Description

Welcome to the second episode of i cast pod, a podcast about Dungeons and Dragons! Every two weeks I’m going to be talking about various aspects of D&D, with plenty of tips and tricks to add flavour to your own roleplay sessions.

Here’s a rundown of the episode:

• 00:49 - What’s Involved? (In being a DM,.)
• 1:38 - What Makes A Good DM?
• 03:30 - What Makes A Bad DM?
• 4:58 - Responsibilities
• 6:14 - Session 0
• 8:40 - Rules You Should Know
• 10:47 - House Rules
• 11:42 - Homebrew Vs Pre-Built Campaign
• 12:43 - Preparation Time
• 13:14 - Maps & Minis Vs Theatre Of The Mind
• 15:16 - Describing The Scene
• 17:27 - Tools
• 21:02 - Music & Ambient Sounds
• 21:38 - NPC Tips
• 22:41 - Designing Encounters & Scenarios
• 23:23 - Monsters
• 24:10 - Handling Awkward Players
• 27:15 - It’s OK To Have To Look Things Up
• 28:10 - The DM Screen & DM Magic
• 29:53 - Reward Your Players
• 30:39 - DM Guidelines
• 31:41 : Wrap up
• Total runtime: 32:42

Links

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkVdb9Yr8fc05_VbAVfskCA- Matt Colville’s Youtube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/user/wilwheaton - Will Wheaton’s Youtube channel

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/facilitatorCollins Dictionary definition of ‘Facilitator’.

https://www.dndbeyond.com/ D&D Beyond - online DM tools.

https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/sac/sage-advice-compendium#RulesReferences - The Sage Advice Compendium - loads of good DM rules stuff.

http://roll20.net/ - Roll20 online TTRPG playing site

https://www.fantasygrounds.com/home/home.php- Fantasy Grounds

https://dm-helper.itch.io/dm-helper- DM Helper

https://www.dndbeyond.com/encounter-builder - D&D Beyond Encounter Builder

Mapping:

https://inkarnate.com/Inkarnate - Browser based map maker

https://www.wonderdraft.netWonderdraft - Desktop based map maker

https://www.profantasy.com/products/cc3.aspCampaign Cartographer - Windows based map maker 

https://azgaar.github.io/Fantasy-Map-Generator/ Azgaar - another browser based map maker. Links with:

https://watabou.itch.io/medieval-fantasy-city-generator Medieval Fantasy City Generator

Music/Sounds

https://syrinscape.com- Syrinscape