Brothers & Balrogs: A Dungeons & Dragons Podcast

This is Part III of our Arc 1 Supercut, which is an abridged version of Episodes 1-6 of our campaign. Between the three parts, the supercut is 2 hours and 9 minutes shorter than listening to the episodes normally. While the supercut leaves out some great moments, listening to the supercut is a great way to get caught up on the most important parts of the story quickly! • LINKS: Instagram • CREDITS...

This is Part II of our Arc 1 Supercut, which is an abridged version of Episodes 1-6 of our campaign. Between the three parts, the supercut is 2 hours and 9 minutes shorter than listening to the episodes normally. While the supercut leaves out some great moments, listening to the supercut is a great way to get caught up on the most important parts of the story quickly! • LINKS: Instagram • CREDITS:...

This is Part I of our Arc 1 Supercut, which is an abridged version of Episodes 1-6 of our campaign. Between the three parts, the supercut is 2 hours and 9 minutes shorter than listening to the episodes normally. While the supercut leaves out some great moments, listening to the supercut is a great way to get caught up on the most important parts of the story quickly! • LINKS: Instagram • CREDITS:...

Welcome to Quiz Show! The bonus show that is Jeopardy if it were designed specifically for three brothers with the last name Pryor. • LINKS: Instagram • CREDITS: Ransom Pryor • Host Noah Pryor • Contestant / Editor Drew Pryor • Contestant Justice Pryor • Contestant • All music and sound effects used in this episode were sourced and licensed through Epidemic Sound. • Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...

Welcome to Busted! The bonus show where the brothers create the most mechanically broken characters they possibly can in order to defeat a monster set WAY above their weight class. Today's episode is the moment we have been building to for almost a month now. Let's see what these busted characters can do! • Due to some major life changes happening behind the scenes, we have decided to press pause...

Welcome to Busted! The bonus show where the brothers create the most mechanically broken characters they possibly can in order to defeat a monster set WAY above their weight class. Today's episode covers Drew's character build: The Fighter. • Due to some major life changes happening behind the scenes, we have decided to press pause on our campaign for a little while. We are, however, going to cont...

Welcome to Busted! The bonus show where the brothers create the most mechanically broken characters they possibly can in order to defeat a monster set WAY above their weight class. Today's episode covers Justice's character build: The Cleric. • Due to some major life changes happening behind the scenes, we have decided to press pause on our campaign for a little while. We are, however, going to co...

Welcome to Busted! The bonus show where the brothers create the most mechanically broken characters they possibly can in order to defeat a monster set WAY above their weight class. Today's episode covers Ransom's character build: The Wizard. • Due to some major life changes happening behind the scenes, we have decided to press pause on our campaign for a little while. We are, however, going to con...

In this episode of the breakdown, we briefly breakdown the entirety of Arc 1 (Episodes 1-6) and we level up our brothers to Level 6! • LINKS: Purchase "The Quiet Year" Instagram • CREDITS: Noah Pryor • Dungeon Master / Editor Drew Pryor • Ze Brightmountain Ransom Pryor • Ellis Brightmountain Justice Pryor • Will Brightmountain • All music and sound effects used in this episode were sourced and lic...

Welcome to Quiz Show! The bonus show that is Jeopardy if it were designed specifically for three brothers with the last name Pryor. • Due to some major life changes happening behind the scenes, we have decided to press pause on our campaign for a little while. We are, however, going to continue updating our feed weekly with bonus content! For example, next week (June 16th) we will be leveling up o...

Thank you so much for listening to the first arc of our show! Due to some major life changes happening behind the scenes, we have decided to press pause on our campaign for a little while. We are, however, going to continue updating our feed weekly with bonus content! For example, on June 8th we will be playing a trivia game and on June 16th we will be leveling up our brothers to Level 6. We simpl...

In this episode breakdown, Noah gets his birds confused, Drew talks about rage, Ransom calls Treasure Island "garbage," and Justice recounts the story of the monster that is our old dog, Max. SPOILER ALERT FOR EPISODE 6: GOODBYE LEARIA! • LINKS: Parents.com Audubon.org Watch Treasure Planet Instagram • CREDITS: Noah Pryor • Dungeon Master / Editor Drew Pryor • Ze Brightmountain Ransom Pryor • Elli...

43 hours have past since Isaac's spell spoke through Beetle and informed our brothers that he was in trouble halfway across the world. Those hours have been filled with more adventure than they were expecting (being as they haven't even left Lifefall yet) but our brothers have one last incredibly important thing to attend to. They simply must save Buck's dog. • CONTENT WARNINGS: Fantasy Violence [...

In this episode breakdown, Noah leaves for a minute, Drew enjoys some time with his thoughts, Ransom declares war on bassists, and Justice discusses Will's subclass! SPOILER ALERT FOR EPISODE 5: LONG REST! • LINKS: Instagram • CREDITS: Noah Pryor • Dungeon Master / Editor Drew Pryor • Ze Brightmountain Ransom Pryor • Ellis Brightmountain Justice Pryor • Will Brightmountain • All music and sound ef...

As Will looks down into the massive hole in the middle of the street Ze created mere minutes ago, he can see nothing but a rising dust cloud. But as he looks at his brothers, one twice his normal size and the other sporting an extra pair of arms, Will cannot help but breath a sigh of relief. That said, between everything previously mentioned and the 600 gold pieces carried between them, our brothe...

In this episode breakdown, Noah explains his broken promise, Drew reminds us that panic attacks are only ever fun and great and awesome, Ransom tries out a new voice for Ellis, and Justice questions Will's most recent decisions. SPOILER ALERT FOR EPISODE 4: UP TO CODE! • CONTENT WARNINGS: Extreme Sarcasm Throughout • LINKS: Instagram • CREDITS: Noah Pryor • Dungeon Master / Editor Drew Pryor • Ze...

Dusty silverware. Barely preserved newspapers. Long-emptied peanut butter jars. If it's old and mundane, it is here. The blue tower museum is, in a word, unexciting. No one would take a second look at it. But perhaps they should. • CONTENT WARNINGS: Panic Attack [43:43-48:05] • LINKS: Instagram • CREDITS: Noah Pryor • Dungeon Master / Editor Drew Pryor • Ze Brightmountain Ransom Pryor • Ellis Brig...

In this episode breakdown, Noah cannot seem to start the episode, Drew protects the pod from liability issues, Ransom brings it back to wrestling, and Justice continues to hold out hope that we will one day see his subclass in action. SPOILER ALERT FOR EPISODE 3: SECOND CHANCES! Also, the audio in this one is a little weird in places. Bear with us as we figure this whole podcasting thing out! • LI...

The monster defeated, our brothers are taken off guard when someone new fires their way onto the scene. A woman whose visage is posted all over town. Purple hair. Crossbow in her hands. Fear on her face. She wasn't expecting this. • CONTENT WARNINGS: Fantasy Violence [0:31-17:15] Self-Harm [21:51-23:00] Minor Surgery Description [37:45-38:16] • LINKS: Instagram • CREDITS: Noah Pryor • Dungeon Mast...

In this episode breakdown, Noah defends his choice to allow bonkers spellcasting, Drew introduces us to the legendary Bag Man, Ransom's perception of Fodder drifts further and further away from reality, and Justice comes up with a Beetle theory that cracks this whole story wide open. SPOILER ALERT FOR EPISODE 2: THE OLD FASHIONED WAY! • LINKS: Instagram • CREDITS: Noah Pryor • Dungeon Master / Edi...

We find our brothers standing on the fringes of The Haven, Beetle having just delivered to them a bone-chilling message. There is no question that Isaac is in trouble. Now it's just a matter of how they're going to save him. • CONTENT WARNINGS: Hemophobia [14:24-14:41] Misophonia (Slurping)/Hemophobia [14:24-14:41] Implied Harm Against Animals [1:05:10-1:06:12] Fantasy Violence [1:16:12-1:42:02] L...

Every episode of the breakdown will include our favorite moments and predictions, but in the very first episode we also introduce ourselves and explain why we started this podcast in the first place! We also discuss the brothers' subclasses, including our homebrew Barbarian subclass: Path of The Demogorgon. We then spend a lot of time talking about the mischievous old woman trope and then seriousl...

Welcome to the podcast! We are four brothers pretending to be four brothers through the power of Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition. We will be publishing an episode of our campaign every other week, but there will be a breakdown of each episode posted in the weeks between. Please follow the podcast and drop us a rating if you like what you hear! • CONTENT WARNINGS: Distrubing Dream Sequence [6:35...