On this RPGBOT.Masterclass, we discuss the Open Gaming License. As the basis for 3rd-party creators to publish D&D-compatible products, the OGL is a defining document in the TTRPG industry, but the legal workings are often poorly understood. We invite Alex Kammer and Mark Greenberg to share their expertise on the history and foundation of the OGL.

If you've enjoyed the show, please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, and rate us on Spotify or your favorite podcast app. It's a quick, free way to support the podcast, and helps us reach new listeners.

MATERIALS REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE

• Alex Kammer
• Mark Greenberg
• RPGBOT.Podcast Episodes
• Alex Kammer (GameholeCon9 and so much more…) – RPGBOT.News S2E69
• Content From RPGBOT.Net
• Gamehole Con 2022
• Other Stuff
• d20 System Trademark License
• Free League open license for YZE
• Frog God Games
• World of the Lost Lands (affiliate link)
• Game System License
• Game Wizards, by Ben Riggs (affiliate link)
• Open Gaming License
• Peter Adkinson
• System Reference Document
• TSR

ATTRIBUTIONS:

Show Art : Image by Victoria Model on Pixabay

Show Opening: Music by Music_For_Videos from Pixabay

Show Closing: Music by Lesfm from Pixabay

On this episode of the RPGBOT.Podcast, we discuss DMing/GMing for martial characters. We look at what game masters can do to keep martial players engaged and happy and how we can address limitations inherent to those martial characters in a game which disproportionately favor spellcasters.

Find Ash on StartPlaying.Games.

If you've enjoyed the show, please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, and rate us on Spotify or your favorite podcast app. It's a quick, free way to support the podcast, and helps us reach new listeners.

MATERIALS REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE

• RPGBOT.Podcast Episodes
• Dice Math – RPGBOT.Podcast S2E92
• Movement – RPGBOT.Podcast S2E41
• How to Defend Your Lair with Keith Ammann – RPGBOT.Masterclass S2E95
• RPGBOT.News – MOAR The Monsters Know What They're Doing with Keith Ammann
• RPGBOT.Podcast Season 2 Episode 1 – Variant Rules
• Content From RPGBOT.Net
• Practical Guide to Impractical Skill Checks – DnD 5e

ATTRIBUTIONS:

Show Art Image: Imagen de chantal MURE en Pixabay

Intro Music: Music by GeriArt on Pixabay

Outtro Music: Closing Theme Music by Bluemount Score from Pixabay

In this episode of the RPGBOT.News, we look at the newly-released Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen. We look at the setting, the character options, and the adventure and share our thoughts.

If you've enjoyed the show, please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, and rate us on Spotify or your favorite podcast app. It's a quick, free way to support the podcast, and helps us reach new listeners.

MATERIALS REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE

• Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen (affiliate link)
• RPGBOT.Podcast Episodes
• RPGBOT.News – MOAR The Monsters Know What They're Doing with Keith Ammann
• Content from RPGBOT.net
• Call of Cthulhu: Regency Cthulhu – A Review
• Call of Cthulhu Starter Set – A Review
• The Kender Handbook – DnD 5e
• Other Stuff
• Dragonlance Novels (affiliate link)

ATTRIBUTIONS:

Intro Theme: Music by HumanoideVFX from Pixabay

Outtro Theme: Music by Lesfm from Pixabay

ATTRIBUTIONS:

Show Cover Art: Image by Gioele Fazzeri on Pixabay

Show Intro Music: Music by GeriArt on Pixabay

Show Outtro Music: Closing Theme Music by Bluemount Score from Pixabay

In this episode of the RPGBOT.News, we welcome Keith Ammann to discuss his new book, How to Defend Your Lair. We discuss the books contents, dig into some of Keith's advice on why and how to defend a lair, and look at some of the example lairs which Keith has provided as example and inspiration.

If you've enjoyed the show, please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, and rate us on Spotify or your favorite podcast app. It's a quick, free way to support the podcast, and helps us reach new listeners.

MATERIALS REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE

• Keith Ammann
• How to Defend Your Lair (affiliate link)
• TheMonstersKnow.com
• Keith's Existing Books
• The Monsters Know What You're Doing (affiliate link)
• MOAR The Monsters Know What You're Doing (affiliate link)
• Live to Tell the Tale (affiliate link)
• RPGBOT.Podcast Episodes
• RPGBOT.News – MOAR The Monsters Know What They're Doing with Keith Ammann
• Other Stuff
• Gamehole Con

ATTRIBUTIONS:

Cover Art By: Image by Pexels from Pixabay

Music:

Show Opening: Music by Music_For_Videos from Pixabay

Show Closing: Music by Lesfm from Pixabay

On this episode of the RPGBOT.Podcast, we discuss naval combat in TTRPGs. We talk about what we want from naval combat mechanics, and we look at some existing rules across D&D and Pathfinder and discuss what we do an don't like and how we would improve things.

Find Ash on StartPlaying.Games.

If you've enjoyed the show, please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, and rate us on Spotify or your favorite podcast app. It's a quick, free way to support the podcast, and helps us reach new listeners.

MATERIALS REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE

• RPGBOT.Podcast Episodes
• Spelljammer: Adventures in Space – RPGBOT.News S2E67
• Other Stuff
• Ghosts of Saltmarsh (affiliate link)
• Skulls and Shackles

ATTRIBUTIONS:

Show Art: Image by Manlio Miglioli from Pixabay

Opening Theme Music: Music by GeriArt on Pixabay

Closing Theme Music by Bluemount Score from Pixabay

In this episode of the RPGBOT.News, we discuss the Cypher System from Monte Cooke Games. We look at Cypher's core rules, including the resolution mechanics and character creation, then we discuss the new Cypher System Open License

If you've enjoyed the show, please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, and rate us on Spotify or your favorite podcast app. It's a quick, free way to support the podcast, and helps us reach new listeners.

MATERIALS REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE

• Cypher System
• Physical (affiliate link)
• Digital (affiliate link)
• Monte Cook Games
• Discord
• Numinara
• RPGBOT.Podcast Episodes
• Alex Kammer (GameholeCon9 and so much more…) – RPGBOT.News S2E69
• Other Stuff
• Arthur C. Clarke
• FATE
• Gurps
• StartPlaying.Game

ATTRIBUTIONS:

Show Cover Image: Image by Lee Murray from Pixabay

Show Music:

Intro Theme: Music by HumanoideVFX from Pixabay

Outtro Theme: Music by Lesfm from Pixabay

Special Thanks to Monte Cook Games for the Cool Cover Art

On this episode of the RPGBOT.Podcast, we discuss dice math. We examine statistics and probabilities around dice, how they influence and explain game design, and how you can understand them better to make more informed choices while playing TTRPGs.

Find Ash on StartPlaying.Games.

If you've enjoyed the show, please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, and rate us on Spotify or your favorite podcast app. It's a quick, free way to support the podcast, and helps us reach new listeners.

MATERIALS REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE

• Content from RPGBOT.net
• DnD 5e – The Fundamental Math of Character Optimization
• Other Stuff
• Easy Roller Dice (affiliate link)
• Gamescience Dice
• Geometric Distribution
• Monte Carlo Method
• Monte Cooke Games
• Monty Hall Problem
• Noether's Theorem

ATTRIBUTIONS:

Show Art: Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

Intro Music: Music by GeriArt on Pixabay

Outtro Music: Closing Theme Music by Bluemount Score from Pixabay

In this episode of the RPGBOT.Podcast, Alex Gray returns to help us describe scribing descriptions. Continuing where we left off in Descriptions Part 1, we cover describing locations, attacks, spells, and the ever-gratifying finishing blow.

If you've enjoyed the show, please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, and rate us on Spotify or your favorite podcast app. It's a quick, free way to support the podcast, and helps us reach new listeners.

MATERIALS REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE

• Alex Gray
• @Alex_D_Gray
• RPGBOT.Podcast Episodes
• RPGBOT.Podcast Season 2 Episode 4 – Spell Components in DnD 5e and PF2e
• Descriptions Masterclass Part I with dScryb's Alex Gray – RPGBOT.Podcast S2E76
• Other Stuff
• dScryb (affiliate link)
• I Cast False Life with Alcohol (affiliate link)
• Magically Corrupted Ruins (affiliate link)
• Free League
• One Ring
• M.T. Black
• Sly Flourish

ATTRIBUTIONS:

Show Cover Art: Image by Toản Dương from Pixabay

Show Opening: Music by Music_For_Videos from Pixabay

Show Closing: Music by Lesfm from Pixabay

On this episode of the RPGBOT.Podcast, we discuss handling animals. We look at skills and mechanics for handling animals in various TTRPGs. We talk about what we want to do with animals in a game, how we can do those things, and what our favorite games actually support.

Find Ash on StartPlaying.Games.

If you've enjoyed the show, please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, and rate us on Spotify or your favorite podcast app. It's a quick, free way to support the podcast, and helps us reach new listeners.

MATERIALS REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE

• RPGBOT.Podcast Episodes
• RPGBOT.podcast Episode 2 – Mounted Combat
• RPGBOT.Podcast Episode 6 – The Tarrasque
• RPGBOT.Podcast Episode 14 – Pets, Companions, and Hirelings
• RPGBOT.Podcast Season 2 Episode 1 – Variant Rules
• Mörk Borg Cult: Heretic – RPGBOT.News S2E32
• Content from RPGBOT.net
• Forbidden Lands – A Review
• The Monsterizer
• Other Stuff
• Mork Borg Online Tools

ATTRIBUTIONS:

• Show Cover Image by d0ran from Pixabay
• Music by GeriArt on Pixabay
• Closing Theme Music by Bluemount Score from Pixabay