Dungeon Master's Apprentice

One-shots are self-contained mini adventures that usually span a couple hours and typically designated for those weekends where your resident DM needs a break. One way to get the most out of these sessions is to crank up the intensity and let your players play at the highest level. This week I'm joined by Mike to talk about a handful of the level 20 one-shots we've been doing lately and why we're having so much fun with them. We also talk about Minecraft, eldritch horror, and working in a cheese store.

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This episode, we're happily joined by Neil Robertson who has been in British Columbia for the past couple months with lots of fun stories to tell, and Andrew. We start this one off talking about Cyberpunk, but eventually transition into the second One D&D play-test UA which has some juicy new level 20 feats. We also watch the Island of the Sea Wolves trailer narrated by Will Arnett before we begin our weekly fiction fixation.

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Defenestration is a fun little word that I found online that means to throw something or someone out the window. On this week's episode, we're joined by Nathan and Dave to talk about a session where I had to throw everything I had planned out the window and come up with an entire session on the fly. It's always a bummer when hours of planning a session go to waste, but those improvised sessions can be some of the most memorable. 

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The simplicity of Dungeons and Dragons allows the DM to reskin character classes and races to fit almost any setting, but there are instances where it is better to just play a different TTRPG altogether. In this episode, we are joined by Kevin and Mike to discuss our favourite mechanics from Cyberpunk RED including Night Markets, Cyberpsychosis, fashion, critical injuries, humanity and therapy, and organized crime. Cyberpunk has a completely different set of rules from D&D, but there are certainly things we have learned from our time playing Cyberpunk that will make us better DMs, and we hope that you can sift through our conversation and learn something as well!

In addition, I almost delete about 10 hours of Nuzlocke gameplay while recording, so listen in as I realize the consequences of a misclick.

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Got any games? Well we do! In this episode we talk to Luke Waterbury about video games, difficulty settings, public lobbies, and how our love of gaming has ties to our love of D&D.

As well, despite making a joke early on about my lack of editing, I actually put a decent amount of time into the post-production for this episode. You'll quickly find out why.

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And of course as always, thanks for listening! Feel free to give us a shout on Instagram @dungeonmasterpod!

Here on Dungeon Master's Apprentice, we usually talk about... well, dungeon masters. This episode, however, Andrew, Kevin, Mike, and I talk about what it's like for the four of us to finally all be in the same party. We each take turns talking about our new characters, what inspired our mechanical builds, and what we're thinking of our campaign so far. Naturally, we get quite off topic, but that's our specialty. 

Also, shoutout to our fantastic DM, Keegan!

We've received some updates from RPGBOT since this recording, so look forward to a potential collaboration with those lads in the near future!

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The announcement of One D&D and the accompanying Unearthed Arcana has D&D fans in all sorts of polarizing debates, covering everything from breaking down new character creating mechanics to analyzing the new critical hit rules. For this very important episode, we brought on a man well-versed in the past, present, and future of D&D, Kevin Schofield, along with our good pal Andrew. We cover a lot of the proposed changes to D&D, talk about Kevin's extensive history with the game, and many other fantasy-related topics.

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And of course as always, thanks for listening! Feel free to give us a shout on Instagram @dungeonmasterpod!

You all know how much we love to goof around on DMA, and what better guest to help let that shine than Mike Cook? This episode, Brett, Mike, and myself have some in depth conversations about a session Mike DM'd for me recently, different DMing styles, Mike's interesting history with LARP, and how to balance play-time and side conversations during your sessions. We also have a newsworthy Fiction Fixation for this week, so keep your eyes (ears?) peeled for an upcoming collaboration.

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We've been blessed with another new guest this week along with some old favourites. In this episode, Andrew, Luke, Neil, and I talk about character optimization, rotating DMs, and inclusion in D&D, with Maxine Nightingale sprinkled in along the way. 

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DMA hits the road again, this time walking all the way down the street to my (second) cousin Rachel's house to talk intros to D&D, lavender cookies, tattoos, shared heritage, learning new slang, and clutch nat 20s.

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