D&D and RPG news and commentary by Mike Shea of https://slyflourish.com
Contents
00:00:00 Show Start00:00:58 Hexploration Decks00:02:59 Mike on EN World and Kobold Press Podcasts00:04:09 All Three D&D 2024 Core Books are Released00:06:33 2024 Monster Manual is the Most Important DM-Focused D&D 2024 Book00:07:46 Is the 2025 Monster Manual Better than the 2014 MM?00:08:40 Is the D&D 2025 MM the Best 5e Monster Book?00:12:30 Could It Have Been Better? Of Course.00:14:36 Monsters Hit at Their Challenge Rating00:19:59 Other Designers on the Monster Math00:22:05 D&D 2025 Monster Manual Compared to Forge of Foes00:25:56 2025 Monster Manual Effects Don't Negatively Impact Damage Anymore00:28:04 Vampire00:30:15 Requires Looking Up Spells00:35:50 Cultist Fanatic00:37:59 The Language of the 2025 Monster Manual00:39:47 No Orcs, Drow, or Duergar00:50:56 Static Initiative Scores00:54:16 Crappy Treasure "Tables"00:56:29 Crappy Ability Score Tables01:00:05 Awesome Contextual Random Tables01:03:01 Alphabetically Sorted Most of the Time01:05:31 What Else Is Missing?01:06:38 Day 1 Errata01:07:55 Final ThoughtsLinks
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