Category: Episodes

Keith, Wayne, and Kristian explore the culture and lives of halflings (and the dinosaurs they rode in on).

Time Markers

1. 00:00:00 – Introduction
2. 00:00:59 – Readings
   • Dragonmarks: Halflings
   • Druids of Khorvaire, Part Three
   • “Boromar Clan,” Dragon Magazine #354
3. 00:04:34 – Halfling Culture
4. 00:06:17 – Various Cultural Identities
5. 00:08:36 – Roots in Wandering Tribes
6. 00:13:23 – Mysterious Destinations in the Talenta Plains
7. 00:21:11 – Racial Traits
8. 00:27:33 – Halflings Riding Dinosaurs!
9. 00:33:43 – Manifest Zones in the Talenta Plains
10. 00:34:48 – Nation of Nations: Subcultures among Tribes
11. 00:41:15 – Halfling Naming Conventions
12. 00:42:48 – Civilized and Dragonmark Ties to Tradition
13. 00:44:56 – Migrant Halflings Travling across Khorvaire
14. 00:45:31 – Surviving and Making Your Way
15. 00:47:45 – Tribalism within Organizations
16. 00:50:39 – Wanderers Settling in Cities
17. 00:54:46 – Dragonmarked Houses
18. 00:55:56 – House Ghallanda Making Friends
19. 01:02:08 – House Jorasco’s Vital Services
20. 01:08:34 – Playing a Dragonmarked Halfling
21. 01:16:12 – Wrapping up

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Keith, Wayne, and Kristian discuss Wayfinder’s Guide to Eberron, Keith’s 5e supplement for Eberron.

More Links

• Wizards of the Coast announcement
  
• Wayfinder’s Guide to Eberron FAQ
  
• Digital Content on D&D Beyond
• D&D Beyond video: Wayfinder’s Guide to Eberron for Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition
• D&D Beyond video: The Playable Races of Eberron in Dungeons & Dragons
• D&D Beyond video: The War of Eberron in Dungeons & Dragons
• D&D Beyond video: Playing Warforged of Eberron
• D&D Beyond video: Playing Changelings in Eberron
• D&D Beyond video: Playing Kalashtar in Eberron
• D&D Beyond video: Playing Shifters in the World of Eberron
• D&D Beyond video: The Elves of Eberron

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Keith, Wayne, and Kristian discuss the Lords of Dust and their complex schemes.

Time Markers

1. 00:00:00 – Introduction
2. 00:01:52 – Readings
   • Dragonmarks: The Lords of Dust
   • Dragonmarks: The Age of Demons and You
   • Dragon Magazine #337, “Eternal Evil: Lords of Dust”
3. 00:04:25 – Why Rakshasa; “Overlords” vs. “Rajahs”
4. 00:08:20 – Overlords embody a concept of evil
5. 00:11:47 – Exposing the PCs to The Lords of Dust’s plans without spoilers
6. 00:17:10 – The Lords of Dust feeling “too big”
7. 00:25:37 – Only use on one or two grand-scale villains
8. 00:27:41 – Threats for specific genres
9. 00:29:14 – Focus on a specific objective, not the epic scheme
10. 00:29:42 – The essence of the Overlords and the Lords of Dust
11. 00:33:05 – Why the rakshasas don’t just rule the world
12. 00:37:30 – Complex manipulations of the prophecy
13. 00:44:47 – Make your own Overlord
14. 00:45:37 – The Overlords are not allies
15. 00:47:04 – The world knows very little about the Overlords
16. 00:48:44 – Overlord names, titles, and themes
17. 00:52:25 – For Players
18. 00:52:57 – Progressively scaling up the enemies
19. 01:02:04 – Using the story to shape your character’s perspective
20. 01:02:45 – Warlocks and Overlord patrons
21. 01:04:45 – Trappings for class abilities
22. 01:06:39 – Wrap up

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