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Ryan and Ben dig into the 2024 Dungeon Master’s Guide videos and then discuss your player characters’ renown and reputation. Community Pages: DMG New Magic Items and Crafting video; Magic Items and Crafting video recap; DMG DM’s Toolbox video; DM Toolbox video recap; Lore Glossary video; Greyhawk video; 2024 DM Screen video; Bell of Lost …
Continue reading "Episode 122- 2024 DMG Videos and PC Renown and Reputation"
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Ryan and Ben dive into the new information on the 2024 DMG and then discuss how to incorporate level 3 subclasses in Clerics, Paladins, Warlocks, and Wizards from the 2024 PHB. Community Pages: 2024 Dungeon Master’s Guide video; 2024 DMG recap article; Bastion video; Bastion recap on Enworld; The Legend of Vox Machina Season 3 …
Continue reading "Episode 121- DMG Sneak Peek and 2024 Subclass Level Challenges"
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Ryan and Ben discuss some of the news coming from and about Wizards of the Coast, Hasbro, and the 2024 PHB then dig into soft and hard campaign resets. Community Pages: Hasbro CEO and AI; 2024 PHB is the fastest selling D&D book; Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn; Transition Guide and Changelog …
Continue reading "Episode 120 – More News and Campaign Resets"
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Ryan and Ben discuss the D&D Beyond changes and update then look into how to run and play with large scale and permanent consequences. Community Pages: D&D Beyond Changelog; D&D Direct Recap; Ginny Di’s Let’s Make a 2024 D&D character; Ginny Di’s I ran a $5k D&D game (and had a panic attack). Socials: Discord; Bluesky; Ryan’s Bluesky; Ben’s …
Continue reading "Episode 119 – D&D Beyond Changes and Permanent Consequences"
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Ryan and Ben discuss the newest update about Bastions in the new 2024 DMG and then discuss some questions from the community. Community Pages: Ginny Di’s “‘Yes, and’ isn’t the great D&D advice you think it is” video; Deborah Ann Woll Teaches Jon Bernthal Dungeons and Dragons; Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere RPG Kickstarter. Socials: Discord; Bluesky; Ryan’s Bluesky; Ben’s Bluesky
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Ryan and Ben go over the info coming out of GenCon and then look at various aspects of a running a chase scene. Community Pages: PHB 2024 backwards compatibility; Artificers and the 2024 PHB; Chris Perkins interview about the new DMG; Ancient Green Dragon Stat Block; DM Screen Pic; Monetization job posting; Project Sigil sign …
Continue reading "Episode 117 – News from GenCon and Running a Chase Scene"
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Ryan and Ben continue to look into the new Player’s Handbook class videos delving into monks, sorcerers, clerics, and bards. Community Pages: 2024 Monks; Monk video bullet points; 2024 Sorcerers; Sorcerer video bullet points; 2024 Clerics; Cleric video bullet points; 2024 Bards; Bard video bullet points; The Gamemaster’s Book of Traps, Puzzles, and Dungeons; Silver …
Continue reading "Episode 116 – 2024 PHB: Monks, Sorcerers, Clerics, and Bards"
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Ryan and Ben continue their journey through the deluge of 2024 PHB information taking a look at Warlocks, Druids, Wizards, Rangers, Spells, and Crafting. Community Pages: 2024 Warlocks; Warlock video bullet points; 2024 Druids; Druid video bullet points; 2024 Wizards; Wizard video bullet points; 2024 Rangers; Ranger video bullet points; 2024 Spells; Spell video bullet …
Continue reading "Episode 115 – 2024 PHB: Warlocks, Druids, Wizards, Rangers, Spells, and Crafting"
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Ryan and Ben dig through the new Player Handbook information as well as new information on Fighters, Paladins, Barbarians, and Rogues. Community Pages: 2024 Player’s Handbook video; 2024 Fighter video; Fighter video bullet points; 2024 Paladin video; Paladin video bullet points; 2024 Barbarian video; Barbarian video bullet points; 2024 Rogue video; Rogue video bullet points; …
Continue reading "Episode 114 – 2024 PHB: Fighters, Paladins, Barbarians, and Rogues."
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Ryan and Ben take a look at the new Monster Manual cover are, discuss the Roll20 Demiplane news, and then try out a new segment all about combat encounters! Community Pages: Monster Manual cover art; Roll20 purchases Demiplane; Captains and Cannons; Star Wars 5th Edition; Ginny Di’s Youtube Channel; How to make your players stop …
Continue reading "Episode 113 – Monster Manual Art, Changes to Demiplane, and Encounters at Sea"
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Ryan and Ben discuss some of the newest updates then take a look at each other with insight checks! Community Pages: Flee Mortals! on D&D Beyond; Where Evil Lives on D&D Beyond; Flee Mortals’ Creature Roles; Game Informer: Art of Dungeons and Dragons; Reddit Game Informer TLDR; Animal Adventures: The Faraway Sea. Socials: Discord; Bluesky; Ryan’s Bluesky; Ben’s Bluesky
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Ryan and Ben talk about some of the most recent Wizards of the Coast News and then discuss campaign and adventure length Matt Colville’s video “How Long Should an Adventure Be?” Community Pages: How Long Should an Adventure Be?; D&D Beyond’s VTT map tool updates; Expanding the SRD; Polygon’s Vecna: Eve of Ruin review; Adventure …
Continue reading "Episode 111 – Campaign Length and News"
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Ryan and Ben are joined by Jeff Reynolds to talk about running longform campaigns, the Curse of Strahd, and implementing horror elements. Community Pages: Jeff’s Twitter; Legends of Barovia; A Guide to Curse of Strahd; Monster Loot – Curse of Strahd; She is the Ancient: A Genderbent Curse of Strahd; How Long Should An Adventure …
Continue reading "Episode 110 – Longform Campaigns, Modules, and Horror with Jeff Reynolds"
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Ryan and Ben discuss different gameplay styles and options between High, Low, and No level Magic Settings. Then a Monster Fixer with an Animated Armor and discuss animating other items. Community Pages: LEGO Dungeons and Dragons Game Night; Dumpstatadventures: Keep it risky or lose the fun. Socials: Discord; Twitter; Bluesky; Ryan’s Bluesky; Ben’s Bluesky
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A bunch of news dropped out of Gary Con and Ryan and Ben take a look at it. Then they dig into the idea of Narrative Adventures in D&D using fifth edition. Community Pages: New wizard character art; News about Vecna: Eve of Ruin; Dungeons and Dragons Look Back on the Past; Consulting with Matt …
Continue reading "Episode 108 – News and Narrative Adventures in D&D"
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Ryan and Ben take a moment to answer some questions from the mailbag. Then they peek at the open beta of Daggerheart before introducing the updated edition of “Of Dice and Men The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and the People Who Play It” by David Ewalt. And lastly, we peer through our telescopes at …
Continue reading "Episode 107 – March 2024 Mailbag"
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Ryan and Ben discuss the possibilities available when running an evil campaign and then spend some monster fixing time on bandits. Community Pages: Dev Update Core Rulebooks, Maps, and Third Party Content; Vecna: Eve of Ruin, Everything You Need to Know; Daggerheart. Socials: Discord; Twitter; Bluesky; Ryan’s Bluesky; Ben’s Bluesky.
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Ryan and Ben discuss the plethora of news released in the past 2 weeks and then peek into the lairs of black dragons. Community Pages: Dungeons and Dragons turns 50; PC Gamer’s D&D coverage; Vecna: Eve of Ruin preorder; Everything you need to know about Humblewood; Bricktastic Dungeons and Dragons article; Mr. Rhexx’s Black Dragon …
Continue reading "Episode 105 – Major News and Black Dragons"
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Ryan and Ben take a peek at the latest playtest survey results and then discuss the odds and ends of multiclassing. Community Pages: Playtest Survey Results; Screenrant’s 10 D&D Rule changes; D&D Beyond’s Playtest 8 Summary; Wargamer article for fixing CR; Mike Mearls 5e point encounters; Puffin Forest’s Most Abserd Character; Loke Battlemaps Terrain Set …
Continue reading "Episode 104 – Latest Playtest Results and Multiclassing"
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Ryan and Ben discuss the best practices for prepping for your first session after a hiatus and then dig into the best way to drop a big pile of lore! Community Pages: 2023 Unrolled; The Physical Edition of the Deck of Many Things Releases; MCDM Where Evil Lives; Newsletter of M.T. Black Games. Socials: Discord; Twitter; Bluesky; Ryan’s Bluesky; Ben’s …
Continue reading "Episode 103 – Back from Hiatus and Handling Lore Dumps"
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