You start from base material and alter some types of aspects, be it appearance, mannerism or anything else. It could be used to fuel your improvisation by actually using our familiar material.
Another great tool using base material is kitbashing.
Examples
- Characters
- Locations (Dungeons, Castles, Houses, Farms)
- Monsters
- Spells
- Magic items
- World building lore
- Real life lore
Reference
E. Schea, M. (2018). Sly flourish’s return of the lazy dungeon master. Sly flourish shop
Highlights or timestamps
Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master Highlights
- Take something that already exists and describe it as something new
— ^aad794 from Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master highlights
- Reskinning monsters is a perfect example of the way of the lazy dungeon master
— ^c6ed6d from Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master highlights
- You can reskin entire dungeons to suit the requirements and needs of your own game.
— ^769bba from Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master highlights
- Tavern, inns, castles temples, cities, planes of existence, gods, whole pantheons - whatever you need, you can most likely borrow from other resources built using far more time, money and creative energy than most GMs have access to.
— ^aac91b from Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master highlights