This week the guys talk about the new Dungeons & Dragons 5.5 book, Adventures in Faerun. It’s an adventure for sure talking about it. Also Dan gets to tell a tale about how to fight black oozes with lightning.
Strahd, the big bad evil Vampire of Ravenloft castle has his yearly run in with adventurers in the adventure Strahd Must Die. This time the guys bring some street justice to him. Thanks to Orthane Productions for joining in the fun. Jay takes a deep dive into some of the most rare official Dungeons & Dragons settings.
The Grumpy Dungeon Masters have a couple of stories to tell this week from their games. Also LUG Con was this week in Atlanta and a couple of the guys made it out to it. More D&D video game talk and the ecology of the Lammasu.
Did you know Vampiric Touch was a concentration spell? Some of the Grumpy Dungeon Masters didn’t either. Also the licensing of Dungeons & Dragons has begun. A new non-D&D video game is on the way with the D&D label. Dan also gets to talk about the new goodies he acquired.
Christopher talks about the lack of content in the new Dungeons & Dragons starter set. Also the guys look at their own picks as some of the worst modules of all time. Somehow Orcus is involved.
Dan is absent this week, but Christopher’s wife and owner of the podcast Shelley fills in for him. They review the Crooked Moon D&D setting that had a big Kickstarter last year. If you love folk horror this is the setting for you!
This week the Grumpy Dungeon Masters talk about Mega Dungeons! Huge Dungeons with Huge Adventure! Also Christopher talks Adventures League and Kristian & Dan talk about their Shadowdark game.
The guys look at the new starter set for Dungeons & Dragons 5.5 to see if it’s better than the previous editions starter set. Also Jay looks at starter sets from the 90’s and Chris TPK’s his party, without TPKing them.
This week the guys talk about magic items. They go over the crafting of magic items and should it be done by players. Also cursed magic items and how to use them properly. Done right it can be great. Done wrong and your players will hate you. Learn the right way!
Dan talks Dragonlance and Forgotten Realms Cult of the Dragon in part 3 of the dragon deep dive. Jay runs a Dungeon Crawl Classics game using AI to jump start it and will D&D become overwhelmed by outside money?