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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.
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In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the recent casting limit on spell preparation as described in Chapter Ten: Magic in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons.
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In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the rules for raising the dead in Chapter Ten: Magic in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons.
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In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the rules for counterspells in Chapter Ten: Magic in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons.
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In which I discuss the dumbest gap in the rules for somatic components in Chapter Ten: Magic in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons, then spin off into a wild tangent about a thread from the Giant in the Playground forums.
The thread in question: https://forums.giantitp.com/showthread.php?501739-Manacles-and-Somatic-Spellcasting
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In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the rules for voluntarily suspending immunity to magic in Chapter Ten: Magic in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons.
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In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the diagram of Jozan casting Holy Smite in Chapter Ten: Magic in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons.
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In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the rules for casting spells on inappropriate creature types in Chapter Ten: Magic in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons.
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In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the detailed description of spell preparation in Chapter Ten: Magic in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons.
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In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the rules for divvying up loot in Chapter Nine: Adventuring in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons.
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In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the rules for surplus XP (???) in Chapter Nine: Adventuring in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons.
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Due to illness, there will be no new MDC releases on 1/26 through 2/1. The regular, daily schedule will resume (fingers crossed) on Monday, 2/2.
In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the advice on dungeon mapping in Chapter Nine: Adventuring in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons.
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In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the overland travel rules in Chapter Nine: Adventuring in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons.
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In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the carrying capacity rules in Chapter Nine: Adventuring in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons.
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In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the opening page of Chapter Nine: Adventuring in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons.
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In which I discuss the dumbest thing about the rules for unarmed combat on page 140 of Chapter Eight: Combat in the Player's Handbook for 3e Dungeons & Dragons.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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.