The Next Session

The Next Session

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The Next Session episodes

  • Ep 68 Mystery House & Mordenkainen’s Faithful Hound

    Next Session Help:

    Weltschmerzwonder has a mystery house that the player’s are finally going to get in…. But what is inside?

    Ask a GM:

    BananasGod Needs some help with making a mountain climb less boring for themselves and their players.

    Use That Spell!  Mordenkainen’s Faithful Hound

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      54 min
    • Ep 67 Doppelganger & Danse Macabre

      Next Session Help:

      Diet Toothpaste has a bard that wants to switch their major in college, that is change from the College of Lore to the College of Spirits. Should this be a quick event or the focus of a mini-campaign?

      Ask a GM:

      IwantDandDMaps has an idea to make their Doppelganger copy the player’s attacks during the combat. We tell them that it isn’t a terrible idea, but there are better ways to do it.

      Use That Spell!  Danse Macabre

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        51 min
      • Ep 66 Choosing Favorites & Catapult

        Next Session Help:

        oofatality has a player that wants their character to have multiple personalities. It’s up to oofatality to choose when they change characters and they need some ideas!

        Ask a GM:

        Mr_Picky has a player that has become their favorite since the player’s backstory fits nicely into the world and has given Mr_Picky lots to work with. How do they balance with the rest of the party and stop playing favorites?

        Use That Spell!  Catapult

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          1 hr 2 min
        5. Ep 65 Demon Sword & Dissonant Whispers

          It’s another mini-sode!

          Next Session Help:

          Njeshko has a player that won’t give up a demon sword and Njeshko wants to “mess with them.”

          Search the Room!  Dissonant Whispers

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            45 min
          • Ep 64 Trout-Shifting & Talking Doll

            Short episode today! 

            Next Session Help:

            Plixels' players helped an evil wizard dispose of a shape-shifting spell gone wrong by dumping it into the local river where the trout were mating. Now they need help coming up with consequences. 

            Ask a GM:

            Yasutsuna96 wants some advice on how not to bog down combat with too many different types of enemy units

            Search the Room!  Talking Doll

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              37 min
            • 63 Airship Tree & Animated Shield

              Next Session Help:

              Foxgoose21 has a player who wants to plant a tree in the middle of their airship. How should they go about this?

              Jmlwow123’s wizard player has just ran out of luck and hit the effect of wish where he can no longer cast it. Now he wants it back. Is this possible?

              Ask a GM:

              YortMaster has a player who likes to Grapple and wants to shove them down to prone. YortMaster ruled that the player must go prone with them. Was that right? We rule on this question and also the word Grapple loses all meaning.

              Search the Room!  Animated Shield

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                1 hr 11 min
              • Ep 62 Tome of Advantage & Tenser's Floating Disk

                Next Session Help: 

                • dnddigest gave their players a tome with a cryptic message and wants to know what we think!

                  Ask a GM: 

                  • Art by Adam needs some help rebooting his game and getting the players pumped to come back. 
                  • daPWNDAZ has a player that insists that magical flight removes the stealth penalty from heavy armor. Are they nuts? (Almonds that is.)

                    Use That Spell! Tenser’s Floating Disk.

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                      1 hr 24 min
                    • Ep 61 Confined Space & Crown of Stars

                      It's Season 3 y'all!

                      Next Session Help:

                      • RandomDude92919 is setting up a fight and wants to know, one troll or two?
                      • MajorMuff1n is running a bottle episode and we talk WAY too long about it.

                        Use That Spell! Crown of Stars

                        Riddle Me This!*

                        A new segment there we discuss generic concepts in D&D. This episode we dive into cheating in D&D. The different reasons why and how someone might cheat, and what you can do about it.

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                        • *The name is bad and we feel bad. Expect it to change.

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                          1 hr 24 min
                        • Ep 60 B-Squad & Barkskin

                          Next Session Help:

                          Ironhorn needs to figure out what quests an "after hours" or "B-Squad" of adventurers would go on.

                          BillyBobJean2’s players stole from a rich person and now he needs ways that person can get back at the party.

                          Ask a GM:

                          Feather Fall in a barrel?? - Myragem

                          Use That Spell! Barkskin!

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                          57 min
                        • Ep 59 Princely Pranks & Pyrotechnics

                          Next Session Help: 

                          Sherlock_strikes has a couple of young royals pranking the castle and wants help coming up with something funny, but not explicitly mean.

                          MidhaRockyK’s player is an open hand monk who took the life force of a dying Tiamet… but where to go from there?

                          Ask a GM: KiesotheStoic always has a good scenario and this is no different! “What if someone in your world cast speak with the dead on their own skull?”

                          Use That Spell! Pyrotechnics

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                            54 min

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                          Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition podcast (with other role-playing games mixed in) where co-hosts, Adam & Allysa, answer real questions to help fellow Dungeon Masters plan for their Next Session!…