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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane explain how to strip out unrealistic elements from traditional fantasy RPGs to run grounded and gritty games. In the Mourning Glory campaign, the party’s succes comes back to bite them, and the Lazylord leads from the reclining chair in the Character Creation Forge. (63m)
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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane breakdown the latest release for Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition, Volo’s Guide to Monsters, including their favorite and least favorite elements, in this super-sized episode. Both the Mourning Glory campaign and the Character Creation Forge take the week off, but will return next episode. (91m)
Note: The original uploaded file had a 40-second audio gap around 17 minutes. This has been corrected.
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The Tome Show Roundtable 143: Shane and I-Hsien joined the show to discuss the previews of the of Volo’s Guide to Monsters, in case you were curious what we thought before we had a copy in hand.
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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane discuss how to deliver a satisfying conclusion to a player’s storyline. In the Mourning Glory campaign, the party finally faces their archrival, and Swamp Thing starts a plant-based riot in the Character Creation Forge. (64m)
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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane tour an America that never was, a land of ghosts, guns, and grim realities called the Weird West. In the Mourning Glory campaign, the party jumps out of the frying plane and into the fire elemental, and the Two-Fisted Archaeologist whips it good in the Character Creation Forge. (60m)
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Song of Aracos, a D&D 5E Ravenloft adventure for five players of 6th level by Lucas Curell, available on the DM’s Guild.
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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane talk about designing the iconic locations of fantasy RPGs: dungeons. In the Mourning Glory campaign, the party plots a reverse-heist deep within the Pit of Five Sorrows, while the Berserker Priest leaves a trail of divine destruction in his wake in the Character Creation Forge. (60m)
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Shawn Ellsworth of Tribality.com interviewed us. He must have gotten us confused with someone important!
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Total Party Thrill: RPG Advice From Our Table to Yours
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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane talk about making and using maps in your game, from a planetary atlas all the way down to hex crawls and 5-foot squares. In the Mourning Glory campaign, the party plans a dragon-sized jailbreak, and the Pathfinder blazes a trail in the Character Creation Forge. (66m)
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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane discuss preparing for a session before walking through Shane’s actual prep for an upcoming session. In the Mourning Glory campaign, the party gets their first glimpse of the dragon-filled continent of Argonnessen, while the Adventurous Noble ups the ante in the Character Creation Forge. (84m)
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Total Party Thrill: RPG Advice From Our Table to Yours
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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane present everything a group needs to know to decide if Eberron is the right setting for their game. In the Mourning Glory campaign, the party mulls over a very personal prophecy, and the Gatekeeper Druid beats back otherworldly invasion in the Character Creation Forge. (59m)
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