Roving Band of Misfits » Podcast Feed http://www.rovingbandofmisfits.com Fun with 4th edition D&D, DnD, and Dungeons & Dragons Tue, 14 May 2013 03:04:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Copyright © Roving Band of Misfits 2011 briguybenwa@yahoo.com briguybenwa@yahoo.com podcast 1440 http://www.rovingbandofmisfits.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Level-Up-Logo.jpg Roving Band of Misfits » Podcast Feed http://www.rovingbandofmisfits.com 144 144 Level Up Fun with 4th edition D&D, DnD, and Dungeons & Dragons briguybenwa@yahoo.com no no Level Up! — Episode #27: D&D Next Playtest http://www.rovingbandofmisfits.com/2012/06/level-up-episode-27-dd-next-playtest/ http://www.rovingbandofmisfits.com/2012/06/level-up-episode-27-dd-next-playtest/#comments Fri, 01 Jun 2012 19:05:24 +0000 James Hamblin http://www.rovingbandofmisfits.com/?p=3789 Continue reading →]]> After a long hiatus, we are back and talking about the D&D Next playtest that got started at the end of May.  Benoit played a rogue (as usual) and Hamblin tried out the wizard.

Listen to hear us talk about how the playtest went and how we think this edition of the game fits in with the history of D&D. Also, here are the two official D&D podcasts discussing D&D Next that Benoit references in the podcast: 1, 2.

If you want to learn more about D&D Next or sign up to playtest yourself, head over to DNDNext.com.

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]]> http://www.rovingbandofmisfits.com/2012/06/level-up-episode-27-dd-next-playtest/feed/ 8 1:00:21 After a long hiatus, we are back and talking about the D&D Next playtest that got started at the end of May.  Benoit played a rogue (as usual) and Hamblin tried out the wizard. Listen to hear us talk about how the playtest went and how we think [...] After a long hiatus, we are back and talking about the D&D Next playtest that got started at the end of May.  Benoit played a rogue (as usual) and Hamblin tried out the wizard. Listen to hear us talk about how the playtest went and how we think this edition of the game fits in with the history of D&D. Also, here are the two official D&D podcasts discussing D&D Next that Benoit references in the podcast: 1, 2. If you want to learn more about D&D Next or sign up to playtest yourself, head over to DNDNext.com. Related posts: Level Up — Episode #12 Level Up! — Episode #26: Animal Companions Level Up! — Episode #23: On “Cheese Weasels” Podcast briguybenwa@yahoo.com no no Level Up! — Episode #26: Animal Companions http://www.rovingbandofmisfits.com/2012/03/level-up-episode-26-animal-companions/ http://www.rovingbandofmisfits.com/2012/03/level-up-episode-26-animal-companions/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:30:43 +0000 James Hamblin http://www.rovingbandofmisfits.com/?p=3486 Continue reading →]]> In this episode, Benoit and Hamblin delve into the wild world of animal companions.  We spend most of our time discussing the beastmaster build for rangers and the Essentials druid (“sentinel”).  We also discuss the Fey Beast Tamer theme as well as figurines of wondrous power.  If your character has ever felt lonely and in need of an animal friend, we have all the info for you!

As always, we want your feedback!  Leave a comment below, email us at podcast@rovingbandofmisfits.com, or send a tweet to Benoit or Hamblin.

 

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]]> http://www.rovingbandofmisfits.com/2012/03/level-up-episode-26-animal-companions/feed/ 2 0:54:06 In this episode, Benoit and Hamblin delve into the wild world of animal companions.  We spend most of our time discussing the beastmaster build for rangers and the Essentials druid (“sentinel”).  We also discuss the Fey Beast Tamer theme[...] In this episode, Benoit and Hamblin delve into the wild world of animal companions.  We spend most of our time discussing the beastmaster build for rangers and the Essentials druid (“sentinel”).  We also discuss the Fey Beast Tamer theme as well as figurines of wondrous power.  If your character has ever felt lonely and in need of an animal friend, we have all the info for you! As always, we want your feedback!  Leave a comment below, email us at podcast@rovingbandofmisfits.com, or send a tweet to Benoit or Hamblin.   Related posts: Level Up — Episode #19 – Mordenkainen’s, Followups From Last Episode, and Heroes of Neverwinter Level Up! — Episode #21: We’re Back! Level Up! — Episode #24: D&D Next Living Campaign Ideas Podcast briguybenwa@yahoo.com no no Level Up! — Episode #25: Listener Email and a New Campaign http://www.rovingbandofmisfits.com/2012/02/level-up-episode-25-listener-email-and-a-new-campaign/ http://www.rovingbandofmisfits.com/2012/02/level-up-episode-25-listener-email-and-a-new-campaign/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:00:12 +0000 James Hamblin http://www.rovingbandofmisfits.com/?p=3363 Continue reading →]]> On this episode, Benoit and I respond to a listener email from Dave, who is looking for advice on his infernal pact warlock.  We give him some advice for maxing out damage using Hellish Rebuke.

Then we talk about a new home game that we’re going to be starting with our local group.  We’ll be rotating DM’s and focusing on more “A-Team” style missions.  Benoit and I discuss the various characters we might make for this campaign.  Benoit also discussed this in a recent blog post.

As always, we want your feedback!  Leave a comment below, email us at podcast@rovingbandofmisfits.com, or send a tweet to Benoit or Hamblin.

 

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]]> http://www.rovingbandofmisfits.com/2012/02/level-up-episode-25-listener-email-and-a-new-campaign/feed/ 9 0:43:04 On this episode, Benoit and I respond to a listener email from Dave, who is looking for advice on his infernal pact warlock.  We give him some advice for maxing out damage using Hellish Rebuke. Then we talk about a new home game that we’re goi[...] On this episode, Benoit and I respond to a listener email from Dave, who is looking for advice on his infernal pact warlock.  We give him some advice for maxing out damage using Hellish Rebuke. Then we talk about a new home game that we’re going to be starting with our local group.  We’ll be rotating DM’s and focusing on more “A-Team” style missions.  Benoit and I discuss the various characters we might make for this campaign.  Benoit also discussed this in a recent blog post. As always, we want your feedback!  Leave a comment below, email us at podcast@rovingbandofmisfits.com, or send a tweet to Benoit or Hamblin.   Related posts: Level Up! — Episode #24: D&D Next Living Campaign Ideas Level Up! — Episode #21: We’re Back! Level Up – Episode #9 Podcast briguybenwa@yahoo.com no no Level Up! — Episode #24: D&D Next Living Campaign Ideas http://www.rovingbandofmisfits.com/2012/01/level-up-episode-24-dd-next-living-campaign-ideas/ http://www.rovingbandofmisfits.com/2012/01/level-up-episode-24-dd-next-living-campaign-ideas/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:00:17 +0000 James Hamblin http://www.rovingbandofmisfits.com/?p=3280 Continue reading →]]> With the announcement of the next edition of D&D, we here at Roving Band of Misfits wondered what a living campaign in the new system might look like.

We had several blog posts on the subject:

In this episode of the podcast, Benoit and Hamblin are joined by their friend Tyson.  We discuss a lot of the ideas and issues that were brought up in these posts.

As always, we want your feedback!  Leave a comment below, email us at podcast@rovingbandofmisfits.com, or send a tweet to Benoit or Hamblin.

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]]> http://www.rovingbandofmisfits.com/2012/01/level-up-episode-24-dd-next-living-campaign-ideas/feed/ 7 1:03:24 With the announcement of the next edition of D&D, we here at Roving Band of Misfits wondered what a living campaign in the new system might look like. We had several blog posts on the subject: What Will The 5th Edition Living Campaign Look Like[...] With the announcement of the next edition of D&D, we here at Roving Band of Misfits wondered what a living campaign in the new system might look like. We had several blog posts on the subject: What Will The 5th Edition Living Campaign Look Like? Hamblin’s 5E Living Campaign Wishlist Thoughts On A 5th Edition Living Campaign What I would like to see from the D&D Next Living Campaign The Next D&D Living Campaign: A Newbie’s Perspective The Next D&D Living Campaign: Living through Today’s Organized Play Challenges In this episode of the podcast, Benoit and Hamblin are joined by their friend Tyson.  We discuss a lot of the ideas and issues that were brought up in these posts. As always, we want your feedback!  Leave a comment below, email us at podcast@rovingbandofmisfits.com, or send a tweet to Benoit or Hamblin. Related posts: Level Up — Episode #19 – Mordenkainen’s, Followups From Last Episode, and Heroes of Neverwinter Level Up — Episode #16: GenCon Report Level Up — Episode #17: Warlocks, Harpers, and Power Creep Podcast briguybenwa@yahoo.com no no Level Up! — Episode #23: On “Cheese Weasels” http://www.rovingbandofmisfits.com/2012/01/level-up-episode-23-on-cheese-weasels/ http://www.rovingbandofmisfits.com/2012/01/level-up-episode-23-on-cheese-weasels/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:55:52 +0000 James Hamblin http://www.rovingbandofmisfits.com/?p=3186 Continue reading →]]> Benoit and Hamblin spend a lot of time working on character optimization, but often we get accused of making characters that are too “cheesy.”

How much optimization is too much?  We discuss this issue with Michael from The Id DM. You can also find some further thoughts that Michael had after the discussion on his blog, here.

As always, we want your feedback!  Leave a comment below, email us at podcast@rovingbandofmisfits.com, or send a tweet to Benoit or Hamblin.

 

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]]> http://www.rovingbandofmisfits.com/2012/01/level-up-episode-23-on-cheese-weasels/feed/ 11 0:56:44 Benoit and Hamblin spend a lot of time working on character optimization, but often we get accused of making characters that are too “cheesy.” How much optimization is too much?  We discuss this issue with Michael from The Id DM. You can[...] Benoit and Hamblin spend a lot of time working on character optimization, but often we get accused of making characters that are too “cheesy.” How much optimization is too much?  We discuss this issue with Michael from The Id DM. You can also find some further thoughts that Michael had after the discussion on his blog, here. As always, we want your feedback!  Leave a comment below, email us at podcast@rovingbandofmisfits.com, or send a tweet to Benoit or Hamblin.   Related posts: Level Up — Episode #19 – Mordenkainen’s, Followups From Last Episode, and Heroes of Neverwinter Level Up — Episode #12 Level Up – Episode #10 Podcast briguybenwa@yahoo.com no no Level Up! — Episode #22: Lair Assault Post-Non-Mortem http://www.rovingbandofmisfits.com/2012/01/level-up-episode-22-lair-assault-post-non-mortem/ http://www.rovingbandofmisfits.com/2012/01/level-up-episode-22-lair-assault-post-non-mortem/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:59:50 +0000 James Hamblin http://www.rovingbandofmisfits.com/?p=3129 Continue reading →]]> Benoit ran the second Lair Assault for Hamblin and some of their friends recently, and now they’re here to talk about it! Hamblin’s team handled the mini-mod pretty well, though there are still a lot of unanswered questions about how things could have gone differently. Also, listen in to find out which “glory awards” were won, and which have yet to be achieved!

Warning!  This episode contains many many spoilers for the Lair Assault module, so if you want to avoid spoilers, you may want to skip this episode.

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]]> http://www.rovingbandofmisfits.com/2012/01/level-up-episode-22-lair-assault-post-non-mortem/feed/ 2 0:51:16 Benoit ran the second Lair Assault for Hamblin and some of their friends recently, and now they’re here to talk about it! Hamblin’s team handled the mini-mod pretty well, though there are still a lot of unanswered questions about how thi[...] Benoit ran the second Lair Assault for Hamblin and some of their friends recently, and now they’re here to talk about it! Hamblin’s team handled the mini-mod pretty well, though there are still a lot of unanswered questions about how things could have gone differently. Also, listen in to find out which “glory awards” were won, and which have yet to be achieved! Warning!  This episode contains many many spoilers for the Lair Assault module, so if you want to avoid spoilers, you may want to skip this episode. Related posts: Level Up! — Episode #21: We’re Back! Level Up — Episode #19 – Mordenkainen’s, Followups From Last Episode, and Heroes of Neverwinter Level Up — Episode #18: Themes, More Themes, and Common Items Podcast briguybenwa@yahoo.com no no Level Up! — Episode #21: We’re Back! http://www.rovingbandofmisfits.com/2011/12/level-up-episode-21-were-back/ http://www.rovingbandofmisfits.com/2011/12/level-up-episode-21-were-back/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 01:12:03 +0000 James Hamblin http://www.rovingbandofmisfits.com/?p=3048 Continue reading →]]> After a long hiatus, we are back!  Hamblin and Benoit have returned to talk about making and playing D&D characters.  We’d like to thank our patient listeners, and we hope that we’ll be back to posting episodes regularly once again.

In this episode:

  • Benoit talks about his “lazy” shaman/warlord, which we discussed way back in Episode #13
  • Benoit and Hamblin discuss Bladesinger, a new class that premiered in the Neverwinter Campaign Guide
  • Hamblin discusses some character ideas for Lair Assault, which Benoit is going to run for some of us this week… stay tuned for our next episode where we will have the Lair Assault “post mortem” (probably literally!)

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]]> http://www.rovingbandofmisfits.com/2011/12/level-up-episode-21-were-back/feed/ 2 0:44:48 After a long hiatus, we are back!  Hamblin and Benoit have returned to talk about making and playing D&D characters.  We’d like to thank our patient listeners, and we hope that we’ll be back to posting episodes regularly once again. [...] After a long hiatus, we are back!  Hamblin and Benoit have returned to talk about making and playing D&D characters.  We’d like to thank our patient listeners, and we hope that we’ll be back to posting episodes regularly once again. In this episode: Benoit talks about his “lazy” shaman/warlord, which we discussed way back in Episode #13 Benoit and Hamblin discuss Bladesinger, a new class that premiered in the Neverwinter Campaign Guide Hamblin discusses some character ideas for Lair Assault, which Benoit is going to run for some of us this week… stay tuned for our next episode where we will have the Lair Assault “post mortem” (probably literally!) Related posts: Level Up — Episode #19 – Mordenkainen’s, Followups From Last Episode, and Heroes of Neverwinter Level Up — Episode #16: GenCon Report Level Up – Episode #10 Podcast briguybenwa@yahoo.com no no Level Up! — Episode #20: Going Last, Radiant Damage, and More! http://www.rovingbandofmisfits.com/2011/10/level-up-episode-20-going-last-radiant-damage-and-more/ http://www.rovingbandofmisfits.com/2011/10/level-up-episode-20-going-last-radiant-damage-and-more/#comments Sun, 16 Oct 2011 12:00:39 +0000 James Hamblin http://www.rovingbandofmisfits.com/?p=2677 Continue reading →]]> In this episode we welcome special guests Justin and Ian from the Going Last podcast.

We have a spirited conversation about bad artwork, feats that are too good and how to fix them, and pixies! And in the middle we talk about the “radiant mafia” that can rack up insane amounts of damage.

As always, we want your feedback!  Leave a comment below, email us at podcast@rovingbandofmisfits.com, or send a tweet to Benoit or Hamblin.

Level Up logo by Wesley K. Hall. Music by pornophonique and is available for free under the Creative Commons license.

 

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]]> http://www.rovingbandofmisfits.com/2011/10/level-up-episode-20-going-last-radiant-damage-and-more/feed/ 4 1:00:15 In this episode we welcome special guests Justin and Ian from the Going Last podcast. We have a spirited conversation about bad artwork, feats that are too good and how to fix them, and pixies! And in the middle we talk about the “radiant mafi[...] In this episode we welcome special guests Justin and Ian from the Going Last podcast. We have a spirited conversation about bad artwork, feats that are too good and how to fix them, and pixies! And in the middle we talk about the “radiant mafia” that can rack up insane amounts of damage. As always, we want your feedback!  Leave a comment below, email us at podcast@rovingbandofmisfits.com, or send a tweet to Benoit or Hamblin. Level Up logo by Wesley K. Hall. Music by pornophonique and is available for free under the Creative Commons license.   Related posts: Level Up — Episode #12 Level Up — Episode #16: GenCon Report Level Up — Episode #11 Podcast briguybenwa@yahoo.com no no