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Wrought Iron : The Articles : Episode 13

Hello students. Crunch here with the companion article for Wrought Iron Episode 13. Hands up, who guessed that the party would end up in that cave again? I didn’t exactly plan it, but when the opportunity presented itself, I was happy to explore more of that creepy place. To give you a peek behind the …

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World Building 2 : StoneFall

Hello students, Crunch here with an article from Faculty Member Ryan Porta. In this article, he introduces us to the city of StoneFall, 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 you …

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Wrought Iron : The Articles : Episode 12

Hello students. Professor Crunch here. Welcome to the discussion of Wrought Iron episode 12. Compared to other articles, this will be fairly simple as the episode was completely devoted to the large combat encounter that started last time. I am on record here at the Academy as being the one that enjoys big encounters using …

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How to build a better backstory

Backstory: It’s quite common for a DM to ask their players to come up with the background or backstory of their new character before the start of a new game. I see questions on forums quite often where players are asking for advice on how to do this, or what to include.   I am …

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An example of world building

Hello students, Crunch here with an article from Faculty Member Ryan Porta. In this article, he introduces us to the city of Redfern, 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 you …

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Wrought Iron : The Articles : Episode 11

Hello students, Professor Crunch here. Welcome back to both the Wrought Iron actual play series and the articles that dig into the games. This episode served to transition from that horribly awkward dinner party to a big action scene that will answer a few questions and set more events into motion. As I’ve said before, …

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Creating a complete and satisfying campaign – Part 1: The introduction

Hello students, Crunch here with an article from Faculty Member Jared Smith (@TheOtherJared1)   SERIES INTRO Did you ever think of a great campaign concept that you knew would make for an epic story, but never saw it come to fruition because of the fear it wouldn’t play out the way you pictured it in …

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14 ways to easily add new PCs to the party.

Hello students, Crunch here with an article from Faculty Member Ryan Porta.    Fun Suggestions for Introducing the New Party Member Your gaming group has been together for over a decade. The party was cleaning out caves of kobolds and goblins while you were in  grade school. In high school, saving towns and villages from …

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Vote for us – ENnie awards

Hello!   Here is the direct link so you can vote for this year’s ENnie awards.   Please consider us for  the # 1 spot for Best Podcast and Melvin Smif’s Geekery for best website.   www.Ennie-awards/vote/2016

Yes. There’s a problem with our iTunes page.

Hello students. It looks like someone let the gremlins out of their cages and they are wrecking havoc with the interwebs. For some odd reason, iTunes is not hosting our podcast in their search engine. If you’re subscribed, you can still download and stream the episodes. And you can of course still do so through …

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