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Short, bite-sized RPG advice, tips, and tricks for DMs and players of tabletop role playing games (TTRPG)
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Jun 21, 2020
Jun 21, 2020
18 min
The ability to improvise, adapt, and overcome obstacles is a critical skill needed for GMs and players alike. In this episode Jeremy discusses techniques of improvisation utilizing the basic tenets he learned performing improv comedy, allowing GMs to keep the story on track and players to support their game partners.
Jun 14, 2020
Jun 14, 2020
13 min
Players using their knowledge to make decisions for their characters is always bad, right? In this episode, Jeremy talks about the good and bad of metagaming and even cites examples when the DM inadvertently or purposefully provides metagame knowledge to the players. Come visit us at www.taking20podcast.com
Jun 7, 2020
Jun 7, 2020
18 min
Tired of shopkeepers with no name? Ready to make your character stand out from the ocean of numbers on the character sheet? In this episode we discuss how to make your characters or NPCs feel like real, fleshed-out people by giving them goals, motivations, foibles and flaws.
May 31, 2020
May 31, 2020
15 min
In what will hopefully help role players, we explore positive and negative character arcs. How do you give a character an arc to follow? Using examples from popular media, we look at how arcs can progress. Finally, we talk briefly about how to support arcs for your fellow players' characters. Come see us at Taking 20 Podcast.com
May 27, 2020
May 27, 2020
12 min
With the safe alignments out of the way, Jeremy now addresses how to roleplay the evil alignments and Chaotic Neutral. Thanks for listening and come see us at www.taking20podcast.com to listen to provide feedback and suggestions for future episodes!
May 24, 2020
May 24, 2020
16 min
Alignment - the much-maligned aspect of many modern RPG systems. In Part 1, Jeremy discusses his theory on alignment, when it matters, and tips for roleplaying Lawful Good, Neutral Good, Chaotic Good, Lawful Neutral and True Neutral characters. Part 2 will release on Wednesday this week.
Agree or disagree with any of these points? Email me at feedback@taking20podcast.com. I'd love to hear from you!
Resources:
https://mykindofmeeple.com/role-playing-games/dungeons-and-dragons/
In depth alignment discussion: http://easydamus.com/alignment.html
Matthew Colville Alignment video in the Running the Game series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgPhiLBW7jo
May 17, 2020
May 17, 2020
12 min
With a mishmash of homebrew topics remaining, none of which warranted a full episode, Jeremy throws them all into the cooking pot and makes an episode out of it. Topics covered include getting player help for worldbuilding, the 3 Hex method, and lessons learned about adding new rules to existing systems.
For more info about the 3 Hex method, see this great article.
May 10, 2020
May 10, 2020
15 min
This episode of full of questions. What do you need to ask yourself when making a world? What decisions are potential pitfalls? What does the world buidling subreddit have to do with any of this? Why is Jeremy still asking questions?
Resources
Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America World Building Questions
May 3, 2020
May 3, 2020
17 min
"Hey, what's in that cave over there?" An innocent question that can make a DM sweat. You didn't prepare a cave dungeon. Not to worry, my friend. Thanks to John Fourr over at RolePlayingTips.com, you can whip up a 5 Room Dungeon on the fly that will make your players giggle with delight and they'll have no idea you were making it up as you go.
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Apr 26, 2020
Apr 26, 2020
13 min
Everything you didn't want to know about the 3 Act Structure and why Jeremy loves it so much! He discusses how to frame an entire plot around this useful story framework, the action that takes place, and what signifies the transition points from one act to the next.
Send us some feedback at feedback@taking20podcast.com!