Making a Monster – Details, episodes & analysis

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Making a Monster

Lucas Zellers

Leisure

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Frequency: 1 episode/17d. Total Eps: 66

Game designers show you their favorite monster, how it works, why it works, and what it means. Each bite-sized episode features a D&D or TTRPG designer and the monster of their choice.

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🇩🇪 Germany - games
28/12/2025
#78
🇩🇪 Germany - games
27/12/2025
#49
🇨🇦 Canada - games
25/03/2025
#64

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https://www.scintilla.studio/extinction
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https://scintilla.studio/monster-planegea-atlas-games/
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https://audionautix.com/
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https://my.captivate.fm/www.twitter.com/SparkOtter
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https://twitter.com/sparkotter
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https://www.twitter.com/Planegea
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https://my.captivate.fm/www.patreon.com/scintillastudio
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https://www.patreon.com/scintillastudio
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Score global : 73%

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Giant Sharkbowl Ooze by Kobold Press

Season 4 · Episode 20

Monday, July 17, 2023 • Duration 09:03

Megan Maricle shares the deadliest catch for dungeon delvers everywhere!

Read the transcript and get more from the show:

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

Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio

Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter

Meet my guests:

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

Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com

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Wave Lurcher: Astra Fauna by Sarah Dahlinger

Season 4 · Episode 19

Monday, June 26, 2023 • Duration 22:10

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

Read the transcript and get more from the show:

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

Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio

Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter

Meet my guests:

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

Sarah's Website

Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com

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Aurochs, De-Extinction, and the Racism of Orcs in D&D

Season 4 · Episode 10

Monday, June 27, 2022 • Duration 43:58

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

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The Frog of Holding, ft. Nature Check

Season 4 · Episode 9

Monday, June 13, 2022 • Duration 48:05

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

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

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

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Extinction: Dragon Bones & Cave Bears

Season 4 · Episode 8

Monday, May 30, 2022 • Duration 09:38

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.

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

Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio

Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter

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

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Giant spider chucking goblins in the MCDM monster book

Season 4 · Episode 7

Monday, April 18, 2022 • Duration 42:37

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?

Read the transcript and get more from the show:

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

Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio

Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter

Meet my guests:

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

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Solarpunk in Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel

Season 4 · Episode 6

Friday, April 15, 2022 • Duration 24:28

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

Read the transcript and get more from the show:

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

Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio

Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter

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

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Extinction: The Florida Fairy Shrimp

Season 4 · Episode 5

Monday, April 11, 2022 • Duration 36:59

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

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The False Hydra & Larry the Kung Fu Kraken

Season 4 · Episode 4

Monday, March 21, 2022 • Duration 34:02

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.

Read the transcript and get more from the show:

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

Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio

Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter

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

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Arrow of Destruction & The Wireless Troll

Season 4 · Episode 3

Monday, March 14, 2022 • Duration 36:08

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.

Read the transcript and get more from the show:

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

Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio

Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter

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

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Making a Monster – Details, episodes & analysis

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Making a Monster – Details, episodes & analysis

Podcast details

Recent rankings

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

Shared links between episodes and podcasts

Other99+

Twitter52

Patreon14

RSS feed quality and score

Publication history

Latest published episodes

Similar podcasts and content

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Apple Podcasts

Spotify

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Other99+

Twitter52

Patreon14