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April, 1805. Vlaakith the Lich Queen is master of Astral Sea. Only the Dwarven fleet stands before her. The Crystal Spheres are now battlefields.
It's time to build some ship encounter rules to celebrate the announcement of Spelljammer for 5e. We try to create rules for both abstract encounters and tactical grid combat.
To listen to the whole episode and get a copy of our ship encounter rules, support us on Patreon!
It's yearly clip show time! Here are some of our favorite bits from the last year in Dungeon Master of None podcasting: organizing the first TTRPG union with the Paizo Workers Union, discussing Dune's origins and worldbuilding with Nat of Metamashina, learning GMing tips from Blades in the Dark, trashing D&D NFTs with Linda of i09, and interviewing Orion of Dimension 20.
Matt and Rob talk with Linda Codega (they/them) of io9 about their article "NFTs Are Here to Ruin Dungeons and Dragons", which is about Gripnr, the Web3/blockchain company behind The Glimmering, and why maybe that's not such a good idea, actually.
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Music:
Pac Div - Roll the Dice
Meghan Trainor - Lips are Movin'
Bush - Glycerine
James Introcaso, Lead Designer of MCDM Productions, joins DMs Matt and Rob to chat about a new monster-focused book, Flee, Mortals!, and designing for 5e D&D.
DMs Rob and Matt do a netherdeep dive into Critical Role: Call of the Netherdeep. This campaign has a lot to offer but, like any published module, it needs fixing to work well. We once again take the approach of trying not to just review and critique but to review, critique, and offer suggestions for improvement. Without getting into spoilers, this module has a very high ceiling for very cool sh*t. However, there is a lot of work to do to get that payoff. Listen to find out if this module is the right fit for you and your players.
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TEASER for our March Patreon episode!
We head down into the darkness to the 666th level of the Abyss to discuss the most controversial DMing opinions ever.
Matt and Rob talk about the GMing section of BLADES IN THE DARK, which is very cool and stylish and full of good advice. Matt switches to his LATE NITE voice midway through because we were recording LATE at NIGHT.
Fire up your demon-powered lightning fence because Dungeon Master of None is taking the podcast to Doskvol for a game of Blades in the Dark. This is a great system and setting for any DM to read and run, and there is so much to learn about world-building, running heists, character creation and more!
We are back with advice for your tables and worlds.
How do balance Strength? Are Owlbear pellets canon? Can you run a "reverse level" campaign? What is a good length for a dungeon? Is it problematic to have magical and non-magical species? What does the cult of Tiamat need? Are really short sessions okay?
We've unlocked our August 2021 Patreon episode so all can glory in some VINTAGE DM advice! Hop into the WABAC machine as DM "Mr. Peabody" Rob takes DM "Sherman" Matt on a journey to Dragon Magazine #63, "Plan before you play: Think it over, then map it out" by Ed Greenwood.
Take a listen to a preview of February episode for our Patreon supporters as we attempt to answer the inevitable question:
How do you end a campaign?
Matt and Rob talk with Cinder Blocksally, dungeon master and homebrewer extraordinaire, to talk about cool monsters, designing encounters, the best low-level spells, making TikToks, and more!
Special Warhammer Correspondent Ben Wenham joins DM Rob and Matt to update us on his excellent breakdown of 40k and fascism and to talk about the indie RPG scene, zines, and publishing on Kickstarter.
People can find Ben at:
https://twitter.com/DarkForestPress
and
https://benjaminwenham.itch.io
People interested seeing some of the interesting stuff happening in the indie space right now can check out:
https://www.zinemonth.com
You can join Ben, Matt, Rob, and hundreds of other amazing DMs on the DMofNone Discord.
Matt and Rob become as talk about gods, how to design them, when and where to include them in your game, and answer the most important question of all: what if God were one of us?
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Music:
Pac Div - Roll the Dice
Drake - God's Plan
NanowaR of Steel - Vallhalelujah
Alanis Morissette - What if God Were One of Us
Rob and Matt cook up four NPCs for you to steal for your campaign: a do-gooding noble in a suit of celestial armor, a pair of gnomes purveying pretentious potables, a talking tomcat, and a modron actuary. Plots hooks are attached in .doc and .pdf formats on our Pateron page!
Rob sits down to talk DMing, actual plays, cosplay, lifting, and so much more with Asians Represent co-host DM Steve!
Dungeon Master, game designer, and actual play creative director Orion D. Black joins the show to talk about game design, creating actual plays, and world-building, and shows us what we can learn from the current wave of creative and inspiring DMs and RPG shows.
New year, same Dungeon Master of None
DMs Matt and Rob discuss their game mastering New Year's resolutions and say goodbye to our favorite fantasy TV series of 2021 (spoilers for the Witcher and Wheel of Time end at 27 minutes).
Then, on to some DM advice...loving the brain mole...finding ways to fix publish modules...getting campy with it...using political factions...breaking the interplanar economy.
War never changes folks, except when it does. Rob talks to Matt about the Fallout franchise, hopefully explaining who that little guy is, why everything looks like that, and what's cool (and not so cool) about these games that you can borrow for your own worldbuilding!
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Music:
Pac Div - Roll the Dice
Ink Spots - I Don't Want to Set The World on Fire
Bing Crosby - Something's Gotta Give
Sheldon Allman - Crawl Out Through the Fallout
Dion - The Wanderer
Matt and Rob answer patron questions about copyright, PC rerolls, sound waves, Lacanian psychoanalysis, and more!
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