RPG veterans and game designers Teos Abadía and Shawn Merwin look at the game and the hobby of D&D from a variety of viewpoints: reporting the news, understanding the business, reviewing the products, and illuminating the design. Whether you’re a fan, a player, a DM, or a designer, Shawn and Teos cover topics of interest to you!
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Wednesday Sep 06, 2023
Wednesday Sep 06, 2023
Episode 155 of Mastering Dungeons!
This week's main topic: DMG Running the Game part 3!
How well does the DMG help us track initiative, improvise damage, run chases, fire siege weapons, and give out XP? Shawn and Teos have some good laughs as they investigate the 2018 DMG.
News: Demiplane 5E Surprise, Phandelver Previews, Hiring and Pay, and more!
Contents
00:00 PAX
03:36 Too Many Products?
09:19 Everything Else?
17:01 Phandelver Previews
18:23 Demiplane 5E Nexus Surprises
21:06 EN World Freelance Pay Survey
25:28 Pelgrane Hiring Project Editor
32:23 Choices, Information, and Meaning
34:38 Weapons of Legend
35:19 The Folk from Harrowthorpe
36:26 DMG Chapter 8 Part 3
37:16 Tracking Initiative
40:29 HP and Conditions
45:56 Crits and Improvising Damage
48:44 AoE and Mobs
54:11 Chases
57:11 Siege Equipment
1:01:20 Disease, Poison, Madness
1:04:24 XP
1:07:40 Shout-Outs
Thank you for listening! Get the full show notes with links on Patreon.
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