MD 225 Idea Pool w/ Joshua Therrien

This week’s guest is Dragon Warrior and Tiger Wizard’s forever dungeon master Joshua Therrien. We talk about game mastering, preparing to run campaigns and deep diving into world building his campaign settings for The Scouring Campaign, The Wasteland Campaign and The Malagorn Campaign.

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Catwalks look down into the Idea Pool where aquatic creatures swim through liquid infinity. Elias Thugburger tells you the rules. Pay him a meaningful memory (lose it forever), and in exchange you may put together a fishing rod and cast it into the Idea Pool. The memory you put in influences what you pull out.

Assemble your fishing rod by choosing one rod, reel, hook and bait. Add up the combined numeric value of the four items: 4) World-enhancing idea. 5-8) Banal idea. 9-11) World-changing idea that spawns a new religion. 12) World-ending idea.

Rods: Corn stalk (1), Harpoon (2), Spine (3)
Reels: Snail (1), Celestial hair (2), Hoof (3)
Hooks: Molten plasma (1), Kraken beak (2), Superglued toenails (3)
Bait: Gummy worms (1), Old boot (2), Photo of your best friend (3)

Cast your line to pull out a fish who whispers the idea in your ear. Once put into the world, this idea spreads like a virus, passing sonically, from mouth to ear to brain, and it never leaves one’s brain.

Art: Tiger Wizard  Words: Steve Albertson
Story by: Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Joshua Therrien

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Epic Levels is hosting a Best Dwarf Drawing Contest! The winners will be selected by our host of celebrity judges, David Hoskins, Erol Otus, and Tiger Wizard!

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We’ll all be at Dragon Con in Atlanta  Aug 31 - Sep 4  . Dragon Warrior will be running games.

Fri 9:00 AM - Mystic Punks: Mad Dungeon Rooms
Sat 9:00 AM and Sun 1:00 PM - Old School Essentials: Mad Dungeon Rooms

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We’ll be podcasting live at Gamehole Con in Madison on Oct. 19th- 24th. Dragon Warrior will be running games. Sign ups are now available. Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 10:00 AM CST - Old School Essentials: Mad Dungeon Rooms

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Our physical adventure map for The Heal World is now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral, with art from our guest Brian Colon of Vast Grimm. 

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Thanks for listening to Season Two of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels and a guest create a system-neutral, playable dungeon room using improv, comedy, and lifetimes wasted on roleplaying games.

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