The Next Session

Special Guest Justin Lewis, the host of How to Be a Better DM podcast, joins us this week!

Visit: https://session0studios.com/better-dm-show/ to learn more!

We had a great conversation with Justin on how to get more players at your DnD table. 

Next Session Help: 

Subject_Quail_31 asks “What might the consequences of elemental moons be on the lore of lycanthropes?”

Ask a GM: 

Kirst_Kitty wants to know our take on what Magical Honey might do. 

Use That Spell: Lonstrider

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Next Session Help: 

Allovertheshop is asking why their Fey NPC would be collecting monsters for a non-combat tournament?

Ask a GM: 

Admirable_Scarcity74 wants to know what we would do differently if we ran a campaign with sessions once a month versus once a week?

Empty-School7479 is asking about 5 Room Dungeons which Adam has basically been doing, but didn't know that is what it was called. Gotta love learning things together!

Search The Room: Nature’s Mantle 

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We're finishing what we started with the second-parter to our Session 0 discussion! This time we go over Character Creation, Map Building, and World Building!

Search The Room: Spellwrought Tattoo

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Next Session Help: 

Pretty_Papaya2256 needs help coming up with consequences for their players, especially in regards to an angry pirate crew hunting them down. 

NoDirection6223 has let the players discover some stones in an enemies bag. What could they be?

Ask a GM: 

Deadra_Churl wants to create an encounter where the players would run into an enemy and as they fight it the characters would be aged by it. 

Use That Spell: Arms of Hadar

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Adam Davis from Game to Grow has joined the podcast this week to talk to our long time Australian listener ArtbyAdam. ArtbyAdam wrote in to tell us about his recent run in with the Satanic Panic that seems to follow roleplaying games like an evil shadow. We just had to have him on to tell his story and get his side of things.

Search the Room: Adamantine Armor

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Next Session Help:  DarkestMoose is not having fun running their campaign anymore and needs help giving closure while they end. Stunning-Ad9453 is running Tomb of Annihilation and has a character in a no-win situation. What should they do? 

Ask a GM:  Massaman955 wants to know how much poison a level 2 player can extract from a Giant Poisonous Snake.

Use That Spell: Jim's Magic Missile Thanks for listening!

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Next Session Help: John S. would like to start a campaign with all weapons removed from the players and starting in prison. Discuss! He also wants to know what materials/ tools we keep at our table. Ask a GM: MadmanPoet wants to know “What would be a plausible relationship between a Lich and their body?” and Stahl_Konig needs a technical ruling on an Eldritch Knight casting the Green Flame Blade cantrip without the War Caster Feat and holding a shield and a weapon. Use That Spell: Zone of Truth Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com

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Next Session Help: 

AaLion95 is trying to figure out how to do an arena fight for a single player while the rest of the party sits out. 

Isaar42 needs some help populating their in-game Goblin Casino.

Ask a GM: 

Spetzell asks, “Does Empowered Evocation apply to each round of a duration spell?”

Use That Spell: Abi-Dalzim’s Horrid Wilting 

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Next Session Help: 

DnDBambi has a Player Character that wants to be resurrected by the Raven Queen and would like help coming up with what the price of that transaction would be.  

Ask a GM: 

TheBlackIbis asks what could be in a used Bag of Holding that their players have come across?

Ok_Box_7276 wants to know our opinion on players that are mechanically of one class, but played as another?

Use That Spell: Remote Access

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