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Making 2 dimensional characters is easy.  Pick your ability scores, feats, equipment etc. but what if you want or need to make a deeper character to role play?  How do you do it?  In this episode I give your character just a few questions to add depth

#pf2e #Pathfinder #gmtips #dmtips #dnd #rpg #characterdesign #backstory

Should you let your baby shoot you down in RPG games?  Do you allow pistols and rifles in your world with dragons and gnomes?  If your immediate reaction is no, why?  In this episode I discuss guns in fantasy worlds and offer a brief review of the new Paizo book Guns and Gears Remastered.

Disclosure:  I did receive a PDF copy of the book for free but that never taints my review and I give you an honest take on the quality and value of the book.

#pf2e #Pathfinder #gmtips #dmtips #dnd #rpg #gunsinfantasy #GunsandGears

Guns and Gears Remastered - https://paizo.com/products/btq05498

Do you ever struggle to create compelling adventures for your RPG group?  I know I have in the past until I embraced the simple tip:  “write what you know”.  But what does that even mean?  Tune in and find out.

#pf2e #Pathfinder #gmtips #dmtips #dnd #writingtips #writewhatyouknow

Don't forget to send me your contest entries before Friday, November 19th! 

Minor milestone as we hit episode #150.  This week we will talk about Rovagug, the monster in Pathfinder lore that will bring about the end of the multiverse.  In this episode we ask:  Where is it now?  What is it doing?  Why do campaigns need creatures of unfathomable evil and chaos and destruction?  

#Pathfinder #DungeonsandDragons #DnD #GMTips #Rovagug

https://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Rovagug

https://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Spawn_of_Rovagug

https://lovecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Rovagug

https://2e.aonprd.com/Deities.aspx?ID=15

Good ideas can come from anywhere:  movies, music, streaming series, and even video games.

You may think that I only mean RPG video games like Dragon Age or The Witcher.  Good ideas for characters, game mechanics, and even plots can be taken from video games of all kinds from Super Mario Brothers to Portal.  In this episode, you'll hear about tips for taking these ideas and using them at your game table

#DungeonsandDragons #DnD #Pathfinder #RPG #DMTips

We conclude horror month with the mysterious and aloof creatures of the Feywild or First World.  What makes these creatures scary?  What the heck are the Seelie and Unseelie courts?  This nymph is offering me a deal that's too good to be true.  Should I take it?  Tune in and find out.

#DnD #DungeonsandDragons #Pathfinder #DMTips #Fey

https://roleplayersrespite.com/fey-creatures-in-dnd-5e

Today is a mini-listener mailbag episode addressing two major aspects of horror games, tension at the table and corruption in your game world.  Please listen in as Jeremy discusses two questions from listeners like you.

#DMTips #DnD #DungeonsandDragons #Pathfinder

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Tension Pool - https://theangrygm.com/definitive-tension-pool/

Crit Academy - https://www.youtube.com/c/CritAcademy/videos

John Fourr on Building Tension - https://www.roleplayingtips.com/rptn/6-more-exciting-ways-to-create-tension/

Trajectory of Fear by Ash Law - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzBGv7T2YMphdjlZNFVKa1pQZjg/view?resourcekey=0-kJSbTSzALd8aKnHMv8pKQg

In this episode, we discuss the published lore in 5e and Pathfinder about what happens after characters pass away.

A fellow podcaster and DM, Thorin McGee from the 3 Wise DMs podcast passed away this week, please consider donating to the GoFundMe set up to benefit his widow.  

#DnD #DungeonsAndDragons #Pathfinder #3WiseDMs #ThorinMcGee

https://www.gofundme.com/f/thorin-mcgees-legacy-and-wife-fund

http://3wisedms.com

Pathfinder

https://www.d20pfsrd.com/gamemastering/other-rules/life-and-death/

5e

Dungeon Inn - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEZHK6DlgGw

https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Afterlife

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kazgpEz2u2U

https://www.flutesloot.com/5e-afterlife-lore-and-analysis/

https://www.dndbeyond.com/forums/d-d-beyond-general/story-lore/80013-how-death-and-afterlife-work-in-dnd-lore

https://www.reddit.com/r/dndnext/comments/jhf2hu/what_is_the_afterlife_like_in_dnd_5e/

While there are similarities between the ethereal and astral planes in the way 5e and Pathfinder present them, there are distinct differences and they are located different places in the different cosmologies.  In this episode, we talk about the 4 planes and some unique characteristics and encounters you can find in them.

#DnD #DungeonsandDragons #Pathfinder #GMTips #Ethereal #Astral

5e PHB & DMG

Pathfinder 1e & 2e Core Rulebooks

Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel

https://www.realmshelps.net/charbuild/races/elf/ghostelf.shtml

https://dumpstatadventures.com/the-gm-is-always-right/the-planes-ethereal-plane

https://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Ethereal_Plane

https://aonprd.com/Rules.aspx?Name=Ethereal%20Plane&Category=Esoteric%20Planes

https://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Astral_Plane

https://aonprd.com/Rules.aspx?Name=Astral%20Plane&Category=Esoteric%20Planes

https://www.reddit.com/r/Pathfinder_RPG/comments/9x55k2/what_can_be_found_inside_the_astral_plane_what/

http://thecampaign20xx.blogspot.com/2016/03/dungeons-dragons-guide-to-ethereal-plane.html?m=1

Welcome to Horror Month at the Taking 20 Podcast!  All month we will be talking about scary/spooky topics to hopefully make your RPGs even better.  This week, I talk about some of the major types of horror and confess what makes my hackles sit up and turn red.

#DungeonsandDragons #DnD #Pathfinder #DMTips

Resources

None.  Just the ramblings of an old, insane DM.