Dungeon Master of None

Another episode of actual prep! Matt and Rob work on the outline for a one-shot loosely inspired by DIE HARD. Ten stories of sheer adventure! You can access the adventure here on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/dice-hard-54603904 Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Beethoven - Ode to Joy Guyz Nite - Die Hard

DM Matt takes a look Arcadia, MCDM Productions' new magazine for 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons. What is Arcadia? It ain't in Greece, Louisiana, or the plane of Peaceable Kingdoms in the Great Wheel cosmology. Knowing Matt Colville it's probably a Duran Duran reference. Confusing name aside, this magazine rules. Check out the review! Links: Arcadia #1 Strongholds and Followers DMofNone Eyes Unclouded Review DMofNone Strongholds and Followers Review Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice; The Meters - Cissy Strut; Jonathan Coulton - Still Alive; Jay-Z & UGK - Big Pimpin'; Beastie Boys - Slow Ride; Step Rideau and The Zydeco Outlaws - Yippi Yai Yo Yippi Yai Yay.

Our house...our rules. DMs Matt and Rob go through the most popular, and the most hated, house rules for 5th edition Dungeons and Dragons. Links: Half-Feats (Updated with Tasha's) Inspiration by the Apocalypse (D&D 5e Houser Rule) That GWM / SS Fix by Think DM Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice; Talking Heads - Burning Down the House.

New year, same Dungeon Master of None. DMs Matt and Rob reflect on the best of 2020. Good vibes only! Then, they dive into the generic narrative Roleplaying System from Fantasy Flight Games: Genesys! Here's some pictures below, because it's hard to understand the system without looking at the dice, the outcome symbols, and the probability chart. Stick around for DM Matt's Goodfellas parody at the end of the show! Pictures: Links: Genesys Roleplaying System Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Genesys/Star Wars Dice Roller Recommendations: Matt: Ultraviolet Grasslands and the Black City Rob: Hades Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice; Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze; Tony Bennett - Rags to Riches.

DMs Matt and Rob explore N.K. Jemisin's Hugo award-winning novel, The Fifth Season. Plus, your DMs take a brief aside into "DragonLaw: The Contract Chronicles" with an update on the Weis & Hickman lawsuit and into the idea of Minor Advantage/Disadvantage in 5th edition. Links: The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin Numenera RPG "I build a world with fantasy master N.K. Jemisin" on The Erza Klein Show Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice; Carole King - I Fell The Earth Move.

Matt and Rob answer your letters! A lot of which were about how wrong we were about Tasha's Cauldron of Everything!

Get out of that Cyberfunk and start playing Cyberpunk RED, the brand new edition of the classic Cyberpunk RPG by R. Talsorian Games! Link: Cyberpunk RED Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice; 3RA1N1AC - Flash RAM.

DM Matt dives deep into Eyes Unclouded, a heartwarming and thought-provoking adventure anthology for Dungeons and Dragons inspired by the films of Studio Ghibli. Link: Eyes Unclouded Anthology

We finally get to the really good stuff, the Dungeon Master sections of Tasha's Cauldron of Everything: how to use Group Patrons, Tasha's magic items and artifacts, and a delightful section of supernatural manifest zones. Then, DM Matt and Rob force themselves to discuss the puzzle section at the end of the book and how to create better puzzles that won't make your players hate you.

DM Rob and Matt continue deep diving into the new player options for Dungeons and Dragons presented in Tasha's Cauldron of Everything. Monks, Sorcerers, Rangers, Rogues, Paladins, Wizards, Warlocks, feats, and spells! Links: ThinkDM - "Blade Cantrip Changes" Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice; Mott the Hoople & David Bowie - All the Young Dudes.