TPT #44: Session Zero & The Fist of the Forest

Posted on June 2, 2016June 1, 2016 by Total Party Thrill

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane discuss one of their favorite techniques for starting new campaigns off on the right foot: session zero. In the Mourning Glory campaign, the party takes a break for a well-deserved shopping trip, and the Fist of the Forest becomes one with her environment in the Character Creation Forge. (56m)

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TPT #43: Playing Dragonborn & The Talon of Tiamat

Posted on May 26, 2016November 27, 2016 by Total Party Thrill

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane discuss one of the newest and most controversial D&D races. In the Mourning Glory campaign, the party works through the last prophecy to discover their final objectives, and the Talon of Tiamat brings dragons to heel in the Character Creation Forge. (54m)

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TPT #42: Using Published Adventures & The Juggernaut

Posted on May 19, 2016May 23, 2016 by Total Party Thrill

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane discuss how to run, retool, and reuse published adventures. In the Mourning Glory campaign, the party gets its last (and most lyrical) prophecy, and the Juggernaut breaks everything but the rules in the Character Creation Forge. (53m)

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The Lightborn, a new race for D&D 5E by Mark Hulmes, available on the DM’s Guild.

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TPT #41: Deadlands Campaign Setting & The Two-Fisted Archaeologist

Posted on May 12, 2016November 27, 2016 by Total Party Thrill

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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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TPT #39: RPG Cartography & The Pathfinder

Posted on April 28, 2016April 28, 2016 by Total Party Thrill

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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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TPT #38: The Method Actor & The Iron Archer

Posted on April 21, 2016November 27, 2016 by Total Party Thrill

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane continue their series on player profiles with the Method Actor. In the Mourning Glory campaign, the party learns one of the party members’ long-held secrets as the adventure continues in Argonnessen, the continent of dragons. Meanwhile, in the Character Creation Forge, the Iron Archer soaks up heaps of damage as she wades into melee combat with bow in hand. (55m)

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TPT #37: Prepping a Session & The Adventurous Noble

Posted on April 15, 2016 by Total Party Thrill

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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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TPT #36: Urban Adventures & The Shaman

Posted on April 7, 2016April 7, 2016 by Total Party Thrill

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane discuss the joys of games set in the big city, from street brawls to palace intrigue. In the Mourning Glory campaign, the party returns to the lands of the living, and nature calls the Shaman–or maybe the other way around–in the Character Creation Forge. (50m)

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TPT #35: Playing Dwarves & The Dwarven Defender

Posted on March 31, 2016November 27, 2016 by Total Party Thrill

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane show that Dwarf PCs can be more than duty, ale, and facial hair. In the Mourning Glory campaign, the party takes a long night’s journey into day, and the Dwarven Defender shall not be moved in the Character Creation Forge. (63m)

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TPT #34: Why D&D & The Sister of Battle

Posted on March 24, 2016 by Total Party Thrill

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane discuss the merits of roleplaying games and why they love D&D specifically. In the Mourning Glory campaign, the party holds study hall before making an important decision, and the Sister of Battle purges heretics with her cleansing flames in the Character Creation Forge. (m)

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