Displaying 9 items of Like Dragon Like Son with the tag "background occupation".
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101 Things to Do In D&D Before You Die: Part 5
Episode | July 15th, 2022 | 1 hr 11 mins
adding flavor, background occupation, dm tips, steal this character, subverting tropes, things to do, weirdness
The summer celebration of our 100 episode milestone continues! Join us as we count down 101 Things to Do in D&D Before You Die! This week we focus on an area that sparked this podcast: building unusual characters. From 45-32 on our list, we will look at many of the different ways you can play against trope, step out from stereotypes, and play a character that is more interesting and rewarding than anything you've played before.
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The Holy Con Man
Episode | June 18th, 2021 | 43 mins 26 secs
adding flavor, background occupation, bard, cleric, college of eloquence, steal this character, subverting tropes, tips, weirdness
Once again we offer a look at how to break out of tired tropes: this time with the Bard. Internet memes would have you believe that these characters only reason to exist is to seduce everything they come in contact with. So we want to go a different direction with this build, what if our bard is really very good at preaching and has found a home within religion -- and not just one religion. In fact, he's talked his way into every religion in town.
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Let's Build: Creating a Darklord Using Random Tables
Episode | June 4th, 2021 | 1 hr 4 mins
background occupation, darklord, personality traits, random build, steal this character, tips, weirdness
We dive into a different type of build this week. Instead of making a character, we are building a nemesis for our players -- someone truly evil, someone beyond redemption. Join us as we dig into Chapter 2 of Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft and build a Darklord of our own.
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The Raven Ranger: Building the Right Character for The Setting
Episode | May 7th, 2021 | 44 mins 17 secs
adding flavor, background occupation, ranger, steal this character, subverting tropes, swarm keeper, tips, weirdness
We all like to build cool, interesting characters. We like breaking tropes, and coming up with original concepts. But often that's not enough. This episode, we look at not just building a good character, we look at building "the right character".
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Big Shoes To Fill: Playing with Giants
Episode | March 26th, 2021 | 1 hr 1 min
adding flavor, background occupation, dm tips, steal this character, subverting tropes, weirdness
Jack and Jay go up the beanstalk this week to talk about all about something really big: giants! We work our way through the Ordning (social structure), from lowly playable giant-kin like Goliaths and Firbolgs, all the way to the top of the clouds and into the storms! We talk about their magic, their runes, their culture -- and even some fun ways to have a fog giant as your warlock's patron.
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Learning to Love Bloodhunters
Episode | February 26th, 2021 | 59 mins 50 secs
adding flavor, background occupation, bloodhunter, steal this character, subverting tropes, tips, weirdness
Sometimes we can't get past the sight of blood...and because of that we don't make bloodhunters. We don't even taken the time to read the class features, or the sub-classes. Until someone comes along to take us by the hand, and show us some of the really cool things about this Critical Role class. Join us as Jack guides Jay on this learning journey.
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Resolutions for a New Year of Great D&D
Episode | January 1st, 2021 | 26 mins 23 secs
adding flavor, background occupation, subverting tropes, tips, weirdness
A quick look at some of the classes, races, weapons and more that the hosts of Like Dragon Like Son are hoping to play this year
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Firbolg Scout: The Stealthiest Giant
Episode | April 24th, 2020 | 41 mins 15 secs
adding flavor, background occupation, rogue, scout, skulker, steal this character, subverting tropes, tips, weirdness
Why play a sneaky little rogue when you can play an 8' tall one who carries a heavy crossbow? Meet Captain Forrester, a firbolg scout, who can slip into the shadows at a moment's notice -- then drop huge sneak attack heavy bolts from cover. On top of that, we discuss the ranger class in 5e D&D, and what to consider when playing one -- or playing something even better.
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Two Generations Talking D&D
Episode | April 10th, 2020 | 44 mins 44 secs
adding flavor, background occupation, fitnuts, point buy, steal this character, subverting tropes, tips, weirdness
In this episode, we discuss getting started, give a walkthrough of a 'starlock' character build (a Strength Warlock with a therapy healing dog), and drop some hints and tricks on how to really stand out with your next character.