Welcome back to the Dungeon Master's block, the place where we come to talk about the Dungeon Master, the most important person in the game.

With every conversation we hope to inspire as many as possible to keep on dungeon mastering.

And I'm one of your hosts, DM Derek, aka How Not to DM.

And I'm your other host, DM Neal, aka Jot Moniac.

And today we are going to be talking about a subject that neither of us are experts in.

And that's why we have guests.

That literally, that is 100% read why we bring people on to talk about things.

So that we learn and you learn at the same time.

And today we're going to be talking to Blaston Astrid,

a cosplayer and someone who is a professional DM on the D20 cruises,

someone I have met in person several times.

And she is wonderful, and she is going to talk to us about Tier 4 play.

It is a very difficult task, and she is very excited about it.

So hopefully it convinces you or comforts you in being able to do the same.

But before we get to that, we have some five-star reviews that we would love to read. This one is

coming from Apple Podcasts. It is from DM Andy. I was looking for a podcast that wasn't just a bunch

of play-through of their sessions or campaigns,

or some sort of debrief of past sessions.

I wanted to hear from other DMs having conversations about aspects of various TTRPs,

and this is exactly what I wanted.

Super informative, super cool ideas being shared, and very fun to hear some of the same thoughts I've had as a DM outlaid between experienced GMs.

Thanks, Andy, for your review.

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