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- Ep 12 Playing Your Character's Stats
In this episode, we discuss the finer points of roleplaying your ability scores effectively or whether you even should. (Apologies for the delay, life got in the way. From now on we will be releasing on a biweekly basis.)
Music Used:
Title Theme:
Tavern by PeriTune
https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot
Music from https://filmmusic.io:
"Folk Round" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
1 hr 3 min - Ep. 11 When to Say No (And Yes)
In this episode we discuss when to say no to players (and sometimes when to say yes) and we finally abandon this dumb naming convention.
Music Used:
Title Theme:
Tavern by PeriTune
https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot
Music from https://filmmusic.io:
"Folk Round" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
1 hr 3 min - Ep 10 Of First Sessions and Party Composition
In this episode, we discuss the origins of our failures and whether party composition matters. (Sorry about the weird recording jitters in places)
Music Used:
Title Theme:
Tavern by PeriTune
https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot
Music from https://filmmusic.io:
"Folk Round" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
50 min - Episode 9: Of Unwinnable Fights
In this episode we discuss the concept of unwinnable fights and how to run them (or if it's even a good idea). With special guest Matt Chavis (He's a dude we know)
Music Used:
Title Theme:
Tavern by PeriTune
https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot
Music from https://filmmusic.io:
"Folk Round" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
1 hr 1 min - Episode 8: Of Bards and Magic
In this episode, we discuss Bards and why their magic source is something of a conundrum.
Music Used:
Title Theme:
Tavern by PeriTune
https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot
Music from https://filmmusic.io:
"Folk Round" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
1 hr 1 min - Episode 7: Of World Building
In this episode, we discuss the finer points of world building and argue the semantics of top-down vs bottom-up (and whether or not those are stupid terms).
Music Used:
Title Theme:
Tavern by PeriTune
https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot
Music from https://filmmusic.io:
"Folk Round" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
58 min - Episode 6: Of Player Character Death
In this episode, we discuss how (not) to handle player character death. (That's player character death, not player death)
Music Used:
Title Theme:
Tavern by PeriTune
https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot
Music from https://filmmusic.io:
"Folk Round" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
55 min - Episode 5: Of Missed Content
In this episode, we discuss what to (not) do when your players skip content you've worked really hard on. Also, the debut of our new Character Corner segment!
Music Used:
Title Theme:
Tavern by PeriTune
https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot
Music from https://filmmusic.io:
"Teddy Bear Waltz" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
"Folk Round" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
57 min - Episode 4: Of Convincing Plot Twists
In this episode we discuss how to pull off effective plot twists and reveals. Also enjoy the official debut of our new segment: "Campaign of Mystery"
Music Used:
Title Theme:
Tavern by PeriTune
https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot
Music from https://filmmusic.io:
"Teddy Bear Waltz" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
"Folk Round" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
58 min - Episode 3: Of Nontraditional Encounters and Boss Fights
In this episode, we discuss the finer points of how to create encounters your party isn't used to handling and how to try (and fail) to run effective boss fights.
Music Used:
Title Theme:
Tavern by PeriTune
https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot
Music from https://filmmusic.io:
"Zanzibar" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
"Folk Round" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
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About Critical Fails
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Critical Fails is a humorous talk show where a game designer, a writer and a teacher discuss Dungeons & Dragons and all the glorious ways we‘ve failed miserably while game mastering.