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D&D Out of the Abyss Notes #14

This episode: Fun with magical obelisks, is a red dragon egg really good for anything, and zombie shenanigans as the Whorlstone Tunnels continue.

Gracklstugh Help Sheets by PurpleVermont:
https://www.reddit.com/r/DnDBehindTheScreen/comments/3pf0ga/oota_gracklstugh_help_sheets/

Gracklstugh Encounter Map by Robus:
http://www.enworld.org/forum/rpgdownloads.php?do=download&downloadid=1302

This is an ongoing series of Shane’s notes, thoughts and tips for running the D&D adventure Out of the Abyss, which is the tabletop portion of the Rage of Demons story line.

Each video follows the most recent session with his group.

The Superherologist! – Radio Show / Podcast Ep. 51

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Podcast for the Shane Plays radio show from 5/21/2016:
The Superherologist!

Highlights: Geek news; Superherologist Dr. Travis Langley discusses the psychology of super heroes!

Shane Plays airs on Saturdays at 1:05 PM Central on 96.5 FM The Answer in Little Rock. It can also be heard online at http://965fmtheanswer.com and on the Tune In Radio app and iHeart Radio apps. Call in at 501-823-0965 or tweet @ShanePlays during the show!

Listen to the Shane Plays podcast on iTunes, Google Play Music and Stitcher (and other fine podcast directories) after the live show.

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NEWS ITEMS

Nintendo proposes changes to the company’s purpose as business broadens | Polygon
http://www.polygon.com/2016/5/18/11703550/nintendo-business-diversification-plans-2016

Harley Quinn Movie in the Works at Warner Bros. With Margot Robbie | The Hollywood Reporter
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/margot-robbies-harley-quinn-movie-894486

SUPERGIRL Joins With FLASH, ARROW & LEGENDS OF TOMORROW For DECEMBER Crossover On The CW | Newsarama
http://www.newsarama.com/29366-supergirl-joins-with-flash-arrow-legends-of-tomorrow-for-december-crossover-on-the-cw.html

‘Batman v. Superman’ Fallout: Warner Bros. Shakes Up Executive Roles | Hollywood Reporter
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/batman-v-superman-fallout-warner-895174

Star Trek Beyond Trailer #2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tvq3y8BhZ2s

Star Trek Television Logo and First Look Teaser Revealed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXpPweAooeE

GUEST: SUPERHEROLOGIST DR. TRAVIS LANGLEY

@Superherologist

http://www.travislangley.info/

Dr. Langley’s books on Amazon

From Amazon’s Travis Langley Page: Travis Langley, Ph.D., authored the acclaimed book BATMAN AND PSYCHOLOGY: A DARK AND STORMY KNIGHT (Wiley; Turner Publishing). He is the editor and lead writer for Sterling Publishing’s series on psychology and popular culture, including THE WALKING DEAD PSYCHOLOGY: PSYCH OF THE LIVING DEAD; STAR WARS PSYCHOLOGY: DARK SIDE OF THE MIND; GAME OF THRONES PSYCHOLOGY: THE MIND IS DARK AND FULL OF TERRORS; DOCTOR WHO PSYCHOLOGY: A MADMAN WITH A BOX; and CAPTAIN AMERICA VS. IRON MAN: FREEDOM, SECURITY, PSYCHOLOGY. A psychology professor who teaches on the psychology of crime, mental illness, social behavior, and media at Henderson State University, he received his bachelor’s degree from Hendrix College and his doctorate in psychology from Tulane University.

Travis has also been a child abuse investigator, courtroom expert, and undefeated champion on the “Wheel of Fortune” game show. He appears as an expert interviewee in the documentaries “Legends of the Knight,” “Comic Book Literacy,” and “Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics.” The New York Times (front page), CNN, MTV, and many other news outlets have covered his work.

Captain America: Angry Hydra Reaction!

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MARVEL WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?!? WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!?

You’ve taken an established, iconic character and symbol of hope with 75 years of established history and completely disrespected him and his fans. Suddenly saying he has always been a Hydra agent is beyond ridiculous (not to mention insulting to the memory of his creators) and you have lost a long, long time customer. “All new all different”… forget you, Marvel, and the retcon you rode in on.

A Marvel Editor Explains How Captain America Was a Hydra Agent All Along:
http://time.com/4347224/captain-america-hydra-agent-marvel-tom-brevoort/

Whoo hoo! Followers, followers, followers! (did we mention followers?)

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Feeling great here at Shane Plays with a Twitter account milestone! That’s right, the ShanePlaysPR Twitter account broke 10,000 followers over the weekend!

Feels great, and feels like to right time to remind folks of the various ways you can keep up with all the geeky goodness from Shane Plays on social media! Jump on in, the digital water’s fine!

@ShanePlays – the conversational Twitter account that includes content updates and announcements and geek news, chatter, and personal thoughts and ruminations. A lot more tweets in this account than in…

@ShanePlaysPR – Just the facts, ma’am. Content updates and announcements and geek news. Less tweets that @ShanePlays.

Shane Plays Facebook Page

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Whatever your social media flavor is, hopefully we’ve got you covered! Thanks so much for you interest and support of the journey into the things we love!!!

Let’s Play Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear #8

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This episode: We get turned down by several possible party recruits (really needed a cleric, dang) and have a trippy encounter with a fire elemental, man.

From developer Beamdog‘s marketing copy:

A major new expansion to Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition adds areas, action, and adventure to the original!

“Fate leads him who follows it, and drags him who resist.” -Plutarch

Though Sarevok is dead and his plan for war averted, peace eludes the citizens of Baldur’s Gate. A crusade marches from the north, seizing supplies, forcing locals into military service, and disrupting trade along the Sword Coast. A charismatic warrior known as the Shining Lady leads this army, her background shrouded in mystery. Can the rumors be true—is she, like you, the child of a god?

The closer you get to the Shining Lady, the more you realize your father, the dead Lord of Murder still casts a long shadow upon your path. Baldur’s Gate has put its faith in you, but you must determine whose interests you truly serve before you face the Shining Lady among the ruins of Dragonspear Castle…

Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear adds a new chapter to the Bhaalspawn saga. The events occurring between Baldur’s Gate and Baldur’s Gate II are at last revealed in this 25-hour expansion pack for Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition.

Attack of the D&D / RPG Memes III!

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These posts have proven popular to you, the ravenous gaming public, so here’s another one. Yer welcome.

If you missed the first one, here it is. And while you’re at it, don’t miss the second one 🙂

And now on with the show my droogies.

An army of one. In a well balanced group. Credit to @BadDiceBad via Twitter

May have signed up for too many this semester

Fortunately the new DMG has a weasel availability table, with subtables for town type

It’ll be ok

And speaking of ok…

It’s the right thing to do, no bones about it

The glass was a mimic – The DM

d&d meme that moment when you have to ask

Inconceivable!

d&d meme hit him with your crossbow steve

Steve and his crossbow. I tell ya.

Some therapist in Baldur’s Gate is going to make their career off of this one.

A howling bad fumble

This fumble has everyone’s shorts in a twist

A brainy move, but still a fumble

Does my character still get XP if I’m not there?

These are the basement voyages…

Blue suede shoes of stealth

d&d meme you cannot improve on perfection

Sometimes you get it right the first time

1979, remember?

d&d meme in my day we colored in our own dice

Uphill both ways in the snow and we LIKED it

d&d meme no that would unbalance the game

Can’t believe the guy even asked

It all spends the same

Chugalug chugalug

The nerd’s Rorschach test

$d&d meme this is math$

I guess the cat’s finally out of the bag

D&D Out of the Abyss Notes #13

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This episode: Working in surprise new players with bonus magic missiles. Does Shane protect a player from his own unwise actions? An obelisk, a derro savant, and a spectator as the Whorlstone Tunnels continue!

Gracklstugh Help Sheets by PurpleVermont:
https://www.reddit.com/r/DnDBehindTheScreen/comments/3pf0ga/oota_gracklstugh_help_sheets/

Gracklstugh Encounter Map by Robus:
http://www.enworld.org/forum/rpgdownloads.php?do=download&downloadid=1302

This is an ongoing series of Shane’s notes, thoughts and tips for running the D&D adventure Out of the Abyss, which is the tabletop portion of the Rage of Demons story line.

Each video follows the most recent session with his group.

Captain America! – Radio Show / Podcast Ep. 50

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Podcast for the Shane Plays radio show from 5/14/2016:
Captain America!

Highlights: Geek news; Captain America, the movie and the character, plus Captain America trivia!

Listen to the Shane Plays podcast on iTunes, Google Play Music and Stitcher (and other fine podcast directories) after the live show.

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Support Shane Plays Radio on Patreon!
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Shane Plays is carried on Krypton Radio!
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SHOW NOTES

GIVEAWAY! Like and Share the following Facebook post (ON FACEBOOK) for a chance to win a Castles & Crusades Players Handbook from show sponsor Troll Lord Games!

Like and share this FB post ON FACEBOOK to enter!

AND Castles & Crusades has a cool new Kickstarter!
Monsters & Treasure of Aihrde
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/676918054/castles-and-crusades-monsters-and-treasure-of-aihr

NEWS ITEMS

Eisner Winner Darwyn Cooke Has Passed Away
http://comicbook.com/2016/05/14/eisner-winner-darwyn-cooke-has-passed-away/

Little Rock Comic Con May 14-15
https://www.facebook.com/LittleRockComicCon/timeline

Disney Infinity Discontinued, Developer Shuttered With Nearly 300 Jobs Lost | Gamespot
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/disney-infinity-discontinued-developer-shuttered-w/1100-6439677/

Civilization VI is coming in October
http://store.steampowered.com/app/289070

Bryan Cranston to star in Philip K Dick Channel 4 sci-fi TV series | The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/may/10/bryan-cranston-philip-k-dick-channel-4-sci-fi-tv-electric-dreams

Supergirl renewed and moving to The CW | EW.com
http://www.ew.com/article/2016/05/12/supergirl-renewed-cw

ABC Has Canceled Marvel’s Agent Carter | io9
http://io9.gizmodo.com/abc-has-cancelled-marvels-agent-carter-1776366639

The First Reviews of X-Men Apocalypse Are In, and They’re ‘Meh’ | io9 http://io9.gizmodo.com/the-first-reviews-of-x-men-apocalypse-are-in-and-theyr-1775617115

Voltron Legendary Defender trailer (Netflix, June 10)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXW1waqRCb0

TOPIC: CAPTAIN AMERICA

Captain America, both the movie and the character! Plus Captain America trivia!

Let’s Play Sword Coast Legends Story Mode #24

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This episode: It’s a surprise venture back into the Luskan sewers and a meeting with Bregan D’aerthe.

This a let’s play of the single player campaign of Sword Coast Legends.

Set in the lush and vibrant world of the Forgotten Realms, Sword Coast Legends offers an all-new way to enjoy the time-tested magic of playing Dungeons & Dragons as a shared storytelling experience. With a deep narrative developed by a team of long-time industry veterans and a partnership with Wizards of the Coast, the single player campaign of Sword Coast Legends brings the world of Faerûn home like never before.

https://swordcoast.com/

D&D Out of the Abyss Notes #12

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This episode: Secret tunnels and water weirds in the Whorlstone Tunnels. When players miss (and almost miss) obvious stuff. That one player who always has unusual requests.

Gracklstugh Help Sheets by PurpleVermont:
https://www.reddit.com/r/DnDBehindTheScreen/comments/3pf0ga/oota_gracklstugh_help_sheets/

Gracklstugh Encounter Map by Robus:
http://www.enworld.org/forum/rpgdownloads.php?do=download&downloadid=1302

This is an ongoing series of Shane’s notes, thoughts and tips for running the D&D adventure Out of the Abyss, which is the tabletop portion of the Rage of Demons story line.

Each video follows the most recent session with his group.