Undercommon Taste

This week's episode is part two of our deep dive into the rules tucked away in the 5th edition Dungeon Master's Guide for D&D. In this episode, we discuss sentient magic items, spell crafting, and using a spell point system in lieu of spell slots. The Reddit post we reference in the spell crafting segment of the episode was written by u/MothProphet, and can be found here.   Find us on Facebook:  U...

This week, we begin our multi-part series where we dive into the 5th edition Dungeons and Dragons Dungeon Master's Guide to find lesser known rules to highlight and discuss. This first episode covers the rules for social encounters, honor and sanity, and madness.    Content Warning: We spend most of the last 20 minutes of the episode covering the madness rules, wherein we discuss topics of mental...

We shift gears this week to talk about two of Ian's homebrewed Monastic Traditions for the monk in 5th edition Dungeons and Dragons:  The Way of the Swallow, a fighting style which focuses on utilizing thrown weapons, and The Way of the Obsidian Fist, a tradition which draws upon the power of elemental earth to fortify the monk.    Find us on Facebook:  Undercommon Taste Follow us on Twitter:  @UC...

Today, we are spending some time discussing downtime activities, as laid out in Xanathar's Guide to Everything, as well as some personal variants.  NOTE: no gnomes were harmed, or covered in chocolate, during the making of this podcast.    Find us on Facebook:  Undercommon Taste Follow us on Twitter:  @UCThomebrew Join us on Instagram:  Undercommon Taste Check out our homebrew content  here.     O...

Today we discuss noncombat encounters, and why they're an important part of a campaign. We also talk at length about the D&D 4e mechanic of skill challenges, and how to utilize them with the bounded accuracy system of D&D 5e.   Find us on Facebook:  Undercommon Taste Follow us on Twitter:  @UCThomebrew Join us on Instagram:  Undercommon Taste Check out our homebrew content here.     Our theme is M...

In this week's episode, we discuss the magic item economy, and how you might be able to create a realistic system for your players to buy magic items. We also discuss at length our work-in-progress magic item crafting system.   Find us on Facebook:  Undercommon Taste Follow us on Twitter:  @UCThomebrew Join us on Instagram:  Undercommon Taste   Our theme is Massacre Anne, written and performed by...

This week, we revisit a concept from "Ashes, Ashes", and build out the small frontier mining town of Verdigris, to give you some ideas on how to build your own settlements in your games.   Find us on Facebook:  Undercommon Taste Follow us on Twitter:  @UCThomebrew Join us on Instagram:  Undercommon Taste   Our theme is Massacre Anne, written and performed by Mary Crowell, and used with permission....

The second part of a two-part series, where we go into detail on how to create more immersive and dynamic nonplayer characters (NPCs). We give you some guidelines for making very basic NPCs on the fly, and how to get maximum return for minimal investment in NPC details. Like last week, we end the episode by creating a character from scratch, using the guidelines we lay out.   Find us on Facebook: ...

The first part of a two-part series, where we go into detail on how to create more immersive and dynamic player characters. We discuss aspects to focus on, archetypes to avoid, and finish the whole thing off by creating a character from scratch.    Find us on Facebook:  Undercommon Taste Follow us on Twitter:  @UCThomebrew Join us on Instagram:  Undercommon Taste   Our theme is Massacre Anne, writ...

Wherein we conclude our Homebrew Showcase content episodes, crafting a set of holy relics for our hobgoblin war cleric to carry into battle.    Find us on Facebook:  Undercommon Taste Follow us on Twitter:  @UCThomebrew Join us on Instagram:  Undercommon Taste   Our theme is Massacre Anne, written and performed by Mary Crowell, and used with permission. Find Mary on  Bandcamp  or  Patreon.

Wherein we discuss the war cleric, and how to diversify it with regards to the manifold gods of war.   Find us on Facebook:  Undercommon Taste Follow us on Twitter:  @UCThomebrew Join us on Instagram:  Undercommon Taste   Our theme is Massacre Anne, written and performed by Mary Crowell, and used with permission. Find Mary on  Bandcamp  or  Patreon.

Wherein we return to our Homebrew Showcase, discussing our fourth and final character's race: the most cunning and ferocious of goblinoids, the Hobgoblin.   Find us on Facebook:  Undercommon Taste Follow us on Twitter:  @UCThomebrew Join us on Instagram:  Undercommon Taste   Our theme is Massacre Anne, written and performed by Mary Crowell, and used with permission. Find Mary on  Bandcamp  or  Pat...

This week, we bring on our good friend Emily to discuss cultural appropriation - what it is, why it's bad, and how to avoid it when creating characters or cultures at your gaming table.   Find us on Facebook:  Undercommon Taste Follow us on Twitter:  @UCThomebrew Join us on Instagram:  Undercommon Taste   Our theme is Massacre Anne, written and performed by Mary Crowell, and used with permission....

Wherein we design a custom robe and wizard hat for our Yuan-ti Enchanter, along with some other fancy accoutrements.   Find us on Facebook:  Undercommon Taste Follow us on Twitter:  @UCThomebrew Join us on Instagram:  Undercommon Taste   Our theme is Massacre Anne, written and performed by Mary Crowell, and used with permission. Find Mary on  Bandcamp  or  Patreon.

Wherein we get longwinded about the wizard, and discuss using the School of Enchantment for our Yuan-ti Pureblood.   Find us on Facebook:  Undercommon Taste Follow us on Twitter:  @UCThomebrew Join us on Instagram:  Undercommon Taste   Our theme is Massacre Anne, written and performed by Mary Crowell, and used with permission. Find Mary on  Bandcamp  or  Patreon.

Wherein we discuss the Yuan-Ti, and give you the options to make your very own snake-man. Join us as we break down the published race to give the options for either the Pureblood or the Malison as a player character. Find us on Facebook:  Undercommon Taste Follow us on Twitter:  @UCThomebrew Join us on Instagram:  Undercommon Taste   Our theme is Massacre Anne, written and performed by Mary Crowel...

Wherein we create an adventure, with hags and ghosts and frog monsters, oh my! Happy Halloween, join us as we walk through our process for creating a one-shot adventure. Find us on Facebook:  Undercommon Taste Follow us on Twitter:  @UCThomebrew Join us on Instagram:  Undercommon Taste   Our theme is Massacre Anne, written and performed by Mary Crowell, and used with permission. Find Mary on  Band...

Wherein we outfit our kobold rogue to make him the most dapper gentleman thief to grace the table, scales and all.   Find us on Facebook:  Undercommon Taste Follow us on Twitter:  @UCThomebrew Join us on Instagram:  Undercommon Taste   Our theme is Massacre Anne, written and performed by Mary Crowell, and used with permission. Find Mary on  Bandcamp  or  Patreon.

Wherein we discuss the 5e Rogue class, specifically the Thief archetype, and how we come to an agreement on our differing views of how the class should progress.   Find us on Facebook:  Undercommon Taste Follow us on Twitter:  @UCThomebrew Join us on Instagram:  Undercommon Taste   Our theme is Massacre Anne, written and performed by Mary Crowell, and used with permission. Find Mary on  Bandcamp ...

Wherein we discuss the kobold at length, and how we would modify this race of devious little dragon-men.   Find us on Facebook:  Undercommon Taste Follow us on Twitter:  @UCThomebrew Join us on Instagram:  Undercommon Taste   Our theme is Massacre Anne, written and performed by Mary Crowell, and used with permission. Find Mary on  Bandcamp  or  Patreon.

Wherein we take a break from our Homebrew Showcase to discuss fallen and lost civilizations, with examples, and how to utilize a lost or fallen civilization into your game world. Find us on Facebook:  Undercommon Taste Follow us on Twitter:  @UCThomebrew Join us on Instagram:  Undercommon Taste   Our theme is Massacre Anne, written and performed by Mary Crowell, and used with permission. Find Mary...

Wherein we craft the tools of war for our Orc Champion Fighter, and send her into the world to crush her foes. Also, carnival food. Find us on Facebook:  Undercommon Taste Follow us on Twitter:  @UCThomebrew Join us on Instagram:  Undercommon Taste   Our theme is Massacre Anne, written and performed by Mary Crowell, and used with permission. Find Mary on  Bandcamp  or  Patreon.

Wherein we discuss the Champion Fighter, and try to turn it into an all-star athlete instead of a bench-warmer. Find us on Facebook:  Undercommon Taste Follow us on Twitter:  @UCThomebrew Join us on Instagram:  Undercommon Taste   Our theme is Massacre Anne, written and performed by Mary Crowell, and used with permission. Find Mary on  Bandcamp  or  Patreon.

Wherein we discuss the Orc, and by extension the Half-Orc, and how we would modify the published material, for balance and flavor.   Find us on Facebook: Undercommon Taste Follow us on Twitter: @UCThomebrew Join us on Instagram: Undercommon Taste   Our theme is Massacre Anne, written and performed by Mary Crowell, and used with permission. Find Mary on Bandcamp or Patreon.  

Wherein we introduce ourselves, and our nerd cred, and discuss what we will be discussing. We totally know what we're doing. Not winging it at all.   We're on Facebook and Instagram, under "Undercommon Taste", and on Twitter, under the handle "@UCThomebrew".   Theme song is "Massacre Anne", written and performed by Mary Crowell. Find her online at marycrowell.bandcamp.com, or on Patreon at patreon...