The Roll For Podcast

This week we Roll For Plot Hooks, those tasty morsels that catch your players attention and send them off in all different directions. We talk about all the different types of hooks, how to drop them in organically and dispel some common myths about the dreaded railroading.

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 In this episode we Roll For Elves. We discuss the oldest and most commonly seen of all the fantasy species. We talk about the history of Elves, in real world and in game, we go through the mechanics of Elves in 5th  edition and we also touch on some of the problematic parts of Elves and how this pertains to real life society and modern culture in terms of discrimination and racial tension.

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In this episode we Roll For Timelines. We talk about how to build a timeline for a session, for a campaign and for a world. We discuss how to deal with the passage of time in a homebrew world, how to develop a historic timeline with believable eras and events that shape the course of history.

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This week we roll for guilds in a fantasy world. We talk about what they are, why it is so important to have them and how they can contribute to depth in a homebrew setting. We also discuss how they can be used and plot points and handy places to drop some juicy and delicious exposition.

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This week we roll for player types and talk about all of you beautiful nerds that play this ridiculous game. We discuss all types of players, from role players to metagamers, rules lawyers and back seat DMs and we wonder if you can be any of those and still be a good player.

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In this episode we Roll For Gods. We discuss how to implement gods into a campaign and why they can can be useful. We also talk about why there might not be gods in your campaign and how that can impact the world. We talk about different types of Gods, different types of pantheon and come up with some ideas of our own. We also discuss the role that religion can play in a fantasy world, and how you can weave them into your campaign.

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In this episode we roll for sprits and complete Bard Subclasses! We do discuss the path features and lore behind this interesting subclass, but spend most of the time giggling about how ridiculous it is and make fun of Wizards of the Coast.

Its a fun one.

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Do you like hearing two fully grown adults get giddy with excitement about make believe? Then this is the episode for you. We roll for Whispers and absolutely love it, it may be the ultimate subclass.

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In this episode we continue our deep dive into Bard Subclasses and Roll For the College of Swords. This Cheeky mash up of The Colleges of Valour and Glamour certainly peeked our interest, it was either that or the excessive amounts of caffeine.

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In this episode we Roll For Valour, continuing our deep dive into Bard subclasses we look into the college of Valour and it is a good one! Storied, powerful and versatile, this feels like a must-have for every party. We also get giddy taking about how good The Witcher is.

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