Short, bite-sized RPG advice, tips, and tricks for DMs and players of tabletop role playing games (TTRPG)
243 episodes transcribedIn this episode I weigh in on the Wizards of the Coast OGL 1.1 fiasco and talk about a period in Faerun's history called the Time of Troubles, when go...
In this episode suggested by a donor over at ko-fi.com/taking20podcast we give some tips to DMs about those rare materials like mithril, cold iron, si...
This is not an episode. Jeremy's passed out right now.
Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas! If your game world has any history at all and any culture, whether it's a single-minded autonomous collective or a...
In this heaver-than-usual rules episode, we take a look at some of the rules in Pathfinder 2e and D&D 5e for making monsters more or less powerful. W...
Giants. They're all tall and they have reach. Prep work done for an adventure, right? Hold your throwing stone, my DM friend. The different specie...
The 4 elements of creation in Dungeons and Dragons and Pathfinder lore are so powerful that each has its own plane of existence. What's on these plan...
If you've reached the point where you need to leave the gaming group, the next steps in the process are going to be difficult emotionally and fraught...
Much is written about DM burnout. But you're a player and while you know you should be excited for the Dungeons and Dragons or RPG session tonight, y...
Don't forget to send me your contest entries before Friday, November 19th! Minor milestone as we hit episode #150. This week we will talk about Rova...
Good ideas can come from anywhere: movies, music, streaming series, and even video games. You may think that I only mean RPG video games like Drago...
We conclude horror month with the mysterious and aloof creatures of the Feywild or First World. What makes these creatures scary? What the heck are...
Today is a mini-listener mailbag episode addressing two major aspects of horror games, tension at the table and corruption in your game world. Please...
In this episode, we discuss the published lore in 5e and Pathfinder about what happens after characters pass away. A fellow podcaster and DM, Thorin...
While there are similarities between the ethereal and astral planes in the way 5e and Pathfinder present them, there are distinct differences and they...
Welcome to Horror Month at the Taking 20 Podcast! All month we will be talking about scary/spooky topics to hopefully make your RPGs even better. Th...
There are a huge number of people and companies producing a plethora of RPG content for various systems out there. Some of this content makes for gre...
I'm not done with nerfing! There's a major aspect of not nerfing PCs that I forgot to cover last week: letting your PCs excel at what they're good a...
Sometimes games can get out of balance and it can feel like the PCs have all of the advantages and that's probably because they do. GMs may be tempte...
Spelljammer is Dungeons and Dragons' attempt to bring a touch of sci fi to their traditional fantasy RPG. It's like 50s Pulp Sci Fi novels were inser...
