RPG veterans and game designers Teos AbadÃa and Shawn Merwin look at the game and the hobby of D&D from a variety of viewpoints: reporting the news, understandi...
Purple Dragon Knight and Oath of Genies Paladin! (MD 228)
Episode 228 of Mastering Dungeons!Â
Main topic: Purple Dragon Knight and Oath of Genies Paladin!
We take a look at new fighter and paladin subclasses coming in November to the Forgotten Realms Player’s Guide. How do lore changes impact the design?
News: Free D&D Adventure, D&D on Netflix, WotC Hires Worldbuilding, and more!
Contents
00:00 Winter Fantasy Key Cards
05:57 Flipping Campaign Script?
11:54 Goal of Organized Play?
31:24 Free Adventure Hold Back the Dead
36:40 D&D Movie to Netflix US
37:17 Daggerheart End of May
39:13 WotC Hiring Worldbuilding Designer
40:57 What World Should D&D Create?
43:53 D&D Free Rules Adds MM
45:03 Tangled in Shrouds
46:53 Unearthed Arcana part 2
47:28 Survey is Up
48:16 Purple Dragon Knight Lore Change
54:51 Purple Dragon Knight Features
01:11:54 Oath of Noble Genies Paladin Lore
01:13:30 Paladin Oaths
01:16:20 Noble Genies Features
01:35:35 Shout-Outs
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Forgotten Realms Unearthed Arcana! (MD 227)
Episode 227 of Mastering Dungeons!Â
Main topic: Forgotten Realms Unearthed Arcana!
New subclasses are out for playtest feedback and will be part of the Forgotten Realms Player’s Guide out this November. We take a look at playtesting and the first two subclasses for Bard and Cleric.
News: D&D Movie Licensing, New D&D Books and Settings, Sigil VTT Changes, and more!
Contents
00:00 Winter Fantasy Cometh
02:57 What RPG Jobs Do?
20:36 Running Interesting NPCs?
28:33 D&D Movie and TV Licensing
34:10 Battlemarked Game
35:05 New D&D Books Announced - Eberron
38:59 Dragon Delves and Borderlands Starter
40:18 FR Player's and Adventure Guide
41:10 New Settings Coming
42:20 Sigil VTT Changes
45:05 New Fallbacks Novel
45:27 Universal D&D Fan Fest Tickets Available
46:01 Ethan Yen Launches PREQUEL
47:39 Punch Nazis on Bundle of Holding
48:25 Jared Rascher Hangs Up Review Hat
49:34 Brandon Sanderson Lectures
50:25 New Unearthed Arcana
52:09 What is Helpful Feedback?
01:03:44 Bard College of the Moon Concept
01:06:24 Bard Subclass Benefits
01:20:10 Cleric Knowledge Domain
01:32:42 Shout-Outs
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Monster Manual Design Changes! (MD 226)
Episode 226 of Mastering Dungeons!Â
Main topic: Monster Manual Design!
We review the latest monster previews and continue to examine how 2024 has changed monster design.
News: ENNies Changes AI Policy, Dimension 20 Rocks Garden, Kickstarter Breakdown, and more!
Contents
00:00 Dimension 20 Rocks Garden
03:11 How Restart Campaign?
10:23 Emergency Takeoff Scenario?
20:46 Do You Fudge Dice?
29:50 New MM Previews
37:53 ENnies AI Policy Change
43:33 Kobold Press on Kickstarter Business
50:01 Keith Baker on Fiendish Gnolls
54:33 MM Design Comparisons
55:18 Empyreans
01:11:48 Ancient Gold Dragon
01:19:44 Semi-Alphabetical Actions
01:26:47 Vampire Familiar
01:34:48 Gargoyle
01:37:02 False Appearance Changes
01:39:10 Mimic Shapeshift
01:41:27 Which Mini Wore It Better?
01:42:34 Shout-Outs
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Monster Manual Comparison! (MD 225)
Episode 225 of Mastering Dungeons!Â
Main topic: Monster Manual Comparison!
We review the recent monster previews. How do 2024 5E monsters compare to 2014, and what do we think of the design?
News: Diamond Files Bankruptcy, Ray Winninger on 5E History, Student Trains AI on CR, and more!
Contents
00:00 Deadlands and Playtests
02:16 Handout Prep Worth It?
10:52 Rolling Under Pressure?
22:26 Diamond Files Chapter 11
28:51 Ray Winninger on 5E History
41:04 Legends of Greyhawk News
47:37 Grad Student Trains AI on CR
49:41 WizKids Glo in the Dark Minis
52:42 Encounters Under the Shadow of the Dragon Queen
54:37 Monster Manual Comparisons
56:02 How Previews Work
57:53 Ancient Green Dragon Preview
01:01:56 Legendary vs Reactions
01:07:03 Spellcasting and Theme
01:13:16 Numerical Changes
01:15:47 Kuo-Toa
01:24:54 Cyclops
01:38:15 Shout-Outs
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The Monster Overhaul! (MD 224)
Episode 224 of Mastering Dungeons!Â
Main topic: The Monster Overhaul!
Shawn and Teos review the Monster Overhaul, a book that irreverently aims to become an indispensable tool at your table, providing tons of ideas for fun monsters.
News: Critical Role Publishing Deal, Chaosium $500 Convention Pack, Morale Rules, and more!
Contents
00:00 Back to Normal
01:57 Desert Island RPG?
06:26 Is 2024 5E Deadlier?
14:58 2024 Distrusts DMs?
31:33 Chaosium $500 Support Pack
33:08 Mearls on Morale
51:46 McMillan Carries CR
53:25 Monster Word Play
55:33 Public Domain Image Archive
56:39 Cairn 2E in Spanish
57:29 Shout Out to Luz_Tak
58:11 The Monster Overhaul
59:02 How Our Brains Work
01:01:06 Book Introduction
01:02:58 Do You Love Tables?
01:09:23 Random Encounter Tables
01:18:38 People
01:19:23 Dungeon and Goblins
01:23:58 Dragons
01:25:10 Harpy and Will-o-Wisp
01:27:10 Froghemoth
01:27:43 Vampires and Biscuit Golem
01:28:54 Eye Tyrants
01:30:42 Overall Thoughts
01:32:15 Shout-Outs
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RPG veterans and game designers Teos AbadÃa and Shawn Merwin look at the game and the hobby of D&D from a variety of viewpoints: reporting the news, understanding the business, reviewing the products, and illuminating the design. Whether you’re a fan, a player, a DM, or a designer, Shawn and Teos cover topics of interest to you!