Dungeon Master of None

There's even more OneDnD playtest rules. On deck are the rules for everyone's favorite effective yet bland class: the Cleric. Special Freelance Correspondent Alex Clippinger joins us to tell us why we were wrong about the Jump Action rules. Like the Great Bambino calling his shot home run shot, Alex lays down a prediction for the Counterspell mechanics. Last, listen to a thrilling Oxford-style deb...

Part three of our series tracing the roots of reactionary thought in Dungeons and Dragons: the anti-diversity backlash, the never-ending outrage machine, an overwhelming fear of change, common contemporary reactionary arguments, and our final conclusions.  Thank you for listening and a special thank you to all our Patreon supporters!  The podcast Three Black Halflings does and excellent deep dive...

Part two of our series tracing the roots of reactionary thought in Dungeons and Dragons: the emergence of the right-wing D&D outrage machine from below and from above.  Stay tuned for part 3 tomorrow!  You can listen to the first episode of the series here. You can write the hosts with questions, comments, or critiques here.  Join DMofNone on Discord. And support the show on Patreon! Music by Karl...

Part one of our series tracing the roots of reactionary thought in Dungeons and Dragons: defining our terms, the long consequences of the Satanic Panic, the anti-diversity campaign in speculative fiction, and GamerGate's influence on RPGs.  Stay tuned for part 2 tomorrow!  You can listen to our episode on the Satanic Panic and D&D here. You can write the hosts with questions, comments, or critique...

It's another premium episode of Actual Prep. This time, put your head phones on for a hi-fi episode in which we build an open-ended, all-bard adventure: The Bards Are Back In Town! Listen to the full episode and get all our rockin' bonus content over at Parteon! 

Matt and Rob continue their review/deep read of the Pathfinder Gamemastery guide! This week they get to the really crunchy stuff.

DMs Rob and Matt are back "in the garage" with a discussion of the Dungeon Master advice in Pathfinder 2e's  Gamemastery Guide. Join DMofNone on Discord. And support the show on Patreon!

Matt and Rob get spooky and engage in highly unethical behavior by randomly mashing up classic D&D monsters! Listen to us deal with complicated physiological questions like how many limbs and other appendages mashed-up creatures should have, and more! You can download our full stats for 5e of each monster on our Patreon page. 

We discuss season 1 of The Rings of Power. Find out what we think of all your favorite characters: Frito, Spam, Gimlet, Legolam and the rest of the wacky gang. Wait, did the good guys lose because they forgot to unwrap the MacGuffin? Listen to the full episode on our Patreon here!  

Enter the long dark teatime of the soul with DMs Matt and Rob as they prepare to outlive--or unlive --the hell out of everybody through the profane miracle of becoming a lich. Listen for why liches are some of the best villains for your heroes and four or six alternative uses for our favorite immortal skeleton wizards. Join DMofNone on Discord. And support the show on Patreon!

There's more OneDnD playtest rules. This time it's personal. This time it's the expert classes: the bard, ranger, and rogue. DMs Matt and Rob jump into the rules with thoughts to help you process the newest round of updates to Dungeons and Dragons.  Join DMofNone on Discord. And support the show on Patreon!

Matt and Rob answer your mail! They talk about magic items, fantasy authorities, wizard people, and more! Donjon's Magic Item Generator Sane Magic Item Prices 100 NPCs You Might Meet in a Tavern Music: Trophy Hunter - Within Temptation The Doors - Celebration of the Lizard Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name Of Brad Neely - Wizard People, Dear Reader The Postman Theme

One of the many jobs that gets dumped on Dungeon Masters is the role of character builder and advisor. DMs Rob and Matt will help you get in the right mindset to help your players create interesting characters and walk you through building eight example characters for 5e Dungeons and Dragons.  Join DMofNone on Discord. And support the show on Patreon!

DM Matt and Rob discuss their favorite spacepunk/scifi/exploration/magitech/sequel/OGL role-playing game: Starfinder . Roll up a rat-person technomancer star pilot with necrograft tail, a spellbook, and freeze ray pistol and join us! Starfinder SRD (Free Rules) Join DMofNone on Discord. And support the show on Patreon!

Matt and Rob blast off into the 25th century -- or something like it, in any case, in their review of Light of Xaryxis , an adventure for 5th-level players included in the new Spelljammer boxed set. This one needs some work, but there's a lot of good ideas as well. Music Pac Div - Roll the Dice Stu Phillips - Battlestar Galactica Main Theme Stu Phillips - Buck Rogers In The 25th Century Main Theme

Crank up the volume on  Ziggy Stardust and gaze into your favorite Christian Reisse Lassen print, because we are heading back to the one place that hasn't been corrupted by capitalism...Wildspace! It's DM Rob and Matt's review of the new Spelljammer boxed set for 5e!  Spelljammer: Adventures in Space Join DMofNone on Discord. And support the show on Patreon!

Matt and Rob return to one of their favorite topics -- the many works of J.R.R. Tolkien, in anticipation of Amazon's new billion-dollar boondoggle, The Rings of Power! Listen to two dorks ramble about obscure lore that no one cares about and will likely be discarded on episode one of the new show.

It's a (sort of) new (sort of) edition of Dungeons and Dragons: One D&D . Here's DM Matt and Rob's hot takes on the good (some nice things!) and bad (one major whiff) from the first set of playtest rules on character origins.  Get the playtest rules and submit feedback to Wizards here. Join DMofNone on Discord. And support the show on Patreon! Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice; Three Dog Night - One.

DMs Rob and Matt are still on a bogus journey through the Radiant Citadel. Part 2 has 10, yes 10 , adventure reviews. Talk to a dying snake god, eat a dream egg, fight infinite stone golems, solve a mystery full of plot holes, traverse a skybridge of dragon bones, debate philosophy in an underwater city, join an anarchist revolution against an angel, put a lava axolotl back to sleep, or just do it...

Matt and Rob review Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel, the newest book by WotC and one that features adventures exclusively written by PoC! Locations and inspirations run the gamut from Southern Gothic to pulp western and just about everything in between, so buckle up because this is at least a two-parter. Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Mass Effect OST Cuphead - Gnome Way Out Blind Willie Johns...

DMs Matt and Rob are joined by special Krynn correspondent Meaghan J. , host of the The Dragonlance Canticle podcast . We discuss all things Dragonlance : the history of the IP, why you should run a game using this campaign setting, what's coming down the pike for Dragonlance 5e, and how to deal with some of the problematic elements in Krynn. Follow Meaghan's RPG Creations Listen to the Dragonlanc...

Matt and Rob talk about the 80s -- nostalgia, bad haircuts, synthwave, neoliberalism ascendant, it's the decade that has it all folks! We review the RPG Tales from the Loop and talk about how to incorporate it into your games.   Music: Pac Div- Roll the Dice Jefferson Starship - We Built this City A Ha - Take on Me Journey - Separate Ways Twisted Sister - We're Not Gonna Take It Metallica - Master...

It's Part 2 of our best and greatest starting adventure for a Dungeon and Dragons campaign.  You can listen to part 1 here in episode 223 and read the first draft of the written adventure by joining our Patreon here . 

Your questions. Our answers. Pirate campaigns, play-by-post advice, good liches, Mechwarrior hacks, and more! Listen to the full episode on our Patreon here!  

Matt and Rob discuss the Lost Omens World Guide and the Golarion setting from Paizo. We talk about what works, what doesn't, what sorts of games you might want to run in Avistan and the Age of Lost Omens, and how you can use this in your own campaigns if not! Music Pac Div - Roll the Dice Conan the Barbarian OST Sound of Music - My Favorite Things Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill