Episodes
Monday Dec 03, 2018
Shifting Game Tone
Monday Dec 03, 2018
Monday Dec 03, 2018
Episode 29: The plan is to change gears following the side-track adventure into the Oozing Temple. Introducing comedic characters to break tension and deliver a more varied tone across the campaign. Also, while the party spent two days in the Oozing temple, it took 2+ months of real time - how to re-focus following a long diversion.
Wednesday Nov 28, 2018
Epic Battle, Epic Choices
Wednesday Nov 28, 2018
Wednesday Nov 28, 2018
Episode 28: The battle between Dragons and Demons is really just window dressing for a simple character decision. How do you bring to life multi-classing at the behest of a god? Our last session was dominated by an epic battle - we take a look at how that battle played out and the critical character decision it ultimately served.
Sunday Nov 18, 2018
Dragons and Demons and Kenku, oh my!
Sunday Nov 18, 2018
Sunday Nov 18, 2018
Episode 27: Preparing for an epic battle at the gates of death involving a wing of dragons vs. a Balor and his demon horde.
Monday Nov 12, 2018
Questions of Good and Evil
Monday Nov 12, 2018
Monday Nov 12, 2018
Episdoe 26: In our last session, another character falls to the gates of death. The players dealt with moral choices that both define their characters and the philosophical differences within the party.
Sunday Nov 04, 2018
The No-Win Scenario
Sunday Nov 04, 2018
Sunday Nov 04, 2018
Episode 25: In our next session, one character must choose between their own death or ritualling sacrificing someone else to save themselves. Also, planning a new storytelling technique that gets inside the PC's minds.
Sunday Oct 28, 2018
Managing Player Absence
Sunday Oct 28, 2018
Sunday Oct 28, 2018
Episode 24: Recapping our latest session in the Oozing Temple - how best to manage player absences and how to handle it when the choices your story forces on a character irrevocably change them.
Sunday Oct 21, 2018
Spicing Up Routine Combat
Sunday Oct 21, 2018
Sunday Oct 21, 2018
Episode 23: Preparing for the final encounter in the Oozing Temple, I discuss adding elements to combat that are intended to make a basic and even cliched encounter into something more engaging.
Sunday Oct 14, 2018
Tempting Players With Power
Sunday Oct 14, 2018
Sunday Oct 14, 2018
Episode 22: On the run from Black Oozes, the Shadow Sorcerer is offered the power to survive, but at what price? Recapping the second part of our adventure through the Oozing Temple.
Sunday Oct 07, 2018
Amending the Dungeon Mid Adventure
Sunday Oct 07, 2018
Sunday Oct 07, 2018
Episode 21: Prepping for part 2 of the Oozing Temple crawl, I am amending the map and the monsters to deliver a more appropriate experience for the party. Changing things mid-adventure feels like it should be "wrong", but it's reality for a busy DM.
Sunday Sep 30, 2018
Side Questing
Sunday Sep 30, 2018
Sunday Sep 30, 2018
Episode 20: Using side quests to introduce a new PC. If you want to hear how much things can change from prep to actual-play, compare what actually happened here to episode 19. A lot changed in the final hours before our game. D&D, it's not just an adventure for the characters!