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With new games due to start in 2025, we've already covered Safety Tools and Session Zero. But what about Level Zero…? In this episode we explore how playing characters experience before they are plucked from obscurity can enrich personal story, narrative drive and be a bloody good laugh!
Chapters:
(0:00) Welcome Back
(03:26) Exploring Level Zero Play
(13:23) Why is Level 0 not the standard starting point?
(21:59) Dungeon Crawl Classics and Character Creation
(30:26) Understanding the Fifth Edition Funnel
(40:04) Let's roll up a Level 0 Character
(46:07) Inovative Approaches: Humble Beginnings
(54:30) A Life Well Lived
(1:07:40) Level Zero Adventures and Trinket of the Week
Get in touch: [email protected]
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www.abovetable.com for show notes and more
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Featured on this episode:
What's Past is Prologue from Alan Patrick
Play Right Now from Domergue
Dungeon Crawl Classics Quickstart from Goodman Games
Fifth Edition Funnel For Dungeons & Dragons from Ten Red Crows Press
Zero Level Rulebook for 5E from Weird Works
Humble Beginnings: Level 0 Characters From Tyler Aiden Gray
A Life Well Lived from Cubicle 7
The Commoner from Walrock Homebrew
How To Play Level Zero from Dungeon Coach
Down & Out in Waterdeep from Zack Sporen
A Hero's Journey from David Flor
Lair of the Lamb from Goblin Punch
Truly Madly Deeply: Level Zero to Hero from Patrick Higingbotham & Chad Cray
Trinket of the Week: 100 Wondrous Items
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Music:
"The Path of the Goblin King" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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The temperature continues to plummet and so we're taking our icy theme to the next level and jumping into Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden. Phil brings an avalanche of supplements into Ten-Towns to bury Josh with and they're all pure gold! For anyone inspired by our winter episodes or planning running RotF in the new year, this episode treads clear paths between must-have guidance and supplements for the ultimate chill!
Chapters:
(0:00) Intro and Year In Review
(1:26) Exploring Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
(4:14) The Sandbox Nature of Rime of the Frostmaiden
(7:29) Campaign Pitch: The Vibe of Icewind Dale
(9:41) Approach to House Rules and Banned Content
(17:24) Dungeon Coach's Arctic Survival Guide
(24:06) Ten-Towns Primers and Resources
(38:47) Enhancing Gameplay with Music & Tools
(44:55) Creative Game Mechanics and Expanding the Bestiary
(1:02:05) Trinket of the Week and Looking Ahead to 2025
Get in touch: [email protected]
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Featured on the show:
Rime of the Frostmaiden House Rules from Apostol Apostolov
Arctic Survival Guide from The Dungeon Coach
Ten-Towns Overview from Excel Lynt
Rime of the Frostmaiden Complete DM's Bundle from Eventyr
Ten Towns Expanded from Patrick Rehse & Joe Raso
The Ten Towns of Icewind Dale | Music/Ambiance from AJ's Corner
Ten-Towns Travel Calculator
Rules for Troutball
Black Cabin Puzzle
Frosty Encounters from DnD Unleashed
Scientific Secrets of Icewind Dale
Glissade from Abyssal Brews
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Music:
"The Path of the Goblin King" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Nothing makes you appreciate the warmth of a fire or mulled beverage of choice like the contrast with the biting cold. That's why this week we come bearing polar presents. For GMs we explore the winter chill with some one shots and settings for any table's needs whether a drop in encounter or half-day adventure. For players, a variety of different seasonal subclasses from tundra conservationist rangers and blizzard summoning barbarians. Icy adventures in 2025 anyone?
Chapters:
(0:00) Introduction to Winter adventuring
(03:43) One Shot Wonders - Out In The Cold
(12:36) A Heart of Cold
(20:32) The Everglacier Setting
(26:47) Subclasses with a Winter theme
(37:03) The Crone Warlock
(41:35) Winter-themed items and trinkets
Get in touch: [email protected]
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Featured on this episode:
One Shot Wonders from Roll & Play Press
A Heart of Cold from Eventry Games
The Everglacier from The Griffon's Saddlebag
The Sunblade Panteon from Awfully Queer Heroes & Stephen Hart
Deep Magic Vol. 1 from Kobold Press
The Oracles of Aughra from Sarsen Games
Herbarium: A Botanical 5e Supplement from Crow and Crown
Treasury of Winter from Legendary Games
L’Arsene’s Ledger of Treasures and Trinkets from Loot Tavern
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Music:
"The Path of the Goblin King" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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In this episode we're chatting with Kevin Fannin aka Kefa Studios. We talk miniature painting, their start in content creation and the medieval themes of their first Kickstarter project, Banner of Honour. Their current project, Complete Guide to Jousting 5e, contains everything you need to bring the high-octane joust to your table with everything from mechanics and optional rules to over 40 new mounts and how to bond with them. You know we love a mini-game!
Check out the Complete Guide to Jousting 5e on Kickstarter
Find more of their work at www.kefastudios.com
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Music:
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We've hit December and the decorations are up! The holiday spirit is in the air but how can we translate that to the table? Whether you want inspiration for crafting your own fantasy holidays, running winter games or just pick up a fun festive one-shot to play with friends and family this year - this episode checks everything off the (naughty) list.
Chapters:
(00:00) Embracing the Holiday Spirit
(06:40) Creative Inspirations: Classic Holiday Movies in D&D
(13:23) Adventures and Supplements: Hollynock Hijinks and more
(31:34) The Winter Crown Games
(39:09) DM's Guild whistle stop tour
(43:55) Trinket of the Week
Get 10% off at Roll & Play Press!
Get in touch: [email protected]
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Featured on this episode:
Christmas One Shot Ideas from The Gamer
Hollynock Hijinks from Mage Hand Press
Christmas Essentials from Roll & Play Press
Christmas Chronicles of Winterglen from Penny Blood Adventures
The Winter Crown from Aripockily
A Yuletide Surprise! from Alasdair Hill
Last Christmas from Janek Sielicki
Winter's Splendor (5e) from Wizards of the Coast
A Kobold Christmas from River Daniel
Four Calling Quills from Roll & Play Press
Project of the Week: Complete Guide to Jousting 5e from Kefa Studios
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Music:
"The Path of the Goblin King" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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How do you run Speak with Animals or Speak with Plants? From helpful eloquent NPCs that can provide all the information a party needs to reticent wild creatures that have limited knowledge and require more persuasion - we explore the different ways in which these spells occur in different games.
Chapters:
(0:00) Intro
(3:00) What the heck is an Animal Handling check?
(19:54) Speak with Animals. The level one spell.
(25:51) How much do the animals know?
(36:51) Plants have feelings too.
(47:21) So let's just Speak with Nature!
(52:47) Project of the Week
Get in touch: [email protected]
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Featured on this episode:
Spells That Don't Suck from somanyrobots & Omega Ankh
A Short Rest with somanyrobots
Project of the Week: Satzija's Tome of Hags from Tiny Quill
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Music:
"The Path of the Goblin King" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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A must-have for any game, this week we explore the different safety tools out there to ensure a safe, inclusive and fun environment at table. From consent forms and transparency on tone before the campaign even starts to how to manage lines, veils and at table safety, we discuss how each works and signpost to all the resources you'd ever need. Bring on those festive and new year campaigns!
Chapters:
(0:00) Intro
(2:04) Why use safety tools with our games
(8:16) Ensuring fun for all with the 2024 Dungeon Master's Guide
(16:20) Examining the different types of safety tools
(24:00) Pros and cons of different safety tools
(38:21) Safety tool resources
(56:15) Trinket of the Week
Get in touch: [email protected]
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Featured on the show:
The Dungeon Master's Guide
Ensuring Fun For All from the Dungeon Master's Guide (free)
Tracking Sheets from the Dungeon Master's Guide
Safety Tools Explained from Tavrn
CATS from Patrick O'Leary
TTRPG Safety Toolkit
Sly Flourish Safety Tools
Consent In Gaming from Monte Cook Games
Campaign Safety & Consent Checklist from Optional Rule
Script Change RPG Toolbox from Beau Jágr Sheldon
Safety Tools for Tabletop RPGs from Thomas Weinberger
The Same Page Tool from Christopher Chinn
Safety Tools Explained from Start Playing Games
RPG Safety Toolkit from Evil Hat Productions
Sleepytime Sheep Stuffy from The Griffon's Saddlebag
Impenetrable Cuddle Cave Deluxe from Action Fiction
Project of the Week: Argo-0
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Whether power through sacrifice, a connection with primal life force or gothic vampiric sanguimancy - blood magic runs through much of the fantasy genre. Often forbidden or dangerous, we explore how you can bring blood magic to the table. From safety tools on self-sacrificial mechanics and hemomancy wizards to blood domain clerics and even blood archers, this has everything a bloodthirsty table needs.
The content of this episode covers sensitive content including mentions and use of self-harm for in-game magic is a mechanic that can be triggering for some. If you or someone that you know struggles with self-harm, suicidal thoughts, or if you or a loved one are experiencing a difficult time, know that you are not alone.
Available resources:
Samaritans https://www.samaritans.org/
Suicide Prevention UK https://www.spuk.org.uk/
988 lifeline https://988lifeline.org/
Shout https://giveusashout.org/
Chapters:
(0:00) Intro
(07.25) The Critical Role Blood Hunter class
(13:44) Exploring blood magic in Tal’Dorei Reborn
(24:44) Simple homebrew rule for blood magic
(28:48) Blood magic class options
(58:38) Spell rundown
(1:00:00) Trinket of the Week
Get in touch: [email protected]
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Featured on this episode:
Blood Hunter from Critical Role
Monsters of Murka: Chromatic Gamut from Bonus Action
Tal’Dorei Reborn from Darrington Press
Trade Blood for Power with D&D Blood Magic from Nerdarchy
Blood Magics from DnD Unleashed
Blood Domain from DMDave
Blood Archer in Steinhardt's Guide to the Eldritch Hunt from MonkeyDM
Hemocraft & Bloodmagic from Dungeon Bros
The Bloodmire from The Griffon's Saddlebag
Blood Magic Spells resources on the website!
Blood Crystal from Loot Tavern
Project of the Week: Witchfyre A Dark Fantasy RPG
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Music:
"The Path of the Goblin King" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Ever mused with other players on what it would be like to play as the bad guys? Well now you can. In this episode Josh & Phil discuss the pitfalls and issues of playing evil, character alignment and intraparty conflict, before serving up solutions. From player options to pick-up-and-play adventures that will scratch that evil itch, listen out for everything you need to conquer the world!
Chapters:
(0:00) Intro
(2:24) Defining evil in D&D and considerations for playing
(13:55) What the new Dungeon Master's Guide says about playing evil
(20:23) Running better pickpocketing
(31:14) Having fun playing the classic evil villain
(41:28) Let's start a cult
(53:11) Honourable and devious mentions
(57:12) Trinket of the Week
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Featured on this episode:
The Dungeon Master's Guide
Tessa's Guide to Pickpocketing and Pilfering from Paul T Dean
Villainous Champions of the Shadow Keep from William Martin
Remarkable Cults & Their Followers from Loresmyth
Grim Hollow from Ghostfire Gaming
Corpus Malicious from DRS Publishing
The Dark Archetypes from Nikolas Totief & Alexander Kami
Best Subclasses For Evil Character from The Gamer
Treasury of the Macabre from Legendary Games
On Being An Evil Character from Matt Colville
Embracing Villainy from Alyssa Visscher
Project of the Week: Necromancers of Monastis from Brave Alice
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Music:
"The Path of the Goblin King" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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We've spent weeks brewing this one up and it's finally here! Our spooky season comes to a close with a potions focused episode. From making them feel more memorable or important in game to playing characters who want to mix up their own concoctions, we chat about everything alchemy and herbalism in this cauldron of an episode.
Chapters:
(0:00) Intro
(3:00) Are we using potions enough in game?
(6:40) A quick sidebar on the new Bastion system and downtime
(12:30) Crafting and potions with official 2024 rules
(20:30) Potion themed player and character options
(35:40) Alchemy vs Herbalism
(44:36) Potion crafting and brewing sytems
(59:26) More potions
(1:11:45) Trinket of the Week
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Featured on this episode:
The Herbal Journal of Cicely Longbottom from Sarsen Games
Alchemist in Valda's Spire of Secrets from Mage Hand Press
College of Alchemy from The Griffon's Saddlebag
Alchemist's Supplies Breakdown from Dump Stat
DnD PotionCraft from Legendary Scribes
Mortar & Pestle from Cubicle 7
Potions & Herbalists from Diego Pisa Artworks
Alchemy & Poisoncraft from Cabal of Enchantment
Portable Potion Press in L'Arsene's Ledger of Treasures and Trinkets from Loot Tavern
Project of the Week: Xarnon's Codex of Combined Magic from Giants of the North
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Music:
"Gypsy Shoegazer No Voices" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Magic Item Shop by Bardify
https://youtu.be/tpi5qsXm_cM?si=LmLL7VdbsulDseP1
Alchemist's Lab by Ambient Method
https://youtu.be/wwYwMKufgCo?si=15027bYxxmEszVM2
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Throwing a hag at your party but limited by Bestow Curse? Playing a crafty witch but bereft of jinxes? We've got you covered. From using cursed items and intricate ritual castings to flinging jinxes and buying hexes, you'll have a fully stocked grimoire of curses after listening to this episode.
Chapters:
(0:00) Intro
(2:04) Adding Curses to your game
(12:25) Changing up the Bestow Curse spell
(29:38) The Grimoire of Curses
(42:48) Hexcrafting - what is it and how does it work
(49:53) Class options for working with curses
(1:02:35) Expanded cursed items and giving them narrative impact
(1:12:48) Trinket of the Week
Get in touch: [email protected]
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Featured on this episode:
Bestow Curse Creative Ideas from aldwynrivers
Bad Luck Curses from D&D Unleashed
100 Curses from DnDSpeak
The Grimoire of Curses from DMSlash
Milando's Guide to Magical Marvels from Eventyr Games
Heretic Prestige Class from D&D Unleashed
Cursesmith from Kibbles Tasty
Way of the Hex from Dream Plots
13 Terrifying Trinkets from Giants of the North
Xan Rockman's Emporium from Aripockly
Project of the Week: Pumpkins & Phantoms from Tales & Taverns
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Music:
"Gypsy Shoegazer No Voices" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Arctic Wilderness by Bardify
https://youtu.be/qD2ahwiPRBk?si=Zj_uzPmL7WCeTEmA
Mountain Shelter by Michael Ghelfi Studios
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mNs2IdWuZY
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What is a witch without her familiar? Whether you want your own soul-linked dæmon or sassy black cat a la Salem, Find Familiar is a go to spell for many players. Yet it has its limits. From expanded familar options and how to grow your familiar with your character, to the tamer class and even adventuring as a familiar yourself, you'll be familiar with every option by the end of this episode.
Chapters:
(0:00) Intro
(5:00) Official Find Familiar Spell
(15:50) Expanding and new Familiar options
(32:40) Player options for new Familiar relationships
(50:50) Levelling up and earning Familiars
(1:01:52) Familiar adventures
(1:06:25) Trinket of the Week
Get in touch: [email protected]
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Featured on this episode:
Find Familiar Spell 2024
Extended 5E Familiars from GreyAcumen
The Fluffy Folio
Familiar Contract from FullAutoArmy
30 Familiar options alamo76
Alter Familiar from Specs64z
Tamer Class & Familiars from Loot Tavern
Familiar Keeping from Dreamfarers
Biosmith Artificer Subclass from HumperdinkTheWarlock
Bond familiar from theinexplicablefuzz
Dynamic Familiar Leveling from Storm Cat
Druidic Familiars from Lou-Brew
Animal Accoutrements from Aripockly
UnFamiliar from Seltzer
Full show notes on abovetable.com
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Music:
"Gypsy Shoegazer No Voices" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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ALCHEMIST'S LAB by Jason Grace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwYwMKufgCo
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Midnight Tower are Tove and Erik, are a couple of lifelong geeks who love roleplaying games and books. They published the first adventures from Midnight Tower in 2019. The adventures are set in Eastern Farraway, a world created by Tove and in which their own D&D games have taken place for more than 20 years. We talk about creating mysteries to bring to the table, all the things they've learned while creating for Midnight Tower and their latest Kickstarter, the Agatha Christie inspired Murder at the Old Wolf Inn.
midnight-tower.com
Check out Murder at the Old Wolf Inn
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From coming of age with Sabrina Spellman and The Worst Witch to the cottagecore of Tiffany Aching and Pomona Sprout, witches are ingrained in fantasy. So in this episode we call together a coven of witch classes so players can swap pauldrons for cauldrons and battleaxes for brooms. Whilst each is different, the common threads of crafting items or potions, casting curses or jinxes and boosted familiars, give them a witchy identity. We cannot wait to form our coven and head down the witches' road...
Chapters
(0:00) Intro
(2:12) Defining a Witch
(9:15) Witches in Dungeons & Dragons
(13:45) Common elements in Witch design
(20:34) Hexbound supplement from Antonio Demico
(31:56) Which Witch? homebrew options
(1:12:49) Trinket of the Week
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Featured on this episode:
Hexbound: A Witchy Supplement for 5e from Antonio Demico
Pointy Hat Youtube Channel
The Which Witch? Spreadsheet
The Occultist from Kibbles Tasty
Witch from Mage Hand Press
Witch in Deep Magic Volume 2 from Kobold Press
The Witch from Worlds Beyond Number
The Witch from Walrock Homebrew
The Witch Class: The Universal Caster from Nexica_
Withercap from Loot Tavern
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Music:
"Gypsy Shoegazer No Voices" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Dungeon Of The Undead Audio by @MichaelGhelfiStudios
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgWAUz7GIc4
"SCP-x2x (Unseen Presence)" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Double, double toil and trouble. Spooky season is upon us and we're starting with hags! We stir the cauldron of existing stat blocks and add ingredients to form a coven of flavourful hags for your games. From new lightning bottling storm hags and pestilence witches with cure alls to refreshed green and night hags with lair actions, spell lists and coven lore, this episode will have you cackling in delight for new horrific hag based hauntings.
Chapters:
(0:00) - Intro & Halloween Vibes
(8:07) - Iconic Hags
(13:35) - What makes a Hag?
(18:45) - Monster Manual and beyond
(31:31) - New Hags with D&D Unleashed & Kobold Press
(53:08) - Improved Hags with DMSlash
(1:09:34) - Hag Adventure Modules
(1:17:56) - Trinket & Project of the Week
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Featured on this episode:
More Horrific Hags from DnD Unleashed
Elemental Hags from DnD Unleashed
Mirror, Sand, Blood, Red in Tome of Beats Vol.1 from Kobold Press
Brine, Floe, Pesta, Wood in Tome of Beasts Vol.3 from Kobold Press
The Grimoire of Curses from DMSlash
The Haunted Woods from Natasja van Gestel
The Wending Wold from The Griffon's Saddlebag
Tale of the Bog Withch from Penny Dragon Games
A Queero’s Journey from Adventuring with Pride
Flesh Shaper’s Ladle featured in Tale of the Bog Witch from Penny Dragon Games
Project of the Week:Grim Hollow: Transformed
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Music:
"Gypsy Shoegazer No Voices" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Baldur's Gate 3 Ambiences - Hag Hut Hangout
https://youtu.be/qaohqWGY4Nk?si=ucYXUDumSGlcCcn2
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Ewww don't touch that! Phil has free reign this week to talk all things ooze and slime! From a slime-covered animated skeleton species to ooze mage and ooze rancher subclasses we get icky with character options for slime lovin' players. And for GMs an assortment of jellies, toxins and even molten cheese stat blocks. Let's get sticky!
Time Stamps
(0:00) Intro
(8:05) Ooze in the Monster Manual
(13:26) Playing as an Ooze
(25:02) Having an Ooze adventure with you
(41:22) New Ooze variations and where to find them
(50:13) Humorous Ooze
(53:03) Trinket and Project of the Week
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Featured on this episode:
Amoeboids from Mage Hand Press
Geleton from The Griffons Saddlebag
How to Play as a Slime in D&D from Game Masters Domain
Slime Race from tmp_muffin
Oozemaster & The Ooze Rancher from Valda's Spire of Secrets
The Accursed Archive in The Compendium of Forgotten Secrets from Genuine Fantasy Press
Oozemage in The Oracles of Aughra from Sarsen Games
Circle of Ooze from anon
Blood-Borne Ooze, Gem Jelly & Arcane Amalgam in Flee Mortals from MCDM
Dragon Quest Slimes from deathsythe
Blood Ooze & Living Toxin in Grim Hollow: The Monster Grimoire from Ghostfire Gaming
Cheese Elemental from Noblecrumpet
Gel Glove from The Wondrous Quill
Project of the Week: Battlezoo Bestiary: Elemental Storm from Roll For Combat
Full show notes to everything mentioned on the podcast can be found at abovetable.com
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Music:
"The Path of the Goblin King" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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With D&D more popular than ever, we had a look at what's out there for new players and GMs! From ideal first-time one shots and adventures to player guides and accessible character sheet designs - this episode signposts to everything to get you and your friends into the game.
Time Stamps
(0:00) Intro
(4:30) Deborah Ann Woll teaches D&D
(9:38) First games
(14:56) Starter set guide
(22:44) New Player resources
(43:00) New GM resources
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Lots of content covered in this episode so for full show notes and links to everything discussed head to abovetable.com
Deborah Ann Woll Teaches Jon Bernthal Dungeons and Dragons
Praline Mocha
What Makes a Good Player Character? from Matt Colville
A beginners guide to D&D from Sherlock Hulmes
Practical Rings from AgentElman
Project of the Week: Killer of Giants from Greedy Gorgon Press
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Music:
"The Path of the Goblin King" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Whether cute cub companions or ferociously territorial monstrosities, owlbears are an iconic D&D creature. This week we discuss different sub-species stat blocks, solutions to the Wild Shape problem and a range of different ways to get one of these a feathered fluff balls of fury as a character's companion.
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Featured on this episode:
Sympathy For The Monster from Curious Archive
Druidic Shape Charms from Griffon's Saddlebag
Flee, Mortals! The MCDM Monster Book from MCDM Productions
Baby Bestiary Handbook Volume 1 from Metal Weave Games
Owlbear Tamer in Tavern Tales Vol.1 from Escape Plan Games
Even More Owlbears from FrostBladestorm
Creatures Compendium: Owls from Starsail Games
Monster Manual Expanded (5E) from Dragonix
Parrotbear in Battlezoo Bestiary from Roll For Combat
Build An Owlbear from varansl
The Shining Shrine from Loot Tavern
Owl Helm from The Griffon's Saddlebag
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Music:
"The Path of the Goblin King" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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We're back trope-busting again - this time with a fury (or lack thereof?). In this episode Phil quizzes Josh on why he feels rage at the barbarian's rage feature not making sense. We then discuss everything homebrew, from different types of rage and re-working those abilities to a variety of subclasses that veer away from any barbarian tropes and give a fresh take on such a well known ability.
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Featured on this episode:
Alternate Barbarian Rages from Brandes Stoddard
Fury Barbarian from Mr. Wizardly
Alternate Barbarian from LaserLalma
Path of Nightmares from The Griffons Saddlebag
Path of the Infernal from The Griffon's Saddlebag
The Iramancer from The Griffon's Saddlebag
Path of the Tideheart from The Griffon's Saddlebag
Valda's Spire of Secrets from Mage Hand Press
Steinhardt's Guide to the Eldritch Hunt from MonkeyDM
Brutal Barbarian Paths Heirlooms from Flail Snail's Mail
Project of the Week: Monster Trainer's Handbook from Dungeon in a Box
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Music:
"The Path of the Goblin King" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Bookish character options and enticing tomes explored, but what do the final pages of our book-themed trilogy have in store? We hunt out unique libraries and their distinct librarians. We analyze mechanics and advice for researching and learning from texts in game. All in our final quest to integrate books into campaigns, storylines and downtime for any book-loving party, player or character. The End... for now...
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Featured on this episode:
Chapter 1: Bibliophiles
Chapter 2: A Physical Copy
Strixhaven Mysteries #1: The Joy of Extradimensional Spaces from RBSkald
Librarian's Guide to Knowledge from Diego Pisa Artworks
Amaranthine Archivists from Bonus Action
Illuminated Manuscript Card from Dungeon Scribe
Magwa's Magic Item Compendium from Knights of Vasteel
The Kleptogoblicon from Cardboard Anvil
The Ancient Library of Knowledge from DMSlash
The Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackwith
Accursed Library from Phylea
Project of the Week: Fantasy+ from Monument Studios
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Music:
Drama Music Sampler | Fantasy+
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"The Path of the Goblin King" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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