Shane rants and carries on a bit and calls out by name the Snoke problem in Star Wars, the elephant in the room no one else dares speak of for fear of public exile. What is this terrible knowledge that could destroy the entire mythology of the most beloved space opera franchise in human history??? ...
The journey to Gravenhollow! Advanced expedition management. Random encounters, vanishing NPCs, and megalomaniacal illithids. Shane's amazing way cool new Underdark feature. Outpost building for fun and profit. Challenging "nova burst" parties. When should the expedition NPCs get involved in a PC encounter, if ever? This is an ongoing series of Shane's ...
Mantol-Derith concludes as the party receives crucial help for reaching Gravenhollow and also confronts the duergar enclave. More fallout from a player's rash action. A hungry xorn and Yantha's dramatic fate. Puzzling fences and mending gems. Can enlarging duergar be too pushy? This is an ongoing series of Shane's notes, thoughts ...
More Mantol-Derith as the party discovers Fraz-Urb'luu is truly a gem of a demon lord. Grave Insults to Drow for Dummies. Not so fast with that loot, buckos. Beholder snacking habits. Dual wielding in 5E. Gelatinous cubes as projectiles. Thoughts on player freedom vs the adventure's tone. This is an ongoing ...
Mantol-Derith continues with plenty of svirfneblin, drow and zhentarim, oh my! An insane assassin, a rather ugly beholder, and a lovestruck gargoyle. That gem's not worth the price. Players taking unexpected courses of action. More thoughts on splitting the party. Shane loves Waffle House. This is an ongoing series of Shane's ...
Shane's D&D Rules Crawl, where we brave the dread labyrinth of D&D rules discussions and clarifications for fortune, fame and glory! This episode: Does a natural 20 or natural 1 apply to an ability check? What qualifies as an attack in D&D? Does counterspell work against wands? Can you counterspell counterspell? Recommended resource: Zoltar Sage Advice http://sageadvice.eu
Rhylfang's Lair starts with lots of spiders (shocker, that) plus plenty of drow and dreadful ritual victims. Hommet gets new threads. Shane gets annoyed that you can't put drow to sleep. This a let's play of the single player campaign of Sword Coast Legends. Set in the lush and vibrant world of ...
The Valley of Dead Heroes continues as we vicariously live as a series of six-eyed cats, meet a man who truly argues with himself, collapse a portal to another world and hope no one notices (sorry, Saint Prosper), drop the stank down on some murderous cultists, and find some sweet loot in a pool of ...
Embiggened duergar vs. emblurried svirfneblin in Mantol-Derith. Surprise, surprise the madness is here. A familiar name from Blingdenstone comes up. Daggers's epilogue. What does the party makeup look like now compared to when Out of the Abyss began? Let's split up, gang! This is an ongoing series of Shane's notes, thoughts ...
Wrapping up the Ettenmoors as we rescue villagers from sticky, icky spider webs, go ingredient shopping for Andra, then confront her sudden but inevitable betrayal in a pretty tough fight. Next up: Rhylfang's Lair! This a let's play of the single player campaign of Sword Coast Legends. Set in the lush and ...