DnD in Big D

The troops continue their mission in their PT boat down the river as they search a new location for an outpost.  Easy-peasy, right?  The Mercs of Mischief return for another patrol with some extra help from Tyler from the hit podcast Misrolled Adventures!!  

CW: This playthrough has Military Humor that some might find offensive.  Listener discretion is advised.

Our Beer Break is brought to you by Homebrew Podcast.

Blackwater Redux is available for purchase at DMs Guild.

The troops make rank and are headed up the river after their last mission.  This time they're getting some recruits from the Merc of Mischief.  Hopefully their PT Boat will hold together!

CW: This playthrough has Military Humor that some might find offensive.  Listener discretion is advised.

Our Beer Break is brought to you by Homebrew Podcast.

Blackwater Redux is available for purchase at DMs Guild.

The troops begin pushing forward with their first PT Boat excursion.
What happened to the previous scouts?  What awaits them in the trees??
What the hell is in the water???
Find out as the whole gang heads up the River for the very first time...

This audio is the Birthday 1-shot of @dmjwade and her March of Dimes charity event.  They asked us to DM the event for them and we were glad to facilitate their request.

Look for everyone on Twitter:
Birthday Honoree: @jesthehuman
Dungeon Meister: @stuntmonkeyzee
PCs: Nick @ScrySociety @SpiritOTheWilds @sweet_danica @BC_Cheetah
Producer: @GingerOwlGirl

For our Winter Special, the Cast will be playing through "A Lone Home."  This is a homebrewed Christmas adventure based on a family favorite movie during the Holiday Season.

Our Special Guest PC is Kelsey Dionne from thearcanelibrary.com
Kelsey plays Igor, leader of the Mo-ssassins.  They’re on their way to meet their friend Calvin McCluster who is alone in his home for the Winter Break.

We also have a new Cast member for this episode: Marissa Dawkins Bryce!  She's been with us since October 2020 and we're lucky to have her on board!

Christian Eichhorn returns as the DM in his own 1-shot adventure.

Draken, Ulna, and Ollet continue investigating a mysterious lab as they make their way to find a power source to get the place back online.  Hopefully there aren't any more crazy Fireball misfires again!

Drogan leads a team of spellcasters through some nefarious terrain.  Will they survive what the Greenhouse of Nightmares has in store for them, or each other?  There's only one way to know!  #ZoomZoom

In this 1-shot adventure, we will be playing through “Greenhouse Of Nightmares” from Zeke Gonzalez.  This is a Level 17-20 adventure and is available at DMs Guild.

https://www.dmsguild.com/product/297673/Greenhouse-of-Nightmares

Wwe have a returning Special Guest for this 1-shot.  The legendary Gavin of Weezer & Dragons.  The last time we had him on here he broke the DM, let’s see how he does THIS time!  Be sure to follow him on Twitter!

This is our first ever Christmas Special* episode!!  This is our final adventure of the year!  Dungeon Meister Paul takes Kitty, Jake, Lenny, and Alex on a good old fashioned adventure filled with Holiday Cheer and Merry Festivities!!

It’s Holiday Fest in the Realm with a fresh blanket of snow on the ground.  Butch McDallas, Kronk, Spook Whispertoes, and Devito are invited to Tominaka Tower to celebrate Holiday Fest, hosted by the adventurers' long-time friend Baron Tagami.  What could possibly go wrong?

*we HAVE TO call this a "Christmas Special" because it's a "die hard adventure!!"

Yesdi leads the crew into the Elemental Plane of Water where they start their search for the Yugoloth that took something vital to Sultan Klaptikos.  DeeDee has a run-in with a drunken giant squid.  They've never found a more wretched hive of....  ...wait!  Listen on to get "Kraken!"

Ezra, Athrassyun, and J.A.M. set sail from Gundarlun to try and catch up to Yesdi and D.D. who have a commanding lead to Waterdeep.  It's just a few days' travel.  What could possibly go wrong, right?

Call From The Deep is written by JVC Parry and is available at DMs Guild.  You can follow JVC Parry on Twitter at @jvcparry.

For this session we had to 100% improvise the encounters.  We accomplished this with a little help from Arcane Library.  Sign up for their mailing list at thearcanelibrary.com.

The heroes escort the rescued survivors back into town.  Along the way, JAM helps Athrassyun through his first emotional breakdowns post-lobotomy, Ezra finds herself hesitating during combat due to PTSD.  And they get a cameo from an infamously familiar Giant Constrictor Snake.

In this adventure, we get help from our friends in the DnDTwitterverse: D&D Elise (@DNDElise), Domille’s Wonderous Works (@DomilleW), and Fjorg (@FjorgTheBuilder).  Shout-out to everyone for hanging in there as we tabled 8 PCs at once for the first time on our podcast!!

In this episode our heroes are trudging through “The Purification of Ras Calaq” by GM Lent, from the Malady Chronicles, a DMs Guild Collaborative available now at DMs Guild.  We received permission from Jason Bakos (@BakosJason) to play through this amazing adventure.  Give him a follow and check out his work at DMs Guild.

We also have a special message from our brothers: Dungeons & Blaggards

WARNING: This episode does have adult language!!

The party searches a purple orb from Lady Strange.  Kovo and his band of sleuths are on the trail to uncover its whereabouts in Ulcaster Ruins!  Naito, a rival half-elf Wild Magic Sorcerer investigator, is already several steps ahead of them!

Keep listening after the adventure for the Post Mortem!!

Dungeon Maestro Kyle @Boognish_Theory from Bombarded plays Kovo, a Kobold Wizard with pickled fish on his mind and a spark of fire in his hand.  

After listening to this episode, be sure to add Bombarded on your podcast playlist and go check out The Cage and many of the other adventures written by Christian Eichhorn.

The party gets a summons from Lady Strange.  One of her exotic trinkets has been stolen from her well-protected manor.  It's up to Kovo's band of sleuths to figure out who the devil has done the deed!

Dungeon Maestro Kyle @Boognish_Theory from Bombarded plays Kovo, a Kobold Wizard with pickled fish on his mind and a spark of fire in his hand.  

After listening to this episode, be sure to add Bombarded on your podcast playlist and go check out The Cage and many of the other adventures written by Christian Eichhorn.

This is the final episode of the F-Team in the Sunless Citadel.  Haminal, B8, Murder, and Phase make their way into the next part of the Sunless Citadel beyond the Goblins' failed attempt to actually do anything to our heroes.  Will they find the Dragon Wyrmling?  What of the brother and sister they were originally searching for?  The F-Team explore and uncover darker evils than they originally bargained for.  But do they possess the fortitude to adapt and overcome the odds stacked against them?  Listen on to find out!!!

The F-Team dives in deeper into the Sunless Citadel where they run into Kobolds and a Queen who hires them on a little side quest.  B8 is on the verge of stomping anything that he can get his hands on.  Murder is quick with his quips.  Hanimal continues to lead with a bit of insanity.  And Phase has his 15 minutes with an entire horde of Goblins.  

The F-Team steps into the Sunless Citadel and all B8 breaks loose!

The F-Team make their way down into the ravine.  What ill-fated encounters await the group?  Listen and find out!!

This episode also features music arrangements by Kitty and original music by my neighbor with the coolest name ever in Big D: Paul F.

the F-Team continue diving a little deeper into Oakhurst and finally get a much needed montage!  And most importantly, start their quest.

The F-Team is on the run and looking for a mode of transportation.  They make their way into Oakhurst, a small town out in the boonies, where something is afoot.  Listen in as Hanimal leads Phaze, Murder, and B8 through town to get their first quest.

Lenny is in the DM Driver's Seat for this adventure!

Listen for the announcements in the Post-Script.

Stabbo the Red leads Gormaddu the mellow Earth Genasi, Tatt the Bugbear, and the ever-so-creepy Spook into the next town.  Let's see what happens when they are immediately confronted by a hostile Minocorn.

In this episode our Special Guest PC is DM Todd McGee from Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons.

This will be the first time that we will include both the play and review of a 1-shot in a single episode!  Hope y'all enjoy!

Music of Notorious B.I.G. is available on Bad Boy Records.

We discuss the adventure module, what we liked about our PCs playthrough, and some other off-topic items as well.  Including Mr. T, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Vin Diesel, Alex's wife, Jake's tooth, and a post-ending "Bonus NPC Idea."

We give you our insight into the adventure Of Conks and Cons by discussing the scenes that we played in this fantastic 1-shot.  We also discuss our tactics and character backgrounds as we dive into what we liked about the adventure.

Black Sunday is available from Columbia Records.

Blagg, Vediovis, Onasha, Upal, and Steve are charged with the delivery of a package to a town to the east.  Everything goes according to plan until they come across a strange and deadly tree growing in the middle of a small village!  

Find out what happens in this tree-tangler adventure written by Christian Eichhorn.

DM Robulon from the Dungeons & Blaggards Podcast is our Special Guest PC as Blagg.

Listen in as we review the mini-quest the "Curse of Widow's Cape."  The team gives our personal feedback on the adventure and have an open discussion of what we thought of our valiant efforts during the encounters.

The adventure is available here for download: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/156065/Mini-Quest-The-Curse-of-Widows-Cape

We're very excited to bring you our first ever One Shot episode where we play a published miniquestt adventure.  Listen in as the PCs take a shot at character creation from-the-hip and then play through Curse of Widow's Cape (which is currently available for download).

Don't forget to keep an eye out for our post-mortem following this episode.

The adventure is available here for download: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/156065/Mini-Quest-The-Curse-of-Widows-Cape

Well lookie here!  We made it to the post-mortem review of our very first module Danger At Darkshelf Quarry!!  We go around asking questions and rudely cut each other off to get the last word on all matters of topics ranging from crappy roleplaying to horrible combat actions.  This episode is where the magic happens!!

We intentionally kept all of the audio intact for this one.  So hope you enjoy!

This is the end of the Danger of Darkshelf Quarry.  Find out what what is distracting the Bugbear.  Are there more Mudtigers?  What about the slaves?  Whatever happened to the guard house?  Will our friends make it out of the Quarry in one piece?  Whatever happened to that kid in the boat?

Listen on to find out if our heroes can find the answers to these questions.  And be sure to keep listening on after the episode for a little Bonus Content

This is the second-to-the-last episode of our playthrough of Danger of Darkshelf Quarry.  Everybody moves the story along as they begin to investigate the final area of the slave traders.  Come join us as the group sneaks around Darkshelf Quarry one more time.

In our last episode everybody stood up to their first mini-boss, ab Evil Cleric.  As Cal gave the killshot, the resounding "thud" of the Cleric's body woke the party's first Big Boss: the Mudtiger!!

Adiago does his best to back up the team and shoulder less of the responsibilities of leadership.  Cal is in his element of curiosity and investigations, as well as finding his niche with the shortbow.  Yargol steps up his game while remaining within the boundaries of his legal obligations.  And Tallulah finds her voice in the face of overwhelming numbers!!

Listen in before we have to take it down!

After Adiago sets the guard house on fire, everybody makes their emergency exit.  They finally find their way into the Quarry where they hope to get to the bottom of their failing investigation.  Cal leads the group in a pinch.  Adiago makes some judgement calls, but will the group listen to him again?  Tallulah gets scared.  And Yargol actually opens up to everybody!!

Listen in as Adiago, Cal, Tallulah, and Yargol make their way through the secrets of the cavern, listen to miners working, find a Cleric, and begin to actually start becoming a team...  

...kinda.

The adventurers deal with a bleeding Ernie while they traverse deeper into the Darkshelf Quarry guard house.  Adiago continues to "Chaotic Neutral" his way through every encounter.  Cal begins to slowly develop his Roguish skill set with so-so results.  Tallulah begins to experiment with her Bardic abilities for the first time outside of a performance gig.  Yargol finds his spellcast-footing as he continues to fill his "Community Service Release Program" quota as a Cleric-On-Probation.

Hopefully these folks get their act together soon if they plan on finding out what's going on in Darkshelf Quarry!

Greetings ya'll.  Welcome to our D&D in Big D, where we take Old Edition modules and play through them in 5th Edition, converting them on the spot.  We are so new that the players meet for the first time in this episode.  In our first episode Cal, Yargol, Tallula, and Adiago play through "Danger at Darkshelf Quarry," the introduction adventure of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons module "Against the Slave Lords."

((EDITOR'S NOTE:  We re-edited this episode to include a BIG chunk of audio where the DM dropped out of the session for a few minutes...  ...it just seemed logical to include Episode 2 and make it all-encompassing for everyone's ear holes.  Enjoy!!!))