January 2022 Patreon Q&A

Mike goes through the final 33 Patreon questions of January 2022!

• 00:00:00 Show Intro
• 00:01:01 Cliche Bad Guy Expositions
• 00:02:49 Managing Treasure Distribution
• 00:05:08 Describing Three of Five Keys In Fiction
• 00:07:30 Building Quick Monsters from Scratch
• 00:09:39 Incorporating Character Backstories - Not for Everyone
• 00:13:46 Lazy Tips for Character Retreats
• 00:17:41 Sly Flourish DM Screen?
• 00:21:05 Creating Interesting Combat Encounters
• 00:25:12 Adding New Characters to Descent into Avernus
• 00:27:06 Making a CR 3 Vampire
• 00:28:56 More Sly Flourish Streamed D&D Games? Nope, Sorry.
• 00:30:29 Running One-Hour D&D Games
• 00:33:33 Tracking Factions in Notion
• 00:35:26 One-Page Campaign Guide for Homebrew Worlds
• 00:38:49 Setup for Running Games Online
• 00:41:08 Experience with Devesting Critical Hits
• 00:42:05 Using Extra Encounters for WOTC Hardcover Campaigns
• 00:43:33 Fog of War for Tabletop Maps
• 00:46:01 Secrets and Clues for West Marches Games
• 00:48:16 Managing Monsters with Debilitating Fun-Stealing Effects
• 00:51:04 OGL Good for Smaller Publishers? Not sure.
• 00:52:57 Running Grendleroot in Avernus
• 00:54:10 Integrating Monuments
• 00:55:50 Running Forgotten Realms for Knowledgable Players
• 00:58:05 Running Townbuilding Scenarios
• 00:59:44 Revealing Pointcrawls to Players
• 01:01:59 Playing in an 11-year-old's D&D Game
• 01:03:01 Running Grendleroot to 20th Level
• 01:04:31 Converting Settings to Other Systems and Running Fate
• 01:07:12 Speeding Up Combat
• 01:09:10 High-Level Relics Too Powerful? Nope!
• 01:11:03 Getting Players to Roleplay With Each Other
• 01:12:26 Revealing Numenera to Unknowing Characters

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• Ruins of the Grendleroot
• Shawn Merwin Deep Dive on One-Hour Games
• Three of Five Keys
• Sly Flourish D&D Cheat Sheet
• Running a West Marches Grendleroot Campaign