Beddlym's Social Hour: A D&D Podcast

As the party steps through yet another portal, what will they find along their path. Will their new companion be a help or a hinderance? Beddlym's Social Hour contains adult language and adult situations. Listener discretion is advised. Credits: DM: Beddlym Grom: Percy Steele Tylylor: Kari Dennis Doxan: George Lenore: Marc McGrath Quillion Feleaf: Dutton Jones Vaalril: Matt Wagner on Hiatus Creati...

In this episode we talk about mechanical character development through narrative methods. Beddlym's Social Hour contains adult language and adult situations. Listener discretion is advised. Credits: DM: Beddlym Grom: Percy Steele Tylylor: Kari Dennis Doxan: George Lenore: Marc McGrath Quillion Feleaf: Dutton Jones Vaalril: Matt Wagner on Hiatus Creative and Technical Director: Dan Clegg Talent and...

As the party continues to explore Relik's Laboratory, what fantastical artifacts and dangers will they uncover? Beddlym's Social Hour contains adult language and adult situations. Listener discretion is advised. Credits: DM: Beddlym Grom: Percy Steele Tylylor: Kari Dennis Doxan: George Lenore: Marc McGrath Quillion Feleaf: Dutton Jones Vaalril: Matt Wagner on Hiatus Creative and Technical Director...

 In this episode we talk about how D&D and other games affect our real life perspective and who we are as people. And of course there is a little digression as well. Beddlym's Social Hour contains adult language and adult situations. Listener discretion is advised. Credits: DM: Beddlym Grom: Percy Steele Tylylor: Kari Dennis Doxan: George Lenore: Marc McGrath Quillion Feleaf: Dutton Jones...

The party ventures forth into the next portion of the Halls of Relik's. What dangers and wonders will they discover? Beddlym's Social Hour contains adult language and adult situations. Listener discretion is advised. Credits: DM: Beddlym Grom: Percy Steele Tylylor: Kari Dennis Doxan: George Lenore: Marc McGrath Quillion Feleaf: Dutton Jones Vaalril: Matt Wagner on Hiatus Creative and Technical Dir...

 In this episode we talk about character development as pertains to story arcs and character arcs. We also discuss some advice I received at an event from Chris Perkins and Clint McElroy surrounding the topic. Beddlym's Social Hour contains adult language and adult situations. Listener discretion is advised. Credits: DM: Beddlym Grom: Percy Steele Tylylor: Kari Dennis Doxan: George Lenore: Ma...

The party continues their frank exchange with a keeper of truths while Grom wrestles with the weight and temptation of a powerful blade. Eventually they turn their attention to a strange gateway of vines blocking the way forward. Careful reasoning and cooperation prove just as vital as steel as they work their way deeper into the Halls pursuing their captive friend. Beddlym's Social Hour contains...

In this conversation, we start with an innocuous subject, but then turn the discussion to methods and techniques available to successfully role play characters that might have a higher mental stat than the player playing them. Beddlym's Social Hour contains adult language and adult situations. Listener discretion is advised. Credits: DM: Beddlym Grom: Percy Steele Tylylor: Kari Dennis Doxan: Georg...

A difficult confrontation forces the party to reckon with the consequences of what has been separated and left unresolved. As they seek clarity from an impartial source, they quickly discover that objectivity offers no comfort—and even fewer concessions. With answers hard to frame and truth difficult to reach, the path forward grows more uncertain. Beddlym's Social Hour contains adult language and...

In this conversation, we explore the pros and cons of revealing the difficulty class of a skill check—both before and after the roll. We talk through how each approach can affect player decision-making, tension at the table, and trust between players and the DM, and why different moments in a game might call for different levels of transparency. Plus, special thanks to our friend Dar for coming in...

Quill’s map becomes the centerpiece of the group’s debate, its contours raising more theories than answers. Yet the Halls offer little time for contemplation. The stillness fractures, shadows move with purpose, and the party finds themselves forced to defend their progress from the Halls' more hostile inhabitants. Beddlym's Social Hour contains adult language and adult situations. Listener discret...

Welcome back to Beddlym’s Social Hour ! Today we’re talking about how to handle lulls in gameplay, ways to make shopping actually interesting, and different styles of presenting combat that keep the table engaged. And somewhere in the middle of all that… we have an unexpected visitor. Because sometimes real life rolls initiative, too. Beddlym's Social Hour contains adult language. Listener discret...

In the Foyer of Relik’s, reflections bend and truth fractures. As the party confronts haunting paintings and the unnerving Mirrored Butler, visions twist reality itself—blurring the line between what’s seen and what’s real. Beddlym's Social Hour contains adult language and adult situations. Listener discretion is advised. Credits: DM: Beddlym Grom: Percy Steele Tylylor: Kari Dennis Doxan: George L...

As Drevin’s departure leaves old wounds exposed, the party splinters between pursuit, reflection, and uneasy truths. When a gilded golem awakens and Willa commits to their cause, they set their sights on the Halls of Relik’s—where long-buried rituals and hard-won resolutions await. Beddlym's Social Hour contains adult language and adult situations. Listener discretion is advised. Credits: DM: Bedd...

Old ties resurface and new magic reshapes the party’s path. Quill, weary of fractured conversations, expands a simple spell into a ritual that unites every voice—earning Lenore’s rare admiration. Grom uncovers a chilling truth in Duxon’s oath book and bestiary, while Willa shares a poem she cannot remember writing. As the Tattooed Man withdraws with Lenore and Drevin vanishes once more, bonds are...

What makes a role-player a beginner, intermediate, or expert? In this episode of Beddlym’s Social Hour: A D&D Conversation , we dig into the stages of growth in TTRPG play—exploring the skills, habits, and perspectives that shape every adventurer’s journey at the table. Beddlym's Social Hour contains adult language. Listener discretion is advised. Credits: DM: Beddlym Grom: Percy Steele Tylylo...

While Grom and Tylylor recover at the Verdant Hearth, Duxon and Quill step into the sleepy bustle of Pointe Theus for what should be a simple shopping trip. They meet a fast-talking gnome whose general store feels like an organized accident, overflowing with oddities and forgotten treasures. But under the sheltering trees at the edge of town, drizzle collecting on her canvas canopy, they encounter...

The players (and DM) sit down and chat about various topics relating to D&D and TTRPGs in general. On this episode of Beddlym's Social Hour: A D&D Conversation, we analyze in game combat and experience structure within 5e and discuss how to do better at balancing it and generally make it more interesting. Beddlym's Social Hour contains adult language. Listener discretion is advised. Credit...

After the harrowing chaos of the fractured encounter, the party gathers their wits and helps restore the battered Verdant Hearth. Shadows still linger in corners and minds alike, but there is strength in shared purpose. As Grom and the others tend to healing wounds and rebuilding trust, Duxon seeks clarity in faith. Venturing once more to the Hand of Reverence, he communes with Akrenvoth and offer...

The players (and DM) sit down and chat about various topics relating to D&D and TTRPGs in general. On this episode of Beddlym's Social Hour: A D&D Conversation, we discuss the pros and cons of running published modules. Beddlym's Social Hour contains adult language. Listener discretion is advised. Credits: DM: Beddlym Grom: Percy Steele Tylylor: Kari Dennis Lenore: Marc McGrath Mirmulnir:...

A quiet inn. A mirror that won’t look away. Then, shards in the air, memories turned against them, and the question: What if the fight wasn’t just physical? Listen now to the encounter that left more than wounds. Beddlym's Social Hour contains adult language and adult situations. Listener discretion is advised. Credits: DM: Beddlym Grom: Percy Steele Tylylor: Kari Dennis Doxan: George Lenore: Marc...

Still relatively new to each other, the group continues with their efforts to get to know and understand each other's motivations as well as their new tattooed friend's. Beddlym's Social Hour contains adult language and adult situations. Listener discretion is advised. Credits: DM: Beddlym Grom: Percy Steele Tylylor: Kari Dennis Doxan: George Lenore: Marc McGrath Find all of our relevant links in...

This month, Grom and Tylylor seek to learn more about their new companion Doxan's role in the world, while the entire group tries to understand a new enigmatic entity that has shown interest in their endeavors. Beddlym's Social Hour contains adult language and adult situations. Listener discretion is advised. Credits: DM: Beddlym Grom: Percy Steele Tylylor: Kari Dennis Doxan: George Lenore: Marc M...

The players (and DM) sit down and chat about various topics relating to D&D and TTRPGs in general. On this episode of Beddlym's Social Hour: A D&D Conversation, we start on the topic of character lifespan expectation and then (like we do) digress into various topics. Nevertheless, it ended up being a fun conversation and we hope you can partake in some of that fun. Beddlym's Social Hour co...

This month, the party contemplates how to proceed in the face of their unexpected predicament while Grom and Tylylor get to know their new companions a bit better. Beddlym's Social Hour contains adult language and adult situations. Listener discretion is advised. Credits: DM: Beddlym Grom: Percy Steele Tylylor: Kari Dennis Doxan: George Lenore: Marc McGrath Find all of our relevant links in our Li...