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A podcast where we create and discuss homebrew content for tabletop roleplaying games, primarily Dungeons and Dragons 5e. Here, we try to expand on the options presented to us in the published material, to offer some guidance for aspiring storytellers trying to figure out how to make their big ideas become reality. Here, we stir the pot and lick the spoon. Logo art by David Sutherland - find him on Deviant Art: https://rb.gy/hqmjgo
Episodes
Wednesday Feb 17, 2021
Wednesday Feb 17, 2021
This week, we begin our multi-part series where we dive into the 5th edition Dungeons and Dragons Dungeon Master's Guide to find lesser known rules to highlight and discuss. This first episode covers the rules for social encounters, honor and sanity, and madness.
Content Warning: We spend most of the last 20 minutes of the episode covering the madness rules, wherein we discuss topics of mental health, specifically different forms of mental illness. We tried to remain as respectful of the topic as possible, but there may be elements of the conversation which could prove problematic to listeners.
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Our theme is Massacre Anne, written and performed by Mary Crowell, and used with permission. Find Mary on Bandcamp or Patreon.
Wednesday Feb 10, 2021
Wednesday Feb 10, 2021
We shift gears this week to talk about two of Ian's homebrewed Monastic Traditions for the monk in 5th edition Dungeons and Dragons:
The Way of the Swallow, a fighting style which focuses on utilizing thrown weapons, and
The Way of the Obsidian Fist, a tradition which draws upon the power of elemental earth to fortify the monk.
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Check out our homebrew content here.
Our theme is Massacre Anne, written and performed by Mary Crowell, and used with permission. Find Mary on Bandcamp or Patreon.
Wednesday Feb 03, 2021
Wednesday Feb 03, 2021
Today, we are spending some time discussing downtime activities, as laid out in Xanathar's Guide to Everything, as well as some personal variants.
NOTE: no gnomes were harmed, or covered in chocolate, during the making of this podcast.
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Check out our homebrew content here.
Our theme is Massacre Anne, written and performed by Mary Crowell, and used with permission. Find Mary on Bandcamp or Patreon.
Wednesday Jan 27, 2021
Wednesday Jan 27, 2021
Today we discuss noncombat encounters, and why they're an important part of a campaign. We also talk at length about the D&D 4e mechanic of skill challenges, and how to utilize them with the bounded accuracy system of D&D 5e.
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Check out our homebrew content here.
Our theme is Massacre Anne, written and performed by Mary Crowell, and used with permission. Find Mary on Bandcamp or Patreon.
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
In this week's episode, we discuss the magic item economy, and how you might be able to create a realistic system for your players to buy magic items. We also discuss at length our work-in-progress magic item crafting system.
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Our theme is Massacre Anne, written and performed by Mary Crowell, and used with permission. Find Mary on Bandcamp or Patreon.
Wednesday Jan 13, 2021
Wednesday Jan 13, 2021
This week, we revisit a concept from "Ashes, Ashes", and build out the small frontier mining town of Verdigris, to give you some ideas on how to build your own settlements in your games.
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Our theme is Massacre Anne, written and performed by Mary Crowell, and used with permission. Find Mary on Bandcamp or Patreon.
Wednesday Jan 06, 2021
Wednesday Jan 06, 2021
The second part of a two-part series, where we go into detail on how to create more immersive and dynamic nonplayer characters (NPCs). We give you some guidelines for making very basic NPCs on the fly, and how to get maximum return for minimal investment in NPC details. Like last week, we end the episode by creating a character from scratch, using the guidelines we lay out.
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Our theme is Massacre Anne, written and performed by Mary Crowell, and used with permission. Find Mary on Bandcamp or Patreon.
Wednesday Dec 30, 2020
Wednesday Dec 30, 2020
The first part of a two-part series, where we go into detail on how to create more immersive and dynamic player characters. We discuss aspects to focus on, archetypes to avoid, and finish the whole thing off by creating a character from scratch.
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Our theme is Massacre Anne, written and performed by Mary Crowell, and used with permission. Find Mary on Bandcamp or Patreon.
Wednesday Dec 16, 2020
Wednesday Dec 16, 2020
Wherein we conclude our Homebrew Showcase content episodes, crafting a set of holy relics for our hobgoblin war cleric to carry into battle.
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Our theme is Massacre Anne, written and performed by Mary Crowell, and used with permission. Find Mary on Bandcamp or Patreon.
Wednesday Dec 09, 2020
Wednesday Dec 09, 2020
Wherein we discuss the war cleric, and how to diversify it with regards to the manifold gods of war.
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Our theme is Massacre Anne, written and performed by Mary Crowell, and used with permission. Find Mary on Bandcamp or Patreon.