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Monster: Venomous Toad
I was so excited about this creature from our Halloween episode I had to get it out to you on the same day! Here you go - a great little creature to cause problems, both big and small, for your party. May the Toad Curse never find you, and if it does, may the swelling go down soon.
Bloopers: Vertile
Fertile + virile equals….
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Episode 8/19 The Emperor’s New Taxonomy How to Lie to God Interfering with Wildlife Lying to God about Pigs Prelates Will Kill Your Family The Stabby Hook of Divine Grace Wicked Toads and Abominable Whistlers
Playable Race: the Blemmyae
An old pull from the Wonders of the East, the Blemmyae (known by many other names) is a creature without a head, but with a face on their chest. This race is sure to shake up your game a create some creative opportunities for roleplay & logistics!
Bloopers: Caves vs Caverns
This is why we fact check.
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Episode 8/5 Fairies Always Know Where Their Towel Is It’s Not Gay if it’s Just Undertones Sir Launfal the Boytoy Sir Launfal and the Sunk Cost Fallacy Sir Launfal Gets Doxxed by a Fairy Sir Launfal is Vulnerable to Scams Sir Launfal’s Girlfriend is Totally Real, She Just Lives in Canada Sir La...
Player Background: The Knight Errant
The knight errant has a robust literary history- why not bring that into your game? The knight errant is perfect for both high and low level games, and provides a unique, customizable background to suit any player. Are you a party knight, here for the tournaments? Or are you more chivalric, and runn...
Bloopers: Ronald McDonald
Don’t trust those corporate clowns.
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Episode 7/8 Captain Kirk Moment Fancy Shield (+1 to dairy products) From the Grassy Knoll Icelandic Morpheme Shortage Journaling Helps Your Feelings Surprise Tackles and Old Man PlansEpisode 7/22I suggest the main title be something simple like “Two French Stories”. Avian Lessons and Articulate ...
Cheating Your Way into Heaven: The Order of St. Timmelreg
"What is eternal bliss but the universe’s most valuable loot?"Meet the Order of St. Timmelreg: a holy and pious order of mendicant friars bent of tricking God and cheating their way into heaven. Perfect for those looking to blend a cleric and rogue, or those wanting to play with the concep...
Bloopers: Whilst...
Sometimes we choose to modernize sentences. For your ease of listening. Obviously. No other reason.
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Episode 5/27 Dike Strategies Donkey Kong Behavior Egil Went Down Prone on Him Entitled to Beer Everyone Forgets to Bull-Rush In Which Egil Might Be a Literal Bear Poetry or Murder Return of the No Beer Rock Armor Runic Copy Editing They Smote Each Other Fast And Hard Throwing Halberds Why are You Do...
Medieval Trades for Worldbuilding
When it comes to worldbuilding, it's important to create worlds that feel lived in and real. Players can get used to the stereotypical pseudo-medieval towns and cities. Instead, shake things up with this list of medieval trades for your world and NPCs!
Bloopers: Pearson Calling
These academic publisher telemarketers are persistent!
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Episode 4/1 Medieval Quiz Show Who Wants to be a MysticEpisode 4/29 [We could always just call this “May Day Special: The Peasants’ Revolt”, but options in case you want them:] Grinding Small, Small, Small Hey That Sounds Familiar Nobody Wants to Work AnymoreEpisode 5/13 Class Solidarity The P...
Two Magic Items
For this month's TTRPG bonus, we have the Iron Coal, which listeners might remember from our episode on the Wooing of Emer, and Melion's Magic Werewolf Ring. These two Irish or Irish-adjacent items are perfect for players and campaigns where creative solutions and challenges are needed!
Bloopers: Long Sentences
These archaic sentences can be tongue twisters.
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Episode 3/18 Better Conversion Through Arson Better Conversion Through Firebombs A Big Light That Makes You Happy Destroying Pagans with Facts and Logic Four Thousand Useless Plants Logic, Reason, and Probably Drugs The Moral Quality of Plants The Nightlight Maneuver Please Bring Your Witch Outside ...
Beastlore: The Oyster
Medieval bestiaries paint the oyster as one of the more fascinating animals in the world; given their variety of talents and descriptions in medieval texts, we thought we'd write up a few pages on the medieval oyster and how you can use it in your games - including stats and uses for their pearl...
Bloopers: Tippy-Tappies
Guest appearance from Delilah and her tippy-taps!
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Episode 3/4 Bootlicking Surprise Gunnhild Did Nothing Wrong Ho(l)m(gang)oeroticism Just Kill Him Krum’s Bog Hole (no relation) Poems that Needed a Second Draft Poetry Critiques Queering Egil for No Reason Seasonal Curse Disorder
Forest of Narrative, Pt. 3
Oftentimes in medieval adventure tales, our chivalric knights tend to wander into plots in places that make no geographic sense. This liminal narrative space in between we have termed the "Forest of Narrative."Here's the final part of our guide: here are a few ways you can explore this l...
Bloopers: THE Beowulf
Just to add a little extra flair.
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Episode 2/4 Cement Halo Changing the Wind Embezzling for Heaven For the Foolest GODfather Horse Ethics Murderangel Riddles but DumbEpisode 2/4 Angelic Hit Men Big Vinny Says You Gotta Sleep with the Cherubim Cement Halo Changing the Wind Embezzling for Heaven For the Foolest GODfather Horse Ethics M...
NPC Encounterts: London Letter Books Pt. 2
The small claims court records of medieval London contains some of the most fascinating accounts of how medieval people lived day-to-day.Here are a few more pages of the accounts for you to use as small NPC encounters, as hooks to greater quests, and as interesting NPCs your players can come across.
Bloopers: Zero-th Century
It really would be a lot less confusing.
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Episode 1/21 Brave & Honorable & Stupid The Bugs Bunny Gambit Do Vikings Have Standards? Earls with Low Standards He Went Thataway Look, a Bear! Murder-Based Friendship Bracelets Penetrating Males Rawr, I’m a Bear! This Army Has Standards War Appointments Warhammer 0.9k Warhammer 1k
Forest of Narrative, Pt. 2
Oftentimes in medieval adventure tales, our chivalric knights tend to wander into plots in places that make no geographic sense. This liminal narrative space in between we have termed the "Forest of Narrative."Here's part two of our guide: explore who lives in the forest and see what you...
Bloopers: Drenched in Blood
There’s so many wars it’s hard to keep track.
