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by Mike Shea on 18 March 2009

Welcome to Sly Flourish. This weblog has a single focus: to build the better 4th edition Dungeons and Dragons dungeon master. This blog is written by Mike Shea, a gamer and writer hailing from Vienna, VA.

If this is your first time here, start with the following articles:

Dungeon Master Aids

• Three Cheap D&D Game Aids
• Ultimate DM Cheat Sheet
• Skill Challenge Work Sheet

Dungeon Master Advice

• 4e Buyer's Guide
• Three Monster Powers to Speed Up Combat
• Effort-based Experience Rewards

Terrain and Battle Maps

• Battle Map Comparisons
• Dwarven Forge Buyer's Guide
• Building the Portal Prop

Monster Optimization

• Pimp my Kalarel
• Pimp my Tarrasque
• Pimp my Orcus

Books

• Sly Flourish's Dungeon Master Tips
• Sly Flourish's Running Epic Games

Audio Recordings

• Chris Sims on Encounter Design
• Dave Chalker on the Combat Out
• Randall Walker on Terrain

Free Adventures

• Gravemyst: Level 8 D&D
• Dark Freighter: Gamma World

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Now go make your D&D game as awesome as it can be.

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