Inspiration Point

This week, Adam and Tiana dive into the builds for Assassin and Champion. These were two subclasses in D&D 5e, but we're fleshing them out into their own Heroic Classes! The Master Document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xHSJopmC5TPNcxnKFNxXKZRZlZKu_sgVIzwPAdJ1BxI/edit?usp=sharing Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/gYSp3vcrqs Death Campaign: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIN_3aqfM...

This week, Adam and Tiana begin talking about the builds for the Cleric and Monk classes. We had to start with Tiana's favorite class, after all! The Master Document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xHSJopmC5TPNcxnKFNxXKZRZlZKu_sgVIzwPAdJ1BxI/edit?usp=sharing Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/gYSp3vcrqs Death Campaign: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIN_3aqfME8Ut_xe36dWasRaSO-HKfYAp&amp...

This week, Adam and Tiana begin discussing the Heroic Classes, which are the classes that player characters will choose at level 3. This is where the tree begins to truly branch, and thus there's a lot of decisions baked into the design process. Let's talk about it! The Master Document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xHSJopmC5TPNcxnKFNxXKZRZlZKu_sgVIzwPAdJ1BxI/edit?usp=sharing Join the Discor...

This week, Adam and Tiana do a deep dive into the magic system for IP D&D. This covers the ethos of designing the magic, the magic types, and the cantrips created thus far for Arcane, Divine, Primal, and Martial. Check out the document linked below to get more information as we discuss magic, and feel free to leave your thoughts as comments! The Master Document: https://docs.google.com/documen...

This week, Adam and Tiana dive deep into the weapons document to talk about how weapons behave in this new system, and how to make them unique. Death Campaign: https://www.twitch.tv/vanalosswen Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/gYSp3vcrqs The Weapons/Armor/Combat actions doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nIZqZ49ixjmUiW1HtgFNgnZ39wuiYHi--ePeqY68m64/edit?usp=sharing

This week, Adam and Tiana focus on redesigning the weapons and armor, with an eye to balancing accuracy in depiction with fulfilling the fantasy of the combat. Death Campaign: https://www.twitch.tv/vanalosswen Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/gYSp3vcrqs The Weapons/Armor/Combat actions doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nIZqZ49ixjmUiW1HtgFNgnZ39wuiYHi--ePeqY68m64/edit?usp=sharing

This week, Adam and Tiana talk more about the new base classes they've been working on, taking a closer look at Acolyte and Rogue. As ever, this is all super loose and we're taking any and all suggestions in the Discord. Death Campaign: https://www.twitch.tv/vanalosswen Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/gYSp3vcrqs Document with the base classes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xHSJopmC5TPNc...

This week, Adam and Tiana dive into the write-up Adam did for two of the four base classes: Fighter and Mage. The ideas held here are super loose, and we want to hear other people's opinions too! Death Campaign: https://www.twitch.tv/vanalosswen Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/gYSp3vcrqs Document with the base classes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xHSJopmC5TPNcxnKFNxXKZRZlZKu_sgVIzwPAd...

This week, Adam and Tiana talk about Tiana's idea about taking the class system down to four basic classes for the first few levels. It's a bold strategy, Cotton, let's see how it works out! Death Campaign: https://www.twitch.tv/vanalosswen Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/gYSp3vcrqs

This week, Adam and Tiana take a break from looking at individual classes to take a broader view at the class design ethos as a whole. Both Adam and Tiana have ideas for how to dig deep into overall class design, but first, how did we get to where we are now? History and idea document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P1EQbgnXd7eFFffN_H9H6M2st6FPsITwChXZ_dWzVXo/edit?usp=drive_link Death Campaig...

This week, Adam and Tiana welcome Chris back onto the podcast to talk about fighting games redesigning the Monk. We discuss cultural expectations tied into the name of the class, how to think about martial arts as a whole, and why Tiana is now committed to playing a Monk in Baldur's Gate 3. Sugar Punch, Chris's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@SugarPunch Death Campaign: https://www.twitch...

This week, Adam and Tiana talk about the first "D" in D&D: Dungeons. What's the point of dungeons? What's the best way to use them in storytelling? To watch the Death Campaign live: https://www.twitch.tv/vanalosswen Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/gYSp3vcrqs

This week, Adam and Tiana sit down to talk about monster design and some thoughts about combat in this revamp of D&D. We talk about swarms, ideas for how to categorize monsters, and build more of our design ethos as we approach the concepts behind how to handle combat and monsters. To watch the Death Campaign live: https://www.twitch.tv/vanalosswen Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/gYSp3vcr...

This week, Adam and Tiana tackle rebuilding one of the most basic classes in D&D: the Fighter. (After about a half hour of talking about video games.) Join us as we talk through the changes made thus far, and how we want to adjust more as we go. Fighter Write-up: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NxGKfFZ6VAs-8jR9Lnyi86XV0xMbwigUy2M2lnQ9xGI/edit?usp=sharing To watch the Death Campaign live: h...

This week, Adam and Tiana take a look at the reworked character sheet Adam is working on for IP D&D. The goal is to have everything easily accessible and streamlined in a way that makes sense, while keeping the skills and information that are important to the fantasy of the game. How did we do? What you would add or take away? To watch the Death Campaign live: https://www.twitch.tv/vanalosswen...

This week, Adam and Tiana sit down with guest host Dane Filemyr to talk about Adam's rewrite of the Barbarian class. Dane plays Drausken in the streamed Death campaign, who is a multiclass Fighter/Barbarian using Adam's rewrite, so we wanted to get his take on the Barbarian fantasy, how he feels about Adam's rewrite, and whether Barbarian should be a full class at all. To watch the Death Campaign...

Welcome back from the holiday break, folks! This week, Adam and Tiana sit down to talk about their ambitious project: rewrite D&D to make it more of a passion project than the lackluster thing WOTC gave the world with D&D 2024. We have a lot to unpack and rebuild and discuss; please join us as we dive ever deeper! To watch the Death Campaign live: https://www.twitch.tv/vanalosswen Join the...

This week, Adam and Tiana look back over the year and talk about the lessons learned and the many games played. Time for us to head into hibernation for the rest of the year!

This week, Adam and Tiana talk about Adam's favorite strategy manual: The Art of War by Sun Tzu. We talk about how to use the principles in that book to change the way GMs and players think about their roles in encounters and overall gameplay. To watch the Death Campaign live: https://www.twitch.tv/vanalosswen Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/gYSp3vcrqs

This week, Adam and Tiana talk about upcoming plans in the ongoing Westgate Patron game, where the party is about to start building political alliances within the city. We use that as a springboard to talk about how to set up those sorts of situations for your players, and ways that players can engage within the situations. To watch the Death Campaign live: https://www.twitch.tv/vanalosswen Join t...

This week, Adam and Tiana are feeling TOTALLY NORMAL, NOTHING TO DISCUSS HERE, and talk about what a despot looks like. Dictators and despots can be incredibly intricate TTRPG villains, usable in a number of circumstances ranging from mustache-twirling to "doing the wrong thing for the right reasons." To watch the Death Campaign live: https://www.twitch.tv/vanalosswen Join the Discord! https://dis...

This week, Adam and Tiana take a tool from politics and political coverage to talk about the best predictors for the survival of a TTRPG table. Because while we do our best to stay away from national politics, we do agree that there are politics inherent in table dynamics, and we want to give our listeners every chance to stack the deck in their favor. To watch the Death Campaign live: https://www...

This week, Adam and Tiana talk about Big Bad Evil Guys and how to make them feel appropriately dangerous and scary. We've all been there: you spend a campaign building up to the BBEG, and then when you get into the final fight, they go down like a tower of cards in the first few rounds. How do we make that not happen? Let's talk about it! To watch the Death Campaign live: https://www.twitch.tv/van...

This week, Adam and Tiana introduce the second secret ingredient. We've talked about it before in passing, but this time, we dive deep into why curiosity is the second secret ingredient and how it can elevate your games. Be curious, not judgmental. To watch the Death Campaign live: https://www.twitch.tv/vanalosswen Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/gYSp3vcrqs

This week, Adam and Tiana talk about the lessons Adam learned from running two different sessions of Death: one on Friday for a private group of Patrons, and one on Tuesday for the livestream crew. No matter how long we've been playing or GMing, there's always something new to learn if we're willing to dig in! To watch the Death Campaign live: https://www.twitch.tv/vanalosswen Join the Discord! ht...