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Here’s a rundown of the episode:

• 00:43 + Heard Any Good Rumours Lately? News from the Planes
• 01:56 + Off To The Races: This episode features - nothing. We’ve covered all the races in the PHB!
• 03:56 + You So Classy! This episode, we’re looking at Sorcerers
• 15:55 + Background Check: Entertainer
• 18:40 + Monster Menagerie: Jackalweres
• 22:03+ Lore Academy: Volo

Total runtime 26:53

Sources & further reading:

Sorcerer: PHB: 99-104

XGTE: 48-52

SCAG: 136-137

Entertainer: PHB: 130-131 

Jackalwere: MM: 193

LinksNews

Ultra Pro’s range of D&D merch

80’s Tees- D&D selection.

Volo

https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Volo%27s_Guide_to_All_Things_Magical- Volo on the FR wiki

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volothamp_Geddarm- Wikipedia’s entry on Volo

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Episode TranscriptCold open

Welcome to I Cast Pod, a D&D podcast about creating characters, taking chances, rolling dice and having fun. I’m Mike, your DM and guide to all things dungeonesque and dragon-y. This episode is the end of season finale, and we’re talking about Entertainers, Sorcerers, Jackalweres, and Volo.

Heard Any Good Rumours Lately?

WotC has been busy recently, in light of the Black Lives Matter movement and general social change of our time, adding disclaimers to some of its older content, which may be seen a racially or culturally insensitive, or gender biased. D&D includes many races and has never penalised players who choose to play any gender, which was already admirable, but these steps will continue to ensure that anyone can play without feeling excluded or maligned.

Ultra Pro showed off their ultra-cute vinyl Figurines of Adorable Power during the D&D Live 2020 livestream, including adorable Mimics, Flumphs, Owlbears and more. I’ve already seen the Red Dragon figure for sale and have been tempted…

80’s Tees now have a range of D&D based merch, both from the main game and from the 80’s cartoon spinoff, and includes character armour hoodies that make you look like you’re wearing the armour of Hank the Ranger, Bobby the Barbarian or Eric the Cavalier, with more to come.

Off to the RacesNone

We’re skipping playable races in this episode, as we’ve actually covered all the races in the PHB. Now I know that there are many more playable races, but it seemed a good point to end the season, and give me time to buy one of the other sourcebooks. Do you think I should go for Vole’s Guide to Monsters, which contains Aasimar, Goblins, Orcs, Kenku, Tabaxi, Yaun-ti and more, or perhaps Mordekainen’s Tome Of Foes, that includes Gith, and… er, well, Eladrin. Let’s be honest, in terms of continuing to make content, it’s going to be Volo’s. I will also be looking into the Elemental Evil Player’s...

Here’s a rundown of the episode:

• 00:43 + Heard Any Good Rumours Lately? News from the Planes.
• 03:31 + Off To The Races: This episode features 
• 08:54 + You So Classy! This episode, we’re looking at
• 16:27 + Background Check: 
• 18:23 + Monster Menagerie: 
• 22:18+ Lore Academy: 

Total runtime 29:57

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Sources & further reading: 

Half-orc: PHB - 40-41

Rogue: PHB - 94-98; SCAG: 134-136; XGTE: 44-47

Folk Hero: PHB - 131-132

Intellect Devourer: MM - 191

LinksNews

https://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/rpg-products/icewind-dale-rime-frostmaiden- WotC page on Rime of the Frostmaiden

https://dnd.wizards.com/products/fiction/comicsgraphic-novels/spine-world- At the Spine of the World

https://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/rpg-products/icewind-dale-diceIcewind Dale Dice and Miscellany

https://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/rpg-products/icewind-dale-platinum- Beadle and Grimm’s Platinum Edition

https://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/miniatures/icewind-daleWizKids Icewind Dale Icons of the Realms

Illithids

https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Mind_flayerFR Wiki on Mind Flayers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSc17QXxfyU Baldur’s Gate 3 Live Gameplay Presentation - includes opening cinematic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9hU6UJX_pcFirst gameplay demo of BG3, featuring combat with Intellect Devourers.

Syrinscape

https://syrinscape.com - syrinscape tabletop audio.

Episode TranscriptCold open

Welcome to I Cast Pod, a D&D podcast about creating characters, taking chances, rolling dice and having fun. I’m Mike, your DM and guide to all things dungeonesque and dragon-y. In this episode, we’re talking about Icewind Dale, Half-orcs, Rogues, Folk Heros, Illithids and Intellect Devourers.

Heard Any Good Rumours Lately?

There’s a new sourcebook coming! Icewind Dale: The Rime of the Frost Maiden ties in with not only R. A. Salvatore’s Icewind Dale trilogy of novels - the first he wrote containing the Drow ranger Drizzt Do’Urden, but also it apparently has some tie in to the upcoming Dark Alliance game. (And presumably the previous Icewind Dale CRPG,) Touted as a horror adventure module, with 320 pages and over 50 stat blocks contained within - the most in any 5e module so far, several of which will be for the Frostmaiden Auril, herself as she can appear in various forms. Journey to the frozen wastes of the far north, to the communities of Ten-Towns and help defeat an ancient evil, brave blizzards, fish for Knucklehead trout or participate in an as-yet unnamed Goliath sport! The release date is Sept 15th and it should retail for $49.99.

Want more Icewind Dale? IDW Publishing is going to be releasing At the Spine of the World on 21st Oct. The comic is set in...

Here’s a rundown of the episode:

• 00:43: - Heard Any Good Rumours Lately? News from the Planes.
• 03:25 + Off To The Races: This episode features Half-elves
• 08:52 + You So Classy! This episode, we’re looking at the Ranger
• 18:30 + Background Check: Guild Artisan
• 23:16 + Monster Menagerie: The Hook Horror
• 29:56 + Lore Academy: The Underdark

Total runtime - 34:56 

Sources & further reading:

Half Elf - PHB: 38-39

Ranger - PHB: 89-93, XGTE: 40-43, SCAG: 133-134

Guild Artisan - PHB: 132-133

Hook Horror - MM: 189

LinksNews

https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/lrdtobD&D Beyond - Legends of Runeterra: Dark Tides of Bilgewater

https://www.dmsguild.com/product/316467/The-Book-of-Weird-Magic- The Book of Weird Magic by Oliver Clegg 

https://www.dndbeyond.com/marketplace/sourcebooks/mythic-odysseys-of-theros?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=moot&utm_campaign=TOF_+D%26D%2BMTG&utm_content=spider-+preorder&fbaid=23844632008460174&fbclid=IwAR3O09bVyZDKqt0rKkSpD5VMm8qgbz55CEuSpCbjIpTIomQmC6t6UheEQXI- Mythic Odysses of Theros on D&D Beyond

Underdark areas 

https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Underdark- FR Wiki on the Underdark

https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Buried_Realms- FR Wiki on the Buried Realms

https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Darklands- The Darklands

https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Deep_Wastes- The Deep Wastes

https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Earthroot - Earthroot

https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Glimmersea- Glimmersea

https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Great_Bhaerynden- Great Bhaerynden

https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Northdark- Northdark

https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Old_Shanatar - Old Shanatar

https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Great_Rift- the Great Rift

Underdark denizens

https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Phaerimm - Phaerimm

https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Aboleth-...

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