About this episode
Episode 190 of Mastering Dungeons! Main topic: Daggerheart Review – GM Advice! We found the heart of Critical Role, and it’s in the GM advice section. Shawn and Teos dig into this advice, fantastic for any game but tailor-made for Daggerheart’s play. News: Critical Role Launches Beacon, MCDM on D&D Beyond, 2024 PH Art Reveal, and more! Contents 00:00 Mother's Day 02:04 RPG vs Video Game ROI? 07:19 Vancian vs Roll to Cast? 15:11 D&D SRD 5.2 in February! 18:56 2024 PH Art Sneak Peak 22:31 D&D Dead by Daylight 23:45 Critical Role Launches Beacon 25:42 D&D GenCon Events 31:40 MCDM Books on D&D Beyond 33:32 Is D&D Changing Course? 40:08 Secret Vecna Wallpaper 40:39 Vecna Prequel Will Be Sold 41:47 Black Flag Reference Document 43:29 Deck of Player Safety on Demiplane 44:59 13th Age 2E on Kickstarter 46:47 Rethinking Alignment 48:14 Distal d20 49:10 Kickstarter 2023 Review 50:29 Daggerheart GM Advice 51:00 1.4 Playtest Update 52:33 THIS is Critical Role! 57:26 GM Principles 01:03:09 Ask Questions 01:09:03 Imperfect Improvisation 01:12:06 GM Best Practices 01:13:40 Treat PCs as Competent 01:16:04 Create Meta Conversation 01:17:01 Ground the World in Motive 01:23:42 Pitfalls to Avoid 01:32:19 Shout-Outs Thank you for listening! Get the full show notes with links on Patreon. Our intro and outro music is Metropolis Fanfare, provided royalty-free by Tabletop Audio (https://tabletopaudio.com) under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). MP3 file metadata populated with Online MP3 Podcast Chapter Editor, built by Dominik Peters. https://mp3chapters.github.io/ and customized for Mastering Dungeons by Vladimir Prenner from Croatia.