Caleb G

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Alignment : Part 3

Hello students. Welcome back to my series on alignment. In this article, we will talk about the mechanical development of alignment in a few editions of Dungeons and Dragons. As I’ve said many times on the podcast, I learned to play RPGs with 3.5 D&D, so I’m going to start there. Then we’ll travel forward …

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Welcome to Detention, Episode 9!

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:07:19 — 53.9MB)Subscribe: Google Podcasts | RSS | www.therpgacademy.com/podcasts Hello Academaniacs! Welcome to a new bonus feature on The RPG Academy, Detention! We were so happy to hear good feedback about this bonus content that we decided to make more! In this episode, Caleb and Scott are …

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World Building 3 : Sillen Vale

Hello students, Crunch here with an article from Faculty Member Ryan Porta. In this article, he introduces us to the city of Sillen Vale, describes what makes it unique, and provides some plot hooks to use. The intention of this article is not only to demonstrate how to generate home-brew content, but also to give …

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Show and Tell 32 : Salt in Wounds Kickstarter

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:06:20 — 53.1MB)Subscribe: Google Podcasts | RSS | www.therpgacademy.com/podcastsHello and welcome to Show & Tell, the podcasts from The Rpg Academy where we bring on guests to talk about something new and cool that we want them to show us and tell us all about! (Get it?) …

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Wrought Iron : The Articles : Episode 16

Hello students. Crunch here with your look behind the GM screen for Wrought Iron episode 16. This is going to be a shorter article as the content of this episode is fairly straightforward and roleplay-focused. I must admit, I am really surprised that we haven’t heard more reactions to what happened in episode 15. That …

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The Campaigns : Wrought Iron Episode 16 : Grief

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:10:15 — 56.3MB)Subscribe: Google Podcasts | RSS | www.therpgacademy.com/podcasts Hello and welcome to The Campaigns, the Actual Play podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is episode 16 of our newest DnD 5E actual play podcast. Wrought Iron In this episode, the party members deal with their recent loss. …

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Review of Storm King’s Thunder

Hello students and AcadeManiacs. This week, faculty member Ryan Porta writes a review of a new published adventure. We did receive a review copy of this module and it will be part of the raffle pool at AcadeCon this year. If you just can’t wait and want to but it now, visit Amazon through our …

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Welcome to Detention, Episode 8!

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:09:42 — 55.8MB)Subscribe: Google Podcasts | RSS | www.therpgacademy.com/podcasts Hello Academaniacs! Welcome to a new bonus feature on The RPG Academy, Detention! We were so happy to hear good feedback about this bonus content that we decided to make more! In this episode, Caleb and Scott are …

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Alignment : Part 2

Last week, we started talking about Alignment, a tricky subject that is a core aspect of Dungeons and Dragons. I introduced the concept and shared an opinion of Jacob from Edgeland Games. This week, I will respond to a few of Jacob’s points. To start, let’s talk about monsters and their alignment. How does alignment …

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Welcome to Detention, Episode 7!

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:10:47 — 56.7MB)Subscribe: Google Podcasts | RSS | www.therpgacademy.com/podcasts Hello Academaniacs! Welcome to a new bonus feature on The RPG Academy, Detention!   We were so happy to hear good feedback about this bonus content that we decided to make more! In this episode, Caleb and Scott …

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