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Dungeon Master Guys, Episode 9

February 24, 2011 by Dungeon Master Guys

Welcome to our very special, extra long “exotic accents” episode.  There’s so much sexy accents (French Canadian, Florida Cuban and Naturalized Kiwi) in this show that Dave decided to go on a Cruise to try and fish one out of the Ocean.

As always, email us, leave a comment, or leave a voicemail on 305-349-3026 (make sure to say it’s for the DM Guys) and we’ll try to answer it in a future show.

In this episode:

  • Dave and Phil talk to Cam Banks, lead designer of the Leverage RPG from Margaret Weis Productions, about the Cortex Plus system and some of its elements that can be useful to GMs in general.
  • NewbieDM discusses ways to curtail D&D 4e’s combat lengths with veteran DM and writer Mike Shea.
  • We answer a question related to secret skill checks, table knowledge and the ever thorny “me-too” effect of skill checks.

Things mentioned in this episode:

  • The Leverage RPG
  • The Smallville RPG
  • Sly Flourish’s Running Epic Tier D&D Games

Opening Music:

  • “What you Want” (ver. 2) by Kevin MacLeod

Sponsored by:

  • Obsidian Portal

The Dungeon Master Guys, Episode 9 (56 mins, 51 MB)

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Filed Under: Dungeon Master Guys Podcast, Podcasts, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: combat length, combat speed, d&d 4e, DM advice, leverage, Podcast

Comments

  1. Shinobicow says

    February 24, 2011 at 11:15 pm

    Sure took you long enough to get this one out there 😛 It has been sooo long. I thought maybe there wouldn’t be any more episodes. I’ll look forward to listening to this after work.

  2. Paul says

    March 2, 2011 at 1:51 pm

    Very sad that you didn’t mention master plan as a way to cut the length of encounters. Had a 30 minute encounter last week thanks to it.

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