10 "Aged" Paper 🦩

While it isn't required, adding props can be a fun൩ addition to the game that can help players really get involved. Even making a prop as simple as a scroll can add a bit of flair to any campaign, and it's fairly simple to make! Using a tutorial like 's, a DM can make tons of "aged" paper using simple items found around the house.

You just need coffee (or tea), thi𓃲ck white copy paper, a tray for the paper and a place to dry it. This paper can also be printed on (after being dried and ironed out) if you prefer to use calligraphy fonts versus writing on it yourself.

9 DM Screen

The DM screen is, typically, one of the most needed accessories for, it's how the DM keeps the air of mystery and intrigue of the game. P𝔉ublishers offer lots of great screens for purchase, but for any DM that wants theirs to have their own personal touch, there are plenty of ways to m🌞ake a custom one.

For a small and more compact one, you can use presentation binders and even put handy information for yourꦦ players to know on the outside of it. Anyone who wants to be a bit handier can make one out of a tri-fold display board, cutting it down to size and adorning the inside with everything ജyou might need. As a bonus, you can decorate it however you want!

8 🅘 Card Wallet Spellbook

For a DM with players that have characters with magical talents (wizards, clerics, warlocks, etc.) they can wind up with quite a few spells at their disp🦄osal, especially in the case of wizards.

 made some custom spellbooks for their players using an inexpensive card wallet with plastic credit c𒁏ard sleeves. Spell cards can easily fit into the sleeves and are readily within reach and can be looked through whenever a player needs them.

7 Initiative Tracker 💯

Most games can be divided into two "phases" the RP phase where most of the plot and the party's interactions happen. And then there's the combat phase where most of the 💛"action" takes place. Depending on a DM's and their players' personal taste, every session can see at least a little combat. When it's time to fight, you as the DM will have🍸 your players roll for initiative.

But sometimes it's hard to keep track of initiative, but fear not, for you can make a simple but hand💎y initiative tracker! An initiative tracker can be anything; binder clips, clothespins, even just paper markers with characters' names and the names of their opponents.

6 🧜 Affect Of Area Templates

Most spells in have what is called an "area of effect". Its area of effect is basically how wide of a range the spell has and any creature that is in that range runs the risk of being affected by it. Depending on the spell, it can have a long, medium or short-range and sometimes it's a little difficult to tell just how wide of a 🏅ꦯrange a spell has.

But a DM can help out their players, and themselves, by making AoE templates. Usingꩵ the spell's description they can create a template in the shape of the spell (cone, circle, a blast etc) to make a physical representation of a spell's range. No longer will you or your players go back and forth debating if a spell hits an enemy target or not!

5 🀅 Custom Dice Tower

The of dice towers actually goes back a 🔯long way as they've been used since at least the 4th century, back in Roman days. They were used for the same reason that they're used today, to ensure more fair, consistent and random rolls. Dice are dropped into it from the top and they bounce off different platforms inside and roll to the front.

There are tons of lovely professionally crafted dice towers available to buy, but for DMs on a budget, you can still have one of these lovely gaming devices by building it yourself. For those that are handier, you can make one out wood but it's also possible to make a simple one out of cardboard, follo꧟wing .

4 ♛ 🌳 Spell Slot Tokens

There are tools like that can help players keep track of spent spell slots. But, for a DM with players who don't want to spend the money for a subscꩲription (and who n🔜eed a little help remembering), there's the option to make spell slot tokens. created the ones shown above, using poker chips adorned with stickers.

Each sticker has a number that represents a spell slot. Players who use spells can get the number of tokens that equal their spell slots and as they use them they can put them off to the side (or in a bowl or box) to signify them "spending" it. You can take things a step further by creating a place for spent chips that 🔴can be recovered with a short or long rest.

3 ♌ Fla🎶t Screen Battle Map

So you're starting a campaign but you don't have the money to buy physical terrains and miniatures, or the time to make your own. If you have a flat-screen tv t♍hat you don't mind using (and if you trust your players not to damage it), 🎃you can quickly assemble your very own !

Using a flat-screen that do𒊎esn't have its HDMI ports in the back, you can place it on its back on the table and use digital battle maps from places like Youtube or Map Tool. And now you have an unlimited amount of battle maps at your disposal and you can wow your players with this simple but amazing DIY!

2 Laminated Character Sheet🐎s

Probably one of the greatest tools a DM can hand their players is... a character sheet. Some 🔥might disagree but the character sheet is often an overlooked tool in D&D. It has most of all the important information of every member of the party; their class and stats, all their weapons, any abilities or racial traits they have and more. It never hurts for a DM or their players to have it handy. Typically your players will write their stats in pencil since as the campaign goes on their stats will change.

But instead of havin😼g them erase to make changes and potentially ruin the sheet, you can just laminate it! Laminating character sheets makes making changes easier and neater. Also, in the case of character death, players can simply use the same sheet.

1 Healing Pot🎀✱ion Dice Bottles

Unless your players have a cleric or two in their party, they'll probably end up buying and consuming many Healing Potions throughout the campaign. The way Healing Potion works is that players will roll a set number of dice 𝕴and whatever roll they get determines how many Hitpoints the🌟y get back.

A neat way to help playerꦏs keep track of their Healing Potions and see how many Hitpoints ไthey get back is to make Healing Potion dice bottles. A simple glass or clear plastic bottle can be used to hold tiny dice that players can shake and roll to get their results.