MegaDumbCast

In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the illustration of size categories in Chapter Eight: Combat in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729

Steve Dee, friend of the show and accomplished game designer, has passed away. He recently had an impact on MDC, and on me personally, so I decided to take a moment to share it. An rpg.net thread about Steve and his passing: https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/steve-dee-game-designer-and-community-builder-has-passed-away.933374/ Steve's blog: https://dconstructions.wordpress.com/

In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the rules for cartwheeling through opponents (including gelatinous ones) in Chapter Eight: Combat in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729

In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the (nonexistent) drawbacks of being stabbed, as described in Chapter Eight: Combat in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729

In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the rationalization of Hit Points in Chapter Eight: Combat in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729

In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the Partial Action rules described in Chapter Eight: Combat in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729

In which I discuss the dumbest thing about Special Abilities categories as described in Chapter Eight: Combat in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Intermission music: Have a Smoke by Crowander is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License . Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/...

In which I really do try to discuss the dumbest thing about the Concentration rules in Chapter Eight: Combat in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Thanks to Opal Aberdeen ( https://onlyfans.com/opal_aberdeen ) for invaluable contributions/obstacles to recording this episode. And thank you, as always, to Chester Cheetah ( https://www.cheetos.com/ ). Theme music: Seven Sisters by S...

In which I discuss the dumbest guys implied on page 124 in Chapter Eight: Combat in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729

In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the critical hit rules laid out in Chapter Eight: Combat in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729

In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the Fundamental Actions in Combat table in Chapter Eight: Combat in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Steve Dee's blog post about MDC: https://dconstructions.wordpress.com/2025/08/06/ecce-homo-ecce-ludus/ Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrowe...

In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the two-part illustration spread across pages 120 and 121 in Chapter Eight: Combat in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729

In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the rules for saving throws described in Chapter Eight: Combat in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729

In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the rules for determining Touch AC, as described in Chapter Eight: Combat in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729

In which I discuss one of the dumbest things about 3e D&D, the five-minute adventuring day, as implied by the conclusion of a combat example in Chapter Eight: Combat in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729

In which I discuss the dumbest rule -- and one unfairly maligned rule-- described on page 117 in Chapter Eight: Combat in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729

In which I discuss the dumbest thing about Jozan's performance in the example combat that opens Chapter Eight: Combat in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729

In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the framing of the extended combat example that begins Chapter Eight: Combat in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729

In which I discuss one of the dumbest and best things in Chapter Seven: Equipment -- the rules for masterwork items -- in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729

In which I discuss the dumbest and saddest thing about the combat mounts offered in Chapter Seven: Equipment in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729

In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the description of quasi-medieval inns in Chapter Seven: Equipment in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729

In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the price of lock picks in the Adventuring Gear section of Chapter Seven: Equipment in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729

In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the table of Containers (including the spell component pouch) in the Adventuring Gear section of Chapter Seven: Equipment in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729

In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the holy water pictured in the Adventuring Gear section of Chapter Seven: Equipment in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729

In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the information provided (and omitted) about the items in the Adventuring Gear section or Chapter Seven: Equipment in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729