Episode 115: Roll for Initiative

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DMs Matt and Rob roll for initiative! Let's talk everything initiative and turn order: when to use it, why to use it, and how to track it. Plus, six different variants to the system you can use in your game! 

Unearthed Arcana:

March 2020 - Spell Tattoos and Summon Spells

April 2020 - Psionics (Again!)

Links:

Matt's Psionics Rules

Marvel Heroic Roleplaying initiative aka "popcorn"

Pathfinder 2e initiative rules

Savage Worlds initiative

Dungeon World "initiativeless" rules 

Simple initiative options by Sly Flourish 

Music:

Pac Div - Roll the Dice

Wiz Khalifa - Ink My Whole Body

Pixies - Where is my Mind? 

The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn!

DMs Matt and Rob roll for initiative! Let's talk everything initiative and turn order: when to use it, why to use it, and how to track it. Plus, six different variants to the system you can use in your game!  Unearthed Arcana: March 2020 - Spell Tattoos and Summon Spells April 2020 - Psionics (Again!)

Episode 114: Greater Newsbag

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Matt and Rob talk about the news, free stuff, and answer some letters. Here's the links! https://dnd.wizards.com/remote/freematerial https://blog.roll20.net/post/612497773955350528/stay-at-home-play-at-home https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/lmop/ https://www.myth-weavers.com/ https://beyond20.here-for-more.info/    

Ep. 113: So You Want to Play an ONLINE RPG

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Dungeon Masters Matt and Rob are here to walk you through everything you need to know to play a game of Dungeons and Dragons ONLINE.

Free Adventures:

The Celestial Job

Rumblings

Links:

Maptools

Token Stamp

Foundry Virtual Table Top

Fantasy Grounds

Roll20

Music:

Pac Div - Roll the Dice

Rodriguez - Sugar Man

Right On - Marvin Gaye 

Adam Schlesinger (R.I.P.) - That Thing You Do

Dungeon Masters Matt and Rob are here to walk you through everything you need to know to play a game of Dungeons and Dragons ONLINE. Free Adventures: The Celestial Job Rumblings Links: Maptools Token Stamp Foundry Virtual Table Top Fantasy Grounds Roll20 Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Rodriguez - Sugar Man Right On - Marvin Gaye  Adam Schlesinger (R.I.P.)

BONUS: Quarantined DM Advice

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Quarantined Dungeon Master Matt and Quarantined Dungeon Master Rob are here with advice and answers to RPG questions. May this podcast be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.

Keep sending us letters at dmofnone@gmail.com or leave us a message on the Dungeon Master Hotline at ‪(774) 203-4629‬.

Links: Dark Sun 5e Homebrew that Rob likes

Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice; M.I.A - Internet Connection; Arcade Fire - Normal Person; The Decemberists - The Legionnaire's Lament; David Bowie/Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes; Tim and Foty - Ndola-ngo.

Quarantined Dungeon Master Matt and Quarantined Dungeon Master Rob are here with advice and answers to RPG questions. May this podcast be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out. Keep sending us letters at dmofnone@gmail.com or leave us a message on the Dungeon Master Hotline at ‪(774) 203-4629‬.

Ep. 112: Explorer's Guide to Wildemount

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DMs Matt and Rob review the first new official Dungeons and Dragons campaign setting in two (?) decades: Critical Role's Explorer's Guide to Wildemount! 

Links: Salt in Wounds

Music:

Pac Div - Roll the Dice

The Killers - All These Things That I've Done

Tom Jones - It's Not Unusual

City of Heroes: Freedom - Main Theme

Yusuf - Wild World 

DMs Matt and Rob review the first new official Dungeons and Dragons campaign setting in two (?)

Episode 111: Gather: The Magicking

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Matt and Rob sit down and try to figure out what the hell is happening with Magic: The Gathering lore and how you can use it for your own worldbuilding. Please ignore the coughing. We're fine.

Music:

Roll the Dice - Pac Div
Do You Believe in Magic - The Lovin' Spoonful
Santana - Black Magic Woman
Heart - Magic Man
B.o.B. - Magic

Matt and Rob sit down and try to figure out what the hell is happening with Magic: The Gathering lore and how you can use it for your own worldbuilding. Please ignore the coughing. We're fine. Music: Roll the Dice - Pac Div Do You Believe in Magic - The Lovin' Spoonful Santana - Black Magic Woman Heart - Magic Man B.o.B.

Episode 110: Clone Theory 101

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Dungeon Masters Rob and Matt are back to to talk briefly about the new hardcover for 5e and everyone's favorite TCG before diving into some Dungeons and Dragons questions and solutions, such as: 

Could Theros be cool? How do I introduce an unusual underdark villain? How do you roleplay subclass changes? What is the best way to keep a BBEG hidden? How can I make planetouched species more interesting? What are some headlines I can throw at my players?

 

Pac Div - Roll the Dice 

Sandy Reyes - El Guardia del Arsenal 

Millencolin - Vulcan Ears 

Johnny Ventura - Patacón Pisao

Dungeon Masters Rob and Matt are back to to talk briefly about the new hardcover for 5e and everyone's favorite TCG before diving into some Dungeons and Dragons questions and solutions, such as:  Could Theros be cool? How do I introduce an unusual underdark villain? How do you roleplay subclass changes?

Episode 109: Unearthed Newsbag

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Matt & Rob combine a discussion of Unearthed Arcana, some news about the new D&D book, and some mail into an unholy Unearthed Newsbag (CR 5 aberration)!

Music:
Pac Div - Roll the Dice
Clash of the Titans (1981) End Credits
The Dils - Class War

Matt & Rob combine a discussion of Unearthed Arcana, some news about the new D&D book, and some mail into an unholy Unearthed Newsbag (CR 5 aberration)! Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Clash of the Titans (1981) End Credits The Dils - Class War

Episode 108: Class Conscious — The Warlord, Part 2

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DMs Matt and Rob are back to work finishing their new class for Dungeons and Dragons 5e. It's now called the "Paragon" instead of the "Warlord," but it is finally ready for you to playtest or use in your own home campaign. Let us know what you think!

The Paragon Class for DnD 5e

 

Music:

Pac Div - Roll the Dice

OutKast - Prototype

Ho99o9 - War is Hell

DMs Matt and Rob are back to work finishing their new class for Dungeons and Dragons 5e. It's now called the "Paragon" instead of the "Warlord," but it is finally ready for you to playtest or use in your own home campaign. Let us know what you think!

Episode 107: Class Conscious — The Warlord, Part 1

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Matt and Rob try their hand at class design, live, like a couple of idiots. Listen as we try and fail to put together an updated Warlord class for 5e. Laugh as we flounder, despair, and ultimately fail.

Music:

Pac Div - Roll the Dice
Cream - Strange Brew
Drake - Started From the Bottom
Black Sabbath - War Pigs
The Immortals - The Ultimate Warlord

Matt and Rob try their hand at class design, live, like a couple of idiots. Listen as we try and fail to put together an updated Warlord class for 5e. Laugh as we flounder, despair, and ultimately fail.

Episode 106: Dark Sun

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Welcome to the world of Athas: Psychic beetles, Sumerian god-kings, and heatstroke for everyone! DMs Matt and Rob talk about the DARK SUN campaign setting for your pleasure.
(And your letters!)

 

Music:

Pac Div - Roll the Dice

America - I've been through the Desert 

Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun

Peter Tosh - Here Comes the Sun

Welcome to the world of Athas: Psychic beetles, Sumerian god-kings, and heatstroke for everyone! DMs Matt and Rob talk about the DARK SUN campaign setting for your pleasure. (And your letters!)

Episode 105: Let's Get High (Level)

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Matt & Rob are back and getting high...

HIGH LEVEL that is, don't do drugs kids.

Music:

Pac Div - Roll the Dice
Creed - Higher
3 Doors Down - Kryptonite
Kanye West - POWER
Kygo & Whitney Houston - Higher Love
Tal Bachman - She's So High

Matt & Rob are back and getting high... HIGH LEVEL that is, don't do drugs kids. Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Creed - Higher 3 Doors Down - Kryptonite Kanye West - POWER Kygo & Whitney Houston - Higher Love Tal Bachman - She's So High

Episode 104: Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting

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Dungeons and Dragons' new hardcover will be the Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, so DMs Rob and Matt dive into Matt Mercer's first campaign book: the Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting. 

Then, we answer your letters about ships, challenging encounters, and campaign doctors!

Music:

Pac Div - Roll the Dice

Johnny Cash - God's Gonna Cut You Down

Your Turn to Roll - Ashley Johnson, Laura Bailey, Sam Riegel

Panic! At the Disco - High Hopes

Dungeons and Dragons' new hardcover will be the Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, so DMs Rob and Matt dive into Matt Mercer's first campaign book: the Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting.  Then, we answer your letters about ships, challenging encounters, and campaign doctors!

Bonus Episode: Skullport Dragon Swindle

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Rob reviews Skullport: Dragon Swindle, a very cool supplement for Waterdeep: Dragon Heist and a great resource for fans of skulls, ports, and everything in between.

Our previous interview with Alex Clippinger

Music:

Pac Div - Roll the Dice
Ninja Sex Party - Release the Kraken

Rob reviews Skullport: Dragon Swindle, a very cool supplement for Waterdeep: Dragon Heist and a great resource for fans of skulls, ports, and everything in between. Our previous interview with Alex Clippinger Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Ninja Sex Party - Release the Kraken

Episode 103: Witch, Witcher, Witchest

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Matt and Rob talk about Netflix's THE WITCHER (2019), and why it's good and you should watch it (and, you know, how it's good inspiration for your DMing).

We also answer some mail!

Music:

Pac Div - Roll The Dice
The Darkness - I Believe in a Thing Called Love
Led Zepplin - Over the Hills and Far Away
Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out for a Hero

Matt and Rob talk about Netflix's THE WITCHER (2019), and why it's good and you should watch it (and, you know, how it's good inspiration for your DMing). We also answer some mail!

Ep. 102: Campaign Doctor

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Truesight is 2020. Welcome to the new year! DMs Matt and Rob look back at the RPG decade in review before introducing a new segment: CAMPAIGN DOCTOR. Time to do some surgery on one another's campaigns!

Warning: Minor, minor spoilers for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and Episode 1 of the Witcher. 

Links:

Star Wars - Otherspace 

Heroforge

Music:

Pac Div - Roll the Dice

Kesha, Big Freedia - Raising Hell

Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London

Dr. Worm - They Might Be Giants

Truesight is 2020. Welcome to the new year! DMs Matt and Rob look back at the RPG decade in review before introducing a new segment: CAMPAIGN DOCTOR. Time to do some surgery on one another's campaigns!

Episode 101: Greater Mailbag of Holding

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Happy New Year everyone! We answered a bunch of fucking mail.

Links:

The Traitor Baru Cormorant
Rumblings
All DMsGuild Content
Rob's TED Talk

Music:

Pac Div -- Roll the Dice
One-Winged Angel -- Nobuo Uematsu
Toss a Coin to Your Witcher (Club Remix) -- DJ Cutman
Yeah Yeah Yeahs -- Maps
Taps -- US Army Band
Pied Piper -- BTS
Sogno di Volare -- Christopher Tin 
Auld Lang Syne -- Mariah Carey

Happy New Year everyone! We answered a bunch of fucking mail.

Episode 100: 100 Dungeon Master Tips

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As our holiday gift to you, DMs Matt and Rob countdown 100 Dungeon Master tips in a MEGA-EPISODE. Enjoy! 

 

Music:

Pac Div - Roll the Dice

RJD2 - Ghostwriter

Ratatat - Gettysburg 

Lead Belly - Midnight Special

Visigoth - Dungeon Master

As our holiday gift to you, DMs Matt and Rob countdown 100 Dungeon Master tips in a MEGA-EPISODE. Enjoy!    Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice RJD2 - Ghostwriter Ratatat - Gettysburg  Lead Belly - Midnight Special Visigoth - Dungeon Master

Episode 99: Witcher? I Hardly Know Her!

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Matt and Rob, always timely, review the Witcher RPG, and have, uh, a lot to say about it. There's a lot of cursing in this one, sorry.

Music:

Pac Div - Roll the Dice

Mazurek Dąbrowskiego (Polish National Anthem)

Karliene - Lullaby of Woe

Eon - Dancing With Monsters

Monster Hunter World Rap - JT Music

Fatboy Slim - Weapon of Choice

The Witcher OST - Geralt of Rivia

Matt and Rob, always timely, review the Witcher RPG, and have, uh, a lot to say about it. There's a lot of cursing in this one, sorry.

Episode 98: Worldbuilding through Microscope

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Matt and Rob attempt to do something new: worldbuilding through collaborative role-playing using the Microscope RPG system. Our first actual playish episode.

Microscope RPG by Ben Robbins and Lame Mage Production

Our final play board can be viewed here!

Music:

Pac Div - Roll the Dice

Tracy Chapman - Fast Car

Julio Iglesias - La Mer

Matt and Rob attempt to do something new: worldbuilding through collaborative role-playing using the Microscope RPG system. Our first actual playish episode.  Microscope RPG by Ben Robbins and Lame Mage Production Our final play board can be viewed here!