Episode #19: Making Artisan Tools Useful in D&D! (Homebrew vs Official)

Show notesThis week, Fiona and guest co-host Shaghik explore how artisan tools have changed in the 2024 Player's Handbook and compare such changes to some of the homebrew creations over developed by Dump Stat. We pick out top 3 new/updated tools and consider their usage in our games.Shaghik's Dump Stat picksGlassblowing ToolsCartographer's ToolsForgery KitFiona's Dump Stat picksCorpse Stitcher's KitGemologist's SuppliesFishing TackleCheck out Dump Stat's 'Tool Craft' - your guide for making tools, kits and supplies useful in your 5th edition campaignsChapter discussed: 'Tools' in 'Equipment' from D&D Free Rules (2024)Additional reading: Player's Handbook (2014) and Xanathar's Guide to Everything (2017)Consider using our affiliate link when using DM's Guild!#SupportyourFLGSCredits The DM's Book Club is hosted, recorded, edited, and produced by Fiona Howat and Hamilton.Our Guest Co-host was ShaghikThe DM’s Book Club Logo was designed by Sam Robins (@Bobhatstand).The theme music is 'The Story Unfolds' by Jingle Punks.Get in touch!Email: [email protected]: @TheDMsBookClubLinktr.ee:...

Show notesThis week, Fiona and Hamilton continue their actual book club of The Legend of Drizzt series of fantasy novels by R.A Salvatore. Starting in chronological order, our hosts set off with 'Exile', the second book in The Dark Elf Trilogy, a prequel to The Icewind Dale Trilogy. Published in 1990, 'Exile' follows Drizzt Do'Urden to the wilds of the Underdark. For the ten years following his abandoning his house, he is left with no one but his faithful Guenhwyvar, a magical Panther.From the blurb of 'Exile':"Hostile in ways that a surface-dweller could never know, the tunnel-mazes of the Underdark challenge all who tread there. Among these souls are Drizzt Do'Urden and his magical cat, Guenhwyvar. Exiled from his drow homeland, Drizzt must fight for a new home in the boundless labyrinth. Meanwhile, he must watch for signs of pursuit—for the dark elves are not a forgiving race."Book discussed: 'Exile' by R.A Salvatore, published in 1990.Consider using our affiliate link when using DM's Guild!#SupportyourFLGSCredits The DM's Book Club is hosted, recorded, edited, and produced by Fiona Howat and Hamilton.The DM’s Book Club Logo was designed by Sam Robins (@Bobhatstand).The theme music is 'The Story Unfolds' by Jingle Punks.Get in touch!Email: [email protected]: @TheDMsBookClubLinktr.ee: DMBC#DMsBookClub

Show notesAs a festive treat, please enjoy for your listening pleasure: Theatre Macabre Presents: The 3 Nightmares of the Cthulu Stole Christmas! A PodcastZone Live Show ran by Hamilton for Dragonmeet 2023!GM: HamiltonCast: Dan and Tay from Backwater Bastards and Will and Chloe from Rendezvous With Destiny!Content warnings for Horror themes (12A rated)A group of beings from the hellish realm of MÖRK BORG, seek escape and salvation from their tortured existence. Following the ritual laid down by the Hag of the festering bog, they pass through a portal into the world of Dickensian London, which they quickly find more wretched than the lands of home, and into the room of a miserly fool who has got themselves all entangled with the old one!Can they find their way back from this more disgusting realm?!Can they help this fool end his miserly ways!?Can they save Christmas from Cthulu?!Consider using our affiliate link when using DM's Guild!#SupportyourFLGSCredits The DM's Book Club is hosted, recorded, edited, and produced by Fiona Howat and Hamilton.The DM’s Book Club Logo was designed by Sam Robins (@Bobhatstand).The theme music is 'The Story Unfolds' by Jingle Punks.Get in touch!Email: [email protected]: @TheDMsBookClubLinktr.ee: DMBC#DMsBookClub

Show notesThis week, Fiona and Hamilton head back to the Barrier Peaks to check out the sights in 'Lost Laboratory of Kwalish', a D&D 5e supplement which was published as part of Extra Life Fundraiser 2018. Extra Life unites thousands of gamers around the world to play games in support of their local Children's Miracle Network Hospital. Since its inception in 2008, Extra Life has raised more than $30 million for sick and injured kids.From the 'Lost Laboratory of Kwalish' bio:'Laboratory of Kwalish is an adventure for levels 5-10 that explores an alternate expedition into the Barrier Peaks as players search for the lost lab of the legendary artificer. He disappeared in the peaks eons ago…as it turns out, finding a crashed planar ship and studying its technology to fuel his own research.100% of the sales price of this item (less third party transaction fees) will be donated to Extra Life benefiting Seattle Children's Hospital.'Supplement discussed: 'Lost Laboratory of Kwalish' published by Wizards of the Coast, (November 2018)Consider using our affiliate link when using DM's Guild!#SupportyourFLGSCredits The DM's Book Club is hosted, recorded, edited, and produced by Fiona Howat and Hamilton.The DM’s Book Club Logo was designed by Sam Robins (@Bobhatstand).The theme music is 'The Story Unfolds' by Jingle Punks.Get in touch!Email: [email protected]: @TheDMsBookClubLinktr.ee: DMBC#DMsBookClub

Show notesWhilst Fiona and Hamilton recover from Dragonmeet shenanigans (and are currently away from their mics), we are sharing WAIR's most recent bonus episode on the feed (which Fiona recorded live at Dragonmeet 2024).WAIR Show NotesTo tide us over til our next one-shot, here's a bonus episode where our host and GM Fiona chats to Brian Nisbet about his work as the organiser of Dragonmeet's charity auction and how such charity events enhance a convention's reputation as a whole! Recorded live at Dragonmeet 2024.TimestampsIntro: 00:00:10Q&A start: 00:01:11Outro: 00:28:11Find out more about Irish Games Association and Gaelcon here.Support Dublin 2029's bid for the 87th Worldcon!WAIR CreditsThe 'What Am I Rolling?' podcast was created, recorded, and edited by Fiona Howat.The WAIR logo was created by Fiona Howat.Q&A guest was Brian Nisbet, the organiser of Dragonmeet's Charity Auction.The additional music in this episode was 'Aimless Amos' by Rondo Brothers.If you want to find out more about the podcast, check out the 'What Am I Rolling?' podcast website: www.WAIRpodcast.com.Fancy getting in touch? Email the podcast at [email protected] the podcast on Twitter and Instagram (@WAIR_Podcast) for the latest news on episodes.Linktr.ee: WAIR Podcast#AdventurersNeedNotApplyConsider using our affiliate link when using DM's Guild!#SupportyourFLGSDMBC Credits The DM's Book Club is hosted, recorded, edited, and produced by Fiona Howat (@WAIR_Podcast) and Hamilton (@TheDragonDM). The DM’s Book Club Logo was designed by Sam Robins (@Bobhatstand).The theme music is 'The Story Unfolds' by Jingle Punks.Get in touch!Email: [email protected]: @TheDMsBookClubLinktr.ee: DMBC#DMsBookClub

This is a special feed drop of a brand new actual play podcast - Realms' Blood on the Clocktower!Do you love The Traitors, Werewolf and Mafia? Welcome to the next level of social deduction, Blood on the Clocktower. Each episode is stacked to the brim with subterfuge and betrayal! With guests from No Rolls Barred, The Pandemonium Institute, Dropout, Oxventure and beyond, you won't be able to stop listening. Subscribe for a new episode in our ten-episode first season on the last Tuesday of every month!Realms' Blood on the Clocktower's Show NotesStoryteller Emily enters the fray as a player! Meanwhile, we have four people claiming outsider in a zero-outsider setup!Storyteller: Zack FGYou can reference all of the roles in this version of the game on the script.Fiona Howat: The Imp (Evil)"Each night, choose a player: they die. If you kill yourself this way, a Minion becomes the Imp."James Barbarossa: The Baron (Evil)"There are extra Outsiders in play. [+2 Outsiders]"Emily Bates: The Mayor"If only 3 players live &amp; no execution occurs, your team wins. If you die at night, another player might die instead. "Blair Shepperd: The Town Crier"Each night*, you learn if a Minion nominated today."Johnny Chiodini: The Recluse"You might register as evil &amp; as a Minion or Demon, even if dead."Ben Burns: The Noble"You start knowing 3 players, 1 and only 1 of which is evil."Mara Joy: The Investigator (Drunk)"You start knowing that 1 of 2 players is a particular Minion."Game: Blood on the ClocktowerVoice Edited by: Olie MooreClocktower Theme by: James BarbarossaSound Design by: Zack FGContent WarningsSocial DeductionStressful SituationsHorror Descriptions, Ambiences &amp; MusicConsider using our affiliate link when using DM's Guild!#SupportyourFLGSThe DM's Book Club Credits The DM's Book Club is hosted, recorded, edited, and produced by Fiona Howat (<a href="https://linktr.ee/WAIR_Podcast"...

Spoilers for 'Expedition to the Barrier Peaks' (Quests from the Infinite Staircase)Show notesThis week, Hamilton convinces Fiona to read 'Expedition to the Barrier Peaks' adventure module from the latest D&amp;D adventure anthology, 'Quests from the Infinite Staircase'. This anthology weaves a cosmic thread through six classic Dungeons &amp; Dragons adventures, updated for the game’s fifth edition.Bio for the original 'Expedition to the Barrier Peaks' adventure:'Published in 1980, Expedition to the Barrier Peaks was designed by Gary Gygax to introduce D&amp;D players to the science fantasy genre. The chaotic adventure features a crashed spaceship rife with malfunctioning robots, futuristic gadgetry, and weird monsters— including the first appearance of the froghemoth, an amphibious menace immortalized by Erol Otus in the illustration booklet that accompanied the adventure.'Adventure discussed: 'Expedition to the Barrier Peaks'Book discussed: 'Quests from the Infinite Staircase', published by Wizards of the Coast (July 2024).Consider using our affiliate link when using DM's Guild!#SupportyourFLGSCredits The DM's Book Club is hosted, recorded, edited, and produced by Fiona Howat (@WAIR_Podcast) and Hamilton (@TheDragonDM).&nbsp;The DM’s Book Club Logo was designed by Sam Robins (@Bobhatstand).The theme music is 'The Story Unfolds' by Jingle Punks.Get in touch!Email: [email protected]: @TheDMsBookClubLinktr.ee: DMBC#DMsBookClub

Show notes,This week, Fiona and Hamilton crack open the brand new Dungeon Master's Guide (2024) and have a look at the 'Greyhawk Gazetteer' (part of Chapter 5: Creating Campaigns). This is a fully customisable primer of one of the first campaign settings ever published for D&amp;D, based on the home campaign of Gary Gygax, the game’s co-creator. Massive thanks to Wizards of the Coast &amp; Yrs Truly for our gifted copies of the Dungeon Master's Guide and Player's Handbook!Chapter discussed: 'Greyhawk' from Chapter 5: Creating CampaignsBook discussed: Dungeon Master's Guide, published by Wizards of the Coast (Nov 2024).Consider using our affiliate link when using DM's Guild!#SupportyourFLGSCredits The DM's Book Club is hosted, recorded, edited, and produced by Fiona Howat (@WAIR_Podcast) and Hamilton (@TheDragonDM).&nbsp;The DM’s Book Club Logo was designed by Sam Robins (@Bobhatstand).The theme music is 'The Story Unfolds' by Jingle Punks.Get in touch!Email: [email protected]: @TheDMsBookClubLinktr.ee: DMBC#DMsBookClub

Show notesThis week, Fiona is back in the solo adventurer's seat as she continues her playthrough of Faerie Mound of Dragonkind, a solo quest adventure book set in Dragonlance! Written by Jean F. Blashfield and James M. Ward and published by TSR in 1987, Faerie Mound of Dragonkind is part of the CATACOMBS gamebook series which, according to the blurb, represents the ultimate challenge in role-playing adventure. Analytical powers would be tested to the utmost as readers must decide how to deal with the weird and wondrous creatures and artefacts they encounter, using a simplified d12 rule system.From the Faerie Mound of Dragonkind bio:'Out of the mists of time, protected by the enchantments of the ancient gods, rises the Faerie Mound of Dragonkind. At the dawn of mankind, faeries could be found everywhere, but with the introduction of cold iron, these enchanted creatures were forced to gather their magical essences in ancient places of power, wrapped in magical illusions. Once every thousand years, the Mound is revealed in all its splendor. It is at these times only that mortals can cross over into the dangerous world of ancient magic and power that is the last stronghold of the enchanted realm.In FAERIE MOUND OF DRAGONKIND, you enter the world of a visual maze, full of surprises both delightful and deadly! You come on a quest, as a fighter or a bard. But to complete your quest, you must explore the maze of enchanted chambers of the faerie mound, where fearsome creatures lurk behind every corner and magic is everywhere! A unique feature of this book is a roguish Elf, who may either help you or hinder you and may be hiding on any page!'Book: Faerie Mound of Dragonkind by Jean F. Blashfield and James M. Ward, published by TSR, 1987.Consider using our affiliate link when using DM's Guild!#SupportyourFLGSCredits The DM's Book Club is hosted, recorded, edited, and produced by Fiona Howat (@WAIR_Podcast) and Hamilton (@TheDragonDM).&nbsp;The DM’s Book Club Logo was designed by Sam Robins (@Bobhatstand).The theme music is 'The Story Unfolds' by Jingle Punks.Get in touch!Email: [email protected]: @TheDMsBookClubLinktr.ee: DMBC#DMsBookClub

Show notesThis week, Fiona is back in the solo adventurer's seat as she continues her playthrough of Faerie Mound of Dragonkind, a solo quest adventure book set in Dragonlance! Written by Jean F. Blashfield and James M. Ward and published by TSR in 1987, Faerie Mound of Dragonkind is part of the CATACOMBS gamebook series which, according to the blurb, represents the ultimate challenge in role-playing adventure. Analytical powers would be tested to the utmost as readers must decide how to deal with the weird and wondrous creatures and artefacts they encounter, using a simplified d12 rule system.From the Faerie Mound of Dragonkind bio:'Out of the mists of time, protected by the enchantments of the ancient gods, rises the Faerie Mound of Dragonkind. At the dawn of mankind, faeries could be found everywhere, but with the introduction of cold iron, these enchanted creatures were forced to gather their magical essences in ancient places of power, wrapped in magical illusions. Once every thousand years, the Mound is revealed in all its splendor. It is at these times only that mortals can cross over into the dangerous world of ancient magic and power that is the last stronghold of the enchanted realm.In FAERIE MOUND OF DRAGONKIND, you enter the world of a visual maze, full of surprises both delightful and deadly! You come on a quest, as a fighter or a bard. But to complete your quest, you must explore the maze of enchanted chambers of the faerie mound, where fearsome creatures lurk behind every corner and magic is everywhere! A unique feature of this book is a roguish Elf, who may either help you or hinder you and may be hiding on any page!'Book: Faerie Mound of Dragonkind by Jean F. Blashfield and James M. Ward, published by TSR, 1987.Consider using our affiliate link when using DM's Guild!#SupportyourFLGSCredits The DM's Book Club is hosted, recorded, edited, and produced by Fiona Howat (@WAIR_Podcast) and Hamilton (@TheDragonDM).&nbsp;The DM’s Book Club Logo was designed by Sam Robins (@Bobhatstand).The theme music is 'The Story Unfolds' by Jingle Punks.Get in touch!Email: [email protected]: @TheDMsBookClubLinktr.ee: DMBC#DMsBookClub