Displaying Episode 21 - 30 of 62 in total of Like Dragon Like Son with the tag “tips”.
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How To Make Boss Fights Properly Tough
Episode | July 13th, 2021 | 48 mins 7 secs
adding flavor, boss fight, combat, three pillars, tips, weirdness
Are your players chewing up and spitting out your tough monsters? Does a deadly level CR seem like a walk in the park? Are you regretting letting everyone have magic items? Fear not, we are here to help you fix that. We look at ways to go beyond simply turning your big boss into a big bag of hit points -- and instead turn it into a fight that makes everyone feel like a hero.
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How To Use Traps in Your Game
Episode | July 1st, 2021 | 55 mins 53 secs
adding flavor, dms workshop, investigation, three pillars, tips, traps
Traps have been a part of the D&D experience since its earliest days. But a lot has changed over the years. Join us as we poke at some traps with a 10' pole, and learn how today's best uses of traps can enhance your next adventure
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Raising the Banneret: Workshopping a Revised Purple Dragon Knight
Episode | June 25th, 2021 | 58 mins 21 secs
adding flavor, fighter, point buy, revised, steal this character, subverting tropes, support role, tips, weirdness
There are some subclasses which no one plays because, well, they kind of suck. We often ask what it would take to make them suck less -- but also not to get too overpowered that they make the DM want to pull out their hair. This week both Jay and Jack bring some ideas together on what the Banneret subclass (aka Purple Dragon Knight) is all about (leadership), and how to bring out the best of that theme.
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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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Sorcerer Redux: Better With Spell Points
Episode | May 14th, 2021 | 55 mins 42 secs
adding flavor, point buy, revised, sorcerer, spell points, steal this character, subverting tropes, tips, weirdness
In the back of the DM's Guide is an often overlooked section about using spell points instead of spell slots. While many dismiss this as too confusing, on closer examination, this might be just the ticket for giving sorcerers that extra love they deserve...that and a few other tweaks, which we discus in this episode.
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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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Turning a Old Subclass Into New Gold
Episode | April 23rd, 2021 | 55 mins 56 secs
adding flavor, cleric, forge domain, steal this character, subverting tropes, tips, weirdness
This week we hope to inspire you to re-examine subclass features you may have overlooked. We take a second look at a the Forge Domain Cleric, and in particular their unique Channel Divinity. Join us as we discuss how our Kobold cleric build would potentially generate hundreds of gold coin per day, just through an act of devotion to their diety.
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Beyond Beast Mode: Getting the Most Out of Wild Shape
Episode | April 9th, 2021 | 1 hr 2 mins
adding flavor, druid, steal this character, subverting tropes, tips, weirdness, wild shape
Druids are well known for being able to take the form animals, but recent additions to the rules provide new uses for the Wild Shape feature. From magical bow and arrows to fiery elemental companions, join us as we look at how the new features are transforming the way we can play Druids.
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Part 2: The Great Outer Planes Travel Guide
Episode | April 2nd, 2021 | 1 hr 5 mins
adding flavor, exploration, outer planes, three pillars, tips, weirdness
Need some warmer weather? Maybe some extreme sports to satisfy your need for adrenaline? Why not head to the fabulous Outer Planes? Perhaps try you luck at some of the Lower Planes. Can't decide which? Don't worry, we've got you covered -- plus some great tips on how to use the Outlands to build you next character's back story.