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The Tarrasque. As in singular. There is only one of these beautiful beautiful siege monster that needs to be sieged. ‘Else it’ll swallow the world one town at a time. Reading List https://www.encounterthis.ca/blog Socials Patreon Twitter Instagram Facebook Sponsor Strange Fellows Brewing , a Vancouver based brewery whose Blackmail Stout might be single handily responsible for the formation of our...

This week I take Freeman through Perytons – a half stag half avian beast of a creature! We had a lot of fun with this one and even got a cameo from one of the show favourites Jorge Luis Borges and his Book of Imaginary Beings! Turns out Perytons are scary as fuck. Reading List https://www.encounterthis.ca/blog Socials Patreon Twitter Instagram Facebook Sponsor Strange Fellows Brewing , a Vancouver...

Part 2 of 2 of our New Years extravaganza! Another two hours of us on Dinosaurs and we sincerely hope that you enjoy it! May 2021 bring you all of the joy! Dinosaurs Show Notes & Statblocks

Holy giant-sized episode listeners! This is part 1 of a FOUR HOUR show that Freeman & James put together, while putting away a beer or two. Stay tuned for part 2 dropping tomorrow - Jan 1st! Socials Patreon Twitter Instagram Facebook

Things get a little heated today as we talk about the Magmin from 5e! From the plane of fire, made of fire – wait, do elementals feel pain? What is pain? Why is this part of the show??? Press play and find out, this week on Encounter This! Reading List https://www.encounterthis.ca/blog Socials Patreon Twitter Instagram Facebook Sponsor Strange Fellows Brewing , a Vancouver based brewery who’s Blac...

In our last week of Gnollvember we’re going to take a look at how to fill out the ranks of your warband! We talk about Flesh Gnawers, Hunters, Witherlings and, of course, the Gnoll! This is another big stat block episode, but there is some great homebrew ideas for you to continue to use Gnolls to frighten your players at every level! Reading List https://www.encounterthis.ca/blog Socials Patreon T...

This week on Gnollvember:  We get into it talking exclusively about the Leucrotta! These smell, brutal badger-headed beasts certainly deserve their own episode! We even get a guest appearance by some friends of the show - Strabo and Pliny the Elder! Reading List https://www.encounterthis.ca/blog Socials Patreon Twitter Instagram Facebook Sponsor Strange Fellows Brewing , a Vancouver based bre...

Are you ready for Gnollvember Part 2! Creatures, cultists and hyena people, we’ve got another savage episode for you this week where we get into the leadership of a Gnoll warband! This week we finally start digging into some of the stat blocks of these big bad hyena bois and goddamn did we have a blast! Reading List https://www.encounterthis.ca/blog Socials Patreon Twitter Instagram Facebook Spons...

This week Freeman & James kick off Gnollvember with a detailed look at the lore behind Gnolls! This episode breaks format a bit but its full of fantastic info and background on the titular creatures themselves! Reading List https://www.encounterthis.ca/blog Socials Patreon Twitter Instagram Facebook Sponsor Strange Fellows Brewing , a Vancouver based brewery who’s Blackmail Stout might be sing...

Nothing special this time around creatures, just Freeman and James chatting about how things are going for themselves and the show and what you can expect out of the next year!

This week Freeman & James get into the muk with this smelly creature - the Catoblepas! Confused? So was James! Join us on another long episode things get crazy with this odd chimera! ] Reading List https://www.encounterthis.ca/blog Socials Twitter: https://twitter.com/EncounterPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Encounter. This Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EncounterThis Patreon: htt...

This week we get into a spectacular creature in the Couatl (pro: KWATL) and it’s real world counterpart the Quetzalcoatl (pro: KWET-Zuh-KWATL) and as always we have the time of our lives. I think this is our first 5e celestial that we cover! Listen into another week of James butchering words in other languages and to find out how this creature is connected to Star Trek! Reading List https://www.en...

FOUR LISTENERS! Part 4 of our impromptu Patreon requested episodes on MindFlayers... This week we're exploring the out casts, the strong and the unusual! We're digging into Alhoons, Ulitharids and the maligned Mindwitness! Reading List https://www.encounterthis.ca/blog Socials Twitter: https://twitter.com/EncounterPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Encounter. This Facebook: https://www.faceb...

Lovely creatures! Today we are exploring the Mind (emphasis on mind) Flayer creations of Intellect Devourers and Cranium Rats, the hivemind the Elder Brain! As ugly as the creatures appear they are super cool and we get into a rat infested homebrew near the end! Hope you enjoy this week's show! Reading List https://www.encounterthis.ca/blog Socials Twitter: https://twitter.com/EncounterPod Instagr...

Last week was the classics, this week is the neuvo dear listeners! We sink our teeth into BOTH the Slithering Tracker and the entire Oblex family! This was an episode that James has been eagerly awaiting since his preliminary research on the Oozes episode from back in the day. We hope you enjoy this weeks double feature! Reading List Ooze Episode Interview with Jeremy Crawford Socials Twitter: htt...

Welcome to our extra special giant-sized Patreon purchased first episode on Illithids! This week we're doing it. It took us 2hrs and 45m but we powered through it for you! MIND FLAYERS!  Check out the link below for a Patreon exclusive episode on the background of the Illithids we're calling: The Wilds of Space! Show Notes:   EncounterThis.ca/Blog Socials Twitter: https://twitter.com/Enc...

It is a giant-sized episode this week straight into your earballs! This one eye'd, giant sized people eater might be the hardest hitting challenge 6 creature we've touched on so far!  We had a blast with this one digging into to some old favourites (Hesiod and Homer), while touching on some new comers I'm sure we'll see again (Euripedies). James butchers greek and Freeman has a good few laugh...

Alchemy, galvanization, and bats drowned in cow’s milk? Yup, we cover these strangely wondrous things when talking Homunculi!  This episode is a banger and full laughs and the shaking of heads (though you’ll have to take our word for it on the latter). Show Notes:   https://www.encounterthis.ca/post/23-homunculi Socials Twitter: https://twitter.com/EncounterPod Instagram: https://www.ins...

This week we bring you part 2 of James' "Black Dog Suite" which previously featured Hell Hounds way back in November of 2019 (our 4th ever episode)! We also treat you to really neat sneak peak of the next two in the series Barghest and Shadow Mastiff! The focus of this weeks episode are an etheral, almost spectral Hound from the Unseelie Court in the FeyWild known as the Yeth Hound! Named after it...

Hot damn Freeman is on fire with this one! This week we're taking a look at Azers, Lawful Neutral Elementals. Yes, elementals. They are actually fire elementals inside a goddamn bronze dwarf suit. They are so interesting! Let us know what you think out there on social media, links below! Other Bosavi Wolly Rat (Largest rat, not largest rodent) - discovered in a crater in Papua New Guinea in 2009 M...

Hey Creatures! Welcome to our third ever quarantine edition where we reach out to the creators of this weeks creature! AND to top it all off it's our first every Patreon paid for episode! We hope you enjoy these one-eye one-ders! The Nothic! Show Notes:  https://www.encounterthis.ca/post/20-nothics  Socials Twitter: https://twitter.com/EncounterPod Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Encoun...

This week in social distancing: Freeman and James get deep - really deep. Into the underplanes of the Abyss and the Nine Hells!  Listen in as these devilish boys discuss, learn and homebrew all over this weeks episode - Cambions!  Show Notes  https://www.encounterthis.ca/post/19-cambions   Socials   Twitter: https://twitter.com/EncounterPod  Patreon: https://www.patre...

Hey there creatures! Welcome to our first isolation episode! We're sorry if the audio is off a bit, but considering out current COVID-19 scenario we are doing the best we can to get you, the listener, some of that good deep lore! This week is a personal favourite of James and wouldn't you know it, he's presenting it! We sincerely hope you enjoy this weeks show! Show Notes https://www.encounterthis...

This weeks episode is a real scream! ... yup. We did it. We did that joke. The episode is good though, we promise! We are joined once again by Jessy Boros of the DMs of Vancouver to talk about Banshees! Freeman takes us down an awesome rabbit hole where we discuss campaign settings and pantheons as well! Stay tuned at the end for a little bit of Bonus show! Show Notes:   https://www.encounter...

Hey there, creatures! We are so excited to bring you an extra special episode, co-hosted by Jessy Boros of the DMs of Vancouver! Jessy was kind enough to come on the show and talk with us about his English degree, Game of Thrones and the wight time to use Undread Creatures. Now let's jump into it with Wights with Jessy Boros! Show Notes:   https://www.encounterthis.ca/post/16-Wights Socials T...