The Arcane Alienist

Session Recap: The Tradeway and the Canopies

The initial outing for 1st level characters in the Mythic World of Urd. The party meets one very naught kitty, a pair of hell-raising elves, leans some halfling and goblin lore, and lines up their first gig.

The Castle and The Canopies

An overview of the “home base” setting for the initial leg of the campaign.

An Interesting Question

Would you want you as a player in a game you DM? Wolf you want to play in a game that you DM’d?

Call-Ins: Crows, Hearts, Lions, and Broken Swords

Some calls from fellow podcasters, Jason of the Nerds RPG Variety Cast and Joe from Hindsightless. Go check them out!

The Mythic World of Urd: Saints, Clerics, & Paladins

The (sparse) lore of Saints and the rules for clerics and paladins. Also - check out that cool Mythic World of Urd logo by Dave Bone (www.ironseer.com)

Analytics

Here’s a breakdown of the listenership demographics of the podcast (all 13 of you). Keep listening and tell your friends!

The Funnel of Death

Some calls from fellow podcasters and a report out on the 0-level character funnel from our second play session.

These are the Fools

In previous episodes we covered the Rules and then the Tools. Now the Fools who dare to tread off into danger!A summary of our one-shot prelude adventure in the Mythic World of Urd and descriptions of the doomed heroes themselves.

Tonight’s the Night

Just a quick description of the premise for our first session - a prelude one-shot depicting an event form the setting history.

The Mythic World of Urd: Orcs!!!

The orc class for player-characters, the history of orcs in Urd, and some the fiction that inspired my take.

Nonhumans and the Art of Marvel Comics

Influences from Marvel Comics and more on roleplaying nonhumans. A feast of ideas fit for Volstagg the Valiant himself!

Some Calls

More on house rules and He-Man from Daniel of Bandit’s Keep and Jason of the Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast.

The He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Valentine’s Day Special

The influence of MotU on my love of fantasy and why nonetheless I hate Prince Adam.

These are the Tools

A brief rundown of the tools I use for online gaming, including Fantasy Grounds, Discord, and Facebook.

These are the Rules

A deeper dive into the rules I’m using to supplement B/X and Old School Essentials, including ideas borrowed from Lamentations of the Flame Princess, the Black Hack, and the White Box Fantastic Medieval Adventure Game.

Halfling songs...? Anyone...?

Putting out the call for songs that speak to the nature of halflings.

ROLEplay Responses: Sage Advice (but not from Jeremy Crawford)

Other podcasters weigh in on the issue of encouraging and incentivizing specific types of roleplayingz

The Mythic World of Urd: Elves and the Otherworld

Mythological and literary influences on elves, fairies, and the like. Elvish culture and why swashbuckling is the way to go for the adventuring elf out and about in the World of Urd. Also, here’s the link to the song by Celtic Woman I mention in the episode: https://youtu.be/dhW1mh7U6-U

Encouraging ROLEplay

How do you encourage characters to embrace the role of their class in B/X D&D?

D&D History and Alphabet Soup

A brief history of the many editions of D&D and all those acronyms (so, so many acronyms...)

First Call-In. Content Creators You Should Follow.

First call-ins from Daniel at Bandit’s Keep, and a list of podcasts, YouTube channels, and a website you should check out.

The Mythic World of Urd: An Overview

A brief overview of the campaign setting I’m working on for B/X Dungeons & Dragons.

Inspiration: Tom Moldvay, Zeb Cook, & Fritz Leiber

This is my first crack at a podcast and a brief description of my inspiration for the Mythic World of Urd

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