{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"CHA, June 2020: Wed\/Bed\/Behead Monster Edition","description":"The Adventuring Party - Episode 594 This week's hosts: Eoin, Savage and Shane. Special Guest Colin This week, the party discuss Monsters: Which gribblies are they in a stable relationship with, which are to be courted for a one-shot, and which are to be cast out of the encounter tables. Show notes: 01:00: Savage explains the rules of this well-known game with a dangerous alternate title. 02:00: Eoin is wedded to the Servitor, from Deadlands. 04:00: Special Guest Colin chooses The Boss Fight as his partner-for-life. 04:49: For those who don\u2019t know, the Tar(r?)asque is the toughest monster in D&D, and before 5th Edition you could only kill it if you brought it to -30hp and then made a Wish to keep it dead. So, it was something you could indeed base an entire campaign around. 06:17: Shane chooses the Oni\/Ogre Mage. 06:30: Well AK-tually the Oni is a very broad concept with a lot of intepretations in Japanese Myth, but what I meant was that I think \u2018Ogre Mage\u2019 is more indentifiably D&D as a name, while \u2018oni\u2019 is a deliberate invoking of a specific real-world culture and might imply too much about this huge muscly blue wizard. 07:10: Now now, there are plenty of Ogre Mage ladies around. 09:40: Savage chooses his zombie harem. Sorry ghosts and Spectres, he\u2019s all about that oozing once-flesh. 10:20: He\u2019s really not picky folks. 11:50: Eoin chooses the Secretly Powerful Surprise Villain as his bit on the side. 12:55: Necromancy is always hot. 13:06: Colin has his eyes on mounting some fine stallions. 14:38: Well I\u2019m already sold on Ghenghis Kobold. 16:15: Shane plans a dalliance with The Shadow. 16:16: Ok actually I meant this. 17:32: \u2018Never always wrong\u2019 kinda sums up my feelings on the OSR overall. But also we\u2019ve had two different episodes on it. 19:08: The Alternate Kill Condition monster is only fun if the players can see their impending doom and do something about it. Do not use them en-masse, but rather as an interesting addition to a more conventional fight. Or, indeed, make sure the players have their cleric to hand, and said cleric hasn\u2019t blown their Channel Divinity on +2 to stealth checks or somesuch. 19:36: Anyway, Savage is on the prowl for a massive black pu-....Oh right, the age rating. 19:45: A dir-whatnow? When did we start believing anything Ed Greenwood said? 20:02: If you were wondering why the \u2018Guard Dogs\u2019 in Final Fantasy 7 Remake have those weird back tentacles, that\u2019s the result of years of adapting Displacer Beasts from the OD&D books and then photocopying the idea from game to game. 20:22: Now available on Steam! 20:34: I know there\u2019s no reason to keep harping on about Displacer Beast trivia, but I do remember 3.5 had the CR 12 Displacer Beast Pack Lord, and it just seemed so ridiculous a concept yet I feel like I want a 5e version just to have around. 22:03: We\u2019ve suggested a few of these not-technically-in-the-monster-statblock abilities over the course of the episode. I think we can safely say we\u2019re pro-tweaking when you want to make interesting fights. 22:55: Eoin scorns the Accidental TPK Monster, which means he probably disapproves of my dalliance with the Shadow. 23:23: Spoilers for Age of Worms, one of the first Paizo Adventure Paths and one of the last big hurrah\u2019s for the Greyhawk setting. Also spoilers: Manzecorian is meant to be Tenser. 24:26: Also spoilers of Age of Worms: It\u2019s a very hard Adventure Path. 25:52: Yeah, just....a little goes a long way, y\u2019know? 26:11: Colin ain\u2019t up for no Brutes in his 4e. 27:27: Man, its almost like 4e had problems or something... 28:12: I\u2019m sorry, but the Ice Devil just leaves me cold. 28:13: Why is everyone booing me? 28:28: Good thing I did wait, because who would want to mix up the frozen hell of Cania with the frozen hell of Levistus? 30:43: Savage has no eyes for the Beholder. 32:12: I don\u2019t think there\u2019s nessecarily anything wrong with the idea of Beholders as dream-forged scouts of the realms beyond realms, but it is a retcon and it\u2019s not inherently better than them being horrible space monsters sent forth by Mama Shoggoth. I encourage DMs to come up with their own origins for any monsters they see, since the canon is apparently inherently disposable. ------------------------ Want to actually shout at us? Go to SpeakPipe and tell us how you really feel. We might use a clip of your message in future shows so get ready to be super famous! We have a Discord Server and it rocks! Get in here! - https:\/\/discord.gg\/VW6NUJe Find us on Facebook here. Leave a Thumbs Up and we can be internet friends! Come ear-watch us on Youtube. Leave a comment! We are on Spotify? Yup, you can listen to us over there too! Twitter! Follow us on twitter  @adventuringpty Will we follow you back? Are you cool? Maybe! The hosts can be contacted by good old email at party@theadventuringparty.net ----------------------------------------------------------------- The Adventuring Party is released under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike version 3 licence. 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