Mastering Dungeons

Mastering Dungeons - To Be or Not to Be a Villain

Episode 128 of Mastering Dungeons! 

Teos celebrates the launch of the Forge of Foes Kickstarter, which you can back and preview here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/slyflourish/the-lazy-dms-forge-of-foes-for-5e?ref=e2zf6e

This week's main topic: To Be or Not to Be a Villain, with James Introcaso and Rudy Baso!

We take a look at other RPGs and compare them to D&D, this time an adventure based on Hamlet with unique mechanics and created for both the Zweihander RPG and D&D 5E.

 

News: One D&D Approach Update, Paladin and Druid, Avatar RPG in Stores, Branded Meats, and more!

 

Contents
00:00 The Happy Way
01:59 One D&D Updates
11:30 Druid and Paladin
27:35 Avatar in Stores
29:32 WizKids Mimic
30:41 Monster Trailer
32:23 Branded Meat
34:01 Cool Name RPG
41:20 To Be or Not To Be
42:23 Rudy and James
43:22 Concept
49:07 Play Experience
52:11 Story Tokens 
56:22 Plot and Backstabbing 
1:01:16 DnD and Zweihander
1:09:08 Design Approach
1:10:40 Steal This
1:18:40 Find James and Rudy

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Mastering Dungeons - Shadow of the Demon Lord

Episode 127 of Mastering Dungeons! 

This week's main topic: Shadow of the Demon Lord!

We take a look at other RPGs and compare them to D&D, starting with Shadow of the Demon Lord. An incredibly well-designed game, Rob Schwalb delivers a death-metal RPG with excellent innovations.

 

News: Speak with Dead D&D Trailer, Hasbro Q4 and Monetization, Mangianello TV show, Latin America WotC firings, SRD in CSV, and more!

 

Contents
00:00 All the things
00:56 Character Differentiation?
04:05 Super Bowl Spending?
08:11 Speak with Dead
10:47 Hasbro Q4
16:12 Monetization
20:23 Mangianello Show
21:36 LatAm Firings
24:10 SRD in CSV
25:02 Valikan Clans
25:47 Other RPGs
27:28 SotDL Intro
29:24 Rob Schwalb
34:46 Ancestry and Attributes
42:35 Boons and Banes
46:10 Fast and Slow Turns
49:29 Skills and Corruption
51:51 Professions and Equipment
54:23 Varied Advancement
59:37 Campaign and Setting 
1:07:10 Shout-Outs

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Mastering Dungeons - Greg Marks and the AL

Episode 126 of Mastering Dungeons! 

Main Topic: We interview Greg Marks, one of the administrators for the D&D organized play program, Adventurers League. We discuss his amazing introduction to gaming, organized play, conventions, and much more.

 

News: Kyle Brink OGL Interviews, D&D Super Bowl Ad, Free Keys to the Vault Preview, Baldman Games Awards, Andrews McMeel shuts down RPGs, and more!

 

Contents
00:00 Winter Fantasy!
02:42 DM Second-Guessing?
07:31 Open Class Progression?
12:46 Producer vs Author?
21:06 Kyle Brink Redux
27:19 D&D Super Bowl
28:54 Keys Preview
30:16 Baldman Awards
32:24 McMeel Shutdown
33:38 Ed Greenwood Patreon
34:53 Cities Untold
36:10 Forge of Foes
37:31 Valikan Clans
40:54 Greg Marks and AL
1:23:48 Shout-Outs

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Mastering Dungeons - Kyle Brink on the OGL and D&D Studio

Episode 125 of Mastering Dungeons! 

Main Topic: Teos speaks with Kyle Brink, the Executive Producer for D&D. We discuss the OGL, how the D&D Studio works, what WotC has learned, and much more!

 

No news this week due to the interview length.

 

Interview Topics 

00:00 How Kyle Started in D&D
04:21 Kyle and the D&D Studio
19:18 OGL
23:59 Royalties
26:58 Content Standards
31:12 Share-Alike
33:18 OGL Process
46:56 SRD Updates
48:59 VTTs and Media
53:29 One D&D
59:36 Final Thoughts
1:06:57 Shout-Outs

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Mastering Dungeons - Listener Questions and News!

Episode 124 of Mastering Dungeons! 

The show now will release on Wednesdays! Same content, shorter timeframe, thanks to our Patreon support!  This week we are heading to Winter Fantasy, so our "Main" segment comes first with a meaty section of Listener Questions and then our news is in the usual News segment. 

 

Main: Listener Questions!

 

News: OGL Resolution, D&D Movie Trailer, Critical Role Empire, 13th and Fantasy Age, Pesto Playtesting, and more!

 

News Segment and Listener Questions 

00:00 News Episode!
02:34 DM Class Features?
12:50 Music Parallels?
19:18 Fracturing Market?
23:46 Project Lessons?
34:27 Number 2! 
36:36 OGL Resolution
55:46 D&D Movie Trailer 
58:21 Hasbro Q4
1:01:16 Tyranny Reprint
1:02:00 Critical Role Empire
1:03:28 13th Age and Fantasy Age
1:05:13 Smithsonian Images
1:05:45 Creator Lessons
1:08:34 Pesto Playtesting
1:09:23 ENnies Submissions
1:10:59 Shout-Outs

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Mastering Dungeons - 5E Revisited - Appendices!

Episode 123 of Mastering Dungeons! 

Main Topic: We look back at the 2014 5E Player's Handbook. What do the Appendices tell us about 5E’s design, and how does it differ from previous editions?

 

News: Listener Perspectives, OGL 1.2 Review, What Makes D&D, Bent Goblin, and we ask you what Mastering Dungeons should cover next!

 

News Segment and Listener Questions 

00:00 Mere Mortals
01:22 Perspective?
05:34 Bent Goblin
07:23 What Makes DnD?
16:05 Cover Non-DnD?
17:26 OGL 1.2 Response
19:24 Rumor-Journalism
23:05 1.2 Review
26:02 WotC Goals
30:09 License Issues

Main Segment: 

5E Revisited - Chapter 11: Spells!

42:30 Appendices, Conditions
50:22 Gods of the Multiverse 
58:09 Planes of Existence
1:07:39 Creature Statistics
1:08:23 Inspirational Reading
1:09:21 PHB Conclusions
1:11:45 Shout-Outs

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Mastering Dungeons - 5E Revisited - Spells!

Episode 122 of Mastering Dungeons! 

Main Topic: We look back at the 2014 5E Player's Handbook. How have spells changed across the editions, and what would we change about 5E’s design?

 

News: Listener OGL Listener Questions, OGL Updates, D&D TV Show, Zelda and D&D, and the Best Sellers on Roll20!

 

News Segment and Listener Questions 

00:00 Electric Triangle
01:04 Weak Heals?
08:04 OGL Discourse?
18:46 DnD Guilt?
22:37 Freeform Spells?
27:33 OGL Update
39:09 DnD TV Show
41:21 Zelda & D&D
42:33 Best Roll20

Main Segment: 

5E Revisited - Chapter 11: Spells!

43:58 Spells in 5E
46:19 Spell Lists
50:17 Spell Design
52:54 Narrative
1:02:30 Shout-Outs

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Mastering Dungeons - 5E Revisited - Spellcasting

Episode 121 of Mastering Dungeons! 

Main Topic: We look back at the Spellcasting chapter of the 2014 5E Player's Handbook. What have we learned, what would we change, and what might the next edition of D&D hold?

 

News: The OGL Leaks, WotC Cancels Video Games, LEGO, Winter Fantasy, and an MMO Flumph!

 

News Segment and Listener Questions 

00:00 Newly Minted
01:19 Unconscious Design?
17:26 OGL Leaks
21:04 WotC Cancels Video Games
25:16 LEGO Winner
26:20 Winter Fantasy
27:29 Neverwinter Flumph

Main Segment: 

5E Revisited - Chapter 10: Spellcasting!

28:41 Chapter 10 Spellcasting
30:57 Defining a Spell
33:29 New Players
36:31 Utility and Resources
41:17 Cantrip Goals
44:05 Spell Slots
47:24 Casting in Armor
49:27 Rituals and Wands
52:30 Casting Details
57:35 Components Outdated?
1:03:18 Concentration
1:06:27 Grid vs ToTM
1:11:00 Saving Throw Woes
1:17:11 Shout-Outs

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