DM Resource Books

Hey all, I'm a long time player short-time DM and have been wondering if there are any good resources on "tools". Things like books with traps, books with puzzles, books with plot-fodder, those sorts of things that are less mechanical and kind of transcend a specific tabletop game and is more "oh everyone can use this".

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Is there any kind of compendium or resource out there to point me towards books I could buy, or if there isn't what are some of your favorite "resource" books?

Posted Mar 10, 2019, 1:25 AM UTC

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DMMJaco•

Grim tooth's Traps for traps

650 Fantasy City Encounter Seeds & Plots

Swan Press has some nifty stuff on what you might find in certain dungeons, and lots of other cool ideas.

Robin's Laws of Good Game Mastering - solid book not just for a DM

Play Unsafe By Graham Walmsley

The other DMGs from other editions have great ideas.

Sly Flourish's The Lazy Dungeon Master - also has an awesome website with free material.

Look at the back of the DMG there are reading materials there. - PG 316

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LordeTechOP•

Thanks. Grimtooth's is one I owned which prompted me to look for other similar things. I'll check out the 5e DMG for resources, I hadn't thought of that because I assumed it was similar to the pathfinder crb.

Thanks for the fast response and helpful stuff!

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