Hook and Chance
Hook & Chance is a Dungeons and Dragons advice and game enrichment podcast for players and Dungeon Masters full of entertaining ideas for incredible games!
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 46 minutes
- Episodes
- 171
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2023
Make Mimics Monstrous
Mimics are the classic monster that's fun in concept, horrendous on execution. They are designed to be a trap that cannot be detected, and this drives us up a wall. So join us as we talk about what e…
00:41:10 |
Mon 25 Jan 2021
Letting the Players Lead ft. The GMTim
Want to learn some techniques that will leave everyone stunned at how well a session brought their characters and their visions to life? Here to help is The GMTim! He runs about 10 games a month, wri…
00:54:28 |
Mon 18 Jan 2021
Infuse your Artificer with Character
The Artificer is a class that stands out as way to visually express your stunning creativity. You can have mechanical friends, suits of super armor, incredible weaponry, the list goes on. It's incred…
00:49:43 |
Mon 11 Jan 2021
D&D Maze Design that Works
Sometimes you get an idea of the kind of game you want to run in your head. Like, a twisty, turny, confusing labyrinthine adventure would be rad, right? Everyone would have so much fun trying to navi…
00:58:10 |
Mon 04 Jan 2021
Tension and Using Disguise Self
Well, it’s kinda tough to say. Y’see, we think it’s all a matter of how getting the expectations right for this incredibly utilitarian sorcery. In this episode, though we take a deeper look into a sp…
00:39:44 |
Mon 07 Dec 2020
Building Frightening Fire Giant Culture
Hey, look, we still love Giants. So join us as we explore the culture of Fire Giants! Go past their angry exterior and discover what really motivates them, how they treat humanoids, what they do when…
00:55:24 |
Mon 30 Nov 2020
How to Fix Mistakes in Your Game
Making mistakes as a DM or player was once our biggest fear. Then, we learned that the greatest games happen due to unexpected occurrences, and that the best thing we can do in the face of creative a…
00:56:25 |
Mon 23 Nov 2020
A New Sand Giant Culture
You know we love some giants, and maybe you do too. Maybe even your whole table does too! If you want to mix it up and use something that no one has seen, and lives somewhere no giant would live, ple…
00:52:34 |
Mon 16 Nov 2020
Roleplay Giants with Culture Creation
Have you ever struggled to flesh out a society in your games? Or multiple cultures at once? If you're working off of lore, it can be a lot to absorb and figure out how to use. If you are starting fro…
00:59:08 |
Mon 09 Nov 2020
Build Religious Characters with Depth
If you've listened to our last episode, you heard us create a system to create unique gods and religions. Well, now it's time to apply that to your incredible character! We combine our culture creato…
00:57:34 |
Mon 02 Nov 2020
Create Gods and Religions with Ease
So you want your world to feel real, and it's time to scheme up some godly goodness. There's two ways we know to screw this up real good. The first is to just forget to do it, and all the sudden you'…
00:45:09 |
Mon 26 Oct 2020
Terrify Players with Body Horror Adventures
There's so many different kinds of delighful horror to dive into, but if you've ever wanted to explore the themes associated with body horror in a way that creates a disturbing sense of dread while r…
00:43:27 |
Mon 19 Oct 2020
Creatively Clutch with Mage Hand
Ever want to pop off your hand and throw it across the room? Try Mage Hand instead. It's a cantrip that has an incredible variety of uses, and they're all fun as heck. Well, I'm sure you could fold l…
00:36:26 |
Mon 12 Oct 2020
How to Handle Character Death
Can you keep the threat of death in a game without worrying about pissing off the players? We think so. There's a few strategies that can make death a lot more important and meaningful in a game, whi…
00:42:15 |
Mon 05 Oct 2020
Roleplay Like an Actor ft. Joanna Gaskell
Want a little help getting that finely crafted character or NPC from the page into the game? Or maybe you've got all these ideas as a DM, but find it tricky to run those flowing, exciting sessions yo…
00:53:55 |
Mon 28 Sep 2020
Plan Jaw Dropping Story Twists
One of the most satisfying things you can do as a DM is to truly shock your players. The bigger the better. That's why we're figuring out plot twists in this episode, and exactly how to put them in y…
00:41:02 |
Mon 21 Sep 2020
Keep Players Hooked with Cliffhangers
Cliffhangers are an incredibly powerful tool for your games. They create a serious psychological desire for closure, which makes people eager to return to the table. Sitting with that unresolved stor…
00:51:51 |
Mon 14 Sep 2020
Create a Wizard with Science
Wizards are pretty incredible, what with their dazzling array of cosmic powers and daunting intellect. They can, however, be challenging to roleplay due to said intellect, and it's easy to rely on cl…
00:48:14 |
Mon 07 Sep 2020
Better Roleplay Using Character Dynamics
Staring at another player, sweating through the seconds, thinking to yourself "must...roleplay..." is a rough moment. Instead, we want the moments where people are verbally bouncing off each other, a…
00:40:57 |
Mon 31 Aug 2020
Better Roleplay Using Tropes
Figure out where you fit into a group, and the roleplaying between party members becomes so much easier. The fundamentals of this concept is that there's two characters that contrast each other, and …
00:41:40 |
Mon 24 Aug 2020
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