Mastering Dungeons - Shadow of the Weird Wizard with Rob Schwalb!

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Episode 153 of Mastering Dungeons! This week's main topic: Shadow of the Weird Wizard with Rob Schwalb! Rob Schwalb talks about his fantastic Kickstarter for Weird Wizard, his days at Wizards and insights into 5E’s creation, and what makes for a fantastic RPG. News: Tal’Dorei Reborn is the first 3rd party product on D&D Beyond, WotC Playtest Experiments, New D&D Beyond Survey, and more! Contents 00:00 Mr. Funny 01:39 Weird Design? 07:15 Design for Streams? 10:23 Short Design? 13:12 Prescription vs Teaching? 23:14 Tal’Dorei on Beyond 28:06 Crawford on Playtest Experiments 38:24 Beyond Survey 40:45 Eldritch 100 41:23 Seize the Means 43:39 Weird Wizard! 45:06 Glorious Rob 48:50 Exorcising Demons 50:06 5E’s Compromises 54:27 Preparation 1:00:01 Session Length 1:03:24 Why Weird Wizard 1:08:25 Project Rewards 1:14:51 Weird Setting 1:19:34 Find Rob and Weird Wizard 1:21:10 Kim Mohan’s Impact 1:24:26 Shout-Outs Thank you for listening! Get the full show notes with links on Patreon.

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Episode 153 of Mastering Dungeons! This week's main topic: Shadow of the Weird Wizard with Rob Schwalb! Rob Schwalb talks about his fantastic Kickstarter for Weird Wizard, his days at Wizards and insights into 5E’s creation, and what makes for a fantastic RPG. News: Tal’Dorei Reborn is the first 3rd party product on D&D Beyond, WotC Playtest Experiments, New D&D Beyond Survey, and more! Contents00:00 Mr. Funny01:39 Weird Design?07:15 Design for Streams?10:23 Short Design?13:12 Prescription vs Teaching?23:14 Tal’Dorei on Beyond28:06 Crawford on Playtest Experiments38:24 Beyond Survey40:45 Eldritch 10041:23 Seize the Means43:39 Weird Wizard!45:06 Glorious Rob48:50 Exorcising Demons50:06 5E’s Compromises54:27 Preparation1:00:01 Session Length1:03:24 Why Weird Wizard 1:08:25 Project Rewards 1:14:51 Weird Setting1:19:34 Find Rob and Weird Wizard 1:21:10 Kim Mohan’s Impact1:24:26 Shout-OutsThank you for listening! Get the full show notes with links on Patreon.

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