Stay ConnectedWelcome to Detentions and Dragons, a podcast dedicated to introducing Dungeons and Dragons into the classroom experience!
Not a teacher? Don’t worry! Hosts Josh and Matt are confident that new players, new Dungeon Masters, and fans of Dungeons and Dragons will find this enjoyable and informative as well!
Podcast updates biweekly weekly. We are off during the summer!
Detentions and Dragons is a proud member of the Block Party Podcast Network!!
In the lesson, Josh and Matt jump on the home remodel band wagon and rebrand themselves as dungeon fixer uppers. Why have your player characters run through that same old dungeon?! Just remove that old green avocado owlbear, knock down that load-bearing wall of illusion, and add in some modern trap elements!
Seriously though, Josh and Matt look at Boss Dungeons. The end of the school year is near and campaigns need to come to a close. The final dungeon is your students' last chance to make memories, have fun, and be heroes of a story they create until the next school year. This last boss dungeon needs to be suspenseful and challenging. Listen as Josh and Matt give suggestion for traps, puzzle, and lair wide magical effect to add excitement to your clubs grand finale!
Josh and Matt return to New Trollsburg.
Lots of Pop Culture references.
Josh may have told his best joke to date.
Have the Chip and Joanna of D&D helped you flip your D&D experience? Help them out by recommending Detentions and Dragons to a friend, teacher, or student. New listeners are the best way to help us grow as a podcast. Thanks again for all of your support!
Detentions and Dragons is a proud member of the Block Party Podcast Network! Check out our show and other great D&D and gaming podcast at https://www.blockpartypodcastnetwork.com/ or where ever you download podcasts!
Atmospheric music (Dungeon II: Mechanical and Medieval Town) provided by Table Top Audio. https://tabletopaudio.com/
Train Sounds provided by Zott820. https://freesound.org/people/Zott820/
Bust out your percentile dice and roll for a random effect!
Detentions and Dragons have their most random episode to date! They asked for new effects for the Wand of Wonder, a magic item in D&D 5e that casts random effects from a random effect table, and the listeners delivered.
In this lesson, Josh and Matt go over their favorite listener submitted homebrewed effects for the Wand of Wonder. Effects include berating spectral parrots, glitter, and more!
Hosts from the Block Party Podcast Network also submit Wand of Wonder Effects!
Lots of randomness.
Lots of ranting!
Have these two Minnesotan teacher DMs taught you the correct name for America's most beloved children's game? Help them out by recommending Detentions and Dragons to a friend, teacher, or student. New listeners are the best way to help us grow as a podcast. Thanks again for all of your support!
We are also a proud member of the Block Party Podcast Network, check out our show and other great D&D and gaming podcast at https://www.blockpartypodcastnetwork.com/ or where ever you download podcasts!
Mods. We use them to transform good games into better looking, more playable, and more enjoyable experiences. D&D is not an exception!
In this lesson, Matt and Josh talk about rule modifications for D&D. Often times, DMs need to some tricks to maximize the gaming experience. They discuss a variety of tactics they use and mods you should consider implementing in your school or personal campaign.
Matt is equipped with Dungum (definitely not Gundam) armor.
Gorgonzola makes his return.
Exit Ticket: Homework - Wand of Wonder Contest is still on! A fan favorite item. Your homework. Create a new effect for Wand of Wonder and send it to:
detentionsanddragons@gmail.com
or fill out this form here:
https://tinyurl.com/wandofwonder
If we like your entry the best, you win some free dice! All participants will have their effect added to a new and living list of Wand of Wonder effects.
Have these two cybernetically enhanced teacher DMs from the future helped you is update your DM algorithms ? Help them out by recommending Detentions and Dragons to a friend, teacher, or student. New listeners are the best way to help us grow as a podcast. Thanks again for all of your support!
We are also now a proud member of the Block Party Podcast Network, check out our show and other great D&D and gaming podcast at https://www.blockpartypodcastnetwork.com/ or where ever you download podcasts!
Lesson # 34 Agenda
Word up! Josh and Matt go hard in the paint again to discuss more important vocabulary for D&D 5th Edition. Will it give you street cred in the average social circle? Probably not. However, knowing this basic vernacular will make you look legit at your next D&D session or convention.
Josh got a sweet D&D tattoo. Check his tattoo and him out @ProfessorOlaf
Gorgonzola the elderly elf makes an appearance.
The cannon of fast travel didn't shoot Smeagle Bobson all that far away.
Exit Ticket: Homework - Wand of Wonder. A fan favorite item. Your homework. Create a new effect for Wand of Wonder and send it to detentionsanddragons@gmail.com
If we like yours the best, you win some free dice! All participants will have their effect added to a new and living list of Wand of Wonder effects.
Thanks to the D&D wiki for information about slang. Check out their complete page on D&D jargon here: https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Help:Glossary_of_Jargon
Have these two fly teachers helped you master your own D&D slang? Help them out by recommending Detentions and Dragons to a friend, teacher, or student. New listeners are the best way to help us grow as a podcast. Thanks again for all of your support!
Lesson # 33 Agenda
Howdy! Now just don't just sit there like a bump on a log! It is springtime on the Detentions and Dragons hobby farm and there are plenty of chores to do. Do you want to help out by feeding the spring chimera? Or if you are looking for some adventuring, how about solving that mystery involving some curious hibernators? The world is waking up again, kiddo! Time to dust off those adventuring boots and get to work!
On this lesson, Josh and Matt discuss Springtime and how to integrate springtime into your school or campaign setting. Ideas include a D&D swap meet, a campaign focused on a missing Spring (we are looking at you Minnesota), and some homebrewed creatures. Again, get your party out of that dungeon and into the fresh air of spring!
Smeagle Bobson returns. And is gone again?
Who is your favorite flair bear?
Matt wants more cute D&D monsters.
Special thanks to:
Benbocan for letting us use their ambient farmyard sounds. You can find their work here:
https://freesound.org/people/Benboncan/sounds/69648/
Special producer credit to Ginger for pitching Springtime D&D ideas involving bears, blood thirsty chickadees and robins, and an unused mud mephit.
Have these two dragon ranchers put a little springtime back into your DM step? Help them out by recommending Detentions and Dragons to a friend, teacher, or student. New listeners are the best way to help us grow as a podcast. Thanks again for all of your support!
Lesson # 32 Agenda
Many DMs know that a player character can open a door by rolling a high enough number on an ability check. But what happens when that door is sentient and fights back? This situation calls for a 1v1 D20 roll-off, a contest.
On this lesson, Josh and Matt discuss the a special variation of ability checks called contests. They discuss what contests are, when to use, and how to run them in a 5th edition game. They also provide several common and uncommon examples of contests in 5E.
Pie gets discussed a lot.
Exit Ticket: We have graded homework! Josh and Matt review many of the entries in our Creative Writing Prompt Assignment on disasters and almonds for willing listeners. Hopefully, these D&D minds can provide some inspiration for your D&D campaign!
Have these two pie Olympians given you advantage in your own D&D contest? Help them out by recommending Detentions and Dragons to a friend, teacher, or student. New listeners are the best way to help us grow as a podcast. Thanks again for all of your support!
Lesson # 31 Agenda
You've defeated the dragon and taken it treasure, you've bested the wizard and won their gold, or you read your book and earned your Havoc coins. It is now time to relax, sip on a coffee, and go shopping!!!
On this lesson, Josh and Matt travel to the fictional town of New Trollsburg to buy some magic items designed by Josh and Matt! Need some new kicks? Head on down to Amberzombie and Witch! Need a dodge ball that sends you to a dodge ball dimension? You can totally buy it in New Trollsburg. Learn more about some fun homebrewed items that can be incorporated into your classroom or home campaign.
Exit Ticket: None. But we are still accepting creative writing prompt submission. Send us your best idea for a campaign, mission, or plot device and we will read our favorite of the submissions on the podcast. Topic must incorporate the following nouns: Disaster & Almonds.
Have these two teachers helped you restock your own D&D& stores with new magic items? Help them out by recommending Detentions and Dragons to a friend, teacher, or student. New listeners are the best way to help us grow as a podcast. Thanks again for all of your support!
Also a special thanks to Tabletop Audio for letting us use their tracks Halfing Festival and Docks District. You can check them out here: https://tabletopaudio.com/
Lesson # 30 Agenda
Want a good reason to integrate D&D into your curriculum? How about this number for you: 5,000. This is the cumulative number of hours students in Josh's classes have read books outside of school. And a major driver behind this stat is Havoc.
On this episode, Josh and Matt talk more about Havoc, the modified D&D 5E system that Josh uses in his classroom. Specifically, they discuss the in-class currency system used in his yearlong campaign and how students power up their learning and their player characters in the classroom with havoc coins. For those interested in finding ways to drive academic success using RPG elements, this episode is for you.
Exit Ticket: Homework - Creative Writing Prompt!
Send us your best idea for a campaign, mission, or plot device and we will read our favorite of the submissions on the podcast. Topic must incorporate the following nouns:
Disaster & Almonds
Have these two teachers helped you earn 1000 havoc coins? Help them out by recommending Detentions and Dragons to a friend, teacher, or student. New listeners are the best way to help us grow as a podcast. Thanks again for all of your support!
Lesson # 29 Agenda
Spells Continued! In this lesson, Josh and Matt finish their topic from last week by examining the topic of spell slots, D&D's spell management system. They also discuss a way to clarify spell slots to new players using everyone's favorite building block, LEGO.
Healy McHealerson shows up to help explain spells.
Matt steals Josh's idea for a magic item and uses it against him.
Exit Ticket: Item Review - Well of Many Worlds
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Lesson # 28 Agenda
Welcome to the Dungeon and Dragons sponsored by Detentions and Dragon first annual spelling bee! Listen as Josh spells the names of monsters from D&D lore! The competition is intense. And the stakes are even direr as Josh plays for his own job!
Once that is over, Matt and Josh tackle spells and spell management. While one of the most robust and entertaining elements of D&D, understanding the premise, requirements, and management can be daunting for new DMs and players. It takes a while, but Josh and Matt use their innate teaching abilities to cast light on this subject.
Exit Ticket: Item Review - Well of Many Worlds
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