Episodes

2 days ago
Ep 168 - Monster Series - Hags
2 days ago
2 days ago
In an episode idea from generous donor Tim McKenzie, this week we talk about hags, especially their penchant for deals and their lethal abilities. What makes hags tick? What are their motivations and how can GMs use them in their campaign? Tune in and find out.
#dnd #Pathfinder #opendnd #DMTips #hags
Resources:
Monsters Know What They’re Doing - Hag Tactics - https://www.themonstersknow.com/hag-tactics/
The Monsters Know What They’re Doing - Hags - https://www.themonstersknow.com/hags-revisited-part-1/
Volo’s Guide to Monsters

Sunday Mar 19, 2023
Ep 167 - Immersive Roleplaying
Sunday Mar 19, 2023
Sunday Mar 19, 2023
This week's topic comes courtesy of listener Daniel Mehefko who wanted me to discuss immersive roleplaying. What is immersive roleplaying? How can players and DMs encourage their fellow players to engage in more immersive roleplay? Tune in and find out.
#dnd #pathfinder #opendnd #roleplay #roleplaying
Resources:
Venture Forth - 10 Rules to Improve Immersion - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cw3aJz5lGO0
Grog and Scanlan go hat shopping

Sunday Mar 12, 2023
Ep 166 - Dealing with Ill Prepared Parties
Sunday Mar 12, 2023
Sunday Mar 12, 2023
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 hands up and walk away? Throw hands at your players? Throw a rave instead of gaming that night? In this episode look at the different ways parties can be ill prepared for what lies ahead. and talk about multiple options for how to handle this situation.
#DnD #Pathfinder #Opendnd #DMTips

Sunday Mar 05, 2023
Ep 165 - Let Players Savor Their Victories
Sunday Mar 05, 2023
Sunday Mar 05, 2023
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 PCs accomplished something impressive. In this episode I talk about the importance of giving players the opportunity to celebrate character victories and rewarding the characters appropriately.
#dnd #dungeonsanddragons #pathfinder #openRPG #DMTips

Sunday Feb 26, 2023
Ep 164 - Lore Series - Death of Gods and Aroden
Sunday Feb 26, 2023
Sunday Feb 26, 2023
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 deities in your game world died, left, or otherwise weren't available? What would happen to their followers and your world as a whole?
Resources:
Pathfinder Wiki (Aroden) - https://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Aroden
#pathfinder #deities #openrpg #opendnd #aroden #dnd #dungeonsanddragons

Sunday Feb 19, 2023
Ep 163 - Fire - Realism vs Fun
Sunday Feb 19, 2023
Sunday Feb 19, 2023
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 lengthy debates involving fire, oil flammability, and fire spread mechanics.
Tune in to the episode that probably put Jeremy on a federal government watch list.
#dnd #pathfinder #dungeonsanddragons #realism #fun
Resources:
Resigned: How to Know When It’s Time to Go:
http://markstretton.blogspot.com/2017/11/fire-arrows-what-can-they-set-on-fire.html

Sunday Feb 12, 2023
Ep 162 - Deities
Sunday Feb 12, 2023
Sunday Feb 12, 2023
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 deities in your game and Jeremy talks way too long about the comic book series Spawn.
#pathfinder #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #deities
Resources:
Resigned: How to Know When It’s Time to Go:
https://gnomestew.com/making-the-gods-matter-in-fantasy-rpgs/

Sunday Feb 05, 2023
Ep 161 - Player Indecision
Sunday Feb 05, 2023
Sunday Feb 05, 2023
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 can drive DMs up a wall. In this episode, we look at possible causes for indecision and repeatedly urge players to make a choice...ANY choice. Please, we DMs are begging you...for the love of Iomedae.
Resources:

Sunday Jan 29, 2023
Ep 160 - Wizards of the Coast Capitulation and Good Dungeon Maps
Sunday Jan 29, 2023
Sunday Jan 29, 2023
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 dungeons like this? Give this episode a listen and find out.
Also, hopefully we've heard the last of Wizards of the Coast trying to get rid of the OGL 1.0a.
#dnd #opendnd #ogl #pathfinder #paizo #orc
Resources:
Wizards of the Coast announcement: https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1439-ogl-1-0a-creative-commons
What it means to “Jaquay a dungeon”: https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/13085/roleplaying-games/jaquaying-the-dungeon
Great interview of Jennell.Jaquays by The Wandering DM

Sunday Jan 22, 2023
Ep 159-OGL 1.2 and Intelligent Magic Items
Sunday Jan 22, 2023
Sunday Jan 22, 2023
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 magic items in media and you'd like to bring one into your game world. What's the best way to do that? Are there any tips? Does an animated bear rug poop in the woods?
Seriously...do they? I have no idea.
#OpenDnd #OpenRPG #Pathfinder #OGL #DnD #DungeonsandDragons
Resources:
Dungeon Dudes: How to Homebrew Sentient Magic Items. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1H5oK_GGmI