How do you get better at DM 5e?

12 Tips to Being a Better Dungeon Master – A Dungeons and Dragons Guide

Don’t Be Afraid to Make Your Own Story.
Make Critical Failures Just as Fun as Critical Successes.
Make a Party Contract.
Lay Down Your Rules.
Sit Down and Talk With Your Party.
Make a Recap.
Pre-Roll Before the Game.
You Don’t Have to Memorize Every Rule.

What should I have behind my DM screen?

The DM of any campaign is likely going to have quite a few stacks of papers and books sitting behind their screen. One way to keep these straight is with sticky notes and page flags that the player can peel off and stick to key pages and sections of the book or notes that they’re going to want to reference later.

What should a DM have?

The DM Screen. Never, ever let them know what you’re thinking.

The Table Topper. Most of us grew up playing on scratched dining room tables or plastic card tables, but no more.

The Initiative Tracker. “When do I go again?”

The Dice.

The Dice Box.

The Dice Tower.

The Mapping Tool.

The Reference Guide.

Is there a cheat sheet for 5e D & D?

Using a handful of the tables in the Lazy DM’s Workbook, I put together a single-page laminated page with a 5e D&D cheat sheet on one side and blank drawing surface on another.

Is there a cheat sheet for Fantastic Locations?

Back when Fantastic Locations came out we released a one-page campaign worksheet intended to help DMs focus on the characters and have a bit of a cheat sheet at the same time. It’s served well but it didn’t have everything I wanted in a 5e cheat sheet.

How to run a lot of monsters in 5e?

This chart works for saving throws as well. If a wizard casts a DC 15 fireball on six ogres with a -1 dex saving throw, it takes four ogres for one success thus only one ogre succeeds on the saving throw and the other five take full damage. If you mix this with pooling monster hit points, it is a very effective way to run a lot of monsters.