CHAINMAIL: 04.21.2023

Chainmail is a weekly newsletter dedicated to sharing the abundance of excellent content available in the TTRPG space. You'll find YouTube videos, blog posts, quotes from books, and many other forms of media related to improving your skills as game masters and world builders. Enjoy!

Monster Building 201: The D&D Monster Dissection Lab - The Angry GM

I've been doing a lot of monster homebrewing for D&D 5E ever since I started streaming on Twitch. Without this series by the Angry GM, I would be struggling to keep things balanced. In these articles, The Angry GM lays everything out so clearly and so simply. It's not too hard to follow and it really provides the tools needed to create WoTC-approved monster statblocks.

I've linked Hello Future Me's channel before in this newsletter and I will continue to in the future. Timothy Hickson's channel has SO MANY great videos focused on storytelling concepts that are directly applicable to our DMing/worldbuilding. This one is about creating villains. Give it a watch.

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You've been lied to. You were taught that "writer's block" is a thing. It's not. Doctors don't get "doctor's block". Electricians don't get "electrician's block". Why do we as creatives act like we are allowed to get "writer's block"?

Seth Godin has a resume that would take a whole newsletter to go over but trust me when I say he has the experience to consider himself an expert in these things. On your next commute, throw this podcast on and get inspired! We can get past these slumps in our creative endeavors and come out the other side more productive and proud of what we've made!

I hope these resources inspire you! See you next week.