RPG veterans and game designers Teos Abadía and Shawn Merwin look at the game and the hobby of D&D from a variety of viewpoints: reporting the news, understanding the business, reviewing the products, and illuminating the design. Whether you’re a fan, a player, a DM, or a designer, Shawn and Teos cover topics of interest to you!
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Episode 238 of Mastering Dungeons!
Main topic: Using the Environment in Encounters (with Dragons)!
Make the most of elevation, difficult terrain, cover, lighting, and more. And to tie into Monster Week: Dragons, we apply them to dragon encounters!
News: New SRD 5.2, Errata Returns, Holy Grail Turns 50, and more!
Contents
00:00 Postal Service
02:06 Shawn Peaks
02:36 Easiest Official Adventure to DM?
28:57 Peril in Pinebrook challenge?
31:54 Nobody Left the D&D Team?
32:23 New SRD 5.2 April 22
37:40 New Basic Rules
41:21 New Errata and Sage Advice
45:53 Tariff Impacts
47:24 Neverwinter Brings D&D Movie Stories
49:01 50 Years of Holy Grail
49:47 Monster Week: Dragons
50:25 Using Environment in Encounters
50:44 One Cool Thing
54:09 Watch for Time Impact
59:29 Overly Punitive Environments
01:06:20 Environment and Terrain: Cover
01:09:13 Difficult Terrain
01:15:03 Elevation
01:21:24 Moving Parts
01:25:42 Lighting
01:29:43 Beneficial and Harmful Terrain
01:32:53 Entrances and Exits
01:37:44 Shout-Outs
01:40:57 What Are We Gonna Do Now?
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