Herding Dragons

Herding Dragons: A D&D 5e Actual Play Podcast

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These are the relatively raw recordings of actual amateur play Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition featuring the self named "Magic Police". Come get to know a party full of loving psychopaths, gentle murder hobos, and polite maniacs as we play through a heavily modified, non canonical, Waterdeep Dragon Heist and other story arcs that may or may not be loosely stolen from popular culture.

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Herding Dragons

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Latest episode

Jun 9, 2026

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Episodes

Episode 101: Dawn of the Draken 05.01.2025

The Magic Police are disturbed by more than hang overs the morning after their "Mission Accomplished" beach party as Vajra quickly regifts/reassigns a sentient puppet, Benny, to the Magic Police.

Episode 100: Feasting Fast & Feeling Furious 05.01.2025

The Magic Police conclude their business with the Cocaine Rex but quickly steal some hot rods to return the beach village after getting a call from their child that said village is under attack from the remaining dinosaurs on the island. Will they make it in time? Will they make it in one piece ?

Episode 99: Dinal Destination 06.08.2024

The Magic Police clean up their fight against the drug crazed dinosaurs within the mega mansion, only to find that the dinosaurs have attacked the vacation village, and by extension, the party's adopted children.

Episode 98: The Rehab Rex Redemption 16.07.2024

The Magic Police get caught in the aftermath of banishing the Kingpin Rex to different planar dimension, quickly finding that their efforts have caused a ripple in space and time, through which a new flavor of T-Rex has been summoned.

Episode 97: The InterDINOmensional Bomb 16.07.2024

The Magic Police, now disguised in dinosaur skin, enact their intricate plans for infiltrating the Cocaine mansion to dispose of the Kingpin Rex.

Episode 96: Dinosaur Defensive Driving 06.06.2024

The Magic Police make their final push towards the Cocaine Rex mansion but soon discover the dinosaurs have learned how to drive.

Episode 95: Dingus McChungus, Hardly Remembered 06.06.2024

The Magic Police face off against an organized outpost of drugged out dinosaurs on their way to face off against the Cocaine Rex and lose a dear member of their party, Chonky Dingle, in the scuffle.

Episode 94: Splish Splash Spinosaurus 06.06.2024

The Magic Police continue their wet and wild water fight with the Spinosaurus Sentries as they trek towards the Cocaine Rex mansion at the center of the island. What a great way to spend a vacation!

Episode 93: Dinosaurs Don't Do Drugs 02.04.2024

The Magic Police reach their cruise destination but find the port to be closed due to the local wildlife "taking over the island, drug cartel-style". Looks like it will require violence to save this vacation!

Episode 92: Dinner Drama 02.04.2024

The Magic Police face their most daunting task yet, attending a posh dinner with rich and famous. Who knows what fancy faux pas the crew might commit as they get to know their fellow cruise mates!

Episode 91: The Cassalanter Cruise & The Percyville Plurality 18.03.2024

The Magic Police arrive at the docks of Baldur's gate to get on The Serenity, a high end luxury cruise liner, and bump into some new and familiar faces on the ship.

Episode 90: Oh, Orthons. 18.03.2024

The Magic Police leave Candlekeep on their way to Baldur's Gate to go on a celebrity cruise but get held up by some agents of the Unholy Trinity.

Episode 89: Retreat in Candlekeep 31.01.2024

With the Vault of Creation under control and no new leads on the Weapons of Magical Destruction Vajra informs the Magic Police that they are being gifted with an all expenses paid, ultra luxury, high end lifestyle, celebrity cruise, so they spend most of this episode packing up the Mini Apparatus of Cooper...

Episode 88: A Whole New Worlds 16.01.2024

The Magic Police step across the threshold to the Vault of Spells to find something....out of this world.

Episode 87: Black Spider Beatdown 16.01.2024

The Magic Police do what they do best as they finish off their fight with the BBEG of this story arc, The Black Spider.

Episode 86: The Black Spider Fight / Wave Echo Cave Pt 4. 19.12.2023

The Magic Police face off against the Black Spider and friends inside Wave Echo Cave in order to save Tolly and open the Vault of Spells.

Episode 85: Spider Spiral / Wave Echo Cave Pt 3 28.11.2023

The Magic Police fight off some demon spider before heading deeper into Wave Echo Cave in search of The Black Spider and with hopes of rescuing Tolly the halfling.

Episode 84: Wave Echo Cave pt 2. 27.11.2023

The Magic Police continue their exploration of Wave Echo Cave, in search of the Forge of Spells and the nefarious Black Spider.

Episode 83: Wave Echo Cave 11.11.2023

The Magic Police arrive at and enter the much sought after Wave Echo Cave after their extended adventures around Phandelin.

Episode 82: The Melf-down 07.11.2023

The Magic Police learn that their actions may have consequences as Gil the Goblin returns with some news from Cragmaw Castle leading the gang straight edge to Melf the Meth Wizard.

Episode 81: Poison Payday 10.10.2023

The Magic Police loot everything that is not nailed down from the lair of the Ancient Green Dragon that they killed then head back to Phandelin.

Episode 80: Poison Pinnacle 08.10.2023

The Magic Police continue their fight against Toxi, an Ancient Green Dragon who holds the remaining keys to the Forge of Spells, and try their best to make orphans of her children. Let's find out if they can defeat this single mother!

Episode 79: How (Not) to Deal With a Green Dragon 29.09.2023

The Magic Police find themselves in a poisonous pickle as Toxi the Ancient Green Dragon has refused to deal and will no longer trade the items that the Magic Police need to access the Forge of Spells, maybe some dragon poetry will change some minds...

Episode 78: Into the Green Goop 29.09.2023

The Magic Police play with a green circle of poisonous goop is that appeared within the commune after the hippy's asked for a sign from the Wind Daddy....whatever that means.

Episode 77: Where There Is Smoke, There Is Hippies. 04.09.2023

The Magic Police deal with the ramifications that they have killed a Doppelgänger and that the real Black Spider is still out there somewhere. After interrogating their loved ones and allies to ensure no more Doppelgängers, the Magic Police head to the ruins of Thunder Tree, a known lair of an ancient green dragon, to recover the keys to the Vault of Spells but encounter some unlikely residents am...

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