The Dungeon Master’s Dojo

CHAPTER 1:  “Upon these white sands…”

To the West of the great continent of Kurn lies the Island Provinces of Pyrthe, home to brave seafarers, exotic pleasures, storms of swirling magical energy, and cults dedicated to the old gods.

Upon these white sands came the “Eve’s Watch”, a band of sell swords and brutes seeking their fortune upon the shores of these lands.

Allow me to tell you of this age of legends, for I, and I alone am the keeper of their saga.

This is their chronicle!

Join the Eve’s watch on their adventures through Pyrthe!  We depart from the “fairy tale-esque” story told in “An Acorn’s journey:  A DMD story” and embrace something grittier and pulpy.  The grognard’s wanted to embrace the darker fantasy elements of their roots, the fantasy of Robert E Howard, Burroughs, and with a sprinkling of Lovecraft.

Remember, a DM can always shift gears between campaigns!

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Episode 1 TrackList

Song                                                                Artist

Commence Orbit                                             Cristoffer Moe Ditlevsen

Three Zillion Sharks                                       Phoenix Tail

The Battle of the Nile                         Grant Newman

A Conquest                                                     Dragon Tamer

Impact Point                                                    Hampus Naeselius

The Deep End                                                 Jo Wandrini

The Great War                                                 Jon Bjork

Together We’ll Prevail                                    Kikoru

Surrender to Madness                                     Golden Anchor

Alchemist’s Chains                                         Deskant

A King’s Ransom                                            Bonnie Grace

Chasing A Ghost                                             Trevor Kowalski

Selah                                                               They Dream by Day

I Give Ye My Spirit                                         Bonnie Grace

All the Wonders                                              Adriel Fair

Across the Sky                                                Cristoffer Moe Ditlevsen

First Call Horns                                              Francis Wells

Intro: Our Last Stand by FormantX

Outro: One Last Mission Instrument Stem By Niklas Johansson

All music from epidemicsound.com

Sound Effects from boomlibrary.com, Epidemic Sound, and zapsplat.com

The battle draws to a close but who will emerge victorious?  As the end of the battle for Birch Grove approaches, none will think that this end is just the beginning of a far broader and more dire adventure the party must embark upon!.

There has been talk about revisiting the Wylderynn or at least revisiting some of the characters.  Scott, Bill, and Ben have been talking about a Longwei and Madry prequel detailing their first adventure together in the m mysterious and distant East.  Maybe you will get to see that!

Join Dash, Mo’Quee, Iring, Sun Glistens on the Water, Longwei and Madry as they gather to defend Dash’s home from the threat of the Faceless ones in this Acorn’s Journey prequel.

This is episode 6 of our DMD one-shot. It is a six-part adventure that was recorded as “Microphone rehearsals” with the cast of “An Acorn’s Journey: A DMD story” to get them ready for playing on the microphone. 

At the end of the episode will be all of the music that was used in episodes 5 and 6. Hope you enjoyed our rehearsals. This was our 1st time running a game on microphone, we have learned a lot while doing this and had a lot of fun along the way and we hope you enjoyed it as well.

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”Episode 5 ” Like a rock in a river ”

The final battle for Birch Grove begins.  Dash and Madry confront the assassin in the Birch tree while Iring races ahead of the Faceless ones to stand with his comrades, and Longwei, Mo'Quee and Sun ready themselves and the Fairy militia for the impending assault!

The decision to switch to an actual play format was solidified when Frank told us he had worked in radio before and offered his editing services.  We were sold!  Frank really captures the "radio drama" feel we were looking for.

Join Dash, Mo’Quee, Iring, Sun Glistens on the Water, Longwei and Madry as they gather to defend Dash’s home from the threat of the Faceless ones in this Acorn’s Journey prequel.

This is episode 5 of our DMD one-shot. It is a six-part adventure that was recorded as “Microphone rehearsals” with the cast of “An Acorn’s Journey: A DMD story” to get them ready for playing on the microphone. 

Join Dash, Mo’Quee, Iring, Sun Glistens on the Water, Longwei and Madry as they gather to defend Dash’s home from the threat of the Faceless ones in this Acorn’s Journey prequel.

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“The Battle for Birch Grove” Episode 4

“The child comes”

Madry and Iring set a trap for the Faceless Ones as Iring tells bad jokes.  Dash moves into the Queen’s tree and stumbles into an assassination attempt.  Sun snores after a long day of bossing around the Queen and flyers are sent out to get help.

This is not our first foray into a recorded game session.  Just after the pandemic struck, we recorded a sci fi actual play called “The Belle and the belly of the beast”.  It was about the crew of a freighter that was hired to deliver a group of scientists to an old gold mining operation.  It was very unpolished and never aired.  Maybe we will replay it and drop it as a one shot or part of a sci fi series.  You let us know if you’re interested!

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“The Battle for Birch Grove” Episode 3

“Aftermath”

Dash, Mo’Quee, Iring, Sun Glistens on the Water, Longwei and Madry take stock of the carnage after the first assault on Birch Grove.  Longwei takes stock of the militia while Sun tries to save the lives of the wounded.

This DMD one shot is a six-part adventure that was recorded as “Microphone rehearsals” with the cast of “An Acorn’s Journey: A DMD story” to get them ready for playing on microphone.  The characters were all pregens, with names and gear.  DM Scott built the pregens and named them then they were handed over to DM Bill to assign gear and items.  The cast picked through a pile of pregens and grabbed the ones they wanted.  You did not get to see the Adras the Satyr Bard or Kung the Leonin Paladin but perhaps we will revisit the Wylderynn and you will get a chance to meet them.

Join Dash, Mo’Quee, Iring, Sun Glistens on the Water, Longwei and Madry as they gather to defend Dash’s home from the threat of the Faceless ones in this Acorn’s Journey prequel.

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Today we’ve invited a group of individuals to join us to discuss, what we think, is an important topic in gaming, inclusion.  Specifically, LGBTQIA+ and gaming. To find out more about our guests please follow the links below.

Eric Crumrine from "The QueerXP"

https://thequeerxp.buzzsprout.com/

https://linktr.ee/ecrumrine

https://twitter.com/TheQueerXP

Jonathon From "RollgayRoleplay"

http://Rollgayroleplay.com

Tish Ah  From "RollgayRoleplay"

https://twitter.com/rollgayroleplay?s=21&t=PW4Q5e5dtKWGSMqyy9bzkg

https://discord.gg/H5JUKFYu

Bree Skowera

https://djcheshirecat.com

And

Elizabeth Murphy From "Rising Phoenix GameCon"

https://risingphoenixgamecon.com/

These are the talking points:

1. What has been a positive representation of queerness in a TTRPG that you’ve played?

1. What suggestions do you have for GM’s who are not LGBTQ who wish to introduce queer themes and representation into their games?

1. A queer person has been introduced as a character in your favorite DnD stream/podcast. You check the comments and you see Dudebro ask “why are we making this political?  

1. Do you consider the exclusion, or policing of cishet men at your table a double standard?  And what do you say to this group when they retaliate with something like “well I guess it’s wrong to be a straight man in modern society….”

1. Are there games you’ve played or run that highlight LGBTQ+ characters/themes/etc.?

1. What measures do you have in place for when someone violates the expectations of the table, especially if you’re playing a game at a convention or game store?

1. Has D&D or other role-playing games helped you to find yourself?

1. How can we as a community, make the table, welcoming for LGBTQIA + players?

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“The Battle for Birch Grove” Episode 2

“These things bleed”

Dash, Mo’Quee, Iring, Sun Glistens on the Water, Longwei and Madry defend Birch Grove from the first assault of the Faceless ones. 

This DMD one shot is a six-part adventure that was recorded as “Microphone rehearsals” with the cast of “An Acorn’s Journey: A DMD story” to get them ready for playing on the microphone.  The cast wanted to role-play a bit to get ready but roleplay alone is pretty boring so we played a session.  This 6-part one-shot was an “off the cuff” improv session.  DM Scott had nothing prepared. The original intent was to record some calls to action and character introductions.  

Join Dash, Mo’Quee, Iring, Sun Glistens on the Water, Longwei and Madry as they gather to defend Dash’s home from the threat of the Faceless ones in this Acorn’s Journey prequel.

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“T.S. Elliot said, what we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from. And this is the end, but not really.

  “It’s really just the beginning, the beginning of OUR adventures together”

We started this podcast 3 years ago in Bill’s basement as a way to stay in touch with each other and our hobby.  At the time, the pandemic was still new, and really scary.  We postponed our Monday night D&D game indefinitely and replaced it with recording the podcast in hopes of someday getting back to the table amongst our friends.

The worst part of the pandemic is behind us (Hopefully) and we have a tough decision to make…

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“The Battle for Birch Grove” Episode 1

Every Journey has a beginning.  Every hero has an origin.

Join Dash, Mo’Quee, Iring, Sun Glistens on the Water, Longwei and Madry in their first adventure together as they gather to defend Dash’s home from the threat of the Faceless ones.

This DMD one shot is a six-part adventure that was recorded as “Microphone rehearsals” with the cast of “An Acorn’s Journey: A DMD story” to get them ready for playing on a microphone.  These raw recordings have been edited and divided into six episodes.  Sadly, Marcus (Sun Glistens on the Water) could not join us for the recording of “An Acorn’s Journey: A DMD story”, but here he is in this prequel.

We hope you enjoy them!

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Character death it’s hard, not hard like it’s hard to die in 5E (It really is) but hard in that, your players are emotionally invested in their characters and (if you’re doing a good job running) in other players’ characters.  This is a make-it-or-break-it moment for the DM.  How you handle the death of a character is equally important to how you do NOT handle the death of a character.

These are the talking points:

1. DON’T HAVE DEATH BE MEANINGLESS. 

1. DON’T HAVE THEM ROLL A NEW CHARACTER AT THE GAME TABLE. 

1. DON’T RIP UP THE CHARACTER SHEET (DICK MOVE).

1. DON’T LET THE PARTY LOOT THE CORPSE OF THEIR FALLEN FRIEND (DICK MOVE AGAIN). 

1. DON’T APOLOGIZE FOR THE CHARACTER DEATH. 

And that’s 5 things a GM should not do when a character dies. We’ll see you next time, in the Dojo

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