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A show parsing the finer details of DnD rules. Is that allowed, what about rules as written, when should the rules be replaced or homebrewed. Nothing is off the table as we dive into minute differences and other tribulations.

Rules, Jewels & DnD Schools


    • Nov 21, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 12m AVG DURATION
    • 38 EPISODES


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    38: Balance in all things. (Fights Specifically)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2023 66:32


    Holy bananas we are back! Welcome to this fight balancing extravaganza! In this episode we were going to talk about balancing fights. But mostly we just talk about one method of balancing fights, and disagreements ensue! Wowzerz its the games we play in! Monday Stream 7pm - 10pm cst: ⁠⁠⁠https://izaaksibley.com/deftanddorky⁠⁠⁠  Thursday Stream 8pm - 11pm cst: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.twitch.tv/Nookrium⁠⁠⁠  Monday Campaign Vods: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@deftanddorky...⁠⁠⁠  Thursday Campaign Vods: https://www.youtube.com/@TheDungeonNook

    37: Discussing the rules and jewels of Baldur's Gate 3!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2023 56:37


    Welcome back! To us and to you dear listener! We have returned and hopefully we can go without another break for a while. Today the boys talk about Baldur's Gate 3, and what we would want taken from the game and put into 5e! The Games we play in! Monday Stream 7pm - 10pm cst: ⁠⁠https://izaaksibley.com/deftanddorky⁠⁠  Thursday Stream 7 pm - 11pm cst: ⁠⁠https://www.twitch.tv/Nookrium⁠⁠  Monday Campaign Vods: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@deftanddorky...⁠⁠  Thursday Campaign Vods: https://www.youtube.com/@TheDungeonNook

    36: Creating characters for fun!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2023 62:41


    Welcome back! This week we go a lot lighter on the topic, and we each just made some fun characters to talk about and workshop and just have a good time! The Games we play in! Monday Stream 6pm - 10pm cst: https://izaaksibley.com/deftanddorky  Thursday Stream 8:30pm - Midnight cst: https://www.twitch.tv/Nookrium  Monday Campaign Vods: https://www.youtube.com/@deftanddorky...  Thursday Campaign Vods: https://www.youtube.com/@TheDungeonNook

    35: We are so insightful.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2023 73:25


    Welcome back! This week we talk in circles about insight checks! But hey! It was still fun. The Games we play in! Monday Stream 6pm - 10pm cst: https://izaaksibley.com/deftanddorky  Thursday Stream 8:30pm - Midnight cst: https://www.twitch.tv/Nookrium  Monday Campaign Vods: https://www.youtube.com/@deftanddorky...  Thursday Campaign Vods: https://www.youtube.com/@TheDungeonNook

    34: If you brew rules at home, is it still DnD?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2023 67:56


    Welcome back! today we discuss how much hombrew until you aren't playing DnD? Although if I am being fair we end up mostly coming up with ideas we want to try. This show on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@RJDnD The Games we play in! Monday Stream 6pm - 10pm cst: https://izaaksibley.com/deftanddorky  Thursday Stream 8:30pm - Midnight cst: https://www.twitch.tv/Nookrium  Monday Campaign Vods: https://www.youtube.com/@deftanddorky...  Thursday Campaign Vods: https://www.youtube.com/@TheDungeonNook

    33: A Range of Ranger subclasses!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2023 63:25


    We're back for another class rundown! This time rangers are under the slightly dodgy microscope. Enjoy! The Games we play in! Monday Stream 6pm - 10pm cst: https://izaaksibley.com/deftanddorky  Thursday Stream 8:30pm - Midnight cst: https://www.twitch.tv/Nookrium  Monday Campaign Vods: https://www.youtube.com/@deftanddorky...  Thursday Campaign Vods: https://www.youtube.com/@TheDungeonNook

    32: Let's try again shall we? PHB Playtest 6!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2023 73:15


    Welcome back! This time we cover the all new and slightly improved PHB Playtest material, we hope you enjoy! Link to the Playtest. https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/ua The Games we play in! Monday Stream 6pm - 10pm cst: https://izaaksibley.com/deftanddorky  Thursday Stream 8:30pm - Midnight cst: https://www.twitch.tv/Nookrium  Monday Campaign Vods: https://www.youtube.com/@deftanddorky...  Thursday Campaign Vods: https://www.youtube.com/@TheDungeonNook

    31: Contemplating curious combat conundrums!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2023 55:46


    Welcome back! Its been a while but we are back! This time we talk about what makes combat interesting, and what can be done to avoid it being a slog. The Games we play in! Monday Stream 6pm - 10pm cst: https://izaaksibley.com/deftanddorky  Thursday Stream 8:30pm - Midnight cst: https://www.twitch.tv/Nookrium  Monday Campaign Vods: https://www.youtube.com/@deftanddorky...  Thursday Campaign Vods: https://www.youtube.com/@TheDungeonNook

    30: Perfectly palavering PHB Playtest 5

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2023 90:34


    Welcome back! This week we cover the new and shiner but not completely good, UA PhB 5! Enjoy! The Games we play in! Monday Stream 6pm - 10pm cst: https://izaaksibley.com/deftanddorky  Thursday Stream 8:30pm - Midnight cst: https://www.twitch.tv/Nookrium  Monday Campaign Vods: https://www.youtube.com/@deftanddorky...  Thursday Campaign Vods: https://www.youtube.com/@TheDungeonNook

    29: A fireside chat with Bryan!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2023 75:44


    welcome back to another episode! Today we are joined by Bryan the newest player in any of our campaigns, to talk about what it was like to start playing with us and how it has shaped his view of the game! Enjoy! The Games we play in! Monday Stream 6pm - 10pm cst: https://izaaksibley.com/deftanddorky  Thursday Stream 8:30pm - Midnight cst: https://www.twitch.tv/Nookrium  Monday Campaign Vods: https://www.youtube.com/@deftanddorky...  Thursday Campaign Vods: https://www.youtube.com/@TheDungeonNook

    28: Arcs within arcs within arcs!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2023 63:56


    Welcome back! We are here to talk about backstories and integration again! Nesting arcs within arcs to tell a grand story! As well as a nominal rant about random encounters and what makes one bad and what makes one good! The Games we play in! Monday Stream 6pm - 10pm cst: https://izaaksibley.com/deftanddorky  Thursday Stream 8:30pm - Midnight cst: https://www.twitch.tv/Nookrium  Monday Campaign Vods: https://www.youtube.com/@deftanddorky...  Thursday Campaign Vods: https://www.youtube.com/@TheDungeonNook

    27: On world building and character integration

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2023 74:52


    Welcome back! Today we are here to talk about world building and being flexible with players, and there desire for world integration! The Games we play in! Monday Stream 6pm - 10pm cst: https://izaaksibley.com/deftanddorky Thursday Stream 8:30pm - Midnight cst: https://www.twitch.tv/Nookrium Monday Campaign Vods: https://www.youtube.com/@deftanddorky... Thursday Campaign Vods: https://www.youtube.com/@TheDungeonNook

    26: Sanding the edges off of druids and paladins!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2023 71:22


    Welcome back! In this episode we are covering the new one dnd playtest material for druids and paladins! In which wotc aggressively smashes all the character out of these classes.

    25: Spectacularly sourced sorcerer synopsis!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2023 85:24


    Welcome back to another subclass rundown! Follow along as we read and rate all the subclasses on offer! The Games we play in! Monday Stream 6pm - 10pm cst: https://izaaksibley.com/deftanddorky Thursday Stream 8:30pm - Midnight cst: https://www.twitch.tv/Nookrium Monday Campaign Vods: https://www.youtube.com/@deftanddorky/streams Thursday Campaign Vods: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheDungeonNook

    24: The curse of a short attention span!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2023 56:57


    Welcome back to another episode were we talk about the attention economy and I kinda go off script, enjoy!

    23: This was a big OG-L for Wotc

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2023 61:17


    Here we are finally talking about the ogl and our thoughts on it. its a little discombobulated, but so is the wotc so i guess all things are in balance. Enjoy!

    22: Distractions in combat!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2023 78:52


    Welcome back! After a extended holiday break we are back at it. This time we were supposed to talk about actions in combat but we got a little disctracted but at least it was fun! Enjoy!

    21: A Roguish Rogue breakdown!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2022 83:20


    Welcome back to another subclass breakdown! In this episode we are covering rogues and there actually pretty decent subclasses!

    rogue roguish
    20: Epically discussing Campaigns and Arcanas!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2022 65:20


    We are back! After a unintentional short hiatus we are here to discuss epic campaigns and some of the new unearthed arcana material, as well as a little bit of story time! enjoy!

    19: We had a topic I swear!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2022 77:31


    Welcome back! On this episode we were supposed to talk about campaign lengths but it kind of flew off the rails.

    18: Staying home to brew some subclasses!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2022 65:56


    Welcome back! In this episode we talk about homebrewed subclasses and show off some of our own ideas in the process!

    Becoming one with the playtest!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2022 90:05


    In this episode we cover the newest unearthed arcana and all that in contains!

    16: A Clerical Cleric rundown!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2022 86:20


    Here we are again! this time going over all the subclasses for cleric! Enjoy!

    15: Something spells in here!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2022 74:31


    Oh man custom spells! in this episode we pitch some modified and fully custom spells just for the fun of it.

    14: One DnD to rule them all!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2022 65:05


    Hello again! and welcome back! on this episode we cover One DnD and all the content they have released so far. Which isn't to much to be honest, but we cover it all!

    13: These jam ships don't spell the way I want!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2022 61:25


    Welcome back to part 2 of the Spelljammer rules! Listen as I go from pumped to devastated at how bad it is..... But! high points special guest and some funny stuff enjoy!

    12: Spelling out the rules for jamming!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2022 68:20


    Oh hey! New content we go over the new races and rules in the new Spelljamming book what things are what do the do! All the info before you decide to spend the money!

    11: DnD tool extravaganza!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2022 70:58


    Ah yes online DnD tools from VTT's to Encounter builders we cover the whole gamut of useful online DnD tools! Im sure at least one of these will prove useful to you, and if you don't want to look them up links will be in the description of the youtube version.

    10: Barbarian breakdown!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2022 86:16


    Wow 10 episodes! In this one we talk about every subclass of barbarian how they work which ones are good. Which one are at least thematically good, or maybe ones that just seem like a ton of fun!

    9: What themes are these characters?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2022 58:12


    Welcome back! We are back again and doing themed character builds, and we all came at it from different angles! This was a great episode as far as learning each other thought process when building characters. As well as getting inspiration for new PC's we might want to play in the future!

    8: Abusing spell mechanics for fun! then some serious stuff.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2022 73:08


    Welcome back! In this episode we have some fun using spells in ways they weren't really intended for, and then make a super hard tonal shift into a couple more serious topics. Enjoy!

    7: Would you like to buy a magical RV?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2022 70:31


    Welcome back! In this episode we start with some small topic then go off the rails hard as we workshop the fanciest/safest way to travel. While our resident full time dm shoots us down! enjoy!

    6: DnD is just a weird game, and anything can work.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2022 78:54


    In this episode we discuss party makeup as well as a quick skim of every class in the game!

    5: How we DM! Extended special edition directors cut! With deleted scenes!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2022 114:07


    Ah yes being a DM how is it done? How do we handle running games? Join us and our guest as we dig deep into our style and how we run games. From total beginners to seasoned veterans, and the way our styles have changed over the years.

    4: Is making characters the best part?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2022 84:52


    Join us as we talk about character creation! How do we build characters? What's the best way to do stats, and just a little tiny bit of reflection on the last episode. mic quality on this one is a little lower on this one, my bad!

    3: I only shoot people from five feet away.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2022 64:11


    Sometimes you're just close and want to shoot someone, or sometimes they are lying on the ground. Either way we cover disadvantage on ranged attacks and few more minor topics in this variety episode!

    shoot five feet
    2: Traps and the stories that accompany them.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2022 55:36


    A brief discussion about traps and how they work. Then boom Storytime, a plethora of trap related tales and musings!

    1: Passive out the gate!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2022 69:24


    Passive perception vs passive investigation? Is there really a difference or are they just trying to get you to roll more dice!

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