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High Knights: Worldbuilding Behind The Blunt
by Ross Huiber & Takoda Schmidt
How many puffs does it take to get to the center of a brilliant idea? Find out how you can worldbuild for your tabletop roleplay sessions with Takoda and Ross, one a clever player-main and one a seasoned GM. Join us as we indulge in the halfling's leaf and create outlandish settings and scenarios for you to embellish freely
Episodes
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Colostle Blunders, Part 2; Donny Would Murder A Pet
The adventure continues as Kody and I watch Donny rise into the rafters of The Roomlands! Much to his chagrin, he is met with a city that happens to curate baby rooklings, and our questions begin to pile up as these people speak of a god hidden at the top of the staircase.
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Colostle Blunders, Part 1: Donny Rising
Kody and I decided we're going to stop talking about games and start playing games! Like we should be! Join us as we take a look at Nich Angell's Colostle, a solo RPG adventure. We begin with creating our jaded and war-torn hero Donnie as he sets out to stop the Rooks, a race of giant…
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The Deck of Many Things, Part 2: Electric Boogaloo
We're here to deliver some freshly drafted crazy! This new revamped Deck of Many Things should be more enticing for players and GMs alike, this bad boy can fit so many JJBA references inside that it's bursting with comic potential! Have fun you knights!
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The Deck of Many Things, Part 1: This is BullSh*t
I can't believe how unfair The Deck of Many Things is, and neither can Kody! We got talking and decided to record our opinions on every card in the deck and how it could be better. Is it possible that we'll release a second part with our own version of a deck? Stay tuned next time, on High Knights!
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Vlad's Rad Spear & Other Worldy Artifacts
What would you do if you wielded the Terracotta Army at your command? Kody and I take a dive into archeology as we research treasures from the known world and what effects they might have in a tabletop setting
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The Road to Death
Don't you just hate it when your character falls in battle? Tired of waiting around for the combat to be over? Well Takoda and I hash out a few ideas we have about what should happen when we come close to that mortal coil!
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Bobby Flay and The Salty Splatoon
We're back from a hiatus! And today Takoda and I talk food as we enter November, we get a taste of what your tabletop could be like if the town was terrorized by Bobby Flay and his notorious crew of sous chefs, The Salty Splatoon
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Five O'clock Shadows: Tabletop Thoughts
We can't stay on topic! We talk about self-care, adding celebrities to your settings, alternative playstyles and more! That's what happens when you have an edible at five o'clock
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Creating a Villain: The Man-At-Arms
There needs to be trouble brewing in the land of magic, and who better than a magic item merchant? Takoda and I develop the grievous background for a budding villain to be!
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Cityscaping with Connor
Takoda and I are joined by a friend from our playgroup as we discuss the world at large around Jasper Ridge. Remember to pay your dues to the elevator wizards and your culty townies down the road!
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You All Meet In A Tarrasque
Takoda and I start with good intentions to help you begin your new campaign, but we soon find ourselves in the belly of the beast - how would your adventurers escape from such a crappy situation?
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Spellcracking With Caleb
Today Takoda and I invite a guest star for this episode, a friend of ours named Caleb who is a noteworthy game master and writer. We shoot the breeze and spin a few ridiculous spells for you to enjoy
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Cryptids & Camping
The boys recorded an episode out in the woods, where friends like Bigfoot and Mothman are close enough to see the smoke billow through the cracks in our windows
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Shadowrunning From Our Past
Every strong character needs a backstory to build themselves up from, so Takoda and I share our characters that we have prepared for an upcoming Shadowrun campaign. With the matrix involved, we're caught between worlds trying to run from our past!
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Extra Smoke Vol1
The knights cut loose and record long after hours of the halfling's leaf! We make callbacks to previous episodes and then lose focus halfway to discuss giant sharks and meatball tornados
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Hubworld Horrors
If you're looking to put your players through the gauntlet, you'll need a hub world to call home. Takoda and I puzzled together some crazy dungeons for you to adventure through!
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Ranger and Monk Power-Up
Let's be honest; Rangers and Monks struggle to keep up with the other classes. Kody and I decided to give them a boost in ability, for better or worse
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Meet the Knights
The High Knights put their personas to paper - meet Horus Biers the Private Investigator and Rogar (just Rogar, no title)
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High Knights Highlights; The Trailer!
Come listen to our show! Takoda and I have plenty of fun fantasyscapes and ideas to share, so that your tabletop roleplaying game can be truly unique. High Knights has fun homebrewing every Thursday, all concepts and ideas are free to enjoy. Come visit us at our website highknightspodcast.com for...
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The Overdark
We dare to envision a world of fantasy in The Land Down Under, from kickboxing kangaroos to tarantula rodeo rings
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Pop Monsters
The High Knights hold a looking glass up to the outside world of monsters in media, awakening age-old fears of clowns and fish men
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Beast Planets
We take a look outside the contemporary swords & sorcery genre and create our own fictional planets to visit. I take us on a sci-fi safari of my planet, while Takoda's makes us question the nature of the universe!
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The Bewitching Woods
Takoda and I homebrew our own forest as a setting for adventure, but the scenes and scenarios quickly spiral into tales of lost children and leprechauns on the lamb from tax collectors.
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Boss Monster Baddies
In today's episode, Takoda and I each designed a unique monster (roughly CR7) and a magical item to pair with it, much to the chagrin of any players who would face these horrible creations
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A Crime Family's Tavern
On today's episode, we brew the setting of a saucy tiefling tavern and highlight some possible plotlines and characters that could surround such an enigmatic eatery
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
How many puffs does it take to get to the center of a brilliant idea? Find out how you can worldbuild for your tabletop roleplay sessions with Takoda and Ross, one a clever player-main and one a seasoned GM. Join us as we indulge in the halfling's leaf and create outlandish settings and scenarios for you to embellish freely
HOSTED BY
Ross Huiber & Takoda Schmidt
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How many puffs does it take to get to the center of a brilliant idea? Find out how you can worldbuild for your tabletop roleplay sessions with Takoda and Ross, one a clever player-main and one a seasoned GM. Join us as we indulge in the halfling's leaf and create outlandish settings and scenarios...
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