The Red Dice Diaries

In this episode I'm talking about a D20/5E supplement thaty I've found very interesting and useful during my games, that covers poisonous plants, their uses and dangers. Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) : https://freepd.com/electronic.php If you're interested in this supplement check out the links below: The original kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.c...

In this episode I'm talking about one of my favourite recent books that I use for fleshing out details in my campaign world, in-case plants specifically. Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) : https://freepd.com/electronic.php If you're interested in finding out more about the  Herbalist's Primer check out the links below: The original kickstarter: https://ww...

In this episode I'm talking about some of things I do to try and jump-start my imagination when I hit a block or a blank spot. Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) : https://freepd.com/electronic.php If you're interested in checking out some of the source of inspiration I mentioned in the episode you can find the links below: Fortean Times: https://subscribe.forte...

In this episode we answer voicemails from a number of callers on recent episodes and discussions of the topics therein. Many thanks to our callers: Glen Hallstrom at Radio Grognard Jason of Nerds RPG Variety Cast Goblin's Henchman Joe Richter of the Hindsightless Podcast Check out Goblin's Henchman's stuff on DrivethruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/9524/Goblin039s-Henc...

Our heroes return to New Seal Land where Quentin has some plans for the  criminal cartel known as the Crimson Coin, they also meet a strange  figure hoping to set up shop in their home town. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-red-dice-diaries/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episo...

In this episode I'm asking the question 'Why is the gold always in a chest?' and suggest some ways that--thinking a little about how and where things are stored--could add some depth to your dungeon-crawl. Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) : https://freepd.com/electronic.php Want to get involved in the conversation? You can leave us a voicemail: https://ww...

I'm talking a little about the Field Guide to Hot Springs Island and why it has helped captured my imagination, and really made me want to incorporate this intriguing mini-setting into my own campaign world as potentially a second game. Please note: This is not a review of any of the Hot Springs Islands product. If you're interested in checking out HSI you can find it here: https://shop....

In this episode I'm discussing some things that I like to see and don't like to see in character backgrounds when I'm GM-ing a D&D game.  Check out Nerds RPG Varietycast, the inspiration for this episode at: https://anchor.fm/jason376 Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) : https://freepd.com/electronic.php Want to get involved in the conversation? You can...

In this episode I'm musing about using spreadsheets and other such tools in RPGs and how they can overshadow the fun bits of the game.  Check out Nerds RPG Varietycast, the inspiration for this episode at: https://anchor.fm/jason376 Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) : https://freepd.com/electronic.php Want to get involved in the conversation? You can leave us a voic...

In this episode I'm talking about Hot Springs Island , why I'm thinking about running it for a small local convention and why it might be the next semi-regular campaign game I start up; I'm also asking the question do you run more than one campaign in the same game-world? Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) : https://freepd.com/electronic.php Want to get inv...

In this episode we answer voicemails from a number of callers on recent episodes and discussions of the topics therein. Many thanks to our callers: Glen Hallstrom at Radio Grognard Jason of Nerds RPG Variety Cast Rob Davis Ron Frazier If you want to check out Glen's recent episode "Oh the humanity!" that we mentioned you can find it here: https://anchor.fm/radio-grognard/episodes/Oh...

In this episode I'm talking about why I think some of the dem-human stereotypes common in D&D might actually be useful. Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) : https://freepd.com/electronic.php Want to get involved in the conversation? You can leave us a voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.com/RDDRPGPodcast If you're having issues with Speakpipe you can also leave...

In this episode I'm taking a look through the LOTFP module Wight Power where the misguided attempts of several religious people to restore the Kingdom of God, birth and abomination, disturb the rest of the Wight, an undead force of malevolence and evil. Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) : https://freepd.com/electronic.php Want to get involved in the conversation? Yo...

In this episode I'm talking about some of the potential benefits of having a campaign where the PCs are overwhelmingly human. Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) : https://freepd.com/electronic.php Want to get involved in the conversation? You can leave us a voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.com/RDDRPGPodcast If you're having issues with Speakpipe you can also lea...

I've recently been down a bit of a mental rabbit-hole after reading the Old School Companion Volume 1, it's got me thinking about NPC classes and their utility in D&D so, in this episode I'm asking, how do you stat up your NPCs? Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) : https://freepd.com/electronic.php Want to get involved in the conversation? You can leave...

In this episode we answer voicemails from a number of callers on recent episodes and discussions of the topics therein. You can check out the podcasts of our callers at the links below: Glen Hallstrom at Radio Grognard Jason of Nerds RPG Variety Cast Joe of Hindsightless Randy at Biggus Geekus Taylor at Clerics Wear Ringmail Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) : https://fr...

Due to events in my Smoke & Snow OSE campaign, I've recently been thinking more about money in D&D, how it's earned and spent. In this episode I'm talking about a Reddit Post that gave me some great ideas regarding wages earned in D&D. You can find the original post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/DnDBehindTheScreen/comments/3o2ydl/5e_commoner_life_and_economy/ Title Musi...

𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 20𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟏𝟐𝟗𝟓𝐀𝐄 Quentin has completed his initiation into the criminal syndicate known as the Crimson Coin, acting as liaison between the merciless criminals and his companions, but who is the mysterious Duke who lurks in the shadows giving the gang their orders, unknown to all but his lieutenant? As they ponder this, a fresh mystery arrives at their doorstep courtesy of an unexpect...

We've finally managed to get our schedules to mesh so that Hannah and myself can record a couple of episodes together; in the second of this two-parter Hannah suggests some situations where it might be okay to fudge dice-rolls in D&D. In this episode we talk about one possible method of dealing with this sitation. Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) : https://free...

We've finally managed to get our schedules to mesh so that Hannah and myself can record a couple of episodes together; in the first of this two-parter Hannah suggests some situations where it might be okay to fudge dice-rolls in D&D. In this episode we talk about one possible method of dealing with this sitation. Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) : https://freep...

In this episode I answer voicemails from Jason of Nerds RPG Variety Cast and Joe from the Hindsightless podcast. You can check out their podcasts here: Nerds RPG Variety Cast Hindsightless We're talking charm person, future plans and demonic summonings in Pathfinder. Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) : https://freepd.com/electronic.php Want to get involved in the co...

So, it's game time and your player party have decided to hit up a dungeon that you didn't expect or you've not planned for? What do you do? In this episode we talk about one possible method of dealing with this sitation. The Dyson Logos map we reference in the episode can be found here: https://dysonlogos.blog/2021/07/12/the-fallen-house-of-githaleon/ Please check out the Dyson Logo...

It's Random Chart Tuesday and in this episode we're talking about the less reputable healers who might be peddling their wares in your campaign world. You can find the accompanying random chart on our blog at: https://reddicediaries.com/rp-rambles/random-chart-tuesday-snake-oil-salesmen/ Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) : https://freepd.com/electronic.php Want...

In this Monster Monday episode I'm talking about one of my favourite creature types, the summoner. Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) : https://freepd.com/electronic.php Want to get involved in the conversation? You can leave us a voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.com/RDDRPGPodcast If you're having issues with Speakpipe you can also leave a voicemail on our old a...

Can your players handle the heat when the murder of the innocent shakes the moral core of 1630s Paris and the anger of the citizens threatens to burst forth in a tidal wave of anger and indiscriminate vigilante revenge? If so then join us as we delve into  Terror in the Streets , a module for LotFP. Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) : https://freepd.com/electronic.php Yo...