Utilities

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hello and welcome to thinking critically

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a d and d discussion a podcast where we

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deep dive single word concepts or ideas

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within the dungeons and dragons 5e

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framework my name is danilo and i like

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all kinds of games and the crunchy

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mechanics that make him tick you can

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find me on twitter facebook and

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instagram and i'd really appreciate a

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like or a follow today i'm joined by

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phil aka the blue munchkin knight thank

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you ever ever so much for joining us

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today phil can you tell us a little bit

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about yourself uh no problem um thanks

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for having me by the way really really

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um honored to actually be able to come

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on it's really great and so yeah i'm

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phil um aka at the blue munchkin or blue

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munchkin on twitter yeah i've been

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playing d d for quite a while now

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actually uh big d d fan i've really got

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into it especially the last few years um

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but i mean i've been playing since since

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college

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and i wasn't all that into it in college

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but and i didn't really understand it

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either to be honest but i kind of caught

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the bug and um

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i think over the over the years i got

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into like board games and different

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things

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and um i mean one of the reasons i

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called himself bloomberg tonight is

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because i got into a game called

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munchkin i don't know if you've you've

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heard of the game yourself yeah yeah

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that rings a bell yeah which is pretty

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much dungeons and dragons um without all

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of the

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the role play which you know we all come

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to know and love now but uh i i think i

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quite enjoyed it for the theme and i was

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always the blue piece which is where the

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name comes from

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so i mean i've been playing d d quite

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heavily i think since about

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and when i bought well i say a dnd i

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bought a pathfinder set

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oh

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and i played don't worry that's not a

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dirty word

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and i actually tried to run a campaign

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using pathfinder and uh

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yeah it was that it was very math heavy

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it was very um it was quite difficult to

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understand a lot of the time and then

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a friend of mine started running a fifth

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edition campaign and i was all for that

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i absolutely loved it and he got me he

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got me into buying the books planning my

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own campaign and then i've been running

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my own campaign since late 2017. i ran

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and finished a campaign which lasted two

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years and i've just started a new one

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and i've just been getting into

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everything um yeah anything like

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anything and everything that i can get

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my hand on i now sort of browse shops

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and trying to find anything that i can

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get a hold of now just to make my

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collection bigger but yeah

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i don't think i can't find anything else

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you know run out of room i think yeah

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well i have a cupboard it's it's a small

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cupboard but it's a cupboard

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awesome okay thank you for that yeah

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that's that's that's really good i'm i'm

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in a similar position of running a

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campaign for a bunch of my colleagues

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and friends that must have started

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around the same time to be honest still

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going so out of curiosity he said about

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two years how many sessions was that um

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oh that the campaign that i ran that

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lasted around two years it ran for

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around about 60 something sessions there

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was a gap in the middle and i had a baby

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oh my wife had a baby um and so i took i

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took time off to be a father and i kind

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of did

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some

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what i like to call cutscenes in the

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middle of that so we had a group chat

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that we did and i did yeah i typed the

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story of what was going on and what will

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your character do here and there was a

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kind of a big gap in between i made it

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something like six months um in between

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yeah and there wasn't a six-month gap in

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play but it was a six-month gap in story

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and which was role-played

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basically on facebook messenger um so

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when we came back the characters were in

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a different place from where they were

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before and yeah those consequences of

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what had happened during that role play

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and so i never actually stopped playing

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even though i stopped playing i'm i'm on

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a current hiatus

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at the moment as well because i've just

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had a another one my wife's just had

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another baby so uh currently i'm back to

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that i'm back to the table in four weeks

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and believe me i cannot wait well i see

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it back at the table i'm back behind the

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screen and technically i'm not going to

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be at a table with people it's going to

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be all online but

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yeah but yeah

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[Laughter]

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you're almost doing a play-by-post you

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know yeah yeah messenger

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that would be that would be interesting

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wouldn't it really initiative then we're

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six months old however long for the next

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letter to come through for uh yeah

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you get it

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if you send it by first class post yes

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oh absolutely yeah yeah

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add a plus four

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okay cool so

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we are both dems and also you mentioned

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there about going back behind the

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monitor rather than behind the dm screen

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because of

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the world and um

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so that seems like a good place to start

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then for kind of dm utilities so

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what does the word utilities mean to you

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well to me it

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it's pretty much everything that you're

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going to need to play the game i mean it

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depends on which way you look at it from

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um

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stranger opponent this reality or the

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other game whether you are the dungeon

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master and what utilities you need or

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the player what utilities you need to

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play the game or the other character and

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what utilities you have within the game

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to actually succeed at the game and i

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think there's different sides to it

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initially when you approach me with the

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topic i didn't straightaway go to uh

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what i

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require to actually play a game of

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dungeons and dragons what am i going to

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need

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when i first started running um a fifth

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edition campaign and it was the first

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time that i'd ever reached out to people

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that i didn't know to play the game and

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a couple of people that i knew but um i

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basically reached out to my friendly

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friendly local game store and uh

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asked if anyone wanted to play and i got

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some plays which was great i was nervous

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as hell when it came to running the

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first session and we did a session um

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like doing the run up and

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it became apparent

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during those first um that the planning

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sessions that they were going to expect

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minis and maps

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and i hadn't thought of that

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so i was uh i was panicking now i was

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thinking well i don't have minis and

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maps

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how am i gonna do this um

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and um

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essentially it all came down to they

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were gonna bring their own minis and and

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i would have to solve improvised

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monsters and stuff like that which to be

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honest brookfree has its own collection

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you know yeah start collecting minis and

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start painting and things like that but

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then i i experimented with

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lots of different ways of making maps

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because

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you're not

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being a dungeon master yourself you'll

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understand this you do not know

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where your players are going to be in

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that session

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and and especially when when obviously

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when i was playing i wasn't playing at

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home so i didn't have an infinite amount

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of resources at my disposal not that i

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do at home anyway but

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you've got to be able to bring something

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in that that's that's improvised so um i

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experimented a lot with like whiteboards

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um

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and you know maps and things like that

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which all worked really really well

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and uh

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yeah there were times where i did

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experiment a bit and i did actually make

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terrain maps and things like that

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especially when i knew a big boss battle

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was coming up yeah set piece yeah yeah

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and i would make a set piece um set

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pizza map and

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the reaction from your players is always

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great

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yeah so i mean maps and minis and those

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kind of utilities are fantastic and for

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bringing the game to life and promoting

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the immersion of the game um but

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obviously that's one of the utilities

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that i didn't realize that i was

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actually going to need when i first

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started dming uh fifth edition strangely

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i would love to have seen your face when

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you had that realization your poker face

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is

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yeah it's just like yeah so we're gonna

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get i mean is then yeah i got maps yeah

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yeah i'll bring bring all my maps get

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the craft out

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and it was literally me sitting and i

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love crafts and stuff like that and it

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was only me sitting on the living room

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floor with my with my um my knives and

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my cardboard and a laminator and and and

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making things and and and absolutely

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love doing it one one of the things

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about d d that i really really love is

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the creative side of it there's lots of

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yeah different reasons people play

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dungeons and dragons

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and there's so many different um like

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spin-offs from dungeons and dragons if

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you know what i mean like spin-off

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hobbies yeah and the creating maps and

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and the creative side of it like the

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story writing as well that's that's a

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big thing for me massive yeah i have

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found it as a good creative outlet for

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me i've always been annoyed with myself

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that i'm not inherently good at

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what i would consider art so drawing i

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my uh dimensions and ratios are all off

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like hands and legs and stuff so that's

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that was in the bin like decades ago i

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can't draw so

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dnd is my creative outlet for

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that you know the narrative stuff

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nothing i

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get more excited about is that thought

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of

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oh my players are going to love this

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yes

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as i rub my hands together machiavellian

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style uh

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and then wait 12 months for them to get

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to it so uh

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yeah

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i mean so it's like one of that's one of

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the things that i do love about d d the

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creative side and i have um

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in the past dabbled with drawing the

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characters um that my players play i've

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been a big map maker i love drawing the

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maps for my sessions i tried you know

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online map makers and yeah and things

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like that for making and don't get me

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wrong i think they're amazing people can

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make some amazing maps with encounter

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and all those other map making um

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programs

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but when i've got onto them i can never

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find the the style of the art that i

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like you know with the way that i wanted

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to look

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so i've literally i draw them and so i

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draw them freehand take a picture of it

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and i i

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my wife tricked me to an apple pencil

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and so i i you know then go over them on

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my on my ipad and and i make them as

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detailed and and as realistic as as as i

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can um you know so that it gives the

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players that sense of immersion and my

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framed map is now my dice tray

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well that's really cool

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[Laughter]

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yeah so thank you for mentioning

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incarnate because that was going to be

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one of the utilities i was going to

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mention and that has been my

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since moving away from dry white markers

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and

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laminated squared paper incarnate has

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been my saving grace for moving to

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digital and virtual tabletops so

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i've done

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a couple of scenes so i did a ship at

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sea and like their different decks which

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was quite cool and

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i have somehow managed to do a

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relatively

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simple dungeon to design aesthetically

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not particularly simple

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a dungeon there's lots of rooms and

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combat encounters and stuff but it's

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it's a underground cave system so in

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terms of uh you know bells and whistles

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and embellishments it's actually quite

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trivial to do but yeah i would

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i would absolutely recommend incarnate

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and it just keeps getting they just keep

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adding stuff to it now

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i don't have any experience with any

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other map making tools and

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the more they can

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meet me in the middle and make up for my

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lack of artistic ability the better

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i don't know if there's any others

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you're aware of um well there's one that

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i've actually just been getting into

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recently um which does make dungeon map

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making um a lot easier um i like the

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style of i don't know if you've seen i

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think the name of the uh name of the

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company's local battle but battle map

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books yes yeah i've had one of those on

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my wish list for a while yeah i

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supported the kickstarter for the first

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book and

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when i got it it was amazing it was

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fantastic to bring to the table

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and i loved the style of it and

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when i got my new laptop for christmas

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off my lovely wife and i downloaded

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steam and on steam there was um a

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program called dungeon painter studio um

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which was it's really good program um

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albeit that there are there are some

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some errors and things in its first

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edition but they did just release a

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dungeon pad studio too which kind of fix

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a lot of that so it's um it's been

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really good for creating maps and being

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able to um

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make it your own you can do a lot of

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just different shapes and create a lot

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of different pathways and the shading

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the lighting on it is amazing and for

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creating that fantastic aesthetic for

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your maps and like you said before

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because we're playing online a lot now

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it's amazing because i don't have to

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print it and i could just

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stick it onto the broadcasting software

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that i'm using yeah and

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it's there ready for my place to to use

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and i've i've kind of got myself a bit

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of a cache now so i've been i've been

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kind of like been a bit obsessed with it

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and just making as many as i can and

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then

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you know stick him in the folder and

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then putting them onto my broadcasting

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software and then just they're ready to

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go now i'm i'm pretty sure that i can

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account for battles happening in about

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80 percent of where my players want to

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go

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it's just going to be it's just going to

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be um you know it's going to be todd's

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law that they're they're gonna go to the

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other 20 places that i haven't accounted

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for yet but we'll see yeah

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that's the game

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[Laughter]

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yeah i i think i must have used i think

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i've got dungeon paint studio maybe one

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on steam and yeah that was a bit

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kind of janky in areas i didn't know

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number two was out so i might check that

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out actually that's good you have to you

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have to sign up for the beta so i i feel

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like i'm promoting the guys now i

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actually left them quite a bad review

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because it you know they wouldn't save

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things

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and i was really annoyed because i spent

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ages making a map it was a brilliant map

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and then it wouldn't save and i thought

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and i thought to myself ah it'll be all

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right it probably saved and then when i

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closed it and i couldn't reopen it i was

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yeah i'm dropping my first curse right

408
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now i was pissed

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um so i left them quite a bad review and

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then when dungeon picture studio two

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became available on the sand and i

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downloaded the beta for that

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it kind of it brought my faith back in

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the in the product so uh i've been

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having fun with it and making some more

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maps and and enjoying it so i deleted

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all the bad things that i said about

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them and yeah oh good i was going to ask

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did you go back did you go back and

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change it

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you see so many reviews don't you on

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steam especially of just like this is

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the worst thing ever played two minutes

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later

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well i had clocked in

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something like six hours um so i felt

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like i'd i've clocked in enough time to

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actually put a review in so a legit

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review yeah good good on you good and

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actually i did want to mention one more

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actually and that's actually it's

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currently in early access but it's

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called atlas architect um which um it's

434
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not great for your dungeon maps and

435
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things like that it's world map building

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and

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it basically it's an aerial view and you

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can build cities and towns and villages

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and forests and mountains and everything

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and it's all in 3d you can go right down

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into it as if you were kind of not like

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walking it but yeah like flying around

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it

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and it's amazing uh it's in its early

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stages so there's not a lot to it yet so

446
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it's you know what what's there is

447
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obviously still a work in progress but i

448
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was very impressed with it and i started

449
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sort of building my capital city

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um of an era in my homebrew campaign on

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there and yeah i'm loving it so that's a

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good one for people if you're on steam

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to look out for is it on steam is it

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because it is on steam yes okay

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cool i'm going to take keep my eye out

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for that then because i haven't heard of

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that and yeah that seems really good to

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have that you know that ability to as

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you said to fly in almost all i can

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think of is like roller coaster tycoon

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but i know what you mean

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yeah yeah you mentioned there about how

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you hosted your online games uh using a

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broadcasting software so can you tell us

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a little bit about how you dm'd remotely

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yes um

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obviously it was uh it was a lot of

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trial and error uh first at the

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beginning it was like how do we do this

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and um i'm a little bit of a

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perfectionist when it comes to like

472
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hosting online games i think i like

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things to look good yeah so so i first

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started running games in

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uh in just just in facebook messenger

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because that's where everyone was

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available you know and um

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a lot of time when i was showing the

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maps

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people couldn't see the whole thing and

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it was grainy and it wasn't great

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because obviously they had to blow up

483
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the pitch or shrink down the picture in

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order to fit everyone on the screen

485
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yeah so um what i decided to do is i

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decided to stop looking to a lot of

487
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different online playing things i tried

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roll 20 and obviously because it's free

489
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and um you know but unfortunately was a

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little bit too clunky and i found and i

491
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think and one of the things i think is

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if one person has a bad

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um either like a slow computer or a bad

494
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internet connection it can kind of ruin

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the experience for everyone else

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and so

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i kind of stayed away from that and i

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then moved inside like google meets and

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i had two two cameras so i had one for

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me and then i had my phone as a camera

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hovering above my maps which and i told

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everyone to pin that so that and they

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could see the map from down below and i

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had i moved the miniatures and had a

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grid system so they told me that where

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they wanted to go which worked really

507
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really well um i then kind of evolved

508
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that and i started using um microsoft

509
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powerpoints with a screen share wow okay

510
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which was which is quite good because at

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the same grid system but it was clearer

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and obviously it wasn't it was wasn't

513
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from a grainy camera it was using you

514
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know it was just sharing the screen yeah

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yeah so that kind of gave me the idea of

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what i did next is uh i started using i

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brought the obs software yeah and i've

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created

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yet to test it and but i've created um

520
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essentially it's a lot of scenes

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together that sort of pinpoint the most

522
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important things so there's kind of like

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a scene for showing

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uh maybe pictures of monsters or npcs or

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important items and there's there's

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another scene for battle maps and

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there's a scene um for showing my local

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area map or my world map um and it's

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just easy just to flick through and once

530
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you have it prepared

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it's just so easy and i know that the

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other players can't move the pieces

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around which i think some people like to

534
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do which is why yeah if you want to do

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that go for real 20 or foundry or some

536
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of the other great online

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dnd playing platforms but my players

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they're okay with having the grid system

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and being able to move you know me

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moving their pieces and for them based

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on where they want to go so yeah the the

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operating broadcasting software really

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really works so the online broadcasting

544
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software sorry obs it works really

545
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really well i know a lot of people use

546
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it for

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just like you know streaming don't they

548
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um yes which i would love to have the

549
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time to do i'd love to be able to open

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up my own streaming service and

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and uh and and talk about dungeons and

552
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dragons and you know every week and like

553
00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:22,160
you do i am jealous of you

554
00:19:19,360 --> 00:19:22,160
jealous of you sir

555
00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:25,840
but um yeah i'm i'm just going to be

556
00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:27,679
using it just for the good of myself and

557
00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:29,760
my players so that once we get back to

558
00:19:27,679 --> 00:19:32,320
the you know back to playing dungeons

559
00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:34,480
and dragons um you know we'll have

560
00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:36,480
we'll have we'll have that that to um to

561
00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:37,520
use and hopefully it'll work fingers

562
00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:39,360
crossed

563
00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:41,679
yeah i did um

564
00:19:39,360 --> 00:19:43,039
some people on twitter did actually ask

565
00:19:41,679 --> 00:19:46,000
what exactly is it that you're doing on

566
00:19:43,039 --> 00:19:48,799
obs i did actually post a video of my

567
00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:50,480
setup um it's me talking very quietly

568
00:19:48,799 --> 00:19:52,080
because my children were asleep upstairs

569
00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:53,919
but

570
00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:54,960
but i did sort of like do a quick i

571
00:19:53,919 --> 00:19:57,120
think it was like a 10-minute

572
00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:58,720
run-through of what i've created so if

573
00:19:57,120 --> 00:20:00,880
anyone wants to have a look just pop

574
00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:03,600
onto pop onto my twitter

575
00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:05,520
oh cool yeah i'll i'll find that and

576
00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:08,240
i'll pop that in the air the episode

577
00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:10,159
description there's a little quick link

578
00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:11,840
so i was just going to ask like

579
00:20:10,159 --> 00:20:14,880
so are you still using like google meets

580
00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:17,600
behind the scenes for people yes yes yes

581
00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:19,280
so yeah what we do is um obviously

582
00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:21,600
the opera the online broadcasting

583
00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:23,679
software obs you can basically make that

584
00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:25,919
your webcam and so it becomes the

585
00:20:23,679 --> 00:20:27,039
overlay for your webcam so basically

586
00:20:25,919 --> 00:20:29,840
when i

587
00:20:27,039 --> 00:20:31,600
present myself on google meet i select

588
00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:33,600
obs as my webcam

589
00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:35,760
and they see everything that's on the

590
00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:38,000
obs screen and then i just tell them to

591
00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:40,559
pin it so that it's on there i am trying

592
00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:42,240
to get it so that uh i can share

593
00:20:40,559 --> 00:20:45,440
music and things like that which is a

594
00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:47,039
whole it's a hull of a ballpark um

595
00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:48,880
because you can't do it through obs

596
00:20:47,039 --> 00:20:52,799
easily i know that you can

597
00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:55,440
yeah not easily i've tried um so i'm i'm

598
00:20:52,799 --> 00:20:57,760
toying with uh spotify at the moment and

599
00:20:55,440 --> 00:21:00,720
being sharing it in my browser

600
00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:02,960
and so that i can share the sound and i

601
00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:05,919
think um we're talking utilities and

602
00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:09,039
it's a whole top part of it uh music is

603
00:21:05,919 --> 00:21:11,280
a big utility for creating an immersive

604
00:21:09,039 --> 00:21:12,480
experience for yourself and your players

605
00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:14,159
yeah i don't know if you found it

606
00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:17,360
yourself but when you when you're in a

607
00:21:14,159 --> 00:21:19,760
battle especially if it's quiet while

608
00:21:17,360 --> 00:21:22,080
people are making decisions or

609
00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:23,919
um you're in a bit of a tense moment and

610
00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:25,840
there's no music

611
00:21:23,919 --> 00:21:27,280
yeah it's kind of like watching a comedy

612
00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:28,799
without the laugh track

613
00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:31,679
yeah you know

614
00:21:28,799 --> 00:21:34,480
yeah you kind of feel a little bit um

615
00:21:31,679 --> 00:21:36,080
un-immersed in the situation yeah so i

616
00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:38,559
like having music which is why i want to

617
00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:40,000
try and bring it back um into my games

618
00:21:38,559 --> 00:21:42,960
while playing online because i always

619
00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:44,880
have it for myself i tell google to play

620
00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:47,039
uh music for myself but it's not my

621
00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:49,120
place gotta hear that so it's it's good

622
00:21:47,039 --> 00:21:52,799
for me it's not great for them

623
00:21:49,120 --> 00:21:55,039
yeah yeah i i completely agree i uh had

624
00:21:52,799 --> 00:21:57,120
i've got a bunch of playlists on spotify

625
00:21:55,039 --> 00:21:59,760
that i made and just routinely ever so

626
00:21:57,120 --> 00:22:02,000
often to add a couple of songs to them

627
00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:02,960
once for combat ones for like spooky

628
00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:04,960
combat

629
00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:07,039
ones for wilderness exploring ones for

630
00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:09,360
like spooky dungeon exploring and

631
00:22:07,039 --> 00:22:11,440
they're all kind of themed and

632
00:22:09,360 --> 00:22:14,400
yeah that was i found myself in the

633
00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:15,919
exact same position or moving online of

634
00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:18,240
man i don't want all that time i spent

635
00:22:15,919 --> 00:22:19,520
putting those playlists together to just

636
00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:21,679
go in the bin

637
00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:23,200
i gotta find a way to to use them

638
00:22:21,679 --> 00:22:24,000
otherwise it'll be exactly like you said

639
00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:27,039
that

640
00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:29,600
just dead air almost as if you know

641
00:22:27,039 --> 00:22:34,000
people out there and not taking in the

642
00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:38,320
ambiance of it so my setup is currently

643
00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:41,280
a bit of a mishmash so we use discord

644
00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:42,640
for the general video voip

645
00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:43,679
stuff

646
00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:46,000
and

647
00:22:43,679 --> 00:22:47,120
foundry as our virtual tabletop of

648
00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:49,760
choice

649
00:22:47,120 --> 00:22:53,120
we started with roll 20 but

650
00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:55,600
the free version and yeah the kind of um

651
00:22:53,120 --> 00:22:59,360
fidelity and infrastructure just wasn't

652
00:22:55,600 --> 00:23:01,520
quite there for our particular needs so

653
00:22:59,360 --> 00:23:04,559
i looked at an alternative

654
00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:06,960
and yeah we go with with foundry and

655
00:23:04,559 --> 00:23:08,720
my incarnate map-making skills to do the

656
00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:10,400
maps

657
00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:13,919
to provide the floor

658
00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:16,720
now discord has the ability to have bots

659
00:23:13,919 --> 00:23:20,000
in and so i have a bot in there that can

660
00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:22,320
play my spotify playlists which is

661
00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:25,200
about as good as i think as i'm willing

662
00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:27,440
to invest to get it there is probably

663
00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:28,640
a million and one ways to make it better

664
00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:31,120
but um

665
00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:33,039
or less of a faff shall i say

666
00:23:31,120 --> 00:23:34,000
the biggest downside is that obviously

667
00:23:33,039 --> 00:23:37,280
the bot

668
00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:38,640
counts as a user so you're kind of

669
00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:39,919
having to talk

670
00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:41,760
over it

671
00:23:39,919 --> 00:23:42,960
at least when you're playing in person

672
00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:44,720
you've just got the music coming out of

673
00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:47,039
a speaker in the corner of the room or

674
00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:48,799
whatnot and it's it's a lot more kind of

675
00:23:47,039 --> 00:23:50,640
immersive and ambient whereas in discord

676
00:23:48,799 --> 00:23:52,799
you've just got the sounds being plumbed

677
00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:54,799
straight into the players is along with

678
00:23:52,799 --> 00:23:55,840
your own voice so

679
00:23:54,799 --> 00:23:58,000
it's not

680
00:23:55,840 --> 00:24:00,240
you know it's never going to be the same

681
00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:03,600
but it's working

682
00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:05,520
as well as i can get it

683
00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:06,720
that's that's that's all we can kind of

684
00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:08,880
hope for at the minute until we're all

685
00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:10,480
back at the table isn't it you know it's

686
00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:12,000
um i quite like having a bluetooth

687
00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:13,200
speaker bank smack in the middle of the

688
00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:14,960
table and

689
00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:17,279
control everything on me no music all on

690
00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:18,880
the ipad and yeah you know it works

691
00:24:17,279 --> 00:24:20,640
really really well but until those days

692
00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:22,480
we have to try and muddle through and

693
00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:24,559
figure out a way to to get our players

694
00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:26,799
immersed through with the music

695
00:24:24,559 --> 00:24:29,600
yeah yeah yeah so i mean the physical

696
00:24:26,799 --> 00:24:31,200
book was a piece of cake to set up and

697
00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:33,039
you can just literally just plug in your

698
00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:34,720
spotify play play my spotify playlist

699
00:24:33,039 --> 00:24:36,960
and it will pull it for you and start to

700
00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:39,440
do it uh the only word of warning is

701
00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:40,960
that it tends to start super loud uh

702
00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:42,880
yeah and if you don't want six people

703
00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:44,240
pissed off at you going out my ears then

704
00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:46,000
you might wanna

705
00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:47,600
yeah turn it down turn it down to the

706
00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:50,000
minimum so that you can just hear it

707
00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:51,919
enough to create the the atmosphere yeah

708
00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:55,279
but not enough that you can't hear

709
00:24:51,919 --> 00:24:57,440
yourself speak think or yeah here yeah

710
00:24:55,279 --> 00:25:00,000
yeah exactly one of the best antidotes

711
00:24:57,440 --> 00:25:01,200
i've got with my regular combat playlist

712
00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,960
is

713
00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:04,960
my pleasure at the end of a chapter and

714
00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:06,559
they were literally just at the the boss

715
00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:07,919
of this chapter for lack of a better

716
00:25:06,559 --> 00:25:09,840
term they fought their way for a dungeon

717
00:25:07,919 --> 00:25:11,200
literally classic ground floor up to the

718
00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:13,679
second floor

719
00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:15,600
in this final cinematic room and the

720
00:25:13,679 --> 00:25:19,279
boss of this was actually like the old

721
00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:21,760
mentor of one of the players who'd

722
00:25:19,279 --> 00:25:23,840
yes he was a blood hunter who had done

723
00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:25,360
the classic oh he's gone too far in his

724
00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:28,000
research and he's become the very thing

725
00:25:25,360 --> 00:25:29,279
he was sworn to destroy classic like

726
00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:31,120
okay so the players have got to put him

727
00:25:29,279 --> 00:25:33,520
down kind of thing because he's gone too

728
00:25:31,120 --> 00:25:34,799
far he's abused his blood hunter powers

729
00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:37,039
nice and

730
00:25:34,799 --> 00:25:38,320
long story short is the player in

731
00:25:37,039 --> 00:25:40,400
question

732
00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:43,600
was literally going toe-to-toe with his

733
00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:45,679
former mentor and the song that came on

734
00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:47,360
without and this is legit i'm not you

735
00:25:45,679 --> 00:25:49,600
know making this up

736
00:25:47,360 --> 00:25:52,720
the song that came on was jewel of fates

737
00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:54,000
from star wars nice episode one and

738
00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:56,480
everyone just looked at each other and i

739
00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:57,919
was like this is perfect i could not

740
00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:59,679
have asked about anything better right

741
00:25:57,919 --> 00:26:01,279
now

742
00:25:59,679 --> 00:26:03,520
and yeah they were just clashing

743
00:26:01,279 --> 00:26:05,279
literally like obi-wan kenobi and anakin

744
00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:07,360
at the end of episode three as everyone

745
00:26:05,279 --> 00:26:08,880
was just kind of battling the moocs and

746
00:26:07,360 --> 00:26:10,960
yeah the music really really really

747
00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:13,039
helped so anything i could have done

748
00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:14,080
there to to bring that into our digital

749
00:26:13,039 --> 00:26:16,000
space

750
00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:17,520
you can bet i was

751
00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:18,480
i was putting the time in to bring that

752
00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:19,919
across

753
00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:22,720
one of the one of the uh speaking of

754
00:26:19,919 --> 00:26:25,279
some like um thematic music when i

755
00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:27,440
finished my last campaign we did have a

756
00:26:25,279 --> 00:26:28,799
bit of a thing um halfway not halfway

757
00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:31,200
that was just as kind of locked down

758
00:26:28,799 --> 00:26:33,760
nothing started um a few of the players

759
00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:35,600
left uh for various reasons but it did

760
00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:38,240
it left me with enough players to carry

761
00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:40,320
on and i think we carried on for quite

762
00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:42,159
some weeks and kind of got to the ends

763
00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:44,880
of like the big boss

764
00:26:42,159 --> 00:26:47,120
and i thought so i'm gonna do i'm gonna

765
00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:49,360
i'm gonna message these guys so uh i

766
00:26:47,120 --> 00:26:50,880
messaged them i said look i know that

767
00:26:49,360 --> 00:26:53,120
you know circumstances of how you left

768
00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:56,000
and all this but would you like to come

769
00:26:53,120 --> 00:26:56,880
back for the final final battle

770
00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,000
and

771
00:26:56,880 --> 00:26:59,600
all of them were all there yeah of

772
00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:01,360
course we'd love that it sounds epic i'm

773
00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:02,640
like great i'm not gonna tell the rest

774
00:27:01,360 --> 00:27:04,559
of the guys

775
00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:05,600
and they're like okay all right how are

776
00:27:04,559 --> 00:27:07,520
we gonna do this then i said well

777
00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:09,120
basically what's going to happen is and

778
00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:11,679
they've kind of brought your characters

779
00:27:09,120 --> 00:27:13,520
along anyway and you're kind of outside

780
00:27:11,679 --> 00:27:14,720
the room so what i'm going to what i'm

781
00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:16,480
going to do is i'm going to get to a

782
00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:17,840
point and i'm going to just add you into

783
00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:21,039
the chat into the video and i'm going to

784
00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:24,240
play the avengers theme tune so when two

785
00:27:21,039 --> 00:27:26,399
avengers assemble and uh yeah they came

786
00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:28,960
in and it was it was a goose pimpling

787
00:27:26,399 --> 00:27:31,279
moment for me as a dungeon master it was

788
00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:33,360
and because the shock and surprise on on

789
00:27:31,279 --> 00:27:35,279
on the players when when their allies

790
00:27:33,360 --> 00:27:37,679
actually turned up for the fight and i

791
00:27:35,279 --> 00:27:40,000
think we had seven players in that last

792
00:27:37,679 --> 00:27:42,000
battle it was a lot to juggle and i had

793
00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:44,559
the at the map on my living room floor

794
00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:45,520
it was a big map and it was a it was a

795
00:27:44,559 --> 00:27:47,679
great

796
00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:49,279
last session of a campaign it was

797
00:27:47,679 --> 00:27:52,080
emotional it was wonderful and i think

798
00:27:49,279 --> 00:27:52,799
the music had a big um role to play in

799
00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:54,720
that

800
00:27:52,799 --> 00:27:56,159
so uh but the fact that yeah we were

801
00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:58,159
able to do it and finish the campaign on

802
00:27:56,159 --> 00:27:59,840
such an emotional note was great um and

803
00:27:58,159 --> 00:28:01,360
i want that for every every player every

804
00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:02,720
dungeon master to be able to have that

805
00:28:01,360 --> 00:28:04,880
because it's one of the things i love

806
00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:07,679
about dungeon dragons

807
00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:10,320
yeah yeah that sounds awesome

808
00:28:07,679 --> 00:28:12,559
yeah to witness that and

809
00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:14,480
yeah seven players for a big climatic

810
00:28:12,559 --> 00:28:17,279
fight i can imagine there was a lot

811
00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:20,260
going on pretty well hectic

812
00:28:17,279 --> 00:28:24,460
it was it was

813
00:28:20,260 --> 00:28:24,460
[Music]

814
00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:34,960
so we've talked a bit about uh kind of

815
00:28:33,120 --> 00:28:37,360
maps and

816
00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:39,600
tabletop and the infrastructure i guess

817
00:28:37,360 --> 00:28:40,399
of online play

818
00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:44,320
let's

819
00:28:40,399 --> 00:28:45,679
shift a little bit into kind of dm prep

820
00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:47,520
shall we say so

821
00:28:45,679 --> 00:28:49,120
when you're doing your home brew doing

822
00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:52,000
your doing your campaign setting and so

823
00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:55,840
on and so on what utilities do you use

824
00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:59,840
to help you okay um so i mean obviously

825
00:28:55,840 --> 00:29:01,600
i have a lot of books and that i use uh

826
00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:04,159
i've i've got quite i've got all of the

827
00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:05,200
um you know like the source books so uh

828
00:29:04,159 --> 00:29:07,360
obviously the player's hand brother

829
00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:10,559
dungeon masters guide monster manual

830
00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:13,360
vulla's guides um to monsters um

831
00:29:10,559 --> 00:29:15,520
xanathar's tasha's recent most recently

832
00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:17,440
uh i've actually got a couple of um

833
00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:19,279
the campaign setting books as well so

834
00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:20,480
i've got uh guildmaster's guide to

835
00:29:19,279 --> 00:29:22,399
ravnica

836
00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:25,120
which was um which was gifted to me by

837
00:29:22,399 --> 00:29:26,720
my players um as a as a christmas

838
00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:28,080
present which was really lovely i think

839
00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:29,679
it was a christmas or a birthday present

840
00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:32,000
they all signed it it was really nice

841
00:29:29,679 --> 00:29:34,000
actually and i've i've most recently as

842
00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:36,080
well i've got the uh

843
00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:36,799
the ice windale ram with the frosman

844
00:29:36,080 --> 00:29:39,279
which

845
00:29:36,799 --> 00:29:41,840
i'm using as as inspiration because um

846
00:29:39,279 --> 00:29:44,399
in arcalia there is a frozen north uh

847
00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:47,039
which i'm planning on basing a lot

848
00:29:44,399 --> 00:29:49,840
around um you know the the icewinddale

849
00:29:47,039 --> 00:29:52,000
um you know basically magpie information

850
00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:54,640
i see something shiny i take it it's

851
00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:56,559
mine and i put it into my campaign so

852
00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:58,720
yeah a lot of it is reading up on the

853
00:29:56,559 --> 00:30:02,240
books and i take a lot of inspiration as

854
00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:04,640
well from uh critical role um which i'm

855
00:30:02,240 --> 00:30:07,520
currently listening to campaign too i'm

856
00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:09,279
loving it um so i take you know a lot of

857
00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:10,159
inspiration for matthew mercer and his

858
00:30:09,279 --> 00:30:12,399
players

859
00:30:10,159 --> 00:30:15,039
for what i put into my world in terms of

860
00:30:12,399 --> 00:30:18,000
challenges and and villains and things i

861
00:30:15,039 --> 00:30:20,399
like to to draw inspiration from there

862
00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:22,480
and then so i take it i kind of mush it

863
00:30:20,399 --> 00:30:24,399
all together and

864
00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:26,399
and then i sit down and

865
00:30:24,399 --> 00:30:27,760
[ __ ] until now until i got um until i

866
00:30:26,399 --> 00:30:32,399
got a computer i've been using my my

867
00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:35,440
ipad and i've been typing up ideas and

868
00:30:32,399 --> 00:30:38,399
it's basically a mishmash of notes and

869
00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:40,960
maps and drawings and

870
00:30:38,399 --> 00:30:43,039
scroll that's kind of comes together to

871
00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:44,960
to make your campaign obviously

872
00:30:43,039 --> 00:30:46,880
when you're planning a campaign you

873
00:30:44,960 --> 00:30:48,480
can't plan too much because you don't

874
00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:49,919
want it to all get kind of thrown in the

875
00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:53,360
bin because your players didn't go that

876
00:30:49,919 --> 00:30:55,760
way but it's always good to um have

877
00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:58,399
a timeline that's happening

878
00:30:55,760 --> 00:31:00,880
regardless of what the players do um

879
00:30:58,399 --> 00:31:02,320
yeah one thing i've i've i always have

880
00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:04,080
is i always have something that's going

881
00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:06,240
on and whether the players interact with

882
00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:08,000
that timeline or not you know with that

883
00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:09,840
with what that's what's going on there

884
00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:11,200
or not that's always happening and if

885
00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:13,039
they interfere with it it changes the

886
00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:14,240
direction of it if they don't it carries

887
00:31:13,039 --> 00:31:15,760
on going and

888
00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:17,600
it could be a world ending thing you

889
00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:19,679
know they might not you know they'll get

890
00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:23,200
dragged into it later on or it could be

891
00:31:19,679 --> 00:31:24,320
something small but um yeah i think

892
00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:26,640
just

893
00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:28,960
pulling all that together um and doing

894
00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:31,279
all that planning and like i say

895
00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:33,039
i'm actually trying to bring all my

896
00:31:31,279 --> 00:31:35,760
stuff together into a campaign guide of

897
00:31:33,039 --> 00:31:38,159
my own it's not going to be for anyone

898
00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:40,320
but myself and my players but um i'm

899
00:31:38,159 --> 00:31:43,120
doing adventures in arcadia kind of a

900
00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:45,760
campaign guide or a world book which is

901
00:31:43,120 --> 00:31:47,679
set out like a normal campaign guide so

902
00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:49,200
i'm trying to put it all together so

903
00:31:47,679 --> 00:31:51,519
that it all makes sense not just for

904
00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:53,279
myself but for my players and so they

905
00:31:51,519 --> 00:31:56,159
can read and have a bit of a better

906
00:31:53,279 --> 00:31:57,679
knowledge on the world itself

907
00:31:56,159 --> 00:31:59,600
and some of it they've actually

908
00:31:57,679 --> 00:32:01,919
contributed to because obviously when

909
00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:03,760
your players one of the big things about

910
00:32:01,919 --> 00:32:05,519
um putting your world and your campaign

911
00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:07,760
together is obviously discussing with

912
00:32:05,519 --> 00:32:08,960
your players how they fit into the world

913
00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:10,880
and

914
00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:12,559
you you can tell them this is what the

915
00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:14,640
world is like

916
00:32:12,559 --> 00:32:16,880
but then they can say okay well i want

917
00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:20,159
my player to be a noble of a house i

918
00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:22,640
want them to be a half drow who's

919
00:32:20,159 --> 00:32:24,880
and kind of brought up and you know he's

920
00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:26,240
kind of lived on the surface and you

921
00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:27,600
know he wants to go out and be an

922
00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:28,720
adventurer but you know he's obviously

923
00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:31,679
scared of what the world will think of

924
00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:32,640
it and i think right brilliant i never

925
00:32:31,679 --> 00:32:34,880
thought about how i was going to put

926
00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:36,559
drow into my world but yeah let's have

927
00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:38,080
it so that we've kind of got the story

928
00:32:36,559 --> 00:32:39,760
where this character is actually one of

929
00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:41,679
my player's characters um it's called

930
00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:43,679
raljin whywood

931
00:32:41,679 --> 00:32:46,399
uh he is a half drow from a town called

932
00:32:43,679 --> 00:32:48,559
ashinok and uh yeah he's you know he

933
00:32:46,399 --> 00:32:50,720
helped me build um

934
00:32:48,559 --> 00:32:53,840
basically a wonderful backstory about um

935
00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:56,080
how there is a faction of drow um who

936
00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:57,360
worshipped the goddess of illustrate who

937
00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:59,840
based i might i might pronounce that

938
00:32:57,360 --> 00:33:01,200
wrong he'll kill me later on but um it's

939
00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:03,279
basically

940
00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:06,080
with the way that he described me this

941
00:33:03,279 --> 00:33:07,919
to me and his passion for this

942
00:33:06,080 --> 00:33:09,600
made it so much easier to write it into

943
00:33:07,919 --> 00:33:11,200
my world and and

944
00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:13,360
basically i'm not going to give anything

945
00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:15,840
away because he will listen to this

946
00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:18,399
but you know it gives me a lot of um

947
00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:20,000
story points for his character later on

948
00:33:18,399 --> 00:33:21,279
and i've got them all written down he's

949
00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:24,159
never going to see it until it actually

950
00:33:21,279 --> 00:33:26,880
happens but you know it's given me so

951
00:33:24,159 --> 00:33:28,080
much and yeah players are a big part of

952
00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:29,120
bringing the world together in fact

953
00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:30,799
probably one of the most important

954
00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:33,519
utility you'll have for playing d you

955
00:33:30,799 --> 00:33:34,720
can't play without him and so

956
00:33:33,519 --> 00:33:37,120
otherwise you're writing a book at that

957
00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:39,200
point yeah pretty much pretty much just

958
00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:41,440
sitting here rolling my dice all alone

959
00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:41,440
um

960
00:33:41,919 --> 00:33:45,840
but uh yeah that's

961
00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:47,760
kind of my process um i always tend to

962
00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:50,320
start with a map that's

963
00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:52,399
the way that i've i tend to i don't know

964
00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:53,919
how other how other players and i'll

965
00:33:52,399 --> 00:33:56,960
probably ask you in a second how you

966
00:33:53,919 --> 00:33:59,679
started yours but um i start with an

967
00:33:56,960 --> 00:34:01,919
idea which is generally a place and then

968
00:33:59,679 --> 00:34:03,919
i build upon it and so the world i

969
00:34:01,919 --> 00:34:06,399
currently that i'm currently running my

970
00:34:03,919 --> 00:34:07,679
campaign in is actually a world

971
00:34:06,399 --> 00:34:10,159
that's um

972
00:34:07,679 --> 00:34:11,440
running several campaigns uh or two at

973
00:34:10,159 --> 00:34:14,240
the moment the other two are yet to

974
00:34:11,440 --> 00:34:16,560
start run by different dungeon masters

975
00:34:14,240 --> 00:34:18,000
so i own a continent or i build a

976
00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:19,599
continent another dungeon master is

977
00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:21,599
building a continent otherwise building

978
00:34:19,599 --> 00:34:24,079
another one and

979
00:34:21,599 --> 00:34:26,800
we basically discuss on how things link

980
00:34:24,079 --> 00:34:28,480
such as um religion and trade and

981
00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:30,320
villains and yeah some some of that kind

982
00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:31,839
of stuff but ultimately we run our

983
00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:34,240
campaign separately unless there's a

984
00:34:31,839 --> 00:34:36,159
world ending scenario in which case we

985
00:34:34,240 --> 00:34:38,159
would talk to each other about it and

986
00:34:36,159 --> 00:34:39,919
how it's going to affect each other's

987
00:34:38,159 --> 00:34:41,760
different campaigns that's cool yeah

988
00:34:39,919 --> 00:34:43,359
it's an interesting collaboration i

989
00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:45,200
started the collaboration

990
00:34:43,359 --> 00:34:47,359
um we all started the collaboration

991
00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:49,040
during lockdown because

992
00:34:47,359 --> 00:34:51,440
we couldn't go and play our friendly

993
00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:52,560
local game store bad wolf in hull

994
00:34:51,440 --> 00:34:55,440
so

995
00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:57,760
basically um we we decided we'd create a

996
00:34:55,440 --> 00:34:59,440
our own world and and then we'd start

997
00:34:57,760 --> 00:35:01,599
playing that world when we get back to

998
00:34:59,440 --> 00:35:03,359
the table if not before and can continue

999
00:35:01,599 --> 00:35:05,119
it when we get back to the table

1000
00:35:03,359 --> 00:35:06,960
and so it's been quite good so we

1001
00:35:05,119 --> 00:35:08,560
started i drew the map

1002
00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:10,480
and then we've also started filling it

1003
00:35:08,560 --> 00:35:12,079
with our own law so a map is always a

1004
00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:13,280
great starting point for me and then i

1005
00:35:12,079 --> 00:35:14,880
build upon it

1006
00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:17,680
from there i did the same with my last

1007
00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:18,640
campaign i drew the map first

1008
00:35:17,680 --> 00:35:20,320
and

1009
00:35:18,640 --> 00:35:21,839
i went from there cool so it's like a

1010
00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:23,440
it's like a top-down

1011
00:35:21,839 --> 00:35:24,480
design approach you start with the world

1012
00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:26,160
and then you

1013
00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:28,240
start to flesh it out and then

1014
00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:30,720
eventually you get to the story

1015
00:35:28,240 --> 00:35:33,760
yeah that's a really cool idea i've not

1016
00:35:30,720 --> 00:35:36,240
heard of that before of collabing on

1017
00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:37,599
setting design obviously it must happen

1018
00:35:36,240 --> 00:35:39,440
like the big books are obviously made by

1019
00:35:37,599 --> 00:35:40,720
teams of people but

1020
00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:42,720
in a homebrew set i haven't heard of

1021
00:35:40,720 --> 00:35:44,640
that before and that must be pretty cool

1022
00:35:42,720 --> 00:35:47,040
i'm now immediately thinking of like one

1023
00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:49,760
of my dm friends of being like shall we

1024
00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:52,000
merge our campaigns

1025
00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:53,760
which might end up just being like

1026
00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:55,839
an unstoppable object being

1027
00:35:53,760 --> 00:35:57,040
an unmovable

1028
00:35:55,839 --> 00:35:59,920
wall

1029
00:35:57,040 --> 00:36:01,440
rather than a a beautiful marriage of

1030
00:35:59,920 --> 00:36:04,160
settings but it's been really good

1031
00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:05,359
actually because we haven't had to um

1032
00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:07,119
like we've obviously had to collaborate

1033
00:36:05,359 --> 00:36:08,320
on stuff like the world and specific

1034
00:36:07,119 --> 00:36:10,800
stuff that would affect the world in

1035
00:36:08,320 --> 00:36:14,240
particular like for example the birth of

1036
00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:17,119
arcelia my continent is all because uh a

1037
00:36:14,240 --> 00:36:18,640
noble who was third in line to um you

1038
00:36:17,119 --> 00:36:21,119
know to his house

1039
00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:22,240
decided he was fed up of um never being

1040
00:36:21,119 --> 00:36:24,720
able to be head of his house so we

1041
00:36:22,240 --> 00:36:27,119
traveled across to find a new world and

1042
00:36:24,720 --> 00:36:29,119
he found arcadia and

1043
00:36:27,119 --> 00:36:31,520
basically built a kingdom there pushing

1044
00:36:29,119 --> 00:36:32,960
the tribes out and and he was a bit

1045
00:36:31,520 --> 00:36:34,800
tyrannical but

1046
00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:36,320
it's complicated obviously when you know

1047
00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:37,359
when it comes to stuff like kingdoms and

1048
00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:39,520
politics

1049
00:36:37,359 --> 00:36:41,359
it's very complicated but it's kind of

1050
00:36:39,520 --> 00:36:42,880
the city of anira has a bit of a dark

1051
00:36:41,359 --> 00:36:44,960
and solid past

1052
00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:47,119
but the way is that was kind of 500

1053
00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:48,880
years ago to present day the way things

1054
00:36:47,119 --> 00:36:50,960
are now it's a little bit more peaceful

1055
00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:52,480
a bit more tranquil in terms of living

1056
00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:53,599
alongside the tribes and stuff on

1057
00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:55,599
arcelia

1058
00:36:53,599 --> 00:36:58,320
but i want to be able to have that story

1059
00:36:55,599 --> 00:37:00,560
without um the other person's

1060
00:36:58,320 --> 00:37:02,800
continent and their story so it's kind

1061
00:37:00,560 --> 00:37:04,400
of it does link there which is really

1062
00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:05,680
good but in terms of running our

1063
00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:07,359
campaign

1064
00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:10,079
it's uh

1065
00:37:07,359 --> 00:37:11,760
yeah we kind of run them alongside each

1066
00:37:10,079 --> 00:37:14,400
other unless something forces them to

1067
00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:16,240
come together which we do try to avoid

1068
00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:18,640
um because we know how complicated it

1069
00:37:16,240 --> 00:37:21,440
can get but it would be cool

1070
00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:23,520
um like such say during my campaign i

1071
00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:24,960
can um say oh yeah during jimmy's

1072
00:37:23,520 --> 00:37:27,680
campaign or

1073
00:37:24,960 --> 00:37:30,640
across the waters uh on an unknown

1074
00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:32,640
continent you see a beam of light into

1075
00:37:30,640 --> 00:37:33,920
the sky and yeah and it could be

1076
00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:35,200
something that you know jimmy for

1077
00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:36,960
example might have told me about what's

1078
00:37:35,200 --> 00:37:39,119
happened in his campaign and they might

1079
00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:41,119
learn about it a little bit later on and

1080
00:37:39,119 --> 00:37:42,160
so it's just those little nods that you

1081
00:37:41,119 --> 00:37:43,920
need to have

1082
00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:47,599
kind of like a shared world

1083
00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:51,480
yeah cinematic universe if you will

1084
00:37:47,599 --> 00:37:51,480
cue the avengers soundtrack

1085
00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:55,520
that's cool that's cool so

1086
00:37:53,839 --> 00:37:56,800
yeah for me it's

1087
00:37:55,520 --> 00:37:58,640
i probably covered it the opposite

1088
00:37:56,800 --> 00:38:00,160
direction to be honest a bottom-up

1089
00:37:58,640 --> 00:38:00,960
approach so

1090
00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:03,040
i

1091
00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:06,400
also rift quite heavily on crook world

1092
00:38:03,040 --> 00:38:09,440
campaign one in terms of a broad

1093
00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:11,839
set of powerful artifacts and each one

1094
00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:13,680
of those is a self-contained

1095
00:38:11,839 --> 00:38:15,599
arc for my players to get through with

1096
00:38:13,680 --> 00:38:18,160
the beginning in the middle and end and

1097
00:38:15,599 --> 00:38:19,440
then from there i'm like okay where does

1098
00:38:18,160 --> 00:38:21,040
this

1099
00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:22,960
this needs to fit somewhere so i should

1100
00:38:21,040 --> 00:38:24,960
probably get around to building a world

1101
00:38:22,960 --> 00:38:27,599
for it to sit on you know the continents

1102
00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:30,560
and stuff so i'm approach it from from

1103
00:38:27,599 --> 00:38:33,200
the opposite direction and i am a one

1104
00:38:30,560 --> 00:38:35,520
note kind of guy for my

1105
00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:37,599
organization of whatever the heck comes

1106
00:38:35,520 --> 00:38:41,119
out of my head

1107
00:38:37,599 --> 00:38:43,280
which has been pretty good now

1108
00:38:41,119 --> 00:38:45,280
you mentioned earlier on about timelines

1109
00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:47,119
and how things are happening and 500

1110
00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:48,640
years ago this happened and so on and so

1111
00:38:47,119 --> 00:38:52,240
on do you have a tool for that at all

1112
00:38:48,640 --> 00:38:55,359
and that is a slightly loaded question

1113
00:38:52,240 --> 00:38:57,280
um actually um to be perfectly honest i

1114
00:38:55,359 --> 00:38:58,720
don't have a specific tool for building

1115
00:38:57,280 --> 00:39:00,000
me on timelines i've

1116
00:38:58,720 --> 00:39:03,040
i've tried some different things in the

1117
00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:04,240
past for like for example encounter plus

1118
00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:06,720
um

1119
00:39:04,240 --> 00:39:08,560
is an app that i use on my ipads uh

1120
00:39:06,720 --> 00:39:11,119
which is amazing for keeping track of

1121
00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:13,680
notes and things in in d d and there's

1122
00:39:11,119 --> 00:39:16,800
also another one called uh prison scroll

1123
00:39:13,680 --> 00:39:19,440
um which and the prison scroll dungeon

1124
00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:22,400
master um screen comes with a handy

1125
00:39:19,440 --> 00:39:24,240
little tool which allows you to build

1126
00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:26,800
um kind of like a connection of

1127
00:39:24,240 --> 00:39:28,480
relationships between characters which i

1128
00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:29,920
found really interesting because it

1129
00:39:28,480 --> 00:39:32,240
meant even if they weren't like blood

1130
00:39:29,920 --> 00:39:33,599
related i could kind of put groups

1131
00:39:32,240 --> 00:39:36,320
together and how these characters are

1132
00:39:33,599 --> 00:39:38,000
all related and kind of it kind of built

1133
00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:41,040
a timeline there of kind of like family

1134
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:42,880
trees and um villains that are linked to

1135
00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:44,320
certain player characters but might also

1136
00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:45,680
be linked to other player characters but

1137
00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:46,960
they don't know how they're linked chat

1138
00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:48,160
but i know how they're linked at the

1139
00:39:46,960 --> 00:39:49,520
moment

1140
00:39:48,160 --> 00:39:51,760
so it's um

1141
00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:54,480
yeah i don't but i don't specifically

1142
00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:56,400
have a tool that builds a timeline

1143
00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:57,599
um but if you have any suggestions i'm

1144
00:39:56,400 --> 00:39:59,680
definitely open to it because i'm

1145
00:39:57,599 --> 00:40:00,640
definitely open to broaden my horizons

1146
00:39:59,680 --> 00:40:03,760
on that one

1147
00:40:00,640 --> 00:40:05,920
yeah i i started trying to put some

1148
00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:08,800
stuff down in excel

1149
00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:11,040
which a look hella messy a b i don't

1150
00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:12,640
think i'd ever have got to look like

1151
00:40:11,040 --> 00:40:14,240
you know a nice pretty

1152
00:40:12,640 --> 00:40:16,400
timeline you know like you'd see in a

1153
00:40:14,240 --> 00:40:19,520
film or something the closest i've got

1154
00:40:16,400 --> 00:40:21,839
so far is on a website called world

1155
00:40:19,520 --> 00:40:24,880
anvil oh yes yeah which which does have

1156
00:40:21,839 --> 00:40:27,440
a timeline functionality some of the

1157
00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:28,240
granular features are behind a paywall

1158
00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:31,920
as

1159
00:40:28,240 --> 00:40:33,760
you'd expect um but for basic stuff i

1160
00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:35,280
think it's pretty powerful and you can

1161
00:40:33,760 --> 00:40:37,359
you know scroll up and down through it

1162
00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:39,440
and bits jump out left hand and right

1163
00:40:37,359 --> 00:40:40,560
hand side and you know dynamically

1164
00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:43,200
linked to

1165
00:40:40,560 --> 00:40:44,640
people and places that you mentioned so

1166
00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:46,640
that's pretty cool actually i might have

1167
00:40:44,640 --> 00:40:49,040
to give that a look one thing i do

1168
00:40:46,640 --> 00:40:53,040
actually have um when i run my sessions

1169
00:40:49,040 --> 00:40:54,000
is a world calendar which um

1170
00:40:53,040 --> 00:40:56,720
basically

1171
00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:58,960
my own creation of months and years yeah

1172
00:40:56,720 --> 00:41:01,599
i've made and still kept it within the

1173
00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:03,599
12 12 months of the year thing and i

1174
00:41:01,599 --> 00:41:06,880
think i created the first um

1175
00:41:03,599 --> 00:41:08,720
a first draft of it it had uh 10 months

1176
00:41:06,880 --> 00:41:10,560
25 days in each month

1177
00:41:08,720 --> 00:41:13,119
and then my friend said to me does that

1178
00:41:10,560 --> 00:41:14,360
mean that humans don't live as long

1179
00:41:13,119 --> 00:41:16,240
i was like [ __ ] yeah

1180
00:41:14,360 --> 00:41:17,520
[Laughter]

1181
00:41:16,240 --> 00:41:19,119
because obviously it means that if a

1182
00:41:17,520 --> 00:41:21,280
human is technically 80 years old they

1183
00:41:19,119 --> 00:41:23,040
were significantly younger yes you know

1184
00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:24,480
years shorter yeah yeah so it's

1185
00:41:23,040 --> 00:41:26,640
basically the years are shorter so it's

1186
00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:28,319
um so i was thinking actually yeah okay

1187
00:41:26,640 --> 00:41:30,160
i'll create another calendar that makes

1188
00:41:28,319 --> 00:41:32,319
up for that so yeah i actually have a

1189
00:41:30,160 --> 00:41:35,520
calendar what i do is whenever i have a

1190
00:41:32,319 --> 00:41:38,240
session i make notes within the calendar

1191
00:41:35,520 --> 00:41:40,480
so if the players travel um somewhere

1192
00:41:38,240 --> 00:41:41,839
i'll say what they're doing on that day

1193
00:41:40,480 --> 00:41:43,920
if they're traveling for like three days

1194
00:41:41,839 --> 00:41:45,680
i'll say spend time traveling and i'll

1195
00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:47,760
i'll make sure i know what day it is in

1196
00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:49,119
the game and that way it also supports

1197
00:41:47,760 --> 00:41:50,480
the immersion of the game because if a

1198
00:41:49,119 --> 00:41:52,079
player says

1199
00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:54,240
oh what day is it today i don't want to

1200
00:41:52,079 --> 00:41:56,079
say well it's sunday you know because

1201
00:41:54,240 --> 00:41:57,680
that doesn't sound very fantasy does it

1202
00:41:56,079 --> 00:41:59,520
you know so i can i can tell them that

1203
00:41:57,680 --> 00:42:03,040
it's um you know it's the first day of

1204
00:41:59,520 --> 00:42:04,480
draco sunox and um it kind of brings

1205
00:42:03,040 --> 00:42:06,160
that immersion in because they're kind

1206
00:42:04,480 --> 00:42:07,359
of like oh that's yeah that's that's the

1207
00:42:06,160 --> 00:42:09,200
day it is

1208
00:42:07,359 --> 00:42:11,359
in in this world of like us

1209
00:42:09,200 --> 00:42:13,200
in our career in the universe

1210
00:42:11,359 --> 00:42:15,119
it's um it kind of brings it back in and

1211
00:42:13,200 --> 00:42:17,599
helps to bring together that immersion

1212
00:42:15,119 --> 00:42:19,359
so yeah i do i i have that too to help

1213
00:42:17,599 --> 00:42:21,520
build the timeline as well

1214
00:42:19,359 --> 00:42:23,119
you can also put things in such as uh

1215
00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:24,079
celebrations and things like that in

1216
00:42:23,119 --> 00:42:26,560
there

1217
00:42:24,079 --> 00:42:28,319
yeah great great minds because as you

1218
00:42:26,560 --> 00:42:30,240
were talking i literally brought up my

1219
00:42:28,319 --> 00:42:33,119
spreadsheet which i also made my own

1220
00:42:30,240 --> 00:42:35,599
calendar which i hate you now because

1221
00:42:33,119 --> 00:42:39,760
mine only has 220 days in it

1222
00:42:35,599 --> 00:42:42,880
uh and i did not think that that would

1223
00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:44,640
oh yeah so uh yeah great so thanks

1224
00:42:42,880 --> 00:42:46,400
cheers uh i have to go back to the

1225
00:42:44,640 --> 00:42:48,800
drawing board now sorry about that i do

1226
00:42:46,400 --> 00:42:50,720
apologize

1227
00:42:48,800 --> 00:42:52,560
so just like you i made my own months

1228
00:42:50,720 --> 00:42:54,000
for the exact same reason

1229
00:42:52,560 --> 00:42:55,599
simplified it to a certain extent you

1230
00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:58,560
know there's no leap years or

1231
00:42:55,599 --> 00:42:59,760
crazy weird foibles like that but

1232
00:42:58,560 --> 00:43:01,359
as i said great minds because i'm

1233
00:42:59,760 --> 00:43:03,200
literally tracking the days of the

1234
00:43:01,359 --> 00:43:06,000
campaign through it so i know where in

1235
00:43:03,200 --> 00:43:07,359
the year they are if it's only purely

1236
00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:08,800
for the reason that you've got a

1237
00:43:07,359 --> 00:43:10,560
legitimate reason to say okay it's

1238
00:43:08,800 --> 00:43:13,680
winter now

1239
00:43:10,560 --> 00:43:16,079
so it's cold excellent that's it so it's

1240
00:43:13,680 --> 00:43:18,800
also good for um for tracking distance

1241
00:43:16,079 --> 00:43:19,520
as well which i found um it's easier to

1242
00:43:18,800 --> 00:43:21,760
say

1243
00:43:19,520 --> 00:43:24,960
because i have hexagons on my world map

1244
00:43:21,760 --> 00:43:28,079
so i know one hexagon is 50 miles and so

1245
00:43:24,960 --> 00:43:30,960
i i do google it a lot so i say how long

1246
00:43:28,079 --> 00:43:34,560
would it take um to travel 50 miles or

1247
00:43:30,960 --> 00:43:36,560
no this 200 miles on foot and i can type

1248
00:43:34,560 --> 00:43:39,280
that into google and uncle google quite

1249
00:43:36,560 --> 00:43:40,960
happily tells me that it takes this many

1250
00:43:39,280 --> 00:43:42,720
days so i can say okay well if they're

1251
00:43:40,960 --> 00:43:44,880
gonna fast travel from this place to

1252
00:43:42,720 --> 00:43:45,920
this place i can mark down on my on my

1253
00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:47,359
calendar

1254
00:43:45,920 --> 00:43:48,960
that they've traveled for this long and

1255
00:43:47,359 --> 00:43:50,800
i'm not kind of throwing on the days

1256
00:43:48,960 --> 00:43:53,760
which is actually one one thing big

1257
00:43:50,800 --> 00:43:55,280
mistake i made in my last campaign

1258
00:43:53,760 --> 00:43:57,520
my distances

1259
00:43:55,280 --> 00:43:58,800
and everything were kind of thrown all

1260
00:43:57,520 --> 00:44:02,240
over the place i didn't really have a

1261
00:43:58,800 --> 00:44:04,720
good idea in my head of how far it was

1262
00:44:02,240 --> 00:44:07,680
between places and i'd made the world so

1263
00:44:04,720 --> 00:44:09,359
big it would have taken the characters

1264
00:44:07,680 --> 00:44:11,839
too long to get from one place to

1265
00:44:09,359 --> 00:44:14,240
another and i kind of fast traveled most

1266
00:44:11,839 --> 00:44:16,720
things and yeah but and i kind of lost

1267
00:44:14,240 --> 00:44:18,560
track of time so building the calendar

1268
00:44:16,720 --> 00:44:20,560
and knowing how long it takes to get

1269
00:44:18,560 --> 00:44:22,160
from here to be is a big help and it

1270
00:44:20,560 --> 00:44:24,640
really helps with the emergence big

1271
00:44:22,160 --> 00:44:26,720
buzzword i love that word immersion

1272
00:44:24,640 --> 00:44:28,720
yes yeah i'm gonna take

1273
00:44:26,720 --> 00:44:30,079
some notes there because i'm

1274
00:44:28,720 --> 00:44:32,560
absolutely

1275
00:44:30,079 --> 00:44:34,800
fallen in the same trap and it it ties

1276
00:44:32,560 --> 00:44:36,800
back to my lack of artistic ability is

1277
00:44:34,800 --> 00:44:38,319
that like i've got

1278
00:44:36,800 --> 00:44:40,480
and i have a frame of reference because

1279
00:44:38,319 --> 00:44:43,040
i live on a planet but

1280
00:44:40,480 --> 00:44:45,359
in terms of during maps my scales are

1281
00:44:43,040 --> 00:44:47,359
probably like bonkers and i'm really

1282
00:44:45,359 --> 00:44:49,520
hoping my players just go

1283
00:44:47,359 --> 00:44:51,119
okay down low it is what it is and i'm

1284
00:44:49,520 --> 00:44:52,160
not going to ask too many questions

1285
00:44:51,119 --> 00:44:53,839
because

1286
00:44:52,160 --> 00:44:56,319
we're in a paper house

1287
00:44:53,839 --> 00:44:57,839
yeah pretty much yeah

1288
00:44:56,319 --> 00:44:59,359
yeah so uh

1289
00:44:57,839 --> 00:45:01,280
that's that's

1290
00:44:59,359 --> 00:45:04,800
one thing oh uh you mentioned earlier on

1291
00:45:01,280 --> 00:45:06,800
again about like tying um characters

1292
00:45:04,800 --> 00:45:09,119
together play characters backstories

1293
00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:11,280
together so another utility that i use

1294
00:45:09,119 --> 00:45:14,160
funny enough i found it through my place

1295
00:45:11,280 --> 00:45:15,839
of work it's basically a an online

1296
00:45:14,160 --> 00:45:17,839
or there is a downloadable client too

1297
00:45:15,839 --> 00:45:19,760
but free version of a diagramming

1298
00:45:17,839 --> 00:45:22,480
software it's called diagrams.net okay

1299
00:45:19,760 --> 00:45:25,040
so consider vizio as a paid for

1300
00:45:22,480 --> 00:45:28,079
alternative microsoft physio but i have

1301
00:45:25,040 --> 00:45:31,280
found that to be very useful for putting

1302
00:45:28,079 --> 00:45:33,680
my threads down to say okay so

1303
00:45:31,280 --> 00:45:35,040
this player's done this he done this

1304
00:45:33,680 --> 00:45:36,400
that connects to this other player and

1305
00:45:35,040 --> 00:45:37,839
this other way

1306
00:45:36,400 --> 00:45:39,680
and then there's a couple of branches in

1307
00:45:37,839 --> 00:45:42,560
there based on the decisions they may or

1308
00:45:39,680 --> 00:45:44,079
may not make in 12 months time yeah and

1309
00:45:42,560 --> 00:45:46,319
then that will say okay if that happens

1310
00:45:44,079 --> 00:45:47,920
then this affects that and and here's

1311
00:45:46,319 --> 00:45:49,599
how the de plays into it and so on and

1312
00:45:47,920 --> 00:45:51,680
so on so that would be a utility that i

1313
00:45:49,599 --> 00:45:53,760
use that has been quite a useful tool

1314
00:45:51,680 --> 00:45:55,760
for representing

1315
00:45:53,760 --> 00:45:57,760
some relationships that the links and

1316
00:45:55,760 --> 00:46:00,319
difference between the characters one

1317
00:45:57,760 --> 00:46:03,520
thing i did which was it was a risky

1318
00:46:00,319 --> 00:46:05,599
move and it almost didn't pay off it did

1319
00:46:03,520 --> 00:46:07,040
it it did kind of make me think oh i

1320
00:46:05,599 --> 00:46:08,560
hope this i hope this is gonna work

1321
00:46:07,040 --> 00:46:10,240
because it was felt like after the

1322
00:46:08,560 --> 00:46:12,480
second session i was thinking

1323
00:46:10,240 --> 00:46:14,319
oh crap it's not gonna work but um i

1324
00:46:12,480 --> 00:46:15,200
actually brought my players together

1325
00:46:14,319 --> 00:46:15,920
under

1326
00:46:15,200 --> 00:46:17,920
a

1327
00:46:15,920 --> 00:46:20,319
familiar contact it's basically a

1328
00:46:17,920 --> 00:46:21,920
character called dondon wiseman and he

1329
00:46:20,319 --> 00:46:24,000
he basically wrote a letter to all of

1330
00:46:21,920 --> 00:46:26,240
the players asking them to meet him uh

1331
00:46:24,000 --> 00:46:28,000
on the specific bridge and so he could

1332
00:46:26,240 --> 00:46:30,319
basically ask them for help in something

1333
00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:31,839
that he's basically been working on and

1334
00:46:30,319 --> 00:46:34,160
he's kind of got himself in a bit of a

1335
00:46:31,839 --> 00:46:36,640
pickle but the way i kind of wrote the

1336
00:46:34,160 --> 00:46:38,640
characters i said to them all right okay

1337
00:46:36,640 --> 00:46:41,359
before we start the campaign you know a

1338
00:46:38,640 --> 00:46:44,000
man or you once knew a man called dundon

1339
00:46:41,359 --> 00:46:46,560
wiseman you don't speak to him anymore

1340
00:46:44,000 --> 00:46:48,640
and the last time you saw him you had a

1341
00:46:46,560 --> 00:46:51,280
falling out and

1342
00:46:48,640 --> 00:46:53,440
it was risky and basically i kind of put

1343
00:46:51,280 --> 00:46:55,280
in um the letter that i wrote to all my

1344
00:46:53,440 --> 00:46:56,960
players which is another things a great

1345
00:46:55,280 --> 00:46:58,480
utility is bringing like writing letters

1346
00:46:56,960 --> 00:47:00,880
and things like that and so that's that

1347
00:46:58,480 --> 00:47:02,000
that's my link here um

1348
00:47:00,880 --> 00:47:03,680
but um

1349
00:47:02,000 --> 00:47:05,440
but yeah in the letter i basically wrote

1350
00:47:03,680 --> 00:47:08,400
that he wanted to have his opportunity

1351
00:47:05,440 --> 00:47:10,720
to apologize for the thing that he'd

1352
00:47:08,400 --> 00:47:13,760
done to them i made it specifically

1353
00:47:10,720 --> 00:47:15,200
ambiguous specifically um vague and so

1354
00:47:13,760 --> 00:47:17,440
that you know when they came to it it

1355
00:47:15,200 --> 00:47:18,880
would be um so they all knew why they'd

1356
00:47:17,440 --> 00:47:20,079
fallen out with him the other players

1357
00:47:18,880 --> 00:47:21,520
didn't know that they all knew each

1358
00:47:20,079 --> 00:47:23,119
other and that they're all linked by

1359
00:47:21,520 --> 00:47:24,480
this person so when it all came together

1360
00:47:23,119 --> 00:47:26,240
it was a big mystery

1361
00:47:24,480 --> 00:47:27,200
and i think my players got a bit anxious

1362
00:47:26,240 --> 00:47:29,839
because they didn't know where it was

1363
00:47:27,200 --> 00:47:33,200
going it did unveil itself but he's

1364
00:47:29,839 --> 00:47:35,760
actually an adult silver dragon and who

1365
00:47:33,200 --> 00:47:37,920
you know it's the big twist um who's um

1366
00:47:35,760 --> 00:47:39,599
kind of got a stake in trying to bring

1367
00:47:37,920 --> 00:47:42,640
good to the kingdom when he's found out

1368
00:47:39,599 --> 00:47:45,839
that a secret group known as veracity is

1369
00:47:42,640 --> 00:47:48,240
trying to um control the throne by

1370
00:47:45,839 --> 00:47:50,240
controlling who sits on it next

1371
00:47:48,240 --> 00:47:52,079
so he's trying to make sure that you

1372
00:47:50,240 --> 00:47:53,680
know he's trying to do good but he knows

1373
00:47:52,079 --> 00:47:55,839
that he's been found out and he needs

1374
00:47:53,680 --> 00:47:57,200
people to do you know try and help him

1375
00:47:55,839 --> 00:47:59,200
and which is why he's brought the team

1376
00:47:57,200 --> 00:48:01,599
together and it's actually starting to

1377
00:47:59,200 --> 00:48:02,880
pay off now it worked and there's some

1378
00:48:01,599 --> 00:48:04,720
wonderful relationships that my

1379
00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:06,800
characters have with this guy

1380
00:48:04,720 --> 00:48:09,440
which is it's really working really well

1381
00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:11,839
we have a goblin um who was raised by

1382
00:48:09,440 --> 00:48:13,359
dundon but he fell out with him because

1383
00:48:11,839 --> 00:48:15,040
you know he fell to his goblin nature

1384
00:48:13,359 --> 00:48:16,880
and joined the thieves guild you know

1385
00:48:15,040 --> 00:48:19,520
basically i'm a goblin so i'll be a

1386
00:48:16,880 --> 00:48:21,280
goblin yes but um it turns out when he

1387
00:48:19,520 --> 00:48:23,839
actually came back to you know he had

1388
00:48:21,280 --> 00:48:25,040
this letter from from dondon and um you

1389
00:48:23,839 --> 00:48:28,000
know he wrote back to him that he

1390
00:48:25,040 --> 00:48:29,440
actually showed his caring side so he's

1391
00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:30,960
been this goblin this whole time but

1392
00:48:29,440 --> 00:48:32,240
then when he found out that dundum was

1393
00:48:30,960 --> 00:48:34,640
in trouble and you know he actually

1394
00:48:32,240 --> 00:48:36,880
saved their lives he saved them from a

1395
00:48:34,640 --> 00:48:39,520
big green dragon he

1396
00:48:36,880 --> 00:48:41,760
um and then you know he looked after him

1397
00:48:39,520 --> 00:48:43,440
and brought him back to health and uh

1398
00:48:41,760 --> 00:48:45,040
yeah he's he started to show that caring

1399
00:48:43,440 --> 00:48:46,559
side which is obviously it's intriguing

1400
00:48:45,040 --> 00:48:49,359
for for a goblin i'm really looking

1401
00:48:46,559 --> 00:48:51,440
forward to exploring um korvax's uh

1402
00:48:49,359 --> 00:48:54,480
backstory um on that one i've got reams

1403
00:48:51,440 --> 00:48:56,960
of notes for him as well so

1404
00:48:54,480 --> 00:48:58,640
yeah yeah same my

1405
00:48:56,960 --> 00:49:00,720
oh i was

1406
00:48:58,640 --> 00:49:02,160
kind of lucky in that one of my players

1407
00:49:00,720 --> 00:49:05,680
got a lucky card not as a double-edged

1408
00:49:02,160 --> 00:49:06,720
sword but went the amnesia route so they

1409
00:49:05,680 --> 00:49:08,400
they pretty much started with a blank

1410
00:49:06,720 --> 00:49:10,240
slate they were a new player first time

1411
00:49:08,400 --> 00:49:10,960
so i kind of forgave them for not giving

1412
00:49:10,240 --> 00:49:12,720
me

1413
00:49:10,960 --> 00:49:14,240
you know a page worth of absolutely

1414
00:49:12,720 --> 00:49:15,200
fantastic fantasy backstory so i was

1415
00:49:14,240 --> 00:49:16,880
like okay let's just run with that it's

1416
00:49:15,200 --> 00:49:18,880
just i just want to get us at the table

1417
00:49:16,880 --> 00:49:20,880
right but that has obviously given me a

1418
00:49:18,880 --> 00:49:23,920
huge amount of leeway to be like right

1419
00:49:20,880 --> 00:49:25,839
okay let me go to town on this person's

1420
00:49:23,920 --> 00:49:27,280
backstory because it could just be

1421
00:49:25,839 --> 00:49:29,040
literally anything

1422
00:49:27,280 --> 00:49:30,960
that has happened in their past you know

1423
00:49:29,040 --> 00:49:33,760
who they were who their family were how

1424
00:49:30,960 --> 00:49:36,480
they had amnesia so on and so on so

1425
00:49:33,760 --> 00:49:39,760
yeah i am i know that feeling very well

1426
00:49:36,480 --> 00:49:41,280
of looking forward to uh investigating

1427
00:49:39,760 --> 00:49:42,559
the back stories

1428
00:49:41,280 --> 00:49:43,440
um

1429
00:49:42,559 --> 00:49:45,680
we've

1430
00:49:43,440 --> 00:49:49,520
talked at length about kind of outside

1431
00:49:45,680 --> 00:49:51,440
of game utilities mainly for dms but um

1432
00:49:49,520 --> 00:49:52,640
also some food for thought for some

1433
00:49:51,440 --> 00:49:54,800
players

1434
00:49:52,640 --> 00:49:56,079
let's shift gears again and think about

1435
00:49:54,800 --> 00:49:57,440
in-game

1436
00:49:56,079 --> 00:50:01,359
utilities

1437
00:49:57,440 --> 00:50:04,480
so things that player characters can use

1438
00:50:01,359 --> 00:50:06,240
in game to help themselves i suppose so

1439
00:50:04,480 --> 00:50:08,880
i don't know if there's any utilities

1440
00:50:06,240 --> 00:50:12,400
your players have used or if anything

1441
00:50:08,880 --> 00:50:14,319
springs to mind immediately i think um

1442
00:50:12,400 --> 00:50:16,559
i think when you think of utilities in

1443
00:50:14,319 --> 00:50:18,000
game i automatically go to the different

1444
00:50:16,559 --> 00:50:20,480
kits that you can get such as thieves

1445
00:50:18,000 --> 00:50:22,960
tools carpenters kits um i don't know

1446
00:50:20,480 --> 00:50:24,800
what lock picks yeah and and all those

1447
00:50:22,960 --> 00:50:26,480
kind of things that's that's where my

1448
00:50:24,800 --> 00:50:28,880
mind jumps to when when i think of

1449
00:50:26,480 --> 00:50:30,559
utilities in game and i think it's

1450
00:50:28,880 --> 00:50:34,400
something that we underestimate quite a

1451
00:50:30,559 --> 00:50:36,880
lot and like sometimes you as a dm um

1452
00:50:34,400 --> 00:50:39,280
might take for granted that if uh for

1453
00:50:36,880 --> 00:50:40,640
example your goblin rogue wants to

1454
00:50:39,280 --> 00:50:42,559
unpick a lock

1455
00:50:40,640 --> 00:50:44,160
and i had this happening in a campaign

1456
00:50:42,559 --> 00:50:46,240
that i was actually playing in

1457
00:50:44,160 --> 00:50:47,359
we'd just be washed up ashore we didn't

1458
00:50:46,240 --> 00:50:50,160
have anything

1459
00:50:47,359 --> 00:50:51,760
um so when this when when a goblin when

1460
00:50:50,160 --> 00:50:52,880
the goblin road wants to go and pick a

1461
00:50:51,760 --> 00:50:54,800
lock

1462
00:50:52,880 --> 00:50:57,200
his dear didn't have any lock picks he

1463
00:50:54,800 --> 00:50:58,640
can't pick the lock um so it's it's

1464
00:50:57,200 --> 00:51:00,960
actually really important to note though

1465
00:50:58,640 --> 00:51:02,640
when you've got utilities in the game

1466
00:51:00,960 --> 00:51:04,720
what the characters actually have it's

1467
00:51:02,640 --> 00:51:05,760
important as a dungeon master to know

1468
00:51:04,720 --> 00:51:07,200
what they are

1469
00:51:05,760 --> 00:51:09,119
and to know what they've got and what

1470
00:51:07,200 --> 00:51:11,119
they have got because sometimes they

1471
00:51:09,119 --> 00:51:13,280
could say i want to pick the lock and

1472
00:51:11,119 --> 00:51:16,079
you could just absolutely say okay yeah

1473
00:51:13,280 --> 00:51:17,440
roll you know dexterity check um

1474
00:51:16,079 --> 00:51:18,800
and

1475
00:51:17,440 --> 00:51:20,839
they'll they'll do it and then they'll

1476
00:51:18,800 --> 00:51:23,680
roll a natural 20 and they pick the lock

1477
00:51:20,839 --> 00:51:25,520
now you know really if they don't have

1478
00:51:23,680 --> 00:51:27,280
the lock picks the lock shouldn't be

1479
00:51:25,520 --> 00:51:28,720
able to be broken unless of course they

1480
00:51:27,280 --> 00:51:30,480
say i'm going to pick the lock with this

1481
00:51:28,720 --> 00:51:31,760
dagger that i found and an actual 20

1482
00:51:30,480 --> 00:51:33,680
would probably tip it over the edge and

1483
00:51:31,760 --> 00:51:34,800
you'd say okay yeah you break the lock

1484
00:51:33,680 --> 00:51:36,240
um

1485
00:51:34,800 --> 00:51:38,319
but yeah you've got to you've got to

1486
00:51:36,240 --> 00:51:40,319
kind of take note of the utilities

1487
00:51:38,319 --> 00:51:41,520
that the players have in the game and i

1488
00:51:40,319 --> 00:51:42,800
think that's one thing i've learned as

1489
00:51:41,520 --> 00:51:45,440
an master

1490
00:51:42,800 --> 00:51:47,440
you know over my time of playing is

1491
00:51:45,440 --> 00:51:49,119
taking note of what the players have in

1492
00:51:47,440 --> 00:51:52,880
terms of gold

1493
00:51:49,119 --> 00:51:55,760
items arrows is a big one and how many

1494
00:51:52,880 --> 00:51:58,000
times does your ranger um fire arrows

1495
00:51:55,760 --> 00:51:59,920
uh and you know you you're not keeping

1496
00:51:58,000 --> 00:52:01,839
track of how many they've got left um

1497
00:51:59,920 --> 00:52:04,240
unless of course it's um

1498
00:52:01,839 --> 00:52:06,480
like special arrows you might gift them

1499
00:52:04,240 --> 00:52:08,000
like three fire arrows so they might say

1500
00:52:06,480 --> 00:52:09,680
okay i'm using one of my fire arrows you

1501
00:52:08,000 --> 00:52:12,480
could say mark it off

1502
00:52:09,680 --> 00:52:14,000
but it comes to just shooting arrows

1503
00:52:12,480 --> 00:52:15,839
unless they've got an endless quiver

1504
00:52:14,000 --> 00:52:17,359
which i gave one of my players

1505
00:52:15,839 --> 00:52:20,400
in my last campaign because i was sick

1506
00:52:17,359 --> 00:52:21,920
of tree keeping track of their arrows

1507
00:52:20,400 --> 00:52:24,880
and yeah you've got to kind of you've

1508
00:52:21,920 --> 00:52:27,440
got to know how many they've got left so

1509
00:52:24,880 --> 00:52:29,920
yeah it is my interesting

1510
00:52:27,440 --> 00:52:32,880
take and i must be from a different

1511
00:52:29,920 --> 00:52:34,400
school of thought on this because

1512
00:52:32,880 --> 00:52:36,240
my stance is

1513
00:52:34,400 --> 00:52:37,599
they're your characters you need to know

1514
00:52:36,240 --> 00:52:38,720
what you have

1515
00:52:37,599 --> 00:52:40,400
maybe

1516
00:52:38,720 --> 00:52:42,240
man this episode in the previous episode

1517
00:52:40,400 --> 00:52:43,280
uh i just sound like the worst dm in the

1518
00:52:42,240 --> 00:52:45,760
world

1519
00:52:43,280 --> 00:52:47,119
the meanest dm in the world i assure you

1520
00:52:45,760 --> 00:52:48,240
i need to get one of my other players to

1521
00:52:47,119 --> 00:52:50,000
come on at some point they're just like

1522
00:52:48,240 --> 00:52:52,160
no donald you're great i love everything

1523
00:52:50,000 --> 00:52:54,079
you do um

1524
00:52:52,160 --> 00:52:56,400
but

1525
00:52:54,079 --> 00:52:59,200
but i i'm very much like man i've got

1526
00:52:56,400 --> 00:53:02,240
way too much on my plate to think about

1527
00:52:59,200 --> 00:53:03,839
what you guys have got so i'm again

1528
00:53:02,240 --> 00:53:05,920
lucky in that i don't really have anyone

1529
00:53:03,839 --> 00:53:07,280
with a bow and arrow the hex blade

1530
00:53:05,920 --> 00:53:09,280
warlock sometimes does but of course

1531
00:53:07,280 --> 00:53:11,040
it's summoned so

1532
00:53:09,280 --> 00:53:13,680
there's no concerns there the only

1533
00:53:11,040 --> 00:53:16,800
concern i had was the rogue throwing

1534
00:53:13,680 --> 00:53:19,200
daggers and he quite early on in the

1535
00:53:16,800 --> 00:53:20,640
campaign picked up at basically a dagger

1536
00:53:19,200 --> 00:53:22,319
of returning

1537
00:53:20,640 --> 00:53:24,240
for that exact reason of not having to

1538
00:53:22,319 --> 00:53:26,839
worry too much about

1539
00:53:24,240 --> 00:53:29,440
losing daggers or more specifically

1540
00:53:26,839 --> 00:53:31,599
about yes the belt of returning is a

1541
00:53:29,440 --> 00:53:32,720
great object to have a campaign i did i

1542
00:53:31,599 --> 00:53:34,240
included that in one of my last

1543
00:53:32,720 --> 00:53:36,480
campaigns as well i think you've been a

1544
00:53:34,240 --> 00:53:38,800
bit too hard on yourself though because

1545
00:53:36,480 --> 00:53:40,480
it is important that the players

1546
00:53:38,800 --> 00:53:41,359
take responsibility for what they have

1547
00:53:40,480 --> 00:53:42,480
and

1548
00:53:41,359 --> 00:53:44,640
i think i might have been the hard one

1549
00:53:42,480 --> 00:53:46,720
saying that you as a dm and myself as a

1550
00:53:44,640 --> 00:53:48,319
dm or all the dms out there have to take

1551
00:53:46,720 --> 00:53:50,640
responsibility for what the players have

1552
00:53:48,319 --> 00:53:53,280
they don't um i'm a very trusting

1553
00:53:50,640 --> 00:53:55,119
dungeon master and so you know i do

1554
00:53:53,280 --> 00:53:56,960
trust my players to keep track of their

1555
00:53:55,119 --> 00:53:59,040
arrows and their and their hit points

1556
00:53:56,960 --> 00:54:01,440
and their gold and all those kind of

1557
00:53:59,040 --> 00:54:03,359
things um specifically as well the dice

1558
00:54:01,440 --> 00:54:05,119
rolls i don't like using an online dice

1559
00:54:03,359 --> 00:54:07,119
roller i prefer i like to roll my own

1560
00:54:05,119 --> 00:54:09,200
dice my players like to roll their own

1561
00:54:07,119 --> 00:54:10,800
dice and so i let them roll their dice

1562
00:54:09,200 --> 00:54:12,319
and they tell me what they get you know

1563
00:54:10,800 --> 00:54:13,359
it's it's it's all about trusting your

1564
00:54:12,319 --> 00:54:16,160
players because you're all there to have

1565
00:54:13,359 --> 00:54:18,720
fun and to be honest in my opinion the

1566
00:54:16,160 --> 00:54:20,559
botches are funner or funnier i'm a

1567
00:54:18,720 --> 00:54:23,280
teacher i shouldn't say funny and more

1568
00:54:20,559 --> 00:54:26,559
fun more fun thank you the botches have

1569
00:54:23,280 --> 00:54:29,680
more fun um sometimes than the natural

1570
00:54:26,559 --> 00:54:31,920
20s those critical roles and so

1571
00:54:29,680 --> 00:54:33,839
you know it's yeah we're all we're all

1572
00:54:31,920 --> 00:54:35,440
playing to have fun so trust comes in

1573
00:54:33,839 --> 00:54:36,799
there as well so

1574
00:54:35,440 --> 00:54:39,280
you know trusting that your players are

1575
00:54:36,799 --> 00:54:40,319
keeping track of the utilities is uh is

1576
00:54:39,280 --> 00:54:42,079
important

1577
00:54:40,319 --> 00:54:44,000
i think maybe digital versus physical

1578
00:54:42,079 --> 00:54:46,319
dice rolling might be the great schism

1579
00:54:44,000 --> 00:54:48,079
of 2020

1580
00:54:46,319 --> 00:54:49,839
i think i think you should do an episode

1581
00:54:48,079 --> 00:54:52,960
based on that i think you'd probably get

1582
00:54:49,839 --> 00:54:54,720
a good conversation going yeah yeah

1583
00:54:52,960 --> 00:54:56,480
if we can last if it's somewhat of an

1584
00:54:54,720 --> 00:54:58,960
opposing thought then if we can last the

1585
00:54:56,480 --> 00:55:01,280
full hour then yeah yeah

1586
00:54:58,960 --> 00:55:04,240
i i so here's a utility that i was going

1587
00:55:01,280 --> 00:55:06,960
to say it's a perfect segue um

1588
00:55:04,240 --> 00:55:08,880
for players is digital dice rolling so

1589
00:55:06,960 --> 00:55:09,680
which is

1590
00:55:08,880 --> 00:55:11,359
uh

1591
00:55:09,680 --> 00:55:13,920
i've got a lot of dice right everybody

1592
00:55:11,359 --> 00:55:15,520
has yes way too many dice um

1593
00:55:13,920 --> 00:55:17,760
hang on no that's not that's not true

1594
00:55:15,520 --> 00:55:19,200
there is no such thing as too many dice

1595
00:55:17,760 --> 00:55:21,599
there is such thing as not enough dice

1596
00:55:19,200 --> 00:55:23,599
there is not such thing as too many dice

1597
00:55:21,599 --> 00:55:24,880
yeah so i got another set for christmas

1598
00:55:23,599 --> 00:55:26,079
uh which are really pretty and i really

1599
00:55:24,880 --> 00:55:27,599
liked um

1600
00:55:26,079 --> 00:55:29,680
and it

1601
00:55:27,599 --> 00:55:33,359
it is frustrating to play a game and

1602
00:55:29,680 --> 00:55:38,160
basically have a big huge component kind

1603
00:55:33,359 --> 00:55:39,760
of gather a dust but i've just found the

1604
00:55:38,160 --> 00:55:42,400
the utility that the digital dice

1605
00:55:39,760 --> 00:55:44,640
rollers bring specifically on dnd beyond

1606
00:55:42,400 --> 00:55:47,119
as a player just

1607
00:55:44,640 --> 00:55:48,640
it's just so convenient now when i go

1608
00:55:47,119 --> 00:55:50,880
back to playing in person i of course

1609
00:55:48,640 --> 00:55:53,040
will use my dice tower and my reams and

1610
00:55:50,880 --> 00:55:54,559
reams and reams of dice to roll my stuff

1611
00:55:53,040 --> 00:55:55,680
but when it's

1612
00:55:54,559 --> 00:55:57,839
you know just wrong me a perception

1613
00:55:55,680 --> 00:56:00,160
check or something i've just found the

1614
00:55:57,839 --> 00:56:02,240
digital dice rollers just so

1615
00:56:00,160 --> 00:56:04,160
much trivia you know trivial to use and

1616
00:56:02,240 --> 00:56:05,440
so easy and

1617
00:56:04,160 --> 00:56:07,359
they're still private if you're doing

1618
00:56:05,440 --> 00:56:09,119
them on the beyond character sheet

1619
00:56:07,359 --> 00:56:10,319
because only you're looking at that at a

1620
00:56:09,119 --> 00:56:11,599
given time

1621
00:56:10,319 --> 00:56:14,640
but uh

1622
00:56:11,599 --> 00:56:16,160
yeah i just found that so so much easier

1623
00:56:14,640 --> 00:56:19,280
and

1624
00:56:16,160 --> 00:56:21,359
to jump again i've i'm playing i'm

1625
00:56:19,280 --> 00:56:23,520
experimenting with

1626
00:56:21,359 --> 00:56:25,520
as a dm rolling publicly

1627
00:56:23,520 --> 00:56:27,839
okay for a couple of reasons one that it

1628
00:56:25,520 --> 00:56:30,319
again reduces the responsibility on me

1629
00:56:27,839 --> 00:56:32,559
to have to think too hard about pulling

1630
00:56:30,319 --> 00:56:36,000
punches or whatnot it just is what it is

1631
00:56:32,559 --> 00:56:38,319
now and there's a kind of purity to that

1632
00:56:36,000 --> 00:56:40,960
that i can get behind yes

1633
00:56:38,319 --> 00:56:44,240
but also again for simplicity i can just

1634
00:56:40,960 --> 00:56:45,760
roll online i don't have to there's no

1635
00:56:44,240 --> 00:56:48,799
second guessing from my players i've

1636
00:56:45,760 --> 00:56:51,440
just mitigated that completely and just

1637
00:56:48,799 --> 00:56:52,960
that there's it hit you yeah yeah no if

1638
00:56:51,440 --> 00:56:53,680
butts or maybe it's about it it's there

1639
00:56:52,960 --> 00:56:55,839
and

1640
00:56:53,680 --> 00:56:57,760
the computer said it's hit so you know

1641
00:56:55,839 --> 00:56:59,680
there's nothing there so

1642
00:56:57,760 --> 00:57:01,040
again as i'm running in public it kind

1643
00:56:59,680 --> 00:57:03,599
of makes sense to do it in the on the

1644
00:57:01,040 --> 00:57:05,200
virtual tabletop because i think yeah

1645
00:57:03,599 --> 00:57:07,839
i mean i think it's dungeon masters it's

1646
00:57:05,200 --> 00:57:09,599
kind of built into us to roll privately

1647
00:57:07,839 --> 00:57:11,200
um i think it's just kind of something

1648
00:57:09,599 --> 00:57:13,599
that we've we've either seen in the

1649
00:57:11,200 --> 00:57:16,559
media and you like when we watch other

1650
00:57:13,599 --> 00:57:18,079
people play or um or it's just kind of

1651
00:57:16,559 --> 00:57:20,319
what we kind of think that we should do

1652
00:57:18,079 --> 00:57:22,319
but i do think that rolling in front of

1653
00:57:20,319 --> 00:57:24,480
your players um

1654
00:57:22,319 --> 00:57:25,599
i don't know it adds it adds a bit more

1655
00:57:24,480 --> 00:57:27,119
attention to the game as well i think i

1656
00:57:25,599 --> 00:57:28,400
think some people think they're rolling

1657
00:57:27,119 --> 00:57:30,319
privately

1658
00:57:28,400 --> 00:57:31,440
you you get you dispense with the

1659
00:57:30,319 --> 00:57:33,280
players because they're looking at your

1660
00:57:31,440 --> 00:57:35,440
face and like oh is it a crate is it not

1661
00:57:33,280 --> 00:57:37,280
um which yeah you can get that build up

1662
00:57:35,440 --> 00:57:40,000
but having the dungeon master kind of

1663
00:57:37,280 --> 00:57:42,000
rattle those dice in his hand or his or

1664
00:57:40,000 --> 00:57:43,920
her hand and then

1665
00:57:42,000 --> 00:57:45,839
roll them in front of the dungeon master

1666
00:57:43,920 --> 00:57:47,920
screen not behind it but in front of it

1667
00:57:45,839 --> 00:57:49,760
and watching as they tumble and fall

1668
00:57:47,920 --> 00:57:52,640
onto that natural 20 that is evidently

1669
00:57:49,760 --> 00:57:54,240
going to kill you and that is um

1670
00:57:52,640 --> 00:57:56,799
yeah that could be more heart stopping

1671
00:57:54,240 --> 00:57:59,760
them than than guessing what's what's

1672
00:57:56,799 --> 00:58:01,359
happening um so i think after this uh

1673
00:57:59,760 --> 00:58:04,000
when i get back to the table i might

1674
00:58:01,359 --> 00:58:06,559
actually take a take a pop at uh rolling

1675
00:58:04,000 --> 00:58:08,160
publicly um a few of my dice i think

1676
00:58:06,559 --> 00:58:10,000
there's a couple of reasons why uh with

1677
00:58:08,160 --> 00:58:10,799
digressing a little bit now but uh sorry

1678
00:58:10,000 --> 00:58:12,319
yeah

1679
00:58:10,799 --> 00:58:14,880
that's all right

1680
00:58:12,319 --> 00:58:17,440
it's all on me and i'm my bloody host so

1681
00:58:14,880 --> 00:58:20,000
uh i've got no excuse but um one reason

1682
00:58:17,440 --> 00:58:22,319
is that i've heard before people say for

1683
00:58:20,000 --> 00:58:23,280
big roles like life or death kind of

1684
00:58:22,319 --> 00:58:25,440
rolls

1685
00:58:23,280 --> 00:58:27,920
the dm should roll in the open anyway

1686
00:58:25,440 --> 00:58:30,640
just so there's no ambiguity so

1687
00:58:27,920 --> 00:58:31,920
the next logical extension of that is

1688
00:58:30,640 --> 00:58:33,680
we should just roll everything because

1689
00:58:31,920 --> 00:58:35,920
ultimately the hole is greater than some

1690
00:58:33,680 --> 00:58:37,680
of its parts and it's never usually just

1691
00:58:35,920 --> 00:58:40,559
one role it's a series of roles that

1692
00:58:37,680 --> 00:58:42,240
have got to that place so it kind of

1693
00:58:40,559 --> 00:58:44,000
makes sense to have them all

1694
00:58:42,240 --> 00:58:45,760
in public and

1695
00:58:44,000 --> 00:58:48,079
yeah precisely like you said there's no

1696
00:58:45,760 --> 00:58:49,839
second guessing there's no kind of let

1697
00:58:48,079 --> 00:58:51,760
me read the dm's face and then you've

1698
00:58:49,839 --> 00:58:54,960
introduced a whole layer of

1699
00:58:51,760 --> 00:58:57,119
the dm having to be a poker player

1700
00:58:54,960 --> 00:58:59,280
i think it works better at higher levels

1701
00:58:57,119 --> 00:59:01,040
so hands up i wouldn't do that say

1702
00:58:59,280 --> 00:59:03,520
between levels one to three purely

1703
00:59:01,040 --> 00:59:05,760
because the combat is so swingy yeah and

1704
00:59:03,520 --> 00:59:07,599
you kind of need that safety net

1705
00:59:05,760 --> 00:59:09,760
of okay

1706
00:59:07,599 --> 00:59:12,319
sorry the goblins just [ __ ] the

1707
00:59:09,760 --> 00:59:15,680
barbarian twice and he's dead

1708
00:59:12,319 --> 00:59:17,520
but that's not that's not fun

1709
00:59:15,680 --> 00:59:19,599
but then past you know my players level

1710
00:59:17,520 --> 00:59:23,200
eight and there's six of them so they've

1711
00:59:19,599 --> 00:59:25,839
got a butt load of flexibility

1712
00:59:23,200 --> 00:59:27,359
insane uh dps

1713
00:59:25,839 --> 00:59:29,760
so i'm not

1714
00:59:27,359 --> 00:59:31,680
really uh inhibited by having to fudge

1715
00:59:29,760 --> 00:59:34,240
dice rolls anymore they can lie where

1716
00:59:31,680 --> 00:59:36,160
they lie and it's not going to be that

1717
00:59:34,240 --> 00:59:37,920
big of a deal until obviously it becomes

1718
00:59:36,160 --> 00:59:40,400
a big of a deal but then they know i've

1719
00:59:37,920 --> 00:59:41,280
been transparent the whole way so

1720
00:59:40,400 --> 00:59:42,799
uh

1721
00:59:41,280 --> 00:59:45,440
that's just

1722
00:59:42,799 --> 00:59:48,240
food for thought i suppose on that topic

1723
00:59:45,440 --> 00:59:49,760
absolutely i think um dice is probably

1724
00:59:48,240 --> 00:59:51,200
going to be the greatest utility you're

1725
00:59:49,760 --> 00:59:52,079
going to have in the entire game anyway

1726
00:59:51,200 --> 00:59:54,000
and

1727
00:59:52,079 --> 00:59:56,160
um i think it's important that you

1728
00:59:54,000 --> 00:59:57,760
showcase them a lot of the time i think

1729
00:59:56,160 --> 01:00:00,000
you like like you said before you've got

1730
00:59:57,760 --> 01:00:02,000
some nice pretty dice i have i myself

1731
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:03,440
have plenty of pretty dice that i you

1732
01:00:02,000 --> 01:00:05,520
know i want to roll and i want to show

1733
01:00:03,440 --> 01:00:07,280
off and i want to describe to my players

1734
01:00:05,520 --> 01:00:08,880
because at the moment we can't show them

1735
01:00:07,280 --> 01:00:10,799
um but

1736
01:00:08,880 --> 01:00:12,160
but yeah they give me the greatest the

1737
01:00:10,799 --> 01:00:15,119
greatest utility you've got i mean i

1738
01:00:12,160 --> 01:00:17,520
myself got a nice set of the ice windale

1739
01:00:15,119 --> 01:00:20,079
dice um for christmas which look

1740
01:00:17,520 --> 01:00:21,359
beautiful and i can't wait to to roll

1741
01:00:20,079 --> 01:00:22,799
those um

1742
01:00:21,359 --> 01:00:25,359
properly during game and see what damage

1743
01:00:22,799 --> 01:00:27,359
they're gonna do

1744
01:00:25,359 --> 01:00:29,599
but yeah

1745
01:00:27,359 --> 01:00:32,400
thank you for uh realigning us by saying

1746
01:00:29,599 --> 01:00:34,240
dice uh utility which i didn't i didn't

1747
01:00:32,400 --> 01:00:35,760
think of but you absolutely saved me so

1748
01:00:34,240 --> 01:00:38,400
thank you there's one thing actually you

1749
01:00:35,760 --> 01:00:40,000
mentioned um that you have that i that i

1750
01:00:38,400 --> 01:00:41,680
was thinking about the other day that i

1751
01:00:40,000 --> 01:00:43,119
don't have as a dungeon master and

1752
01:00:41,680 --> 01:00:45,040
that's a dice tower

1753
01:00:43,119 --> 01:00:46,880
i don't actually have one of those

1754
01:00:45,040 --> 01:00:48,079
which um which surprised me actually

1755
01:00:46,880 --> 01:00:49,920
because i like to have all the bells and

1756
01:00:48,079 --> 01:00:52,559
whistles um when it comes to dungeon

1757
01:00:49,920 --> 01:00:54,640
mastering i like to spend money on on

1758
01:00:52,559 --> 01:00:55,760
pointless things like dyson dice towers

1759
01:00:54,640 --> 01:00:57,040
yeah i said pointless they're not

1760
01:00:55,760 --> 01:00:59,760
pointless they're fun

1761
01:00:57,040 --> 01:01:01,520
but yeah yeah i like to i like to have

1762
01:00:59,760 --> 01:01:03,760
you know um all the bells and whistles

1763
01:01:01,520 --> 01:01:05,280
and yeah i haven't yet got a dice tower

1764
01:01:03,760 --> 01:01:07,119
i say yes because after this

1765
01:01:05,280 --> 01:01:10,000
conversation i probably will go on

1766
01:01:07,119 --> 01:01:11,280
amazon and shame buy myself one now um

1767
01:01:10,000 --> 01:01:13,599
just just because

1768
01:01:11,280 --> 01:01:15,760
but uh i don't know if you've got many

1769
01:01:13,599 --> 01:01:17,839
talking points left um

1770
01:01:15,760 --> 01:01:18,799
but i do want to mention uh monster

1771
01:01:17,839 --> 01:01:20,160
cards

1772
01:01:18,799 --> 01:01:23,440
and things like that as a utility

1773
01:01:20,160 --> 01:01:25,520
because i i use those quite a lot um for

1774
01:01:23,440 --> 01:01:27,119
a point of reference to my players it

1775
01:01:25,520 --> 01:01:28,960
saves a lot of time on describing

1776
01:01:27,119 --> 01:01:30,559
monsters

1777
01:01:28,960 --> 01:01:32,400
so can you

1778
01:01:30,559 --> 01:01:33,760
for for those who are uneducated which

1779
01:01:32,400 --> 01:01:36,000
includes me in that group when you say

1780
01:01:33,760 --> 01:01:38,160
monster cards what do you mean okay so

1781
01:01:36,000 --> 01:01:40,400
and wizards did the coast have actually

1782
01:01:38,160 --> 01:01:42,720
produced um some packs of cards which

1783
01:01:40,400 --> 01:01:45,520
actually um depict pictures and the

1784
01:01:42,720 --> 01:01:47,520
stats uh of all the monsters in the

1785
01:01:45,520 --> 01:01:49,440
monster manual voila's guide to monsters

1786
01:01:47,520 --> 01:01:52,079
and molly khan's term of ferns term of

1787
01:01:49,440 --> 01:01:53,839
those and i have all the all those packs

1788
01:01:52,079 --> 01:01:55,280
um i haven't actually opened the last

1789
01:01:53,839 --> 01:01:59,119
two because i got them for christmas

1790
01:01:55,280 --> 01:02:01,200
this year um but uh yeah they're they're

1791
01:01:59,119 --> 01:02:03,839
quite good because obviously you can

1792
01:02:01,200 --> 01:02:06,240
you can describe a monster and um to

1793
01:02:03,839 --> 01:02:07,760
your players um which is great yeah and

1794
01:02:06,240 --> 01:02:09,920
you know you can tell them how it moves

1795
01:02:07,760 --> 01:02:11,760
and you know what it looks like but

1796
01:02:09,920 --> 01:02:13,359
having a picture reference

1797
01:02:11,760 --> 01:02:15,039
can help it can save a little bit of

1798
01:02:13,359 --> 01:02:16,559
time you can say okay yeah you're

1799
01:02:15,039 --> 01:02:18,400
walking through the woods and suddenly

1800
01:02:16,559 --> 01:02:20,640
you see lurking in the bushes this thing

1801
01:02:18,400 --> 01:02:22,960
and you're just you know

1802
01:02:20,640 --> 01:02:25,920
it's it's a lot easier and i i take

1803
01:02:22,960 --> 01:02:27,680
pictures of them and i show them on my

1804
01:02:25,920 --> 01:02:29,440
online broadcasting software as well so

1805
01:02:27,680 --> 01:02:30,799
i've got those but what's really helpful

1806
01:02:29,440 --> 01:02:34,640
is they've got the stats on the back as

1807
01:02:30,799 --> 01:02:36,160
well which saves a lot of book space

1808
01:02:34,640 --> 01:02:38,400
yeah and yeah think about it when you

1809
01:02:36,160 --> 01:02:40,000
when you've got a game going on if um if

1810
01:02:38,400 --> 01:02:41,520
you don't have a wonderful app like

1811
01:02:40,000 --> 01:02:43,119
encounter plus where you can upload the

1812
01:02:41,520 --> 01:02:44,240
stats and you've got it all there if

1813
01:02:43,119 --> 01:02:45,520
you're prepared

1814
01:02:44,240 --> 01:02:47,119
you can have the card in front of you

1815
01:02:45,520 --> 01:02:49,760
without having the monster manual there

1816
01:02:47,119 --> 01:02:52,880
so you've got it and it tapes you know

1817
01:02:49,760 --> 01:02:55,920
it's it's one one tenth of the space um

1818
01:02:52,880 --> 01:02:58,640
so it's it's very it's it's time

1819
01:02:55,920 --> 01:03:00,400
saving and space saving um so yeah

1820
01:02:58,640 --> 01:03:01,920
definitely if anyone um i definitely

1821
01:03:00,400 --> 01:03:03,520
recommend the cards and there's a

1822
01:03:01,920 --> 01:03:05,359
wonderful set of magic item cards as

1823
01:03:03,520 --> 01:03:06,799
well which are great it saves you going

1824
01:03:05,359 --> 01:03:08,559
through the dungeon master's guide to

1825
01:03:06,799 --> 01:03:10,400
find a magical item

1826
01:03:08,559 --> 01:03:12,079
or to show your magical item to the

1827
01:03:10,400 --> 01:03:13,839
players you can get the card and show

1828
01:03:12,079 --> 01:03:15,440
them there and

1829
01:03:13,839 --> 01:03:16,319
if it's one of those legendary magical

1830
01:03:15,440 --> 01:03:18,240
items where there's only ever going to

1831
01:03:16,319 --> 01:03:19,839
be one of them you can say right okay

1832
01:03:18,240 --> 01:03:22,079
pop that in your character folder i want

1833
01:03:19,839 --> 01:03:23,440
it back after the campaign but yeah pop

1834
01:03:22,079 --> 01:03:25,520
that in your character folder you've got

1835
01:03:23,440 --> 01:03:27,920
that magical item and it's their point

1836
01:03:25,520 --> 01:03:29,119
of reference as well so yeah the cards i

1837
01:03:27,920 --> 01:03:31,760
can't sing about enough i think they're

1838
01:03:29,119 --> 01:03:35,039
brilliant yeah i don't think there's a

1839
01:03:31,760 --> 01:03:37,839
dm that exists that hasn't at one point

1840
01:03:35,039 --> 01:03:40,400
gone you see this thing it's got big

1841
01:03:37,839 --> 01:03:43,119
teeth uh blue do you know what sorry it

1842
01:03:40,400 --> 01:03:45,039
looks like this yeah exactly exactly i

1843
01:03:43,119 --> 01:03:46,319
mean i do love this script describing

1844
01:03:45,039 --> 01:03:48,079
things and

1845
01:03:46,319 --> 01:03:49,520
so sometimes my players have told me

1846
01:03:48,079 --> 01:03:52,400
that i do go on a little bit when it

1847
01:03:49,520 --> 01:03:56,799
comes to describing like characters or

1848
01:03:52,400 --> 01:03:59,200
npcs or monsters uh especially scenery i

1849
01:03:56,799 --> 01:04:01,119
go on a bit um but

1850
01:03:59,200 --> 01:04:03,280
um maybe take a little bit too much time

1851
01:04:01,119 --> 01:04:05,599
describing how beautiful the city is and

1852
01:04:03,280 --> 01:04:07,440
you know the landscape or or whatever

1853
01:04:05,599 --> 01:04:09,119
but yeah it is good to have picture

1854
01:04:07,440 --> 01:04:11,599
references at hand

1855
01:04:09,119 --> 01:04:13,680
yeah and i i've seen the spell

1856
01:04:11,599 --> 01:04:15,920
cards i think for different classes like

1857
01:04:13,680 --> 01:04:17,920
the druid spell list you can get on yes

1858
01:04:15,920 --> 01:04:19,359
card form which i imagine are super

1859
01:04:17,920 --> 01:04:22,079
duper helpful as well if you're a

1860
01:04:19,359 --> 01:04:24,799
dedicated caster they have that to hand

1861
01:04:22,079 --> 01:04:24,799
i have all those as

1862
01:04:24,839 --> 01:04:28,880
well wow this is surprising that you

1863
01:04:27,200 --> 01:04:30,960
don't have a dice tower in that case it

1864
01:04:28,880 --> 01:04:32,559
is it is surprising yeah

1865
01:04:30,960 --> 01:04:34,480
but uh yeah

1866
01:04:32,559 --> 01:04:36,880
yeah i so i i don't know if there's

1867
01:04:34,480 --> 01:04:38,079
anything else you had

1868
01:04:36,880 --> 01:04:40,960
in mind

1869
01:04:38,079 --> 01:04:42,400
i mean i just i think there's there's so

1870
01:04:40,960 --> 01:04:43,520
many different things that you can use

1871
01:04:42,400 --> 01:04:45,839
as um

1872
01:04:43,520 --> 01:04:48,160
of you know for utilities in the game of

1873
01:04:45,839 --> 01:04:50,480
dungeons and dragons myself my interest

1874
01:04:48,160 --> 01:04:53,200
in what i can bring to the table as a

1875
01:04:50,480 --> 01:04:56,240
dungeon master has evolved definitely

1876
01:04:53,200 --> 01:04:58,240
evolved over the last three years four

1877
01:04:56,240 --> 01:05:00,400
years now to where obviously i started

1878
01:04:58,240 --> 01:05:01,680
off assuming that my players weren't

1879
01:05:00,400 --> 01:05:04,319
going to need

1880
01:05:01,680 --> 01:05:06,480
miniatures and maps to um you know to

1881
01:05:04,319 --> 01:05:09,119
supplying what i supply today

1882
01:05:06,480 --> 01:05:11,200
i went for the rigmarole of um creating

1883
01:05:09,119 --> 01:05:13,280
like like i said the whiteboard maps

1884
01:05:11,200 --> 01:05:16,240
where i'd laminate a piece of card and

1885
01:05:13,280 --> 01:05:19,520
do it like that um i created eva foam

1886
01:05:16,240 --> 01:05:22,079
maps and so basically eva foam and i'd

1887
01:05:19,520 --> 01:05:23,839
score them and i'd use a heat gun to to

1888
01:05:22,079 --> 01:05:26,559
bring the prominence out like do cracks

1889
01:05:23,839 --> 01:05:28,160
in it paint them um which is how i

1890
01:05:26,559 --> 01:05:30,880
created some of the boss battle scenery

1891
01:05:28,160 --> 01:05:33,119
that i've done before um which which my

1892
01:05:30,880 --> 01:05:34,720
players love it's this sometimes there's

1893
01:05:33,119 --> 01:05:36,400
nothing better than like bringing some

1894
01:05:34,720 --> 01:05:38,400
fella that to the table and your players

1895
01:05:36,400 --> 01:05:40,640
going wow that is amazing and then they

1896
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get the phones out then and i try i

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tried

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to have a thing where i don't like

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having phones out at the table sometimes

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um it's okay but i prefer not but once

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they get the phone out and start taking

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pictures of what you've created so they

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can share on social media or just for

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themselves or they can go on to the to

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whoever at home and say look at my dm

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did for us

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um you know that that's a good feeling

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it's a nice feeling that's why i play

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dungeons and dragons so yeah of course i

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do it for myself i play with myself i

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love it i enjoy it but yeah it's for the

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people that i do it for you know um and

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i've made some really good friends while

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playing dungeons dragons

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and uh you know i've maintained

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friendships as well because obviously

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during during this lockdown stuff like

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that you know you lose touch with some

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people but i've been able to use it as a

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great avenue

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to uh to keep in touch with people um so

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it's been fantastic in fact um in my

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current campaign i've got two players

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playing it who live further afield one

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lives in northampton the other in uh in

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nottingly um which is a fair distance

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from where i live in hull so um you know

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when they joined it was great because i

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was reconnected with those people and

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one of them i didn't even realize he was

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into d d when when i told him that i was

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a dungeon bastard and i ran dnd games

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he's like oh can i join i'm like really

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because he struck me as he plays

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football and last you know and you know

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this guy i think it didn't really strike

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me as a person but apparently he was

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into it when he was younger and he wants

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to get back into it and

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he joined my game and he's a great

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player fantastic really gets into his

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character and yeah it's it's great being

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able to reconnect with people and that's

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one of the main reasons why i play d d

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so everything i do all the utilities

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that i bring to the table um and

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you know everything that i buy

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everything that i make everything that i

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write draw everything

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it's all for my players um and it's all

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for the sake of bringing people together

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and that's why i do it

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well on that lovely delightfully

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wholesome note

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i think we will bring i couldn't think

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of a better end to this

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episode which you know utilities on

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paper might sound uh dry

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so i'm very thankful for that you've

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managed to kind of bring us to a close

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on such a really wholesome

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final note so

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thank you thank you ever so much for for

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coming on today it's all right no thank

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you very much for having me and uh yeah

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um

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i'm looking forward to listening to it

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when it comes out

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excellent

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uh thank you everyone for listening at

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home as usual you can find us both on

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twitter you can find me at download

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underscore dnd otherwise thank you all

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for listening and good night

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