Grumpy Dungeon Masters

The guys are taking a look at character retirement this time around. Should a character retire and if so how to go about it? Final death is always an option, but should they survive as an adventurer loads of wealth means they can retire how they want. Maybe buy a nice farm or like all other adventurers….a tavern. If you can’t live the life of adventure you can just tell your stories to those who do.

GDM Jay comes across the best magic item in a while. A self cleaning magical chamber pot with a pocket dimension inside. Listen in to find out all the wild ways in which he can cause havoc with this item. Also some talk about Daggerheart now that the beta playtest has begun.

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Another week of very little RPG news so the guys shoot the breeze on topics of interest to them. They take a brief look at the Lego D&D adventure that was released with the new D&D Lego set. While it’s only a short adventure to introduce Lego fans to D&D it still is of interest to the Grumpy Dungeon Masters.

GDM Jay is all in on Eberron and he takes a look at what changed between the 3.5 Artificer class and the 5E Artificer. No surprise that he’s sorely disappointed in the way they changed the class over the years. Also the guys have a new employee working for them in the discord. Claude The Tiefling can help you with your campaign blues. Just go to the Grumpy Dungeon Masters Discord and ask him anything!

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So much was released at Gary Con last week. That just means the guys didn’t have any real news to chat about this week, so the guys just winged it. Fortunately GDM Jay had been stockpiling ideas for the week. He found out he knows nothing about Eberron, so rather than watch a video or read the Wiki he’s decided to run an Eberron Campaign. Always has to do things the hard way. He’s also found another Kickstarter he’s interested in, this time by Free League Publishing. The Games called Coriolis: The Great Dark and the odds are he never actually buys it.

It’s another week and Wotc had to fire another artist. This time instead of using AI it’s for straight up taking other people’s art and using it for their own. Will people never learn in this digital age? Also the guys talk about Game of Thrones. Don’t ask why.

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Gary Con was this weekend and although our Grumpy Dungeon Masters did not make the trip, there was still a lot of things coming out over the weekend about Dungeons and Dragons 50th Anniversary. While GDM Christopher is most looking forward to Vecna Eve of Ruin GDM Jay was more interested in the Dungeons and Dragons Converse and a Lego D&D adventure. Both were however interested in the Making of Dungeons and Dragons book coming out later this year.

GDM Jay has been taking a look at all the different methods of determining random outcomes in RPG’s. From the various methods of dice, such as d20’s rolling over or under the target number, or even Jenga or drawing cards. He tosses the idea that rolling like Yahtzee or Poker would also be a viable way to work an RPG. As all things we’ll see where this brainstorm leads.

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GDM Christopher and GDM Jay are once again joined by their friend Bruce the Beer Bandit. This week they are chatting about a number of things. Apparently the Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks is making his pitch to start using AI for D&D. Naturally the Grumpy Dungeon Masters have their own takes on this.

GDM Christopher talks about the new tabletop game he got which combines Power Rangers, G.I. Joe, Transformers, and My Little Pony under the Essence 20 rules system. Who doesn’t want to watch Zords go at it with Megatron? Also another week of Adventures League and another group of dead characters.

With the Beer Bandit joining them it’s time for another round of D&D Draft. This time around the guys draft best D&D settings. Not surprisingly GDM Christopher doesn’t quite grasp the rules. Who do you think drafted the best team this time out?

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GDM Jay has plans for an upcoming D&D campaign he’s going to play in. Some of it involves a bit of luck and some of it involves an immovable object. Sure can do some neat things in RPG’s.
GDM Christopher has his eye on a new miniature coming out soon. Another large dragon for the shelf along with a couple other minis. GDM Jay also talks some Brindlewood Bay and Dune, because of course he does.

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Sorry guys. Cr’aig borked the recording just before the 13 minute mark. Sorry for the skip.

GDM Jay finally got an opportunity to run a game of Dungeon Crawl Classics again and it went exactly how you would expect a game full of level 0 characters to go. Tons of fun and a complete massacre.

GDM Christopher also managed to run his D&D 5E game and brought out a CR 26 creature to battle a group of level 3 characters. For once he didn’t kill everybody. The guys spend the moment to look into current creature design and ponder how broken it may be.

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GDM Jay has a few games on his mind at the moment. Adventures on the Purple Planet, the soon to be released on Kickstarter Tomb of Gyzaengaxx, and his game of the year for 2024 Brindlewood Bay, which he can now buy. The real questions are can he get them all and even more importantly find time to play them. Signs point to no.

Him and GDM Christopher both recently got a PDF for the Skymasters Guidebook for the Skyraiders of Abarax. While they haven’t gone through it fully they still peak inside and take a look. Some interesting rules for running airship combat to be sure.

GDM Christopher is back to running games regularly and back to his usual ways. As usual he uses disintegrate liberally and even used an updated version of the necromancer. Lets just say it’s not really fair for the players.

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With GDM Christopher being back the guys are up to their usual topics. For GDM Christopher that revolves around miniatures. Wotc recently released a complete miniature set for Tomb of Annihilation and the guys check it out. GDM Jay discovers that Wizkids also sells Pathfinder minis, which peaks his interest.

GDM Jay talks about what happens when you polymorph a large creature inside a smaller creature. This leads to an interesting conversation about hypnotizing chickens and how to handle it. Also Humblewood is now on D&D Beyond and GDM Christopher couldn’t be happier.

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GDM Christopher finally returns from his extended trip behind the wood shed. He’s got a black eye and missing some teeth, but is none the worse for wear. Now that he’s returned he’s got tons of things on his mind, such as can a Paladin remove strep throat?

With the 50th anniversary of D&D this year Wotc finally releases their book release schedule. Players Handbook isn’t until September. This isn’t going to end well for Adventures League according to GDM Christopher. GDM Jay is fine with it because now he won’t have to spend any money until the second half of the year.
Speaking of spending money GDM Jay is wanting to get in on the new Dungeon Crawl Classics Backerkit, but has to dig through all their other products first. This included Lankhmar, which he recently learned is an old fantasy novel series. Even the old man can still learn new things. This plus many more topics this event packed week.

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Intro Music Provided by:
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Hit N Smash by Rafael Krux
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