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It's Season 3 y'all! Next Session Help: RandomDude92919 is setting up a fight and wants to know, one troll or two? MajorMuff1n is running a bottle episode and we talk WAY too long about it. Use That Spell! Crown of Stars Riddle Me This!* A new segment there we discuss generic concepts in D&D. This episode we dive into cheating in D&D. The different reasons why and how someone might cheat, and what...

Next Session Help: Ironhorn needs to figure out what quests an "after hours" or "B-Squad" of adventurers would go on. BillyBobJean2’s players stole from a rich person and now he needs ways that person can get back at the party. Ask a GM: Feather Fall in a barrel?? - Myragem Use That Spell! Barkskin! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Session Help:  Sherlock_strikes has a couple of young royals pranking the castle and wants help coming up with something funny, but not explicitly mean. MidhaRockyK’s player is an open hand monk who took the life force of a dying Tiamet… but where to go from there? Ask a GM: KiesotheStoic always has a good scenario and this is no different! “What if someone in your world cast speak with the d...

Ep 58 Hostages and Holy Aura We welcome a special guest, DIetToothpaste! Next Session Help: Falcner1 has a scenario where the players are going to compete against NPCs for a spot guarding a ship. KnickKnack (not real name) Has a player who is constantly taking hostages. Help! Ask a GM: TheAngelWarrior7's player has a kind of gun and shoots it at an enemy point blank. Does it automatically hit? Sho...

Next Session Help: Up-Above is making a Zoo Encounter based on the game Ape Escape and needs some help planning some combat elements. Squidshellion wants some help with some Home Alone style encounters. Ask a GM:  What if a vampire in your world was prevented from drinking any blood? - KiesoTheStoic Use That Spell! Zephyr Strike! Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.ne...

Next Session Help: Jakemp1 asks “what are the pros and cons to having long hair?” A player used a magic comb to turn themselves into a pink Cousin Itt for the day mid-dungeon and needs some consequences. Impossible-Wind9068 wants to turn the player’s ship into a mimic slowly over time and give hints / foreshadow the occurrence. Ask a GM: AtticusSPQR wants to know if using a timer in real life to g...

Next Session Help: TheGingerRogue has a situation where the players need to remove a curse, but they want to spice it up a little. Snivythesnek wants to know, “How do you handle executions and scenarios where people should realistically die in one swoop?” Ask a GM: Can fairies get lycanthropy? Well can they?  Submitted by The-Amazing-Biderman Use That Spell!  Enemies Abound Thanks for listening! A...

Next Session Help: CremedelaGem is running an “urgent city maze type dungeon” and needs some guidance. WahookaTG wants to know, “How do I prevent players from dying in an unwinnable fight?” Ask a GM: DinoHunter64 is shifting his game entirely online and would love some tips/ tricks/ resources for how to do a virtual tabletop. Use That Spell!  Unseen Servant Thanks for listening! As always, you can...

Next Session Help: WhackyNudle has a player that doesn’t appreciate having consequences for using Charm Person on a shopkeep. Should they change how they rule Charm Person to keep this player happy? We say no! Minimum_Fee1105 needs some advice on running a collapsing dungeon. He just fell into it! Ask a GM: Timp1mandi wants to know, when should you provide an encounter or battlemap? Use That Spell...

Next Session Help: Tuckster786 wants to introduce a player as a traitor, but they don’t know it yet. Bad idea? Kind of. Des___ wants a giant sandworm to eat the entire party and make it a wormy dungeon, but then what? Ask a GM: Realistic-March-5679 asks if they can create Yandu style arrows (from Guardians of the Galaxy) using the Piercer feat and Animate Objects. Use That Spell!  Steel Wind Strik...

Next Session Help: ChemicalWeather’s party left the cleric unconscious in a dragon’s lair and wants some ideas for reasons the dragons wouldn’t outright eat her so she can be saved. DM_Mularki needs some advice if Heat Metal works on Constructs and Warforged. Ask a GM: neildegrasstokem wants to know, “If I True Polymorph a man into a wooly sheep, and someone shears it, is there any change to the m...

Ep 50 Next Session Help: Jvosika is running a campaign where an entire village pledges loyalty to the players and start following them. What sort of shenanigans should they be up to? Tobi6000 has a botanic science lab that can give the players some sweet upgrades, but he isn’t sure what those should be. Ask a GM: LivingIn3d wants to know how monsters and enemies should attack. Weakest one first? M...

Next Session Help: Dccowboy has a situation where the Axe of Alertness will always be alert. Will this render it useless? Marshmallow049 asks “How to make dangerous poison in a world with magic?” Ask a GM:  BeginningEngineer95 wants to know some ways to use a smart device to control the lighting for proper ambience. Alexa roll for initiative! Use That Spell!  Alter Self Thanks for listening! As al...

Next Session Help: Winged_Wolf99 needs help with a murder mystery arc they are planning. Typhus_black has a player who is a low level dragonborn but wants to be able to have and use wings. Ask a GM: Ironhunt wants to know about the specific spell Blooming Blade and if the material of a small weapon gets consumed when the spell is cast. Use That Spell!  Dust Devil. Thanks for listening! As always,...

!BAD AUDIO WARNING! We tried a different spot in the house and it was worse somehow. Sound proofing panels arriving tomorrow! Next Session Help: GoobMcGee wants to know “Ways a god would reach out that isn't a dream?” Yueqqi has players who stole some lobsters and the druid wants to keep them. Lobster holsters anyone? Ask a GM: TheGingerRogue wants to know, "how would you rule AOE cast from inside...

Next Session Help: YungComfy wants to know “How would a wererat respond to a talisman with a rat on it / what magical significance would it hold?” GallicPontiff has concocted a rat faced beholder and needs help coming up with some rat themed abilities. Ask a GM: Brand new DM, Fair_Setting_2915 wants to know where exactly to begin as a new DM. What should they buy? What resources do they need? Use...

Next Session Help: Vainwin’s players made a deal with a devil who is going to bust a dragon out of an Eiffel Tower sized magical pillar. But the big question is how?  Trick_Willingness440 is designing a mist based dungeon and wants to know what should go into it.  Ask a GM: Calthiss is unsure if using “narrative traps” where players don’t get a save are okay to do all the time.  Use That Spell!  M...

Next Session Help: Silvere01 has new players who don’t want to do anything but win D&D by getting item “X” to “CityCity.” They need help motivating the players to slow their roll and let things happen more organically. Ask a GM: Feeling-Idea2513 wants to know how Adam rolls for stats. TheMasterDungeon asks, “Do smaller creatures take more damage from larger creatures?” In D&D 5e the answer is no....

Theresamouseinmyhous wants to set up a fight in a potion shop where it is near impossible not to knock potions on the ground. Diet Toothpaste finally gets to DM in person again but is feeling a bit nervous coming out from behind the zoom screen. After the break, Art by Adam DMs for sometimes 12 kids with only 30 minute sessions and is looking for advice on how to streamline the process. Use That S...

PeachasaurusWrex asks, “What the eff is in this temple?” Then, Hyperionfin’s Bard pulled a Flames card from the Deck of Many Things and needs help coming up with how a demon is pursuing him. After the break, Teeleert wants to know, “Is it metagaming to know another class's spell list?” Use That Spell!  Tree Stride! Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcas...

Macpadmore wants to reflavor a Gulthias tree. How about chocolate mint? Then, Oswaldsumbrella asks, “[How do] I depict realistic grief without making the session a total downer?” Adam says, "Make it a total downer!" After the break, Resurectionist needs some quick help with a rules lawyer who thinks they broke Wild Shape by applying the spell Mask to it, and BulgarianThornbill wants to know what c...

It's the end of Season 2 and we welcome special guest Adam Davis from Game to Grow!  We have too many questions, so it comes down to the roll of the dice to see which ones we answer this week.  Use That Spell: Spirit Guardians! Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Twitter: @thenextsession Facebook: @thenextsession L...

TheRealForteGaming has a plot where the villain is bent on removing magic from the world. The players are about to meet some of the villain’s followers and TheRealForteGaming wants some help. Then, Reynosomarkus’ players are going to steal gold from “the physical manifestation of greed” and wants some ideas on how they can curse the loot. After the break, Manemeth wants to know why Tritons get the...

Benry007 is back and needs help with his campaign in the Beastlands. After the break we have 2 Ask a GM questions! Whiskeybenthellbound wants to know how Sending Stones work. Specifically, how do we use sending stones? AllUrBaseRBelong2Gus wants to assign a player to be the scribe. Good idea? Bad idea? Yes idea! Search the Room!  And old classic, the Sun Blade. Thanks for listening! As always, you...

Ehbean’s players have come across some ingots from space and needed us to brainstorm different effects the space metal would have. Space sword! After the break we have two Ask a GM questions! Benry007 wants to know, “Should I fix a player's weakness with a magic item?” TabaxiCab asks us about a 2 person D&D game, or what other TTRPG’s would work well for 2 people? Use that Spell!  Synaptic Static!...