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which will likely open up interesting and unique ways to play!Д 1:18 - What Monster Design Reveals About the SystemД¤3:41 - 'Named' Monsters & Historical Baggage Perhaps next time you haphazardly throw an encounter together (much in the way I do!), you'll spare a thought for the legacy of these creatures. Lucas shares his passion and knowledge of Dagon, using them as an example of the 'iceberg' history all monsters have. The second half of the episode focuses on the historical weight and implication of monsters in the D&D-verse. Running higher level monsters RAW is essentially parsing a database it might not appear like it at first glance, but communicating intent, theme, history, and philosophy in a way which is easy to understand is really an exercise in technical writing. This week I am joined by Lucas Zellers, host of the 'Making a Monster' podcast to talk, unsurprisingly, about monsters! This episode is broadly split into two halves, the first focusing on mechanical minutia of running stat blocks, including various tips and tricks, such as 'do your homework'! We also discuss the elegance of Matt Coville's Action Oriented Monster design approach and how it highlights shortcomings in the design of Dungeons & Dragons. Outro Music: 'Local Forecast - Elevator' by Kevin MacLeod Intermission Music: 'Chill' by Kevin MacLeod Intro Music: 'Local Forecast' by Kevin MacLeod

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'Tales from the Loop' by Free League Publishing 'Alien The Roleplaying Game' by Free League Publishing Go check it out for a different perspective! I have no idea how this slipped me by!Д¤0:06 - Benefits of Pop Culture in Campaign Setting

Note: This was an accidental duplicate of the original 'Emotion' topic back in Season 1. Ultimately, emotional response and immersion are correlated, so anything you can do to increase the latter only has a positive effect on the former. It's much easier for players to feel immersed in Star Wars or Ghostbusters than it is 'My Generic Fantasy Setting A'. We move on to discussing how a critical component of engaging players is selling 'the world', and one easy way to do this is through pop culture and established settings. The tools you use, and when you use them, will have a huge impact on how your players feel.

Sometimes it's excitement, others is shock or even horror. Often this will take the form of some classic tropes such as 'victory, but at a cost', however it really depends on what you want them to feel at that specific time. Part of the Game Master's job is to elicit emotions from their players, so we discuss a few ways this can be achieved in your system of choice. This episode I'm joined by Mike 'The Birdman' Dodd from This Week in Geek to discuss all about how TTRPGs make us feel.