The DM‘s Book Club

Bonus: She Is The Ancient! Interview with Beth The Bard


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Show Notes

This week, Fiona chats to professional dungeon master and TTRPG writer Beth the Bard (@itsBeththeBard) about her best-seller DnD supplement 'She Is The Ancient: A Genderbent Curse of Strahd'.

'She is the Ancient' is a reference guide to the NPCs of the Curse of Strahd campaign book with descriptions, connections, and suggestions for roleplay, as well as story changes and alternate encounters.

While marketed as "A Genderbent Curse of Strahd", 'She Is The Ancient' is a bit more than that. There are alternatives for problematic horror depictions and as well the elimination of racial slurs and ableist language from the original module. 

Maybe you'd like to see more women represented as more than just desired objects or hags? Perhaps you'd like to play a classic Dracula story with less targeted sexual violence? We can have TTRPG horror without the repeated use of prominent real-life horror. After all, as Casual Campbell states, "Vampires should understand consent better than any monster. They literally have to ask for permission to enter a home."

'She Is The Ancient' recently hit Platimum best seller on DM’s Guild and Beth is currently working on updates for a 2nd edition as getting the book ready to print in hardcover.

You can find links to all of Beth’s work and her upcoming projects on her website and follow her on Twitter (@ItsBethTheBard).

Chapter discussed:

Book: 'She Is The Ancient: A Genderbent Curse of Strahd' by Beth The Bard, published August 2021.

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Credits

The DM's Book Club is hosted, recorded, edited, and produced by Fiona Howat (@WAIR_Podcast) and Hamilton (@TheDragonDM). 

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