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Tome Show News December 03 2021

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In this episode Tracy, Jeff, and Eric discuss Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. 

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D&DeBrief episode 038 - The Stone Road

Summary: The group travels with Queen Dalencia and Lord Tobik to the entry-way of the soulspire - a location called The Stone Road.  

Debrief: What happens when a player suddenly leaves a longstanding campaign?

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D&DeBrief episode 037 - The Demon Forge

Summary: The group travels through the intermittent flesh-gate opened when they signed their contracts and enter the Demon Forge. After obtaining the Arc of Sorrow they return to the library, devise a plane to instigate step 3 of their flood reversal plan. Blacksley throws a wrench into their plans. 

Debrief: No debrief - long debrief next episode!

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The image and map used in this session are from 2C Gaming's Total Party Kill Handbook (vol. 2) and the forge map and encounter was adapted from the Demon's Foundry encounter (pages 77-82).

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D&DeBrief episode 036 - Can You Contract the Soul of Another?

Summary: The group travels through the Infernal Gate to meet up with a devil and get permission to use their gate. Thus begins step two of their plan to reverse the flooding!

Debrief: We talk about making contracts with devils in your D&D game., then we touch on PC secrets, finishing off the debrief discussing the fine line between playing a smart NPC smart and playing an NPC too smart and not leaving the PCs a chance to succeed.

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The image and map used in this session are from 2C Gaming's Total Party Kill Handbook (vol. 1) and the chain maze was adapted from the Devil's Maze encounter (pages 132-137) in that book.

Here is a link to the image

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D&DeBrief episode 035 - The Blue Plateau

Summary: The group travels to to the Blue Plateau to perform the first step in fixing the rift there, Khonnos meets his patron, and now they have to figure out how to complete step two!

Debrief: How do you make sure all the PCs stay involved when some of them complete their goals before other PC? Also, we discuss the group patron model in Tasha's Cauldron of Everything.

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Island Chain where Trastenfen is located: Map of the Gormer Chain

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In this episode Tracy, Jeff, and Eric discuss Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi. 

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Tome Show News November 05 2021

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In this episode Jeff and Tracy sit down with Brandes Stoddard and NewbieDM (Enrique Bertran) to give a brief first-look review of the newest D&D release, Fizban's Treasury of Dragons. This review format features a timely but brief review that doesn't have as much depth as a typical Tome Show review. The idea is to give this first look and then come back later for a more standard Tome Show in-depth review after everyone has had time to read and play with the material in the book. We hope you enjoy this new format!

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Welcome to the Edition Wars podcast, a show that covers all editions of our favorite game! In this special mini-series Sam Dillon and Brandes Stoddard take a deep dive into the 5th edition Dungeon Master's Guide chapter by chapter. This episode covers the Appendices and features special guest Colin McLaughlin.

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Next Episode: 12 Days of Edition Wars 2021

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