Zone of Hot Truth

Zone of Hot Truth

28 episodes

The Zone of Hot Truth is a podcast made by four aspiring DMs, where we talk about our opinions on hot-button issues regarding the core mechanics of running DnD in about 15 minutes. Why 15 minutes? We usually record the podcast right before jumping into a game so we don't have much time for more! We hope you learn something new about running D&D and we hope to learn something from your feedback and questions! If you want to reach out to us, send an email here or contact us on your choice of dreaded social media platform: zoneofhottruth@gmail.com

Podcasts

One DnD Part 1: Our First Impressions

Published: Sept. 2, 2022, 7:09 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 10 seconds

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What Makes a Dream TTRPG Space?

Published: Aug. 18, 2022, 9:54 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 28 seconds

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Why Should You Run 5e?

Published: Aug. 5, 2022, 9:48 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 26 seconds

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Appendix N: Your Favorite Sources of Inspiration

Published: July 22, 2022, 8:42 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 14 seconds

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The Best Monsters in Dungeons & Dragons?

Published: July 3, 2022, 10:58 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 29 seconds

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How Should You Use Powerful Artifacts?

Published: June 13, 2022, 8 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 41 seconds

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Can You Play TTRPG's Without a Dungeon Master?

Published: May 27, 2022, 7:23 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 11 seconds

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What DM Products We Hope to See

Published: May 10, 2022, 10:19 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 2 seconds

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Can You Say "Your Character Wouldn't Think of That" As a DM?

Published: April 20, 2022, 10:18 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 47 seconds

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Is There an Ideal Player Count in TTRPGs?

Published: March 31, 2022, 11:29 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 55 seconds

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How Much Work Is It Really to DM?

Published: March 15, 2022, 8:16 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 37 seconds

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Should the DM Audit Their Players Character Sheets?

Published: Feb. 24, 2022, 10:24 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 37 seconds

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Is Gold an Interesting Part of DnD?

Published: Feb. 11, 2022, 10 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 12 seconds

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What Is Your TTRPG Resolution for 2022?

Published: Jan. 27, 2022, 10:01 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 19 seconds

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Should You Cancel or Play This Week?

Published: Jan. 14, 2022, 9:17 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 1 second

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What Were the Year's Best TTRPG Releases?

Published: Dec. 30, 2021, 11 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 57 seconds

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Should Wizards Change Your Digital Books?

Published: Dec. 23, 2021, 9:37 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 31 seconds

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Are Linear DnD Campaigns A Bad Idea?

Published: Dec. 10, 2021, 1:46 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 12 seconds

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What's the Most Important Part of A One Shot?

Published: Nov. 29, 2021, 8:50 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 6 seconds

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Is High Level Play in 5e Fun?

Published: Nov. 12, 2021, 12:05 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 3 seconds

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What Classes Are Missing From 5e?

Published: Oct. 28, 2021, 11 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 36 seconds

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What Does the Future of DnD 5th Edition Hold?

Published: Oct. 15, 2021, midnight
Duration: 18 minutes 33 seconds

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Wild Beyond the Witchlight: An enchanting New Adventure or A Cursed Endeavor?

Published: Sept. 30, 2021, 11 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 50 seconds

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Drafting the Perfect Party

Published: Sept. 16, 2021, 11 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 52 seconds

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Are Magic Classes Better Than Martial Ones?

Published: Sept. 2, 2021, 10:30 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 9 seconds

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The Rapier Problem!

Published: Aug. 19, 2021, 11 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 2 seconds

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To Brew... or Not To Brew?

Published: Aug. 5, 2021, 10:44 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 49 seconds

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How To Handle DM Anxiety?

Published: July 22, 2021, 10:38 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 44 seconds

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Is Crafting Terrain Worth It?

Published: July 8, 2021, 11:31 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 6 seconds

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Checking In On Your DM New Year's Resolutions!

Published: June 24, 2021, 10:24 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 6 seconds

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Deciphering the Uses For Puzzles!

Published: June 10, 2021, 10:18 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 39 seconds

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What Do Traps Bring To The Game?

Published: May 27, 2021, 11:26 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 13 seconds

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Can Your Players Break the Game?

Published: May 13, 2021, 10:03 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 44 seconds

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Session Zero Redux

Published: April 30, 2021, 1:06 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 48 seconds

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Are Death Saves An Interesting Mechanic?

Published: April 22, 2021, 11 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 30 seconds

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Theater of The Mind vs The Grid

Published: April 15, 2021, 11:41 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 53 seconds

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Verisimilitude: How Real Should DnD Get?

Published: April 8, 2021, 10:46 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 14 seconds

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Is Rolling At Advantage & Disadvantage Interesting?

Published: April 1, 2021, 10:11 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 3 seconds

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What Expectations Should DM's Have of Their Players?

Published: March 25, 2021, 10:32 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 12 seconds

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Should You Use the Monster Manual?

Published: March 18, 2021, 10 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 38 seconds

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What is the Value of Lingering Injuries

Published: March 11, 2021, 11:20 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 19 seconds

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Should You Run An Adventure You've Played In?

Published: March 4, 2021, 11 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 7 seconds

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Should You Rail-Road Your Players?

Published: Feb. 26, 2021, 12:47 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 18 seconds

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Dungeon Master Pet Peeves

Published: Feb. 18, 2021, 11:37 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 22 seconds

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Tasha's Character Origins: Good or Bad?

Published: Feb. 11, 2021, 11 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 37 seconds

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Are Character Flaws A Bad Idea?

Published: Feb. 4, 2021, 11:42 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 34 seconds

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Should You Let Campaigns Die?

Published: Jan. 28, 2021, 11 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 16 seconds

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How To Handle Waning Motivation?

Published: Jan. 21, 2021, 11 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 6 seconds

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What Is Your DM Resolution?

Published: Jan. 14, 2021, 11:03 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 56 seconds

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Running Published Campaigns As Written?

Published: Jan. 8, 2021, midnight
Duration: 16 minutes 48 seconds

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Is Inventory Management Important?

Published: Jan. 1, 2021, midnight
Duration: 16 minutes 7 seconds

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Which is Better, Virtual or Live D&D?

Published: Dec. 25, 2020, midnight
Duration: 17 minutes 36 seconds

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Is Onboarding New Players Hard In D&D?

Published: Dec. 18, 2020, 4:43 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 45 seconds

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Metagaming: Can a Player Unknow Something?

Published: Dec. 11, 2020, midnight
Duration: 16 minutes 13 seconds

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Is Min-Maxing a Problem?

Published: Dec. 4, 2020, midnight
Duration: 16 minutes 44 seconds

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Should You Ditch Milestone Leveling?

Published: Nov. 27, 2020, midnight
Duration: 16 minutes 37 seconds

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Should You Feel Bad About Character Deaths?

Published: Nov. 19, 2020, 11:04 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 44 seconds

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Is 5e's Combat Good?

Published: Nov. 13, 2020, 12:35 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 35 seconds

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Is Travel Bad in D&D?

Published: Nov. 6, 2020, 12:43 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 37 seconds

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Philosophy of House Rules

Published: Oct. 29, 2020, 11 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 11 seconds

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Can You Scare Your Players in DnD?

Published: Oct. 22, 2020, 11:45 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes

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Can D&D Scare Your Players?

Published: Oct. 22, 2020, 11:45 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes

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How Important is the Player Handout?

Published: Oct. 15, 2020, 11:46 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 23 seconds

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What Is Session Zero?

Published: Oct. 8, 2020, 11 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 10 seconds

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Session Zero

Published: Oct. 8, 2020, 11 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 10 seconds

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Is Fixed Stat Placement A Bad Thing?

Published: Oct. 1, 2020, 11 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 32 seconds

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How to Run Character Creation!

Published: Sept. 24, 2020, 11:13 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 45 seconds

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Character Creation

Published: Sept. 24, 2020, 11:13 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 45 seconds

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Episode 1: Stat Generation

Published: Sept. 17, 2020, 11:47 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 51 seconds

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