In this episode, we talk about running, preparing, and also writing Premade Modules for D&D and TTRPG. We help with lots of advice and insight into how it is to run a premade campaign and what things to keep in mind while doing so. After this episode, you will have a better understanding of how premade modules want to run and played so you can pick one up from a store or website and be ready to run a game of TTRPG in no time.

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13:00: What is a Premade Adventure?

17:00: Premade Adventures don't need Prep

23:00: How to adapt Premade Modules to your Game

31:00: Premades help you develop skills

33:00: What Premades do really well for you

38:00: Even Veteran GMs benefit from Premade Modules

41:00: Not all Modules are the same

47:00: Modules are a Baseline, not a Full Story

50:00: They help with structure

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In this episode of DoubleDM we discuss TTRPG Game Master Attitudes and Mindsets.

By that, we mean your attitude towards running tabletop roleplaying games, the players and their characters, and the world you created. It's not about which Mindset is better than the others cause GM Mindsets are heavily dependent on a lot of factors like the group of players you have and even depend just on the person you are. Obviously, we can all agree that an Asshole shouldn't be a Game Master, right?

In this episode, however, you can still find a lot of interesting information about how you can make more conscious well-informed decisions as a Game Master for your Table to uphold fun, safety, and expectations. We talk about Adversarial GMing and Ironfist GMing in particular and what it means for us to think in a Player vs. GM Mindset. You will also find lots of advice on how to make sure you don't become an Adversarial Game Master. Don't worry you will mostly be fine.

You will also find some of our fun and interesting takes on Game Master Advise and why we think Game Mastering is an inherently weird thing to do.

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In this week's episode, we discuss Urban Adventures in D&D and TTRPGs and answer questions about creating, running, and planning Urban Adventures to create your next fun session of Roleplay and Action. 

Urban Adventures are defined by two aspects that play together constantly, the city and the adventure. In this episode, we will discuss how to make these two parts play together to create a fun adventure inside a city. We talk about different story beats and tools you can use inside your city to create a better adventure and we talk about how to make your city an adventure-friendly environment to allow for Urban Adventures that engage with the city.

We offer tons of advice centered around making sure your adventure and city feel engaging and fun to your players and talk about different points that make a city interesting and ready for your next D&D adventure.

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It's finally time. 

The future of D&D is here. Well sort of... There was a big announcement Stream a few weeks ago that talked about the future of Dungeons & Dragons. 

It was revealed that the new "edition" of D&D will be... still D&D 5th Edition. Wizards are just gonna stop using the Edition Suffix from now on and wants us to do the same. But there were still some announcements and even a 21-page document released that give a picture of how D&D will look in the future. In that Document, you will find the reworked Character Origins and a few Rule Changes and that is what will be discussed in today's episode of DoubleDM. We talk about what we like and what we dislike about the Announcements, Rules, and documents, we talk about what we think will come in the future, and talk about a few things we would have liked to see instead. 

The Playtest Survey is out now btw. so if you have read the document yourself we also encourage you to fill out the survey to help shape the future of D&D. 

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In this episode of DoubleDM we discuss Dungeon Crawls and Exploring Dungeons in D&D and other TTRPGs. 

When it comes to Dungeon Crawls it's about exploring and mystery for us. Learning about an Unkown and often Hostile Environment and how to traverse and survive it. That's why Dungeon Masters should create an experience using their dungeons that is about exploration. In this episode, we discuss how we make our dungeons interesting and engaging to our players and how to make every dungeon crawl feel unique in its own way.

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This episode of DoubleDM answers the Question: "How to make D&D Combats more dramatic?"

We talk about the basis of drama and action sequences and how you can make them play together to create incredibly fun, interesting, and bone-chilling experiences in D&D and TTRPG for your players to revel about weeks later. We discuss how you can use the dramatic question to elevate your storytelling and how that question is embedded in everything you do in a Game of D&D and other TTRPG.

We present you with lots of advice on how you can use the inherent drama of the games you play and also how you can insert drama into your action sequences by creating Tension through Meaningful Loss and Failure will yield a much more dramatic experience or creating a meaningful variation in the combat strategies. There is a whole lot more to explore so join us on this episode.

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13:30: Beginning of Episode

15:00: What Is Drama?

19:00: The Dramatic Question

23:00: What Is Action?

25:30: What Forms of Action Exist?

32:00: Combining Action and Drama

37:00: There Is Inherent Drama in Action

43:00: Make Everything Unique

46:30: Storytelling in Fights

49:30: Meaningful Tension

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In this episode, we are discussing the use of recurring non-player characters for your D&D Game and talk about their functions for the story and worlds you create. This episode is less about creating these Important NPCs and more about how you can use them to create a more deeply connected world and narrative in your games.

In this episode, you will find lots of advice centered around how to use Important NPCs for your Story to help or antagonize your players to create a more engaging narrative for your players that shows a deeply connected world and story. These NPCs are there to further the story and give you the opportunity to connect your players to events and places too.

Check out the episode if you want to find out more about using recurring characters in D&D and TTRPG and how they help you create deeper worlds and narratives.

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13:00: What is a Side Character

17:00: What do Recurring Characters do

25:00: Labeling Side Characters

34:00: Guest Players are Side Characters

38:00: Avoiding DMPCs

44:00: Qualities of a Good Side Character

47:00: How to get these Qualities

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Episode 79 of DoubleDM discusses the topic of creating Settlements and Cities for your D&D and TTRPG Homebrew Worlds. This Episode focuses on the worldbuilding and developing aspects of Settlement creation. We have lots of advice geared towards creating believable, fantastical, engaging, and interesting settlements for your players to explore and fall in love with.

We talk at length about different aspects that shape the way a city will look, feel and work such as Geography, Economy, and Politics so you can ask yourself a few simple questions and make a few bullet points to make sure you get the creation process right. At the same time, we talk a lot about how to make a city interesting and engaging for your players to find secrets, mysteries, and adventure wherever they look.

For more information check these timestamps:

12:00: What is a Settlement?

14:30: What are Settlements good for?

17:00: Why do we have Settlements in D&D?

25:00: Step 1: Geography of a Settlement

31:00: Step 2: Economy of a Settlement

33:00: Step 3: Politics of a Settlement

38:00: Intermission: Focus on one Step and do the others Baseline

40:00: Step 4: Demographics of a Settlement

44:00: Step 5: Cultural and Religious Sections of a Settlement

45:30: Step 6: History of a Settlement

48:00: Step 7: Planning of a Settlement

54:00: Add Incentives To Explore and Engage

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In this episode, we discuss Personality vs. Stats and what is more important for a D&D and TTRPG Character. We discuss if there is a distinction between the two and why you will always need both to create a great TTRPG Character

We highlight the many different ways Stats can manifest into your character and how they can influence their Personality and at the same time highlight how the Personality of your Character will also have an influence on their stats. This episode also features a discussion around roleplaying stats and where the limits of your stats should be in dictating your roleplay.

In this episode, you will find lots of great advice centered around how you can create characters more in tune with the stats you have, how to let stats and personality influence each other, and how you can roleplay stats in a unique and new way for every character you create.

For more information see these Timestamps:

12:30: What is a Character Sheet?

18:00: What composes a character?

20:00: What is important in a Backstory?

24:00: How do Stats manifest into Personality?

28:30: Why You Always Have Both

33:30: What can a Character do that is not on the Sheet?

44:30: What Makes a Good Character Sheet?

49:00: Should Stats limit Roleplay?

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In this episode, we are discussing Boss Battles in D&D and TTRPGs and especially how you can make them more memorable, interesting, and engaging for your players.

For us Boss Battles can and should do a lot of things for your Games, like give closure on certain parts of the story, reward your players for a victory, but also leave them on the edge of their seats for the whole fight. This is a big task and oftentimes can be achieved through so many different ways that you really are spoiled for choice. You do not have to use every single way but one to three are totally enough to make your battles memorable and engaging.

Boss Battles should also be dangerous and tipping points. You might not want your players to lose but some of the best bottles are the ones where it was felt the whole fight through that every decision, every action, and every dice roll could decide fate. You achieve this through the ways we will be discussing in this episode.

For more information see the Timestamps below:

12:00: What is a Boss Battle?

16:00: Why are Boss Battles important?

19:00: What makes a Boss Battle good?

26:00: How to make a Boss Battle good, memorable, and interesting?

26:00: Legendary Actions

27:30: Lair Actions

29:00: Environmental Effects

31:00: Build Up

34:00: Interaction

39:00: Stages or Phases

40:30: Ambiance

43:30: Uniqueness

44:30: History

48:00: Timers

49:30: Objectives

52:20: Minions

55:30: Once per Encounter Actions

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