Making a Monster
73 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 months ago -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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Giant Sharkbowl Ooze by Kobold Press
July 17, 2023 15:00 - 9 minutes - 8.28 MBMegan 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
June 26, 2023 17:00 - 22 minutes - 20.3 MBAn 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 ...
Extinction: The Dodo
March 20, 2023 12:22 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MBThe 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/
OGL 1.1 & The Extinction of D&D
January 07, 2023 22:18 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBOGL 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-1...
Ol' Chap Ettercap, ft. Critical Crafting
October 11, 2022 16:30 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MBO'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 A...
Mörk Borg's 7 Deadly Sins
October 05, 2022 11:30 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MBMörk 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...
Shoebill Cockatrices show a terrifying biodiversity of monsters
September 21, 2022 11:00 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBMany monsters are combinations of animals, like the owlbear - but which owl, and which bear? Atlas Animalia by Metal Weave Games shows a terrifying biodiversity of monsters, including the shoebill cockatrice. Read the transcript and get more from the show: https://scintilla.studio/monster-atlas-animalia/ Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter Meet my guests: Sarah Dahlinger: https://...
Migo: Stillfleet's bio-tech super-future scientists with Wythe Marschall
August 30, 2022 01:00 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBWythe Marschall, creator of Stillfleet, shares a monster born in the frozen ammonia crystals of Yuggoth at the far reaches of our solar system 100 billion years in the future. Don't wait, get it now! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wythe/the-stillfleet-core-rulebook Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter Meet my guests: Wythe Marschall: https://twitter.com/hollowearths Music by Ja...
Extinction: The Call of the Giant Beaver
August 22, 2022 22:07 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MBThe size of a black bear, this Ice Age giant didn't build dams, but it guarded the water with a fearsome call just the same. Meet the world's most complete fossil giant beaver with Heather Lerner, the ancient DNA expert who brought her to life! Get three extinct animals raised to life as monsters in D&D: https://www.scintilla.studio/extinction Episode transcript: https://scintilla.studio/monster-extinction-giant-beaver/ Guides: Dr. Heather Lerner, Curator of the Joseph Moore Museum ht...
The Mukad: aberrant insect harbingers from Grim Hollow by Ghostfire Games
July 26, 2022 01:30 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBThe mukad are insect-like aberrations following the orders of a slumbering god of destruction as they lurk in the walls. Read the transcript and get more from the show: https://scintilla.studio/monster-mukad-grim-hollow-ghostfire-games/ Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter Meet my guests: Joe Raso: https://twitter.com/_joe_raso Grim Hollow by Ghostfire Games: https://ghostfiregam...
Aurochs, De-Extinction, and the Racism of Orcs in D&D
June 27, 2022 12:00 - 43 minutes - 40.5 MBGet 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 yo...
The Frog of Holding, ft. Nature Check
June 13, 2022 17:46 - 48 minutes - 44 MBA 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://twi...
Extinction: Dragon Bones & Cave Bears
May 30, 2022 22:04 - 9 minutes - 8.82 MBThe 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
April 18, 2022 11:30 - 42 minutes - 39 MBHow 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:...
Solarpunk in Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel
April 15, 2022 12:30 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MBJourneys 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 Rugnet...
Extinction: The Florida Fairy Shrimp
April 11, 2022 12:00 - 36 minutes - 33.9 MBGet 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 Florida Fairy Shrimp | Extinction
April 11, 2022 11:00 - 36 minutes - 33.9 MBGet three extinct animals raised to life as monsters in D&D: https://www.scintilla.studio/extinction (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 Music credit: "Extinction Theme" by Alex Monroe
The False Hydra & Larry the Kung Fu Kraken
March 21, 2022 12:00 - 34 minutes - 31.2 MBThe 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 Vin...
The False Hydra and Larry the Kung Fu Kraken
March 21, 2022 11:00 - 34 minutes - 31.2 MBThe 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: https://my.captivate.fm/www.patreon.com/scintillastudio (www.patreon.com/scintillastudio) Join the conversation: ht...
Arrow of Destruction & The Wireless Troll
March 14, 2022 12:00 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MBD&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: ...
Peasant Rail Gun & Quantum Ogre
March 09, 2022 02:49 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MBD&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 co...
Luthic the Blood Moon Witch in Uncaged Goddesses
February 22, 2022 00:19 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBRead 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: Ivory-Billed Woodpecker, D&D's celestial Questing Bird
December 15, 2021 19:39 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MBDeclared 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 Foun...
Extinction: Thylacine, Ghost Tiger of the Feywild
December 10, 2021 19:39 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBThe 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, Exec...
Extinction: Great Auk, the Ocean Master
November 22, 2021 15:00 - 18 minutes - 21.3 MBThe 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 Divers...
Extinction: Passenger Pigeon, the Feathered Tide
November 18, 2021 11:00 - 28 minutes - 33 MBPassenger 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 Universi...
Making a Monster: Extinction
November 08, 2021 11:05 - 15 minutes - 18.2 MBExtinct 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:/...
Planegea, the Stone Age setting for D&D
October 25, 2021 16:18 - 35 minutes - 24.1 MBBody-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/SparkOtte...
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons with Amy Vorpahl
October 18, 2021 16:00 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBAmy 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.c...
Bonus: Skitterwidgets, from Amy Vorpahl's Candlekeep Mystery
October 15, 2021 16:00 - 10 minutes - 9.16 MBAmy 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 V...
GM Edition: Fun City, Mike Rugnetta & Taylor Moore
October 11, 2021 21:14 - 1 hour - 49.8 MBFun 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 monstr...
GM Edition: Chosen Ones D&D
October 04, 2021 16:18 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MBChosen 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...
GM Edition: The First Watch
September 27, 2021 16:18 - 33 minutes - 30.3 MBThe 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/sc...
GM Edition: The Last Tapestry
September 20, 2021 16:18 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBThe 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/SparkOtt...
GM Edition: Nikki Yager, Beholder to No One
September 13, 2021 16:18 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBNikki 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/Behold...
Avatar Legends on what makes Azula scary
September 01, 2021 19:18 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBAvatar 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/sc...
Roll20's Burn Bryte puts a Blipp in your Ship, ft. James Introcaso
June 28, 2021 18:00 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MBRoll20'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 gue...
Teaching Social Skills through Dungeons & Dragons at Roll Play Lead
June 25, 2021 20:00 - 38 minutes - 34.9 MBRoll 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/scin...
Tamlin, the Feywild's white rabbit
June 23, 2021 20:00 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBLeading 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 Mee...
Varadrel, the kaiju angel
June 15, 2021 11:00 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MBAs 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 g...
Eberron's Shattered Kalashtar of Reirdra
May 31, 2021 17:00 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBThe 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 ...
Shakespeare and Lovecraft Combine in Delirium
May 26, 2021 10:00 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MBAndrew 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:/...
In Free League's Vaesen, Fairies Capture Changing Culture
May 03, 2021 13:00 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBNils 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 c...
The Displacer Beast with A.E. Van Vogt - April Fool's special
April 01, 2021 14:00 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MBThe 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 Displacer Beast with A.E. Van Vogt
April 01, 2021 09:00 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MBThe true and actual origins of the displacer beast with author A. E. Van Vogt. Find out more at www.patreon.com/scintillastudio
The Monsters Know What They're Doing with Keith Ammann
March 22, 2021 15:00 - 17 minutes - 16 MBKeith 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/...
The Monsters Know What They're Doing with Keith Amman
March 22, 2021 10:00 - 17 minutes - 16 MBKeith Amman, 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 full transcript here: https://scintilla.studio/the-monsters-know-what-theyre-doing-with-keith-amman
The Raven Wizard - Coyote and Crow
March 17, 2021 07:00 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBThe 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.kicks...
Vo the Voice Snatcher, from the Bard College of Silence
March 08, 2021 13:00 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MBFrom 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 Hoffzar...
Bonus: Dvati - playing 2 characters across editions
February 22, 2021 07:00 - 50 minutes - 46.2 MBDvati 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...