The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish

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**The Lazy RPG Podcast – D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish**

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.

Latest Episodes:

Lazy GM Prep: Blades in the Dark Campaign Retrospective Feb 04, 2022

Show notes

Mike discusses his Blades in the Dark finale and thoughts about the game.

Numenera Session Zero – Lazy GM Prep Feb 03, 2022

Show notes

Mike prepares to run his session zero of his first Numenera campaign!

January 2022 Patreon Q&A Feb 02, 2022

Show notes

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

Contents

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

Links

Lazy D&D Talk Show – The Importance of D&D, Tome of Beasts 3, Level Up 5e Monstrous Menagerie Jan 31, 2022

Show notes

Mike talks about all things D&D!

Contents

00:29 My friend Bryan and the Importance of D&D
08:07 Quick Thoughts on Blades in the Dark
09:23 Further Thoughts on D&D Beyond and Monsters of the Multiverse
12:28 Kickstarter Spotlight: Tome of Beasts 3 by Kobold Press (Sponsored)
17:04 Product Spotlight: Level Up 5e Monstrous Menagerie
42:58 Patreon Q&A
43:23 Patreon Question: 5e's Time Sinks
48:22 Patreon Question: Do Monster Dials Prevent Character Death?
50:27 Patreon Question: Digital 3rd Party Products Outside of PDFs?
53:09 Patreon Question: Tips for Monster Morale
55:18 Patreon Question: 4e Modules of Note for 5e Conversion?
56:59 Patreon Question: Secrets, Clues, and Discoveries for Numenera

Links

Lazy GM Prep: Blades in the Dark Session 4 Jan 27, 2022

Show notes

Mike prepares for his Blades in the Dark game.

Lazy D&D Talk Show – Lazy DM’s Companion Delivered, Monsters of the Multiverse release and stat block thoughts, Patreon Questions Jan 24, 2022

Show notes

Mike talks about all things D&D!

Contents

00:38 Lazy DM's Companion PDF Delivered!
09:29 Monsters of the Multiverse on D&D Beyond on May 17th
13:25 MotM Not Updating Previous Content on D&D Beyond
23:26 A Look at Monsters of the Multiverse Stat Blocks
47:56 Patreon Question: Transitions Between Scenes and Encounters
50:47 Patreon Question: Running "World Without Heroes" Campaign
53:35 Patreon: Using Callbacks
56:08 Patreon Question: Problems and Benefits of D&D Canon
59:36 Patreon Question: Bite-sized Lore and Inspiration

Links

Wild Beyond the Witchlight Session One Retrospective Jan 21, 2022

Show notes

Mike talks about his first full session of Wild Beyond the Witchlight.

Contents

00:00 Show Start
02:10 Seven D&D Tips from Last Night's Game
12:31 The Theme of Witchlight and the Dreadful Incursions
16:42 The Characters in my Witchlight Campaign
21:22 First Witchlight Session Retrospective
45:11 Prep for my Next Session
59:49 Listing the Cool Dreadful Domains for Dreadful Incursions

Links

Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter
Support Sly Flourish on Patreon
Buy the Lazy DM's Companion
Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master
Buy Wild Beyond the Witchlight on Amazon (affiliate link)
Wild Beyond the Witchlight Notion Template
Wild Beyond the Witchlight One-Page Campaign Guide
Eventyr's Complete DM's Bundle for Wild Beyond the Witchlight (affiliate link)
Using Notion.so for Lazy D&D Campaign Planning

Lazy GM Prep: Blades in the Dark Session 3 Jan 20, 2022

Show notes

Mike prepares for his Blades in the Dark game.

Lazy D&D Talk Show: Final Lazy DM Companion Art, Witchlight thoughts, D&D is not WoW Jan 17, 2022

Show notes

Mike talks about all things D&D! Sorry about the plosives in the recording, I was speaking too much into the mic (no need to comment =))

Contents

00:00 Show Start
00:41 Lazy DMs Companion Update - All is Great!
05:02 Thoughts about Wild Beyond the Witchlight Sesson Zero
15:42 More on D&D Not Being Like World of Warcraft
33:05 Patreon Questions
33:28 Patreon Question: Revisiting Old Eliminated Prep Areas
36:04 Patreon Question: Preparing Multiple Sessions in Advance
38:35 Patreon Question: Handling Unexpected Character Deaths
41:25 Patreon Question: Publishing Homebrew Campaigns
45:14 Patreon Question: Favorite and Least Favorite Parts of 5e Seven Years In
51:07 Patreon Question: Evaluating Published Adventures
55:30 Patreon Question: DCs Higher than 30 and Choosing DCs based on the Characters