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Welcome to the site! If you want to read about me or get in touch, here’s the About Page and Contact Page.

I try to make organize my articles into a couple of fairly broad categories (which are pretty subjective, so who knows what you’ll get). Click any of the links below to see the articles in any given category!

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And now here’s a big’ole list for ya!

2023 (1)

02/04 - 5 Plot Hooks for DnD: Trees

2022 (8)

11/27 - How to Make Your D&D Players Think You’re a Super Genius

04/16 - Enhance Your NPCs with the Help of AI!
04/03 - How to Create a Mafia in D&D
03/22 - 15 Questions for Designing a Better Blacksmith’s Shop in D&D

02/13 - How to Come Up With Ideas for a Oneshot Adventure
01/30 - A Little Railroading Never Hurt Anyone
01/16 - You Need to Reskin More Monsters!

01/02 - How to Make a DnD Dice Box from an Old Book

2021 (16)

10/23 - How to Design an Arcane Institution for 5e
10/10 - A Quick Guide to Ability Scores in DnD 5e

09/07 - Making DnD Homebrew Monsters in 5 Steps
08/15 - Creating a D&D Pantheon
06/20 - 5 Natural Disasters (with rules) for D&D 5e

06/07 - How to Run a Siege in D&D 5e
05/16 - How to Easily Design a One-Shot for D&D 5e
05/03 - A Guide to Creating New Half-Races in D&D 5e

04/18 - 5 Things Every DM Needs to Remember
04/01 - 7 More D&D 5e Exotic Mounts! (FREE PDF)
03/14 - Creating a Villainous Zealot in 3 Steps

02/28 - Enhance D&D 5e Combat with Party Objectives
02/16 - Astral Plane 5e: A Quick and Dirty Guide
01/31 - Running a D&D Prison Rescue

01/18 - How to Improve DnD Warlock Patrons
01/04 - How to Help New Players Build A Character

2020 (21)

12/20 - Dungeons, Dragons, Drugs & Depression

12/14 - An Alternative to 5e Inspiration: POWERBANDS
11/29 - Managing Anxiety & Imposter Syndrome as a Dungeon Master
11/22 - How to Make a D&D World Map: A Non-Artist’s Guide (Part 4)

11/21 - How to Make a D&D World Map: A Non-Artist’s Guide (Part 3)
11/19 - How to Make a D&D World Map: A Non-Artist’s Guide (Part 2)
11/19 - How to Make a D&D World Map: A Non-Artist’s Guide (Part 1)

11/04 - 11 Plot Hooks for Pirates
10/29 - How to Describe a Scene: The Easiest Way
10/22 - 7 Adventuring Environments (and their hazards!)

10/12 - 5 Free Tools Every New DM Should Know About for 5e
10/03 - How to Prepare for a D&D Session
09/28 - 20 Questions for Creating D&D Factions

09/26 - A Dungeon Master’s Guide to 5e Rogues
09/25 - Running Tomb of Annihilation: Hexcrawl
09/25 - Running Tomb of Annihilation: 1 Year Review

09/23 - 5 Minute Guide to D&D 5e Monster Types
09/22 - D&D 5e Crash Course: Exhaustion
09/21 - 7 Exotic Mounts for D&D 5e you MUST check out!

09/20 - Quick and Simple Guide to D&D 5e Damage Types
09/20 - Simple Guide to D&D 5e Schools of Magic

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Best,

Aaron (The Alpine DM)