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May 22, 2023May 18, 2023

Episode 90 – Paladin and Druid Results and Optional Rules

Ryan and Ben discuss the Paladin and Druid UA results, look forward to the Players Handbook survey, and then discuss some of the optional rules found in the Player’s Handbook and the DMG.

Community Pages: Paladin and Druid UA Survey Results; Player’s Handbook UA Survey Launch video; UA 5 Player’s Handbook Survey; Optional Rules guide; DM’s Guild Fantastic Terrain.

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May 8, 2023May 4, 2023

Episode 89 – Playtesting Weapon Mastery and 5 more Classes

Ryan and Ben dissect the massive amount of information in the new Player’s Handbook Unearthed Arcana.

Community Pages: Unearthed Arcana Player’s Handbook; D&D Community Update Page; Misplaced Monsters Volume 1.

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April 24, 2023April 20, 2023

Episode 88 – Discussing the new DMG and Introducing New Player Characters

Ryan and Ben take a look at the sneak preview of the new DMG, then talk about bringing in new players and new player characters.

Community Pages: Pathfinder 2nd Edition Harvest Compendium; Anne Gregersen’s DMs Guild list.

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April 12, 2023

Episode 87 – Culturally Consulting and Representation with Daniel Kwan

Ryan and Ben are joined the Daniel Kwan to talk about cultural consulting, representation, and the D&D Summit.

Daniel’s pages and work: D&D Summit Summary; Daniel’s Twitter; The Asians Represent Podcast; Daniel’s supplements; Daniel’s itch.io page.

Things mentioned on the show: Shou-Chiang: The Shou Alphabet; The Star Wars Chandrilan clothing on Andor.

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March 30, 2023March 30, 2023

Episode 86 – DnD Direct Recap and Speeding up Combat

Ryan and Ben talk about the latest D&D Direct, look into ways of speeding up combat, and answer a listener’s email.

Community Pages: D&D Direct 2023 Announcement Showcase; D&D Virtual Tabletop: A Closer Look; Druid & Paladin Survey Launch; Loke BattleMats; DnDBeyond sale.

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March 13, 2023March 9, 2023

Episode 85 – Recovering from your mistakes and Monster Fixing Celestials

Ryan and Ben talk about righting your wrongs and mistakes and then spend some time fixing celestials!

Community Pages: Professor Gilroy’s Heavenly Handbook; D&D Beyond Community Update; Adventuring Academy XP vs. Milestone Leveling.

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March 1, 2023March 1, 2023

Episode 84 – Druid and Paladin UA and fitting in backstory

Ryan and Ben take a look at the newest UA with changes for Druids and Paladins as well as touch on fitting in player backstories into your module and homebrew campaigns.

Community Pages: Survey Results and the Future of Playtest; Druid and Paladin UA; Demiplane 5e Nexus announcement; Daughter of Frankenstein Kickstarter.

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February 13, 2023February 9, 2023

Episode 83 – OGL Resolved and Handling Turn Ending Effects

Ryan and Ben discuss the outcome of the Wizard’s of the Coast OGL drama. Then they tackle how to handle turn ending effects like stun, paralyze, and charm.

Community Pages: OGL and Creative Commons announcement; SRD 5.1-CC; OGL discussion summary from the 3 Black Halflings Podcast; Mastering Dungeons interview with Kyle Brink; Polygon’s OGL controversy fuels rising indie sales article; The best actual play podcasts that don’t use D&D.