Short, bite-sized RPG advice, tips, and tricks for DMs and players of tabletop role playing games (TTRPG)
274 episodes transcribedSome decry AI as the worst thing to come to RPGs since THAC0. However, I’d like DMs and players to acknowledge the problems associated with AI use bu...
Many moons ago I gave tips on character death but as The Mummy said, death is only the beginning. How do you let your player gracefully replace their...
In this short episode I talk about a common feeling among DMs: imposter syndrome and give DMs some advice for dealing with it. #dmtips #dnd #Pathf...
A few weeks ago I mentioned how rare I think class levels are in your world and promised a longer discussion on the topic. As threatened, here it is....
In this episode I use a bit of lore about the Vast to expand on a concept important to your game world - unexplored areas with the potential to have a...
Robert Nores wrote in asking how I prepare one shot adventures so in this episode I give you some general tips and walk you through how I would prepar...
RPG players depend on we DMs to effectively describe the combat, the encounter areas, and the world at large during exploration activities. The words...
Sometimes it's nice to remind players that not everything in the world revolves around them and they don't have the ability to control everything goin...
Your PCs tend to stroll through life like everything is great. They're walking through the Underdark, not a care in the world, oblivious to everythin...
There is something refreshing about not having to worry about nuance about the big bad's plans or fighting to find a reason for their actions. Someti...
In this episode I talk about good opportunities for DMs to introduce PC-NPC and PC-PC roleplaying opportunities. #dnd #rpgtips #Pathfinder #orc #DMt...
DMs, what should you do when the players derail your entire adventure plan, reveal a secret or short circuit the story that you had planned for the gr...
I have been guilty of trying to craft stories from an overview, a 50,000 foot view, if you will, and neglecting the individual encounters, scenes and...
There are a few common tips and tricks that DMs can use to make monsters scarier or merely seem that they are. In this episode I discuss ways that yo...
I've given the WOTC Pinkerton issue a couple of weeks to marinate and I wanted to give my thoughts on the matter. Also, I wanted to give my wonderful...
In this episode I point out how to find inspiration in a book that is 125 years old and use the building blocks to make quests and backstories that ar...
Oozes may seem like boring combatants at first, mindless blobs of acidic gels that don't exactly have complex motivations or rich histories but they c...
On a very special super-sized edition of the Taking 20 Podcast I interview David Carter of the competitive D&D 5e tournament on Youtube called Crucibl...
In this episode I talk about giving life to your campaigns by making your quest givers more dynamic and how you can use quest givers to steer the camp...
This week I'm picking a fight and a lot of DMs will disagree with me. I talk about what Armor Class and Hit Points really mean and how that can affec...
