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Next Session Help: ArtemisEvenstar is making a campaign where 3 days prior to the first session magic was suddenly introduced into the world! What sort of consequences does this have?  DR_AniSahne is starting their campaign off with a murder mystery and wants help brainstorming how the players are caught in the act.  Ask a GM:  BeubtheDemonSlayer wants to know, “How do you feel about DMPCs?” Searc...

Next Session Help: Aozth has a player who has turned into a loot goblin and the rest of the party is on the verge of PVP murder. Super tense situation that we will try and unpack! Misophoniasucksdude is creating a one-shot where a goblin just cast Wish - but what did they wish for? Ask a GM:  Holycrabe wants to know “what’s the consensus on Counterspell against healing?” Brianne's DM doesn't want...

A&A are back with Special Guest Diet Toothpaste! Next Session Help: TheDoon has 4 players with water walk cast on them and are inside a Kraken's mouth while the Kraken is submerged underwater - What will happen? Ask a GM:  Yryel wants to know if Tritons can conjure water and heal themselves with that water? DJ_Uwawah has a question on how attacking with ranged spells into water works. Search the R...

Next Session Help: Furious_cactus has set their players on a quest to kill a god…. But how would they even go about achieving such an ambitious goal?  QuillontheFae’s players killed a 5th level spell caster and the wizard recovered his spell book. Does that mean they get all the spells now?  Ask a GM:  BenManGinger asks “Create or Destroy Water says that it can destroy fog, and Cloudkill is descri...

Next Session Help: Nz8drzu6 wants to know how to prevent a player from eldritch blasting everything in the room to detect mimics. iNogle gave their players a lantern of revealing several sessions ago but needs help coming up with invisible things that can be revealed.  Ask a GM:  Irishgrapes is struggling with a younger player (12) and wants us to brainstorm if having initiative out of combat woul...

Next Session Help: Raddude557 has a scenario where they need to prove someone is noble without paperwork/ references. The A&A brain trust is on it! Mango He's players thwarted the plans of the BBEG's from taking a legendary item but now needs to find a new hiding place for it without rail roading the players into it. Take it or Leave it:   Xx_swagatron_xX offers some advice on a strategy turn duri...

Next Session Help: Mithrandir2056 has set a quest for the Players to retrieve the Heart of a Nixie for a potion, however one of the players does not want to kill a Nixie. Let’s brainstorm! MorphinRiddle has a player who decided to drink a random potion that everyone is sure is acid. So…… they dead right?  Ask a GM:  FullHealthCosplay NEEDS to know how to handle Unseen Attacker.  Use That Spell! Ny...

Next Session Help: Ferskenkejseren’s player stole a runic keystone from a fey merchant. Now he is trying to come up with a good punishment from the fey. Let’s make some memories! Ask a GM:  Eisenheim96 wants to know about destroying objects out of combat that have hit points. “What is stopping my players just standing there and rolling d20s until they manage to hit it enough times to destroy it?”...

Next Session Help: Koi8008 Has a player whose character is uninterested in everything. Thee end of the world is nigh and they could care less! What should they do?  Ask a GM:  _Xantamn asks, “Can a familiar cast dragon’s breath on itself?” Mesalikes wants to know what some of the things blinded monsters can still and will do.  Use That Spell! Uncommon Glamerweave Thanks for listening! As always, y...

Next Session Help: Badgerbaroudeur Needs some quests (not heists) that their party can do while visiting a museum in the big city they are visiting. Night at the Museum anyone?  Ask a GM:  Veena_Schnitzel wants to know how to handle a rogue’s failed skill check. Just let them keep trying until they succeed?  BeBoppaloopa has never heard about Flanking, and that is okay! But should they use it?  Us...

Next Session Help:  Peanutsbrittles has a soul transfer that goes wrong. What else slips in during the invocation ritual? Ask a GM:  Afullgrowngrizzly Wants to know ways for a “scout” to feel cool without just bypassing/trivializing combat encounters? Demodius needs advice on in game consequences for a player using multiple concentration spells Use That Spell! Secret Chest Thanks for listening! As...

Next Session Help: xParagon needs to kill their PC next session! Don’t worry they are in on it. How do they do it without the other PCs trying to save them? Ask a GM: xHayz asks “Does a monster know what spell effect something is before it chooses to use a legendary resistance?” We answer this question and Adam gives some insight as to how he runs Counter Spell.  Search the Room! Knave's Eye Patch...

Covid finally hit our family and we are stuck in a different state until we are safe to fly home! So no new episode, however, we got to have an in-depth chat with Baker_Turtle, who we helped last episode, to dive in an work on their next session together! This won't be edited the same way since I don't have my computer with me, so no music intro, but no ads either! ;) Really fun! If you would like...

Next Session Help: Baker Turtle  Needs some ideas for keeping their players interested and engaged at a festival in Neverwinter so that a murder mystery can begin. Ask a GM: DrakeHeartscale wants to know what’s our take on background music during gameplay? Search the Room! Pipes of the Sewer Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextse...

A&A are back with special guest @ExtrillTheKing Next Session Help: Hairylegg  asks: how does one manipulate someone else to accidentally assassinate a target? ArkAlpha1 Has a human enemy that is cursed with immortality and wants the players to have different options for removing the curse in order to dispatch them. Ask a GM: Blackdeath47 Wants to know if the feat Telekinetic can be ruled so an ene...

Next Session Help: ControbutionUsual106's little brother and some of his friends are gonna play D&D and they need some quick, easy to understand missions/ ideas that they could do. Diet Toohpaste wants to design a one shot where everyone will be making and playing evil characters.  Ask a GM: Scary-Safety-89 is running a horror themed campaign and wants to make an adventure in a more spelunking lik...

Next Session Help: Cafeaubae's players killed and made boots out of a Giant Crocodile and they would like to reward the players by making them magical. Adam and I about came to blows on this one but we successfully attempted to answer it! Mute8 needs to figure out why a wizard who has an amulet of cloning would ever need help from the party.  Ask a GM: DJDarwin93 made a puzzle in a different langu...

Next Session Help: Wafersnap Has sent their players into a ring of Hell that is based on the deadly sin of Lust. What encounters or places can we think up?  Ask a GM: SirCranburry's girlfriend says that the NPC is not eff-able enough. Discuss!  Search The Room!  Nothing was sexy enough so we found a homebrewed item! Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodca...

Next Session Help: Weltschmerzwonder has a mystery house that the player’s are finally going to get in…. But what is inside? Ask a GM: BananasGod Needs some help with making a mountain climb less boring for themselves and their players. Use That Spell!  Mordenkainen’s Faithful Hound Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodc...

Next Session Help: Diet Toothpaste has a bard that wants to switch their major in college, that is change from the College of Lore to the College of Spirits. Should this be a quick event or the focus of a mini-campaign? Ask a GM: IwantDandDMaps has an idea to make their Doppelganger copy the player’s attacks during the combat. We tell them that it isn’t a terrible idea, but there are better ways t...

Next Session Help: oofatality has a player that wants their character to have multiple personalities. It’s up to oofatality to choose when they change characters and they need some ideas! Ask a GM: Mr_Picky has a player that has become their favorite since the player’s backstory fits nicely into the world and has given Mr_Picky lots to work with. How do they balance with the rest of the party and...

It’s another mini-sode! Next Session Help: Njeshko has a player that won’t give up a demon sword and Njeshko wants to “mess with them.” Search the Room!  Dissonant Whispers Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Twitter: @thenextsession Facebook: @thenextsession Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc...

Short episode today!  Next Session Help: Plixels' players helped an evil wizard dispose of a shape-shifting spell gone wrong by dumping it into the local river where the trout were mating. Now they need help coming up with consequences.  Ask a GM: Yasutsuna96 wants some advice on how not to bog down combat with too many different types of enemy units Search the Room!  Talking Doll Thanks for liste...

Next Session Help: Foxgoose21 has a player who wants to plant a tree in the middle of their airship. How should they go about this? Jmlwow123’s wizard player has just ran out of luck and hit the effect of wish where he can no longer cast it. Now he wants it back. Is this possible? Ask a GM: YortMaster has a player who likes to Grapple and wants to shove them down to prone. YortMaster ruled that th...

Next Session Help:  dnddigest gave their players a tome with a cryptic message and wants to know what we think! Ask a GM:  Art by Adam needs some help rebooting his game and getting the players pumped to come back.  daPWNDAZ has a player that insists that magical flight removes the stealth penalty from heavy armor. Are they nuts? (Almonds that is.) Use That Spell! Tenser’s Floating Disk. Thanks fo...