The Roll For Podcast

In this episode we roll for mini bosses. We take a step down the hierarchy of evil and talk about those  memorable right hand men, lieutenants and second in command  that help to build a deep story. We discuss why mini bosses are important, how to run them, how to make your players hate them and where we can look for inspiration. 

This week we are releasing a snippet of our upcoming book. We are novelising our ongoing camping and plan to record it all and release it episodically.

This section is focussed around an epic battle with lesser known vampire Strahd Von Zarovich, so join us for a great fight with lots of spells, axe swings and blood and guts.

This week we Roll For Mental Health. We go through the ways our beautiful game can be helpful for all sorts of mental health issues, and some of the ways it can be difficult. We talk about how to handle mental health around the table and share some stories from  real world people about how D&D has has intertwined with their mental health.

In this episode we Roll For DM advice. Dungeon Master extraordinaire Lewis lets us peak into his beautiful brain and explains what he would do in certain situations in the game. We avoid issues that can be solved by discussion and instead talk about the intangibles of the game, and how to deal with the trickier parts of DMing.

In this episode we roll for Tiefings, those devilish descendants of the inhabitants of the 9 Hells. We talk about all the different types of Tieflings including their mechanics and their origins. We discuss the lore and history of the Tiefling and we suggest some cool character ideas and suitable classes to pair with your Tiefling.

This week we Roll For Honor Amongst Thieves, and when I say 'we' I mean everybody. We get the whole party together, everybody from our weekly game and we talk about the Dungeons and Dragons Movie, spoilers, we loved it. We discuss our favourite bits, the best easter eggs and what we would to see from the upcoming sequels.

In this episode we Roll For Warforged, those pseudo robotic, sentient machines built as weapons for war.

We discuss the official lore of the Warforged and come up with some weird and wonderful backstories of our own.

This week we Roll For Dragonborn, possibly the coolest of all 5e races. We talk about their in world history and lore and how this affects their personalities. We discuss the infamous breath weapon as well as the other mechanics that each sub race can enjoy and we take a few shots at Wizards of the Coast.

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In this episode we Roll For Half Orcs, those simple yet charming staples of fantasy lore. We discuss their personalities and their history, as well as their mechanics and often over looked nuisances. We also touch on their possibly problematic creation and how to deal with this at the table.

**TRIGGER WARNING** 
At the 20 minute mark we talk about the problematic nature of half orcs and there is some non-graphic, sensitive discussion of sexual assault. 

This week we roll for session 0, that all important meeting between DM and players to discuss the upcoming campaign. We talk about what should be included in a session 0, why they are so important and whether or not it is a good idea to create the party and characters together around the table or separately,

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