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A D&D comedy improv podcast, where two retired adventurers give questionable advice to the next generation of heroes. Starring Oliver Redboots (@OliverRedBoots) & Swan Maulsmith (@SMaulsmith), and broadcast every Friday from the Yawning Portal Tavern in Waterdeep. Send your questions to twitter.com/rodinflagon

Boots & Swan


    • Jan 30, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 43m AVG DURATION
    • 32 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Rod in Flagon

    Episode 33: Verbal Bludgeoning Damage

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2024 40:27


    - Season 2, Week 2!- Shaking off the rust with an old fashioned donnybrook- Our next product launch- Climbing the ladder at Third Leg- Stormy's unpaid internship- Carry jerky or become jerkySend us your adventurer questions!  rodinflagon@gmail.com

    Episode 32: Brightside People

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2024 37:02


    - We're back!- Our new roles in ThirdLeg Adventuring & Consulting LLC- Swan's separation from the Temple of Gond- Oyster Beer- Kodar Grimsbane announces Adventurer Wipes- Potion side effects

    Episode 30: Colleges & Traditions

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2021 53:28


    Highlights:- Question-palooza!- How to write an entry essay to your Bard College- Your party member may be a serial killer- Monastic traditions leave a lot of unanswered questions- Feather Fall etiquette- Where-wolves?- Revisiting sky daddies

    Episode 29: The Winter Solstice

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2021 55:16


    Highlights:- Boots returns from the Astral Plane- We go deep on Elven high cuisine with Chalmont Percil, of Percil's Parcels- The slow food, low heat movement- Chalmont's specialties: chicken-seasoned hay, salted water, artisanal light, beef broth and lemon seeds- Serving at Persimmons through a policy of Culinary Inclusivity- Richard the Mimic joins us to discuss mimicry- Permission eating- The safety smoked turkey legHappy Winter Solstice!

    Episode 28: Post Mirt-em

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2021 51:21


    Highlights:- Getting arrested in Waterdeep after bar hopping with Mirt- Swan taking over some Luskan engineering- When upcasting goes wrong- Boots opens the chest, and finds something unexpected- Thou shalt not mix pocket dimensions- Some monks will love you to death- Beholder reproduction- Donations to the (recap) Salvation Army are appreciated---Thank you for downloading and listening to Rod In Flagon! Help us spread the word ahead of our Winter Solstice charity drive - where we will donate some amount (TBD) for every download the Winter Solstice episode receives the week it is posted. More details to come!

    Episode 27: Mirt (with very special guest Ed Greenwood)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2021 48:34


    We are joined this week by the legendary Mirt the Moneylender, played by the legendary Ed Greenwood - creator of the Forgotten Realms.Highlights:- An episode preamble by Elminster of Shadowdale- The importance of a consistent policy in adventuring- How Laeral keeps her wand at the ready- How Mirt and Durnan tackled the Undermountain- The secret to long life- Preferred method for dealing with tax collectors- Why tradesman don't all have Rings of Featherfall- The real scourge of The Forgotten Realms: nepotism- Mirt's favorite magic weapon- The statute of limitations on bounties- The history of Durnan's facial hair- How to handle Waterdeep nobility- What keeps Mirt up at night---Thank you for downloading and listening to Rod In Flagon! Help us spread the word ahead of our Winter Solstice charity drive - where we will donate some amount (TBD) for every download the Winter Solstice episode receives the week it is posted. More details to come!

    Episode 26: The First Rule of Adventuring

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2021 44:43


    Highlights:- Boots is part of the Order of Mages and Protectors- Swan has a picnic- We find an office- Spell Slots & Implosions- Bullywugs & Banshees---Thank you for downloading and listening to Rod In Flagon! Help us spread the word ahead of our Winter Solstice charity drive - where we will donate some amount (TBD) for every download the Winter Solstice episode receives the week it is posted. More details to come!

    Episode 25: The Value of Wall Sconces

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2021 39:55


    Highlights:- Oliver has his chest stolen, and he's not happy- Developing that sixth sense for treasure- We need a work office- Gnolls are worse than you think- Brains in a jar fail the trolley problem- Coffee is magic, but not magic magic- Parting ways with a swordasexual - You can't stare your foe to death---Thank you for downloading and listening to Rod In Flagon! Help us spread the word ahead of our Winter Solstice charity drive - where we will donate some amount (TBD) for every download the Winter Solstice episode receives the week it is posted. More details to come!

    Episode 24: Double Freedom Daggers

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2021 41:33


    Highlights:- Assembling the Stupidology- What kind of toenail?- Stormy is dating a young woman from a family of Eldath- Specters are Swan's weak point- Otyughs at the shore- Dying in a cool way- Grease is the word- Also please check out our friends at RPGsAnonymous ( https://linktr.ee/RPGsAnonymous ) who are featured in the mid-show breakSee you next week, don't die.  Praise Gond.---Thank you for downloading and listening to Rod In Flagon! Help us spread the word ahead of our Winter Solstice charity drive - where we will donate some amount (TBD) for every download the Winter Solstice episode receives the week it is posted. More details to come!

    Episode 23: Not the Brightest Light Spell

    Play Episode Play 59 sec Highlight Listen Later Sep 29, 2021 40:25


    Highlights:- We're joined by Tygram, Warlock for Graz'zt, to share some road stories- How Tygram crashed a flying tower- The power of walking sticks- Swan's healing potion testing- The deplorable habit of trying to seduce dragons- Research is important- Everywhere doesn't mean everywhere---Thank you for downloading and listening to Rod In Flagon! Help us spread the word ahead of our Winter Solstice charity drive - where we will donate some amount (TBD) for every download the Winter Solstice episode receives the week it is posted. More details to come!

    Episode 22: Tiefling Music

    Play Episode Play 59 sec Highlight Listen Later Sep 21, 2021 40:43


    Highlights:- Swan talks podcast audio quality from the Yawning Portal- A blue tie fling musician writes us our new intro- Monsters of the week: Rust Monster & Harpy- Find Traps is a stupid, stupid spell- Tasting Healing Potions- Best potions, if you can pick- The new outro---Thank you for downloading and listening to Rod In Flagon! Help us spread the word ahead of our Winter Solstice charity drive - where we will donate some amount (TBD) for every download the Winter Solstice episode receives the week it is posted. More details to come!

    Episode 21: Hot Forge Talk

    Play Episode Play 60 sec Highlight Listen Later Sep 14, 2021 38:14


    Highlights:- Swan gives Boots & Morgan a tour of the Forge- Swan explains working with first year acolytes- Early success as quest givers, and our quest giving rates- Round two of Don't Poke The Owlbear: drums, rhinos, gods, and the Giant steeplechase- Take care of your monks, and they will take care of you---Thank you for downloading and listening to Rod In Flagon! Help us spread the word ahead of our Winter Solstice charity drive - where we will donate some amount (TBD) for every download the Winter Solstice episode receives the week it is posted. More details to come!

    Episode 20: Caveat Emptor

    Play Episode Play 60 sec Highlight Listen Later Sep 7, 2021 42:56


    Highlights:- A message from the High House of Wonders- The start of our cataloging bad ways to die- This week's sponsor: Wandsworth Gently Used Wands- Kicking off our new feature (Don't Poke the Owlbear): Flying Swords and Trapped Rugs- Enchanters are terrifying- The man with the Iron Flask---Thank you for downloading and listening to Rod In Flagon! Help us spread the word ahead of our Winter Solstice charity drive - where we will donate some amount (TBD) for every download the Winter Solstice episode receives the week it is posted. More details to come!

    Episode 19: Funeral for a Friend

    Play Episode Play 53 sec Highlight Listen Later Sep 1, 2021 43:47


    Highlights:- The unfortunate passing of Paco The Ranger- Stupid ways to die while adventuring- From quest takers to quest givers- Boots was once approached to help rule a level of the underworld- Staying in shape in retirement through unorthodox means---Thank you for downloading and listening to Rod In Flagon! Help us spread the word ahead of our Winter Solstice charity drive - where we will donate some amount (TBD) for every download the Winter Solstice episode receives the week it is posted. More details to come!

    Episode 18: Serial Cultists, Featuring Balthazar The Grim

    Play Episode Play 57 sec Highlight Listen Later Aug 24, 2021 54:20


    Highlights:- We rekindle our on-again, off-again acquaintance with Balthazar the Grim, a serial cultist- Cult free-lancing, the new old gig economy- Knowing your lane- Benefits of being in cult middle-management- Young liches are impatient- The importance of a good tailor, that can make 800-year old fashion---Thank you for downloading and listening to Rod In Flagon! Help us spread the word ahead of our Winter Solstice charity drive - where we will donate some amount (TBD) for every download the Winter Solstice episode receives the week it is posted. More details to come!

    Episode 17: Awkward Treasures

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2021 46:02


    Highlights:- First world sorcerer problems- Random encounters of the worst kind- Order of the Ancient Philosophy lacks conviction- The treasure you don't want- Terrible sorcerer parents- The flying halfling problem---Thank you for downloading and listening to Rod In Flagon! Help us spread the word ahead of our Winter Solstice charity drive - where we will donate some amount (TBD) for every download the Winter Solstice episode receives the week it is posted. More details to come!

    Episode 16: Fruit Basket Diplomacy

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2021 40:49


    Highlights:- The unwilling transition to semi-retired adventurers- Swan discovers a bad spy- How to apologize to high level adventurers- Kobolds are not pets- The spell 'Heat Metal' for smelting- How not to tip a squire- Boots is angry---Thank you for downloading and listening to Rod In Flagon! Help us spread the word ahead of our Winter Solstice charity drive - where we will donate some amount (TBD) for every download the Winter Solstice episode receives the week it is posted. More details to come!

    Episode 15: Live, Laugh, Love, Abjuration

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2021 42:08


    Highlights:- Boots and Swan take on their biggest challenge yet: fundraising- Artistic genius of destruction- The paperwork of producing golems- Abjuration wizards and you!- Meathead fighter, meet tanning paladin- Tips for dealing with embarrassing moments from high school- The best magic items are not the same thing as your favorite magic items---Thank you for downloading and listening to Rod In Flagon! Help us spread the word ahead of our Winter Solstice charity drive - where we will donate some amount (TBD) for every download the Winter Solstice episode receives the week it is posted. More details to come!

    Episode 14: Forget it Swan, it's the Feywild

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2021 43:14


    Highlights:- Boots & Swan return from an unplanned trip to the Feywild- The Feywild is amazing and annoying for so many reasons- Ajax the Warpoodle delivers an important question from Dr. Zed (@RPGsAnonymous1), and we deliver well-meaning advice of questionable value- The absolute wrong use for a Bag of Holding- The worst Club Sport at Waterdeep Community College---Thank you for downloading and listening to Rod In Flagon! Help us spread the word ahead of our Winter Solstice charity drive - where we will donate some amount (TBD) for every download the Winter Solstice episode receives the week it is posted. More details to come!

    Episode 13: A Pan-tastic Wedding

    Play Episode Play 51 sec Highlight Listen Later Jun 22, 2021 43:11


    Highlights:- The amazing wedding of the Clerics of Pan- The Zhentarim dishwasher intercepting the mail- Blow drying your weasel- Using a doppelganger to get out of jury duty - Bathing your owlbear- The clothing stipend for your werewolf- Druids protecting horrible monsters to save the environment- Read your weapon's manual---Thank you for downloading and listening to Rod In Flagon! Help us spread the word ahead of our Winter Solstice charity drive - where we will donate some amount (TBD) for every download the Winter Solstice episode receives the week it is posted. More details to come!

    Episode 12: Waterdeep HOA

    Play Episode Play 60 sec Highlight Listen Later Jun 15, 2021 39:55


    Highlights:+ Swan gets annoyed by the Castle Ward HOA+ Boots tests his magic on Vincent+ Messing with warlocks+ Apologizing through prayer+ The factions of Waterdeep+ The fancy balls of the Lords Alliance+ Planning to crash a wedding---Thank you for downloading and listening to Rod In Flagon! Help us spread the word ahead of our Winter Solstice charity drive - where we will donate some amount (TBD) for every download the Winter Solstice episode receives the week it is posted. More details to come!

    Episode 11: Thief Emeritus

    Play Episode Play 59 sec Highlight Listen Later Jun 8, 2021 39:42


    We're back after our short time away!  This week's highlights:Swan visits his sister in Tribor and does some forge sightseeingBoots has Thieves Guild business that involves a dinosaurTen foot poles are beyond stupidCarry the tiny shinyNever trust a weapon that thinks for itselfYou could do worse than a Warforged companion---Thank you for downloading and listening to Rod In Flagon! Help us spread the word ahead of our Winter Solstice charity drive - where we will donate some amount (TBD) for every download the Winter Solstice episode receives the week it is posted. More details to come!

    Episode 10: Dimension Door Dash (Featuring Nora The Dwarf Barbarian)

    Play Episode Play 60 sec Highlight Listen Later May 24, 2021 39:16


    Highlights:- Boots and Swan return from Amphail- Nora the Barbarian makes her first appearance- Barbarians in retirement- Dimension Door Dash- Morgantha is something we still need to deal with- Sandwiches are the key to happiness- Magic Mouth Mementos---Thank you for downloading and listening to Rod In Flagon! Help us spread the word ahead of our Winter Solstice charity drive - where we will donate some amount (TBD) for every download the Winter Solstice episode receives the week it is posted. More details to come!

    Episode 9: Live from Amphail

    Play Episode Play 57 sec Highlight Listen Later May 17, 2021 43:05


    Highlights:- Our first remote show, from Mother Gothal's in Amphail- Swan is very cranky- We recap the week's travel and how much mentoring Boots' niece's adventuring group really needed, with the absolute fundamentals of adventuring- Barbarians up front, finger wigglers in the rear- How an encounter with a Beholder can go spectacularly wrong, in so many ways- Taking the comfortable way back to Waterdeep---Thank you for downloading and listening to Rod In Flagon! Help us spread the word ahead of our Winter Solstice charity drive - where we will donate some amount (TBD) for every download the Winter Solstice episode receives the week it is posted. More details to come!

    Episode 8: A Crude Golem and a Hangover

    Play Episode Play 60 sec Highlight Listen Later May 10, 2021 47:00


    Highlights from this episode:- Middle-aged adventurer hangovers- The Zhentarim pay Boots a visit- Potion Crate saves the day- Stormy's first golem - Saint Darkfern's Day- Next week from the road!---Thank you for downloading and listening to Rod In Flagon! Help us spread the word ahead of our Winter Solstice charity drive - where we will donate some amount (TBD) for every download the Winter Solstice episode receives the week it is posted. More details to come!

    Episode 7: The Dungeon Flippers

    Play Episode Play 46 sec Highlight Listen Later May 3, 2021 46:11


    Our first guest interview show with special guests, the Swede Brothers!  Edwin and Hugo Swede are the premier dungeon Real Estate agents in all of The Sword Coast, and can help you or your cult with all of your dungeon and lair needs.  Highlights:The magic of DomestomancyDungeon and trap renovationStaging a dungeon to sellDungeonConWhy open concept dungeons are terribleHow to find a good magma guyPressure Plate PaulHiring bards to promote your businessThank you to this week's sponsor, Potion Crate!---Thank you for downloading and listening to Rod In Flagon! Help us spread the word ahead of our Winter Solstice charity drive - where we will donate some amount (TBD) for every download the Winter Solstice episode receives the week it is posted. More details to come!

    Episode 6: The Waterdeep Itch

    Play Episode Play 43 sec Highlight Listen Later Apr 26, 2021 43:35


    Highlights:- Why we still don't have intro music- Boots goes to the Styx Oarsman in Sigil in the least menacing way possible- Gond sends a signal- Wizards are hoarders- The modern tragedy of The Waterdeep Itch- Optimal party construction isn't a real thing, until it is- The upsides and downsides of Illusionists- Leaning-in to the murder hobo life---Thank you for downloading and listening to Rod In Flagon! Help us spread the word ahead of our Winter Solstice charity drive - where we will donate some amount (TBD) for every download the Winter Solstice episode receives the week it is posted. More details to come!

    Episode 5: So you want to be a religion (for tax reasons)

    Play Episode Play 53 sec Highlight Listen Later Apr 19, 2021 45:53


    Highlights:- Beardless Dwarf Hipsters- Don't Eat Morgantha's Mince Meat Pies!- How to make sure your party's rogue doesn't rob you blind- Don't mug a wizard- Warm toilet seats are only good in Neverwinter- Sorcerers are so much better than wizards, according to Boots- Why dwarves like to dig- How to get your cult tax-exempt statusThank you to this week's sponsor: Rosie's Temporary Hero Temp Agency!---Thank you for downloading and listening to Rod In Flagon! Help us spread the word ahead of our Winter Solstice charity drive - where we will donate some amount (TBD) for every download the Winter Solstice episode receives the week it is posted. More details to come!

    Episode 4: Wizarding Duels of Tax Season

    Play Episode Play 60 sec Highlight Listen Later Apr 12, 2021 43:54


    Highlights include:- How to prepare your taxes as a wizard- Boots and the Bone Devil- Continuing Magical Credits- Thud enters the tournament- What you need to know before going to Undermountain- Where Druids trainThank you to this week's sponsor: Magoot's Boots!---Thank you for downloading and listening to Rod In Flagon! Help us spread the word ahead of our Winter Solstice charity drive - where we will donate some amount (TBD) for every download the Winter Solstice episode receives the week it is posted. More details to come!

    Episode 3: I had access to ducks

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2021 43:53


    Highlights from this episode include:- The rod helps Oliver's language- The Cassalanters won't buy you lunch- The JV Zhentarim team visits Swan at the Forge- Pocket Bacon- Beware the Time Traveling Wizard scam- The morally gray area of killing bandits- Necromancy is the laziest form of wizardyWe got a sponsor!  Try Morgantha's Mince Meat Pies!---Thank you for downloading and listening to Rod In Flagon! Help us spread the word ahead of our Winter Solstice charity drive - where we will donate some amount (TBD) for every download the Winter Solstice episode receives the week it is posted. More details to come!

    Episode 2: Elves are Terrible Chefs

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2021 36:31


    Highlights from this episode include:- Dave the Flumpf- Thug the Barbarian becomes a stay-at-home dad- How to avoid joining a cult- How the Zhentarim are just passive aggressive bureaucrats- The all-star civic engineering team of Sigil- Camping road pranks- Elves are terrible chefs- Pauldrons are multi-purpose- Boots gets a job from the Cassalanters- The secret weakness of Dragonborns: coffee tables- Rolo the Halfling trap finder- Swan will start his kids' training in a mausoleum---Thank you for downloading and listening to Rod In Flagon! Help us spread the word ahead of our Winter Solstice charity drive - where we will donate some amount (TBD) for every download the Winter Solstice episode receives the week it is posted. More details to come!

    Episode 1: (Remastered) Talking into a Rod of Broadcasting

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2021 29:44


    June 2021 - Prologue added for new listeners----------Welcome young intrepid adventurers!  Every Friday night rom the Yawning Portal in Waterdeep, Oliver Redboots and Swan Maulsmith will broadcast out practical advice, to help you stay alive!  Tune your Stones of Farspeach accordinglyNew this week:- A little about Oliver Redboots (Sorcerer) and Swan Maulsmith (Cleric), and this court-mandated effort- Why Swan is missing a leg- What to look for when you need to recruit some muscle for an adventure- Where to find the best adventuring jobs in a new town- The economics of a healthy dungeon- Do you need a bard (hint: probably not)- Why Elves usually make bad Barbarians- How to clear a heavily trapped dungeon by using just your wordsSend us birds!@rodinflagon - Send us questions@OliverRedBoots for Oliver, and @SMaulsmith for Swan---Thank you for downloading and listening to Rod In Flagon! Help us spread the word ahead of our Winter Solstice charity drive - where we will donate some amount (TBD) for every download the Winter Solstice episode receives the week it is posted. More details to come!

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