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The RPGBOT.Podcast climbs into the wayback machine to visit the earliest days of DnD and examine how Energy Drain works and where it came from.
#dnd #ttrpg #podcast
November 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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The changeling is back in DnD’s Forge of the Artificer! They’re once again a great option for face characters, and shapechange is a ton of fun for players looking to do some mischief.
#dnd #eberron #characteroptimization #dnd5e #2024dnd
November 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Forge of the Artificer is out in early access for dnd 5e! I’ve been very excited for this one. Eberron is my favorite official setting, and the book has a ton of exciting new content.
#dmd #dnd5e #2024dnd #Eberron
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Yes, sometimes I take sub-optimal skills on my dnd characters because it makes sense for the character.
November 26, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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DnD’s Forge of the Artificer is out in early access on DnDBeyond. I’m reading it. There will be videos and guides soon. Subscribe for more when I have time to record it.
#dnd #dnd5e #2024dnd #eberron
November 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Even in narrow dungeon corridors, you’re still going to get more value out of Fireball than Lightning Bolt in most situations.
#dnd #dnd5e #2024dnd #characteroptimization
November 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Any number of tiny and/or prone creatures can share a space, so piling your party into the only safe place in the middle of an AOE is a legitimate strategy.
November 25, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Circle Magic: Safeguard. It’s not super exciting, but it makes it safe to Fireball your own party, which is great!
#dnd #dnd5e #2024dnd #characteroptimization
November 25, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Keith Ammann gives us the idea of a spell named “destructive yeet.” We hadn’t even done the podcast intro!
#dnd #ttrpg #podcast
November 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Banishing stuff for an hour is one of the least crazy things that you can do with Circle Spells.
#dnd #dnd5e #2024dnd #characteroptimization
November 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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I would much rather play Pathfinder 1st edition than DnD 3.5. PF1 has all of the things I liked about 3.5, and it fixes most of the things that I didn’t like.
#dnd #pathfinder
November 24, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Keith Ammann shares more sage advice from Making Enemies on the RPGBOT.Podcast
#dnd #pathfinder #pf2
November 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Pathfinder 2e has a lot to love, but it’s definitely intimidating to start, and not everyone wants that level of crunch.
#pathfinder #pathfinder2e #pf2
November 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Circle Spells: Expand. Add 10 feet to one dimension of a spell’s size. No cap, and also no maximum.
#dnd #dnd5e #2024dnd #characteroptimization
November 23, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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“Making Enemies” by @themonstersknow.com is available now! We talked to Keith on the RPGBOT.Podcast about all the great design advice in the book, including cool stuff like based monsters.
#dnd #dmadvice #pathfinder #shadowdark #callofcthulhu
November 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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An extremely abbreviated history of Paizo and Pathfinder.
#pathfinder #dnd #ttrpg
November 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Circle Magic option 2: Distribute. This lets you pass Concentration off to someone else, allowing a single caster to run multiple Concentration spells at the same time.
#dmd #dnd5e #2024dnd
November 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Damage isn’t everything in DnD, but it’s a useful way to measure one aspect of a character’s capabilities.
#dnd #dnd5e #2024dnd #characteroptimization
November 21, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Usage limitations may not feel like fun on dnd character features, but it neatly solves the bag of rats problem, which prevents more realistic situations which might cause trouble in your game.
#dnd #dnd5e #2024dnd #dmadvice #characteroptimization
November 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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The first dnd circle spell option is augment, which lets you add up to 1 mile to a spell’s range. That allows for all sorts of absolute nonsense.
#dnd #dnd5e #2024dnd #characteroptimization
November 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Even for a non-monk trying to fight unarmed, DnD’s unarmed fighting style just isn’t good.
#dnd #dnd5e #2024dnd #characteroptimization
November 20, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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DnD’s Bladesinger Wizard and Fey Wanderer Ranger do not multiclass well together.
#dnd #dnd5e #2024dnd #characteroptimization
November 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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The rules for jumping in DnD are pretty simple. Unless a creature has a feature that lets them to something interesting, you have a maximum jump height/distance, and that’s all.
#dnd #dnd5e #2024dnd #dmadvice
November 19, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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EXPLICIT: OLD GODS OF APPALACHIA RPG CHARITY STREAM REPLAY: Pt 3 - RPGBOT.Podcast S5E138

https://rpgbot.net/explicit-old-gods-of-appalachia-rpg-charity-stream-replay-pt-3-not-deer-in-the-orchard-clues-fury-unleashed-rpgbot-podcast-s5e138/

#TTRPG #Podcast #oldgodsofappalachia #actualplay
November 18, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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The Unarmed fighting style in dnd is not useful enough to justify the resource cost to get it, especially on a monk. Use that resource to get something which will have a bigger impact.
#dnd #dnd5e #2024dnd #characteroptimization
November 18, 2025 at 12:09 PM