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E037a - Dungeon Mastery - Health and Resurrection Magic Oct 04, 2019

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In this special episode, Dan and Adam sit down on the player's behalf and go over EVERY SINGLE HEALTH SPELL in Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition, including spells that focus on stabilizing, summoning, undeath, resurrection, and more. They also cover some stranger questions and topics. Can unconscious creatures be hostile? Are toxins and venoms considered poisons? Do severed limbs remain under the effects of spells? What are the rules for death by massive damage? Are temporarily boosted Maximum Hit Points the same as Temporary Hit Points? Can a spell stack temporary hit points if it's active for mulitple consecutive rounds? Is Revivify too cheap? What's an easy cheat to help command your undead horde? What are Prayer Wheels, how do Death Saves work, and what's the official ruling for Ritual times? Why are Elves immune to a Ghoul's paralysis? What spells can you use to store other spells? Are cantrips considered spells? How can you cast Raise Dead on yourself? Homebrew Rules that they discuss include topics like duplicating spell modifiers, death save consciousness, lizardfolk regeneration, material component necessity, adding penalties for resurrections, whether or not petrification is an autokill, and additional reincarnation options.

The spells mentioned in this episode are, in order:
Cure Wounds
Goodberry
Healing Word
Healing Spirit
Prayer of Healing
Aura of Vitality
Life Transference
Mass Healing Word
Aura of Life
Mass Cure Wounds
Heal
Regenerate
Mass Heal
Power Word Heal
Heroism
Aid
Guardian of Nature
Heroes’ Feast
Spare the Dying
Guidance
Resistance
Bless
Warding Bond
Death Ward
Sequester
Holy Aura
Conjure Fey (Dryad)
Soul Cage
Conjure Celestial (Couatl)
Ceremony
Gentle Repose
Hallow
Revivify
Greater Restoration
Raise Dead
Reincarnate
Resurrection
Clone
True Resurrection
Animate Undead
Danse Macabre
Create Undead
Vampiric Touch
Catnap
Glyph of Warding
Contingency
Wish
Mass Polymorph

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C001 - The Deep Dark of Radiance: Arrival (Call of Cthulhu Actual Play) Oct 03, 2019

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It is the winter of 1922, and as the sun prepares to set for thirty-seven days, evil lurks in Radiance, Yukon. A train full of unsuspecting passengers makes its final trek across the Canadian North. A police detective, a hunter, a prospector, and a rich young girl are all strangers as the share the dining car. But they don't realize that they also share a grisly destiny full of horrors beyond their worst nightmares.

Using the Call of Cthulhu 7e ruleset, the cast of the It's A Mimic! podcast sit down with three others and explore the frozen wilderness in the darkest time of year. This brand new 8-part mini series will run up to until October 28, 2019, and provide a final debriefing on Halloween itself. Episodes will be available on Mondays and Thursdays, at precisely the moment that the sun sets in the Yukon Territories. So grab your security blanket and Halloween candy, and clutch your loved ones. The Deep Dark of Radiance begins now.

CAST

KEEPER OF ARCANE SECRETS: Daniel

CHARITY FLANAGAN (of the North Carolina Flanagan's): Miaca

DETECTIVE MARTIN CLAUD NOIR: Terry

GUNTHER (aka "Gun"): Dave

MOSES T. RIPLEY (aka "Rip"): Adam

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Directors: Adam and Daniel

Producers: Daniel, Terry, Adam

Story by: Daniel and Adam

Editors: Daniel and Adam

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E036 - Mob Mentality - Boning Up on Undead Sep 30, 2019

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In this episode of the It’s a Mimic! podcast, the panel of dungeon masters dig at the grave topic of undead mobs. It’s all shambling corpses and creaking bones as the DM’s uncover the truth about zombie hordes and skeleton armies and try to drop some knowledge on your braaaaiiiiinnnnsss....

How do you handle headshot kills? Can you use these creatures at higher levels? What are creative uses of these creatures to tell a story or add additional challenges? From lurking solo monsters in the dark to interesting skill challenges to mass combat, Terry, Dan and Adam discuss a number of unique ways to handle a mob that can be more environmental than combative if used appropriately.

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C000 - The Deep Dark of Radiance: Prophecy (Call of Cthulhu Actual Play) Sep 30, 2019

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In the prelude to the miniseries The Deep Dark of Radiance, Daniel, The Keeper of Arcane Secrets,walks you through his Session Zero. He establishes tone, setting, and boundaries before he sets out to help the players understand the rules and character creation. This special prologue will help players understand how to prepare for a campaign that uses the Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition, as well as provide a glimpse into his own homebrew world.

Carving its way through the beautiful Yukon landscape is The Yukon Adventure, the largest and most extravagant passenger experience in the arctic, often boasting royalty and millionaires among its clientele. It visits the larger cities in the region, but merely slows down as it passes through the smaller mining towns, fishing villages, and military outposts, to give the drunken millionaires and wide-eyed adventurers a glimpse of the simple way that these people live. The exception to this, of course, is Radiance, Yukon, where the Canadian gold rush both sprung to life and gasped its final breath. But as the train approaches, and the sun begins its final descent below the horizon for the next 37 days, an immense evil lurks in the frozen darkness, waiting and watching…

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E035 - Class: 1000 Attacks - Monks: The Ki to Happiness Sep 24, 2019

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This episode of the It's A Mimic! Podcast sees the panel of Dungeon Masters sit down and dig deep into Monks and what makes them special. There is a flurry of ideas as they break down three radically different sub-classes, but lament that unique character ideas are relatively difficult due to the simple and straightforward role playing options that are provided in the Player’s Handbook.

There are a couple of points where the wording in the Monk section seems tricky, and Adam and Dan get into the nitty-gritties more than once. The group looks into the three sub-classes in the Player's Handbook - the Way of the Open Hand, the Way of Shadows, and the Way of the Four Elements - and discuss their strengths and weaknesses, before moving on to interesting character builds and inspirations.

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M004 - Mailbag of Holding - More Bullying Dan Sep 23, 2019

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This special episode of the It’s A Mimic! podcast takes another twenty listener questions, chosen at random, and forces the Dungeon Masters to scramble to find answers. But it’s not just Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition. Topics range from sexy accents to movie inspirations to the Three Stooges. Enjoy another episode of insanity with It's A Mimic! and make sure you listen to congratulate our Giveaway winner!

The questions were brought to you this time by:

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@dice_cats

@dnd.coalition

@dorianmikulan

@dv_rackem

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E034 - Class: 1000 Attacks - Fighters: Martial Bliss Sep 17, 2019

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In this episode of the It's A Mimic! podcast, the three Dungeon Masters sit down and discuss what is seemingly the simplest class, but there's more to Fighters than meets the eye! The classic Dungeons & Dragons martial class has a ton of surprising options, and the DM's break down different ways to approach building the sub-classes and using the class features in creative ways.

SUMMARY: When the panel of Dungeon Masters FINALLY get to the point, they look into why Fighters are so iconic, and what class features make them a good option for multi-classing. They look at the three sub-classes in the Player's Handbook - the Champion, the Battle Master, and the Eldritch Knight - and discuss their strengths and weaknesses, before moving on to interesting character builds and inspirations.

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E033 - Worldbuilding - Without the "& Dragons" Sep 10, 2019

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It’s all about subterranean locations in this week’s episode of the It’s A Mimic! podcast, as the panel of Dungeon Masters discuss what makes a dungeon a dungeon, and how to properly design one. One of the lynchpins of Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition, the dungeon has some must haves and some faux pas, and the DM’s discuss what these are, as well as how players should go about exploring, fighting, and role playing in these infamous locations.

SUMMARY: On of the biggest tropes in Dungeons & Dragons is players fighting their way through the first half of the title, but how boring and how difficult should these areas be? Terry discusses the use of some helpful mundane items, Dan gripes about the issue with Mega Dungeons, and Adam encourages players to get tricky with a certain tool proficiency. From rests and role playing to puzzles and pacing, this episode covers the ins and outs and unders of D&D’s most classic adventure type.

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E032 - Lore - Fey Gone Wild Sep 03, 2019

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It's lunacy, flawed logic, memory loss, and time travel nonsense in this episode of the It's A Mimic! podcast as the panel of DM's slips from the prime material plane to the Feywild! And when the panel of DM's slips from the prime material plane to the Feywild, it's lunacy, flawed logic, memory loss, and time travel nonsense in this episode of the It's A Mimic! podcast!

SUMMARY: Green Dragon lairs prove to be an interesting topic as Terry disappears for an episode while Dan talks about Banderhobbs, Hexblade Warlocks, and Thieves. But it's not all Big, Bad, and Evil as Adam brings us some surprise specials about types of Fiends! From their cold, arctic lairs to stealing from Goblinoids, the podcast gives some fans some feedback, and looks over Circle of the Shepherd and the Light Domain, while focusing on preparing for the Underdark with any dragon lore that might help. So tune in for some random facts about orcs, bards, and barbarians, as we head back to the beginning of our fantasies, explore a lizard shower, answer some questions, and explore the three pillars of Dungeons & Dragons while we meet the DM's. … Wait.

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E031 - Dragon Mastery - Green Dragons: Poisoning Minds and Lungs Aug 27, 2019

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When the panel of Dungeon Masters FINALLY gets to the topic of Green Dragons, they latch on to some tactics and personality quirks that they find interesting. There are some strange mechanics and odd design choices that they break down, and the DM’s revel in the petty and conniving nature of the big, scaly foes.

SUMMARY: As the boys sit down to go over Green Dragons, they look not only at battle strategies, but also at how and why to split the party, where and how to use Green Dragon lairs, and even how to make one the central evil NPC of the campaign. Listen this week to hear how Green Dragons can be constant harassers, mob bosses, kings, monsters, zoo keepers, and even kobold lairs!

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