Mastering Dungeons

Episode 118 of Mastering Dungeons!  This week's main topic: We finish our look at the Cleric playtest. We take a look at epic feats and changes to the rule glossary! In our News segment we look at WotC hiring a Creative Lead, Hasbro fireside chat, Baldur's Gate 3, and more. News Segment and Listener Questions  00:00 Werewolf Soccer 01:31 Designers Play? 11:33 Spell Schools? 16:28 WotC Creative Lead 22:50 Hasbro Fireside Chat 42:54 Baldur’s Gate 3 Date 45:00 Manual of Gainful Exercise 46:51 Tasselhoff’s Pouches of Everything 48:32 Epic Boons and Feats 54:42 Glossary and Actions 59:14 DCs and Aid 1:03:48 Amor and Attacks 1:06:57 Banishment, Barkskin 1:09:11 Dazed, Difficult Terrain 1:11:14 Grappling, Guidance 1:13:59 Final Glossary Thoughts 1:19:29 Shout-Outs Thank you for listening! Get the full show notes with links on Patreon.

Episode 117 of Mastering Dungeons!  This week's main topic: A shiny new playtest packet features a revised cleric class, three species, and a rule glossary! In our News segment we look at free Dragonlance monsters, new D&D Movie Trailer, Race retired as a term, the end of Acq Inc, and more. News Segment and Listener Questions  00:00 Snow Time 01:24 Community Split? 12:15 AL Storylines? 22:07 Spell Schools? 22:47 Free DL Monsters  24:26 Movie Update 26:30 Race Retired 28:27 First Survey Recap 37:29 Acq Inc Ends 40:53 Stormwreck AL Adaptation 41:54 Citadel of the Unseen Sun Main Segment:  Clerics and Species - One D&D Playtest 45:09 Clerics and Turning 47:59 Domain Critique 52:42 Feature Analysis 59:17 Holy Order 1:04:25 Blessed Strikes 1:06:57 Life Domain 1:09:11 Ardling 1:15:45 Dragonborn 1:17:00 Goliath 1:21:23 Shout-Outs Thank you for listening! Get the full show notes with links on Patreon.

Episode 116 of Mastering Dungeons!  This week's main topic: 5E Revisited - Chapter 8 Adventuring! We look back at the 2014 5E Player's Handbook. What have we learned, what would we change, and what might the next edition of D&D hold? In our News segment we look at WotC's OGL Response, LEGO and Trivial Pursuit, Mongoose Innovation, and more! Listeners ask us about Compatibility and Settings, the Challenge of Designing for Compatibility, and Adventure-Specific Backgrounds. News Segment and Listener Questions  00:00 5E Number 17 02:32 Compatible Setting? 08:45 Compatibility Design Challenge? 12:45 Adventure Backgrounds? 17:07 WotC OGL 25:29 LEGO D&D 27:00 Trivial Pursuit 28:33 Radical Mongoose 31:51 Dicebreaker Finalists 33:06 Winter Fantasy 34:22 Esper Genesis 35:06 Free Elven Tower Main Segment:  5E Revisited - Chapter 8: Adventuring! 35:37 Chapter 8 Adventuring 37:30 What Should Be Here? 47:39 Time 48:55 Overland Travel 1:00:37 Travel Activities 1:05:10 Falling and Suffocating 1:11:40 Vision and Light 1:14:16 Social Interaction 1:16:05 Short + Long Rests 1:20:43 Lifestyle + Downtime 1:26:58 Shout-Outs Thank you for listening! Get the full show notes with links on Patreon.

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.  Each show typically has three segments: - Listener Questions - Industry News - Main Segment (review, interview, or focused topic) Each episode is one podcast on your podcast listening app. On YouTube, we provide each episode as two videos, so you can enjoy the Questions/News and Main segment separately if desired. Find our show notes and support our podcast and YouTube efforts: https://www.patreon.com/MasteringDnD  Listen to us on your favorite podcast device: https://MasteringDungeons.podbean.com   Chat with us on Twitter or Mastodon: https://twitter.com/MasteringDnD  https://dice.camp/@MasteringDnD Find Shawn: https://twitter.com/shawnmerwin  https://ghostfiregaming.com/   Find Teos: https://alphastream.org/   https://youtube.com/@AlphastreamRPG https://dice.camp/@Alphastream  https://twitter.com/Alphastream     Mastering Dungeons is a weekly podcast, made with care for your enjoyment.

Episode 115 of Mastering Dungeons!  This week's main topic: 5E Revisited - Chapter 7 Using Ability Scores! We look back at the 2014 5E Player's Handbook. What have we learned, what would we change, and what might the next edition of D&D hold? In our News segment we look at Dragon+ removal, Hasbro selling eOne, 6E OGL rumors, landing a job with Paizo/WotC, and more! Listeners ask us about crafting rules, useful backgrounds, and playtesting. News Segment and Listener Questions  00:00 Happy Tofurkey 01:35 Crafting Rules? 09:52 Useful Backgrounds? 14:04 Playtesting? 23:55 Dragon+ Removed 31:51 Hasbro Selling eOne 35:12 6E OGL Rumor 43:21 Landing Paizo/WotC Jobs 48:16 WizKids Movie Minis   Main Segment:  5E Revisited - Chapter 7: Using Ability Scores! 50:31 Ability Scores 54:33 Dump Stats 1:03:13 Advantage/Disadvantage 1:09:26 Proficiency Bonus 1:14:19 Passive Checks 1:18:10 Checks and Saving Throws 1:20:00 Shout-Outs Thank you for listening! Get the full show notes with links on Patreon.

Episode 114 of Mastering Dungeons!  This week's main topic: 5E Revisited - Chapter 6 Customization Options! We look back at the 2014 5E Player's Handbook. What have we learned, what would we change, and what might the next edition of D&D hold? In our News segment we look at WotC's new Inclusion Review, Neverwinter's Drow, Kobold Press Hiring, Hasbro Overproducing, and more! Listeners ask us about Art and Subversion, Concise Adventures, and 6E's Audience. News Segment and Listener Questions  00:00 Grace and Dignity 01:03 Paranoia Gear? 02:58 Concise Adventures? 10:34 Art and Cooperation? 20:31 6E’s Audience? 26:03 WotC inclusion Review 33:16 Dragonlance on Guild 34:16 Neverwinter Drow 36:24 Monty Python RPG 38:47 Game Master’s Books 41:29 Innsmouth Garden Society 42:28 Kobold Press Hiring 43:06 Hasbro Overproducing? 46:17 Collville on Equipment Main Segment:  5E Revisited - Chapter 6: Customization Options! We look back at the 2014 5E's Feats and Multiclassing.  50:11 Is Customization Optional? 53:59 Multiclassing’s Past 56:03 6E Goals? 58:00 5E Multiclassing 1:02:54 Proficiency Bonus 1:04:23 Spellcasting 1:08:22 Feats in 5E 1:12:54 Shout-Outs Thank you for listening! Get the full show notes with links on Patreon.

Episode 113 of Mastering Dungeons!  This week's main topic: 5E Revisited - Equipment! We look back at the 2014 5E Player's Handbook. What have we learned, what would we change, and what might the next edition of D&D hold? In our News segment we look at the D&D Movie rescheduling, the first FR map, NFL player on the DMs Guild, and more! Listeners ask us about non-D&D RPGs and fulfilling campaigns. News Segment and Listener Questions  00:00 Thank you 02:00 Other RPGs?  09:00 Alex Kammer on Campaigns 12:23 Movie Rescheduled 13:40 Original FR Map 16:18 Roll20 Looks Back 19:20 Johnny Stanton 22:52 Sandy Pug School 24:21 Eternal Night Main Segment:  5E Revisited - Chapter 5: Equipment! We look back at the 2014 5E Player's Handbook. What have we learned, what would we change, and what might the next edition of D&D hold? 27:57 Why Equipment? 38:25 Starting Equipment 43:09 6E Options 47:38 Living Accounting 49:40 Wealth 53:41 Armor and Weapons 01:06:10 Adventuring Gear 01:10:50 Lifestyle 01:12:41 Shout-Outs Thank you for listening! Get the full show notes with links on Patreon.

Episode 112 of Mastering Dungeons!  This week's main topic: 5E Revisited - Inspiration and Backgrounds! We look back at the 2014 5E Player's Handbook. What have we learned, what would we change, and what might the next edition of D&D hold? In our News segment we look at new D&D movie toys, D&D digital bundles, Flumph shirts, Dragonlance sneak peak, and more! Listeners ask us about Inspiration and One D&D's design audience. News Segment and Listener Questions  00:00 MD Goes Indy! 03:53 Inspiration Problem? 07:18 Design for Players? 14:06 Expert Survey Live 17:25 New Digital Bundles 22:50 Flumph Shirt! 24:22 Dragonlance Preview 25:50 Movie Toys 28:37 Tabletop in Iran 29:47 Dicebreaker Awards  Main Segment:  5E Revisited - Inspiration and Backgrounds! We look back at the 2014 5E Player's Handbook. What have we learned, what would we change, and what might the next edition of D&D hold? 31:52 Intro 33:09 Inspiration 57:10 Backgrounds 1:10:40 Where to Find Us Thank you for listening! Get the full show notes with links on Patreon.

Shawn and Teos’ live Mastering Dungeons seminar from GameHoleCon! News! Questions! Clapping! Smells! This one has it all! Breaking News Links Wes Schneider Reveals Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen […]

Moving through the Unearthed Arcana that is OneD&D, Shawn and Teos talk about the future of Feats, while it occurs to the editor that he has twice made the joke […]