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DM Greggy Hockstetler discusses how to play Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden as the Dungeon Master and proposes changes that can be made to make it easier to run and more fun for your players.
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In this episode Greggy welcomes Ryan from Indiana to the podcast to talk about his Rime of the Frostmaiden campaign and the Talespire VTT.Links to things we talked about: https://store.steampowered.com/app/720620/TaleSpire/https://talestavern.com/Yes! Michigan! with Mitch and with Greggy
This week greggy welcomes Cade to the podcast to talk about his Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden campaign and how Dungeons and Dragons and podcasting helped him improve his health.
Links to things we talked about this episode:
Eventyr Guide
Red Moon Roleplaying's RotFM actual play podcast
Sly Flourish RotFM Prep
So You Want To Be a Game Master
@MechTexas on BlueSky
In this episode Greggy talks about why he chose the Paizo adventure path "Abomination Vaults" as the next "A DM's Guide" podcast series.
Supplements discussed:
Abomination Vaults GMs Guide I know you're supposed to say GM not DM in Pathfinder. Oh well.
The Abomination Vaults: Expanded This one is this week's homework. Check it out!
This week Greggy welcomes Craig Darling from My Son The Hurricane to the podcast to talk about his Rime of the Frostmaiden campaign and how he has threaded the later chapters into the story of chapters 1 and 2.
Links to things we talked about in this episode:
No Fun Allowed's Expanded Secrets
Rime of the Frostmaiden Subreddit
Matt Coville's Strongholds and Followers
Sly Flourish's Rime of the Frostmaiden Articles
My Son the Hurricane's Summer 2023 Tour Across North America!
This week Greggy welcomes Jamie Dewolf to the podcast to talk about how his players have dealt with Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden up to chapter 6. Check out all the amazing things Jamie does here!
We mentioned a lot of resources in this episode:
Eventyr Guide
Hamlet's Hitpoints
False Hydra
Explorer's Guide to Wildemount
In this episode DM Jack asks Greggy questions about the process of making the podcast, his history as a podcaster and TTRPG player, and his feelings about Rime of the Frostmaiden a year later.
The terrain Greggy mentions (along with a few goblins): https://i.imgur.com/nyISvgX.jpg
Eventyr Games' Complete Rime of the Frostmaiden DM's Bundle
In this episode Greggy talks about tips for helping your party collect the pieces of the Arcane Octad, rearranging locations to suit your party, and ending the campaign.
https://www.themonstersknow.com/undead-tactics-demiliches/
This week Greggy welcomes Christian to the podcast to talk about how he answered the 2 big questions about the campaign.
Links:
Blades in the Dark
RotFM Subreddit
This week Greggy attempts to answer three questions he has for Chapter 7, Doom of Ythryn.
Greggy's questions: https://i.imgur.com/dCITEvu.png
This week greggy talks about the end of book blahs, entering the Caves of Hunger, and a new, homebrew encounter with a little more difficuly for ending chapter 6 with a bang.
Notes for greggy's homebrew encounter - open at your own risk! Both for spoilers and because of awful handwriting.
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden Complete DM's Bundle by Eventyr Games
This week greggy talks to Shawn about the Pathfinder Second Edition system, compares it to Dungeons and Dragons Fifth Edition, and discusses the 1-2 hour one-shot "The Whitefang Wyrm" by Michael Sayre.
"How is PF2 different from 5e?" by u/coldermoss
The Whitefang Wyrm in PDF
The Whitefang Wyrm as FoundryVTT Module
This week greggy is joined by one of the players from his own Rime of the Frostmaiden campaign, Joe McGurl, to talk about how the big battle with Auril went.
Greggy's Homebrew Cloak of Owlbear Flight - Auril-Shard Staff
This week Greggy is joined by Jon (@MWC_Podcast) from the Married Watching Cartoons podcast to talk about his Rime of the Frostmaiden campaign.
Supplements we discussed:
Here's To Crime: A Guide to Capers and Heists by Jimmy Meritt
Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master by Sly Flourish
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden Complete DM's Bundle (maps, guides, cheatsheets and more) by Eventyr Games
This week Greggy takes a break from talking about Rime of the Frostmaiden to talk about a one shot he ran with his party, A Night of Masks and Monsters by Ashley Warren.
This week Greggy talks about changes he plans to make with Auril's Tests of Cruelty, Endurance, Isolation, and Preservation.
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden Complete DM's Bundle (maps, guides, cheatsheets and more) From Eventyr Games
Vulture Drake by drdeatheer
This week, Greggy is joined by DM Johanna Andersson to talk about setting expectations for your campaign, how to deal with difficult encounters, and recap their latest sessions.
This week Greggy talks about getting to the Island of Solstice, changes he has made regarding frost giants, and ideas for Auril's motivations.
This week Greggy talks about 3 custom encounters for leaving Sunblight, vignettes in the Underdark, and skipping chapter 4.
https://www.reddit.com/r/OutoftheAbyss/comments/avygby/terrain_features_for_part_1_encounters_added/
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ei03xWIEdHf8-7MgiRBU2-y2Ph5NYIe_81dzkIwwso4/edit?usp=sharing
This week, Greggy is joined by DM James Clontz to talk about playing Dungeons and Dragons with kids, finding a gaming group online, adapting your game to shorter time constraints, and all things Rime of the Frostmaiden.
This week Greggy is joined by Jordan Valentine from the For Scorpios By Scorpios podcast to talk about his Rime of the Frostmaiden campaign.
You can follow Jordan on Twitter at @KeyTenavast. Check out the For Scorpios By Scorpios astrology podcast at https://linktr.ee/ByScorpios.
Jordan also has a Path of the Reaver Barbarian subclass you can find on the DM's Guild at https://www.dmsguild.com/product/248464/Barbarian--Path-of-the-Reaver
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