Jewels From NZ

Kia Ora! It's time for a continuation of the ultimate test: Level One D&D5e Characters vs the Fiercest Flying Firestarters ever, but we've dropped it down a level because our players died last time. So they're back and trying again except this time they're fighting an Adult Red Dragon. Bets on how long do you think they'll last? Extra thanks to my players of this game: Sven Fireforged the Hill Dwarf Cleric played by Joey of Hindsightless Podcast

B’mily Elunt the Human Hexblade Warlock played by Samsara of SamsaraDusty on Twitch

Bitesized (Bits) the Half-Orc Barbarian played by Erica of "Julz Baby's" 

Agrona the Fire Genasi Rogue played by Rhys of Fatey's clan

Millbury the Human Fighter Sharpshooter played by Christian of Fatey's clan

Com Truise the Human Ranger played by DisturbedOneNZ of Fatey's clan Thanks to my Gems listening out there: James, Jason, Barry, Lieran, Ezequiel, KP, Joey, Samsara, Karl and BJ. Become a Gem by visiting https://www.patreon.com/jewelsfromnz Send messages thru Glitter Discord or email on julzburgisser@gmail.com  Find me under @JulzfromNZ on Instagram, Facebook and @julzburgisser on Twitter as well!  Aroha nui. Ka kite anō. Xx

Kia Ora! It's time for the ultimate test: Level One D&D5e Characters vs the Fiercest Flying Firestarter ever, that's right an Ancient Red Dragon. Bets on how long do you think they'll last? Extra thanks to my players of this game:

Sven Fireforged the Hill Dwarf Cleric played by Joey of Hindsightless Podcast

B’mily Elunt the Human Hexblade Warlock played by Samsara of SamsaraDusty on Twitch

Bitesized (Bits) the Half-Orc Barbarian played by Erica of "Julz Baby's" 

Agrona the Fire Genasi Rogue played by Rhys of Fatey's clan

Millbury the Human Fighter Sharpshooter played by Christian of Fatey's clan

Com Truise the Human Ranger played by DisturbedOneNZ of Fatey's clan Thanks to my Gems listening out there: James, Jason, Barry, Lieran, Ezequiel, KP, Joey, Samsara, Karl and BJ. Become a Gem by visiting https://www.patreon.com/jewelsfromnz Send messages thru Glitter Discord or email on julzburgisser@gmail.com  Find me under @JulzfromNZ on Instagram, Facebook and @julzburgisser on Twitter as well!  Aroha nui. Ka kite anō. Xx

Kia Ora! Welcome to a Glitter Episode. Today I have a special guest Brad Zimmerman talking all about the RPG system he created called D12G0! He explains why he made it and how. Then we run through making a character and how it plays for you all. Enjoy!

Thanks to my Gems listening out there: Scott, Glenn, James, Jason, Barry, Lieran, KP, Ezequiel and Joey.

Extra thanks to my call ins: Jason, Joey, TJ and Lieran.

Find me under @JulzfromNZ on Instagram, Facebook and @julzburgisser on Twitter as well! Aroha nui. Ka kite anō. Xx

Kia Ora! It's RPG A DAY and I'm doing a Fate of Isen Takeover. Every day this month, using the prompts provided I'll be revealing behind the scenes secrets and telling you all about the actual play podcast I've been working on for over 3 years now. Today's word prompt is Short

Thanks to my Gems listening out there: James, Jason, Barry, Lieran, KP, Ezequiel and Joey.

Find me under @JulzfromNZ on Instagram, Facebook and @julzburgisser on Twitter as well! Aroha nui. Ka kite anō. Xx

Kia Ora! It's RPG A DAY and I'm doing a Fate of Isen Takeover. Every day this month, using the prompts provided I'll be revealing behind the scenes secrets and telling you all about the actual play podcast I've been working on for over 3 years now. Today's word prompt is Flavour.

Thanks to my Gems listening out there: James, Jason, Barry, Lieran, KP, Ezequiel and Joey. Extra thanks to my call in from Joey, Jason and Karl.

Find me under @JulzfromNZ on Instagram, Facebook and @julzburgisser on Twitter as well! Aroha nui. Ka kite anō. Xx

Kia Ora! It's RPG A DAY and I'm doing a Fate of Isen Takeover. Every day this month, using the prompts provided I'll be revealing behind the scenes secrets and telling you all about the actual play podcast I've been working on for over 3 years now. Today's word prompt is Throne.

Thanks to my Gems listening out there: James, Jason, Barry, Lieran, KP, Ezequiel and Joey. Extra thanks to my call in from

Find me under @JulzfromNZ on Instagram, Facebook and @julzburgisser on Twitter as well! Aroha nui. Ka kite anō. Xx

Kia Ora! It's RPG A DAY and I'm doing a Fate of Isen Takeover. Every day this month, using the prompts provided I'll be revealing behind the scenes secrets and telling you all about the actual play podcast I've been working on for over 3 years now. Today's word prompt is Weapon.

Thanks to my Gems listening out there: James, Jason, Barry, Lieran, KP, Ezequiel and Joey. 

Find me under @JulzfromNZ on Instagram, Facebook and @julzburgisser on Twitter as well! Aroha nui. Ka kite anō. Xx

Kia Ora! It's RPG A DAY and I'm doing a Fate of Isen Takeover. Every day this month, using the prompts provided I'll be revealing behind the scenes secrets and telling you all about the actual play podcast I've been working on for over 3 years now. Today's word prompt is Tactic.

Thanks to my Gems listening out there: James, Jason, Barry, Lieran, KP, Ezequiel and Joey. 

Find me under @JulzfromNZ on Instagram, Facebook and @julzburgisser on Twitter as well! Aroha nui. Ka kite anō. Xx

Kia Ora! It's RPG A DAY and I'm doing a Fate of Isen Takeover. Every day this month, using the prompts provided I'll be revealing behind the scenes secrets and telling you all about the actual play podcast I've been working on for over 3 years now. Today's word prompt is Map

Thanks to my Gems listening out there: James, Jason, Barry, Lieran, KP, Ezequiel and Joey. 

Find me under @JulzfromNZ on Instagram, Facebook and @julzburgisser on Twitter as well! Aroha nui. Ka kite anō. Xx

Kia Ora! It's RPG A DAY and I'm doing a Fate of Isen Takeover. Every day this month, using the prompts provided I'll be revealing behind the scenes secrets and telling you all about the actual play podcast I've been working on for over 3 years now. Today's word prompt is Scenario. 

Thanks to my Gems listening out there: James, Jason, Barry, Lieran, KP, Ezequiel and Joey. Extra thanks to my call in from 

Find me under @JulzfromNZ on Instagram, Facebook and @julzburgisser on Twitter as well! Aroha nui. Ka kite anō. Xx

Kia Ora! Today we're playing pretend and I'm playing tour guide. Come with me on a wintery wonderful tour of Aotearoa. Visit the highlights and see the snowy sparkly sights. There's so much to see I couldn't possibly tell you everything but lets go explore what we can in this episode.

Thanks to my Gems listening out there: James, Jason, Barry, Lieran, KP, Ezequiel and Joey. 

Find me under @JulzfromNZ on Instagram, Facebook and @julzburgisser on Twitter as well! Aroha nui. Ka kite anō. Xx

https://freesound.org/s/324313/ - plane sound

Kia Ora! Welcome to a Glitter Episode.

Thanks to my Gems listening out there: James, Jason, Barry, Lieran, KP, Ezequiel and Joey.

Extra thanks to my call ins from fellow podcasting Anchorites: Jason of Nerds RPG Variety Cast, Joey of Hindsightless, Brian of Have to look that up, BJ of The Arcane Alienist and Evil Jeff of Minions and Musings.

Find me under @JulzfromNZ on Instagram, Facebook and @julzburgisser on Twitter as well! Aroha nui. Ka kite anō. Xx

Kia Ora! Welcome to a Glitter Episode. Today I have a lot to say about how much opportunity attacks in D&D5e SUCK, a bunch of news for you about exciting upcoming D&D events, catch ups with my games and some life news that's so good it made me cry.

Thanks to my Gems listening out there: Scott, James, Jason, Barry, Lieran, KP, Ezequiel and Joey.

Find me under @JulzfromNZ on Instagram, Facebook and @julzburgisser on Twitter as well! Aroha nui. Ka kite anō. Xx

Kia Ora! Welcome to a Glitter Episode where I'm talking about Ghosts of Saltmarsh, playing the Rat Hack of Pathfinder with Joey and my recent events!

Thanks to my Gems listening out there: Scott, Glenn, James, Jason, Barry, Lieran, KP, Ezequiel and Joey.

Extra thanks to my call ins: Jason, Joey, TJ and Lieran.

Find me under @JulzfromNZ on Instagram, Facebook and @julzburgisser on Twitter as well! Aroha nui. Ka kite anō. Xx

Kia Ora! Welcome to a Glitter Episode. Julz has been up to a lot of RPG lately and she has a whole episode of stories and games to catch you up on. 

Thanks to my Gems listening out there: Barry, Shell, Scott, Glenn, James, Jason, and Lieran.

Extra thanks to my call ins: Jason of Nerds RPG Variety Cast and Joey of Hindsightless

Find me under @julzburgisser on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook as well! Aroha nui. Ka kite anō. Xx

Kia Ora! Welcome to a Glitter Episode. I'm talking about games I've been playing, games I'm still fussing over and some cool gaming news! It's all RPG over here and you're so welcome to listen in.

Thanks to my Gems listening out there: James, Shell, Scott, Glenn, Lucas and Jason. Extra thanks to my call ins: Barry from Shadow of a GM, Jason from Nerds RPG Variety Cast, Goblins Henchman from Goblins Henchman, Glenn, Josh from JB Publishing, and Spencer from Keep off the Borderlands.

Find me under @julzburgisser on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook as well! Aroha nui. Ka kite anō. Xx

Kia Ora! Welcome to a Glitter Episode! 

Today I'm asking for your help. MASSIVE SPOILER WARNINGS on this episode. Joey, I'm looking at you. I'm writing a one shot, I've got a base story and ideas but I'm stuck. Also I've written a mechanic for madness that I want to use and I'd love your input as to what you think of how it would work. Maybe you'll spot the issues I've missed or provide some food for thought to make it better. Any interest is appreciated.

Thanks to my Gems listening out there: James, Shell, Glenn, Lucas and Jason. 

Find me under @julzburgisser on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook as well! Drop me a message can't wait to hear from you. Aroha nui. Ka kite anō. Xx

Kia Ora! I’m going to tell you about one of my favorite silliness that is on display for you as you travel the country, showing our kiwi humor and pride in a way that you often don’t even have to get out of the car to see, though you always should. Big Things. Monuments of celebration and pride that mark our towns. Towering statues of what we’re known for. And I’m not actually talking about towering buildings, no i’m referring to some serious but mostly silly artwork from some enormous dreamers. They feature in most travel guides of our country too so even if you don’t believe me, after you’ve stopped listening get off and google them for yourself!

Thanks to my Gems listening out there: James, Scott, Glenn, Lucas and Jason.

Find me under @julzburgisser on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook as well! Aroha nui. Ka kite anō. Kia kaha. Stay safe. Xx

Kia Ora! Welcome to a Glitter Episode

So I come back to podcasting sheepishly as I feel incredibly guilty about not having the mental strength to do it while on lock down. I tell you what I have been up to while I've been away and what brings me back.

Thanks to my Gems listening out there: James, Scott, Glenn, Lucas and Jason. Extra thanks to my call ins: Joey, Jason, Spencer and Evil Jeff

Find me under @julzburgisser on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook as well! Aroha nui. Ka kite anō. Xx

Kia Ora! Today we're talking Aotearoa New Zealand Geography because everyone thinks we're a little country where the weather is always the same. I'm here to correct your facts because Size Matters and we're bigger than you think! Then I'm going to tell a little bit about some news highlights here in NZ. 

Thanks to my Gems listening out there: James, Scott, Glenn, Lucas and Jason. You're my shiny in a dark unsparkling time.

Find me under @julzburgisser on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook as well to see the craziness that Julz is up to with #dressolationdiaries

Aroha nui. Ka kite anō. Kia kaha. Xx

You put the ingredients in, you take the microphone out*, you take Julz needing sugar and you shake it all about. You do the Hokey Pokey and you talk it all out. And that's what it's all about!!! 

That's right! We took the microphone for a trip to the kitchen as Julz tries her hand at being a cooking show host and teaching you all about what Hokey Pokey is and it's history here in NZ, including making some live for you. So listen up and learn how to make your own comfort food today!

Thanks to my Gems listening out there: James, Scott, Glenn, Lucas and Jason. I would be a lot more sad without you.

Find me under @julzburgisser on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook as well! Aroha nui. Ka kite anō. Xx

This weeks NZ music is Sweet Lovers by Holidaymakers (Anchorites that clip is by original artist Bill Withers and it's not as good. Search the Holidaymakers version it's so much better!). 

Kia Ora! Welcome to a Glitter Episode where Julz gets personal.

This one is an apology for going away and an explaination, as well as a plea for help.

Thanks to my Gems listening out there: James, Scott, Glenn, Lucas and Jason. 

Find me under @julzburgisser on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook as well! 

Aroha nui. Ka kite anō. Xx Stay Safe out there. 

Kia Ora! Welcome to a Glitter Episode! Here I ramble about topics that interest me, answer call ins and tell you all about my crazy life. These may mention life in Aotearoa New Zealand, but are a little more Julz focused. Today I'm rambling about TTRPG, theme songs and Valentines. Glitter and love are in the air! All that glitters is gold right? So let's hope these are too. So let's do this.

Thanks to my Gems listening out there: James, Scott, Glenn, Lucas and Jason. 

Extra thanks to my call ins: Jason, John, Josh, Joey, Goblin and extra huge kisses to TJ for his wonderful call in. 

Find me under @julzburgisser on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook as well! 

Aroha nui. Ka kite anō. Xx

Christmas Desserts, Music and Family Traditions. It’s like walking down memory lane with my sister Bridget in this episode, filled with bonus cute factor as my niece Isabella and nephew Austin join in the chat. They want to talk about Santa and my niece has to reveal a naughty or nice issue she’s currently having. It’s a little longer but there are a few surprises in the episode as to why and a big one at the end. Meri Kirihimete from my whanau to yours. 

Big thanks to my Gems and all other sparkly listeners out there.

This weeks NZ music is a festive parody original "Single Baby..." by Julz herself. So enjoy! 

Find me under @julzburgisser on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook as well! 

Aroha nui. Ka kite anō. Xx

Christmas is coming and what better way to spend the time, than with friends. So... meet the first guest of Jewels from NZ: Conan McKegg! We talk a lot about seasonal family stress, how New Zealand closes for Christmas and how important a thick gravy is. 

Thanks to my Gems listening out there and extra thanks to Josh Beckelhimer from JB Publishing for your call in.

This weeks NZ music is Home Again by Shihad, with the worst naming story and history but the best NZ rock albums

Find and support Conan McKegg here: Two Naked Gay Guys - www.2ngg.com 

Don't forget my Christmas Present of a review or chatting to me on social media!

Find me under @julzburgisser on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook as well! Aroha nui. Ka kite anō. Xx

Kia Ora! The Pacific Ocean Ring of Fire, sitting atop the Pacific tectonic plates is responsible for 90% of the world’s earthquakes and 75% of the world’s active and dormant volcanoes. It's also responsible for what happened here in NZ recently. In recognition of this tragedy, I talk a little bit about the many volcano's that make up our landscape and how dangerous they are.

I didn't really feel like adding in all my usual upbeat chatter would be right in this episode, so I kept it brief. If you have questions, hit me up as usual.

Find me under @julzburgisser on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook as well! 

Aroha nui. Ka kite anō. Xx