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Thank for the interview but please in the future would you stop to rotate the picture of the book because it made me sick like if I was on a boat in a storm :)

First off, what's the picture at the 3:15 mark called? It looks awesome! Secondly, I have so many D&D books in my library already; including two cookbooks. The only things I DON'T have are Field Guide to Floral Dragons (something that was funded via Kickstarter) and anything Vox Machina or Mighty Nein related. I already have Chronicles of Exandria: Mighty Nein Vol. 1 and the book talking about the history of CR. I don't, meanwhile have Kith & Kin nor any of the origins books

Thanks for talking to us about the new Kickstarter adventure book.

Thanks for posting!

Thanks for the shout out. Love seeing players defeat undead

Love this, great content to listen to! :)

I'm convinced DnD people have the most relaxing voices 😌

The Basic Rules for 2024 is free! (in DnDBeyond) But, it will just wet a person's appetite and the person will likely want more.

Just discovered this channel. I am a game dev teacher in California, I have the rpg club to go along with my classes, but I was wondering what is the state of game dev education in Illinois. Out here in California we have game dev as CTE standards. Is that the case out there? For example, my intro class makes an rpg, some students make several, over the course of a semester.

Sorry, started to listen but the audio was a no go.

You guys should code a scrape up tool for an email campaign with python Facebook groups, insta, linked in all that good stuff and blast this good stuff out to those who would love it.

Another great show, great insight and great times

Poor Orcus. He just wants everything to be quiet and still. He wants to be the last thing around. Left alone rotting in his filthy room, drinking energy drinks, Cheetos, modding BG3 with his Scepter in his underwear.

Saw a house rule called The Devil's Bargain, where a player can choose to trade a nat 1 for a nat 20, but the DM then has it in their pocket to make any of the same future check a nat 1. Important to set some ground rules of the Devil: it is not your friend, it is evil, and it will use this when it will hurt you. A player could only have one bargain running at a time.

I was running a friend thru her first D&D game on a couch with all my rolls in the open. Everything went well up until a string of 20’s TPK’d her whole party during the boss fight. She has no interest in playing again

I haven't fudged a dice roll in over a year or changed any monsters hp. There are no stakes if I decide the outcome. I want my players to feel some sort of stress/excitement and I rob them of that and their agency if I take away a true outcome. And I do sometimes roll hot and have killed more characters in the past year, it is unavoidable if you take the outcome as is, but none of the kills felt unfair and I don't feel as guilty as I did when I was fudging a year ago. One night I kept rolling open and according to my players it is absolutely terrifying and very exciting. Because they know when I crit I am able to take their characters out. I felt cheated when it was done to me when I was a player. I want my actions to matter. The dm i played with wanted to have his first tpk because he said he messed up with giving out magic items and boons and didn't have a way to revert it so he decided to tpk. Since he had very little experience I was able to forgive him, but I also hated that decision. Please put in some effort to balance encounters and rewards.

Love the personality you guys brung to your video. Let me know if you ever want to have an amatuer game designer sit in with you giys. See how it goes

This randomly got recommended to me but I loved listening to this in the background of planing some stuff good work yall!

The Illithids enslaved the Githyanki for millennia, and eventually, I think the Githyanki developed a resistance to their mind control and were able to overthrow the Illithid Empire, killing most of their former masters, and forcing the remaining few into hiding.

Good to co-host in the dungeon!

great episode! keep up the good stuff!

Thanks for the mention

Just found a Leprechaun mini game. Which seems like a lot of fun. The Hidden Leprechaun Hollow. I ran my friends son and his group through Black Wyrm of Brandonsford. It has plenty of opportunity for role play and interaction. There is also a scene with a sleeping giant and rescuing a cleric where first level characters shouldn't fight the Giant. Sneak in and run away. Very Fairy tale. But yes this module has them engage with a Giant, a Dragon, a Witch, a leprechaun like creature that is stealing liquor from the bar. There is a pitiful goblin king and the goblins are arrogant but will talk to you. There are snooty elves with talking dogs and again they will interact with the characters. There is a scary crypt, and there is a final fight with a dragon but a lot of the early stuff is fun and comical. Samurai Jack got past a lot of anti-violence in cartoon rules by fighting robots. So yes Skeletons, animated objects and armour, and golems. Elementals work too.

Great episode! There is a group of (primarily shifter) druids in Eberron cannon who believe that magic is corrupting nature and they are all about the freeing of elementals being used by the Dragonmarked Houses: The Ashbound Druids

jus stumbled into your channel, content seems fun!

I liked the DM appreciation bit. I know I like to DM and they like to play, but to hear them say thanks would be something else. I don't know if most people know what goes into it unless they've done it themselves.

When you roll behind the screen they 'Know' you are fudging.

I also adjust xp by party size and magical items that they have to lower it. More loot = lsss xp

Creatures running away!! YES! This is how I used to do things. Makes more sense than creature attacks and fights to the death. Just found this channel, viewed your offerings and subscribed. Yes full exp for defeating the encounter. Killing is not required, only overcoming the challenge. Caveat to that is if they don't engage and simply scare it off the opponents then very little to any exp is awarded as no danger was actually confronted. Perhaps a bit for clever thinking? Yea a little.

Could you explain when you slow down? I have learned how and when you as a DM move the story along, but I don't know yet what's the moment you slow down.

Wow that was beautiful when you said "I don't give grades, I simply reflect to you your performance."

I've such a hard time to roleplay. I am also not very good at it and feel so awkward to use a voice and play in character. So most of my roleplaying is describing the actions my character made. I really like the battle of wits example you gave and will try that with my players

Great discussion, guys! I'm really glad to have found your channel. About combat, from my experience both as a player and DM, the key is keeping it dynamic and challenging, but fair. The Gravely Mountain encounter is a perfect example of how to make dynamic combats. Adding timers with consequences could be a cool way to ramp up the dynamics. I've learned that I personally think challenging and fair fights are often most engaging, but I have a hard time calculating the average damage output because my players don't always play optimally. So I now attempt to bring one player to 0hp (unconscious) to still keep the challenge. As a player, my sweet spot is a group of 3-5 people, not including the DM. It helps avoid long waits for your next combat turn. I also learned as a player that the DM must keep the monster hit points consistent. If players are doing well, let them enjoy the win or maybe add another monster instead of just beefing up the current one’s HP. Changing monster stats mid-game can make players feel cheated.

Thanks for the mention. Fey are so much fun, even outside of Feyland.

Teachers in the UA-cam!

It's rough when your party doesn't like to rp as much as you do. Combat and exploration are fun, but it feels like our characters are empty shells.