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Next Session Help: The RedWarlock is running a session for a group of newbies that all happen to be Dads.  Grommulox has a player that likes to roll to avoid their lack of impulse control. Is that weird? Ask a GM:  Furimu_ wants to know how max damage with exploding dice works.   Use That Spell: Dominate Monster Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Discord: Poderation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Session Help: Yep73662628 Wants to know if it is a good idea to “Truman Show” the player characters and how to make the twist land. Ask a GM:  ChickenBobin is looking at a potential future career as a professional GM and would love some advice. DietToothpaste wants to know how to get into the zone before a session.  Use That Spell: Tsunami  Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Discord: Poderation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Session Help: Foreign-Press is trying to avoid a TPK but the player’s aren’t listening to the hints inside and outside of the game.  Ask a GM:  just-a-VA wants to make puppets for important NPCs. Good idea or just goofy? TheRedWarlock wants some suggestions for some games to play between long campaigns.   Use That Spell: Psychic Scream Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Discord: Poderation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Session Help: Chicken Bobbin comes on as our special guest to talk about his upcoming campaign! Mistergoodthing has a party who wants to steal the magical item that was lended to them by killing the lender. How should this play out? Ask a GM:  Jlove28792 doesn’t know how to make the game challenging for the Monk in the party as they seem untouchable.  TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT: MythicalWarrior has some advised on a way they use map preplanning using gift wrap for the grid. Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession  Discord: Poderation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Session Help: Jstncrwfrd is running a maze and wants help brainstorming how to make it interesting and fun, and not a giant slog.  Ask a GM: GolettO3 asks “How do you use mimics without them feeling like a cheap "gotcha!"? It's never exciting when I use them.” Use That Spell!: Mind Sliver Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession  Discord: Poderation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Session Help: ChickenBobin needs some advice on creating balance in a homebrew world with multiple element casters. Contrastrictor’s players are trapped on an island with no way out and a 3-headed dragon turtle busting through their ship. Will this turn into a game of Survivor?  Ask a GM: Vitto95 wants to know if a character goes into a rage and someone casts Calm Emotions, what happens?  Use That Spell!: True Strike  Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Bluesky: @thenextsession Discord: Poderation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Session Help: ChickenBobin is planning a Christmas one-shot for the family with mixed-experience playing TTRPG. We talk about how to keep it festive, fun, and beginner-friendly without sacrificing the magic (or the mayhem) of a good seasonal adventure. Jose_Jota needs help making a Night Hag more creepy and scary. Ask a GM:  YourAskingTheQstions wants to know if they should let their player have an owl familiar head lamp. Totally!  Use That Spell!:Nondetection Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Discord: Poderation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Session Help: JoahyPooh wants to design a mini game for the players to wrangle some rust monsters! MTG3K_on_Arena needs to come up with a list of classic monsters for a dungeon delving dinner party gone wrong.  Ask a GM:  Outrageous_Goal_504 has a player who tried to one shot a CR 13 creature with some cheeky rule bending. Should we let them? Use That Spell!: Drawmij's Instant Summons Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Bluesky: @thenextsession Discord: Poderation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Session Help: Secret_Shallot93 has a fighter who is multiclassing into a Druid and wants to figure out how to go about training one.  TheRedWarlock has Halloween on the brain and tasks us with brainstorming some ideas for a one (or two) shot.  Ask a GM: Stevenoodlesoup is wondering the difference between the 2024 Thaumaturgy “Invisible Hand” vs. Mage Hand. Use That Spell!: Heroes' Feast  Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Bluesky: @thenextsession Discord: Poderation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Session Help:  Diet Toothpaste’s PCs are in a temple/dungeon and split across time! Let's see what fun ideas we can brainstorm around this interesting and clever mechanic.  Kejones9900’s PC that decided to eat every random berry in a cave system of every color. What should happen to them?  Ask a GM: RadiantIris_ has some questions on how to implement the lingering damage rules in an area and is asking about crits on saving throws.  Use That Spell!: Raulothim's Psychic Lance Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Bluesky: @thenextsession Discord: Poderation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Session Help: Okidokiefrokie’s players predicted a battle and decapitated a mummy before the fight even started. How would they work this in without taking away the time/effort of the Players?  The one and only RedWarlock is trying to work out some Orphan backstories into his campaign.  Ask a GM: Karshayn’s player destroyed 10gal of water around an enemy’s head while underwater. What happens next? How should they rule going forward?  Use That Spell!: Heward's Handy Spice Pouch Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Bluesky: @thenextsession Discord: Poderation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Session Help: Due to a series of amazing events, Isms52 needs to know how to calculate the destruction caused by many giants falling from the sky onto a city. Sushigami’s players are considering collapsing a mountain on an ancient white dragon. Would this be enough to kill the dragon?  Ask a GM: THEINKINMYSOUP wants to know if they should tell players the DC of a check before the roll.  Use That Spell!: Fear Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com and: Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Bluesky: @thenextsession Discord: Poderation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Session Help: ADHD-Geek-9 is setting up that the God of Chaos is testing the players but needs help brainstorming what those tests could be.  Ask a GM:  Bennett wants some feedback on a template for random encounters they have been working on. Happy to help! Use That Spell!: Rary's Telepathic Bond Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Bluesky: @thenextsession Discord: Poderation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Session Help:  The Red Warlock is doing a plot based on a movie - should they change up the characters or lean in and keep to the script?  Ask a GM:  Jonno26 has a player that used Inflict Wounds on an Invisible Enemy and they came across a conundrum. Use That Spell!: Illusory Dragon Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Bluesky: @thenextsession Discord: Poderation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Session Help:  Thatrandomguy007 has an upcoming NPC’s wedding to plan where things are going to go wrong. We help plan the best worst wedding ever! Ask a GM: EasyComparison224 is ruminating on the use of AI when it comes to D&D planning. Use That Spell!: Word of Radiance Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Bluesky: @thenextsession  Discord: Poderation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Session Help:  Diet Toothpaste joined us this episode to go over some ideas for working the crowd during a gladiator/WWE fight. T-shirt catapult anyone?  TheRedWarlock has a Big Bad Evil Guy that is making constructs, lining them with a special metal, and selling them to one side of a war….. But why? We go over some possibilities that may take his player’s all over Planescape! Use That Spell!: Create Magen Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Bluesky: @thenextsession  Discord: Poderation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Session Help:  PRolicopter Needs a bit of advice on how to handle a PC going out of their way to do something that doesn’t lead them anywhere….. Yet! KelpieRunner’s party is in a looped hallway trap with painted portrait prisons. Ask a GM:  Peterwin wants to know if giving the Bard a free sending spell once per day is overpowered.  Use That Spell!: Power Word Kill Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Bluesky: @thenextsession  Discord: Poderation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Session Help: Bigpahparay is worried they are taking away player agency in a specific prison break challenge. Ask a GM: Anomalousblimp wonders if we present multiple options for skill checks? Take it or Leave it: PrometheusHasFallen provides some advice that we dissect: “Having issues with your 5e game? Switch systems!” Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Discord: Poderation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Session Help:  Bennett Is looking at running a campaign with a Dark Lord, but what if it was a Lawful Good Flumph..... would that even work? Majors Descendent’s party was defending a casino from being robbed and they caught the 5 people that were trying to rob it but they unalived all the robbers except for the wizard robber, who now wants revenge. But how does the wizard now have the power to fight the party on their own? ArtbyAdam is running a Christmas themed one-shot and already has some amazing ideas to run by us! Thanks so much for sharing, hope we helped! Use That Spell: Faerie Fire Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Discord: Poderation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Session Help:  The Red Warlock is back for more and asking how to keep their PCs that had been yoinked onto Planescape from returning. Then Waffle Wizard is starting a youth RPG group with all new players and has reached out for advice. Awesome! Ask A GM: Sinrus is wondering if they should let the players call back a retired character thus avoiding an entire planned sidequest. Use That Spell: Reverse Gravity Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Session Help:  Waffle Wizard has a Halloween one shot and wants to make it challenging but still give the PCs a leg up. What to do? Ask A GM: Waffle Wizard asked another great question that we just had to muse over! “What would happen if your PC drank a mini water elemental?” Use That Spell: Whirlwind Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Session Help:  Rhearye has an archdruid lich that just got freed and needs some ideas for the players who are on their way to destroy the phylactery: the throne she sits on.   Ask A GM: Astra-the-curious wonders what we do when players are setting up a plan that we (as the DM) know will definitely not work.  Search the Room: Philter of Love Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Session Help:  John the Red Warlock is back and asked us to brainstorm some Halloween one-shots just in time for spooky (or spoopy!) season.  Key-Philosophy-5446 needs help coming up with ideas of what a cursed fishing rod would catch. SamPYo has players considering human sacrifice. Use That Spell: Hail of Thorns Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Session Help:  John the Red Warlock has devised a Dino Hunt for his player’s with a Dinosaur that gets stronger with every feeding! We’re tasked with brainstorming some fun scenarios on introducing the Dinosaur and utilizing the NPCs during the hunt.  Ask a GM:  mjsShadow has a player that likes to use Arcane Eye to look at a room(s) before going in constantly, but it is slowing down gameplay. Let’s discuss! Use That Spell: Draconic Transformation (UA) Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Session Help:  Majora's Descendant has created the Island of Tetra and is looking for us to brainstorm some ideas as to what makes the island unique.  Ill-Oven3506 has a player who wants their character to make a noble sacrifice. Can you do that without railroading?  Ask a GM:  Gourmetcheese01 wants to know “What should I include on a DM screen?” Search The Room: Nether Scroll of Azumar Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Session Help:  DietToothpaste is back and wants to know some fun methods of interplanar traversal.   Ask a GM:  Majora's Descendant has a player who is a wizard necromancer summoning sometimes up to 15 zombies and two mummies. Is that right?  Search The Room: Incendiary Cloud Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Session Help:  Jradddyo has players with a bird “companion” that does not like them and do not like that it does not like them.  Ask a GM:  LazerusKI has a player with the Pirate background which lets them get away with lots of things, but does that mean he should let him?  Search The Room: Prosthetic Limb Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Session Help:  Topherstophers needs help coming up with some monsters and obstacles inside a cave encounter they are planning. Ask a GM:  Brad2rad is summoning the Rules Lawyers to figure out the best way to rule a teleporting/ falling barbarian.  Use That Spell: Chill Touch Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Session Help:  RivTinker is back and her players are gearing up to fight the Goddess of Chaos. They will need to gain the favor of the existing pantheon: Goddess of Nature, God of War and God of Magic and needs some help to come up with the trials and rewards for their tasks. Flowerkefir’s players keeps cutting hands off of enemy spellcasters……. ಠ_ಠ Ask a GM:  Assault_Duck wants to know if it is a bad thing to give a boss a second stage. Not at all! Use That Spell: Gift of Alacrity Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Session Help:  Nanotheawsome needs to know how to convince their players to stop trying to weaponize a Beholder statue meant as a gag.  Ask a GM:  Tyrmidden asks, “What do you think about players having a chat group without the DM to talk about plans and strategies?”  Rusty99Arabian wants to know if players can manipulate where they fall with featherfall.  Use That Spell: Beacon of Hope  Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Special Guest Justin Lewis, the host of How to Be a Better DM podcast, joins us this week! Visit: https://session0studios.com/better-dm-show/ to learn more! We had a great conversation with Justin on how to get more players at your DnD table.  Next Session Help:  Subject_Quail_31 asks “What might the consequences of elemental moons be on the lore of lycanthropes?” Ask a GM:  Kirst_Kitty wants to know our take on what Magical Honey might do.  Use That Spell: Lonstrider Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Session Help:  Allovertheshop is asking why their Fey NPC would be collecting monsters for a non-combat tournament? Ask a GM:  Admirable_Scarcity74 wants to know what we would do differently if we ran a campaign with sessions once a month versus once a week? Empty-School7479 is asking about 5 Room Dungeons which Adam has basically been doing, but didn't know that is what it was called. Gotta love learning things together! Search The Room: Nature’s Mantle  Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're finishing what we started with the second-parter to our Session 0 discussion! This time we go over Character Creation, Map Building, and World Building! Search The Room: Spellwrought Tattoo Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Session Help: We took another awesome question from the Merch Maestro himself, Diet Toothpaste, and it turned out to be so big that we split it into two parts! As we get into the Session 0 discussion we talk about Session .2 (Or Session -1 depending on how you like your numbers) and we focus mainly on the tools you can use like X-cards, Fade to Black, and NO list / Please list. We also discuss Player Table expectations and what players are going to expect from Session 0 (will there be actual playing involved?) Next episode we wrap up with world building and character building, plus a Search the Room! This discussion was a long time coming, so thank you to Diet Toothpaste for giving us the perfect opportunity to get it out there! Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Session Help:  Pretty_Papaya2256 needs help coming up with consequences for their players, especially in regards to an angry pirate crew hunting them down.  NoDirection6223 has let the players discover some stones in an enemies bag. What could they be? Ask a GM:  Deadra_Churl wants to create an encounter where the players would run into an enemy and as they fight it the characters would be aged by it.  Use That Spell: Arms of Hadar Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adam Davis from Game to Grow has joined the podcast this week to talk to our long time Australian listener ArtbyAdam. ArtbyAdam wrote in to tell us about his recent run in with the Satanic Panic that seems to follow roleplaying games like an evil shadow. We just had to have him on to tell his story and get his side of things. Search the Room: Adamantine Armor Thanks for listening! We’ll be taking a break for the rest of the year and will be back in January!  As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Session Help:  DarkestMoose is not having fun running their campaign anymore and needs help giving closure while they end. Stunning-Ad9453 is running Tomb of Annihilation and has a character in a no-win situation. What should they do?  Ask a GM:  Massaman955 wants to know how much poison a level 2 player can extract from a Giant Poisonous Snake. Use That Spell: Jim's Magic Missile Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Session Help: John S. would like to start a campaign with all weapons removed from the players and starting in prison. Discuss! He also wants to know what materials/ tools we keep at our table. Ask a GM: MadmanPoet wants to know “What would be a plausible relationship between a Lich and their body?” and Stahl_Konig needs a technical ruling on an Eldritch Knight casting the Green Flame Blade cantrip without the War Caster Feat and holding a shield and a weapon. Use That Spell: Zone of Truth Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Session Help:  AaLion95 is trying to figure out how to do an arena fight for a single player while the rest of the party sits out.  Isaar42 needs some help populating their in-game Goblin Casino. Ask a GM:  Spetzell asks, “Does Empowered Evocation apply to each round of a duration spell?” Use That Spell: Abi-Dalzim’s Horrid Wilting  Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Session Help:  DnDBambi has a Player Character that wants to be resurrected by the Raven Queen and would like help coming up with what the price of that transaction would be.   Ask a GM:  TheBlackIbis asks what could be in a used Bag of Holding that their players have come across? Ok_Box_7276 wants to know our opinion on players that are mechanically of one class, but played as another? Use That Spell: Remote Access Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Session Help:  TheBlackIbis is back with a question about running a Nilbog. We ask, “what is a Nilbog?” And then we looked it up and answered the first question.  Ask a GM:  MrSillybiscuits asks “How do I become a less adversarial GM?” Take It Or Leave It: We go into the Rumor System Search The Room: The Necklace of Adaptation Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Session Help: Brown6214 needs help including a player who can not speak for some time.  Weaverco is a D&D Dad and wants some tips on using D&D as play therapy. Good thing Adam wrote the book on that!  Ask a GM: SuppleGhost wants to know “Can you cast a level spell and an innate spell as a bonus action?” Use That Spell: Id Insinuation Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ask a GM:  VoulKanon wants to know if the inhabitants on a Morkoth island know they forget things? What’s a Morkoth? What’s a Morkoth with you?!  BarNo3385 is dying to know if their puzzle was too complicated. Puzzleheaded-Dragon needs a ruling on a crossbow expert.  Use That Spell: Otiluke's Resilient Sphere Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Session Help: VigilantRex1 wants advice on stealing some equipment from their Players  Kauzoka has a cool idea for a campaign involving a crime family of Beholders  Ask a GM:  Micnos12 wants to know how to determine when a player triggers a trap. Use That Spell: Nathair's Mischief Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Session Help: DancingwithaMop is planning to start their campaign with the characters shackled to a wagon headed for prison.  Ask a GM:  BuddhaNews is going to run a dungeon crawl but needs some tips and tricks on how to go about it.  Take it or Leave it:  Shot-in-the-mouth has some good advice on subverting your own expectations.  Use That Spell: Primal Savagery Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Session Help: Flubbajubba2 has created an in-game way to cover for out-of-game absences, but needs to know how it all ties together. Ask a GM:  M4p80y wants to know “How do I make a big city feel bigger without building literally every building” JustDarnGood27 asks “How broken/unbalanced would allowing a PC to pull a character in with a grappling hook as a bonus action?” Search The Room: Dark Shard Amulet Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Session Help: TheBlackIbis is asking if they should retcon the outcome of the last fight since the players were supposed to win it. We say no way!  Ask a GM:  Belolonadalogalo wants to know if a monster with multi-attack can replace one of those attacks with something like a shove. Use That Spell: Rime’s Binding Ice Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Session Help: Trogdor_98 wants some help with his Wild West campaign and introducing a plot point naturally.  Lame_hurricane has us brainstorm on some subtle good things that can happen to their Lucky character. Ask a GM:  Miz_Tsunami is running a D&D game with 7 players over video chat and needs some advice! Use That Spell: Lightning Bolt  Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Session Help: Wellbentbanana asks about a possible phantom zone, where the players can start in and all be resurrected at the same time, for the beginning of his mystery campaign.  DanteWrath would like us to brainstorm on unique sacrifices for rituals.  Ask a GM:  GD might have an overpowered Polearm Master on his hands. Should he just make more powerful encounters or nerf his character?  Search the Room: Pearl of Power  Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Facebook: @thenextsession Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next Session Help: Raider1213 has us go over their adventure to see if the plot twist is too confusing.  Ask a GM:  PettitNice asks “Is it a bad idea to make a creature Immune to crits?” Felaric wants to know how we warm up before a game. Use That Spell: Immolation Thanks for listening! As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast Twitter: @thenextsession Facebook: @thenextsession Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices