DnD 420 Podcast

Welcome to the DnD 420 Podcast. In this series, we talk the basics of creating a great D&D campaign from initial creation to session one. We talk plot points, NPCs, creating environments, keeping your players interested, and telling a great story with a veteran with 30 years of D&D experience. Topics: fifth edition, building a … Continue reading "Intro to 5th Edition – Episode 11"

Welcome to the DnD 420 Podcast. In this series, we talk the basics of creating a great D&D campaign from initial creation to session one. We talk plot points, NPCs, creating environments, keeping your players interested, and telling a great story with a veteran with 30 years of D&D experience. Topics: Special Guest Tommie from … Continue reading "Sandbox – Episode 10"

Welcome to the DnD 420 Podcast. In this series, we talk the basics of creating a great D&D campaign from initial creation to session one. We talk plot points, NPCs, creating environments, keeping your players interested, and telling a great story with a veteran with 30 years of D&D experience. Topics: Introducing new players, finding …

Continue reading "Introducing New Players – Episode 9"

Welcome to the DnD 420 Podcast. In this series, we talk the basics of creating a great D&D campaign from initial creation to session one. We talk plot points, NPCs, creating environments, keeping your players interested, and telling a great story with a veteran with 30 years of D&D experience. Topics: encounters, what makes a … Continue reading "Encounters – Episode 8"

Welcome to the DnD 420 Podcast. In this series, we talk the basics of creating a great D&D campaign from initial creation to session one. We talk plot points, NPCs, creating environments, keeping your players interested, and telling a great story with a veteran with 30 years of D&D experience. Topics: controlling players, getting players … Continue reading "Controlling Players – Episode 7"

Welcome to the DnD 420 Podcast. In this series, we talk the basics of creating a great D&D campaign from initial creation to session one. We talk plot points, NPCs, creating environments, keeping your players interested, and telling a great story with a veteran with 30 years of D&D experience. Topic: NPCs (Non-Playable Characters) Items … Continue reading "In-Depth NPCs – Episode 6"

Download NOW In this very special episode, we have fellow DnD420 guild member and dungeon master Nathan Barger guest with us today. We got back over the last four episodes of the podcast and get Nathan’s thoughts on a load of topics including character development, story design, outlining, and NPCs.

Download NOW In this episode, we are LIVE! We talk about a session one outline I put together, the importance of that first session, how important it is for session zero to get your players together in group dynamics, and how knowing your characters in your game will help build that first session.

Download Now In this episode, we discuss the importance of having character names and characteristics at the ready, using the five senses when creating environments, and how to make the world feel really immersive and real for your players.

Download Now In this episode, we discuss the characters I’ve created, talk about how more important it is to have characters with good backgrounds and stories over stats, and the positives and negatives of having a DM played character.