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| Campaign Crafter | DnD Understanding Ways to Play RPGS | 22 Nov 2024 | 00:18:16 | |
In this episode of Campaign Crafters, we dive into the diverse ways to structure your Dungeons & Dragons games! From traditional single DM campaigns to collaborative multiple DM setups, episodic adventures, ongoing games, and one-shots, we explore the strengths and weaknesses of each format. Whether you're crafting epic stories, experimenting with fresh ideas, or just trying to keep the game rolling, we’ve got insights to help you find the perfect fit for your table. Tune in and level up your game! Want more Dungeon Master Advice? Pick up the Winner of the 2019 ENnies! Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master. Links:
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| Campaign Crafter | Understanding Player Types | 02 Nov 2024 | 00:11:57 | |
Want to create a D&D campaign that keeps your players engaged and having fun? This episode of Campaign Crafter focuses on understanding different player types so you, as the DM, can tailor your campaigns to their motivations and what to pitfalls to avoid for each.
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| Dice and Dialogue 5 | Creating Characters and Crews in Blades in the Dark | 05 Jul 2023 | 01:08:00 | |
Dice and Dialogue Episode 5 | Creating Characters and Crews in Blades in the Dark Get ready to dive into the gritty and thrilling world of Blades in the Dark! In this episode, we're discussing the crucial elements of character and crew creation and why they're so important for gameplay. Join us as we explore the seven unique playbooks, the process of creating a crew and selecting standard items, and the various crew types, including our own. We'll also be delving into crew upgrades, managing cohorts, and much more. Don't miss out on this exciting introduction to Blades in the Dark! 📢 Get More Details Here: https://www.critacademy.com/post/blades-in-the-dark-characters-crew 📢 Sponsor: Dice Tale Games: Blood and Doom: https://rebrand.ly/bloodanddoom Crit Academy: Dice and Dialogue is a TTRPG Discussion Podcast. Join us as we try out a variety of tabletop games and then share our experiences with you. We will discuss what makes each game special, what we feel could use improvement, and what aspects you can integrate into other TTRPG games. We will also talk system agnostic tips and tricks that you can bring to your game table. From the team that brought you 300 episodes of Crit Academy A Dungeons and Dragons Discussion podcast, comes a new show: Crit Academy: Dice and Dialogue with hosts Justin, Ian, Brandon, and Aelx. Our hosts each bring different experiences, viewpoints, and styles to the games and discussions. New episodes are released bi-weekly on all major podcast platforms. Follow us now and never miss an episode! -------------------------------- 💜 Support the Channel 💜 --------------------------------- 🐉JOIN OUR PATREON: www.patreon.com/critacademy 📚 VISIT OUR WEBSITE: https://www.critacademy.com 💲 Advertise with us! https://rebrand.ly/advertisewithcritacademy -------------------------------- 📱 Social Media📱 -------------------------------- ⌨️ Discord: https://discord.gg/GEftMaxuEp 🙋♂️ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/critacademy 🕊️ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/critacademy 💬 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@critacademy?lang=en *Crit Academy may make a small affiliate commission when you purchase products using the links in our videos.* | |||
| 5 Most Underused Monsters in Dungeons & Dragons | 25 Aug 2021 | 01:21:52 | |
The world of Dungeons & Dragons has hundreds, even thousands of monsters for a Dungeon Master to choose from. But, we can often find ourselves using some of the same monsters on a regular basis. A goblin, kobold, and orcs to name a few. But there are so many more interesting monsters to flesh out your adventures and stories with. We polled our audience and discovered what are some of the most underused monsters in D&D. In this episode not only will we discuss these monsters, but we will also delve into the myriad of different ways you can get the most out of them in your D&D game. 📢 Blog Post: https://www.critacademy.com/post/5-most-underused-monsters-in-dungeons-and-dragons ❤️ Do you want to become a better D&D Dungeon Master or Player? If so, then make sure to smash that Subscribe Button! http://www.youtube.com/c/critacademy?sub_confirmation=1 Over 4,000 subscribers just like you are also looking to build their Roleplaying muscles! Now! Join the Crit Nation Community and become the best Dungeons & Dragons player possible! 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy 🐉Memorable Monsters is the ultimate guide to monsters and NPCs, bringing 50 fully fleshed-out monsters and NPCs to your 5th Edition game. Check it out here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/356500/Memorable-Monsters&affiliate_id=1546158 ------------------------------------💥MORE D&D Content💥-------------------------------------- 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy ▶️ Playlists ✅ 🥇 1 Minute D&D Tips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vDv4ljqPBQ&list=PL41kl7X_ZiEPjCF7iOzrvs9O6MxjDlHz8 🥈 Live Shows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtbJaxivGQs&list=PL41kl7X_ZiENnlFR8tr6p9I_IZJY4Vyhb 🥉Actual Play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7g7NBODDps&list=PL41kl7X_ZiEMERPg8BVl2kHri76yocNHa -------------------------------- 💜 Support the Channel 💜 --------------------------------- 🐉JOIN PATREON: www.patreon.com/critacademy 🎲Dungeon Masters Guild Content: https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?author=Crit%20Academy 📚 Merch Shop: https://www.critacademy.com/critstore 🏰 Free Loot! https://www.critacademy.com/freeloot 💲 Advertise with us! https://bit.ly/3is33As -------------------------------- 📱 Social Media📱 -------------------------------- 🐉 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/critacademy ⌨️ Discord: https://discord.gg/GEftMaxuEp 🙋♂️ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/critacademy 🕊️ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/critacademy 💬 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@critacademy?lang=en 📧 For marketing/business/sponsorship inquiries, email: critacademy@gmail.com | |||
| 7 Tips on How to Craft Dastardly Plots in Dungeons & Dragons | 18 Aug 2021 | 01:07:13 | |
What is the difference between an adventurer and a soldier? The answer is simple, one seeks out to change or influence the world in some fashion. The other just takes commands and lets others decide what is best. Regardless if the PCs seek to be heroes or tyrants, they seek to be agents of change. A change they hope to steer to their desired change. Enter plot or in other words the outline or script of the story, often a book, movie, or similar medium. Depending on the skill of the writer and forethought placed into it, maybe convoluted or it may be festooned with diversion and subplots within. In the end, there is generally an overarching “plot”. In this episode, we deliver 7 tips to help you craft dastardly plots for your Dungeons & Dragons game. 📒 Show Notes: https://www.critacademy.com/post/7-tips-on-how-to-craft-dastardly-plots-in-dungeons-and-dragons ❤️ Thousands of Crit Nation members follow us for D&D guidance and inspiration! Punch that subscribe button to join the ranks of this amazing community. 💜 Memorable Monsters is the ultimate guide to monsters and NPCs, bringing 50 fully fleshed out monsters and NPCs to your 5th Edition game. Each unique monsters, complete with backgrounds, complex motives, quirks, and flaws! https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/356500/Memorable-Monsters?affiliate_id=1546158 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy ------------------------------------💥MORE D&D Content💥-------------------------------------- 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy▶️ Playlists ✅ 🥈 Live Shows: 🥉Planeshifters Actual Play: -------------------------------- 💜 Support the Channel 💜 --------------------------------- 🎲Dungeon Masters Guild Content: https://www.dmsguild.com/product/298883/?affiliate_id=1546158 📚 Merch Shop: https://www.critacademy.com/critstore 🏰 Free Loot! https://www.critacademy.com/freeloot -------------------------------- 📱 Social Media📱 -------------------------------- ⌨️ Discord: https://discord.gg/GEftMaxuEp 🙋♂️ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/critacademy 🕊️ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/critacademy 💬 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@critacademy?lang=en 📧 For marketing/business/sponsorship inquiries, email: critacademy@gmail.com -------------------------------- 🎖️ About Channel 🏆 -------------------------------- 🎉 NEW GOAL🎉 : 3,000 Youtube SUBSCRIBERS! Here we come! Thank you so much for your support in growing this little channel of ours, to get out there and help more people and build this fantastic Crit Nation! Keep your blades sharp and spells prepared heroes! | |||
| Top 5 Questions to Ask to Make Good Rulings in Dungeons & Dragons | 11 Aug 2021 | 01:06:39 | |
Do you ever second guess a ruling in your Dungeons & Dragons? Do you want help ensuring you make the best ruling possible? If so, then check out these Top 5 Questions to Ask to Make Good Rulings in D&D. As Dungeon Masters, we often find ourselves having to make rulings on the fly. Either because it isn’t covered in the rules, we don’t fully know all the rules, or we just don’t have a way to look up other answers. Though, let's be honest, even looking up rules really slows down the game, and interrupts the flow. Using these questions, you ensure that you always make the best ruling possible, with, or without the rulebooks. We delve into each of these giving our thoughts and sharing our experiences. 5. Does it make sense? 4. Is it fair? 3. How much does it really matter? 2. Does it radically change the story or campaign? 1. Does it add to the fun of the group?📒 Show Notes: www.critacademy.com/post/ ❤️ Thousands of Crit Nation members follow us for D&D guidance and inspiration! Punch that subscribe button to join the ranks of this amazing community. 💜 Memorable Monsters is the ultimate guide to monsters and NPCs, bringing 50 fully fleshed out monsters and NPCs to your 5th Edition game. Each unique monsters, complete with backgrounds, complex motives, quirks, and flaws! 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy ------------------------------------💥MORE D&D Content💥-------------------------------------- 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy 🥈 Live Shows: 🥉Planeshifters Actual Play: #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #critacademy #dungeonmasteradvice | |||
| Obsidian Portal | 04 Aug 2021 | 01:15:32 | |
Crit Academy interviews Zac Harrison, one of the staff of the fantastic website Obsidian Portal. Obsidian Portal was created by gamers, for gamers. it exists to help take the pain out of managing your tabletop RPG. They are an award-winning, anytime, anywhere campaign notebook that you can your players can build together. Their small but committed team works hard so that you can focus on the fun and creative aspects of your gaming experience and less time on bookkeeping. 📢 Product Covered: https://www.obsidianportal.com/ 📒 Show Notes: https://www.critacademy.com/post/obsidian-portal-tabletop-rpg-campaign-notebook-and-manager ❤️ Thousands of Crit Nation members follow us for D&D guidance and inspiration! Punch that subscribe button to join the ranks of this amazing community. 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy ------------------------------------💥MORE D&D Content💥-------------------------------------- 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy▶️ Playlists ✅ 🥈 Live Shows: 🥉Actual Play: -------------------------------- 💜 Support the Channel 💜 --------------------------------- 🎲Dungeon Masters Guild Content: https://www.dmsguild.com/product/298883/?affiliate_id=1546158 📚 Merch Shop: https://www.critacademy.com/critstore 🏰 Free Loot! https://www.critacademy.com/freeloot -------------------------------- 📱 Social Media📱 -------------------------------- ⌨️ Discord: https://discord.gg/GEftMaxuEp 🙋♂️ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/critacademy 🕊️ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/critacademy 💬 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@critacademy?lang=en 📧 For marketing/business/sponsorship inquiries, email: critacademy@gmail.com -------------------------------- 🎖️ About Channel 🏆 -------------------------------- 🎉 NEW GOAL🎉 : 2,000 Youtube SUBSCRIBERS! Here we come! Thank you so much for your support in growing this little channel of ours, to get out there and help more people and build this fantastic Crit Nation! Keep your blades sharp and spells prepared heroes! | |||
| Incredible Creatures | 28 Jul 2021 | 01:11:04 | |
"We love playing RPGs because they offer an escape from the mundane. One of the biggest components of our enjoyment is getting the chance to encounter and interact with incredible creatures. Learning about what makes a creature tick--whether we're engaged in combat with it or negotiating a price for goods--stimulates our brains and keeps us interested in the game and the world we create through our story-telling." Crit Academy is joined by author Alan Tucker to talk about his popular Incredible Creatures book. A monster book with over 130 monsters to use in your 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. Many even include a new conditional feature labeled "heroic". The artwork contains inside is amazing. Alan took a very cool approach to this book. Artists were given the freedom to draw whatever they wanted, and then professional writers had to create stat blocks for the monsters. Check it out here! 📢 Product Covered: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/358642/Incredible-Creatures?affiliate_id=1546158 📒 Show Notes: https://www.critacademy.com/post/incredible-creatures-for-your-dungeons-dragons-game ❤️ Thousands of Crit Nation members follow us for D&D guidance and inspiration! Punch that subscribe button to join the ranks of this amazing community. 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy | |||
| Galder's Gazetteer! | 21 Jul 2021 | 01:12:07 | |
💜 Back Capes and Crooks: A 5e Superhero RPG on Kickstarter Today! https://www.critacademy.com/capesandcrooks ENDs 7/29/21 The fantastic Youtuber and Dungeons and Dragons content creator Zipperon Disney joins us to talk Galder's Gazetteer! This is a close personal project of his and we are excited to have him on to share details on the project's journey and contents. Galder's Gazetteer is a 5e supplement for advanced players & GMs that expands the game by adding new actions, conditions, and martial options. Integrated with the expanded rules there are a host of new player options, a GM toolkit, and two one-shot adventures in this 192 pg full-color book. The wizard Galder has traveled to many, many worlds. Along his journeys, he has taken notes on the mysterious and fantastic things he's encountered. A while back, a young guy named Laurence made a post on online. Laurence shared that he had a rare form of cancer and only had weeks to live. He wanted something to be remembered by and asked if there was any way his character could be added to the game’s lore. With kindness, a whole group of the community got together and, while they couldn’t make it “official”, they said they would be honored to include his character as an NPC in their home games, to exist in their worlds. To keep living in their stories. But this book goes a step further. Galder’s Gazetteer describes his journeys through all those worlds. This expansion to 5e is framed as Galder’s notes on how things are done differently across the multiverse including:
100% of proceeds from the sales of this book are being donated to the Cancer Research Institute. You can read more about Laurence’s story and what you can do to support youth early diagnosis at laurencescampaign.blog 📢 Product Covered: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/354825/Galders-Gazetteer?affiliate_id=1546158 📒 Show Notes: https://www.critacademy.com/post/galdersgazeteer-newplayeroptions-for-dungeons-and-dragons ❤️ Thousands of Crit Nation members follow us for D&D guidance and inspiration! Punch that subscribe button to join the ranks of this amazing community. 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy 💜 Back Capes and Crooks: A 5e Superhero RPG on Kickstarter Today! https://www.critacademy.com/capesandcrooks ------------------------------------💥MORE D&D Content💥-------------------------------------- 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy ▶️ Playlists ✅ 🥈 Live Shows: -------------------------------- 💜 Support the Channel 💜 --------------------------------- 🎲Dungeon Masters Guild Content: https://www.dmsguild.com/product/298883/?affiliate_id=1546158 📚 Merch Shop: https://www.critacademy.com/critstore 🏰 Free Loot! https://www.critacademy.com/freeloot -------------------------------- 📱 Social Media📱 -------------------------------- ⌨️ Discord: https://discord.gg/GEftMaxuEp 🙋♂️ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/critacademy 🕊️ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/critacademy 💬 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@critacademy?lang=en 📧 For marketing/business/sponsorship inquiries, email: critacademy@gmail.com -------------------------------- 🎖️ About Channel 🏆 -------------------------------- 🎉 NEW GOAL🎉 : 2,000 Youtube SUBSCRIBERS! Here we come! Thank you so much for your support in growing this little channel of ours, to get out there and help more people and build this fantastic Crit Nation! Keep your blades sharp and spells prepared heroes! | |||
| Let's Talk Dungeons of Drakkenheim | 07 Jul 2021 | 01:19:54 | |
The legendary Dungeon Dudes joins Crit Academy to talk about their homebrew world Dungeons of Drakkenheim and its record breaking Kickstarter project! If you don't know, Dungeons of Drakkenheim follows the conflict and comedy-filled adventures of a brash prince, a streetwise survivor, and a meddlesome mage as they confront monsters and mystery in the meteor-blasted ruins of a fantasy city. A Dungeons & Dragons 5e actual play campaign presented by the DUNGEON DUDES! Featuring Monty Martin, Kelly McLaughlin, Jill Danaitis, and Joe O'Gorman. We're excited to have Kelly and Monty on to tell us a bit about themselves and their projects. Their most memorable D&D moments. The best piece of gaming advice they've ever received. Their process on building the world of Drakkenheim and so much more. Capes & Crooks a 5e Superhero RPG is NOW LIVE on Kickstarter! Become a backer today and help bring this project to life! 📒 Show Notes: https://www.critacademy.com/post/dungeonsofdrakkenheim ❤️ Subscribe! We've reached 1,000 subscribers! Thank you so much! Onward to 2,000! 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy 💜 Keep Updated on Capes and Crooks: https://www.critacademy.com/capesandcrooks | |||
| Capes & Crooks | 30 Jun 2021 | 01:08:30 | |
Do you love superheroes? Do you want to play your favorite classic hero or build a unique hero of your own design? Then Capes & Crooks is for you! We are super excited to spend this episode talking about our Kickstarter Capes & Crooks: A 5e Superhero RPG. NOW AVAILABLE! https://www.critacademy.com/product-page/capes-crooks Let's be honest, many of us have watched cartoons, movies or read comic books with superheroes. Growing up on these fed our creativity and inspired us in many different ways. The Dungeons & Dragons 5e ruleset is a fantastic and flexible system. It was only a matter of time before we asked the question, "Can we build superheroes in 5e?" We weren't sure at first, but it quickly became evident that we could. Now, it's worth noting, that there are some features that don't lend themselves well to a superhero game. Combat mechanics, class mechanics, and a few of the rules. With just a few minor adjustments, we were able to take the core of 5e and successfully create a playtest Superhero RPG game. In this episode, we will discuss design choices, world-building, and everything else that went into the start of this super setting's world and mechanics. 📒 Show Notes: https://www.critacademy.com/post/capes-crooks-superheroes-in-your-dungeons-dragons-5e-game ❤️ Subscribe! We've reached 1,000 subscribers! Thank you so much! Onward to 2,000! 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy #kickstarter #dnd #capesandcrooks #superherorpg #superhero | |||
| Top 5 Ranked Most Versatile Classes in D&D 5e | 23 Jun 2021 | 01:03:30 | |
What is the most versatile class in D&D? We asked ourselves this question. As there are many subclasses builds in D&D5e, we decided to look at the classes from a high level to determine which class was most versatile in the game. For this, we needed to define some criteria on what it means to be versatile in Dungeons & Dragons. We opted for 5 key categories: Damage, Defense, Battlefield Control, Movement, Healing ability. Capes & Crooks a 5e Superhero RPG playtest streams bi-weekly on Fridays. This is our upcoming Kickstarter Project that launches 6/29/21. To sign up for notifications on this project visit our website! 📒 Show Notes: https://www.critacademy.com/post/top-5-ranked-most-versatile-classes-in-d-d-5e ❤️ Subscribe! We've reached 1,000 subscribers! Thank you so much! Onward to 2,000! 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy 💜 Keep Updated on Capes and Crooks: https://www.critacademy.com/capesandcrooks | |||
| Top 5 Alternative Ways to use Dungeons & Dragons Spells | 16 Jun 2021 | 00:54:43 | |
Crit Academy discusses the Top 5 Alternative Ways to use Dungeons & Dragons Spells. Whether as a player character or as a monster, there is a multitude of alternative ways to use D&D spells. Thinking outside the box helps us come up with new and interesting ways to enhance our stories and campaigns. 📒 Show Notes: www.critacademy.com/post/episode223 ❤️ Subscribe! We've reached 1,000 subscribers! Thank you so much! Onward to 2,000! 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy 💜 Keep Updated on Capes and Crooks: Kickstarter Launches 6/29 https://www.critacademy.com/capesandcrooks | |||
| Dice and Dialogue 4 | Step into the World of Blades in the Dark for Thrilling RPG Heists | 28 Jun 2023 | 01:01:48 | |
Dice and Dialogue 4 | Step into the World of Blades in the Dark for Thrilling RPG Heists
📢 Get More Details Here: https://www.critacademy.com/post/blades-in-the-dark-introduction 📢 Sponsor: Dice Tale Games: Blood and Doom: https://rebrand.ly/bloodanddoom Crit Academy: Dice and Dialogue is a TTRPG Discussion Podcast. Join us as we try out a variety of tabletop games and then share our experiences with you. We will discuss what makes each game special, what we feel could use improvement, and what aspects you can integrate into other TTRPG games. We will also talk system agnostic tips and tricks that you can bring to your game table. From the team that brought you 300 episodes of Crit Academy A Dungeons and Dragons Discussion podcast, comes a new show: Crit Academy: Dice and Dialogue with hosts Justin, Ian, Brandon, and Aelx. Our hosts each bring different experiences, viewpoints, and styles to the games and discussions. New episodes are released bi-weekly on all major podcast platforms. Follow us now and never miss an episode! -------------------------------- 💜 Support the Channel 💜 --------------------------------- 🐉JOIN OUR PATREON: www.patreon.com/critacademy 📚 VISIT OUR WEBSITE: https://www.critacademy.com 💲 Advertise with us! https://rebrand.ly/advertisewithcritacademy -------------------------------- 📱 Social Media📱 -------------------------------- ⌨️ Discord: https://discord.gg/GEftMaxuEp 🙋♂️ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/critacademy 🕊️ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/critacademy 💬 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@critacademy?lang=en *Crit Academy may make a small affiliate commission when you purchase products using the links in our videos.* | |||
| Plane Shifting in D&D 5th Edition | 09 Jun 2021 | 01:56:59 | |
Crit Academy discusses Plane Shifting in D&D 5elive from Dungeon Con Online. This event was hosted and sponsored by Goodman Games, Kobold Press and DMsguild. What is Plane Shift? Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering are two different games, but that doesn’t mean their multiverses can’t meet. In fact, Wizards has already started plane shifting with the release of two of its official books. Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica and Mythic Odysseys of Theros campaign books. While we will touch on these lightly, we will be focusing on the free supplements Wizards of the Coast has made available to everyone based on many of their other popular multiverse settings. From the beginning, some of Magic’s planes, such as Zendikar, were conceived as an “adventure world” where parties of explorers delve into ancient ruins in search of wonders and treasures, fighting the monsters they encounter on the way. Many of the plane’s creative roots lie in D&D, so it should be no surprise that The Art of Magic: The Gathering—Zendikar by James Wyatt feels a lot like a D&D campaign-setting book. It’s littered with adventure hooks and story seeds and lacks only the specific rules references you’d need to adapt the planes, races, monsters, and adventures to a tabletop D&D campaign. And it’s all surrounded by amazing fantasy art that holds boundless inspiration in itself. Follow along and hear about all the fully fleshed-out worlds you can easily toss your characters into with a simple Plane Shift!📒 Show Notes: www.critacademy.com/post/episode222 ❤️ Subscribe! We've reached 1,000 subscribers! Thank you so much! Onward to 2,000! 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy 💜 Keep Updated on Capes and Crooks: https://www.critacademy.com/capesandcrooks ------------------------------------💥MORE D&D Content💥-------------------------------------- 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy ▶️ Playlists ✅ 🥈 Live Shows: 🥉Actual Play: -------------------------------- 💜 Support the Channel 💜 --------------------------------- 🎲Dungeon Masters Guild Content: https://www.dmsguild.com/product/298883/?affiliate_id=1546158 📚 Merch Shop: https://www.critacademy.com/critstore 🏰 Free Loot! https://www.critacademy.com/freeloot | |||
| The Complete Armorer's Handbook | 02 Jun 2021 | 01:14:53 | |
The Complete Armorer's Handbook is a 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons supplement for upgrading weapons and armor. Inside this best-selling DMsguild product is a comprehensive modular framework that allows characters to improve their equipment as they see fit by seeking out craftsmen and spending some coin! Chapter 1 covers nonmagical upgrades, which approximate the basic +1-3 progression of magic items in the Dungeon Master’s Guide. Chapter 2 introduces rune magic as a means to imbue your equipment with magical properties, including a fully-realized crafting system for characters wishing to create their own runestones using simple gemstones. In this episode, Crit Academy is once again joined by the lovely Aelx Bomb. Together we walk through this well-laid-out and implemented equipment upgrade system. We each give our thoughts on not only the mechanics but the layout, artwork, and implementation. Certainly, our favorite part is appendix A. I think Travis - DM Hook) said it best. "also known as "STFU with your iS tHiS BaLaNcEd? here's the math". 📒 Show Notes: https://www.critacademy.com/post/the-complete-armorer-s-handbook ❤️ Subscribe! We've reached 1,000 subscribers! Thank you so much! Onward to 2,000! 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy 💜 Keep Updated on Capes and Crooks: https://www.critacademy.com/capesandcrooks | |||
| 7 Most Common Mistakes DMs and Players Make in 5e D&D | 26 May 2021 | 01:26:42 | |
Crit Academy dives into the article 7 Most Common Mistakes DMs and Players Make in 5e D&D from https://dungeonsmaster.com/ We are also joined by Aelx Bomb to get her thoughts on this article as well as a sneak peek into the new Initiative & intrigue actual play podcast that launches Friday May 21st. Watch the first episode here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y63esgGHeTU 📒 Show Notes: www.critacademy.com/post/episode220 ❤️ Subscribe! We've reached 1,000 subscribers! Thank you so much! Onward to 2,000! 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy 💜 Keep Updated on Capes and Crooks: https://www.critacademy.com/capesandcrooks ------------------------------------💥MORE D&D Content💥-------------------------------------- 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy 🥈 Live Shows: 🥉Actual Play: | |||
| Monster Tactics: Hags | 19 May 2021 | 01:13:54 | |
Crit Academy is joined by special guest Anthony Thomas. Creator of the Sages of Forgotten Realms Community a Dungeons and Dragons Facebook group focused on the sharing of the D&D Forgotten Realms Setting. Today we talk about one of D&D's most notorious monsters, the Hag. 📢 Visit Sages of Forgotten Realms 📒 Show Notes: www.critacademy.com/post/episode219 ❤️ Subscribe! We've reached 1,000 subscribers! Thank you so much! Onward to 2,000! 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy 💜 Keep Updated on Capes and Crooks: https://www.critacademy.com/capesandcrooks ------------------------------------💥MORE D&D Content💥-------------------------------------- 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy 🥈 Live Shows: 🥉Actual Play: -------------------------------- 💜 Support the Channel 💜 --------------------------------- 📚 Merch Shop: https://www.critacademy.com/critstore 🏰 Free Loot! https://www.critacademy.com/freeloot -------------------------------- 📱 Social Media📱 -------------------------------- ⌨️ Discord: https://discord.gg/GEftMaxuEp 🙋♂️ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/critacademy 🕊️ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/critacademy 💬 TikTok: Search "Crit Academy" | |||
| The Homebrew Podcast | 12 May 2021 | 01:20:17 | |
The Homebrew is a Dungeons and Dragons actual play podcast that takes their game into the future. Filled with veteran Dungeons & Dragons players who love phenomenal stories, endearing characters, and a good adventure. They are currently engaged in a slightly re-imagined 5th Edition Sci-Fi campaign called “Absurdism & A Millennium Abroad". 📢 Product Covered: https://twitter.com/thehomebrewdnd 📒 Show Notes: www.critacademy.com/post/episode218 ❤️ Subscribe! We've reached 1,000 subscribers! Thank you so much! Onward to 2,000! 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy 💜 Keep Updated on Capes and Crooks:https://www.critacademy.com/capesandcrooks | |||
| Types of RPG Adventures | 05 May 2021 | 01:09:08 | |
Crit Academy discusses the myriad of different Roleplaying Adventures types. Fortunately for us, Martin Rayla over at the Gnome Stew Gaming Blog already tossed a great list for us to delve into. Below is a list of some of our favorite types. You can find the full list from Martin's post here. 📒 Show Notes: www.critacademy.com/post/episode217 Sponsor: Cast Party! ❤️ Subscribe! We've reached 1,000 subscribers! Thank you so much! Onward to 2,000! 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy 💜 Keep Updated on Capes and Crooks: https://www.critacademy.com/capesandcrooks ------------------------------------💥MORE D&D Content💥-------------------------------------- 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy -------------------------------- 💜 Support the Channel 💜 --------------------------------- 🎲Dungeon Masters Guild Content: https://www.dmsguild.com/product/298883/?affiliate_id=1546158 📚 Merch Shop: https://www.critacademy.com/critstore 🏰 Free Loot! https://www.critacademy.com/freeloot -------------------------------- 📱 Social Media📱 -------------------------------- ⌨️ Discord: https://discord.gg/GEftMaxuEp 🙋♂️ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/critacademy 🕊️ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/critacademy 💬 TikTok: Search "Crit Academy" -------------------------------- 🎖️ About Channel 🏆 -------------------------------- 🎉 NEW GOAL🎉 : 2,000 SUBSCRIBERS! Here we come! Thank you so much for your support in growing this little channel of ours, to get out there and help more people and build this fantastic Crit Nation! Keep your blades sharp and spells prepared heroes! | |||
| Witiker's Well of Wondrous Items | 28 Apr 2021 | 01:10:51 | |
Witiker's Well of Wondrous Magic Items Magic permeates the fantasy world and is at the core of sword and sorcery games. Magic comes in a variety of shapes and sizes, from powerful artifacts that keep cities afloat in the sky, to a magical blade that bursts into flame with a simple command word. Adventuring is dangerous work, and it is almost a guarantee, no matter how powerful, agile, or tactful an adventurer is, they will end up against something that mundane weapons just can’t hurt. The power stored within magical weapons is one that adventurers spend their careers chasing. Making treasure chests, hoards, or just items used by enemies can add much-needed variety. This generator is designed to help that along. 📢 Product Covered: https://www.critacademy.com/product-page/witiker-s-well-of-wondrous-magic-items 📒 Show Notes: www.critacademy.com/post/episode216 ❤️ Subscribe! We've reached 1,000 subscribers! Thank you so much! Onward to 2,000! 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy 💜 Keep Updated on Capes and Crooks: https://www.critacademy.com/capesandcrooks ------------------------------------💥MORE D&D Content💥-------------------------------------- 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy ▶️ Playlists ✅ 🥈 Live Shows: 🥉Actual Play: -------------------------------- 💜 Support the Channel 💜 --------------------------------- 🎲Dungeon Masters Guild Content: https://www.dmsguild.com/product/298883/?affiliate_id=1546158 📚 Merch Shop: https://www.critacademy.com/critstore 🏰 Free Loot! https://www.critacademy.com/freeloot -------------------------------- 📱 Social Media📱 -------------------------------- 🙋♂️ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/critacademy 🕊️ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/critacademy 💬 TikTok: Search "Crit Academy" | |||
| Foundry | 21 Apr 2021 | 01:04:29 | |
Foundry VTT What is a virtual tabletop, or “VTT”? For our purposes, is an all-in-one solution for using the internet to play tabletop RPGs. When you use a VTT, you can play Dungeons and Dragons or almost any other RPG with your friends without needing to be sitting at the same table. This makes it viable to play with long-distance or socially distanced people. Let's be honest. The pandemic has been horrible worldwide. Where we once gathered weekly with our friends, we must now do over the internet. For a social game like Dungeons and Dragons, this is a notably different way to experience the game. Fortunately for powerful resources such as Foundry VTT, we can still gather at our tables. All be it in a social distancing manner now. Foundry is certainly a beautiful Virtual Tabletop platform. Unlike some of its competitors, it does have an upfront ONE-TIME investment cost of $50. But honestly, that isn't any more cost than a new hardcover RPG book. The difference is that it is useful across many different RPG games. Making it extremely versatile. One thing that really stands out, and that expands on its versatility, is that it allows other content creators tons of mods to enhance the experience. Kinda like DLC in a game. This adds an absolute plethora of content to the VTT experience, as it is extremely customizable. 📢 Product Covered: https://foundryvtt.com/ 📒 Show Notes: www.critacademy.com/post/episode215 ❤️ Subscribe! We've reached 1,000 subscribers! Thank you so much! Onward to 2,000! 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy 💜 Keep Updated on Capes and Crooks: https://www.critacademy.com/capesandcrooks ------------------------------------💥MORE D&D Content💥-------------------------------------- ▶️ Playlists ✅ 🥈 Live Shows: 🥉Actual Play: -------------------------------- 💜 Support the Channel 💜 --------------------------------- 🎲Dungeon Masters Guild Content: https://www.dmsguild.com/product/298883/?affiliate_id=1546158 📚 Merch Shop: https://www.critacademy.com/critstore 🏰 Free Loot! https://www.critacademy.com/freeloot -------------------------------- 📱 Social Media📱 -------------------------------- ⌨️ Discord: https://discord.gg/GEftMaxuEp 🙋♂️ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/critacademy 🕊️ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/critacademy 💬 TikTok: Search "Crit Academy" | |||
| Candlekeep Mysteries | 07 Apr 2021 | 01:16:06 | |
Candlekeep Mysteries: Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Book Candlekeep attracts scholars like a flame attracts moths. Historians, sages, and others who crave knowledge flock to this library fortress to peruse its vast collection of books, scribbled into which are the answers to the mysteries that bedevil them. Many of these books contain their own mysteries, each one a doorway to adventure. Dare you cross that threshold? Candlekeep Mysteries is a collection of seventeen short, stand-alone D&D adventures designed for characters of levels 1–16. Each adventure begins with the discovery of a book, and each book is the key to a door behind which danger and glory await. These adventures can be run as one-shot games, plugged into an existing Forgotten Realms campaign, or adapted for other campaign settings. This book also includes a poster map of the library fortress and detailed descriptions of Candlekeep and its inhabitants. 📢 Product Covered: https://amzn.to/3stNdrK 📒 Show Notes: www.critacademy.com/post/episode214 ❤️ Subscribe! We've reached 1,000 subscribers! Thank you so much! Onward to 2,000! 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy 💜 Keep Updated on Capes and Crooks: https://www.critacademy.com/capesandcrooks ------------------------------------💥MORE D&D Content💥-------------------------------------- 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy▶️ Playlists ✅ 🥈 Live Shows: 🥉Actual Play: #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #critacademy | |||
| Strongholds & Followers | 31 Mar 2021 | 01:38:53 | |
In Dungeons and Dragons the game transitions from local problems to national problems to global problems. Eventually, your characters build renown and recognition with those around the world. Strongholds and Followers seeks to recreate an old-school style of play, giving the players reasons to build strongholds such as castles and interact with those who follow your characters. In this book you will find rules for four types of strongholds: keeps help you raise armies and improve your fighting ability, temples help you summon extraplanar allies to aid you in battle, towers let you research new spells, and establishments let you collect secrets and generate cash. Every stronghold also improves your signature class feature, powering up your Bardic Inspiration or your monk’s Ki. Strongholds grant improved class features because they draw power from the land itself. Join by special guest: Aelx Bomb. We give our thoughts on this fantastic product. 📢 Product Covered: https://amzn.to/3u9HjfV 📒 Show Notes: www.critacademy.com/post/episode213 ❤️ Subscribe! We just passed 1,000 subscribers goal! Subscribe and help us reach a new 5,000 subscriber milestone! 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy 💜 Keep Updated on Capes and Crooks: https://www.critacademy.com/capesandcrooks ------------------------------------💥MORE D&D Content💥-------------------------------------- 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy 🥈 Live Shows: 🥉Actual Play: | |||
| Dice and Dialogue 3 | Cypher System Rules & Mechanics to Enhance your TTRPG Experience | 24 Jun 2023 | 01:00:33 | |
Dice and Dialogue Episode 3 | Cypher System Rules & Mechanics to Enhance your TTRPG Experience Join us as we explore the Cypher System rules and learn how to use its unique mechanics to enhance your tabletop RPG experience. From using Cyphers to introducing GM Intrusions, we'll show you how to tailor the rules to fit any table and create memorable stories with your players. Whether you're a seasoned RPG veteran or a newcomer to the genre, the Ninth World and the Cypher System RPG offer an exciting and immersive gaming experience that is sure to captivate and inspire. So grab your dice and join us as we create some characters! 📢 Get More Details Here: https://www.critacademy.com/post/cypher-system/rules-mechanics 📢 Sponsor: Dice Tale Games: Blood and Doom - a Dark Fantasy Tabletop Roleplaying Game Crit Academy: Dice and Dialogue is a TTRPG Discussion Podcast. Join us as we try out a variety of tabletop games and then share our experiences with you. We will discuss what makes each game special, what we feel could use improvement, and what aspects you can integrate into other TTRPG games. We will also talk system agnostic tips and tricks that you can bring to your game table. From the team that brought you 300 episodes of Crit Academy A Dungeons and Dragons Discussion podcast, comes a new show: Crit Academy: Dice and Dialogue with hosts Justin, Ian, Brandon, and Aelx. Our hosts each bring different experiences, viewpoints, and styles to the games and discussions. New episodes are released bi-weekly on all major podcast platforms. Follow us now and never miss an episode! -------------------------------- 💜 Support the Channel 💜 --------------------------------- 🐉JOIN OUR PATREON: www.patreon.com/critacademy 📚 VISIT OUR WEBSITE: https://www.critacademy.com 💲 Advertise with us! https://rebrand.ly/advertisewithcritacademy -------------------------------- 📱 Social Media📱 -------------------------------- ⌨️ Discord: https://discord.gg/GEftMaxuEp 🙋♂️ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/critacademy 🕊️ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/critacademy 💬 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@critacademy?lang=en *Crit Academy may make a small affiliate commission when you purchase products using the links in our videos.* | |||
| Star Wars 5e | 24 Mar 2021 | 00:55:46 | |
Let’s be honest, there are few who haven’t heard of Star Wars. Whether you’re an older fan of the originals or a new fan brought in by some of the newest movies and games. Either way, the world and setting are pretty well known. A story and setting set in a galaxy far far away. The fantastic thing about D&D 5e is that it is so versatile. Well, a superfan named Galiphile decided to use this fantastic ruleset to bring Star Wars to his roleplaying table. After 2000+ hours, so can you! All this content has been made available for free. Choose your path and may the force, be with you! 📢 Product Covered: www.sw5e.com 📒 Show Notes: www.critacademy.com/post/episode212 ❤️ Subscribe! We are nearing our 1,000 subscriber goal! Subscribe Now! Your sub may be the one that helps us hit this awesome milestone! 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy 💜 Keep Updated on Capes and Crooks: https://www.critacademy.com/capesandcrooks | |||
| Top 10 Alternative Ways to Use Inspiration in D&D | 17 Mar 2021 | 01:35:28 | |
Inspiration is a Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition rule the game master can use to reward you for playing your character in a way that's true to his or her personality traits, ideal, bond, and flaw. By using inspiration, you can draw on your personality trait of compassion for the downtrodden to give you an edge in negotiating with the Beggar Prince. Or inspiration can let you call on your bond to the defense of your home village to push past the effect of a spell that has been laid on you. From a mechanic standpoint, it allows you to reroll a d20 at any point with your inspiration point. In this episode Crit Academy is joined by guest-host and TikTok influencer Game Master Craig. Together we will be discussing our Top 10 Alternative Ways to use D&D5e Inspiration beyond just rerolling a d20. 📒 Show Notes: www.critacademy.com/post/episode211 Sponsor: Cast Party: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cast-party-a-dungeons-dragons-podcast/id1536861162 ❤️ Subscribe! We are nearing 1,000 subscribers! If you enjoy our content, subscribe and help us achieve our goal. http://www.youtube.com/c/critacademy?sub_confirmation=1 Capes & Crooks a 5e Superhero RPG playtest streams bi-weekly on Fridays. This is our upcoming Kickstarter Project. To sign up for notifications on this project visit our website! 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy ------------------------------------💥MORE D&D Content💥-------------------------------------- 🛑 SUBSCRIBE 🚨 and Turn on the 🔔 for more Quick and Efficient Videos! http://www.youtube.com/c/critacademy?sub_confirmation=1 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy ▶️ Playlists ✅ 🥇 One Minute D&D Tips: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL41kl7X_ZiEPjCF7iOzrvs9O6MxjDlHz8 🥈 Unearthed Tips and Tricks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10jnD709PWU&list=PL41kl7X_ZiEOVx1xZBdY-6MdOmNYp2lBn 🥉Actual Play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZpoaHajDis&list=PL41kl7X_ZiEP5G92h5lCh-M7-s-R6M5jr | |||
| 5 Tips for Running Epic Gladiator Arenas | 10 Mar 2021 | 01:02:45 | |
The chanting of the crowds, the stench of sweat, blood, and fear, and the howls of the dying fill the arenas of the Dungeons and Dragons world. Those with the courage to step on the field can find fame and fortune or brutal defeat. Death looks on in hunger, waiting to snatch another soul from the crimson sands to feed to its dark mistress. In the face of doom, the gladiators fight, time and again, to test their might against their rivals and against terrible beasts thirsty for the spray of hot blood. Such contests are the stuff of legend, worthy of bold adventurers and fortune-seekers. This episode explores tips for running exciting and fun gladiatorial matches from behind the screen, giving you everything you need to send your player characters into the arena to claim the prize of victory. 📒 Show Notes: www.critacademy.com/post/episode210 ❤️ Subscribe! We just passed our goal of 500 Subscribers! Now on the road to 1,000! 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy ------------------------------------💥MORE D&D Content💥-------------------------------------- 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy ▶️ Playlists ✅ 🥈 Unearthed Tips and Tricks: 🥉Actual Play: #dungeonsanddragons #rpg #dnd #tabletop #roleplaying #5thedition | |||
| Magic Adventure Building | 03 Mar 2021 | 01:20:18 | |
Crit Academy is joined by best-selling author Remley Farr. Remley has worked on many successful Dungeons and Dragons adventures, you may know his work from 'The Madhouse of Tasha's Kiss' or 'Happy Jack's Funhouse'. In this episode, he shares with us his adventure writing process, specifically his Weekend Oneshot Challenge. This is an RPG writing event where he completes the writing, art, cartography, and editing for a one-shot RPG adventure within 48 hours, using Magic The Gathering cards. 📒 Show Notes: www.critacademy.com/post/episode209 ❤️ Subscribe! We just passed our goal of 500 Subscribers! Now on the road to 1,000! 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy ------------------------------------💥MORE D&D Content💥-------------------------------------- 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy 🥈 Live Shows: 🥉Actual Play: #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #rpg | |||
| Unearthed Arcana : Gothic Lineages | 24 Feb 2021 | 00:52:13 | |
In this episode, Crit Academy discusses the newest Wizards of the Coast Dungeons and Dragons playtest material, Gothic Lineages. The newest Unearthed Arcana brings forward three new racial features. Unlike the traditional fantastical races, your racial traits and features are determined by your lineage chosen. Not the race that you start off as or once were, but the new creature of the night that you become. We provide our own feedback on the mechanic designs and flavor of these playtest player options. 📢 Product Covered: https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/unearthed-arcana/gothic-lineages 📒 Show Notes: www.critacademy.com/post/episode208 ❤️ Subscribe! We just passed our goal of 500 Subscribers! Now on the road to 1,000! http://www.youtube.com/c/critacademy?sub_confirmation=1 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy ------------------------------------💥MORE D&D Content💥-------------------------------------- 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy ▶️ Playlists ✅ 🥈 Live Shows: 🥉Actual Play: | |||
| Volo's Complete Subrace Handbook | 17 Feb 2021 | 01:37:08 | |
The world of Dungeons and Dragons is packed with a variety of sentient races. The diversity of these races is what makes the world such a unique place. Cultures, personalities, behavior, etc. Each one is unique for each race. Beyond that, each race even breaks off into subraces based on location, history, wants, and desires. Volo's Complete Subrace Handbook expands on those that exist within the world of Faerun and adds some new ones. Crit Academy is joined by special guest host DnD TikToker Aelx Bomb. Together we discuss the best-selling Dmsguild D&D supplement, Volo's Complete Subrace Handbook.Revisiting favorites from previous editions, this handbook is designed to give DMs and players a wealth of new options when it comes to character creation and advancement. Version 1.0 takes the handbook to the next level, with an incredible 50 subraces, 30 racial variants, and 32 racial feats for your 5e D&D adventures. Join us as we share some examples and give our thoughts on the variety of options and the balance of their new features. 📢 Product Covered: https://www.dmsguild.com/product/230470/Volos-Complete-Subrace-Handbook-Over-50-Subraces?term=volo%27s+complete?affiliate_id=1546158 📒 Show Notes: www.critacademy.com/post/episode207 Follow Aelx on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@aelxbomb?lang=en ❤️ Subscribe! We just passed our goal of 500 Subscribers! Now on the road to 1,000! 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy ------------------------------------💥MORE D&D Content💥-------------------------------------- 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy▶️ Playlists ✅ 🥈 Live Shows: Vigilantes and Villains Actual Play: | |||
| My Dad's Monster Manual | 10 Feb 2021 | 01:20:41 | |
Today we talk with James Introcaso about one of his most recent projects, My Dad's Monster Manual. This fabulous collection of monsters a straight from the imagination of his dad's mind. From the time James was a kid, his father created original stories using his toys. Now as a professional game designer, he asked his dad to look at just the art from the Monster Manual. From every picture, he asked him how he thought this creature behaved, its history, and its name. Compiling this information and rewrote the Monster Manual according to his dad's lore. Join us as he shares his journey from project inception o completion of these 80 new monster statblocks and lore based on original D&D creatures inspired by the art of the Monster Manual and Lucian's imagination. 📢 Product Covered: https://www.dmsguild.com/product/335769/My-Dads-Monster-Manual?term=my+dads?affiliate_id=1546158 📒 Show Notes: www.critacademy.com/post/episode206 ❤️ Subscribe! We just passed our goal of 500 Subscribers! Now on the road to 1,000! http://www.youtube.com/c/critacademy?sub_confirmation=1 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy ------------------------------------💥MORE D&D Content💥-------------------------------------- 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy 📚 Merch Shop: https://www.critacademy.com/critstore🏰 Free Loot! https://www.critacademy.com/freeloot -------------------------------- 📱 Social Media📱 -------------------------------- ⌨️ Discord: https://discord.gg/GEftMaxuEp 🙋♂️ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/critacademy 🕊️ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/critacademy 💬 TikTok: Search "Crit Academy" | |||
| Worldbuilding Factions in Dungeons and Dragons | 03 Feb 2021 | 01:06:49 | |
Crit Academy discusses 5 Worldbuilding Faction Tips from Roc Humet over at World Anvil! Organizations are extremely important in any setting. Governments, companies, religions… they’re the ones who rule over your world. They set things in motion. They DO things! And more importantly, they’re utterly memorable for your players and readers and give character to your worldbuilding. Join us as we give our cover these tips and top it off with our own thoughts and ideas! However, creating a whole organization can feel a bit daunting, right? Well, in this post, I’ll make worldbuilding factions much easier for you! We’ll talk about how your organization works, but also how it looks from the outside and how it relates to other factions. Let’s unpack that! 📢 This episode is brought to you by our generous sponsor, Podcorn 📒 Show Notes: www.critacademy.com/post/episode2045 ❤️ Subscribe! We just passed our goal of 500 Subscribers! Now on the road to 1,000! http://www.youtube.com/c/critacademy?sub_confirmation=1 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy | |||
| Armaments Quests | 27 Jan 2021 | 01:08:15 | |
Crit Academy discusses Armament Quests. While finding magical items and loot in treasure chests, dropped by defeated foes, or even gifted as a reward for great deeds. Nothing is as exciting as venturing out to gather unique materials and perform supernatural rituals to create magical weapons and armor. These special quests give the player characters the opportunity to undergo a unique trial to allow them to attempt to imbue a mundane object with magical properties. In this episode, we give a few examples of some fun quest lines you can extend to your player characters to help them forge their own armaments. 📢 This episode is brought to you by our generous sponsor, Kobold Press! 📒 Show Notes: www.critacademy.com/post/episode204 ❤️ Subscribe! We just passed our goal of 500 Subscribers! Now on the road to 1,000! 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy | |||
| The Lazy Dungeon Master | 20 Jan 2021 | 01:18:35 | |
Crit Academy is joined by the legendary Dungeons and Dragons writer and content creator Mike Shea, aka Sly Flourish. Mike shares some of his greatest techniques for being a great Dungeon Master, with as little time investment as possible! Perfect for busy adults! All from his invaluable books "The Lazy Dungeon Master." 📢 Product Covered: https://slyflourish.com/returnofthelazydm/ 📒 Show Notes: www.critacademy.com/post/episode203 📢Visit our Sponsor: Kobold Press!📢 ❤️ Subscribe! We just passed our goal of 500 Subscribers! Now on the road to 1,000! 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy ------------------------------------💥MORE D&D Content💥-------------------------------------- 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy -------------------------------- 💜 Support the Channel 💜 --------------------------------- -------------------------------- 🎖️ About Channel 🏆 -------------------------------- 🎉 NEW GOAL🎉 : 1,000 SUBSCRIBERS before the end of the year! Thank you so much for your support in growing this little channel of ours, to get out there and help more people and build this fantastic Crit Nation! Keep your blades sharp and spells prepared heroes! | |||
| Dice and Dialogue 2 | Character Creation in Numenera and the Cypher System | 16 Jun 2023 | 01:01:27 | |
Dice and Dialogue Episode 2 | Character Creation in Numenera and the Cypher System Join us as we discuss our first-hand experience creating characters for the first time in Numenera and the Cypher System, a tabletop roleplaying game set in a far-future world. From choosing your character Type and Descriptor to assigning pools and choosing abilities, equipment, and Cyphers, this podcast will guide you through the process of bringing your character to Life. Whether you're a seasoned RPG veteran or a newcomer to the genre, the Ninth World and the Cypher System RPG offer an exciting and immersive gaming experience that is sure to captivate and inspire. So grab your dice and join us as we create some characters! 📢 Get More Details Here: https://www.critacademy.com/post/cypher-system/numenera-character-creation Crit Academy: Dice and Dialogue is a TTRPG Discussion Podcast. Join us as we try out a variety of tabletop games and then share our experiences with you. We will discuss what makes each game special, what we feel could use improvement, and what aspects you can integrate into other TTRPG games. We will also talk system agnostic tips and tricks that you can bring to your game table. From the team that brought you 300 episodes of Crit Academy A Dungeons and Dragons Discussion podcast, comes a new show: Crit Academy: Dice and Dialogue with hosts Justin, Ian, Brandon, and Aelx. Our hosts each bring different experiences, viewpoints, and styles to the games and discussions. New episodes are released bi-weekly on all major podcast platforms. Follow us now and never miss an episode! -------------------------------- 💜 Support the Channel 💜 --------------------------------- 🐉JOIN OUR PATREON: www.patreon.com/critacademy 📚 VISIT OUR WEBSITE: https://www.critacademy.com 💲 Advertise with us! https://rebrand.ly/advertisewithcritacademy -------------------------------- 📱 Social Media📱 -------------------------------- ⌨️ Discord: https://discord.gg/GEftMaxuEp 🙋♂️ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/critacademy 🕊️ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/critacademy 💬 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@critacademy?lang=en *Crit Academy may make a small affiliate commission when you purchase products using the links in our videos.* | |||
| Dungeons and Destiny | 13 Jan 2021 | 01:14:42 | |
Crit Academy discusses D&Destiny. A free tabletop role-playing game based on the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition ruleset. Bringing the exciting world-hopping, gun-toting Destiny experience to your tabletop. Below you will find brief talking points that we pulled from the Dungeons and Destiny's Player guide. This thorough and well-written supplement is chock full of fantastic content. Whether you want to run a SciFi RPG or Destiny specific, this is the product for you. Watch the full episode on youtube above. 📢 Product Covered: https://dndestinyproject.com/ ❤️ Sponsor: Kobold Press https://bit.ly/3oFKwkP 📒 Show Notes: www.critacademy.com/post/episode202 ❤️ Subscribe! We just passed our goal of 500 Subscribers! Now on the road to 1,000! 💜 Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/critacademy | |||
| Roleplaying Improv Tips | 30 Dec 2020 | 01:27:18 | |
Crit Academy is joined by special guests Ryan and Rob from the Dungeons and Dragons actual play podcast 'Unlikely Heroes'. They tell us about their popular show and share tips on improvisation in roleplaying games. Unlikely Heroes is a goofy, NSFW podcast very loosely based on the game mechanics of Dungeons & Dragons (5e). That means we roll dice sometimes! Check out their podcast here! This episode is brought to you by our generous sponsor, Kobold Press! ❤️ Subscribe! We just passed our goal of 500 Subscribers! Now on the road to 1,000! | |||
| 5 Room Dungeon | 23 Dec 2020 | 01:15:05 | |
Crit Academy is joined by the live audience. We discuss the 5 room dungeon building methodology, and take suggestions from the audience to help bring a concept to life! Together, we make a fantastic dungeon to the delight or potential misery of our players. This episode is brought to you by our generous sponsor, Kobold Press! ❤️ Subscribe! We just passed our goal of 500 Subscribers! Now on the road to 1,000! | |||
| Deep Magic | 16 Dec 2020 | 01:36:00 | |
Crit Academy discusses Kobold Press' Deep Magic! This collection offers more than 700 new spells for your character or your campaign’s NPCs to enhance the richness of your adventures. That’s 700 new ways to explore, explode, manipulate, disintegrate, and master the fantasy campaign of your choice. When you add in the subclasses, domains, and appendices, you’ll see that this collection broadens the scope of what spells can accomplish. If you enjoy magic in its endless variety, this book is a treasure trove of possibilities. This episode is brought to you by our generous sponsor: Kobold Press Southlands Kickstarter Show Notes: https://www.critacademy.com/post/episode199 | |||
| Spell Tome-Brew Cantrips | 09 Dec 2020 | 01:04:33 | |
Crit Academy discusses the best-selling Dungeons and Dragons DMsguild supplement 'Dungeon Coach's Spell Tome-Brew Cantrips'. Healing Cantrips for Clerics AND Warlocks? Fixing True Strike? Scaling UP Cantrips to be more Powerful as you Level? This Spell Tome-Brew Series is the Dungeon Coach's homebrew tweaks to the cantrips already in D&D! His examples go beyond just increase to damage, but instead introduces a scaling mechanic at 5th, 11th, and 17th level scaling for ALL cantrips. Along with a few custom cantrips of the Dungeon Coach, we threw our hat in the ring and bring some modifications to two of our favorite cantrips. Check out the full episode as we give our thoughts and insights on the supplement. Show Notes: www.critacademy.com/post/episode198 | |||
| Tasha's Cauldron of Everything | 02 Dec 2020 | 01:24:41 | |
Crit Academy discusses the newest Dungeons and Dragons supplement, "Tasha's Cauldron of Everything". The wizard Tasha, whose great works include the spell Tasha's hideous laughter, has gathered bits and bobs of precious lore during her illustrious career as an adventurer. Her enemies wouldn't want these treasured secrets scattered across the multiverse, so in defiance, she has collected and codified these tidbits for the enrichment of all. Subscribe on YouTube and join us live every Sunday @ 7pm Est This episode is brought to you by our generous sponsor: Kobold Press Southlands Kickstarter
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| 5th Evolution: Carbide City | 25 Nov 2020 | 01:11:51 | |
Crit Academy discusses 5th Evolution (5evo): Carbide City! This awesome supplement was developed by Limitless Adventures takes the wildly popular Dungeons and Dragons 5e game mechanics and applies them to new genres. This 5evo product brings superheroes to your stories and campaigns! This fantastic supplement is the perfect marriage of comics and roleplaying. This episode is brought to you by our generous sponsor, Kobold Press! | |||
| Unearthed Arcana: Subclasses Part 5 | 18 Nov 2020 | 01:22:18 | |
Crit Academy discusses the newest Dungeons and Dragons playtest material. Unearthed Arcana: Subclasses 5. The two new subclasses; Way of the Ascendant Dragon monk and Drakewarden bring a breath of fresh dragon fire to the Monk and Ranger classes. And as always, we bring you new and creative Dungeons and Dragons content. Unearthed Arcana 2020 Subclasses, Part 5 Show Notes: https://www.critacademy.com/post/episode195 Special shout out to our generous sponsors: Kobold Press: https://bit.ly/38myl76 Alitu: https://www.ThePodcastHost.com/start
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| Warlock Grimoire | 11 Nov 2020 | 01:18:10 | |
Crit Academy delves into the vault of the legendary RPG creator Kobold Press! We crack open the Warlock Grimoire 2! Within these dusty pages, uncover the secrets of the world—indeed, of the branches of the multiverse! Collected here are entire lost volumes of esoteric truths. Only for you, the Warlock Grimoire 2! Dark revelations and wondrous testimonials of dark fantasy monsters and magic, locales and lore of Midgard. Show Notes: https://www.critacademy.com/post/episode194 Special shout out to our generous sponsors: Kobold Press: https://bit.ly/38myl76
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| Dungeon Design | 04 Nov 2020 | 01:35:28 | |
Dungeon design in Dungeons and Dragons is hands down one of the most fun aspects of being a Dungeon Master. With it comes the challenge of designing fun dungeons that engage all three pillars of play; exploration, roleplay and combat. We are joined by Matt Whitby, podcaster, Dmsguild writer and youtuber. Together we discuss what goes into making a fantastic dungeon for your characters to explore. Show Notes: https://www.critacademy.com/post/episode193 | |||
| Dice and Dialogue 1 | Numenera: Ninth World A Cypher System Game | 10 Jun 2023 | 01:07:30 | |
Dice and Dialogue 1 | Numenera: Ninth World A Cypher System Game Join us as we delve into the fascinating world of the Ninth World, a world where eight previous civilizations have left behind their own legacy of technology and wonders. We'll be discussing our experience with the Cypher System RPG, a game system that perfectly captures the blend of science fiction and fantasy elements that make the Ninth World such a unique and captivating setting. In this podcast, we'll explore the different environments and locations that make up the Ninth World, from the Steadfast to the Cloud Crystal Skyfields. We'll talk about the strange and dangerous creatures that inhabit this world, from robots to mutants to extradimensional beings. We'll also delve into the mechanics of the Cypher System RPG, a game system that is both flexible and easy to understand. We'll discuss the use of cyphers, unique and powerful items that can have a wide range of effects, as well as the system's focus on creative play and problem-solving. Whether you're a seasoned RPG veteran or a newcomer to the genre, the Ninth World and the Cypher System RPG offer an exciting and immersive gaming experience that is sure to captivate and inspire. So grab your dice and join us as we explore the Ninth World and all its wonders! 📢 Get More Details Here: https://www.critacademy.com/post/cypher-system/numenera-ninth-world Crit Academy: Dice and Dialogue is a TTRPG Discussion Podcast. Join us as we try out a variety of tabletop games and then share our experiences with you. We will discuss what makes each game special, what we feel could use improvement, and what aspects you can integrate into other TTRPG games. We will also talk system agnostic tips and tricks that you can bring to your game table. From the team that brought you 300 episodes of Crit Academy A Dungeons and Dragons Discussion podcast, comes a new show: Crit Academy: Dice and Dialogue with hosts Justin, Ian, Brandon, and Aelx. Our hosts each bring different experiences, viewpoints, and styles to the games and discussions. New episodes are released bi-weekly on all major podcast platforms. Follow us now and never miss an episode! -------------------------------- 💜 Support the Channel 💜 --------------------------------- 🐉JOIN OUR PATREON: www.patreon.com/critacademy 📚 VISIT OUR WEBSITE: https://www.critacademy.com -------------------------------- 📱 Social Media📱 -------------------------------- ⌨️ Discord: https://discord.gg/GEftMaxuEp 🙋♂️ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/critacademy 🕊️ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/critacademy | |||
| Rise of the Murder Hobo | 28 Oct 2020 | 01:28:05 | |
Crit Academy is joined by Sam, The Education DM! Sam has been a DM since the mid-80s, and a teacher since the late 90s. He is passionate about Dungeons and Dragons, and Education, and mixing the two. His Facebook page is chock full of informative D&D material. Make sure to give him a follow and a share. He joins us today to talk about his Dump Stat article "The Rise of the Murder Hobo - D&D Teaching Moral Values" "Whilst I have seen some disagreement in the discussion as to what a Murder Hobo is, what I would rather discuss here is what I see as a rise in a lack of morals amongst characters... or is it in the players?" -Sam, The Educational DM Show Notes: https://www.critacademy.com/post/episode192 | |||
| Adventures from a Potbellied Kobold | 21 Oct 2020 | 01:15:16 | |
Crit Academy is joined by the best-selling Dmsguild author Jeff Stevens! He joins us today to discuss his current and first Kickstarter Adventures from the Potbellied Kobold! Let's face it, as game masters we don't always have the time to prepare an adventure for the next gaming session. This isn't our fault, we can't predict what chaos may occur in our everyday lives. Nor can we always be prepared for when the adventuring party turns left when they should have turned right. Adventures from the Potbellied Kobold hopes to remedy this by supplying you with one-shot adventures designed to run quickly and efficiently, with many requiring little preparation time. Show Notes: https://www.critacademy.com/post/episode191 Adventures from the Potbellied Kobold: https://bit.ly/3dEjiqb | |||
| Bigby's Handbook of Creative Spell Use | 14 Oct 2020 | 01:08:19 | |
Crit Academy discusses Bigby's Handbook of Creative Spell Use! A Dungeons and Dragons supplement designed to provide DMs and Players with powerful spell combinations that will allow you to terrorize your enemies. The handbook includes annotations from the one and only Bigby (character creation of D&D great, Rob Kuntz, and founding member of Greyhawk’s ‘Circle of Eight’). It offers a host of amazing, super creative, and RAW adhering spell and caster combos to help optimize and get the most out of your spellcasting. | |||