Sean Merwin

And you can find me on the socials at Sean Merwin. You can follow the podcast at Mastering D&D. And, you know, join us wherever you listen. Send us an email. Scream out your window. Whatever. We love it. Teos, we have gone through even more monsters awaiting the real drop for this Monster Manual. So what are we going to do now?

And you can find me on the socials at Sean Merwin. You can follow the podcast at Mastering D&D. And, you know, join us wherever you listen. Send us an email. Scream out your window. Whatever. We love it. Teos, we have gone through even more monsters awaiting the real drop for this Monster Manual. So what are we going to do now?

And I am about to... Retake my normal blob form.

And I am about to... Retake my normal blob form.

Hello, everyone, and welcome to this week's episode of Mastering Dungeons. I'm Sean Merwin, here with the ever-energetic Teos Abadias. So, Teos, how are things going this week?

Hello, everyone, and welcome to this week's episode of Mastering Dungeons. I'm Sean Merwin, here with the ever-energetic Teos Abadias. So, Teos, how are things going this week?

obviously with the play test and all the things that they were doing up until the release. And I've played with the new rules, but I haven't played

obviously with the play test and all the things that they were doing up until the release. And I've played with the new rules, but I haven't played

the new rules and new monsters official monsters so uh got to do that this weekend i had heard that power levels are much different than they used to be i can say at second level i haven't seen that yet but uh so far so good in terms of expectations of how difficult things are going to be weapon masteries behaved it was all reasonable at the table It was. It was.

the new rules and new monsters official monsters so uh got to do that this weekend i had heard that power levels are much different than they used to be i can say at second level i haven't seen that yet but uh so far so good in terms of expectations of how difficult things are going to be weapon masteries behaved it was all reasonable at the table It was. It was.

And speaking of silly but okay, let's talk about our listeners. Our listeners are all okay. Some of them are a little silly, but not the people who write to us. They are generally very serious. So we're going to take a couple of those emails right now, starting with Tentacles Squelching Wetly via our Patreon Discord.

And speaking of silly but okay, let's talk about our listeners. Our listeners are all okay. Some of them are a little silly, but not the people who write to us. They are generally very serious. So we're going to take a couple of those emails right now, starting with Tentacles Squelching Wetly via our Patreon Discord.

Do you have recommendations on how to evaluate the best return on your invested prep time when balancing the effort required in creating adventure handouts or props with their impact on immersion, particularly when distinguishing between essential clues, and more flavor type pieces.

Do you have recommendations on how to evaluate the best return on your invested prep time when balancing the effort required in creating adventure handouts or props with their impact on immersion, particularly when distinguishing between essential clues, and more flavor type pieces.

Have you found that the time acquired enhances player enjoyment and storytelling significantly, or are there alternative methods such as more detailed role-playing notes for NPCs, environmental descriptions, or other types of pregame prep that should take precedence when the goal is deeper immersion into story and setting? We'll cut it there. And what did you have to say on this, Teos?

Have you found that the time acquired enhances player enjoyment and storytelling significantly, or are there alternative methods such as more detailed role-playing notes for NPCs, environmental descriptions, or other types of pregame prep that should take precedence when the goal is deeper immersion into story and setting? We'll cut it there. And what did you have to say on this, Teos?

I think that one of the joys of using published adventures, especially ones that come with these great handouts, is that you don't have to create your own. And usually, since they are made by a publishing company or an accessories company, they're usually very well done.

I think that one of the joys of using published adventures, especially ones that come with these great handouts, is that you don't have to create your own. And usually, since they are made by a publishing company or an accessories company, they're usually very well done.

I'm not terribly visually oriented, so handouts never have done a great deal for me unless they specifically represent something that my character would need to know or see in the game. So remember Tomb of Horrors and White Plume Mountain? Yeah. When they had that little... art pack that came with them. And so you as the game master could describe the room and then show a picture of the room.

I'm not terribly visually oriented, so handouts never have done a great deal for me unless they specifically represent something that my character would need to know or see in the game. So remember Tomb of Horrors and White Plume Mountain? Yeah. When they had that little... art pack that came with them. And so you as the game master could describe the room and then show a picture of the room.