Podcasts about adventure league

This week, Morrus, PJ, and Jessica discuss matching a story idea to the best rules system. In the news, Dungeons & Dragons coming to virtual reality, D&D Beyond stats on what characters we made in 2023, Rebel Moon lawsuit between Evil Genius Games and Netflix settled, and more! Plus a brand new sketch about a new party member who may not be who they claim. -------------------- News Rebel Moon lawsuit between Evil Genius Games and Netflix settled https://www.enworld.org/threads/evil-genius-games-and-netflix-settle-rebel-moon-ttrpg-lawsuit.702261/ Justin Alexander accused of claiming ownership of dungeon design concepts pioneered and previously named for Jennell Jaquays https://diyanddragons.blogspot.com/2024/01/xandering-is-slandering.html?m=1 Egg Embry interviews Tony Vasinda about RPG Zine Club https://www.enworld.org/threads/rpg-zine-club-talking-with-tony-vasinda-plus-one-exp.701516/ D&D Beyond Unrolled 2023 releases stats on what characters we've been creating on the platform https://www.enworld.org/threads/d-d-beyond-releases-2023-character-creation-data.702275/ The Foundation: Secure. Contain. Protect. on Itch.io https://gbdw.itch.io/the-foundation Demeo makers Resolution Games making the first official virtual reality Dungeons & Dragons game https://www.enworld.org/threads/resolution-games-and-wizards-of-the-coast-announce-the-first-official-d-d-virtual-reality-game.702273/ Mike Mearls on Github with new challenge rating system https://github.com/mikemearls/5e_point_encounters/blob/main/challenge_points.md WizKids announces Icons of the Realms 50th Anniversary set of pre-painted miniatures https://www.enworld.org/threads/wizkids-announced-details-for-50th-anniversary-icons-of-the-realms-miniature-set.702274/ Planescape integrated into Forgotten Realms setting in current Adventure League material https://www.enworld.org/threads/planescape-integrates-into-the-forgotten-realms-campaign-in-d-d-adventurers-league.702169/ -------------------- Please support us on Patreon at http://patreon.com/morrus Don't forget to join the Morrus' Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1033145023517295/ and join us on Discord at https://discord.gg/VAuxX8M Ask your Listener Question on Twitter, email morruspodcast@gmail.com, or contact us on TikTok at TikTok -------------------- Hosts: Russ “Morrus” Morrissey, Peter Coffey, and Jessica Hancock Editing and post-production: Darryl Mott Theme Song: Steve Arnott Malach the Maleficent played by Darren Morrissey Check out all the media content from EN World at http://enliverpg.com

Part of the "Spoils of War" Storyline. Includes "The Third Protocol" Part 3 Mark as the DM Joey as the Kobold Artificer "Wingnut" Dustin as the Aarakocra Monk "Qed" Brice as the Half Elf Sorcerer "Ace" Chris Boe as the Kenku Necromancer "N. Crowman" Bun as the Warforged Druid "Trent" Randy as the Leonin Paladin "Lyriel" Mark made a handy tool for keeping track of inventory for this adventure for Adventure League games! www.oracleofwar.games Enjoy! Twitter: https://twitter.com/Joseph_LFrog Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/legendaryfrog

Part of the "Spoils of War" Storyline. Includes "The Third Protocol" Part 2 Mark as the DM Joey as the Kobold Artificer "Wingnut" Dustin as the Aarakocra Monk "Qed" Brice as the Half Elf Sorcerer "Ace" Chris Boe as the Kenku Necromancer "N. Crowman" Bun as the Warforged Druid "Trent" Randy as the Leonin Paladin "Lyriel" Mark made a handy tool for keeping track of inventory for this adventure for Adventure League games! www.oracleofwar.games Enjoy! Twitter: https://twitter.com/Joseph_LFrog Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/legendaryfrog

Part of the "Spoils of War" Storyline. Includes "Where the Dead Wait" Part 2 and "The Third Protocol" Part 1 Mark as the DM Joey as the Kobold Artificer "Wingnut" Dustin as the Aarakocra Monk "Qed" Brice as the Half Elf Sorcerer "Ace" Chris Boe as the Kenku Necromancer "N. Crowman" Bun as the Warforged Druid "Trent" Randy as the Leonin Paladin "Lyriel" Mark made a handy tool for keeping track of inventory for this adventure for Adventure League games! www.oracleofwar.games Enjoy! Twitter: https://twitter.com/Joseph_LFrog Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/legendaryfrog

Dead by Dawn! Dead by Dawn! Part of the "Spoils of War" Storyline. Includes "Where the Dead Wait" Part 1 Loud yelling warning! Randy gets a little.. excited... Mark as the DM Joey as the Kobold Artificer "Wingnut" Dustin as the Aarakocra Monk "Qed" Brice as the Half Elf Sorcerer "Ace" Chris Boe as the Kenku Necromancer "N. Crowman" Bun as the Warforged Druid "Trent" Randy as the Leonin Paladin "Lyriel" Mark made a handy tool for keeping track of inventory for this adventure for Adventure League games! www.oracleofwar.games Enjoy! Twitter: https://twitter.com/Joseph_LFrog Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/legendaryfrog

We have ourselves a shootout boys! Part of the "Spoils of War" Storyline. Includes "Voice in the Machine" Part 2 Loud yelling warning! Randy gets a little.. excited... Mark as the DM Joey as the Kobold Artificer "Wingnut" Dustin as the Aarakocra Monk "Qed" Brice as the Half Elf Sorcerer "Ace" Chris Boe as the Kenku Necromancer "N. Crowman" Bun as the Warforged Druid "Trent" Randy as the Leonin Paladin "Lyriel" Mark made a handy tool for keeping track of inventory for this adventure for Adventure League games! www.oracleofwar.games Enjoy! Twitter: https://twitter.com/Joseph_LFrog Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/legendaryfrog

What if the shopping episode was a dungeon crawl? Part of the "Spoils of War" Storyline. Includes "The Night Land" Part 2 & "Voice in the Machine" Part 1 Mark as the DM Joey as the Kobold Artificer "Wingnut" Dustin as the Aarakocra Monk "Qed" Brice as the Half Elf Sorcerer "Ace" Chris Boe as the Kenku Necromancer "N. Crowman" Bun as the Warforged Druid "Trent" Randy as the Leonin Paladin "Lyriel" Mark made a handy tool for keeping track of inventory for this adventure for Adventure League games! www.oracleofwar.games Enjoy! Twitter: https://twitter.com/Joseph_LFrog Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/legendaryfrog

Oracle of War is a campaign for D&D's Adventure League. Its a level 1 -20 series of one shots that tell a larger story. Part of the "Spoils of War" Storyline. Includes "The Night Land" Part 1 Mark as the DM Joey as the Kobold Artificer "Wingnut" Dustin as the Aarakocra Monk "Qed" Brice as the Half Elf Sorcerer "Ace" Chris Boe as the Kenku Necromancer "N. Crowman" Enjoy! Twitter: https://twitter.com/Joseph_LFrog Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/legendaryfrog

The Dungeon Master's Guild House is a podcast where I (Matthew Whitby) sit down to chat all things creative for content on the DMsGuild and beyond! From techniques and tips, to highlights and discussion! I'm beyond thrilled to be joined by the resident Dungeon Master Challenge Champion: Andrew Bishkinskyi! In what is one of my longest episodes to date, we get to cover my favorite topic - adventures. From working across three different Adventure League programs and beyond, so much insight packed in here. Guest: Andrew Bishkinskyi @JaysNDragons https://toweringtales.carrd.co/ https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?author=Andrew%20Bishkinskyi Host: Matthew Whitby (he/him) @WhitbyWrites https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?author=Matthew%20Whitby I'm an official DMsGuild Herald! When on DMsGuild use coupon code HERALDHOUSE5 for 5% all $5+ purchases! Support my work: Longsaddle Gazetteer https://www.dmsguild.com/product/373759/Longsaddle-Gazetteer--Produced-by-the-Harpell-Family?affiliate_id=1931655

In this episode, we discuss Robbie's and Illideen's experience at the San Japan anime convention as volunteer Story Weavers for Adventure League.   Follow us at www.facebook.com/thisdungeonisoccupied Can't get enough of our content? Get exclusive content like access to our discord server, early access to our episode with Behind the Scenes content, NPC of the week, and more by joining our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/join/Thisdungeonisoccupiedpodcast Did we miss something? Have a story to tell or want us to hit a specific topic? Let us know in the comments or email us at thisdungeonisoccupiedpodcast@gmail.com

The Dungeon Master's Guild House is a podcast where I (Matthew Whitby) sit down to chat all things creative for content on the DMsGuild and beyond! From techniques and tips, to highlights and discussion! This week I'm thrilled to be joined by Chris Valentine! We talk about all manner of adventure related insights, from touching on writing trilogies, writing for the old Adventure League, and so so much more! Guest: Chris Valentine (he/him) @cryptwright https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?author=Chris%20Valentine?affiliate_id=1931655 https://www.cryptwright.com/ Host: Matthew Whitby (he/him) @WhitbyWrites https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?author=Matthew%20Whitby?affiliate_id=1931655 Support my work: Longsaddle Gazetteer https://www.dmsguild.com/product/373759/Longsaddle-Gazetteer--Produced-by-the-Harpell-Family?affiliate_id=1931655

Wild Beyond the Witchlight comes out Sept 21st, and there are some updates coming to Organized Play D&D, aka Adventure's League! Catch us Live on YouTube! Saturday Mornings 9:00am PST Discord for Chatting - https://bit.ly/Jorphdan Merch! - https://teespring.com/stores/jorphdans-emporium Follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/jorphdan https://twitter.com/sirluciengaming Follow us on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/user/SirLucien https://www.youtube.com/jorphdan

Patreon Patreon Contest - What is the spiciest thing you've ever eaten and how did it go? Prize - Anything from the brand new Commander Social Store store.commandersocial.com BJ - @CotB1 Ryan - @greenegeek Zack - @z4ck38 Together - @commandersocial   You can find us on Twitter https://store.mothershipatx.com SOCIALSHIP - free shipping on orders of $50 or more SOCIAL10 - 10% off in stock MTG singles https://discord.gg/MMXQJqf Thursday nights come play at mothership! Our LGS has setup an online store! @cjovalle - 2:26, 19:03, 47:34, 1:01:17 @DLairAustin - 3:51, 46:48, 1:06:05 @MothershipGames - 12:11, 40:43 @coL_Amazonian - 13:43 @commandcast - 1:06:27 Ep 104 Community Spotlight: Disclaimer: There's not going to be a lot of talk about Magic this episode, so please let us know what you think of the episode How long you've been playing D&D, how long you've done the DM thing, I know you got a module published, etc etc Murder at Myrefall (A Cabin created adventure) Drivethroughrpg.com (place to get these books) The Studied Summoner Vorlen Publishing Collaborations with Carlos BJ's credentials History as it relates to D&D (Being the original that spawned the rest). Different systems out there and what BJ is currently playing or has played. Overview of TTRPG (Tabletop Roleplaying Games) What are some things people can expect? Common misconceptions? Why get into D&D? Bare minimum, books, dice, etc I used to really enjoy reading the manuals when I was a kid Pathfinder Society Adventures League No thank you evil (http://www.nothankyouevil.com/) warhorn.net Does the bare minimum differ if you plan on being the DM? What people might want to think about getting down the road? Aonprd.com What people need to start What is the right number of people to be in a group? Define stuff up front: How often you want to play, etc etc Testing out gameplay through Adventure League or Pathfinder Society. Forming a Group VTT (Virtual Tabletops like Roll20, Fantasy Grounds, Maptools, etc..) Online Character Builders Online Rules Resources Online resources What does it take to be a good DM? Any tips for rookies just starting out on the DM path? Setting expectations (IE What kind of campaign you're running). Being a Dungeon Master (DM) What does it take to be a good player? How a bad player can ruin the game for everyone (Not bad as in the don't know the rules, but bad as in they are abusing the rules or the game itself for personal enjoyment). Setting expectations (What are you looking to get out of the game?). Being a player Main Topic - How to get into D&D Keep it Social! Komiku - Battle of Pogs https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ Zack Gets it Together Theme Title - Trap Sport By - jorikbasov https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-trap-sport-4348/ Commander Social Theme Consider becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/commandersocial You can check us out at commandersocial.com YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/CommanderSocial You can email us directly at cast@commandersocial.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commandersocial On twitter @commandersocial twitch.tv/greenegeek Ryan individually @greenegeek Zack individually @z4ck38 Contact Info © Copyright 2021 Leaky Dinghy, LLC

Goodman Games's Adventure League for D&D 5e Catch us Live on YouTube! Saturday Mornings 9:00am PST Join YouTube as a Member to support the channel. Discord for Chatting - https://bit.ly/Jorphdan Merch! - https://teespring.com/stores/jorphdans-emporium Follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/jorphdan https://twitter.com/sirluciengaming Follow us on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/user/SirLucien https://www.youtube.com/jorphdan

Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft was announced. Releases May 18th! 30 Domains of Dread to explore. Adventure League is removing the PHB +1 rule, opening up lots of character builds now. & Wizards of the Coast gets a facelift as they take on more responsibilities at Hasbro! Catch us Live on YouTube! Saturday Mornings 9:00am PST Join YouTube as a Member to support the channel. Discord for Chatting - https://bit.ly/Jorphdan Merch! - https://teespring.com/stores/jorphdans-emporium Follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/jorphdan https://twitter.com/sirluciengaming Follow us on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/user/SirLucien https://www.youtube.com/jorphdan

#DnD5E @DnD_AdvLeaguef Review = I review Salvage Mission Dino World by  Celeste Conowitch (@cconowitch).  A great adventure if you like fighting dinosaurs!!! However, Conowich does not deliver on a great story like they promised in this series by the Adventure League administrators and it suffers from the endemic bad Adventure League adventure style and structure so it only rates as a slightly above average adventure. This lasts just slightly over 19 minutes.   Links: Dino World - Dungeon Masters Guild

#Dnd5E News = Hear about new setting from Wizkids.  Also, I will tell you about what CBR’s Liam D Nolan (@LD_Nolan) wrote about D&D’s new prosthetic limb.  In addition, Adventure League is ruffling feathers of some discord users posting the new topic ”Social Media Platform Changes”  Plus, we look at COREY PLANTE’s (@CoreyIsAFox) review of Tasha’s Cauldron from Inverse Site. And Much More! In total it lasts about 27 minutes and 36 seconds. Links WizKids 4D Settings: Encampment Review Dungeons & Dragons' Prosthetic Limb Item Is Great Social Media Platform Changes Reddit r/Adventure League Comments On Latest Adventure League Announcement D&D BOOK TASHA’S CAULDRON OF EVERYTHING SHATTERS EXPECTATIONS, FOR BETTER OR WORSE.

#DnD5E News = Christian Hoffer reports there is a chance you coils be seeing a 5E Spelljammer! Next, Hear About the Longest Running Continuous D&D Game. Plus, hear how you can get some Adventure League giveaways! In addition, Bryce Lynch is back with another 5E Review. Also, hear about a new Afrocentric Wagadu an ecosystem of tabletop and videogame, which can be experienced in different ways. Not forgetting, Liz Schuh D&D Director of Product Management announces more Events like D&D celebrations 2020 are coming. Moreover we look at some good blogs on subjects including Experience points verses Milestones; Boxtext and Should DMs make fake choices for player's. Links Dungeons & Dragons Is Bringing Back at Least Three Classic Campaign Settings This game of Dungeons & Dragons has been going on for 38 years Season 10 Goodies Giveaway Kickstarters: Bounty Hunts Vol 1: Contracts for 5E Over the Next Hill: 5 Plug-In Settlements for your 5E Game The Wagadu Chronicles - Afrofantasy MMO for role-play They Came at Night (5e adventure for 3rd level characters)   Blogs: Milestones and Experience Points Boxed Text Q&A Dungeons Masters Can Make Fake Choices for Players, But Should You? (5e) Hell Prisons Hell Prisons on the DM’s Guild Videos: Dungeons & Designers | Panel | D&D Celebration Behind the Screen DM Advice | Panel | D&D Celebration Inclusive Dungeon Design | Panel | D&D Celebration D&D Celebration 2020 - Sunday Inside the D&D Studio | Panel | D&D Celebration   Podcasts: The Neverending Game DwDD – Icewind Dale, Pt 1

New Merch! - https://teespring.com/die-vecna-die?tsmac=store&tsmic=jorphdans-emporium&pid=46&cid=2743 Catch us Live on Twitch! Saturday Mornings 9:00am PST https://www.twitch.tv/sirlucien/ Or Watch us on YouTube Join our Discord https://discord.gg/5VMtX4f Follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/jorphdan https://twitter.com/sirluciengaming Follow us on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/user/SirLucien https://www.youtube.com/jorphdan

#DnD5E #DMsGuild (@DMs_Guild) Update = Exploring Eberron is reviewed by 411 Maania’s Jeremy Thomas (@jthomas411mania). Plus, Tommy Williams (@tyguitaxe) looks at a supplement that can add more elemental options to your 5E D&D game. . Plus, we have four new Adventure League adventures this week. In addition, we have the regular articles like the Top Five Products on the DMs Guild. It is almost 29 minutes and 37 seconds long.   Links   Articles About DMs Guild and the Products  on the Internet Exploring Eberron (D&D 5E) Supplement Review  Explore More Elemental Capabilities in D&D with INCARNATE: THE LAST OF THE LACERS   Top Five Titles on DMs Guild Exploring Eberron Monster Manual Expanded (5E) Dragon Relics Monster Manual Expanded II (5E) Heroes & Villains of Theros Five Newest Free or Pay What You Want Products (There is only 3 this week) La carta del destino The Lost Village Next-Level Helping New Adventure League Adventures on the Dungeon Masters Guild CCC-CENTRIC01-03 The Patchwork Tower CCC-MELB-02 The Sunken Sepulcher CCC-BFG01-01 A House Divided CCC-BFG01-02: Secrets of the Moon  

#DnD5E #DMsGuild (@DMs_Guild)Update = Tommy Williams (@tyguitaxe) tells us about The Eye of Klothys . Plus, we have seven new Adventure League adventures this week. In addition, we have the regular articles like the Top Five Products on the DMs Guild. It is almost 22 Minutes long. Links Save the Oracle in THE EYE OF KLOTHYS in New DUNGEONS & DRAGONS Adventure     The Eye of Klothys on Dungeon Masters Guild   Top Five Titles on DMs Guild Exploring Eberron Heroes & Villains of Theros An Elf and an Orc Had a Little Baby: Parentage and Upbringing in D&D Monster Manual Expanded (5E) Monster Manual Expanded II (5E) Five Newest Free or Pay What You Want Products (There is only 3 this week) The Thaumaturge Visit from the Stars The Academy of Learners book 2 New Adventure League Adventures on the Dungeon Masters Guild CCC-SEA-01-01 All Good Dead Men CCC-SEA-01-02 Oh, Not the Bees! CCC-SEA-01-03 Stargazing on the Albatross CCC-TAROT-02-10 Facades Undone CCC-EPI01-02 Hordes of Thar: The Bloody Crescent CCC-PRETZ-PLA03 The Necroforge EB-08 Parliament of Gears  

#DnD5E #DMsGuild (@DMs_Guild)Update = Here about a cat friendly product.  Plus, NE product helps you add mazes to your dungeon.  Also, here about a supplement that tells you how to enhance your monsters.  Plus the usual subjects of the top five products on the DMs Guild and the newest five free products.  Finally this month there are eight new Adventure League adventures.The podcast lasts 31 minutes and 12 seconds.   Links Articles About DMs Guild and the Products  on the Internet Show Your Love of Cats in DUNGEONS & DRAGONS with the PURRFECT PAIRING Bundle of Supplements Throw Your D&D Players into a Familiar Maze with PAQS' MAZE Enjoy Giving D&D Monsters More Depth with EZMERELDA'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EVIL   Top Five Products on the DM’s Guild Monster Manual Expanded (5E) Ezmerelda's Encyclopedia of Evil Monster Manual Expanded II (5E) The Book of Bad Magic Five Newest Free or Pay What You Want Products The Towering Inferno Waters Divine Domain - D&D 5e The Burglars of Grouse's Grove Hanta Noka .DnD 5e - Path of the Mauler, New Storm Herald Option   New Adventure League Adventures on the Dungeon Masters Guild DDAL09-18 Consequences of Choice CCC-GAD02-01 The Monster Within CCC-GAD02-02 Voyage of the Kraken's Wake CCC-GAD02-03 Arena of Champions CCC-SCAR03-01 Devotees of the Dagger CCC-SCAR03-02 Secrets Underneath Glister CCC-MAYDAYS-01 The Bandit's Mark EB-07 Song of the Sky  

#DnD5E News = Christian Hoffer (@CHofferCBus) fills us in on the new Piety System mechanic in Mythic Odyssey of Theros. Pus, EN World’s (#enworld) Egg Embery (@EggEmbry) interviews Adventure League’s Steffie de Vaan (@100thingsilove) on Adventure League's Masks of Theros. Moreover, Gamerant’s  (@GameRant) Denny Connolly tells us about the Mythic Odysseys of Theros Paladin subclass Oath of Glory. Links: Masks of Theros (DMs Guild) – An Interview with Steffie de Vaan  Dungeons & Dragons Introduces Piety System in Mythic Odysseys of Theros Dungeons and Dragons: Everything You Need to Know About the Oath of Glory Paladin Subclass D&D: Massive New Mythic Odysseys Of Theros Rules Previews   Kickstarters: Unfamiliar Age of Antiquity: An Ancient World Setting for D&D 5E. Terrain Toolbox for 5E Cat's Cradle: A Fantasy Town for 5e and Other RPG Systems The Demons of Mingalarbar for Dungeons and Dragons (5E D&D) Dungeons & Dragons Was Nearly Ruined By Onel Spell Fantastic Lairs: Boss Battles & Final Encounters for 5e D&D Check out the free sample of Kickstarter above Player's Guide to Oranth Indiegogo:   Blogs: (5e) Children of Dust adventure review D&D and the Role of the Die Roll, a Love Letter  

#DnD5E #AdventureLeague = In this adventure I review DDAL09-03 Hungry shadows.  I rated it slightly above average. It would have been rated better if it was not written in the terrible Adventure League style! I like the interesting dungeon crawl, the reoccurring Fire Daryn Falburn tying the adventures together and part the spy was tailed in. It was not a good story, but it is entertaining and has interesting parts. You may want to listen for my DM Tips. NOTE: FOR DMS ONLY NOT FOR PLAYERS!! It lasts about 24 and a half minutes.

5E news for Week 44 2019  - New AL Admins Product on DMs Guild with additional Adventure League legal adventures in Hell. In Addition, there is great financial news for WoC and D&D in a Yahoo Finance article.  Worth noting, D&D Beyond’s Encounter Builder is available to use in Alpha Version, Plus, hear about New Wizkids miniature Village Raiders Pack. Plus we will introduce you to @GooeyCube ‘s Darkest Dream adventure Package.  Additionally, we have a Halloween themed subclasses and adventure. Plus we review blogs by @MerricB, @dmdavidblog, Bryce lynch & @FROTHSOF (Jeremy Smith). Further, we have even more! Long, it lasts close to 1 hour & Six Minutes. Links:   Hasbro: Wizards of the Coast Shines Despite Trade War Disruption Wizards of the Coast Acquires Tuque Games D&D Icons of the Realms: Monster Pack: Village Raiders Encounter Builder is now available The Darkest Dream – Chapter One of the Red Star Rising Campaign The Darkest Dream Promotional YouTube Video Dress Your Rogue in Halloween Costumes with D&D TRICK OR TREATER ROGUE SUBCLASS Trick or Treater Rogue Subclass from DMs Guild Create a Halloween Perfect Bard for D&D with the COLLEGE OF TRICK OR TREAT College of Trick or Treat from DMs Guild Get Into the Halloween Spirit With These Dungeons & Dragons Hunts Monster Hunts: Halloween on the DMs Guild Dungeons and Dragons: 13 of its Scariest Monsters The Official P.B. Publishing TTRPG Store is now is LIVE! Choose your poison, er, hanging... Just in time for Halloween! New D&D Influenced Web Comic: Storm Riders Presenting Pipyap’s Guide to All of the Nine Hells Liars Night: The Final Wave!     Third Wave Monster Statistics Block The D&D Adventure MASTER MARTIN AND THE MALEVOLENT MIST Features Some Interesting Twists Richard A. Knaak's Rex Draconis RPG available NOW over on the Official P.B. Publishing TTRPG Store! WizKids Insider News click here to learn more about D&D Icons of the Realms: Volo's and Mordenkainen's Foes: Elder Brain Premium Set! Preparing for War: Eberron Campaign Preview Adventure Releases: October 2019 Kickstarter Updates: Deep Magic for 5th Edition: A Tome of New Spells & Arcana Reaper Miniatures Bones 5: Escape from Pizza Dungeon   New Adventure League Adventures on DMs Guild The Heir of Orcus: Verse III - CCC-ROLL20-02   Kickstarter: Empyrean Investigations: Detective Adventures for D&D 5E The Folio #24 & #25 Double Edition Adventure Set 5th Evolution: Whitechapel (5E Gaslight London in 1888)   Blogs:  5e Adventure Review) Citadel of Terror Free and Pay-What-You-Want 5e DMs Guild Highlights: Week Ending 10.26.19 The Psionic Crucible of the Fat Cannibal In D&D, Letting Everyone Roll Certain Checks Guarantees Success, So Why Bother Rolling? More Than Just Combat   Podcasts: Behind the DM Screen (Sept 2019) DwDD – Descent into Avernus Walk through and Review. Part 2 Three-Tier Design for a busy GM

In this episode we talk about the Seas 9 changes to Adventure League, and does Jorphdan's party member has an over powered spell? Catch us Live on Twitch! Saturday Mornings 9:00am PST https://www.twitch.tv/sirlucien/ Or Watch us on YouTube Join our Discord https://discord.gg/5VMtX4f Follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/jorphdan https://twitter.com/sirluciengaming Follow us on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/user/SirLucien https://www.youtube.com/jorphdan

We talk about the changes to Adventure League, Lucien plays in some games from a hotel and Jorphdan needs some DM advice. Catch us Live on Twitch! Saturday Mornings 9:00am PST https://www.twitch.tv/sirlucien/ Or Watch us on YouTube Follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/jorphdan https://twitter.com/sirluciengaming Follow us on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/user/SirLucien https://www.youtube.com/jorphdan

Brent (Sparks from Gordian Solutions) and Kestrel (Oriana Devilfiend from Out of the Abyss)join John tonight as special guests. We debate how many lost fingers justify a serious injury, make two independent "hand crossbow" puns, and have a great time building a punk rock inventor. PS - We are aware of the Artificer content, but it's not currently Adventure League legal, which we try to stay in line with. Follow Die by the Dice on Twitter at twitter.com/diebythedice An monumental "thank you" to Matt twitter.com/roguishtambek, Blizzardmane twitter.com/Blizzardmane1, Nicolas twitter.com/draconickgames, Jason from What Do You Do? twitter.com/whatdoyoudopods, Chris twitter.com/arkangyl13 and James, who's not on twitter, for their stupendous character trait submissions.

We talk about the new RPG Sports coming out this November. We discuss some Adventure League and Jorphdan geeks out over Kids on Bikes RPG! Check out Kids on Bikes RPG Catch us Live on Twitch! Saturday Mornings 9:00am PST https://www.twitch.tv/sirlucien/ Or Watch us on YouTube Follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/jorphdan https://twitter.com/sirluciengaming Follow us on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/user/SirLucien https://www.youtube.com/jorphdan

We recap our GenCon experience as well as talk about Eberron info directly from Keith Baker. Lucien is getting his west marches campaign up and running and Jorphdan has an interesting player experience in Adventure League. Catch us Live on Twitch! Saturday Mornings 9:00am PST https://www.twitch.tv/sirlucien/ Or Watch us on YouTube Follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/jorphdan https://twitter.com/sirluciengaming Follow us on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/user/SirLucien https://www.youtube.com/jorphdan

Take a peek behind the scenes at the life of an RPG freelancer, as Morrus and Peter delve into the world of RPG freelance writing, and discuss all sorts of fun stuff like contract types, pay rates, and more! Also, we cover the latest news, including this year's ENnies winners, the deluxe $500 D&D Waterdeep adventure, new industry stats, Eberron in DDAL, and more; plus we play our favourite game in all the world, and meet Dr. Victor Von Wolfhausen-Smythe once more! ---------------------- What’s Caught Our Eye Questing Time http://questingtime.com/ Critical Role in London https://critrole.com/event/critical-role-at-2018-london-mcm/ Beadle & Grimm Platinum Edition of Waterdeep: Dragon Heist http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?5487-Here-s-What-s-In-That-500-Beadle-Grimm-Platinum-Edition-of-Waterdeep-Dragon-Heist ----------------------  News ENnie Award Winners http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?5490-Congratulations-to-2018-s-ENnie-Award-Winners! The Falling Star Sailing Ship http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?5488-Add-A-Colossal-250-Sailing-Ship-To-Your-D-D-Minis-Collection! Pathfinder 2nd Edition Playtest http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?5482-It%92s-LAUNCH-DAY-For-The-Pathfinder-2-Playtest! Diana Jones Award Winner http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?5483-Diana-Jones-Award-Goes-To-Actual-Play-! ICv2 Gaming Market Numbers, Kickstarter Tabletop Report, and Eberron in Adventure League http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?5485-News-Digest-Eberron-in-Adventure-League-Munchkin-Warhammer-40K-Asmodee-CEO-Leaving-Industry-Sales-Reports-Released-and-more! Adventure League Rules Changes http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/news/changes-dd-adventurers-league-rewards Freeport: City of Adventure RPG http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?5486-There-s-A-Freeport-Video-Game-Coming! ----------------------  RPG Freelancing What’s a Freelance RPG Writer Worth? http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?413765-What-s-a-Freelance-RPG-Writer-Worth What’s an Artist Worth? http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?479049-Self-Publishing-What-s-An-Artist-Worth EN5ider https://www.patreon.com/ensider Trailseeker https://www.patreon.com/trailseeker EONS https://www.patreon.com/woinrpg Kobold Press Freelancer Guidelines https://koboldpress.com/submit/ Paizo’s RPG Superstar http://paizo.com/rpgsuperstar ----------------------  Kickstarter Ancient Worlds Atisi https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ancient-worlds-atisi-books-fantasy Woodfall https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lazylitch/woodfall-a-mini-hexcrawl-setting Esoterica Tabletop RPG https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2120854352/esoterica-tabletop-roleplaying-game Zombie World https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1277034820/zombie-world-a-card-based-tabletop-rpg-of-zombie-h

Introduction Oh hi. You must be here to learn about our world of Niisii. Awesome. Unlike many campaign settings who’s history and design were created by a small group of designers, Niisii is a shared world where the future, and the past, is constantly being created by those that play in it. So when I say our world I do mean our world. Whether you were directed here because you play in one of the many games that are run in this campaign setting, you are listening to this on the Dave & Gary podcast, or you have stumbled across this some other way, consider this a primer to the lands of Niisii. This will not be an exhaustive overview of the world and its history but it will hopefully get you comfortable enough with the world so that you can play with us or follow along with the podcast games. In this short introduction I will try to cover: The origins of the campaign setting Games Played In The World What the average character would know about the world including The Ages, or history, of Niisii And finally, for those interested, some of the design choices made for the world (but don’t worry, I’ll give you a bit of warning before we get to the dry stuff). That’s a lot to cover so let’s get started. Origins The world of Niisii is one of constant growth and change. It was first designed around the end of 2011 by Randy at the request from a group of friends that wanted to start a campaign. Many had not played RPGs for years, and a few were novices to this style of gaming. So we talked a little about what kind of game and world they wanted. They all wanted to play a fantasy, D&D like game but didn’t want something very heavy or expensive to get into. So I came up with a very light and simple system to use. Furthermore, they wanted was a world were their lifestyle choices were the norm and not the exception. Many of these players were members of sexual minorities and participated in alternative relationship models. Finally, there was some discussion about some of the players being able to tell their own stories if they got brave enough. With those three requests Niisii was designed (originally called Niise). The world was designed from the ground up to support multiple storytellers and to be one with a bent towards more mature and developed themes. Sadly that group didn’t last long. So Niisii got put on the shelf to be forgotten. Flashforward a few years. In the fall of 2014 my wife started to try her hand at DMing. D&D 5e had just been released and we were involved with a local game shop running adventure league games. We met some awesome new people and soon a new gaming group was formed. We all quickly found that we wanted to play games that weren’t so … scripted. Adventure League is great for some people, but not us. We all wanted to play homebrew. As the most experienced DM I stupidly opened my mouth and said I would run the game. They said great, how about that Friday? Two days to come up with a game and a world… sure, no problem. So I did what every DM does; I stole. I went to the last world I had worked on, Niisii, and pulled it off the shelf. These were different players with different styles so I toned down some of the mature themes. There were also mostly players in their 20’s who hadn’t been around in the early days of D&D so I reached way back in my early days of RPGing and pulled a touch of Sci-Fi into the world. That choice would be, and continues to be, the primary catalyst for change in the world of Niisii to this day. That was 2014 and Niisii has grown from a small world with a single DM to a massive world with almost a dozen different DMs and several times that number of players. We each add our own spin on the world. The history of the world reflects the desires, demands or passions of different people to have the world reflect their own vision. With so many voices and colors in the mix, Niisii could have been… it should have been… just an unwieldy mess, but it isn’t. It should have collapsed a dozen times, but it didn’t. It works! And it works because no one person owns this world. Not the first DM nor the latest DM. We all share, we all work to make room for each other’s voices and we all do it because we love this game and we love the people we play it with. With that being said there needs to be a warning here. This homebrew world isn’t for everyone. Our style of play isn’t for everyone. For every person who has found a home in Niisii, there are two that didn’t. Role-playing games, as a hobby, represent a huge range of styles, interests and options. No one can tell you that are playing them wrong or that what you want to see in your stories has ‘no place’ in gaming. If the group you are playing in doesn’t fit your style, that’s cool. Don’t knock one group for playing different than you do; just find, or even make, a different group. Niisii can be dark one game, light hearted another, slapstick the next. It can get confusing, mistakes will happen (and they’ll have to be ret-con’d), rules are bent (or broken), change will always happen and the story always comes first. Furthermore, our group isn’t one for the shy, quiet, unassuming or easily offended. The bold and daring thrive here. If these things aren’t for you then no problem. We actually see that as a positive. Honestly. Because we have been able to help someone find the game they want to play in. We love seeing people play the games they want to play. So enough of reality and warnings, let’s get into the make-believe. The Games People Play Our primary game system, for the primary stories, is Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition. But it isn’t the only system in use by our gaming group. Aside from the standard fantasy game that we play, there is also the story of a world hidden to most humans and elves and dwarves. A world of sentient mice. That story is being told using the Savage Worlds system and the Burrows & Badgers system. And tomorrow we may find another system we want to try, and then it may be incorporated as well. The styles of games played in the world vary by location and DM. From the combat focused to the intrigue driven to morality plays, from light-hearted and positive to the dark and mature, the games run in Niisii span a wide range. What The Average Character Knows About The World… In No Particular Order. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west. Gravity is just slightly greater than the Earth standard. There is a single moon. The days are 24 hours long. There is 360 days in a year. There are four months, Plant, Tend, Harvest and Rest, of 120 days each. Cows and horses are rare. But there are more gods than you can shake a stick at (and do they like mettle). The current year is 2172. The greatest Empire on the planet is the Hythain Empire in the north. It is bound by the lands of Xora and the Shimmering Shores in the north, the Sister Islands in the west, the Rud Coast in the South and the Gateway Islands in the East. The largest city in the world, Bondment, is its capital but that city, and its empire, has seen better days. Most of the common gods are from the Hythain Pantheon. And the most commonly used calendar is the Hythain Reckoning Calendar (HRC). The next greatest empire was the Stone Empire, centered around the Tiber Isles in the south, but it too has seen better days. Magic is not as common today as it was in the past because of an event called the Upheaval. From 1459 to 2166 HRC the vast majority of gods were banished from the world. In their absence, magic, as it was known, became highly unstable. It took decades of research during the early part of the Upheaval to find new forms of magic that were not so chaotic. But by that time the damage had been done, arcane magic had developed a superstition to it that last to this day in smaller parts of the world. Religion had a similar superstition during the Upheaval but is now experiencing a revival. When the gods were banished they took all clerical powers with them. For over 700 years the healing powers of the gods that people had relied on for Ages had abandoned them. So much knowledge was lost during the wars and strife of the Upheaval that most believed gods granting powers to their followers were just a myth. In 2166 we first saw the trickster god Wit returned in Xora, and then a follower of Uxie in the Gateway Islands began to show divine ability. Soon gods, old gods, new gods and some that had changed, began to make themselves known throughout the world. This has sparked a golden age of belief. But enough about that, let’s talk about the people of the world. By and far humans are the most common race in Niisii. They are on every landmass and have a great diversity of cultures. Elves, dwarves and orcs are the next most common races. And within these people there are multiple species. Some of these are familiar to role-players as they are found in D&D 5e’s player’s handbook and some are custom to the world of Niisii. Those that are custom are original creations or borrowed from other worlds. In each case they tend to be rare. Examples include the River Elves in the Land of the Keats, the Gully dwarves of the Gateway Islands, and the Scro lords of the Orc. There are many races in the world known collectively as The Little Folk.These include Gnomes, Halflings and Kenders. They are most commonly found in the western half of the world but they can be found in coastal cities anywhere. Kenders are a special race in Niisii and they require a bit more explanation. They are a race of people without a homeland. As a people, they believe in an extreme form of sharing which for other races borders on thievery. They are the smallest race of people and are seen as a nuisance. They are frequently mocked, beat or even enslaved. As such, the Kender have learned cultural ways to defend themselves. They are extremely hard workers, talk very fast and tend to play the clown out of necessity. They are also the only race that cannot bred with other races; there are no half-Kenders. There is a lot more about Kenders but that will get you started. Next are those that come from a mix of racial backgrounds. Half-Orcs, Dragonborn, Half-Elves, and others. These people are much more rare in Niisii than perhaps in other fantasy worlds. And in many parts of the world these people are viewed with open hostility. Finally there are the rarest of the rare. Races that make up far less than one percent of the PCs and NPCs. These include the Drow, Gnolls, Tabaxi, Tieflings and Aasimar. The sizing of the races tend to run: Orcs a head taller than humans, Humans a head taller than elves, Elves are a head taller than dwarves, Dwarves a head taller than Gnomes and Halflings, Gnomes and Halflings a head taller than Kender. These are of course general guidelines. Of all the races, tieflings and aasimar might be the most important to the story of Niisii. They are the rarest of all PC races and we have homebrew rules in place to determine if a player can even play one! Aasimar and tiefling never give birth (they are sterile) and are born from other races (which can be a huge surprise to the parents). They are driven with two main passions; a hatred for the other and an insatiable wanderlust to find ‘home’. No tiefling or aasimar has ever been recorded to find this ‘home’ but many have been lost as they tried. But to understand all of this you need to know some world history. What The Average Person Knows About The History Of Niisii “Those religious types tell us that the world is old. A hundred thousand years or more.” “My mentor once said that we were living ‘the Broken Age’ but now that the gods are listening to us I’m sure they will fix everything.” “I heard a cleric once say that long ago there were only Tieflings and Aasimar but I don’t know much about that. I know that I’m not descended from any freaks.” What A Scholar Knows Of The History Of Niisii Our world operates according to a plan. From the smallest mouse to the greatest beast, all things follow the plan of the Creator, the Ohm, the One that is many, the God of the Gods. This plan is beyond the understanding of everyone. Even the mysterious order known as the Keepers have just the beginning of an idea about the plan (although they may say otherwise). What we do know is that the world must go through a number of Ages for this Divine plan to come to fruition. History starts before the first age. During this ‘Zeroth Age’, the Wild Time, it is said that the Ohm created two siblings, Nii and Sii. Nii, the brother, shaped the lands while Sii, the sister, shaped the waters. Once their works was done they asked the Ohm to allow them to people the world. The Ohm said it was of the Plan and the siblings did as the Plan dictated. Two peoples, the Tiefling and the Aasimar were birthed from the siblings. While no one can ever know the exact times, most scholars agree that this happen about -150 000 HRC. For 50 000 years the two people lived and loved as one. They learned to tame the great Hoora, they learned to write and they learned the secrets of agriculture. Things changed with the First Age. The Keepers call this the Age of Ancient Rule. It was a time of the greatest empires the world has ever, or may ever, know. Every landmass, every waterway, every city was under one of these two great governments. It was a time of learning and development. But while this growth was happening, something else was going on that no one noticed. The divine siblings, Nii and Sii were growing apart. And as they grew apart, so too did their children. They grew cold and distant from each other. Sometime around -40 000 HRC the separation went from cold to hot. With magic and technology not since seen in the world, the two Empires waged terrible war. When the two peoples finally agreed to a cease-fire, for no peace was ever signed, less than a thousand people inhabited the planet. Those survivors were driven out of the homeland of the Sibling gods and that land was buried under the Great Western Desert. The Ohm called the Siblings from the planet, broke the survivors into new tribes with new ways and new forms. These tribes, or races, the Ohm sent to forge across the face of a broken world. From -40 000 HRC to -15 000 HRC, the Great Change, or the Second Age, each of these new races continued to change and evolve. The Tall Folk left via the land, the Small Folk took to the oceans. For tens of thousands of years the races spread, changed, evolved and began to re-people the plant. Around -15 000 HRC, the progress of people across the planet began to slow. This age is known as the Birth of Divinity. From what little is known from that time, it seems to be at the request of a handful of new beings; gods. For it seemed the Ohm had felt that the mortals had been punished enough and were in need of guidance. For the Ohm created a family of gods to guide the peoples of the world. This was time of slow, inner growth. Each people developed a sense of identity. This age end when one people began to form a new Empire, the Hythainian Empire. In -15 000 HRC a human who would come to be known as Emperor Hythain the First founded the empire that bares his name still. The Age of Man started when this new, Second Empire, began. The Hythain Calendar was put into place by a later ruler, Empress Treish The Builder, who left her mark on history by creating and adopting her calendar to commemorate a war victory. This was also during the Second Empire. This Second Empire ended in 1459 with the beginning of the great dark age known as the Upheaval. Records became confusing, facts broke down, and much knowledge from this time and before has become lost. The Keepers calculate the Second Age should have lasted for centuries beyond the current year but something happened to spark the Upheaval. That spark broke the plan of the Ohm and put the world on a path it never should have gone. Today we live in a non-Age; The Uncertainty. This Age started in 2166 and no scholar knows why it began and what its ramifications are. What’s Really Going On There are two types of people in gaming. Those that love to know what is going on behind the scenes and those that want to learn the mysteries for themselves via games or stories. If you are the later, a person who hates spoilers, then stop here. Oh, and this is also the warning that dry stuff lies ahead. You’ve been warned. Are you still here? Good. Let’s clue you into the full story. For the most part the Ages of Niisii occured as the Keepers believe. They are wrong on the dates, they are missing major parts of the history and they have drawn all the wrong conclusions but for they most part they have general gist of things right enough. But what they can’t know, and the Ohm never expected, was other life in the universe. The Ohm made Niisii to fit their plans. The Ohm put it far from others in the Prime Material Plane. The Ohm seeded it with the best ideas from other worlds and they sheltered it. But while the Ohm were hard at work, other worlds were advancing in ways they could not have predicted. In the late part of the 29th century on Earth a great disease sweep over the various worlds that the humans had populated. All people were wiped out except those still resided on Earth. The best technology raced to keep this seed population stable. What was discovered was that the disease was genetic; a fault in the most fundamental structure of our genetic code. No medicine could stop the mutations and death it caused, no technology could edit the fault out of the species. Hundreds of ideas were tried; nothing was too crazy. A group of three companies developed a plan to save the species. They would guide the breeding and development of a select population of individuals through a process that would, at its conclusion, result with a new species of human. This species would have the genetic fault worked out of them. The process was very risky and the slightest interference could ruin the result of thousands of year experiment. But the A.I. in charge said it would work, the bio-mathematics checked, and it was the only hope people had. So the population was screened and those the A.I. thought that would be the best candidates to recreate the better human were sent to the isolation zone: the whole of Australia. And thus the experiment began. But there was a complication. The owners of the three companies who discovered the technology also learned that neither they, nor their families, fit the required genetic profiles to be included in the experiment. So while the official experiment was starting on Earth, they siphoned resources from the project to fund a secret, secondary project. This project would use a similar A.I. but would not be based on Earth. This A.I. would guide the adaption of the test subjects’ genetic code while aboard an interstellar craft. The A.I. would find a suitable planet in deep space, far from the Terran Systems, for the new group of humans to rule. The families of the three corporations would become like gods. At this point in human history, the species had the ability travel vast distance but the human form was still limited. Fortunately, other technologies existed that allowed for the storage of person as information. This information could later be reconstituted into a physical form using material found in-situ. A small collection of people would be kept awake during the journey to assist the A.I. These generational workers lived their lives in service to a plan they would never see come to an end. They lived, bred and died according to the plan of the A.I. For you see, the A.I. was constantly looking for a world for the humans to inhabit. There was incredible technology aboard the ship that could reshape a world as needed, but it was resource intensive to make use of them. The A.I. was designed to be very patient and frugal with its resources, but the lives of the human servants were cheap to it, very cheap. Furthermore, this physical crew was never designed to take part in the new world. The humans that were to be part of the plan, were stored digitally and were constantly being modified to make them suitable to candidate worlds as this worlds were discovered by the AI. And if a world didn’t pan out, or would require too many resources to modify, then the digital changes would be rolled back and the process would start again with the next world. These changes included new memories, new forms and new knowledge. If a world was found that already had intelligent life on it, the A.I. was designed to make sure its flock would not only adapt, but thrive in that environment. This worked surprisingly well until two accidents happened at the same time. The first, was that the A.I. encountered something that caused a glitch; the second, was that one human servant was there to see it happen. The glitch in the A.I. came when the probes the ship had been sending out encountered something they could not understand. On one world, in a distant system that the ship almost didn’t probe, it received data that didn’t make sense. It had seen worlds with strange technology. Worlds with unusual cultures. But this world broke the laws of physics. The A.I. was designed to handle such oddities. It would study it remotely, learn what it could and move on. But this world was so odd that the guiding intelligence needed time to reprogram itself. During that time, one man saw what was happening and instantly knew how to use it to his advantage. On a ship completely automated and scheduled, right down to when the human servants ate or mated, one had plenty of time to read and consume media. This man knew magic when he saw it. So while the A.I. was in a vulnerable state, he reprogrammed a change of plans; the ship slowly turned towards this new system. It would take hundreds of years to reach, but during that time the machine would learn all it could about this strange place, begin to put in place the mechanisms it needed to modify the planet, and get the passageners ready for their new life. And the rogue human servant? Well… if the technology existed to turn a digital human into a physical one, made from found raw materials, it could easily work the other way around. Minutes before his physical death, the rogue human was digitized to start the special modifications he had programmed all of his life. He would rule in this new world. He learned from the A.I. probing of the world that it was called Niisii. The first major campaign of Niisii was the story of a group of adventures that were, unknown to them, from this interstellar ship. The human rogue, who became known simply as the Merchant, broke not only the ship’s A.I beyond recovery, he also broke the careful and loving plans of the Ohm. The world is now suffering for it. There are satellites in orbit of Niisii that the inhabitants will never know about. The A.I. orbits the system trying to follow its last, poorly written program. Whenever one of the original, digitized passengers dies on Niisii, it begins the process of interfering with the world to see that, through genetic selection and physical modification of the resources on Niisii, that person is reborn. The process tries to help them retain memories of their most recent life but it usually just causes confusion at best. Most players in Niisii do not play a character that has its origins in these digitized interlopers, but there are a few recurring characters that you might notice campaign to campaign. To make matters worse, these enhanced visitors to Niisii were modified by the A.I. to have unusual powers. The most surprising one is the ability to kill the Gods that the Ohm created. After this was discovered, the Ohm removed the gods from the world for their own reasons and returned them likewise. So there you have it. History, the smallest taste of back story, and hopefully enough information to feel like you can follow along with a podcast or sit in as a new player. Welcome to our world. Welcome to Niisii. A Couple Of Notes About The Tools We Use And Our Style Of Gaming This section is for those of you who are coming to play with us. We are a rather large gaming group. Our ‘main game’ can have over a dozen players and a couple of DMs going simultaneously during our bi-weekly group games. But this is not the only way we play. Our gaming group is a network of players and DMs. There are many campaigns going on at the same time. Some meet weekly, some bi-weekly, some less frequently. Some of these campaigns have a large number of players, others only have three or four players. There’s many different styles and sizes of games that have formed from our primary group. Over the years we have build beautiful maps and elaborately designed scenario documents. But we don’t do that anymore. We use simple, easily accessible tools and wikis. As DMs we love a beautiful map, and as players they make us feel special. But not everyone can afford software that can cost hundreds of dollars or the countless hours it takes to first develop the skill, and then to actual produce, lovely hand drawn maps. We would rather make it cheap and easy for people to tell the story they want to tell. To us, the story is the most important thing. And this spawns another ‘feature’ of our games. For the sake of the story we make we make frequent use of ‘Rule Zero’. Some players don’t like this. They like to ‘win’ a scenario, or they enjoy the process of maximizing the potential of their characters. And we understand this and try to cater to those desires. But at the end of the day, the story comes first. Rules are important but nowhere near as important as getting together with friends and making an interesting story. And THAT spawns another aspect of our gaming style. We believe in making stories together. For thousands of years humans have gathered in a circle and told stories. For us, this game is one way we connect to that tradition. So while the DM will often have notes about things that might come in a session, our games are more improv than plan. This means that those who are more active in a game tend to have more influence in the way the story unfolds. For better or worse, the careful, slow planner and the quiet audience member style of player can often get upset in large group play. To combat these we strongly promote running spin-off groups where a slower style of play is possible. We have run games with more than a dozen players at the table. It is a chaotic madhouse that moves at a thousand miles an hour and is a massive amounts of fun… as long as no one gets hurt that the moment they wanted to give a big speech passed by ten minutes ago while they were thinking on it. There is nothing wrong with that style of play; it just simply doesn’t normally work in one of our large group sessions. And finally we are an adult group. We have zero problems with open sexuality, alcohol and deep, complex storylines that are not explained to death Hollywood style. We have had players get upset by a beer at the table, a magical item used as sexual device in a slapstick manner (don’t worry, only on themselves, not on another player) and over the fact that others in the party got the clues given but they missed. Again, nothing is wrong with preferring PG rated games that are straightforward and geared to the lowest common denominator. Hollywood makes billions doing that. From Adventure League to published modules to other homebrew systems, there are many ways to indulge that style of play. This group is usually not a group for that. Sure we have our exceptions (the above mentioned sentient mice game is an example… a game that’s run by the DM who is also known for the darkest, complex morality play style) but for the most part that isn’t for us.

On this episode we talk about Lucien's new game with random character creation. Rolling for race, class, and stats. Jordan has a slow session of Adventure League and wonders how players can speed up a game that's dragging. Catch us Live on Twitch! Saturday Mornings 9:00am PST https://www.twitch.tv/sirlucien/ Or Watch us on YouTube Follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/jorphdan https://twitter.com/sirluciengaming Follow us on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/user/SirLucien https://www.youtube.com/jorphdan

Drac has a chat with game designer and adventure author Shawn Merwin. Topics range from his early days with organized play to how he writes adventures. To the future of Dungeons And Dragons