Episodes
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Megan Maricle shares the deadliest catch for dungeon delvers everywhere!
Read the transcript and get more from the show:
https://scintilla.studio/monster-sharkbowl-ooze/
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Meet my guests:
https://koboldpress.com/the-kobold-team/
Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com
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An alien shark feeding off the living islands of an alien world, the wave lurcher is a partner in the search for life.
Read the transcript and get more from the show:
https://scintilla.studio/monster-wave-lurcher/
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Meet my guests:
My about page has all my bio info :)https://www.sarahdahlinger.com/about
Sarah's Website
Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com
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The dodo is a funny-looking bird with a funny-sounding name that never knew what hit it. There isn't a more fitting icon of extinction.
Back the Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/magehandpress/book-of-extinction
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"Extinction Theme" by Alex Miller, the Boy King of Idaho: https://www.instagram.com/theboykingofidaho/
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OGL 1.1 risks killing the thriving ecosystem of valuable third-party content for Dungeons & Dragons. Don't wait: tell Wizards of the Coast they're making a mistake, and tell your favorite third-party creators it's worth staying in the fight.
Transcript of the episode:
Legal analysis of OGL 1.1: https://medium.com/@MyLawyerFriend/lets-take-a-minute-to-talk-about-d-d-s-open-gaming-license-ogl-581312d48e2f
Io9 leak: https://gizmodo.com/dnd-wizards-of-the-coast-ogl-1-1-open-gaming-license-1849950634
Polygon review: https://www.polygon.com/23540640/dnd-ogl-1-1-leak-dungeons-dragons-pathfinder-2e-wotc-hasbro
The aurochs as "Nazi Supercow": https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-nazis-tried-bring-animals-back-extinction-180962739/
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O'l Chap Ettercap is a monster whose story grew in the telling, from meaningless
Download Ol' Chap Ettercap in every form a tabletop needs:
https://scintilla.studio/monster-ettercap-critical-crafting/
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Meet my guests:
Dillon Onley, Creative Director
Cameron DeFord, Marketing Director
https://www.critical-crafting.com/
Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com
"Creepy Dungeon Ambience" by DrMinky from Freesound.org
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Mörk Borg, the doom metal TTRPG by Free League, gets an adventure with seven deadly sins chained in an off-shore prison boat where nothing is as it seems.
Read the transcript and get more from the show:
https://scintilla.studio/monster-mork-borg-dolja/
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Meet my guests:
Zac Goins, World of Game Design
https://twitter.com/wogdesign
Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com
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Many monsters are combinations of animals, like the owlbear - but which owl, and which bear? Atlas Animalia by Metal Weave Games shows a terrifying biodiversity of monsters, including the shoebill cockatrice.
Read the transcript and get more from the show:
https://scintilla.studio/monster-atlas-animalia/
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Meet my guests:
Sarah Dahlinger: https://www.sarahdahlinger.com/
Andreas Walters: https://metalweavegames.com/
Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com
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Wythe Marschall, creator of Stillfleet, shares a monster born in the frozen ammonia crystals of Yuggoth at the far reaches of our solar system 100 billion years in the future.
Don't wait, get it now! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wythe/the-stillfleet-core-rulebook
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Meet my guests:
Wythe Marschall: https://twitter.com/hollowearths
Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com
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The size of a black bear, this Ice Age giant didn't build dams, but it guarded the water with a fearsome call just the same. Meet the world's most complete fossil giant beaver with Heather Lerner, the ancient DNA expert who brought her to life!
Get three extinct animals raised to life as monsters in D&D: https://www.scintilla.studio/extinction
Episode transcript: https://scintilla.studio/monster-extinction-giant-beaver/
Guides:
Dr. Heather Lerner, Curator of the Joseph Moore Museum
https://twitter.com/moore_museum
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"Extinction Theme" by Alexandre Miller, The Boy King of Idaho
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The mukad are insect-like aberrations following the orders of a slumbering god of destruction as they lurk in the walls.
Read the transcript and get more from the show:
https://scintilla.studio/monster-mukad-grim-hollow-ghostfire-games/
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Meet my guests:
Joe Raso: https://twitter.com/_joe_raso
Grim Hollow by Ghostfire Games: https://ghostfiregaming.com/grim-hollow/
Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com
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Get three extinct animals raised to life as monsters in D&D: https://www.scintilla.studio/extinction
Episode transcript: https://scintilla.studio/monster-extinction-aurochs-nazis-orcs/
Guides:
Steve Sullivan, director of the Hefner Museum of Natural History at Miami University in Ohio
Jessica Marcrum, Uncaged Author and producer of the Threeflings actual play podcast, www.jessicamarcrumwrites.com
James Mendez Hodes, game designer and orc historian: https://jamesmendezhodes.com/
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"Extinction Theme" by Alexandre Miller, The Boy King of Idaho
Closing music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com
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A team of scientists encounter the Frog of Holding, a giant monstrosity with an extradimensional space for its young!
Get three extinct animals raised to life as monsters in D&D: https://www.scintilla.studio/extinction
Partial transcript: https://scintilla.studio/monster-extinction-frog-of-holding/
Guides:
Sheryl, The Roving Naturalist: https://twitter.com/RvingNaturalist
Ethan Kocak: https://twitter.com/Blackmudpuppy
Chelsea: https://twitter.com/ChelseaHerps
Maria Gatta: https://twitter.com/M_Gatta
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"Extinction Theme" by Alexandre Miller, The Boy King of Idaho
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The cave bear is more than just a monster variant on MM 334. It's the source of piles of dragon bones in caves all over Europe, and fulcrum where archaeology turned from fantasy to science.
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"Extinction Theme" by Alexandre Miller, The Boy King of Idaho
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How does it square with your heroes when the bad guys treat their animals better than the good guys? What if your villain pets the dog?
Read the transcript and get more from the show:
https://scintilla.studio/monster-war-spider-mcdm/
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Meet my guests:
James Introcaso: https://twitter.com/JamesIntrocaso
Flee, Mortals! The MCDM Monster Book: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mattcolville/mcdm-monster-book
Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com
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Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel's creator was inspired by the solarpunk and hopepunk movements, but what even are those?
Read the transcript and get more from the show:
https://scintilla.studio/monster-solarpunk-journeysthroughtheradiantcitadel
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Meet my guests:
David Somerville, author, Planegea: https://www.twitter.com/Planegea
Mike Rugnetta & Taylor Moore: twitter.com/funcityventures
Kierán Suckling, Executive Director and Founder of the Center for Biological Diversity
https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/
Tierra Curry, Senior Scientist at the Center for Biological Diversity
https://twitter.com/TierraMussel
Music credits:
"Limousine" by Jason Shaw
"Extinction Theme" by Alex Monroe
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Get three extinct animals raised to life as monsters in D&D: https://www.scintilla.studio/extinction
Episode transcript: https://scintilla.studio/monster-extinction-florida-fairy-shrimp
Guides:
Tierra Curry, Senior Scientist at the Center for Biological Diversity
https://twitter.com/TierraMussel
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"Extinction Theme" by Alexandre Miller, The Boy King of Idaho
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The best game-breaking exploits in D&D. This week: the false hydra, the most terrifying homebrew monster ever made; and the Kung Fu Kraken, an ancient titan of the deep somehow less effective than a straw dummy.
Read the transcript and get more from the show:
https://scintilla.studio/monster-false-hydra-kung-fu-kraken/
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Meet my guests:
Jeremy Vine: www.twitter.com/talumin
Jarrod Jahoda, Mid-Level Adventurers: www.twitter.com/midlvladventure
Danilo Vujevic, Thinking Critically: https://www.thinkingcritically.co.uk/
Rebecca Gray and Steven Myers, Eberron: A Chronicle of Echoes: https://www.sivisechoerstation.com/
Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com
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D&D players have spent almost 50 years breaking the game. This week: the arrowhead of total destruction, nuclear warhead powered by extradimensional spaces; and the wireless troll, communication via regeneration.
Read the transcript and get more from the show:
https://scintilla.studio/monster-arrow-of-destruction-wireless-troll/
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Meet my guests:
Jeremy Vine: www.twitter.com/talumin
Jarrod Jahoda, Mid-Level Adventurers: www.twitter.com/midlvladventure
Danilo Vujevic, Thinking Critically: https://www.thinkingcritically.co.uk/
Rebecca Gray and Steven Myers, Eberron: A Chronicle of Echoes: https://www.sivisechoerstation.com/
Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com
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D&D players have spent almost 50 years breaking the game, creating exploits that became monsters in their own right. This week: the peasant rail gun, an army of hirelings with a light-speed projectile; and the quantum ogre, the monster who is everywhere until it is observed.
Read the transcript and get more from the show:
https://scintilla.studio/monster-peasant-rail-gun-quantum-ogre/
Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio
Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter
Meet my guests:
Jeremy Vine: www.twitter.com/talumin
Jarrod Jahoda, Mid-Level Adventurers: www.twitter.com/midlvladventure
Danilo Vujevic, Thinking Critically: https://www.thinkingcritically.co.uk/
Rebecca Gray and Steven Myers, Eberron: A Chronicle of Echoes: https://www.sivisechoerstation.com/
Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com
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Read the transcript and get more from the show:
https://scintilla.studio/monster-luthic-uncaged-godesses/
Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio
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Meet my guests:
Jessica Marcrum: https://twitter.com/angrynerdgirl
David Markiwsky: https://twitter.com/DavidMarkiwsky
https://www.dmsguild.com/product/382873/Uncaged-Goddesses?affiliate_id=1485089
Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com
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