Objection! [r/DMAcademy Advice VII]

[#87] It's a DM Advice Episode! We offer our takes on questions from the DMAcademy subreddit . Submit your own burning RPG questions to us for a future DM Advice segment. Everyone is here this week!

• Some people think that playing the exact plot of a classic film is a great idea, but that's just your opinion, man. 
• Jim mentioned an Agon playset based on Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? 
• We offer advice on how to handle the World's Worst Scout.
• The actual designers are pretty clear on when you can use Passive skills.
• There's a lot of leeway in how much involvement DMs should have in building PCs (esepcially backgrounds).
• We game how a DM who wants an evil sorceror to use Subtle Spell in a way that will allow the PCs to discover him could do that.
• One DM wants to know how to handle players who have decided that since they can't beat the BBEG in battle, they're going to try their luck in Court.
• We take a very brief foray into the 'creative' use of spells.  
• And finally, Josey has plenty to say about the wisdom of trying to do a 'funny' dress-fitting scene .

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Hosted by Jason Portizo, Josey Diaz, Jim Crocker, and Greg Genovas

Produced and Edited by Jason Portizo