SORCATIA IS READY TO ADVENTURE! ... Oh, just running errands? Hmm. Well, she can probably find a way to make it more difficult for herself and then turn it into an adventure!!

This week in the Rose Garden, Soren and Caitie co-pilot Sorcatia on her first adventure! Join our Gardeners and their DM, TJ, as they learn how to share the reigns of a player character while fulfilling the quest that YOU, ROSEBUDS, voted for!

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Edited by TJ Hargrove

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Music -

Live play background -

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Todays Topics and Links

Clarence img

https://realms-of-arcana.fandom.com/wiki/Leonin

Tressym img

https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Tressym

All Dungeons and Dragons resources cited fall under Fair Use via a Creative Commons by Share Alike 3.0 License.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

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Chapters

00:00 Intro

01:19 jumping in

02:30 Mornin'

08:33 Staffing

10:50 Breakfast

23:17 lodge

33:58 on the road

38:23 making friends

47:45 what happened here?

57:25 Outro

Do you regularly find yourself singing about your favorite ice cream sandwiches? Enjoy aimlessly wandering around in alien ruins with a child-like sense of wonder? Do you like giant women? Then, perhaps you're actually Steven Universe! ... You're not? ... Well, you don't have to tell the other players at the table that. BECAUSE---

(Content warning: discussion of religious themes and cases of, but not specific details about, self harm and deaths in the fairly-distant past)

This week in the Rose Garden, Soren and Caitie are continuing on through the History of D&D by expanding upon the era known as the "Satanic Panic". Did D&D instigate devil worship? Did the game make children go missing? Did every player immediately become a dice goblin? Well, spoiler alert, only one of those is true--but you'll have to tune in to find out for yourself!

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Todays Topics and Links

Dicebreaker article referenced:

https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/dungeons-and-dragons-5e/feature/dnd-satanic-panic

Polygon article referenced:

https://www.polygon.com/23131731/stranger-things-4-satanic-panic-dnd-history

Cultivation Theory:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultivation_theory

Michelle Remembers:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Remembers

The GTA Scandal that nobody remembers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9G63chBoE0&t=0s

Chromatic Roses - "UGH, Collab with me!" (42:50)

https://youtu.be/JnKRJTlVYII?si=qPL7sT8oPmgk13Wg

If you're trying too hard to look cool, you're only going to look like a fool... to yourself. Because making a complicated D&D character may sound like a great idea to begin with, but in reality, you might only be making your life harder. And life's (hard enough) like this already, so may just chill out and lay back, because complicated has already been done before. Maybe lets just... keep it simple?

This week in the Rosegarden, Caitie and Soren discuss how complicated characters have gotten in their way in the past, and how they have overcome them in the present. From RP to Combat, lets talk about how to keep things easygoing and fun around the table!

Editing TJ: "Give me just 2 more hours, I promise I can stuff a few more Avril Levigne lyrics in there. No, I'm not doing this for the listeners, I'm doing this for me."

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History of DnD - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-qYqpM7f48

Spike Clip via facebook post. (lol, so random. -TJ)

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=931489644069192

Reedsy Blog - https://blog.reedsy.com/kill-your-darlings/#:~:text=The%20phrase%20“kill%20your%20darlings,On%20the%20Art%20of%20Writing.

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Hey, you know what they say, "Third time's the charm", and we wouldn't want to risk NOT charming you, right rosebuds? Exactly. You deserve it.

This week in the rosegarden, Soren and Caitie catch up on what all they have been Vibin' and Thrivin' with over the last few months! So come on in and take it easy with us this week, there's a little bit of everything in this one!

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The Amazing Race

Pokemon Concierge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1zmhHLVrq0

What if we told you your table isn’t collaborating, but rather reacting?

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This week in the rose garden, Soren and Caitie use some ancient magic to show players how to summon the spirit of The Slayer into their own character sheet! But wait a minute rosebud, they aren't showing you how to be Buffy. No, there can only be one Slayer. This week, you'll learn how to make a slayer of your very own.

So lets stay in for the night, keep our stakes close, and our dice closer. By the end of this one you'll be 5 by 5 and ready to fight off whatever goes bump in the night. (at your rpg table)

Chapters:0:00:00 Intro

0:01:40 Buffy

0:18:22 Key Traits/Traits we like

0:20:09 -Masc. Energy

0:23:53 -Super Athletic

0:29:36 -Chosen One

0:41:57 - Recap

0:42:50 Roll With It (RWI)

0:52:07 Transmutate them Traits!

0:53:11 -Class Choice

0:58:06 -Stat build guide

1:03:30 -Race ideas

1:05:25 -Background

1:10:37 -Personality Traits

1:14:04 Monster of the Week

1:19:15 Playing like a Chosen One

1:26:00 Closing

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Monster of the Week TTRPG

https://evilhat.com/product/monster-of-the-week/

It's time, Rosebuds. You're old enough now, you've been through all the seasons. You see, when a couple of players love a game very much, they take a pencil and some paper and make them do a special little dance together. And then BOOM you have a character.

This week in the Garden, Caitie and Soren combine their wit, creativity, and goblin energy to birth a spectacular fusion that only a couple of midwest-ttrpg-women could conceive. So grab some snacks, a bevvy, and get ready to welcome a new bud to the Rose Garden!

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Editing TJ note: "This one is audio-only, this week. My computer literally could not handle the audacity of this one to render the video."

Don't you hate it when gate keepers hear you mention D&D, so they cross the entire room just to get in your bubble and say "OH, so you think you're a real D&D fan? Then name at least 12 fun facts about the history of it!"?? Well, it just so happens that this episode will teach you exactly that.

This week in the garden, Soren and Caitie take us back to where D&D began~ in the 1970's basements and garages of wargame enthusiasts, and trace it's history all the way up to now! So, Rosebuds, get ready for some stories, fun facts, and best of all; dramaaa.

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works cited:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/14-fun-facts-about-dungeons-dragons-180981905/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chainmail_(game)

http://www.davidkushner.com/article/the-dungeon-master/

https://nerdist.com/article/the-story-of-dd-part-one-the-birth-death-and-resurrection-of-dungeons-dragons/

Rosebuds, always remember to be careful when you are exploring out in the tall grass. You never know what might jump out at-- WOAH, A WILD EMILY HAS APPEARED!!

That's right, back-to-back interviews! This week in the garden, Caitie and Soren visit with our great friend Emily- a newer(ish) player within the TTRPG/D&D realms- to ask her opinions on a number of topics as well as find out what kept bringing her back to the table, time after time.

So scooch on in, grab a snack, and settle down- its friendtime now.

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Lore Podcast

https://www.lorepodcast.com

The Quiet Year

https://buriedwithoutceremony.com/the-quiet-year