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Using the Environment in Encounters (with Dragons)! (MD 238)

Using the Environment in Encounters (with Dragons)! (MD 238)

Update: 2025-04-23
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Episode 238 of Mastering Dungeons! 




Main topic: Using the Environment in Encounters (with Dragons)!


Make the most of elevation, difficult terrain, cover, lighting, and more. And to tie into Monster Week: Dragons, we apply them to dragon encounters!


News: New SRD 5.2, Errata Returns, Holy Grail Turns 50, and more!


Contents

00:00 Postal Service

02:06 Shawn Peaks

02:36 Easiest Official Adventure to DM?

28:57 Peril in Pinebrook challenge?

31:54 Nobody Left the D&D Team?

32:23 New SRD 5.2 April 22

37:40 New Basic Rules

41:21 New Errata and Sage Advice

45:53 Tariff Impacts

47:24 Neverwinter Brings D&D Movie Stories

49:01 50 Years of Holy Grail

49:47 Monster Week: Dragons

50:25 Using Environment in Encounters

50:44 One Cool Thing

54:09 Watch for Time Impact

59:29 Overly Punitive Environments

01:06:20 Environment and Terrain: Cover

01:09:13 Difficult Terrain

01:15:03 Elevation

01:21:24 Moving Parts

01:25:42 Lighting

01:29:43 Beneficial and Harmful Terrain

01:32:53 Entrances and Exits

01:37:44 Shout-Outs

01:40:57 What Are We Gonna Do Now?



Thank you for listening! Get the full show notes with links on Patreon.


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Using the Environment in Encounters (with Dragons)! (MD 238)

Using the Environment in Encounters (with Dragons)! (MD 238)

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