How Would You Run That?

Episode overview: IT'S CHRIIIIIIISTMAAAAAS! Join Lucas and Jake as they pull together beloved tropes from one of the most famous D&D parties in pop-culture, and this time, drag a bunch of willing friends along for the ride! Big ups to Nikki, Greg, Rich and Doug. Our sincere thanks again to all who have joined us for this first tranche of episodes, and we hope to improve our format (and release schedule) in Series 2! Podcast Overview: How Would You Run That? is an ideas factory and creative workshop for Dungeons & Dragons by Lucas Tomlinson and Jake Canner. At the end of each show one of the hosts will reveal the subject for the next episode - an encounter, location, NPC, item, monster (or anything else that can exist in D&D) and ask the question - How would you run that? The pair have a week to plan and research the topic before discussing on the next show, explaining their own ideas and then merging the best of them into something that Dungeon Masters and Players could actually incorporate into their games. Music Credits The Future Ancient Now - Nathan Moore Miscellaneous Xmas sounds from the Freesound Project Pirouette - Asher Fulero Spirit of the Dead - Aakash Gandhi Those Things Are More Fun With Other People - pATCHES Impertinence - Joel Cummins No.8 Requiem - Esther Abrami Carol of the Bells - Quincas Moreira Lukewarm Hazy - Asher Fulero The Gentlemen - DivKid Maestro Tlakaelel - Jesse Gallagher Early Avril - Unicorn Heads Sloppy Clav - Godmode Go on the Go - Chris Haugen A Hand In The Dark - Underbelly & Ty Mayer Familiar Things - The Whole Other Nocturne - Asher Fulero In memory of Jean Talon - Mini Vandals Whole Tone Limbo - Godmode Cemetary Clown - Sir Cubworth Go to Town - Silent Partner Six O'Clock Rush - TrackTribe Nightmares Inn - RKVC We Wish You a Merry Christmas (Instrumental Jazz) - E's Jammy Jams Holly Dazed - RKVC Creative Commons Music Credits - licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Canon and Variation by Twin Musicom: http://www.twinmusicom.org/ Evil Plan by Kevin MacLeod: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100234

Episode overview: Jake leverages a recent experience with The Outer Wilds, adds a healthy dollop of Pan's Labyrinth and sprinkles some delectable puns as he presents his idea for running an abandoned abattoir in this episode of the podcast. It's also the last in the current series! Our sincere thanks to all who have joined us for this first tranche of episodes, and we hope to improve our format (and release schedule) in Series 2!

Podcast Overview: How Would You Run That? is an ideas factory and creative workshop for Dungeons & Dragons by Lucas Tomlinson and Jake Canner. At the end of each show one of the hosts will reveal the subject for the next episode - an encounter, location, NPC, item, monster (or anything else that can exist in D&D) and ask the question - How would you run that? The pair have a week to plan and research the topic before discussing on the next show, explaining their own ideas and then merging the best of them into something that Dungeon Masters and Players could actually incorporate into their games.

Music Credits

The Future Ancient Now - Nathan Moore

Ten Inch Spikes - Jeremy Korpas

Space Age Hustle - Squadda B

Episode overview: Lucas presents a twist on the cursed item idea, showing that not everything has to be a game-breaking focus point! The pair discuss subtlety and nuance of minor curses, and how a DM might weave such a thing into their world. Then they accidentally revisit some 90s childhood memories and get heavily sidetracked on minor Addams Family characters.

Podcast Overview: How Would You Run That? is an ideas factory and creative workshop for Dungeons & Dragons by Lucas Tomlinson and Jake Canner. At the end of each show one of the hosts will reveal the subject for the next episode - an encounter, location, NPC, item, monster (or anything else that can exist in D&D) and ask the question - How would you run that? The pair have a week to plan and research the topic before discussing on the next show, explaining their own ideas and then merging the best of them into something that Dungeon Masters and Players could actually incorporate into their games.

Music Credits

The Future Ancient Now - Nathan Moore

Episode overview: Lucas shares his plans for a string of national hobgoblin mercenary franchises! Capitalism is a joy! This time, the pair discuss efficient DMing, world-building and the integration of yet another lovely bit of detail that you don't want your players to miss. Podcast Overview: How Would You Run That? is an ideas factory and creative workshop for Dungeons & Dragons by Lucas Tomlinson and Jake Canner. At the end of each show one of the hosts will reveal the subject for the next episode - an encounter, location, NPC, item, monster (or anything else that can exist in D&D) and ask the question - How would you run that? The pair have a week to plan and research the topic before discussing on the next show, explaining their own ideas and then merging the best of them into something that Dungeon Masters and Players could actually incorporate into their games. Music Credits The Future Ancient Now - Nathan Moore Medieval Astrology - Underbelly & Ty Mayer

From the cutting room floor: How do you measure your area's COVID recovery?

Podcast Overview: How Would You Run That? is an ideas factory and creative workshop for Dungeons & Dragons by Lucas Tomlinson and Jake Canner. At the end of each show one of the hosts will reveal the subject for the next episode - an encounter, location, NPC, item, monster (or anything else that can exist in D&D) and ask the question - How would you run that? The pair have a week to plan and research the topic before discussing on the next show, explaining their own ideas and then merging the best of them into something that Dungeon Masters and Players could actually incorporate into their games.

Episode overview: Jake's spent a week (or so) planning to integrate a pair of apprentice potionmakers into a campaign setting. Come and see how you can flesh out this mainstay of a fantasy RPG town!

Podcast Overview: How Would You Run That? is an ideas factory and creative workshop for Dungeons & Dragons by Lucas Tomlinson and Jake Canner. At the end of each show one of the hosts will reveal the subject for the next episode - an encounter, location, NPC, item, monster (or anything else that can exist in D&D) and ask the question - How would you run that? The pair have a week to plan and research the topic before discussing on the next show, explaining their own ideas and then merging the best of them into something that Dungeon Masters and Players could actually incorporate into their games.

Music Credits

The Future Ancient Now - Nathan Moore

Medieval Astrology - Underbelly & Ty Mayer

Episode overview: Lucas discusses his session plans for the tricky Invisible Stalker! From turning NPCs loveable with a single, endearing trait, to building tension with agonising pauses, join Lucas and Jake exploring this classic D&D monster in a short adventure arc.

Podcast Overview: How Would You Run That? is an ideas factory and creative workshop for Dungeons & Dragons by Lucas Tomlinson and Jake Canner. At the end of each show one of the hosts will reveal the subject for the next episode - an encounter, location, NPC, item, monster (or anything else that can exist in D&D) and ask the question - How would you run that? The pair have a week to plan and research the topic before discussing on the next show, explaining their own ideas and then merging the best of them into something that Dungeon Masters and Players could actually incorporate into their games.

Music Credits

The Future Ancient Now - Nathan Moore

Slow Sneak Up - Godmode

From the cutting room floor: Ever needed an origin story for all doctors?

Podcast Overview: How Would You Run That? is an ideas factory and creative workshop for Dungeons & Dragons by Lucas Tomlinson and Jake Canner. At the end of each show one of the hosts will reveal the subject for the next episode - an encounter, location, NPC, item, monster (or anything else that can exist in D&D) and ask the question - How would you run that? The pair have a week to plan and research the topic before discussing on the next show, explaining their own ideas and then merging the best of them into something that Dungeon Masters and Players could actually incorporate into their games.

Episode overview: After a short recording break, Jake brings (most) of an advanture arc together centered around a character based on the fictional character Donald J Trump. The pair discuss different ways of fleshing out such a character within the framework of D&D 5e, as well as a story route through the adventure. There's also some very serious discussion about slippers and early 2000s PlayStaion games.

Podcast Overview: How Would You Run That? is an ideas factory and creative workshop for Dungeons & Dragons by Lucas Tomlinson and Jake Canner. At the end of each show one of the hosts will reveal the subject for the next episode - an encounter, location, NPC, item, monster (or anything else that can exist in D&D) and ask the question - How would you run that? The pair have a week to plan and research the topic before discussing on the next show, explaining their own ideas and then merging the best of them into something that Dungeon Masters and Players could actually incorporate into their games.

Music Credits

The Future Ancient Now - Nathan Moore

Freefall - Anno Domini Beats

Officer of the Day March - United States Marine Band

From the cutting room floor: Shoutout to our non-UK listeners!

Podcast Overview: How Would You Run That? is an ideas factory and creative workshop for Dungeons & Dragons by Lucas Tomlinson and Jake Canner. At the end of each show one of the hosts will reveal the subject for the next episode - an encounter, location, NPC, item, monster (or anything else that can exist in D&D) and ask the question - How would you run that? The pair have a week to plan and research the topic before discussing on the next show, explaining their own ideas and then merging the best of them into something that Dungeon Masters and Players could actually incorporate into their games.

From the cutting room floor: On VHS, Remasters, and YouTube.

Podcast Overview: How Would You Run That? is an ideas factory and creative workshop for Dungeons & Dragons by Lucas Tomlinson and Jake Canner. At the end of each show one of the hosts will reveal the subject for the next episode - an encounter, location, NPC, item, monster (or anything else that can exist in D&D) and ask the question - How would you run that? The pair have a week to plan and research the topic before discussing on the next show, explaining their own ideas and then merging the best of them into something that Dungeon Masters and Players could actually incorporate into their games.

From the cutting room floor: Monsters aren't just for combat!

Podcast Overview: How Would You Run That? is an ideas factory and creative workshop for Dungeons & Dragons by Lucas Tomlinson and Jake Canner. At the end of each show one of the hosts will reveal the subject for the next episode - an encounter, location, NPC, item, monster (or anything else that can exist in D&D) and ask the question - How would you run that? The pair have a week to plan and research the topic before discussing on the next show, explaining their own ideas and then merging the best of them into something that Dungeon Masters and Players could actually incorporate into their games.

From the cutting room floor: Lucas hates a certain beloved sidekick. Podcast Overview: How Would You Run That? is an ideas factory and creative workshop for Dungeons & Dragons by Lucas Tomlinson and Jake Canner. At the end of each show one of the hosts will reveal the subject for the next episode - an encounter, location, NPC, item, monster (or anything else that can exist in D&D) and ask the question - How would you run that? The pair have a week to plan and research the topic before discussing on the next show, explaining their own ideas and then merging the best of them into something that Dungeon Masters and Players could actually incorporate into their games.

From the cutting room floor: If Shrek was a D&D god.  Podcast Overview: How Would You Run That? is an ideas factory and creative workshop for Dungeons & Dragons by Lucas Tomlinson and Jake Canner. At the end of each show one of the hosts will reveal the subject for the next episode - an encounter, location, NPC, item, monster (or anything else that can exist in D&D) and ask the question - How would you run that? The pair have a week to plan and research the topic before discussing on the next show, explaining their own ideas and then merging the best of them into something that Dungeon Masters and Players could actually incorporate into their games.

Episode overview: Lucas brings his session idea for the prompt 'the intervention of the gods' in episode 9 of HWYRT! Taking the opportunity to showcase some lesser deities, Lucas and Jake discuss a scenario where the party are forced to make a deal for their lives, and how this is one of many ways to recover a campaign from a Total Party Kill (TPK) - with all the fun trappings of making deals with wily, motivated, godly beings!

Podcast Overview: How Would You Run That? is an ideas factory and creative workshop for Dungeons & Dragons by Lucas Tomlinson and Jake Canner. At the end of each show one of the hosts will reveal the subject for the next episode - an encounter, location, NPC, item, monster (or anything else that can exist in D&D) and ask the question - How would you run that? The pair have a week to plan and research the topic before discussing on the next show, explaining their own ideas and then merging the best of them into something that Dungeon Masters and Players could actually incorporate into their games.

Music Credits

The Future Ancient Now - Nathan Moore

Tension Nonstop - Myuu

The Anunnaki Return - Jesse Gallagher

Episode overview: Jake overcomes his fear of horrible underwater levels as he shares his ideas for a self-contained underwater session... or two. Join Lucas and Jake as they once again string together a series of pop-culture references and pick apart the specifics of a submerged sidequest! Podcast Overview: How Would You Run That? is an ideas factory and creative workshop for Dungeons & Dragons by Lucas Tomlinson and Jake Canner. At the end of each show one of the hosts will reveal the subject for the next episode - an encounter, location, NPC, item, monster (or anything else that can exist in D&D) and ask the question - How would you run that? The pair have a week to plan and research the topic before discussing on the next show, explaining their own ideas and then merging the best of them into something that Dungeon Masters and Players could actually incorporate into their games. Music Credits The Future Ancient Now - Nathan Moore Gently, Onwards - ELPHNT Action Time - Biz Baz Studio Orbiting Knowhere - The Whole Other

Episode overview:  This time, the pair discuss how Lucas would run a portable hole, and turn the classic item into a centrepiece for a stealthy session! They also touch on flexibility as a DM, and how mis-reading the source material is not the end of the world! Podcast Overview: How Would You Run That? is an ideas factory and creative workshop for Dungeons & Dragons by Lucas Tomlinson and Jake Canner. At the end of each show one of the hosts will reveal the subject for the next episode - an encounter, location, NPC, item, monster (or anything else that can exist in D&D) and ask the question - How would you run that? The pair have a week to plan and research the topic before discussing on the next show, explaining their own ideas and then merging the best of them into something that Dungeon Masters and Players could actually incorporate into their games. Music Credits The Future Ancient Now - Nathan Moore Splash, Jumping, A.wav - InspectorJ Footsteps Muddy, C.wav - InspectorJ  Two Moons - Bobby Richards

Episode overview:

In the fifth episode of How Would You Run That? (HWYRT) Lucas lays down his plans for running a recurring villain in D&D. Complete with character description, motives, associates, means of making the villain to scale with the party and perhaps more surprisingly, rational and discussion on how ultimately this villain could be brought into the fold as an NPC quest giver. Shadar-Kai meets Cobra Kai in this latest hour of fun chat on being a dungeon master in Dungeons & Dragons. Badass.

Podcast Overview

How Would You Run That? is an ideas factory and creative workshop for Dungeons & Dragons by Lucas Tomlinson and Jake Canner.

At the end of each show one of the hosts will reveal the subject for the next episode - an encounter, location, NPC, item, monster (or anything else that can exist in D&D) and ask the question - How would you run that?

The pair have a week to plan and research the topic before discussing on the next show, explaining their own ideas and then merging the best of them into something that Dungeon Masters and Players could actually incorporate into their games.

Music Credits

Lands Unknown - Futuremono

Kreuzberg Nights - Futuremono

Episode Overview

In the fourth episode of How Would You Run That? (HWYRT), Jake's outlines his plans for an Order Domain Cleric. Between them, the pair discuss both basic and deep setting of such an NPC, giving aspiring DMs a series of fun ideas for dropping in one of these new and shiny cleric domains into their settings! They also discuss Jake's missing teaspoons, and Lucas informs us about tea habits in the Netherlands - Fun!

Podcast Overview

How Would You Run That? is an ideas factory and creative workshop for Dungeons & Dragons by Lucas Tomlinson and Jake Canner.

At the end of each show one of the hosts will reveal the subject for the next episode - an encounter, location, NPC, item, monster (or anything else that can exist in D&D) and ask the question - How would you run that?

The pair have a week to plan and research the topic before discussing on the next show, explaining their own ideas and then merging the best of them into something that Dungeon Masters and Players could actually incorporate into their games.

Music Credits

The Future Ancient Now - Nathan Moore

Should We Go? - Jeremy Korpas

Episode Overview

In the third episode of How Would You Run That? (HWYRT), Lucas brings his "Rolling Boulder Trap" to the table. The pair discuss mechanics, applications and justification for such a trap, and drill down into Lucas's narrative elements to bring such an absurd trap into the realms of (fantasy) plausibility!

Podcast Overview

How Would You Run That? is an ideas factory and creative workshop for Dungeons & Dragons by Lucas Tomlinson and Jake Canner.

At the end of each show one of the hosts will reveal the subject for the next episode - an encounter, location, NPC, item, monster (or anything else that can exist in D&D) and ask the question - How would you run that?

The pair have a week to plan and research the topic before discussing on the next show, explaining their own ideas and then merging the best of them into something that Dungeon Masters and Players could actually incorporate into their games.

Music Credits

The Future Ancient Now - Nathan Moore

Episode Overview

In the second episode of How Would You Run That? (HWYRT), Lucas and Jake pick apart a week's worth of prep on the prompt "A Roadside Tavern". As expected, ideas get developed up to the point of absurdity, and the pair touch on a few other considerations for planning and running sessions.

Podcast Overview

How Would You Run That? is an ideas factory and creative workshop for Dungeons & Dragons by Lucas Tomlinson and Jake Canner.

At the end of each show one of the hosts will reveal the subject for the next episode - an encounter, location, NPC, item, monster (or anything else that can exist in D&D) and ask the question - How would you run that?

The pair have a week to plan and research the topic before discussing on the next show, explaining their own ideas and then merging the best of them into something that Dungeon Masters and Players could actually incorporate into their games.

Music Credits

• The Future Ancient Now - Nathan Moore
• The Slaughtered Ox - Tabletop Audio
• Sonora - Quincas Moreira
• Maestro Tlakaelel - Jesse Gallagher
• Journeyman - Aakash Gandhi

Episode Summary

The first episode of How Would You Run That? is an introduction to the concept of the show and the hosts - Lucas Tomlinson & Jake Canner, two Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Masters/Game Masters and best friends who like to plan adventures and scenarios for Dungeons & Dragons. Lucas and Jake talk about their ideas for the show, their backgrounds in D&D, get a little off topic talking about practicalities and ultimately test the concept with an off the cuff test - planning an encounter with a cheese salesman. Thrilling stuff.

Podcast Overview

How Would You Run That? is an ideas factory and creative workshop for Dungeons & Dragons. At the end of each show one of the pair will reveal the subject for the next episode - an encounter, location, NPC, item, monster (or anything else that can exist in D&D) and ask the question - How would you run that? The pair a week to plan and research the topic before discussing on the next show, explaining their own ideas and then merging the best of them into something that Dungeon Masters and Players could actually incorporate into their games. It's hopefully useful straight from the go, possibly a good starting point for you to create your own fascinating ideas and at worst a little bit of fun.

Music from YouTube Audio Library:

• "The Future Ancient Now" - Nathan Moore
• "Accordion" - Andrew Huang
• "Yonder Hill and Dale" - Aaron Kenny