So you want to be a Game Master
Great book that puts a whole bunch of content from his The Alexandrain blog into a single, cohesive book that walks you through the processes you need to manage everything in the game. Cannot recommend this highly enough.
This link takes you to the Dungeon Generator, but check out all the cool generators in the left menu pane!
Requires subscription to get the best out of it.
Extends your DnD Beyond subscription to allow for combat tracker, maps with fog of war etc.
Extends the view in DnD Beyond to have all passive character stats shown. Requires that character sheets are set to public.
VTT that has free and paid tiers.
Combat tracker
Don't hand craft NPCs, or characters for one shots - this site lets you tweak a character and generated the character sheet.
This guy reviews adventure modules, so you can read them before you buy a module!
Over 3,000 adventures available, with a level searcher.
DM advice in blog format, where the focus is on streamlining DM prep and enhancing gameplay.
Distilled wisdom to speed up game preparation time for the DM.
Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master is an award-winning and best-selling book designed to help roleplaying game masters get more out of our RPGs by preparing less. Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master uses the experiences of thousands of GMs to help us focus on how we prepare our games, how we run our games, and how we think about our games. It includes practical steps for focusing our preparation activities on those things that will bring the biggest impact to our game.
The Lazy DM's Workbook is a quick reference book containing tools, tables, guidelines, random generators, maps, and worksheets to help you prepare, improvise, and run great fifth edition fantasy roleplaying games. It goes hand-in-hand with the ideas in Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master and is useful right at the table.
The Lazy DM's Companion is a 64 page book of guidelines and inspirational generators to help you build, prepare, and run awesome D&D games. Sitting alongside Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master and Lazy DM's Workbook, the Lazy DM's Companion streamlines play and fires off your imagination to build awesome and unique worlds for you and your players to explore.
The Monsters Know What They're Doing - Blog
This is the source material for the books below.
The Monsters Know What They're Doing - Book
Strategy guide for monsters, so you don't have to make it all up yourself.
Moar! Monsters Know What They're Doing - Book
Expanded strategy guide for monsters.
Creaters write content, and this is where you can buy it!
These guys have short time runs of products, as well as products available at all times.
Great rundown on options to build your class. Provides feedback on a host of feats, skills, stat preferences.
Live to Tell the Tale: Combat Tactics for Player Characters - Book
Strategy guide for players. This is a MUST read - it changed the way I think about character creation, and party roles, after nearly 40 years of playing. Author has said that they're working on a 2024 rules version, which I will be grabbing as soon as it's available.