The Eldritch Lorecast

Is it ever safe to let your D&D party argue among themselves? Should just ANY character be allowed to use Thieves Tools to pick a lock? What makes a great TTRPG open game license? We answer the tough questions on this week's episode! Learn about Aberration: https://ghostfiregaming.com/GGYT_GHAB_2026_7_249 Email your questions to podcast@ghostfiregaming.com Ben: @TheBenByrne Dael: @dailydae...

We're sharing HORROR stories from our early days GM'ing for D&D or other TTRPG's, giving tips on how to improve as a game master, and digging deeper into Vampire: The Masquerade on D&D Beyond. Pre-order Vampire: The Masquerade - Bound by Blood: https://marketplace.dndbeyond.com/category/4IQF87I?pid=DB4IQF87I Email your questions to podcast@ghostfiregaming.com Ben: @TheBenByrne...

HUGE News this week with Vampire: the Masquerade landing on D&D Beyond while WotC reveals more of how Unearthed Arcana 5.5e playtesting works. Jennifer Kretchmer joins us to talk TTRPG accessibility, educating the next generation of game designers, and what playing a Paladin truly means! Email your questions to podcast@ghostfiregaming.com Ben: @TheBenByrne Dael: @dailydael Todd: ‪ ⁨@ToddKenrec...

Joined this week by special guest Logan, we question whether the FATE TTRPG is dying, chonky dragons in chonkier dice, Hasbro IP's coming to D&D 5.5e and how to survive your first Convention in style! Email your questions to podcast@ghostfiregaming.com Shawn: @shawnmerwin Dael: @dailydael Todd: ‪@ToddKenreck‬ Logan:  @Runesmith  Editor: ‪ @jberrt  Topics: 00:00 - Intro 05:03 - The End of F...

Is WotC listening to the community with the changes to D&D Beyond Drops? We meet the members of the D&D Advisory Group, Hasbro starts up an AI company, and Paizo are forced to make some difficult choices. Grim Hollow now Available: https://ghostfiregaming.com/GGYT_GHRF_2026_6_244 Email your questions to podcast@ghostfiregaming.com Ben: @TheBenByrne Dael: @dailydael Todd:  @ToddKenreck  Sha...

Grim Hollow 5.5e FINALLY brings horror and grimdark adventures to D&D! Meanwhile D&D Beyond makes good on another promise, and we gear up to celebrate the International Day of Play! Grim Hollow now Available: https://ghostfiregaming.com/GGYT_GHRF_2026_6_244 Start your Adventures in Etharis here:https://ghostfiregaming.com/GGYT_GHRF_2026_6_243 Learn more about the UNICEF Day of Play:https:/...

A D&D game is cancelled and details about a new horror TTRPG from the makers of Pathfinder and Starfinder! Meanwhile, are you a Gamist, Narrativist, or Simulationist gamer? Email your questions to podcast@ghostfiregaming.com Ben: @TheBenByrne Dael: @dailydael Todd:  @ToddKenreck  Shawn: @shawnmerwin Editor:  @jberrt  Topics: 00:00 - Intro 05:46 - Paizo’s horror TTRPG 23:09 - D&D game cance...

D&D 5e is accused of being 'artistically hollow' by one of tabletop gaming's biggest influencers, alongside Pathfinder, Draw Steel, and Daggerheart. So we explore if that's true? Quinns Quest review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH5-uQj4uOA Saga of the Seasons 5e Adventure: https://ghostfiregaming.com/GGYT_GHVC_2026_5_242 Email your questions to podcast@ghostfiregaming.com B...

Outrage explodes at WotC over D&D Beyond Drops, which give new 5.5e content to subscribers only! But is the latest controversy real or overblown? Email your questions to podcast@ghostfiregaming.com Ben: @TheBenByrne Dael: @dailydael Todd:  ⁨@ToddKenreck⁩  Shawn: @shawnmerwin Editor:  ⁨@jberrt⁩  Topics: 00:00 - Intro 04:32 - D&D Beyond Drops 30:49 - Chris Cocks Interview 38:37 - Neon Odysse...

This week we minimize DM prep by converting D&D adventure modules to other settings like Grim Hollow, and which one-shots make for the perfect side quests and starter adventures to kick off your TTRPG campaign! Email your questions to podcast@ghostfiregaming.com Ben: @TheBenByrne Dael: @dailydael Shawn: @shawnmerwin Editor: @jberrt Topics: 00:00 - Intro 01:36 - Best side quest one-shots 09:32...

This week we revisit the hidden differences between D&D 5e and 5.5e, review the Dungeon Masters live play "Play Along Pack", and Dael actually reads an Unearthed Arcana including the Barbarian Path of Lament, Monk Warrior of Venom, and Warlock Primordial Patron. LAST WEEK to back Lairs of Etharis: https://ghostfiregaming.com/GGYT_GHLA_2026_4_236 Email your questions to podcast@ghostf...

WotC is launching an 'official' D&D liveplay campaign, with talent from Dimension 20 and Baldur's Gate 3. But can it hope to topple Critical Role? Meanwhile, have TTRPG's become a luxury purchase? Email your questions to podcast@ghostfiregaming.com Ben: @TheBenByrne Dael: @dailydael Todd:  @ToddKenreck  Shawn: @shawnmerwin Editor:  @jberrt  Topics: 00:00 - Intro 06:00 - Ravenlo...

Not a single full adventure module has released for D&D 5.5e! Have Wizards of the Coast abandoned modules in favor of only setting guides? Or does a new role at WotC suggest 3rd party creators will make the adventures, now? Delve into the Lairs of Etharis: https://ghostfiregaming.com/GGYT_GHLA_2026_4_236 Email your questions to podcast@ghostfiregaming.com Ben: @TheBenByrne Dael: @dailydael Tod...

Unearthed Arcana unlocks the power of EVIL for D&D 5.5e, with a villainous new Cleric, Druid, Fighter, and Sorcerer subclass. With villainous feats also empowering players, does WotC miss the point of playing evil characters?\ Delve into the Lairs of Etharis: https://ghostfiregaming.com/GGYT_GHLA_2026_4_236 Email your questions to podcast@ghostfiregaming.com Ben: @TheBenByrne Dael: @dailydael...

D&D Beyond releases the character Quickbuilder while MCDM launches the Codex for Draw Steel on Steam marketplace. Player or GM, the digital age of TTRPG's is here to stay! Delve into Mega Dungeon Month: https://www.backerkit.com/c/collections/mega-dungeon-month The Codex Pricing & Distribution: https://www.patreon.com/posts/codex-pricing-153537787 Email your questions to podcast@ghostfireg...

Wizards of the Coast collaborates with Melf himself, Luke Gygax, on a new Greyhawk setting book for D&D 5.5e. Meanwhile we plan a TTRPG heist adventure and debate random encounter charts. Back Neopia Quest today! https://ghostfiregaming.com/GGYT_GGNQ_2026_1_226 Email your questions to podcast@ghostfiregaming.com Ben: @TheBenByrne Dael: @dailydael Todd:  @ToddKenreck  Shawn: @shawnmerwin Editor...

10 Tabletop Roleplaying Games DOMINATED 2025 sales from Sept-Nov, Matt Colville shows how MCDM continue to do things differently, and why backseat Dungeon Mastering drives us all nuts! Follow Neopia Quest for updates: https://ghostfiregaming.com/GGYT_GGNQ_2026_1_226 Check out  ⁨@masteringdungeons⁩  MCDM interview: https://youtu.be/6-dUeIQHRYs?si=yNNRb9AtCEumvhTY Email your questions to podcast@gho...

WotC reveal D&D Seasons as the roadmap forward in 2026, including new Ravenloft content in the Season of Horror and Arcana Unleashed to empower spellcasters! Email your questions to podcast@ghostfiregaming.com Ben: @TheBenByrne Dael: @dailydael Todd:  @ToddKenreck  Shawn: @shawnmerwin Editor:  @jberrt  Topics: 00:00 - Intro 04:05 - D&D Beyond interview recap 08:15 - Chris Cocks on AI (brie...

Ben & Todd talk to Brian Perry (Executive Producer) and Zac Cohn (MAPS Product Manager) to explore how D&D Beyond is changing to make playing D&D 5.5e a better game to play! Critical Role makes a new hire, and the Exodus TTRPG not published by WotC? Email your questions to podcast@ghostfiregaming.com Ben: @TheBenByrne Dael: @dailydael Todd:  @ToddKenreck  Shawn: @shawnmerwin Editor:  @...

A roadmap for D&D Beyond reveals new upcoming features, the OGL architect claims AI could replace game designers, and is it better to have more classes or subclasses in a TTRPG like D&D or Pathfinder? Follow Neopia Quest for updates: https://ghostfiregaming.com/GGYT_GGNQ_2026_1_226 D&D Beyond roadmap article: https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/2132-d-d-beyonds-2026-development-roadmap Ema...

Chris Perkins reveals how Vecna: Eve of Ruin COULD have been a perfect finale for 5e 2014, D&D continues the march towards its digital future, and is the fall of Discord going to harm tabletop roleplaying games? Email your questions to podcast@ghostfiregaming.com Ben: @TheBenByrne Dael: @dailydael Todd:  @ToddKenreck  Shawn: @shawnmerwin Editor:  @jberrt  Topics: 00:00 - Intro 09:20 - Vecna’s...

D&D gets a television series as a sequel to Baldur's Gate 3 while Apple TV greenlights multiple Cosmere projects. Then remembering we're a TTRPG podcast, we debate whether Wild Shape is magical and why Encumbrance is a GREAT RULE, ACTUALLY TODD! Email your questions to podcast@ghostfiregaming.com Ben: @TheBenByrne Dael: @dailydael Todd:  @ToddKenreck  Shawn: @shawnmerwin Editor:  @jber...

Does Demiplane's NEW Campaign feature give it an edge over D&D Beyond? Meanwhile, WotC continues hiring game designers, and how can YOU design the best dungeons? Email your questions to podcast@ghostfiregaming.com Ben: @TheBenByrne Dael: @dailydael Todd:  @ToddKenreck  Shawn: @shawnmerwin Editor:  @jberrt  Topics: 00:00 - Intro 03:59 - WotC hires MORE designers 05:49 - New Hasbro board mem...

D&D introduces itself to Fortnite players, WotC hires ANOTHER fantastic game designer, and we decide upon the TOP 3 D&D 5e Adventure Modules! Follow Neopia Quest here: https://ghostfiregaming.com/GGYT_GGNQ_2026_1_226 Email your questions to podcast@ghostfiregaming.com Ben: @TheBenByrne Dael: @dailydael Todd:  @ToddKenreck  Shawn: @shawnmerwin Editor:  @jberrt  Topics: 00:00 - TOP 3 D&D...

Is the D&D Shrinkflation getting more noticeable with Eberron: Forge of the Artificer? Are bigger or smaller TTRPG books better? Does Critical Role or Stranger Things sell more D&D? All that, and more! Email your questions to podcast@ghostfiregaming.com Ben: @TheBenByrne Dael: @dailydael Todd:  @ToddKenreck  Shawn: @shawnmerwin Editor:  ⁨@jberrt⁩  Topics: 00:00 - D&D book shrinkflation...