Podcasts by The DM‘s Book Club

Bonus: MCM Comic Con's A Behind the Screens Look: Game Master's Roundtable panel from 2023-01-04T18:30

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To round off this year (or welcome in the new year - depending on your view), check out the audio from Listen

Episode #22: Traps Mean Something! Designing traps with Matthew Whitby! from 2022-12-28T18:30

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This week, Fiona and guest host Matthew Whitby (@WhitbyWrites), game designer and host ...

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Episode #21: Who made you an expert?! Unearthed Arcana - Expert Classes! from 2022-12-21T18:30

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This week, Fiona and Hamilton finally get a chance to catch their breath (after an exciting few weeks) and discuss one of the latest Unearthed Arcana, published as part of the ...

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Episode #20: Everything you need to start playing! Lost Mine of Phandelver! from 2022-12-14T18:30

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This week, Fiona and guest host Sarah, CEO of Listen

Episode #19: Journeys Through The Radiant Citadel - Interview with Ajit George! from 2022-12-07T18:30

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This week, Fiona interviews Ajit George, the director of operations of Listen

Trailer: The DM's Travel Bookclub: A Guide to The Planes! from 2022-11-30T18:30

The hosts of The DM's Book Club proudly bring you a new limited series, The DM's Travel Bookclub: A Guide to The Planes!

In each episode, we'll explore the Planes of Exist...

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Bonus: Announcement time! Dragonmeet, The DM's Travel Book Club&Social Media update! from 2022-11-23T18:30

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This week, Fiona has a few announcements to get through so here's a rough and ready bonus episode:

Dragonmeet - 3rd December - London

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Bonus: Iron Kingdoms: Requiem - The Nightmare Empire with Chris Handley from 2022-11-16T18:30

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This week, Fiona and guest co-host Chris Handley, talk about the upcoming expansion for Listen

Episode #18: First Blush! One-on-One D&D with Ty from Side Character Quest! from 2022-11-09T18:30

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This week, Fiona and guest cohost Ty from Listen

Episode #17: Welcome to Dragon Talk! Interview with Greg Tito&Shelly Mazzanoble! from 2022-11-02T18:30

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This week, Fiona and Hamilton are joined by Greg Tito & Listen

Episode #16: Spooky Scary Skeletons! Knight of the Living Dead Pt. 3 from 2022-10-26T18:30

Content Warnings/Trigger Warnings: Themes of death, peril, violence, memory loss, self-harm, suicide and (naturally) undead creatures.

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This week, Fiona c...

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Episode #15: Spooky Scary Skeletons! Knight of the Living Dead Pt. 2 from 2022-10-19T18:30

Content Warnings/Trigger Warnings: Themes of death, peril, violence, memory loss, self-harm, suicide and (naturally) undead creatures.

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This week, Fiona c...

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Episode #14: Spooky Scary Skeletons! Knight of the Living Dead Pt. 1 from 2022-10-12T18:30

Content Warnings/Trigger Warnings: Themes of death, peril, violence, memory loss, self-harm, suicide and (naturally) undead creatures.

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This week, Fiona s...

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Bonus: Planegea - The Prehistoric Fantasy Setting for 5E! Interview with David Somerville from 2022-10-05T18:30

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This week, Fiona interviews game designer David Somerville about his latest RP...

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Episode #13: Let's Create...A Dungeon! from 2022-09-28T18:30

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This week, Fiona and Hamilton get their creative dungeon master hats on and start mapping out their very own dungeon using the Dungeon Master's Guide!

Cha...

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Episode #12: Wubba Lubba Dub-Dub! Dungeons&Dragons vs. Rick and Morty from 2022-09-21T18:30

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This week, Fiona and Hamilton head-on into one of the most bizarre yet entertaining collaborations for D&D to date: Dungeons & Dragons vs. Rick and Mor...

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Episode #11: Warriors of the wilderness - Rangers Pt. 2 from 2022-09-14T18:30

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This week, Fiona and Hamilton head back to the wilderness and discuss the other 6 subclasses for the Ranger - a playable class from the original 5e Player's Han...

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Episode #10: Warriors of the wilderness - Rangers Pt. 1 from 2022-09-07T18:30

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This week, Fiona and Hamilton take a deep dive into the Ranger - a playable class from the original 5e Player's Handbook. An interesting mix of Druid-style spel...

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Episode #9: Meanwhile...on another plane...Wonders of the Multiverse UA! from 2022-08-31T18:30

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This week, Fiona and Hamilton (from the distant past) explore D&D character options from across the multiverse in the latest Unearthed Arcana - 'Listen

Episode #8: IN SPACEEEEE! Spelljammer: Adventures in Space! from 2022-08-24T18:30

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This week, Fiona and Hamilton give their first impressions of the long-awaited ' Listen

Bonus: Reactions to Wizards Presents 2022 Showcase! from 2022-08-21T18:30

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This week, Fiona and Hamilton chat about some of the biggest D&D reveals and announcements from the 'Wizards Presents 2022' Showcase Livestream! Reveals inc...

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Bonus: How to Be More D&D! Interview with Kat Kruger! from 2022-08-17T18:30

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This week, Fiona interviews freelance game designer, author and professional DM, Listen

Bonus: Doomed Forgotten Realms: Sword Coast Gazetteer! Interview with Matthew Whitby! from 2022-08-10T18:30

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This week, Fiona and Hamilton interview Matthew Whitby (@WhitbyWrites),...

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Episode #7: A Gathering Place of Strangers and Stories! A Preview of The Radiant Citadel! from 2022-08-03T18:30

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Ahead of the official release of Journeys Through The Radiant Citadel, Fiona and Hamilton drop everything to review the unlockable preview of the book...

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Episode #6: Let's Cast...D&D from 2022-07-27T18:30

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With the release of the new trailer of 'Listen

Episode #5: A UA of giant potential! Unearthed Arcana: Giant Options! from 2022-07-20T18:30

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This week, Fiona and Hamilton explore playtest material from the latest Unearthed Arcana 'Listen

Bonus: She Is The Ancient! Interview with Beth The Bard from 2022-07-13T18:30

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This week, Fiona chats to professional dungeon master and TTRPG writer Be...

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Bonus: A 0th-Level Adventure! Treasure Hunt! from 2022-07-06T18:30

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This week, Fiona and guest host Rob from the Realm of Fire podcast take...

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Bonus: The Deepest Dungeon of them all! Ruins of Undermountain! from 2022-06-29T18:30

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This week, Fiona and guest host Rob from the Realm of Fire podcast chec...

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Episode #4: The Guilds of Ravnica Pt. 2 from 2022-06-22T18:30

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This week, Fiona and Hamilton start their exploration of Ravnica, a worldwide cityscape filled to the brim with adventure and intrigue. Within this vast sprawli...

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Episode #3: The Guilds of Ravnica Pt. 1 from 2022-06-15T18:30

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This week, Fiona and Hamilton start their exploration of Ravnica, a worldwide cityscape filled to the brim with adventure and intrigue. Within this vast sprawli...

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Bonus: Land of Fate! Al-Qadim! from 2022-06-08T18:30

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This week, Fiona and guest host Rob from the Realm of Fire podcast expl...

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Bonus: The world’s first D&D campaign setting! Blackmoor! from 2022-06-01T18:30

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This week, Fiona and guest host Rob from the Realm of Fire podcast go b...

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Episode #2: Heroes of Krynn Revisited UA from 2022-05-25T18:30

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This week, Fiona and Hamilton do a quick double-take - another Unearthed Arcana for the upcoming Dragonlance campaign setting?

After studying player feed...

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Episode #1: The DM's Music Club! from 2022-05-18T18:30

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This week, Fiona and Hamilton draw inspiration from their music collection and pick their top 3 music albums/soundtracks to use when writing or running tabletop...

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Bonus: Making (Wild) Shapes! Druids! from 2022-05-11T18:30

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This week, Fiona and guest host Dee embrace their inner wild shapes and discuss Druids, a playable character class which is an embodiment of nature's resil...

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Bonus: (Modrons) lads on tour! from 2022-05-04T18:30

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This week, Fiona and guest host Rob from the Realm of Fire podcast talk...

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Bonus: Uncaged Goddesses! Interview with David Markiwsky and Jessica Marcrum from 2022-04-27T17:30

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This week, Fiona chats with two members of the creative team behind the latest instalment of the Listen

Bonus: Reactions to DnD Direct! from 2022-04-22T20:00

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In this impromptu/'rough and ready' bonus episode, Fiona and Hamilton share their initial thoughts and reactions to the Listen

Bonus: Professor Gilroy’s Heavenly Handbook! Interview with Never Not DM from 2022-04-20T17:30

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This week, Fiona chats to freelance writer and D&D 5e content-creator Ben Ragan (@NeverNo...

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Episode #22: ’A Monster to Fight Monsters’ - Blood Hunters! from 2022-04-13T18:30

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In our final episode of S3, Fiona and Hamilton delve into the Blood Hunter, an unofficial playable character class created by Critical Role's Matthew Mercer.

Willing to...

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Episode #21: Who Goes There?! Urban Encounters! from 2022-04-06T18:30

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This week, Fiona and Hamilton pick their top 3 monsters to create urban encounters in order to add depth and flavour to any city or township setting!

Monsters discussed...

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Episode #20 Heroes of Krynn UA from 2022-03-30T18:30

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This week, Fiona and Hamilton explore playtest material from the latest Unearthed Arcana 'Heroes...

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Bonus: ’Our Resolve Is Never Shaken’ - Dwarves and Duergar! from 2022-03-23T17:30

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This week, Fiona and guest co-host John (@AutomaticDodd) take a closer look at the ancient history and lore behind Dwarves & D...

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Bonus: Critical Role: Call of the Netherdeep - First Impressions! from 2022-03-16T17:30

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This week, Fiona and guest co-host Matt (editor in chief of Dragon+ Magazine) give their s...

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Episode #19: The Deck of Many Things! from 2022-03-09T18:30

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This week, Fiona and Hamilton check out one of the most (in)famous magic items which can derail any D&D campaign: The Deck of Many Things!

Also known as the deck of h...

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Episode #18: Behold...This! from 2022-03-02T18:30

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This week, beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder as Fiona and Hamilton look at the classic D&D monster - the Beholder! These large, orb-shaped aberrations have ten eyest...

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Bonus: The City By The Spire! Monte Cook’s Ptolus! from 2022-02-23T18:30

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This week, Fiona and guest host Rob from the Realm of Fire podcast take a deep breath and dive into one of the most ambitious s...

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Episode #17 Let’s Create...A World! from 2022-02-16T18:30

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This week, Fiona and Hamilton attempt to create their own world setting, inspired by prompts from ' Listen

Episode #14: Welcome to Strixhaven! from 2022-01-26T17:30

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This week, Fiona and Hamilton go back to school and give their first impressions of the latest Magic: The Gathering campaign setting for Dungeons & Dragons - 'Strixhaven: A C...

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Episode #13: A Year in A Review 2021 from 2022-01-19T17:30

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This week, Fiona and Hamilton pick out their D&D highlights of 2021 and what they are looking forward to in 2022!

This episode's audio was taken from the

From the book's blurb:

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Episode #11: Spelljammer Special! from 2022-01-05T17:30

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This week, Fiona and Hamilton dive into Spelljammer, the famous AD&D fantasy outer space campaign setting, using the introductory boxset '

This episode's au...

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Episode #9: Fizban‘s Treasury of Dragons! from 2021-12-22T17:30

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This week, Fiona and Hamilton give their first impressions on the brand new D&D sourcebook: Fizban's Treasury of Dragons!

From the book's blurb:

'What is the ...

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Episode #8: Let‘s create...a Domain of Delight! from 2021-12-15T17:30

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This week, Fiona and Hamilton have a go at creating their own Domain of Delight using the ' ...

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Episode #6: Minsc&Boo‘s Journal of Villainy from 2021-12-01T17:30

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This week, Fiona and Hamilton check out 'Minsc & Boo's Journal of ...

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Bonus: ‘Silence in the library!‘ - Exploring Candlekeep! from 2021-11-28T17:30

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This week, Fiona and guest host Ben explore the Forgotten Realms most famous repository/fortress of knowledge - Candlekeep!

Candlekeep houses a magnificent collection...

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Episode #5: Ghostwalk and the city of Manifest! from 2021-11-24T17:30

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This week, for our Halloween inspired episode, Fiona and Hamilton get into the spooky season with 'Ghostwalk', a 3rd edition campaign setting for Dungeons & Dragons.

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Bonus: ”It‘s the end of the world as we know it!” Storytelling with apocalypses! from 2021-11-21T17:30

Story spoilers for Critical Role Series 1 & 2 and Dimension 20 RPG shows

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This week, Fiona and guest host Darren chat about apocalypses and how to use them as a storyt...

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Episode #4: Critical Role Campaigns Special! from 2021-11-17T17:30

Story spoilers for Critical Role Series 1 & 2

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This week, in anticipation of the 3rd Critical Role campaign launch, Fiona and Hamilton discuss the previous two series...

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Bonus: ‘It doesn‘t have to end like this!‘ Building combat encounters! from 2021-11-14T17:30

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This week, Fiona and guest host Ben talk about the different approaches to building combat encounters for adventures.

As well as looking at the guidelines provided i...

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Episode #3: The Future of D&D from 2021-11-10T17:30

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This week, Fiona and Hamilton discuss what the future holds for D&D after watching the 'Future of D&D' panel from D&D Celebration weekend (September 2021).

This episo...

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Bonus: So...you‘re level 0...Dungeon Crawl Classics! from 2021-11-07T17:30

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This week, guest co-host Hreg introduces Fiona to the completely random world of 'Dungeon Crawl Classics' R...

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Episode #2: Feywild Companion by Splinterverse! from 2021-11-03T16:30

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This week, Fiona and Hamilton continue with their fey shenanigans with the 'Feywild Companion', a homebrew 150-page treasury of Feywild inspired content published by Listen

Bonus: Monster Mashup with Derrick from How Not To DM! from 2021-10-31T16:30

CW/TW: Body Horror, Gore, Death, Trypophobia.

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This week, Fiona is joined by Derrick (@HN2DM), host of the '

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This week, Fiona and new co-host Hamilton give their first initial impressions of the latest D&D adventure module: 'Chris Handley, talk about the upcoming expansion for Listen

Bonus: Van Ritchen‘s Guide to Ravenloft - House of Lament Pt. 3 from 2021-09-29T17:30

CW/TW: Horror themes, ghosts, body horror, séances, haunted house, death.

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This week, in the third installment of our end-of-series special, Fiona takes David and Sam ...

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Bonus: Van Ritchen‘s Guide to Ravenloft - House of Lament Pt. 2 from 2021-09-22T17:30

CW/TW: Horror themes, ghosts, body horror, séances, haunted house, death.

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This week, in the second installment of our end-of-series special, Fiona takes David and Sam...

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Bonus: Van Ritchen‘s Guide to Ravenloft - House of Lament Pt. 1 from 2021-09-15T17:30

CW/TW: Horror themes, ghosts, body horror, séances, haunted house, death.

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This week, in the first installment of our end-of-series special, Fiona takes David and Sam ...

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Episode #22: A dark sisterhood - Hags! from 2021-09-08T17:30

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This week, Fiona and guest host Hamilton (from Dragon's Duel) discuss one of the most underrated D&D enemies - Hags! Crones w...

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Episode #21: Visions of the Multiverse - Factions of Sigil! from 2021-09-01T17:30

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This week, guest host Hamilton (from Dragon's Duel) takes Fiona on a tour of the many different factions of Sigil and the out...

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Episode #20: Thank you for your Patronage! Warlocks! from 2021-08-25T19:02:40

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This week, Fiona and guest host David take a deep dive into Warlocks, a class where players make pacts with mysterious beings of supernatural power to unlock magical effects ...

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Episode #19: Reflections of the Material Plane - Feywild&Shadowfell! from 2021-08-18T17:30

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This week, Fiona and guest host Darren take a deeper look at the Feywild and the Shadowfell: two very different planes of existence which reside in the same cosmological spac...

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Bonus - The Monsters Know What They're Doing! Interview with Keith Ammann! from 2021-08-11T17:30

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This week, Fiona chats with Keith Ammann, ENnie-winning author of the 5th edition D&D-focused blog ' Listen

Episode #17: Scratch that - Worldbuilding prompts! from 2021-07-28T17:30

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This week, Fiona and Ryan don their creative hats once again and delve into more world-building with James D'Amato's brand new book ' from 2021-07-21T17:30

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This week, Fiona and Ryan take a deeper look at Halflings and Gnomes: Two groups of peaceful folk who have found niches for themselves away from the battles and rivalries tha...

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Episode #15: Items of tremendous power - Creating Artifacts! from 2021-07-14T17:30

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This week, Ryan and Fiona have a go at creating Artifacts, unique magic items of tremendous power, with their own origin and history.

Artifacts might have been creat...

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Episode #14: Harnessing the power of the Dragon(borns) (UA) from 2021-07-07T17:30

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This week, Ryan and Fiona look at harnessing the power of dragons with 'Unearthe...

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Episode #13: Into the Feywild, Folks! (UA) from 2021-06-30T17:30

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This week, Ryan and Fiona look at new playtest race options for D&D characters inspired by the Feywild, the plane of Faerie. The new races include:

• Fairy - Wee f...
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Episode #12: Permeated by preternatural forces - Supernatural regions! from 2021-06-23T17:30

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This week, Ryan and Fiona explore how to add fantastical challenges to any locale and ways to further bring an adventure’s setting to life with supernatural regions. Supernat...

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Episode #11: Born for great deeds and greater adventures - playable races of Theros! from 2021-06-16T17:30

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This week, Ryan and Fiona take another dive into the 'Mythic Odysseys of Theros', a Greek-inspired 5e campaign setting originally created for Magic: The Gathering. This time,...

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Bonus: Defining horror with Van Ritchen's Guide To Ravenloft from 2021-06-09T17:30

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This week, Fiona is joined guest co-host, Jon, in talking about how horror influences their DMing and RPG games along with their first impressions of the latest Dungeons and ...

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Bonus: Of Myconids and Men! from 2021-06-02T17:30

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This week, Fiona is joined guest co-host, Sam, to discuss one of the earliest Encounter of the Week articles on DnD Beyond - ' Listen

Episode #8: Two sides of a coin - Tieflings&Aasimars! from 2021-04-28T17:30

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This week, Ryan and Fiona have a chat about the playable races Tieflings and Aasimars, the human-based plane touched, native outsiders that are infused either with the touch ...

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Episode #7: Contractually obligated to QUEST! Using Group Patrons in D&D campaigns! from 2021-04-21T17:30

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This week, Ryan and Fiona have a look at group patrons - an individual or an organisation that unites an adventuring party as a team in service to a greater purpose. In parti...

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Bonus: Dungrunglung...some? Grungs! from 2021-04-14T17:30

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This week, Fiona and guest co-host Matt have a chat about very short rules supplement 'One Grung Above' by Chris Lindsay. From the jungles of Chult, these tribal frog-like hu...

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Bonus: It's a corker! Dungeons&Dragons Annual 2021! from 2021-04-07T17:30

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This week, Fiona and guest co-host Matt dive into the official Dungeons & Dragons Annual 2021 - a seemingly 'brand new' venture where all the major D&D developments over the ...

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Episode #6: Biff, Baff, Boff! Creating custom spells and magic items! from 2021-03-31T17:30

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This week, Ryan and Fiona have a go at the process for creating your own homebrew custom spells and magic items as described in the Dungeon Master's Guide. Turns out, it's mu...

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Episode #5: It's a thinker! Using puzzles in campaigns! from 2021-03-24T16:30

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This week, Ryan and Fiona are back (once more) with Tasha's Cauldron of Everything to look at why DMs should considering using puzzles as part of their sessions. In particula...

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Bonus: Why do we use Monster Manuals? from 2021-03-17T16:30

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This week, Fiona and guest co-host John have a general chat about D&D monster manuals and reasons why we might not want to use them for our RPG encounters. We also briefly lo...

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Bonus: Who MADE you? Gothic Lineages (UA)! from 2021-03-10T17:30

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This week, Fiona and guest co-host John check out the latest Unearthed Arcana supplement - Gothic Lineages! This document features three new race options to playtest for play...

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Episode #4: Magical...phenomena (do dooo do do doo!) from 2021-03-03T17:30

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This week, Ryan and Fiona delve back into Tasha's Cauldron of Everything to look at magical phenomena; events, or hazards which has been imbued with unpredictably strong magi...

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Episode #3: M-M-M-M-Multi-classing! from 2021-02-24T17:30

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This week, Ryan and Fiona chat about Multi-classing, an optional set of customization rules which lets players combine classes together to really fine-tune their characters i...

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Bonus: Time to branch out with Dryads! from 2021-02-17T17:30

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This week, Fiona and guest co-host Mira look at Dryads, the beautiful treebound fey spirits who act as forest and nature guardians in fantasy settings.

Chapter discus...

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Bonus: Cookin' up a storm with a Heroes' Feast (The Official D&D Cookbook)! from 2021-02-10T17:30

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This week, Fiona and guest co-host Mira do a deep delve into all things food-related with the new official D&D cookbook - 'Heroes' Feast'!

From the authors behind 'Ar...

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Episode #2: You have my sword - creating sidekicks for your campaigns! from 2021-02-03T17:30

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This week, Ryan and Fiona discuss creating sidekicks - minor characters who join and help your player characters on their quests. In particular, we look at the reasons why we...

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Episode #1: New season, new book, new origins! from 2021-01-27T17:30

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This week to start off the brand new season, Ryan and Fiona check out all things origin-related in the latest book from Wizards of the Coast: 'Tasha' Cauldron of Everything' ...

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Bonus: Holder-on-Hill: Brawlroom Blitz Pt.2 from 2021-01-20T17:30

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This week, in the second in a two-parter special, Fiona takes Ryan, Sam, and David on a special holiday-inspired one-shot to tied us over during our season break, using the h...

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Bonus: Holder-on-Hill: Brawlroom Blitz Pt.1 from 2021-01-13T17:30

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This week, in the first in a two-parter special, Fiona takes Ryan, Sam, and David on a special holiday-inspired one-shot to tied us over during our season break, using the ho...

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Episode #24: Dreaming of the Divine! The Pantheon of Theros Pt. 2 from 2021-01-06T17:30

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This week, in the first in a two-parter special, Fiona takes Ryan on a tour of the pantheon of gods who guide religious life on Theros, a Greek-inspired campaign setting for ...

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Episode #23: Dreaming of the Divine! The Pantheon of Theros Pt.1 from 2020-12-30T17:30

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This week, in the first in a two-parter special, Fiona takes Ryan on a tour of the pantheon of gods who guide religious life on Theros, a Greek-inspired campaign setting for ...

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Episode #22: Scratch that! Creating your first session as a DM Pt.2 - Starting Campaign Setting from 2020-12-23T17:30

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This week, in the second in a two-parter special, Ryan takes Fiona through the process of creating your very first session as a DM from scratch. In this episode, we're partic...

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Episode #21: Scratch that! Creating your first session as a DM Pt.1 - Starting Settlements from 2020-12-16T17:30

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This week, in the first in a two-parter special, Ryan takes Fiona through the process of creating your very first session as a DM from scratch. In this episode, we're particu...

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Bonus: Heroes come in all shapes and sizes - Firbolg, Kenku and Triton! from 2020-12-09T17:30

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This week, Fiona and guest co-host Sam discuss three different and distinctive player race options which are presented in Volvo's Guide to Monsters: 

• Firbolg: Fo...
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Episode #20: Don't look a Giff soldier in the musket! from 2020-12-02T17:30

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This week, Ryan and Fiona talk all things Giff, the 7-foot-tall, hippopotamus-headed humanoids attired in gaudy military uniforms, with gleaming pistols and muskets. These sp...

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Episode #19: Honor, Sanity and other optional adventuring rules from 2020-11-25T17:30

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This week, Ryan and Fiona talk more alternative rules which could be used in your RPG campaigns or one-shots, including:

• Honor and Sanity as Ability Scores
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Bonus: Barbarians aka intensive care givers! from 2020-11-18T17:30

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This week, Fiona and guest co-host David talk about Barbarians, a playable class in Dungeons and Dragons, who come alive in the chaos of combat and use their rage as their dr...

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Episode #18: Try tracking the initiative? Combat options and variants from 2020-11-11T17:30

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This week, Ryan and Fiona talk about combat combat combat! Looking at the main and variant ways of tracking initiative during a combat encounter, improvising damage, adjudica...

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Episode #17: Loot! Loot my pretties! Treasure Tables! from 2020-11-04T17:30

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This week, Ryan and Fiona talk about all things treasure related! Including magic items and the placement of treasure in an adventure.

Chapter discussed: 'Chapter 7: ...

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Episode #16: Combat Wheelchair by Sara Thompson (@mustangart) from 2020-10-28T17:30

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This week, Ryan and Fiona talk about the 'Combat Wheelchair' homebrew rules created by ...

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Episode #15: The Goblins know what they are doing! Creating Monstrous Adventurers from 2020-10-21T17:30

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This week, Ryan and Fiona talk about how to go about using monstrous races, including, Bugbears, Goblins, Hobgoblins, Kobolds, Orcs and Yuan-Ti as adventurers in an RPG setti...

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Bonus: The sleepy fishing village of Saltmarsh and the tides of chaos from 2020-10-14T17:30

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This week, Fiona and guest co-host Sam talk about Saltmarsh, a sleepy fishing village nestled on the coast of the Azure sea and is one of the main campaign locations for 'Gho...

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Episode #14: Changelings, Kalashtars, Shifters and Warforged! Oh my! from 2020-10-07T17:30

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This week, Ryan and Fiona talk about the four brand new races made canon for the Eberron setting:

• Changelings - a humanoid race of shapechangers.
• Kala...
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Episode #13: Around Khorvaire in Fifty Days - Encounters of the Week in Eberron from 2020-09-30T17:30

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This week, Ryan and Fiona talk about the first two installments in the 'Around Khorvaire in Fifty Days' encounters of the week series on DnD Beyond: 'Departure from Skydock S...

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Bonus: Paladins and the different faces of Righteousness! from 2020-09-23T17:30

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This week, Fiona and guest co-host David talk about Paladins, a playable class in Dungeons and Dragons which swears to uphold justice and righteousness, to stand with the goo...

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Episode #12: The (custom) makings of a monster! from 2020-09-16T17:30

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This week, Ryan and Fiona talk about how to go about making your own custom monsters (and related stat blocks) in D&D, using the Dungeon Master's Guide's 'Creating a Monster ...

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Episode #11: To the outer planes...AND BEYOND! from 2020-09-09T17:30

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This week, Ryan and Fiona talk about the Outer Planes, a subset of the known planes of existence in various cosmology models used in the Forgotten Realms. 

Chapter di...

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Bonus: Acquisitions Incorporated Company Positions - Terms and Conditions apply! from 2020-09-02T17:30

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This week, Fiona and guest co-host Jacob talk about the different company positions in a franchise as described in the Acquisitions Incorporated sourcebook: Cartographer, Dec...

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Episode #10: 'Style doesn't pay the bills!' - I.S.T.A.R. Facilities from 2020-08-26T17:30

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This week, Ryan and Fiona talk about 'I.S.T.A.R Facilities', a short D&D experience that captures the details of Patrick Rothfuss’s one-shot adventure run at the Acquisitions...

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Episode #9: That sinking feeling? Ships, sails and the open sea from 2020-08-19T17:30

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This week, Ryan and Fiona talk about all things ship, looking at the optional rules for using ships in play, managing the officers and crew needed to run a ship, creating you...

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Bonus: Oblex - 'The best thing about memories is eating them!' from 2020-08-12T17:30

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CW/TW: Memory Loss/Forgetfulness.

This week, Fiona and guest co-host Sam talk about the Oblex, an extraordinarily intelligent ooze created by Mind Flayers that fed on...

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Episode #8: Artificers aka Proficient in the 'good with tech' skill from 2020-08-05T17:30

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This week, Ryan and Fiona talk about the Artificer class, a playable character class which first appeared the 3.5 edition of D&D and is a unique base class that reflects many...

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Episode #7: Epic monsters and how to fight them from 2020-07-29T17:30

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This week, Ryan and Fiona talk about high-level combat, what happens when your character reaches Level 20! Featuring epic boons and 3 case studies of hard and deadly encounte...

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Episode #6: Now you are playing with Tortles! from 2020-07-22T17:30

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This week, Ryan and Fiona talk about Tortles, a race of intelligent tortoise-like humanoids indigenous to southern Chult in the Forgotten Realms (as depicted in the Tomb of A...

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Episode #5: How to train your dragon from 2020-07-15T17:30

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This week, Ryan and Fiona talk about one of D&D's most iconic foes, Dragons, and work out the main differences between Chromatic and Metallic types (and a small shout out to ...

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Episode #4: It's all Gith to me! from 2020-07-08T17:30

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This week, Ryan and Fiona talk about the Gith, a race of humanoids who had been enslaved by Mind Flayers for countless generations. After a brutal uprising to overthrow their...

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Episode #3: Oh! What a lovely (blood) war! from 2020-07-01T17:30

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This week, Ryan and Fiona talk about The Blood War, an ancient conflict that rages between demons and devils of the Lower planes.

Chapter discussed: 'Chapter 1: The B...

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Episode #2: Mind Flayers and the importance of brains from 2020-06-24T17:30

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This week, Ryan and Fiona talk about the monster lore around Illithids (more commonly known as Mind Flayers), monstrous humanoid aberrations with psionic powers!

Chap...

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Episode #1: Here be...Giants!? from 2020-06-24T16:30

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This week, Ryan and Fiona talk about the detailed monster lore around Giants, humanoid creatures of exceptional size, strength, and ability!

Chapter discussed: 'Giant...

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Trailer #1 from 2020-06-24T12:51:55

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Trailer for The DM Book Club, a weekly podcast where hosts Ryan and Fiona read about some Dungeons & Dragons and discuss how they might implement it into their role-playing c...

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