Explore every episode of the podcast Making a Monster
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| Giant Sharkbowl Ooze by Kobold Press | 17 Jul 2023 | 00:09:03 | |
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 | |||
| Wave Lurcher: Astra Fauna by Sarah Dahlinger | 26 Jun 2023 | 00:22:10 | |
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 Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com | |||
| Aurochs, De-Extinction, and the Racism of Orcs in D&D | 27 Jun 2022 | 00:43:58 | |
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/ Did you like this stat block? Let me know on Twitter: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter "Extinction Theme" by Alexandre Miller, The Boy King of Idaho Closing music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com | |||
| The Frog of Holding, ft. Nature Check | 13 Jun 2022 | 00:48:05 | |
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 Did you like this stat block? Let me know on Twitter: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter "Extinction Theme" by Alexandre Miller, The Boy King of Idaho | |||
| Extinction: Dragon Bones & Cave Bears | 30 May 2022 | 00:09:38 | |
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 | |||
| Giant spider chucking goblins in the MCDM monster book | 18 Apr 2022 | 00:42:37 | |
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 | |||
| Solarpunk in Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel | 15 Apr 2022 | 00:24:28 | |
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 | |||
| Extinction: The Florida Fairy Shrimp | 11 Apr 2022 | 00:36:59 | |
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 Did you like this stat block? Let me know on Twitter: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter "Extinction Theme" by Alexandre Miller, The Boy King of Idaho | |||
| The False Hydra & Larry the Kung Fu Kraken | 21 Mar 2022 | 00:34:02 | |
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 | |||
| Arrow of Destruction & The Wireless Troll | 14 Mar 2022 | 00:36:08 | |
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 | |||
| Peasant Rail Gun & Quantum Ogre | 09 Mar 2022 | 00:35:31 | |
D&D players have spent almost 50 years breaking the game, creating exploits that became monsters in their own right. This week: the peasant rail gun, an army of hirelings with a light-speed projectile; and the quantum ogre, the monster who is everywhere until it is observed. Read the transcript and get more from the show: https://scintilla.studio/monster-peasant-rail-gun-quantum-ogre/ 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 | |||
| Luthic the Blood Moon Witch in Uncaged Goddesses | 22 Feb 2022 | 00:36:53 | |
Read the transcript and get more from the show: https://scintilla.studio/monster-luthic-uncaged-godesses/ Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter Meet my guests: Jessica Marcrum: https://twitter.com/angrynerdgirl David Markiwsky: https://twitter.com/DavidMarkiwsky https://www.dmsguild.com/product/382873/Uncaged-Goddesses?affiliate_id=1485089 Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com | |||
| Extinction: The Dodo | 20 Mar 2023 | 00:18:07 | |
The dodo is a funny-looking bird with a funny-sounding name that never knew what hit it. There isn't a more fitting icon of extinction. Back the Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/magehandpress/book-of-extinction Download a dodo: https://magehandpress.com/2023/03/the-dodo.html Join the conversation: https://www.instagram.com/sparkotter/ https://twitter.com/sparkotter "Extinction Theme" by Alex Miller, the Boy King of Idaho: https://www.instagram.com/theboykingofidaho/ | |||
| Extinction: Ivory-Billed Woodpecker, D&D's celestial Questing Bird | 15 Dec 2021 | 00:36:43 | |
Declared extinct less than three months ago, the ivory-billed woodpecker is the holy grail of birders all over the U.S. Get three extinct animals raised to life as monsters in D&D: https://store.magehandpress.com/products/book-of-extinction-preview Get the Questing Bird stat block by joining the Mage Hand Press Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mfov Episode transcript: https://scintilla.studio/monster-extinction-ivory-billed-woodpecker/ Guides: Kieran Suckling, Executive Director and Founder of the Center for Biological Diversity https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/ Ben Gilsdorf, amateur ornithologist https://www.audubon.org/conservation/science/christmas-bird-count "Extinction Theme" by Alexandre Miller, The Boy King of Idaho | |||
| Extinction: Thylacine, Ghost Tiger of the Feywild | 10 Dec 2021 | 00:29:30 | |
The thylacine of Tasmania becomes the ghost tiger of the Feywild: a tragic figure as enchanting as it is terrifying. Get three extinct animals raised to life as monsters in D&D: https://store.magehandpress.com/products/book-of-extinction-preview Episode transcript: https://scintilla.studio/monster-extinction-thylacine/ Guides: Steve Sullivan, Director of the Hefner Museum of Natural History at Miami University http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/centers/hefner-museum/ Kieran Suckling, Executive Director and Founder of the Center for Biological Diversity https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/ Andrew Coons, First Watch: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu5p4VD1CxwndFhal7DF0mA House Sivis Echoer Station: https://www.sivisechoerstation.com/echoes/cyre-once-again "Extinction Theme" by Alexandre Miller, The Boy King of Idaho Like this stat block? Did I miss something? Let me know on Twitter: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter | |||
| Extinction: Great Auk, the Ocean Master | 22 Nov 2021 | 00:18:39 | |
The great auk is a powerful bird with a bone-chilling extinction story. It's getting a second life as a D&D monster. Get the great auk and two other extinct animals for your D&D campaign: https://store.magehandpress.com/products/book-of-extinction-preview Episode transcript: https://scintilla.studio/monster-extinction-great-auk/ Guides: Kieran Suckling, Executive Director and Founder of the Center for Biological Diversity Tierra Curry, Senior Scientist at the Center for Biological Diversity Stan Rachootin, Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences at Mount Holyoke University Appearing courtesy the Beneski Museum of Natural History, Amherst College Like this stat block? Did I miss something? Let me know on Twitter: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter "Extinction Theme" by Alexandre Miller, The Boy King of Idaho | |||
| Extinction: Passenger Pigeon, the Feathered Tide | 18 Nov 2021 | 00:28:48 | |
Passenger pigeons were once the most numerous bird on the planet, a swarm of Tiny beasts covering the sky. Get three extinct animals raised to life as monsters in D&D: https://store.magehandpress.com/products/book-of-extinction-preview Episode transcript: https://scintilla.studio/monster-extinction-passenger-pigeon/ Guides: Steve Sullivan, Director of the Hefner Museum of Natural History, Miami University Stan Rachootin, Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences at Mount Holyoke University Appearing courtesy the Beneski Museum of Natural History, Amherst College "Extinction Theme" by Alexandre Miller, The Boy King of Idaho Like this stat block? Did I miss something? Let me know on Twitter: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter | |||
| Making a Monster: Extinction | 08 Nov 2021 | 00:15:44 | |
Extinct animals get a second life in D&D. It's only fair, since the biodiversity of our natural world is responsible for fantasy storytelling. Get three extinct animals raised to life as monsters in Dungeons & Dragons: https://store.magehandpress.com/products/book-of-extinction-preview Episode transcript: https://scintilla.studio/monster-extinction-animals-in-dnd/ Guests: Steve Sullivan, Director Hefner Museum of Natural History, Miami University Additional voices: Matt Davids, https://www.dicegeeks.com/monster-first-tabletop-rpgs/ Joe Gaylord, https://twitter.com/LabLazarus Nat Biggs, https://scintilla.studio/monster-displacer-beast/ "Extinction Theme" by Alexandre Miller, The Boy King of Idaho Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter | |||
| Planegea, the Stone Age setting for D&D | 25 Oct 2021 | 00:35:09 | |
Body-snatching jungle aliens called the Kelledros roam the prehistoric, stone-punk of Planegea, a new setting for D&D 5th Edition by Atlas Games and designer Dave Somerville. Learn how identity and mystery shape the nature of horror in your D&D game. Read the transcript and get more from the show: https://scintilla.studio/monster-planegea-atlas-games/ Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter Meet my guests: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/atlasgames/planegea https://www.twitter.com/Planegea https://twitter.com/AtlasGames Music by Audionautix www.audionautix.com | |||
| Fizban's Treasury of Dragons with Amy Vorpahl | 18 Oct 2021 | 00:33:23 | |
Amy Vorpahl is the voice of Fizban, multiverse-spanning god of dragons, in Fizban's Treasury of Dragons. We discuss this character's view of the world, how to write for D&D, and whether Fizban is fun to hang out with. Spoiler alert: he is. Read the transcript and get more from the show: https://scintilla.studio/monster-fizbans-treasury-of-dragons-with-amy-vorpahl Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter Meet my guest Amy Vorpahl: https://www.twitter.com/VorpahlSword https://www.amyvorpahl.com/ Music by Audionautix:www.audionautix.com | |||
| Bonus: Skitterwidgets, from Amy Vorpahl's Candlekeep Mystery | 15 Oct 2021 | 00:10:01 | |
Amy Vorpahl couldn't resist adding a cute little Pokémon to her Candlekeep Mystery. Here's more about the skitterwidgets, what Pat Rothfuss could gain from a little more magic, and how to stay motivated while writing. Read the transcript and get more from the show: https://scintilla.studio/monster-amy-vorpahl-candlekeep-mystery Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter Meet my guest, Amy Vorpahl: https://www.twitter.com/VorpahlSword https://www.amyvorpahl.com/ Music by Audionautix:www.audionautix.com | |||
| GM Edition: Fun City, Mike Rugnetta & Taylor Moore | 11 Oct 2021 | 01:12:27 | |
Fun City is the best Shadowrun actual play podcast on the Internet, and its two GMs, Mike Rugnetta and Taylor Moore, crafted a beautiful, dimension-spanning arc with the most thought-provoking villain this show has featured yet. Making a Monster: GM Edition asks actual play podcasters how they use the monsters in their games. Read the transcript and get more from the show: https://scintilla.studio/monster-fun-city-mike-rugnetta-taylor-moore Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter Meet my guests, Mike Rugnetta and Taylor Moore: https://funcity.ventures https://www.twitter.com/MikeRugnetta https://twitter.com/taylordotbiz https://www.YouTube.com/MikeRugnetta Music by Nihilore and Audionautix http://www.nihilore.com/license www.audionautix.com | |||
| GM Edition: Chosen Ones D&D | 04 Oct 2021 | 00:43:55 | |
Chosen Ones is a visual-novel style D&D podcast on YouTube with an all-artist and LGBT+ cast. DM Cassiroll and I discuss playing too much D&D, too little combat, and the window between heroism and villainy. Making a Monster: GM Edition asks actual play podcasters how they use the monsters in their games. Read the transcript and get more from the show: https://scintilla.studio/monster-chosen-ones-dnd/ Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter Meet my guest: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqa9_zBgST-wPRCVL7PXwvw https://twitter.com/ChosenOnesDnD Music by Nihilore and Audionautix http://www.nihilore.com/license www.audionautix.com | |||
| OGL 1.1 & The Extinction of D&D | 07 Jan 2023 | 00:18:27 | |
OGL 1.1 risks killing the thriving ecosystem of valuable third-party content for Dungeons & Dragons. Don't wait: tell Wizards of the Coast they're making a mistake, and tell your favorite third-party creators it's worth staying in the fight. Transcript of the episode: Legal analysis of OGL 1.1: https://medium.com/@MyLawyerFriend/lets-take-a-minute-to-talk-about-d-d-s-open-gaming-license-ogl-581312d48e2f Io9 leak: https://gizmodo.com/dnd-wizards-of-the-coast-ogl-1-1-open-gaming-license-1849950634 Polygon review: https://www.polygon.com/23540640/dnd-ogl-1-1-leak-dungeons-dragons-pathfinder-2e-wotc-hasbro The aurochs as "Nazi Supercow": https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-nazis-tried-bring-animals-back-extinction-180962739/ Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter | |||
| GM Edition: The First Watch | 27 Sep 2021 | 00:33:08 | |
The First Watch is a cinematic actual play podcast making the most of genre-based storytelling. DM Andrew Coons and I discuss the seven types of conflict in literature and how heroes make the courageous, if stupid, choice. Making a Monster: GM Edition asks actual play podcasters how they use the monsters in their games. Read the transcript and get more from the show: https://scintilla.studio/monster-first-watch/ Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter Meet my guest Andrew Coons: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu5p4VD1CxwndFhal7DF0mA https://twitter.com/firstwatchshow Music by Nihilore http://www.nihilore.com/license | |||
| GM Edition: The Last Tapestry | 20 Sep 2021 | 00:38:33 | |
The Last Tapestry is a tech-noir, Eberron-inspired actual play D&D podcast. DM Dan Locke and I discuss "monster monsters" and the definition of villainy. Making a Monster: GM Edition asks actual play podcasters how they use the monsters in their games. Read the transcript and get more from the show: https://scintilla.studio/monster-the-last-tapestry/ Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter Meet my guest Dan Locke from the Last Tapestry: https://www.thelasttapestry.com/ Music by Nihilore http://www.nihilore.com/license | |||
| GM Edition: Nikki Yager, Beholder to No One | 13 Sep 2021 | 00:41:38 | |
Nikki Yager makes D&D podcasts. Like, a lot of D&D podcasts. Like a lot. Her favorite villains are the ones who think they're the hero. We talk about heroism and villainy on a dimmer, and the many, many times gamers seem to end up at Denny's. Making a Monster: GM Edition asks actual play podcasters how they use the monsters in their games. Read the transcript and get more from the show: https://scintilla.studio/monster-beholder-to-no-one/ Meet my guest Nikki Yager: https://linktr.ee/BeholdertoNoOne Get stat blocks, bonus bits, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter Music by Nihilore http://www.nihilore.com/license | |||
| Avatar Legends on what makes Azula scary | 01 Sep 2021 | 00:38:18 | |
Avatar Legends brings the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender to your tabletop as an RPG. The game has a balanced take on what it means to be a villain and a monster. Join designers James Mendez Hodes and Sharang Biswas and discover how the Apocalypse World engine becomes a faithful representation of the show. Read the transcript and get more from the show: https://scintilla.studio/monster-avatar-legends-the-rpg/ Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter Meet my guests: https://jamesmendezhodes.com/ https://sharangbiswas.myportfolio.com/ Opening music: Shapes Within the Jade by Nihilore Closing tune: Pennywhistle by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com | |||
| Roll20's Burn Bryte puts a Blipp in your Ship, ft. James Introcaso | 28 Jun 2021 | 00:29:16 | |
Roll20's exclusive sci-fi RPG Burn Bryte asks you to jump in to a galaxy where an adorable teleporting mischief fox could just walk right into your ship. It's also a game where hope wins. Learn more about Burn Bryte and get 3 monsters from My Dad's Monster Manual on the episode page here: https://scintilla.studio/monster-blipp-burn-bryte Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter Meet my guest James Introcaso: https://twitter.com/JamesIntrocaso http://www.jamesintrocaso.com/ https://worldbuilderblog.me/ https://burnbryte.com/ Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com | |||
| Teaching Social Skills through Dungeons & Dragons at Roll Play Lead | 25 Jun 2021 | 00:38:07 | |
Roll Play Lead uses Dungeons & Dragons to teach social skills to teens in Colorado. Kids and teens use monsters to explore the obstacles in their own lives. You can support Roll Play Lead Directly, use Jamie's adventures in your home game, or check out her TEDx Talk at the links here: https://scintilla.studio/monster-roll-play-lead-social-skills-dnd Meet my guest Jamie Flecknoe: https://twitter.com/Rosey_Games Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com | |||
| Tamlin, the Feywild's white rabbit | 23 Jun 2021 | 00:28:10 | |
Leading unsuspecting adventurers to the Feywild with a gentlemanly hand, the tamlin combines the Scottish folk tale with the literary trope of the white rabbit for a planes-hopping, swashbuckling good time. To read the transcript and find out what a "gish" is visit the show's website: https://scintilla.studio/monster-tamlin-feywilds-white-rabbit Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter Meet my guest Joe Gaylord: https://twitter.com/LabLazarus Closing music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com | |||
| Varadrel, the kaiju angel | 15 Jun 2021 | 00:21:20 | |
As one of D&D's very few Celestial monsters, Varadrel is an agent of divine justice best compared to the personified disasters of Japanese kaiju. To read the transcript, check out "Titans of Faerun", or see the full-color, "be not afraid" illustration of Varadrel, visit the show's website: https://scintilla.studio/varadrel-the-kaiju-angel/ Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter Meet my guests Jackson Lewis and Cassandra MacDonald: https://twitter.com/honeybadger3495 https://twitter.com/theicequeer Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com | |||
| Eberron's Shattered Kalashtar of Reirdra | 31 May 2021 | 00:29:08 | |
The shattered kalashtar asks questions about dealing with trauma, and lets other players participate in the answers. It expands D&D's Eberron campaign setting with a psychic dystopia reminiscent of Neuromancer and Brave New World. Download the stat block and read the full transcript here: https://scintilla.studio/monster-shattered-kalashtar-eberron/ Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter Meet my guest: https://twitter.com/ILGingell https://imogen.space/ Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com | |||
| Shakespeare and Lovecraft Combine in Delirium | 26 May 2021 | 00:20:24 | |
Andrew Grondin wrote a tabletop game that combines European fairy tales and Lovecraftian existential horror. Inside that Venn diagram is a surprisingly encouraging message about power and who has it. Read the transcript and get more from the show: https://scintilla.studio/shakespeare-lovecraft-combine-delirium Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter Meet my guest, Andrew Grondin: https://twitter.com/TheSiegeAndrew https://s-15studios.squarespace.com/#/delirium/ Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com | |||
| Ol' Chap Ettercap, ft. Critical Crafting | 11 Oct 2022 | 00:20:30 | |
O'l Chap Ettercap is a monster whose story grew in the telling, from meaningless Download Ol' Chap Ettercap in every form a tabletop needs: https://scintilla.studio/monster-ettercap-critical-crafting/ Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter Meet my guests: Dillon Onley, Creative Director Cameron DeFord, Marketing Director https://www.critical-crafting.com/ Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com "Creepy Dungeon Ambience" by DrMinky from Freesound.org | |||
| In Free League's Vaesen, Fairies Capture Changing Culture | 03 May 2021 | 00:28:03 | |
Nils Hintze is the lead writer of Vaesen, a Nordic horror role-playing game by Free League Publishing. In this game, fairies and other monsters manifest the anxieties of a rapidly-urbanizing 19th century Sweden. Read the full transcript here: https://scintilla.studio/free-leagues-vaesen Read the transcript and get more from the show: https://scintilla.studio/monster-planegea-atlas-games/ Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter Meet my guest Nils Hintze: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/en/authors/nils-hintze-2/ https://freeleaguepublishing.com/en/games/vaesen/ Music by Arcane Anthems: https://www.patreon.com/arcaneanthems | |||
| The Displacer Beast with A.E. Van Vogt - April Fool's special | 01 Apr 2021 | 00:12:09 | |
The true and actual* origins of D&D's displacer beast with A. E. Van Vogt, author of science fiction short story Black Destroyer. *This episode was released April 1st. Celebrity voices were impersonated, even mine. Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter Acting credits: Lucas Zellers: Caleb Curby, Lucas Zellers A. E. Van Vogt: Nat Biggs Closing music from Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com | |||
| The Monsters Know What They're Doing with Keith Ammann | 22 Mar 2021 | 00:17:31 | |
Keith Ammann, author of Monsters Know What They're Doing, shows us how to decode a monster's game mechanics to discover its intended use. We also get into how culture makes monsters, both in game and out. Read the transcript and get more from the show: https://scintilla.studio/monster-keith-ammann/ Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter Meet my guest Kieth Ammann: https://twitter.com/KeithAmmann https://www.themonstersknow.com Closing music from Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com | |||
| The Raven Wizard - Coyote and Crow | 17 Mar 2021 | 00:22:29 | |
The Cherokee myth of the Raven Wizard is retold in Connor Alexander's Coyote and Crow, a tabletop role-playing game set in an alternate future of the Americas where colonization never occurred. Full transcript: https://scintilla.studio/monster-coyote-and-crow-raven-wizard/ Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter Meet my guest Connor Alexander: https://coyoteandcrow.net https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/connoralexander/coyote-and-crow/# https://twitter.com/CoyoteNCrowRPG Opening music "Cloning Lab" from ComposerJD and Hoffzart at AdventureMusic: www.patreon.com/adventuremusic Closing music from Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com | |||
| Vo the Voice Snatcher, from the Bard College of Silence | 08 Mar 2021 | 00:19:15 | |
From the Bard College of Silence by Kai Linder comes Vo the Voice Snatcher, an aberration capable of stealing the voice from your throat and adding it to its own. It's a kind of creepy that stays with you long after the fight is over. Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter Meet my guest Kai Linder: https://twitter.com/Paradoliak Opening music "Ethereal Temple" from ComposerJD and Hoffzart at AdventureMusic: www.patreon.com/adventuremusic Closing music from Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com | |||
| Bonus: Dvati - playing 2 characters across editions | 22 Feb 2021 | 00:50:22 | |
Dvati is a race option for D&D to play 2 characters at once. An extra-long bonus episode 20 years in the making, bringing together the original Dvati designer, the 5th edition homebrewer, and maybe the only person to ever play Dvati twins in a long-running campaign. Read the full transcript here: https://scintilla.studio/monster-dvati-race-dnd/ Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter Meet my guests, fantasy illustrator Talon Dunning and 5E indy publisher Mike Holik: https://www.facebook.com/TalonArt https://talonart.com/ https://darkmatter.magehandpress.com/ https://twitter.com/MageHandPress Music by Jason Shaw of Audionautix | |||
| Wizmos from "D&D in Space" by Mage Hand Press | 15 Feb 2021 | 00:19:00 | |
"They're capricious little scrap robots, and I love them." The Wizmos from Dark Matter (a sci-fi D&D conversion by Mage Hand Press) are just doing the best they can, and it isn't very good. Get one-page-RPG Wizmo Havoc here: https://scintilla.studio/wizmos-dark-matter-mage-hand-press/ Support the show and get even more cool stuff: https://www.patreon.com/scintillastudio Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter Dark Matter by Mage Hand Press: https://darkmatter.magehandpress.com/ Music: Starmachine2000 by Wintergatan, https://wintergatan.net/ License details: https://wintergatan.net/collections/download/products/license-to-use-wintergatan-music-for-video-and-livestream-background-music | |||
| Niels RPG Toons makes a Monstrosity | 01 Feb 2021 | 00:20:29 | |
What if the Kraken is too big to release? Niels RPG Toons uses cartoon-style fantasy art to tell vibrant, expressive stories, including one about a tentacle monster so big it's an ecosystem unto itself. Get monster stats, lore, and papercraft miniatures for monsters from the Stars and Sea campaign bundle at https://www.patreon.com/posts/free-download-43834622 Read the transcript and get more from the show: https://scintilla.studio/monster-niels-rpg-toons-makes-a-monstrosity Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter Meet my guest RPG Toons: https://www.patreon.com/rpgtoons https://twitter.com/rpgtoons Opening music from ComposerJD and Hoffzart at AdventureMusic: www.patreon.com/adventuremusic Closing music from Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com | |||
| Melusine of Avalon - Chris Hopper | 27 Jan 2021 | 00:20:07 | |
The Melusine is one of the oldest mermaid legends in the world with so many tails in our modern cultural heritage that you've probably seen her even if you didn't know her name - much like the work of a good spymaster. Chris Hopper is a freelance writer for Realmwarp Media and student of Arthurian lore who updated the melusine for the Cities of Myth D&D setting. Get the stat block for the Melusine and read the full transcript here: https://scintilla.studio/monster-melusine-chris-hopper Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter Meet my guest Chris Hopper: www.twitter.com/chrishopper2 Music: "Fathomless" by Will Savino: www.patreon.com/musicd20 | |||
| 14: Grikk the Many - Matthew Whitby | 21 Dec 2020 | 00:15:46 | |
What happens when the monsters level up too? Matthew Whitby, host of the Dungeon Master's Guild House, shares a goblin with power enough to be more than a level 1 punching bag. Get the full transcript and see the art of Grikk the Many here: https://scintilla.studio/monster-boss-goblin-matthew-whitby Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter Meet my guest Matthew Whitby and watch his YouTube podcast "The Dungeon Master's Guildhouse"! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZvHj-LI4-ZO10NCr_tRRzQ https://www.twitter.com/WhitbyWrites Music: "Something Amiss" by Will Savino, www.patreon.com/musicd20 "Pennywhistle" by Jason Shaw, www.audionautix.com | |||
| Mörk Borg's 7 Deadly Sins | 05 Oct 2022 | 00:17:53 | |
Mörk Borg, the doom metal TTRPG by Free League, gets an adventure with seven deadly sins chained in an off-shore prison boat where nothing is as it seems. Read the transcript and get more from the show: https://scintilla.studio/monster-mork-borg-dolja/ Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter Meet my guests: Zac Goins, World of Game Design https://twitter.com/wogdesign Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com | |||
| 13: Werepigeon - House Sivis Echoer Station | 14 Dec 2020 | 00:12:24 | |
Steve and Rebecca from House Sivis Echoer Station argue for the werepigeon, and whether you have to be scared of an animal to make a lycanthrope out of it. Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter House Sivis Echoer Station is a scripted fiction podcast taking place in Keith Baker's Eberron setting, where two intrepid gnomes capitalize on the happy magical accident of "broad casting". https://www.sivisechoerstation.com/echoes/cyre-once-again https://www.patreon.com/sivisechoerstation More Eberron episodes: https://scintilla.studio/monster-09-music-elemental-itsadndmonsternow/ https://scintilla.studio/monster-03-warforged-colossus-steve-fidler/ Music from Jason Shaw at Audionautix: https://audionautix.com/ | |||
| 12: The Bagger - Justice Arman | 09 Dec 2020 | 00:18:05 | |
With all the warlock pacts and deals with the devil made in Dungeons & Dragons, who comes to collect when the devil's payment is due? Read the transcript and get more from the show: https://scintilla.studio/monster-planegea-atlas-games/ Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter Meet my guest Justice Arman: https://twitter.com/justicearman Music by Will Savino (Music d20): https://www.patreon.com/musicd20 | |||
| Bonus: Endless Houses | 04 Dec 2020 | 00:07:49 | |
Read the transcript and get more from the show: https://scintilla.studio/monster-endless-houses/ Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter Everyone in the show: Robert Turk, Wicked Clever Games: https://www.facebook.com/wickedclever Michael Sands: https://twitter.com/MotW_rpg Will Savino (Music d20): https://twitter.com/Music_d20 https://www.patreon.com/musicd20/posts | |||
| 11: Rime of the Frostmaiden Double Feature | 02 Nov 2020 | 00:20:47 | |
Two monsters from Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden - Malquaestus Pizkor, literal boss monster, and Saja Snowtooth, the blue hag of Faevris. Read the transcript and see art from the book here: https://scintilla.studio/monster-rime-of-the-frostmaiden-double-feature/ Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter Everyone in the show: Sebastian Yue: https://twitter.com/sebastianyue Cassandra MacDonald: https:/twitter.com/theicequeer Michael Sands: https://scintilla.studio/monster-06-monster-of-the-week-michael-sands/ Will Savino (Music d20): https://twitter.com/Music_d20 https://www.patreon.com/musicd20/posts Adventure Music: https://twitter.com/AdventureMusic2 https://www.patreon.com/adventuremusicjr Music and more from Shards of the Storm: Adventure Music: https://www.patreon.com/posts/shards-of-storm-41672951 Music d20: https://www.patreon.com/posts/shards-of-storm-41671923 It's a DnD Monster Now: https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-mega-shards-41672265 | |||