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Tales From the Hydian Way episodes
- The Home Brew Tale
We talk about making a setting up for yourself. From new adversaries and minions to new pieces of equipment. This can broaden your horizons so much we wanted to give our initial takes on how to grow beyond the time between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back.Things talked about on the show:
- Marcus Hershfield
- Darksaber
- Yuuzhan Vong
- Amphistaff
- Grutchin
- Coral Skippers
- All Terrain Mega Caliber 6
- Heavy Walker Lego Set
- Mandalorian Energy Buckler
- Gungan Energy Shield
You can find us, at TheHydianWay.com
You can find us on Twitter
Show updates are @TheHydianWayBen is @DeuteriumIceDavid is @AkaagentshadesHelp us out financially for the show on Patreon
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40 min - Finding the Destroyer Tale
This is Kristine and Ben talking about the ‘hunt the Bismark’ campaign Ben did and ways to bring out the things that Ben had in his head for it at the table. We also talk of how to take ideas and see how big the idea really is.
Things we talk about on the show:
- The Hunt for Red October
- Star Trek the Wrath of Khan
- Balance of Terror
- Sinking the Bismark
- Star Trek Enterprise
- X-wing
- Star Trek Voyager
- Submarine base
- Star Trek Discovery
- Galaxy Gun
- Battlestar Galactica
- From a Certain Point of View
- Babylon Crusade
- Star Trek The Search for Spock
You can find us, at TheHydianWay.com
You can find us on Twitter
Show updates are @TheHydianWayBen is @DeuteriumIceDavid is @AkaagentshadesHelp us out financially for the show on Patreon
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38 min - The Moral Beginner Tale
We get talking about the morality mechanic and a few things we’ve been having a hard time with lately when looking at what the morality system can become and how to make it grow into bigger character beats than simple good or bad.
Things talked about in the show:
- Usagi Yojimbo
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Akira Kurosawa
- Dice for Brains
- Darth Maul
- Thor – Coffee
- Legend of the Five Rings
You can find us, at TheHydianWay.com
You can find us on Twitter
Show updates are @TheHydianWayBen is @DeuteriumIceDavid is @AkaagentshadesHelp us out financially for the show on Patreon
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45 min - The Bounty Board Tale
We talk about Bounty Boards and how they can tell a story, even just in how they are accessed, and how they can propel your story forward to make amazingly complex worlds.
Things talked about on the show:
- The Lego Freemaker Adventures
- John Wick 2
- Mass Effect 2
- Zuckus
- Dengar
- From a Certain Point of View
- Leverage
You can find us, at TheHydianWay.com
You can find us on Twitter
Show updates are @TheHydianWayBen is @DeuteriumIceDavid is @AkaagentshadesHelp us out financially for the show on Patreon
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45 min - The Threatening Tale
We start talking about social encounters and then expand to talk about how to bring threats and advantage to the table in more narrative ways than just boosts and setbacks going into the next roll.Things discussed in this episode:
- Legends of the Five Rings RPG
- Genesys – social scenes
- Powered By the Apocalypse
- Dungeons and Dragons
- Pathfinder
- Dice For Brains
- Game of Thrones
- Silhouette Zero – Chris
- Brent Brown
You can find us, at TheHydianWay.com
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Show updates are @TheHydianWayBen is @DeuteriumIceDavid is @AkaagentshadesHelp us out financially for the show on Patreon
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43 min - The First Tale
We slip from idea to idea as we talk about learning what your players want to do and giving them the tools to do it.
Things talked about in this episode:
- Masks
- Dungeons and Dragons
- Secret of Monkey Island
- Witcher 3
- Firefly
- Genesys
- Monster of the Week
- Spelljammer
- Starfinder
- The A-Team
You can find us, at TheHydianWay.com
You can find us on Twitter
Show updates are @TheHydianWayBen is @DeuteriumIceDavid is @AkaagentshadesTess is @RPG_CastsBeka is @shadowblindrHelp us out with the licences for the show on Patreon
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41 min - The Round Table Tale
We look into some of the ways to save a flagging group from having co GMs to genre swapping on a regular basis.
Talked about in this episode:
- Masks
- Pathfinder
- Yggdrasil
- Dresden Files
- Silhouette Zero
- Chris Ing
- Community
- Fate
- 5th Edition DnD
- Monster of the Week
- Stargate
- Call of Cthulhu
- Dungeons and Dragons Animated
- Willy Wonka
- Witcher 3
- Age of Empires 2
- Star Trek the Next Generation
You can find us, at TheHydianWay.com
You can find us on Twitter
Show updates are @TheHydianWayBen is @DeuteriumIceDavid is @AkaagentshadesTess is @RPG_CastsBeka is @shadowblindrHelp us out with the licences for the show on Patreon
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44 min - The Personal Module Tale
We talk about Dead in the Water and how you can break down the modules you see and read to make them more your own and get inspiration for the campaigns you want to run.
Things talked about in the episode:
- Onslaught at Arda I
- Friends Like These
- Mask of the Pirate Queen
- Jewel of Yavin
- Chronicles of the Gatekeeper
- Dreamwidth
- Beyond the Rim
- Star Trek Adventure Book
- Star Wars Legion
- Silent Hill
- Guillermo del Toro
- Hamlet
- The Producers
- The Producers 2005
- Walking Tall
- Leverage
You can find us, at TheHydianWay.com
You can find us on Twitter
Show updates are @TheHydianWayBen is @DeuteriumIceDavid is @AkaagentshadesTess is @RPG_CastsBeka is @shadowblindrHelp us out with the licences for the show on Patreon
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37 min - The Party’s Problem Tale
We talk about how to make adversaries and villains build in power, how to make them build in threat relevant to your player characters, and how to make these characters be more of an actual character to your players than just cardboard cutouts.
Things talked about in this episode:
- Team Rocket
- Batman Vs Superman – Martha
- Season one of Rebels
- Willhuff Tarkin
- The Adventure Zone
- Episode 159
- Persona 5
- Sahuagin fish people
- Serenity
- Captain America Civil War
You can find us, at TheHydianWay.com
You can find us on Twitter
Show updates are @TheHydianWayBen is @DeuteriumIceDavid is @AkaagentshadesTess is @RPG_CastsBeka is @shadowblindrHelp us out with the licences for the show on Patreon
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49 min - The Obligation Tale
We have Kristine Chester on to talk about obligation and ways to braid it into your plots so they don’t become plot derailing intrusions into your story and complement the characters that are there.
Things talked about on the show:
- Kristine Chester
- Firefly
- Macguffin
- René Emile Belloq
- Lego Freemaker Adventures
- Dark Matter
- Valette
You can find us, at TheHydianWay.com
You can find us on Twitter
Show updates are @TheHydianWayBen is @DeuteriumIceDavid is @AkaagentshadesTess is @RPG_CastsBeka is @shadowblindrHelp us out with the licences for the show on Patreon
You can get in contact with us at
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