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Multiclassing in Everything: How to Make the Worst Character in D&D 5E
“What are you playing tonight?” my party asked as I set a bulging tote bag on the table. “A Barbarian,” I said, smiling. “So what’s the...
How to Make a Fantasy Map in GIMP
With NaNoWriMo fast approaching, you may be planning on writing a fantasy or sci-fi story. Congrats! This is one of my favorite genres...
How to Make Minimalist Wallpapers in 7 Steps or Less
Turn any image into a minimalist composition with this seven-step process. Minimalist art relies only on the most basic and distinctive...
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The War Spider from MCDM’s Monster Manual
It's terrifying when the goblins ride a giant spider into battle, but more terrifying when they treat it better than you would. Follow wherever you get your podcasts: RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Music | Breaker | Castbox | Castro.fm...
Solarpunk in Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel
Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel's creator was inspired by the solarpunk and hopepunk movements, but what even are those? Follow wherever you get your podcasts: RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Music | Breaker | Castbox | Castro.fm...
Extinction: The Florida Fairy Shrimp
Fairy shrimp can withstand drying, freezing heat, solidity, outer space. They're just like waiting for conditions to be right to spring, back to life. Follow wherever you get your podcasts: RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Music | Breaker |...
The False Hydra and Larry the Kung Fu Kraken
D&D players have spent almost 50 years breaking the game. Some of these exploits became "cryptids" in their own right. This week: the most terrifying homebrew monster ever made, and the Kung Fu Kraken, an ancient titan of the deep somehow less effective than a...
The Arrow of Destruction and the Wireless Troll
D&D players have spent almost 50 years breaking the game. Some of these exploits became "cryptids" in their own right. This week: the arrowhead of total destruction, nuclear warhead powered by extradimensional spaces; and the wireless troll, communication via...
The Peasant Rail Gun and the Quantum Ogre
Dungeons & Dragons players have spent almost 50 years breaking the game. Some of these exploits became D&D "cryptids" in their own right. This week: the peasant rail gun, an army of hirelings with a light-speed projectile; and the quantum ogre, the monster who...
Luthic, goddess of orcs, in Uncaged: Godesses
Roothold, the Throne Room of Luthic Jessica Marcrum: You are in Roothold, which is in the plane of elemental chaos. And after a lot of adventuring, tunneling through sheet rock, you arrive at an enormous hall made of onyx, ruby quartz, and glimmering star sapphires....
Running Spellcasting Monsters in D&D: cast your buff spells already!
Running Spellcasting Monsters Many of D&D's most powerful monsters - like Acererak the lich, the vampire Strahd von Zarovich, or mind flayers - rely on their magical might as spellcasting monsters to defeat adventuring parties of D&D characters. But their raw...
The Eberron Campaign Setting
The Eberron campaign setting for D&D treats its monsters and monstrous humanoids differently. It's a rich vein of inspiration for the Making a Monster podcast! While most of Dungeons & Dragons takes place in a familiar medieval fantasy world, Eberron asks what...
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