Grab your comfy pants, a cup of warm cocoa, and take a load off because this week, the It's a Mimic! podcast is talking about those times when the conscious mind takes a break.  Let's be honest, the days are getting shorter, the nights are getting longer, and sometimes you just wanna curl into a ball and go to sleep.  Your characters are just the same and that's just what Dan, Adam and Megan want to chat about - Rests, Unconsciousness, and Exhaustion.

But what if you feel the need for taking that break in the middle of a fight after standing fully exposed before a spout of dragon flame, or after getting dragged under the waves from some ancient aquatic evil?  Well, have no fear (well... have a little fear) because we are also covering Death Saves, Drowning, Asphyxiating, Getting Swallowed and the dreaded Death Spiral!

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Returning to the annual discussion of the It's A Mimic! podcast on Warlock Patrons, Adam, Dan, and Dave bring you a treat (and some inappropriate tricks).  The year, they're digging into the bottomless pit of the Abyss, working their way through all eight of the demon lords:

- Baphomet

After the end credits, we use Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes to make an ambitious Marilith in Chult who fawns over others to make her betrayal more unexpected.  She believes that everyone reaches their station in the cosmos that they deserve, based on their drives and talents.  She believes that she is a perfect product of creation, destined to one day shape the cosmos to her whims, and that everything she does verifies her destiny.  She rages, but uses the anger to distract from her fear of confrontation.  She has an ever-open extra eye, silver bones, and an ever-mumbling second mouth.  Mechanically, she has advnatage on Perception checks related to sight, her natural weapons are considered silvered, and disadvantage on Stealth checks against creatures that can hear.  Her cult wants political power over the local area, and it has access to a cache of powerful magic.  It's also an entrenched secret society that is decades old, but murder and betrayal leads to constant turnover in cult leadership.  We're going to call her... May-Ghun.

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What happens when a bloated, drooling, eye-stalk-covered, laser-beam shooting, evil, narcissistic, floating eyeball with a maw of jagged teeth goes some how more wrong?  We make another Beholders episode!  In this week's It's a Mimic! podcast, Adam, Megan, and Terry discuss the malicious malcontents from the great beyond again, but this time it's the twisted variants.  Whether they be a Zombie, Death Tyrant, Gauth, or Death Kiss, the floating eyeball of death clan is chock-a-block full of fun, twisted ways to torture your party during these late autumn days.

But that's not all! The panel of DM's also talk about adding more depth to your run-of-the-mill Beholders, from their wants and quirks to roleplaying tips and the lair of the beholder.   So find a spot to hover over, feed your pet goldfish (that if someone so much as looks at wrong: BOOM! Disintegration ray!), and enjoy!

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In this new series, two Dungeon Masters sit down and go through what can be expected in the published books for Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition.  This first episode sees Dan and Adam dig through the latest release, Icewind Dale, Rime of the Frostmaiden.

Should you buy it?  Is it worth your money?  Join our DM's as they go over their opinions of the overall usefulness of this book. Topics discussed include art, disclaimers, contents page, seven chapters of adventures, and appendices.  They also break down the themes, general plot, major villain, and place within 5e's landscape.

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Grab your holy symbol and draw your mace!  It's time for pious violence and holy death in this week's episode of the It's A Mimic! podcast.  In our third episode of our discussion on Clerics, the panel of Dungeon Masters cover the three best candidates for evil cleric subclasses in Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition!  Whether it's the popular War Domain, the misunderstood Grave Domain, or the NPC Death Domain from the Dungeon Masters Guide, there's a lot to discuss about how to bring the nastiest of hurts to the heathens around you.

But before the sermon about subclasses even starts, the congregation of DM's breaks down what they're looking for in a Homebrew Pantheon, and what divine inspirations have graced their previous campaigns.  So get on your knees and open yourself up to the wisdom that will be bestowed upon you in this episode on Evil Clerics.

(No altar gnomes were harmed in the making of this episode.)

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It is Sunday, October 13th, 1918, and the Great War is on the brink of ending in Europe.  The world is deeply scarred and families have been irreparably shattered.  But for one young woman named Louise Knox, all of that seems very far away.  For she is sitting in a horse-drawn buggy that is driving through a dying, backwater town named Amelia in the heart of the bayou in southern Louisiana.  Her strange uncle Manford passed away five months ago, and the deed to his home is in question.  The bank is looking to appraise and potentially repossess the property, depending on its value.  Little is known about her late uncle, but rumour has it that he built a house on the land where he once survived a hurricane, and that his privacy was due to his fondness for young gentlemen callers.

As a young woman without a husband or children, she has been asked by her cousins to set aside her passion for photography and make the trek across the country in order to settle the estate.  She has apprehensively agreed, and is now out of her element.  She has been traveling for days and is dog tired, but she grows ever closer to the property in question.  Having never met her uncle, she can only wonder what awaits her.

She clutches her minimal luggage and the camera and handgun hidden within it as she leaves the pathetic waste of the near-abandoned town, and watches the swamp begin to intrude upon the narrow logging road that leads to her destination.  Nearly cut off from the world, the niceties and pleasantries of modern society are left as a distant rumour for a place so far removed from civilized life.  There is no electricity out here to help her keep her fear of the dark at bay during the night, and there is certainly no telegraph or telephone.

The air is humid and thick, even in this time of year, and the swarms of insects and cacophony of animal noises seem to be everywhere.  For the hundredth time, she checks her scribbled note to confirm that she is supposed to be meeting a lawyer named Mr. Speltzer, but her nervous energy is largely in part to her eagerness for answers and adventure.  The buggy bounces and rocks as she comes now within the final mile of the curious estate of Manford Madison....

CAST

KEEPER OF ARCANE SECRETS: Adam

LOUISE KNOX: Megan

CREW

Directors: Adam

Producers: Daniel, Adam

Story by: Adam, Daniel, and Megan

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Time to get out your dark tomes, reach out to dark knowledge and scream "Klaatu Barada Nitko"! Its time for Evil Wizards.  In this week's episode of the It's a Mimic! podcast, Dan, Adam, and Megan sit for a spell and cover the final three core wizarding schools, Enchantment, Necromancy and War Magic.  

And that's when the conversation gets good. After a brief discussion on which spell school is the most inherently evil, they wrap up by discussing evil wizards and offering tips and tricks into running these big bad guys, from both a player and Dungeon Master perspective.

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In this episode of Touring the Multiverse, Dave and Adam say farewell to Eberron as they cover all the info that players may want to know.  From the new class, the Artificer, to the many races and Dragonmark options, there's a wealth of information, and a plethora of mechanical details.

And instead of wrapping up with a monster, it's finally time for our two DM's to cover the different kinds of unique transportation that are available in Khorvaire! Lightning rails, airships, and more await the party as they stretch out to explore the vast and varied locations of Eberron.

Artificer Subclasses:

Races:

Dragonmark Subraces:

Background:

Feat:

Elemental Vessels:

Other Eberron Transportation:

Don't forget to stick around after the credits to see what happens when Dave and Adam go by Djed's stand one final time.

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Pull up a stool, grab a pint, and drop those eaves... Its time for Halflings!  This wonderous, lore-rich racial option of Dungeons and Dragons 5e are among the most beloved of standard fantasy lore.  The panel of DMs - Adam, Megan, and Brad - break down the histories and mysteries of these half-pint dynamos before transferring over to the surprisingly powerful mechanical stats these brilliant little guys bring.

The episode wraps up with some interesting character builds.  All in all, its a love letter to the lucky.

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Cue the creepy organ music and add some existential dread!  It's time to talk about Barovia!  In this week's episode of the It's A Mimic! podcast, the panel of DM's crack open Curse of Strahd and discuss all about the lore and story around Strahd's own personal slice of the Shadowfell.  

Adam, Dan and Terry then throw bones about the new monsters available in the (arguably) best adventure path produced for Dungeons and Dragons 5e, and try to divine which are great additions to any campaign, which are definite skips, and which are oddly missing.  Maybe next time we should pull out the Tarokka Deck?

The episode is capped off with some one shots, side quests, and full campaign arcs to inspire you to use this realm for more than Curse of Strahd provides.

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