Best Demiplane Podcasts (2024)

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You Should Have Been a Meat Shield: A Dungeons & Dragons Podcast: Episode 46: Chapter 3: No Safe Place for Goats 39:32

1d ago39:32

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By Lucas Maxwell

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Episode 117 – News from GenCon and Running a Chase Scene 1:05:38

7d ago1:05:38

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Ryan and Ben go over the info coming out of GenCon and then look at various aspects of a running a chase scene. Community Pages: PHB 2024 backwards compatibility; Artificers and the 2024 PHB; Chris Perkins interview about the new DMG; Ancient Green Dragon Stat Block; DM Screen Pic; Monetization job posting; Project Sigil sign up; All D&D announceme…

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You Should Have Been a Meat Shield: A Dungeons & Dragons Podcast: Episode 46: Chapter Two: Rowan's Been Levisitusded! 53:27

8d ago53:27

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By Lucas Maxwell

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You Should Have Been a Meat Shield: A Dungeons & Dragons Podcast: Episode 46: Chapter One: New Friends, Old Enemies 59:12

16d ago59:12

59:12

By Lucas Maxwell

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Barbarian Rogue Multiclass Guide for Dungeons and Dragons 5e 16:20

21d ago16:20

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Ninja Viking?!? Rogues are masters of disguise and subtlety, who lurk in the shadows waiting for the perfect time to make their lethal strike. Barbarians are an unsubtle slab of mindless rage and feral instinct able to shrug off lethal blows while screaming and charging down their enemies at full tilt. Put them together and we get a bit of a themat…

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Barbarian Rogue Multiclass Guide for Dungeons and Dragons 5e 16:26

21d ago16:26

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Ninja Viking?!?Rogues are masters of disguise and subtlety, who lurk in the shadows waiting for the perfect time to make their lethal strike. Barbarians are an unsubtle slab of mindless rage and feral instinct able to shrug off lethal blows while screaming and charging down their enemies at full tilt. Put them together and we get a bit of a themati…

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Episode 116 – 2024 PHB: Monks, Sorcerers, Clerics, and Bards 1:27:54

21d ago1:27:54

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Ryan and Ben continue to look into the new Player’s Handbook class videos delving into monks, sorcerers, clerics, and bards. Community Pages: 2024 Monks; Monk video bullet points; 2024 Sorcerers; Sorcerer video bullet points; 2024 Clerics; Cleric video bullet points; 2024 Bards; Bard video bullet points; The Gamemaster’s Book of Traps, Puzzles, and…

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You Should Have Been a Meat Shield: A Dungeons & Dragons Podcast: Episode 45: Chapter 4: Don't We All Have a Dead Dwarf Living Inside of Us? 59:45

23d ago59:45

59:45

By Lucas Maxwell

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You Should Have Been a Meat Shield: A Dungeons & Dragons Podcast: Episode 45: Chapter Three: Conservatories Everywhere! 57:05

1M ago57:05

57:05

By Lucas Maxwell

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Episode 115 – 2024 PHB: Warlocks, Druids, Wizards, Rangers, Spells, and Crafting 1:56:38

1M ago1:56:38

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Ryan and Ben continue their journey through the deluge of 2024 PHB information taking a look at Warlocks, Druids, Wizards, Rangers, Spells, and Crafting. Community Pages: 2024 Warlocks; Warlock video bullet points; 2024 Druids; Druid video bullet points; 2024 Wizards; Wizard video bullet points; 2024 Rangers; Ranger video bullet points; 2024 Spells…

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You Should Have Been a Meat Shield: A Dungeons & Dragons Podcast: Episode 45: Chapter Two: Here Comes the Sun 1:02:12

1M ago1:02:12

1:02:12

By Lucas Maxwell

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You Should Have Been a Meat Shield: A Dungeons & Dragons Podcast: Episode 45: Chapter One: Is it Evil Snow?? 55:37

2M ago55:37

55:37

By Lucas Maxwell

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Episode 114 – 2024 PHB: Fighters, Paladins, Barbarians, and Rogues. 1:44:19

2M ago1:44:19

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Ryan and Ben dig through the new Player Handbook information as well as new information on Fighters, Paladins, Barbarians, and Rogues. Community Pages: 2024 Player’s Handbook video; 2024 Fighter video; Fighter video bullet points; 2024 Paladin video; Paladin video bullet points; 2024 Barbarian video; Barbarian video bullet points; 2024 Rogue video;…

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You Should Have Been a Meat Shield: A Dungeons & Dragons Podcast: Episode 44, Chapter Four: The Icewind Cometh 1:28:40

2M ago1:28:40

1:28:40

By Lucas Maxwell

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You Should Have Been a Meat Shield: A Dungeons & Dragons Podcast: Episode 44, Chapter Three: Get Yourself a Living Demiplane Would Ya? 1:04:49

2M ago1:04:49

1:04:49

By Lucas Maxwell

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Episode 113 – Monster Manual Art, Changes to Demiplane, and Encounters at Sea

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Ryan and Ben take a look at the new Monster Manual cover are, discuss the Roll20 Demiplane news, and then try out a new segment all about combat encounters! Community Pages: Monster Manual cover art; Roll20 purchases Demiplane; Captains and Cannons; Star Wars 5th Edition; Ginny Di’s Youtube Channel; How to make your players stop talking and fight. …

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You Should Have Been a Meat Shield: A Dungeons & Dragons Podcast: Episode 44, Chapter Two: Nothic'd No More 1:01:12

2M ago1:01:12

1:01:12

By Lucas Maxwell

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You Should Have Been a Meat Shield: A Dungeons & Dragons Podcast: Episode 44, Chapter One : Spitting Doors 46:15

2M ago46:15

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By Lucas Maxwell

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Episode 112 – More Updates and Insight Checks

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Ryan and Ben discuss some of the newest updates then take a look at each other with insight checks! Community Pages: Flee Mortals! on D&D Beyond; Where Evil Lives on D&D Beyond; Flee Mortals’ Creature Roles; Game Informer: Art of Dungeons and Dragons; Reddit Game Informer TLDR; Animal Adventures: The Faraway Sea. Socials: Discord; Bluesky; Ryan’s B…

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Episode 111 – Campaign Length and News 1:18:58

3M ago1:18:58

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Ryan and Ben talk about some of the most recent Wizards of the Coast News and then discuss campaign and adventure length Matt Colville’s video “How Long Should an Adventure Be?” Community Pages: How Long Should an Adventure Be?; D&D Beyond’s VTT map tool updates; Expanding the SRD; Polygon’s Vecna: Eve of Ruin review; Adventure Lookup; Of Dice and …

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You Should Have Been a Meat Shield: A Dungeons & Dragons Podcast: Episode 43: Catch You On the Way Down 3:48:51

3M ago3:48:51

3:48:51

By Lucas Maxwell

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Episode 110 – Longform Campaigns, Modules, and Horror with Jeff Reynolds 1:32:08

4M ago1:32:08

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Ryan and Ben are joined by Jeff Reynolds to talk about running longform campaigns, the Curse of Strahd, and implementing horror elements. Community Pages: Jeff’s Twitter; Legends of Barovia; A Guide to Curse of Strahd; Monster Loot – Curse of Strahd; She is the Ancient: A Genderbent Curse of Strahd; How Long Should An Adventure Be? Socials: Discord…

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You Should Have Been a Meat Shield: A Dungeons & Dragons Podcast: Episode 42: Stupid Sword Face 4:22:03

4M ago4:22:03

4:22:03

By Lucas Maxwell

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The Portable Magic Dispenser: Epsiode #81: Dr. Elizabeth Kilmer talks D&D & Mental Health! 33:14

4M ago33:14

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By Lucas Maxwell

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Episode 109 – Variable Magic Settings and Animated Items 1:17:25

4M ago1:17:25

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Ryan and Ben discuss different gameplay styles and options between High, Low, and No level Magic Settings. Then a Monster Fixer with an Animated Armor and discuss animating other items. Community Pages: LEGO Dungeons and Dragons Game Night; Dumpstatadventures: Keep it risky or lose the fun. Socials: Discord; Twitter; Bluesky; Ryan’s Bluesky; Ben’s …

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The Portable Magic Dispenser: Epsiode #80: David Lindskoog talks Dungeons & Dragons & Therapy! 33:58

4M ago33:58

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By Lucas Maxwell

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Feywild 5e for Dungeons and Dragons 5e 14:04

4M ago14:04

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We’re All Mad Here You lose your way in the woods and find a path through a willow tree arch you’ve never seen before. The path twists and turns through ever-more vibrant old groves and flower fields and you spot a young girl. She giggles as she takes your hand and whisks you away into a courtyard gala where you dance and sing amidst what seems lik…

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Feywild 5e for Dungeons and Dragons 5e 14:10

4M ago14:10

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We’re All Mad HereYou lose your way in the woods and find a path through a willow tree arch you’ve never seen before. The path twists and turns through ever-more vibrant old groves and flower fields and you spot a young girl. She giggles as she takes your hand and whisks you away into a courtyard gala where you dance and sing amidst what seems like…

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You Should Have Been a Meat Shield: A Dungeons & Dragons Podcast: Episode 41: The Rite Stuff 4:25:31

4M ago4:25:31

4:25:31

By Lucas Maxwell

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You Should Have Been a Meat Shield: A Dungeons & Dragons Podcast: Episode 40: Death By Bad Reviews 3:59:48

4M ago3:59:48

3:59:48

By Lucas Maxwell

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Episode 108 – News and Narrative Adventures in D&D 1:03:51

4M ago1:03:51

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A bunch of news dropped out of Gary Con and Ryan and Ben take a look at it. Then they dig into the idea of Narrative Adventures in D&D using fifth edition. Community Pages: New wizard character art; News about Vecna: Eve of Ruin; Dungeons and Dragons Look Back on the Past; Consulting with Matt Mercer and Deborah Ann Woll; All the news from the 50th…

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Shadowfell Demiplane for Dungeons and Dragons 5e 10:04

5M ago10:04

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The Original Upside DownYou’ve lost your way in the graveyard and stumbled your way through an open grave. The shock creeps into a confused and foreboding terror as you crawl out of the cold earth and behold a dark and twisted landscape bereft of color and solemnly still save for the lumbering forms of countless undead. You’ve just fallen from the …

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Shadowfell Demiplane for Dungeons and Dragons 5e 9:59

5M ago9:59

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The Original Upside Down You’ve lost your way in the graveyard and stumbled your way through an open grave. The shock creeps into a confused and foreboding terror as you crawl out of the cold earth and behold a dark and twisted landscape bereft of color and solemnly still save for the lumbering forms of countless undead. You’ve just fallen from the…

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Episode 107 – March 2024 Mailbag 1:20:16

5M ago1:20:16

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Ryan and Ben take a moment to answer some questions from the mailbag. Then they peek at the open beta of Daggerheart before introducing the updated edition of “Of Dice and Men The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and the People Who Play It” by David Ewalt. And lastly, we peer through our telescopes at the most recent release by NASA? Community Pages: Da…

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You Should Have Been a Meat Shield: A Dungeons & Dragons Podcast: Episode 39: My Kingdom for a Pus Jar 3:50:14

5M ago3:50:14

3:50:14

By Lucas Maxwell

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Cleric Artificer Multiclass Guide for D&D 5e 21:58

5M ago21:58

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All Hail the Machine GodArtificers are the inventors of the impossible and the crafters of the arcane, capable of assembling the most wondrous and deadly of magic items. Clerics are the devout ministers of divine will, imbued with celestial power to heal the sick and smite the unworthy. Put them together and we get priests of arcane science and the…

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Cleric Artificer Multiclass Guide for D&D 5e 21:52

5M ago21:52

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All Hail the Machine God Artificers are the inventors of the impossible and the crafters of the arcane, capable of assembling the most wondrous and deadly of magic items. Clerics are the devout ministers of divine will, imbued with celestial power to heal the sick and smite the unworthy. Put them together and we get priests of arcane science and th…

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Episode 106 – Evil Campaigns and Bandits 57:21

5M ago57:21

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Ryan and Ben discuss the possibilities available when running an evil campaign and then spend some monster fixing time on bandits. Community Pages: Dev Update Core Rulebooks, Maps, and Third Party Content; Vecna: Eve of Ruin, Everything You Need to Know; Daggerheart. Socials: Discord; Twitter; Bluesky; Ryan’s Bluesky; Ben’s Bluesky.…

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Fighter Monk Multiclass Guide for D&D 5e 21:18

6M ago21:18

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Fighters are versatile powerhouses, capable of countless techniques for applying cold steel to worthy opponents. Monks are ascetic disciples of the martial arts who have surpassed the physical limits through sheer willpower and skill. When combined you apply the speed of a martial artist with the skill of a dedicated murder machine. Eat your protei…

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Fighter Monk Multiclass Guide for D&D 5e 21:24

6M ago21:24

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Fighters are versatile powerhouses, capable of countless techniques for applying cold steel to worthy opponents. Monks are ascetic disciples of the martial arts who have surpassed the physical limits through sheer willpower and skill. When combined you apply the speed of a martial artist with the skill of a dedicated murder machine. Eat your protei…

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Episode 105 – Major News and Black Dragons 56:02

6M ago56:02

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Ryan and Ben discuss the plethora of news released in the past 2 weeks and then peek into the lairs of black dragons. Community Pages: Dungeons and Dragons turns 50; PC Gamer’s D&D coverage; Vecna: Eve of Ruin preorder; Everything you need to know about Humblewood; Bricktastic Dungeons and Dragons article; Mr. Rhexx’s Black Dragon video; Viva La Di…

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The Portable Magic Dispenser: Episode 79: First Line Library Lesson Ideas & More! 24:55

6M ago24:55

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By Lucas Maxwell

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The Portable Magic Dispenser: Episode 78: World Book Day Ideas (That won't cost much) 24:43

6M ago24:43

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By Lucas Maxwell

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Episode 104 – Latest Playtest Results and Multiclassing 57:35

6M ago57:35

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Ryan and Ben take a peek at the latest playtest survey results and then discuss the odds and ends of multiclassing. Community Pages: Playtest Survey Results; Screenrant’s 10 D&D Rule changes; D&D Beyond’s Playtest 8 Summary; Wargamer article for fixing CR; Mike Mearls 5e point encounters; Puffin Forest’s Most Abserd Character; Loke Battlemaps Terra…

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The Portable Magic Dispenser: Episode 77: D&D at the British Library & More! 25:40

7M ago25:40

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By Lucas Maxwell

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You Should Have Been a Meat Shield: A Dungeons & Dragons Podcast: Episode 38: Zero Fun Strikes Again 4:04:22

7M ago4:04:22

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By Lucas Maxwell

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The Portable Magic Dispenser: Episode 76: Book Award Library Lesson Activities! 24:09

7M ago24:09

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The Book Award Episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1838355/episodes/10706133By Lucas Maxwell

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The Portable Magic Dispenser: Epsiode #75: 3 Ways to Start Your School D&D Campaign! 24:19

7M ago24:19

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By Lucas Maxwell

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Episode 103 – Back from Hiatus and Handling Lore Dumps 59:58

7M ago59:58

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Ryan and Ben discuss the best practices for prepping for your first session after a hiatus and then dig into the best way to drop a big pile of lore! Community Pages: 2023 Unrolled; The Physical Edition of the Deck of Many Things Releases; MCDM Where Evil Lives; Newsletter of M.T. Black Games. Socials: Discord; Twitter; Bluesky; Ryan’s Bluesky; Ben…

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Glory of the Giants for D&D 5e Review 12:52

7M ago12:52

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Giants are striding into 5e Dungeons and Dragons in this newest addition from Wizards of the Coast. In a similar vein to Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons from a couple years back, Glory of the Giants is primarily a lore book centered around the giant folk and their Ordning but with quite a bit more mechanical oomph than we got last time around. Does al…

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