“I DEMAND a discount.”   “I want a refund.”   “LET ME SPEAK TO YOUR MANAGER‼️“ Do you have a Karen in your shop, town or campaign? This potion is a shopkeeper’s dream! Add this to your campaign to give characters, NPCs or Karen-like creatures a calming effect by suppressing their emotions for 1d4 hours. Also calms down angry monsters too! 👿 […]

Throughout my time as a Game Master I’ve googled, scrolled and scan through many articles, forums and blog posts about any number of things I needed help with. One big topic I would come back to is the subject of railroading. I’ve read about how its bad to do to your players and to avoid […]

During the past year myself as well as all of my Game Master friends have had to switch gears to digital when the pandemic started. I would be lying if I said it was a smooth transition. So for those who are starting a new game digitally or having trouble with their current game this […]

Pacts 🤝. They’re important. Without them, we’re all just lonely wandering monsters 👹 in a kobold eat kobold world. To keep us together while we traverse the unknown, we’re asking our loyal friends to join us in a pact as we launch our newest feature – Our new Patreon is uniquely designed to support you, the game master, with the very best, the most […]

Creating an NPC can be a difficult task if you don’t really know where to start, but here at The Arcanery, we got you! Here are a few tips to help you jump start creating an NPC for your campaigns. Where are your players?This is a simple question but it truly helps with the beginning […]

With TTRPGs at the peak of their popularity, and the available systems seemingly limitless, it is easier than ever to find a group of people to play with. However, maybe it feels like there are a few things standing in your way of actually getting a game going. Maybe you don’t know what to do […]

Last week we put out some security systems that you can drop into shops in your world. This week we thought we’d share some ideas on how we might use them in a 5e game. So, without (much) further ado, here are 9 shop encounters using our Certified Arcanery Labs Security Systems, ready to be […]

New to Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) or other Tabletop Role Playing Games (TTRPGs)? Confused by all the lingo, jargon and acronyms? We’ve all been there, and each one of us has gone through the “oh my goodness I’m so overwhelmed, what does everything MEAN” phase, and many of us have been too afraid to ask. […]