Detentions and Dragons

The holiday tradition returns! To celebrate the holiday season, Matt gives Josh the present he wants most in life: a chance to talk about fun stories from his D&D games. Listen as Josh and Matt ramble on and embellish their stories and inside jokes from their personal campaigns around the fireplace!

Music: Brother Christmas by Lemon Yellow Hayes (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lemon_Yellow_Hayes/)

Fireplace Sound Effects: hansende (https://freesound.org/people/hansende/sounds/263994/)

Happy Holidays!! And thank you for all of your support throughout the year!

The Deck of Many Things is a legendary wondrous item in 5th edition D&D that causes game making or game breaking effects for any player character that chooses to draw from this magical set of cards . However, there has never been a Deck of Many HOLIDAY things. A deck based solely around campaign altering effects with a holiday twist. On this episode, Josh and Matt present the cards that they, their fellow podcasters, and listeners created for this deck! If you are looking to add some holiday fun to your campaign (and perhaps drift your game's narrative off the critical path, then these cards from our Deck of Many Holiday Things is for you!

Seriously, we would like to thank everyone who submitted! We wish we had time to read them all. We are always humbled by your enthusiasm and participation.

Is your player character now the Minty Ranger?

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Professional Development Time is Back! Today Josh and Matt discuss how to run a physics lesson using the Havoc Classroom RPG system. If you have been unsure what a content driven lesson of Havoc looks like, regardless of the subject you teach, you should listen! Even non-teacher can find a technique or valuable insight to utilize in their own home campaign.

Did these teacher trainers provide you the lessons and confidence to run D&D in your classroom?

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Every great DM wants to have an inspiring cast of characters with varied backgrounds and intriguing histories. However, what happens when your players decide to stray off the critical path to buy a pretzel? You can panic. Or you can improv a fun NPC! On this lesson of Detentions and Dragons, Josh and Matt discuss making NPCs on the fly and provide tips to help DMs with one of the more challenging narrative aspects of being a DM.

A DMs' secret weapon: Lists!

Smeagle Bobson returns...

Did these two teachers help you improvise a memorable new character for your school or home campaign? Please rate and subscribe to Detentions and Dragons! Or help Josh and Matt out by recommending Detentions and Dragons to a friend, teacher, or student. New listeners are the best way to help us grow as a podcast. Thanks again for all of your support!

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Character Alignments: Does your player character save the cat or do they save their time and steal a bunch of gold?

On this lesson of Detentions and Dragons, Josh and Matt discuss character alignments. As a player, deciding how a player character responds to in-game events can be challenging. However, the character alignments system helps to guide players into deciding how their Lawful Good Paladin or Chaotic Neutral Wizard would really act under pressure. There are nine options. Some are more confusing than others. Hopefully, Josh and Matt provide some clarity to the situation.

Neutral. Yep, that is a difficult one. :-)

Did these two teachers help alignment your understanding on the alignment system? Please rate and subscribe to Detentions and Dragons! Or help Josh and Matt out by recommending Detentions and Dragons to a friend, teacher, or student. New listeners are the best way to help us grow as a podcast. Thanks again for all of your support!

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On this lesson, Josh and Matt talk about their favorite cantrips in D&D 5th edition. And we are not necessarily talking about the most powerful cantrips but level-0 spells that they think are fun and add an interesting dimensions to any campaign.

They also try to answer this question: What is a pebble?

Did these teacher teach you the difference between gravel and pebbles???

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Josh and Matt are joined by founder of the Block Party Podcast Network, Mitch Connelly! The topic: Character Creation tips.

Character creation, often referred to as "session zero" can be a textbook slog through stat blocks and dice rolling or an engaging and interactive gaming experience in its own right! Mitch prefers the latter and we do too. This lesson will review DM tips to make character creation a fun experience for all involved.

And if you enjoyed listening to Mitch go check out Mitch's other podcasts including:

The Dungeon Master's Block

https://www.blockpartypodcastnetwork.com/dmb-podcast-feed/

Geek Wars

https://www.blockpartypodcastnetwork.com/geek-wars-feed/

Did this interview inspire you to create not only a new character but a new gaming mindset?

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Detentions and Dragons is a proud member of the Block Party Podcast Network! Check out our show and other great D&D and gaming podcast at https://www.blockpartypodcastnetwork.com/ or where ever you download podcasts!

Trick-or-Treat! Dressed in festive Halloween garb, Matt and Josh make their way through the spooky avenues of New Trollsburg. Will the residents give them any treats? Or will they be haunted by all tricks?

Nope. All Tricks. Let's hope they survive!!!! *evil laugh......*

On this lesson, Matt and Josh talk about cursed homebrewed items for your Halloween session of Dungeons and Dragons. Homebrewed items are always a fun way to add flavor to a campaign. But watching your players squirm as the loot they trust betrays them is pretty fun and thematic too! Feel free to use these in your own campaigns.

Did these teachers help you thrive on the spookiest holiday of the year?

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Detentions and Dragons is a proud member of the Block Party Podcast Network! Check out our show and other great D&D and gaming podcast at https://www.blockpartypodcastnetwork.com/ or where ever you download podcasts!

On another special interview lesson of Detentions and Dragons, Josh and Matt interview Josh Lorimer from the Sneak Attack! podcast. The subject: How to Start and Run a Real Play Podcast!

With over three years of experience running and participating in real play D&D podcasts, Josh brings a well spring of insights that will help anyone looking to start their own podcast adventure.

Josh Lorimer is also a busy person and is producing a lot of content for those in the gaming community to enjoy. Some of these include:

His newest podcast, The Titans of All'Terra:

https://www.patreon.com/thetitanpod

His Youtube Channel about the The Titans of All'Terra and his show on DMing called The DM Josh Show:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUP75jzx8xpVocdh8tLgf5Q

And of course one of our favorite D&D podcasts at of all time Sneak Attack:

https://sneakpodcast.com/

Did this interview give inspire you to grab your friends and start a new creative endeavor?

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Detentions and Dragons is a proud member of the Block Party Podcast Network! Check out our show and other great D&D and gaming podcast at https://www.blockpartypodcastnetwork.com/ or where ever you download podcasts!

On this special interview lesson of Detentions and Dragons, Josh and Matt interview Michael Ross of The RPG Academy Podcast. The topic: How to get convention ready!

D&D and Gaming conventions are a great place for players to connect with like-minded individuals around the game that they love. However, conventions for can be intimidating. This lesson will provide some tips and insights from Michael Ross about what he does to make his convention experience a fun and memorable one!

Also, hear about Acadecon! Acadecon is an RPG convention run by Michael Ross. If you are in Dayton, Ohio in November, you should go!

For more information go here:

https://acadecon.com/

You can regularly listen to Michael Ross on his podcast The RPG Academy. You find them on the web at:

https://therpgacademy.com/

Also look for them on iTunes or wherever you download podcasts.

Did this interview give you the courage to make new friends and memories at your first gaming convention?

Then please rate and subscribe to Detentions and Dragons! Or help Josh and Matt out by recommending Detentions and Dragons to a friend, teacher, or student. New listeners are the best way to help us grow as a podcast. Thanks again for all of your support!

Detentions and Dragons is a proud member of the Block Party Podcast Network! Check out our show and other great D&D and gaming podcast at https://www.blockpartypodcastnetwork.com/ or where ever you download podcasts!