The Next Session

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 the 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.

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Ep 106 Non-Combat Tournament & Nature's Mantle
<p><strong>Next Session Help: </strong></p> <p><strong>Allovertheshop</strong> is asking why their Fey NPC would be collecting monsters for a non-combat tournament?</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Ask a GM: </strong></p> <p><strong>Admirable_Scarcity74</strong> wants to know what we would do differently if we ran a campaign with sessions once a month versus once a week?</p> <p><strong>Empty-School7479</strong> is asking about 5 Room Dungeons which Adam has basically been doing, but didn&#39;t know that is what it was called. Gotta love learning things together!</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Search The Room: Nature’s Mantle </strong></p> <p>Thanks for listening!</p> <p>As always, you can ask us a question at <a href="www.nextsessionpodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">www.nextsessionpodcast.com</a></p> <ul> <li>Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast</li> <li>Facebook: @thenextsession</li> </ul>
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Ep 105: Session Zero Part 2
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Ep 104: Session Zero Part 1
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Ep 103 Aging Fight & Arms of Hadar
<p><strong>Next Session Help: </strong></p><p><strong>Pretty_Papaya2256</strong> needs help coming up with consequences for their players, especially in regards to an angry pirate crew hunting them down. </p><p><strong>NoDirection6223</strong> has let the players discover some stones in an enemies bag. What could they be?</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Ask a GM: </strong></p><p><strong>Deadra_Churl </strong>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. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Use That Spell: Arms of Hadar</strong></p><p>Thanks for listening!</p><p>As always, you can ask us a question at <a href="www.nextsessionpodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">www.nextsessionpodcast.com</a></p><ul> <li>Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast</li> <li>Facebook: @thenextsession</li></ul>
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Ep 100 Season 5 Finale - Oops! All Adams
<p><strong>Adam Davis </strong>from <a href="https://gametogrow.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Game to Grow</a> has joined the podcast this week to talk to our long time Australian listener <strong>ArtbyAdam</strong>. 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. </p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Search the Room: Adamantine Armor</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p>Thanks for listening! We’ll be taking a break for the rest of the year and will be back in January! </p> <p>As always, you can ask us a question at <a href="www.nextsessionpodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">www.nextsessionpodcast.com</a></p> <ul> <li>Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast</li> <li>Facebook: @thenextsession</li> </ul> <p><br></p>
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Ep 102 Just Done & Jim’s Magic Missile
<p><strong>Next Session Help: </strong><strong>DarkestMoose</strong> is not having fun running their campaign anymore and needs help giving closure while they end. <strong>Stunning-Ad9453</strong> is running Tomb of Annihilation and has a character in a no-win situation. What should they do? </p><p><strong>Ask a GM: </strong><strong>Massaman955</strong> wants to know how much poison a level 2 player can extract from a Giant Poisonous Snake.</p><p><strong>Use That Spell: Jim&#39;s Magic Missile</strong>Thanks for listening!</p><p>As always, you can ask us a question at <a href="nextsessionpodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">www.nextsessionpodcast.com</a></p><ul> <li>Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast</li> <li>Facebook: @thenextsession</li></ul><p><br></p>
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Ep 101 Zero Weapons & Zone of Truth
<p><strong>Next Session Help: </strong><strong>John S.</strong> would like to start a campaign with all weapons removed from the players and starting in prison. Discuss! He also wants to know what materials/ tools we keep at our table. <strong>Ask a GM: </strong><strong>MadmanPoet</strong> wants to know “What would be a plausible relationship between a Lich and their body?” and <strong>Stahl_Konig</strong> needs a technical ruling on an Eldritch Knight casting the Green Flame Blade cantrip without the War Caster Feat and holding a shield and a weapon. <strong>Use That Spell: Zone of Truth</strong>Thanks for listening!As always, you can ask us a question at <a href="www.nextsessionpodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">www.nextsessionpodcast.com</a></p><ul> <li>Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast</li> <li>Facebook: @thenextsession</li></ul><p><br></p>
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Ep 99 Arena Fight & Abi-Dalzim’s Horrid Wilting
<p><strong>Next Session Help: </strong></p><p><strong>AaLion95 </strong>is trying to figure out how to do an arena fight for a single player while the rest of the party sits out. </p><p><strong>Isaar42</strong> needs some help populating their in-game Goblin Casino.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Ask a GM: </strong></p><p><strong>Spetzell </strong>asks, “Does Empowered Evocation apply to each round of a duration spell?”</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Use That</strong> Spell:  Abi-Dalzim’s Horrid Wilting </p><p>Thanks for listening!</p><p>As always, you can ask us a question at <a href="www.nextsessionpodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">www.nextsessionpodcast.com</a></p><ul> <li>Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast</li> <li>Facebook: @thenextsession</li></ul><p><br></p>
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Ep 98 Raven Queen Resurrection & Remote Access
<p><strong>Next Session Help: </strong></p> <p><strong>DnDBambi</strong> has a Player Character that wants to be resurrected by the Raven Queen and would like help coming up with what the price of that transaction would be.  </p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Ask a GM: </strong></p> <p><strong>TheBlackIbis</strong> asks what could be in a used Bag of Holding that their players have come across?</p> <p><strong>Ok_Box_7276</strong> wants to know our opinion on players that are mechanically of one class, but played as another?</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Use That Spell: Remote Access</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p>Thanks for listening!</p> <p>As always, you can ask us a question at www.nextsessionpodcast.com</p> <ul> <li>Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast</li> <li>Facebook: @thenextsession</li> </ul> <p><br></p>
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Ep 97 Nilbogs & the Necklace of Adaptation
<p><strong>Next Session Help: </strong></p> <p><strong>TheBlackIbis</strong> is back with a question about running a Nilbog. We ask, “what is a Nilbog?” And then we looked it up and answered the first question. </p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Ask a GM: </strong></p> <p><strong>MrSillybiscuits</strong> asks “How do I become a less adversarial GM?”</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Take It Or Leave It: </strong>We go into the Rumor System</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Search The Room: The Necklace of Adaptation</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p>Thanks for listening!</p> <p>As always, you can ask us a question at <a href="www.nextsessionpodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">www.nextsessionpodcast.com</a></p> <ul> <li>Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast</li> <li>Facebook: @thenextsession</li> </ul> <p><br></p>
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Ep 96 Inclusion & Id Insinuation
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Ep 95 Oops All Ask a GM! & Otiluke's Resilient ...
<p><strong>Ask a GM: </strong></p> <p><strong>VoulKanon </strong>wants to know if the inhabitants on a Morkoth island know they forget things? What’s a Morkoth? What’s a Morkoth with you?! </p> <p><strong>BarNo3385</strong> is dying to know if their puzzle was too complicated.</p> <p><strong>Puzzleheaded-Dragon</strong> needs a ruling on a crossbow expert. </p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Use That Spell: Otiluke&#39;s Resilient Sphere</strong></p> <p>Thanks for listening!</p> <p>As always, you can ask us a question at <a href="www.nextsessionpodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">www.nextsessionpodcast.com</a></p> <ul> <li>Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast</li> <li>Facebook: @thenextsession</li> </ul>
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Ep 94 Noticing Traps & Nathair’s Mischief 
<p><strong>Next Session Help:</strong></p> <p><strong>VigilantRex1 </strong>wants advice on stealing some equipment from their Players </p> <p><strong>Kauzoka</strong> has a cool idea for a campaign involving a crime family of Beholders </p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Ask a GM: </strong></p> <p><strong>Micnos12</strong> wants to know how to determine when a player triggers a trap.</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Use That Spell: Nathair&#39;s Mischief</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p>Thanks for listening!</p> <p>As always, you can ask us a question at <a href="www.nextsessionpodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">www.nextsessionpodcast.com</a></p> <ul> <li>Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast</li> <li>Facebook: @thenextsession</li> </ul> <p><br></p>
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Ep 93 Prison Break & Primal Savagery
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Ep 92 Disappearing & the Dark Shard Amulet
<p><strong>Next Session Help:</strong></p> <p><strong>Flubbajubba2</strong> has created an in-game way to cover for out-of-game absences, but needs to know how it all ties together.</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Ask a GM: </strong></p> <p><strong>M4p80y </strong>wants to know<strong> “</strong>How do I make a big city feel bigger without building literally every building”</p> <p><strong>JustDarnGood27</strong> asks “How broken/unbalanced would allowing a PC to pull a character in with a grappling hook as a bonus action?”</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Search The Room: Dark Shard Amulet</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p>Thanks for listening!</p> <p>As always, you can ask us a question at <a href="www.nextsessionpodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">www.nextsessionpodcast.com</a></p> <ul> <li>Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast</li> <li>Facebook: @thenextsession<br></li> </ul>
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Ep 91 Retcon Outcome & Rime’s Binding Ice
<p><strong>Next Session Help:</strong></p> <p>TheBlackIbis is asking if they should retcon the outcome of the last fight since the players were supposed to win it. We say no way! </p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Ask a GM: </strong></p> <p>Belolonadalogalo wants to know if a monster with multi-attack can replace one of those attacks with something like a shove.</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Use That Spell: Rime’s Binding Ice</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p>Thanks for listening!</p> <p>As always, you can ask us a question at <a href="www.nextsessionpodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">www.nextsessionpodcast.com</a></p> <ul> <li>Instagram: @nextsessionpodcast</li> <li>Facebook: @thenextsession</li> </ul> <p><br></p>
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Ep 90 Lucky Character & Lightning Bolt 
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Ep 89 Phantom Zone & Pearl of Power
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Ep 88 Immune to Crits & Immolation
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Ep 87 Hag Contract & Hellish Rebuke
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Ep 86 Duck Egg & Dream of the Blue Veil
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Ep 85 Brand New Magic & the Bag of Beans
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Ep 84 Goblin of Loot, Goblin of Wishes, & Galde...
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Ep 83 Water Questions & the Weapon of Certain D...
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Ep 82 Kill a God & Knock
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