Mastering Dungeons

• Creating a Nautical Campaign! (MD240)

  Episode 240 of Mastering Dungeons!  Main topic: Creating a Nautical Campaign! Shawn and Teos dive into creating a cool nautical campaign, from themes to arcs and beyond! News: We Review Sage Advice, Polygon Sold, Diamond and Alliance Bombshells, and more! Contents 00:00 Still the Captain 01:08 Multiple Modes of Play? 13:02 2024 Creator Pitfalls? 19:59 Diamond and Alliance Bombshells 26:23 Sage Advice is Live 29:06 Interesting Sage Advice 39:00 SRD 5.2.1 Released 41:09 Polygon Sold Off 44:56 DM David on 5E Speed of Play 49:45 EN5ider Relaunched 50:56 Distal RPG 51:54 Creating a Nautical Campaign 54:17 Session Zero 01:00:20 Swimming and Underwater Rules 01:04:07 Starting at Level 1 01:09:25 Using Themes and Plot Arcs 01:13:59 Top Down vs Bottom Up 01:15:58 Leveling 01:18:27 Evolving Themes? 01:21:25 Sources of Inspiration 01:23:51 Shout Outs  01:27:28 What Are We Gonna Do? Thank you for listening! Get the full show notes with links on Patreon. Show Search Engine: https://mdsearch.alphastream.org/  Our intro and outro music is Metropolis Fanfare, provided royalty-free by Tabletop Audio (https://tabletopaudio.com) under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). MP3 file metadata populated with Online MP3 Podcast Chapter Editor, built by Dominik Peters. https://mp3chapters.github.io/ and customized for Mastering Dungeons by Vladimir Prenner from Croatia.

  --------  

  1:28:10
• Embarking on A Nautical Campaign (MD 239)

  Episode 239 of Mastering Dungeons!  Main topic: Embarking on A Nautical Campaign ! Nautical campaigns offer exciting options different from other campaign types. Join us as we voyage into the strengths and challenges of these campaigns! News: WotC’s Strong Q1, SRD 5.2 Review, Alliance Rejects Diamond, Best Campaign Setting, and more! Contents 00:00 Play Every Day 03:03 Digital Response to Tariffs? 10:11 Changes for Exhausted Players? 19:12 Hasbro Q1 2025 23:04 How Big is D&D? 26:23 Hasbro and Tariffs 30:36 SRD 5.2 Released 35:36 SRD Localizations 38:50 Best Campaign Setting 40:39 Alliance Drops Diamond 42:45 Tariff Update 44:53 Andrew B on Writing Process 49:00 Fury of the Forsaken 49:51 Newbie DM's Iomandra 51:05 Embarking on a Nautical Campaign 53:38 Strengths of a Nautical Campaign 01:00:31 Campaign Differences 01:09:39 Challenges 01:15:29 Themes 01:18:05 Ship Combat 01:20:35 Shout-Outs 01:24:37 What Are We Gonna Do? Thank you for listening! Get the full show notes with links on Patreon. Show Search Engine: https://mdsearch.alphastream.org/  Our intro and outro music is Metropolis Fanfare, provided royalty-free by Tabletop Audio (https://tabletopaudio.com) under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). MP3 file metadata populated with Online MP3 Podcast Chapter Editor, built by Dominik Peters. https://mp3chapters.github.io/ and customized for Mastering Dungeons by Vladimir Prenner from Croatia.

  --------  

  1:25:41
• Using the Environment in Encounters (with Dragons)! (MD 238)

  Episode 238 of Mastering Dungeons!  Main topic: Using the Environment in Encounters (with Dragons)! Make the most of elevation, difficult terrain, cover, lighting, and more. And to tie into Monster Week: Dragons, we apply them to dragon encounters! News: New SRD 5.2, Errata Returns, Holy Grail Turns 50, and more! Contents 00:00 Postal Service 02:06 Shawn Peaks 02:36 Easiest Official Adventure to DM? 28:57 Peril in Pinebrook challenge? 31:54 Nobody Left the D&D Team? 32:23 New SRD 5.2 April 22 37:40 New Basic Rules 41:21 New Errata and Sage Advice 45:53 Tariff Impacts 47:24 Neverwinter Brings D&D Movie Stories 49:01 50 Years of Holy Grail 49:47 Monster Week: Dragons 50:25 Using Environment in Encounters 50:44 One Cool Thing 54:09 Watch for Time Impact 59:29 Overly Punitive Environments 01:06:20 Environment and Terrain: Cover 01:09:13 Difficult Terrain 01:15:03 Elevation 01:21:24 Moving Parts 01:25:42 Lighting 01:29:43 Beneficial and Harmful Terrain 01:32:53 Entrances and Exits 01:37:44 Shout-Outs 01:40:57 What Are We Gonna Do Now? Thank you for listening! Get the full show notes with links on Patreon. Show Search Engine: https://mdsearch.alphastream.org/  Our intro and outro music is Metropolis Fanfare, provided royalty-free by Tabletop Audio (https://tabletopaudio.com) under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). MP3 file metadata populated with Online MP3 Podcast Chapter Editor, built by Dominik Peters. https://mp3chapters.github.io/ and customized for Mastering Dungeons by Vladimir Prenner from Croatia.

  --------  

  1:41:37
• Teaching a New Generation! (MD 237)

  Episode 237 of Mastering Dungeons!  Main topic: Teaching a New Generation! We ponder how learning RPGs has changed over the years and the best way to teach new players and DMs today. News: Jeremy Crawford Leaves WotC, Dragon Delves 1-on-1 Play, Atlas Games Recycling, and more! Contents 00:00 Get Outside 02:22 Make Equipment Matter? 12:48 Which Upcoming Release Excites Us? 16:38 Jeremy Crawford Departs WotC 25:02 James Wyatt on Dragon Delves Solo Play 32:47 Tariffs - Who Knows? 36:49 Atlas Games' Recycling Plastics 38:42 Exploring Creative Play 41:20 Hits the Fan 43:10 Teaching a New Generation 45:39 How We Learned to Play and DM 56:22 How Teaching Has Changed 01:07:53 Tips for Teaching New Players 01:19:27 Tips for Teaching New DMs 01:30:16 Shout-Outs 01:33:38 What Are We Gonna Do? Thank you for listening! Get the full show notes with links on Patreon. Show Search Engine: https://mdsearch.alphastream.org/  Our intro and outro music is Metropolis Fanfare, provided royalty-free by Tabletop Audio (https://tabletopaudio.com) under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). MP3 file metadata populated with Online MP3 Podcast Chapter Editor, built by Dominik Peters. https://mp3chapters.github.io/ and customized for Mastering Dungeons by Vladimir Prenner from Croatia.

  --------  

  1:34:37
• Rules-Light D&D Characters! (MD 236)

  Episode 236 of Mastering Dungeons!  Main topic: Rules-Light D&D Characters! We consider how D&D can be simplified and the goals and tradeoffs involved in creating a rules-light version. News: Chris Perkins Retires, Greg Bilsland Returns, Tariffs and Tabletop, and more! Contents 00:00 Reflecting on Sorrow 02:41 2 Campaigns in Same Setting? 13:03 Convert 4E Monsters to 5E? 16:08 Chris Perkins Retires 23:57 Greg Bilsland Returns to D&D 27:08 Tabletop and Tariffs 35:37 GAMA is Broken 37:47 Monte Cook Narrative vs Math 45:03 Rules-Light D&D Characters 47:34 Motivation for Lighter Rules 52:48 Mathematical Side 01:02:14 Ease for New Players and DMs 01:04:25 What to Keep 01:06:48 Arora Trait System 01:09:56 Iterative Approach 01:11:49 Choice Menus 01:15:55 Spellcaster Complexity 01:17:47 Healing and Resting 01:20:49 Shout-Outs 01:24:35 What Are We Gonna Do? Thank you for listening! Get the full show notes with links on Patreon. Show Search Engine: https://mdsearch.alphastream.org/  Our intro and outro music is Metropolis Fanfare, provided royalty-free by Tabletop Audio (https://tabletopaudio.com) under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). MP3 file metadata populated with Online MP3 Podcast Chapter Editor, built by Dominik Peters. https://mp3chapters.github.io/ and customized for Mastering Dungeons by Vladimir Prenner from Croatia.

  --------  

  1:25:23

Fler podcasts i Fritid

Trendiga poddar i Fritid

Om Mastering Dungeons