Tips for Improv: Reacting and Responding to Players’ Unexpected Choices Part 3

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How to Be a Better DM: Dungeon Master Tips for the DM Newbie, the Hobbyist and the Forever DM

Justin Lewis

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Learn how to be a better DM (Dungeon Master) so you can tell better stories for yourself and your friends. Learn things like how to start a campaign, how to create realistic NPCs, how to move the plot along, and how and why to use session 0's for your party. Join hosts Justin Lewis, Cayden Ottley and Tanner Weyland as they distill all the DM tips, tools and resources for the beginner DM, for the DM with a few years of experience and for the Forever DM who's been playing for 20 years. If you're sick of searching for things like, "How to create a homebrew DND campaign?", click the play button and listen to become the best dungeon master you ever could be! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/betterdungeonmaster Discord Server: https://discord.gg/g77qt8quM2 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/howtobeabetterdmpodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@session0studios YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@session0studios Professional Dungeon Master Services: https://session0studios.com/dungeon-master-for-hire/ DM Coaching: https://session0studios.com/coaching/

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Tips for Improv: Reacting and Responding to Players’ Unexpected Choices Part 3

How to Be a Better DM: Dungeon Master Tips for the DM Newbie, the Hobbyist and the Forever DM

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1 month ago

Tips for Improv: Reacting and Responding to Players’ Unexpected Choices Part 3

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:

The Rule of Intent
Yes AND
Spark or Prompts
Take Pauses and Breathes
Take Advantage of Cool Moments
Outsource to the Players
Maintain the tone or Subvert it

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