Heroes Rise, one hundred fifth entry: Born to be Feywild
Welcome, brave adventurers … to the one hundred fifth entry into our chronicle, recorded on Saturday January 25th, and released Wednesday January 29th over at heroesrisepodcast.com.
Archives of Candlekeep: Planar Tour: Feywild
This article was first broadcast in Episode One Hundred Five on 29th January 2020. Lennon: Oh dear gods why? Killer DM: Ryu’s faerie dragon’s gone back to the feywild for a bit. Ostron: And she didn’t want to go with it? Killer DM: Oh goodness no. Every time she goes there I get into a fight. Lennon: I thought most feywild creatures were a little less aggressive than that? Killer DM: First of all, are you kidding? Second, I didn’t say Ryu got into a fight; I get into a fight. Lennon: Don’t tell me you have outstanding geases or something. Ostron: I thought you dealt in flaming horses. You’re doing birds now? Lennon: What? Oh, wait are you kidding? Do I know more about the Feywild than you do? Ostron: Maybe for the moment…Libby! Libby: Book! Ostron: Thanks. Okay, what do I need to know? From a game perspective, the Feywild is one of those unique jewels of D&D where it was created in…
Heroes Rise, one hundred fourth entry: Unwashed Monks
Welcome, brave adventurers … to the one hundred fourth entry into our chronicle, recorded on Saturday January 18th, and released Wednesday January 22nd over at heroesrisepodcast.com.
Archives of Candlekeep: Planar Tour: Shadowfell
This article was first broadcast in Episode One Hundred Four on 22nd January 2020. Lennon (storytelling): It was a dark and stormy night Ryu: I’m not hearing a storm Lennon (storytelling sarcastically): Because someone is slacking off Ostron: At this point I’ve already used four spell slots just on ambiance. Magical darkness, mist cloud, control weather, wind gust, now you want lightning on command? Lennon: … well I’ve gotta set the mood right Ryu: Wouldn’t it be easier to just meet in the Shadowfell at this point? Lennon: Well…actually I don’t know, would it? Ostron: In terms of planar locations it’s one of the easier ones to find. Among the various planar dimensions that crop up regularly in D&D, the Shadowfell is relatively new. It only officially came into existence during 4th edition, and unlike many things conceived during that time, the Shadowfell has stuck around largely intact, at least so far. It wasn’t a wholly new creation, however. Many aspects…
Heroes Rise, one hundred third entry: Critically Rolling
Welcome, brave adventurers … to the one hundred third entry into our chronicle, recorded on January 11th, and released Wednesday January 15th over at heroesrisepodcast.com.
Unearthed Mundana: Painting Your Miniatures – Introduction to Colour Theory
This article was first broadcast in Episode One Hundred Three on 15th January 2020. Ryu: I’m sorry, you want me to what? Lennon: Break me into the workshop. Ryu: And these buckets of paint are for? Lennon: It’s helping you too, actually. Ryu: Oh no, you are not dragging me into whatever insanity this is. Lennon: No, look; I know you’re always complaining about how ROSTRO is imposing and disturbing so I figured a quick paint job… Ryu: My issues with ROSTRO are not about how it looks. I mean, okay, that doesn’t help, but neither will painting sunflowers on it. Ostron: Hey guys, are we painting something? Lennon: What? No…yes! actually yes! Miniatures. We hear you do that, right? Ostron: Oh, yeah, all the time. A very popular pastime along with playing DnD is creating a physical avatar for a player character or to represent the hordes of foes the players will face. While it is possible to purchase or make paper…
Heroes Rise, one hundred second and a half entry: We R Profeshinulls
Welcome, brave adventurers… to the one hundred second and a half entry into our chronicle, recorded over the last couple of years, and released Wednesday January 8th over at heroesrisepodcast.com.
Wisdom of the Masters: Resistance, Vulnerability and Monsters
This article was first broadcast in Episode One Hundred Two on 1st January 2020. Ryu (coughing): Why is there suddenly smoke everywhere? Ostron! What did you do in the workshop? Ostron (muffled): This wasn’t me; I was trying to find a way to charge ROSTRO’s power cells faster and then heard all the coughing. Ryu (still coughing): What is that thing on your face? And can you clear this out? Ostron (muffled): One gust of wind coming up. Wind blowing Ryu (deep breath): Much better. (sarcastically): Oh look. We have one unconscious Lennon lying on the floor with a bunch of open potion bottles and a cauldron. Why am I not surprised? Ostron (pop): Because your memory is still mostly intact. Ryu: What do you mean mostly? Ostron: Never mind. Lennon. Lennon! Lennon: What? It’s not my birthday, you can’t make me! Ryu: Okay…um…ignoring that for the moment, what were you doing? Lennon: Oh…I was trying to figure out how resistances and vulnerabilities might work…
Heroes Rise, one hundred second entry: The Best Defence Is A Good Offence
Welcome, brave adventurers … to the one hundred second entry into our chronicle, recorded on Saturday December 28th, and released Wednesday January 1st over at heroesrisepodcast.com.
Gnomish Workshop: Level 1 Characters Will Die
This article was first broadcast in Episode One Hundred One on 25th December 2019. Lennon: Um, Ryu? I was given this…paper by one of the Research Beholders. Resurrection Insurance for New Adventurers? Ryu: I am going to be swimming in gold, Lennon. ROSTRO: Given the required temperature to maintain gold in a liquid form, it would be inadvisable- Ryu: Oh shut up! It was a metaphor you overbuilt abacus. Lennon: And that’s why I couldn’t find Ostron earlier. So what exactly is going on? Ryu: So KayDee suggested I try to get to know ROSTRO because you know how we don’t see eye to eye on it. We got to talking about first level adventurers and the facts around them and that’s when I came up with this. Lennon: Okay, but…an insurance scam? How much have you been wearing the hat? Ryu: This is not a scam, Lennon; this is a real need. ROSTRO, can you fill him in? ROSTRO: With your…