Dungeons & Dragons Lorecast

Your favorite Loremasters sit down with Fool and Scholar's Travis Vengroff who you probably know as the Dungeon Master from Dark Dice. We talk making horror work at your table, inspiration for the spooky stuff, and so much more. Domain of the Nameless God on DMs Guild True Necromancer Class Option on DMs Guild Equip your own adventures: D&D 5th Edition Starter Set: https://amzn.to/2WgZX6O  D&D 5th...

This week, we explore the dark and decaying plane of existence known as the Shadowfell. Its possible origins, its denizens and everything in between. News: Dungeons and Dragons 50th Anniversary documentary announced News: New Triple A D&D video game title announced DMs Guild Corner of the Week: Ulraunt's Guide to the Planes: The Shadowfell Magic Item of the Week: Scissors of Shadow Snipping Equip...

Spooky season is upon us and that means we get to talk about all the creepy, disgusting, and downright horrifying creatures we love to hate in D&D. We talk Moloch, intellect devourers, and the Bagman this week! One D&D Playtest: Expert Classes  Dungeons & Dragons X Lego  DMs Guild Corner of the Week: Monsters of Horror  Equip your own adventures: D&D 5th Edition Starter Set: https://amzn.to/2WgZX6...

We are joined by Wizard Patrons Darkwing and Coffee to talk our favorite, least favorites, the scariest, the most disgusting... the fill in the blank-est monsters in Dungeons & Dragons! Goblin Punch's False Hydra Dungeons & Dragons Cartoon Classics Action Figures Equip your own adventures: D&D 5th Edition Starter Set: https://amzn.to/2WgZX6O  D&D 5th Edition Players Handbook: https://amzn.to/3iRtc...

We return to everyone's favorite Drow ranger, Drizzt! We discuss the first three books in The Legend of Drizzt saga! What happens in the events of Homeland, Exile, and Sojourn? Do you like D&D? Do you like Yahtzee? Then this is for you. DMs Guild Corner of the Week: Crowns and Castles Equip your own adventures: D&D 5th Edition Starter Set: https://amzn.to/2WgZX6O  D&D 5th Edition Players Handbook:...

Changelings can shapechange into just about anyone... so can they be trusted? We discuss the origins, the personalities, and the culture of the Changeling this week! DMs Guild Corner of the Week: Morgrave Miscellany Equip your own adventures: D&D 5th Edition Starter Set: https://amzn.to/2WgZX6O  D&D 5th Edition Players Handbook: https://amzn.to/3iRtcH4  D&D 5th Ed Monster's Manual: https://amzn.to...

THE EYES, BOO! GO FOR THE EYES! We discuss everyone's favorite purple-tattooed berserker ranger and miniature giant space hamster duo. DMs Guild Corner Pick of the Week: Minsc and Boo's Journal of Villainy Equip your own adventures: D&D 5th Edition Starter Set: https://amzn.to/2WgZX6O  D&D 5th Edition Players Handbook: https://amzn.to/3iRtcH4  D&D 5th Ed Monster's Manual: https://amzn.to/2Eeh8Qp ...

Who are these red-robed, head-tattooed magic wielders from eastern Faerun? This week we discuss the brutal and harsh Red Wizards of Thay! Article about the upcoming Drizzt webtoon DMs Guild Corner of the Week - Thay: Land of Red Wizards Equip your own adventures: D&D 5th Edition Starter Set: https://amzn.to/2WgZX6O  D&D 5th Edition Players Handbook: https://amzn.to/3iRtcH4  D&D 5th Ed Monster's Ma...

The NFL football season is nearly upon us and with it, fantasy football. But what if we could draft the *perfect* D&D party? We sit down and with a couple of our Wizard Patrons and do just that. DMsGuild Corner of the Week: Spelljammer Expanded Combat Jeremy Crawford explains Unearthed Arcana - Character Origins for One D&D THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATREON SUPPORT! Equip your own adventures: D&D 5th Edi...

We sit down and give our first impressions of Spelljammer: Adventures in Space, the new Fifth Edition iteration of the Spelljammer campaign setting. New races, new monsters, new LORE! Pick up ALL FOUR parts of Spelljammer Academy for FREE on DnDBeyond! Spelljams - Official Spelljammer soundtrack, available to stream or vinyl pre-order Icons of the Realms: Dragonlance - Dragonlance miniatures pre-o...

We sit down with Robert aka the Bipolar Dice Roller, Twitch DM extraordinaire, to discuss Spelljammer between AD&D and now! In addition helping organize the Jammercom event, Bipolar DMs the Spelljammer: Tears of the Moon campaign on Twitch.  Check out JAMMERCON, an online convention celebrating Spelljammer! Games, panels, giveaways, and more! Pick up ALL FOUR parts of Spelljammer Academy for FREE...

Spelljammer is coming to 5E this month! We get ready by breaking down crystal spheres, phlogiston, and wildspace PLUS races and more!  Check out JAMMERCON, an online convention celebrating Spelljammer! Games, panels, giveaways, and more! Pick up ALL FOUR parts of Spelljammer Academy for FREE on DnDBeyond! Get yourself a Jeff Goldblum mini!  DMs Guild Corner of the Week - Black Vines of Night  Equi...

We welcome our Wizard level Patrons for our monthly chat (as well as an old friend) to discuss our favorite non-playable characters, both official and homebrew! Check out Quincy's Tavern on TikTok per Darkwing's recommendation Check out JAMMERCON, an online convention celebrating Spelljammer! Games, panels, giveaways, and more! Pick up the first THREE parts of Spelljammer Academy for FREE on DnDBe...

We welcome new Loremistress Mary Cybil to the show as we cover this week's brand new 13 adventure anthology from D&D! How does Radiant Citadel stack up? The lore behind the setting as well as our favorite adventures! Check out JAMMERCON, an online convention celebrating Spelljammer! Games, panels, giveaways, and more! Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves MOVIE TRAILER  Gelatinous Cube action fi...

The Serpentfolk known as Yuan-Ti have long been a dangerous and deadly foe in Dungeons and Dragons. But where did they come from? And how many different types are there? Checkout JAMMERCON, an online convention celebrating Spelljammer! Games, panels, giveaways, and more! Pick up the first part of Spelljammer Academy for FREE on DnDBeyond! DMsGuild Corner of the Week: 2022 ENNIE Awards nominations...

The story of Lord Loren Soth; once a Knight of the Rose, his depravity caused his banishment from his homeworld of Krynn and into the Domain of Dread known as Sithicus! DMsGuild Corner of the Week: Ravenloft Gazetteer: Sithicus Equip your own adventures: D&D 5th Edition Starter Set: https://amzn.to/2WgZX6O  D&D 5th Edition Players Handbook: https://amzn.to/3iRtcH4  D&D 5th Ed Monster's Manual: htt...

We are halfway through 2022! So this month we are joined by Wizard Patron Bjorn Ironside and old friends Stuart Watkinson and Lupus Malum to discuss what they've been playing, reading, and creating in the first half of the year plus chatting about what the second half of 2022 has is store which has us excited! DMsGuild Corner of the Week: Eldritch Expansion And be sure to check out Stuart's Patreo...

Who is the witch known as Tasha? What are here origins? DMsGuild Corner of the Week: Iggwilv's Ill-Gotten Inventory Mini Madness: Premium Vecna Statue Unearthed Arcana: Giant Options Equip your own adventures: D&D 5th Edition Starter Set: https://amzn.to/2WgZX6O  D&D 5th Edition Players Handbook: https://amzn.to/3iRtcH4  D&D 5th Ed Monster's Manual: https://amzn.to/2Eeh8Qp  38 Fantasy Miniatures:...

Who is the witch known as Tasha? What are here origins? DMsGuild Corner of the Week: Tasha's Crucible of Everything Else, vol. 1 Tasha's Crucible of Everything Else, vol. 2 Tasha's Crucible of Everything Else, vol. 1 and 2 BUNDLE Mini Madness: Icons of the Realm - Spelljammer: Adventures in Space Equip your own adventures: D&D 5th Edition Starter Set: https://amzn.to/2WgZX6O  D&D 5th Edition Playe...

Who is the mysterious and cruel warrior Warduke? Where does he come from and what does he want? DMsGuild Corner of the Week: Doomed Forgotten Realms: Sword Coast Gazateer Equip your own adventures: D&D 5th Edition Starter Set: https://amzn.to/2WgZX6O  D&D 5th Edition Players Handbook: https://amzn.to/3iRtcH4  D&D 5th Ed Monster's Manual: https://amzn.to/2Eeh8Qp  38 Fantasy Miniatures: https://amzn...

What are the true origins of Demogorgan? And how does he differ from the evil creature of Stranger Things fame? DMsGuild Corner of the Week: The Shaitan  Equip your own adventures: D&D 5th Edition Starter Set: https://amzn.to/2WgZX6O  D&D 5th Edition Players Handbook: https://amzn.to/3iRtcH4  D&D 5th Ed Monster's Manual: https://amzn.to/2Eeh8Qp  38 Fantasy Miniatures: https://amzn.to/34kh6kX  Spel...

For this monther's Patron Roundtable, we are joined by Coffee, Mary C. and Wulflore to discuss the various idiosyncratic beliefs and behaviors we exhibit will playing Dungeons and Dragons. DMsGuild Corner of the Week: Simple 5E Microsoft Word Template and Beginner's Guide Equip your own adventures: D&D 5th Edition Starter Set: https://amzn.to/2WgZX6O  D&D 5th Edition Players Handbook: https://amzn...

Something evil and wicked dwells in the sewers underneath Waterdeep. Who OR what is The Xanathar? DMsGuild Corner of the Week: Xanathar's Lost Notes to Everything Else Equip your own adventures: D&D 5th Edition Starter Set: https://amzn.to/2WgZX6O  D&D 5th Edition Players Handbook: https://amzn.to/3iRtcH4  D&D 5th Ed Monster's Manual: https://amzn.to/2Eeh8Qp  38 Fantasy Miniatures: https://amzn.to...

This week, Sergio finishes the Vecna discussion as he chronicles the archlich from 3.0 and 3.5 editions all the way through his current 5e iteration! DMsGuild Corner of the Week: Rise of Vecna  Equip your own adventures: D&D 5th Edition Starter Set: https://amzn.to/2WgZX6O  D&D 5th Edition Players Handbook: https://amzn.to/3iRtcH4  D&D 5th Ed Monster's Manual: https://amzn.to/2Eeh8Qp  38 Fantasy M...

This week, Sergio and special guest host Shaun Hamill from Fandom University sit down to discuss the archlich Vecna from his origins in the original Dungeons and Dragons through AD&D, 2nd edition! And make sure to pick up a copy of Shaun's book, A Cosmology of Monsters, available anywhere books are sold! DMsGuild Corner of the Week: The Vecna Trilogy! Vecna Lives, Vecna Reborn, and Die Vecna Die! ...