With all the hype going around the Wizards of the Coast and Dungeons and Dragons Open Game License update, a lot of misunderstandings and inflammatory comments are being made. In this episode, hear some of the actual language from WotC, how copyright applies, and why a lot of the changes have been blown out of proportion. 

Caveat: I am a writer (with a vested interest in understanding copyright law to the best of my ability), not a lawyer. Nothing in this podcast can be constituted as legal advice. Further info can be found from Legal Eagle and Opening Arguments. 

This episode is all about how to think about alignment when playing a character in D&D. Enjoy this podcast? Share it out! 

A common compaint of D&D players is the lack of character progression. Nothing feels worse than sitting through a session and getting no XP; it doesn't feel much better waiting to be level 5 for ten sessions because progression is so slow. Here are a few thoughts on the systems and how to use them. 

How you as an English teacher (or not one) can encourage reading for your students. 

Today we're looking at the three act structure: what it is, how it works, and what it looks like when it doesn't. 

In which the protagonist shares why he won't be a teacher anymore. 

In this episode I discuss the variant rule that I use at my table for how languages work in my home D&D 5e game! 

While different groups have different focuses, I run a story-heavy game. Central to the game is not combat, but the arc of the campaign and the arcs of each character. Here are the steps I walk my players through when creating characters for my campaign and the same steps I go through when I create a character.

When looking around in the various fantasy histories of different fantasy works, there are five moments that stand out. These stand out for a reason and can help you build your own fantasy world or appreciate the fantasy worlds you experience on the page, on screen, or at the table. 

A review of Monsters of the Multiverse from Wizards of the Coast.