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Game Masters have so many tools to work their stories and play the game, and yet in our opinion the greatest one you can have is Honesty and really its as simple as that! But how does that work? Well, that's what this episode is about on how to be more honest as a game master, why this is so important, and how you can still be lying and deceiving without being dishonest in the context of TTRPGs. C...

Welcome back to the Realm Forge, our TTRPG Worldbuilding show, and today we dive right back into our World of Omen, a World dominated by Celestial Bodies that hail good and back News for those Mortals that live below. Today, we focus a bit on creating landmasses and layouts. How do we do that? We use the Game Cartograph You can find the game Cartograph right here: https://the-ravensridge-press.itc...

Today we meet Neil, he is an Irish TTRPG Content Creator with a nice obsession about Folklore and the Fey. He has spent hours upon hours researching them and creating a TTRPG called FeyEarth where all the stories are real! Today he talks to us about Folklore and the Fey and how they actually were, but also he talks to us about his newest Book "Hidden Folk of the Feywild" a 5e Bestiary with a ton o...

It's something that happens to every TTRPG table at some point. The game might feel like it's in a slump, players don't know what to do next or they are just waiting for something to happen that might never happen. How can we, as Game Masters and Players, keep our D&D Games from getting stale and grinding to a halt? How can we ensure the game keeps moving and stays fresh and exciting for all a...

Wish is the most overpowered and unbalanced spell in D&D! That's Great! Now, let your players achieve and cast that ultimate power! Why? Wel, cause it's fun and we love fun! To be a little more serious, wish is just one way to showcase ultimate power, and many TTRPGs are about overcoming obstacles and what better way is there to do that with ultimate power? So why not give your players that po...

Hello and Welcome to the Realm Forge, come sit down and get inspired with us! Today we are starting our newest project and show, the Realm Forge, a Show where we will worldbuild and create an entire TTRPG Setting from Scratch over several episodes. We will be using different techniques and mechanics to create this world and highlight all kinds of worldbuilding and storytelling so you can build alo...

Many TTRPG Rules have many weird aspects when you start thinking about their implications. Take the Immovable Rod from D&D. it says it's unaffected by gravity, so does that mean it stays affixed to that space while the planet is spinning? Or is your world a flat disk without any real space around it? This and more random little tidbits of information can make your world incredibly weird... And...

Today we are joined by Michael Low, storyteller, teacher, designer, and father! Michael is not just the first guest of our push to talk to more people in the TTRPG space, Michael is the perfect person to challenge the usual complex and intricate deep dives DDM does. He talks to us about creative writing, storytelling, and how the core should always be to have fun. Michael is a Teacher and runs cou...

Your D&D and TTRPG Worlds need to have away to keep track of time, events, and especially it's traditions and cycles, this is where calendars come in and help you organize your Worlds Rhythm. We talk about Calendars, World Events and Celestials Events in this episode to highlight how to worldbuilding and highlight your world with more details of the daily life of your NPCs. Check here for all...

It's been 4 years of DoubleDM!! Thank you to everyone who has listened and joined us on this journey! We have some stuff to talk about now, let's sit down and discuss the last 4 years, the current state of DDM, and the next 4 years ahead! Check here for all further information: You can find us on the Web under these Links: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.doubledm.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Most TTRPGs have some form of damage, be it hit points, sanity, emotional damage or whatever. All these systems then also have something else... Healing! When there is damage you need to think about healing and recovering from said damage. But most of the time the healing feels... unengaging and more like a tacked-on necessity than an actual gameplay mechanic. That's not necessarily bad but let's...

Confidence is something everyone struggles with in TTRPGs, at least somewhat. Be it not knowing what your character should do, not knowing if your characters are cut out for the task at hand, or even if you are "good" enough to play. Today we talk about exactly that. How to foster a vibe and atmosphere of trust at the table to give new players the confidence to speak up and share their ideas and a...

Campaign length (no not base building like i said in the recap) is something that we have talked about before but we wanted to discuss the topic again. So why does this even matter? TTRPGs, like D&D, are a time investment for players and GMs alike, knowing how long a campaign will be is a good way to know how much you should and can invest in said game. But you can't define the length strictly...

Base Building is something that often feels lacking in TTRPGs, to me personally, why is that? It feels like it's there to be used but not ingrained into the core of the game so it just becomes a bonus add-on. But does it have to be that way? No it doesn't. In this episode Nils talks to us about Bases and we discuss their benefits and Emils problems with them to maybe find a better solution. Check...

How do you make your worlds fit for your TTRPGs? One technique we all use and should use even more consciously is Dynamic Worldbuilding. But what is that exactly? Dynamic Worldbuilding is a Way of making your world fit your current situation in your D&D and TTRPG Campaigns without building the world first and trying to make your campaign ideas fit into a smaller mold. This leaves much of the w...

Every single good TTRPG setting has something that sets it apart from the others. What is that unique part about your world? Now don't get scared you don't even need something incredibly never been done before thing... just some cool detail you like is enough. In this episode, we discuss how to make a setting unique and how all of your TTRPG and D&D settings are already unique. We also discuss...

Books have plotholes, Movies and TV Series have plotholes. Your D&D Game does not have plotholes! Today we talk about how you can easily fix and erase all the "plotholes" in your games!! We say they don't exist, and we mean it but still a lot of GMs find themselves worrying that inconsistencies might ruin the fun of their games, so we are here to help you fix all the plotholes with a few and e...

Today we are joined by the Amethyst Dragon, also known as Nathan, who is creating The Amethyst Dragons Hoard of Everything, a D&D Supplement of Homebrew Content for literally every game, the book has nearly 600 pages worth of content from the more normal Homebrew Content of Spells and Subclasses to Poisons, Diseases, new Homebrew Rules, new Loot Options and so much more. It really has somethin...

The Future of our D&D and TTRPg Games is obviously uncertain, we are here to write the story together and explore a world together, however, in Stories and Storytelling, there is still always foreshadowing of what is to come through dreams, prophecies, and other ways. How can we incorporate them into our games too? Well, it's easy. In this episode, we discuss the important aspects and notions...

Character Flaws is what makes your D&D and TTRPG Characters feel alive. They are just like everyone else... Not perfect. They have flaws and problems in their lives. But how do you create a great flaw for the game to use? This episode is exactly what you are looking for then. Check here for all further information: You can find us on the Web under these Links: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.do...

Player Characters in D&D need secrets, at least something that makes them interesting and maybe hides a facette of them for some time from the rest of the party. But the importance of these secrets does not come from keeping them well, it comes from revealing them and letting the rest discover them. So today let us spill the secrets on how to create good secrets! Check here for all further inf...

Building your TTRPG Campaigns to be like TV Shows is a great way to make every single session engaging and immersive but also gives you many upsides to playing TTRPGs outside of the game, like scheduling and information retention. In today episode we discuss making your games more episodic and less one plotline broken up into several little chunks of play so that your games are easily digestible a...

Yeah, we mean it! Just seed in a bit of betrayal at your tables (with consent obviously) to spice the game into the most juicy game you can imagine where player characters clash about beliefs and morals, where the game takes unexpected turns that leave even you, the GM, speechless. In today's episode, we are talking about how to seed those moments and opportunities and how players can seize them....

Let's discuss law and order, especially lawmaking, in your D&D settings today!! How do you write some good legal texts for your D&D Settings that represent the people making it, living under it, enforcing it, and convicted by it? There are some special questions about law-making in fantasy and sci-fi worlds but general rules still apply and we will discuss both from the basis to the specia...

Today we discuss an on going discourse of the TTRPG Space: "Actual Play Shows are not how you play the games actually", at least that is what some people claim... Most of which have not been part of many actual plays. But there is still some truth to that saying but in our opinion, it not a healthy way to say what is important about any showing/presentation of TTRPGs, and that is what we...