DM Hype Squad

Han, Lyn and Roz talk all things combat! How do we make encounters interesting? Is the best combat really just roleplay? We talk about favourite encounters we’ve played in and ones we’ve DMed, how to make character death meaningful, the impending TPK as we hurtle towards the end of Curse of Strahd, and Lyn’s enduring rage towards a Redbrand her character killed in Lost Mines.

Han, Lyn and Roz talk about NPCs! What makes for a memorable NPC? How do we make NPCs feel like real life people? We discuss our favourite NPCs from games we’ve played in, consider re-branding the podcast to ‘3 Stressed DMs’, and to the shock of no one Han is obsessed with Ezmerelda from Curse of Strahd.

Han, Roz and Lyn talk planning! Whether you are running a module or a one-shot, learn all about how we plan our games, and which one of us is guilty of over-planning.

Han, Lyn and Roz talk about their experience DMing games for each other, and when and why they started DMing.