#  @dadi Mystic Arts Mystic Arts posts on YouTube about dai, how to, youtube, if you the most. 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If you're new to D&D check out our video on how to start: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=hmhFACukQUw 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join LINKS Johnn from Roleplaying Tips the original author of the [--] Room Dungeon: https://www.roleplayingtips.com/5-room-dungeons/ Mystic Arts" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5pB-KR_u15o) 2024-11-15T11:45Z 97.7K followers, 233.7K engagements "Homebrew I use to fix D&D 5e Here's some of the homebrew rules I use to fix D&D 5e to make it a little bit better suited at the kinds of game I want to run. Mostly to resurrect some older style games with overland travel rules and etc. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ VAGABOND Check out Vagabond https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/landoftheblind/vagabond-pulp-fantasy-rpgref=o3bn5a SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00 Why homebrew 00:26 Why not to homebrew 01:24 Excursion" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VxVEF4EkJkY) 2025-03-18T15:00Z 97.7K followers, 59K engagements "Here's why Tiamat is the KEY to understanding epic D&D 20th level D&D is just impossible isn't it Well no. I've run loads of sessions of amazing high-level games where we all had loads of fun I think you can do it too and Tiamat is the perfect test case to explain exactly what I'm talking about. Let's delve right in 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ DSCRYB This video is sponsored by dscryb.com Use the code MYSTICARTS for a FREE [--] day trial on any plan they offer https://dscryb.com/mysticarts LINKS Today's playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlistlist=PLhckpzteq8k4dMqdfoFAwmD8hLrKuVsGN Tiamat" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=v4a_b7sATP4) 2025-04-24T15:01Z 97.7K followers, 92.9K engagements "Making a CITY MAP in Inkarnate I use the Inkarnate watercolor maps layout for my new zine the Broadsheet If you want to make detailed city maps let me show you how I do it so you can get started 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ GET THE BROADSHEET Grab our Zine: The Broadsheet: https://www.patreon.com/posts/142373547 SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00:00 Welcome to the Show 00:01:21 Catching Up 00:02:56 The Argent Sector 00:06:03 AB's hair 00:06:37 Blackguard Map 00:12:16 The Mapping Begins" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6yLOLiBwUIA) 2025-11-01T21:38Z 97.9K followers, [----] engagements "How One-Shots can tell a story For more [--] Room Dungeons go check out Dungeon Jam 2025: https://www.youtube.com/playlistlist=PLfOyJFzgWDRoIg7sFdZMl_RA83KNiN0ln 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ [--] ROOM DUNGEON The Hungry Mutts (Free Post) https://www.patreon.com/posts/129829828 CREDITS Dungeon Jam was started by myself and @Knigobi @PaladinProse @LunaticDice. Map was made by @EmergentGM. Adventure was co-written by Magns Fr. SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00 I have bandits" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=BhVMLWEEhEQ) 2025-05-25T15:00Z 77.4K followers, 37.1K engagements "CR is stupid. Let's fix it. Balancing encounters can be tricky. You have to juggle group size creature CR combat objectives and more. Luckily there's several strategies you can quickly deploy to adjust combat encounters on the fly. Let's go through them. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ D&D Beyond Free Rules - https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/free-rules SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00 Introduction 01:43 The [--] challenges of encounters 02:23 Printed does not mean" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=DtJoEYpsIHc) 2025-01-20T15:00Z 86.5K followers, 122K engagements "Celebrating [--] Year of Mystic Arts One year ago me and AB uploaded [--] videos onto this channel and introduces ourselves to the world. Me as a professional writer and director who's been DMing for almost [--] years and her as my girlfriend. Now we're in a very different position and our lives are very different and it's all thanks to you wonderful people. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KdX2dIaSonM) 2025-11-10T21:49Z 97.9K followers, [----] engagements "Use Chris Perkins' Map-Fu to make Battlemaps Over a decade ago Chris Perkins outlined a series of tricks he uses to make both interesting and clear battlemaps. We'll break down his advice and show you how to put it into practice 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join LINKS Chris Perkins' Map Fu Article (Hosted by @SlyFlourish) - https://tinyurl.com/hdrzctup INDEX 0:00 Intro 1:15 What is Map-Fu 2:55 Elevation 3:23 Cover 3:48 Difficult Terrain 4:17 Use the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KrPl9CkOegs) 2024-11-08T11:49Z 77.1K followers, 52.1K engagements "How Mechanics Tell Stories I've developed a small bugbear about D&D monsters it's when they fail to tell a story. Thinking about the 5th Edition Bugbears I realized I had to go make some changes to tell the story about the special forces bugbears 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ DOWNLOAD THE STATS Grab the Goblinoids PDF on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/148238533 MONSTER MATH CHART Anto from Icarus Games' video on the monster manual diagnosis: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=9oMZouAAVmQ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 Monsters Tell Stories" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=L2koRWVJXec) 2026-01-15T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 29.7K engagements "You have to run more encounters each day You know how your players just blow up your bosses like it's a regular old Thursday for them Maybe it's not that your bosses aren't tough enough or that you're not challenging the "action economy" but that you should be focusing on the Resource Economy. Weather you're playing D&D 5e or Pathfinder this is a crucial part of the game's fundamental design. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ DRAGON TRAPPER'S LODGE Go check out Dragon Trapper's Lodge: https://dragontrapperslodge.etsy.com/listing/1811520863/lost-mine-of-phandelver-126-miniatures SUPPORT US Join" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=L6b_Aj2rKcA) 2025-03-20T15:00Z 71.6K followers, 44.9K engagements "How to play D&D every week for the rest of your life Are your players' schedules never aligned Does someone always bail two hours before the session is scheduled It can be a struggle to have regular D&D sessions every month but I've managed to fix that problem. And the answer is spreadsheets Let me show you how. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ The sponsor of today's video: Check out dScryb and use the coupon code MYSTICARTS for a 30-day free trial: https://dscryb.com/mysticarts SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=NHnsxEkLHFM) 2025-02-20T15:00Z 32.5K followers, 16.3K engagements "An Open Letter to D&D Beyond As someone who's been using D&D Beyond since it first launched I find myself now as an all pen and paper DM with no digital toolsets. Maybe it's because D&D Beyond has changed so much since I first subscribed maybe it's because WOTC hasn't spent the money they need to on the platform. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join LINKS See me (and other D&Dtubers) play Trekiros' Flare Fall https://www.youtube.com/watchv=IxpnNsVeJnw" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=SyATAyaG87I) 2025-02-25T15:00Z 74.6K followers, 83.2K engagements "30.000 Subs Livestream Q&A In celebration of reaching [------] subscribers the pair of us are going to go live and answer questions from you lovely people. Let's talk about whatever 🎬Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00 Please Hold 02:20 Stream Starts" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=U30XAxpR0Oo) 2025-02-15T23:37Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements "D&D Monster Manual Sex Appeal Tierlist Do you spend a lot of time thinking about which monsters are the hottest and then wonder why nobody's done a tierlist categorizing each monster by sexiness Well I did. So here's a tierlist ranking EVERY MONSTER in the new Monster Manual by sexiness Happy Valentine's Day 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00:00 The Tierlist 00:03:40 A is for Aarakocra 00:08:02 B is for Bandits 00:20:49 C is for Copper" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=W90Szjjmt9s) 2025-02-14T15:00Z 31.1K followers, [----] engagements "Why the [----] DM's Guide is great The New Old Edition of D&D is here I've finally read the entire [----] Dungeon Master's Guide and I have opinions about it. They aren't very complicated: it's a good book. It's got advice on how to be a dungeon master how to run the game how to make encounters and a whole bunch of magic items. It's just really good. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00 Should You Buy It 01:05 Introduction. 01:51 Read the books" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=WcA4bIXGiP8) 2024-12-23T15:00Z 74.9K followers, 53.8K engagements "What you're REALLY doing when you DM The DM presents the game the players decide if they want to play. That's true about systems about games about anything else. But here's the thing; it's hard to be the GM. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ DSCRYB This video is sponsored by dscryb.com Use the code MYSTICARTS for a FREE [--] day trial on any plan they offer https://dscryb.com/mysticarts SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00 GM presents the game 02:00 What if the players don't" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=vxinE-_-iSc) 2025-07-03T15:01Z 87.4K followers, 43K engagements "Making WORLD MAPS for a fantasy continent in Photoshop Let's make a continent together In this stream I work on the Aeriid. My Egyptian analogue setting within my broader super campaign setting. And joining us is my long-time writing partner and chat moderator Magns 🎬Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00:00 Stream Start 00:03:22 Explaining the map 00:14:55 Atroxia World Map 00:23:25 Name for Magnus 00:32:12 The Poll 00:37:38 Starting with the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=w3kImQi4t5s) 2025-02-23T13:29Z 33.1K followers, [----] engagements "Make Exploration into a Game to Hook Players They say D&D has three pillars of play but why does exploration suck so much more It's because you haven't made it a game. Not just for D&D but for any RPG GMs make your exploration into mini-games This video is a sequel to https://youtu.be/tZHF26Yb_bg 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ INDEX 00:00 Examples of Play 01:07 Introduction 01:50 The Rhythm of Play 02:39 Baldur's Gate [--] 03:17 Highlight Interactables 04:16 The Gameplay Loop 05:55 Cut Between Characters 06:40 Other Examples 07:40 Avoiding Mandatory Railroads 08:44 The One Puzzle Element 09:20" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-4Tu2zzDU3I) 2024-11-25T15:00Z 16.4K followers, 45.1K engagements "My girlfriend demands I answer your FAQs Let me try to answer your most frequently asked questions about D&D this channel my inspirations how I run the game and more. It's also secretly an announcement video about the patreon 🤫 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ BRILLIANT This video is sponsored by Brilliant. To try everything Brilliant has to offerfreefor a full [--] days visit https://brilliant.org/MysticArts/ . Youll also get 20% off an annual premium subscription. THE DUNGEON JAM DUNGEON JAM: https://www.youtube.com/playlistlist=PLfOyJFzgWDRoIg7sFdZMl_RA83KNiN0ln @mcolville's seminal work" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-MLRwwBTeNo) 2025-06-19T15:00Z 51.3K followers, 17.2K engagements "Making Sahuagin feel like SHARK Monsters I've been struggling at realizing what D&D Sahuagin are about but then I realized: they're just shark people Their blood frenzy ability is fertile ground for developing a cadre of monsters you can use at any level 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ CODEX OF THE UNDERSEA Check out Ebb&Ori's Codex of the Undersea: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/planarexpress/codex-of-the-undersea-a-5e-tomeref=jvbram SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Sahuagin Statblocks: https://www.patreon.com/posts/135345629 OBSIDIAN SRD VAULT Nax the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1bxbKFJDkpQ) 2025-08-05T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 20.5K engagements "We're Making An Adventure Part 1: The Premise Since my advice on world building and on using Obsidian was about curing world builder's disease by making stories. We're going to put our advice into action by doing both world building and adventure design at the same time. Follow us as we design an adventure together from scratch 🎬Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ If you want to support us directly consider becoming a channel member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5jUHfScJijA) 2025-01-12T21:05Z 25.3K followers, [----] engagements "Yes You're Allowed to Fudge Dice There's a lot of hot takes about fudging dice rolls out there is it wrong Does it remove player agency Is it railroading Well. yes probably. But I think it depends on your intentions because even more controversially I think removing player agency is fine. under the right circumstances. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ INDEX 00:00 Introduction 00:36 It's Complicated 01:10 Why DM Screen 02:04 Can DMs Cheat 02:59 You Don't Have to Roll 03:19 Why Fudge the Dice 04:29 Fudging Dice is okay. 04:45 Heresy 05:17 Roll for the noise it makes 05:35 This is how I roll" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8IJg-PoYfYI) 2024-12-16T15:00Z 19K followers, 11.8K engagements "No Quality is not better than Quantity The next time you're anxious about running D&D don't cancel. Just run the game and suck a little. It's okay to have a bad night Some people focus so much on being perfect they never end up learning how to play through the simple method of "practice makes perfect." Or rather practice makes you gradually better but perfect is impossible 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ Go say hi to Grant so I don't feel as bad about using him as an example https://www.youtube.com/watchv=XQe-lTPSnfQ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=AjC5eTndCqg) 2025-02-27T15:00Z 34K followers, 21.5K engagements "7 easy tricks to kill WRITER'S BLOCK forever If you're struggling with preparing your D&D sessions you might be suffering from Writer's Block. Let me go through [--] methods I use to get rid of it and one secret trick that makes sure I never suffer it at all. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ If you want to support us directly consider becoming a channel member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join DSCRYB This video is sponsored by dScryb head over to their website and use the coupon code MYSTICARTS for a 30-day free trial: https://dscryb.com/mysticarts LINKS Focus music" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=BN1zYLhYB-Q) 2025-01-27T15:00Z 28.8K followers, 19.6K engagements "My D&D SET-UP: Custom Table Maps and Minis I have spent an inordinate amount of blood sweat tears and moolah on curating my ideal D&D playspace. I invite you in for a tour and encourage you to build the kind of space that would make your DM heart happy 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ INDEX 00:00 Self-indulgence incoming 00:28 The wandering DM 01:15 Why put in the effort 03:04 Stepping away from tech 05:56 Stop forgetting things 07:15 Stuff to look at 09:34 Behind the DM screen 10:24 Yes this is overkill 11:30 Outro" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=DaEl9U1OvjY) 2024-12-06T15:00Z 16.5K followers, [----] engagements "Why I still play 5th Edition despite everything. Okay let's talk about why I'm still playing D&D 5e and why I don't think that's a problem. Let's talk about Pathfinder 2e and OSR games and why I don't tend to play them. And why after all this time I'm playing this one game so many people seem to dislike. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ VAGABOND Check out Vagabond https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/landoftheblind/vagabond-pulp-fantasy-rpgref=o3bn5a SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=E7ebuY5UJzY) 2025-03-25T15:00Z 37.8K followers, 19.4K engagements "8 STEPS to homebrew D&D monsters If you want to start homebrewing monsters for 5th Edition D&D where do you even begin Well I have these [--] steps that make it easy for me to take a simple idea and turn it into a statblock quickly. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ OUR SPONSOR Dragon Trapper's Lodge: https://dragontrapperslodge.etsy.com/ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00 Introduction 00:35 Dragon Trapper's Lodge 01:16 The Bearowl 01:40 Step 1: Look at Inspiration 02:05 Step" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=EkzvYbLyKiY) 2025-03-11T18:00Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements "Make dungeon maps QUICK with Dungeon Scrawl Let's go through how to make a map in Dungeon Scrawl it's quick and easy. But if you'd rather get premade maps by amazing artists by Czepeku go to: https://go.czepeku.com/mystic_arts_dm 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ ALL HAIL GEK A free dungeon on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/all-hail-gek-128407390 SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00 Introduction 00:42 Start Scrawling 04:15 Adding icons 08:08 Exporting 08:22" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Eog7X_C-QNA) 2025-05-27T15:00Z 65.1K followers, 19.1K engagements "The worst rules change you didn't notice in [----] D&D There's this one rules change in the [----] edition of the rules I don't see anyone talking about so I wanted to point it out to you and encourage you to ignore it. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00 The [----] Playtest Rage 00:50 Why I'm talking about this 01:39 The Fighter 03:13 The Equipment Section 05:15 The [----] Style Guide 05:38 My point is. 07:02 Our Patreon 07:30 Outro" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Eq45MtJLVME) 2025-02-18T15:00Z 65.8K followers, 29.2K engagements "How I got a job directing video game cinematics Youtube isn't my day job this is: https://youtu.be/M6vsxYyQZnA Echoes of the End is a mature narrative-driven action-adventure game set in a new fantasy setting called Aema a world based off of Iceland's stunning beauty. And I got to write and direct for it 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00 What is that video game 01:13 What is my job 02:11 How did I get this job 04:30 How did we get money" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=HNIkh9HQB0s) 2025-06-08T15:00Z 49.9K followers, [----] engagements "D&D Has [--] Combat Objectives Actually Are your combat encounters taking forever Are your players slogging through boring combat all the time In this video we'll show you some methods to get your players really invested in your combat encounters. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SPONSOR Tome of Intangible Treasures II: https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/lone-colossus-games/tome-of-intangible-treasures-2-a-hunter-s-guide-to-ritualsref=MysticArts SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=HOqZozon2Vw) 2025-04-03T15:00Z 40.3K followers, 37.4K engagements "You should MIX GENRES and STEAL for your D&D world If you're getting stuck on theme and tone I want to encourage you to give yourself permission to steal Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay's attitude of world building. Just chuck all your toys together into the Kitchen Sink and play 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ TODAY'S SPONSOR The Time Traveler's Guide to Dinosaur Hunting https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/splatteredink/a-time-travelers-guide-to-dinosaur-huntingref=2o5axt SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=HkVBUoZxfNo) 2025-02-03T15:00Z 29.3K followers, 12.7K engagements "Everyone needs to chill about Campaign [--] Critical Role just announced that Campaign Four will use 5th Edition D&D instead of switching over to their new game Daggerheart and everyone seems to be an expert on why that's a bad idea. But I just want everybody to chill; this won't affect you or your games. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ EXPLOSIVE CREATION Check out the Game Master's Compendium of Explosive Creation and make interesting characters quickly and easily https://legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/484612/Game-Masters-Compendium-of-Explosive-Creationaffiliate_id=4646153 SUPPORT US Join" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=IJHxHS5TH1k) 2025-08-26T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 31.1K engagements "But what even is the Action Economy If you spend a bunch of time online and you encounter the phrase "Action Economy" wherever you go. And you feel like you don't know what that is and you're too afraid to ask then let me break it down really quickly so you know the basic principle at play. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ REFERENCES Thomas Fitch's combat video: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=zR_5E5Cvizk Action Oriented Monsters: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=y_zl8WWaSyI SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=IJPromFbojQ) 2025-03-13T15:00Z 35.8K followers, 15.8K engagements "Drawing world maps is really therapeutic Loads of folks ask about that big map wall in the living room and how I made it. Now sadly the answer is that I made it in Photoshop. But you can make a very similar parchment-style map in Inkarnate. Let me talk you through it. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00 How I made my world map 00:33 What is Inkarnate 00:50 How masks work 04:45 Continent shape done 05:07 Stamp tool 06:00 Making maps is world" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=IcdCeR2h6AU) 2025-04-08T15:00Z 39.7K followers, 11.6K engagements "-welcome to Mystic Arts where. Welcome to Mystic Arts 🎬 Mystic Arts created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LIgoxAOTJTY) 2025-04-01T11:14Z 38.6K followers, [----] engagements "I will make you love random encounters You know how all these WOTC adventures have a random encounter table that leaves you feeling like rolling for encounters is just pointless What if you could be excited about rolling on that table instead Let me show you how 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ Barovia Encounter Table Revised: https://www.patreon.com/posts/126325929 - (FREE post) FURTHER READING Mossy Antler on Randomness: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=V2CafCb4Z7E Trekiros on Random Encounters: www.youtube.com/watchv=737S5dCTnHE Bob World Builder on Random Encounters:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MFnJDUPcmTM) 2025-04-10T15:00Z 40.8K followers, 27.1K engagements "D&D Has [--] Types of Exploration Actually The reason you hate exploration is not because exploration in D&D is an underdeveloped pillar it's your pillar of the game. The pillar left up to each game master to define their games and their story. You will unlock a new level of game mastery when you understand when and how to apply each Type of Exploration 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ DSCRYB This video is sponsored by dscryb.com Use the code MYSTICARTS for a FREE [--] day trial on any plan they offer https://dscryb.com/mysticarts REFERENCED VIDEOS On "D&D Exploration Sucks" see." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=N98KzmS6y1w) 2025-05-08T15:00Z 47.3K followers, 28.7K engagements "8 Types of Ambushes to START your D&D adventures Action movies start with action to hook the audience. Your D&D adventure can do the same by starting In Medias Res or in the Middle of Things. You can do this with one of our [--] Types of Combat the Ambush. In this video we've included [--] types of ambushes to use in your games 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ If you want to support us directly consider becoming a channel member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00 Start with action 00:42 In medias res 02:50 Ambushes create investment 04:30 The travel ambush" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=R0ak8A4zhZc) 2025-01-13T15:00Z 25.8K followers, 17.4K engagements "Dive Deep into the New D&D Starter Set I love the new D&D Starter Set ask me anything about it and we'll talk through what's in here and how best to run it. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ WILD MAGIC REIMAGINED Back the Wild Magic Reimagined Kickstarter before it's too late https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/speaksandspells/wild-magic-reimaginedref=7jnvdz SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00:00 Welcome to the Show 00:02:09 Wild Magic Reimagined 00:03:23 Diving into the Starter Set 00:45:03 Wild Magic Reimagined Pt [--] 00:48:00 Running this for Dad" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=RHOswchcb0o) 2025-09-30T01:52Z 97.9K followers, [----] engagements "Let me try my best to paint a mini I got this nice Bearowl mini from Dragon Trapper's Lodge and I figured I could try and paint it on stream. I don't really paint so let's see if I can't figure this one out. 🎬Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00:00 Stream Start" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Re-JKFY6Rbc) 2025-03-08T20:14Z 35.1K followers, [----] engagements "The Art of Designing D&D Campaigns Backwards If you're planning a D&D campaign and you can't figure out how it starts it's because you're starting at the beginning. I find it's SO MUCH EASIER if you start at the end of the campaign and plan it backwards. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ LOOT STUDIOS Get your own Jormungandur from Loot Studios: https://links.lootstudios.com/JTA-Mystic-Arts Or go here if you want to try some free minis from them: https://links.lootstudios.com/Freebie-Mystic-Arts SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=T9UlqcYF828) 2025-06-26T15:00Z 53.6K followers, 40.6K engagements "How Splitting the Party Makes Roleplay Better The phrase "never split the party" is one of those axiomatic maxims you'll hear from D&D or RPG nerds all around the world. It's supposedly ruins balance gameplay and more. But listen I split the party all the time and it's kind of engrained into my style of play. Here's how I do it. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ DSCRYB This video is sponsored by dscryb.com Use the code MYSTICARTS for a FREE [--] day trial on any plan they offer https://dscryb.com/mysticarts FURTHER READING @RenegadeRolls's Brindlewood Bay video:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=TXSZ5pwCnoc) 2025-07-17T15:00Z 55.8K followers, 31.2K engagements "Let's come up with Missions Making an Adventure - Part 2: The Outline Following up from our last stream we're turning our adventure premise into a workable story outline by creating individual missions for the characters to take on Join me and help me come up with adventures for my players 🎬Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ If you want to support us directly consider becoming a channel member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 0:00 Recapping the previous stream 37:30 Adventure Outline Prep" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=UJR0BKgKDSs) 2025-01-19T12:03Z 26.3K followers, [----] engagements "Ask us about ECHOES OF THE END and we'll answer (as much as NDA allows) I'm a professional writer and director or so I claim in every video on this channel. What does that mean Well let me tell you about my job at Myrkur Games making Echoes of the End 🎬Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=V-rE8p3ixl8) 2025-06-09T11:32Z 49.9K followers, [----] engagements "Maybe you shouldn't buy the new Monster Manual When I started this script I thought I was going to gush over the new D&D Monster Manual for the [----] rules of the game released in [----]. But after working on the script for more than a month I've come away a little disappointed. It's weird because I really liked the book but it kept bugging me. Maybe I'll pick it apart the way only someone who loves it can. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ AB's Monster Manual video: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=W90Szjjmt9s SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VIIJWQyPKCI) 2025-03-06T15:00Z 35K followers, 18.3K engagements "Creating FACTIONS to bring adventures alive Before you start mapping your MEGA DUNGEON you need to create factions you can use to populate the dungeon with. Those factions will bring your dungeon alive 🎬Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00:00 Welcome to Mystic Arts 00:00:55 Cthulhu by Gaslight (Girlboss) 00:03:44 It's unbearably hot @zachthebold style 00:05:01 Running a three-shot 00:08:02 The OSR isn't a game 00:11:00 Hexcrawl the size of the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZrIgiqpUisM) 2025-05-19T20:32Z 47.6K followers, [----] engagements "How to outline a MEGA DUNGEON; the easy way Starting a mega dungeon may seem like a daunting task there's a MEGA in the name But really once you do a bit of outlining it all becomes incredibly easy So without further ado; It's Dungeon May-hem I'm Dai the Dungeon Guy let's make a mega dungeon 🎬Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00:00 Waiting. 00:03:31 Video Introduction 00:04:38 UKGE Burnout What are Mega-Dungeons 00:21:41 Outlining begins" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=fe444JvfO4U) 2025-05-06T11:03Z 45.5K followers, [----] engagements "Making fantasy town maps is easy with Inkarnate Do you want to make your own town maps battlemaps world maps or whatever Inkarnate is a cheap and easy way to quickly make maps for any situation you need. This is a quick video tutorial on how the basics of Inkarnate and how it works. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ LINKS Inkarnate: https://inkarnate.com You can clone the town I just made right here: https://inkarnate.com/m/nnXg50 SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00 What is" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=fpHuV7yzFAA) 2025-03-04T15:00Z 34.7K followers, [----] engagements "20.000 Subs Live Stream Q&A In celebration of reaching [------] subscribers the pair of us are going to go live and answer questions from you lovely people. Maybe it's time we properly introduce ourselves a little unfiltered. 🎬Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ If you want to support us directly consider becoming a channel member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=g9SmLjieXww) 2025-01-02T01:02Z 22K followers, [----] engagements "40000 Subs Livestream Q&A In celebration of reaching [-----] subscribers the pair of us are going to go live and answer questions from you lovely people. Let's talk about whatever 🎬Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=g_hvvbhHviw) 2025-04-21T22:42Z 41.7K followers, [----] engagements "This is the secret HACK for infinite minis I don't know the first thing about 3D Printing but how hard can it be Go check out Loot Studios' free minis: https://subscriptions.lootstudios.com/journeys/alfheim/free-miniutm_source=influencer&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=cl-jta-2025&utm_content=mystic_arts 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00 Two boxes 00:56 I don't know how to 3D print 01:48 Step one: get a printer 02:33 Two morons and their" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=h0R-xMSoKzs) 2025-05-29T15:01Z 49.1K followers, 10K engagements "Why You Should Stop Building Worlds Loads of people will wait to start running D&D until after they've constructed an entire Campaign Setting. I'm here to tell you that you don't need to do that You can just start playing and build worlds as you go along. In fact it's better 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ If you want to support us directly consider becoming a channel member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join Mystic Arts Presents: All Hail Gek (FREE DUNGEON) - https://tinyurl.com/yc26u5ky INDEX 00:00 Introduction 01:21 I Love Worldbuilding 01:50 Worldbuilding" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=hcun624M3Bg) 2025-01-06T14:51Z 24.3K followers, 26.5K engagements "What Pavlov's Dog teaches us about Music for D&D **Make sure to tune into our Q&A Livestream on January 1st @ 22:00 GMT 17:00 EST 14:00 PT** Music can strongly influence the mood during a D&D session. It can fill us with hope or dread it can pick us up when we're feeling down it can fill the silence while everyone is thinking of something cool to say. Use the emotional power of music to influence your players' perceptions and make your sessions feel like movies 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ If you want to support us directly consider becoming a channel member:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=iCGFp9I0-A4) 2024-12-30T15:00Z 21.1K followers, 11.3K engagements "Creating a FINALE for our adventure Short-Fuse - Part [--] Let's make a boss fight for our finale of the Special Forces adventure Operation: Short Fuse we prepped together on stream 🎬Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:38 Catching Up With Chat 00:15:33 Prep Starts" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jypK88wSKs0) 2025-09-10T21:53Z 97.9K followers, [----] engagements "You need to start your game with a ritual You know how impossible it can be to start your D&D game everyone's making small talk and you've somehow got to immerse these players. Well you use a ritual Lights words and immersion. It's like casting a spell. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ Make sure to check out the sponsor of our video dScryb. Use the code MYSTICARTS for a FREE [--] day trial on any of their plans https://dscryb.com/mysticarts SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=kQ3zOIWOxCw) 2025-02-10T15:01Z 51.5K followers, 63.9K engagements "We're going to make a dungeon together What if we just made a big dungeon together 🎬Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00:00 Stream Start" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lqS7_TlLeGA) 2025-03-03T22:22Z 34.7K followers, [----] engagements "You should ONLY prepare ONE session Do you over-prepare or under-prepare Why not just prepare one session at a time and let that session tell you what the next session is about Why railroad when you can invite your D&D players to build the rails along with you 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ CZEPEKU Go check out the Fantasy Map Bundle on Czepeku: https://go.czepeku.com/mystic_arts_dm SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00 Over- or Under- Preparing 00:57 One Session at a Time" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=mykvOMMnFqE) 2025-06-12T15:01Z 50.9K followers, 25.2K engagements "Make hexmaps easily with THE POWER OF OUTLINES If you've ever been daunted by how to populate a hexcrawl hexmap then look no further. I'm going to show you how astoundingly easy and fun it is to quickly whip up a map in photoshop or your software of choice 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ Hexcrawl video: https://youtu.be/hEIg1DlRkLg SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00 Hexmaps are easy. 00:43 Outlining 02:12 Photoshop and other software 02:49 Landscapes 04:52 Why hex crawls" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=p4mbV1xJdYQ) 2025-04-22T15:01Z 44.5K followers, 24K engagements "How to draw CLASSIC dungeon maps You don't need all that fancy software people talk about online here's how to make dungeons on graph paper To try everything Brilliant has to offerfreefor a full [--] days visit https://brilliant.org/MysticArts/ . Youll also get 20% off an annual premium subscription. (Audio in this video is pretty inconsistent we're still experimenting with different equipment setups and camera angles.) 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qM4gJtYcQU4) 2025-04-29T15:01Z 44.5K followers, [----] engagements "How my campaign's HEX CRAWL turns into a DUNGEON CRAWL We've just spent April talking about hexcrawls and May is all about dungeons So where do the two meet Let's talk about the connections between the two as I figure out how to fast travel 🎬Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:17 News start 00:02:26 Dungeon May-hem and Dungeon Jam 00:03:30 Go check out viyan_91 00:04:00 Talking about that hexcrawl video 00:14:33 New" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qYOy6v42HxA) 2025-04-28T20:36Z 44.2K followers, [----] engagements "Why DMing and Directing are the same thing Directors work with a team of creatives collaborating together to create something with a team guided only by a commonly agreed upon direction. I think DMing is basically the same. Maybe Draw Steel had a point calling their DM the Director. This video is sort of a sequel to this one: https://youtu.be/AjC5eTndCqg 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00 What film sets are like 00:48 Directors pick the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=s3zocOL7Tno) 2025-06-05T15:01Z 65.8K followers, 22.5K engagements "Create Infinite Maps with Watabou's Procgen Arcana If you're having a hard time making D&D maps or maybe you're out of time and need a map NOW Then we think you can get a lot of use out of Procgen Arcana: an online map editor that lets you make all kinds of maps for your RPG games quickly and easily. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join LINKS Watabou's Procgen Arcana (All [--] Generators) - https://watabou.github.io/ Watabou's Subreddit -" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=sY9SbsFqd4s) 2024-11-29T15:01Z 39.4K followers, 46.8K engagements "Stop undercooking your D&D Boss Fights We've all had a D&D boss fight fall flat end up boring and dull. It's because the meal is undercooked and you're in the meat room. Here's six ingredients to elevate your boss fights to become Legendary by using Lieutenants Minions Lairs Objectives Mythic Phases and PRESENTATION 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ DSCRYB This video is sponsored by dscryb.com Use the code MYSTICARTS for a FREE [--] day trial on any plan they offer https://dscryb.com/mysticarts SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tys56FmrFnE) 2025-03-27T15:01Z 39.7K followers, 45.8K engagements "5 encounters to STEAL for your game tonight One of the ways you can have a lot of fun building a combat encounter is by using monsters that synergize well with each other. If players can optimize their builds so can you 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00 Introduction 00:47 Dragonshield & Kobolds 02:18 Shambling Mound & Will o' Wisps 03:24 Mind Flayer & Intellect Devourers 04:25 Mage & Shield Guardian 05:40 Ancient Red Dragon & Iron Golems" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=y1cQNoITtcQ) 2025-04-15T15:01Z 46.3K followers, 27.5K engagements "Let's turn a Dungeon Idea into a READY Module A month ago we wrote an adventure together let's edit and polish it into an adventure module so that it'll be ready for other DMs to run it as an adventure 🎬Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00:00 Stream starts 00:22:18 Writing starts" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=zvmVwFrV_IU) 2025-04-08T01:05Z 39.4K followers, [----] engagements "3 Different Ways to Command the Battlefield #powerwordmeal #sharethemeal The Warlord Class is my take on that 4th Edition idea of a martial support characer a battlefield commander that makes their party better by seizing crucial battlefield opportunities and deploying simple yet effective tactics in the heat of battle 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SAVE LIVES Support the UN World Food Programme with Power Word Meal: https://bit.ly/PowerWordMeal GET THE WARLORD Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Get the Warlord: https://www.patreon.com/posts/123736095 INDEX 00:00 The" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2ZWk4szXXkY) 2025-09-26T17:00Z 97.9K followers, 14.4K engagements "Stop thinking D&D Youtubers can help you. We can't. I'm so done with seeing people thinking D&D Youtubers can help them run a better game; we can't. Only one thing can help you become a better dungeon master; it's running the game. But if you need to be inspired here are some things you can try 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 People named Matt can't help you. 00:52 The Algorithm Age 02:51 Comments that breaks my heart 03:35 Why the glue trap works 04:26 Go suck at something 04:53 Diagnosing your games 06:37 You" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=h_69qFwKsDk) 2025-08-21T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 27.9K engagements "How I let my D&D players craft magic items When your players want to harvest the guts of a D&D monster you might be lost for what to do next. But there is an easy way out of this that doesn't require you to make massive lists or use them or anything like that. I made rules for it 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ HELIANA'S GUIDE TO MONSTER HUNTING Get Heliana's: https://loottavern.com/helianas-series/ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Arcane Forge PDF: https://www.patreon.com/posts/139709135 INDEX 00:00 Has this ever happened to you 01:44 RPGs are about LOOT" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3RsuFtgOeW0) 2025-09-25T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 46.7K engagements "Why Players HATE Morally Gray Villains Stranger Things' Vecna along with the Demogorgon and the Mind Flayer blatantly ignored D&D lore in favor of making their own. You should do the same for your campaign. If you need permission look no further than the popular Netflix show and you'll find there's a reason they do it. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ WESTMARCHES Go check out https://www.westmarches.games/ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 Stranger Things meets D&D Lore 02:22 History of Vecna 04:07 D&D's Vecna 06:03 Vecna: Eve of Ruin 08:02 Acererak" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=HOmkToA4OKc) 2025-12-18T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 44.1K engagements "How I PREP D&D with Obsidian I use Obsidian to prepare for my D&D sessions it's a non-linear text editor that allows you to quickly and easily link articles together. It has made me faster and better at both prepping sessions and at worldbuilding 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join LINKS @powerwordspill 's video on Obsidian: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=DBgWB1NF7hY How to install by Nicole van der Hoeven: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=OUrOfIqvGS4" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VmIh7EjrdIk) 2025-01-09T15:00Z 96.5K followers, 208.3K engagements "How SIDEKICKS will cure your MURDERHOBOS If your players are acting like murderhobos then maybe it's because they don't care about the world and the people in it. What you can do is make them care by adding in cute sidekicks with mommy issues the players can solve. Here's how 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00 The A-Men 00:37 Degenerate Play 01:16 Why Murderhoboing Happens 01:40 Let's make a carrot; a sidekick 02:01 How Sidekicks Work 02:29" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gxWr8uVkCYg) 2025-05-01T15:00Z 96.5K followers, 27.7K engagements "Why You Have to Make Time Matter "You can not have a meaningful campaign if strict time records are not kept" said Gary Gygax on page [--] of the Dungeon Master's Guide. But how do you track time what is time where does it come from Do you make a fantasy calendar a fantasy history And how do you swap between those time scales 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ Gary Gygax was voiced by @TalesFromElsewhereGames WESTMARCHES Go check out https://www.westmarches.games/ CALENDAR Here's my calendar (free post) https://www.patreon.com/posts/126327349 SUPPORT US Join our Patreon:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=mlyyjfXZo8s) 2026-01-08T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 37.8K engagements "6 Ways to Inspire DMs and END Burnout While it's possible you're burned out from running Dungeons & Dragons you might just be uninspired. Here's some tricks I use to keep things fresh and keep me excited about the next D&D session when I can tell I'm not all that excited. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ VAGABOND Get VAGABOND through Shopify: https://landoftheblind.myshopify.com/products/vagabond-pulp-fantasy-rpg-core-rulebook Get VAGABOND through print-on-demand: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/512122/vagabond-pulp-fantasy-rpg-core-rulebook LINKS Free Cryptid Statblocks:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=nenzb5kIFQs) 2025-11-06T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 26.1K engagements "Creating an Adventure by Starting at the End Dillhorne - Part [--] We've been making a starter adventure for 1st level players in my campaign setting of Atroxia. In this episode we're going to delve into the main adventure by creating a structure a dungeon and some monsters for our "Dillhorne" adventure. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:00 Viking Ship 00:05:00 Mothership & Mausritter 00:12:17 Just Chatting 00:27:30 The Broadsheets 00:35:35 Where is Dillhorne 00:36:30 Dadi the Dungeon Guy 00:37:00" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ygyvNkQrNE8) 2026-02-11T20:45Z 97.9K followers, [----] engagements "Instead of [--] BBEG; Why Not [--] Tired of the same old D&D combat structure either minions or bosses What if you just had your players fight bad guys that felt like rival player characters. An ELITE TEAM of rival adventurers working for the bad guy of the adventure and destined to spice up combat 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SCORCHED BASIN Get SCORCHED BASIN on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/homieandthedude/scorched-basinref=2j65gc THE HUNGRY MUTTS Get the Hungry Mutts adventure and the town of Soda Springs for FREE from out Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/129829828" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0JX76k_KbNs) 2025-09-11T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 43.6K engagements "Critical Role isn't actually doing West Marches but you can Critical Role announced that Brennan Lee Mulligan will be doing Campaign [--] as a West Marches style of play with [--] players across multiple tables and storylines. But they're ignoring the player driven scheduling but you don't have to do that Here's how to create and organize a West Marches game yourself 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ TOME OF INTANGIBLE TREASURES Get the TOME OF INTANGIBLE TREASURES:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=DtDarHCRfHE) 2025-08-28T15:02Z 97.9K followers, 86.8K engagements "D&D but with BODY HORROR monsters What if you could fight weird west monsters in D&D Not just banditos but like cowboy folk lore monsters like the Blood Oiler the Kentucky Sawbones or the Coal Baron Well I converted them to 5th Edition 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ CLOCKWORLD Back Tales From Elsewhere: CLOCKWORLD on Kickstarter today and you'll be supporting the channel directly if you use this link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/talesfromelsewhere/tales-from-elsewhere-clockworldref=e4un1o SUPPORT US Get the statblocks for FREE on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/137591800" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=QOmvtawnT04) 2025-09-02T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 14K engagements "Why You Want a System for TALKING In D&D or other RPG systems you might feel like a negotiation system is missing. The creators of Draw Steel certainly thought so and that's why they created the Negotiation system for their game. Here's how it works and how you could steal it for your game 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ MATTHEW PERKINS' VIDEO Go check out @heyitsMattyP kickflip https://www.youtube.com/watchv=A5_dDGbiGBk SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 Heroes Convincing the King 01:05 Negotiation Roleplay 03:17 Negotiation System 05:37" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jWOw8p4YSxQ) 2026-01-22T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 84.5K engagements "West Marches needs a FRONTIER TOWN; let's make one Every now and again you've got to make a new town. I've got a D&D game next week that requires me to have a town ready and I don't have one So let's make a classic frontier town with a strong theme really quick Ya'll ready 🎬Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:45 I ran DRAGONBANE yesterday 00:12:24 How to: West Marches with Multiple DMs 00:14:18 Chatting OSR West Marches" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dXwj20aA8uI) 2025-08-31T20:17Z 97.9K followers, 23.2K engagements "Get Players to Roleplay by RENDERING Scenes When playing RPGs communicate to your players that it's time for roleplay by RENDERING your scene in passes of increased details. Then they'll know it's time to get hooked New D&D DMS go here: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=hmhFACukQUw 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join LINKS Matt Mercer's GM Tips: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=srsSEIb-Bw4 That tipping scene from Reservoir Dogs:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tZHF26Yb_bg) 2024-11-20T13:00Z 97.7K followers, 106.6K engagements "Nest your D&D worlds like Fractals If you want to know how I built my D&D campaign setting then you've got to understand my founding principle: the Player's Learning Horizon that allows me to treat Details like Fratcals and zoom in endlessly. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SKY ZEPHIRS Go check out Sky Zephyrs and use the coupon code MYSTICARTS for 20% off https://hatdbuilder.com/product-category/sky-zephyrs SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00 Fractals 00:54 World Setting" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-cJz-ttkrjE) 2025-07-10T15:00Z 97.7K followers, 51.3K engagements "Why Brennan Lee Mulligan feels so different from Matt Mercer Watching Campaign [--] of Critical Role it's incredible to see the difference between Matt Mercer and Brennan Lee Mulligan and the way they Dungeon Master for D&D. Let me break down some of Brennan's tricks for keeping the plot moving by cutting between scenes. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ GRAVEDIGGER'S HARVEST Get Gravedigger's Harvest: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lonecolossusgames/gravediggers-harvestref=dxjnze SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 Brennan hits different 01:24" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=168BN-PSGis) 2025-10-23T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 259.1K engagements "Designing DUNGEONS that make you want to HEXCRAWL One of the most important things about dungeons is the loot But loot doesn't have to be gold or magic items it can be information And information can be about stuff in the hexcrawl That way you loop between dungeons and hexcrawls in a satisfying gameplay loop that keeps the players wanting more 🎬Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ Check out the Game Master's Compendium of Explosive Creation and make interesting characters quickly and easily" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5uQQNAJGoxM) 2025-07-21T19:13Z 97.7K followers, 28.4K engagements "Is the NEW D&D Starter Set worth it If you're trying to get into D&D for the first time or after a long time away the new D&D Starter Set: Heroes of the Borderlands is a perfect place to start. It's full of chits tokens colorful illustrations and everything else to make a board game geek's heart flutter 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ READY SET ENCOUNTER Get READY SET ENCOUNTER: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/printinggoeseveron/ready-set-encounter-vol-1ref=4oyths ROLL20 Starter Set The Starter Set on Roll20 for $14.99:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=BTKMywAdjCo) 2025-09-30T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 21.4K engagements "Reversing Weaknesses to Create More Interesting Monsters I remember watching my party turn Strahd into a melting paper pinata with the Sunsword and everything else and thinking how weak the D&D vampires are. So I've always wanted to make a vampire that's bad ass 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ LODESTAR Play D&D in outer space with Lodestar: https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/the-dragons-vault/lodestar-a-spacefarer-s-manual-space-fantasy-in-5eref=Mystic SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Grab the statblocks: https://www.patreon.com/posts/141720693 OBSIDIAN" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=D6VbB8T1YAA) 2025-10-21T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 40K engagements "How to make a D&D Character Need a little help walking through D&D character creation Let me show you the basics while making a new character for 5th Edition. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ START PLAYING Visit START PLAYING to start playing: https://startplaying.games/referral/cmhe25ad50299il04tc2sxy6b SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 Introduction 01:12 On the basics. 01:51 Picking a Class 04:06 Picking an Origins 08:12 Ability Scores 11:31 Alignment 12:04 Fill in details 14:59 The Last Detail 16:37 Start Playing 17:24 Outro D&D WOTC Wizards of" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=EUuk6gGb29U) 2025-12-04T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 13.6K engagements "The Secret to Running Political Campaigns If you want your D&D game to have Game of Thrones style politics complete with bloody betrayals devious scheming and backstabbing you've got to start thinking about your game in the Three Faction Rule and everything will start slotting into place as you weave nest and layer the [--] factions as needed. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SCORCHED BASIN Get SCORCHED BASIN on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/homieandthedude/scorched-basinref=2j65gc SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 Do you want" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Hnr6Mr1436M) 2025-09-04T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 218.3K engagements "Why You've Never Run the Tarrasque The reason neither you nor I have ever used the Tarrasque in D&D isn't the monster's very high CR. It's the fact that the lore doesn't inspire us to create adventures. So what is good D&D lore and where does it come from and how to we make our own 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ LOOT STUDIOS Grab Destroyer's Armageddor here: https://links.lootstudios.com/current-bundle-mystic-arts Grab FREE MINIS here: https://links.lootstudios.com/free-mini-mystic-arts SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 You've never used a" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KqTNeiefmPQ) 2025-12-11T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 67.4K engagements "D&D Explained in [--] Minutes Not sure where to begin with understanding D&D Let me an experienced DM try my best to break down the simple concepts most players and Dungeon Masters take for granted while I walk you through all the basics so you're prepared for your first game 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ START PLAYING Visit START PLAYING to start playing: https://startplaying.games/referral/cmhe25ad50299il04tc2sxy6b SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 How to even start 00:39 D&D is a TTRPG 01:37 Dice & Features 02:03 Pillars of Play: Exploration" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MzDaByqoQDQ) 2025-11-27T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 14.1K engagements "5E Statblocks in Obsidian (with the SRD vault) People kept asking how to install those statblocks I keep making and how I get the vault to look like I do. It's a vault created by a channel patron and the statblocks slot right in. It's dead easy so let me explain it quickly. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Check out the Cryptids on Patreon (FREE): https://www.patreon.com/posts/138023748 OBSIDIAN SRD VAULT Nax the Raven's 5e SRD vault (work in progress): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bYV3tq3OUUaIopM15kX5GQneIrqOKe9U INDEX 00:00 I've made [--] statblocks like this 00:33 Set" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=U30A2FZbIRQ) 2025-09-08T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 24.8K engagements "How I Make Goblins both Funny and Scary Two facts about D&D: One there are never enough goblins. And two: Goblins can always be more chaotic. With the new goblins being Fey in [----] D&D I decided to lean into it and make my goblins be a bunch of chaotic little ragamuffins 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ UGLY GOBLIN COOKBOOK Back the Ugly Goblin Cookbook on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/theuglygoblin/the-ugly-goblins-cookbookref=2r9s3q DOWNLOAD THE STATS Grab the Goblinoids PDF on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/148238533 MONSTER MATH CHART Anto from Icarus Games'" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YNa-mBQ5WbA) 2025-10-07T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 20.5K engagements "Let's Make A New Adventure Dillhorne - Part [--] Our first few streams was making an adventure together let's do it again But from scratch All we're starting with is a town named Dillhorne about [--] miles from the Capital of Atroxia. The rest we'll make up together Come join us 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ No Fun Allowed's Review: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=P1UEvqDEBHw SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00:00 What We're Doing 00:01:14 Zine Playtesting 00:10:00 Catching Up With Chat 00:28:21 Dadi the Dungeon Guy 00:28:58 Introducing Dillhorne" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_z0hDRufBPw) 2025-11-17T18:51Z 97.9K followers, 13.4K engagements "Chat Makes a Starter Town Dillhorne - Part [--] Last week I got started on making a new beginner adventure for level [--] to [--] characters for D&D. Chat voted on the bad guy factions and the plot. This time chat and I are going to make a beginner town from scratch together 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00:00 Introduction 00:02:00 Channel Updates & Chat 00:29:30 Dungeon Guy Jingle 00:30:04 Inkarnate 02:02:30 Photoshop 02:15:01 Updating the Document 02:18:29 What's on next Stream 02:20:30 My best outro ever" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=bIYMD7bCdaU) 2025-11-24T20:39Z 97.9K followers, [----] engagements "Lord of the Rings' TRICK to Make Travel Interesting D&D players frequently reference Lord of the Rings as a doing travel right but you can't just blast Howard Shore and describe people walking. That's not what RPGs are about You have to make informed choices and what better medium than a Point Crawl And JRR Tolkien agrees 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ ARCANUM INFINITUM Get the ARCANUM INFINITUM and use the coupon code Mystic for 25% off https://arcaneaffinity.netc=MYSTIC SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 Travel in the Trilogy 01:57 Introducing" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=c87-LRS9OdY) 2025-12-25T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 131.9K engagements "Worldbuilding With Your Players using "Yes And." DMing Multiple DMs have run adventures in my D&D setting some with published adventures some making their own. If you want to figure out how to structure a many-dms type scenario in your setting let me tell you about that time Magns ran Odyssey of the Dragonlords in mine 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ ODYSSEY OF THE DRAGONLORDS Grab the Odyssey of the Dragonlords Remaster while you can: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/arcanumworlds/odyssey-of-the-dragonlords-remastered-editionref=d98nyq SUPPORT US Join our Patreon:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ejw6N-nMr4I) 2025-11-11T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 23.2K engagements "Why 3-mile hexes make HEXCRAWLS fun Most D&D hexcrawls fall flat because we don't know what's in a hex until after we've entered it. I think hexcrawls are better when players get to make informed decisions about where to go next so 3-mile hexes give them a sense of their surroundings 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ FURTHER READING Bob World Builder on Random Encounters: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=NY6Ym2G5vdU My Homebrew Rules: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=VxVEF4EkJkY My video on Random Encounters: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=MFnJDUPcmTM @QuestingBeast's DND isn't a game it's games:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=hEIg1DlRkLg) 2025-04-17T15:01Z 97.7K followers, 219.3K engagements "Let's make a [--] Room Dungeon Dillhorne - Part [--] We continue making our starter adveenture for Dillhorne (1st to 3rd level characters) by making a [--] Room Dungeon for the Ratfolk over in Rathome Let's make a map a plan a plot loot and monsters 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00:00 Rats & Lesbians 00:02:24 Intro 00:03:50 Catching Up 00:12:53 Skaven 00:27:56 Outlining Rathome 00:53:51 Surrounding Area 01:08:41 Scope Expands 01:25:58 Moonstone Grove 01:34:25 Nettlerot 01:50:04 Many Teeth Tribe 02:00:04 Next Time" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=iSI3Vv0mKao) 2026-01-05T20:18Z 97.9K followers, [----] engagements "18 Tricks to Speed Up D&D Combat If you feel like D&D Combats take forever maybe your players go on their phone and stop paying attention then I've got [--] tricks to help you speed it up. and a bonus trick that might be the root cause if none of the other stuff worked. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ VOIDSEA Back VOIDSEA on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/voidsea/voidsearef=b5kwun SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 Does your combat feel slow 00:20 Trick 1: Control the Conversation 01:11 Trick 2: Stand Up 01:47 Trick 3: Move Your" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=iTq1qEot6dc) 2025-10-02T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 64.2K engagements "How I changed D&D to make it Low Fantasy I run a low fantasy low magic D&D game and it works really well. I think there's some fundamentals that worked; it's a hexcrawl where magic is present but rare. But there's some other things I did too namely a few homebrew classes and subclasses that bridged the gap perfectly for me. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ INJURIES AND VILE DEEDS Get Injuries and Vile Deeds: https://www.shop.lonecolossusgames.com/products/injuries-vile-deeds-hardcover-pdfutm_source=MysArts&utm_medium=MysArts&utm_campaign=InVDVid SUPPORT US Join our Patreon:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ipHBB8dLJaI) 2025-08-14T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 92.3K engagements "Remove Long Rests: Fix the Martial / Caster Divide If you're tired of watching Martials sadly saying "I hit" when Casters go nova it might be time to look at your adventuring day and think about how many encounters your running. Or just make the adventuring day longer and keep running the game you're already running 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ VOIDSEA Back VOIDSEA on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/voidsea/voidsearef=b5kwun SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM HEXPLORATION RULES Get the Hexploration Rules:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=kMq3491qcvU) 2025-10-14T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 81.1K engagements "D&D Has [--] Campaign Lengths Actually Which are you running a One-Shot or a Campaign for your next D&D game I think both have more specific use cases than you might realize and your next D&D game might be better served as another type of Campaign Length 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SPONSOR Sign up to get notified about the RPG Essentials set: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/splatteredink/acrylic-tokensref=651w71 SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 One Shot or Campaign 00:50 The Grand Campaign 04:39 The One-Shot 07:23 Both are kinda screwed" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lndc-G_YaHg) 2025-10-16T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 50.7K engagements "Please give your players OP magic items You should give your players rare and ancient artifacts in D&D They can be an excellent way to structure an adventure create conflict write stories and even inspire roleplay. You don't need to be afraid of the balance either You could have the items gradually increase in power 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Get your PDF for the Book of the Profane Word: https://www.patreon.com/posts/13482105 INDEX 00:00 Has this ever happened to you 00:37 The Death Knight's Study 01:32 What is the Book" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=nGfW-zFkasM) 2025-07-24T15:01Z 97.7K followers, 117.3K engagements "Why your NPCs don't feel real You RENDER NPCs in passes with each pass adding new lights to their features highlighting different aspects of their persona. As your D&D players come back to meet them you add new backstories lore and personality quirks to render in the details 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ EXPLOSIVE CREATION Check out the Game Master's Compendium of Explosive Creation and make interesting characters quickly and easily https://legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/484612/Game-Masters-Compendium-of-Explosive-Creationaffiliate_id=4646153 SUPPORT US Join our Patreon:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pb3id4Czkec) 2025-08-07T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 86K engagements "The Worldbuilding Formula that Hooks Players Every D&D campaign setting has the same structure they're all post-apocalyptic. D&D worlds are at their best when they live in the shadow of a great world that existed before the one you're adventuring in. And the structure itself is so simple and flexible you can use it to make a thousand unique worlds. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SCORCHED BASIN Get SCORCHED BASIN on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/homieandthedude/scorched-basinref=2j65gc SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 All D&D" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=poGsAd8WTm0) 2025-10-09T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 99K engagements "How I made my HOBGOBLINS feel like an ARMY I'm tired of seeing various flavors of D&D hobgoblins like they're all skirmishers what if we made an army of hobgoblins who can fight together like a band of powerful regimented trained warriors And I want them to challenge players through every tier of play 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ DOWNLOAD THE STATS Grab the Goblinoids PDF on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/148238533 MONSTER MATH CHART Anto from Icarus Games' video on the monster manual diagnosis: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=9oMZouAAVmQ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qMfpai7lHaI) 2025-07-31T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 86.8K engagements "Let's Draw a Hexmap Together Dillhorne - Part [--] In Part [--] of creating our Dillhorne Adventure for D&D CHAT and I make a hexmap together filling it with details and secrets for players to find as they play through the adventure. Chat votes on what goes on the map and I contextualize it within the world of my setting 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:00 Catching up with Chat 00:11:12 Dadi the Dungeon Guy 00:11:53 Making a Hex Map 01:22:01 Writing it down 01:28:25 Hooking Players 01:35:39 You're" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=taTxwRDHseU) 2025-12-15T23:20Z 97.9K followers, [----] engagements "The Better Way to Handle Failure in RPGs Instead of rolling too low being a "failure" think of it like "consequence" and then you can start having your RPG players "fail forward". You can even create middle stages that succeed but with some consequences 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ LEGEND IN THE MIST Grab LEGEND IN THE MIST before it's too late https://sonofoak.com/pages/legend-in-the-mist-rustic-fantasy-role-playing-game-fall-2025utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=LitMFall2025&utm_content=mysticarts SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=v-V1SQeYjw8) 2025-11-13T15:02Z 97.9K followers, 20.9K engagements "Why Eddie Munson is a Great DM There's a reason why Eddie Munson from Stranger Things is so iconic why he's a brilliant D&D Dungeon Master and why Mike and Dusty are hooked into his game when they join the Hellfire Club to fight Vecna. Because he's a showman 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ LODESTAR Play D&D in outer space with Lodestar: https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/the-dragons-vault/lodestar-a-spacefarer-s-manual-space-fantasy-in-5eref=Mystic SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 Presentation 01:17 What sets Eddie Apart 04:20 Matt Mercer's Map" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=v2-e8gIPfHA) 2025-11-20T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 348.5K engagements "The Secret to Mysteries in D&D Good D&D Mysteries or Mysteries in any RPG have four foundational pillars: Hook Plot Characters and a Ticking Clock. If you want to make a mystery campaign or a mystery adventure you've got the figure out what the bad guys want and how the players stumble into it. Or use the adventure I created in this video 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ I MADE AN ADVENTURE Pick up the Broadsheet and run the Night Train for your friends https://www.patreon.com/posts/142373547 SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 Introduction 00:25 Call" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=vBsQv-pjtZM) 2025-10-30T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 34.3K engagements "Why do Tucker's Kobolds love TRAPS Tucker's Kobolds is an iconic article from Dragon Magazine #127 a story about a high level D&D party that wanted to do everything to avoid the kobolds on level one of their dungeon. But how do you make your own kobolds inspire that kind of fear You use traps 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ CZEPEKU For amazing battlemaps tokens and scenes find Czepeku at: https://go.czepeku.com/mystic_arts_dm SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Download the Kobolds: https://www.patreon.com/posts/138947804 INDEX 00:00 Problem with the 2024" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=wZlM_0y_EEY) 2025-09-16T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 22.7K engagements "The Secret to Starting a D&D Campaign is. I'm not talking about mixing genre I'm just saying that early level D&D has more in common with western genre conventions than it does with grand heroic fantasy conventions. So lean into it by making quest boards frontier towns bandits and thugs like that It's so much easier 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ CLOCKWORLD Back Tales From Elsewhere: CLOCKWORLD on Kickstarter today and you'll be supporting the channel directly if you use this link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/talesfromelsewhere/tales-from-elsewhere-clockworldref=e4un1o SUPPORT US" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xgh1e6OAMPM) 2025-09-18T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 42.9K engagements "Jaquaysing Dungeons and why it matters You know how dungeons can feel like long corridor with combat breaks Well what if they didn't What if they were labyrinths that looped swooped and took you to funky other worlds That was Jennell Jaquays' idea and she knew what she was talking about 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ Justin Alexander's Article: https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/13085/roleplaying-games/xandering-the-dungeon SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join The GSS Centurion" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0wjnfyvcPpk) 2025-05-22T15:00Z 97.7K followers, 68.4K engagements "D&D Has [--] Types of Combat Actually Are your combat encounters getting a bit repetitive Are you trying to spice things up but having trouble figuring out how exactly to do that In this video we'll show you some methods to get your players really invested in your combat encounters. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00 Intro 01:04 Skirmish 02:35 Ambush 05:09 Targeted Strike 06:39 Horde of Bad Guys 08:03 Elite Team 10:02 Stomping Ground 11:18" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=c5-vF14pUBE) 2024-11-08T11:51Z 97.7K followers, 513.4K engagements "Single Player D&D is Just Better I've run more than a [---] sessions of one-player D&D and it's awesome. It invites one character to become the main character in a story all about their character. It's basically the ideal version of RPGs that exists in our head. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ JOURNEY BEYOND Get JOURNEY BEYOND: https://journeybeyond.io/utm_source=influencer&utm_medium=youtube-promo&utm_campaign=mystic-arts&utm_content=description SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 One-on-One 01:12 Playing with AB 02:54 Challenges of Duet Games 04:23" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dpESs0HQGoA) 2026-02-05T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 31.6K engagements "You're running cities wrong. Cities in RPGs and D&D aren't actually as tough to DM or run as people say. It's all about layering details with the most focus going into the exciting city centers and somewhat ignoring the boring suburbs. Make sure to put in the work where it can be seen 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ THE BROADSHEET Check out Issue #3: https://www.patreon.com/posts/147089532 SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 City Annotations 02:17 Cities are Easy Actually 04:46 Look at CLASSIC Waterdeep 06:24 Detail Density 07:45 City State of the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pE-R253EKIE) 2026-01-01T15:14Z 97.9K followers, 113K engagements "Why Dungeon Crawls are the HEART of the game If you hate dungeons you might be running them wrong. Let me walk you through six pillars that hold up the vaulted ceiling of all dungeons To try everything Brilliant has to offerfreefor a full [--] days visit https://brilliant.org/MysticArts/ . Youll also get 20% off an annual premium subscription. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ FURTHER READING @QuestingBeast's TUNIC video: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=j-ywPjMEtq4 SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=q7kuHD71XrA) 2025-05-15T15:01Z 97.7K followers, 99.8K engagements "We Dont Play Dungeons Like They Used To I remember going through a cycle of devaluing D&D dungeons over time until eventually I just skipped them. But then I tried tracking time while crawling with Dungeon Turns like OSR games do and it changed everything. Suddenly I was no longer bored crawling through dungeons I was having a great time 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ THE BROADSHEET Issue #4 of the Broadsheet: https://www.patreon.com/posts/149411833 DUNGEON TURNS RULES These are our dungeoneering rules: https://www.patreon.com/posts/149413228 SUPPORT US Join our Patreon:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=zyl73XLJWhE) 2026-01-29T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 249.3K engagements "The OGL Debacle; [--] Years Later Whether you're a 5E D&D DM or an OSR player or something else entirely I want to encourage you to mix the systems you like together into a big soup of your own idiosyncrasies to make something you love. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SPONSOR Grab new monsters from NIMBLE: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nimblerpg/monsters-and-more-a-nimble-ttrpg-reprint-and-expansionref=bidbwq SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM DOUBLE CRIT FAIL The OGL Avengers crossover video by @DoubleCritFail" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=D4rEJysUVTc) 2026-02-12T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 25.3K engagements "Creating an Adventure by Starting at the End Dillhorne - Part [--] We've been making a starter adventure for 1st level players in my campaign setting of Atroxia. In this episode we're going to delve into the main adventure by creating a structure a dungeon and some monsters for our "Dillhorne" adventure. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:00 Viking Ship 00:05:00 Mothership & Mausritter 00:12:17 Just Chatting 00:27:30 The Broadsheets 00:35:35 Where is Dillhorne 00:36:30 Dadi the Dungeon Guy 00:37:00" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ygyvNkQrNE8) 2026-02-11T20:45Z 97.9K followers, [----] engagements "Single Player D&D is Just Better I've run more than a [---] sessions of one-player D&D and it's awesome. It invites one character to become the main character in a story all about their character. It's basically the ideal version of RPGs that exists in our head. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ JOURNEY BEYOND Get JOURNEY BEYOND: https://journeybeyond.io/utm_source=influencer&utm_medium=youtube-promo&utm_campaign=mystic-arts&utm_content=description SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 One-on-One 01:12 Playing with AB 02:54 Challenges of Duet Games 04:23" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dpESs0HQGoA) 2026-02-05T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 31.6K engagements "We Dont Play Dungeons Like They Used To I remember going through a cycle of devaluing D&D dungeons over time until eventually I just skipped them. But then I tried tracking time while crawling with Dungeon Turns like OSR games do and it changed everything. Suddenly I was no longer bored crawling through dungeons I was having a great time 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ THE BROADSHEET Issue #4 of the Broadsheet: https://www.patreon.com/posts/149411833 DUNGEON TURNS RULES These are our dungeoneering rules: https://www.patreon.com/posts/149413228 SUPPORT US Join our Patreon:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=zyl73XLJWhE) 2026-01-29T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 249.3K engagements "Why You Want a System for TALKING In D&D or other RPG systems you might feel like a negotiation system is missing. The creators of Draw Steel certainly thought so and that's why they created the Negotiation system for their game. Here's how it works and how you could steal it for your game 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ MATTHEW PERKINS' VIDEO Go check out @heyitsMattyP kickflip https://www.youtube.com/watchv=A5_dDGbiGBk SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 Heroes Convincing the King 01:05 Negotiation Roleplay 03:17 Negotiation System 05:37" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jWOw8p4YSxQ) 2026-01-22T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 84.5K engagements "How Mechanics Tell Stories I've developed a small bugbear about D&D monsters it's when they fail to tell a story. Thinking about the 5th Edition Bugbears I realized I had to go make some changes to tell the story about the special forces bugbears 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ DOWNLOAD THE STATS Grab the Goblinoids PDF on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/148238533 MONSTER MATH CHART Anto from Icarus Games' video on the monster manual diagnosis: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=9oMZouAAVmQ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 Monsters Tell Stories" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=L2koRWVJXec) 2026-01-15T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 29.7K engagements "Why You Have to Make Time Matter "You can not have a meaningful campaign if strict time records are not kept" said Gary Gygax on page [--] of the Dungeon Master's Guide. But how do you track time what is time where does it come from Do you make a fantasy calendar a fantasy history And how do you swap between those time scales 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ Gary Gygax was voiced by @TalesFromElsewhereGames WESTMARCHES Go check out https://www.westmarches.games/ CALENDAR Here's my calendar (free post) https://www.patreon.com/posts/126327349 SUPPORT US Join our Patreon:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=mlyyjfXZo8s) 2026-01-08T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 37.8K engagements "Let's make a [--] Room Dungeon Dillhorne - Part [--] We continue making our starter adveenture for Dillhorne (1st to 3rd level characters) by making a [--] Room Dungeon for the Ratfolk over in Rathome Let's make a map a plan a plot loot and monsters 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00:00 Rats & Lesbians 00:02:24 Intro 00:03:50 Catching Up 00:12:53 Skaven 00:27:56 Outlining Rathome 00:53:51 Surrounding Area 01:08:41 Scope Expands 01:25:58 Moonstone Grove 01:34:25 Nettlerot 01:50:04 Many Teeth Tribe 02:00:04 Next Time" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=iSI3Vv0mKao) 2026-01-05T20:18Z 97.9K followers, [----] engagements "You're running cities wrong. Cities in RPGs and D&D aren't actually as tough to DM or run as people say. It's all about layering details with the most focus going into the exciting city centers and somewhat ignoring the boring suburbs. Make sure to put in the work where it can be seen 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ THE BROADSHEET Check out Issue #3: https://www.patreon.com/posts/147089532 SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 City Annotations 02:17 Cities are Easy Actually 04:46 Look at CLASSIC Waterdeep 06:24 Detail Density 07:45 City State of the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pE-R253EKIE) 2026-01-01T15:14Z 97.9K followers, 113K engagements "Lord of the Rings' TRICK to Make Travel Interesting D&D players frequently reference Lord of the Rings as a doing travel right but you can't just blast Howard Shore and describe people walking. That's not what RPGs are about You have to make informed choices and what better medium than a Point Crawl And JRR Tolkien agrees 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ ARCANUM INFINITUM Get the ARCANUM INFINITUM and use the coupon code Mystic for 25% off https://arcaneaffinity.netc=MYSTIC SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 Travel in the Trilogy 01:57 Introducing" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=c87-LRS9OdY) 2025-12-25T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 131.9K engagements "Why Players HATE Morally Gray Villains Stranger Things' Vecna along with the Demogorgon and the Mind Flayer blatantly ignored D&D lore in favor of making their own. You should do the same for your campaign. If you need permission look no further than the popular Netflix show and you'll find there's a reason they do it. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ WESTMARCHES Go check out https://www.westmarches.games/ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 Stranger Things meets D&D Lore 02:22 History of Vecna 04:07 D&D's Vecna 06:03 Vecna: Eve of Ruin 08:02 Acererak" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=HOmkToA4OKc) 2025-12-18T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 44.1K engagements "Let's Draw a Hexmap Together Dillhorne - Part [--] In Part [--] of creating our Dillhorne Adventure for D&D CHAT and I make a hexmap together filling it with details and secrets for players to find as they play through the adventure. Chat votes on what goes on the map and I contextualize it within the world of my setting 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:00 Catching up with Chat 00:11:12 Dadi the Dungeon Guy 00:11:53 Making a Hex Map 01:22:01 Writing it down 01:28:25 Hooking Players 01:35:39 You're" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=taTxwRDHseU) 2025-12-15T23:20Z 97.9K followers, [----] engagements "Why You've Never Run the Tarrasque The reason neither you nor I have ever used the Tarrasque in D&D isn't the monster's very high CR. It's the fact that the lore doesn't inspire us to create adventures. So what is good D&D lore and where does it come from and how to we make our own 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ LOOT STUDIOS Grab Destroyer's Armageddor here: https://links.lootstudios.com/current-bundle-mystic-arts Grab FREE MINIS here: https://links.lootstudios.com/free-mini-mystic-arts SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 You've never used a" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KqTNeiefmPQ) 2025-12-11T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 67.4K engagements "How to make a D&D Character Need a little help walking through D&D character creation Let me show you the basics while making a new character for 5th Edition. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ START PLAYING Visit START PLAYING to start playing: https://startplaying.games/referral/cmhe25ad50299il04tc2sxy6b SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 Introduction 01:12 On the basics. 01:51 Picking a Class 04:06 Picking an Origins 08:12 Ability Scores 11:31 Alignment 12:04 Fill in details 14:59 The Last Detail 16:37 Start Playing 17:24 Outro D&D WOTC Wizards of" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=EUuk6gGb29U) 2025-12-04T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 13.6K engagements "D&D Explained in [--] Minutes Not sure where to begin with understanding D&D Let me an experienced DM try my best to break down the simple concepts most players and Dungeon Masters take for granted while I walk you through all the basics so you're prepared for your first game 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ START PLAYING Visit START PLAYING to start playing: https://startplaying.games/referral/cmhe25ad50299il04tc2sxy6b SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 How to even start 00:39 D&D is a TTRPG 01:37 Dice & Features 02:03 Pillars of Play: Exploration" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MzDaByqoQDQ) 2025-11-27T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 14.1K engagements "Chat Makes a Starter Town Dillhorne - Part [--] Last week I got started on making a new beginner adventure for level [--] to [--] characters for D&D. Chat voted on the bad guy factions and the plot. This time chat and I are going to make a beginner town from scratch together 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00:00 Introduction 00:02:00 Channel Updates & Chat 00:29:30 Dungeon Guy Jingle 00:30:04 Inkarnate 02:02:30 Photoshop 02:15:01 Updating the Document 02:18:29 What's on next Stream 02:20:30 My best outro ever" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=bIYMD7bCdaU) 2025-11-24T20:39Z 97.9K followers, [----] engagements "Why Eddie Munson is a Great DM There's a reason why Eddie Munson from Stranger Things is so iconic why he's a brilliant D&D Dungeon Master and why Mike and Dusty are hooked into his game when they join the Hellfire Club to fight Vecna. Because he's a showman 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ LODESTAR Play D&D in outer space with Lodestar: https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/the-dragons-vault/lodestar-a-spacefarer-s-manual-space-fantasy-in-5eref=Mystic SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 Presentation 01:17 What sets Eddie Apart 04:20 Matt Mercer's Map" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=v2-e8gIPfHA) 2025-11-20T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 348.5K engagements "Let's Make A New Adventure Dillhorne - Part [--] Our first few streams was making an adventure together let's do it again But from scratch All we're starting with is a town named Dillhorne about [--] miles from the Capital of Atroxia. The rest we'll make up together Come join us 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ No Fun Allowed's Review: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=P1UEvqDEBHw SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00:00 What We're Doing 00:01:14 Zine Playtesting 00:10:00 Catching Up With Chat 00:28:21 Dadi the Dungeon Guy 00:28:58 Introducing Dillhorne" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_z0hDRufBPw) 2025-11-17T18:51Z 97.9K followers, 13.4K engagements "The Better Way to Handle Failure in RPGs Instead of rolling too low being a "failure" think of it like "consequence" and then you can start having your RPG players "fail forward". You can even create middle stages that succeed but with some consequences 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ LEGEND IN THE MIST Grab LEGEND IN THE MIST before it's too late https://sonofoak.com/pages/legend-in-the-mist-rustic-fantasy-role-playing-game-fall-2025utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=LitMFall2025&utm_content=mysticarts SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=v-V1SQeYjw8) 2025-11-13T15:02Z 97.9K followers, 20.9K engagements "Worldbuilding With Your Players using "Yes And." DMing Multiple DMs have run adventures in my D&D setting some with published adventures some making their own. If you want to figure out how to structure a many-dms type scenario in your setting let me tell you about that time Magns ran Odyssey of the Dragonlords in mine 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ ODYSSEY OF THE DRAGONLORDS Grab the Odyssey of the Dragonlords Remaster while you can: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/arcanumworlds/odyssey-of-the-dragonlords-remastered-editionref=d98nyq SUPPORT US Join our Patreon:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ejw6N-nMr4I) 2025-11-11T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 23.2K engagements "Celebrating [--] Year of Mystic Arts One year ago me and AB uploaded [--] videos onto this channel and introduces ourselves to the world. Me as a professional writer and director who's been DMing for almost [--] years and her as my girlfriend. Now we're in a very different position and our lives are very different and it's all thanks to you wonderful people. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KdX2dIaSonM) 2025-11-10T21:49Z 97.9K followers, [----] engagements "6 Ways to Inspire DMs and END Burnout While it's possible you're burned out from running Dungeons & Dragons you might just be uninspired. Here's some tricks I use to keep things fresh and keep me excited about the next D&D session when I can tell I'm not all that excited. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ VAGABOND Get VAGABOND through Shopify: https://landoftheblind.myshopify.com/products/vagabond-pulp-fantasy-rpg-core-rulebook Get VAGABOND through print-on-demand: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/512122/vagabond-pulp-fantasy-rpg-core-rulebook LINKS Free Cryptid Statblocks:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=nenzb5kIFQs) 2025-11-06T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 26.1K engagements "Making a CITY MAP in Inkarnate I use the Inkarnate watercolor maps layout for my new zine the Broadsheet If you want to make detailed city maps let me show you how I do it so you can get started 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ GET THE BROADSHEET Grab our Zine: The Broadsheet: https://www.patreon.com/posts/142373547 SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00:00 Welcome to the Show 00:01:21 Catching Up 00:02:56 The Argent Sector 00:06:03 AB's hair 00:06:37 Blackguard Map 00:12:16 The Mapping Begins" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6yLOLiBwUIA) 2025-11-01T21:38Z 97.9K followers, [----] engagements "The Secret to Mysteries in D&D Good D&D Mysteries or Mysteries in any RPG have four foundational pillars: Hook Plot Characters and a Ticking Clock. If you want to make a mystery campaign or a mystery adventure you've got the figure out what the bad guys want and how the players stumble into it. Or use the adventure I created in this video 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ I MADE AN ADVENTURE Pick up the Broadsheet and run the Night Train for your friends https://www.patreon.com/posts/142373547 SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 Introduction 00:25 Call" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=vBsQv-pjtZM) 2025-10-30T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 34.3K engagements "Why Brennan Lee Mulligan feels so different from Matt Mercer Watching Campaign [--] of Critical Role it's incredible to see the difference between Matt Mercer and Brennan Lee Mulligan and the way they Dungeon Master for D&D. Let me break down some of Brennan's tricks for keeping the plot moving by cutting between scenes. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ GRAVEDIGGER'S HARVEST Get Gravedigger's Harvest: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lonecolossusgames/gravediggers-harvestref=dxjnze SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 Brennan hits different 01:24" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=168BN-PSGis) 2025-10-23T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 259.1K engagements "Reversing Weaknesses to Create More Interesting Monsters I remember watching my party turn Strahd into a melting paper pinata with the Sunsword and everything else and thinking how weak the D&D vampires are. So I've always wanted to make a vampire that's bad ass 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ LODESTAR Play D&D in outer space with Lodestar: https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/the-dragons-vault/lodestar-a-spacefarer-s-manual-space-fantasy-in-5eref=Mystic SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Grab the statblocks: https://www.patreon.com/posts/141720693 OBSIDIAN" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=D6VbB8T1YAA) 2025-10-21T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 40K engagements "D&D Has [--] Campaign Lengths Actually Which are you running a One-Shot or a Campaign for your next D&D game I think both have more specific use cases than you might realize and your next D&D game might be better served as another type of Campaign Length 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SPONSOR Sign up to get notified about the RPG Essentials set: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/splatteredink/acrylic-tokensref=651w71 SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 One Shot or Campaign 00:50 The Grand Campaign 04:39 The One-Shot 07:23 Both are kinda screwed" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lndc-G_YaHg) 2025-10-16T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 50.7K engagements "Remove Long Rests: Fix the Martial / Caster Divide If you're tired of watching Martials sadly saying "I hit" when Casters go nova it might be time to look at your adventuring day and think about how many encounters your running. Or just make the adventuring day longer and keep running the game you're already running 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ VOIDSEA Back VOIDSEA on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/voidsea/voidsearef=b5kwun SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM HEXPLORATION RULES Get the Hexploration Rules:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=kMq3491qcvU) 2025-10-14T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 81.1K engagements "The Worldbuilding Formula that Hooks Players Every D&D campaign setting has the same structure they're all post-apocalyptic. D&D worlds are at their best when they live in the shadow of a great world that existed before the one you're adventuring in. And the structure itself is so simple and flexible you can use it to make a thousand unique worlds. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SCORCHED BASIN Get SCORCHED BASIN on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/homieandthedude/scorched-basinref=2j65gc SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 All D&D" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=poGsAd8WTm0) 2025-10-09T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 99K engagements "How I Make Goblins both Funny and Scary Two facts about D&D: One there are never enough goblins. And two: Goblins can always be more chaotic. With the new goblins being Fey in [----] D&D I decided to lean into it and make my goblins be a bunch of chaotic little ragamuffins 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ UGLY GOBLIN COOKBOOK Back the Ugly Goblin Cookbook on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/theuglygoblin/the-ugly-goblins-cookbookref=2r9s3q DOWNLOAD THE STATS Grab the Goblinoids PDF on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/148238533 MONSTER MATH CHART Anto from Icarus Games'" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YNa-mBQ5WbA) 2025-10-07T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 20.5K engagements "18 Tricks to Speed Up D&D Combat If you feel like D&D Combats take forever maybe your players go on their phone and stop paying attention then I've got [--] tricks to help you speed it up. and a bonus trick that might be the root cause if none of the other stuff worked. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ VOIDSEA Back VOIDSEA on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/voidsea/voidsearef=b5kwun SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 Does your combat feel slow 00:20 Trick 1: Control the Conversation 01:11 Trick 2: Stand Up 01:47 Trick 3: Move Your" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=iTq1qEot6dc) 2025-10-02T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 64.2K engagements "Dive Deep into the New D&D Starter Set I love the new D&D Starter Set ask me anything about it and we'll talk through what's in here and how best to run it. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ WILD MAGIC REIMAGINED Back the Wild Magic Reimagined Kickstarter before it's too late https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/speaksandspells/wild-magic-reimaginedref=7jnvdz SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00:00 Welcome to the Show 00:02:09 Wild Magic Reimagined 00:03:23 Diving into the Starter Set 00:45:03 Wild Magic Reimagined Pt [--] 00:48:00 Running this for Dad" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=RHOswchcb0o) 2025-09-30T01:52Z 97.9K followers, [----] engagements "Is the NEW D&D Starter Set worth it If you're trying to get into D&D for the first time or after a long time away the new D&D Starter Set: Heroes of the Borderlands is a perfect place to start. It's full of chits tokens colorful illustrations and everything else to make a board game geek's heart flutter 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ READY SET ENCOUNTER Get READY SET ENCOUNTER: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/printinggoeseveron/ready-set-encounter-vol-1ref=4oyths ROLL20 Starter Set The Starter Set on Roll20 for $14.99:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=BTKMywAdjCo) 2025-09-30T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 21.4K engagements "3 Different Ways to Command the Battlefield #powerwordmeal #sharethemeal The Warlord Class is my take on that 4th Edition idea of a martial support characer a battlefield commander that makes their party better by seizing crucial battlefield opportunities and deploying simple yet effective tactics in the heat of battle 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SAVE LIVES Support the UN World Food Programme with Power Word Meal: https://bit.ly/PowerWordMeal GET THE WARLORD Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Get the Warlord: https://www.patreon.com/posts/123736095 INDEX 00:00 The" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2ZWk4szXXkY) 2025-09-26T17:00Z 97.9K followers, 14.4K engagements "How I let my D&D players craft magic items When your players want to harvest the guts of a D&D monster you might be lost for what to do next. But there is an easy way out of this that doesn't require you to make massive lists or use them or anything like that. I made rules for it 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ HELIANA'S GUIDE TO MONSTER HUNTING Get Heliana's: https://loottavern.com/helianas-series/ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Arcane Forge PDF: https://www.patreon.com/posts/139709135 INDEX 00:00 Has this ever happened to you 01:44 RPGs are about LOOT" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3RsuFtgOeW0) 2025-09-25T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 46.7K engagements "The Secret to Starting a D&D Campaign is. I'm not talking about mixing genre I'm just saying that early level D&D has more in common with western genre conventions than it does with grand heroic fantasy conventions. So lean into it by making quest boards frontier towns bandits and thugs like that It's so much easier 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ CLOCKWORLD Back Tales From Elsewhere: CLOCKWORLD on Kickstarter today and you'll be supporting the channel directly if you use this link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/talesfromelsewhere/tales-from-elsewhere-clockworldref=e4un1o SUPPORT US" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xgh1e6OAMPM) 2025-09-18T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 42.9K engagements "Why do Tucker's Kobolds love TRAPS Tucker's Kobolds is an iconic article from Dragon Magazine #127 a story about a high level D&D party that wanted to do everything to avoid the kobolds on level one of their dungeon. But how do you make your own kobolds inspire that kind of fear You use traps 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ CZEPEKU For amazing battlemaps tokens and scenes find Czepeku at: https://go.czepeku.com/mystic_arts_dm SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Download the Kobolds: https://www.patreon.com/posts/138947804 INDEX 00:00 Problem with the 2024" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=wZlM_0y_EEY) 2025-09-16T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 22.7K engagements "Creating a FINALE for our adventure Short-Fuse - Part [--] Let's make a boss fight for our finale of the Special Forces adventure Operation: Short Fuse we prepped together on stream 🎬Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:38 Catching Up With Chat 00:15:33 Prep Starts" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jypK88wSKs0) 2025-09-10T21:53Z 97.9K followers, [----] engagements "Instead of [--] BBEG; Why Not [--] Tired of the same old D&D combat structure either minions or bosses What if you just had your players fight bad guys that felt like rival player characters. An ELITE TEAM of rival adventurers working for the bad guy of the adventure and destined to spice up combat 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SCORCHED BASIN Get SCORCHED BASIN on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/homieandthedude/scorched-basinref=2j65gc THE HUNGRY MUTTS Get the Hungry Mutts adventure and the town of Soda Springs for FREE from out Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/129829828" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0JX76k_KbNs) 2025-09-11T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 43.6K engagements "5E Statblocks in Obsidian (with the SRD vault) People kept asking how to install those statblocks I keep making and how I get the vault to look like I do. It's a vault created by a channel patron and the statblocks slot right in. It's dead easy so let me explain it quickly. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Check out the Cryptids on Patreon (FREE): https://www.patreon.com/posts/138023748 OBSIDIAN SRD VAULT Nax the Raven's 5e SRD vault (work in progress): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bYV3tq3OUUaIopM15kX5GQneIrqOKe9U INDEX 00:00 I've made [--] statblocks like this 00:33 Set" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=U30A2FZbIRQ) 2025-09-08T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 24.8K engagements "The Secret to Running Political Campaigns If you want your D&D game to have Game of Thrones style politics complete with bloody betrayals devious scheming and backstabbing you've got to start thinking about your game in the Three Faction Rule and everything will start slotting into place as you weave nest and layer the [--] factions as needed. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SCORCHED BASIN Get SCORCHED BASIN on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/homieandthedude/scorched-basinref=2j65gc SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 Do you want" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Hnr6Mr1436M) 2025-09-04T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 218.3K engagements "D&D but with BODY HORROR monsters What if you could fight weird west monsters in D&D Not just banditos but like cowboy folk lore monsters like the Blood Oiler the Kentucky Sawbones or the Coal Baron Well I converted them to 5th Edition 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ CLOCKWORLD Back Tales From Elsewhere: CLOCKWORLD on Kickstarter today and you'll be supporting the channel directly if you use this link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/talesfromelsewhere/tales-from-elsewhere-clockworldref=e4un1o SUPPORT US Get the statblocks for FREE on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/137591800" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=QOmvtawnT04) 2025-09-02T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 14K engagements "West Marches needs a FRONTIER TOWN; let's make one Every now and again you've got to make a new town. I've got a D&D game next week that requires me to have a town ready and I don't have one So let's make a classic frontier town with a strong theme really quick Ya'll ready 🎬Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:45 I ran DRAGONBANE yesterday 00:12:24 How to: West Marches with Multiple DMs 00:14:18 Chatting OSR West Marches" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dXwj20aA8uI) 2025-08-31T20:17Z 97.9K followers, 23.2K engagements "Critical Role isn't actually doing West Marches but you can Critical Role announced that Brennan Lee Mulligan will be doing Campaign [--] as a West Marches style of play with [--] players across multiple tables and storylines. But they're ignoring the player driven scheduling but you don't have to do that Here's how to create and organize a West Marches game yourself 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ TOME OF INTANGIBLE TREASURES Get the TOME OF INTANGIBLE TREASURES:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=DtDarHCRfHE) 2025-08-28T15:02Z 97.9K followers, 86.8K engagements "Everyone needs to chill about Campaign [--] Critical Role just announced that Campaign Four will use 5th Edition D&D instead of switching over to their new game Daggerheart and everyone seems to be an expert on why that's a bad idea. But I just want everybody to chill; this won't affect you or your games. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ EXPLOSIVE CREATION Check out the Game Master's Compendium of Explosive Creation and make interesting characters quickly and easily https://legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/484612/Game-Masters-Compendium-of-Explosive-Creationaffiliate_id=4646153 SUPPORT US Join" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=IJHxHS5TH1k) 2025-08-26T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 31.1K engagements "Stop thinking D&D Youtubers can help you. We can't. I'm so done with seeing people thinking D&D Youtubers can help them run a better game; we can't. Only one thing can help you become a better dungeon master; it's running the game. But if you need to be inspired here are some things you can try 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 People named Matt can't help you. 00:52 The Algorithm Age 02:51 Comments that breaks my heart 03:35 Why the glue trap works 04:26 Go suck at something 04:53 Diagnosing your games 06:37 You" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=h_69qFwKsDk) 2025-08-21T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 27.9K engagements "How I changed D&D to make it Low Fantasy I run a low fantasy low magic D&D game and it works really well. I think there's some fundamentals that worked; it's a hexcrawl where magic is present but rare. But there's some other things I did too namely a few homebrew classes and subclasses that bridged the gap perfectly for me. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ INJURIES AND VILE DEEDS Get Injuries and Vile Deeds: https://www.shop.lonecolossusgames.com/products/injuries-vile-deeds-hardcover-pdfutm_source=MysArts&utm_medium=MysArts&utm_campaign=InVDVid SUPPORT US Join our Patreon:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ipHBB8dLJaI) 2025-08-14T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 92.3K engagements "Why your NPCs don't feel real You RENDER NPCs in passes with each pass adding new lights to their features highlighting different aspects of their persona. As your D&D players come back to meet them you add new backstories lore and personality quirks to render in the details 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ EXPLOSIVE CREATION Check out the Game Master's Compendium of Explosive Creation and make interesting characters quickly and easily https://legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/484612/Game-Masters-Compendium-of-Explosive-Creationaffiliate_id=4646153 SUPPORT US Join our Patreon:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pb3id4Czkec) 2025-08-07T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 86K engagements "Making Sahuagin feel like SHARK Monsters I've been struggling at realizing what D&D Sahuagin are about but then I realized: they're just shark people Their blood frenzy ability is fertile ground for developing a cadre of monsters you can use at any level 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ CODEX OF THE UNDERSEA Check out Ebb&Ori's Codex of the Undersea: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/planarexpress/codex-of-the-undersea-a-5e-tomeref=jvbram SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Sahuagin Statblocks: https://www.patreon.com/posts/135345629 OBSIDIAN SRD VAULT Nax the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1bxbKFJDkpQ) 2025-08-05T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 20.5K engagements "How I made my HOBGOBLINS feel like an ARMY I'm tired of seeing various flavors of D&D hobgoblins like they're all skirmishers what if we made an army of hobgoblins who can fight together like a band of powerful regimented trained warriors And I want them to challenge players through every tier of play 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ DOWNLOAD THE STATS Grab the Goblinoids PDF on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/148238533 MONSTER MATH CHART Anto from Icarus Games' video on the monster manual diagnosis: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=9oMZouAAVmQ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qMfpai7lHaI) 2025-07-31T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 86.8K engagements Limited data mode. 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"The OGL Debacle; [--] Years Later Whether you're a 5E D&D DM or an OSR player or something else entirely I want to encourage you to mix the systems you like together into a big soup of your own idiosyncrasies to make something you love. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SPONSOR Grab new monsters from NIMBLE: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nimblerpg/monsters-and-more-a-nimble-ttrpg-reprint-and-expansionref=bidbwq SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM DOUBLE CRIT FAIL The OGL Avengers crossover video by @DoubleCritFail"
YouTube Link 2026-02-12T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 25.3K engagements
"The [--] Room Dungeon is a Story Structure The [--] Room Dungeon isn't just about making dungeons it's a story structure It can help you organize your thoughts for ANY adventure in D&D. If you're new to D&D check out our video on how to start: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=hmhFACukQUw 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join LINKS Johnn from Roleplaying Tips the original author of the [--] Room Dungeon: https://www.roleplayingtips.com/5-room-dungeons/ Mystic Arts"
YouTube Link 2024-11-15T11:45Z 97.7K followers, 233.7K engagements
"Homebrew I use to fix D&D 5e Here's some of the homebrew rules I use to fix D&D 5e to make it a little bit better suited at the kinds of game I want to run. Mostly to resurrect some older style games with overland travel rules and etc. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ VAGABOND Check out Vagabond https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/landoftheblind/vagabond-pulp-fantasy-rpgref=o3bn5a SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00 Why homebrew 00:26 Why not to homebrew 01:24 Excursion"
YouTube Link 2025-03-18T15:00Z 97.7K followers, 59K engagements
"Here's why Tiamat is the KEY to understanding epic D&D 20th level D&D is just impossible isn't it Well no. I've run loads of sessions of amazing high-level games where we all had loads of fun I think you can do it too and Tiamat is the perfect test case to explain exactly what I'm talking about. Let's delve right in 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ DSCRYB This video is sponsored by dscryb.com Use the code MYSTICARTS for a FREE [--] day trial on any plan they offer https://dscryb.com/mysticarts LINKS Today's playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlistlist=PLhckpzteq8k4dMqdfoFAwmD8hLrKuVsGN Tiamat"
YouTube Link 2025-04-24T15:01Z 97.7K followers, 92.9K engagements
"Making a CITY MAP in Inkarnate I use the Inkarnate watercolor maps layout for my new zine the Broadsheet If you want to make detailed city maps let me show you how I do it so you can get started 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ GET THE BROADSHEET Grab our Zine: The Broadsheet: https://www.patreon.com/posts/142373547 SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00:00 Welcome to the Show 00:01:21 Catching Up 00:02:56 The Argent Sector 00:06:03 AB's hair 00:06:37 Blackguard Map 00:12:16 The Mapping Begins"
YouTube Link 2025-11-01T21:38Z 97.9K followers, [----] engagements
"How One-Shots can tell a story For more [--] Room Dungeons go check out Dungeon Jam 2025: https://www.youtube.com/playlistlist=PLfOyJFzgWDRoIg7sFdZMl_RA83KNiN0ln 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ [--] ROOM DUNGEON The Hungry Mutts (Free Post) https://www.patreon.com/posts/129829828 CREDITS Dungeon Jam was started by myself and @Knigobi @PaladinProse @LunaticDice. Map was made by @EmergentGM. Adventure was co-written by Magns Fr. SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00 I have bandits"
YouTube Link 2025-05-25T15:00Z 77.4K followers, 37.1K engagements
"CR is stupid. Let's fix it. Balancing encounters can be tricky. You have to juggle group size creature CR combat objectives and more. Luckily there's several strategies you can quickly deploy to adjust combat encounters on the fly. Let's go through them. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ D&D Beyond Free Rules - https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/free-rules SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00 Introduction 01:43 The [--] challenges of encounters 02:23 Printed does not mean"
YouTube Link 2025-01-20T15:00Z 86.5K followers, 122K engagements
"Celebrating [--] Year of Mystic Arts One year ago me and AB uploaded [--] videos onto this channel and introduces ourselves to the world. Me as a professional writer and director who's been DMing for almost [--] years and her as my girlfriend. Now we're in a very different position and our lives are very different and it's all thanks to you wonderful people. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM"
YouTube Link 2025-11-10T21:49Z 97.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Use Chris Perkins' Map-Fu to make Battlemaps Over a decade ago Chris Perkins outlined a series of tricks he uses to make both interesting and clear battlemaps. We'll break down his advice and show you how to put it into practice 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join LINKS Chris Perkins' Map Fu Article (Hosted by @SlyFlourish) - https://tinyurl.com/hdrzctup INDEX 0:00 Intro 1:15 What is Map-Fu 2:55 Elevation 3:23 Cover 3:48 Difficult Terrain 4:17 Use the"
YouTube Link 2024-11-08T11:49Z 77.1K followers, 52.1K engagements
"How Mechanics Tell Stories I've developed a small bugbear about D&D monsters it's when they fail to tell a story. Thinking about the 5th Edition Bugbears I realized I had to go make some changes to tell the story about the special forces bugbears 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ DOWNLOAD THE STATS Grab the Goblinoids PDF on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/148238533 MONSTER MATH CHART Anto from Icarus Games' video on the monster manual diagnosis: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=9oMZouAAVmQ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 Monsters Tell Stories"
YouTube Link 2026-01-15T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 29.7K engagements
"You have to run more encounters each day You know how your players just blow up your bosses like it's a regular old Thursday for them Maybe it's not that your bosses aren't tough enough or that you're not challenging the "action economy" but that you should be focusing on the Resource Economy. Weather you're playing D&D 5e or Pathfinder this is a crucial part of the game's fundamental design. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ DRAGON TRAPPER'S LODGE Go check out Dragon Trapper's Lodge: https://dragontrapperslodge.etsy.com/listing/1811520863/lost-mine-of-phandelver-126-miniatures SUPPORT US Join"
YouTube Link 2025-03-20T15:00Z 71.6K followers, 44.9K engagements
"How to play D&D every week for the rest of your life Are your players' schedules never aligned Does someone always bail two hours before the session is scheduled It can be a struggle to have regular D&D sessions every month but I've managed to fix that problem. And the answer is spreadsheets Let me show you how. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ The sponsor of today's video: Check out dScryb and use the coupon code MYSTICARTS for a 30-day free trial: https://dscryb.com/mysticarts SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member:"
YouTube Link 2025-02-20T15:00Z 32.5K followers, 16.3K engagements
"An Open Letter to D&D Beyond As someone who's been using D&D Beyond since it first launched I find myself now as an all pen and paper DM with no digital toolsets. Maybe it's because D&D Beyond has changed so much since I first subscribed maybe it's because WOTC hasn't spent the money they need to on the platform. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join LINKS See me (and other D&Dtubers) play Trekiros' Flare Fall https://www.youtube.com/watchv=IxpnNsVeJnw"
YouTube Link 2025-02-25T15:00Z 74.6K followers, 83.2K engagements
"30.000 Subs Livestream Q&A In celebration of reaching [------] subscribers the pair of us are going to go live and answer questions from you lovely people. Let's talk about whatever 🎬Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00 Please Hold 02:20 Stream Starts"
YouTube Link 2025-02-15T23:37Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements
"D&D Monster Manual Sex Appeal Tierlist Do you spend a lot of time thinking about which monsters are the hottest and then wonder why nobody's done a tierlist categorizing each monster by sexiness Well I did. So here's a tierlist ranking EVERY MONSTER in the new Monster Manual by sexiness Happy Valentine's Day 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00:00 The Tierlist 00:03:40 A is for Aarakocra 00:08:02 B is for Bandits 00:20:49 C is for Copper"
YouTube Link 2025-02-14T15:00Z 31.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Why the [----] DM's Guide is great The New Old Edition of D&D is here I've finally read the entire [----] Dungeon Master's Guide and I have opinions about it. They aren't very complicated: it's a good book. It's got advice on how to be a dungeon master how to run the game how to make encounters and a whole bunch of magic items. It's just really good. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00 Should You Buy It 01:05 Introduction. 01:51 Read the books"
YouTube Link 2024-12-23T15:00Z 74.9K followers, 53.8K engagements
"What you're REALLY doing when you DM The DM presents the game the players decide if they want to play. That's true about systems about games about anything else. But here's the thing; it's hard to be the GM. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ DSCRYB This video is sponsored by dscryb.com Use the code MYSTICARTS for a FREE [--] day trial on any plan they offer https://dscryb.com/mysticarts SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00 GM presents the game 02:00 What if the players don't"
YouTube Link 2025-07-03T15:01Z 87.4K followers, 43K engagements
"Making WORLD MAPS for a fantasy continent in Photoshop Let's make a continent together In this stream I work on the Aeriid. My Egyptian analogue setting within my broader super campaign setting. And joining us is my long-time writing partner and chat moderator Magns 🎬Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00:00 Stream Start 00:03:22 Explaining the map 00:14:55 Atroxia World Map 00:23:25 Name for Magnus 00:32:12 The Poll 00:37:38 Starting with the"
YouTube Link 2025-02-23T13:29Z 33.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Make Exploration into a Game to Hook Players They say D&D has three pillars of play but why does exploration suck so much more It's because you haven't made it a game. Not just for D&D but for any RPG GMs make your exploration into mini-games This video is a sequel to https://youtu.be/tZHF26Yb_bg 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ INDEX 00:00 Examples of Play 01:07 Introduction 01:50 The Rhythm of Play 02:39 Baldur's Gate [--] 03:17 Highlight Interactables 04:16 The Gameplay Loop 05:55 Cut Between Characters 06:40 Other Examples 07:40 Avoiding Mandatory Railroads 08:44 The One Puzzle Element 09:20"
YouTube Link 2024-11-25T15:00Z 16.4K followers, 45.1K engagements
"My girlfriend demands I answer your FAQs Let me try to answer your most frequently asked questions about D&D this channel my inspirations how I run the game and more. It's also secretly an announcement video about the patreon 🤫 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ BRILLIANT This video is sponsored by Brilliant. To try everything Brilliant has to offerfreefor a full [--] days visit https://brilliant.org/MysticArts/ . Youll also get 20% off an annual premium subscription. THE DUNGEON JAM DUNGEON JAM: https://www.youtube.com/playlistlist=PLfOyJFzgWDRoIg7sFdZMl_RA83KNiN0ln @mcolville's seminal work"
YouTube Link 2025-06-19T15:00Z 51.3K followers, 17.2K engagements
"Making Sahuagin feel like SHARK Monsters I've been struggling at realizing what D&D Sahuagin are about but then I realized: they're just shark people Their blood frenzy ability is fertile ground for developing a cadre of monsters you can use at any level 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ CODEX OF THE UNDERSEA Check out Ebb&Ori's Codex of the Undersea: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/planarexpress/codex-of-the-undersea-a-5e-tomeref=jvbram SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Sahuagin Statblocks: https://www.patreon.com/posts/135345629 OBSIDIAN SRD VAULT Nax the"
YouTube Link 2025-08-05T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 20.5K engagements
"We're Making An Adventure Part 1: The Premise Since my advice on world building and on using Obsidian was about curing world builder's disease by making stories. We're going to put our advice into action by doing both world building and adventure design at the same time. Follow us as we design an adventure together from scratch 🎬Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ If you want to support us directly consider becoming a channel member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join"
YouTube Link 2025-01-12T21:05Z 25.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Yes You're Allowed to Fudge Dice There's a lot of hot takes about fudging dice rolls out there is it wrong Does it remove player agency Is it railroading Well. yes probably. But I think it depends on your intentions because even more controversially I think removing player agency is fine. under the right circumstances. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ INDEX 00:00 Introduction 00:36 It's Complicated 01:10 Why DM Screen 02:04 Can DMs Cheat 02:59 You Don't Have to Roll 03:19 Why Fudge the Dice 04:29 Fudging Dice is okay. 04:45 Heresy 05:17 Roll for the noise it makes 05:35 This is how I roll"
YouTube Link 2024-12-16T15:00Z 19K followers, 11.8K engagements
"No Quality is not better than Quantity The next time you're anxious about running D&D don't cancel. Just run the game and suck a little. It's okay to have a bad night Some people focus so much on being perfect they never end up learning how to play through the simple method of "practice makes perfect." Or rather practice makes you gradually better but perfect is impossible 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ Go say hi to Grant so I don't feel as bad about using him as an example https://www.youtube.com/watchv=XQe-lTPSnfQ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a"
YouTube Link 2025-02-27T15:00Z 34K followers, 21.5K engagements
"7 easy tricks to kill WRITER'S BLOCK forever If you're struggling with preparing your D&D sessions you might be suffering from Writer's Block. Let me go through [--] methods I use to get rid of it and one secret trick that makes sure I never suffer it at all. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ If you want to support us directly consider becoming a channel member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join DSCRYB This video is sponsored by dScryb head over to their website and use the coupon code MYSTICARTS for a 30-day free trial: https://dscryb.com/mysticarts LINKS Focus music"
YouTube Link 2025-01-27T15:00Z 28.8K followers, 19.6K engagements
"My D&D SET-UP: Custom Table Maps and Minis I have spent an inordinate amount of blood sweat tears and moolah on curating my ideal D&D playspace. I invite you in for a tour and encourage you to build the kind of space that would make your DM heart happy 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ INDEX 00:00 Self-indulgence incoming 00:28 The wandering DM 01:15 Why put in the effort 03:04 Stepping away from tech 05:56 Stop forgetting things 07:15 Stuff to look at 09:34 Behind the DM screen 10:24 Yes this is overkill 11:30 Outro"
YouTube Link 2024-12-06T15:00Z 16.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Why I still play 5th Edition despite everything. Okay let's talk about why I'm still playing D&D 5e and why I don't think that's a problem. Let's talk about Pathfinder 2e and OSR games and why I don't tend to play them. And why after all this time I'm playing this one game so many people seem to dislike. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ VAGABOND Check out Vagabond https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/landoftheblind/vagabond-pulp-fantasy-rpgref=o3bn5a SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join"
YouTube Link 2025-03-25T15:00Z 37.8K followers, 19.4K engagements
"8 STEPS to homebrew D&D monsters If you want to start homebrewing monsters for 5th Edition D&D where do you even begin Well I have these [--] steps that make it easy for me to take a simple idea and turn it into a statblock quickly. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ OUR SPONSOR Dragon Trapper's Lodge: https://dragontrapperslodge.etsy.com/ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00 Introduction 00:35 Dragon Trapper's Lodge 01:16 The Bearowl 01:40 Step 1: Look at Inspiration 02:05 Step"
YouTube Link 2025-03-11T18:00Z 35.6K followers, [----] engagements
"Make dungeon maps QUICK with Dungeon Scrawl Let's go through how to make a map in Dungeon Scrawl it's quick and easy. But if you'd rather get premade maps by amazing artists by Czepeku go to: https://go.czepeku.com/mystic_arts_dm 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ ALL HAIL GEK A free dungeon on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/all-hail-gek-128407390 SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00 Introduction 00:42 Start Scrawling 04:15 Adding icons 08:08 Exporting 08:22"
YouTube Link 2025-05-27T15:00Z 65.1K followers, 19.1K engagements
"The worst rules change you didn't notice in [----] D&D There's this one rules change in the [----] edition of the rules I don't see anyone talking about so I wanted to point it out to you and encourage you to ignore it. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00 The [----] Playtest Rage 00:50 Why I'm talking about this 01:39 The Fighter 03:13 The Equipment Section 05:15 The [----] Style Guide 05:38 My point is. 07:02 Our Patreon 07:30 Outro"
YouTube Link 2025-02-18T15:00Z 65.8K followers, 29.2K engagements
"How I got a job directing video game cinematics Youtube isn't my day job this is: https://youtu.be/M6vsxYyQZnA Echoes of the End is a mature narrative-driven action-adventure game set in a new fantasy setting called Aema a world based off of Iceland's stunning beauty. And I got to write and direct for it 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00 What is that video game 01:13 What is my job 02:11 How did I get this job 04:30 How did we get money"
YouTube Link 2025-06-08T15:00Z 49.9K followers, [----] engagements
"D&D Has [--] Combat Objectives Actually Are your combat encounters taking forever Are your players slogging through boring combat all the time In this video we'll show you some methods to get your players really invested in your combat encounters. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SPONSOR Tome of Intangible Treasures II: https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/lone-colossus-games/tome-of-intangible-treasures-2-a-hunter-s-guide-to-ritualsref=MysticArts SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join"
YouTube Link 2025-04-03T15:00Z 40.3K followers, 37.4K engagements
"You should MIX GENRES and STEAL for your D&D world If you're getting stuck on theme and tone I want to encourage you to give yourself permission to steal Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay's attitude of world building. Just chuck all your toys together into the Kitchen Sink and play 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ TODAY'S SPONSOR The Time Traveler's Guide to Dinosaur Hunting https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/splatteredink/a-time-travelers-guide-to-dinosaur-huntingref=2o5axt SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member:"
YouTube Link 2025-02-03T15:00Z 29.3K followers, 12.7K engagements
"Everyone needs to chill about Campaign [--] Critical Role just announced that Campaign Four will use 5th Edition D&D instead of switching over to their new game Daggerheart and everyone seems to be an expert on why that's a bad idea. But I just want everybody to chill; this won't affect you or your games. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ EXPLOSIVE CREATION Check out the Game Master's Compendium of Explosive Creation and make interesting characters quickly and easily https://legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/484612/Game-Masters-Compendium-of-Explosive-Creationaffiliate_id=4646153 SUPPORT US Join"
YouTube Link 2025-08-26T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 31.1K engagements
"But what even is the Action Economy If you spend a bunch of time online and you encounter the phrase "Action Economy" wherever you go. And you feel like you don't know what that is and you're too afraid to ask then let me break it down really quickly so you know the basic principle at play. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ REFERENCES Thomas Fitch's combat video: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=zR_5E5Cvizk Action Oriented Monsters: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=y_zl8WWaSyI SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member:"
YouTube Link 2025-03-13T15:00Z 35.8K followers, 15.8K engagements
"Drawing world maps is really therapeutic Loads of folks ask about that big map wall in the living room and how I made it. Now sadly the answer is that I made it in Photoshop. But you can make a very similar parchment-style map in Inkarnate. Let me talk you through it. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00 How I made my world map 00:33 What is Inkarnate 00:50 How masks work 04:45 Continent shape done 05:07 Stamp tool 06:00 Making maps is world"
YouTube Link 2025-04-08T15:00Z 39.7K followers, 11.6K engagements
"-welcome to Mystic Arts where. Welcome to Mystic Arts 🎬 Mystic Arts created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join"
YouTube Link 2025-04-01T11:14Z 38.6K followers, [----] engagements
"I will make you love random encounters You know how all these WOTC adventures have a random encounter table that leaves you feeling like rolling for encounters is just pointless What if you could be excited about rolling on that table instead Let me show you how 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ Barovia Encounter Table Revised: https://www.patreon.com/posts/126325929 - (FREE post) FURTHER READING Mossy Antler on Randomness: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=V2CafCb4Z7E Trekiros on Random Encounters: www.youtube.com/watchv=737S5dCTnHE Bob World Builder on Random Encounters:"
YouTube Link 2025-04-10T15:00Z 40.8K followers, 27.1K engagements
"D&D Has [--] Types of Exploration Actually The reason you hate exploration is not because exploration in D&D is an underdeveloped pillar it's your pillar of the game. The pillar left up to each game master to define their games and their story. You will unlock a new level of game mastery when you understand when and how to apply each Type of Exploration 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ DSCRYB This video is sponsored by dscryb.com Use the code MYSTICARTS for a FREE [--] day trial on any plan they offer https://dscryb.com/mysticarts REFERENCED VIDEOS On "D&D Exploration Sucks" see."
YouTube Link 2025-05-08T15:00Z 47.3K followers, 28.7K engagements
"8 Types of Ambushes to START your D&D adventures Action movies start with action to hook the audience. Your D&D adventure can do the same by starting In Medias Res or in the Middle of Things. You can do this with one of our [--] Types of Combat the Ambush. In this video we've included [--] types of ambushes to use in your games 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ If you want to support us directly consider becoming a channel member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00 Start with action 00:42 In medias res 02:50 Ambushes create investment 04:30 The travel ambush"
YouTube Link 2025-01-13T15:00Z 25.8K followers, 17.4K engagements
"Dive Deep into the New D&D Starter Set I love the new D&D Starter Set ask me anything about it and we'll talk through what's in here and how best to run it. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ WILD MAGIC REIMAGINED Back the Wild Magic Reimagined Kickstarter before it's too late https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/speaksandspells/wild-magic-reimaginedref=7jnvdz SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00:00 Welcome to the Show 00:02:09 Wild Magic Reimagined 00:03:23 Diving into the Starter Set 00:45:03 Wild Magic Reimagined Pt [--] 00:48:00 Running this for Dad"
YouTube Link 2025-09-30T01:52Z 97.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Let me try my best to paint a mini I got this nice Bearowl mini from Dragon Trapper's Lodge and I figured I could try and paint it on stream. I don't really paint so let's see if I can't figure this one out. 🎬Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00:00 Stream Start"
YouTube Link 2025-03-08T20:14Z 35.1K followers, [----] engagements
"The Art of Designing D&D Campaigns Backwards If you're planning a D&D campaign and you can't figure out how it starts it's because you're starting at the beginning. I find it's SO MUCH EASIER if you start at the end of the campaign and plan it backwards. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ LOOT STUDIOS Get your own Jormungandur from Loot Studios: https://links.lootstudios.com/JTA-Mystic-Arts Or go here if you want to try some free minis from them: https://links.lootstudios.com/Freebie-Mystic-Arts SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member:"
YouTube Link 2025-06-26T15:00Z 53.6K followers, 40.6K engagements
"How Splitting the Party Makes Roleplay Better The phrase "never split the party" is one of those axiomatic maxims you'll hear from D&D or RPG nerds all around the world. It's supposedly ruins balance gameplay and more. But listen I split the party all the time and it's kind of engrained into my style of play. Here's how I do it. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ DSCRYB This video is sponsored by dscryb.com Use the code MYSTICARTS for a FREE [--] day trial on any plan they offer https://dscryb.com/mysticarts FURTHER READING @RenegadeRolls's Brindlewood Bay video:"
YouTube Link 2025-07-17T15:00Z 55.8K followers, 31.2K engagements
"Let's come up with Missions Making an Adventure - Part 2: The Outline Following up from our last stream we're turning our adventure premise into a workable story outline by creating individual missions for the characters to take on Join me and help me come up with adventures for my players 🎬Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ If you want to support us directly consider becoming a channel member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 0:00 Recapping the previous stream 37:30 Adventure Outline Prep"
YouTube Link 2025-01-19T12:03Z 26.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Ask us about ECHOES OF THE END and we'll answer (as much as NDA allows) I'm a professional writer and director or so I claim in every video on this channel. What does that mean Well let me tell you about my job at Myrkur Games making Echoes of the End 🎬Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join"
YouTube Link 2025-06-09T11:32Z 49.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Maybe you shouldn't buy the new Monster Manual When I started this script I thought I was going to gush over the new D&D Monster Manual for the [----] rules of the game released in [----]. But after working on the script for more than a month I've come away a little disappointed. It's weird because I really liked the book but it kept bugging me. Maybe I'll pick it apart the way only someone who loves it can. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ AB's Monster Manual video: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=W90Szjjmt9s SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member:"
YouTube Link 2025-03-06T15:00Z 35K followers, 18.3K engagements
"Creating FACTIONS to bring adventures alive Before you start mapping your MEGA DUNGEON you need to create factions you can use to populate the dungeon with. Those factions will bring your dungeon alive 🎬Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00:00 Welcome to Mystic Arts 00:00:55 Cthulhu by Gaslight (Girlboss) 00:03:44 It's unbearably hot @zachthebold style 00:05:01 Running a three-shot 00:08:02 The OSR isn't a game 00:11:00 Hexcrawl the size of the"
YouTube Link 2025-05-19T20:32Z 47.6K followers, [----] engagements
"How to outline a MEGA DUNGEON; the easy way Starting a mega dungeon may seem like a daunting task there's a MEGA in the name But really once you do a bit of outlining it all becomes incredibly easy So without further ado; It's Dungeon May-hem I'm Dai the Dungeon Guy let's make a mega dungeon 🎬Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00:00 Waiting. 00:03:31 Video Introduction 00:04:38 UKGE Burnout What are Mega-Dungeons 00:21:41 Outlining begins"
YouTube Link 2025-05-06T11:03Z 45.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Making fantasy town maps is easy with Inkarnate Do you want to make your own town maps battlemaps world maps or whatever Inkarnate is a cheap and easy way to quickly make maps for any situation you need. This is a quick video tutorial on how the basics of Inkarnate and how it works. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ LINKS Inkarnate: https://inkarnate.com You can clone the town I just made right here: https://inkarnate.com/m/nnXg50 SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00 What is"
YouTube Link 2025-03-04T15:00Z 34.7K followers, [----] engagements
"20.000 Subs Live Stream Q&A In celebration of reaching [------] subscribers the pair of us are going to go live and answer questions from you lovely people. Maybe it's time we properly introduce ourselves a little unfiltered. 🎬Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ If you want to support us directly consider becoming a channel member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join"
YouTube Link 2025-01-02T01:02Z 22K followers, [----] engagements
"40000 Subs Livestream Q&A In celebration of reaching [-----] subscribers the pair of us are going to go live and answer questions from you lovely people. Let's talk about whatever 🎬Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join"
YouTube Link 2025-04-21T22:42Z 41.7K followers, [----] engagements
"This is the secret HACK for infinite minis I don't know the first thing about 3D Printing but how hard can it be Go check out Loot Studios' free minis: https://subscriptions.lootstudios.com/journeys/alfheim/free-miniutm_source=influencer&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=cl-jta-2025&utm_content=mystic_arts 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00 Two boxes 00:56 I don't know how to 3D print 01:48 Step one: get a printer 02:33 Two morons and their"
YouTube Link 2025-05-29T15:01Z 49.1K followers, 10K engagements
"Why You Should Stop Building Worlds Loads of people will wait to start running D&D until after they've constructed an entire Campaign Setting. I'm here to tell you that you don't need to do that You can just start playing and build worlds as you go along. In fact it's better 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ If you want to support us directly consider becoming a channel member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join Mystic Arts Presents: All Hail Gek (FREE DUNGEON) - https://tinyurl.com/yc26u5ky INDEX 00:00 Introduction 01:21 I Love Worldbuilding 01:50 Worldbuilding"
YouTube Link 2025-01-06T14:51Z 24.3K followers, 26.5K engagements
"What Pavlov's Dog teaches us about Music for D&D Make sure to tune into our Q&A Livestream on January 1st @ 22:00 GMT 17:00 EST 14:00 PT Music can strongly influence the mood during a D&D session. It can fill us with hope or dread it can pick us up when we're feeling down it can fill the silence while everyone is thinking of something cool to say. Use the emotional power of music to influence your players' perceptions and make your sessions feel like movies 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ If you want to support us directly consider becoming a channel member:"
YouTube Link 2024-12-30T15:00Z 21.1K followers, 11.3K engagements
"Creating a FINALE for our adventure Short-Fuse - Part [--] Let's make a boss fight for our finale of the Special Forces adventure Operation: Short Fuse we prepped together on stream 🎬Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:38 Catching Up With Chat 00:15:33 Prep Starts"
YouTube Link 2025-09-10T21:53Z 97.9K followers, [----] engagements
"You need to start your game with a ritual You know how impossible it can be to start your D&D game everyone's making small talk and you've somehow got to immerse these players. Well you use a ritual Lights words and immersion. It's like casting a spell. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ Make sure to check out the sponsor of our video dScryb. Use the code MYSTICARTS for a FREE [--] day trial on any of their plans https://dscryb.com/mysticarts SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00"
YouTube Link 2025-02-10T15:01Z 51.5K followers, 63.9K engagements
"We're going to make a dungeon together What if we just made a big dungeon together 🎬Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00:00 Stream Start"
YouTube Link 2025-03-03T22:22Z 34.7K followers, [----] engagements
"You should ONLY prepare ONE session Do you over-prepare or under-prepare Why not just prepare one session at a time and let that session tell you what the next session is about Why railroad when you can invite your D&D players to build the rails along with you 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ CZEPEKU Go check out the Fantasy Map Bundle on Czepeku: https://go.czepeku.com/mystic_arts_dm SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00 Over- or Under- Preparing 00:57 One Session at a Time"
YouTube Link 2025-06-12T15:01Z 50.9K followers, 25.2K engagements
"Make hexmaps easily with THE POWER OF OUTLINES If you've ever been daunted by how to populate a hexcrawl hexmap then look no further. I'm going to show you how astoundingly easy and fun it is to quickly whip up a map in photoshop or your software of choice 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ Hexcrawl video: https://youtu.be/hEIg1DlRkLg SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00 Hexmaps are easy. 00:43 Outlining 02:12 Photoshop and other software 02:49 Landscapes 04:52 Why hex crawls"
YouTube Link 2025-04-22T15:01Z 44.5K followers, 24K engagements
"How to draw CLASSIC dungeon maps You don't need all that fancy software people talk about online here's how to make dungeons on graph paper To try everything Brilliant has to offerfreefor a full [--] days visit https://brilliant.org/MysticArts/ . Youll also get 20% off an annual premium subscription. (Audio in this video is pretty inconsistent we're still experimenting with different equipment setups and camera angles.) 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join"
YouTube Link 2025-04-29T15:01Z 44.5K followers, [----] engagements
"How my campaign's HEX CRAWL turns into a DUNGEON CRAWL We've just spent April talking about hexcrawls and May is all about dungeons So where do the two meet Let's talk about the connections between the two as I figure out how to fast travel 🎬Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:17 News start 00:02:26 Dungeon May-hem and Dungeon Jam 00:03:30 Go check out viyan_91 00:04:00 Talking about that hexcrawl video 00:14:33 New"
YouTube Link 2025-04-28T20:36Z 44.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Why DMing and Directing are the same thing Directors work with a team of creatives collaborating together to create something with a team guided only by a commonly agreed upon direction. I think DMing is basically the same. Maybe Draw Steel had a point calling their DM the Director. This video is sort of a sequel to this one: https://youtu.be/AjC5eTndCqg 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00 What film sets are like 00:48 Directors pick the"
YouTube Link 2025-06-05T15:01Z 65.8K followers, 22.5K engagements
"Create Infinite Maps with Watabou's Procgen Arcana If you're having a hard time making D&D maps or maybe you're out of time and need a map NOW Then we think you can get a lot of use out of Procgen Arcana: an online map editor that lets you make all kinds of maps for your RPG games quickly and easily. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join LINKS Watabou's Procgen Arcana (All [--] Generators) - https://watabou.github.io/ Watabou's Subreddit -"
YouTube Link 2024-11-29T15:01Z 39.4K followers, 46.8K engagements
"Stop undercooking your D&D Boss Fights We've all had a D&D boss fight fall flat end up boring and dull. It's because the meal is undercooked and you're in the meat room. Here's six ingredients to elevate your boss fights to become Legendary by using Lieutenants Minions Lairs Objectives Mythic Phases and PRESENTATION 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ DSCRYB This video is sponsored by dscryb.com Use the code MYSTICARTS for a FREE [--] day trial on any plan they offer https://dscryb.com/mysticarts SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member:"
YouTube Link 2025-03-27T15:01Z 39.7K followers, 45.8K engagements
"5 encounters to STEAL for your game tonight One of the ways you can have a lot of fun building a combat encounter is by using monsters that synergize well with each other. If players can optimize their builds so can you 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00 Introduction 00:47 Dragonshield & Kobolds 02:18 Shambling Mound & Will o' Wisps 03:24 Mind Flayer & Intellect Devourers 04:25 Mage & Shield Guardian 05:40 Ancient Red Dragon & Iron Golems"
YouTube Link 2025-04-15T15:01Z 46.3K followers, 27.5K engagements
"Let's turn a Dungeon Idea into a READY Module A month ago we wrote an adventure together let's edit and polish it into an adventure module so that it'll be ready for other DMs to run it as an adventure 🎬Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00:00 Stream starts 00:22:18 Writing starts"
YouTube Link 2025-04-08T01:05Z 39.4K followers, [----] engagements
"3 Different Ways to Command the Battlefield #powerwordmeal #sharethemeal The Warlord Class is my take on that 4th Edition idea of a martial support characer a battlefield commander that makes their party better by seizing crucial battlefield opportunities and deploying simple yet effective tactics in the heat of battle 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SAVE LIVES Support the UN World Food Programme with Power Word Meal: https://bit.ly/PowerWordMeal GET THE WARLORD Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Get the Warlord: https://www.patreon.com/posts/123736095 INDEX 00:00 The"
YouTube Link 2025-09-26T17:00Z 97.9K followers, 14.4K engagements
"Stop thinking D&D Youtubers can help you. We can't. I'm so done with seeing people thinking D&D Youtubers can help them run a better game; we can't. Only one thing can help you become a better dungeon master; it's running the game. But if you need to be inspired here are some things you can try 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 People named Matt can't help you. 00:52 The Algorithm Age 02:51 Comments that breaks my heart 03:35 Why the glue trap works 04:26 Go suck at something 04:53 Diagnosing your games 06:37 You"
YouTube Link 2025-08-21T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 27.9K engagements
"How I let my D&D players craft magic items When your players want to harvest the guts of a D&D monster you might be lost for what to do next. But there is an easy way out of this that doesn't require you to make massive lists or use them or anything like that. I made rules for it 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ HELIANA'S GUIDE TO MONSTER HUNTING Get Heliana's: https://loottavern.com/helianas-series/ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Arcane Forge PDF: https://www.patreon.com/posts/139709135 INDEX 00:00 Has this ever happened to you 01:44 RPGs are about LOOT"
YouTube Link 2025-09-25T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 46.7K engagements
"Why Players HATE Morally Gray Villains Stranger Things' Vecna along with the Demogorgon and the Mind Flayer blatantly ignored D&D lore in favor of making their own. You should do the same for your campaign. If you need permission look no further than the popular Netflix show and you'll find there's a reason they do it. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ WESTMARCHES Go check out https://www.westmarches.games/ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 Stranger Things meets D&D Lore 02:22 History of Vecna 04:07 D&D's Vecna 06:03 Vecna: Eve of Ruin 08:02 Acererak"
YouTube Link 2025-12-18T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 44.1K engagements
"How I PREP D&D with Obsidian I use Obsidian to prepare for my D&D sessions it's a non-linear text editor that allows you to quickly and easily link articles together. It has made me faster and better at both prepping sessions and at worldbuilding 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join LINKS @powerwordspill 's video on Obsidian: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=DBgWB1NF7hY How to install by Nicole van der Hoeven: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=OUrOfIqvGS4"
YouTube Link 2025-01-09T15:00Z 96.5K followers, 208.3K engagements
"How SIDEKICKS will cure your MURDERHOBOS If your players are acting like murderhobos then maybe it's because they don't care about the world and the people in it. What you can do is make them care by adding in cute sidekicks with mommy issues the players can solve. Here's how 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00 The A-Men 00:37 Degenerate Play 01:16 Why Murderhoboing Happens 01:40 Let's make a carrot; a sidekick 02:01 How Sidekicks Work 02:29"
YouTube Link 2025-05-01T15:00Z 96.5K followers, 27.7K engagements
"Why You Have to Make Time Matter "You can not have a meaningful campaign if strict time records are not kept" said Gary Gygax on page [--] of the Dungeon Master's Guide. But how do you track time what is time where does it come from Do you make a fantasy calendar a fantasy history And how do you swap between those time scales 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ Gary Gygax was voiced by @TalesFromElsewhereGames WESTMARCHES Go check out https://www.westmarches.games/ CALENDAR Here's my calendar (free post) https://www.patreon.com/posts/126327349 SUPPORT US Join our Patreon:"
YouTube Link 2026-01-08T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 37.8K engagements
"6 Ways to Inspire DMs and END Burnout While it's possible you're burned out from running Dungeons & Dragons you might just be uninspired. Here's some tricks I use to keep things fresh and keep me excited about the next D&D session when I can tell I'm not all that excited. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ VAGABOND Get VAGABOND through Shopify: https://landoftheblind.myshopify.com/products/vagabond-pulp-fantasy-rpg-core-rulebook Get VAGABOND through print-on-demand: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/512122/vagabond-pulp-fantasy-rpg-core-rulebook LINKS Free Cryptid Statblocks:"
YouTube Link 2025-11-06T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 26.1K engagements
"Creating an Adventure by Starting at the End Dillhorne - Part [--] We've been making a starter adventure for 1st level players in my campaign setting of Atroxia. In this episode we're going to delve into the main adventure by creating a structure a dungeon and some monsters for our "Dillhorne" adventure. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:00 Viking Ship 00:05:00 Mothership & Mausritter 00:12:17 Just Chatting 00:27:30 The Broadsheets 00:35:35 Where is Dillhorne 00:36:30 Dadi the Dungeon Guy 00:37:00"
YouTube Link 2026-02-11T20:45Z 97.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Instead of [--] BBEG; Why Not [--] Tired of the same old D&D combat structure either minions or bosses What if you just had your players fight bad guys that felt like rival player characters. An ELITE TEAM of rival adventurers working for the bad guy of the adventure and destined to spice up combat 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SCORCHED BASIN Get SCORCHED BASIN on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/homieandthedude/scorched-basinref=2j65gc THE HUNGRY MUTTS Get the Hungry Mutts adventure and the town of Soda Springs for FREE from out Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/129829828"
YouTube Link 2025-09-11T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 43.6K engagements
"Critical Role isn't actually doing West Marches but you can Critical Role announced that Brennan Lee Mulligan will be doing Campaign [--] as a West Marches style of play with [--] players across multiple tables and storylines. But they're ignoring the player driven scheduling but you don't have to do that Here's how to create and organize a West Marches game yourself 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ TOME OF INTANGIBLE TREASURES Get the TOME OF INTANGIBLE TREASURES:"
YouTube Link 2025-08-28T15:02Z 97.9K followers, 86.8K engagements
"D&D but with BODY HORROR monsters What if you could fight weird west monsters in D&D Not just banditos but like cowboy folk lore monsters like the Blood Oiler the Kentucky Sawbones or the Coal Baron Well I converted them to 5th Edition 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ CLOCKWORLD Back Tales From Elsewhere: CLOCKWORLD on Kickstarter today and you'll be supporting the channel directly if you use this link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/talesfromelsewhere/tales-from-elsewhere-clockworldref=e4un1o SUPPORT US Get the statblocks for FREE on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/137591800"
YouTube Link 2025-09-02T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 14K engagements
"Why You Want a System for TALKING In D&D or other RPG systems you might feel like a negotiation system is missing. The creators of Draw Steel certainly thought so and that's why they created the Negotiation system for their game. Here's how it works and how you could steal it for your game 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ MATTHEW PERKINS' VIDEO Go check out @heyitsMattyP kickflip https://www.youtube.com/watchv=A5_dDGbiGBk SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 Heroes Convincing the King 01:05 Negotiation Roleplay 03:17 Negotiation System 05:37"
YouTube Link 2026-01-22T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 84.5K engagements
"West Marches needs a FRONTIER TOWN; let's make one Every now and again you've got to make a new town. I've got a D&D game next week that requires me to have a town ready and I don't have one So let's make a classic frontier town with a strong theme really quick Ya'll ready 🎬Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:45 I ran DRAGONBANE yesterday 00:12:24 How to: West Marches with Multiple DMs 00:14:18 Chatting OSR West Marches"
YouTube Link 2025-08-31T20:17Z 97.9K followers, 23.2K engagements
"Get Players to Roleplay by RENDERING Scenes When playing RPGs communicate to your players that it's time for roleplay by RENDERING your scene in passes of increased details. Then they'll know it's time to get hooked New D&D DMS go here: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=hmhFACukQUw 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join LINKS Matt Mercer's GM Tips: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=srsSEIb-Bw4 That tipping scene from Reservoir Dogs:"
YouTube Link 2024-11-20T13:00Z 97.7K followers, 106.6K engagements
"Nest your D&D worlds like Fractals If you want to know how I built my D&D campaign setting then you've got to understand my founding principle: the Player's Learning Horizon that allows me to treat Details like Fratcals and zoom in endlessly. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SKY ZEPHIRS Go check out Sky Zephyrs and use the coupon code MYSTICARTS for 20% off https://hatdbuilder.com/product-category/sky-zephyrs SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00 Fractals 00:54 World Setting"
YouTube Link 2025-07-10T15:00Z 97.7K followers, 51.3K engagements
"Why Brennan Lee Mulligan feels so different from Matt Mercer Watching Campaign [--] of Critical Role it's incredible to see the difference between Matt Mercer and Brennan Lee Mulligan and the way they Dungeon Master for D&D. Let me break down some of Brennan's tricks for keeping the plot moving by cutting between scenes. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ GRAVEDIGGER'S HARVEST Get Gravedigger's Harvest: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lonecolossusgames/gravediggers-harvestref=dxjnze SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 Brennan hits different 01:24"
YouTube Link 2025-10-23T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 259.1K engagements
"Designing DUNGEONS that make you want to HEXCRAWL One of the most important things about dungeons is the loot But loot doesn't have to be gold or magic items it can be information And information can be about stuff in the hexcrawl That way you loop between dungeons and hexcrawls in a satisfying gameplay loop that keeps the players wanting more 🎬Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ Check out the Game Master's Compendium of Explosive Creation and make interesting characters quickly and easily"
YouTube Link 2025-07-21T19:13Z 97.7K followers, 28.4K engagements
"Is the NEW D&D Starter Set worth it If you're trying to get into D&D for the first time or after a long time away the new D&D Starter Set: Heroes of the Borderlands is a perfect place to start. It's full of chits tokens colorful illustrations and everything else to make a board game geek's heart flutter 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ READY SET ENCOUNTER Get READY SET ENCOUNTER: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/printinggoeseveron/ready-set-encounter-vol-1ref=4oyths ROLL20 Starter Set The Starter Set on Roll20 for $14.99:"
YouTube Link 2025-09-30T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 21.4K engagements
"Reversing Weaknesses to Create More Interesting Monsters I remember watching my party turn Strahd into a melting paper pinata with the Sunsword and everything else and thinking how weak the D&D vampires are. So I've always wanted to make a vampire that's bad ass 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ LODESTAR Play D&D in outer space with Lodestar: https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/the-dragons-vault/lodestar-a-spacefarer-s-manual-space-fantasy-in-5eref=Mystic SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Grab the statblocks: https://www.patreon.com/posts/141720693 OBSIDIAN"
YouTube Link 2025-10-21T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 40K engagements
"How to make a D&D Character Need a little help walking through D&D character creation Let me show you the basics while making a new character for 5th Edition. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ START PLAYING Visit START PLAYING to start playing: https://startplaying.games/referral/cmhe25ad50299il04tc2sxy6b SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 Introduction 01:12 On the basics. 01:51 Picking a Class 04:06 Picking an Origins 08:12 Ability Scores 11:31 Alignment 12:04 Fill in details 14:59 The Last Detail 16:37 Start Playing 17:24 Outro D&D WOTC Wizards of"
YouTube Link 2025-12-04T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 13.6K engagements
"The Secret to Running Political Campaigns If you want your D&D game to have Game of Thrones style politics complete with bloody betrayals devious scheming and backstabbing you've got to start thinking about your game in the Three Faction Rule and everything will start slotting into place as you weave nest and layer the [--] factions as needed. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SCORCHED BASIN Get SCORCHED BASIN on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/homieandthedude/scorched-basinref=2j65gc SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 Do you want"
YouTube Link 2025-09-04T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 218.3K engagements
"Why You've Never Run the Tarrasque The reason neither you nor I have ever used the Tarrasque in D&D isn't the monster's very high CR. It's the fact that the lore doesn't inspire us to create adventures. So what is good D&D lore and where does it come from and how to we make our own 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ LOOT STUDIOS Grab Destroyer's Armageddor here: https://links.lootstudios.com/current-bundle-mystic-arts Grab FREE MINIS here: https://links.lootstudios.com/free-mini-mystic-arts SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 You've never used a"
YouTube Link 2025-12-11T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 67.4K engagements
"D&D Explained in [--] Minutes Not sure where to begin with understanding D&D Let me an experienced DM try my best to break down the simple concepts most players and Dungeon Masters take for granted while I walk you through all the basics so you're prepared for your first game 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ START PLAYING Visit START PLAYING to start playing: https://startplaying.games/referral/cmhe25ad50299il04tc2sxy6b SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 How to even start 00:39 D&D is a TTRPG 01:37 Dice & Features 02:03 Pillars of Play: Exploration"
YouTube Link 2025-11-27T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 14.1K engagements
"5E Statblocks in Obsidian (with the SRD vault) People kept asking how to install those statblocks I keep making and how I get the vault to look like I do. It's a vault created by a channel patron and the statblocks slot right in. It's dead easy so let me explain it quickly. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Check out the Cryptids on Patreon (FREE): https://www.patreon.com/posts/138023748 OBSIDIAN SRD VAULT Nax the Raven's 5e SRD vault (work in progress): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bYV3tq3OUUaIopM15kX5GQneIrqOKe9U INDEX 00:00 I've made [--] statblocks like this 00:33 Set"
YouTube Link 2025-09-08T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 24.8K engagements
"How I Make Goblins both Funny and Scary Two facts about D&D: One there are never enough goblins. And two: Goblins can always be more chaotic. With the new goblins being Fey in [----] D&D I decided to lean into it and make my goblins be a bunch of chaotic little ragamuffins 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ UGLY GOBLIN COOKBOOK Back the Ugly Goblin Cookbook on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/theuglygoblin/the-ugly-goblins-cookbookref=2r9s3q DOWNLOAD THE STATS Grab the Goblinoids PDF on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/148238533 MONSTER MATH CHART Anto from Icarus Games'"
YouTube Link 2025-10-07T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 20.5K engagements
"Let's Make A New Adventure Dillhorne - Part [--] Our first few streams was making an adventure together let's do it again But from scratch All we're starting with is a town named Dillhorne about [--] miles from the Capital of Atroxia. The rest we'll make up together Come join us 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ No Fun Allowed's Review: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=P1UEvqDEBHw SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00:00 What We're Doing 00:01:14 Zine Playtesting 00:10:00 Catching Up With Chat 00:28:21 Dadi the Dungeon Guy 00:28:58 Introducing Dillhorne"
YouTube Link 2025-11-17T18:51Z 97.9K followers, 13.4K engagements
"Chat Makes a Starter Town Dillhorne - Part [--] Last week I got started on making a new beginner adventure for level [--] to [--] characters for D&D. Chat voted on the bad guy factions and the plot. This time chat and I are going to make a beginner town from scratch together 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00:00 Introduction 00:02:00 Channel Updates & Chat 00:29:30 Dungeon Guy Jingle 00:30:04 Inkarnate 02:02:30 Photoshop 02:15:01 Updating the Document 02:18:29 What's on next Stream 02:20:30 My best outro ever"
YouTube Link 2025-11-24T20:39Z 97.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Lord of the Rings' TRICK to Make Travel Interesting D&D players frequently reference Lord of the Rings as a doing travel right but you can't just blast Howard Shore and describe people walking. That's not what RPGs are about You have to make informed choices and what better medium than a Point Crawl And JRR Tolkien agrees 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ ARCANUM INFINITUM Get the ARCANUM INFINITUM and use the coupon code Mystic for 25% off https://arcaneaffinity.netc=MYSTIC SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 Travel in the Trilogy 01:57 Introducing"
YouTube Link 2025-12-25T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 131.9K engagements
"Worldbuilding With Your Players using "Yes And." DMing Multiple DMs have run adventures in my D&D setting some with published adventures some making their own. If you want to figure out how to structure a many-dms type scenario in your setting let me tell you about that time Magns ran Odyssey of the Dragonlords in mine 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ ODYSSEY OF THE DRAGONLORDS Grab the Odyssey of the Dragonlords Remaster while you can: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/arcanumworlds/odyssey-of-the-dragonlords-remastered-editionref=d98nyq SUPPORT US Join our Patreon:"
YouTube Link 2025-11-11T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 23.2K engagements
"Why 3-mile hexes make HEXCRAWLS fun Most D&D hexcrawls fall flat because we don't know what's in a hex until after we've entered it. I think hexcrawls are better when players get to make informed decisions about where to go next so 3-mile hexes give them a sense of their surroundings 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ FURTHER READING Bob World Builder on Random Encounters: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=NY6Ym2G5vdU My Homebrew Rules: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=VxVEF4EkJkY My video on Random Encounters: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=MFnJDUPcmTM @QuestingBeast's DND isn't a game it's games:"
YouTube Link 2025-04-17T15:01Z 97.7K followers, 219.3K engagements
"Let's make a [--] Room Dungeon Dillhorne - Part [--] We continue making our starter adveenture for Dillhorne (1st to 3rd level characters) by making a [--] Room Dungeon for the Ratfolk over in Rathome Let's make a map a plan a plot loot and monsters 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00:00 Rats & Lesbians 00:02:24 Intro 00:03:50 Catching Up 00:12:53 Skaven 00:27:56 Outlining Rathome 00:53:51 Surrounding Area 01:08:41 Scope Expands 01:25:58 Moonstone Grove 01:34:25 Nettlerot 01:50:04 Many Teeth Tribe 02:00:04 Next Time"
YouTube Link 2026-01-05T20:18Z 97.9K followers, [----] engagements
"18 Tricks to Speed Up D&D Combat If you feel like D&D Combats take forever maybe your players go on their phone and stop paying attention then I've got [--] tricks to help you speed it up. and a bonus trick that might be the root cause if none of the other stuff worked. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ VOIDSEA Back VOIDSEA on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/voidsea/voidsearef=b5kwun SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 Does your combat feel slow 00:20 Trick 1: Control the Conversation 01:11 Trick 2: Stand Up 01:47 Trick 3: Move Your"
YouTube Link 2025-10-02T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 64.2K engagements
"How I changed D&D to make it Low Fantasy I run a low fantasy low magic D&D game and it works really well. I think there's some fundamentals that worked; it's a hexcrawl where magic is present but rare. But there's some other things I did too namely a few homebrew classes and subclasses that bridged the gap perfectly for me. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ INJURIES AND VILE DEEDS Get Injuries and Vile Deeds: https://www.shop.lonecolossusgames.com/products/injuries-vile-deeds-hardcover-pdfutm_source=MysArts&utm_medium=MysArts&utm_campaign=InVDVid SUPPORT US Join our Patreon:"
YouTube Link 2025-08-14T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 92.3K engagements
"Remove Long Rests: Fix the Martial / Caster Divide If you're tired of watching Martials sadly saying "I hit" when Casters go nova it might be time to look at your adventuring day and think about how many encounters your running. Or just make the adventuring day longer and keep running the game you're already running 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ VOIDSEA Back VOIDSEA on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/voidsea/voidsearef=b5kwun SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM HEXPLORATION RULES Get the Hexploration Rules:"
YouTube Link 2025-10-14T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 81.1K engagements
"D&D Has [--] Campaign Lengths Actually Which are you running a One-Shot or a Campaign for your next D&D game I think both have more specific use cases than you might realize and your next D&D game might be better served as another type of Campaign Length 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SPONSOR Sign up to get notified about the RPG Essentials set: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/splatteredink/acrylic-tokensref=651w71 SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 One Shot or Campaign 00:50 The Grand Campaign 04:39 The One-Shot 07:23 Both are kinda screwed"
YouTube Link 2025-10-16T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 50.7K engagements
"Please give your players OP magic items You should give your players rare and ancient artifacts in D&D They can be an excellent way to structure an adventure create conflict write stories and even inspire roleplay. You don't need to be afraid of the balance either You could have the items gradually increase in power 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Get your PDF for the Book of the Profane Word: https://www.patreon.com/posts/13482105 INDEX 00:00 Has this ever happened to you 00:37 The Death Knight's Study 01:32 What is the Book"
YouTube Link 2025-07-24T15:01Z 97.7K followers, 117.3K engagements
"Why your NPCs don't feel real You RENDER NPCs in passes with each pass adding new lights to their features highlighting different aspects of their persona. As your D&D players come back to meet them you add new backstories lore and personality quirks to render in the details 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ EXPLOSIVE CREATION Check out the Game Master's Compendium of Explosive Creation and make interesting characters quickly and easily https://legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/484612/Game-Masters-Compendium-of-Explosive-Creationaffiliate_id=4646153 SUPPORT US Join our Patreon:"
YouTube Link 2025-08-07T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 86K engagements
"The Worldbuilding Formula that Hooks Players Every D&D campaign setting has the same structure they're all post-apocalyptic. D&D worlds are at their best when they live in the shadow of a great world that existed before the one you're adventuring in. And the structure itself is so simple and flexible you can use it to make a thousand unique worlds. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SCORCHED BASIN Get SCORCHED BASIN on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/homieandthedude/scorched-basinref=2j65gc SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 All D&D"
YouTube Link 2025-10-09T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 99K engagements
"How I made my HOBGOBLINS feel like an ARMY I'm tired of seeing various flavors of D&D hobgoblins like they're all skirmishers what if we made an army of hobgoblins who can fight together like a band of powerful regimented trained warriors And I want them to challenge players through every tier of play 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ DOWNLOAD THE STATS Grab the Goblinoids PDF on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/148238533 MONSTER MATH CHART Anto from Icarus Games' video on the monster manual diagnosis: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=9oMZouAAVmQ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon:"
YouTube Link 2025-07-31T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 86.8K engagements
"Let's Draw a Hexmap Together Dillhorne - Part [--] In Part [--] of creating our Dillhorne Adventure for D&D CHAT and I make a hexmap together filling it with details and secrets for players to find as they play through the adventure. Chat votes on what goes on the map and I contextualize it within the world of my setting 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:00 Catching up with Chat 00:11:12 Dadi the Dungeon Guy 00:11:53 Making a Hex Map 01:22:01 Writing it down 01:28:25 Hooking Players 01:35:39 You're"
YouTube Link 2025-12-15T23:20Z 97.9K followers, [----] engagements
"The Better Way to Handle Failure in RPGs Instead of rolling too low being a "failure" think of it like "consequence" and then you can start having your RPG players "fail forward". You can even create middle stages that succeed but with some consequences 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ LEGEND IN THE MIST Grab LEGEND IN THE MIST before it's too late https://sonofoak.com/pages/legend-in-the-mist-rustic-fantasy-role-playing-game-fall-2025utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=LitMFall2025&utm_content=mysticarts SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX"
YouTube Link 2025-11-13T15:02Z 97.9K followers, 20.9K engagements
"Why Eddie Munson is a Great DM There's a reason why Eddie Munson from Stranger Things is so iconic why he's a brilliant D&D Dungeon Master and why Mike and Dusty are hooked into his game when they join the Hellfire Club to fight Vecna. Because he's a showman 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ LODESTAR Play D&D in outer space with Lodestar: https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/the-dragons-vault/lodestar-a-spacefarer-s-manual-space-fantasy-in-5eref=Mystic SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 Presentation 01:17 What sets Eddie Apart 04:20 Matt Mercer's Map"
YouTube Link 2025-11-20T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 348.5K engagements
"The Secret to Mysteries in D&D Good D&D Mysteries or Mysteries in any RPG have four foundational pillars: Hook Plot Characters and a Ticking Clock. If you want to make a mystery campaign or a mystery adventure you've got the figure out what the bad guys want and how the players stumble into it. Or use the adventure I created in this video 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ I MADE AN ADVENTURE Pick up the Broadsheet and run the Night Train for your friends https://www.patreon.com/posts/142373547 SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 Introduction 00:25 Call"
YouTube Link 2025-10-30T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 34.3K engagements
"Why do Tucker's Kobolds love TRAPS Tucker's Kobolds is an iconic article from Dragon Magazine #127 a story about a high level D&D party that wanted to do everything to avoid the kobolds on level one of their dungeon. But how do you make your own kobolds inspire that kind of fear You use traps 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ CZEPEKU For amazing battlemaps tokens and scenes find Czepeku at: https://go.czepeku.com/mystic_arts_dm SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Download the Kobolds: https://www.patreon.com/posts/138947804 INDEX 00:00 Problem with the 2024"
YouTube Link 2025-09-16T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 22.7K engagements
"The Secret to Starting a D&D Campaign is. I'm not talking about mixing genre I'm just saying that early level D&D has more in common with western genre conventions than it does with grand heroic fantasy conventions. So lean into it by making quest boards frontier towns bandits and thugs like that It's so much easier 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ CLOCKWORLD Back Tales From Elsewhere: CLOCKWORLD on Kickstarter today and you'll be supporting the channel directly if you use this link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/talesfromelsewhere/tales-from-elsewhere-clockworldref=e4un1o SUPPORT US"
YouTube Link 2025-09-18T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 42.9K engagements
"Jaquaysing Dungeons and why it matters You know how dungeons can feel like long corridor with combat breaks Well what if they didn't What if they were labyrinths that looped swooped and took you to funky other worlds That was Jennell Jaquays' idea and she knew what she was talking about 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ Justin Alexander's Article: https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/13085/roleplaying-games/xandering-the-dungeon SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join The GSS Centurion"
YouTube Link 2025-05-22T15:00Z 97.7K followers, 68.4K engagements
"D&D Has [--] Types of Combat Actually Are your combat encounters getting a bit repetitive Are you trying to spice things up but having trouble figuring out how exactly to do that In this video we'll show you some methods to get your players really invested in your combat encounters. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00 Intro 01:04 Skirmish 02:35 Ambush 05:09 Targeted Strike 06:39 Horde of Bad Guys 08:03 Elite Team 10:02 Stomping Ground 11:18"
YouTube Link 2024-11-08T11:51Z 97.7K followers, 513.4K engagements
"Single Player D&D is Just Better I've run more than a [---] sessions of one-player D&D and it's awesome. It invites one character to become the main character in a story all about their character. It's basically the ideal version of RPGs that exists in our head. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ JOURNEY BEYOND Get JOURNEY BEYOND: https://journeybeyond.io/utm_source=influencer&utm_medium=youtube-promo&utm_campaign=mystic-arts&utm_content=description SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 One-on-One 01:12 Playing with AB 02:54 Challenges of Duet Games 04:23"
YouTube Link 2026-02-05T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 31.6K engagements
"You're running cities wrong. Cities in RPGs and D&D aren't actually as tough to DM or run as people say. It's all about layering details with the most focus going into the exciting city centers and somewhat ignoring the boring suburbs. Make sure to put in the work where it can be seen 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ THE BROADSHEET Check out Issue #3: https://www.patreon.com/posts/147089532 SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 City Annotations 02:17 Cities are Easy Actually 04:46 Look at CLASSIC Waterdeep 06:24 Detail Density 07:45 City State of the"
YouTube Link 2026-01-01T15:14Z 97.9K followers, 113K engagements
"Why Dungeon Crawls are the HEART of the game If you hate dungeons you might be running them wrong. Let me walk you through six pillars that hold up the vaulted ceiling of all dungeons To try everything Brilliant has to offerfreefor a full [--] days visit https://brilliant.org/MysticArts/ . Youll also get 20% off an annual premium subscription. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ FURTHER READING @QuestingBeast's TUNIC video: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=j-ywPjMEtq4 SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member:"
YouTube Link 2025-05-15T15:01Z 97.7K followers, 99.8K engagements
"We Dont Play Dungeons Like They Used To I remember going through a cycle of devaluing D&D dungeons over time until eventually I just skipped them. But then I tried tracking time while crawling with Dungeon Turns like OSR games do and it changed everything. Suddenly I was no longer bored crawling through dungeons I was having a great time 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ THE BROADSHEET Issue #4 of the Broadsheet: https://www.patreon.com/posts/149411833 DUNGEON TURNS RULES These are our dungeoneering rules: https://www.patreon.com/posts/149413228 SUPPORT US Join our Patreon:"
YouTube Link 2026-01-29T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 249.3K engagements
"The OGL Debacle; [--] Years Later Whether you're a 5E D&D DM or an OSR player or something else entirely I want to encourage you to mix the systems you like together into a big soup of your own idiosyncrasies to make something you love. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SPONSOR Grab new monsters from NIMBLE: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nimblerpg/monsters-and-more-a-nimble-ttrpg-reprint-and-expansionref=bidbwq SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM DOUBLE CRIT FAIL The OGL Avengers crossover video by @DoubleCritFail"
YouTube Link 2026-02-12T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 25.3K engagements
"Creating an Adventure by Starting at the End Dillhorne - Part [--] We've been making a starter adventure for 1st level players in my campaign setting of Atroxia. In this episode we're going to delve into the main adventure by creating a structure a dungeon and some monsters for our "Dillhorne" adventure. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:00 Viking Ship 00:05:00 Mothership & Mausritter 00:12:17 Just Chatting 00:27:30 The Broadsheets 00:35:35 Where is Dillhorne 00:36:30 Dadi the Dungeon Guy 00:37:00"
YouTube Link 2026-02-11T20:45Z 97.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Single Player D&D is Just Better I've run more than a [---] sessions of one-player D&D and it's awesome. It invites one character to become the main character in a story all about their character. It's basically the ideal version of RPGs that exists in our head. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ JOURNEY BEYOND Get JOURNEY BEYOND: https://journeybeyond.io/utm_source=influencer&utm_medium=youtube-promo&utm_campaign=mystic-arts&utm_content=description SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 One-on-One 01:12 Playing with AB 02:54 Challenges of Duet Games 04:23"
YouTube Link 2026-02-05T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 31.6K engagements
"We Dont Play Dungeons Like They Used To I remember going through a cycle of devaluing D&D dungeons over time until eventually I just skipped them. But then I tried tracking time while crawling with Dungeon Turns like OSR games do and it changed everything. Suddenly I was no longer bored crawling through dungeons I was having a great time 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ THE BROADSHEET Issue #4 of the Broadsheet: https://www.patreon.com/posts/149411833 DUNGEON TURNS RULES These are our dungeoneering rules: https://www.patreon.com/posts/149413228 SUPPORT US Join our Patreon:"
YouTube Link 2026-01-29T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 249.3K engagements
"Why You Want a System for TALKING In D&D or other RPG systems you might feel like a negotiation system is missing. The creators of Draw Steel certainly thought so and that's why they created the Negotiation system for their game. Here's how it works and how you could steal it for your game 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ MATTHEW PERKINS' VIDEO Go check out @heyitsMattyP kickflip https://www.youtube.com/watchv=A5_dDGbiGBk SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 Heroes Convincing the King 01:05 Negotiation Roleplay 03:17 Negotiation System 05:37"
YouTube Link 2026-01-22T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 84.5K engagements
"How Mechanics Tell Stories I've developed a small bugbear about D&D monsters it's when they fail to tell a story. Thinking about the 5th Edition Bugbears I realized I had to go make some changes to tell the story about the special forces bugbears 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ DOWNLOAD THE STATS Grab the Goblinoids PDF on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/148238533 MONSTER MATH CHART Anto from Icarus Games' video on the monster manual diagnosis: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=9oMZouAAVmQ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 Monsters Tell Stories"
YouTube Link 2026-01-15T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 29.7K engagements
"Why You Have to Make Time Matter "You can not have a meaningful campaign if strict time records are not kept" said Gary Gygax on page [--] of the Dungeon Master's Guide. But how do you track time what is time where does it come from Do you make a fantasy calendar a fantasy history And how do you swap between those time scales 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ Gary Gygax was voiced by @TalesFromElsewhereGames WESTMARCHES Go check out https://www.westmarches.games/ CALENDAR Here's my calendar (free post) https://www.patreon.com/posts/126327349 SUPPORT US Join our Patreon:"
YouTube Link 2026-01-08T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 37.8K engagements
"Let's make a [--] Room Dungeon Dillhorne - Part [--] We continue making our starter adveenture for Dillhorne (1st to 3rd level characters) by making a [--] Room Dungeon for the Ratfolk over in Rathome Let's make a map a plan a plot loot and monsters 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00:00 Rats & Lesbians 00:02:24 Intro 00:03:50 Catching Up 00:12:53 Skaven 00:27:56 Outlining Rathome 00:53:51 Surrounding Area 01:08:41 Scope Expands 01:25:58 Moonstone Grove 01:34:25 Nettlerot 01:50:04 Many Teeth Tribe 02:00:04 Next Time"
YouTube Link 2026-01-05T20:18Z 97.9K followers, [----] engagements
"You're running cities wrong. Cities in RPGs and D&D aren't actually as tough to DM or run as people say. It's all about layering details with the most focus going into the exciting city centers and somewhat ignoring the boring suburbs. Make sure to put in the work where it can be seen 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ THE BROADSHEET Check out Issue #3: https://www.patreon.com/posts/147089532 SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 City Annotations 02:17 Cities are Easy Actually 04:46 Look at CLASSIC Waterdeep 06:24 Detail Density 07:45 City State of the"
YouTube Link 2026-01-01T15:14Z 97.9K followers, 113K engagements
"Lord of the Rings' TRICK to Make Travel Interesting D&D players frequently reference Lord of the Rings as a doing travel right but you can't just blast Howard Shore and describe people walking. That's not what RPGs are about You have to make informed choices and what better medium than a Point Crawl And JRR Tolkien agrees 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ ARCANUM INFINITUM Get the ARCANUM INFINITUM and use the coupon code Mystic for 25% off https://arcaneaffinity.netc=MYSTIC SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 Travel in the Trilogy 01:57 Introducing"
YouTube Link 2025-12-25T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 131.9K engagements
"Why Players HATE Morally Gray Villains Stranger Things' Vecna along with the Demogorgon and the Mind Flayer blatantly ignored D&D lore in favor of making their own. You should do the same for your campaign. If you need permission look no further than the popular Netflix show and you'll find there's a reason they do it. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ WESTMARCHES Go check out https://www.westmarches.games/ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 Stranger Things meets D&D Lore 02:22 History of Vecna 04:07 D&D's Vecna 06:03 Vecna: Eve of Ruin 08:02 Acererak"
YouTube Link 2025-12-18T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 44.1K engagements
"Let's Draw a Hexmap Together Dillhorne - Part [--] In Part [--] of creating our Dillhorne Adventure for D&D CHAT and I make a hexmap together filling it with details and secrets for players to find as they play through the adventure. Chat votes on what goes on the map and I contextualize it within the world of my setting 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:00 Catching up with Chat 00:11:12 Dadi the Dungeon Guy 00:11:53 Making a Hex Map 01:22:01 Writing it down 01:28:25 Hooking Players 01:35:39 You're"
YouTube Link 2025-12-15T23:20Z 97.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Why You've Never Run the Tarrasque The reason neither you nor I have ever used the Tarrasque in D&D isn't the monster's very high CR. It's the fact that the lore doesn't inspire us to create adventures. So what is good D&D lore and where does it come from and how to we make our own 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ LOOT STUDIOS Grab Destroyer's Armageddor here: https://links.lootstudios.com/current-bundle-mystic-arts Grab FREE MINIS here: https://links.lootstudios.com/free-mini-mystic-arts SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 You've never used a"
YouTube Link 2025-12-11T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 67.4K engagements
"How to make a D&D Character Need a little help walking through D&D character creation Let me show you the basics while making a new character for 5th Edition. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ START PLAYING Visit START PLAYING to start playing: https://startplaying.games/referral/cmhe25ad50299il04tc2sxy6b SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 Introduction 01:12 On the basics. 01:51 Picking a Class 04:06 Picking an Origins 08:12 Ability Scores 11:31 Alignment 12:04 Fill in details 14:59 The Last Detail 16:37 Start Playing 17:24 Outro D&D WOTC Wizards of"
YouTube Link 2025-12-04T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 13.6K engagements
"D&D Explained in [--] Minutes Not sure where to begin with understanding D&D Let me an experienced DM try my best to break down the simple concepts most players and Dungeon Masters take for granted while I walk you through all the basics so you're prepared for your first game 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ START PLAYING Visit START PLAYING to start playing: https://startplaying.games/referral/cmhe25ad50299il04tc2sxy6b SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 How to even start 00:39 D&D is a TTRPG 01:37 Dice & Features 02:03 Pillars of Play: Exploration"
YouTube Link 2025-11-27T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 14.1K engagements
"Chat Makes a Starter Town Dillhorne - Part [--] Last week I got started on making a new beginner adventure for level [--] to [--] characters for D&D. Chat voted on the bad guy factions and the plot. This time chat and I are going to make a beginner town from scratch together 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00:00 Introduction 00:02:00 Channel Updates & Chat 00:29:30 Dungeon Guy Jingle 00:30:04 Inkarnate 02:02:30 Photoshop 02:15:01 Updating the Document 02:18:29 What's on next Stream 02:20:30 My best outro ever"
YouTube Link 2025-11-24T20:39Z 97.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Why Eddie Munson is a Great DM There's a reason why Eddie Munson from Stranger Things is so iconic why he's a brilliant D&D Dungeon Master and why Mike and Dusty are hooked into his game when they join the Hellfire Club to fight Vecna. Because he's a showman 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ LODESTAR Play D&D in outer space with Lodestar: https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/the-dragons-vault/lodestar-a-spacefarer-s-manual-space-fantasy-in-5eref=Mystic SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 Presentation 01:17 What sets Eddie Apart 04:20 Matt Mercer's Map"
YouTube Link 2025-11-20T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 348.5K engagements
"Let's Make A New Adventure Dillhorne - Part [--] Our first few streams was making an adventure together let's do it again But from scratch All we're starting with is a town named Dillhorne about [--] miles from the Capital of Atroxia. The rest we'll make up together Come join us 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ No Fun Allowed's Review: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=P1UEvqDEBHw SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00:00 What We're Doing 00:01:14 Zine Playtesting 00:10:00 Catching Up With Chat 00:28:21 Dadi the Dungeon Guy 00:28:58 Introducing Dillhorne"
YouTube Link 2025-11-17T18:51Z 97.9K followers, 13.4K engagements
"The Better Way to Handle Failure in RPGs Instead of rolling too low being a "failure" think of it like "consequence" and then you can start having your RPG players "fail forward". You can even create middle stages that succeed but with some consequences 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ LEGEND IN THE MIST Grab LEGEND IN THE MIST before it's too late https://sonofoak.com/pages/legend-in-the-mist-rustic-fantasy-role-playing-game-fall-2025utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=LitMFall2025&utm_content=mysticarts SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX"
YouTube Link 2025-11-13T15:02Z 97.9K followers, 20.9K engagements
"Worldbuilding With Your Players using "Yes And." DMing Multiple DMs have run adventures in my D&D setting some with published adventures some making their own. If you want to figure out how to structure a many-dms type scenario in your setting let me tell you about that time Magns ran Odyssey of the Dragonlords in mine 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ ODYSSEY OF THE DRAGONLORDS Grab the Odyssey of the Dragonlords Remaster while you can: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/arcanumworlds/odyssey-of-the-dragonlords-remastered-editionref=d98nyq SUPPORT US Join our Patreon:"
YouTube Link 2025-11-11T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 23.2K engagements
"Celebrating [--] Year of Mystic Arts One year ago me and AB uploaded [--] videos onto this channel and introduces ourselves to the world. Me as a professional writer and director who's been DMing for almost [--] years and her as my girlfriend. Now we're in a very different position and our lives are very different and it's all thanks to you wonderful people. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM"
YouTube Link 2025-11-10T21:49Z 97.9K followers, [----] engagements
"6 Ways to Inspire DMs and END Burnout While it's possible you're burned out from running Dungeons & Dragons you might just be uninspired. Here's some tricks I use to keep things fresh and keep me excited about the next D&D session when I can tell I'm not all that excited. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ VAGABOND Get VAGABOND through Shopify: https://landoftheblind.myshopify.com/products/vagabond-pulp-fantasy-rpg-core-rulebook Get VAGABOND through print-on-demand: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/512122/vagabond-pulp-fantasy-rpg-core-rulebook LINKS Free Cryptid Statblocks:"
YouTube Link 2025-11-06T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 26.1K engagements
"Making a CITY MAP in Inkarnate I use the Inkarnate watercolor maps layout for my new zine the Broadsheet If you want to make detailed city maps let me show you how I do it so you can get started 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ GET THE BROADSHEET Grab our Zine: The Broadsheet: https://www.patreon.com/posts/142373547 SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00:00 Welcome to the Show 00:01:21 Catching Up 00:02:56 The Argent Sector 00:06:03 AB's hair 00:06:37 Blackguard Map 00:12:16 The Mapping Begins"
YouTube Link 2025-11-01T21:38Z 97.9K followers, [----] engagements
"The Secret to Mysteries in D&D Good D&D Mysteries or Mysteries in any RPG have four foundational pillars: Hook Plot Characters and a Ticking Clock. If you want to make a mystery campaign or a mystery adventure you've got the figure out what the bad guys want and how the players stumble into it. Or use the adventure I created in this video 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ I MADE AN ADVENTURE Pick up the Broadsheet and run the Night Train for your friends https://www.patreon.com/posts/142373547 SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 Introduction 00:25 Call"
YouTube Link 2025-10-30T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 34.3K engagements
"Why Brennan Lee Mulligan feels so different from Matt Mercer Watching Campaign [--] of Critical Role it's incredible to see the difference between Matt Mercer and Brennan Lee Mulligan and the way they Dungeon Master for D&D. Let me break down some of Brennan's tricks for keeping the plot moving by cutting between scenes. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ GRAVEDIGGER'S HARVEST Get Gravedigger's Harvest: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lonecolossusgames/gravediggers-harvestref=dxjnze SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 Brennan hits different 01:24"
YouTube Link 2025-10-23T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 259.1K engagements
"Reversing Weaknesses to Create More Interesting Monsters I remember watching my party turn Strahd into a melting paper pinata with the Sunsword and everything else and thinking how weak the D&D vampires are. So I've always wanted to make a vampire that's bad ass 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ LODESTAR Play D&D in outer space with Lodestar: https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/the-dragons-vault/lodestar-a-spacefarer-s-manual-space-fantasy-in-5eref=Mystic SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Grab the statblocks: https://www.patreon.com/posts/141720693 OBSIDIAN"
YouTube Link 2025-10-21T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 40K engagements
"D&D Has [--] Campaign Lengths Actually Which are you running a One-Shot or a Campaign for your next D&D game I think both have more specific use cases than you might realize and your next D&D game might be better served as another type of Campaign Length 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SPONSOR Sign up to get notified about the RPG Essentials set: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/splatteredink/acrylic-tokensref=651w71 SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 One Shot or Campaign 00:50 The Grand Campaign 04:39 The One-Shot 07:23 Both are kinda screwed"
YouTube Link 2025-10-16T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 50.7K engagements
"Remove Long Rests: Fix the Martial / Caster Divide If you're tired of watching Martials sadly saying "I hit" when Casters go nova it might be time to look at your adventuring day and think about how many encounters your running. Or just make the adventuring day longer and keep running the game you're already running 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ VOIDSEA Back VOIDSEA on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/voidsea/voidsearef=b5kwun SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM HEXPLORATION RULES Get the Hexploration Rules:"
YouTube Link 2025-10-14T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 81.1K engagements
"The Worldbuilding Formula that Hooks Players Every D&D campaign setting has the same structure they're all post-apocalyptic. D&D worlds are at their best when they live in the shadow of a great world that existed before the one you're adventuring in. And the structure itself is so simple and flexible you can use it to make a thousand unique worlds. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SCORCHED BASIN Get SCORCHED BASIN on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/homieandthedude/scorched-basinref=2j65gc SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 All D&D"
YouTube Link 2025-10-09T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 99K engagements
"How I Make Goblins both Funny and Scary Two facts about D&D: One there are never enough goblins. And two: Goblins can always be more chaotic. With the new goblins being Fey in [----] D&D I decided to lean into it and make my goblins be a bunch of chaotic little ragamuffins 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ UGLY GOBLIN COOKBOOK Back the Ugly Goblin Cookbook on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/theuglygoblin/the-ugly-goblins-cookbookref=2r9s3q DOWNLOAD THE STATS Grab the Goblinoids PDF on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/148238533 MONSTER MATH CHART Anto from Icarus Games'"
YouTube Link 2025-10-07T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 20.5K engagements
"18 Tricks to Speed Up D&D Combat If you feel like D&D Combats take forever maybe your players go on their phone and stop paying attention then I've got [--] tricks to help you speed it up. and a bonus trick that might be the root cause if none of the other stuff worked. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ VOIDSEA Back VOIDSEA on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/voidsea/voidsearef=b5kwun SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 Does your combat feel slow 00:20 Trick 1: Control the Conversation 01:11 Trick 2: Stand Up 01:47 Trick 3: Move Your"
YouTube Link 2025-10-02T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 64.2K engagements
"Dive Deep into the New D&D Starter Set I love the new D&D Starter Set ask me anything about it and we'll talk through what's in here and how best to run it. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ WILD MAGIC REIMAGINED Back the Wild Magic Reimagined Kickstarter before it's too late https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/speaksandspells/wild-magic-reimaginedref=7jnvdz SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00:00 Welcome to the Show 00:02:09 Wild Magic Reimagined 00:03:23 Diving into the Starter Set 00:45:03 Wild Magic Reimagined Pt [--] 00:48:00 Running this for Dad"
YouTube Link 2025-09-30T01:52Z 97.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Is the NEW D&D Starter Set worth it If you're trying to get into D&D for the first time or after a long time away the new D&D Starter Set: Heroes of the Borderlands is a perfect place to start. It's full of chits tokens colorful illustrations and everything else to make a board game geek's heart flutter 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ READY SET ENCOUNTER Get READY SET ENCOUNTER: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/printinggoeseveron/ready-set-encounter-vol-1ref=4oyths ROLL20 Starter Set The Starter Set on Roll20 for $14.99:"
YouTube Link 2025-09-30T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 21.4K engagements
"3 Different Ways to Command the Battlefield #powerwordmeal #sharethemeal The Warlord Class is my take on that 4th Edition idea of a martial support characer a battlefield commander that makes their party better by seizing crucial battlefield opportunities and deploying simple yet effective tactics in the heat of battle 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SAVE LIVES Support the UN World Food Programme with Power Word Meal: https://bit.ly/PowerWordMeal GET THE WARLORD Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Get the Warlord: https://www.patreon.com/posts/123736095 INDEX 00:00 The"
YouTube Link 2025-09-26T17:00Z 97.9K followers, 14.4K engagements
"How I let my D&D players craft magic items When your players want to harvest the guts of a D&D monster you might be lost for what to do next. But there is an easy way out of this that doesn't require you to make massive lists or use them or anything like that. I made rules for it 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ HELIANA'S GUIDE TO MONSTER HUNTING Get Heliana's: https://loottavern.com/helianas-series/ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Arcane Forge PDF: https://www.patreon.com/posts/139709135 INDEX 00:00 Has this ever happened to you 01:44 RPGs are about LOOT"
YouTube Link 2025-09-25T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 46.7K engagements
"The Secret to Starting a D&D Campaign is. I'm not talking about mixing genre I'm just saying that early level D&D has more in common with western genre conventions than it does with grand heroic fantasy conventions. So lean into it by making quest boards frontier towns bandits and thugs like that It's so much easier 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ CLOCKWORLD Back Tales From Elsewhere: CLOCKWORLD on Kickstarter today and you'll be supporting the channel directly if you use this link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/talesfromelsewhere/tales-from-elsewhere-clockworldref=e4un1o SUPPORT US"
YouTube Link 2025-09-18T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 42.9K engagements
"Why do Tucker's Kobolds love TRAPS Tucker's Kobolds is an iconic article from Dragon Magazine #127 a story about a high level D&D party that wanted to do everything to avoid the kobolds on level one of their dungeon. But how do you make your own kobolds inspire that kind of fear You use traps 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ CZEPEKU For amazing battlemaps tokens and scenes find Czepeku at: https://go.czepeku.com/mystic_arts_dm SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Download the Kobolds: https://www.patreon.com/posts/138947804 INDEX 00:00 Problem with the 2024"
YouTube Link 2025-09-16T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 22.7K engagements
"Creating a FINALE for our adventure Short-Fuse - Part [--] Let's make a boss fight for our finale of the Special Forces adventure Operation: Short Fuse we prepped together on stream 🎬Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:38 Catching Up With Chat 00:15:33 Prep Starts"
YouTube Link 2025-09-10T21:53Z 97.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Instead of [--] BBEG; Why Not [--] Tired of the same old D&D combat structure either minions or bosses What if you just had your players fight bad guys that felt like rival player characters. An ELITE TEAM of rival adventurers working for the bad guy of the adventure and destined to spice up combat 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SCORCHED BASIN Get SCORCHED BASIN on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/homieandthedude/scorched-basinref=2j65gc THE HUNGRY MUTTS Get the Hungry Mutts adventure and the town of Soda Springs for FREE from out Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/129829828"
YouTube Link 2025-09-11T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 43.6K engagements
"5E Statblocks in Obsidian (with the SRD vault) People kept asking how to install those statblocks I keep making and how I get the vault to look like I do. It's a vault created by a channel patron and the statblocks slot right in. It's dead easy so let me explain it quickly. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Check out the Cryptids on Patreon (FREE): https://www.patreon.com/posts/138023748 OBSIDIAN SRD VAULT Nax the Raven's 5e SRD vault (work in progress): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bYV3tq3OUUaIopM15kX5GQneIrqOKe9U INDEX 00:00 I've made [--] statblocks like this 00:33 Set"
YouTube Link 2025-09-08T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 24.8K engagements
"The Secret to Running Political Campaigns If you want your D&D game to have Game of Thrones style politics complete with bloody betrayals devious scheming and backstabbing you've got to start thinking about your game in the Three Faction Rule and everything will start slotting into place as you weave nest and layer the [--] factions as needed. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SCORCHED BASIN Get SCORCHED BASIN on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/homieandthedude/scorched-basinref=2j65gc SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 Do you want"
YouTube Link 2025-09-04T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 218.3K engagements
"D&D but with BODY HORROR monsters What if you could fight weird west monsters in D&D Not just banditos but like cowboy folk lore monsters like the Blood Oiler the Kentucky Sawbones or the Coal Baron Well I converted them to 5th Edition 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ CLOCKWORLD Back Tales From Elsewhere: CLOCKWORLD on Kickstarter today and you'll be supporting the channel directly if you use this link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/talesfromelsewhere/tales-from-elsewhere-clockworldref=e4un1o SUPPORT US Get the statblocks for FREE on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/137591800"
YouTube Link 2025-09-02T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 14K engagements
"West Marches needs a FRONTIER TOWN; let's make one Every now and again you've got to make a new town. I've got a D&D game next week that requires me to have a town ready and I don't have one So let's make a classic frontier town with a strong theme really quick Ya'll ready 🎬Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Become a Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQEEltSpi8LXqMH8uTrCQQ/join INDEX 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:45 I ran DRAGONBANE yesterday 00:12:24 How to: West Marches with Multiple DMs 00:14:18 Chatting OSR West Marches"
YouTube Link 2025-08-31T20:17Z 97.9K followers, 23.2K engagements
"Critical Role isn't actually doing West Marches but you can Critical Role announced that Brennan Lee Mulligan will be doing Campaign [--] as a West Marches style of play with [--] players across multiple tables and storylines. But they're ignoring the player driven scheduling but you don't have to do that Here's how to create and organize a West Marches game yourself 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ TOME OF INTANGIBLE TREASURES Get the TOME OF INTANGIBLE TREASURES:"
YouTube Link 2025-08-28T15:02Z 97.9K followers, 86.8K engagements
"Everyone needs to chill about Campaign [--] Critical Role just announced that Campaign Four will use 5th Edition D&D instead of switching over to their new game Daggerheart and everyone seems to be an expert on why that's a bad idea. But I just want everybody to chill; this won't affect you or your games. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ EXPLOSIVE CREATION Check out the Game Master's Compendium of Explosive Creation and make interesting characters quickly and easily https://legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/484612/Game-Masters-Compendium-of-Explosive-Creationaffiliate_id=4646153 SUPPORT US Join"
YouTube Link 2025-08-26T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 31.1K engagements
"Stop thinking D&D Youtubers can help you. We can't. I'm so done with seeing people thinking D&D Youtubers can help them run a better game; we can't. Only one thing can help you become a better dungeon master; it's running the game. But if you need to be inspired here are some things you can try 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM INDEX 00:00 People named Matt can't help you. 00:52 The Algorithm Age 02:51 Comments that breaks my heart 03:35 Why the glue trap works 04:26 Go suck at something 04:53 Diagnosing your games 06:37 You"
YouTube Link 2025-08-21T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 27.9K engagements
"How I changed D&D to make it Low Fantasy I run a low fantasy low magic D&D game and it works really well. I think there's some fundamentals that worked; it's a hexcrawl where magic is present but rare. But there's some other things I did too namely a few homebrew classes and subclasses that bridged the gap perfectly for me. 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ INJURIES AND VILE DEEDS Get Injuries and Vile Deeds: https://www.shop.lonecolossusgames.com/products/injuries-vile-deeds-hardcover-pdfutm_source=MysArts&utm_medium=MysArts&utm_campaign=InVDVid SUPPORT US Join our Patreon:"
YouTube Link 2025-08-14T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 92.3K engagements
"Why your NPCs don't feel real You RENDER NPCs in passes with each pass adding new lights to their features highlighting different aspects of their persona. As your D&D players come back to meet them you add new backstories lore and personality quirks to render in the details 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ EXPLOSIVE CREATION Check out the Game Master's Compendium of Explosive Creation and make interesting characters quickly and easily https://legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/484612/Game-Masters-Compendium-of-Explosive-Creationaffiliate_id=4646153 SUPPORT US Join our Patreon:"
YouTube Link 2025-08-07T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 86K engagements
"Making Sahuagin feel like SHARK Monsters I've been struggling at realizing what D&D Sahuagin are about but then I realized: they're just shark people Their blood frenzy ability is fertile ground for developing a cadre of monsters you can use at any level 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ CODEX OF THE UNDERSEA Check out Ebb&Ori's Codex of the Undersea: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/planarexpress/codex-of-the-undersea-a-5e-tomeref=jvbram SUPPORT US Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysticArtsDM Sahuagin Statblocks: https://www.patreon.com/posts/135345629 OBSIDIAN SRD VAULT Nax the"
YouTube Link 2025-08-05T15:00Z 97.9K followers, 20.5K engagements
"How I made my HOBGOBLINS feel like an ARMY I'm tired of seeing various flavors of D&D hobgoblins like they're all skirmishers what if we made an army of hobgoblins who can fight together like a band of powerful regimented trained warriors And I want them to challenge players through every tier of play 🎬 Created by Dai & Anna Birna ♥ DOWNLOAD THE STATS Grab the Goblinoids PDF on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/148238533 MONSTER MATH CHART Anto from Icarus Games' video on the monster manual diagnosis: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=9oMZouAAVmQ SUPPORT US Join our Patreon:"
YouTube Link 2025-07-31T15:01Z 97.9K followers, 86.8K engagements
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