Episode 250: Bittersweet

Well, it's here: episode 250, the end of five years of tabletop gaming advice. We're celebrating this occasion with our good friend and fellow podcast, Justin from Crit Academy! With his help, we're knocking out all the rest of our unused discussion questions in a grab bag of gaming advice and memories. I hope you enjoy it, and be sure to join us next week as we wind down and send off Inter-Party Conflict!

Let me just extend yet another huge thank-you to all of the wonderful people who made this show what it is! It's been a wild ride and it'll be sad once it's all over.

And remember, for more podcasts, visit our friends at Crit Academy, Brute Force and Ignorance, The Kind GM, and D&D Character Lab! And for books, adventures, and videos, check out Goblin Stone, Loresmyth, Aurican's Lair, and Jeff Stevens!

So be sure to join us next week for our After Party episode, and as I always say, hang ten!

Episode 250: Exit, Stage Left

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Question(s) answered this episode:

1. What is a good way to bring up the subject if you think the DM is kneecapping certain skills, such as by setting DCs too high?

2. I'm making music playlists for my DnD game. What playlist themes (combat music, tavern music, etc.) would I need to cover all of the various states of play?

3. Have you ever played/encountered someone else playing an alternate character in a campaign? Did it enhance the gameplay in expected/unexpected ways, or hurt the gameplay in expected/unexpected ways? Or both?

4. What are your top tips for a new DM?

5. What is the most fun way a PC has died in a game you have been in?

6. What are your opinions on Gith?

7. What do you do when one player seems to be directly antagonizing another player in-game?

8. How can I play a narrow-minded, self-centered character in a party without ruining everyone else's experience?

9. What is the best way to learn how to optimize a character in D&D?

10. What minor rule in your games do you keep forgetting? 

11. If you could make a useless cantrip, what would it do?

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Noteworthy Links:

Crit Academy Manscaped ad (from a section cut out of the episode, WATCH AT YOUR OWN RISK)

Nintendo Switch

Prep or Die, an adventure-building podcast that Crit Academy guested on

Initiative and Intrigue

Tanis Kero, an NPC I created for Crit Academy's Memorable Monsters book!

Arcade Memories Podcast

Nowhere Men: The Nowhere Man Project

At the Gaming Table

Bardly.io

100 Ways to Excuse Character Absence

10 Mistakes You're Making as a Dungeon Master Right Now

Chain Chomp

Sharn, City of Towers

The Black Egg, a notorious D&D module from Dungeon Magazine

Gith, a race from D&D

Giff, another race from D&D

Geth, a race from Mass Effect

Baldur's Gate

Planeshifters, an Actual Play session Crit Academy did that featured planehopping

Planescape: Torment, a computer game set in the city of Sigil

dndcombat.com, a website that lets you simulate combats in D&D

Terminator

Big Ol' Teeth, Episode 3 of At the Gaming Table where Justin made me hate grappling

Dawn of Worlds, a worldbuilding game

Episode 214: Subclassy

Welcome back, listeners! We've got a real treat for you this week- we're joined by two of the hosts of the fantastic D&D podcast, Crit Academy! Justin and Ian are with us to discuss building subclasses in D&D 5th Edition- and to illustrate the process, all four of us have brought in a subclass that we've designed, and we're sharing them all with you! It's a ton of fun and you should definitely come along for the ride.

I alaso want to direct you to Crit Academy's new upcoming product, Capes & Crooks! It's coming soon to Kickstarter, but if you follow their blog and podcast you just might be able to catch some of the playtest!

And this week's winner of the brand-new Crit 3 drawing is The DM's Council! Congratulations, DM's Council! Be sure to leave Crit Academy a review, so they can keep on making great products! They're a great group and would love to use your feedback to improve their products in the future.

Every week we're going to be giving away this new bundle of three new character option supplements from Crit Academy- the Warmind, the Skybreaker, and the Werecat- and all you have to do to enter is send us an e-mail with "Crit 3" in the subject line. It's that easy!

And If you'd like to help support the show and get some great additional content for it, head over to http://www.patreon.com/interpartyconflict and become a patron! Even a dollar a month gets you some bonus content, and there's lots of cool stuff there for anyone willing to help make the show better.

And remember, Crit Academy is just one of the great podcasts in the Critnation Fellowship! For more podcasts, visit our friends at Brute Force and Ignorance, The Kind GM, and the (unfortunately ended) D&D Character Lab! And for books, adventures, and videos, check out Goblin Stone, Loresmyth, Aurican's Lair, and Jeff Stevens!

Stay classy, listeners!

Episode 214: A Class Act

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Question(s) answered this episode:

1. How would you go about creating a subclass?

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Noteworthy Links:

Death Note, an anime/manga about a man who finds a killer note book

Azure Bonds

Brandon Sanderson, author of various fantasy book series, including the Stormlight Archive

Bloodrager, a Barbarian/Sorcerer hybrid class from Pathfinder

World of Warcraft

Warshaper, a Druid Prestige Class from 3.5 D&D

Gun Mage, a Sorcerer subclass made by Crit Academy

Monster Hunter Gun Lance

All Might, a character from My Hero Academia

Tulok the Barbarian, a Youtube channel where they make popular characters in D&D (and they guested on Crit Academy a few months ago!)

The Actual Play Podcast Special

Hello, everyone!

We decided to take the week off from recording, but instead I have a special surprise for you all: Instead of a normal episode, I've finally finished editing At the Gaming Table, the Actual Play podcast that we recorded last year, and all six episodes are available for you to listen to! We've made a lot of references to it, but now it's finally out. So thank you all for listening, and we'll see you next week when we're back to our usual shenanigans!

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Inter-Party Conflict sidebar: At the Gaming Table

Episode 1: Winter's Rest

Episode 2: Hunting a Legend

Episode 3: Big ol' Teeth

Episode 4: Deals with the Devil

Episode 5: Into the Mines

Episode 6: To Be Seen

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And, for links to the players:

Justin (Jormun Gundar)

Brigid (Wardin Lunatis)

Me & Jeff  (DM and Pip)

Episode 116: Five At Large

Wait a minute, what's that I hear? Three voices? Why, it's the hosts of Crit Academy, of course! Justin, Ian and Brandon join us this week for a great episode. We cover several topics, including battle royale sessions, keeping track of campaign notes, and growing old in the RPG age- plus we just have a good time hanging out with our good friends! Come along for the ride, and when you're done, go check out their show at CritAcademy.com!

This week's winner of our Chapel on the Cliffs drawing is Matt E! Congratulations, Matt! 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!

Thanks for coming, and we'll see you next time!

Episode 116: Growing Old As Gamers

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Question answered this episode:

1. How would you prepare for a battle royale session (between players)? What classes do you think would be most viable for one and why, and what have been your experiences, if any, with battle royale game sessions? Were they positive? Why or why not?

2. What are some apps or resources you can recommend to keep track of campaign notes?

3. What are some things that have changed about your DM or play style as you got older?

4. In your opinion, what is the role of the Bard?

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Noteworthy Links:

Let The Bodies Hit The Floor

Game of Thrones

Avengers: Endgame (Don't worry, it's just the trailer; no spoilers here)

Captain Marvel

Crit Academy's GUN Mage

Battle Royale Genre

Color Note, the app Ian recommended for keeping notes

It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia

My Wikidot site that I kept for our Keepers of the List campaign

Obsidian Portal

Roll20.net

Gambit

Rocket League

Happy New Year!

It's happened, everyone! We've been making this podcast for a year. A whole year! (Give or take a few days, yadda yadda.) It's crazy. Looking back at older episodes, I remember discussions we had where I honestly felt like we had a pretty good handle on podcasting and where the show was going and so on, but then I look back and that was like episode eight or something. It's crazy how far we've come!

This episode brings back an old friend- Justin from Crit Academy! He was kind enough to help us ring in the new year as we go through a handful of my own discussion questions I posted to Facebook and Twitter and Reddit in 2017. We get into some fun discussion about characters, games, gods, monsters, wishes, dead celebrities, the whole gamut. So come along for the ride!

I just want to give a heartfelt thank you to all of our listeners over the past year, and more importantly, all of the contributors who have sent in questions, items, and stories for us to discuss. We wouldn't have a podcast without all of you, so thank you so much! You all are so great and we here at the podcast appreciate each and every one of you.

So have a great year. :-)

Episode 50: New Year's Podcast

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Questions answered this episode:

1. What's your favorite magic item?

2. What is your favorite class to play, and why?

3. Aside from D&D, what tabletop roleplaying games have you played?

4. What gaming podcasts, if any, do you listen to?

5. What do you consider the best alignment, and why?

6. Does your group keep track of things like food/water, carrying capacity, and cost of living? How do you feel about it?

7. Have you (or has your DM) ever twisted a Wish spell against the player? What was the Wish, and how did you twist it? Also, why did you twist it?

8. What mythological creature would you like to see in a tabletop game?

9. PCs meeting/fighting gods. Yea or nay?

10. What is your LEAST favorite magic item?

11. What movie would you like to see made into an RPG? Conversely, what RPG would you like to see made into a movie?

12. What is your ideal group size?

13. What is your favorite D&D-themed video game, and why?

14. If you could play the tabletop game of your choice with anyone, living or dead, what would you play and who would you play with?

15. How long are your play sessions? Is that ideal, or would you rather they be longer or shorter?

16. Seating and snacks. What makes for a good, comfortable gaming environment?


17. What is a character class or archetype that you never play? And why do you never play it?

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Roleplaying Games mentioned in this episode:

Mutants & Masterminds

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness

The Mountain Witch

Dogs in the Vineyard

Pathfinder

Correlya

GURPS

Gamma World

Gateway

13th Age

Fate Accelerated Edition


Podcasts mentioned in this episode:

Crit Academy

D&D Character Lab

Adventures in Erylia

Hearty Dice Friends

The Film Reroll

The Adventure Zone

Retronauts

The Short Game

Anything from the Duckfeed.tv network (Watch Out For Fireballs!, Abject Suffering, Check It Out, Comrade, Bonfireside Chat, Days of Future Cast, and Monster in My Podcast in particular)

Godsfall


Other noteworthy links:

Jzadirune, an abandoned gnomish city from the Shackled City adventure path

Scylla and Charybdis, an encounter from The Odyssey by Homer

Shadow of the Colossus, an open-world game where you fight exclusively gigantic boss enemies

Discworld (and the World Turtle) by Terry Pratchett

Groundhog Day, an amazing movie starring Bill Murray

Arrowhead of Total Destruction (a schematic for a weapon involving an arrow, a bag of holding, and a portable hole)

Eragon, a book series by Christopher Paolini

Monkey Island, a game series where swordfighting involves learning insults and comebacks

Neverwinter Nights, a computer game using the D&D ruleset by Bioware

Jim Varney, actor who played the unforgettable TV & movie character Ernest

Garry Kasparov, world chess champion

The Death Knight's Squire, a solo D&D adventure from Dungeon Masters Guild

Now & Later candies, my go-to candy when I was in high school

A photo of the actual fridge in my basement

Dragonball Z

A new milestone- episode 30! And it's a big one!

This is a very special episode of Inter-Party Conflict- we have our first guest host! And it's not just anybody, but fellowship member Justin from Crit Academy! It was a blast having him on the show and he provided some great insights that we wouldn't have gotten otherwise. If you haven't listened to Crit Academy yet I highly, highly recommend it. (In fact, if you listen to their most recent episode as of this posting- you just might hear a familiar guest on their show!)

(It's me. I was a guest on their show. In case you didn't get the hint.)

In this episode we talk about Roll20, Halfling Diviners, fitting characters concepts into pre-written material and paying people so you can send them on quests. Justin provided both the Dragon's Hoard item and the tale for the Funeral Pyre, so a huge thanks to him!

If I can, let me just remind you all to go to Audibletrial.com/Conflict to get yourself a free audiobook. And as always, please rate/review/subscribe to us on iTunes, and thanks for listening!

Episode 30 - Wealth of Fellowship

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Questions answered this episode:

1. What do you think of just playing with a group of strangers on something like Roll20?

2. What are some good ways of turning a massive amount of wealth a character acquired into worth while plot hooks? In other words, how can they use that money to drive the story?

3. How do you integrate your characters back stories and personal goals into pre-written material? And does running pre-written material for a whole campaign put a strain on you creatively?

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Noteworthy links:

Roll20, a great resource for playing games online

Dark Souls, a great game that we reference from time to time

Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil

Eberron, the official D&D campaign setting

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This week's Audible Picks:

Way of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson

Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline (Note: Apparently Audible also has a version not narrated by Wil Wheaton. However, it's in German. So take your pick.)