Podcasts | Helpful NPCs

How to Tell Your Players "BIG NO."

Have you single-handedly DESTROYED your game by telling your players "no"? Probably not. Have you ever had to tell your players "no"?...

Chapter 6, Episode 3: Roleplaying Alignment

How should players approach alignment in D&D? With fear and trembling and consideration of the rest of the table. No classes have an...

Chapter 6, Episode 2: DMing Alignment Without Killing Your Game

Nothing kills a game faster than bad DMing, and alignment is ground whereupon a DM must needs tread carefully. As most DMs handle...

Chapter 6, Episode 1: The Malignment of Alignment

Take a listen to the fresh beats of the Helpful NPCs crew as they tackle the controversial system of alignment. It has been (rightly and...

Chapter 5, Episode 3: The Mighty Mule

In D&D, our parties always have a faithful mule companion. We have never once run a game where the pack mule isn't a central facet of...

Chapter 5, Episode 2: Loot and Plunder

Following up the previous topic of frittering away your gold, the Helpful NPCs crew discuss treasure management within D&D. You're going...

Chapter 5, Episode 1: Money, Money, Money

Managing your money in D&D - a primer. How do you spend it all? In D&D 5e, the options are somewhat limited, so you might need to get...

What To Play When You're Bored of D&D

Spoilers: It's Savage Worlds. Sometimes D&D can get a bit samey and you need a break from d20s, hit points, and saving throws. The...

Don't Play Batman

Don't do it, kids! There's the temptation to play "Batman" when playing RPGs, and Ryan and Thomas are here to tell ya: it don't work so...

Chapter 2, Episode 3: The Other Guys

The Helpful NPCs discuss some of the "other" classes available in 5e. These oddballs and miscreants exist outside of the Holy Quadrinity,...