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TPT #289: The Wheel of Time Campaign Setting & Mat Cauthon

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane channel saidin to weave a discussion about playing in the world of Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time. In the Gates of Mourning campaign, the party confirms their suspicions, and Mat Cauthon lucks out…again…in the Character Creation Forge. (50m)

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TPT #288: Gen Con Online 2021 Panel: ‘Skin Deep’

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane pop into Gen Con Online for a live chat about playing realistic non-human characters and field audience questions about long lifespans, sexual dimorphism, custom armor and much more. Patreon supporters also get an extended Q&A as bonus content! (50m)

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TPT #287: Reconnaissance & Radar

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane discuss how to make gathering intel interesting. In the Gates of Mourning campaign, the party dishes out a little hellish rebuke, and Radar sees it all and misses nothing in the Character Creation Forge. (55m)

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TPT #286: Using Orcs & The All-Nighter

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane channel the power of the horde to discuss the classic and misunderstood orc. In the Gates of Mourning campaign, the party becomes reluctant petitioners, and the All-Nighter never tires out in the Character Creation Forge. (68m)

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TPT #285: Skipping Ahead to the Action & Time Skip

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane discuss jumping past all the boring stuff. In the Gates of Mourning campaign, the party hears tales of woe, and Time Skip fools with timey wimey stuff in the Character Creation Forge. (53m)

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TPT #284: Using Voices & The Big Talker

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane chat about how to create immersive voices for your game. In the Gates of Mourning campaign, the party sets sail, and The Big Talker fights toe-to-toe with the biggest monsters around in the Character Creation Forge. (46m)

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TPT AP #15: Debrief (Sunless Citadel)

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane break down the show’s first actual play: what worked, what didn’t, what we changed from the module, and how to run it at your own table. This episode is part of TPT’s Actual Play series, playing through the Dungeons & Dragons 5E adventure Sunless Citadel in Tales from the Yawning Portal from Wizards of the Coast, modified for solo play in the Eberron campaign setting. (62m)

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TPT #221: Session Zero Redux & Junkrat

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane make sure they’re both on the same page as they revisit the best ways a group can prepare for a new campaign. In the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign, the Rogue Traders face their deepest desires, and Junkrat is a mobile tire fire in the Character Creation Forge. (57m)

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TPT #220: Amnesia & The Witcher

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane forget whatever they intended to talk about, and instead discuss memory loss as both a character backstory and a plot point. In the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign, the Rogue Traders locate the heart of their frustration, and the Witcher is a supernatural monster-slayer-for-hire in the Character Creation Forge. (57m)

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TPT #219: Playing Chaotic Evil & The Eye of Gruumsh

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane finally complete their discussion of alignment with a whirlwind of destruction and disorder. In the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign, the Rogue Traders delve deeper, and the Eye of Gruumsh can’t see things your way in the Character Creation Forge. (55m)

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