Wisdom of the Masters: Architectural Philosophy and the Five Room Dungeon
This article was first broadcast in Episode Two Hundred and One on 3rd March 2022. Lennon: All right, I’ve gathered you all here because I’m afraid we have to let something go. Ostron: Okay, first of all there’s only myself and Ryu, and I’m not 100% sure Ryu’s not an HR clone, so it may just be the two of us. Lennon: How do you know I’m not an HR clone? Ryu: I’m pretty sure HR would not allow anything associated with it to start off with an idea that’s this silly. Lennon: I haven’t even told you what it is yet! Ostron: Your track record is not encouraging. For the sake of argument, though, lay it out for us. Lennon: Right, so the guild house has too many rooms. We need to get rid of two of them. Ostron: And we’re done here. Ryu: Hang on, hang on let’s…give…
Heroes Rise, two hundred and first entry: The Shortle Package
Welcome, brave adventurers, to Heroes Rise. This is the 201st entry into our chronicle, recorded on Saturday, February 26th, and released Wednesday, March 2nd over at heroesrisepodcast.com. This week we’re going to wander into the Market of Minauros to see what mysterious and magical items have filtered up for sale: Epic Legacy: Tome of Titans Crucible Magazine Downtime Center Next we open up our Quest Logs as Indigo Specter takes us through the Horrors of Hill House After that we hear some Wisdom of the Masters on Architectural Philosophy and the Five Room Dungeon; before finally heading over to the Scrying Pool to see what you [all] have to say. Community Questions Which of the marketplace entries caught your eye? Do you need some level 20 enemies? Are you trying to fill that void left when Dragon Magazine went out of circulation? Do you use downtime in your campaigns? What…
Heroes Rise, two hundredth entry: The One We Recorded Live
Welcome, brave adventurers, to Heroes Rise! This is the 200th entry into our chronicle, recorded live at twitch.tv/heroesrisednd on Saturday, February 12th, and released Wednesday, February 16th over at heroesrisepodcast.com. In this week’s Adventurer’s Pack, Ryu shows us how she handles conflict in games… this can’t be good… Next we check out some D&D News as we uncover: Some details from the Hasbro Earning’s Call and a touch of NFT controversy A new line of minis (1, 2) from WizKids partnership with Death Saves And some more info on the Dark Souls RPG, this time their take on armor, items, weapons and how this ties in to subclassing After that we dig up some Unearthed Mundana and discuss Unicorns; before finally heading over to the Scrying Pool to see what you [all] have to say. Episode 200 Celebration To celebrate 200 episodes, we did an entire day of live streaming…
Gnomish Workshop: Pierce de Resistance
This article was first broadcast in Episode One Hundred Ninety Nine on 9th February 2022. Gnomish Workshop door opening Ryu: What are you doing!? Lennon: Gah! Um…this isn’t what it looks like ROSTRO: Please state the nature of the mathematical inquiry Lennon: No, no, you’re already working on mine. ROSTRO: The assumption that my processing capabilities are limited to a single focus is erroneous. Ryu: I thought you were on my side here!? Lennon: Um…well I mean I came in here to ask Ostron a question and he…well he dropped off pretty quick actually, and the machine just started giving me some useful information… Ryu: Ever heard of “fruit of the poisonous tree”? Lennon: Look I was trying to figure out my spells, okay? I seem to be stuck with this Warlock thing so I may as well make the best of it. Are *you* going to help me choose what the most efficient…
Heroes Rise, one hundred ninety-ninth entry: Ekphrastical Enemies
Welcome, brave adventurers … to the one hundred ninety-ninth entry into our chronicle, recorded on Saturday, February 6th, and released Wednesday, February 9th over at heroesrisepodcast.com.
Heroes Rise, one hundred ninety-eighth entry: Git Gud
Welcome, brave adventurers … to the one hundred ninety-eighth entry into our chronicle, recorded on Saturday, January 29th, and released Wednesday, February 2nd over at heroesrisepodcast.com.
Archives of Candlekeep: Colors of Chaos – The Slaad
This article was first broadcast in Episode One Hundred Ninety Seven on 26th January 2022. Ryu: Well at least you’re reading a book and the machine isn’t humming. Ostron: What? Ryu: Never mind, what are you researching? Ostron: Infestations. Ryu: Oh come on, again? Lennon already got rid of the mimics! The Mimic: And a bang-up job he did, too! Ostron: Yes, yes, we’re all very impressed. No, this is a much less pleasant infestation. Slaadi. Lennon: Well thank you for being impressed with me, but what did I do? Ryu: You got rid of the mimics, like we just said. Apparently you have to get rid of…somebody? Somebodies? Ostron: Slaad. Plural is slaadi. Lennon: And all of it is “no thank you.” Ostron, feel free to take this one. Ostron: Ugh, there isn’t a Slaad infestation in the guild house! I’m just trying to be prepared. Lennon: You’re expecting an infestation in the guild house? Ostron: Well you can’t really tell with them; that’s kind of…
Heroes Rise, one hundred ninety-seventh entry: These Aren’t The Drow You’re Looking For
Welcome, brave adventurers … to the one hundred ninety-seventh entry into our chronicle, recorded on Saturday, January 22nd, and released Wednesday, January 26th over at heroesrisepodcast.com.
Heroes Rise, one hundred ninety-sixth entry: Improvised Creature Leaks
Welcome, brave adventurers … to the one hundred ninety-sixth entry into our chronicle, recorded on Saturday, January 15th, and released Wednesday, January 19th over at heroesrisepodcast.com.
Gnomish Workshop: Drop Your Weapons!
This article was first broadcast in Episode One Hundred Ninety Six on 19th January 2022. Killer DM: All right numbers man, it’s nap time, I need… (pause) Killer DM (with a hint of concern): Ah dear. I don’t remember you sitting in on one of my games, what happened to you? Ostron: Um…bar fight. Killer DM: Hey! You! Lawyer person! Get in here. Tony (slightly disturbed): Um, hi, the name’s actually “Tony”, and…oh man. Why are you calling me? I’m not a cleric! You have one of those on staff. Killer DM: Well that’s what you do, isn’t it? When someone gets hurt, the first thing you do is call a lawyer and they tell you where your money’s going to come from. Tony: Okay that’s…a gross misrepresentation of my job, to begin with. Also you don’t call the lawyer before the medical professionals. Killer DM: Oh I’m calling it here, he’s clearly too far gone to save.…