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tabletop rpg ideas & criticism

Daniel J. Davis

  • Sep 28, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
  • infrequent NEW EPISODES
  • 7m AVG DURATION
  • 4 EPISODES


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O for a Muse of Fire

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2019 3:38


Adjust your glasses and sip tea while getting DM advice from Shakespeare. Music Credit: OurMusicBox (Jay Man) Track Name: "Wonder And Magic" Music By: Jay Man @ https://ourmusicbox.com/ Official "OurMusicBox" YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/c/ourmusicbox License for commercial use: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode Music promoted by NCM https://goo.gl/fh3rEJ

3 - Simple Fights

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2019 7:03


Daniel explains a simple method for cinematically resolving fights. Show notes with expanded examples and variants: https://detectmagic.wordpress.com/simple-fights/. Music Credit: OurMusicBox (Jay Man) Track Name: "Wonder And Magic" Music By: Jay Man @ https://ourmusicbox.com/ Official "OurMusicBox" YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/c/ourmusicbox License for commercial use: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode Music promoted by NCM https://goo.gl/fh3rEJ

2 - Blood Pools

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2019 13:28


I talk about Blood Pools, a system for modeling how characters get better at fighting particular monsters (and in general) that's separate from the XP system. Blog post with more info about the Blood Pool rules: https://detectmagic.wordpress.com/2019/01/17/blood-pools/ Music Credit: OurMusicBox (Jay Man) Track Name: "Wonder And Magic" Music By: Jay Man @ https://ourmusicbox.com/ Official "OurMusicBox" YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/c/ourmusicbox License for commercial use: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode Music promoted by NCM https://goo.gl/fh3rEJ

1 - Review of Book of Lairs: People and Places

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2018 5:55


I review Simon Forster's new volume, Book of Lairs: People and Places. Check the corresponding blog post here: https://detectmagic.wordpress.com/2018/12/29/review-book-of-lairs-people-and-places/. Music Credit: OurMusicBox (Jay Man) Track Name: "Wonder And Magic" Music By: Jay Man @ https://ourmusicbox.com/ Official "OurMusicBox" YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/c/ourmusicbox License for commercial use: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode Music promoted by NCM https://goo.gl/fh3rEJ

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