Welcome to today’s episode.

Today we talk about how to actually improve this year.

1. ​Start recording your sessions
2. ​Use the Dungeon Master Level Up Guide
3. ​Find a group of your peers
4. ​Take the PPDS Self Assessment
5. ​ Daily Study
6. ​Dedicated Practice

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Welcome back to How to Be a Better DM.

Today we talk about 5 tips for session prep with no time.

1. ​Adjust your expectations
2. ​Get inside your players’ minds
3. ​WorldSmith
4. ​Get a repository of Maps
5. ​Get Transposable Material

​Thanks for listening to today’s show.

Merry Christmas

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It almost feels like cliffhangers are a requirement for some DMs, or at least the professional ones! But are cliffhangers always necessary? And how can you use them more effectively as storytelling devices? Tanner discusses 3 tips for maximizing their effectiveness while avoiding cliffhanger-burnout.

Welcome back to How to Be a Better DM.

Today we continue talking about improv. We finish our tips for responding to player choices and actions.

Here are the tips:

1. ​The Rule of Intent
2. ​Yes AND
3. ​Spark or Prompts
4. ​Take Pauses and Breathes
5. ​Take Advantage of Cool Moments
6. ​Outsource to the Players
7. ​Maintain the tone or Subvert it

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Do you give your players much of a chance to collaborate on the storytelling? No? Well, you wouldn't be alone! In this episode, Tanner discusses some ideas for introducing collaboration into your D&D party so you can ramp up the storytelling AND player engagement!

Today's episode is all about taking a normal or underutilized D&D game mechanic and using it to its fullest to add some real excitement to your D&D games! And if anyone deserves more excitement for playing, it's the DM. Tanner shares 5 specific mechanics to check out. Are there any others you can think of?

Welcome back to How to Be a Better DM

today we continue talking about better Improv Tips for DMs

Here’s what we cover:

1. ​The Rule of Intent
2. ​Yes AND
3. ​Sparks or Prompt Lists
4. ​Taking Pauses or Breathes

Thanks for listening to today’s show. If you like our stuff and want to support us, here are some sponsor links and links to our other stuff:

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The problem of the NPC companion... the poor shmuck that your party drags along with them that YOU suddenly have to play as if you were both a player and a DM. They are just trouble, right? NO! If you learn how to pick your battles when using them in combat, roleplay situations, and other situations, you'll see that they can add to important moments without being a drag in the meantime.