In this episode, we talk about Colby’s ASMR career, what “optimizing” actually means, bladesinger stategies, Treantmonk’s infamous class guides, fun and quirky character builds, Obbliax the World Render!, the fastest character possible, a good dungeon master should help PCs feel useful, and more!

Colby's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/DDDeepDive/

Colby's Twitter https://www.twitter.com/ColbyPoulson

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In this episode, we talk about 5e mechanics, call him “Bone”, dragon sorcerers, mini PEACE GUILD update, dumping Constitution as a paladin, the Owlbear - beast or monstrosity?, Bone starts s**t with the entire youtube community, editing videos and improving content, Shane just can't stop getting Bone off topic, fixing the Barkskin and Stoneskin spells, homebrew philosophy, venom vs. poison, improvising with adopted NPCs, and more!

Bone Wizard's Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp_GDqUpojSdw-WD5Gy6ylg

Bone Wizard's Twitter https://www.twitter.com/WizardBone

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In this episode, we talk about early art influences, MLP "ask blogs", Homestuck (more like HomeSUCK haha jk jk), traditional vs. digital art, art students and online posting, D&D in college, why is D&D so darn good, 5e is pretty good, the origins of Popper: the stinky middle-aged goblin man, playing different kinds of necromancers, necro-NERDS discuss ethics, changing your art style, running a one shot for the first time, adding music to your games, and more!

Zannia's Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/Zannianator

Zannia's Twitter https://www.twitter.com/zannianator

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In this episode, we talk about getting started with D&D, line and veil sheets in TTRPG games, honing one’s skills in acting school, director and actor relationships, joining Deer Stalker Pictures, character deaths, animal grudges, making characters for ourselves vs. filling a role in a group, creating fun flaws, and more!

SPOILER WARNING for Curse of Strahd! (10:45 - 12:35)

Deerstalker Pictures https://www.youtube.com/c/deerstalkerpictures

Kendall's Twitter https://www.twitter.com/kendallsdumb

Kendall's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kendallthehuman

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CONTENT WARNING! ---> 35:17 - 52:58

In this episode, we talk about ye olde youtube, being embarrassed of our teenage years, we BREAK THE RULES and talk conspiracies, politics, and religion (then get tired and stop), flyingfoxgirl’s origin story, getting into graphic design, Shane reveals his seething disgust for theater (just kidding), figuring out what you’re good at, “Professor JoCat”, remembering our friends who’ve passed, the importance of mental health and how it affects us, using D&D to explore personal flaws, the importance of communication, respectfully implementing romance into a D&D game, the difference between NPC and PC romantic relationships, respecting boundaries, using CritCrab’s videos as a reference for what not to do, that one Community episode, and more!

FlyingFoxGirl's Channel

https://www.youtube.com/user/flyingfoxgirl

FlyingFoxGirl's Twitter

https://www.twitter.com/flyingfoxgirl

“Tales from Shadow Valley” can be found here:

https://www.twitch.tv/thebardsplayhouse

US National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

~ 800-273-8255 ~

List of Crisis Hotlines in Other Countries

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines

Talkspace (Online Therapy and Counseling)

https://www.talkspace.com/

Telehealth Resources

https://www.telehealth.com/

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In this episode, we talk about recording and releasing Violarune, music distribution, where did the time go, conservatory for classical musicians, performance vs. composition, Tori’s Lore-y Story, starting and releasing a podcast, Tori and Cade (FlyingFoxGirl) are besties, making friends during the pandemic, a D&D story about Tori’s group “The Midlands”, pacifying an ancient red dragon, I call the moon a “gibbon” (it’s actually gibbous), I talk about an adventure I ran for friends in a volcano fire temple for a looong time, playing in games with other creators (Critcrab, Jess Jackdaw, Puffin Forest), stereotypes about non-human races, forgetting environmental hazards (darkness, difficult terrain, cover), putting a turn timer on combats, and more!

Violarune: A Deltarune Viola Cover EP https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_krirKi0u7blCgzn2YJI0CReDP-9UfGVWs

Tori's Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/ToriDrawsStuff

Tori's Twitter https://www.twitter.com/Tori_Draws_Stuf

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In this episode, we talk about Critcrab’s beginnings, D&D alignments, gods in D&D and Pathfinder, taking player’s abilities away, solo side missions for warlocks, rewarding players for making cool story decisions, Order vs. Chaos, forced change in alignment, Garg and Moonslicer, player character death, accepting mortality in games as a player, figuring out a monster’s weakness, reskinning and modifying monsters, 4th edition’s in depth monster descriptions, playing characters with flaws, communication mishaps, and more!

CritCrab Subreddit https://www.reddit.com/r/CritCrab/

CritCrab's Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSIvTcuNzmGlGBQ3owdMZ1Q

CritCrab's Twitter https://www.reddit.com/r/CritCrab/

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(Originally released December 28, 2021)

In this episode, we talk about running three twitter accounts, college days with The Shrieking Wizards, Shane complains about his former classmates, audio editing when you have ADHD, working on collaborations with friends, a finished thing is better than a perfect thing that’s never finished, D&D is unique and evergreen, Critical Role is decent but Dimension 20 is extremely good, we shill for Dropout for long time, the reasons we make art, what is a Chav, Jenny gets SUPER political (not really), and more!

~HIGH HOPES LOW ROLLS!~

https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/high-hopes-low-rolls/list?title_no=663775

The Shrieking Wizards Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/TheShriekingWizardCo

The Shrieking Wizards Instagram https://www.instagram.com/theshriekingwizardco/

The Shrieking Wizards Twitter https://twitter.com/swizardco

Jenny's Twitter https://twitter.com/JennyLBudd

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