Lucas Maxwell

You Should Have Been a Meat Shield

Comedy EN ↓ 217 episodes

An actual-play Dungeons & Dragons Podcast. We've been questing since 2022.  Follow us on Instagram @meat_shield_pod  Starring in alphabetical order: Adelaide Underhill the halfling rogue (played by Alex Dunne) Rowan Harcourt the human warlock (played by Chloe Homewood) Sapphire Crow the tabaxi monk (played by Gráinne O'Brien) Sybilline Ex'eventu the anteater wizard (played by Alex Foulkes) Your Dungeon Master is Lucas "Zero Fun" Maxwell  Your friendly NPC is Ting the Verbeeg druid.  All artwork for the show by Gannucci Art. 

Author

Lucas Maxwell

Category

Comedy

Podcast website

meatshield.buzzsprout.com

Latest episode

May 25, 2026

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Episodes

You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 59: Chapter One: Broom-A-Laide 21.07.2025

The gang gets squashed by a giant boulder. 

You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 58: Chapter Four: Fake It Chill You Make It 14.07.2025

As they enter The Eye of the All Father, the gang finds an unsettling discovery. 

You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 58: Chapter Three: Stuck Between a Rock and a Rowan Place. 07.07.2025

The group, accompanied by Harshnag, heads east across The Spine of the World in order to find the The Eye of the All Father.

You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 58: Chapter Two: Not the Inky Darkness! 30.06.2025

The gang recovers from a vicious fight under the theatre and travels to Mirabar to prepare for their journey to the Eye of the All Father. 

You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 58: Chapter One: Real Acid? 23.06.2025

The gang decends into a dark series of tunnels and discovers something they wish they hadn't. 

You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 57: Chapter Four: A Killer Play 16.06.2025

The gang go to the theatre seeking answers about their lost friend, Zephyros, only to find more questions than answers. 

You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Episode 57: Chapter Three: It's Just a Stage I'm Going Through 09.06.2025

The gang heads to the theatre to investigate a play gone horribly, horribly wrong. 

You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 57: Chapter Two: I'm Afraid We Charge Extra For Corpse Cleanup 02.06.2025

Hitting a dead end trying to find Zephyros, the gang head to the theatre to solve a mystery! 

You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 57: Chapter One: Here, Have a Werther's 26.05.2025

The gang finds themselves in a dive bar in Mirabar, seeking information on their friend, Zephyros. 

You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 56: Chapter Four: Circles & Soliciters 19.05.2025

The gang use a teleportation circle to travel to the dangerous mining town of Mirabar. 

You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 56: Chapter 3: This Is Not Egg-cellent At All. 12.05.2025

In this episode, the gang leaves the hill giant fort and travels to Waterdeep where they make a startling discovery. 

You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 56: Chapter Two: Hand Over the Racoons 05.05.2025

In this episode, the gang returns to the hill giant fort to plunder, steal and maybe help some prisoners.

You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 56: Chapter One: I've Seen the Future & I Don't Care For It 28.04.2025

In this episode, the gang desperately tries to escape the clutches of ancient blue dragon. 

You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 54: Chapter Four: The Etiquette of Messaging Dragons 21.04.2025

In this episode, the gang continue their search for their friend Zephyros in the hold of the hill giants only to be faced with a terrible danger. 

You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 55: Chapter Three: We May Have Crushed the Prisoners 14.04.2025

The gang takes on a hoard of bugbears & hill giants in order to find their friend, Zephyros. 

You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 55: Chapter Two: But, What About Fireball? 07.04.2025

Seeking their friend Zephyros, the gang infiltrate a hill giant fortress using zero subtlety. 

You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 55: Chapter One: It Appears To Be the Time for Clobbering 31.03.2025

The gang, desperate to find their cloud giant friend, track a small group of hill giants to the east and make a startling discovery...

You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 54: Chapter Four: We Need to Find Our Goofy Boy! 24.03.2025

The gang head north of Waterdeep to find their pal Zephyros. 

You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 54: Chapter Three: Buckle Up, Blue Dragon 17.03.2025
You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 54: Chapter Two: It's Mucus! 10.03.2025

In this episode, the gang accesses their new teleportation circle to travel to the bustling city of Waterdeep!

You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 54: Chapter One: The Wink & Kiss Patriots 03.03.2025
You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 53: Chapter Four: Values Shmalues 24.02.2025

In this super-short episode, the Salt & Pepper Gang decide how to properly investigate the missing nobles of Yartar!

You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 53: Chapter Three: Walkie Talkie? How About a Stoney-Phoney? 17.02.2025
You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 53: Chapter Two: Lizard Races & Strange Faces 10.02.2025
You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 53: Chapter One: You're Gherkin My Chain! 03.02.2025

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