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WARNING: This is a very niche episode reviewing the design and making of third-party classes for 5e D&D. DM Matt dives into the excellent Illrigger by MCDM Productions and our own Warlord. Links below!
The Illrigger Class
It's a clip show! Listen back to our episodes on running games for kids, MST3K-style riffs for the awful Dungeons and Dragons film, our interview with game designer Olivia Hill, our trip back in time to do some D&D demography, advice from game designer Daniel Kwan, and world-building with Eberron's creator Keith Baker.
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Ahead of the publication of Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, Matt and Rob talk about the SPOOKIEST official Dungeons and Dragons campaign setting -- the Domains of Dread! Spooky, scary, and more than a little bit racist!
Music:
Pac Div - Roll the Dice
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Theme Song
Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings
Tracy Jordan - Werewolf Bar Mitzvah
Bobby "Boris" Pickett - Monster Mash
You have built the perfect world. Now, with DM Matt and Rob as your guides, let's turn it into something to adventure in.
Links:
The Warlord Class by Matt & Rob
Music:
Pac Div - Roll the Dice; The Godfathers - The City.
DMs Matt and Rob have compiled their 25 favorite tools, resources, and websites to help you build, plan, and run your campaigns! Links below!
DMofNone Patreon coming soon! Let us know what you would like to see!
Mapping:
Dyson’s Dodecahedron
https://dysonlogos.blog/
The Cartographers’ Guild
https://www.cartographersguild.com/
HexTML
http://hextml.playest.net/
Hexographer
https://worldographer.com/
Medieval Fantasy City Generator
https://watabou.itch.io/medieval-fantasy-city-generator
Alex’s Dungeon Map (of the Root Mine)
https://i.redd.it/ka1xnwdjq8o61.jpg
Blogs:
Master the Dungeon
https://www.masterthedungeon.com/
The Alexandrian
https://thealexandrian.net/gamemastery-101
Sly Flourish
https://slyflourish.com/index.html
ThinkDM
https://thinkdm.org/
Keith Baker
http://keith-baker.com/
Public Domain Stuff:
The Public Domain Review
https://publicdomainreview.org/
Creative Commons
https://creativecommons.org/
Campaign Management:
Chronica
https://www.chronica.ventures/
World Anvil
https://www.worldanvil.com/
Obsidian Portal
https://www.obsidianportal.com/
Tools:
Rolz
https://rolz.org/
Token Stamp
http://rolladvantage.com/tokenstamp/
RP Tools
https://www.rptools.net/
Encounter Builders:
DnD Beyond
https://www.dndbeyond.com/encounter-builder
Donjon
https://donjon.bin.sh/5e/calc/enc_size.html
Kobold Fight Club
https://kobold.club/fight/#/encounter-builder
Name Generators:
Behind the Name
https://www.behindthename.com/
FaNG App
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.crystalpeak.fantasynamegenerator&hl=en_US&gl=US
Paid Stuff:
A Simple Character Sheet
https://www.dmsguild.com/product/212909/Jos-custom-character-sheet
MCDM Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/mcdm
Matt and Rob review a curated selection of the remaining Candlekeep Mysteries adventures.
Your hosts are joined by special guest and Candlekeep Mystery author, Daniel Kwan. Join us for a discussion about leaving the academy, thoughtful world-building, deconstructing Kara-Tur, learning from other games, and Daniel's adventure "The Book of Inner Alchemy."
Links:
Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice; I Hate My Job - Cam'ron.
Matt and Rob review the new WotC adventure anthology, Candlekeep Mysteries! It's spooky! Also we don't get very far. But there's some cool stuff here!
Music:
Pac Div - Roll the Dice
DMs Matt and Rob answer your Dungeon Master questions. But first! The most ridiculous DM cease & desist letter plus a brief discussion of a new Feywild-themed Unearthed Arcana. Also, let your players start a union.
The questions: What is thac0? How do you calculate damage in Mutants & Masterminds? How do I describe diverse NPCs? How should I best transition from the virtual tabletop to in-person games? How can increase the tension in my campaign? What are your favorite adventures written by BIPOC & LGBTQ+ authors?
Unearthed Arcana - Fold of the Feywild
Adventure Recommendations: Uncaged Anthologies, Eat the Rich, Eyes Unclouded (Anthologies)
The Harrowing by Crystal Frasier
M5 Talons of Night by Jennell Jaquays
Mythic D6: Bastion by Jerry D. Grayson, Matthew Bottiglieri, Kieran Turley
Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice; Woody Guthrie (r. by Old Crow Medicine Show) - Union Maid.
Matt and Rob sit down and go through the process of designing a Call of Cthulhu investigation, based on Matt's con-based one-shot, At the Monongahela's of Madness!
Music:
Pac Div - Roll the Dice
Big Rock Candy Mountain
Take Me Home, Country Roads
Sinnerman
This episode is flat circle. It's time to discuss your problematic faves: H.P. Lovecraft and the Call of Cthulhu role-playing game. DMs Rob and Matt get into the racism and legacy of all-time weirdo H.P. Lovecraft, the good (great Dungeon Master advice) and the bad (the sanity system) of the world's second most popular RPG.
Links:
"Lovecraftian Horror — and the Racism at its Core — Explained" by Aja Romano
Call of Cthulhu 7th Ed. Keeper Rulebook
Music:
Pac Div - Roll the Dice; Eben Brooks - Hey There Cthulhu.
This episode is flat circle. It's time to discuss your problematic faves: H.P. Lovecraft and the Call of Cthulhu role-playing game. DMs Rob and Matt get into the racism and legacy of all-time weirdo H.P.
Matt solo reviews the brilliant solo role-playing game, Thousand Year Old Vampire by Tim Hutchings.
Matt solo reviews the brilliant solo role-playing game, Thousand Year Old Vampire by Tim Hutchings. Thousand Year Old Vampire
Power's back! DMs Matt and Rob answer your mailbag questions about house rules, Genesys, creating trans-friendly worlds, new plane-touched races, and counterspells.
Links:
Trans Inclusivity from Monster Darlings: Creating a Safe Table and Running Trans/NB Characters
Stuff We Like: The Dread Dome and the Wagadu Chronicles
Unearthed Arcana: Gothic Lineages and Dragon Subclasses
Non-European History Recommendations:
Revolutions Podcast - Haitian Revolution
Gender in History: Global Perspectives
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
Power's back! DMs Matt and Rob answer your mailbag questions about house rules, Genesys, creating trans-friendly worlds, new plane-touched races, and counterspells.
They say lightning never strikes twice... They were wrong.
DMs Matt and Rob are back for part 2 of their John McClain-inspired adventure: Dice Hard! Come down to the Wizards of the Coast and have a few laughs as the actual prep continues.
They say lightning never strikes twice... They were wrong. DMs Matt and Rob are back for part 2 of their John McClain-inspired adventure: Dice Hard! Come down to the Wizards of the Coast and have a few laughs as the actual prep continues.
Rob rambles about why he's disappointed in recent cyberpunk media and why the genre is interesting or useful as a storyteller or gamemaster.
CD Projekt Red Catered to Its Edgiest Fans
Confessions of an Ex-Cyberpunk
The Role-Playing Game That Predicted the Future
Rob rambles about why he's disappointed in recent cyberpunk media and why the genre is interesting or useful as a storyteller or gamemaster. CD Projekt Red Catered to Its Edgiest Fans Confessions of an Ex-Cyberpunk The Role-Playing Game That Predicted the Future
Another episode of actual prep! Matt and Rob work on the outline for a one-shot loosely inspired by DIE HARD. Ten stories of sheer adventure!
Music:
Pac Div - Roll the Dice
Beethoven - Ode to Joy
Guyz Nite - Die Hard
Another episode of actual prep! Matt and Rob work on the outline for a one-shot loosely inspired by DIE HARD. Ten stories of sheer adventure! Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Beethoven - Ode to Joy Guyz Nite - Die Hard
Our house...our rules.
DMs Matt and Rob go through the most popular, and the most hated, house rules for 5th edition Dungeons and Dragons.
Links:
Half-Feats (Updated with Tasha's)
Inspiration by the Apocalypse (D&D 5e Houser Rule)
Music:
Pac Div - Roll the Dice; Talking Heads - Burning Down the House.
Our house...our rules.
DM Matt takes a look Arcadia, MCDM Productions' new magazine for 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons. What is Arcadia? It ain't in Greece, Louisiana, or the plane of Peaceable Kingdoms in the Great Wheel cosmology. Knowing Matt Colville it's probably a Duran Duran reference. Confusing name aside, this magazine rules. Check out the review!
Links:
DMofNone Eyes Unclouded Review
DMofNone Strongholds and Followers Review
Music:
Pac Div - Roll the Dice; The Meters - Cissy Strut; Jonathan Coulton - Still Alive; Jay-Z & UGK - Big Pimpin'; Beastie Boys - Slow Ride; Step Rideau and The Zydeco Outlaws - Yippi Yai Yo Yippi Yai Yay.
DM Matt takes a look Arcadia, MCDM Productions' new magazine for 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons. What is Arcadia? It ain't in Greece, Louisiana, or the plane of Peaceable Kingdoms in the Great Wheel cosmology. Knowing Matt Colville it's probably a Duran Duran reference. Confusing name aside, this magazine rules. Check out the review!
New year, same Dungeon Master of None.
DMs Matt and Rob reflect on the best of 2020. Good vibes only! Then, they dive into the generic narrative Roleplaying System from Fantasy Flight Games: Genesys! Here's some pictures below, because it's hard to understand the system without looking at the dice, the outcome symbols, and the probability chart. Stick around for DM Matt's Goodfellas parody at the end of the show!
Links:
Recommendations:
Matt: Ultraviolet Grasslands and the Black City
Rob: Hades
Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice; Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze; Tony Bennett - Rags to Riches.
New year, same Dungeon Master of None. DMs Matt and Rob reflect on the best of 2020. Good vibes only! Then, they dive into the generic narrative Roleplaying System from Fantasy Flight Games: Genesys! Here's some pictures below, because it's hard to understand the system without looking at the dice, the outcome symbols, and the probability chart.
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