Masters of Alchemy: The Podcast

A new quick builder has released on D&D Beyond. Join us as we try to discuss it and not fall apart in the process. April fools I guess?Events:Cell of Cthulhu (Pentridge): Games of Call of Cthulhu at Pentridge Prison May 27th.Cell of Cthulhu (Old Melbourne Gaol): Games of Call of Cthulhu at Old Melbourne Gaol April 29th and June 24th.Dandy Con: Learn to play D&D in fifteen minutes with short encounters inspired by The Maze: Reimagined April 11 Port Play: D&D Epic: Level 14 massive adventure across 20 tables, with players moving between areas. April 18th Check out Mastersofalchemy.au for booking and event information.Time Codes:00:00 Intro/ What's been happening13:04 Kickstarter Discussions22:38 D&D Beyond's Character Quickbuilder59:39 Upcoming Events Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dungeons & Dragons 2024 edition is dead! Well kind of. Not really. It's complicated.Events:Cell of Cthulhu (Pentridge): Games of Call of Cthulhu at Pentridge Prison March 25th and May 27th.Cell of Cthulhu (Old Melbourne Gaol): Games of Call of Cthulhu at Old Melbourne Gaol April 29th and June 24th.Time Codes00:00 Intro05:27 D&D 2024 Is Now D&D 5.5e18:57 Upcoming D&D Books and Roadmap39:18 Legend of Vox Machina41:47 Upcoming Events and Wrap Up Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

DnD Beyond have revealed their 2026 roadmap for future updates which includes a complete revamp of the website itself!Events:Cell of Cthulhu (Pentridge): Games of Call of Cthulhu at Pentridge Prison March 25th and May 27th.Cell of Cthulhu (Old Melbourne Gaol): Games of Call of Cthulhu at Old Melbourne Gaol April 29th and June 24th.Time Codes:00:00 Intro02:17 D&D Beyond's Roadmap42:38 Upcoming Events and Announcements Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A live action Baldur's Gate 3 sequel show by HBO is in the works! Events:Wednesday One Shots: Stand alone adventures at Nord Bar Preston on February 25th. Book HEREBlood on the Clocktower: 15 player sessions at Elder Gods and Dragons. Join for a night of murder, mystery and intrigue on February 26th at $30 pp. Book HERECell of Cthulhu (Pentridge): Games of Call of Cthulhu at Pentridge Prison March 25th and May 27th.Cell of Cthulhu (Old Melbourne Gaol): Games of Call of Cthulhu at Old Melbourne Gaol April 29th and June 24th.Time Codes:00:00 Intro03:07 Baldur's Gate TV Show Announcement13:15 What Happens To The Canon?18:56 Episodic Storytelling in D&D23:19 Casting39:19 Danny Crashes Out42:22 Last Thoughts47:08 Wrap Up/ Upcoming Events Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What goes into making TTRPG actual play content? Join us as we interview Ellie and John from upcoming TTRPG actual play Role or Die! Check out Role or Die HEREEvents:Quest in The West: Play Daggerheart at Moon Dog Wild West in Footscray every third Thursday of every month! Book HERE Splendour & Society: Summer Season: Three sessions of Good Society at StoryVille in Melbourne CBD, starting February 8th! Book a full table of 5 to get $75 off! Book HEREWednesday One Shots: Stand alone adventures at Nord Bar Preston on February 25th. Book HEREBlood on the Clocktower: 15 player sessions at Elder Gods and Dragons. Join for a night of murder, mystery and intrigue on February 26th at $30 pp. Book HERECell of Cthulhu (Pentridge): Games of Call of Cthulhu at Pentridge Prison March 25th and May 27th. Cell of Cthulhu (Old Melbourne Gaol): Games of Call of Cthulhu at Old Melbourne Gaol April 29th and June 24th.Time Codes:00:00 Intro00:54 Roll or Die18:05 Casting and Team Dynamics29:51 The Name Behind the Show53:17 Wrap Up and Upcoming Events Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us as we discuss the new spell stealer rogue among a few other new mystic themed D&D subclasses! Events:Quest in The West: Play Daggerheart at Moon Dog Wild West in Footscray every third Thursday of every month! Book HERE Splendour & Society: Summer Season: Three sessions of Good Society at StoryVille in Melbourne CBD, starting February 8th! Book a full table of 5 to get $75 off! Book HEREWednesday One Shots: Stand alone adventures at Nord Bar Preston on February 25th Blood on the Clocktower: 15 player sessions at Elder Gods and Dragons. Join for a night of murder, mystery and intrigue on February 26th at $30 pp. Time Codes:00:00 Intro03:50 Fortnite x D&D08:32 Mystic Subclasses51:55 Wrap Up and Upcoming Events Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're back for 2026 and today we're talking about the end of Stranger Things! Not much news this week but you best believe we're coming into 2026 energised and ready to up the ante! Events:Quest in The West: Play Daggerheart at Moon Dog Wild West in Footscray every third Thursday of every month! Book HERE Splendour & Society: Summer Season: Three sessions of Good Society at StoryVille in Melbourne CBD, starting February 8th! Book a full table of 5 to get $75 off! Book HERETime Codes:00:00 Intro06:20 Stranger ThingsThis podcast is brought to you by Masters of Alchemy. Visit mastersofalchemy.au for booking and event information.Intro music: Medieval/RPG Music by sonically_sound -- https://freesound.org/s/624644/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

OUR LAST EPISODE OF 2025 IS HERE! (and so are both my co-hosts finally)Join us as we reminisce over the year past and look forward at what 2026 may bring.Upcoming Event:Quest in the West: Play some Daggerheart on the 15th January at Moon Dog Wild West in Footscray! Book tickets now for your chance to win a dragon miniature by Solgood Creations! Get your tickets HERETime Codes:00:00 Intro03:03 There's no topics. We just yapThis podcast is brought to you by Masters of Alchemy. Visit mastersofalchemy.au for booking and event information.Intro music: Medieval/RPG Music by sonically_sound -- https://freesound.org/s/624644/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There's a Legend of Zelda TTRPG!? Well....no, but basically yes there is.Join us for our 59th episode as we talk all about an upcoming TTRPG called Twilight Sword, that is heavily 'INSPIRED' by The Legend of Zelda..... maybe a little too inspired....Check out Twilight Sword HERETime Codes:00:00 Intro02:25 Twilight Sword11:21 The System Itself15:43 The Kin22:36 The Exploration Mechanic26:05 The Monsters32:02 The Kickstarter Sets34:13 HOW HAVE THEY NOT BEEN SUED!?47:46 Wrap UpThis podcast is brought to you by Masters of Alchemy. Visit mastersofalchemy.au for booking and event information.Intro music: Medieval/RPG Music by sonically_sound -- https://freesound.org/s/624644/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The revised and refreshed artificer for the 2024 D&D rules is out now! Join Danny and Erin as they slowly discover just how over-tuned this class has become.Time Codes:00:00 Intro05:03 The Artificer34:11 The Homunculus Servant37:52 The Alchemist47:50 The Armorer58:52 The Artillerist01:07:34 The Battle Smith01:12:36 The Cartographer01:25:54 Final Thoughts01:30:26 Wrap UpThis podcast is brought to you by Masters of Alchemy. Visit mastersofalchemy.au for booking and event information.Intro music: Medieval/RPG Music by sonically_sound -- https://freesound.org/s/624644/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Mighty Nein animated series is here!! Join us as we talk about our first impressions of episode 1, discussing some differences we're already seeing to the actual play show and where we think this series is heading! Upcoming Event:Quest in the West: Play some Daggerheart on the 20th November at Moon Dog Wild West in Footscray! Get tickets HERETime Codes:00:00 Intro04:21 Mighty Nein Discussion32:20 SPOILER ALERT! Talking future spoilers51:34 Accidental Game Awards Diversion56:28 Wrap Up and Upcoming EventsThis podcast is brought to you by Masters of Alchemy. Visit mastersofalchemy.au for booking and event information.Intro music: Medieval/RPG Music by sonically_sound -- https://freesound.org/s/624644/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode we talk about the rising want for simplicity in TTRPG systems and how its even been affecting our own game night choices.Upcoming Event:Quest in the West: Play some Daggerheart on the 20th November at Moon Dog Wild West in Footscray! Get tickets HEREThis podcast is brought to you by Masters of Alchemy. Visit mastersofalchemy.au for booking and event information.Intro music: Medieval/RPG Music by sonically_sound -- https://freesound.org/s/624644/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hero Forge is in hot water with their community due to their recent partnership with Darrington Press / Daggerheart! Tune in to find out why not only the community is upset, but why we very much agree with their anger and disappointment. Upcoming Event:Quest in the West: Play some Daggerheart on the 20th November at Moon Dog Wild West in Footscray! Get tickets HEREThis podcast is brought to you by Masters of Alchemy. Visit mastersofalchemy.au for booking and event information.Intro music: Medieval/RPG Music by sonically_sound -- https://freesound.org/s/624644/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dungeons and Dragons have shown off a new way to cast and augment your spells! It's called circle magic and its a fun new way to..... wait.... oh gods I think this just makes the DM stronger instead!Join Danny and Erin as they uncover this crazy new spell casting option for D&D 2024TIME CODES00:00 Intro04:06 What is Circle Magic?12:01 The Mechanics14:51 2 New Spells!25:40 Oh...This is for DMs28:49 Trying To Figure Out How This Will Work41:00 Baldur's Gate47:58 Wrap Up. What We've Been Up to and Upcoming EventsThis podcast is brought to you by Masters of Alchemy. Visit mastersofalchemy.au for booking and event information.Intro music: Medieval/RPG Music by sonically_sound -- https://freesound.org/s/624644/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PAX 2025 has come and gone! Join us as we try to stay awake talking all about not only our PAX weekend but our exciting time seeing Brennan Lee Mulligan (Critical Role, Dropout, Dimension 20) live at Margret Court Arena for his incredible Endless Dungeon show! TIME CODES00:00 Intro03:37 PAX 202507:41 What Were We Doing There?15:01 Indie Video Games23:02 The Big Tabletop Issue33:09 What We Purchased35:10 The Corporate Shift41:06 Last Bit of PAX Thoughts42:15 The Endless Dungeon49:56 The Brilliance of Brennan55:45 Dropout in AUS?57:49 Wrap UpThis podcast is brought to you by Masters of Alchemy. Visit mastersofalchemy.au for booking and event information.Intro music: Medieval/RPG Music by sonically_sound -- https://freesound.org/s/624644/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Another world building episode is upon us! This time its all about settlements! What's important to add? How many do you need? Is simplicity king or should you know every nook and cranny of every town or city you come up with?UPCOMING EVENTS:Cell of Cthulhu. We're collaborating with Old Melbourne Gaol and Pentridge Prison for more Call of Cthulhu! Join us for two nights of horror on the 8th and 9th of October. You can book tickets for the Old Melbourne Gaol games HERE and tickets for the Pentridge Prison games HERETIME CODES:00:00 Intro03:58 Our Experience with Creating Settlements12:08 Picking The Main 'Thing' Your Settlement is Known For16:30 How Much is Too Much?22:31 What is The Settlement Saying About Your World/ Story?29:51 Basing a Town Off its People / Basing a People Off Their Town?33:37 One Note Towns And 'Crappy' Settlements39:16 Letting Ideas Flow Naturally44:43 DESTROY THE TOWN45:52 Upcoming Events and PAXThis podcast is brought to you by Masters of Alchemy. Visit mastersofalchemy.au for booking and event information.Intro music: Medieval/RPG Music by sonically_sound -- https://freesound.org/s/624644/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There's an all new starter set for D&D and SPOILER ALERT (It's pretty good).We talk all about what you can find within this set and our biggest glaring issue with it.UPCOMING EVENTS:Cell of Cthulhu. We're collaborating with Old Melbourne Gaol and Pentridge Prison for more Call of Cthulhu! Join us for two nights of horror on the 8th and 9th of October. You can book tickets for the Old Melbourne Gaol games HERE and tickets for the Pentridge Prison games HEREQuest in the West. Play Daggerheart at Moon Dog Wild West in Footscray on the 2nd of October! Book tickets HERETIME CODES:00:00 Intro03:30 What Is A D&D Starter Set?17:57 What Is In The New Starter Set?23:19 Cards and Character Boards33:59 The Biggest Positive Is The Biggest Negative39:00 Even More Goodies From The Set42:08 Ranting About The Boards Again46:02 Final Thoughts54:04 Wrap Up/ Upcoming EventsThis podcast is brought to you by Masters of Alchemy. Visit mastersofalchemy.au for booking and event information.Intro music: Medieval/RPG Music by sonically_sound -- https://freesound.org/s/624644/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's our 50th Episode!!! This week we are talking all about Scorched Basin, a system agnostic TTRPG setting currently on Kickstarter. Joining us this week is TTRPG content creator Arlentric (Arlo), who is actually one of the writers of Scorched Basin!Interested in Scorched Basin? Check out their Kickstarter HEREUPCOMING EVENTS:Cell of Cthulhu. We're collaborating with Old Melbourne Gaol and Pentridge Prison for more Call of Cthulhu! Preview event on the 19th September, followed by two nights of horror on the 8th and 9th of October. You can book tickets for the Old Melbourne Gaol games HERE and tickets for the Pentridge Prison games HEREQuest in the West. Play Daggerheart at Moon Dog Wild West in Footscray on the 2nd of October! Book tickets HERETIME CODES:00:00 Intro03:43 What is Scorched Basin?08:04 System Agnostic Writing17:48 Drawing is hard21:58 Arlo's TTRPG Experience26:26 Balancing The Mechanics of Other Systems29:22 Themed Recipes and MORE30:41 Diverting: What's a Glup Shitto?33:07 Scorched Basin's Community Focus38:08 Wrap Up: What we've been up to45:39 Wrap Up: Upcoming EventsThis podcast is brought to you by Masters of Alchemy. Visit mastersofalchemy.au for booking and event information.Intro music: Medieval/RPG Music by sonically_sound -- https://freesound.org/s/624644/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us as I (Danny), explain the basic mechanics and rules of an all new 5e compatible TTRPG called Nimble to my co-hosts. Nimble is a fast-paced, tactical TTRPG that feels very similar to D&D but with some incredibly impactful time saving changes for both the players and the GM. Thank you so much to the Nimble team for sending us a free copy of the boxed set to check out.If you want to check out Nimble for yourself you can do so HERE (Nimblerpg.com) NOTE: There were a mistake during the announcements: The Nimble website is Nimblerpg.com (as listed above) NOT Nimble dot com.UPCOMING EVENTS:Cell of Cthulhu. We're collaborating with Old Melbourne Gaol and Pentridge Prison for more Call of Cthulhu! Preview event on the 19th September, followed by two nights of horror on the 8th and 9th of October. You can book tickets for the Old Melbourne Gaol games HERE and tickets for the Pentridge Prison games HERECoteries of Carlton. A vampire the masquerade night at Elder Gods & Dragons in Carlton on 12th September.Quest in the West. Play Daggerheart at Moon Dog Wild West in Footscray on the 2nd of October! Book tickets HERETime Codes:00:00 Intro05:24 Intro to Nimble08:07 Core Rules12:35 Combat34:36 Resting Mechanics40:04 Character Sheet and more42:21 Ancestries (Races)45:59 Backgrounds48:40 Spells49:09 5E Compatibility50:48 Monster Stat Blocks & The Monster Builder57:59 Character Classes01:03:26 Last Few Things01:12:10 Wrap Up/ Upcoming EventsThis podcast is brought to you by Masters of Alchemy. Visit mastersofalchemy.au for booking and event information.Intro music: Medieval/RPG Music by sonically_sound -- https://freesound.org/s/624644/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Even when you're not playing online, technology can still play a massive part in enhancing the emersion factor at your table. Join us as we discuss different tech we've used at our own tables! UPCOMING EVENTS:Cell of Cthulhu. We're collaborating with Old Melbourne Gaol and Pentridge Prison for more Call of Cthulhu soon! Keep an eye out for upcoming details.Coteries of Carlton. A vampire the masquerade night at Elder Gods & Dragons in Carlton on 12th September. Keep an eye out for tickets soon!Quest in the West. Our Daggerheart event will be back soon! Stay tuned!Time Codes00:00 Intro04:37 Tech At Your Table10:21 Aaron's Projector Setup18:49 Lighting and Stream Setups26:48 Music Apps41:38 Other Tech52:03 Wrap Up58:59 Upcoming EventsThis podcast is brought to you by Masters of Alchemy. Visit mastersofalchemy.au for booking and event information.Intro music: Medieval/RPG Music by sonically_sound -- https://freesound.org/s/624644/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.