DnDiscussions

Ryan and Ben take a crack at gnolls for their monster fixing as well as introduce a new segment, Encounter Themes. Community Post: DMs Guild Underwater Campaigns; Ryan’s Arena Map

Ryan and Ben reflect on lessons learned in 2021 and cast out their hopes and dreams for 2022. Community Pages: Devil’s Advocate A Guide to Infernal Contracts; DnDBeyond Encounter Builder in Beta; Beastheart and Monstrous Companions; AllthingsDnD Youtube channel

Ryan and Ben have a small therapy session as they discuss Imposter Syndrome as well as take a shot at another holiday themed one shot! Community Page: Bloodied and Bruised Monster Manual

Ryan and Ben are joined by Celeste to talk about treasure, pricing, and the new Rewards and Rarities Kickstarter campaign! How to find Celeste and Rewards and Rarities: Rewards and Rarities Kickstarter; Celeste’s Twitter; Celeste’s website; and Venture Maidens.

B. Dave Walters returns to join Ryan and Ben to chat about horror, tension, and the World of Darkness. B. Dave’s projects: LA by Night Seasons 1-3, LA by Night Seasons 4-5, Black Dice Society, Demiplane, Trials of Tiamat, Heroes of the Planes, Champions of Lore, Gaxx Pack, and Long Beach by Night.

Ryan and Ben take a look at Black and Red dragon abilities, playing a Tabaxi, and a whole slew of new official and unofficial content! Community Page: Traveler’s of the Multiverse UA content; Critical Role: Call of the Netherdeep; Companion and Beastmaster Public Beta; Spellshaper Wizard.

Ryan and Ben talk about the info coming out of D&D Celebration and discuss some Homebrew. Community Page: Ryan’s subclass the Shadowgrasp, Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons and Strixhaven summaries, The Future of D&D.

Ryan and Ben are joined by Jeff Reynolds to break down and discuss his first time DMing! Community Pages: Jeff’s twitter; Amy Vorpahl “Behold Her Dreams” Kickstarter; Combat Wheelchair Version 3.0

Ryan and Ben take a stab at sprucing up some elementals and then follow the bread crumbs to adding plot hooks and side quests to your world. Community Page: Tome of Mystical Tattoos

Ryan and Ben attempt to spruce up giants and then take some time to step into the shoes of halflings. Community Page: Epic Legacy Hero’s Handbook Kickstarter

Ryan and Ben talk about the information released about the 3 new books from D&D Live and take a look at Bronze Dragons. Wild Beyond the Witchlight: Gamesradar article, CBR.com article, Wizards of the Coast page. Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons: Polygon article, Reddit Breakdown, Wizards of the Coast page. Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos: Polygon … Continue reading "Episode 50 &#8211...

Celeste Conowitch joins Ryan and Ben to talk about high level play and to drop a mind blowing truth bomb! Celeste’s projects: Twitter, Website, Venture Maidens Kickstarter, Venture Maidens Twitch, and the 2C Gaming Patreon page.

Ryan and Ben talk about the newest announcements from Wizards of the Coast and answer an email question! Community Pages: The Wild Beyond the Witchlight, Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos, Mages of Strixhaven Unearthed Arcana, Settings Update, “Shia LaBeouf” by Rob Cantor, Actual Cannibal Shia LaBeouf Stat Block.

Ryan and Ben discuss the advantages of DnDBeyond and other programs that foster accessibility as well as the value of interludes. Community Page: Prism: Light & Magic

Amy Vorpahl joins us as we explore a little section of the Candlekeep Mysteries. Amy’s sites: Twitter, Youtube, and Website.

Ryan and Ben are joined by Enrique, the NewbieDM to talk about running modules, previous editions, as well as a bunch of fun stories. Enrique’s sites: Twitter, Website, RPGKids, and Patreon Community Pages: DnDBeyond Subscriber Perks, Star Wars 5th Edition Rules, The Monsters Know What They’re Doing

Ryan and Ben discuss some of the challenges in scheduling and dealing with various lengths of time between sessions as well as talking about incorporating Group Skill Checks. Community Pages: Unearthed Arcana Draconic Options, and the Auroboros Kickstarter

Ryan and Ben discuss the ferocity of White Dragons and the advantages of Drop In Adventures. Community Pages: MrRhexx’s White Dragon Video, Owlbear Rodeo, The Lazy DM’s Workbook on Amazon, and Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master on Amazon.

Ryan and Ben talk about balancing around unbalanced parties as well as various roles in and out of game for players. Community Pages: Fey Folk, Pixels Dice Kickstarter

Ryan and Ben talk about RP during combat and answer some questions from the mail bag. Community Pages: Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft announcement, CHofferCBus Investor tweet thread, and Dungeon Alchemist Kickstarter.

Ryan and Ben discuss whether or not there are wrong choices in Dungeons and Dragons as well as the importance of Storytelling Downtime. Community Pages: The Combat Wheelchair and Arcadia issue 2

Ryan and Ben talk about Warlocks, patrons, dragonborn, and much much more! Community Page: Sharing Dice Results on D&D Beyond, Dimension 20, The Dungeon Run, and Relics and Rarities.

Adam Bradford takes some time to sit down with Ryan and Ben to talk about storytelling, D&D life lessons, introducing the game to new players, and much more! Community Page: Candlekeep Mysteries Announcement and Arcadia.

Ryan and Ben take some time to talk about gods and deities and discuss ideas for what we’d like to see released in 2021. Community Page: The Deck of Multitudinous Things

Ryan and Ben tackle the challenge of fixing magic item imbalances and integrating different campaign worlds into your own. Community Page: A Crap Guide to D&D