The One Ring in Lord of the Rings, The Singing Sword in Bugs Bunny, The Luggage in the Rimworld novels by Terry Pratchett.  We've seen intelligent magic items in media and you'd like to bring one into your game world.  What's the best way to do that?  Are there any tips?  Does an animated bear rug poop in the woods?

Seriously...do they?  I have no idea.

#OpenDnd #OpenRPG #Pathfinder #OGL #DnD #DungeonsandDragons

Resources:

Dungeon Dudes:  How to Homebrew Sentient Magic Items. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1H5oK_GGmI

In this episode I weigh in on the Wizards of the Coast OGL 1.1 fiasco and talk about a period in Faerun's history called the Time of Troubles, when gods were mortal and walked the planet with mortals.

The common theme is a powerful entity doing something insanely stupid and causing upheval and calamity.  Give it a listen and comment below!

#DnD #DungeonsandDragons #Paizo #Pathfinder #Wotc #OGL

Resources:

Resigned:  How to Know When It’s Time to Go: 

The Avatar Series - a 5-book series about the Time of Troubles

In this episode suggested by a donor over at ko-fi.com/taking20podcast we give some tips to DMs about those rare materials like mithril, cold iron, silver, and...peachwood?  What if you want to make your own special materials?  Are there any downsides to using them?  Tune in and find out.

#dnd #dungeonsanddragons #dmtips #pathfinder

This is not an episode.  Jeremy's passed out right now.

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas!

If your game world has any history at all and any culture, whether it's a single-minded autonomous collective or a rich melting pot of cultures blended together and living in close proximity, there will likely be holidays of some sort.  Why do holidays exist?  What do you need to create holidays in your world?  Tune in this week to find out!

#DnD #DungeonsandDragons #Pathfinder #Paizo #Holidays

Resources:

Resigned: How to Know When It's Time to Go

In this heaver-than-usual rules episode, we take a look at some of the rules in Pathfinder 2e and D&D 5e for making monsters more or less powerful.  We also talk about some game-system-agnostic ways to scale your monsters up or down.

#DungeonsandDragons #DnD #Pathfinder #DMTips

Resources:

Resigned:  How to Know When It’s Time to Go: https://www.amazon.com/Resigned-Know-Truths-Stigma-Quitting-ebook/dp/B0BLP2LCQJ/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1AO4TAC6LM4AO&keywords=resigned

D&D Dungeon Master’s Guide

Pathfinder 2e Core Rulebook

Pathfinder 2e Bestiary

Giants.  They're all tall and they have reach.  Prep work done for an adventure, right?  Hold your throwing stone, my DM friend.  The different species of giants have very different tactics, capabilities, and motivations.  This week Jeremy talks all about the differences and what makes them tick.

#DnD #DungeonsandDragons #Pathfinder #DMTips

Resources:

Resigned:  How to Know When It’s Time to Go: https://www.amazon.com/Resigned-Know-Truths-Stigma-Quitting-ebook/dp/B0BLP2LCQJ/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1AO4TAC6LM4AO&keywords=resigned

The Monsters Know What They’re Doing:  https://www.themonstersknow.com/giant-tactics/

Extra Credits:  The Viking Expansion:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxItyrp55g8&list=PLhyKYa0YJ_5D16-gw3aGKjuC_iW7R16mF

The 4 elements of creation in Dungeons and Dragons and Pathfinder lore are so powerful that each has its own plane of existence.  What's on these planes and what dangers will characters face when they go there?  Tune in to this episode when I discuss this and give you some adventure ideas for each plane!

#DungeonsandDragons #DnD #Pathfinder #Elemental #Planes 

Resources:

Resigned:  How to Know When It’s Time to Go: https://www.amazon.com/Resigned-Know-Truths-Stigma-Quitting-ebook/dp/B0BLP2LCQJ/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1AO4TAC6LM4AO&keywords=resigned

5e elemental planes:  https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Elemental_planes

Pathfinder elemental planes:  https://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Elemental_Plane

Dungeons & dragons discontinuing the use of the word race for the word species: https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1393-moving-on-from-race-in-one-d-d

If you've reached the point where you need to leave the gaming group, the next steps in the process are going to be difficult emotionally and fraught with peril.  Handled incorrectly, you can make lifelong enemies of your DM, your fellow players, and anyone they may know.  In this episode I talk about the mature and professional way to separate from the group minimizing animosity or hurt feelings.

#dnd #dungeonsanddragons #pathfinder #dmtips #leavingyourgaminggroup

Resources:

Resigned:  How to Know When It’s Time to Go: https://www.amazon.com/Resigned-Know-Truths-Stigma-Quitting-ebook/dp/B0BLP2LCQJ/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1AO4TAC6LM4AO&keywords=resigned

Much is written about DM burnout.  But you're a player and while you know you should be excited for the Dungeons and Dragons or RPG session tonight, you find yourself dreading it and it doesn't even sound like a good time.

If this is you, you might be experiencing RPG burnout.  In this episode, we talk about the causes of burnout and what you can do to find that joy again.

#DungeonsandDragons #DnD #Pathfinder #DMTips #PlayerTips #Burnout

Resources:

How to be a Great GM - https://www.youtube.com/c/HowtobeaGreatGM