Matt Colville Videos

You've mentioned before in other videos about including factions and/or political aspects of a story in a megadungeon. How? That idea appeals to me, but I have no idea where to start. What factions would be in a dungeon? How many? Thanks!

Hey. My suggestion is: tips and tricks for players on how to handle character conflict. I love playing Dnd, but one of my issues is character conflicts. I love them, I think it's great drama for the story. But I'm not sure how to go about...

I think there's no better way to hook a party into a game than to have a classic whodunit? The episode could cover things like how to account for and counteract players with divination spells, that the murder isn't instantly solved, how to lay out...

How do you create a world that allows for a large population of monsters in the wilderness while still having small villages/towns and the different monsters not killing each-other off How do these small settlements defend themselves? How do...

Talk about what your currently working on or show something cool around the office like when you went through your old RPGs during the office tour. Maybe even have Anna or Lars do it.

I'm interested in hearing your take on how to help players transition from videogaming to tabletop rpgs. I've run smack into this issue many times, and have had successes and failures in roughly equal measure. The trouble is I'm having a hard...

As in multi-classing, feats, homebrew content, rolling stats vs. point buy, honor and sanity (though I believe you did honor if I'm not mistaken), etcetera.

You should only roll dice when both success and failure are interesting.

Make a collaborative video with Jim and Pruitt of WebDM. Maybe discuss your DM styles and how they differ.

How much lore should you right at the beginning of your campaign, and how far ahead should you plan in your plot.

Elves, Dwarves, Vampires, Dragons, etc. live far longer than Humans giving these long lived races the chance to acquire far more wealth, power, and influence than any human. These long lived races thus have the ability to get to and enjoy 20th...

Gods and Patrons - Archfey, Great Old Ones, Archdevils and Demon Princes. The DMG is woefully inadequate when it comes to roleplaying tips for portraying intellects and behaviours that drastically deviate from what we might consider 'normal'. How...

What to do in a big city, ideas for NPC encounters, and interesting places to visit a player wouldnt normally think of.

Ideas and opinions on multiclass characters in terms of mechanics and actual roleplay. Overpowered? Too weak?

Allowing players to attack/ cast spells/ use strength and dex/ use charisma on each-other. Which should be allowed which shouldn't, why and how to explain limits to players.

So a player dies. No big deal, the roll up a backup character. Now what? How do you introduce new characters into the story without it feeling forced or unnatural to add a new character into a party? Why would they accept a new character? Wouldnt...

I think it was Neil Caiman who said "All stories that matter, end" I'm running Lost Mine of Phandelver, and my players don't want much to proceed beyond that. Do you have any tips for wrapping up a Campaign?

I know you have made videos in the past on running different adventures and some stuff like that, but i would love to see a video on how to make a custom long lasting campaign. Have you done it before, do you have any tips.

So you're the DM, and maybe you're experienced and you're with your same group, or you're brand new and starting at the beginning. You need to do at least enough prep to know what's generally going to happen. But how do you know when you've done...

I recently played in a one-shot where my 6th level pre-gen character's passive perception was 19, but every time I rolled a perception check I'd roll really low so my active check was say 14. The way we ended up handling it was taking the concept...

Suggestions on how to create cohesion with a set of strangers set out into the world to become adventurers. Why do they stay together?

How much lore should you right at the beginning of your campaign, and how far ahead should you plan in your plot.

Your Appendix N has gotta be huge! From just what I've seen in RtG, you have a massive collection of books, movies, and video games that you steal from every chance you get, and I want to steal from them too.

Elves, Dwarves, Vampires, Dragons, etc. live far longer than Humans giving these long lived races the chance to acquire far more wealth, power, and influence than any human. These long lived races thus have the ability to get to and enjoy 20th...

I believe something akin to the Different Type of Players (DTP) video might be useful for both Players and DMs, the major difference would be that while the DTP focused on combat and no combat player types, this video would cover how every type of...

I have made several "Bad guys in the past, but i would like to maby see your process and hear your tips. Maby some different mindsets of bad guys, maby something that makes the players think.

How can you narrate and show the Lore of your world without giving handouts and without doing Out-Of-Game explanations of it?

I'm interested in creating a labyrinth/maze for my players as part of our current campaign. Similar to the labyrinth from the "Tombs of Atuan" by Le Guin, it would be found in the desert and hide a forgotten treasure. My big question is, do I...

You've said a lot about how alignment doesn't define a character, and I love that, but my players have been creating characters that fit the "lawful good" image -- a strict rule follower, stuck up, does things because it's "the right thing to do"...

calculating experience is a pain, and experience is based on CR, which is rarely a real reflection of monster difficulties. Milestone leveling has its merits, but players sometimes feel like they're being railroaded for leveling. Are there...