Crit Academy: A Dungeons And Dragons Podcast

Crit Academy discusses the new Dungeons and Dragons setting based on the Magic the Gathering plane Theros. The caprice of the gods. The destiny of heroes. Great journeys into monster-infested wilds, and mythic odysseys to the edge of the world and back. These elements of adventure fill the realms of Theros, a new setting for your Dungeons & Dragons campaign to explore. The roots of Theros lie in the myths of ancient Greece, tales dominated by gods, heroes, and monsters. This world was created as a setting for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game, explored in card sets beginning in 2013. The lands of Theros serve as an example of how to take inspiration from real-world mythology and adapt it into a world built from the ground up for fantasy adventures. Pick it up here! https://amzn.to/2VUew0b Show Notes: https://www.critacademy.com/post/episode176 If you have any feedback, unearthed tips and tricks or topics you would like us to discuss, please send them to us. You can email them to us at critac

Crit Academy discusses Warcraft Heroes Handbook! A 5e supplement that lets you bring the world and characters from the world's greatest MMORPG, World of Warcraft, to Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition. This fun and free supplement is brought to you by lead designed Jih on GMbinder. Venture into Azeroth on your next campaign! Armies and factions have always defined the Warcraft world, and two of the most powerful factions on Azeroth today are the Alliance and Horde. Most players belong to one or the other faction, although anomalies do exist. Which side will you choose? Show Notes: https://www.critacademy.com/post/episode175 If you have any feedback, unearthed tips and tricks or topics you would like us to discuss, please send them to us. You can email them to us at critacademy@gmail.com or find us on twitter and facebook @critacademy. We hope you’ve enjoyed your experience here at Crit Academy. If you did, you can help others find the show by leaving a hopefully 5 star review on itunes. Or just send us a m

Elminster Aumar, Chosen of Mystra, invites you to explore the grandest repository of knowledge in the Forgotten Realms: Candlekeep, the Library Fortress! The Sage of Shadowdale has assembled this companion to help seekers of wisdom navigate the Castle of Tomes. Be warned! Elminster requests that you bring a suitable entrance gift, lest you be turned away at the front gates. This book is the definitive guide to Candlekeep and includes the first-ever comprehensive map of Candlekeep. Dungeon Masters can find a history and overview of Candlekeep developed in consultation with Ed Greenwood, creator of the Forgotten Realms, new variant rules, 26 new magic items, and 11 new creatures found in the library fortress. Players can create characters from four new subclass options and 34 new spells, and embark on stories involving the Castle of Tomes and the lore held within. Elminster’s Candlekeep Companion also includes an adventure for use in Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus, written by M.T. Black. Show Notes: ht

Crit Academy discusses converting old Dungeons & Dragons content to 5th Edition. Many of us have played through multiple iterations of the game, and through all that, we developed some beloved characters, monsters, and worlds. We walk through a guide published by Wizards of the Coast to help transition your old favorites to the newest version of D&D. Show Notes: https://www.critacademy.com/post/conversions If you have any feedback, unearthed tips and tricks or topics you would like us to discuss, please send them to us. You can email them to us at critacademy@gmail.com or find us on twitter and facebook @critacademy. We hope you’ve enjoyed your experience here at Crit Academy. If you did, you can help others find the show by leaving a hopefully 5 star review on itunes. Or just send us a message telling us how much you enjoy the show Also be sure to give us a like and a share! Make sure to subscribe to our show at www.critacademy.com, follow us on Twitch and Youtube so we can help you on your futur

Crit Academy discusses a 5th Edition conversion of the greatest RPG games of all time, Final Fantasy 7. The full supplement can be found HERE. Created by Mike Myler. For the uninitiated, this is the game’s magic and equipment-kitting system–you get the Fire materia from somewhere and equip it onto a weapon or armor (better the piece → more materia slots), you can cast the Fire spell with it, as you gain experience so does the materia (at a rate determined by the item it is equipped to), and eventually it levels up so you can cast Fire 2 while it’s equipped. It has just the right amount of depth and complexity to be properly engaging for folks without getting cumbersome. Show Notes: https://www.critacademy.com/post/final-fantasy-7-materia-for-d-d-5th-edition If you have any feedback, unearthed tips and tricks or topics you would like us to discuss, please send them to us. You can email them to us at critacademy@gmail.com or find us on twitter and facebook @critacademy. We hope you’ve enjoyed your experience

Crit Academy is joined by best selling DMsguild author Jeff Stevens. We discuss one of his newest collaborative, "Allies, Enemies & Quests". Expand your D&D game with this collection of 20 unique NPCs of various Challenge Ratings. Each NPC is designed so they can used as an ally, or as an enemy. Included are several quest ideas for each of the NPCs, three of which have detailed mini adventures and a map. Written by some of the best-selling authors on the Dungeon Masters Guild, each NPC includes an image, a backstory, motives, flaws, and statistics. There are also a few new magic items. Get your copy of Allies, Enemies & Quests! Show Notes:  If you have any feedback, unearthed tips and tricks or topics you would like us to discuss, please send them to us. You can email them to us at critacademy@gmail.com or find us on twitter and facebook @critacademy. We hope you’ve enjoyed your experience here at Crit Academy. If you did, you can help others find the show by leaving a hopefully 5 star revie

Weapons are more than just objects that adventurers carry to stab, slice, or break enemies with. In the proper hands of a master, they can be powerful tools to gain the upper hand against an enemy. A weapon perk is a special skill or technique that can be used with a specific weapon. This allows each weapon to feel unique among all of the options the adventurers have, and hopefully give them their own identity. Weapon Perks! If you enjoy the show, and want to support us, visit us at www.critacademy.com and check out our patreon page, some of our best selling DnD supplements, or just subscribe to our newsletter to be entered to win phat lootz every week.

Crit Academy discusses 5th Edition Team Deathmatch! A team-based, PvP competitive tabletop arena for Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition. This game is an action RPG about strengthening the bonds you already have with the friends in your gaming group, or forming new bonds of friendship, in the face of shared adversity and the greatest challenge. Nothing beats the thrill of coming together to defeat a seemingly insurmountable foe. 5TDM doesn't throw any punches. It puts you through the wringer and lets your group emerge closer to each other than ever. It is competitive, but not toxic. Small groups of player characters are pitted against each other in a no-holds-barred frenzy of carnage in a team-based, player-vs-player competition. 5th Edition Team Deathmatch is a contest of skill, wits, and luck. 5TDM is about winning the world's most popular roleplaying game. Show Notes: https://www.critacademy.com/post/teamdeathmatch If you have any feedback, unearthed tips and tricks or topics you would like us to discus

Crit Academy is joined by John Day. Creator and director of "The Game Shoppe". A show about Kevin Smith (not THAT Kevin Smith!) and his gang trying to save their failing game store. they allow a documentary crew film them for a slight chance to save the last place for gaming and nerd culture in their small town. Show Notes: https://www.critacademy.com/post/the-game-shoppe Make sure to check out our newest product: Weapon Perks! If you have any feedback, unearthed tips and tricks or topics you would like us to discuss, please send them to us. You can email them to us at critacademy@gmail.com or find us on twitter and facebook @critacademy. We hope you’ve enjoyed your experience here at Crit Academy. If you did, you can help others find the show by leaving a hopefully 5 star review on itunes. Or just send us a message telling us how much you enjoy the show Also be sure to give us a like and a share! Make sure to subscribe to our show at www.critacademy.com, follow us on Twitch and Youtube so we can help you

We discuss the Legendary Bestiary: Legendary Actions for Low-Level Monsters. Legendary Actions are one of the coolest, most memorable aspects of fifth edition! As a DM, they allow you to make dynamic choices throughout a combat round, not just relying on a single action to make a huge impact. This element of unpredictability keeps the more tactics-minded players guessing as well, which is likely a big reason they come to the table. This fantastic supplement provides you with the tools to enhance those lower level monsters to give your player characters a swift kick the dice. PIck up your copy here! https://bit.ly/35eXME1 Show Notes: https://www.critacademy.com/post/legendary-bestiary-legendary-actions-for-low-level-monsters We hope you’ve enjoyed your experience here at Crit Academy. If you did, you can help others find the show by leaving a hopefully 5 star review on itunes. Or just send us a message telling us how much you enjoy the show Also be sure to give us a like and a share! Make sure to subscribe to

Crit Academy discusses locations in Dungeons and Dragons' Forgotten Realms Setting that should be visited in your stories and campaigns! We cover the GameRant Article by Glenn Carreau and add a few of our own thoughts. Support us: Check out our newest release "The Dark Tides of Damodan" An underwater rescue adventure for characters 5th-8th level. https://www.dmsguild.com/product/309958/The-Dark-Tide-of-Damodan?affiliate_rem=1546158 If you have any feedback, unearthed tips and tricks or topics you would like us to discuss, please send them to us. You can email them to us at critacademy@gmail.com or find us on twitter and facebook @critacademy. We hope you’ve enjoyed your experience here at Crit Academy. If you did, you can help others find the show by leaving a hopefully 5 star review on itunes. Or just send us a message telling us how much you enjoy the show Also be sure to give us a like and a share! Make sure to subscribe to our show at www.critacademy.com, follow us on Twitch and Youtube so we can help

Today Crit Academy covers a Dungeons and Dragons 5e conversion of the original 151 Kanto Pokemon. This conversion comes to us from Timothy Gonzalez of https://www.pirategonzalezgames.com. Are you ready to catch them all? Show Notes: https://www.critacademy.com/post/kanto-pokedex If you have any feedback, unearthed tips and tricks or topics you would like us to discuss, please send them to us. You can email them to us at critacademy@gmail.com or find us on twitter and facebook @critacademy. We hope you’ve enjoyed your experience here at Crit Academy. If you did, you can help others find the show by leaving a hopefully 5 star review on itunes. Or just send us a message telling us how much you enjoy the show Also be sure to give us a like and a share! Make sure to subscribe to our show at www.critacademy.com, follow us on Twitch and Youtube so we can help you on your future adventures as well as a chance to win cool prizes each and every week. Make sure to check out our fellowship members as well. Keep your blad

Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount provides everything you need to play D&D on the continent of Wildemount (set within the world of Exandria, the setting for the hit show Critical Role)—a land of war, betrayal, and swashbuckling adventure. Comprised of four regions, Wildemount provides endless potential for adventure in a land of brewing conflict and incredible magic. Rising tensions boil over into all-out war between the politically dubious Dwendalian Empire and the light-worshiping wastefolk of Xhorhas, supplying a vibrant backdrop for any D&D campaign to explore. Get your copy: https://amzn.to/39XzMX6 Show Notes: https://www.critacademy.com/post/explorer-s-guide-to-wildemount If you have any feedback, unearthed tips and tricks or topics you would like us to discuss, please send them to us. You can email them to us at critacademy@gmail.com or find us on twitter and facebook @critacademy. We hope you’ve enjoyed your experience here at Crit Academy. If you did, you can help others find the show by leavi

Crit Academy covers UltraModern5 Redux or U5, a supplement designed to offer classes, backgrounds, feats, skills, rules, equipment, and opponents for settings outside of traditional ones involving dragons and dungeons, though still employing D&D 5th Edition rules. This book is an expansion of the core 5E rules and thus does not reprint material from core books required for play. There are new classes presented in Ultramodern5, and although similar in build to those in official 5th Edition licensed products, readers will notice a few notable exceptions. Firstly, all U5 classes have martial archetype options, and unlike their fantasy counterparts, offer these options at the same levels. Archetypes are no longer bound to specific classes, meaning you can feasibly match any class to any archetype. There are also classes that are not combat-based—their power is not in how much damage they inflict, but how they can alter the course of a story. Get your copy of UltraModern 5e Redux: https://bit.ly/2wThsAO S

Episode 162: 100 Weapon Histories When playing Dungeons and Dragons some players can spend hours upon hours developing their characters backstory. For some, this may just be how long it takes to decide on a concept that can be explained in a few sentences, while others will write out pages and pages of content. In either case, very rarely does the player include lore and history of their equipment. This simple and minute detail is a huge lost opportunity, not only for the player, but for the DM as well. Today we cover "100 Weapon Histories" by DnDSpeak  a list of 100 interesting weapon stories is great for adding fantastic stories to mundane or magical weapons. A player can take their roleplay to the next level but using these histories in their characters background, or adventuring career. These also make for a great DM plot hook. A weapon used to murder a queen? I bet it's famous enough to be recognized by servants of the slain queen. 100 Weapon Histories - DnD Speak - Casey Willis Toss a Coin to Your Writ

Let's be honest, we overlook the importance of doors in dungeons. Often times they are pretty mundane. Maybe your rogue gets to pick a lock, or a barbarian gets to kick the door in, and on a rare occasion you have it magically sealed with an arcane lock spell. But for the most part, these common features in a dungeon get overlooked. Well, not anymore! Deadly Dungeon Doors is the ONLY Dungeons and Dragons handbook for creating exciting door encounters for your dungeon adventures! This gorgeous Dmsguild.com supplement on dungeon doors will refresh your D&D game to no end. Pick up your copy here! Deadly Dungeon Doors! Thanks to our partnership with DMsguild.com, you can use coupon code CRITGUILD to save 20%. We hope you’ve enjoyed your experience here at Crit Academy. If you did, you can help others find the show by leaving a hopefully 5 star review on itunes. Or just send us a message telling us how much you enjoy the show Also be sure to give us a like and a share! Make sure to subscribe to our show

Crit Academy covers "The Ettinling Package", a Dmsguild new D&D 5e player race, the ettinling, balanced around being played by two players at the same time! Each player picks their own class and levels individually. Any players worth their salt in roleplay can bring Will and Way, the two halves of the same ettinling to life in an absolutely hilarious way. Get your copy here: The Ettinling Package: Two Players One Body! Thanks to our partnership with DMsguild, you can use coupon code CRITGUILD to save 20%. Show Notes: https://www.critacademy.com/post/the-ettingling-package We hope you’ve enjoyed your experience here at Crit Academy. If you did, you can help others find the show by leaving a hopefully 5 star review on itunes. Or just send us a message telling us how much you enjoy the show Also be sure to give us a like and a share! Make sure to subscribe to our show at www.critacademy.com, follow us on Twitch and Youtube so we can help you on your future adventures as well as a chance to win cool p

Adventurers will find themselves tested in many ways during their careers seeking fame, fortune, justice, and truth. Some of these tests will challenge their strength, agility, spellcasting knowledge, and combat skills. Other encounters will require diplomacy, conversation, observation skills, and social interaction. A rare challenge provides elements of both and requires deeper thinking and analysis. Such puzzles are meant to guard treasure and secrets, and present a unique challenge to characters and players. They also suggest a worthy reward lies on the other side. In this episode we discuss Puzzles, Predicaments, and Perplexities a collection of logic puzzles, brain teasers, and encoded sequences intended to test the problem solving and deductive reasoning of characters and players. These puzzles are designed to be easily placed into any adventure with no additional work, yet also provide guidance on how Dungeon Masters can customize the details to best fit into their own campaigns. Thanks to our partn

More ink has been spilled on describing dragons than on nearly any other creature. These ancient, noble, yet savage beasts are a favorite subject of guidebooks, bards’ tales, and ancient tomes and scrolls. Today we share some of our discoveries after months of investigation into the history surrounding these magnificent beasts in the world of Dungeons and Dragons. PIck up our Product Bundle on Dmsguild: https://www.dmsguild.com/product/298883/?affiliate_id=1546158 Use coupon code: CRITGUILD to save 20% Show Notes: https://www.critacademy.com/post/dragon-lore Make sure to subscribe to our show and check out our new shop at www.critacademy.com, follow us www.twitch.tv/critacademy and subscribe on YouTube so we can help you on your future adventures as well as a chance to win cool prizes each and every week.

This week we cover the DMsGuild Mithral Best Selling supplement Adaptable NPCs by @GrimPress. This fantastic supplement contains 70 unique NPC full of beautiful artwork, lore and balanced stat blocks for Dungeons and Dragons 5e! Each NPC brings a life of its own, from a powerful holy knight, down to a banner wielding squire. Everything a DM needs to make the world come to life and aid the characters on their adventure. If that wasn't enough, it also contains eight short adventures that Dungeon Masters can use to introduce to their new NPCs. Pick up your copy here! https://bit.ly/2uawgtu Use coupon code: CRITGUILD to save 20% Show Notes: https://www.critacademy.com/post/adaptable-npcs Make sure to subscribe to our show and check out our new shop at www.critacademy.com, follow us www.twitch.tv/critacademy and subscribe on YouTube so we can help you on your future adventures as well as a chance to win cool prizes each and every week.