Anime Villain Ideas: 8 Archetypes and How to Run Them
8 anime villain ideas for shonen, isekai, mecha, magical girl, and dark anime campaigns, with the conviction each one runs on and how to run it.
AI, Online & Solo Play
Playing D&D and tabletop RPGs with an AI Game Master, online, or solo — the tools, how-tos, and what actually works.
Sci-Fi Villain Ideas: 8 Archetypes and How to Run Them
8 sci-fi villain ideas for space opera, cyberpunk, hard sci-fi, and horror tones, with the logic each one runs on and how to run it at the table.
Best Hexblade Warlock Build in 5e: The Melee Caster AI Campaigns Finally Track Right
Hexblade turns Charisma into a melee stat, but its Curse only tracks one target for one minute - exactly the kind of detail a busy table drops.
How to Run a Heist Campaign in D&D (Without Scripting Every Failure)
A heist campaign dies the moment the plan goes sideways and the GM has nothing ready. Here's how to build the job, the crew, and the improv habits that keep it alive.
Best Draconic Bloodline Sorcerer Build in 5e: The Caster Who Doesn't Flinch
Draconic Bloodline trades Wild Magic's chaos for bonus HP, natural armor, and damage resistance - the sturdiest Sorcerer origin in 5e, if you build around it right.
Best Way of Shadow Monk Build in 5e: The Infiltrator AI Campaigns Reward
Way of Shadow trades straightforward Monk power for a stealth-and-teleport toolkit that only works if someone tracks dim light and darkness correctly. Here's the build.
Anime Power System Ideas: How to Build an Original One (Not a Reskin)
Every homebrew anime campaign starts strong and ends up as Naruto with the names changed. Here is how to design an original power system that holds up past session three.
Best Circle of the Moon Druid Build in 5e: The Second Health Bar
Circle of the Moon is the combat Druid subclass, built around bonus-action Wild Shape and a beast form that soaks damage before your real HP is ever at risk.
How to Run a Space Opera Campaign (Without the Empire Turning Into Wallpaper)
A space opera campaign lives or dies on factions the crew can actually touch, not a backdrop. Here is how to keep the politics real instead of decorative.
How to Run an Isekai Campaign (Without It Turning Into Generic Fantasy by Session Five)
An isekai campaign lives or dies on the gap between two worlds, not the status screen. Here is how to keep that gap running instead of going generic.
How to Run a West Marches Campaign (Without Burning Out the DM)
West Marches solves D&D's scheduling problem by dropping the fixed party. Here's how to build the hub, the map, and the mission board, plus the one problem the format never actually fixes.
How to Run a Mecha Campaign (Without It Turning Into a Vehicle Combat Spreadsheet)
A mecha campaign lives or dies on the pilot inside the machine, not the hardware. Here is how to keep the genre's real stakes running at the table.