Crit Academy: A Dungeons And Dragons Podcast

This week we discuss Ancestral Weapons by Dungeon Rollers. A Dungeons and Dragons 5e supplement with rules for creating powerful heirloom weapons that evolve and grow with your players. A noble blade wielded in the blood wars, an axe used to protect the great city of Mirabar from orc invasions, or a powerful staff passed down through the eons. Ancestral weapons, heirlooms, are iconic within roleplaying. These weapons embody a character’s family, story, and their history. These weapons are as important to many characters as their race, class, or background, to these people the opportunity to carry these items in their adventures is the true reward. Get your copy of Ancestral Weapons:  https://tinyurl.com/y52zunmd Pick up our Unearthed Tips and Tricks Book Here: https://tinyurl.com/yaehqxr3 Show Notes:  https://tinyurl.com/y6dae3gj Become a patreon donor at https://www.patreon.com/critacademy and help support the show. Enjoy the show live and on camera and even chat with us during the show. Get a free audio boo

This week we delve into DMsguild creator Tyler Kamstra's Dungeons and Dragons 5e supplement Monstrous Races. Whether you’re playing an all-monster party or just want to play a monstrous race in an otherwise normal party, this document presents rules for playing every creature in the Monster Manual, new feats and backgrounds for monstrous characters, analysis of officially published races, highly detailed rules for building your own races, new rules for tiny races, and rules for templates for player characters. This supplement is for 5th-edition Dungeons and Dragons. What is in this document? 228 playable races (every creature in the Monster Manual, no exceptions!) 116 subraces 13 templates for Player Characters, including new rules for Lycanthropes and Vampires Design notes discussing how everything in the document was built and suggestions for changing everything to fit your game Rules for Tiny, Large, Huge, and Gargantuan player races New feats New backgrounds Get your Monstrous Races:  https://tinyurl.co

We interview DMsguild.com creator Christopher Willet on his D&D supplement "Planeswalkers of Ravnica". It provides Dungeon Masters and Players with tools for incorporating Planeswalkers into their Ravnica campaigns. It includes; A new Planeswalker background with a color based alignment system. Your color grants you access to exclusive spells.  Every spell in the Players Handbook is categorized by their corresponding color on the color wheel.  Statblocks for 8 planeswalkers who are active on Ravnica including Jace Beleren and Gideon Jura.  5 new spells inspired by cards from Magic: The Gathering 2 brand new magic items 3 new monsters Get your Planeswalkers of Ravnica here:  https://tinyurl.com/y46gftlm Pick up our Unearthed Tips and Tricks Book Here: https://tinyurl.com/yaehqxr3 Show Notes: https://tinyurl.com/yxa3f33f Become a patreon donor at https://www.patreon.com/critacademy and help support the show. Enjoy the show live and on camera and even chat with us during the show. Get a free audio book at 

This week we discuss a new supplement setting book for Dungeons and Dragons, Ravnica. Ravnica originally appeared as a setting for the MTG trading card game Ravnica is one of the most popular settings, in part because the world's ten guilds strongly support the way players build MAGIC decks. Ravnica is a whole new world for your D&D campaign to explore. A vast, sprawling city that covers the whole of the known world, Ravnica teems with intrigue and adventure, driven by the conflicts among the ten powerful guilds that rule the city. You can support our Show: Get your Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica here:  http://tinyurl.com/yysa299m Pick up our Unearthed Tips and Tricks Book Here: https://tinyurl.com/yaehqxr3 Show Notes: http://tinyurl.com/y2b3df7u Become a patreon donor at https://www.patreon.com/critacademy and help support the show. Enjoy the show live and on camera and even chat with us during the show. Get a free audio book at www.audibletrial.com/critacademy Visit us us at www.critacademy.com

This week we discuss player made structures with Fortress, Temples, and Strongholds. A guide to player made structures by Walrock Homebrew The world is a wild and scary place, full of monsters, malevolence, and myriad evils to be expunged. Wouldn't it be wonderful to have a place to unwind? A place to hang your hat, build and customize, and to call your home? Wouldn't it be nice to leave your mark in the world? To build a permanent edifice as a testament to the ages, a bulwark of safety against the ravages of time? Would you build a mighty temple to your gods, proclaiming your faith far and wide? A dreary dungeon complete with a grotto of poisonous herbs and holding cells for those that would oppose you? Or a quiet cottage in the forest, an idyllic and relaxing retreat holding a simple magical study? Get your Copy Here: https://tinyurl.com/y3utksle Pick up our Unearthed Tips and Tricks Book Here: https://tinyurl.com/yaehqxr3 Show Notes: https://tinyurl.com/yxf92l8q Become a patreon donor at https://www.patreo

We interview Jeff Stevens: Creator of the best selling book Villains and lairs. Expand your D&D game with this collection of 56 NPCs of various Challenge Ratings, thirteen of which include maps and details of their lairs. Add these NPCs as a side-quest, a main villain, a one-shot, a bounty for easy money, or however else you wish.  Written by some of the best-selling authors on the Dungeon Masters Guild and outstanding podcasters, each NPC includes an image, a backstory, motives, flaws, and a stat block. Some even include new magic items! Get your copy of Villains and Lairs! http://tinyurl.com/y5e6rymm Pick up our Unearthed Tips and Tricks Book Here: https://tinyurl.com/yaehqxr3 Show Notes: http://tinyurl.com/y49c45r4 Become a patreon donor at https://www.patreon.com/critacademy and help support the show. Enjoy the show live and on camera and even chat with us during the show. Get a free audio book at www.audibletrial.com/critacademy Visit us us at www.critacademy.com

Dungeons and Dragons is filled with fantastical machines, magical constructs, and everything in between. What if you could create one of these constructs for yourself? The Greasemonkey’s Handbook is for you! It’s been designed from the ground up to be just that. In this supplement you will find rules for building, maintaining, outfitting and fighting with or alongside your very own All Terrain Utility Machine - or A.T.U.M for short. Get your Greasemonkey's Handbook! https://tinyurl.com/y2xpruxd Pick up our Unearthed Tips and Tricks Book Here: https://tinyurl.com/yaehqxr3 Show Notes: https://tinyurl.com/y3wckfwf Become a patreon donor at https://www.patreon.com/critacademy and help support the show. Enjoy the show live and on camera and even chat with us during the show. Get a free audio book at www.audibletrial.com/critacademy Visit us us at www.critacademy.com    

We take a look at "The Malady Codex"  A supplement that is written by medical students with a love for tabletop role playing games. Inspired by the vast array of diseases, and the medieval myths that once surrounded them, to enrich other worlds with fantastical diseases. Get your Copy Here  https://www.dmsguild.com/product/257343/The-Malady-Codex-The-Guide-to-Diseases?affiliate_id=1546158 Unearthed Tips & Tricks is now available on DMsguild Here: https://www.dmsguild.com/product/259443/Unearthed-Tips-and-Tricks-Volume-I?affiliate_id=1546158 Become a patreon donor at www.patreon.com/critacademy and help support the show. Get access to behind the scenes footage, enjoy the show live and even chat with us during the show. Get a free audio book at www.audibletrial.com/critacademy Visit us us at www.critacademy.com Show Notes: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1d1Flerwmms_D7xnxoYzBq-bNFw46ioNY4NKwtJh2TpY

This week we interview Anne Gregersen author of the DMsguild best selling product "Little  Heroes" a guidebook for those who are looking to play D&D with children at the table. It also includes information to those who are looking to play as a child, and offers options when making such a character.  Get your Copy Here  https://www.dmsguild.com/product/259394/Little-Heroes--A-Guide-to-Children-at-the-Table?affiliate_id=1546158 Unearthed Tips & Tricks is now available on DMsguild Here: https://www.dmsguild.com/product/259443/Unearthed-Tips-and-Tricks-Volume-I?affiliate_id=1546158 Become a patreon donor at www.patreon.com/critacademy and help support the show. Get access to behind the scenes footage, enjoy the show live and even chat with us during the show. Get a free audio book at www.audibletrial.com/critacademy Visit us us at www.critacademy.com Show Notes: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1d1Flerwmms_D7xnxoYzBq-bNFw46ioNY4NKwtJh2TpY

We discuss introducing skill challenges into your games. Skill challenges are a series of skill checks by multiple characters, where a certain amount of successes spread across multiple skills and characters must be achieved before a number of failures. Our show may not be suitable for children, but neither is our D&D game.   Get your Copy Here  https://www.dmsguild.com/product/259850/Skill-Challenges-in-5e?affiliate_id=1546158 Our first book: Unearthed Tips & Tricks is now available on DMsguild Here: https://www.dmsguild.com/product/259443/Unearthed-Tips-and-Tricks-Volume-I?affiliate_id=1546158 Become a patreon donor at www.patreon.com/critacademy and help support the show. Get access to behind the scenes footage, enjoy the show live and even chat with us during the show. Get a free audio book at www.audibletrial.com/critacademy Visit us us at www.critacademy.com Show Notes: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1KXvFW7zDOQicAdNfNigbkqd4m32Gvi_tfca2kQIPW84

Love playing those holy warriors but tired of the same old Oaths? Today we interview Matthew Gravelyn and discuss his sourcebook "Create-An-Oath: A Paladin Oath Creation Guide" which provides a clear guide to creating your very own paladin Oath compatible with 5e. Our show may not be suitable for children, but neither is our D&D game.   Get your Copy Here  https://www.dmsguild.com/product/258551/CreateAnOath-A-Paladin-Oath-Creation-Guide?affiliate_id=1546158 Our first book: Unearthed Tips & Tricks is now available on DMsguild Here: https://www.dmsguild.com/product/259443/Unearthed-Tips-and-Tricks-Volume-I?affiliate_id=1546158 Become a patreon donor at www.patreon.com/critacademy and help support the show. Get access to behind the scenes footage, enjoy the show live and even chat with us during the show. Get a free audio book at www.audibletrial.com/critacademy Visit us us at www.critacademy.com Show Notes: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1pLYU84JknzAxgmenik5ki6KqZoOtwQHaYgt7hqRNZoo

This episode we finish our class analysis of Matt Mercer's Gunslinger fighter archetype.  Some weapon masters couldn’t stop with the innovation of the crossbow. Experimentation with alchemic components and rare metals have unlocked the secrets of controlled explosive force. The few who have survived these trials of ingenuity may become the first to create, and deftly wield the first firearms, Powerful yet dangerous ranged weapons. However, not being a perfect science, firearms carry an inherent instability that can occasionally leave the user without a functional means of attack. But when fully functional, the wielder of these weapons can become a distant force of death on the battlefield.    Our show may not be suitable for children, but neither is our D&D game.   Get your Gunslinger here!  https://www.dmsguild.com/product/170778/Gunslinger-Martial-Archetype-for-Fighters&affiliate_id=1546158   Our first book: Unearthed Tips & Tricks is now available on DMsguild Here: https://www.dmsguild.com/pr

This episode we finish our class analysis of Matt Mercer's Blood Hunter Class. In a landscape tormented by all manner of beasts, devils, and abominations from beyond the veil, most live in fear of the dark, of superstition, and of the unknown. Some, however, are so fanatical and bent on destroying the anathema that plagues the countryside that they embrace dark, forbidden knowledge.   Our show may not be suitable for children, but neither is our D&D game. Our first book: Unearthed Tips & Tricks is now available on DMsguild Here: https://www.dmsguild.com/product/259443/Unearthed-Tips-and-Tricks-Volume-I?affiliate_id=1546158 Become a patreon donor at www.patreon.com/critacademy and help support the show. Get access to behind the scenes footage, enjoy the show live and even chat with us during the show. Get a free audio book at www.audibletrial.com/critacademy Visit us us at www.critacademy.com Show Notes: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1hMFkjQFKKlTNOLENzLjAAvoMUuJPRV6dd6nBg2N2fQo

This week we detour from our normal D&D discussion format and share our Christmas themed adventure we ran with our patreon donors. We hope that you enjoy this actual play episode. Our heroes set out to thwart the plans of Jack Frost, who plans to cast the world in eternal darkness! Listen, as our heroes battle a dragon, snowmen and travel through a treacherous mountain pass. Join them as the story is told through Christmas like poems. Enjoy. Merry Christmas.

  This episode we do our class analysis of Matt Mercer's Blood Hunter Class. In a landscape tormented by all manner of beasts, devils, and abominations from beyond the veil, most live in fear of the dark, of superstition, and of the unknown. Some, however, are so fanatical and bent on destroying the anathema that plagues the countryside that they embrace dark, forbidden knowledge.   Our show may not be suitable for children, but neither is our D&D game. Our first book: Unearthed Tips & Tricks is now available on DMsguild Here: https://www.dmsguild.com/product/259443/Unearthed-Tips-and-Tricks-Volume-I?affiliate_id=1546158 Become a patreon donor at www.patreon.com/critacademy and help support the show. Get access to behind the scenes footage, enjoy the show live and even chat with us during the show. Get a free audio book at www.audibletrial.com/critacademy Visit us us at www.critacademy.com Show Notes Here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1KF0N9oDZQDWHzczCb1oJ4hyY_JnDQ2JVgnUEMB0f2mA  

  This episode we take a look at laws of the land in Dragon Heist. Crimes in the world and appropriate forms of punishments.   Check out Jeff Stevens' Fruit of Evil! https://www.dmsguild.com/product/238905/The-Fruit-of-Evil--Adventure?affiliate_id=1546158 Our show may not be suitable for children, but neither is our D&D game. Our first book: Unearthed Tips & Tricks is now available on DMsguild Here: https://www.dmsguild.com/product/259443/Unearthed-Tips-and-Tricks-Volume-I?affiliate_id=1546158 Become a patreon donor at www.patreon.com/critacademy and help support the show. Get access to behind the scenes footage, enjoy the show live and even chat with us during the show. Get a free audio book at www.audibletrial.com/critacademy Visit us us at www.critacademy.com Show Notes Here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1afUpSJDnsFFPT7f03mRcCqyNxD-Yu_EbzKoanSyJTIs

Episode 101: Weapon Options: This episode we take a look at some of Kobold Press' Midgard Heroes Handbook's weapon options. Unique features that give each weapon a unique feel.   Check out Jeff Stevens' Villains and Lairs Adventure! https://www.dmsguild.com/product/259099/Villains--Lairs?affiliate_id=1546158 Our show may not be suitable for children, but neither is our D&D game. Our first book: Unearthed Tips & Tricks is now available on DMsguild Here: www.dmsguild.com/product/259443/Unearthed-Tips-and-Tricks-Volume-I?affiliate_id=1546158 Become a patreon donor at www.patreon.com/critacademy and help support the show. Get access to behind the scenes footage, enjoy the show live and even chat with us during the show. Get a free audio book at www.audibletrial.com/critacademy Visit us us at www.critacademy.com Show Notes Here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1chpOSfNL707Xvj2QtzIRb7DO6jSnpv-E1lHwYtsIAK0

Episode 100! Live Show! Watch the live video on www.twitch.tv/critacademy. This episode we discuss how to use mechanics from other RPG games to enhance your own D&D experience!   Check out Jeff Stevens' Villains and Lairs Adventure! https://www.dmsguild.com/product/259099/Villains--Lairs?affiliate_id=1546158 Our show may not be suitable for children, but neither is our D&D game. Become a patreon donor at www.patreon.com/critacademy and help support the show. Get access to behind the scenes footage, enjoy the show live and even chat with us during the show. Get a free audio book at www.audibletrial.com/critacademy Visit us us at www.critacademy.com Show Notes Here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1chpOSfNL707Xvj2QtzIRb7DO6jSnpv-E1lHwYtsIAK0

This week we discuss the Solo Adventurer's Toolbox We interview BC Beats, the creator of this amazing D&D supplement. Want to travel in a world where the fall of the dice can make things appear randomly? Get completely lost in this book with multiple quests and worlds of your choosing, without a DM. This book could even help you world build for your very own campaign.   Get your copy here! https://www.dmsguild.com/product/252355/The-Solo-Adventurers-Toolbox?affiliate_id=1546158 Our show may not be suitable for children, but neither is our D&D game. Become a patreon donor at www.patreon.com/critacademy and help support the show. Get access to behind the scenes footage, enjoy the show live and even chat with us during the show. Get a free audio book at www.audibletrial.com/critacademy Visit us us at www.critacademy.com Show Notes Here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1nwluas11Kuk_qF0OjuWciHJPUJidnC06Reltc0sxtl4

This week we discuss the Wilderness Survival Guide! A supplement created by Aeron Drake. Contains a wonderful collection of extra rules for harvesting creatures, collecting minerals and a simple alchemy system for brewing potions and bombs and even equipment for surviving the wilderness!   Get your copy here! https://www.dmsguild.com/product/219855/Wilderness-Survival-Guide?affiliate_id=1546158   Our show may not be suitable for children, but neither is our D&D game. Become a patreon donor at www.patreon.com/critacademy and help support the show. Get access to behind the scenes footage, enjoy the show live and even chat with us during the show. Get a free audio book at www.audibletrial.com/critacademy Visit us us at www.critacademy.com Show Notes Here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1m0FYUQTcI8xj-bjfnLvin88Rmd95abGkHo4p3higbAQ