The writer of Planescape: Torment, Mr. Chris Avellone, and Philip Daigle from Beamdog join us to talk about what's updated for the Enhanced Edition and the legacy of the 1999 classic. Hosts Trevor Kidd (@the_trevor_kidd) and Greg Tito (@gregtito) struggle through Greg's sickness to keep the energy up! Sage Advice - Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) discusses at length the complexities of the Druid class feature Wild Shape.

A major part of the fun of D&D is seeing the miniatures on the table and Justin Ziran, head of WizKids, works with D&D art director Kate Irwin to make them memorable for fans. Hosts Shelly Mazzanoble (@shellymoo) and Greg Tito (@gregtito) try not to talk about The Bachelor. Lore You Should Know – Matt Sernett (@Sernett) explores the area of Chult in the Forgotten Realms. Thanks to @VeritableTwenty for the topic suggestion!

Dylan Sprouse (@dylansprouse) has been playing D&D since he was on set as a child actor and he's jumped into it full force with his Pug Crawl streams on Twitch. Hosts Shelly Mazzanoble (@shellymoo) and Greg Tito (@gregtito) talk about snow again, before Greg gets the date of Meltdown Shopping Network debut on Mar 24 consistently wrong in this recording – sorry Gaston! Check it out on Twitch.tv/wotc_dnd Mar. 24 starting at 4pm PT! Lore You Should Know – Matt Sernett (@Sernett) talks about the multitude of entities in D&D lore from which a warlock can draw power. Thanks to @monkib0y for the topic suggestion!

Geoffrey Zatkin (@geoffreyzatkin) and Demetri Detsaridis (@detsaridis) from Experiment 7 call in from GDC to unload their D&D-cred on us and the possibilities of VR starting with Dungeon Chess! Hosts Shelly Mazzanoble (@shellymoo) and Greg Tito (@gregtito) do some time-traveling talk of snow. Lore You Should Know – Matt Sernett (@Sernett) talks about the fun of the Moonshae Isles, an archipelago full of interesting and sometimes contrasting cultures. Thanks to @VeritableTwenty for the topic suggestion!

Jerry Holkins from Penny Arcade calls in to speak effusively about his Acquisitions Inc. C Team stream, what he's doing during PAX East, and blacking out on stage with a loopy Shelly Mazzanoble (@shellymoo) and Greg Tito (@gregtito). Lore You Should Know – Matt Sernett (@Sernett) goes into depth on White Plume Mountain, one of the adventures from Tales from the Yawning Portal.

Bart Carroll (@bart_carroll) and Trevor Kidd (@the_trevor_kidd) take over hosting duties as John Darnielle, leader of the folk-rock group The Mountain Goats (@mountain_goats), dropped by the office to chat about his new novel Universal Harvester, his music and how D&D is a throughline. Lore You Should Know – Matt Sernett (@Sernett) speaks with missing host Greg Tito on the Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan.

The veteran game designer from Cryptic Studios, Thomas Foss, rejoins the podcast to discuss the next module coming to Neverwinter based on four mages returning to the city. Lore You Should Know – Matt Sernett (@Sernett) and Chris Perkins (@ChrisPerkinsDND) go into the first series of adventure modules published by TSR, collectively called Against the Giants.

Tanya DePass (@cypheroftyr) has played D&D for years and she brings her experience in talking about diversity in gaming to creating D&D characters and her shared love of Dragon Age 2 with Greg Tito. Lore You Should Know – Matt Sernett (@Sernett) and Chris Perkins (@ChrisPerkinsDND) discuss the iconic Tomb of Horrors adventure in Tales from the Yawning Portal. Plus, guest host Bart Carroll joins the podcast to talk about Dragon+.

You may know Joe Manganiello (@JoeManganiello) from True Blood and the Magic Mike films, and he'll be playing Deathstroke in the next Batman movie. In talking to Greg Tito (@gregtito) and Shelly Mazzanoble (@shellymoo), Joe geeks out about all things D&D, fantasy, and comics. Sage Advice – Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) goes over reaction timing in initiative order.

Video game and fantasy writer Matt Colville (@mattcolville) talks with us about getting into Dungeon Mastering, which he expounds upon in his YouTube videos. Sage Advice – Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) discusses temporary hit points and some the design and confusion about it.