DM Coaching: Timelines and Weather with Samantha Fortune

How to Be a Better DM: Dungeon Master Tips for the DM Newbie, the Hobbyist and the Forever DM

Welcome back to How to Be a Better DM.

Today is a coaching episode with Samantha Fortune.

We talked about using a timeline to prep sessions and to use real-life weather to inspire the weather in games.

Samantha also highlights the power of in-game favors and using those to motivate characters to do things or to intimidate them to do things.

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