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Dueling GMs by Epic Blunders
by EpicBlunders
Two real-life friends and experienced Game Masters take on the world of TTRPGs. One is a specialist in machine learning and loves to plan ahead. The other is a content creator and entrepreneur who thrives on spontaneity. Together they give insight for GMs and players with both designs and details for making your game sessions entertaining, engaging, and impactful.Take a listen if you want to learn a little more about mechanics, worldbuilding, group dynamics, or your own personal development! For fans of D&D, Pathfinder, and all the indie tabletop games out there! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/epicblunders/support
Episodes
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Dueling GMs 28 - The Good, The Bad, and the Rules as Written
Learn how to kill your level 1 PC by celebrating, how to get infinite AC, and the lost art of Bardic Horsecasting in today's edition of Dueling GMs. We finally return with a full episode of Dueling GMs and have we got a doozy for you. Today we dive deep into the differences between RAW (Rules as...
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Dueling GMs 27 - Twisted Builds #9 (Mobility)
What does a Man-Beast hybrid Wizard/Bladesinger have in common with a Drunken Aviator Monk/Cleric? Find out in today's episode of Dueling GM's: Twisted Builds. This week we wanted to focus on making the most mobile characters we could, and it was intriguing to see the different directions we took...
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Dueling GMs 26 - With Our Powers Combined (Guest Hosts on Collaboration)
Today we're joined by some extra special guests. Many of the contributors to the new hit Dungeons & Dragons 5e supplement, Baba Lysaga's Nocturnes & Nightmares are on the show discussing what it was like to bring such a big project together, how collaboration really makes for incredible projects...
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Dueling GMs 25 - One D&D: Is This D&D as a Service?
Welcome back, dear listeners! We have another solo episode today. If you're curious about the direction of tabletop gaming, and wondering what all the newer announcements regarding your favorite TTRPG might mean for the hobby, we've got you covered. Hear what we know to be true, focus down on…
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Dueling GMs 24 - Player-Driven Stories
Dueling GMs is taking a long rest! This week, Anthony has a conversation with himself about how to create a campaign where the players provide the backdrop for your world and your plot. It's a way to drive engagement to the next level while also limiting the excess planning many DMs feel they…
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Dueling GMs 23 - Twisted Builds #8 (Melee Nerd)
This week's build concept was all about having an Intelligence-centric Melee Combatant. On two opposite ends of the spectrum, we present a classically trained Dual-Wielding Elven Wizard who's nearly impossible to hit and Dwarven Tinker who uses science to put casters to shame and misfortune....
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Dueling GMs 22 - Co-DMing for DMmies! (Or, How to Play Good Cop, Bad Cop With Your Players)
Finally, at long last, we get you to the episode that tells you why we are called the Dueling GMs! This week we talk about the benefits of Cooperative Game Masters (or Dungeon Masters). We teach you some of the ways we've learned to break down responsibilities and share roles so that everyone can...
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Dueling GMs 21 - Creating Buy-In (How to Get Attention, Keep Attention, and Pay Attention)
This week we're back at it with a full conversation certain to improve your time at your TTRPG table- especially for those of you using VTTs! What happens when it feels like the players are losing interest in what's going on? Who's to blame? And how does the group as a whole right the ship?…
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Dueling GMs 20- Twisted Builds #7 (Nothing Can Hit Me)
This week's twist is all about Avoiding Hits and Damage. We took up the challenge to see how far we could push our Armor Class (AC) and soak up damage being dished out. Our offerings include a Hulkbuster Artificer (who taunts people to hit him and laughs as they can't) and a Cleric/Wizard combo...
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Dueling GMs 19 - Twisted Builds #6 (Very Very Frightening, Me)
This week's twist is all about Fear. We have a Paladin of Conquest who paralyzes his foes in fright and a multiclass Monk who can lock down the battlefield by sight, sound, and more! What's more frightening than that? Find out in this episode! Everyone's got a unique idea and cool plan for...
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Dueling GMs 18 - Twisted Builds #5 (Ice Ice Baby)
This week we started with the twist- Heavy reliance on cold/ice damage. We present a Barbarian Warlock that dishes retaliation damage in chunks and a chaotic Sorcerer Warlock who snipes unseen! Everyone's got a unique idea and cool plan for optimizing a tabletop RPG character build. But what if...
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Dueling GMs 17 - Twisted Builds #4 (No Cold/Fire Elemental Challenge)
This week's challenge was to craft an elemental build using no Fire or Cold. It became a musical theme as Joseph offers a "Rock & Roll" Earth Genasi Druid and Anthony counters with an "Imagine Dragons" guardian that brings both the Lightning and the Thunder. Everyone's got a unique idea and cool...
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Dueling GMs 16 - Twisted Builds #3 (Combat Marksman)
This week- A triple-class combo called the Bloody Artillerist and a Warlock Crossbowman with only a +2 CHA! Everyone's got a unique idea and cool plan for optimizing a tabletop RPG character build. But what if your parameters were a bit askew? Or what if you wanted to semi-optimize, but flavor it...
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Dueling GMs 15 - Alignment: What is it (Lawful) Good For?
Old school TTRPG players reminisce about the days of hardcore alignment restrictions. Not only did it provide a list of do's and don'ts, but it explained why certain characters had access to spells, items, and classes that others did not. In more recent editions of games, alignment has become…
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Dueling GMs 14 - Railroading vs Sandboxing
The ol' Railroading GM gets a bad rap in tabletop gaming. And perhaps rightly so. But what if I told you that every game with a planned story arc has rails? Learn the sliding scale of 4 different ways to run your games, from Hard Rails to Soft Rails and Choose Your Own Adventure to Sandboxes.…
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Dueling GMs 13 - Game Master Planning vs. Improvisation
So many DMs/GMs in their #ttrpg games have long struggled to balance their desire to plan ahead and the lack of time to do so. Sometimes, we even have the time, but writer's block or procrastination make it nearly impossible to get ideas on paper. What is a good Game Master to do? This week, we...
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Dueling GMs 12 - Mordenkainen's Racial Overhaul
Today marks the full release of the new “Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse” from Wizards of the Coast for Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition. It's the most expansive ruleset tweaks for monsters and races for this edition to date while also having little to no new content. In this...
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Dueling GMs 11 - Twisted Builds #2 (Social Spell Slinger)
This week- A Warlock who can't use Eldritch Blast and a Warlock who has to take CON as a dump stat! Everyone's got a unique idea and cool plan for optimizing a tabletop RPG character build. But what if your parameters were a bit askew? Or what if you wanted to semi-optimize, but flavor it around…
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Dueling GMs 10 - Leveling Up Your NPCs (A Lost Episode)
Well, it had to happen sometime. We found an episode we recorded and forgot to publish! Non-Player Characters are vital in your TTRPGs. But how do you keep it fresh and fun? Is there some way to make some things a little squishier and others much more hulked out? Absolutely! In today's episode…
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Dueling GMs 9 - Twisted Builds #1 (The Exploration Shock Attacker)
Everyone's got a unique idea and cool plan for optimizing a tabletop RPG character build. But what if your parameters were a bit askew? Or what if you wanted to semi-optimize, but flavor it around a specific roleplay concept? Well friends, look no further! We give you "Twisted Builds"! What are...
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Dueling GMs 8- Faction Building 101 Workshop
Welcome to our new show, Dueling GMs! We're offering tips, tricks, and years of experience to improve your play sessions and GM styles. Some episodes will focus on the structure in which you play. Others may provide insight into the mechanics of your games. Whether you're a fan of D&D…
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Dueling GMs 7- Who Wants Pudding? (An NPC Design Workshop)
Welcome to our new show, Dueling GMs! We're offering tips, tricks, and years of experience to improve your play sessions and GM styles. Some episodes will focus on the structure in which you play. Others may provide insight into the mechanics of your games. In episode 7, we put those goals and...
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Dueling GMs 6- Making Unique NPCs and Factions
Welcome to our new show, Dueling GMs! We're offering tips, tricks, and years of experience on how to improve your play sessions and GM styles. Some episodes will focus on the structure in which you play. Others may provide insight into the mechanics of your games. In episode 6, we focus on what...
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Dueling GMs 5- Living World vs. Paused World
Thanks for tuning into our new show, Dueling GMs! We're offering tips, tricks, and years of experience on how to improve your play sessions and GM styles. Some episodes will focus on the structure in which you play. Others may provide insight into the mechanics of your games. This week, we're...
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Dueling GMs 4- Session 0 and Character Creation Workshop
Welcome to Dueling GMs! Every week, we're offering insight into how to improve your tabletop play sessions and GM styles. Some episodes will focus on the structure in which you play. Others may provide insight into the mechanics of your roleplaying games. All of it with the hope that every player...
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Dueling GMs 3- Designing Characters with Depth
Welcome back to our new show, Dueling GMs! Every week, we're offering insight into how to improve your play sessions and GM styles. Some episodes will focus on the structure in which you play. Others may provide insight into the mechanics of your games. All of it with the hope that every player…
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Dueling GMs 2- To Build a Cohesive Adventuring Party
Welcome to our new show, Dueling GMs! We're offering tips, tricks, and years of experience on how to improve your play sessions and GM styles. Some episodes will focus on the structure in which you play. Others may provide insight into the mechanics of your games. This week, part two of our...
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Dueling GMs 1- What the Heck is Session 0?
Welcome to the first episode of our new show, Dueling GMs! We're offering tips, tricks, and years of experience on how to improve your play sessions and GM styles. Some episodes will focus on the structure in which you play. Others may provide insight into the mechanics of your games. Today…
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So You Want to Start an Adventure?
Starting a new tabletop roleplaying campaign is really hard sometimes. And that's not just for DnD. New setting ideas, story hooks, building characters that are naturally cohesive- it can seem daunting. Not to mention the amount of time and energy it seems to require on the part of both the DMs…
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He Who Hesitates (Episode 18) - Wildemount: Lost Requiem
Actual play D&D 5e homebrew campaign in the Critical Role world of Wildemount. Utilizing DnDBeyond's Avrae bot for Discord and TaleSpire 3d digital mapping. Feeling pulled in so many directions with hints of dire consequences at every turn, Nona, Awna, Whisky, Link, Ryohn, Picks, Willam, and…
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Chain Reactions (Episode 17) - Wildemount: Lost Requiem
Actual play D&D 5e homebrew campaign in the Critical Role world of Wildemount. Utilizing DnDBeyond's Avrae bot for Discord and TaleSpire 3d digital mapping. How does one bring down a mountain from the inside? Also, it's a long journey through the Many Hosts and the time for introspection doesn't...
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Whispers in the Shadows (Episode 16) - Wildemount: Lost Requiem
Into the heart of the mesa we go, cautiously curious for clues and cultists, but under no circumstances considering common sense amidst the crystals. Streaming live every Saturday on Twitch. https://twitch.tv/epicblunders Missed the stream? Watch the video replay!...
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Over The Hedge (Episode 15) - Wildemount: Lost Requiem Campaign
The party goes bounding headlong into an... ahem, large-scaled skirmish in the courtyard of (what they believe to be) the Prince of Dragons. Things get a little rough and there's a struggle at the fence-line. Streaming live every Saturday on Twitch. https://twitch.tv/epicblunders Missed the…
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Side Venture - Bridging the Gap
When we're short a few players, we like to run "extended one-shots". Those who are available have mercenaries floating about Wildemount and their goings-on directly affects what happens to the regular campaign crew and the information they uncover. This week, a bridge gets a little crowded,...
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Side Venture- How to Make Friends and Influence Cultists
When we're short a few players, we like to run "extended one-shots". Those who are available have mercenaries floating about Wildemount and their goings-on directly affects what happens to the regular campaign crew and the information they uncover. This week, our mercenary crew picks up from the...
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Rogue Dead Redemption 2 (Episode 14) - Wildemount: Lost Requiem
This week contains a jaunty little march, a hauntingly beautiful interlude, a somber familial ballad, and concludes with a chill dance number that's bound to get everyone's toes tapping. All this and more with Awna, Picks, Ryohn, Link, Whisky, Grolyd, Willam, and Nona in the village of Wrathfell!...
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Up A Creek (Episode 13) - Wildemount: Lost Requiem
The party continues their long trek northward toward the Many Hosts of Igrathad. Along the way, an old memory is revealed and an old enemy is named. Streaming live every Saturday on Twitch. Missed the stream? Watch the VoD! If you like us, don't forget to subscribe, leave a review, and tell your...
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Written in the Stars (Episode 12) - Wildemount: Lost Requiem
A series of nights on the road provide time for fortune-telling, introspection, and cosmic revelations. Ryohn also turns over a new leaf. **Disclaimer: We lost a bit of the audio recording at times this week. We did our best to piece things back together but if there's a conversation that seems...
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Protocol (Episode 11) - Wildemount: Lost Requiem
Without a specific plan in mind, but knowing they've completed all they intended to do in Xarzith Kitril (and then some), the party continues traveling north, knowing there's quite a bit to accomplish in that general direction. Trying their best to stay focused, they're soon drawn in to yet…
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Destined for Something (Episode 10) - Wildemount: Lost Requiem
What do you do when you have a token to get you to the super secret smith in town? Go shopping! Plus, where do this group of nobodies intend to go next? And a sobering realization sets in... Streaming live every Saturday on Twitch. Watch our replay videos on YouTube. If you like us, don't forget…
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The Times They Are A Changin' (Episode 9) - Wildemount: Lost Requiem Campaign
Immediately following the exciting climax of last episode, there is a chilly standoff between two members of the party. Is there any chance of resolution after what's been revealed? Streaming live every Saturday on Twitch. Watch our replay videos on YouTube. If you like us, don't forget to...
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Lost Bardic Tales of Wildemount: Brothers of Eternal Struggle
Episodes 7 and 8 of Lost Requiem refer to a key story in a book the party found. Wondering what that story actually says? Never fear! Hear the tale in its entirety now! Watch Awna, Picks, Link, Whisky, Willam, Ryohn, Grolyd, and Nona each Saturday night live on Twitch. Watch our snazzy edited...
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White Out (Episode 8) - Wildemount: Lost Requiem Campaign
Facing a strange crystalline structure and frigid temperatures, the party discovers the missing miners, a headache or two, and a secret long forgotten. An actual play 5e homebrew campaign in the Critical Role world of Wildemount. Hear the ongoing adventures of Picks, Awna, Link, Willam, Whisky,...
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The Value of Depression (Episode 7) - Wildemount: Lost Requiem
No rest for the weary as a bone-chilling howl echoes through camp. Does the party have enough left in them to survive the ambush? An actual play 5e homebrew campaign in the Critical Role world of Wildemount. Hear the ongoing adventures of Picks, Awna, Link, Willam, Whisky, Ryohn, Nona, and Grolyd...
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Flashbangs and Roman Candles (Episode 6) - Wildemount: Lost Requiem
This week we press further north into the Dreemoth Ravine, wary of stirges. Is that all they find lurking in the canyon walls? Expanding on the world of Critical Role but nestled nicely between Campaign 1 and 2. Streaming live every Saturday on Twitch. Watch our replay videos on YouTube. If you...
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Pit Fights and Pianos (Episode 5)- Wildemount: Lost Requiem
This week, our intrepid band of nobodies ventures out a little further beyond the walls of Xarzith Kitril but hopes to return in time for The Challenge. Streaming live every Saturday on Twitch. Watch our replay videos on YouTube. If you like us, give it a subscribe, leave a review, and tell your...
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Side Venture- A One-Legged Trog Walks Into a Bar
When we're short a few players, we like to run "extended one-shots". Those who are available have mercenaries floating about Wildemount and their goings-on directly affects what happens to the regular campaign crew and the information they uncover. This week, jump in as the mercs assault a camp...
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Dancing Fools (Episode 4)- Wildemount: Lost Requiem Campaign
This week, land is sighted, a challenge is set forth, and Picks learns that sometimes less is more. Streaming live every Saturday on Twitch. Watch our replay videos on YouTube. If you like us, give it a subscribe, leave a review, and tell your friends! We're utilizing DnDBeyond's Avrae bot for...
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Between a Rock and a Carapace (Episode 3)- Wildemount: Lost Requiem Campaign
We're back for Episode 3! The party gets set upon by giant crustaceans, gets impaled by darts while solving a riddle, and finds more than they bargained for. Join our streamed adventure through Matt Mercer's beautiful Wildemount setting. The story takes place in the years between Campaign 1 and...
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A Splitting Headache (Episode 2)- Wildemount: Lost Requiem Campaign
We've made it to week 2! The crew discovers a number of ways to traverse a submerged cavern without getting wet and learns the true nature of the entity lurking at the back of the Path of the Whirlpool. Join our streamed adventure through Matt Mercer's beautiful Wildemount setting. The story…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Two real-life friends and experienced Game Masters take on the world of TTRPGs. One is a specialist in machine learning and loves to plan ahead. The other is a content creator and entrepreneur who thrives on spontaneity. Together they give insight for GMs and players with both designs and details for making your game sessions entertaining, engaging, and impactful.Take a listen if you want to learn a little more about mechanics, worldbuilding, group dynamics, or your own personal development! For fans of D&D, Pathfinder, and all the indie tabletop games out there! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/epicblunders/support
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Two real-life friends and experienced Game Masters take on the world of TTRPGs. One is a specialist in machine learning and loves to plan ahead. The other is a content creator and entrepreneur who thrives on spontaneity. Together they give insight for GMs and players with both designs and details...
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