TPT #50: Character Flaws & The Executioner

Posted on July 14, 2016July 13, 2016 by Total Party Thrill

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane discuss how drawbacks and weaknesses create depth and offer role-playing opportunities. In the Mourning Glory campaign, the party stalks a foe across Sharn, and the Executioner takes a lot off the top in the Character Creation Forge. (53m)

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TPT #49: Natural Disasters & The War Correspondent

Posted on July 7, 2016July 13, 2016 by Total Party Thrill

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane discuss how to plan and run killer storms, city-leveling earthquakes, and uninsurable acts of God. In the Mourning Glory campaign, the party makes a promise they might not be able to keep, and the War Correspondent records it all for posterity in the Character Creation Forge. (52m)

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TPT #48: Metagaming & The Swordmage

Posted on June 30, 2016June 29, 2016 by Total Party Thrill

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane discuss how metagaming and out-of-character knowledge get used and misused at the table. In the Mourning Glory campaign, the party calls in a favor from the heavenly host, and the Swordmage shields the party in the Character Creation Forge. (52m)

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TPT #47: Specialist Players & The Hoplite

Posted on June 23, 2016November 27, 2016 by Total Party Thrill

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane continue their series on player profiles with the Specialist — players who love a single archetype. In the Mourning Glory campaign, the party finishes an old foe, and the Hoplite fights in the shade in the Character Creation Forge. (55m)

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TPT #46: Kaiju Battles & The Giant Slayer

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Total Party Thrill

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane discuss combat encounters where the enemies are much larger than your average PC. In the Mourning Glory campaign, the party makes an impromptu trip to an unexpected place, while the Giant Killer cuts her foes down to size in the Character Creation Forge. (63m)

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TPT #45: Prophecies & The Combat Oracle

Posted on June 9, 2016June 9, 2016 by Total Party Thrill

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane discuss how to create, use, and fulfill prophecies — those enigmatic and prescient riddles. In the Mourning Glory campaign, the party fights a reincarnating dracolich, and the Combat Oracle predicts victory in the Character Creation Forge. (53m)

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

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

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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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