Dungeon Deep Dive

We're doing drugs again! Wait, that's not what I meant. We're checking out some more details about drugs.SUMMARY: This week on Dungeon Deep Dive, we're checking out drugs AGAIN! This week we take a look at frankincense, and take a hard look into our understandings of addiction and how it affects our narratives.If you'd like to get in touch via our social pages, you can reach us on @dungeondeepdive on facebook, twitter, and instagram, or email us at deepdivetnc@gmail.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're doing drugs! Wait, that's not what I meant. We're looking at the widespread issues caused by rampant colonialism through the lens of drugs!This week on Dungeon Deep Dive, we're checking out drugs, and their effect on the world. Aaaaaand in true DDD fashion we got a little carried away. So this week you get to take a tour of drugs throughout history, our attitudes, restrictions, and uses. It's a wild time, so make sure you tune in, and catch us next time for part 2!If you'd like to get in touch via our social pages, you can reach us on @dungeondeepdive on facebook, twitter, and instagram, or email us at deepdivetnc@gmail.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

You've heard us get salty before, but now it's time to talk about salt! Again!This week on Dungeon Deep Dive, we're joined again by our friendly neighbourhood DM Maddy! Picking up where we left off last week, now we're working through all the ways we could play with our newfound knowledge.If you'd like to get in touch via our social pages, you can reach us on @dungeondeepdive on facebook, twitter, and instagram, or email us at deepdivetnc@gmail.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on Dungeon Deep Dive, we're joined by our friendly neighbourhood DM Maddy! Our journey begins in ancient China, with the history of salt currencies, and runs through the rules of salt in magic and region. Finally Grace eases or sorrows with the science of tears.If you'd like to get in touch via our social pages, you can reach us on @dungeondeepdive on facebook, twitter, and instagram, or email us at deepdivetnc@gmail.comSubscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY, RADIOPUBLIC or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAM. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week is a bit of a tour de Lachlan de force you could call it, as Tully and Grace get to learn all about flags right on the air because Lachlan did too much research!Flags are used by every country and by countless other groups as a symbol of their strength and unity, but why? Why were they so important in historic battles? And why exactly do different flags look the way the do? Find out the answers to these questions and relatively little else because the answers are kind of complicated this week on Dungeon Deep Dive.If you'd like to get in touch via our social pages, you can reach us on @dungeondeepdive on facebook, twitter, and instagram, or email us at deepdivetnc@gmail.comSubscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY, RADIOPUBLIC or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAM. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're coming out of our cage and we've been doing just fine! Just kidding, we've missed you all terribly, but we're back! Aaaaaaand now we're back in the studio it's time to talk about Ogres. Far from our beloved silver screen idol Shrek, these giantfolk can be all sorts of things. Take a listen as we delve into the history and meaning behind ogres through history.While you're all safely tucked into your houses, please get in touch via our social pages @dungeondeepdive on facebook, twitter, and instagram, or email us at deepdivetnc@gmail.comSubscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY, RADIOPUBLIC or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAM. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Once again we're back, talking about the characters in our campaigns. This week, it's Adelaide, a gooey homebrewed oblex. Catch us for a chat about building your character's motivations through your background.For the class as it stands, and references therein see https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/ry88vJxoHBased upon https://www.reddit.com/r/DnDHomebrew/comments/8xy8lg/playable_oblex_race/Subscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY, RADIOPUBLIC or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAM.

Once again we're back, talking about the characters in our campaigns. This week, it's Greebo, the labor rights goblin. Catch us for a chat about building your character's motivations through your background.Subscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY, RADIOPUBLIC or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAM.

This week goes out to all our listeners DMing to cope, as we explore quarantine! We look at how confinement changed the landscape of the medieval world, check in with everyones favourite disease vector, and try to better understand how people historically understood medicine and plagues! It's a fun one, but obvious content warning for disease discussion all throughout. Stay safe out there to everyone protesting, take care of each other.Subscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY, RADIOPUBLIC or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAM.

It's a character corner with guest Brooke Reilly!EPISODE NOTES: With social distancing restrictions easing up in Queensland, the gang decided to meet in person next week. So in the meantime, here's a character corner where Tully and guest Brooke Reilly discuss their campaign, her runaway druid, Squid, and what sort of mischief she'll get up to if she has to choose a new character.Subscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY, RADIOPUBLIC or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAM.

While Lachlan takes a break this week, Grace brings Ned Kelly; a controversial figure that everyone, including our special guest Brooke Reilly, can agree is a daddy. Brooke introduces us to both some inspirational Mob Moms and a cheeky bit of Dick Turpin. Then Tully wraps it up with the timeless troublemaker Robin Hood,,, who may not actually be that cool a guy. While you're all safely tucked into your houses, please get in touch via our social pages @dungeondeepdive on facebook, twitter, and instagram, or email us at deepdivetnc@gmail.comUntil next time, maybe cause some problems on purpose? Subscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY, RADIOPUBLIC or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAM.

The first 20 sided die dates back to Ptolemaic Egypt, but people have been playing games a long time before our favourite polyhedron was born. It's another week of recording at home, and an edit shipped off to a fan with far more RAM than us (thanks Brooke). We take a snapshot of children's games, wander through some game theory, argue about the monty hall problem, and show you all the games the Buddha wouldn't play.While you're all trapped in your houses, please get in touch via our social pages @dungeondeepdive on facebook, twitter, and instagram, or email us at deepdivetnc@gmail.comUntil next time, keep playing games!Subscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY, RADIOPUBLIC or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAM.

Since people learned to cover their naughty bits, we've been using textiles! While we recorded from separate houses (and any one of us COULD have been working in the nude), it was a great chat about fabric throughout time. Tully coloured our days with talk of dyeing in various forms. Grace gave us a glittering account of what *might* be the golden fleece. And Lachlan talks us through cloth currency and how it worked in West Africa.While you're all trapped in your houses, please get in touch via our social pages @dungeondeepdive on facebook, twitter, and instagram, or email us at deepdivetnc@gmail.comIn Search of Forgotten Colour: https://youtu.be/7OiG-WjbCQASubscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY, RADIOPUBLIC or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAM.

This week, the gang are talking all about hair, and why that's important. Grace takes us through the history of hair care, and what sort of methods were used historically. Then Lachlan takes us through an insightful (if harrowing) look at the significance of hair and personhood (between 28:46 and 45:30), and Tully kicks off with a quick overview at how hair is used as a cultural signifier, for community, and for discrimination.Don't forget to give us a rate and review on your podcatcher of choice, and to get in touch! We're on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @dungeondeepdive or you can email us at deepdivetnc@gmail.comSubscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY, RADIOPUBLIC or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAM.

We've already told you how best to defend again a siege in your fancy freezing castle, but here's all the siege things you should keep in mind when you are the one besieging. Lachlan's gone deep into the political motivations for sieging and how people have gone about it in the past, Tully's all about how those nifty siege machines work and which ones aren't worth your time, and Grace is bringing you a whole bunch of cool spells to use and getting two DM's to give their opinion on the usefulness of them.EPISODE NOTES:Siege Drill: https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Siege_Drill_(5e_Equipment)Bone Battering Ram: https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Bone_Battering_Ram_(5e_Equipment)Siege Machine Masterlist: https://www.realmshelps.net/magic/items/siegeengines.shtmlSubscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY, RADIOPUBLIC or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAM.

A quick update for everyone! As the year has grown nearly a whole month old, we've realised that we could be looking after ourselves better, and giving you a better podcast if we changed up the schedule. So from now on, we're going to a fortnightly schedule, so that we can continue this wild ride we've got going on.And in case you were wondering why the announcement is 45 minutes long... we've got some bits and pieces from history to throw your way, and to use in your games.Catch you in a fortnight!Subscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY, RADIOPUBLIC or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAM.

It's a cheery episode this week as we here at DDD talk about funerals. Grace gets into some fun examples of interesting items people throughout history have been buried with, Lachlan gets into the concept of death and dying meant from back in ye olde days right up to our modern day approach to it, And then Tully shows us how people around the world say goodbye to those they love. We wrap it all up by giving you a fun adventure hook you can use to get your players really contemplating how they want to approach the inevitable end.Don't forget to give us a rate and review on your podcatcher of choice, and to get in touch! We're on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @dungeondeepdive or you can email us at deepdivetnc@gmail.comSubscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY, RADIOPUBLIC or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAM.

It's our first deep dive into a class specific ability! That's right, it's thieves' cant. Grace talks all about the rise of hobo symbols in the USA, and what they mean for you. Then Lachlan takes us on a linguistic journey into creoles and anti-languages, and finally Tully gives us some real terms to use in your cants. Then we throw in some amazing homebrews that we've found (links below) to implement it better in your game.Hobo symbols: https://www.logodesignlove.com/hobo-signs-and-symbolsDreadclericwesley post: https://old.reddit.com/r/DnDBehindTheScreen/comments/8k8g8k/oh_yes_thieves_can_cant/MonarchsFactory (Dael Kingsmill) homebrew: https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/r1WYn8koWNMonarchsFactory (Dael Kingsmill) video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kkG3oEZqF8Don't forget to give us a rate and review on your podcatcher of choice, and to get in touch! We're on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @dungeondeepdive or you can email us at deepdivetnc@gmail.comSubscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY, RADIOPUBLIC or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAM.

The gang go on a whopper of a deep dive, so big we split it in two!It really is amazing that for all these years, people have stuck by their guns through thick and through thin. Despite incredible cost, unpredictability, and risk of accidental death, we continued to use firearms until we got them right.In part 2, Lachlan brings us all about the art, culture, and rules of duelling!Head on over to our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @dungeondeepdive or send us an email on deepdivetnc@gmail.com . If you like us, please remember to rate and review us on your podcatcher of choice.Subscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY, RADIOPUBLIC or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAM.

The gang go on a whopper of a deep dive, so big we split it in two!It really is amazing that for all these years, people have stuck by their guns through thick and through thin. Despite incredible cost, unpredictability, and risk of accidental death, we continued to use firearms until we got them right.In part 1, Grace talks all things combination weapons, from the aesthetics to the wild impracticality and everything in between. Then Tully runs us through all the ways a gun can go wrong!Head on over to our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @dungeondeepdive or send us an email on deepdivetnc@gmail.com . If you like us, please remember to rate and review us on your podcatcher of choice.Subscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY, RADIOPUBLIC or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAM.

It's been a whole month since we've had a full episode for you, so we made sure the first couple were absolute doozies! Not only do we bring in the new year with a new episode, but we introduce a new host, Grace Schodel!This week we're diving into what you need to know about castles. Lachlan explores the key features of a castle, and gives us a frightening look into the oubliette. Next up, Grace gives us a masterclass in the aesthetics of castles vs palaces, and we follow this up with a handy how-to guide for laying seige.Don't forget to give us a rate and review on your podcatcher of choice, and get in touch on our socials! We're @dungeondeepdive on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and deepdivetnc@gmail.com.Catch you next week!Subscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY, RADIOPUBLIC or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAM.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!! We're celebrating with a discussion about our campaigns and how they were planned. Fun times for anyone planning a session one, and wanting to know where to start. Catch us next week for more official episodes!Subscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY, RADIOPUBLIC or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAM.

We're taking a holiday hiatus, so here's a little teaser of what we have in store after the break ;)It's been a wild time for us at Dungeon Deep Dive, and due to a number of factors (new host, holidays, Tully forgetting to check the goddamn mics) we'll be taking a holiday hiatus. Rest assured, that doesn't mean you'll have to go without quality content, it just won't be quite as much.This week you get to hear us fuck up. Enjoy.In the meantime, don't forget to find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram at @dungeondeepdive, or email us at deepdivetnc@gmail.com to let us know what you want to see! We'll be keeping them updated with game prep and homebrewing so head on over if you want more of our worldbuilding and content.Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or any other podcatcher of choice. And if you want to help us out, give us a rating, review, and recommendation to spread the love.Subscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY, RADIOPUBLIC or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAM.

It's been a wild time for us at Dungeon Deep Dive, and due to a number of factors (new host, holidays, Tully forgetting to check the goddamn mics) we'll be taking a holiday hiatus. Rest assured, that doesn't mean you'll have to go without quality content, it just won't be quite as much.This week you get to hear us speculate on the real origin of Mickey's power, and how exactly he can do all the things he does.In the meantime, don't forget to find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram at @dungeondeepdive, or email us at deepdivetnc@gmail.com to let us know what you want to see! We'll be keeping them updated with game prep and homebrewing so head on over if you want more of our worldbuilding and content.Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or any other podcatcher of choice. And if you want to help us out, give us a rating, review, and recommendation to spread the love.Subscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY, RADIOPUBLIC or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAM.

It's been a wild time for us at Dungeon Deep Dive, and due to a number of factors (new host, holidays, Tully forgetting to check the goddamn mics) we'll be taking a holiday hiatus. Rest assured, that doesn't mean you'll have to go without quality content, it just won't be quite as much.Here are some outtakes from previous episodes, or little details we thought needed to be remembered.In the meantime, don't forget to find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram at @dungeondeepdive, or email us at deepdivetnc@gmail.com to let us know what you want to see! We'll be keeping them updated with game prep and homebrewing so head on over if you want more of our worldbuilding and content.Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or any other podcatcher of choice. And if you want to help us out, give us a rating, review, and recommendation to spread the love.Subscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY, RADIOPUBLIC or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAM.

When we think of plagues, the black death is surely the most iconic (and terrifying) example.This week, Tully gets right into the nuts and bolts of how to build a disease for optimal virulence. We check out symptoms, systems, and modes of transmission, before breaking into some fictional and real examples. Then Lachlan talks about the realities of plague life. We go into the social heartbreak that the plague brought with it, why it might not be the culprit we think it is, and mistake fiction for reality with the Masque of the Red Death. Finally we bring a heartbreaking story hook to set the tone of your game.Don't forget to find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram at @dungeondeepdive, or email us at deepdivetnc@gmail.com to let us know what you want to see!Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or any other podcatcher of choice. And if you want to help us out, give us a rating, review, and recommendation to spread the love.Also! We mentioned the upcoming Grim Hollow setting by Ghostfire Gaming (not darkfire). Check them out at https://www.ghostfiregaming.com/Subscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY, RADIOPUBLIC or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAM.

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and sorry I could not help but wonder what that meant for my world!This week, we sadly bid farewell to Danae, but soldier on to ask "what's the deal with roads?". Lachlan takes a look at the distances a historical citizen may have travelled, and the answer may surprise you... Or it may not. You won't know until you've listened. Then Tully explores the art of road construction, and what that could mean for your travel. Then we go on to prove that we can make ANYTHING into a compelling narrative, by building you a story hook about that staple of any world: roads.Don't forget to find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram at @dungeondeepdive, or email us at deepdivetnc@gmail.com to let us know what you want to see! And you love the podcast, we'd love for you to mention us in the D&D Survey 2019! Find it at https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/news/survey2019 and let them know you listen to us.Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or any other podcatcher of choice. And if you want to help us out, give us a rating, review, and recommendation to spread the love.Subscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY, RADIOPUBLIC or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAM.

Dungeons and Dragons has become one of the world's favourite fantasy tabletop games, and with the advent of fifth edition it quickly skyrocketed into the public eye. So what could there be to complain about? LOTS! In this episode, Lachlan and Tully go through some of their gripes from D&D 5e. First we take a look at Wild Magic, and ways to make it WILDER! Then we look at monks, and we think they should be MONKIER! Then, we look at indefinite madness, and we make it... more accurately representative of real psychoses, rather than simply negative personality traits.Don't forget to find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram at @dungeondeepdive, or email us at deepdivetnc@gmail.com to let us know what you want to see! And you love the podcast, we'd love for you to mention us in the D&D Survey 2019! Find it at https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/news/survey2019 and let them know you listen to us.Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or any other podcatcher of choice. And if you want to help us out, give us a rating, review, and recommendation to spread the love.Subscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY, RADIOPUBLIC or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAM.

This week, we are taking a step back in time! and not just in the history way either. Danaë was out sick, so we dug through an old hard drive we bought off a dark web arms dealer and what would you know? It's our lost sewers ep! So hey, why not give it to you guys? What could possibly go wrong?Take a listen as we explore the history of sewage, gong farming, noxious gasses, and city architecture! Then we take a peek into just what happens in the sewers of a fantasy city...Don't forget to find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram at @dungeondeepdive, or email us at deepdivetnc@gmail.com to let us know what you want to see!Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or any other podcatcher of choice. And if you want to help us out, give us a rating, review, and recommendation to spread the love.Subscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY, RADIOPUBLIC or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAM.

For as long as we can remember, people have been obsessed with finding out what lies on the road ahead. From the oracle at Delphi, to that strange lady who told me I was destined to fall under a terrible curse while I walked to recording, the methods and deliveries of these predictions vary wildly.This week, Lachlan takes us on a ride through the historical reliance on divination for momentous and everyday decisions! Then, Tully and Danae take on some practical divination to tell our own futures. From tarot to tea leaves, and from runes to runny eggs, this one's a wild ride.Don't forget to find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram at @dungeondeepdive, or email us at deepdivetnc@gmail.com to let us know what you want to see!Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or any other podcatcher of choice. And if you want to help us out, give us a rating, review, and recommendation to spread the love.Subscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY, RADIOPUBLIC or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAM.

This week on Dungeon Deep Dive we search for answers among the stars. We've all heard about the denial of science throughout history, but what would people actually know? Would a medieval world understand the stars, and what would they do if they did? We answer these questions and more as we break down the state of astronomy in the middle ages and how it was used. So cast your eyes towards the heavens and settle in as Lachlan, Danae and Tully discuss astronomy.Subscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY, RADIOPUBLIC or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAM.

Danae, Lachlan, and Tully get in touch with their scholarly roots once more! Journeying through what makes a library, what comes from censorship, and even a study of the Great Library of Alexandria, we explore the how and why of libraries in your world.How do we categorise the knowledge in our world? Where do we keep the lore of the universe? Can you really have fun with nothing but a library card? Every fantasy world has libraries, whether they're a convenient plot device, or a setting to build a much larger world. Where would we store our books if not for them? We go for a journey around what makes a historical library, and then delve into how they gain or lose knowledge. Then we even broach the tough topic of censorship. All before we build ourselves a library setting like you've never seen!Check out our socials (@dungeondeepdive on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram) or email us at deepdivetnc@gmail.com with any episode ideas, stories from your games or anything else you’d like to share!Subscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY, RADIOPUBLIC or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAM.

The moon is full, the night is dark, and terrible beasts are on the hunt. Stay a while, safe and secure as we look into werewolves throughout history. Did people ever actually believe in werewolves? Why? and what did wolves ever do to anyone? And 1 in every hundred thousand listeners wi be directed to an episode where we even give an idea of how to use all of that in one quest. Were you lucky enough to hear it?Subscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY, RADIOPUBLIC or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAM.

This week the team at Dungeon Deep Dive gets morbid, as they explore all things vampire. Get ready for death, disease, and devils!The vampire has long been a mythological staple around the world, with different interpretations in every corner of the world. This creature has been buried in the human psyche to play on all of our worst fears. From the plagues of the middle ages, through revolutions against power, to that cursed concept of private property, vampires have always been there to take the fall. But do we really understand these pallid, blood-sucking nightmares? We explore how they have played on the depths of our collective fears, how the imagery is linked to disease, and even why they care so much about counting. Enjoy our ramblings on how to bring vampires into your games.Subscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY, RADIOPUBLIC or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAM.

This week the Dungeon Deep Drive gang dives on into the aquatic world of mermaids to really find out what they’d be like, look like and… love like.For as long as people have taken to the sea there have been stories about the creatures that live out there, from malevolent behemoths in the deep to mischievous aquatic spirits. However, no myth has quite captured the attention of humanity quite like mermaids. From tales of sailors drowned by sinister sirens, to tales of beautiful maidens just waiting to explore the land above, mermaid stories explore the different dichotomies (such as man and woman, or human and nature) that have existed in various societies throughout history. In order to really understand what mermaids are and what they represent, we look into the attitudes towards, stories about and some of the differences between us and our deep-sea counterparts. We even suggest a story hook using different elements of mermaid mythos, sociology and aquatic biology to create the foundation of a believable mermaid encounter for all your story-telling needs.It’s a bit of a long one this week! The audio got a little funky at this session, so we decided to treat you to Tully’s extended (but skippable!) takes on different zoological classes of mermaid to apologise. The audio will be back to normal soon, and we hope you enjoy all the same in the meantime!Subscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY, RADIOPUBLIC or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAM.

This week on Dungeon Deep Dive, we explore domestication and the vast impacts it's had on our world. Lachlan and Tully are alone in the studio once again, so we're in for a wild ride.It's raining cats and dogs in the studio as Lachlan and Tully investigate pets and domestication! We go for a deep dive in the effects of domestication on the world as we know it. Then, we have a look at what pets will look like in your worlds. After that we introduce a mysterious travelling pet shop for a murder mystery story hook.Watch out for the *expertly edited* moments where Tully accidentally called Displacer Beasts "gloomstalkers"...Subscribe to the Dungeon Deep Dive podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or your podcatcher of choice.You can find us on: Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, or email us deepdivetnc@gmail.com. We love hearing your thoughts, suggestions and questions!Subscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY, RADIOPUBLIC or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAM.

What is breakfast? Is it important? What's in it? These are just some of the important questions we'll explore as Lachlan and Tully tackle the studio on their own. It's amazing what you can get into with something as simple as a morning meal.Let the smell of a hot breakfast float you out of bed and right down to this week's episode of Dungeon Deep Dive! Left alone in the studio, Lachlan and Tully get into the weirdly controversial opinions towards breakfast in history, before getting into what the heck even counts AS breakfast? After getting into the history, we look at all the ways to make something as mundane as breakfast as interesting as possible in your story. Finally, we help design a quest where the end of breakfast may just have devastating consequences... Hold on to your corn flakes, it's going to be a wild one.Subscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY, RADIOPUBLIC or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAM.

This week on Dungeon Deep Dive we talk about all things tattoos and fantasy! We want to stress up top that this episode IS permanent, so consider what that would be like in 30 years before you listen. To help ensure that you understand tattoos and how they have been used, Danäe explains some of the vast and fascinating history of tattoos in the real world and the ever-shifting attitudes towards them. Tully then explores some of the most intense historical techniques for creating tattoos and body modifications. Finally, after going through some of the most important things to consider as a DM or writer wanting to include tattoos in your setting, we discuss a quest centered on tattoos and the spiritual power many believe tattoos possess or represent.Subscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY, RADIOPUBLIC or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAM.

Aaaaaand welcome back! This week on Dungeon Deep Dive we uncover the secrets of all things chemical. From the poison gardens to alchemist's fire, we take a tour through non-magical (or low magic) alchemy. First Danae takes us on a tour or the history of potions and herbal medicine. Then Tully takes us through chemical warfare through the ages, and brings us some Disney flair before checking out the brand new Pathfinder 2E. Lachlan follows with his sage advice on giving your players anything too powerful, and how to make potions a little more than just spells in a bottle. Finally we pull together a quest to bring these brews to the fore in your story. So strap in once again for Alchemy part 2!Subscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY, RADIOPUBLIC or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAM.

Behold, listeners, for this week on Dungeon Deep Dive we learn the secrets of matter, magic and even eternal life as we discuss alchemy and transmutation! From chemists through history determined to change the atoms themselves, all the way to some cool ways to include these potent and surprisingly well defined magics in your fantasy settings! So sit back, get comfy, and learn the secrets of turning lead into gold and how a stone can help you live forever. We even come up with a quest you can incorporate right into you own campaigns and stories at home, where you party will learn that powerful magic can sometimes hide the truth.Subscribe to the Dungeon Deep Dive podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or your podcatcher of choice.You can find us on: Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, or email us deepdivetnc@gmail.com. We love hearing your thoughts, suggestions and questions!Subscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY, RADIOPUBLIC or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAM.

Welcome weary traveler! Rest your head and stay a while in this holy place as we talk about temples! No good fantasy setting is complete without them but what makes a good temple? Have any smaller religions managed to set up temples that we can use as a basis for our own creations? What exactly do you do when you’re in a temple anyway?Find out the answers to these questions and more this week with us as we take you through some of the history of smaller religions in the world, discuss what temples were actually used for and suggest some ways to incorporate such a versatile location into your own campaigns and stories. We even create a quest of our own, complete with terrible dreams, murdered goblins and a temple that may not be quite as religious as they say they are…Subscribe to the Dungeon Deep Dive podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or your podcatcher of choice.You can find us on: Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, or email us deepdivetnc@gmail.com. We love hearing your thoughts, suggestions and questions!www.thatsnotcanonproductions.comSubscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY, RADIOPUBLIC or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAM.

This week on Dungeon Deep Dive, we spill the beans (or the froth all over your pants, if you're Danaë) on how to accurately and interestingly include breweries and alcohol of all kinds in your worldbuilding.If you like mead, beer, Bacchus, drunken revelry, drinking horns or blue honey, then you're going to love this episode. This week on Dungeon Deep Dive, we spill the beans (or the froth all over your pants, if you're Danaë) on how to accurately and interestingly include breweries and alcohol of all kinds in your worldbuilding. Everyone knows that one bard who's always roaring drunk, or that rogue who sulks in the shadows of every tavern with a goblet in hand. Keep your players on their toes with our help, as we explore the LIT history of humanity and our perpetual drinking problem, before turning to common brewery features and set-ups you might encounter in your own world. Then we'll demonstrate a boozy encounter of our own, complete with a new blue mead that's causing the villagers to disappear from town...right after we crack open some honey mead to try ourselves, of course. Sit back and relax with your drink of choice (unless you're driving of course!) and get ready to deep dive into every Australian's favourite pastime...alcohol.Subscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY, RADIOPUBLIC or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAM.

Yo ho, yo ho and a bottle of rum! Pirates, buccaneers, corsairs and privateers... Everyone likes a bit of swashbuckling action and high seas adventure! Whether you're planning a Dungeons & Dragons tabletop session aboard a pirate ship or writing a scene on a charming captain, here's what you need to know (and a few things you really don't) about pirates.Settle in for a rip-roaring ride on the sketchy history of pirates, how to tell a buccaneer from a privateer, and what real-world burglars with boats were really like. Then tune in as we discuss different roles your characters can take on ships, and the likely confrontations between these different ranks – a great source of writing prompts if you're ever a little short on conflict! Speaking of prompts, we'll throw a big, juicy quest prompt your way, then build it up into a fleshed-out scenario as you listen along.You'll learn how to root your campaigns in realism, why you need to name your pirates a colour + a body part, and a bunch of interesting little details on pirates, ships, and most importantly, world-building. Podcast ahoy!Subscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY, RADIOPUBLIC or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER or INSTAGRAM.

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