Making a Monster – Details, episodes & analysis

Megan Maricle shares the deadliest catch for dungeon delvers everywhere!

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https://scintilla.studio/monster-sharkbowl-ooze/

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https://koboldpress.com/the-kobold-team/

Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com

An alien shark feeding off the living islands of an alien world, the wave lurcher is a partner in the search for life.

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https://scintilla.studio/monster-wave-lurcher/

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My about page has all my bio info :) https://www.sarahdahlinger.com/about

Sarah's Website

Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com

Get three extinct animals raised to life as monsters in D&D: https://www.scintilla.studio/extinction

Episode transcript: https://scintilla.studio/monster-extinction-aurochs-nazis-orcs/

Guides:

Steve Sullivan, director of the Hefner Museum of Natural History at Miami University in Ohio

Jessica Marcrum, Uncaged Author and producer of the Threeflings actual play podcast, www.jessicamarcrumwrites.com

James Mendez Hodes, game designer and orc historian: https://jamesmendezhodes.com/

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"Extinction Theme" by Alexandre Miller, The Boy King of Idaho

Closing music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com

A team of scientists encounter the Frog of Holding, a giant monstrosity with an extradimensional space for its young!

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Partial transcript: https://scintilla.studio/monster-extinction-frog-of-holding/

Guides:

Sheryl, The Roving Naturalist: https://twitter.com/RvingNaturalist

Ethan Kocak: https://twitter.com/Blackmudpuppy

Chelsea: https://twitter.com/ChelseaHerps

Maria Gatta: https://twitter.com/M_Gatta

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"Extinction Theme" by Alexandre Miller, The Boy King of Idaho

The cave bear is more than just a monster variant on MM 334. It's the source of piles of dragon bones in caves all over Europe, and fulcrum where archaeology turned from fantasy to science.

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"Extinction Theme" by Alexandre Miller, The Boy King of Idaho

How does it square with your heroes when the bad guys treat their animals better than the good guys? What if your villain pets the dog?

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https://scintilla.studio/monster-war-spider-mcdm/

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James Introcaso: https://twitter.com/JamesIntrocaso

Flee, Mortals! The MCDM Monster Book: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mattcolville/mcdm-monster-book

Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com

Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel's creator was inspired by the solarpunk and hopepunk movements, but what even are those?

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https://scintilla.studio/monster-solarpunk-journeysthroughtheradiantcitadel

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Meet my guests:

David Somerville, author, Planegea: https://www.twitter.com/Planegea

Mike Rugnetta & Taylor Moore: twitter.com/funcityventures

Kierán Suckling, Executive Director and Founder of the Center for Biological Diversity

https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/

Tierra Curry, Senior Scientist at the Center for Biological Diversity

https://twitter.com/TierraMussel

Music credits:

"Limousine" by Jason Shaw

"Extinction Theme" by Alex Monroe

Get three extinct animals raised to life as monsters in D&D: https://www.scintilla.studio/extinction

Episode transcript: https://scintilla.studio/monster-extinction-florida-fairy-shrimp

Guides:

Tierra Curry, Senior Scientist at the Center for Biological Diversity

https://twitter.com/TierraMussel

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"Extinction Theme" by Alexandre Miller, The Boy King of Idaho

The best game-breaking exploits in D&D. This week: the false hydra, the most terrifying homebrew monster ever made; and the Kung Fu Kraken, an ancient titan of the deep somehow less effective than a straw dummy.

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https://scintilla.studio/monster-false-hydra-kung-fu-kraken/

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Jeremy Vine: www.twitter.com/talumin

Jarrod Jahoda, Mid-Level Adventurers: www.twitter.com/midlvladventure

Danilo Vujevic, Thinking Critically: https://www.thinkingcritically.co.uk/

Rebecca Gray and Steven Myers, Eberron: A Chronicle of Echoes: https://www.sivisechoerstation.com/

Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com

D&D players have spent almost 50 years breaking the game. This week: the arrowhead of total destruction, nuclear warhead powered by extradimensional spaces; and the wireless troll, communication via regeneration.

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https://scintilla.studio/monster-arrow-of-destruction-wireless-troll/

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Meet my guests:

Jeremy Vine: www.twitter.com/talumin

Jarrod Jahoda, Mid-Level Adventurers: www.twitter.com/midlvladventure

Danilo Vujevic, Thinking Critically: https://www.thinkingcritically.co.uk/

Rebecca Gray and Steven Myers, Eberron: A Chronicle of Echoes: https://www.sivisechoerstation.com/

Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com