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Practical tools and workflows for running a tabletop campaign. Prep, table management, loot, shops, and the systems that keep a long game organized.

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· 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.

· 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.

· 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.

· 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.

· 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.

· 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.

· 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.

· 10 min read

The Campaign Was Always the Category

Inventory was the starting point: ScryRPG's larger promise is a campaign manager where lore, characters, your familiar, and your table connect.

· 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.

· 10 min read

Stop Using Spreadsheets for Swords

TTRPG inventory is broken. The fix isn't just better tracking. It's recognizing that inventory can be a place where stories happen.

· 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

You Don't Have to Grow Your Own Tomatoes

The myth of the wholly original GM is holding you back. Great GMs curate, adapt, and combine. The creativity is in the selection, not the raw materials.

· 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.