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Next Session Help:  Topherstophers needs help coming up with some monsters and obstacles inside a cave encounter they are planning. Ask a GM:  Brad2rad is summoning the Rules Lawyers to figure out the best way to rule a teleporting/ falling barbarian.  Use That Spell: Chill Touch Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast...

Next Session Help:  RivTinker is back and her players are gearing up to fight the Goddess of Chaos. They will need to gain the favor of the existing pantheon: Goddess of Nature, God of War and God of Magic and needs some help to come up with the trials and rewards for their tasks. Flowerkefir’s players keeps cutting hands off of enemy spellcasters……. ಠ_ಠ Ask a GM:  Assault_Duck wants to know if it...

Next Session Help:  Nanotheawsome needs to know how to convince their players to stop trying to weaponize a Beholder statue meant as a gag.  Ask a GM:  Tyrmidden asks, “What do you think about players having a chat group without the DM to talk about plans and strategies?”  Rusty99Arabian wants to know if players can manipulate where they fall with featherfall.  Use That Spell: Beacon of Hope  Than...

Special Guest Justin Lewis, the host of How to Be a Better DM podcast, joins us this week! Visit: https://session0studios.com/better-dm-show/ to learn more! We had a great conversation with Justin on how to get more players at your DnD table.  Next Session Help:  Subject_Quail_31 asks “What might the consequences of elemental moons be on the lore of lycanthropes?” Ask a GM:  Kirst_Kitty wants to k...

Next Session Help:  Allovertheshop is asking why their Fey NPC would be collecting monsters for a non-combat tournament? Ask a GM:  Admirable_Scarcity74 wants to know what we would do differently if we ran a campaign with sessions once a month versus once a week? Empty-School7479 is asking about 5 Room Dungeons which Adam has basically been doing, but didn't know that is what it was called. Gotta...

We're finishing what we started with the second-parter to our Session 0 discussion! This time we go over Character Creation, Map Building, and World Building! Search The Room: Spellwrought Tattoo Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho...

Next Session Help: We took another awesome question from the Merch Maestro himself, Diet Toothpaste, and it turned out to be so big that we split it into two parts! As we get into the Session 0 discussion we talk about Session .2 (Or Session -1 depending on how you like your numbers) and we focus mainly on the tools you can use like X-cards, Fade to Black, and NO list / Please list. We also discus...

Next Session Help:  Pretty_Papaya2256 needs help coming up with consequences for their players, especially in regards to an angry pirate crew hunting them down.  NoDirection6223 has let the players discover some stones in an enemies bag. What could they be? Ask a GM:  Deadra_Churl wants to create an encounter where the players would run into an enemy and as they fight it the characters would be ag...

Adam Davis from Game to Grow has joined the podcast this week to talk to our long time Australian listener ArtbyAdam. ArtbyAdam wrote in to tell us about his recent run in with the Satanic Panic that seems to follow roleplaying games like an evil shadow. We just had to have him on to tell his story and get his side of things. Search the Room: Adamantine Armor Thanks for listening! We’ll be taking...

Next Session Help:  DarkestMoose is not having fun running their campaign anymore and needs help giving closure while they end. Stunning-Ad9453 is running Tomb of Annihilation and has a character in a no-win situation. What should they do?  Ask a GM:  Massaman955 wants to know how much poison a level 2 player can extract from a Giant Poisonous Snake. Use That Spell: Jim's Magic Missile Thanks for...

Next Session Help: John S. would like to start a campaign with all weapons removed from the players and starting in prison. Discuss! He also wants to know what materials/ tools we keep at our table. Ask a GM: MadmanPoet wants to know “What would be a plausible relationship between a Lich and their body?” and Stahl_Konig needs a technical ruling on an Eldritch Knight casting the Green Flame Blade c...

Next Session Help:  AaLion95 is trying to figure out how to do an arena fight for a single player while the rest of the party sits out.  Isaar42 needs some help populating their in-game Goblin Casino. Ask a GM:  Spetzell asks, “Does Empowered Evocation apply to each round of a duration spell?” Use That Spell: Abi-Dalzim’s Horrid Wilting  Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question a...

Next Session Help:  DnDBambi has a Player Character that wants to be resurrected by the Raven Queen and would like help coming up with what the price of that transaction would be.   Ask a GM:  TheBlackIbis asks what could be in a used Bag of Holding that their players have come across? Ok_Box_7276 wants to know our opinion on players that are mechanically of one class, but played as another? Use T...

Next Session Help:  TheBlackIbis is back with a question about running a Nilbog. We ask, “what is a Nilbog?” And then we looked it up and answered the first question.  Ask a GM:  MrSillybiscuits asks “How do I become a less adversarial GM?” Take It Or Leave It: We go into the Rumor System Search The Room: The Necklace of Adaptation Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www....

Next Session Help: Brown6214 needs help including a player who can not speak for some time.  Weaverco is a D&D Dad and wants some tips on using D&D as play therapy. Good thing Adam wrote the book on that!  Ask a GM: SuppleGhost wants to know “Can you cast a level spell and an innate spell as a bonus action?” Use That Spell: Id Insinuation Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question...

Ask a GM:  VoulKanon wants to know if the inhabitants on a Morkoth island know they forget things? What’s a Morkoth? What’s a Morkoth with you?!  BarNo3385 is dying to know if their puzzle was too complicated. Puzzleheaded-Dragon needs a ruling on a crossbow expert.  Use That Spell: Otiluke's Resilient Sphere Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com...

Next Session Help: VigilantRex1 wants advice on stealing some equipment from their Players  Kauzoka has a cool idea for a campaign involving a crime family of Beholders  Ask a GM:  Micnos12 wants to know how to determine when a player triggers a trap. Use That Spell: Nathair's Mischief Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionp...

Next Session Help: DancingwithaMop is planning to start their campaign with the characters shackled to a wagon headed for prison.  Ask a GM:  BuddhaNews is going to run a dungeon crawl but needs some tips and tricks on how to go about it.  Take it or Leave it:  Shot-in-the-mouth has some good advice on subverting your own expectations.  Use That Spell: Primal Savagery Thanks for listening! As alwa...

Next Session Help: Flubbajubba2 has created an in-game way to cover for out-of-game absences, but needs to know how it all ties together. Ask a GM:  M4p80y wants to know “How do I make a big city feel bigger without building literally every building” JustDarnGood27 asks “How broken/unbalanced would allowing a PC to pull a character in with a grappling hook as a bonus action?” Search The Room: Dark...

Next Session Help: TheBlackIbis is asking if they should retcon the outcome of the last fight since the players were supposed to win it. We say no way!  Ask a GM:  Belolonadalogalo wants to know if a monster with multi-attack can replace one of those attacks with something like a shove. Use That Spell: Rime’s Binding Ice Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsession...

Next Session Help: Trogdor_98 wants some help with his Wild West campaign and introducing a plot point naturally.  Lame_hurricane has us brainstorm on some subtle good things that can happen to their Lucky character. Ask a GM:  Miz_Tsunami is running a D&D game with 7 players over video chat and needs some advice! Use That Spell: Lightning Bolt  Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a qu...

Next Session Help: Wellbentbanana asks about a possible phantom zone, where the players can start in and all be resurrected at the same time, for the beginning of his mystery campaign.  DanteWrath would like us to brainstorm on unique sacrifices for rituals.  Ask a GM:  GD might have an overpowered Polearm Master on his hands. Should he just make more powerful encounters or nerf his character?  Se...

Next Session Help: Raider1213 has us go over their adventure to see if the plot twist is too confusing.  Ask a GM:  PettitNice asks “Is it a bad idea to make a creature Immune to crits?” Felaric wants to know how we warm up before a game. Use That Spell: Immolation Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Twitter: @then...

Next Session Help: Elrothir’s party made a deal with a hag and now they want out of it.  RivTinker is planning a campaign arc with the God of chaos but on a smaller scale, there is a ship with sunken cargo they need to figure out what it could be. Should it tie into the greater arc?  Take it or Leave it:  Atomfullerene has a mechanic they are offering up for underwater battles in shark infested wa...

Next Session Help: EarlyMayRabbit’s players have been carrying around a duck egg and it is finally going to hatch! What should be in it? OneDesign5063 is letting a player carbonate their healing potion, but should it do something extra?  Ask a GM:  ZhenomaDM asks, “Can magic circle trap a night hag on the ethereal plane?” Use That Spell: Dream of the Blue Veil Thanks for listening! As always, you...