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A daily podcast delving into the dumbest thing on every goddamn page of the 3rd Edition Dungeons & Dragons Player’s Handbook.

Email: megadumbcast@gmail.com
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In which I discuss the dumbest thing about turning undead, as described in Chapter Eight: Combat in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729
In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the rules for multi-person grapples in Chapter Eight: Combat in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729
In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the rules for starting a grapple on page 137 in Chapter Eight: Combat in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729
In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the rules for object saving throws in Chapter Eight: Combat in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729
In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the subdual damage rules in Chapter Eight: Combat in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729
In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the example of delaying initiative in Chapter Eight: Combat in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/walz/student Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729
In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the coup de grace rules in Chapter Eight: Combat in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729
In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the list of combat modifiers on page 132 in Chapter Eight: Combat in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729
In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the illustration of size categories in Chapter Eight: Combat in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729
RIP Steve Dee

RIP Steve Dee

2026-01-0905:26

Steve Dee, friend of the show and accomplished game designer, has passed away. He recently had an impact on MDC, and on me personally, so I decided to take a moment to share it. An rpg.net thread about Steve and his passing: https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/steve-dee-game-designer-and-community-builder-has-passed-away.933374/ Steve's blog: https://dconstructions.wordpress.com/
In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the rules for cartwheeling through opponents (including gelatinous ones) in Chapter Eight: Combat in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729
In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the (nonexistent) drawbacks of being stabbed, as described in Chapter Eight: Combat in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729
In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the rationalization of Hit Points in Chapter Eight: Combat in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729
In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the Partial Action rules described in Chapter Eight: Combat in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729
In which I discuss the dumbest thing about Special Abilities categories as described in Chapter Eight: Combat in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Intermission music: Have a Smoke by Crowander is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729
In which I really do try to discuss the dumbest thing about the Concentration rules in Chapter Eight: Combat in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Thanks to Opal Aberdeen (https://onlyfans.com/opal_aberdeen) for invaluable contributions/obstacles to recording this episode. And thank you, as always, to Chester Cheetah (https://www.cheetos.com/). Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729
In which I discuss the dumbest guys implied on page 124 in Chapter Eight: Combat in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729
In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the critical hit rules laid out in Chapter Eight: Combat in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729
In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the Fundamental Actions in Combat table in Chapter Eight: Combat in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Steve Dee's blog post about MDC: https://dconstructions.wordpress.com/2025/08/06/ecce-homo-ecce-ludus/ Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729
In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the two-part illustration spread across pages 120 and 121 in Chapter Eight: Combat in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons. Theme music: Seven Sisters by Skill_Borrower used under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC license. https://m.ccmixter.org/files/Skill_Borrower/41729
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Todd Reston

RE bugs in trenchcoats, I thought of the disguised ants in the animated series of The Tick: https://the-tick-animated.fandom.com/wiki/Ants https://the-tick-animated.fandom.com/wiki/Ants?file=Antbarbara.png

Oct 7th
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Loretta Mowell

This guy is such a whiny rules-lawyer. A GM can change or rearrange ANYTHING they want. I can see this dude trying to correct the GM. Pushes his glasses up his nose, 'actually his character can't take boxing... according to page 185, paragraph 4, line 3.

Jan 4th
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