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EPISODE · Jun 21, 2020 · 1H 17M

Introductions: Traumatized Players, Improv Tricks and Our Biggest Struggles

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In the first episode of 3 Wise DMs, meet the so-called "Wise Dungeon Masters" Thorin, Tony and Dave, and hear how they handle some of their biggest DMing struggles. Along the way hear how the guys are running Storm King's Thunder, Curse of Strahd, and their own homebrew/improvised stuff.2:00 Dealing with unexpected and keeping players on the rails11:00 Letting the players lead20:00 Staying on track (or not)27:00 Traumatized players31:00 Single-point plot failures and whose job is it to decide what happens next?40:00 House rules gone awry (the Russian Roulette critical miss table)49:00 Rules lawyers59:00 Player selection and handling backstories 106:00 Uneven player-DM game expectations114:00 Final thoughts

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In the first episode of 3 Wise DMs, meet the so-called "Wise Dungeon Masters" Thorin, Tony and Dave, and hear how they handle some of their biggest DMing struggles. Along the way hear how the guys are running Storm King's Thunder, Curse of Strahd,...

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