We Speak Common
By We Speak Common
We Speak CommonMay 25, 2023
Ep 240 - A good old catch up and how to break Ben
This week Ben and James have a big catch up after our long hiatus. We'll go over our games, and experiences in the last few months including what James has done to completely break Ben.
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Tavern Talk Ep. 1 - Open for business
Welcome traveller, settle in, enjoy the fire and drink some mead. This tavern is officially open.
On the first instalemnt of Tavern Talk Chris and Dave welcome you to the show, introduce themself, and explain what the frick is going on. They'll enjoy a cocktail or two, and tell you all the secrets they can in the space for 35 minutes.
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Ep. 239 - How to play solo D&D
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Links from the ep:
Top Ten Games You Can Play In Your Head By Yourself
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A We Speak Common Update - We're back baby
An update on the future of WSC
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A We Speak Common Update - The Mighty Rebalance
An update on the future of WSC
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Ep. 238 -How to find the motivation to work on your setting
This week we talk about writing. How do you find the motivation to continue to work on your world building. We'll talk about how and why Motivation isn't the most import thing to get you writing, and how to find it.
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Ep. 237 - Liches Baby, The lore and how to play one
This week we'll be talking about Liches. We're going to do a deep dive in their lore, who what and how they come to be. Then we'll talk about how play and run a Lich character, and tell you about our favourt 3rd party supliments for doing just that!
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Ep. 236 - Should you stick to Canon
This week we'll be talking about canon. What is it, why is it different for D&D and how do you work with it. We'll talk through what we do and don't stick to to make our games great.
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Ep. 235 - How to run rival adventuring parties
This week we talk all about rival parties. How do you run them and set them up? What are the dos and don'ts? We'll talk through out own recent expereinces to get you set to un some rivalries.
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Ep. 234 - How to run the Fey and their tricks
This week we talk all about the Fey. What are their established tricks and how do you pull them off in your games? We'll getting into who and what they are, and where they come from.
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Ep. 233 - Finding your prep style
It's all about prep this week. We're going to break down our own prep styles, why we use them and how we found them for ourselves. We'll give tips on how to find your style and what types of things you need to be thinking about when preping your games.
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Ep. 232 - How to Resurrect your friends
This week, we try to breath life into the dying... no we aren't talking about the OGL, we're talking about Resurrection rules. We'll talk through the do's and don'ts for making resurrection great in your games.
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Ep. 231 - How to kill your players and have them thank you for it
Player character death is an inevitability in any TTRPG, so how do you make it satisfying and enjoyable for your players. This week we'll talk through our own expereinces with character death and how we made it a fitting end of our party.
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Ep. 230 - What we want from the final year of 5e
2023 brings us one step close to the new itteration of Dungeons and Dragons. As we enter the final year of 5e, I sit down with Ray to talk about what we want to see, and what we expect to see, from 5e for its final year of support.
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Ep. 229 - The festive year in review and what we learned
It's that festive time of year and we're getting all reflective. On our final episode of 2022 we look back at what were the ways D&D changed for us this year and what we learned from those experiences. Grab a cup of mulled wine, a ginger bread man and enjoy the fireside chat.
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Ep. 228 - How, when and should you take rules from other TTRPG systems
If you've ever explored other TTRPGS and board games you've most likely found yourself thinking something along the lines of, 'wow this rule is really cool, I wonder how I could bring it into my D&D game'. We certainly have, and today we talk about how, when and if you should be pulling different rules into D&D.
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Ep. 227 - How to make monster appearances make sense
Random encounters can sometimes feel just a bit too random. This week we'll talk all about what to think about and focus on to make those last minute monster appearances make sense and mean something to the overall story.
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