Short, bite-sized RPG advice, tips, and tricks for DMs and players of tabletop role playing games (TTRPG)
274 episodes transcribedIn this episode I give a brief review of the new D&D movie Honor Among Thieves and talk about how DMs should not use social skills like persuasion, di...
In an episode idea from generous donor Tim McKenzie, this week we talk about hags, especially their penchant for deals and their lethal abilities. Wh...
This week's topic comes courtesy of listener Daniel Mehefko who wanted me to discuss immersive roleplaying. What is immersive roleplaying? How can p...
Sometimes your adventuring parties just aren't ready for an encounter, a trap, or maybe an entire adventure. What should you do as a DM? Throw your...
After watching a session at my Friendly Local Game Store I watched a DM put players through a meat grinder of encounters, not even pausing when the PC...
In a lot of game worlds, deities can't die. They always existed, exist, and will always exist. But what if that wasn't true. What if one or more de...
Answering a question posed by Adrian from the Age of Adventure RPG, how do you find the balance between realism and fun. His table devolved into leng...
GMs, are the gods in your game worlds present or absent? Big and powerful or quiet and reserved? In this episode we talk about ways you can use deit...
Left or right at the intersection? Fight or flee? Sell the potion or keep it for later? Players sometimes find it hard to make a decision and that...
Good dungeon maps give players choices, have a good theme, and contents that support the theme and purpose of your dungeon. But...how do you create d...
The One Ring in Lord of the Rings, The Singing Sword in Bugs Bunny, The Luggage in the Rimworld novels by Terry Pratchett. We've seen intelligent mag...
In this episode I weigh in on the Wizards of the Coast OGL 1.1 fiasco and talk about a period in Faerun's history called the Time of Troubles, when go...
In this episode suggested by a donor over at ko-fi.com/taking20podcast we give some tips to DMs about those rare materials like mithril, cold iron, si...
This is not an episode. Jeremy's passed out right now.
Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas! If your game world has any history at all and any culture, whether it's a single-minded autonomous collective or a...
In this heaver-than-usual rules episode, we take a look at some of the rules in Pathfinder 2e and D&D 5e for making monsters more or less powerful. W...
Giants. They're all tall and they have reach. Prep work done for an adventure, right? Hold your throwing stone, my DM friend. The different specie...
The 4 elements of creation in Dungeons and Dragons and Pathfinder lore are so powerful that each has its own plane of existence. What's on these plan...
If you've reached the point where you need to leave the gaming group, the next steps in the process are going to be difficult emotionally and fraught...
Much is written about DM burnout. But you're a player and while you know you should be excited for the Dungeons and Dragons or RPG session tonight, y...
