Tanner Weyland: Hello and welcome to How to be a Better DM. My name is Tanner Wayland and together we’re all gonna learn how to make wonderful adventures for our players. I’m here with Justin Lewis. Justin, how you doing? Justin: A little sick, but I’m alive and well, so that’s good. Tanner Weyland: I […]
A lovely chat with Hyacinth Wonders on improving role play with your character at the D&D table! We discuss personality traits, ideals, flaws, and bonds that make up your PC character sheet, daddy issues, and using those features to make your characters easier to play and far more engaging. You can find Hyacinth on all […]
Welcome to How To Be A Better DM. My name is Tanner Weyland, and together we will learn about how to prepare the best adventures and environments for our players to enjoy. Today, I am talking about how to make D&D one-shots impactful for our players (hint: it’s not about doing just combat). If you […]
Behold! Justin Lewis! Justin is a good friend of mine and co-hosts his own podcast, How to Be a Better DM. He has a certificate proving that he is a good dude and you should trust me on that. We chat Inspiration, a massively under utilized D&D 5e mechanic! There are some great suggestions made […]
Justin: Welcome back to How to be a Better DM. I am Justin Lewis here with Tanner Wayland. Go ahead and say hello, Tanner. Tanner Weyland: Hey Justin, hey everybody. Justin: And today we are celebrating our 100th episode. It is mind-boggling to think that we’ve been doing this for 100 episodes and thinking you […]
Dungeons and Dragons 5e has a lot of dice. Many of which, you’ve never seen before! I chat with Sterling, of @sterlingmakes, about dice, what they are used for, how to incorporate them more into your games, how dice have parallels to real life! I think you will enjoy this conversation a lot! I had […]
Welcome back to How to Be a Better DM. I’m your Host today, Justin Lewis and today, I want to talk about an aspect of D&D that is one-part storytelling prompt, one-part game mechanic, and overall an interesting facet of the game, namely alignment. We’ve all heard the famous phrase of, “It’s what my character […]
This week’s episode with Reuben Wilcox, a Utah County local, certified great guy, and new father, is a doozy! We hash out the Intelligence Modifier, how that can impact your D&D games, what the difference between an idiot and a moron might be, why Druids should not be proficient in the Nature skill, and a […]
Welcome to How to Be a Better DM! Tanner talks about how you can take immersion to the next level through the snacks that you prepare as well as the food you introduce to your players’ characters. Also, if you’d like to sign up for one of our One-shots, do so here: https://how-to-be-a-better-dm.captivate.fm/one-shot
Tune in for a fabulous conversation with Bennett Chew! Bennett is a trained opera singer and certified great guy. We have a great chat about the Charisma Modifier, it’s place in D&D and how to use it for good in real life! We run a brief encounter with Bennett’s character, Leander, from his life game […]
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