Beyond the Tavern Wall

Let's just say it... Inspiration sucks. It might be one of the lamest mechanics in D&D! What can you do to make it better? ----------Music provided by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

If you were a theatre kid in high school, chances are you play D&D! Why is that? Is there some sort of pipeline to it?----------Music provided by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

We all need to laugh more! D&D is a perfect place to spawn awesome inside jokes!----------Music provided by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Let's face it... D&D combat can be grueling at times. Turns can take forever, players don't pay attention, the DM has 1000 things he planned and wants to get through. It can be rough! So how should you pace your combat?----------Music provided by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Everybody has secrets. How far should your secrets go in your D&D campaigns? ----------Music provided by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Their are two ways of leveling up in Dungeons and Dragons. One of them is milestone leveling, where if you hit certain points in the campaign you level up. The other one is experience leveling, where each monster has as set amount of experience you gain that you get when beating the monster! Which one is better? ---------- Music provided by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Co...

It can be hard to fully get into the mind of your monsters. You might get scared of killing your players or targeting one over the other. But... you shouldn't! The monsters have to eat! ----------Music provided by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.

Turns out, everyone has different expectations of how D&D should go. One person might be looking at more combat while another might be in for silly roleplay. What can you do to balance both the players expectations, and the DMs?----------Music provided by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.

What if you could spice up your game a little bit and make choices matter even more!? Join us as we discuss new ways to make survival and social interactions more interesting! ---------- Music provided by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Higher beings are important to any D&D campaign! I mean, Clerics basically wouldn't exist if they didn't have some sort of higher power. Warlocks would just be magic-less sugar babies without their patrons! Join us as we discuss all things Gods and Prophecies! ---------- Music provided by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://...

Dungeon Masters got it rough sometimes! People tend to not realize how much work goes into preparing and running a session. Some DM's put in weeks of effort for one session while others only work a few hours before. How do we prepare for our sessions? Join us as we take a look into the mind of a Dungeon Master! ---------- Music provided by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative...

Where did you come up with the idea for your character or world? Today we talk about what inspired us! ---------- Music provided by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Let's face it, A DM has a really difficult job. They plan every session, play every NPC, keep track of the plot, deal with the plot going off track, the list goes on and on! It's very probably that your DM has suffered a lot of burnout. How can you help a DM deal with that? ---------- Music provided by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licen...

Every player deserves a chance to shine. How can you make sure that everybody gets that chance? ---------- Music provided by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Everybody has that one wild opinion that gets them looking like Flynn Rider in The Snuggling Duckling. So we decided it was time to share our hottest takes! Join us and DianaoftheRose as we share some of our hardest opinions yet! Check out Diana on social media! ---> https://linktr.ee/dianaoftherose ---------- Music provided by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By...

Wow! Two years of Beyond the Tavern Wall! What a journey it has been! Join us in the tavern as we discuss the past two years of podcasting and Dungeons and Dragons! ---------- Music provided by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Every characters starts with an idea. That idea then turns into a story. That story is what drives your character in game to do stuff! So you gotta come up with a backstory in order to get your adventurers "Why"! But how long should that be? --------------- Music provided by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons....

Everyone has seen the meme about alignment charts. Nine Squares arranged in three rows and three columns. You got Lawful, Neutral, and Chaotic across the top. Then you have Good, Neutral, and Evil along the side. What does that even mean and does it really matter in the end? Why should we care about morale alignments in our fantasy world anyway? Well... maybe you should, maybe you shouldn't. F...

Your whole campaign builds up to one moment, the epic showdown between your adventurers and the Big Bad they have been chasing since the beginning. This has to be a big moment. It's everything you have been working for. How do you make this fight epic? How do you turn it into an art form? --------------- Music provided by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attri...

Everybody has that moment in D&D where something epic is about to happen and then... BOOM! Natural 1! You failed the check, save or even missed the final strike. It can feel horrible, but did the dice betray the story because of that? Is randomness actually not good for D&D? VOTE FOR "THE HICKORY HILLS FOREST MYSTERY" ON THE CRITAWARDS ! USE THE LINK BELOW! https://forms.gle/HJLA...

We all know what pets WE would want in D&D. But, what pets do all the specific CLASSES want! Come on in for another round on this weeks episode of Beyond the Tavern Wall! VOTE FOR "THE HICKORY HILLS FOREST MYSTERY" ON THE CRITAWARDS ! USE THE LINK BELOW! https://forms.gle/HJLARSHa3FYzLHyt7 --------------- Music provided by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Common...

Everybody loves a good romance! Well... must people do at least. Romance can drive a good story and character development but can it do more harm than good? VOTE FOR "THE HICKORY HILLS FOREST MYSTERY" ON THE CRITAWARDS ! USE THE LINK BELOW! https://forms.gle/HJLARSHa3FYzLHyt7 --------------- Music provided by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution...

Everybody loves a good "Would you rather...", or you don't! Thinking of the hypothetical is always exciting though so why not take it up a notch and see what we would do in these D&D "Would You Rathers..." Do you have any that you would like to share with us? Put them in the comments and we will respond! --------------- Music provided by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)L...

Everybody loves a good redemption story! But does every character deserve to be redeemed? Was Darth Vader redeemed at the end of Return of the Jedi? Was Snape redeemed at the end of Harry Potter? Join us as we discuss redemption arcs on this weeks episode of Beyond the Tavern Wall! --------------- Music provided by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0...

Every player wonders at one point in their adventuring career, "What would my adventurer do if they were evil?". Would they be the ultimate BBEG of a campaign or just a mid-level boss fight? We wonder this a lot and we are here to discuss this today! P.S. We apologize for Braden's audio, his mic fell down the tavern cellar and we are trying to still get it back from the Rat-Kin who live below. He...