Mastering Dungeons

Daggerheart Domains and Actions (MD 189)

Episode 189 of Mastering Dungeons! 

Main topic: Daggerheart Review – Domains and Actions!

Cards in an RPG? Find out how Daggerheart keeps characters and gameplay interesting with Domains and the Action Tracker!

News: Hasbro $1M Investment, D&D Beyond Changes Marketplace, Monster Symmetry, and more!

Contents
00:00 Alien Sun
03:03 HP Increase Design?
08:17 Stay on 2014?
15:06 BG3 impacts?
19:13 Favorite Snack?
19:59 Arena Sizes?
21:03 D&D Beyond Changes Marketplace
24:38 Hasbro's 1M Investment
30:57 Tabletop Association
33:35 WotC AI FAQ
38:40 WondLa TV Series
39:52 DM David Monster Symmetry
43:17 Oracle Monster Generator
44:25 Daggerheart Percentages
45:45 Playtest Contents
49:48 Cards in RPGs
52:49 Domain Cards
54:40 Loadout and Vault
01:00:32 Card Examples
01:03:24 Keyword Learning Curve
01:06:23 Basic Attacks
01:08:13 Heritage Cards
01:12:07 Action Tracker and Init
01:20:17 Shout-Outs

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Daggerheart’s Character Creation (MD 188)

Episode 188 of Mastering Dungeons! 

Main topic: Daggerheart Review – Character Creation!

A nine-step process provides a robust mix of crunch and narrative options. See what this blend tells us about this and other RPGs.

News: Hasbro’s Q1 Results, WotC Completing the PH, Roll20 Discord Integration, and more!

Contents
00:00 Far Out
02:26 Vecna Prequel Review
04:12 Monster Hunter
06:05 Backgrounds Approach?
11:23 Age and Time?
19:53 BG3 for Other Stories?
26:23 D&D Fireside Chat
35:13 Hasbro Q1
43:04 Roll20 Discord Integration
44:32 Star Trek 2E Quickstart
45:57 D&D Beyond Seeks Writers
48:57 Hypersleep Terminated
50:39 Daggerheart Classes!
54:09 9-Step Character Creation
55:07 Step 1. Choose Class
01:00:26 Character Sheet
01:02:51 Step 2. Heritage
01:05:23 Step 3. Traits
01:10:15 Step 4. Evasion, HPs, Stress and Hope
01:13:34 Step 5. Equipment
01:15:17 Step 6. Background Questions
01:18:26 Step 7. Experiences
01:30:40 Step 8. Domain Cards
01:36:35 Step 9. Create Connections
01:43:39 Shout-Outs

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Daggerheart Review: Core Rules (MD 187)

Episode 187 of Mastering Dungeons! 

Main topic: Daggerheart Review – Core Rules!

Hope, Fear, Stress, and so much more! We take a look at Daggerheart’s design and how it encourages narrative and tactical gameplay.

News: WotC President Departs, Colville on Adventure Length, DriveThru Sales Data, and more!

Contents
00:00 Deck of Campaign Derailments
02:45 Reworking Design?
07:51 Best Adventure Format?
15:52 Fix D&D Like MTG?
19:02 Cynthia Williams Departs
26:20 D&D Maps Tips
27:39 Colville on Adventure Length
34:54 DriveThru Sales Data
38:13 Daggerheart and Demiplane
40:05 Daggerheart Playtest
43:07 Our Playtests
49:20 Core System - Hope and Fear
52:00 d12s v d20
58:00 Hope as a Fuel
59:44 Defenses and Health
01:03:06 Stress
01:05:10 Resting and Choices
01:07:48 Narrative vs Tactical
01:12:23 Character Sheet
01:16:48 Shout-Outs

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Keep a New Campaign Healthy and Strong (MD 186)

Episode 186 of Mastering Dungeons! 

Main topic: How to Keep Your New Campaign Healthy and Strong!

If the average campaign lasts only 3-5 sessions, how do we avoid that fate and maintain a healthy long-term campaign?

News: Hasbro CEO Interview Reimagined, Vecna is Coming, Fallout TV Sells RPG, and more!

Contents
00:00 Kids are Alright
01:39 The Black Ballad
03:42 Is 5E Indirectly Modular?
12:45 Fallout TV Sells Books
15:49 Hasbro CEO Interview Reimagined
25:13 Vecna is Coming
27:28 Lich PCs
29:44 Nest of the Eldritch Eye
33:18 Organized Play from Gamehole
37:00 D&D Blackmilk Clothing
40:05 Monsters of Drakkenheim
41:55 Keep Campaign Healthy and Strong
43:58 1. The Right Players
47:51 2. Right Campaign for the Players
49:49 3. Right-Sized Session Zero
56:49 4. Regular Flexible Schedule
01:00:14 5. End Date
01:03:04 6. Strong Campaign Start
01:03:33 7. Engage Between Sessions
01:08:19 8. Room for Changes
01:08:48 9. Frequent Check-Ins
01:10:30 10. Climactic End
01:16:37 Shout-Outs

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Design Player-Facing Campaign Options (MD 185)

Episode 185 of Mastering Dungeons! 

Main topic: Designing Player-Facing Options for New Campaigns!

How do you create or leverage player-facing rules that will intrigue them and ground them in your new world and your new campaign? How do you give them meaningful, informed choices early in the campaign?

News: Prep vs Improv? Dimension 20 in the Garden, Schwalb on 5E, and more!

Contents
00:00 Path of Totality
01:16 Prep vs Improv?
08:57 Con for Crits?
20:22 D20 at the Garden
22:10 Schwalb on Taberna
26:54 Encounter Tables
32:47 Infestation at Devil's Glade
34:13 Fantasy AGE Quickstart
34:51 Oops all Hit Dice
37:40 Player-Facing Campaign Options
38:54 New Rules or Limitations
41:53 Communicate Changes
49:52 New Player-Facing Rules
54:52 Custom Backgrounds
59:24 Class Challenges
01:02:58 Subclasses
01:04:43 Feats
01:05:52 Subsystem
01:07:06 Involve Quickly
01:08:42 Dragonlance Example
01:11:32 Reinforce through Scenes
01:14:17 Subsystems Early
01:15:56 Shout-Outs

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Design an RPG Starting Encounter (MD 184)

Episode 184 of Mastering Dungeons! 

Main topic:

Design an RPG Starting Encounter!

Continuing the discussion of designing a first adventure in our world, how do we design the first adventure? We look at creating an encounter that utilizes our setting, hooks, and plays off of the PCs!

News: Core Book Prices, Free Tsojcanth and LEGO Adventures, D&D Sales Drop!

Contents
00:00 Two Fools
01:28 Adventure Curriculum?
12:34 MCDM Daggerheart Initiative?
19:37 Flaws Mechanic?
30:27 D&D Beyond Kickstarter Reward
35:45 Core Book Prices
36:52 Most of Hobby is Down
40:52 Free Tsojcanth
44:24 Free LEGO Adventure
48:48 Design an RPG Starting Encounter
50:00 Use What You Set Down
51:53 Encounter Goals
53:10 Don't Overwhelm
54:46 Setting Considerations
58:32 Theme and Tone
01:01:55 Antagonists
01:04:34 Allies and NPCs
01:06:13 Duration and Pacing
01:09:32 Session 0 Promises
01:12:48 Play off PCs
01:15:38 Satisfying Conclusion
01:19:24 Cliffhangers?
01:21:39 Final Checklist
01:25:04 Shout-Outs

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Design an RPG Starting Adventure (MD 183)

Episode 183 of Mastering Dungeons! 

Main topic:

Designing an RPG Starting Adventure!

Continuing the discussion of worldbuilding and village design, how do we start an adventure? We provide an approach to get the most out of your campaign and adventure starts!

News: GaryCon Review, Remembering Jim Ward, Daggerheart Review!

Contents
00:00 March Madness
01:42 GaryCon Review
05:52 Criticize Shadowdark?
14:45 Remembering Jim Ward
18:58 Stores Get D&D Early
21:07 Free Tsojcanth
22:38 MtG D&D Store Event
25:42 Infinite Staircase Reveals
28:28 Lego D&D Details
31:29 Tome of Beasts on Beyond
36:59 Surviving Strangehollow
37:46 Daggerheart Review
40:19 RPG Starting Adventure
41:52 Session 0
44:00 Character Connections
47:48 Fiasco Approach
52:10 Ashes of Athas Approach
54:03 Start with a Bang?
57:28 Find the Excitement
59:10 Intro Hook
01:01:46 Theory of Globs
01:07:32 Adventure Hooks
01:12:12 PC Impetus
01:15:33 Don't Give it All Away
01:19:39 Shout-Outs

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Design an RPG Starting Village! (MD 182)

Episode 182 of Mastering Dungeons! 

Main topic: Designing an RPG Starting Village!

Continuing the discussion of worldbuilding, a great place to start is a village. What must a starting village contain and what isn’t needed? How do we make it relevant and interesting? We dig into the design and examples that have and haven’t worked for us.

News: Critical Role launches Daggerheart, Hasbro CEO vs D&D on AI, Starforged Terrain!

Contents
00:00 Podcasting for Relatives
01:39 Exhaustion vs HPs?
10:39 30-Minute D&D?
21:46 D&D Asks Do You Like Me
29:45 Hasbro CEO Says AI D&D Says No
39:02 CR Launches Daggerheart
41:59 Dwarven Forge Starforged
43:46 Surviving Strangehollow
44:20 Zweihander Reforged
44:44 Designing an RPG Starting Village
45:50 Two Issues to Avoid
46:37 Classic D&D Villages
50:08 Bottom-Up Technique
59:15 Safe Space or Hub
01:01:44 Launch Adventures
01:05:28 Key Elements
01:08:16 Tie to PC Goals
01:10:53 NPCs
01:15:05 Theme
01:16:58 History
01:21:33 Shout-Outs

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