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Short, bite-sized RPG advice, tips, and tricks for DMs and players of tabletop role playing games (TTRPG)
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Sunday Dec 25, 2022
Sunday Dec 25, 2022
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 rich melting pot of cultures blended together and living in close proximity, there will likely be holidays of some sort. Why do holidays exist? What do you need to create holidays in your world? Tune in this week to find out!
#DnD #DungeonsandDragons #Pathfinder #Paizo #Holidays
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Sunday Dec 18, 2022
Sunday Dec 18, 2022
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. We also talk about some game-system-agnostic ways to scale your monsters up or down.
#DungeonsandDragons #DnD #Pathfinder #DMTips
Resources:
Resigned: How to Know When It’s Time to Go: https://www.amazon.com/Resigned-Know-Truths-Stigma-Quitting-ebook/dp/B0BLP2LCQJ/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1AO4TAC6LM4AO&keywords=resigned
D&D Dungeon Master’s Guide
Pathfinder 2e Core Rulebook
Pathfinder 2e Bestiary
Sunday Dec 11, 2022
Sunday Dec 11, 2022
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 species of giants have very different tactics, capabilities, and motivations. This week Jeremy talks all about the differences and what makes them tick.
#DnD #DungeonsandDragons #Pathfinder #DMTips
Resources:
Resigned: How to Know When It’s Time to Go: https://www.amazon.com/Resigned-Know-Truths-Stigma-Quitting-ebook/dp/B0BLP2LCQJ/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1AO4TAC6LM4AO&keywords=resigned
The Monsters Know What They’re Doing: https://www.themonstersknow.com/giant-tactics/
Extra Credits: The Viking Expansion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxItyrp55g8&list=PLhyKYa0YJ_5D16-gw3aGKjuC_iW7R16mF
Sunday Dec 04, 2022
Sunday Dec 04, 2022
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 planes and what dangers will characters face when they go there? Tune in to this episode when I discuss this and give you some adventure ideas for each plane!
#DungeonsandDragons #DnD #Pathfinder #Elemental #Planes
Resources:
Resigned: How to Know When It’s Time to Go: https://www.amazon.com/Resigned-Know-Truths-Stigma-Quitting-ebook/dp/B0BLP2LCQJ/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1AO4TAC6LM4AO&keywords=resigned
5e elemental planes: https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Elemental_planes
Pathfinder elemental planes: https://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Elemental_Plane
Dungeons & dragons discontinuing the use of the word race for the word species: https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1393-moving-on-from-race-in-one-d-d
Sunday Nov 27, 2022
Sunday Nov 27, 2022
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 with peril. Handled incorrectly, you can make lifelong enemies of your DM, your fellow players, and anyone they may know. In this episode I talk about the mature and professional way to separate from the group minimizing animosity or hurt feelings.
#dnd #dungeonsanddragons #pathfinder #dmtips #leavingyourgaminggroup
Resources:
Resigned: How to Know When It’s Time to Go: https://www.amazon.com/Resigned-Know-Truths-Stigma-Quitting-ebook/dp/B0BLP2LCQJ/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1AO4TAC6LM4AO&keywords=resigned
Sunday Nov 20, 2022
Sunday Nov 20, 2022
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, you find yourself dreading it and it doesn't even sound like a good time.
If this is you, you might be experiencing RPG burnout. In this episode, we talk about the causes of burnout and what you can do to find that joy again.
#DungeonsandDragons #DnD #Pathfinder #DMTips #PlayerTips #Burnout
Resources:
How to be a Great GM - https://www.youtube.com/c/HowtobeaGreatGM
Sunday Nov 13, 2022
Sunday Nov 13, 2022
Don't forget to send me your contest entries before Friday, November 19th!
Minor milestone as we hit episode #150. This week we will talk about Rovagug, the monster in Pathfinder lore that will bring about the end of the multiverse. In this episode we ask: Where is it now? What is it doing? Why do campaigns need creatures of unfathomable evil and chaos and destruction?
#Pathfinder #DungeonsandDragons #DnD #GMTips #Rovagug
Resources:
https://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Rovagug
https://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Spawn_of_Rovagug
Sunday Nov 06, 2022
Sunday Nov 06, 2022
Good ideas can come from anywhere: movies, music, streaming series, and even video games.
You may think that I only mean RPG video games like Dragon Age or The Witcher. Good ideas for characters, game mechanics, and even plots can be taken from video games of all kinds from Super Mario Brothers to Portal. In this episode, you'll hear about tips for taking these ideas and using them at your game table
#DungeonsandDragons #DnD #Pathfinder #RPG #DMTips
Sunday Oct 30, 2022
Sunday Oct 30, 2022
We conclude horror month with the mysterious and aloof creatures of the Feywild or First World. What makes these creatures scary? What the heck are the Seelie and Unseelie courts? This nymph is offering me a deal that's too good to be true. Should I take it? Tune in and find out.
#DnD #DungeonsandDragons #Pathfinder #DMTips #Fey
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Sunday Oct 23, 2022
Sunday Oct 23, 2022
Today is a mini-listener mailbag episode addressing two major aspects of horror games, tension at the table and corruption in your game world. Please listen in as Jeremy discusses two questions from listeners like you.
#DMTips #DnD #DungeonsandDragons #Pathfinder
Resources:
3D Crafts and Curios on Facebook: https://www.etsy.com/shop/3DCraftsAndCurios
3D Crafts and Curios on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/3dcraftscurios/
Fairy Tower we are giving away: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1146552166/fairy-dice-tower-fates-end-tabletop?click_key=39401705e45a55583044da45f50f127cf7c5c466%3A1146552166&click_sum=ca4d715d&ga_search_query=fairy&ref=shop_items_search_2&frs=1&sts=1
Tension Pool - https://theangrygm.com/definitive-tension-pool/
Crit Academy - https://www.youtube.com/c/CritAcademy/videos
John Fourr on Building Tension - https://www.roleplayingtips.com/rptn/6-more-exciting-ways-to-create-tension/
Trajectory of Fear by Ash Law - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzBGv7T2YMphdjlZNFVKa1pQZjg/view?resourcekey=0-kJSbTSzALd8aKnHMv8pKQg