Legendary Lessons

Legendary Lessons is an ongoing series of DM and player advice articles bolstered by usually epic, sometimes heartbreaking tales from my home campaigns.

This page lists all Legendary Lessons articles in chronological order. It was last updated July 11, 2021.

2018

• Charming Beginners
• A Tome of Creation
• Submerged in Immersion
• Monsters Abound!
• Dungeons, Dragons, and Death
• Divine Intervention
• Holding a Successful Session Zero
• Building Better Battles
• Evolving Encounters
• Engaging Your Players
• Toying With Trinkets
• Starting a Story
• Creating Collaboratively
• Accepting the Flow
• Reality Versus Fiction in D&D
• Voices in My Head
• All About Monstrous Player Characters
• Sources of Inspiration
• Building and Preparing
• Group Size, Enjoyment, and D&D
• No One Is Omniscient
• Clearly Portraying NPCs
• Can't Play? Build.

2019

• New Horizons and Powerful Weather
• Building a Dungeon's Relevant History
• The Tone, Change It!
• Heated Disagreements at a D&D Table
• Great Ways to Use Spell Components in D&D
• Five Facets of a Compelling D&D Character
• Dungeon Masters, Study Your Players' Characters
• Building Better Battles 2
• Four Interesting Reward Types in D&D
• How to Introduce a New Party Member
• Session Starters
• Building the Story with Dice Rolls
• My Take on Matthew Colville's 5e Action Oriented Monsters

2020

• Don't Be Afraid of Using Powerful Foes in D&D
• How to Keep Track of Your D&D Campaign
• How to Run Allies in D&D
• How to Phase Out Player Characters in D&D
• How to Keep Battles Moving in D&D
• Playing D&D Online
• Avoiding Animus at the Table
• How to Begin a D&D Campaign
• Loose Plot Threads in D&D
• The Most Important Parts of D&D Session Zeros
• Player Character Cameos from Previous D&D Campaigns
• Dungeons & Dragons: A Lifetime For Improvement
• Dream Sequences in D&D
• Don't Be Afraid of Breaking D&D
• The Five Goals of a D&D Campaign's First Session
• How to Prepare for a D&D Session
• See How Far You've Come, Explore Old D&D Notes!
• How to Use One-Shots to Enhance D&D Campaigns
• The Case of Screen v. Screenless
• 3 Ways a Home Base in D&D Will Improve Your Campaign
• D&D Players and DMs, Be Thankful
• How to Run Your First D&D Game

2021

• How to Create a Compelling Dungeons and Dragons Villain Part 1: Villains Die
• Break the Rules with Magic Items
• Impossible Situations are Great
• Patterns in Dungeons and Dragons

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