Taking 20 Podcast

It's hard to make NPCs that the PCs will trust, open up to, be vulnerable with.  Unfortunately it's not something that anyone can do with 100% success rate.  So, how DO you make NPCs the players will gravitate toward?  How can you portray these NPCs in such a way that the party wants to interact with them?  Tune in and find out. #DnD #DungeonsandDragons #Pathfinder #DMTips

Exploring the mysterious Starfinder Gap where history is lost, tech advances, and magic falters. Delving into empty history in campaigns, unraveling lost history, and gaming mishaps on mountaintops. #Starfinder #DnD

Delve into the multiverse concept in RPGs and the material plane, exploring diverse living conditions and running adventures. Discover the motivations of antagonists from other planes and tips for high-level campaigns. Dive into the parallel campaigns in tabletop RPGs and the challenges of characters interacting with alternate versions of themselves.

Exploring the Rule of Three in tabletop RPGs, providing multiple clues to players, preparation tips for DMs, enhancing game design with three elements, and incorporating riddles and puzzles for player engagement.

This week's topic comes courtesy of Andreas Jonasson who listens from Sweden and generously donated to my ko-fi at ko-fi.com/taking20podcast.  In this episode, Jeremy talks about how to respectfully use source material from history, religion, and published game lore at your table and talks about some potential problems that can occur.   To learn more about the podcast, please head over to www.taking20podcast.com.   #DnD #DungeonsandDragons #Pathfinder #DMTips

DMs are the sources of truth for the game world.  The players depend on us to provide the facts about encounters, the world, and NPCs and we should be truthful to the players the vast majority of the time.  But, there are times when sprinkling half-truths and lies into your game can make your world more realistic and keep your players on their toes.  In this episode Jeremy talks about motivations for NPCs to lie and the best practices for using lies at your table.   #DungeonsAndDragons #DnD #Pathfinder

Democracies are largely prevalent on planet earth but you hardly ever see them in an RPG setting.  In this episode, Jeremy discusses why RPGs are rare, the positive and negative aspects of a magical or futuristic society that can be emphasized by a democracy and the logistical challenges of designing a democracy for your game world.   #Pathfinder #DungeonsandDragons #RPG #DnD #Andoran

Gaming inspiration can come from published material from existing game worlds.  In this episode we talk briefly about the Orcgate Wars, its history, the aftermath, and more importantly, how you can use this dramatic event as inspiration for history and adventures in your campaign world.   Hope you tune in and listen!   #OrcgateWars #DungeonsAndDragons #DnD #DM

We all love campaigns that have actions and reactions grounded in realism but in this episode, Jeremy asks, is the work to make things realistic worth it?  Would it be better for you to spend that time preparing the next balls to the wall adventure than determining the realistic after effects of a kobold raid against the town's grain storage?  Tune in to find out.   #Pathfinder #RPG #DungeonsandDragons #DnD

Listener Peter sent an email asking about Paizo's planned Pathfinder Nexus so I went digging through the archives and recorded interviews from PaizoCon to discuss the latest I could find. In this episode I also ask someone to bring me Jason Buhlman but not literally.  I just want to talk to him about adventure ideas.  This isn't a "bring me the head of my enemies" kind of thing. Maybe I don't need to record or write descriptions until I'm off the pain meds...