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Headphone warning: Occasional dog barks Promising drow who failed the test of their spidery goddess, Lolth, are cursed to become Driders and remain in the Underdark. Do you need an AC boost, but your hands are full? Try an animated shield to free up those hands for casting or dual-wielding. Did you player request something outside of the general rules or something that would usually require a few...

Is your party getting too big for their armor? Introduce them to a lich. This undead wizard will put them in their place with their powerful lair actions and narcissistic flair! Monster: Lich, MM 209 Other Topic: Lair Actions and Flair Social Media: Website Instagram Twitter Edited and Produced by Zach W. Music: "Unholy Knight (Intro) and Realizer (Outro)" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed...

Summon a magmin to set your enemies a light or summon a circus worth of animals for a quick side hustle. Need something to die quickly, try path to the grave! Monster: Magmin, MM 212 Magic Item: Bag of Tricks, DMG 154 Social Media: Website Instagram Twitter Edited and Produced by Zach W. Music: "Unholy Knight (Intro) and Realizer (Outro)" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Com...

Real smart immortal snakes with an oath of hatred to the yuan-ti, for... reasons. They rule ancient ruins and are powerful spellcasters! Check out the immovable rod, a multipurpose tool with more uses than you can think of. Lastly, is your creature large and in charge? Better check the size! Monster: Nagas, MM 223 Magic Item: Immovable Rod, DMG 175 Social Media: Website Instagram Twitter Edited an...

WE MADE IT TO EPISODE 50! THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING! In this episode, we chat about the memory-eating body-snatching ooze, the legendary lobster tank, the apparatus of Kwalish. and the price the party must pay for magic items. Monster: Scarecrow. MToF 217 Apparatus of Kwalish, DMG 151 Social Media: Website Instagram Twitter Edited and Produced by Zach W. Music: "Unholy Knight (Intro) and Realize...

Need to murder some teens on a farm or bless your party with a boon? is the party feeling lucky? Try the scarecrow and the Deck of Many Things. Monster: Scarecrow. MM 192 The Deck of Many Things, DMG 162 Social Media: Website Instagram Twitter Edited and Produced by Zach W. Music: "Unholy Knight (Intro) and Realizer (Outro)" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attri...

Do you need someone dead and just can't find the time to kill them yourself? Try becoming an 11th level caster and summon an Invisible Stalker to kill your pesky enemies. Or just give them the Deck of Many Things and let the Fates sort them out. Monster: Invisible Stalker, MM 192 The Deck of Many Things, DMG 162 Social Media: Website Instagram Twitter Edited and Produced by Zach W. Music: "Unholy...

Have you been pranked by a cat-sized dragon for its fantasy YouTube channel? If so, you may be entitled to a gold settlement of 100 pieces. Do not want them sneaking up on you? For 500 gold pieces, we will provide you will a robe of eyes so they can't surprise you. Check out this episode to learn how to avoid the Faerie Dragon, don the robe of eyes, and conquer the surprise condition. Monster: Fae...

Do you crave minerals, gems, precious metals, and can cha-cha slide through solid earth? If so, you might be a Xorn. Check out this episode to learn more about the xorn, QuestChest's Lyre of Pants on Fire, and how to calculate a challenge rating before you take out your party or bore them to death with an easy combat encounter. Monster: Xorn, MM pg 304 Lyre of Pants on Fire by QuestChest Challenge...

Adrian, Thomas, and Zach are all back this time discussing the ettercap, tactics, belt of dwarvenkind, attunement, and donning and doffing armor! This episode is great for those who are looking for a creepy encounter in the woods and for those who are okay with spiders. Monster: Ettercap, MM pg 131 Magic Item: Belt of Dwarvenkind, pg 155 Social Media: Website Instagram Twitter Edited and Produced...

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Zach is back with new hosts, Thomas and Adrian. With a new season comes a new format. In each episode we will discuss a monster, its tactics and a possible encounter, a magic item, and Just the Tips, player and DM tips. Monster: Galeb Duhr, MM pg 139 Magic Item: Ball of Bear Rings Social Media: Website Instagram Twitter Edited and Produced by Zach W. Music: "Unholy Knight (Intro) and Realizer (Out...

Well.... completing a degree is harder than I thought. As always, better late than ever. In this episode we wrap up the last of the giants in Volo's Guide to Monsters. As with the previous episodes, we cover items from the Ordinance of Ordning and diseases.  Stay safe, everybody! Cloud Giant Smiling One VGM pg 150 Dreadnought VGM pg 151 Ordinance of Ordning created by Daregveda on Reddit 12 Magica...

Jamie, Zach, and their new producer Cooper discuss the elite giants found in VGM. This episode includes the Cloud Giant Smiling One, The Dreadnought, and there respective magic weapons from the Ordinance of Ordning. We also include a discussion of the eye-rot disease found in the DMG.  Cloud Giant Smiling One VGM pg 146 Dreadnought VGM pg 147 Ordinance of Ordning created by Daregveda on Reddit Soc...

Better late than never. Zach and Jamie and their producer Cooper continue to chat about the giants found in the 5e Monster Manual and their respective weapons in the ordinance of ordining and diseases.  Info on Giants pg 150-151 of the MM Stone Giant pg 154 of the MM Storm Giant pg 154 of the MM Ordinance of Ordning created by Daregveda on Reddit Social Media: Website Instagram Twitter Facebook Ed...

Zach and Jamie continue their conversation about giants! Frost and Hill giants are up and its time to talk about my favorite disease.  Info on Giants pg 150-151 of the MM Frost Giant pg 154 of the MM Hill Giant pg 154 of the MM Ordinance of Ordning created by Daregveda on Reddit Social Media: Website Instagram Twitter Facebook Edited and Produced by Zach and Cooper W. Music: "Death and Axes (Intro...

We are back (minus Garret)! Instead we are joined by Cooper, our new produce and Zach's new puppy. In this episode we chat about Cloud and Fire Giants, magic items designed with them in mind from the Ordinance of Ordning (see episode notes for a link) and start the conversation about diseases in DnD. Join us for 3 more episodes covering giants as we catch up after or unexpected hiatus.  Info on Gi...

Better late than never. In this episode, brought to you by the apocalypse, we chat about cursed Allip, the ritually created Draedloth, the helmet of Ni (provided by our producer Garret), and the power of madness in 5E.  Allip: pg 116 MToF Draegloth: pg 141 of VGtM The Helmet of Ni was created by TheDndCoalition on Instagram . Social Media: Website Instagram Twitter Facebook Edited and Produced by...

Join Zach and Jamie on Zoom as they attempt to put episodes together while social distancing. This episode Zach explains the purpose and power of a stone defender and Jamie highlights the multiple uses of flail snail excretions and parts. We also present the Sundisk, a magic weapon found in Unearthed Arcana. We wrap this episode up with a guide on how to start playing DnD online using Roll20 and o...

In this episode Garret, Jamie, and Zach discuss the Ki-rin, a majestic fish faced horse the size of the elephant, and the twig blights, small angry bushes thirsty for blood! Jamie brings the Forgotten Keys created by James Perrett. Lastly, we chat about how to deal with missing players at the table.  Ki-rin can be found on pages 163-164 in Volo's Guide to Monsters Twig Blights can be found on page...

Join Zach, Jamie, Garret, and special guest, Stephen, as we discuss the cursed Nothic, the pretentious unicorn, flawed bags of holding, and the art of traveling. The Nothic and Unicorn can be found on page 236 and 294 of the MM, respectively. The magic item was the creation of Stephen and the post discussing travel was created by the Angry DM .  Social Media: Website Instagram Twitter Facebook ​​...

Garret is back in this episode as we discuss behirs, cuoatls, Sidras' Swearing Sword (from Magwa's Magic Item Compendium) and getting the table back on track. The behir was requested by Garret and can be found on page 25 of the Monster Manual. The cuoatl was requested by CConstant1305 on Instagram. Gonna be honest couldn't find it in our books. Sidras' Swearing Sword was created by Magwa's Magic I...

Does your party find colorful lights inviting and worthy of pursuit? It's time to change that with a quick introduction of will-o'-wisps. You will have your party begging for darkness in no time. What's waiting for them in the darkness? How about a home-brewed bone golem, created by StoneStrix. For this episode's magic item and tips, we talk about the Dragon Drops dispenser by @Jaaamesperrett and...

In this episode we talk about the sea screaming Deep Scion and the justice powered construct known as the Marut. We also chat about Lovecraftian means of travel using the Knocker of Aberrant Passage as well as the concept of Hit Points (HP). Special thanks to Tavern and Trinkets and Ipsimus Arcanus of Dungeon Master's Workshop for his description of combat and HP. Tavern and Trinkets Dungeon Maste...

Jamie and Zach discuss the morbid cadaver collector and the servant of Orcus's, the Devourer. Jamie also presents the Wind-up dagger created by QuestChest. Lastly, we discuss a simple way of thinking about the alignment found on tumblr, bardicknowledgeblogger. Social Media: Website Instagram Twitter Facebook ​​ Edited and produced by Zach W. Music: "Death and Axes (Intro) and Pookatori and Friends...