The Evil Dungeon Master Universe
By The Evil Dungeon Master
The Evil Dungeon Master UniverseOct 14, 2020
Negotiation & Communication in D&D
#Dungeonsanddragons #OSR #RPG
In this episode, I flip open to the Player's handbook and discuss the idea of Negotiation & Communication as written by Gary Gygax in AD&D. How I as a DM enjoy when players find a way to talk out a situation instead of just fighting. I found it interesting that its a small little paragraph in the Player's Handbook and its something I've probably missed because of skim reading
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Careful What You Wish For...
#Dungeonsanddragons #Adnd #RPG
I am going to title this episode "Careful what you wish for.." as I open up the AD&D Oriental Adventures book and look at the Gem of Wishes on p 134. It reminded me of a wacky story when I was running a game, and what happened when three characters decided to use the wishes they found.
Gem of Wishes: This large gem looks like any other fine gemstone. However, it reveals itself as a magical item if a detect magic is used. It has the power to grant 1-4 wishes. Once all wishes have been granted, the gem loses all magical properties. The gem itself has a value of 100-1000 ch’ien
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Spycraft Session this weekend..
#spycraft #spyRPG #RPG
In this episode I decided to share a gaming session I had with my wife this weekend. We played the D20 Spycraft roleplaying game by Crafty Games with the 1960s decade supplement. Her character was the witty and sexy Jane Powers, trying to stop "The Baron" from his master plot of triggering a nuclear war.
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DC Heroes The Vortex Campaign
#DCHeroes #Superhero #RPG
In this episode, I decided to talk about my DC heroes campaign after people really enjoyed the circe campaign, and wanted to hear more stories of my campaigns. In this campaign I talk about Dr Vortex and city in peril. Enjoy!
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Figurines of Wondrous Power
#dungeonsanddragons #DND5e #OSR
In this episode I talk about Figurines of Wondrous Power which was originally in the AD&D 1e DMG. I go over each and talk about how you can use them in any fantasy game or edition of D&D. They are ripe for an interesting story on how you can use them, Maybe this can be RFI Mini #16?
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Let's Call this an RFI Mini #15 - Attack of Opportunity?
In this episode I got another private message from my facebook page, from a listener named Tom B. -- Tom wanted to know if there were rules for attacks of opportunity in AD&D 1e? Well let's flip to AD&D 1e DMG, p70 and you will see, its there!
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Historical RPGs, Gangbusters?
In this very episode, I answer a question sent in by Jonathan K via my facebook page, asking my thoughts about historical RPG like Gangbusters or western RPGs.
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Email Bag: Designing Custom D&D Deities..
In today’s episode, I got an email from one of my listeners who is named Stephanie, who asked about designing custom deities for dungeons and dragons and how I go about doing it.
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Cortex Classic & Supernatural the Roleplaying Game
In this episode I talk about the Cortex Classic system and Supernatural the roleplaying game. I think it’s another game that most people either forget about or ignore when it comes to a monster of the week type game.
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Hail to the King, Army of Darkness RPG
On today’s podcast, I’m talking about the army of darkness role-playing game and how it can be used to run an every day gaming session or a large campaign. The Cinematic Unisystem games often get overlooked and it’s a game I think more people should play.
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Let`s talk about an alignment system…
In today’s episode of the evil dungeon Master Universe podcast, I talk about an alignment system or a morality system in all of your games and how important it is to keep players in line or check otherwise your campaign goes off the rails.
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DC Heroes Infinity Rings, Circe Campaign
In this episode, I decided to talk about my DC heroes campaign that I spoke about in a few episodes about the infinity rings and Circe.
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Conspiracy X, Bigfoot?
In today’s episode, I decided to pull out another gaming system that is under utilized call conspiracy X by Eden Studios. It’s a D 10 Base system. Think of this system as playing an X-Files or a men in Black role-play game.
Its game I've played a few times and I thought about running it with agents chasing after Bigfoot.
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World of Aden, a d6 Fantasy Setting
Hey there, in today's episode, we're shaking things up a bit! I'm super excited to announce that we're rebranding the podcast to 'The Evil Dungeon Master Universe Podcast'. It's all official now, and guess what? Our Podcast just got a fresh new look, thanks to some killer artwork from a listener who goes by the name Batman-Tim. Big shout out to you, Batman-Tim, you rock!
But that's not all we've got lined up for you today. We've also got a question from another listener, Stephanie R. She's curious about something that doesn't get a lot of airtime - an underplayed fantasy setting. So, buckle up as we dive into that. Stay tuned, folks!
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Dungeon Design tips 101
Wrestling Talk, Attitude Era Wrestling is back!
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire review and other stuff
Let’s talk about my campaign, its a story.
Future plans for this space for this podcast
Unleash Your Inner Dark Knight with the Batman Roleplaying Game!"
Step into the shadows of Gotham City as we explore the thrilling world of the Batman Roleplaying Game! Listen in as I delve into the game mechanics, discuss the iconic characters and locations of the Batman universe, and share tips and tricks for playing as both heroes and villains. Whether you're a longtime fan of the game or just discovering it for the first time, you won't want to miss this exciting episode. Tune in now and become the hero that Gotham needs!
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Unraveling the Mysteries of Palladium RPGs' Game Mechanics & Rules
Join me on this episode of my solo podcast as we dive deep into the game mechanics and rules of Palladium RPGs. We explore the different types of dice rolls, skills, combat, magic, vehicles, and psionics used in these complex and immersive games. I also share some of the pros and cons of the Palladium ruleset, as well as how players and GMs have adapted the rules to suit their playstyle. Plus, I'll be talking about my new Ko-fi site and how you can support my content, as well as my Friday night hangouts on my YouTube channel. Whether you're a long-time fan of Palladium RPGs or a newcomer to the hobby, you won't want to miss this episode!
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RFI Mini #14 - Voicemail about Henchmen...
Got a voicemail from The Goblin's Henchmen, about the Max Number of Henchmen a character can have.. is it a perm number? or just at one time? Let's explore!
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RFI Mini #13 - Talking Starting Gold and the Monetary system
Flipping to page 35 of the book, I go over the starting gold you get and wonder why its like that as well as tell you the adjustments I've made for my campaigns.
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RFI Mini #12 - Talking Secret Hit points?
In this episode I flip to page 34 and talk about the rule Gary lists for how a DM can hide the hitpoints from players only telling them "status". I found it interesting. I posed a few questions to those listening out as I want emails and voicemails! Send them in now!
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RFI Mini #11 - Email Question about percentile Attributes
Got a facebook page message from Darin, asking about Percentile attributes for intelligence and why Gary did not use it. Its an interesting question, one that we never came across in all the years of doing RFI Podcast.
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RFI Mini #10 - Talking Magical Armor Savings throws rule
This week I got a question from LeroyD20 on Twitter ask about the magical item savings throw rule that can be found on p81 of the DMG.
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RFI Mini #9 - Talking about alignment changes and what happens?
In this episode, I flip to p34 in the Player's handbook and discuss the alignment changes. What happens and how to handle with some examples. How would you handle it?
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RFI Mini #8 - No, no... Clerics can't use edged weapons...sorry!
This episode I am talking about the old cleric class, the wisdom qualifications for the class and multiclass.. as well as talk about how Clerics are not allowed to use edged weapons, even when multiclassing, but hey, its your campaign, you can do as you want right?
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RFI Mini #7 - Talking about Half Races and Racial Preferences, do you use them?
Filling to page 8 in the book this week, I decided to take a chat and tell my experiences about using the Racial Preferences chart in the book. I have to ask, did you use this table and what are you experiences with it?
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RFI Mini #6 - Voicemails and questions!
Got a couple of voicemail questions from The Goblin's Henchman.. He makes some good points about levels with monsters and then talks about White Dwarf's Monster Mark. He did a post on his blog about it in detail:
https://goblinshenchman.wordpress.com/2019/07/06/monster-mark-off-the-mark-quantifying-monster-threat-levels/
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RFI Mini #5 - Email Question about Green Slimes!
Another RFI Mini, which will come out on Tuesdays and Thursdays of the week. In this episode DM Glenn asked a question about how I handle Green Slimes. Green Slimes can be found in the monster manual on p49. Listen in and see if you agree or not. Go ahead and email your questions and I will answer them on the air as well. AsktheDm@TheEvilDM.com
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RFI Mini #4 - Voicemails and Questions!
Hey folks a new episode today. Got two voicemails, both are from Carl of the Save or Die podcast. He asks some interesting questions and points out somethings about abilities scores being 15 and has thoughts on the whole females strength topic. Listen in and you too can leave a voicemail or email me.
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RFI Mini #3 - Multi-Class Character Class Hitpoint Rolling
Looking through the book, I saw a rule about rolling hitpoints for multi-class characters and decided to talk about it and my experiences with the rule and how Gary wrote the book.
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RFI Mini #2 - Talking Attributes and "exceptional abilities"
Another episode of the RFI Podcast, just in Mini format with your wonderful host, the Podfather of the OSR Vince! This episode the paragraph about abilities caught my eye, and how its suggested that each character have at least two scores of 15 in their attributes to be successful.. what does that mean for the DM and the players? Will boosting things up make a difference? listen in and see!
RFI Mini #1 - The level term and what it could have been?
That's right, I decided to do some Mini-RFI's from my own podcast. It wont be daily, but it will be fun. At least I think so. Talking Levels from the PHB.
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TSR is back, is this good or bad? YOU decide.
Listening as I give my thoughts about TSR being back and what I believe they are doing. Remember I am not an expert on trademarks or law.
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Little update about games and no Orcs, Goblins and Kobolds don't have feelings.
Just giving you a friendly update on this show and no I'm not dead. I am running games at rollhighordie.com and on my youtube channel.
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Updates and no, RFI Podcast will not be coming back, sorry!
Just another episode, with some update and no RFI Podcast will not be back. Also talking about some missing articles on the RFI Website.
its Monday! FASERIP Podcast is back!
Talking about the FASERIP Podcast, Star Trek LUG and what I am working on and planning!
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A new show? Ramble-mania!
Yep a new show, because I wanted to put something out. enjoy
What are your first experiences with RPGS
I had put this up on my youtube channel, but people wanted it also on my audio podcast for easy travel listening. So here you go!
Did a little video talking about my time during the '80s when I first started really playing RPGs and one of my "friends" caught me playing and how I reacted to that. I know people of today don't really have this challenge like we did back in the '80s and I'm very happy no one has to go through that again. Almost at 1000!
Cookie Cutter Creatures, no way!
Quick update today as I'm off, but wanted to also talk about my thoughts on how I handle cookie cutter creatures in my campaigns, making them my way, right away!
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Escapism is the key to our hobby, start a new campaign!
In this episode I decided to talk about what makes roleplaying games so much fun in our hobby. The reason why we play and how I feel we should all just start a new campaign to escape the drama in life right now. What do you think?
Closer to 1K on YT and Talking Portal Worlds in your Campaign!
In this episode I talk about getting closer to 1k on youtube and then talk about portal world campaigns and how it can be loads of fun for a GM that likes to wipe the slate clean everyday and start a fresh.
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Talking about Older editions and why we play them
In this episode today, I decided to ponder thoughts about why I play older editions of various games and why we should appreciate them.
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Monday morning, weekend recap of gaming and life
Welcome to monday folks! another podcast is out and about for your ears as I talk about the weekend, Halloween & gaming that happened this past weekend!
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Dice, Dice, Dice.. dice everywhere!
Today I am talking about dice, my favorite dice, the Arby's dice and what I think about dice in my life.
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GMless RPGs are......stupid?
Talking about a topic that annoys the crap out of me, GMless RPGs and how they make zero sense to me and I am not sure why all these people are pushing games with no GMs. There needs to be someone who is the referee or the judge of a game to make sure people stay in line, follow the rules and someone needs to control the NPCs and monsters. Otherwise its a narrative storytelling game, so pass around the stick and have at it.
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Following up on a Voicemail, Comics and Horror movies!
A listener Jason left me a voicemail (thank you!) talking about some of his life experiences with Comics and B-Horror movies. So I decided to follow up with that, and chat about my horror movie likes as we are getting closer to Halloween! Leave me a message or tweet me!
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Its cold outside, Youtube and a Cop RPG?
Man its cold outside and who wants to go outside when its raining and in the 30s temp wise? no one. So today I talk a little about my youtube video coming out today as well my thoughts on a Cop based RPG my group and I will be playing in.
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