Unearthed Mundana: New Books
This article was first broadcast in Episode One Hundred Eighty Five on 13th October 2021. Wizards of the Coast released their 3rd edition of Dungeons and Dragons in the year 2000. Many people believe the release was an effort by Wizards to put their stamp on the brand after they acquired TSR in 1997. As such, 3rd edition was a rather extreme overhaul of D&D at a mechanics level. Many people are familiar with the fact that 3rd edition introduced the so-called d20 system, which Wizards then distributed through the Open Gaming License. In short, the d20 system meant nearly every decision or action made as part of the game was decided based on the roll of a 20-sided die. Previously in 2nd edition, while d20s were still used in some rolls, you had percentile dice and others involved in decisions just as often. Switching over from a multi-die…
Gnomish Workshop: People Building
This article was first broadcast in Episode One Hundred Eighty Two on 22nd September 2021. (Sound of grinding gears) Ryu: What is he doing in there? Lennon: Maybe he’s upgrading ROSTRO? ROSTRO: If you are interested, my processing faculties were largely taken up with an analysis of persona synthesis and optimal configuration techniques of same. Ryu: If we don’t take an interest, is Ostron going to wake up? ROSTRO: Probability suggests it is not a likely outcome. Lennon: Ugh, fine, what are you on about this time? (The screen powers on) When creating new characters for a campaign or a one-shot, a frequent point that gives both players and DMs pause is the issue of ability scores. There is often a lot of thinking and wrangling about what statistics to put scores in, but before people can even get there everyone has to decide what scores are being used in the first place. Now for a lot…
Heroes Rise, one hundred eighty-second entry: Naked Wizards Go Down Well At The Table
Welcome, brave adventurers … to the one hundred eighty-first entry into our chronicle, recorded on Saturday, September 11th, and released Wednesday, September 15th over at heroesrisepodcast.com.
Heroes Rise, one hundred sixty-first entry: ʳᵒˢᵗʳᵒ
Activating supportive subroutines. Greetings. I am the Realized Oikumenatal Solution to Removing Obfuscation, commonly referred to as ROSTRO. It is likely you are receiving this broadcast on the fourteenth day of the lunar temporal measurement period associated with opening.
Heroes Rise, one hundred fifty-seventh entry: Don’t Judge A Book By Its Cover
Welcome, brave adventurers … to the one hundred fifty-seventh entry into our chronicle, recorded throughout the week, and released Wednesday, March 17th over at heroesrisepodcast.com.
Unearthed Mundana: What’s In A Stat?
This article was first broadcast in Episode One Hundred Fifty Seven on 17 March 2021. Ryu: Oh dear. Did someone fall off their mount in the market again? Lennon: What? No, I was giving a speech down in the village. It…wasn’t well received. Ryu: Well, I mean, your Charisma score is only what now, 15? You aren’t going to be able to work miracles with that. Ostron: Actually, with a crowd of bystanders that should have been more than fine. Ryu: How? A 15 is middle of the road; it’s what you have in a stat that you might use later and you want to just be okay with now. Ostron: That’s for adventurers. If you’re comparing them with common folk, he is way beyond them. Ryu: Okay, I’m confused. Lennon: Well, I’ll use my new charisma score to explain it to you. Most players and even DMs who play D&D tend to consider ability scores in the context…
Heroes Rise, one hundred forty-seventh-and-a-half entry: Failed Saving Throws
Welcome, brave adventurers, to Heroes Rise. This is the 147.5th entry into our chronicle, recorded throughout the last year, and released Wednesday, December 30th, over at heroesrisepodcast.com
Archives of Candlekeep: Moloch: Always Swipe Left
This article was first broadcast in Episode One Hundred Forty-five on 9th Decembet 2020. Killer DM: Oh whatever. Ryu for some reason asked Ostron for this research assignment and then she foisted it off on me! Can you believe it? The nerve! Ostron: Oh, she gave *you* the Moloch research? That’s a very…interesting approach. I think there was an ulterior motive here. Lennon: Make *us* miserable? Ostron: No…I think you’ll understand once we get into it. You have done *some* work on it, right? Moloch comes up a lot when you start looking up a who’s who of big names in the nine hells, but it’s sort of the same deal as when you’re talking about famous kings and you get to Louis [LOO-ee] the [16th] XVI. A lot of people know who he was, but that ‘s mostly from the time when his underlings rose up and threw him out. Also he had a harpy wife that people…
Heroes Rise, one hundred forty-fifth entry: Dank Certified
Welcome, brave adventurers … to the one hundred forty-fifth entry into our chronicle, recorded on Saturday December 5th, and released Wednesday December 9th over at heroesrisepodcast.com.
Heroes Rise, one hundred forty-fourth entry: Black Friday
Welcome, brave adventurers … to the one hundred forty-third entry into our chronicle, recorded on Saturday November 21st, and released Wednesday November 25th over at heroesrisepodcast.com.