Heroes Rise, thirty-seventh entry: Anthropomorphic Pachyderms
Welcome, brave adventurers… to the thirty-seventh entry into our chronicle, recorded on Saturday August 18th, and released Wednesday August 22nd over at heroesrisepodcast.com
Adventurer’s Journal: Go Heal Yourself
This article was first broadcast in Episode Thirty-Six on 15th August 2018. Killer DM: Where’s the numbers guy? Lennon: Oh…hi Killer DM. What brings you here? Killer DM: Clerics. Lennon: Really? Here I thought you were created by a Warlock devoted to Asmodeus Killer DM: *ominous spells in the background* I’m not in the mood, Limey. Now where is he? I need numbers. Lennon: Who, Ostron? He’s not here, he’s been waylaid by kobolds Killer DM: Shame. Still, kobolds need kidneys, too. Mikey: I’m pretty good with numbers Lennon: You are so going to regret that… Killer DM: You are? Good. Grab your calculator and get over here. I need to tell people how wrong they are about clerics. Except you start. Tell me about clerics. Lennon: Okay, well… If you’re putting a standard adventuring party together, bringing along a cleric is such a good idea that it’s almost a requirement. The most obvious reason is healing. Clerics are the most reliable class…
Heroes Rise, thirty-sixth entry: Clerical Error
Welcome, brave adventurers… to the thirty-sixth entry into the Heroes Rise chronicle. This episode was recorded on Saturday, August 11th 2018, and released Wednesday, August 15th 2018 over at heroesrisepodcast.com
Heroes Rise, thirty-fifth entry: A League of Their Own
Welcome, brave adventurers… to the thirty-fifth entry into the Heroes Rise chronicle. This episode was recorded on Saturday, 4th August 2018, and made available for download on Wednesday, 8th August 2018 at heroesrisepodcast.com
Archives of Candlekeep: Odd Dragon Out
This article was first broadcast in Episode Thirty-Five on 8th August 2018. Ryu: Now? Now? Can we do it now? Lennon: Yes, fine, go ahead Ryu: Yaaaay! THUNK Ostron: What is that? Ryu: That’s my notes on all the other dragons Lennon: *sigh* okay, we can cover SOME of them. Pick the ones most people will recognize, at least. Ryu: Fine… People familiar with D&D will immediately recognize the more famous types of dragons. Most players know what colors most chromatic dragons come in and where they live, and they can usually name the major metallic dragons as well, though they might be less sure of the details like their habits and where the lairs are likely to be. But D&D has had some dragons that wander well off the beaten path. Most of these haven’t shown up in 5th edition yet, but they could be coming. But of course we’ll start with an exception: the Dragon Turtle. People…
Heroes Rise, thirty-fourth entry: It’s a Kind of Magic
Welcome, brave adventurers… to the thirty-fourth entry into the Heroes Rise chronicle. This episode was recorded on Saturday, 28th July 2018, and made available for download on Wednesday, 1st August 2018 at heroesrisepodcast.com
Archives of Candlekeep: Behold the Beholders
This article was first broadcast in Episode Thirty-Three on 25th July 2018. Mikey: So this is backstage, huh? Ryu: You’ve never been here before? Mikey: They don’t let me leave the cave that often… thumbing through papers What’s this? Lennon: Those are some notes that Ostron was having difficulty compiling. Mikey: What happened to the research beholders? Ryu: Well, this is ON beholders, specifically their history, so when he tried to get their help they all just passed in their own life stories and said that’s all he needed to know. Mikey: Ah, yeah…that makes sense. I mean, it doesn’t but it does when we’re talking about beholders. Ryu: Let’s see what he has so far… While dragons are part of the core of D&D, if D&D is said to have a mascot, it is probably the Beholder. One of the first creatures that is wholly a creation of D&D, rather than being a creature borrowed from mythology, nature, or…
Heroes Rise, thirty-third entry: ABCD&D
Welcome, brave adventurers… to the thirty-third entry into the Heroes Rise chronicle. This episode was recorded on Saturday, 21st July 2018, and made available for download on Wednesday, 25th July 2018 at heroesrisepodcast.com
Heroes Rise, thirty-second entry: Earthed Arcana
Welcome, brave adventurers… to the thirty-second entry into the Heroes Rise chronicle. This episode was recorded on Saturday, 14th July 2018, and made available for download on Wednesday, 18th July 2018 at heroesrisepodcast.com
Gnomish Workshop: Action Economy
This article was first broadcast in Episode Thirty-Two on 18th July 2018. Lennon: 248… 249… 250…. Ryu: Lennon, are you using a slingshot to fire gold pieces at my knife throwing target? Lennon: Yes. Sorry, I should have asked first. Ryu: No, that’s fine but…why? Lennon: Well Ostron said he was going to be doing something with action economy and I thought I could help. Ryu: …You know, I’m always kind of impressed at how amazingly wrong you are about what Ostron’s doing at any given time. Lennon: What do you mean? Ryu: No, I need his notes. Ostron? Gnomish Workshop door opens Ostron: What’s up? Ryu: Action Economy? Ostron: Right, here’s what you need. If you wander into the same sort of discussions that Ostron does on a regular basis, you may have seen or heard the term “action economy” get thrown around, and you’ve probably found at least one person that seems very interested or possibly obsessed with the…