Welcome to today’s Side Quest! You have heard us talk at length about the games that we have played while Ben was storytelling. We figured it was time to bring him on to talk about one of his and our favorite topics! This episode starts off being about how he would approach physically manning fig…
Tag: Ravenloft
Episode 26 – Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft, Part 2
Welcome Travelers! We are continuing our journey into the depths of the new Ravenloft book from WotC! Today, we are talking about the chapters aimed at the storytellers. Chapters 2 and 4 walk through crafting the environment for your game and running horror campaigns. These are exceptionally useful chapters, and we strongly recommend reading them…
Episode 25 – Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft, Part 1
Welcome to the Demi-Plane of Dread, everyone! We are cracking open the new Ravenloft book in the first of three episodes about the content. Today, we are starting with the introductory chapters that deal with setting the tone for your players, including great new backgrounds, subclasses, and Ravenloft-specific mechanics to bring the sense of dread…
Episode 15 – Preview of the Guide to Ravenloft
Welcome Travelers! With the announcement of the new Guide to Ravenloft due out later this year, we wanted to take some time and talk about what we hope is going to be in it, and some larger thoughts on how WotC is proceeding, and where it might be going. Don’t forget to check out our…
Episode 10 – Gothic Lineages Unearthed Arcana
Today we are tackling the new “Gothic Lineages” Unearthed Arcana put out by Wizards of the Coast. Lots of interesting discussion on the rules and some interesting takes on how to use each of them in our own games! Be sure to check out this UA here: https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/unearthed-arcana/gothic-lineages, and the survey can be accessed at…