Guides and studio notes

Ideas for your next session, and notes from building ScryRPG.

· 18 min read D&D 5e

D&D Shop Ideas: 8 Ready Examples

Complete inventories with items, prices, shopkeepers, and mystery goods you can drop into any D&D session.

Loot and treasure

· 16 min read D&D 5e

D&D Loot Tables: 8 Ready-to-Use Treasure Drops

Eight D&D 5e loot tables for bandits, tombs, shipwrecks, and dragon hoards, with gold, magic items, and advice on making treasure matter to your players.

· 10 min read

Your Players Have Too Much Gold

Your TTRPG economy is running on one person's effort: yours. Gold sinks won't fix that. Tradeoffs will. Here's how to build an economy that works for you.

· 6 min read D&D 5e

Unidentified Items in D&D

Why mystery items deserve a place in your game, and how to make the reveal land at the table.

Shops and economy

· 18 min read D&D 5e

D&D Shop Ideas: 8 Ready Examples

Complete inventories with items, prices, shopkeepers, and mystery goods you can drop into any D&D session.

· 7 min read D&D 5e

Let Your Players Shop Between Sessions

Shopping episodes drag because they make four players wait while one buys. The fix is not to cut shopping. It is to move it off the clock, between sessions.

Encounters and combat

Running the table

· 17 min read D&D 5e

D&D Session Notes That Help Next Week

A practical template for promises, clues, NPCs, loot, unresolved threads, and prep reminders your future self will need.

· 6 min read D&D 5e PF2e

Track Your Party's Inventory in Discord

Party inventory does not break at the table. It breaks between sessions, when the notes stop matching the game. The fix is keeping the record where your table talks.

· 13 min read

Best AI Tools for D&D in 2026: A Guide by Task

Compare AI tools for D&D prep, rules, session notes, NPC voices, character art, and battle maps, with free options and practical advice for choosing one.

Printables

· 6 min read D&D 5e PF2e Draw Steel

How to Make Printable D&D Item Cards (Free)

Make free printable D&D item cards from your campaign's gear. Build a deck in ScryRPG, choose a layout, and print or export a PDF, with optional QR links.

· 7 min read D&D 5e PF2e Draw Steel

Printable D&D Monster Cards and Spell Cards

Stop running combat out of three open books. Build monster, spell, NPC, item, and encounter card decks in ScryRPG, with printing and exports free on every plan.

Studio notes