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- Awarding Magic Items in D&D 5E - the Cool, the Fun, & the Weird
in the 22nd episode of Breaking Initiative, we take a short break from our Wild Beyond the Witchlight series to discuss our own advice for magic items in Dungeons and Dragons (Fifth Edition). When and why should you hand them out? How does this affect Challenge Ratings? Using published charts to reign in "Power Creep", and more.
0:00 Introduction 1:07 What're we talking about?
1:46 What's the point of Magic Items
4:07 Interesting Magic Items
19:20 Distributing Magic Item Awards
15:50 Awards by Challenge Rating
19:21 Warning: Power Creep
21:37 Comparing to Previous Editions
25:00 Starting with Magic Items
27:53 Wrap-up
By the way, you can also catch us on Spotify, as well as many other platforms! https://open.spotify.com/show/4kc2G6JjpRFeg8cv0CTLor
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29 min - Wild Beyond the Witchlight Playthrough - Episode 4, Custard Direction
Rob and Brett's solo playthrough of Wild Beyond the Witchlight, Episode 04. Archilus and Bezel clean up a mess, partake in some intense eating, and become aware of a much larger stakes.
Character Sheet:
Archilus
https://drive.google.com/file/d/124Xj...
Bezel
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1olOm...
Player Map:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12E79...
Shoutout to Hero Forge for providing tools we used to make the character(s) in the thumbnail!
https://www.heroforge.com/
By the way, you can also catch us on Spotify, as well as many other platforms!
https://open.spotify.com/show/4kc2G6J...
We have a subreddit! https://www.reddit.com/r/BreakingInit...
41 min - Wild Beyond the Witchlight Playthrough - Episode 3, Happy Place Even Happier
Rob and Brett's solo playthrough of Wild Beyond the Witchlight, Episode 03. Archilus unexpectedly tries to help someone in trouble, while trouble in the shadows unexpectedly comes for him and Bezel.
Character Sheet: Archilus https://drive.google.com/file/d/124Xj6vCRsiJ1lH2WxSAHt_5IedaELdHg/view?usp=sharing
Bezel https://drive.google.com/file/d/1olOmBBlO7TQLomQ0MluGw8k8lEezGrxY/view?usp=sharing Player
Map: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12E79P6gteaP-DqbFdr3abzU0nQaS7iFU/view?usp=sharing
Time Codes: 0:00 Intro 1:37 Recap 6:27 Skill-based
Challenge 17:35 Roleplay 22:50 Exploration and Roleplay 29:30 Combat and Resolution
Shoutout to Hero Forge for providing tools we used to make the character in the thumbnail! https://www.heroforge.com/
By the way, you can also catch us on Spotify, as well as many other platforms!
https://open.spotify.com/show/4kc2G6JjpRFeg8cv0CTLor
We have a subreddit!
https://www.reddit.com/r/BreakingInitiative/
48 min - Wild Beyond the Witchlight Playthrough - Episode 2, Lost at the Carousel
Rob and Brett's solo playthrough of Wild Beyond the Witchlight, Episode 02. Archilus is free to explore the fairgrounds, and makes his way to the carousel, and something may have been lost...
49 min - Wild Beyond the Witchlight Playthrough - Episode 1 - Archilus and Bezel
Rob and Brett's solo playthrough of Wild Beyond the Witchlight, Episode 01. A mysterious figure is running from someone. Finding a clear getaway, he unknowingly stumbles into a unique situation that will start him on a path that continues to snowball into chaos... and opportunity.
47 min - Character Creation (PC and Sidekick) - Wild Beyond the Witchlight Playthrough: Mission 0, Part 2
Breaking Initiative crew plays through Wild Beyond the Witchlight in a new series on the channel. This is the final part of character creation and mission 0 as we discuss the direction of the campaign, develop ideas for the tone of Rob's bard and the world he will inhabit, as well as a sidekick NPC controlled by the DM that will join in this solo campaign. By the way, you can also catch us on Spotify, as well as many other platforms! https://open.spotify.com/show/4kc2G6JjpRFeg8cv0CTLor We have a subreddit! https://www.reddit.com/r/BreakingInitiative/
23 min - Character Creation (class and stats) - Wild Beyond the Witchlight Playthrough: Mission 0, Part 1
Breaking Initiative crew plays through Wild Beyond the Witchlight in a new series on the channel. This is the first of two parts where we go through the nuts and bolts of Mission 0, develop a concept and discuss what kind of game we are looking forward to. Rob rolls stats for his character and decides on a class.
26 min - All About Witchlight, New Player Races - Harengon and Fairy in The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Episode 15 of Breaking Initiative, we go over the two new player races presented in The Wild Beyond the Witchlight: the Rabbitfolk (known as Harengon), and Fairies.
40 min - All About Witchlight, The Feywild - Discussing The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
We discuss The Wild Beyond the Witchlight the new Dungeons and Dragons campaign book. Also we touch on Feywild history and Feywild in general.
21 min - Roleplaying during Combat - Advice for Players and DM's to make combat more fun
Episode 13 of Breaking Initiative, we give our advice for players and DM's to add some spice into the drudgery of combat. The DO's and DON'Ts for roleplaying in combat. Making monsters and players shine when it life and death matters most.
31 min
About Breaking Initiative
From the publisher's feed
Breaking Initiative is a brand new podcast-style YouTube channel, with hosts Brett and Rob, who go over various D&D related topics, as well as other table-top related subjects.