In this seasonal episode of the Red Dice Diaries RPG podcast we're discussing the Welsh folk-tradition of the Mari Lwyd and suggesting a couple of ways you could use it in your D&D games.

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Having rescued the young friar from the clutches of the screeching Harpies our heroes thoughts now turn to their quest for the mystical Greensteel.

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Our heroes have arrived at the ruined Abbey of St Clewyd, a place of screeching danger and betrayal.

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Contemplating the cost of retrieving the Green blade and what it might mean for both the Dolmenwood and Valkonnen, our heroes begin their search for the dreaded Drune.

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Having passed through the portal into the strange realm known as the Dolmenwood, our heroes have passed through the balmy forest and found lodgings at the Poppy Cock Inn just outside the walls of Brackenwold. They rest up for the night, planning to explore their strange new surroundings

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It had to happen sooner or later, I've started thinking about running a second campaign and my mind has turned in the direction of Swords & Sorcery.

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The  vampire in charge of the logging camp and his ghoul minion have been  exposed to the purifying light of day and slain, but parties unknown  have kidnapped Malcolm taking him away in a cart, The canny hunter has  dropped some of the documents in his possession like breadcrumbs for his  fellows to follow.

They  begin a desperate pursuit over the snow-shrouded landscape, can they  catch up with the cart and free Malcolm before he reaches his grisly  destination?

And what of the strange portal to the Dolmenwood that the party has discovered?

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With New Seal Land reeling from a vampiric attack and Cotton Nichol abducted, our heroes set off in search of Malcolm Harp and the party of guards he took into the Wolf Forest to hunt the creatures.

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In this voicemail episode Hannah and myself are fielding your calls about our recent Lazy DM Prep and Dinosaur episodes amongst other things.

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Our callers this episode were:

• Rob Davis
• BJ from the Arcane Alienist
• Randy from Biggus Geekus
• Jason Connerley of the Nerds RPG Variety Cast
• Goblin's Henchman
• Joe from the Hindsightless Podcast
• Daniel at Bandit's Keep
• Now revealing the name of our mystery caller, Karl Rodriguez (again my apologies for not being able to put a name to the voice when we recorded) 

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In this episode I'm talking about one of my least favourite things in OSR games, level drain.

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