I really wanted to call this the "Lazy DM Cheatsheet", but I didn't feel comfortable using Michael Shea's brand. So here we are.
I am a huge fan of the Sly Flourish book series, and I wanted to create a different type of graphical cheat sheet that I could use while running a game, that heavily relies on the principles outlined in the book.
My cheat sheet was inspired by this post, in an attempt to find a single reusable dungeon map to cover multiple adventures. The map I chose is this one by Dyson Logos (who has a TON of awesome maps, go check them out!)
I combined this with the concept of the 5 Room Dungeon to split the larger map into mini sections of 5 rooms each, with little graph indicators along the top to show the different configurations. I chose those specific arrangements so that I could put the reward in a bottom node and ensure that the party must pass through at least 3 nodes to get to it.
Also sprinkled around on the paper are some key phrases from the book, a spot to write in the 10 secrets of the session, a quick way to generate a random DC on the fly, a name generator, the deadly benchmark, the Monster Manual on a Business Card, two progress clocks, and a 1d100 list of random words for inspiration.
It is designed to be printed and laminated. Leave the back blank so you can draw on it with dry erase marker.
Enjoy! If you like what you see here, please go buy the book, it is well worth it.
Thank you! I have a random name generator in the lower right, since it took up less space that way. But maybe a 1d100 list along the side would work better. Surnames would help as well.