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131 - Too Many Hobgoblins and Other DM Problems Aug 05, 2020

Show notes

How many hobgoblins are too many? How can you mix up antagonists so your players aren't bored? What is the best system for a Last Airbender game? How can you get your foot in the door if your group is all experienced Dungeon Masters? DMs Matt and Rob do their best to answer these and other questions! Plus, they discuss a refutation of the erasure of people of color in medieval Europe from a fan, new RPGs on the horizon, the joy of one of your players taking over as Dungeon Master, a pro-D&D take from a Christian Dungeon Master, and some kick-ass Icelandic runic spells and world-building! Never fear a Tilberi as long as you have your Butterknot stave handy. Trust us, that'll make sense after you listen.

Links:

Carta Marina

Icelandic Staves

Jacob's Amazing Map for "Tremors"

The Christian Response to D&D

Music:

Pac Div - Roll the Dice; Louis Armstrong - You're the Top; Sigur Rós - Starálfur; Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Red Right Hand; Ozzy Osbourne - Fire in the Sky; Kaleta & Super Yamba Band - Jibiti

130 - Exploring Eberron with Keith Baker Jul 30, 2020

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It's our favorite Dungeons and Dragons world-builder himself, Keith Baker! Keith is here to talk about his awesome new book, Exploring Eberron, out now! We discuss Keith's "Rule of Three" for world-building details, how to include fairy tales in your lore, how to fight a war with magic, what 5th edition gets right, why you should start small and build out, how to plan history with random tables, when to follow your players, and more Eberron advice from the Hellcow himself!

Links:

Exploring Eberron on the Dungeon Masters Guild

Keith Baker

Music:

Pac Div - Roll the Dice

129 - iHunt with Olivia Hill Jul 22, 2020

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DMs Matt and Rob are joined by special guest Olivia Hill to discuss her new tabletop RPG, iHunt: Killing Monsters in the Gig Economy. Stay tuned for a discussion of RPG design, FATE mechanics, writing games for working and marginalized people, and some great game master insights from our guest! Can you guess who the real monster is? (Hint: It begins with "capitalist..." and ends with "...mode of production.")

Links:

iHunt the Tabletop RPG: Killing Monsters in the Gig Economy by Olivia Hill and Filamena Young

Machine Age Productions

Olivia and Filamena's Patreon

Music:

Pac Div - Roll the Dice

The Coup, Lakeith Stanfield - OYAHYTT

BONUS - Feat Picks Jul 19, 2020

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DMs Matt and Rob discuss the character options in the most recent Dungeons and Dragons Unearthed Arcana on Feats!

Links:

Unearthed Arcana - Feats

Matt's Half-Feat Rules

Music

Pac Div - Roll the Dice

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow

128 - The One-Page RPG Expo (and DM Advice) Jul 15, 2020

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Welcome to the World of Tomorrow! DMs Matt and Rob take you on a tour of both host and listener created one-page Role-Playing games. Thank you to everyone who submitted a game!

Then, it's on to some Dungeon Master advice: how to deal with a party that has a magical solution to every problem, how to set prices for magical stuff in 5e, and how should we think about Tolkien's racism and colonialism?

One-Page RPGs:

Guns & Butter by Rob

Suplexes & Sliders by Matt

Pomp & Circumstance by Steve from Yorkshire

Streeps & Turings by Callahan from Denver

Bad Day in Superhero City by @infinitebrooms

Music:

Pac Div - Roll the Dice

Barry McGuire - Eve Of Destruction

Fight Like Apes - I'm Beginning To Think You Prefer Beverly Hills 90210 To Me

Johnny Paycheck - Take This Job And Shove It

Traditional - The British Grenadiers

Karla Devito - We Are Not Alone

John Williams - Superman Theme

Led Zeppelin - Ramble On

127 - How Did We Get Here? Jul 08, 2020

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DMs Matt and Rob attempt to take stock of the failures of the corporations that control Dungeons and Dragons (Wizards of the Coast, Hasbro, and OneBookShelf) over the past decade and discuss recent goings on in both D&D and Magic: The Gathering. Then, we answer your letters on dealing with overpowered homebrew classes and speeding up combat with large parties!

Links of stuff discussed:

Orion D. Black's Itch Page

Eat the Rich Anthology

Asians Represent Podcast

Oliver Clegg's DMG Page

Olivia Hill's #iHunt: The RPG

Zaiem Beg, "The Wizards I Know"

Lizbeth Eden

"Wizards of the Coast, Nic Kelman, & Hypocrisy" by A.E. Marling

Send Us a One-Page RPG by Sunday July 12th

Performance of She Kills Monsters on July 12th 7pm

Email or at the DM Hotline (774) 203-4629‬

Music:

Pac Div - Roll the Dice

The Coup - The Guillotine

Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime

Rodriguez - This In Not A Song, It's An Outburst: Or, The Establishment Blues lyrics

126 Avatar: The Last Dungeon Master Jun 30, 2020

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DMs Matt and Rob journey to the mystic realm of Avatar: The Last Airbender for inspiration for world building and characters. Time to get bent!

125 Diversity and One-Page RPGs Jun 26, 2020

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DMs Matt and Rob discuss successes and limitations of Wizards of the Coast's recent statement. Then, we discuss One Page Role-Playing Games! Perfect for breaking you out of a quarantine Dungeon Mastering rut.

Share your One Page RPG with us here: dmofnone@gmail.com

Links:

Music:

Pac Div - Roll the Dice

Fight Like Apes - I'm Beginning to Think You Prefer Beverly Hills 90210 to Me

David Bowie - The Man Who Sold the World

Episode 124: Mailbag of Holding Mark II Jun 17, 2020

Show notes

Matt & Rob answer more letters! We've got fire! We've got edition wars! We've got cool initiative stuff! Plus your regular tangents on vaguely related topics. Also make sure to check out the Black AF Roundtable!

Fate Worlds Volume One: Worlds on Fire Perilous Wilds

Music: Pac Div -- Roll the Dice Billy Bragg -- The World Turned Upside Down Anna Mae - Can't Knock Me Down

BONUS Actual Homebrew MEGA-EPISODE Jun 13, 2020

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Howdy Dungeon Masters, in this bonus episode, DM Matt walks listeners through some homebrew magic item (0:02:45), spell (0:25:30), and monster (0:44:00) creation before reflecting on revising the Advanced Artificer (0:57:00) and reviewing a listener undead supplement (1:11:00) and adventure anthology (1:18:00). It's a MEGA-EPISODE. Let us know if you like it!

Links:

BlackAF Round Table

Throne of the Crescent Moon Items, Spells, and Monsters

The Advanced Artificer 2.0: Revised and Upgraded

Restless: A Guide to Laying Incorporeal Undead to Restby V.J. Harris

The Princess Project by Ashton Duncan, Carlos Cisco, Catherine Evans, Sharene Gilchrist, Noah Grand, Emily Harmon, Peter Harris, Brittney Hay, Jessica Marcrum, Harry Whitelaw

Music:

Roll the Dice - Pac Div; Say You'll Say So - Geoffrey Landers; Blinded by the Light - Manfred Mann's Earth Band; The Sound of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel; Ghostwriter - RJD2; My Favorite Mutiny - The Coup; Write This Down - George Strait; Enter Sandman - Metallica; Gimme Some Lovin' - Spencer Davis Group; Walking with a Ghost - Tegan and Sara; Boss Ass Bitch - PTAF

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