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The Hotel at the Edge of the Multiverse is in danger again! The Manager, Mr. Fox, has summoned the four adventures that helped save it before - plus a few more! His wife, Mrs. Fox, has taken over control of the Hotel and she's looking for something. If Mr. Fox doesn't get control of the Hotel again soon the universe itself might come to an end!

Starring:

Erin M. Evans (Dungeon Scrawlers)

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Jasper William Cartwright (Three Black Halflings)
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Jeremy Cobb (Three Black Halflings)

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Kyle St. James (Other Side of Suspicion)
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Rhiannon Held (Dungeon Scrawlers)

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Yang-Yang Wang (Dungeon Scrawlers)

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Treavor Bettis

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For the Penultimate episode of the show in this format Allie and Treavor just have a nice talk. Hope y'all enjoy. 

Hosts:

Allie Deutschmann (Roomie Roamers)

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Treavor Bettis (Champions of Lore, Champions of Psychology)

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This week Allie and Treavor talk about how they leave clues or lore bits for their players in their games. From descriptions, to interest in both parties wanting the information to be out, to a couple of tangents - they have no problem filling an hour with this topic. 

On this episode we talk with Wiz - owner of Wiz's Wondrous Items on Etsy. She is celebrating her First Purchase Anniversary and we talk to her about what it's been like starting, running, and making products for her RPG shop. After that we FINALLY talk about Pathfinder 2e since Wiz herself is our Game Master. Do we like it? Is it better than first edition? And how easy has it been of Wiz to convert Curse of the Crimson Throne to 2e? Find out! Lastly we answer some listener questions about making gold mean something and what our dice superstitions are.  If you have your own questions, topic suggestions, or advice for the show you can send them in to DifficultyClass@gmail.com!

On this weeks episode listener Jonathan Shipp gives us a topic about Creating Character Hooks. After that we talk about Connecting Campaigns and how we go about laying the seeds for that ahead of time. If you would like your question, topic, or advice read on the show you can send them in to DifficultyClass@gmail.com and we might read it on a future episode!

On this weeks episode we talk about the recently released Unearthed Arcana which updates the Artificer, Druid, and Ranger. After that we talk about some of the things that we aren't quite liking about Unearthed Arcanas as of recently and discuss what we'd like to see instead. If you would like your questions, topics, or stories read on the show please send them in to DifficultyClass@gmail.com and we might read them on a future show. 

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On this VERY long episode we play through The Blood Hunter by Anthony Joyce - an adventure made for one DM and one Player. We had a freaking blast playing this and hope you have as much fun listening to it. After the adventure we give our thoughts on it, give out some Champion Loot for Idle Champions, and Treavor talks about his recently announced podcast I'm Gonna Podcast. You can send in questions for next weeks episode to DifficultyClass@gmail.com!

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On this weeks episode we talk about the Unearthed Arcana that came out last week and what we think of the new subclasses it introduces for the Bard, Cleric, and Sorcerer. After that we discuss player character romance and why one of us is cool with it and the other is hesitant. Lastly we answer a listener question from our friend Dallas about our first encounter with a dragon as both a player and DM. If you would like your question, topic, or story read on the show send them in to DifficutlyClass@gmail.com!

On this episode listener Ryan Fitzgerald gives us a topic of how to make your BBEG interesting from a mechanic standpoint. Do we add items, change numbers, just break the game? Find out! After that we talk about playing the game as players get up into the higher levels and what we do to handle that. After that we pull out an extra part of Ryan's topic and talk about a type of story that we just don't enjoy.

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On this weeks episode we build a dungeon with the help of polls answered by listeners like you! Find out what won and see how we go about building a dungeon on the fly. Spoilers; it goes a lot better than we thought it would - well, at least we think so! After that we read some listener mail and answer a question about players changing characters. If you would like your question read on the show send them in to DifficultyClass@gmail.com!