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 The RPGBOT.Podcast is a thoughtful and sometimes humorous discussion about Tabletop Role Playing Games, including Dungeons and Dragons and Pathfinder as well as other TTRPGs. The discussion seeks to help players get the most out of TTRPGs by examining game mechanics and related subjects with a deep, analytic focus. The RPGBOT.Podcast includes a weekly episode; and The RPGBOT.News and The RPGBOT.Oneshot. You can find more information at https://rpgbot.net/ - Analysis, tools, and instructional articles for tabletop RPGs. Support us at the following links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rpgbot Twitter: https://twitter.com/RPGBOTDOTNET Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rpgbotdotnet Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rpgbot/ The RPGBOT.Podcast was developed by RPGBOT.net and produced in association with The Leisure Illuminati.RPGBOT.net
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  • DAGGERHEART: HOW TO PLAY CHARACTER CREATION - Roll Stats, Choose a Class, Cry About Your Backstory

    DAGGERHEART: HOW TO PLAY CHARACTER CREATION - Roll Stats, Choose a Class, Cry About Your Backstory
    Jul 14 2025
    Ever wonder what would happen if D&D and a therapy session had a magical woodland baby? Welcome to character creation in Daggerheart. Thank You to Our Sponsor – DungeonFlow.app: This episode of the RPGBOT.Podcast is proudly sponsored by DungeonFlow.app — your new favorite GM tool for organizing campaigns, generating traps, and describing suspiciously pulsing potted plants. Whether you're prepping a one-shot or wrangling a West Marches campaign, DungeonFlow makes your life easier, faster, and way less covered in metaphorical blood. Try it now and streamline your prep time before the rogue does something you'll regret. Show Notes In this episode, the RPGBOT crew rolls up their sleeves and jumps into the nine-step character creation process for Daggerheart, the new tabletop RPG from Darrington Press. They walk through each step with equal parts clarity and chaos, covering class selection, ancestry, traits, and all the crunchy bits that make your character unique. With plenty of laughs, in-character riffing, and mechanical breakdowns, this episode offers both a how-to guide and a preview of the joy of storytelling in Daggerheart. By the end, the hosts have fully built their heroes—and maybe a few existential crises. Daggerheart (affiliate link)Critical Role - Age of Umbra Content from RPGBOT.net Daggerheart Review Key Takeaways: Daggerheart’s Nine-Step Process: Character creation is broken into a clean, accessible nine-step structure. Each phase builds both mechanics and narrative.Start With Class: Your class defines your role and primary skills—think of it as the “what do you do” in the adventuring world.Ancestry Without Number Crunch: Ancestries offer flavorful features and cultural context, but they don't mess with your ability scores.Community Ties Matter: Your character’s community gives you story hooks, motivations, and plenty of fuel for roleplaying.Traits are Your Stats: These determine how good you are at doing stuff—like lifting, lying, or surviving a GM’s spite.Get That Gear: Equipment isn’t just for show—it helps define your combat style and survival options.Background Brings the Drama: Who were you before this? Backgrounds add emotional weight and goals.Experience Evolves You: Characters can earn and spend XP to grow, change, and regret that one time they fought a horse.Domain Cards Add Spice: These magical-ish cards provide unique abilities that distinguish your character’s style and vibe.Set the Stage with a Campaign Frame: The final step helps align character concepts with the world and tone of the campaign, whether you're playing light-hearted fantasy or grimdark grief therapy. Additional Notes: Expect a focus on hope and fear mechanics in future episodes—Daggerheart leans into emotional storytelling.The system encourages creative freedom and personal storytelling over min-maxing.If you love theater kid energy and rules-light structure, Daggerheart may be your next RPG obsession. Listen now to hear the team craft heroes, crack jokes, and figure out whether a raccoon bard fits the campaign frame. If you enjoy the show, please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app. It’s a quick, free way to support the podcast, and helps us reach new listeners. If you love the show, consider joining us on Patreon, where backers at the $5 and above tiers get ad free access to RPGBOT.net and the RPGBOT.Podcast, can chat directly to members of the RPGBOT team and community on the RPGBOT.Discord, and can join us for live-streamed recordings. Support us on Amazon.com when you purchase products recommended in the show at the following link: https://amzn.to/3NwElxQ How to Find Us: In-depth articles, guides, handbooks, reviews, news on Tabletop Role Playing at RPGBOT.net Tyler Kamstra BlueSky: @rpgbot.netTikTok: @RPGBOTDOTNET Ash Ely Professional Game Master on StartPlaying.GamesBlueSky: @GravenAshesYouTube: @ashravenmedia Randall James BlueSky: @GrimoireRPGAmateurjack.comRead Melancon: A Grimoire Tale (affiliate link) Producer Dan @Lzr_illuminati
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    47 m
  • SHINKICKING Remastered - Managing Difficulty and Tone in Combat RP

    SHINKICKING Remastered - Managing Difficulty and Tone in Combat RP
    Jul 12 2025
    Ever accidentally traumatize your party during a goblin ambush? We did—so we made a whole episode about it. In this remastered episode, the RPGBOT crew rolls initiative on one of the most delicate balancing acts in tabletop role-playing games: how to manage difficulty and tone in combat scenarios. Whether you’re a GM trying to run a gritty, high-stakes survival encounter or a player who just wants to dropkick goblins and crack jokes, this conversation explores how to harmonize challenge with narrative tone. The hosts unpack the psychology of danger, why tension doesn’t always mean TPKs, and how even a good old-fashioned shinkick can feel appropriately heroic… or humiliating. They discuss combat pacing, how encounter design shapes the story, and how to use or avoid mechanical lethality to maintain player investment without disrupting tone. From slapstick to soul-crushing, the crew shares real-play examples and tools for aligning your combat difficulty with your table’s emotional goals. Special thanks to Stubbenz for the idea for this episode RPGBOT.Podcast Episodes RPGBOT.Podcast S2E7 – Random EncountersMörk Borg Cult: Heretic – RPGBOT.News S2E32RPGBOT.News – MOAR The Monsters Know What They’re Doing with Keith AmmannHow to Defend Your Lair with Keith Ammann – RPGBOT.Masterclass S2E95 Other Stuff DnD 5e – Practical Guidet to Doom-Style DnD Combat Topics Covered: What is "shinkicking" in combat RP? A metaphor for unnecessarily brutal or tone-discordant moments in combat that break immersion or fun. Tone vs. Challenge: Aligning encounter difficulty with campaign tone (grimdark, heroic, comedic, etc.)When a tough fight feels earned versus when it feels like punishmentHow comedic or whimsical games can still have meaningful consequences Combat Design Fundamentals: Action economy and player agencyTelegraphing danger vs. ambush mechanicsThe role of pacing and player morale in combat design The Danger Dial: When to turn the heat up for dramaWhen to pull punches to keep the tone lightAvoiding tonal whiplash: don’t drop horror into a Muppet movie campaign DM Tools and Techniques: Using terrain, objectives, and non-lethal consequencesBuilding tension without overwhelmingLetting players feel clever rather than just lucky Player Perspective: How difficulty impacts character expressionHow to engage tone-conscious players in lethal fightsEncouraging tone-setting through narration and description Funny and Real Examples: Times the hosts accidentally (or intentionally) broke toneWhen a joke fight got real—or a real fight turned into a running gag Key Takeaways Tone and difficulty must be balanced intentionally. A hard fight in a serious campaign feels very different than the same fight in a cartoonish or comedic setting.Challenge doesn’t mean constant risk of death. Strategic design can create tension without always threatening character mortality.Telegraphing is critical. Players respond better to difficulty when they can see it coming and prepare accordingly.Don’t let tone drift accidentally. Maintain narrative cohesion—know when a gritty beat enhances the story and when it undermines the vibe.Make combat emotionally resonant, not just mechanically hard. Personal stakes, consequences, and narrative weight can be more impactful than raw damage numbers.Player tone is part of table tone. Encouraging players to engage with the narrative tone helps reinforce consistency during combat.Not every moment needs to be epic. Allow room for levity, slapstick, or small-scale drama to humanize your game and make epic moments shine brighter.Shinkicking is avoidable. Unless you’re trying to ruin someone’s day, there are better ways to raise the stakes. Call to Action Want to run better combat and avoid emotional shinkicks? Share your favorite “wrong tone, wrong time” stories on social media and tag @RPGBOTDOTNET. If you enjoy the show, please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app. It’s a quick, free way to support the podcast, and helps us reach new listeners. If you love the show, consider joining us on Patreon, where backers at the $5 and above tiers get ad free access to RPGBOT.net and the RPGBOT.Podcast, can chat directly to members of the RPGBOT team and community on the RPGBOT.Discord, and can join us for live-streamed recordings. Support us on Amazon.com when you purchase products recommended in the show at the following link: https://amzn.to/3NwElxQ How to Find Us: In-depth articles, guides, handbooks, reviews, news on Tabletop Role Playing at RPGBOT.net Tyler Kamstra BlueSky: @rpgbot.netTikTok: @RPGBOTDOTNET Ash Ely Professional Game Master on StartPlaying.GamesBlueSky: @GravenAshesYouTube: @ashravenmedia Randall James BlueSky: @GrimoireRPGAmateurjack.comRead Melancon: A Grimoire Tale (affiliate link) Producer Dan @Lzr_illuminati
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    1 h y 4 m
  • DAGGERHEART: HOW TO PLAY CONCEPTS AND THEMES - Cue the Spotlight, We're Monologuing Through Combat

    DAGGERHEART: HOW TO PLAY CONCEPTS AND THEMES - Cue the Spotlight, We're Monologuing Through Combat
    Jul 10 2025
    We upgraded Foundry, discovered a few surprise “features,” and then dove headfirst into the hope-and-fear-fueled mayhem of Daggerheart—join us for mechanics, emotions, and at least one character death that felt really personal. This episode of the RPGBOT.Podcast is sponsored by DungeonFlow.app, your one-stop shop for streamlining game prep and powering up your sessions. Whether you're navigating Daggerheart's emotional economy or just trying to remember what room had the spiky floor trap, DungeonFlow has your back. With encounter builders, random traps, and mood-setting room descriptions, it's like having a co-GM who doesn’t argue about initiative order. Sign up now at DungeonFlow.app and take your table from chaos to controlled chaos. In this episode of the RPGBOT.Podcast, the crew kicks things off with a heroic tale of bravery: upgrading Foundry to version 13. With great power comes great mod compatibility checks—but hey, the new features are worth the hiccups! Once the tech dust settles, the gang dives into Daggerheart, the shiny new TTRPG from the folks at Darrington Press. From hit points and stress to hope, fear, and “please don’t let me die here,” the team explores Daggerheart’s unique approach to narrative and mechanics. They debate the crunchy bits, the soft edges, and the places where player creativity takes center stage. Along the way, they find just enough time to question the currency system, roast the movement rules (with love), and embrace the initiative mechanic that requires actual trust. Scary stuff. Key Takeaways: Foundry v13 brings new power to your table—but double-check those mods before you click "update."Daggerheart’s mechanics are fueled by hope and fear, which is either brilliant or a therapy session waiting to happen.The resting system adds strategic depth without slowing the narrative.Resource management includes stress and HP, because feelings matter.Tiered play defines your character’s journey, from barely surviving to epic storytelling.Armor rules with damage thresholds add depth—but not so much math you’ll need a spreadsheet.Equipment tiers create clear gear progression, and swords still go “stab.”The initiative system promotes teamwork by letting players choose who goes next. Trust issues? Might wanna talk about that.The death system gives players dramatic, meaningful choices—finally, death with flair.The system is setting-agnostic, perfect for fantasy, sci-fi, post-apocalyptic baking contests, or whatever you’re into.Movement mechanics could use polish, but if you’ve ever argued over diagonals in D&D, you’ll feel right at home. Tune in for mechanics, drama, heartfelt dice rolls—and yes, a very suspicious shrub. If you enjoy the show, please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app. It’s a quick, free way to support the podcast, and helps us reach new listeners. If you love the show, consider joining us on Patreon, where backers at the $5 and above tiers get ad free access to RPGBOT.net and the RPGBOT.Podcast, can chat directly to members of the RPGBOT team and community on the RPGBOT.Discord, and can join us for live-streamed recordings. Support us on Amazon.com when you purchase products recommended in the show at the following link: https://amzn.to/3NwElxQ How to Find Us: In-depth articles, guides, handbooks, reviews, news on Tabletop Role Playing at RPGBOT.net Tyler Kamstra BlueSky: @rpgbot.netTikTok: @RPGBOTDOTNET Ash Ely Professional Game Master on StartPlaying.GamesBlueSky: @GravenAshesYouTube: @ashravenmedia Randall James BlueSky: @GrimoireRPGAmateurjack.comRead Melancon: A Grimoire Tale (affiliate link) Producer Dan @Lzr_illuminati
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    1 h y 22 m
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