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Jan 8, 2025 1 hr 26 min

Monster Manual Previews! (MD 223)

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Episode 223 of Mastering Dungeons! Main topic: Monster Manual Previews! Previews have begun for the 2025 MM! Shawn and Teos discuss the preview and just how hard it is to create monster books. News: Pinball Wizards, Most Anticipated RPGs, Singapore GMing, and more! Contents 00:00 Rip Off the 2025 Band-Aid 02:50 New Crafting Rules? 11:29 Games for Campaigns vs One Shots? 27:08 Pinball Wizards 30:28 2025 Most Anticipated RPGs 32:19 Appelcline's Year in Review 39:45 Singapore Professional GMing 42:40 Universal Fan Fest D&D Details 43:58 Will Doyle on Directive 8020 45:53 Kobold Press Monster Vault 2 46:16 Shawn Merwin's Design Tips! 46:59 Monster Manual Previews 49:14 The Challenge of Monster Books 51:26 Describing Monsters in the World 57:38 New Art to Represent D&D 01:00:52 All Paths Lead to CR 01:09:35 What Changed and Monster Families 01:11:45 Monster Type Changes 01:16:46 Bloodied and Exhaustion 01:18:29 Biggest MM Ever? 01:19:49 The 2014 DMG is Bigger than 2024 01:21:07 Shout-Outs Thank you for listening! Get the full show notes with links on Patreon. Show Search Engine: https://mdsearch.alphastream.org/ Our intro and outro music is Metropolis Fanfare, provided royalty-free by Tabletop Audio (https://tabletopaudio.com) under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). MP3 file metadata populated with Online MP3 Podcast Chapter Editor, built by Dominik Peters. https://mp3chapters.github.io/ and customized for Mastering Dungeons by Vladimir Prenner from Croatia.

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  1. 0:00 Rip Off the 2025 Band-Aid
  2. 2:50 New Crafting Rules?
  3. 11:29 Games for Campaigns vs One Shots?
  4. 27:08 Pinball Wizards
  5. 30:28 2025 Most Anticipated RPGs
  6. 32:19 Appelcline's Year in Review
  7. 39:45 Singapore Professional GMing
  8. 42:40 Universal Fan Fest D&D Details
  9. 43:58 Will Doyle on Directive 8020
  10. 45:53 Kobold Press Monster Vault 2
  11. 46:16 Shawn Merwin's Design Tips!
  12. 46:59 Monster Manual Previews
  13. 49:14 The Challenge of Monster Books
  14. 51:26 Describing Monsters in the World
  15. 57:38 New Art to Represent D&D
  16. 1:00:52 All Paths Lead to CR
  17. 1:09:35 What Changed and Monster Families
  18. 1:11:45 Monster Type Changes
  19. 1:16:46 Bloodied and Exhaustion
  20. 1:18:29 Biggest MM Ever?
  21. 1:19:49 The 2014 DMG is Bigger than 2024
  22. 1:21:07 Shout-Outs

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