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This week, Morrus, Peter, and Jessica talk about the big D&D Direct announcements and the information that's come out in the aftermath. In the news, an apology and replacements coming for error-filled Dark Souls RPG books, new sourcebook for The Expanse, new adventure for Shadowrun, new Ancient Roman Cthulhu game from Modipheus, and more! Plus Our Favourite Game in All the World and a brand new sketch about the importance of a good codename. -------------------- News EN Publishing April Update on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMcJWoM9Drg Find out all the EN Live shows at http://www.enliverpg.com Hasbro to expand Wizards of the Coast Universes Beyond and Play system for other properties https://www.enworld.org/threads/wotc-to-power-other-ips-with-d-d-and-m-tg.687677/ Beyond the Ring sourcebook for The Expanse https://greenroninstore.com/collections/the-expanse-rpg/products/beyond-the-ring-pdf-book-for-the-expanse-rpg Cohors Cthulhu from Modipheus https://www.enworld.org/threads/modiphius-announce-cohors-cthulhu-cthulhu-in-ancient-rome.687748/ Steamforged Games apologizes for Dark Souls RPG books with errors, promises replacement copies https://www.enworld.org/threads/steamforged-games-apologizes-reprints-dark-souls-books.687660/ Rob Wieland reviews Marvel Multiverse RPG playtest edition https://www.enworld.org/threads/a-look-inside-the-marvel-multiverse-rpg-playtest-edition.687460/ Tell EN World your favorite D&D Monsters from the Monster Manual https://www.enworld.org/threads/what-are-your-favorite-d-d-monsters-mm-edition.687564/ Can We Keep It? Kickstarter coming soon https://www.enworld.org/threads/can-we-keep-it-pets-for-your-d-d-5e-game.687644/ Peter's Creator page on Kickstarter to watch for his upcoming project https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/homebrewandhacking/created News Digest for the Week of April 22 (Shadowrun Third Parallel campaign, Shadowrun Returns coming to consoles) https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-the-week-of-april-22.687755/ Death in Space RPG https://deathinspace.com/ Not DnD on Twitch this Monday on The One Ring https://www.twitch.tv/enpublishing -------------------- Kickstarters SVMP: Swamp Crawl https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sunze/svmp-swamp-crawl-in-mork-borg HST.3.33: A Third Party CY_BORG Musical Interlude https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/philipreed/hst333-a-third-party-cy-borg-musical-interlude Find out all the RPG crowdfunding projects ending soon each week with Egg Embry's RPG Crowdfunding News at https://www.enworld.org/threads/rpg-crowdfunding-news-%E2%80%93-%E2%80%9Cflee-mortals-%E2%80%9D-appalachia-fantasy-companion-and-more.687558/ -------------------- D&D Direct and Follow-up D&D Direct Live Report https://www.enworld.org/threads/d-d-direct-live-report-9am-pdt-5pm-bst-spelljammer-confirmed-dragonlance.687707/ Preview Videos https://www.enworld.org/threads/watch-these-preview-videos-spelljammer-minis-adventures-in-space-trailer.687710/ More details about Spelljammer https://www.enworld.org/threads/more-spelljammer-details-emerge-spelljammer-academy-flash-gordon-light-of-xaryxis.687744/ Spelljammer's Astral Dreadnought and Adult Solar Dragon miniatures https://www.enworld.org/threads/spelljammers-astral-dreadnought-adult-solar-dragon.687757/ Dragonlance coming this year https://www.enworld.org/threads/dragonlance-is-coming-this-year.687711/ More Dragonlance details https://www.enworld.org/threads/more-dragonlance-information-kender-battles-w-hs-novels-more.687722/ Dragons of Stormwreck Isle Starter Set https://www.enworld.org/threads/dragons-of-stormwreck-isle-19-99-digital-onboarding-interactive-demo-d-d-curriculum.687745/ D&D movie title reveal: Dungeons & Dragons Honor Among Thieves https://www.enworld.org/threads/honor-among-thieves-the-new-d-d-movie-officially-announced.687721/ News Digest for the Week of April 22 (Campaign Cases, more info about releases) https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-the-week-of-april-22.687755/ -------------------- 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 -------------------- Hosts: Russ “Morrus” Morrissey, Peter Coffey, and Jessica Hancock Editing and post-production: Darryl Mott Theme Song: Steve Arnott Kickstarter Game Research: Egg Embry Kickstarter Game Theme: Lyrics by Russ Morrissey, Vocals by “drwilko”, Guitar by Darryl Mott Malach the Maleficent played by Darren Morrissey
The Astral Dreadnought is defeated; but the trouble is only beginning in the Astral Plane...
As the party ascend to demi-godhood, they learn of their own pasts and look to discuss as they move forward.. but then.. there is an Astral Dreadnought to deal with..
Show Notes: This week, Ryan and Fiona talk about high-level combat, what happens when your character reaches Level 20! Featuring epic boons and 3 case studies of hard and deadly encounters: Astral Dreadnought, Zariel the Arch Devil, and infamous Tarrasque. Chapter discussed: 'Epic Boons' (p231 DMG), 'Astral Dreadnought' (p117 MToF), 'Zariel' (p180 MToF) and 'Tarrasque' (p286 MM). Book: Dungeon Master's Guide, Monster Manual and Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes published by Wizards of the Coast, December 2014, September 2014, and May 2018 respectively. Credits The DM's Book Club is hosted, recorded, edited, and produced by Ryan Cook (UrsaRyan) & Fiona Howat (@WAIR_Podcast). The DM's Book Club Logo was designed by Sam Robins (@Bobhatstand). The theme music is 'The Story Unfolds' by Jingle Punks. Get in touch! Email: TheDMsBookClub@gmail.com Twitter: @TheDMsBookClub #DMsBookClub
This time around we talk about some new products coming out from PDX based 1985 games and then we hear about a group trying to take the eye from an Astral Dreadnought, before we discuss some rulings on the Simulacrum spell, and fun ways to break it. Check out www.help-action.com for more DM tips and advice! Be sure to check out our Discord server at: https://discord.gg/aZ9xnsJ Send your D&D questions to helpactionpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @helpactionpod Facebook and Instagram: helpactionpodcast Leave us a review! We would really appreciate it!
In 84 we find our adventurers in the astral plane! The corpse of the god Set is now the hotly contested new property and demons, Githyanki and an ASTRAL DREADNOUGHT are all interested. Can our heroes find a way to save Osokai and outwit this dreadnought before time runs out?
The Band of Boobs take on a challenge rating 21 monster, the Astral Dreadnought, in a knuckle-biter combat challenge! Hardwon steals from Balnor's man cave, Moonshine falls in love with a poster, and Beverly is banished to the Teen Zone. Support us at Patreon.com/Naddpod to get access to the after-show and a bunch of other Naddpod content!Music / Sound Effects Include:"Big Crowd Chatter" by Kyster at Freesound.org."Crowd in a Bar" by Leandros Ntounis at Freesound.org."Skeeball" by RTB45 at Freesound.org."A Tale's End" by Emily Axford.
The guys kick off by talking about the Werewolf party game (01:18). Stu briefly explains how the game works (01:45) and Hambone describes how they play it at their annual New Year's party (02:20). Stu runs down the different roles that alter the game (03:11). Stu touches on the game's negative reputation (03:43) and the guys discuss why it is a handy thing to have in your game arsenal (04:20). Planescape! Stu explains the initial aesthetic appeal of the campaign setting (05:25) and the basics of what it contains and how it works (06:10). The pronunciation of Sigil comes up (06:50). The Lady of Pain (07:35) and the factions (08:00) come up. In Planescape, ideas can change the multiverse (08:34). Hambone explains his first impression of Planescape (08:48) in the context of a larger on-going campaign. Stu talks about how his Planescape campaigns were his first real ongoing RPG campaigns (09:32) and why it works better than most D&D 2E campaign settings (10:08). Which isn't to say there isn't an Achilles Heel: while all the Planescape material is generally very good, there just isn't enough of it (11:31). The biggest problem is the metastory, which eventually wraps up (in Faction War) with an unappealing and unsupported shift in the setting's status quo (12:00). Discussion briefly turns to Planescape's origins in Jeff Grubb's Manual of the Planes and how the party in Stu's game dealt with an Astral Dreadnought (13:30). Hambone gives his impression of the setting from the perspective of a DM running mostly introductory games (14:49) and Stu poo-poos D&D 5E (15:18) The guys nearly forget to mention one of the most important things about Planescape: Tony DiTerlizzi's art (15:32). Stu waxes ecstatic and talks a bit on how Planescape's aesthetic was developed (16:00). Final thoughts on Planescape collecting (17:21). (Note: we'll be coming back around to Planescape in future episodes) Wrapping things up, Grant Howitt comes up again (see our previous episode on Masks of Nyarlathotep for more about his RPG Spire: The City Must Fall) with his hilarious one-page RPGs (18:29). See ya in two weeks (21:54)! * Correction: We call it Werewolf, but the Asmodee's version (which we use) is called The Werewolves of Miller's Hollow, and it retails for $13. Correction: Original Planescape material tends to be expensive and several later Planescape publications can be routinely found on the second hand market for astronomical prices (The Great Modron March, Dead Gods, The Inner Planes, Faction War and The Blood War box set). While Stu characterizes them as impossible to find at a reasonable price, he finally did – though it took like 20 years to do it. If you want them cheap sooner than that, grab them from DriveThruRPG as PDF or print-on-demand. Correction: The one-year collection of Grant's one-page RPGs (13 games) is $30.
Is the battle with the Astral Dreadnought rages on, there may finally be an end in sight for our hell-bound heroes. Can they finally escape and go home? Listen to find out in our first arc finale!System: http://dnd.wizards.com/Credits:Hosts: Jeff, Cayla, Tyler, Nathan, Amanda / Guest Host: Andrew WEditing: Cayla and Nathan / Art: Cayla @veranox on twitter / Intro Music: Josie FranzenAdditional Music:Purple Planet Music - Tense - Deep Rootslooperman-l-0173301-0151575-eepicstringslooperman-l-0159051-0151902-choirs-of-passion-after-the-fearlooperman-l-0173301-0152371-readysteadygolooperman-l-2211679-0150983-future-synth-keys-gmin Hungry for More?www.dmstestkitchen.comFacebook | Twitter | InstagramWhat is Dungeon Master's Test Kitchen?Dungeon master's test kitchen or DMTK for short is an actual play podcast made by a group of five friends. The podcast combines elements of how-to and review with an ongoing narrative and story.The hosts will battle through a neverending stream of systems, bringing along their cast of unlikely heroes in a quantum leap-esque adventure as they try to return to their respective home worlds. All while trying to not get killed for their big mouths and sketchy moral compassesAs they play through all that the massive tabletop world has to offer they will also be providing reviews of the systems they experience as well as resources and quick start guides for those that want to give it a shot themselvesSo whether you just want to enjoy a good meal and some ambiance or are looking to jump into the kitchen yourself, we have a table for you See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Our heroes face their biggest challenge yet: Shadow of the Astral Dreadnought. You know, because if you can't beat them, climb up their body and poke them in their eye instead!System: http://dnd.wizards.com/Credits:Hosts: Jeff, Cayla, Tyler, Nathan, Amanda / Guest Host: Andrew WEditing: Cayla and Nathan / Art: Cayla @veranox on twitter / Intro Music: Josie FranzenAdditional Musichttps://www.looperman.com/loops/detail/158223/s-mass-piabell-g-f-asharp-c-110-110bpm-dance-synth-loophttps://www.looperman.com/loops/detail/158224/s-mass-plastic-blks-g-f-asharp-c-110-110bpm-dance-synth-loophttps://www.looperman.com/loops/detail/158225/s-mass-subsonic-oct4-g-f-asharp-c-110-110bpm-dance-synth-loophttps://www.looperman.com/loops/detail/158038/6ix9ine-sent-this-from-prison-130bpm-trap-piano-loophttps://www.looperman.com/loops/detail/16455/freaky-blackboard-by-planetjazzbass-free-120bpm-ambient-fx-loophttps://www.looperman.com/loops/detail/22868/edible-animal-reality-by-planetjazzbass-free-120bpm-cinematic-fx-loophttps://www.looperman.com/loops/detail/95899/synthetic-nightmare-by-zorno-free-140bpm-electro-synth-loophttps://www.looperman.com/loops/detail/95899/synthetic-nightmare-by-zorno-free-140bpm-electro-synth-loophttps://www.looperman.com/loops/detail/69609/akujabeast-by-midisparks-free-120bpm-electro-synth-loophttps://www.looperman.com/loops/detail/48239/ch-sms-arp-by-chokistarz-free-75bpm-hip-hop-synth-loop Hungry for More?www.dmstestkitchen.comFacebook | Twitter | InstagramWhat is Dungeon Master's Test Kitchen?Dungeon master's test kitchen or DMTK for short is an actual play podcast made by a group of five friends. The podcast combines elements of how-to and review with an ongoing narrative and story.The hosts will battle through a neverending stream of systems, bringing along their cast of unlikely heroes in a quantum leap-esque adventure as they try to return to their respective home worlds. All while trying to not get killed for their big mouths and sketchy moral compassesAs they play through all that the massive tabletop world has to offer they will also be providing reviews of the systems they experience as well as resources and quick start guides for those that want to give it a shot themselvesSo whether you just want to enjoy a good meal and some ambiance or are looking to jump into the kitchen yourself, we have a table for you See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.