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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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