Making a Monster

Making a Monster

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Making a Monster episodes

  • Giant Sharkbowl Ooze by Kobold Press

    Megan Maricle shares the deadliest catch for dungeon delvers everywhere!

    Read the transcript and get more from the show:

    https://scintilla.studio/monster-sharkbowl-ooze/

    Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio

    Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter

    Meet my guests:

    https://koboldpress.com/the-kobold-team/

    Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com

    10 min
  • Wave Lurcher: Astra Fauna by Sarah Dahlinger

    An alien shark feeding off the living islands of an alien world, the wave lurcher is a partner in the search for life.

    Read the transcript and get more from the show:

    https://scintilla.studio/monster-wave-lurcher/

    Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio

    Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter

    Meet my guests:

    My about page has all my bio info :)

    https://www.sarahdahlinger.com/about

    Sarah's Website

    Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com

    23 min
  • Extinction: The Dodo

    The dodo is a funny-looking bird with a funny-sounding name that never knew what hit it. There isn't a more fitting icon of extinction.

    Back the Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/magehandpress/book-of-extinction

    Download a dodo: https://magehandpress.com/2023/03/the-dodo.html

    Join the conversation:

    https://www.instagram.com/sparkotter/

    https://twitter.com/sparkotter

    "Extinction Theme" by Alex Miller, the Boy King of Idaho: https://www.instagram.com/theboykingofidaho/

    19 min
  • OGL 1.1 & The Extinction of D&D

    OGL 1.1 risks killing the thriving ecosystem of valuable third-party content for Dungeons & Dragons. Don't wait: tell Wizards of the Coast they're making a mistake, and tell your favorite third-party creators it's worth staying in the fight.

    Transcript of the episode:

    Legal analysis of OGL 1.1: https://medium.com/@MyLawyerFriend/lets-take-a-minute-to-talk-about-d-d-s-open-gaming-license-ogl-581312d48e2f

    Io9 leak: https://gizmodo.com/dnd-wizards-of-the-coast-ogl-1-1-open-gaming-license-1849950634

    Polygon review: https://www.polygon.com/23540640/dnd-ogl-1-1-leak-dungeons-dragons-pathfinder-2e-wotc-hasbro

    The aurochs as "Nazi Supercow": https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-nazis-tried-bring-animals-back-extinction-180962739/

    Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter

    19 min
  • Ol' Chap Ettercap, ft. Critical Crafting

    O'l Chap Ettercap is a monster whose story grew in the telling, from meaningless

    Download Ol' Chap Ettercap in every form a tabletop needs:

    https://scintilla.studio/monster-ettercap-critical-crafting/

    Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio

    Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter

    Meet my guests:

    Dillon Onley, Creative Director

    Cameron DeFord, Marketing Director

    https://www.critical-crafting.com/

    Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com

    "Creepy Dungeon Ambience" by DrMinky from Freesound.org

    21 min
  • Mörk Borg's 7 Deadly Sins

    Mörk Borg, the doom metal TTRPG by Free League, gets an adventure with seven deadly sins chained in an off-shore prison boat where nothing is as it seems.

    Read the transcript and get more from the show:

    https://scintilla.studio/monster-mork-borg-dolja/

    Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio

    Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter

    Meet my guests:

    Zac Goins, World of Game Design

    https://twitter.com/wogdesign

    Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com

    18 min
  • Shoebill Cockatrices show a terrifying biodiversity of monsters

    Many monsters are combinations of animals, like the owlbear - but which owl, and which bear? Atlas Animalia by Metal Weave Games shows a terrifying biodiversity of monsters, including the shoebill cockatrice.

    Read the transcript and get more from the show:

    https://scintilla.studio/monster-atlas-animalia/

    Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio

    Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter

    Meet my guests:

    Sarah Dahlinger: https://www.sarahdahlinger.com/

    Andreas Walters: https://metalweavegames.com/

    Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com

    33 min
  • Migo: Stillfleet's bio-tech super-future scientists with Wythe Marschall

    Wythe Marschall, creator of Stillfleet, shares a monster born in the frozen ammonia crystals of Yuggoth at the far reaches of our solar system 100 billion years in the future.

    Don't wait, get it now! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wythe/the-stillfleet-core-rulebook

    Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio

    Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter

    Meet my guests:

    Wythe Marschall: https://twitter.com/hollowearths

    Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com

    41 min
  • Extinction: The Call of the Giant Beaver

    The size of a black bear, this Ice Age giant didn't build dams, but it guarded the water with a fearsome call just the same. Meet the world's most complete fossil giant beaver with Heather Lerner, the ancient DNA expert who brought her to life!

    Get three extinct animals raised to life as monsters in D&D: https://www.scintilla.studio/extinction

    Episode transcript: https://scintilla.studio/monster-extinction-giant-beaver/

    Guides:

    Dr. Heather Lerner, Curator of the Joseph Moore Museum

    https://twitter.com/moore_museum

    Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter

    "Extinction Theme" by Alexandre Miller, The Boy King of Idaho

    1 hr
  • The Mukad: aberrant insect harbingers from Grim Hollow by Ghostfire Games

    The mukad are insect-like aberrations following the orders of a slumbering god of destruction as they lurk in the walls.

    Read the transcript and get more from the show:

    https://scintilla.studio/monster-mukad-grim-hollow-ghostfire-games/

    Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio

    Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter

    Meet my guests:

    Joe Raso: https://twitter.com/_joe_raso

    Grim Hollow by Ghostfire Games: https://ghostfiregaming.com/grim-hollow/

    Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com

    27 min

About Making a Monster

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Game designers show you their favorite monster, how it works, why it works, and what it means. Each bite-sized episode features a D&D or TTRPG designer and the monster of their choice.