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Descent into Avernus has been on bookshelves for almost a month and Halloween is just around the corner, so Adam has decided that the time is right to bring you up to speed on the Avernus fiends, fiendish constructs, and Infernal War Machines.  Welcome to part five of the It's A Mimic! Podcast's ongoing series on fiends in 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons.

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As the gruesome scene at the mouth of the mine is laid bare, the small group of investigators must make a choice to head side and face the horrors within or head back to the outpost and regroup.  Little do they know, their movements have been watched, and they are being hunted… Who will be torn asunder in this episode? Who will lose body parts? And who will will burn?

Using the Call of Cthulhu 7e ruleset, the cast of the It's A Mimic! podcast sit down with three others and explore cosmic horrors in the frozen wilderness in the darkest time of year.

This brand new 8-part mini series will run up until October 28, 2019, and provide a final debriefing on Halloween itself.

So grab your security blanket and Halloween candy, and clutch your loved ones. The Deep Dark of Radiance begins now.

Episodes will be available on Mondays and Thursdays, at precisely the moment that the sun sets in the Yukon Territories, so keep your eyes open throughout the month.

CAST

KEEPER OF ARCANE SECRETS: Daniel

CHARITY FLANAGAN (of the North Carolina Flanagan's): Miaca

DETECTIVE MARTIN CLAUD NOIR: Terry

GUNTHER (aka "Gun"): Dave

GERTRUDE CORNELIUS: Megan

MOSES T. RIPLEY (aka "Rip"): Adam

CREW

Directors: Adam and Daniel

Producers: Daniel, Terry, Adam

Story by: Daniel and Adam

Editors: Daniel and Adam

Opening and Closing Music by: Tyler

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Logo by: Kate Skidmore

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This episode of the It's A Mimic! podcast introduces a very special guest host, Megan! As she joins Terry and Adam to discuss death in Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition, the panel continues their march toward Halloween by looking at what character death is like from both a player's perspective and a Dungeon Master's. Sometimes player character death is inevitable in this fantasy roleplaying game, and the panel of DM's sit try to take some of the mystery away from it.

When a player character dies in D&D, it affects characters, players, DM's, plot lines, themes, relationships, gear, and more. The roundtable touches briefly on ways to use magic (see Episode 37a - Health and Resurrection for a deeper dive), how to handle death mid-combat, running funerals, and trying to stay away from being adversarial at the table. So before tempers run high and Hit Points run low, stop and think about what you're going to do when the grim reaper takes your mini away forever.

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As the group of wary travelers escort Dr. Winkler to the geological outpost, they stumble upon gruesome horrors and ominous warning signs.  But the scene that awaits them is no better… Meanwhile, back in town, a young woman is recruited by a frightened deputy to unravel a mystery.  As she dances with death, her fate veers toward the frightened, wounded Investigators near the old mine...

Using the Call of Cthulhu 7e ruleset, the cast of the It's A Mimic! podcast sit down with three others and explore cosmic horrors in the frozen wilderness in the darkest time of year.

This brand new 8-part mini series will run up until October 28, 2019, and provide a final debriefing on Halloween itself.

So grab your security blanket and Halloween candy, and clutch your loved ones. The Deep Dark of Radiance begins now.

Episodes will be available on Mondays and Thursdays, at precisely the moment that the sun sets in the Yukon Territories, so keep your eyes open throughout the month.

CAST

KEEPER OF ARCANE SECRETS: Daniel

CHARITY FLANAGAN (of the North Carolina Flanagan's): Miaca

DETECTIVE MARTIN CLAUD NOIR: Terry

GUNTHER (aka "Gun"): Dave

MOSES T. RIPLEY (aka "Rip"): Adam

CREW

Directors: Adam and Daniel

Producers: Daniel, Terry, Adam

Story by: Daniel and Adam

Editors: Daniel and Adam

Opening and Closing Music by: Tyler

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Logo by: Kate Skidmore

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In this special episode, Dan and Adam sit down on the player's behalf and go over EVERY SINGLE HEALTH SPELL in Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition, including spells that focus on stabilizing, summoning, undeath, resurrection, and more. They also cover some stranger questions and topics. Can unconscious creatures be hostile? Are toxins and venoms considered poisons? Do severed limbs remain under the effects of spells? What are the rules for death by massive damage? Are temporarily boosted Maximum Hit Points the same as Temporary Hit Points? Can a spell stack temporary hit points if it's active for mulitple consecutive rounds? Is Revivify too cheap? What's an easy cheat to help command your undead horde? What are Prayer Wheels, how do Death Saves work, and what's the official ruling for Ritual times? Why are Elves immune to a Ghoul's paralysis? What spells can you use to store other spells? Are cantrips considered spells? How can you cast Raise Dead on yourself? Homebrew Rules that they discuss include topics like duplicating spell modifiers, death save consciousness, lizardfolk regeneration, material component necessity, adding penalties for resurrections, whether or not petrification is an autokill, and additional reincarnation options.

The spells mentioned in this episode are, in order:

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It is the winter of 1922, and as the sun prepares to set for thirty-seven days, evil lurks in Radiance, Yukon. A train full of unsuspecting passengers makes its final trek across the Canadian North. A police detective, a hunter, a prospector, and a rich young girl are all strangers as the share the dining car. But they don't realize that they also share a grisly destiny full of horrors beyond their worst nightmares.

Using the Call of Cthulhu 7e ruleset, the cast of the It's A Mimic! podcast sit down with three others and explore the frozen wilderness in the darkest time of year.  This brand new 8-part mini series will run up to until October 28, 2019, and provide a final debriefing on Halloween itself.  Episodes will be available on Mondays and Thursdays, at precisely the moment that the sun sets in the Yukon Territories.  So grab your security blanket and Halloween candy, and clutch your loved ones. The Deep Dark of Radiance begins now.

CAST

KEEPER OF ARCANE SECRETS: Daniel

CHARITY FLANAGAN (of the North Carolina Flanagan's): Miaca

DETECTIVE MARTIN CLAUD NOIR: Terry

GUNTHER (aka "Gun"): Dave

MOSES T. RIPLEY (aka "Rip"): Adam

CREW

Directors: Adam and Daniel

Producers: Daniel, Terry, Adam

Story by: Daniel and Adam

Editors: Daniel and Adam

Opening and Closing Music by: Tyler

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In this episode of the It’s a Mimic! podcast, the panel of dungeon masters dig at the grave topic of undead mobs. It’s all shambling corpses and creaking bones as the DM’s uncover the truth about zombie hordes and skeleton armies and try to drop some knowledge on your braaaaiiiiinnnnsss....

How do you handle headshot kills?  Can you use these creatures at higher levels?  What are creative uses of these creatures to tell a story or add additional challenges?  From lurking solo monsters in the dark to interesting skill challenges to mass combat, Terry, Dan and Adam discuss a number of unique ways to handle a mob that can be more environmental than combative if used appropriately.

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In the prelude to the miniseries The Deep Dark of Radiance, Daniel, The Keeper of Arcane Secrets,walks you through his Session Zero. He establishes tone, setting, and boundaries before he sets out to help the players understand the rules and character creation. This special prologue will help players understand how to prepare for a campaign that uses the Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition, as well as provide a glimpse into his own homebrew world.

Carving its way through the beautiful Yukon landscape is The Yukon Adventure, the largest and most extravagant passenger experience in the arctic, often boasting royalty and millionaires among its clientele. It visits the larger cities in the region, but merely slows down as it passes through the smaller mining towns, fishing villages, and military outposts, to give the drunken millionaires and wide-eyed adventurers a glimpse of the simple way that these people live.  The exception to this, of course, is Radiance, Yukon, where the Canadian gold rush both sprung to life and gasped its final breath. But as the train approaches, and the sun begins its final descent below the horizon for the next 37 days, an immense evil lurks in the frozen darkness, waiting and watching…

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This episode of the It's A Mimic! Podcast sees the panel of Dungeon Masters sit down and dig deep into Monks and what makes them special. There is a flurry of ideas as they break down three radically different sub-classes, but lament that unique character ideas are relatively difficult due to the simple and straightforward role playing options that are provided in the Player’s Handbook.

There are a couple of points where the wording in the Monk section seems tricky, and Adam and Dan get into the nitty-gritties more than once.  The group looks into the three sub-classes in the Player's Handbook - the Way of the Open Hand, the Way of Shadows, and the Way of the Four Elements - and discuss their strengths and weaknesses, before moving on to interesting character builds and inspirations.

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This special episode of the It’s A Mimic! podcast takes another twenty listener questions, chosen at random, and forces the Dungeon Masters to scramble to find answers. But it’s not just Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition.  Topics range from sexy accents to movie inspirations to the Three Stooges. Enjoy another episode of insanity with It's A Mimic! and make sure you listen to congratulate our Giveaway winner!

The questions were brought to you this time by:

@alexander_anotherskip_davis

@dice_cats

@dnd.coalition

@dorianmikulan

@dv_rackem

@mattheweasterling

@mattyyiangou

@monsteradventureterrain

@nicedicebaby

@nick._.long

@pepperina_sparklegem

@spidey_rich

@talus21

@the.zombie.knight

Thank you all so much for participating!  If you require further explanation, have a follow up question, or want to ask something completely new, feel free to contact us on any of our regular platforms to have your question added to the random tables! No question is off the table!

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