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Contact the Paladins of Podcast Rob and Potato sit down with Zac who has been a real newcomer in the world of TTRPG's. While Zac has played video games that resemble so many aspects of Dungeons and Dragons, he has never used social skills and dice to play the original inspirations. We talk to him about learning three systems at one time while trying to balance what he feels makes up the diffe...

Contact the Paladins of Podcast We took to Reddit to find some of the most horrible House Rules we could muster! Rob and Potato take a look at some of these mega crap-chute style rules that other players have had to deal with and some of them are real doozies. Wait until the last one comes up, because that one truly gets Rob's blood boiling even more than the DM who simply didn't allow s...

Contact the Paladins of Podcast Rob and Potato lean into what they feel is the best party size and make up, along with some decent etiquette rules when it comes to how things should go while at the table. We can all come to the conclusion that dropping out of a session at the last minute is in bad taste - especially when you know you're going to have to for a few days. Other than that, a part...

Contact the Paladins of Podcast Rob and Potato launch right into the starting hooks for your home-brew campaigns. It isn't every day that you get to start a new campaign again, so you want to make it epic, memorable, and above all, F-U-N. So, follow along as we talk about some of our favorite ways that we like to start our games that aren't simply "You find yourselves in a tavern&qu...

Contact the Paladins of Podcast Who actually likes it when the Game Master has their own Player Character rolling around with the party? We're not talking about the NPC babysitter of the group, but a full fledged player character the GM controls. We hate it, and want anyone who does this to stop. We also want tell some of the most epic Natty20 stories we can remember after discussing our favo...

Contact the Paladins of Podcast Rob and Potato were asked to talk about something pretty specific when it comes to nerfing players or boosting up your baddies and while we both agree to never nerf the party members how do you truly balance the combat scenarios? We also hit off on multi-classing, and did you know that most games have a multi-classing EXP penalty? Now you do. But you know how to get...

Contact the Paladins of Podcast Rob and Potato hit the floor running talking about where they find some of their best inspiration. While Potato likes a lot of video games, Rob tends to use books as great jumping points. They are both valid sources of ideas and starting points for some great fan-fiction infused TTRPG's but ultimately when the dice start rolling you gotta pull from somewhere. ...

Contact the Paladins of Podcast Today we lightly walk through building a first edition Pathfinder character for Rob's new campaign that he's started. We talk a lot about some of the ways ability scores are generated, and even touch on one that Rob hasn't heard of. Other quick things include running through how to keep things on track and use skill checks to lead the party around lik...

Contact the Paladins of Podcast Rob and Potato hit you fast and hard with some awesome character building questions, and while we make a solid attempt to answer all 100 we back out of the deal at like 5 or ten. Then at this point, we're so lost we aren't sure what we're talking about for the next while. Ultimately we had a good time, talked about some traps, and a few of robs favori...

Contact the Paladins of Podcast Rob and Potato tackle one of the most daring and daunting topics in all of TableTop / Pen & Paper Role Playing Games: World Building. We don't talk in depth about many of our processes, but we do cover the topics we at least consider. Don't worry too much about format, because if you're really interested in working through the difference between c...

Contact the Paladins of Podcast When you attempt to add adult content into your games, what is the first thing people think about? PR0n or sex right? We know. Rob and Potato take a small candid look at what else can be seen as more adult themes without being gross or inappropriate, and pose the question to you all "What other content can be seen as adult that is not sexual in nature?" As...

Contact the Paladins of Podcast Today Rob and Potato talk about some of the in's and out's of Min/Maxing your characters and how it isn't always a power play move or appropriate as well as what happened to in person gaming when Covid-19 hit us like a brick. Not to mention, are Virtual Table Tops here for good? Are they better for in person play or should they be kept to remote playi...

Contact the Paladins of Podcast Hey everyone! Potato and Rob are back at it again with yet another frivolous test that we're going to let you listen to before you even get to the ACTUAL content. That's right, you get to have our cake and eat it too, lucky people. These bonus episodes are going be enough ridiculous content to fuel your mornings for a quick few minutes. --- Support this po...

Contact the Paladins of Podcast Hey everyone! Welcome to the Epic Table Games Podcast. Host's Rob and Potato introduce themselves, and talk a little bit about their favorite game systems and try to nail the format down for their actual first attempt at creating content! While we don't declare to be experts at this entire process, we won't let anyone know that we aren't... --- S...