Links - RPG resources

[Jubal]

As we have one thread for the models & companies side, I thought it'd be good to have a repository just for particularly useful articles and blogposts and stuff on RPG running, setting design, etc. If you want to recommend a whole blog or series, or just particular posts, feel free to do either and I'll reorganise the list if it gets long.

Nb: there's a lot of stuff out there on the web. Recommend things for this list on the basis that they're good & should be read more, not just on the basis that they exist.

As a start, I thought this was an especially interesting little piece, a quick reference guide to standard D&D monsters but listed by function instead of alphabetically - function here rather oddly mixes biomes and narrative functions, but I think it's a neat list all the same:
https://dmdavid.com/tag/the-right-monster-for-the-job-dd-monsters-listed-by-function/


Video/YT DMing channels

Matt Colville (https://www.youtube.com/user/mcolville)
Tons of thoughtful and fairly long general advice DMing videos from someone with a ton of industry experience.

Dael Kingsmill (https://www.youtube.com/c/MonarchsFactory)
Useful thoughts on how to use particular monsters or do certain things differently, plus interesting mythology/storytelling content.

Setting design & monsters

A Book Of Creatures (https://abookofcreatures.com/)
Very good detailed bestiary, no gaming rules but great for finding bits of world folklore you didn't know about.

Monster Man (https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/monsterman)
James Holloway's podcast of old-school D&D monsters.

DM David's Monsters By Function List (https://dmdavid.com/tag/the-right-monster-for-the-job-dd-monsters-listed-by-function/)
An alternative arrangement fo D&D monsters according to how you might want to use them in game.