You’ve got the tools, but now what?

Here’s how to make the most out of your tool sets in Dungeons & Dragons.

This list has everything you oughta know.

Two player characters talk in a split image with a forest in Dungeons & Dragons.

Here are some tips and tricks for running downtime sessions in your Dungeons & Dragons campaign.

Plus, this gives your world a sense of realism.

With no combat and no puzzles, what’s there left to do but roleplay in Dungeons & Dragons!

An adventuring party climbs down a dark staircase in Dungeons & Dragons.

Here are some tips for DMs running roleplay-only sessions.

Downtime sessions are a good moment to bring that sibling into the story and progress that narrative arc.

Obviously, the types of goods available will depend on the throw in of settlement they’re in.

The orb of dragonkind, a rare artifact in Dungeons and Dragons

But overall, you’ll want to let players shop if they so desire.

Is your party about to head into a deep, dark, dungeon crawl?

Here are some tips on running your session.

A bard working on a spell scroll during a downtime session in Dungeons & Dragons, in a split image with a city.

This also prevents the game from feeling too low-stakes or slow.

These are the absolute best artifact magic items in D&D.

This is important because you want to keep the game feeling realistic and grounded.

A group of dwarves working at a forge, hammering away at metal in Dungeons & Dragons.

An Elven City by Jedd Chevrier

As mentioned, using fast travel or time jumps can help immensely in this regard.

Ultimately, a downtime session shouldn’t run more than three hours.

A tall ivory tower in an elven city nestled in between mountains in Dungeon & Dragons.

An Elven City by Jedd Chevrier

A player-character is seduce by a fey creature at a Feywild ball in Dungeons & Dragons.

Boreal Ball by Katerina Ladon

A Loxodon with two companions in Dungeons & Dragons.

Loxodon via Wizards of the Coast

A mage and her animal familiar walk through a city street in Dungeons & Dragons.

A Settlement by Sam Keiser

Dungeons & Dragons image showing a group of adventurers at a high level bastion.

Bastion Observatory by Noor Rahman

A wizard using a ball of scrying in Dungeons & Dragons.

The Scrying Spell by Gaboleps

A low-level adventuring party on a wagon in Dungeons & Dragons.

Different Players by Katerina Ladon

Two Aasimar talking in Dungeons & Dragons.

Aasimar by Aldo Dominguez

An owlin and two other students explore Strixhaven in Dungeons & Dragons.

Strixhaven Curriculum of Chaos via Wizards of the Coast

Image of Dungeons and Dragons Candlekeep Mysteries cover art.

Candle Keep Mysteries via Wizards of the Coast

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