Dungeon Master Essentials
I decided to make a list of DM stuff that I personally use or think are important to know when it comes to being a DM. So here’s my list:
Medieval Fantasy City Generator: This generator is now my LIFE. It generates incredibly complex cities with good customization. (Thanks to plantkat for sharing this site in their post here)
Naming Your Towns/Cities: Now that you’ve made your city, time to name it and give it some character! This post contains lots of great information.
Index Cards Rule: Fuckyeahdnd shared a SUPER convenient way of keeping track of turns and HP in combat. I use this system now for every single session I run.
Tricks & Traps: I am AWFUL at coming up with good Dungeon traps and challenges, this PDF includes some incredible ideas. The original poster, Courtney C. Campbell also runs a blog where they share tons of great stuff. (Thanks to we-are-rogue for sharing the PDF in their post here)
Playing Different Types of Characters: Writeinspiration has a masterpost on how to write/play lots of different types of characters.
Unique NPC Jobs: Lauraharrisbooks wrote a list of different Fantasy Jobs which can help populate your world with some unique characters! Another similar post by Thewritershandbook also covers Common Occupations in the Middle Ages.
Developing Characters by Threes: Monticusrex’s method of creating characters help you really flesh out who they are. Useful for Players and DM’s.
Troublesome Players? Speak Up: Dicebound brings up an incredibly great point. If someone is being a jerk, speak up and call them out. This is especially important and relevant now to crush awful behavior before it even has a chance to show it’s ugly face.
List of D&D Resources: And finally, pretty much anything you might need for D&D. (Character stuff, spells, online communities/ways to play, etc..) A lot of people contributed to this post but thank you Mushroomancy for posting the original list.
Donjon: And finally, this site is a great resource for looking up Spells and Monsters along with tons of other generators. Not every single Spell or Monster is on here, but most are listed.
(I tried to give credit to the original posters or the actual URL for websites, unless those sites or URLs were no longer active)
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The Adventure Zone - Arms Outstretched [WIP] by Mosshrooms
Wow wow wow, one of the best animated TAZ videos I’ve seen. The fluidity of the whole thing, the expressions, the TIMING, all blended with the audio from the podcast. It was already haunting enough with just the audio but THIS GIVES ME CHILLS.
The Adventure Zone - Suffering Game arc.
(Source: youtube.com)
Do you remember the 21st night of September?
theyre so good holy shit
the nuances in the movement
the two dancers who are in the center
they have no inhibitions
they have no problems in life
what is this
why is this the happiest video i have ever seen?
Honestly this song is magic. I can be in the WORST MOOD, hear this song…and just be bopping to it ugh. It’s perfect.
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z-co:
Hello! A lot of you have been asking me where and how I’ve learn multiple languages and well, after a few hours of digging through my browser history and bookmarks, I was able to collect all of these resources. I have personally used all of these, so I can assure you they are useful! If there is something wrong with a website or a link, please let me know. Also, if you have any questions or if you want a learning buddy, my ask box is open. (I speak English and Spanish. I’m learning Korean, German, Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese, Italian, and Esperanto)
Note: Learning a new language requires a lot of dedication, more than you actually think! Especially if you’re learning multiple languages at the same time. It isn’t impossible, but it will take time. And by time I mean months and/or years! So please, be patient. Take your time. Don’t rush. Keep in mind that you will mess up and that’s okay. Practice as much as you can. Practice out loud. Talk to yourself if you can. It doesn’t matter if people think you’re crazy. They won’t be thinking the same when you become a polyglot, so don’t mind them. This is for you and your future.
Get started:
- Everything listed below is FREE! Some sites do require you to sign up, but that’s for you to keep track of your own process.
- Tips to get you started
- Language Hacking tips (blog)
- More language hacking tips (blog)
- The Polyglot Project (Library with foreign books that lets you translate while reading)
- How to Learn Any Language
- Effective Language Learning
- Ankidroid (flashcard maker)
Multiple languages, one website
- Duolingo (Latin American Spanish, French, German, Brazilian Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Irish, Danish, Swedish, Turkish, Norwegian (Bokmål), Ukrainian, and Esperanto)
- BBC Languages (40 languages)
- Learn A Language (18 languages)
- Conjuguemos (French, German, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish)
- L-lingo (21 languages)
- 101languages (167 languages)
- Languagepod101 (31 languages)
- Foreign Services Institute (44 languages)
- My Languages (95 languages)
- Surface Languages (43 languages)
- Lingualia (Spanish)
- Linguanaut (16 languages)
- OmniGlot (All languages [basic info for some of them])
- Memrise (Various languages) (flashcard system)
- Livemocha (Various languages)
- Polyglotclub
- Sharedtalk
- Interpals (specify in your profile you only look for language exchange because there can be some creeps in this one)
- Couchsurfing
- Babbel
Specific Languages
Korean:
- Learn to read Korean in 15 minutes! - Really helpful as well
- Learnkoreanlp - Focuses on grammar
- k-is4korean
- Talktomeinkorean
- Learn-korean
- korean-flashcards - Focuses on vocabulary
- Easytolearnkorean
- Korean.go.kr/ - Focuses on pronunciation
- Lang-8 - Community to correct your entries
- Dongsa - Conjugations for verbs
- Howtostudykorean- EXTREMELY helpful when it comes to learning hangul and writing structure!
- hangulpractice - This blog has some useful posts.
- letstteok-korean
- Talktomeinkorea (YouTube channel)
- fluentkorean
- sweetandtasty
- seoulistic - For culture lessons
- GenkiKorean
- Korean Word Game
- English-Korean Vocabulary Quizzes
- Hangul Keyboard - This is also EXTREMELY helpful with Hangul/romanization. It also converts any romanized syllables into hangul
- Korean - Reddit threat
Chinese/Mandarin:
- Hackingchinese
- Chinese-tools - Pretty helpful with pronunciation.
- Chinese Open courseware
- Chinese Language - Reddit threat
- Chinese Textbook
- Chineasy
- Learn Mandarin
- Chinese Hacks
- yoyochinese
- How can I learn Chinese
- Why is Chinese so damn hard?
Japanese:
- Learn Japanese I / II - YouTube
- Guidetojapanese
- Free Japanese lesson
- Japaneseclass.jp
- thejapanesepage
- Japanesepod101
- Tofugu
- Erin’s Challenge!
- Jplang
- Yesjapan
- Marugoto - Includes culture lessons
- Kana Invaders - Fun game for learning Kana
- Another great masterpost for Japanese - So many resources!!!
Esperanto:
- Note: I did a research and supposedly Esperanto is an easy-to-learn language that helps you with other languages.
- Esperantofre
- Esperanto “library”
- Esperanto Grammar
- Esperanto (Duolingo)
German:
- Learn German Online
- German Language Guide
- Mission Berlin - Mystery adventure game
- Basic German
- Deutsch Lernen
- Slow German
- Kids’ Games - For vocabulary
Italian:
Latin:
- Some Latin grammar
- Latin Course - YouTube
Portuguese:
French:
- Learn French Guide
- Coffee Break French
- University of Texas: Francais interactif
- Podcastfrancaisfacile
- French Language Guide
- Lingopolo/french
- Le Journal en français facile
- News in Slow French
- Francolab
- Cliffs Notes
- Native French Speech
- French Podcast
Spanish:
- Spanish - About.com
- @spanishskulduggery
- Study Spanish
- Cliffs Notes
- Destinos
- One Minute Spanish
- One Minute Spanish (Latin America focused)
Thai:
Arabic:
- Books to Learn Arabic
- Mandinah Arabic
- Arabic Verbs (PDF)
- al3arabiya
- Arabic Pronouns (PDF)
- Arabic Alphabet / Also Here / And Here!
- Arabic For Language Exchange
- Peace Corps
Hindi:
- A Door Into Hindi
- Learning Hindi
- NYU Hindi Course
- Quillpad - Great for typing
- Namaste Dosti
- SU Hindi Course
- ispeakhindi
- Hindi Script
Vietnamese:
Greek:
- Some Greek Grammar (New Testament)
Romanian:
Welsh:
Dutch:
Russian:
- Speak Russian
- Russian Alphabet
- Taste of Russian
- Master Russian
- Russian Open Courseware
- Russian Handwriting
Swedish:
That’s it. That’s all I have right now. I’ll try to search for more and will keep updating this list! If you have a request for a specific language, just send me an ask. Have fun and good luck!
Not so commonly talked about/Atypical Autism Traits
Autism has so many traits and manifestations that aren’t commonly discussed or talked about! Frequently, doctors ignore the atypical/”uncommon” traits dismissing and not writing or educating others about them. A lot of doctors have set definitions of autism that aren’t really representative of the autistic community as a whole. Atypical traits in actuality are more common and prevalent than stereotypical ones they just often go ignored therefore less people know about them.
Also, “professionals” often create lists saying atypical traits are gender specific and use functioning disgusting labels to invalidate traits as well as experiences. Autism traits are not different for “boys” or “girls.”. There is a lot of transphobia, misogyny, intersexism, racism, ableism as well as various other forms of oppression in the psychaitric field especially in regards to autism. The sources below do contain unnecessary functioning labels and gendering. Please ignore that and know autism traits aren’t gender specific and that there is no such thing as “severe” and “mild” autism. Autism is a spectrum and every single autistic person manifests autism differently.
Additionally, some traits aren’t just specific to autism but are also traits of various other neurodivergences as well as common among neurotypicals.
(Source: slimeandsensitive)
You guys wanna see some old SPG stuff?
OVERDRIVESOME RANDOM AUDIENCE MEMBER ACTING A PUPPET AND USING UPGRADE TO DEFEAT THE JONBENNY-HILL AND A BOUNCING RABBITI’VE SEEN A FACE COVERFIGSMIKE & JON HULA HOOPINGJON IS MAYOR OF BISCIUT TOWN
@deadcatwithaflamethrowerim in awe
So.
The Sound of Silence is probably one of my favorite songs ever. When speaking of the “true” Simon and Garfunkel version (as opposed to the version where they added background music to in post to make it more “pop radio”), it’s a song that gives me chills.
Disturbed is not a band that I really enjoy. I remember in college, my (now) wife gave me a copy of a Disturbed CD, because she had two for some reason. I tried to listen to it, I really did. Didn’t do anything for me.
But this? Holy fuck, this is stunning. This is amazing.
This gives me chills.
Holy shit, you have to listen to the whole sing.
I have chills.
Holy SHIT.
This is the band who did “Down With The Sickness”????
UM?????
If you stop before three minutes you’re missing the truly mind-blowing bit
you got me hooked on this songYou’re all welcome. :D
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A little video we all should take a moment to watch and think about.
Instead of thinking about what divides us we should think about what we have in common…
I’ve reblogged this on every account I have.
This is simplistic and intended to tug on heartstrings and all that shit but guys I really needed to see something about people not being dicks so if you needed that too please watch this.
Thanks for this, Denmark.
This is amazing. I recommend everyone watch it.
(Source: facebook.com, via weasley-detectives)

