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Welcome to SideQuests, your high octane distraction from those other podcasts. We're a pen and paper RPG audio show featuring chatter about rules and how to master them, epic worldbuilding, player investment, and interviews with the people who make the games you love.Listen in as we trade tabletop war stories, make judgement calls on odd situations, and do everything we can to give you more RPG resources than you could dream of--all from a simple Sidequest! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/epictablegames/support
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What's up nerds! Rob and Eli, the paladins of podcast are back with another exciting episode where we have completely thrown the plan out the window. While we wanted to talk about some of the awesome techniques and skills and styles and intricate details of painting miniatures we got totally sidetracked, like usual, by a few things; and Rob's campaigns tend to have the layers pulled back like an onion. So sit back and relax as we give you a face full of what we didn't intend to.--- Support t...
Rob and Eli talk a lot about some of the things that are going on in their games and kind of see where that takes takes them before jumping into a discussion over alignment: we both like the hackmaster scrutiny system and the examples of alignment but while Eli likes it to have mechanical purpose Rob feels people live in a more gray area but still keeps track of it.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/epictablegames/supportSend us a Text Message. Thanks for tuning...
What's up everybody? Welcome back to another episode of side quests by epic table games! Today we sit down with bonfire game designer, and dragon slayer RPG's very own Peschke! We cover a whole lot about what went into his game, as well as some of the intricacies of the tabletop game in hobby as it is, and we hear a little bit about Rob's work accident that may leave him without the use of his left hand.As always, you can check us out of epictablegames.com and please make sure to follow us on...
First and foremost, congrats Trent on your nuptials! Happy days indeed!Today we talk about more overdeveloped NPC's and some world building that Rob does and he gets hit with some hard and great questions from hosts Eli and Craig. We talk about his home-brew setting in the World of Animar, and how it's all build on the backbone of a singular character that has a neat and organized 10 page background! Rob also mentions the free PDF GameMastering by Brian Jameson, but unfortunately the links ar...
Honestly, Eli got us hooked on this idea he got from his Dad (who also happens to be one of the Paladin's players) because he didn't want to waste an ENTIRE lemon or lime called Microshots. It sounds like six full shots and Craig and Rob are both entertained by the idea. We catch the table talk bug as we try to discern the flavor for what our session zero's look like with the huge news that Craig has started up a live, in person game! Listen to us catch up all, and try to garner some informat...
If you're listening to our podcast, and aren't sure what we're doing, you should probably phone another friend right now because we don't either! Rob has an endgame idea that feels neat but may not work in actual application, and Craig did up a hand drawn map that the guys love. Eli mentions his general happy personality makes it difficult to run horror style games, and we try to help give some suggestions. Worlds without numbers (Free Edition): https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/34880...
Eli wanted to spring a question about balance on us, particularly what does it mean for a game to be balanced and while Craig opened the can of philosophical potential of possibilities, Rob tried hard to separate over powered with balance in the metaphysical sense. Yet, all of it was to learn that we were being lead into a conversation about Rob attacking birds in the name of distaste and balance because of a very... very.. particular moment by Paladin Eli. FYI. stay until the end.Check us ou...
The Paladins of Podcast are back! Check out how Rob has decided to go all in with his newest campaign and some of the tweaks Craig has been playing with while Eli brings up SHOOK: The Social Interaction Roleplaying Game because of it's great focus on storytelling with interpersonal triggers and problem solving. While Rob thinks a folder idea similar to a character dossier for his players is good, Eli gives him the good ol' one up with an entire 100 page folder one of his DM's gave him full of...
How do you get your table to sit down, shut up, and pay attention to the game? How do you get them to participate? How do you get them to show up on time? Well, you simply make them sign a binding contract that states if they don't do these things there will be full fiery retribution filled with hate and brimstone. Okay, not really. But we do talk about what has become known as "The Social Contract," which helps state expectations of the players, the Dungeon Master, and sets the baseline for ...
Our Paladin of Podcast Craig had some amazing news to deliver today, and it sent us down only the beginning of the rabbit hole of designing content that is going to be published. We cover a lot of the initial idea formation and the work that is needed to put out content that you're writing for a client and some of the expectations you can set as a creator. This is a passion for everyone, and while we'd all do it for free Craig makes a great point of setting expectations for payment and Rob ta...
The paladins of podcast, Craig, Eli, and Rob do what they can to talk about monsters and how for the most part you can just use bears! But we keep veering off track as the conversation follows the natural progression of any well planned out improv dungeon. We fall into the trap of distraction and interesting items to pick apart. Roll Initiative everyone, because this episode just got upended.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/epictablegames/supportSend us a Text...
Craig has been a huge fan of TTRPG designer/writer Skerples for quite some time, and has loved the idea of The Monster Overhaul, a practical bestiary since it was announced. Craig had the opportunity to sit down and talk with Dai Shugars; editor and creative director for all of Skerples printed material. Listen in as Craig and Dai jump into the process of working through creation, publication, and crowd funding the project in less than 2 hours. Over the next hour, you will be transported into...
What more could you ask for from a podcast? Sidequests features Rob and brand new hosts, YES! THAT'S RIGHT! HOSTS! As in Craig and Eli. While Craig can't keep himself from thinking about objects of negative mass and the fun physics that could be had some of his games it melts Rob's brain enough to equate his explanation down to magnets. Eli gives us some great background about himself and we tool around with as much as we can muster. If you want to be included in an episode, send us a vo...
What's up everybody!? Your Paladins of Podcast are back again with a few changes right now, and some big changes coming up in the future. Josh stepped away from our audio show, and we started putting things in place in order to keep us moving ahead at full steam. Craig is with us today and he would really like to stick around, and while he's getting used to be in the other chair I'm pounding away at updating our website so it's easier to navigate, use, and interact with. Not to mention boost ...
Rob was finally able to get something in the schedule to talk with Jay Dragon and Ruby Lavin after a busy August for everyone, and some tumultuous thunderstorms in early September. We were able to really dive into both the designing aspect as well as the creation aspect of Wanderhome and connect with each of these fantastic individuals about how they chose their processes and got started in the world of Table Top Role Playing Games and developing them!--- Support this podcast: https://podcast...
I was listening to this weeks episode when I realized that Rob over develops most of his NPC's because either his players expect him to because they've always asked in depth questions or they expect him to because he always has. But the fact is, these NPC's are way developed, especially the reoccurring ones. Anyone else do this?--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/epictablegames/supportSend us a Text Message. Thanks for tuning in to SideQuests! For more epic adven...
Rob and Josh tackle that record keeping. The book keeping. The score counting. The journaling. The dreaded note system. We talk about a few good points, for if you're a Dungeon Master and if you're a player. Did you know that when you shorthand and don't know what you're reading a week or two later, those notes are pretty useless? I'd still award some experience points for keeping them anyway.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/epictablegames/supportSend us a Tex...
Aspartame is an intense, low-calorie, artificial sweetener. It is a white, odourless powder, approximately 200 times sweeter than sugar. And the paladins of podcast just can't let it go this episode! We talk medical stuff for no reason, try really hard to talk about 3rd party content, and campaign settings that run congruently with primary rules, and can't seem to stay focused because Rob's got a mental block right now. And Josh keeps talking about aspartame?--- Support this podcast: https://...
Rob made it down to Indianapolis to check out GenCon with newly appointed special content curator Mike Reynolds. They've been navigating their way through the best four days in gaming for at least two days now and give a quick recap of what they've seen so far and some of the things they've been able to do. The convention center is huge! But, it's at least traversable in 10 minutes if anyone was wondering.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/epictablegames/support...
We know Rob's talked about it before, but it was Josh's first foray in to the unusual halloween dungeon Rob runs, and it's always a great time talking about some of the traps. We make a few quick references to how to change traps up because they're often times under utilized due to their nature but with a few tweaks you can have a rip-roaring real good time.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/epictablegames/supportSend us a Text Message. Thanks for tuning in to S...
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