ScrubMode

By Julio Adan Villanueva

We're ScrubMode, a podcast about gaming, monsters and the intersection there of. Join us bi-weekly as we talk about monsters "real" and imagined, and poke fun at the goofier aspects of the paranormal ... more

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October 18, 2024 DnD Improv Game Part 1
Today we're doing something a little different, improv, but not just regular improv! Well, ok, maybe it's just improv. Julio's DMing, so anything can happen in this episode of ScrubMode.
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37min
October 18, 2024 DnD Improv Game Part 2
Julio had so much fun we had to do some more of his improv "dnd" game.
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45min
October 04, 2024Gryphons and Hippogriffs
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This week we're taking a look at some classical, magical mounts, with our good buddy Spencer R. Schulman. We deep dive on griffins and hippogryphs, and along the way learn about where the term "California" comes from, Italian World War Hulk, and how to sea monster check your fiance.
Sources
https://www.theoi.com/Thaumasios/Grypes.html

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

https://www.theoi.com/Phylos/Hyperborea.html

https://www.theoi.com/Phylos/Arimaspoi.html

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

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/california-etymology-black-queen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_sergas_de_Esplandi%C3%A1n

https://skepticalinquirer.org/newsletter/lake-george-monster-hoax/

https://www.travelchannel.com/videos/sea-monster-hoax-0205682

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

And the 5th Ed Monster Manual
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1h 7min
September 20, 2024Golems and Gorgons
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Today we're talking golems, an symbolically loaded monster. With thematic connections reaching back to ushabti and forward to robots and even Superman. Then we investigate a DnD mystery: why are gorgons scaled bulls instead of the serpentine monster girls of Greek myth? Other talking points include: Jack Kirby, Julio knows his Frankenstein, and the horngus of a dongfish (the nutte sac).

Sources
https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-golem

https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/11/world/europe/11golem.html

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

https://quillette.com/2022/05/27/the-alchemist-emperor-of-prague/

https://www.jmberlin.de/en/topic-golem

https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/origin-word-robot-rur/

https://abookofcreatures.com/2015/08/03/catoblepas/

https://www.theoi.com/Thaumasios/Katoblepones.html#:~:text=THE%20KATOBLEPS%20(Catoblepas)%20was%20a,account%20of%20the%20African%20gnu

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A42668.0001.001/1:6.101?rgn=div2;view=fulltext

https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/111271/why-is-the-dd-gorgon-a-metal-bull

https://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=24626

https://abookofcreatures.com/2019/04/12/skeljaskrimsli/

Jacob Geller’s wonderful video essay on the Golem and the Jewish Super Hero

The horngus of a dongfish is attached by a scungle to a kind of dill sack

And the 5th Ed. Monster Manual
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59min
September 06, 2024 Goblins and Gnomes
On this episode, we're going GOBLIN MODE. We gush about our love for goblins, trace their weird fantasy history and learn about how Hobgoblins went from fireplace guardians to the meanest goblinoids on the block. Then we talk about gnomes, and that one time they destroyed a town in Switzerland. We also ramble about some of the weirder Germanic folklore characters, and that one time Santa's elves drank blood. You're gonne get GNOMED

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1h 5min
August 23, 2024The Wizard Civil War
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Today we talk about the founding of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, all the places it cribbed stuff from, and its hilarious and tragic collapse into WIZARD CIVIL WAR. Alchemists, mages, poets, revolutionaries and maybe the fattest drop kick of all time. We got it all.

Thank you Jesse Sanders for making our music.
Partisan Review 1948

Witches and Witchcraft, by Dean Miller

https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/william-butler-yeats-aleister-crowley-magic-duel

https://www.openculture.com/2016/10/aleister-crowley-william-butler-yeats-get-into-an-occult-battle.html

https://www.theguardian.com/books/1997/sep/07/biography.wbyeats

https://toarumajutsunoindex.fandom.com/wiki/Battle_of_Blythe_Road

https://brewminate.com/secretly-metaphysical-the-hermetic-order-of-the-golden-dawn-in-the-19th-and-20th-centuries/

https://www.llewellyn.com/encyclopedia/article_print.php?article=4697

https://www.llewellyn.com/encyclopedia/article/35

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/36-blythe-road

https://mulberryhall.medium.com/odd-this-day-eb0ab552f3b3
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1h 1min
August 09, 2024Gibbering Mouthers and Gnolls
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Today we talk about Gibbering Mouthers, a montrous tool box with a ton of cool abilities. Then we talk about their Lovecraftian inspiration, dunk on HPL, and voice our support for Shoggoth freedom. Plus, the Indie reverse-horror game Carrion. Next we talk about Gnolls, why you shouldn't sell rope to them, the voice stealing Leu/crocutta, tar divers, and real life Dire animals.
At the Mountains of Madness, https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/70652

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/12/lovecraft-joshi-shoggoth-ai-meme.html

https://d-infinity.net/posts/fiction/man-who-sold-rope-gnoles

The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles, by Margaret St. Clair, as found in the following collection: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9781907222740/appendix-n/

https://www.amazon.com/Appendix-Eldritch-Roots-Dungeons-Dragons/dp/190722274X

https://www.theoi.com/Thaumasios/Leukrokotai.html

http://dnd.etherealspheres.com/eBooks/DnD_3.5/Faerun%20Setting/11832%20-%20Monster%20Compendium%20-%20Monsters%20of%20Faerun.pdf

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

https://abookofcreatures.com/2021/02/22/corocotta/

And the 5th ed Monster Manual.

The Views of HP Lovecraft do not reflect the views of the podcast.
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57min
July 26, 2024Giants
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The gang talks about Giants in this one. The five true giants of DnD, the Giant Cheez-it, and some giants from around the world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)

https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/201708/what-are-the-creative-origins-of-the-storm-giant

Spooky Archaeology by Jeb Card.

https://archive.org/details/LovelockCaveLoudAndHarrington1929

http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/Mi-Ni/Monsters.html

https://archive.org/stream/senecalegendymyth00curtrich/senecalegendymyth00curtrich_djvu.txt

https://sacred-texts.com/nam/ca/dow/dow73.htm

https://yokai.com/umibouzu/
https://aunamendi.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus/en/gentiles/ar-62712/

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

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

https://medium.com/five-guys-facts/carnivorous-plants-d347b9706179

And the 5th Ed Monster Manual
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1h 7min
July 12, 2024 Jinn and Jinn accesories
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This episode we're talking the hidden ones, the beings of smokeless fire, genies AKA the Jinn. Fascinating creatures with huge folkloric foot print that stretches from Morocco to Indonesia, and from the pre-Islamic age all the way to today. We talk about traditional ways of placating or defending against the Jinn. Plus, some modern 'tactical' Jinn hunting techniques found on YouTube. We also look at the specific types of Jinn in both DnD and folklore, such as the Efreet, Marid, Hinn and Ghoul.
Sources
Big thanks to our main source Islam, Arabs, and the Intelligent World of the Jinn Amira El-Zein. https://press.syr.edu/supressbooks/316/islam-arabs-and-intelligent-world-of-the-jinn/
https://www.vice.com/en/article/9k7ekv/what-are-jinn-arab-spirits
https://www.islamawareness.net/Jinn/hyjinn.html
https://www.birgun.net/haber/ankara-mayor-gokcek-gulen-has-jinns-he-controls-people-with-them-121670
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1181833/
https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofun0000curr/page/196/mode/2up?view=theater
And the 5th Ed Monster Manual
Some Modern Jinn Defense Techniques
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlCBHMWg1bw
https://youtu.be/Gb2BKjebQjI?si=tHvF3Mr7ichmPMnV&t=393
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qtq-4iXJaMQ
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58min
June 28, 2024 Grab Bag of Weird and Spooky Stories
Jon needs a little more time to research the next episode so we're going to the grab bag for cool monsters and tales that're too short to be their own episodes. We talk about a gurgling tree dolphin, a brain eating bear, friendly vampires, a real-life super villain, and a real-life Scooby Doo case with tragic consequences.

For more on the vampires be sure to check out the great CM Kosemen's full lecture on them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxs4dgiItwA
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1h 6min

FAQs about ScrubMode:

How many episodes does ScrubMode have?

The podcast currently has 101 episodes available.