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Description: A big part of a game master's job is presenting the world to their players in ways that make it inviting, engaging, and exciting. It's easy to drop a lore dump, aka a big chunk of info, on your players all at once, but that makes it too easy to overwhelm your players or set them up to miss detail. Here's how to present your lore WITHOUT the dump. Get Heroforge Custom minis: heroforge.com WE'RE WRITING A BOOK! Sign up for our mailing list for more info: eepurl.com/gDXzGr GET MORE WEB DM! We've got a bonus podcast on patreon.com/webdm that you can get every single week where we go into way more topics, answer your questions, and have way more benefits too. Become a Web DMN today! Time stamps: 0:00 intro 3:04 Convey information through Player Character Classes 8:36 Backgrounds and what they mean in your game 13:15 Consider equipment, how they’re created, and their significance 18:00 Monsters are an awesome way to reveal lore! 24:11 Encounters and how you create them shapes the players’ perceptions of the world #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #ttrpg Facebook - bit.ly/2oGKLOg Twitter - twitter.com/WebDMshow Instagram - web_dm Written & Hosted by Jim Davis and Jonathan Pruitt Produced and Directed by Emma Lambert Edited by Brandon Fraley Web DM was created by Travis Boles, Jonathan Pruitt, and Jim Davis Art by Thomas Tanner thomastannerart.com Music by John Branch -branchoutguitar.com Web DM Theme by Kyle Newmaster - kylenewmaster.com