01 No DM Tools to Build Spelljammer Adventures
- 37:31 Not Compatible with Spelljammer Academy
- 39:54 Spelljammer Doesn't Help DMs Run Games
- 40:45 Should You Buy It?
- 41:40 Patreon Question: Is Witchlight Still Great Without Dreadful Incursions?
- 43:33 Patreon Question: How Well Does Numenera's Stat Point Spend and Roll Negotiation Work?
- 46:53 Patreon Question: How Much Character Background for New Players?
- 49:05 Patreon Question: Making a Dungeon Feel Like a Megadungeon
- 51:20 Patreon Question: Actionable and Relevant Secrets and Clues
Links
- Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter
- Support Sly Flourish on Patreon
- Buy Sly Flourish Books:
- Wizards of the Coast D&D Customer Service Form
- Horror at Devil's Run Kickstarter
- Sebastian Crowe's Guide to Drakkenheim Kickstarter
- Spelljammer Adventures in Space Boxed Set (Amazon Affiliate Link)
- Add Dreadful Incursions to Wild Beyond the Witchlight
- Alphastream on Actionable Lore
Thursday Aug 25, 2022
Thursday Aug 25, 2022
Mike prepares to run his next session of his Numenera campaign!
Monday Aug 22, 2022
Monday Aug 22, 2022
Mike talks about all things D&D!
Contents
- 00:00 Show Start
- 00:58 The One D&D Announcement
- 02:45 One D&D and Backward Compatibility
- 04:25 Playtesting Experiences and Expectations
- 05:51 Providing Feedback
- 08:19 Looking at the First One D&D Playtest Document
- 08:53 Character Origins
- 13:25 On Power Increases
- 17:22 Changes to Fundamental Rules
- 18:10 A 20 Always Succeeds, a 1 Always Fails
- 20:24 Critical Hit Changes
- 23:50 Inspiration on a 20 - Should be a 1!!
- 25:51 Changes to Long Rests
- 26:45 One D&D 3D Virtual Tabletop Alpha screenshots
- 28:49 Does That Mean No 2d VTT in D&D Beyond?
- 29:53 Dragonlance - Wizards Took my $160 For Something I Don't Want and Won't Refund It
- 36:27 Five Other Books Announced for 2023
- 37:14 Phandelver Campaign - Eight Years Too Late
- 40:14 Book of Many Things
- 40:42 Planescape - Please Don't Make it a Boxed Set
- 43:57 Final Thoughts
Links
- Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter
- Support Sly Flourish on Patreon
- Buy Sly Flourish Books:
- One D&D Playtest
- One-Hour with Jeremy Crawford on Character Origins
- Ancestry and Culture in D&D
- D&D 3D Virtual Tabletop Shots
Thursday Aug 18, 2022
Thursday Aug 18, 2022
Mike prepares to run his next session of his Numenera campaign!
Monday Aug 15, 2022
Monday Aug 15, 2022
Mike talks about all things D&D!
Contents
- 00:00 Show Start
- 00:52 D&D & RPG News: New 13th Age in 2023
- 07:51 DM Tip: A New D&D Ability Score Standard Array
- 15:50 Product Spotlight: Dungeons of Drakkenheim
- 30:25 Patreon Question: Distinct Racial Characteristics for NPCs
- 33:10 Patreon Question: Making Prophecies Come True Without Railroading
- 35:07 Patreon Question: Inspiration for City of Arches
- 37:51 Patreon Question: "Milestone" Event-Based Leveling Without Removing Player
- 41:13 Patreon Question: Running Zero Prep One-Hour Games
Links
- Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter
- Support Sly Flourish on Patreon
- Buy Sly Flourish Books:
- New 13th Age Escalation Edition in 2023
- Zipperon Disney: $20 for everything you need to run Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
- Dungeons of Drakkenheim
- Powerslave by Iron Maiden
- Ozymandias by Percy Shelley
- Running One-Hour D&D Games with Shawn Merwin
Thursday Aug 11, 2022
Thursday Aug 11, 2022
Mike dives deep into the Numenera RPG by Monte Cook Games with tips and tricks for Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Masters.
Contents
- 00:00 What This Video Gives To You
- 00:56 What Is Numenera?
- 05:04 Top Three Favorite Things about Numenera
- 09:19 Three Challenges Running Numenera
- 17:47 Numenera Buyer's Guide
- 27:49 Bringing Your D&D to Numenera and Vice Versa
- 33:11 Ideas from Numenera You Can Bring to D&D
- 40:33 Other Thoughts About Numenera
- 46:02 Final Thoughts on Numenera
Links
Monday Aug 08, 2022
Monday Aug 08, 2022
Mike talks about all things D&D!
Contents
- 00:49 Sly Flourish News: Sly Flourish Wins Two ENNIES!
- 03:05 D&D and RPG News: Wizards Presents Announcements 18 August
- 05:16 D&D and RPG News: Final Spelljammer Academy Adventure
- 07:54 Dragons of Stormwreck Isle Character Sheet PDFs
- 09:23 Kickstarter Preview: Face Folio by M Blake
- 12:34 Commentary: Encounter Building by Dragna Carta
- 32:59 Patreon Question: Best Adventure for New Players
- 34:22 Patreon Question: Choosing Your Next Campaign With Your Players
- 36:56 Patreon Question: Building a Quest Board
- 39:23 Patreon Question: Not Enjoying Game Prep
Links
- Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter
- Support Sly Flourish on Patreon
- Buy Sly Flourish Books:
- 2022 ENNIE Awards
- Wizards Presents Announcements
- Spelljammer Academy
- Spelljammer on Amazon for 40% off (Affiliate Link)
- Dragons of Stormwreck Isle Pregenerated Characters
- Face Folio Kickstarter
- Encounter Building on Dragna's Den
- D&D Combat Simulator
- Challenge Ratings 2.0
Thursday Aug 04, 2022
Thursday Aug 04, 2022
Mike prepares to run his next session of his Numenera campaign!
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
Mike offers tips and tricks for running chapters 4 and 5 of Wild Beyond the Witchlight!
Contents
- 00:00 Show Intro
- 00:51 Recommendation 1: Consider Dreadful Incursions
- 02:02 Recommendation 2: You Don't Have to Run All the NPCs
- 03:41 Recommendation 3: You Don't Have to Run Every Location or Encounter
- 04:16 Recommendation 4: Run Hag Lairs as Big Situations
- 05:09 Recommendation 5: You Can Ignore Valor's Call and the League of Malevolence
- 05:47 Recommendation 6: You Don't Have to Run All of the Palace of Heart's Desire
- 06:44 Recommendation 7: Add a Dark Lord Villain If Desired
- 07:43 Overall Campaign Thoughts Thus Far
- 08:41 Witchlight Chapter 4 - Yon Deep Dive
- 18:14 Motherhorn
- 19:52 Witchlight Chapter 5 - The Palace of Hearts Desire
- 21:27 The Final Battle
- 22:52 Saving Zybilna
- 24:15 One Year Later...
Links
Monday Aug 01, 2022
Monday Aug 01, 2022
Mike talks about all things D&D!
Contents
- 00:00 Show Start
- 00:45 Product Spotlight: D&D Starter Set Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
- 18:03 Sly Flourish News:The Sly Flourish Bookstore is Open!
- 21:47 D&D News: DM David On Monster Roles
- 24:26 D&D News: ENWorld's Review of Radiant Citadel
- 25:16 Patreon Question: Banning and Limiting Material In Your Game
- 31:17 Patreon Question: Dealing with Tag-Along NPCs
- 32:13 Patreon Question: How Many Monster Types in a Battle?
- 33:18 Patreon Question: Players Catching On to Film Homage
- 34:37 Patreon Question: Stealing Ideas for Homebrew Campaign Setting
- 36:26 Patreon Question: Checklist for Building Situations
- 38:52 Patreon Question: Lazy Dungeon Mastering and the Quantum Ogreb
- 41:11 Patreon Question: Ranking Wild Beyond the Witchlight
- 42:14 Patreon Question: Dealing with Prisoners
- 44:53 Patreon Question: Pre-Gen Story Hooks for One-Shot Games
Links
Thursday Jul 28, 2022
Thursday Jul 28, 2022
Mike prepares to run his next session of his Numenera campaign!
Monday Jul 25, 2022
Monday Jul 25, 2022
Mike talks about all things D&D!
Contents
- 00:00 Show Start
- 01:28 Product Spotlight:Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel
- 13:34 D&D News: Wonders of the Multiverse Unearthed Arcana
- 17:43 Commentary: Adding Reactions to the Resolution Stack
- 26:53 D&D News: New Spelljammer Academy Adventure Released
- 30:46 D&D News: Teos Abadia's Spelljammer Dispatch on Roll20
- 31:12 D&D News: Ben Riggs's TSR D&D Sales Stats
- 39:30 Patreon Question: Running Multiple Games a Week
- 42:28 Patreon Question: Meaningful Choices in Adventure Designb
- 45:06 Patreon Question: Running Too Many Different RPGs
- 47:57 Patreon Question: Running Streaming, Live Play, or Actual Play Games
- 52:16 Patreon Question: Players Drawing Other Players Into the Spotlight
Links
- Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter
- Support Sly Flourish on Patreon
- Buy Sly Flourish Books:
- Wonders of the Multiverse Playtest
- Spelljammer Academy on D&D Beyond
- Spelljammer Dispatch on Roll20
- Mastering Dungeons with Ben Riggs
- Slaying the Dragon: A Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons (Referral link)
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