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Ep. 71 - Weaving the planes of existence into your narrative Feb 13, 2020

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This week we talk all about the planes of existence and how to use them in your games, from full plane hopping campaigns to small inclusions in low level adventures.

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Ep. 70 - Crafting spells and playing lethal villains Feb 06, 2020

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This week Ben talks about his new rule system for Spell crafting in 5th edition.

We'll put the rules into practice and craft a couple of spells and take a break in the middle to tackle a listener topic on running lethal villains. As we as talk about whether you should have a player run your big bad.

Ep. 69 - How to Organise and detail cities Jan 30, 2020

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This week, struggling against the bad choices of the night before, Ben and Joe talk all about organising your cities within your world.

We'll be talking about the different ways we've dealt with city organisation in different games and settings over the years.

Ep. 68 - Running Down time in your game Jan 23, 2020

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This week we're having a relaxed chat about our current game and how it's currently all downtime. Find out about Kouri the Locksmith and hear how Ben is getting the characters to feel at home in Waterdeep. Didn't hear the one thing that'll get your creative brain going? let us know: Find us on twitter: @WeSpeakCommon Email us at wespeakcommon@hotmail.com Music: "Street Dancing" by Timecrawler 82 From the Free Music Archive CC by NC

Ep. 67 - How to combine adventures and run unique PC's and monsters Jan 16, 2020

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This week we answer a triplet of listener question and have a nice chat about combining adventures with through lines, running unique PC's and how to foster diversity in your group as a DM. And how to change monsters in a new unique way.

Ep. 66 - How to Run Recurring Villains Jan 09, 2020

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This week we tackle player agency and recurring villains. It's tricky, how do you introduce a villain and guarantee they'll live to return later? Can you? We'll get into to it all this week on We Speak Common.

Ep. 65 - Game Changing Spells and how to handle them Jan 02, 2020

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This week we're tackling those problematic spells. An obvious high level trouble maker, and a few lower leveled ones that you may want to be prepared for when they creep up to your table!

Ep 64. - Implementing, balancing and customising Magic Items Dec 26, 2019

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Its a Boxing Day special! Santa has been and left us loads of magic items, so we're going to talk about how to implement them into your game. How to keep them balanced and how to customise what Santa didn't get quite right.

Ep 63. - Maps, Random Encounters and How to Use Them Dec 19, 2019

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After looking at too many maps, Ben wants to talk about the best ways to fill in the blank space between settlements. There's a delve into Random Encounters and how they can help and hinder your players experience.... and a bit of madness.

Ep. 62 - Planning Warthog, A Special Game You Can Run Dec 12, 2019

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You asked for it on twitter... So here we go! We'll plan the bare bones information we (and you) will need to run a fun rogue-like/metroidvania game set in the hectic and fatal wizard's school of Warthog. Good luck students, and don't get killed... or worse, expelled!

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