Dungeon Master of None

Matt and Rob try their hand at class design, live, like a couple of idiots. Listen as we try and fail to put together an updated Warlord class for 5e. Laugh as we flounder, despair, and ultimately fail. Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Cream - Strange Brew Drake - Started From the Bottom Black Sabbath - War Pigs The Immortals - The Ultimate Warlord

Welcome to the world of Athas: Psychic beetles, Sumerian god-kings, and heatstroke for everyone! DMs Matt and Rob talk about the DARK SUN campaign setting for your pleasure. (And your letters!)   Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice America - I've been through the Desert  Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun Peter Tosh - Here Comes the Sun

Matt & Rob are back and getting high... HIGH LEVEL that is, don't do drugs kids. Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Creed - Higher 3 Doors Down - Kryptonite Kanye West - POWER Kygo & Whitney Houston - Higher Love Tal Bachman - She's So High

Rob reviews Skullport: Dragon Swindle , a very cool supplement for Waterdeep: Dragon Heist and a great resource for fans of skulls, ports, and everything in between. Our previous interview with Alex Clippinger Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Ninja Sex Party - Release the Kraken

Dungeons and Dragons' new hardcover will be the Explorer's Guide to Wildemount , so DMs Rob and Matt dive into Matt Mercer's first campaign book: the Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting .  Then, we answer your letters about ships, challenging encounters, and campaign doctors! Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Johnny Cash - God's Gonna Cut You Down Your Turn to Roll - Ashley Johnson, Laura Bailey, Sam Riegel P...

Matt and Rob talk about Netflix's THE WITCHER (2019), and why it's good and you should watch it (and, you know, how it's good inspiration for your DMing). We also answer some mail! Music: Pac Div - Roll The Dice The Darkness - I Believe in a Thing Called Love Led Zepplin - Over the Hills and Far Away Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out for a Hero

Truesight is 2020. Welcome to the new year! DMs Matt and Rob look back at the RPG decade in review before introducing a new segment: CAMPAIGN DOCTOR. Time to do some surgery on one another's campaigns! Warning: Minor, minor spoilers for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and Episode 1 of the Witcher.  Links: Star Wars - Otherspace   Heroforge Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Kesha, Big Freedia - Raisi...

Happy New Year everyone! We answered a bunch of fucking mail. Links: The Traitor Baru Cormorant Rumblings All DMsGuild Content Rob's TED Talk Music: Pac Div -- Roll the Dice One-Winged Angel -- Nobuo Uematsu Toss a Coin to Your Witcher (Club Remix) -- DJ Cutman Yeah Yeah Yeahs -- Maps Taps -- US Army Band Pied Piper -- BTS Sogno di Volare -- Christopher Tin  Auld Lang Syne -- Mariah Carey

As our holiday gift to you, DMs Matt and Rob countdown 100 Dungeon Master tips in a MEGA-EPISODE. Enjoy!    Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice RJD2 - Ghostwriter Ratatat - Gettysburg  Lead Belly - Midnight Special Visigoth - Dungeon Master

Matt and Rob, always timely, review the Witcher RPG, and have, uh, a lot to say about it. There's a lot of cursing in this one, sorry. Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Mazurek Dąbrowskiego (Polish National Anthem) Karliene - Lullaby of Woe Eon - Dancing With Monsters Monster Hunter World Rap - JT Music Fatboy Slim - Weapon of Choice The Witcher OST - Geralt of Rivia

Matt and Rob attempt to do something new: worldbuilding through collaborative role-playing using the  Microscope RPG system. Our first actual playish episode.  Microscope RPG  by Ben Robbins and Lame Mage Production Our final play board can be viewed here! Music: Pac Div - Rolle the Dice Tracy Chapman - Fast Car Julio Iglesias - La Mer

Matt and Rob discuss a couple of new UAs and answer some mail, make sure to listen to the end, where we give advice on how to be a coward for fun and profit! Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Tennessee Mafia Jug Band "Turkey In The Straw" E-40 - Choices (Yup) Geinoh Yamashirogumi - "Tetsuo" Cats In The Cradle-Harry Chapin Kenny Rogers - Coward of the County

Matt and Rob review the official Eberron hardcover source book for 5th edition Dungeons and Dragons, Eberron: Rising from the Last War.   Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice The Doors - The Changeling

From Iago to Ivan Drago, your campaign is only as good as its villain, so Matt and Rob talk about how to make one that doesn't suck. Please enjoy the digressions on ball-thwacking, dwarves, and the moon. Music: Billie Eilish -- Bad Guy Lion King -- Be Prepared Taylor Swift -- The Man Tears for Fears -- Everybody Wants to Rule the World Deltron 3030 -- Mastermind Bishop Briggs -- Jekyll & Hyde Shin...

DMs Rob and Matt dive into  Consent in Gaming from Monte Cook Games .   Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Love - Alone Again Or 

DMs Matt and Rob discuss how to build your campaign world's history without writing a dissertation in the process. 

Matt and Rob review Descent Into Avernus (please ignore the fact that they call it "Descent TO Avernus" through the entire podcast). Rob gets really excited and says 'like' a lot, sorry, and Matt's internet connection goes out halfway through and we have to communicate via morse code, so sorry about that too. We also talk about the new UA and how much smarter we are than the professionals. Music:...

Rob and Matt are back to save your game. Plus, what is good for the goose is good for the gander, as we build a magic item using a Kushan relic. Here's the link! Image from the Seshat Databank.    Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Metalocalypse - Impeach God David Bowie - Rebel, Rebel Travis Scott - goosebumps 

Matt and Rob talk about Feast of Legends, the Wendy's themed RPG. Recording this episode made our souls feel the way eating a Wendy's burger makes our bodies feel.   Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Jimmy Buffet -- Cheeseburger in Paradise

Lord help us, DMs Matt and Rob are back on their BS. Your hosts review the worldbuilding in the new fantasy series,  Carnival Row. Letters: MP writes, "How do both of you organize your notes?"   Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice The Decemberists - The Perfect Crime #2

The dark and gritty Dungeon Master of None reboot, "DMoN 2000," is upon us. We talk subclasses: Bard and Paladin Sorcerer and Warlock Monk and Barbarian Letters: "Help me design a way to kill god!" "Can an RPG module be art?" Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice The Ventures - Walk, Don't Run Stone Temple Pilots - Dead & Bloated Talking Heads - Artists Only

It's part two of DM Matt's Actual Prep series. You can listen to part one, in which Matt designs an adventure "live," here. DM Matt reflects on how to use your few moments before a game session to prep, what to adjust on the fly, and how to reflect on your adventures critically.  Also, the adventure that Matt and Rob wrote based on these episodes is available for purchase on the DMsGuild!  Links:...

Fate has forced us into another desperate solo episode, so please enjoy Rob talking about GNS theory, and if you're mad about anything he said that's wrong, please e-mail Matt. You can read the original post about GNS yourself here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/articles/1/ .  

Matt and Rob talk about how to fit a proper class analysis into your worldbuilding, though this time it's mostly about designing character classes for your RPG and not a materialist interpretation of fantasy worlds, we managed to hold off on the dialectics this time around. Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Freedom Call - Warriors Aladdin - A Whole New World Sheb Wooley - Purple People Eater Sabaton...

Your favorite DMs discuss a topic they are ABSOLUTELY qualified to give advice on: running "solo" or "duet" campaigns. Listen for some useful tips on how to make a campaign for one person and to listen to Matt mispronounce "smorgasboard" and "gestalt". Letters at the end! Links: Actual Prep Episode Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Celine Dion - All By Myself The Turtles - So Happy Together Marilyn M...