On this season's mailbag finale, Kyle answers a lot of questions, including those about "Help! I agreed to DM!", planning your adventurers' day, working with established worlds, time jumps, fast travel, and ending or continuing when losing players.

On this episode, Kyle delves into the origins of the paladin class, starting with the original use of the word in epic poetry. The class has evolved constantly throughout the editions, culminating in the 5e version we have today.

In a D&D campaign, you are going to run through a lot of villains. In this episode, Kyle teaches you a technique for quickly creating an array of villain types you can use to build a diverse rogues' gallery.

The continuing saga of Conditions! This episode poses paralyzed, peaks at petrified, prepares poisons, postures prone, reminisces on restrained, and uncovers the mysteries of unconscious—all with strategies for players and monsters.

Navigate combat buffs and debuffs smoothly with an understanding of Conditions! This episode tackles blinded, the horribly misused charmed, deafened, the frustrating frightened, grappled, incapacitated, and the RAW-wrecking invisible.

In-party deception, length of play, traps, group skill checks, and professional DMs. The mailbag is open and questions are answered!

Downtime activities don't have to be relegated to shopping and drinking. You can help your players craft their characters, meet NPCs, gain new features, and vary their ways to play by setting up a training or university system as a gateway to the greater world.

Death is a constant threat in D&D, but with some monsters, it's more instantaneous than others. Prepare your players accordingly. Avoid cheap deaths by presenting dangerous monsters as puzzles to be solved rather than lucky survival.

Writing lore can seem insurmountable, but there are several rules and tricks you can use to get things underway. Once established, it's as simple as filling it out top to bottom and choosing the location where your big reveal takes place.

Zombies make great evil servants but don't function in D&D like they do in pop culture. If you're looking for an outbreak of creatures to engineer an apocalypse, there are several monsters that would serve you better—shadows, wraiths, gas spores, vargouilles, ghouls, gnolls, constructs, golems, and animated objects.