Game Masters Underdark: Recent Episodes

Will S., Matt H., Matt R.

A podcast where 3 gamemasters get together to answer the questions you have about running TTRPGs.

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We're baaaaaaack! After a long spring break, Will S. and Matt R. are back to finish up their series on skill checks. Take a listen to see how they use Intelligence and Wisdom checks in their games.

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This week, Will flies solo as he reviews a third-party book. This is one that is often asked about on social media, so he decided to let people know what the book is all about!!

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In this week's episode, Matt R. and Will discuss how to use Dexterity and Charisma in your game to make it more interesting.

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Hello everyone and sorry for the delay, but this week we have a big announcement! Thank you so much for listening, and we hope you enjoy the discussion this week.

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In this week's episode, Matt R. and Will S. discuss when to use Strength and Constitution-based checks, along with our usual shenanigans.

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On this week's episode, our gamemasters sit down and discuss two of the more lamented aspects of running a D&D game.

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This week our gamemasters sit down and discuss everything about cantrips!

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In this episode Will S. and Matt R. discuss the recent alignment changes to player characters for D&D 5th edition

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In the last episode of our character creation series, Matt H. discusses his process for creatin a new character.

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This week it's Will's turn to discuss backstory as a part of character creation.

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This week, Matt R. sits down and discusses his process for character creation.

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This week, our GMs give advice on how to give your players some clues when trying to solve a mystery.

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This week Will and Matt R. discuss how they would handle a player playing as an extreme pacifist!

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In this week's episode, our GMs look at using traditional puzzles, riddles, and traps to make your game more interesting.

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In this week's episode, we discuss how you can help players and GMs navigate epic backstories when characters start at level 1.

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This week, our GMs sit down to discuss the different kinds of "problem" players they've run into, and how to handle them.

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Our resident GMs talk about the things they think are the most important during Session 0.

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In the final episode of this 3-part series, we sit down with our newest GM to see how he builds worlds for his ttrpg games!

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This week, we continue our series on world building by speaking with Matt H.! His approach is hugely different then Matt R.'s approach, so listen in for some good tips on world building.

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This week we look at how one of our GMs starts building his world. We will have a couple more episodes like this with all of our GMs, so stay tuned!

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In this episode, we discuss how to create bad guys for your campaigns as well as answering the question "Why don't you do it yourself?"

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In our first episode, we discuss ways to get your PCs to interact your NPCs during a campaign.