Tales From the Hydian Way

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251 – The Tale of Destiny Jun 24, 2019

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We get talking about the Destiny pool and how to keep it in play and moving between sides. From using it as a GM intrusion to an adventure to upgrading rolls and so many places in between

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250 – The GM Experience Jun 17, 2019

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We have David and Leslie on to talk about our methods of preparation, what we find needed, and how to encourage a new GM into running a second campaign.

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249 – The Period Tale Jun 10, 2019

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Playing in the Old Republic Era has no stats behind it, nor does the Sequel Era. We have ideas on how to still use the system to tell amazing tales and not worry about the mechanics behind everything.

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248 – The Composition Tale Jun 03, 2019

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Translating the inspiration for a campaign into what the players hear and see is hard. We have a few ideas on how to take that comncept that evoked your desire to run the adventure into what your players are having a blast in doing.

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247 – The Rumble Tale May 27, 2019

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An episode of Heroes makes Ben wonder about different ways of presenting encounters to the players. Rissa and Ben have some ideas on how to make sure that the players weapons aren’t always the first thing grabbed for.

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246 – The Player Pet Tale May 20, 2019

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Recounting a few missteps in our own history we have a few ideas on how to make the pets of a player matter to the game and to the players in ways that aren’t always obvious.

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Rissa is @KookyKitt

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245 – The Growing Threat Tale May 13, 2019

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We said it was going to be a series, and we’re starting it. Threat is a tricky thing to use since it’s very easy to undervalue it, we have ideas on how to make it more vibrant and how to not try to steal the success of a roll with threat.

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244 – The New Advantage Tale May 06, 2019

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We start our discussion about the extra mechanics in the FFG narrative system with advantage, as we start talking about the scale of what makes one advantage a small boost versus making three or four amazing and how to scale mechanically and narratively between.

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243 – The Indecisive Tale Apr 29, 2019

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We talk about methods of how you as a player and a GM can move a disagreement at the table between characters and players along to some form of resolution, with a few examples from our own tables.

Things we talked about on the show

D&D Alignment Chart
Enemy Mine
Tabletop Simulator

You can find us on Twitter
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Ben is @DeuteriumIce
Rissa is @KookyKitt

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242- The Unexpected Tale Apr 22, 2019

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Surprises can be an amazing thing, and we have a few ideas on how to turn a cliff hanger into something that the players will never expect. From fantastic settings to NPCs that will haunt your players long after they’re put back in the box, we have ideas.

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Ben is @DeuteriumIce
Rissa is @KookyKitt

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