Crit Academy: A Dungeons and Dragons Podcast

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Fight like a Monster Feb 12, 2020

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Crit Academy is joined by Alan McCoy to discuss his ongoing "Fight like a Monster" series. A regular series focused on helping Dungeon Masters get the most out of their Dungeons and Dragons monsters from both a narrative and combat perspective.

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Health, Armor and Endurance in Tabletop Games Feb 05, 2020

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This week we are joined by our good friends Gabe and Jeff from the Inter-Party Conflict Podcast! We discuss hit points in RPG games like Dungeons and Dragons. Hit points or HP, represent a combination of physical and mental durability, the will to live, and luck. DM's describe hit point loss in different ways. This is what makes it kind of an art form.

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Make your RPG Combat Flow Jan 29, 2020

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Want to run D&D combat better? Your D&D combat isn't dragging because it's slow, it's dragging because it lacks FLOW! We are joined today by Zipperon Disney a Youtuber and big D&D nerd with a channel that focuses on advanced DM Tips.

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Anatomy of a D&D Campaign Jan 22, 2020

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We are joined by Christian Hoffer, writer for Comicbook.com. We discuss his blog series "Anatomy of a D&D Campaign" a week-by-week look at the planning of Dungeons & Dragons sessions. While D&D 101 looks at broader topics, Anatomy of a D&D Campaign will dig a little deeper into technical elements, with discussions about encounter design, crafting unique monsters, and handling unique challenges that come up at the table.

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World Anvil Jan 15, 2020

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Crit Academy Episode 152: World Anvil

This week we discuss World Anvil, the ultimate worldbuilding toolset and RPG campaign manager. This amazing tool set helps you build and showcase your living world. Create by yourself or with a team. It's toolset changes depending on your need, whether you're a gamemaster, writer or roleplayer. It has all the tools you need to bring your imagination to life for the world to see.

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DnD Player Storytelling Jan 08, 2020

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Episode 151: Player Storytelling

"Storytelling is the DM's job!"

Although this is a commonly held belief, it could not be more wrong. Everyone at the Dungeons and Dragons table has a hand in storytelling, whether he or she is aware of it or not. As a player, you don't have the most obvious role in telling the story, but at the end of the day, the story is about you.

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DnD Adventure Design Jan 01, 2020

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We interview Jeff Stevens and Cat Evans, best selling Dungeons and Dragons authors on the DMsguild. They share their unique approaches and challenges that they run into and how they overcome them.

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Class Analysis: DnD Artificer: Part 2 Dec 18, 2019

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This week Crit Academy finishes their Class Analysis of the new Dungeons and Dragons Artificer class. We breakdown each of the core sub-classes and their features and discuss how to get the most out of them.

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Class Analysis: DnD Artificer: Part 1 Dec 11, 2019

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This week we breakdown the new Artificer class and its features. We give our thoughts on the features and how we see ourselves using them from both a flavor and mechanics point of view.

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DnD Essentials Kit Dec 04, 2019

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This week we break down the D&D Essentials Kit! Take your first step into the world of Dungeons and Dragons, or get a more expansive D&D experience to your already ongoing campaign. Play with groups as small as two players (one Dungeon Master & one adventurer) for the first time in D&D fifth edition with the introduction of "sidekicks.". We had an absolute blast covering this and were very impressed with its contents. Give a listen as we break it all down!

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