Episode 248 of Mastering Dungeons!
Main topic: Leveling Our Daggerheart Characters!We level up our Rogue and Warrior all the way to level 6 and share how the design enabled our concepts.
News: Dragon Delves Pre-Release, Daggerheart New Classes, Cosmere Hiring, and more!
Contents
00:00 MVP is Sleep
01:08 Leaving Blanks?
08:24 Daggerheart Demands Good GMs?
15:22 Dragon Delves Pre-Released
17:47 UA Arcane Subclasses
19:31 Gen Con Needs DMs
21:36 New Daggerheart Witch and Assassin
26:12 Demiplane adds Playtest Classes
26:37 Updated Daggerheart License
27:35 Origins Awards
28:18 Cosmere RPG is Hiring
34:13 Leveling Daggerheart Characters
36:51 Daggerheart's Tier Leveling System
37:39 Tier 2 Benefits
40:43 Level 2 Choices
48:19 Level 3 Options
52:56 Level 4 Options
58:31 Tier 3 Benefits and Multiclassing
01:09:35 Level Choices
01:12:42 Design Considerations
01:24:30 Gear and Leveling
01:27:33 Shout-Outs
01:30:45 What Are We Gonna Do?
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Our Daggerheart Characters (MD 247)
Episode 247 of Mastering Dungeons!
Main topic: Our Daggerheart Characters!
What it is like to create Daggerheart Characters, with real examples of our Rogue and Warrior.
News: WotC Layoffs, Dragon Delve Previews, Daggerheart Staff Changes, and more!
Contents
00:00 Dual-Wield Chainsaws
02:02 Dungeon Crawls Gone?
12:39 Universal and Unique Lore?
16:38 Dragon Delves Previews
18:50 Wizards of the Coast Layoffs
20:07 Ivan Van Norman Departs Darrington
23:04 Diana Jones Finalists
25:30 Evil Hat Cancels Tomb Raider RPG
27:14 DarkHorse Brings Fallbacks
28:44 Treasures from the Dark
31:04 Our Daggerheart Characters
33:30 Getting Started Section
37:42 Class and Subclass
49:00 Subclass
52:14 Heritage - Ancestry and Community
59:11 Character Traits
01:03:17 Additional Info
01:05:57 Starting Equipment
01:15:44 Background
01:16:52 Experiences
01:19:47 Domain Cards
01:25:12 Connections
01:29:07 Shout-Outs
01:32:18 What Are We Gonna Do?
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Daggerheart Initiative! (MD 246)
Episode 246 of Mastering Dungeons!
Main topic: Daggerheart Initiative!
What happens when a player of GM can take any number of turns in a row? We take a look at Daggerheart’s initiative and consider games that have similar approaches.
News: Critical Role Hire Perkins and Crawford, Jess Lanzillo Departs WotC, Daggerheart Translations, and more!
Contents
00:00 We Are Stunned
00:49 Will Daggerheart Stand the Test of Time?
01:21 Crawford and Perkins' New Jobs
15:55 Jess Lanzillo Departs WotC
24:54 Daggerheart Being Translated
25:55 Mearls on Character Maps and Psion
28:27 Kickstarter Pre-Launch vs Funding
32:02 Standing the Test of Time?
40:35 Daggerheart Initiative
41:16 Our Experiences
45:26 Game Flow
47:08 The Spotlight
51:20 Adapt Over Time?
52:06 On Your Turn
53:50 Duality Dice
56:26 GM Moves and Adversary Actions
58:52 How Rules Play
01:08:30 Optional 3-Token System
01:14:36 Shout-Outs
01:17:31 What Are We Gonna Do?
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2025 D&D Psion Subclasses! (MD 245)
Episode 245 of Mastering Dungeons!
Main topic: 2025 D&D Psion Subclasses!
The new psion can blow minds with new Disciplines, spells, and Subclasses.
News: Perkins and Crawford’s Jobs, We Play Daggerheart, Get Free Goblin Trouble, and more!
Contents
00:00 Daggerborg Below
02:37 Mythic Fantasy Tips?
10:33 Transition to Another RPG?
19:14 Good RPGs for Drama and Participation?
23:49 Crawford and Perkins Jobs Open
28:47 Free Goblin Trouble Adventure
32:37 Shawn and Teos Play Daggerheart
43:30 Daggerheart Card Editor is Live
44:20 Staff Changes at Chaosium
45:32 Book Distributor Feedback
50:06 The Devoured Labyrinth
51:39 Save on Steve Conley's Irregulars
52:45 Bundle of Pride Games
53:34 Psionic Subclasses and Disciplines
55:17 Psionic Disciplines
58:12 Design Patterns
01:14:13 New and Revised Spells
01:19:14 Psion Subclasses
01:34:12 Shout-Outs
01:38:09 What Are We Gonna Do?
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The 2025 D&D Psion! (MD244)
Episode 244 of Mastering Dungeons!
Main topic: The 2025 D&D Psion!!
We look at the Psion from OD&D and across the editions, to the 2025 playtest Psion for how well it throws mind bullets. Does it have the power to move us?
News: Draw Steel Covers, D&D International Day of Play, New D&D Video Game, and more!
Contents
00:00 Intro
02:20 Building Large Cities?
09:04 Daggerheart Didn't Crowdfund?
14:03 2025 D&D Conversion Document
17:42 New D&D Video Game
18:57 Draw Steel Covers and Schedules
20:19 D&D International Day of Play
23:20 Free RPG Day June 21
25:13 SlyFlourish Leaves Blanks
29:38 KP on Small Press Printing
32:49 Avatar Legends Licensed Adventures
34:12 TileForge
35:17 2025 Psion Playtest
36:34 Psionics in OD&D and AD&D
42:17 Psionics in 2E
47:53 Psionics in 3E and 4E
52:24 Design Challenges
59:36 5E 2014 Mystic
01:02:13 The 2025 UA Psion
01:02:47 Why a Psion Class vs Subclass?
01:05:16 Core Psion Traits
01:07:15 Spellcasting
01:10:30 Psionic Energy Dice and Features
01:23:10 Psionic Disciplines and Higher Levels
01:26:36 Assessing at Level 5
01:33:30 Shout-Outs
01:37:50 What Are We Gonna Do?
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RPG veterans and game designers Teos Abadía and Shawn Merwin look at the game and the hobby of D&D from a variety of viewpoints: reporting the news, understanding the business, reviewing the products, and illuminating the design. Whether you’re a fan, a player, a DM, or a designer, Shawn and Teos cover topics of interest to you!