Matt Colville Videos

Let's build/pregen 10 unique and interesting player characters for 5e on a stream!

I've started to run a campaign in a world of my own design but I wanted to use prebuilt modules and campaigns to help fill-out the world. However I've had trouble with balancing the games when I switch around the creatures in some of the encounters.

I once read in one edition’s handbook that the rules aren’t meant to be final. But, exactly how much can we add to, tweak, and omit rules? I find myself doing this all the time. In fact, the complexity of the rules can get so overwhelming ffor...

In #64 "On Being A Good Player" you offhand mention a DM Neutrality Principle, and suggest that might make for a video topic. How neutral should a DM really be? Are they obligated to be a balancing force, and how often should they put their thumb...

Ways to introduce content you've prepared for the session into the flow of what your players are doing without it feeling forced/repetitive. Tips on leaving clues in one adventure that will help tie it to or lead into the next would also be great.

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Hi Matt, I’m currently in the middle of reading TH White’s ‘The Once and Future King’ series, and I’m really enjoying it. You quote and mention ‘The Sword in the Stone’ a lot in your videos but haven’t yet done a dedicated video...

In your video "On Being A Good Player" you mention taking notes on any proper nouns. I have always struggled with presenting this to my players in the past because a lot of them expect the shopkeeper to have a name and some sort of story and I've...

Honestly, I just enjoy listening to it and need an excuse for you to spend most of a video speaking in it. Was it just a natural question for you to consider whether and how the Dragonborn would speak differently? Have you created any other...

Just asking if you have any opinions or experiences with the play by post community or the idea of text based dungeons and dragons game play. Thank you for your time.

How do you wrap up your campaigns in a satisfying way? What should DMs keep in mind, and how can they prepare for an ending? Is it possible to give the feeling of the ending of a really good book, while staying flexible for player choice and the...

There's this idea of the 'Marvel problem'; the hero and the villain have similar powers and strengths, so the conflict comes down to whoever does the gimmick better. Usually, the villain has some added gimmick which signals that they are in some...

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The Will and the Way! Psionics are an often controversial for their inclusion in d&d and how they only belong in scifi settings with rayguns, robots, and crashed spaceships. However the Darksun setting used them to great fanfare and they have...

Speaking exercises and how to project your voice while GMing without losing your voice. Every time I run a game I lose my voice even though I drink lots of water.

I pseudo-sequel to the Tavern episode. Id like to see Matts thoughts on the many classic starting scenarios that every dungeon master considers when beginning a campaign such as *The PC's are prisoners of some kind *The PC's are guards for a...

It was mentioned that Jim Murphy played in a network where several groups were running around in one seeing. How does this get organized? Is there an agreed on map? Is there a way to coordinate the players? I'm growing a large group of random...

I would love to see some examples of how Matt provides players with the in-character knowledge about the world, their enemies, etc., that they then use in the game and share with other players. There are great examples of this at work in the Dusk...

Your video on Range and Altitude in 3D did not cover how Area of Effect spells (Fireball or Cloudkill) work in a non-euclidean environment or in three dimensions. i.e. What happens when I cast Fireball 10 ft above an enemy?

An MMORPG can release a patch or xpac and then buff or nerf classes to balance the game. 5e really can’t. So... Is it important to look especially at spells as a DM and allow or not allow certain things that might be op?

when I started dming I had a problem that I tried hard not to railroad my players so I didn't give them enough informations, clues or hints to go anywhere

Armies are on the rise. Nations, city-states, and monster hordes have been allowed to congregate and build during a great time of peace. That icon of peace is dead. It's time for war.

They’re so friendly I just want to know their back stories.

Matt, I really enjoyed your first two Ratcatchers books. I just wanted to know if you have any sort of plan for when and if we can expect the 3rd one. I take it you have a bunch of stuff to do with the new office and Strongholds and Followers first.

Mainly a review of the ending of the video, just like it was done with the other bits of the movie.

Matt Coville has said that creating tension and resolution is something that makes D&D games much better. I do not think he has given advice on how to do that though.

I have no idea how to include magic items on my campaign properly

Well this sounds like a lot of work, and depending on how detailed you go and get it might be. But you have all the stuff you need already available in your videos. This guide would be filled with tips and tricks for a DM. So its more of a sumary...

What you've learnt from running published adventures

I think the biggest nemesis of good parties and epic campaigns is not a big bad monster but busy schedules.How to get the campaign going when it is hard for 5 people with busy real life schedules to set a common date for coming together.