Welcome back, everyone! This week we're talking about a few related topics: Creating your own vampaign vs. running an official pre-written one, rolling for treasure vs. picking it out by hand, and starting a campaign at level.... Zero?!
If you have any thoughts on any of those topics, be sure to let us know in the comments!
This week's winner of our Chapel on the Cliffs drawing is David J! Congratulations, David! You should get your copy within the next few days. Whenever you have a chance to read it over, be sure to leave Goblin Stone a review! They're a great company and would love to use your feedback to improve their products.
Would you like to enter the drawing? It's easy- just e-mail us at InterPartyConflict@gmail.com with "Chapel on the Cliffs" in the subject line! It's that easy! As always, we need more entries for this drawing, so you have very good chances of winning very soon!
And remember, Goblin Stone is just one of the great content creators in the Critnation Fellowship! For more books and adventures, check out Loresmyth, Aurican's Lair, and Jeff Stevens- and for more podcasts, visit our friends at Crit Academy and D&D Character Lab- as well as the new Actual Play podcast on the Critnation Fellowship, Brute Force and Ignorance!
One last thing- be sure to get yourself a copy of Crit Academy's Unearthed Tips & Tricks book! It's a great product, and I helped write it!
See you all next week, for another very special episode!
Episode 111: Unplanned Generation
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Question answered this episode:
1. My current campaign is wrapping up soon and I’m trying to decide whether I want to use a homebrew adventure path or an official WotC campaign. What are the pros and cons of each?
2. Do you prefer rolling loot on the random loot tables or planning out in advance what loot the players will find?
3. How would you go about playing at level 0?
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Noteworthy Links:
Heroforge, a website where you can design your own tabletop miniatures
List of all official 5e adventure books
Dungeon Magazine issue 125, featuring The Faces Of Evil, the Age of Worms adventure mentioned in this episode
The Anointed One, a character from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Kingdom Hearts is awful
Kung-Fu Hustle, a Wuxia-style kung fu movie
Inanimate Carbon Rod
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Episode 110 - Wanna Play?
Hello, everyone! Welcome back to another standard episode of the show. I hope you liked last week's episode- I put a lot of work into it and am very happy with the end result. This week, though, we've got a good one for you- we talk about a few topics, all along a similar theme: We talk about players working against the party, we talk about magical compulsions that take control of your character, we talk about not wanting to play out of fear that your character might die; and lots more, all with the underlying theme of "Just Play Along!" I think we get down to some really good stuff in this episode and I would love to hear your thoughts!
This week's winner of our Chapel on the Cliffs drawing is Ciaran! Congratulations, Ciaran! You should get your copy within the next few days. Whenever you have a chance to read it over, be sure to leave Goblin Stone a review! They're a great company and would love to use your feedback to improve their products.
Would you like to enter the drawing? It's easy- just e-mail us at InterPartyConflict@gmail.com with "Chapel on the Cliffs" in the subject line! It's that easy! As always, we need more entries for this drawing, so you have very good chances of winning very soon!
And remember, Goblin Stone is just one of the great content creators in the Critnation Fellowship! For more books and adventures, check out Loresmyth, Aurican's Lair, and Jeff Stevens- and for more podcasts, visit our friends at Crit Academy and D&D Character Lab- as well as the new Actual Play podcast on the Critnation Fellowship, Brute Force and Ignorance!
One last thing- be sure to get yourself a copy of Crit Academy's Unearthed Tips & Tricks book! It's a great product, and I helped write it!
See you next week!
Episode 110: Play Along!
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Question answered this episode:
1. How would you go about putting a mole into the party?
2. A spell or effect makes your PC act a certain way. You don't like this so you don't play it. Are you a bad roleplayer or is fun the most important rule?
3. Am I a bad player if I don't want my character to die permanently?
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Noteworthy Links:
Indiana Jones
Shazam
The Champion, a class created by Rich Burlew
Tomb of Horrors
The Simpsons
This week's winner of our Chapel on the Cliffs drawing is Ciaran! Congratulations, Ciaran! You should get your copy within the next few days. Whenever you have a chance to read it over, be sure to leave Goblin Stone a review! They're a great company and would love to use your feedback to improve their products.
Would you like to enter the drawing? It's easy- just e-mail us at InterPartyConflict@gmail.com with "Chapel on the Cliffs" in the subject line! It's that easy! As always, we need more entries for this drawing, so you have very good chances of winning very soon!
And remember, Goblin Stone is just one of the great content creators in the Critnation Fellowship! For more books and adventures, check out Loresmyth, Aurican's Lair, and Jeff Stevens- and for more podcasts, visit our friends at Crit Academy and D&D Character Lab- as well as the new Actual Play podcast on the Critnation Fellowship, Brute Force and Ignorance!
One last thing- be sure to get yourself a copy of Crit Academy's Unearthed Tips & Tricks book! It's a great product, and I helped write it!
See you next week!
Episode 110: Play Along!
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Question answered this episode:
1. How would you go about putting a mole into the party?
2. A spell or effect makes your PC act a certain way. You don't like this so you don't play it. Are you a bad roleplayer or is fun the most important rule?
3. Am I a bad player if I don't want my character to die permanently?
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Noteworthy Links:
Indiana Jones
Shazam
The Champion, a class created by Rich Burlew
Tomb of Horrors
The Simpsons
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Bonus Episode 6 - Short Story Time!
Hello, everyone!
This episode is a very special one, and I've been working on it for a while. Due to some issues scheduling and letting real life butt its ugly head into the podcast, our recording schedule has been out of whack for the last few weeks; in order to get us back on track, we've got a non-standard episode for you this week! Very much like our Ballad of Garg and Moonslicer episode way back when, this episode consists of a reading of a short fantasy story- this time, one written by me! This story, The Dinner Date, follows the tales Georg and Kathalin, a loyal monk and a brave paladin as they save the world from evil- looked back upon with the reflection that only time can bring. I wrote this story a few months ago (and it's one of the many stories available to our patrons) and had a great time bringing it to all of you!
As this is a non-standard episode, we don't have a drawing this week, but I do still want to remind you all to check out Goblin Stone and the rest of the great content creators in the Critnation Fellowship! For more books and adventures, check out Loresmyth, Aurican's Lair, and Jeff Stevens- and for more podcasts, visit our friends at Crit Academy and D&D Character Lab- as well as the new Actual Play podcast on the Critnation Fellowship, Brute Force and Ignorance!
One last thing- be sure to get yourself a copy of Crit Academy's Unearthed Tips & Tricks book! It's a great product, and I helped write it!
So thank you all for bearing with us, and join us next week for another bog-standard episode!
Bonus Episode 6: The Dinner Date
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If you want to listen to the episode without my usual intro and outro, then click here for an audio file of just the story:
Bonus Episode 6a: The Dinner Date (Story Only)
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Sound Effects used in this episode (all from Freesound.org):
Scary Ambient Music (Creepy Chambers) by The Bose Deity
horse hooves on stone.wav by playaudio1
Sad Song Loop by DigiZoo
Old Music Box by keina_espineira
Explosion by Iwiploppenisse
angry mob loop.aiff by benjaminharveydesign
Fanfare 3.wav by primordiality
Galloping Horse.wav by prosounder
Moving a boulder.wav by BW_Clowes
Fire-breathing dragon.flac by CGEffex
Dragon Roar by qubodup
Brutal Kung Fu Punches.aif by Project_Trident
Let's Go to Zanzibar by lena_orsa
Arrow_woosh__twang_01.wav by strangely_gnarled
sad song.mp3 by cheesepuff.
This episode is a very special one, and I've been working on it for a while. Due to some issues scheduling and letting real life butt its ugly head into the podcast, our recording schedule has been out of whack for the last few weeks; in order to get us back on track, we've got a non-standard episode for you this week! Very much like our Ballad of Garg and Moonslicer episode way back when, this episode consists of a reading of a short fantasy story- this time, one written by me! This story, The Dinner Date, follows the tales Georg and Kathalin, a loyal monk and a brave paladin as they save the world from evil- looked back upon with the reflection that only time can bring. I wrote this story a few months ago (and it's one of the many stories available to our patrons) and had a great time bringing it to all of you!
As this is a non-standard episode, we don't have a drawing this week, but I do still want to remind you all to check out Goblin Stone and the rest of the great content creators in the Critnation Fellowship! For more books and adventures, check out Loresmyth, Aurican's Lair, and Jeff Stevens- and for more podcasts, visit our friends at Crit Academy and D&D Character Lab- as well as the new Actual Play podcast on the Critnation Fellowship, Brute Force and Ignorance!
One last thing- be sure to get yourself a copy of Crit Academy's Unearthed Tips & Tricks book! It's a great product, and I helped write it!
So thank you all for bearing with us, and join us next week for another bog-standard episode!
Bonus Episode 6: The Dinner Date
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If you want to listen to the episode without my usual intro and outro, then click here for an audio file of just the story:
Bonus Episode 6a: The Dinner Date (Story Only)
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Sound Effects used in this episode (all from Freesound.org):
Scary Ambient Music (Creepy Chambers) by The Bose Deity
horse hooves on stone.wav by playaudio1
Sad Song Loop by DigiZoo
Old Music Box by keina_espineira
Explosion by Iwiploppenisse
angry mob loop.aiff by benjaminharveydesign
Fanfare 3.wav by primordiality
Galloping Horse.wav by prosounder
Moving a boulder.wav by BW_Clowes
Fire-breathing dragon.flac by CGEffex
Dragon Roar by qubodup
Brutal Kung Fu Punches.aif by Project_Trident
Let's Go to Zanzibar by lena_orsa
Arrow_woosh__twang_01.wav by strangely_gnarled
sad song.mp3 by cheesepuff.
Tuesday, March 5, 2019
Episode 109: The Nerdiest Episode
Welcome back, everyone! We've got a fun episode for you this week- Jeff and I discuss a few topics related to fandom and nerdiness: We talk about how to explain D&D to a person who has never played D&D, how we would go about turning an existing IP into a roleplaying campaign, and ultimately, we get down to the bottom of the age-old question: Which is nerdier- LARPing or D&D?
(Also, it occurred to me while editing that we didn't take a moment to explain what LARPing is. Hopefully it's explained well enough through the context of our discussion, but for anyone here who doesn't know, LARP stands for Live Action Role Play, and it's a type of roleplaying game where you are physically acting out what your character is doing, usually out in a public place. Maybe with foam swords and/or pellets that represent spells that you throw at people.)
This week's winner of our Chapel on the Cliffs drawing is Kelly L! Congratulations, Kelly! You should get your copy within the next few days. Whenever you have a chance to read it over, be sure to leave Goblin Stone a review! They're a great company and would love to use your feedback to improve their products.
Would you like to enter the drawing? It's easy- just e-mail us at InterPartyConflict@gmail.com with "Chapel on the Cliffs" in the subject line! It's that easy! We've been running low on applicants for quite some time, so your chances of winning are very good! Like, VERY good! Seriously!
And remember, Goblin Stone is just one of the great content creators in the Critnation Fellowship! For more books and adventures, check out Loresmyth, Aurican's Lair, and Jeff Stevens- and for more podcasts, visit our friends at Crit Academy and D&D Character Lab- as well as the new Actual Play podcast on the Critnation Fellowship, Brute Force and Ignorance!
One last thing- be sure to get yourself a copy of Crit Academy's Unearthed Tips & Tricks book! It's a great product, and I helped write it!
See ya next week, NERDS!
Episode 109: You Just Like It
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Question answered this episode:
1. How do you explain your passion for D&D to the people who you are closest to, who just don’t get it? My family just cannot wrap their heads around why I spend so much time engaged with imaginary characters and places.
2. Have you ever considered a fanfic D&D game (set in an existing universe like the Wheel of Time or Game of Thrones)? Would you use D&D or would you rather use a system specific to that world?
3. Which is nerdier, LARPing or D&D? Why?
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Noteworthy Links:
Parsely Games
Dark Souls Friendquest with our good friend, Steve!
King's Quest
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Challenge of Champions, a series of adventure modules in Dungeon Magazine that focused on riddles and puzzle solving rather than combat
Pokemon Let's Go Team Rocket outfit
Game of Thrones
Lord of the Rings
Tearable RPG
The Simpsons
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 RPG
The Film Reroll
GURPS
Game of Thrones Risk
Dagorhir, a fantasy foam swordfighting game
Arcade Memories Podcast episode 3
(Also, it occurred to me while editing that we didn't take a moment to explain what LARPing is. Hopefully it's explained well enough through the context of our discussion, but for anyone here who doesn't know, LARP stands for Live Action Role Play, and it's a type of roleplaying game where you are physically acting out what your character is doing, usually out in a public place. Maybe with foam swords and/or pellets that represent spells that you throw at people.)
This week's winner of our Chapel on the Cliffs drawing is Kelly L! Congratulations, Kelly! You should get your copy within the next few days. Whenever you have a chance to read it over, be sure to leave Goblin Stone a review! They're a great company and would love to use your feedback to improve their products.
Would you like to enter the drawing? It's easy- just e-mail us at InterPartyConflict@gmail.com with "Chapel on the Cliffs" in the subject line! It's that easy! We've been running low on applicants for quite some time, so your chances of winning are very good! Like, VERY good! Seriously!
And remember, Goblin Stone is just one of the great content creators in the Critnation Fellowship! For more books and adventures, check out Loresmyth, Aurican's Lair, and Jeff Stevens- and for more podcasts, visit our friends at Crit Academy and D&D Character Lab- as well as the new Actual Play podcast on the Critnation Fellowship, Brute Force and Ignorance!
One last thing- be sure to get yourself a copy of Crit Academy's Unearthed Tips & Tricks book! It's a great product, and I helped write it!
See ya next week, NERDS!
Episode 109: You Just Like It
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Question answered this episode:
1. How do you explain your passion for D&D to the people who you are closest to, who just don’t get it? My family just cannot wrap their heads around why I spend so much time engaged with imaginary characters and places.
2. Have you ever considered a fanfic D&D game (set in an existing universe like the Wheel of Time or Game of Thrones)? Would you use D&D or would you rather use a system specific to that world?
3. Which is nerdier, LARPing or D&D? Why?
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Noteworthy Links:
Parsely Games
Dark Souls Friendquest with our good friend, Steve!
King's Quest
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Challenge of Champions, a series of adventure modules in Dungeon Magazine that focused on riddles and puzzle solving rather than combat
Pokemon Let's Go Team Rocket outfit
Game of Thrones
Lord of the Rings
Tearable RPG
The Simpsons
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 RPG
The Film Reroll
GURPS
Game of Thrones Risk
Dagorhir, a fantasy foam swordfighting game
Arcade Memories Podcast episode 3
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