110 episodes

Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition podcast (with other role-playing games mixed in) where co-hosts, Adam & Allysa, answer real questions to help fellow Dungeon Masters plan for their Next Session! Segments include "Ask a GM" where Adam provides a technical in-game ruling, "Use That Spell", and "Search The Room" where they discuss a spell or magic item every episode. Join in on conversation by submitting your question to the podcast and Adam & Allysa will answer and discuss the world's most popular ttrpg in a casual, educational, and humorous conversation in an inclusive setting.

The Next Session The Next Session

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Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition podcast (with other role-playing games mixed in) where co-hosts, Adam & Allysa, answer real questions to help fellow Dungeon Masters plan for their Next Session! Segments include "Ask a GM" where Adam provides a technical in-game ruling, "Use That Spell", and "Search The Room" where they discuss a spell or magic item every episode. Join in on conversation by submitting your question to the podcast and Adam & Allysa will answer and discuss the world's most popular ttrpg in a casual, educational, and humorous conversation in an inclusive setting.

    Ep 107 Lycanthropy & Longstrider (with special guest Justin Lewis)

    Ep 107 Lycanthropy & Longstrider (with special guest Justin Lewis)

    Special Guest Justin Lewis, the host of How to Be a Better DM podcast, joins us this week!

    Visit: https://session0studios.com/better-dm-show/ to learn more!

    We had a great conversation with Justin on how to get more players at your DnD table. 

    Next Session Help: 

    Subject_Quail_31 asks “What might the consequences of elemental moons be on the lore of lycanthropes?”

    Ask a GM: 

    Kirst_Kitty wants to know our take on what Magical Honey might do. 

    Use That Spell: Lonstrider

    Thanks for listening!

    As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com


    Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast
    Facebook: @thenextsession

    • 57 min
    Ep 106 Non-Combat Tournament & Nature's Mantle

    Ep 106 Non-Combat Tournament & Nature's Mantle

    Next Session Help: 

    Allovertheshop is asking why their Fey NPC would be collecting monsters for a non-combat tournament?



    Ask a GM: 

    Admirable_Scarcity74 wants to know what we would do differently if we ran a campaign with sessions once a month versus once a week?

    Empty-School7479 is asking about 5 Room Dungeons which Adam has basically been doing, but didn't know that is what it was called. Gotta love learning things together!



    Search The Room: Nature’s Mantle 

    Thanks for listening!

    As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com


    Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast
    Facebook: @thenextsession

    • 46 min
    Ep 105: Session Zero Part 2

    Ep 105: Session Zero Part 2

    We're finishing what we started with the second-parter to our Session 0 discussion! This time we go over Character Creation, Map Building, and World Building!



    Search The Room: Spellwrought Tattoo


    Thanks for listening!

    As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com


    Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast
    Facebook: @thenextsession

    • 57 min
    Ep 104: Session Zero Part 1

    Ep 104: Session Zero Part 1

    Next Session Help:
    We took another awesome question from the Merch Maestro himself, Diet Toothpaste, and it turned out to be so big that we split it into two parts! As we get into the Session 0 discussion we talk about Session .2 (Or Session -1 depending on how you like your numbers) and we focus mainly on the tools you can use like X-cards, Fade to Black, and NO list / Please list. We also discuss Player Table expectations and what players are going to expect from Session 0 (will there be actual playing involved?)
    Next episode we wrap up with world building and character building, plus a Search the Room! This discussion was a long time coming, so thank you to Diet Toothpaste for giving us the perfect opportunity to get it out there!

    Thanks for listening!
    As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com

    Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast
    Facebook: @thenextsession

    • 52 min
    Ep 103 Aging Fight & Arms of Hadar

    Ep 103 Aging Fight & Arms of Hadar

    Next Session Help: 

    Pretty_Papaya2256 needs help coming up with consequences for their players, especially in regards to an angry pirate crew hunting them down. 

    NoDirection6223 has let the players discover some stones in an enemies bag. What could they be?



    Ask a GM: 

    Deadra_Churl wants to create an encounter where the players would run into an enemy and as they fight it the characters would be aged by it. 



    Use That Spell: Arms of Hadar

    Thanks for listening!

    As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com


    Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast
    Facebook: @thenextsession

    • 37 min
    Ep 100 Season 5 Finale - Oops! All Adams

    Ep 100 Season 5 Finale - Oops! All Adams

    Adam Davis from Game to Grow has joined the podcast this week to talk to our long time Australian listener ArtbyAdam. ArtbyAdam wrote in to tell us about his recent run in with the Satanic Panic that seems to follow roleplaying games like an evil shadow. We just had to have him on to tell his story and get his side of things.



    Search the Room: Adamantine Armor



    Thanks for listening! We’ll be taking a break for the rest of the year and will be back in January! 

    As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com


    Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast
    Facebook: @thenextsession

    • 1 hr 5 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
11 Ratings

11 Ratings

Pomegranate33 ,

I could listen to these two talk about anything!

Deeply knowledgeable - you will learn a ton, great voices and chemistry, and overall just fun to listen to!

stnwy ,

5 stars!

Definitely the best Dungeon Master advise podcast I’ve ever found!

Jumbaja ,

Required listening for game/dungeon masters

Fantastic podcast. I’ve learned so much. It’s made me a better GM, and made my games more interesting and fun for myself and my players. My only complaint is that it wasn’t around 20 years ago when I started. And yes, I’d love a sticker

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