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World Forge

124 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 27 ratings

World Forge is a comedy story-telling podcast for creators and world builders, each episode your hosts Sam and Piper use random prompts to create a hero, a villain, a monster, or who knows what else! We hope our antics inspire you to create and expand your own stories and worlds!

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Did we inspire you to create something? Send us an email at [email protected] and tell us about it! We love fan art, fan fiction, and fan mail! If we really like it maybe we'll give you a shout out!

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Creating an Adventure Based on Arachnophobia: Spiders in My Soul [Fright Forge 2020 Part 1]

October 05, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 63.7 MB

Welcome back and welcome to the spookiest month of the year!  We are HUGE fans of October and Halloween here on World Forge, and so we've decided to celebrate by spending the month creating adventures based around phobias for you to use in your DnD games!  Our first venture is about arachnophobia and how to include interesting and terrifying spiders in your story.  We come up with some people, places, and things all woven into a terrifying tapestry of spider silk storytelling!  Look out over...

(NSFW) A Very Spicy World Forge Confessional - Bowser Take Me Away

September 28, 2020 09:37 - 1 hour - 81.6 MB

Welcome back listeners to episode 69 (heh heh) of World Forge!  This week we have an extra special, extra spicy one for you all about our pop culture and celebrity crushes.  We spend far too much time talking about that, and eventually get into creating a fun sexy adventure that harnesses all that randy energy that we almost certainly should not have put out into the world.  Fair warning: this is certainly our most NSFW episode yet so please brace yourselves for that, we absolutely understan...

Islands - No Shirt, No Shoes, Service with Grace Keating

September 21, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 70.5 MB

Welcome back listeners to another episode of World Forge!  This week we are joined by our dear friend, supporter, and wonderful creator: Grace Keating!  Grace is here with us this week to talk about creating interesting island locations for your DnD stories and adventures!  We talk prison islands, island getaways, strange island reality shows, the 8 apex baking disciplines, and much more. If you're looking for some great chill music to get you in the mood to create, we recommend you check o...

Islands - No Shirt, No Shoes, Service

September 21, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 70.5 MB

Welcome back listeners to another episode of World Forge!  This week we are joined by our dear friend, supporter, and wonderful creator: Grace Keating!  Grace is here with us this week to talk about creating interesting island locations for your DnD stories and adventures!  We talk prison islands, island getaways, strange island reality shows, the 8 apex baking disciplines, and much more. If you're looking for some great chill music to get you in the mood to create, we recommend you check o...

Creating More Characters Based on Real-World Locations! - Luther and Jane and a Walk in the Woods

September 14, 2020 09:00 - 49 minutes - 39.4 MB

Welcome back listeners to another episode of World Forge!  This is a slightly shorter episode this week as we are totally wiped out from a trip up North, but we think you'll still have fun with it.  We took inspiration from our time in the woods to build some more characters for you to use as heroes, villains, or NPCs. Our rec room this week is something we think is really important, and it's to try and find ways to support the State and National Park Systems.  If you're looking for good so...

Settlements, Settlers, and Colonies - The Loaf has Landed

September 07, 2020 09:00 - 2 hours - 101 MB

Hello listeners and welcome back to another episode of World Forge!  This week we're talking about how to make your towns and settlements interesting, and specifically how to fill them with fascinating NPCs and quests!  But that's not all!  Not only do we create an interesting settlement perfect for you DnD, Pathfinder, or even Starfinder game, we build a whole new world with it's own rules and limitations for you to use as you see fit.  We fill this world with all kinds of characters, both ...

Building (and Destroying) Ruins and Wreckage - The Trail of Bones with (my brother!) Tommy Weigel

August 31, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 58.3 MB

We're back this week with another exciting episode, after an even more exciting week of (forcibly) renovating our apartment.  Unfortunately this week we were attacked by our own pipes and were forced to vacate our studio/apartment for a whole week while repairs were done.  Luckily for you it on served to inspire and invigorate us to create ruins and wreckage to match the disaster that was our own home over the past few days. And even better we're joined by my brother Tommy!  Last time he jo...

Creating Characters and Places Based on Real-World Locations - The Man Who Was Just Snakes

August 24, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 56.7 MB

Hello listeners and thanks for joining us again for another episode of World Forge!  We are freshly back from a much needed vacation and wanted to take some time talking about how to look out for inspiration in your daily lives (or travels!) and try to build some interesting stories and places based on some of our favorite places we've traveled to! Our inspirations include our recent trip to Michigan's Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, a past trip to Washington State, the black sand beache...

Going from Hero to Antihero - I Love You Too, Dude!

August 17, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 63.8 MB

Welcome back to another episode of World Forge where we're taking random prompts and turning them into new assets for you to use in your Dungeons and Dragons games! This week we're tackling a topic that puts an exciting spin on the standard protagonist role!  We're talking antiheroes and all the things that make a good guy bad!  We have a lot of fun examples from all over the pop culture sphere: Sawyer from Lost, Red Hood from Batman, Roschach, House, Vegeta, John McClane and tons more!  An...

Writing Fables and Animal Fantasy - A Murder of Friends

August 10, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 62.3 MB

Welcome back listeners to yet another episode of World Forge!  This week we are tackling the classic topic of animal fantasy!  Believe it or not there's a lot of precedent for these types of stories in DnD already, but we take a swing at building some of our own anyway. From a grumpy lizard and his faithful turtle friend, to an eagle with a chip on his shoulder, we spin tales of all manner of animals from all parts of the food chain.  We also talk about some of our favorite examples of anim...

Helping Build More Listener Worlds! - The March of The Land Whales

August 03, 2020 19:17 - 54 minutes - 43.6 MB

Welcome back to a slightly delayed episode of World Forge!  This one's a bit shorter because honestly...  we just needed a chill one this week.  However the insanity of our lives hasn't stopped us from bringing the heat of the World Forge to your podcast feed! This week we're talking about another listener requested topic, and helping to build out some interesting stories for their world!  Our good friend @HolyCaGnolli on twitter asked us to take a swing at designing some interesting ships,...

Telling the Greatest Story of All Time Based on Random Magic the Gathering Cards - The March of The Supreme Kevin

July 27, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 68 MB

Welcome back to another episode of World Forge!  This week we decide to explore a pretty interesting change in format by having our first episode without our proprietary prompt generation technology!  Instead we are using booster packs of Magic the Gathering cards to guide our creations!  Our aim was to show how inspiration can come from anywhere, and we utilize the art, the flavor text, and the mechanics of these cards to inform our Dungeons and Dragons creations!  We also delve briefly int...

Evil Lairs and Secret Hideouts - You Don't Mess with the Mer-Mafia

July 20, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 52.4 MB

Welcome back to another episode of World Forge!  This time we're talking about creating interesting evil lairs and bad guy hideouts.  The place you conduct your business out of says a lot about you as a supervillain, so we want to help make sure all you villains out there are fully equipped to carry out your dark deeds in style! We talk about some of our favorite evil hideouts, and then go on to create some of our own including: a speakeasy for creatures of the night, and a magical baseball...

Sympathetic Monsters - Did I Do That?

July 13, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 76.3 MB

Welcome back to another episode of World Forge listeners!  This week we're talking about Monsters that we actually like!  And better yet...  that like us!  There are a ton of sympathetic monsters out there, and we dig into how you can use this trope to enhance your stories and games. We also revisit our beginners adventure from last week and break down how that played out with our party!  Spoilers: it was a lot of fun! We've got a couple good rec room recommendations this week: Here's a l...

Building Introductory Adventures for New Dungeons and Dragons Players - The Anti Wedding Crashers

July 06, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 69.2 MB

Welcome back to another episode of World Forge listeners!  This week we decided we would talk about our approach to introducing new players to DnD and create a great starter adventure to show off some of the best things DnD has to offer.  We will actually be using the adventure we created on air this week in our next session with some DnD newcomers, so we'll be sure and update you on how all that goes next week. We also talk quite a bit about some of our advice for how to help make playing ...

Cons and Con Artists - Wake Up Sheeple! with Michael and Ryan from The Brothers Pimm

June 29, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 90.5 MB

Welcome back to an especially trepulous episode of World Forge?  What does that mean?  Well for the low low price of 49.99 a month you can be privy to this valuable insider secret along with many more!  But wait that's not all!  This week we've sweetened the deal by bringing Michael and Ryan from The Brothers Pimm into the studio to share with you even more insider secrets, and to help us build the most effective and interesting grifters and con artists you've ever seen! From Double Black D...

Father Figures, Dads, and Paternal Protectors - The Good, The Dad, and the Ugly

June 22, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 73.9 MB

Hello listeners and welcome back to a special Fathers Day episode of World Forge!  This week we dive into the kinds of trouble fathers and father figures can get into with their children, biological or otherwise.  For inspiration we look to some of our favorite good and bad dads, like Wolverine, Darth Vader, Joel from The Last of Us, and more, and we take a swing at creating our own daddy duo (well duo plus one it turns out) in the form of Geraldo the smuggler, and Abigail the street urchin....

Billionaires and Benefactors - JP Worgen and the Fun %ers

June 15, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 49.3 MB

Welcome back listeners to another episode of World Forge, this week we're talking about the rich 1% that fund and supply our adventures for us.  Is capitalism the best socioeconomic option for YOUR fantasy world?  Probably not!  But sometimes it's nice to just have a fantastically wealthy guardian angel sitting on your shoulder!  We talk about the how and why an individual may become wealthy, and what they may want to do with all their gold once they acquire it.  Maybe they fund a payday loa...

Time Travelers and Time Machines - Clint Brownstone and the Dreamwalkers

June 08, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 75.3 MB

Welcome back listeners to another episode of World Forge, this week we're talking about time travel!  What happens when you introduce this classically world breaking element to your stories?  Is there a way to do it without ruining everything that came before?  Is there a "soft" version of time travel, and what kind of rules are needed to make this work? We cover all that as well as some of our favorite time travel stories and tropes.  We also get serious for just a brief minute and talk ab...

Building Pokemon, Pokemon Trainers, and Pokemon Gyms - Dogfights... For Kids!

June 01, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 81.2 MB

Hello listeners!  Welcome back to another week of World Forge where we are talking about a topic that we've been looking forward to for some time now, Pokemon!  While we both have different history with Pokemon, it's a property we definitely both love, and are very excited to have explored for you. We spend our time this week creating some new and exciting Pokemon trainers, gyms, and even a few pocket monsters entirely!  We also try to answer some of the questions we know you've all just be...

Dogfights... For Kids! - Building Pokemon, Pokemon Trainers, and Pokemon Gyms!

June 01, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 81.2 MB

Hello listeners!  Welcome back to another week of World Forge where we are talking about a topic that we've been looking forward to for some time now, Pokemon!  While we both have different history with Pokemon, it's a property we definitely both love, and are very excited to have explored for you. We spend our time this week creating some new and exciting Pokemon trainers, gyms, and even a few pocket monsters entirely!  We also try to answer some of the questions we know you've all just be...

Treasure Hunters - It (Doesn't) Belong in a Museum with Dante from Are We Rolling?

May 25, 2020 08:00 - 2 hours - 112 MB

Welcome back listeners to another episode of World Forge!  This week we're joined by Dante from the Are We Rolling Podcast!  Together we design some interesting treasures, and the adventurers who seek them!  But what qualities are most important in a treasure hunter?  Or an interesting treasure for that matter?  What happens when a treasure is a place, a person, or an idea? We also talk about what it's like to be on the other side of the fence, who are the brave crusaders who safeguard thes...

The World Forge 50th Episode Crossover Special - The Hags are Back in Town with Ben and Joe from We Speak Common!

May 18, 2020 10:00 - 2 hours - 229 MB

We did it listeners!  We made it to episode 50!  This is a huge milestone for us and we are so appreciative of all the support you've shown us since we started this little podcast.  We thought a fun way to celebrate 50 episodes would be to revisit some of our and your favorite creations from the last year or so, and see what happens when we stick them all in a blender together! We also brought back some of our favorite guests, Ben and Joe from We Speak Common, to help us atone for our past ...

Matriarchs and Leading Ladies - The Reign of the Iron Witch aka Happy Mothers Day!

May 11, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 223 MB

This is an episode for all the moms out there listening!  Also everyone else...  ok so it's for everyone really but mostly it's for moms! This week we take a look at some inspiring leading ladies from reality and fiction, and try to come up with our own fantasy matriarchs!  We cover a lot of cool examples and land on a badass coal momma that wants nothing more than to create a safe life for her daughter, and a spitfire airship captain out for revenge with a faithful squad of soldiers in tow...

Multiclass Madness - Calamity Jane Goodall with Jarred and Kevin from Monsters and Multiclass

May 04, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 236 MB

This week on World Forge we're joined by two very special guests, Jarred and Kevin from the wonderful Monsters and Multiclass podcast! Monsters and Multiclass is a show about exploring weird multiclass options, so we decided it would be fun to build a party based on some of the wild and wacky combinations they've explored in episodes past! Monsters and Multiclass can be found on twitter @monsters_multi and on all major podcasting platforms.  We definitely recommend you go and check out the...

Building Listener Requested Kingdoms - Total Eclipse of the Dragonheart

April 27, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 85.5 MB

This week on World Forge we're taking a listener request to help them expand upon a world they've been working on! We were given a short description of the world thus far, some important ideas that needed exploring, and were set loose! We had a great time talking about some exciting worlds that we love, and trying to populate the land of Statavita with interesting people, places, and things. We made a few recommendations this time around as well. If you didn't check out Vaati Vidya after ou...

Mobsters, Crime Bosses, and Criminal Organizations - Gangs of Locktower City

April 20, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 73.1 MB

Hello listeners! It's no secret that on this show we love villains, but this week we're talking about a very specific type of villain: the boss. We're delving into what makes the most perfectly intimidating criminal mastermind, crime lord, or mob boss! We've been watching a lot of Boardwalk Empire lately (which is our recommendation for the week!) and it's just got us raring to talk about the bad guys that you love to hate. We cover how these characters rule through power, fear, or charisma,...

Drawing Inspiration from Dreams and Crafting Interesting Visions and Prophecies - Dream Police

April 13, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 72.9 MB

Welcome back dear listeners to World Forge! This week we reached out to our twitter following to get some examples of interesting dreams, both real and imagined, to demonstrate their potential for inspiring adventures and stories. We take a few examples of our favorite listener shared dreams and use them to kickstart this weeks creations, we also talk about all of the different ways dreams can be used in our roleplaying games! Our exploration covers the waking world as well however, and we...

Side Characters, Random Villagers, and NPCs - The Tooth Fairy Paradox

April 06, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 63.8 MB

Welcome back listeners to another episode of World Forge! This week we're talking about all the random so-and-so's that populate our worlds; we're looking at the shopkeeps, the quest-givers, and the side characters that help propel us towards our next adventure! We're doing lightning round rules again this week, so after we talk about some of our inspirations, we each create 3 interesting characters for you to keep in your back pocket. We also understand that in these trying times it may b...

Towns, Villages, and Communities - The Legend of Saddle Point Creek

March 30, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 69.3 MB

You've heard tales of the great, scaly, fire-breathing beasts of the Eastern plains, though you've never seen them with your own eyes. It's said that the men and women who command them are like the gods reborn, unmatched in size or strength... How shocking it was to find that they were more like great hulking cows than dragons, and their riders were made of flesh and blood just like you or I... Hello listeners, and welcome back to another episode of World Forge! We've had an interesting w...

Carnivals, Festivals, and Theme Parks - Spared No Expense

March 23, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 67.7 MB

Hello listeners, we hope that this week you are all safe and healthy and (mostly) still sane. We understand tensions are high during the quarantine and we hope that this episode can give you a much needed reprieve from the stresses of the real world. That's why we're talking about an extra fun topic this week: carnivals, festivals, and theme parks! With all of us trapped inside we thought it would be fun to imagine what it's like to be back out in the real world, surrounded by people and h...

Monarchs - Me, Myself, and Czarina

March 16, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 81.5 MB

Welcome back dear listeners to another episode of World Forge! This week we're donning our bejeweled crowns and stepping into the velvet slippers of royalty! Yes this week we're taking a stab at creating our own royal rulers! Whether backed by divine right, magical lineage, or the love (or fear) of the people, establishing a powerful king, queen, emperor, or dictator can be a great way to kick off any number of epic adventures or stories! Our exploits this time around include developing a...

Heroic Team Ups - The Bad Blokes with Tom and Harry from Dragon Wings

March 09, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 92.2 MB

Welcome back listeners to part 2 of our Dragon Wings crossover adventure! This week we build a team of heroes to try and stop the villainous exploits of last weeks terrible team of tyrants! With the power of friendship and a cybernetic goose named Rita, we may just be able to pull it off! We had a great time with these guys and definitely recommend you go and check out their podcast! You can find them on twitter @dragonwingspod, on instagram @dragon_wings_pod and anywhere fine pods are cast!...

Villainous Team Ups and Evil Plans - Fantastic Villains and Where to Find Them with Ian and Hannah from Dragon Wings!

March 02, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 83.9 MB

Welcome back listeners to another episode of World Forge! This week is part one of a two part crossover event we're doing with the amazing Dragon Wings Podcast! On today's episode we'll be creating a team of villains and an evil plan with Ian and Hannah, and next week we'll be visited again by more of our friends from Dragon Wings to create a team of heroes to try and stop them! If you enjoy bad puns, cockroach men, or violently sassy bards this team may be one you'd want to consider joining...

Creating and Adapting Custom Game Settings - The Gila, The Skele, The Santa Maria

February 24, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 77.1 MB

Welcome back to World Forge where this week we are doing something new, something big, and something we feel a lot of you will really find useful. We've been struggling for some time now to find ways to have satisfying gaming experiences in 1 on 1 settings, we know it can be difficult to get a group together regularly, and we've been looking for 1 on 1 roleplay options that can mimic the experience of having a full party. This week we take a stab at fleshing out a system and setting that al...

Sentient and Awakened Objects - Lightning in a Bottle

February 17, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 80.9 MB

Welcome back listeners to another episode of World Forge! This week we were tasked by twitter user @StarGazerPZS with creating sentient objects and artifacts! We created 6 unique items and stories for you to use, and we would love to hear how you think these can fit into your world! Whether you need a cursed orrery, a possessed lightning rod, or a sweater that loves to hug, you'll find something to scratch the itch this week. We also talk about some of our favorite sentient artifacts and ...

D&D Speed Dating and Writing Good Romance - A Two Horse Ride with Lillian Cotter!

February 10, 2020 11:00 - 2 hours - 110 MB

Welcome back listeners to World Forge! This week, in honor of Valentine's Day, we've decided to talk about how to incorporate romance into your stories and games. What makes an interesting love story, and how do you approach this in a way that everyone at the table is comfortable with? These are the kinds questions we'll be addressing on this episode! But we are not alone! We decided what better episode than this to invite one of our most cherished friends, Lillian Cotter, on air to help...

Crafting the Perfect Prison Break - The Berg

February 03, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 76.6 MB

What's the craziest thing you've ever broken out of? For us it may just be a giant underwater prison tethered to an iceberg city hidden away in the antarctic. Join us, along with special return guest Maya Parker (@ohfrocute), as we tell the tale of the three souls who dared to try and escape from... The Berg! That's right this week we're talking prison breakouts, and break ins! We cover some cool examples of our favorite heists and prison breaks, and build a team that I daresay couldn't be h...

Creating Random Parties - No One Suspects the Dwarven Inquisition!

January 27, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 71.7 MB

Hello listeners and welcome back to another episode of World Forge! This week we are joined by @KaraAHarrisBook to create randomly generated DnD parties! We talk about how a party composition can influence your roleplay opportunities, and some of the most interesting adventuring parties that we've been members of! If you're interested in checking our more of Kara's work, especially her incredible work on the Hollowed Kingdoms supplement, be sure and follow her on twitter, or on her tumblr:...

Alien Planets and Civilizations - The High Chads vs the Low Stanleys with Jason Tondro

January 20, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 88.9 MB

Welcome back again listeners to another episode of World Forge! This week we are joined by an amazing guest, writer and developer for Starfinder Jason Tondro! We are so lucky to have him on the show, and given his expertise we decided this episode we would create a whole planet full of alien life and culture for you to use in your games. We cover flora, fauna, and a functioning alien society all centered around a few randomly generated prompts. We also talk about some of Jason's work with Pa...

Biomes, Creatures, and Ecologies - Untitled Goose Podcast

January 13, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 88.7 MB

Welcome back listeners to another episode of World Forge! This week we're creating creatures both magical and nonmagical, to inhabit the various worlds and biomes you may encounter in your adventures! We'll talk about bigfooted jackalopes, owl-eyed goat gliders, and a boar... but more! We apply our patented random prompt generating technology to generate both a biome we will create a creature to inhabit, as well as a random modifier to spice up the biome. We've been liking these lightnin...

Places! - The Tomb of Ludacris

January 06, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 68.4 MB

Welcome back dear listeners to another episode of World Forge! The FIRST episode of World Forge of 2020! The holidays are over! So we're out here thinking of exciting places to visit in the new year, we take some queues from our listeners on some of their favorite places they've visited in their DnD games, and take a swing at coming up with some exciting adventuring locales of our own! From magic swamps filled with mummies, to... dolphin husbandry? We cover it all this week! Besides our ow...

Creation Myths - The Absentee Gods

December 30, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 78.6 MB

It's the BEGINNING of the world as we know it and we feel FINE! This week we're talking about creation myths! We talk about religious, mythological, and totally fictional creation myths from around the world, and attempt to come up with some of our own that we really hope measure up to some of the greatest works of literature in history. Did we succeed? As always you, dear listeners, can be the judge. This is the final episode of World Forge of 2019, and we have a ton of exciting plans for 2...

A World Forge Christmas - The [Christmas] Ghost Train to Hell

December 23, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 87.1 MB

Ho ho ho and merry Christmas World Forge listeners! We are back this week with a very special episode exploring all manner of Christmas and holiday tropes and goofs to delight and amuse! This is a very special episode of World Forge because we decided to bring back some of our favorite creations from the last 6 months and teach them a dang old Christmas lesson! If you were wondering what Angus Cash, Leon and Neville, or Kermit the Hermit were up to since we last visited them this is a great...

Dragons! - A Holiday Turdragon with Josh from Arcane Forge

December 16, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 103 MB

Welcome back listeners to the longest episode of World Forge yet! It just keeps dragon on am I right? I'm so sorry. Honestly this episode is a lot of fun, because we're talking about that most hallowed of topics: dragons! Are there enough of them in DnD? Does the game actually live up to the expectation of being 50% dungeon and 50% dragon? How are dragons best utilized in this dang old game? All of these questions and more will be answered this week! We've also got our dear friend Josh from...

Bounty Hunters - Yukon Cornelius: Yeti Hunter with Mike Atchley from Dice Tower Theater!

December 09, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 98.9 MB

This week on World Forge we are joined by one of our dearest and best friends Mike Atchley from the amazing Dice Tower Theater! Mike has been a long time behind the scenes collaborator with our show and we are ecstatic to finally have him on air! If you're interested in finding more of his world you can follow him on twitter @dicetowrtheatre or on his show Dice Tower Theater all major podcast networks! As usual we explore some of our favorite pop culture influences this week including the cr...

Designing New Harry Potter Houses! - The Ocelot Purrs with Maya Parker and Nick Quam!

December 02, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 81.1 MB

So the last time we talked about Harry Potter we broke down what makes an interesting and viable magic system, this time we mostly just talk about how to make Hogwarts sexy. Fair warning: this episode is definitely one of our more explicit episodes, BUT IN A FUN WAY! We decided to put our money where our mouths were and brought on some Harry Potter experts to take a stab at building a better magic school, and populating it with 4 houses that would put J.K. Rowling to shame. We also talk ab...

Creating Taverns, and how to Start a Quest the Right Way - A Cleric, a Wizard, and a Fighter Walk into a Bar

November 25, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 79.1 MB

Welcome back to another episode of World Forge! This week we're talking about one of the most fundamental locations in any DnD adventure: the tavern! Whether you're preparing for your first adventure, resting after a long day of dungeoneering, or just trying to find a cozy place to eat, you're bound to spend some time in a tavern or two in your travels. We talk about some interesting taverns and rest stops that we think could inspire awesome adventures, how to create an interesting tavern, ...

Cowboys! - Joseph and the Technicolor Duster Coat

November 18, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 80.4 MB

Welcome back to another episode of World Forge! This week whatever color hat you wear, you've got a place around our campfire because we're talking about cowboys and outlaws! We go hog wild talking about all kinds of cool western tropes and how to use them to create interesting characters for just about any setting. This is a topic that Piper and I are extremely passionate about, and we really want to help you build a cowboy that can fit into whatever game you're trying to play, whether i...

Cowboys! - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Duster Coat

November 18, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 80.4 MB

Welcome back to another episode of World Forge! This week whatever color hat you wear, you've got a place around our campfire because we're talking about cowboys and outlaws! We go hog wild talking about all kinds of cool western tropes and how to use them to create interesting characters for just about any setting. This is a topic that Piper and I are extremely passionate about, and we really want to help you build a cowboy that can fit into whatever game you're trying to play, whether it'...

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