Making a Monster
Game designers show you their favorite monster, how it works, why it works, and what it means. Each bite-sized episode features a D&D or TTRPG designer and the monster of their choice.
Episodes
Megan Maricle shares the deadliest catch for dungeon delvers everywhere!
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https://scintilla.studio/monster-sharkbowl-ooze/
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https://koboldpress.com/the-kobold-team/
Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com
An alien shark feeding off the living islands of an alien world, the wave lurcher is a partner in the search for life.
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https://scintilla.studio/monster-wave-lurcher/
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My about page has all my bio info :) https://www.sarahdahlinger.com...
The dodo is a funny-looking bird with a funny-sounding name that never knew what hit it. There isn't a more fitting icon of extinction.
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"Extinction Theme" by Alex Miller, the Boy King of Idah...
OGL 1.1 risks killing the thriving ecosystem of valuable third-party content for Dungeons & Dragons. Don't wait: tell Wizards of the Coast they're making a mistake, and tell your favorite third-party creators it's worth staying in the fight.
Transcript of the episode:
Legal analysis of OGL 1.1: https://medium.com/@MyLawyerFriend/lets-take-a-minute-to-talk-about-d-d-s-open-gaming-license-ogl-581312d48e2f
Io9 leak: https://gizmodo...
O'l Chap Ettercap is a monster whose story grew in the telling, from meaningless
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https://scintilla.studio/monster-ettercap-critical-crafting/
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Dillon Onley, Creative Director
Cameron DeFord, Marketing Director
https://www.cri...
Mörk Borg, the doom metal TTRPG by Free League, gets an adventure with seven deadly sins chained in an off-shore prison boat where nothing is as it seems.
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https://scintilla.studio/monster-mork-borg-dolja/
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Zac Goins, World of Game Desi...
Many monsters are combinations of animals, like the owlbear - but which owl, and which bear? Atlas Animalia by Metal Weave Games shows a terrifying biodiversity of monsters, including the shoebill cockatrice.
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https://scintilla.studio/monster-atlas-animalia/
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Wythe Marschall, creator of Stillfleet, shares a monster born in the frozen ammonia crystals of Yuggoth at the far reaches of our solar system 100 billion years in the future.
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Wythe Marsc...
The size of a black bear, this Ice Age giant didn't build dams, but it guarded the water with a fearsome call just the same. Meet the world's most complete fossil giant beaver with Heather Lerner, the ancient DNA expert who brought her to life!
Get three extinct animals raised to life as monsters in D&D: https://www.scintilla.studio/extinction
Episode transcript: https://scintilla.studio/monster-extinction-giant-beaver/
Guides:
Dr...
The mukad are insect-like aberrations following the orders of a slumbering god of destruction as they lurk in the walls.
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https://scintilla.studio/monster-mukad-grim-hollow-ghostfire-games/
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Joe Raso: https://twitter.com/_joe_raso
Grim ...
Get three extinct animals raised to life as monsters in D&D: https://www.scintilla.studio/extinction
Episode transcript: https://scintilla.studio/monster-extinction-aurochs-nazis-orcs/
Guides:
Steve Sullivan, director of the Hefner Museum of Natural History at Miami University in Ohio
Jessica Marcrum, Uncaged Author and producer of the Threeflings actual play podcast, www.jessicamarcrumwrites.com
James Mendez Hodes, game designer a...
A team of scientists encounter the Frog of Holding, a giant monstrosity with an extradimensional space for its young!
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Partial transcript: https://scintilla.studio/monster-extinction-frog-of-holding/
Guides:
Sheryl, The Roving Naturalist: https://twitter.com/RvingNaturalist
Ethan Kocak: https://twitter.com/Blackmudpuppy
Chelsea: https...
The cave bear is more than just a monster variant on MM 334. It's the source of piles of dragon bones in caves all over Europe, and fulcrum where archaeology turned from fantasy to science.
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How does it square with your heroes when the bad guys treat their animals better than the good guys? What if your villain pets the dog?
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https://scintilla.studio/monster-war-spider-mcdm/
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James Introcaso: https://twitter.com/JamesIntroc...
Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel's creator was inspired by the solarpunk and hopepunk movements, but what even are those?
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https://scintilla.studio/monster-solarpunk-journeysthroughtheradiantcitadel
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Get three extinct animals raised to life as monsters in D&D: https://www.scintilla.studio/extinction
Episode transcript: https://scintilla.studio/monster-extinction-florida-fairy-shrimp
Guides:
Tierra Curry, Senior Scientist at the Center for Biological Diversity
https://twitter.com/TierraMussel
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"Extinction Theme" by Alexandre Miller, The Boy King of Id...
The best game-breaking exploits in D&D. This week: the false hydra, the most terrifying homebrew monster ever made; and the Kung Fu Kraken, an ancient titan of the deep somehow less effective than a straw dummy.
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https://scintilla.studio/monster-false-hydra-kung-fu-kraken/
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D&D players have spent almost 50 years breaking the game. This week: the arrowhead of total destruction, nuclear warhead powered by extradimensional spaces; and the wireless troll, communication via regeneration.
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https://scintilla.studio/monster-arrow-of-destruction-wireless-troll/
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D&D players have spent almost 50 years breaking the game, creating exploits that became monsters in their own right. This week: the peasant rail gun, an army of hirelings with a light-speed projectile; and the quantum ogre, the monster who is everywhere until it is observed.
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https://scintilla.studio/monster-peasant-rail-gun-quantum-ogre/
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https://scintilla.studio/monster-luthic-uncaged-godesses/
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Meet my guests:
Jessica Marcrum: https://twitter.com/angrynerdgirl
David Markiwsky: https://twitter.com/DavidMarkiwsky
https://www.dmsguild.com/product/382873/Uncaged-Goddesses?affiliate_id=148...
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