Greetings Adventurers - Dungeons and Dragons 5e Actual Play

This hulking horror seems familiar… but how can this be possible? Sure, we know that this fortress would have a few nightmares stored up its sleeve, but this?! No matter. This is just one more obstacle to overcome on our quest to save the world. Naturally, we will not go easy on this monstrosity. Tum … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Having cracked the a hole in Fenniken’s Floating Fortress, your adventurers take a deep breath and prepare themselves for the further trials that are surely awaiting them. Resting amidst the cries of the dying screams of unicorns, it is here that the reality of their situation hits them. All that they have done has lead … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After an impressive and rousing speech the army seems as ready as it will ever be for what lies before them. Hundreds of demons blot the sky. A huge menacing Balor directs the demons as they charge ahead. The heroes, atop their flying griffons, wonder just how they came to be in this situation. How … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Now that it definitely seems like there is no turning back, I guess we have to attack the fortress that lies within the abyss that used to be Caer. I don’t think I saw any dancing clubs to distract ourselves or any side quests to go chase. Which is a shame, since that thing looks … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Well it is finally time. Time to take the fight directly to Fenniken and his weird fortress. We may not be ready, but we must strike while the iron is hot. While we have the backing of a metal as heck devil army. We will stop this demon apocalypse or die trying. One of us … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Having finally, for real this time, dealt with the remaining bits of the Army of Bahamut the gang sets their sights on the next phase of their plan. With only a little more than two dozen days left before Aludra and Thom’s head explode speed is of the essence. Th only issue is that these … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Having wrapped up the battle with the leader of the army of Bahamut your brave adventurers, who are filled with much satisfaction of an encounter well struck, moves on to meet with our Elven friends. They seem nice and … wait… what is that sound? Oh crap. Bahamutians seem to be gathering to attack in force. … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lanterns are usually something that are to be ignored. So simple yet so essential to our everyday life. Luckily, they are extremely fun to smash, especially when you have permission. Gruemar the Silver should have had a better plan against the genius minds attacking his camp. Ha, he looked so stupid. Wait, what is that sound? … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Here we are – just a few feet from the from the battle we have been preparing for the last three days. Sure, there may be shiny knights and battle standards of Bahamut, but if you ask me, these are pretenders the great Wyrmking’s ideals. Which is just as fine for us. Means we won’t … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The gang finally reaches the “Army of Bahamut”. Quotes added because rumor has it that these Bahamut-heads are bad people who do not do nice things in the name of their dragon lord. When the devils said they were bad it was tough to believe them since, well, they are devils. But Erathis (!) also … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After receiving such a shock to our collective systems, we had no choice but to attempt to find our next move. Sure, working with devils is probably bad, but this Bahamut crew also seems not so great. Maybe in this situation we are following “the enemy and my enemy is friend” but with the added … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After a somewhat stressful end to our last session, the gang does what it does best – focusing all of their (remaining) efforts to solve the problem at hand. Sure, things seemed awfully grim, but there has to be some arcane magics or divine assistance that we could harness. What is Geodude up to? That guy … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Maybe family reunions are not supposed to go this way. Maybe, just maybe, there shouldn’t be this strange ringing in your ears and your heart shouldn’t feel like it is in some sort of old, rickety elevator. I am sure we can trust Adira Harper, even though she is surrounded by actual devils. And yes, … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After working up a real sweat after that whole Slaad business the gang heads back to Mastwick, not trusting the “return this quest to me” NPC, to make sure Pyre was happy. Since we already have a few terrible dragons who are not so happy with us it seemed like the most wise. I guess … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Having bested the Slaadi force with… mostly impressive battle tactics the gang got to the task at hand – harvesting those crystals! For most of the encounter Thom was continuing to lock lips with his new Slaad friend in some sort of long con. Without spoiling too much, Harper and Jaela did work with the … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Having been slightly derailed on their quest to join the Army of Bahamut, the gang decides to actually listen to the giant, menacing dragon and tracks down some Slaadi. Things get real weird real fast and our heroes have to take a moment to wonder “are we doing the right thing?” They have been told … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When preparing to leave a town or settlement for an extended period of time it is important to be mentally and physically prepared. Sure, grabbing ropes and food and such is good, but what about your mental state? When was the last time you had a good time at a club? These are the questions … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is a little weird because, well, we have to really struggle with the potential chaos our actions may or may not cause. Normally, we just kinda run with it and favor short term “plans” that most likely will not bite us in the bum down the road. Not so this week as we … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When you make a new dragon based friend it is so important to know their likes and dislikes. What makes them prickly? What makes them sad? If you do not arm yourself with this basic information then you will most likely get eaten up. Or burned. Or both. Well, your brave adventurers are smart and … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mastwick sure is different than I remember it… were there always so few Teiflings? I swear I would have remembered a big ol’ red dragon ruling the place… but maybe not?Well now that we are here, I guess we need to try and well, not be here. Issue is, I guess big ol’ red dragons … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Things are bad all around, it seems, but we will not let that stop us. No we will not. While the world is crumbling around us, we adventurers are called to meet higher expectations. As we enter a familiar place we know that it is our duty to leave it better than we found it. … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Since we were down a DM, the most important person at a gaming table, we decided to take all of your wonderful questions and put them to the cast for in depth discussion and review. It was a fun way to get inside the heads of the PCs and find out all of their opinions. … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How can one person know the heart of another? How can we look into the still waters of a calm lake and know for certain the the image looking back is blameless? We cannot. Regardless of what a “monster manual” or “D&D Wiki” says we all know that within each soul is the seed of … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Michael is a bad person who does bad things to good people which leads to them crying in a darkened bathroom. The adventure continues with Titus Harper (Tim Lanning), Thom the Dragonborn (Mike Bachmann), Aludra (Jennifer Cheek), Jaela (Nika Howard) and your Dungeon Master (Michael DiMauro). Don’t forget to follow our editor Steph Kingston (@stephokingston)! Subscribe … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stop me if you have heard this before – you are just flying to meet up with you simple boat men crew when a mystyious stranger just kinda shows up and acts all friendly. Even going as far to offer you wine and snacks from a nice table in the middle of the road. Pretty … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I am always looking for an excuse to make a new friend. Sometimes I will go to the local tavern and just start talking/ arm wrestling folks if I am feeling frisky. Sometimes fate sends you back to your favorite lake and you get to meet a brand new friend. But, what if your new … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello! This episode is a little weird. Instead of getting back in to our hard RP selves we take a step back and discuss what the gang will look like in our new 5e bodies. There are changes. There is hair where there used to be no hair. But with a little awkwardness and accidentally … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We were so very lucky to have the amazing opportunity to record this episode live in front of a studio audience. Now, we put on a visual show so that the audience had something to look at while they got their normal auditory DnDcast experience. This means that you should probably watch the video if … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

All people need to watch out for their influences. Sometimes they can overpower who you really are and make you do terrible things. Maybe they will even turn you into a monster or maybe even a terrifying spider hell creature. That is why you need to watch out and protect your own heart. Who hasn’t … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It feels like it has been a long and tough road, but here we are inside the tower of Yeenoghu where our brave little buckster is holed up. It will take great strength and courage to rescue our little githyanki boy, but by the power of Erathis, I know we can do it! We all … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When your boy gets punched in the face there is nothing else for you to do other than to Break Bad and and protect him. And sometimes you need to send a message that punching strangers is not ok. Not at all ok. If they give you one black eye then you burn down their … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Now that we are a part of the seedy resupply element entering Yeenoghu’s terrible town, the gang has to do their best to blend in. We look great. Our gnoll impressions are spot on. Nothing can go wrong. Probably. I mean, it is an evil town of evil people so even if things go correctly, … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With the very real threat of actually infiltrating this Gnoll Death City looming ahead, the party must noodle this whole “How do we sneak into an evil city of evil monsters??” It seems impossible, but little Bucky must be saved. Luckily, the gang has Zird, the master wizard and plan maker. Nothing should go wrong … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Maybe we made poor decisions sleeping in this old drafty tavern. Welp. That choice was made. There is nothing to be done about it. Now we have to put on our adult pants and deal with the consequences. Maybe fighting a horde of demons is a bad way to start your day. Who is to … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Having found this terrible gnoll god city, the gang realizes that they have to scoot on ahead and save a smaller non-gnoll god city from being destroyed. I still am deeply bothered by Yeenoghu’s city. It is terrible. I don’t want to go into it. I am sorry, little Bucky, but you are in a … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ok! We are ready to do this whole “save the world” thing. Just one quick stop. Just a tiny little short pause on the world saving bit. JUST a slight detour to save Bucky. Heck, this place has gone bad in a big way, so you just have to make time to help out your friends/ … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Whoaaaaa! Are we back here inside our bodies?! What another strange event to befall this ragtag group of would be heroes. And is that the dapper Thom the Dragonborn awake and walking around and such?? Phew, glad there weren’t any lasting issues from the poison or whatever. I guess we will figure our how to … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Having survived the initial wave of demons and baddies the back in time crew come face to face with a being of amazing power. I won’t spoil the surprise here – but you better bring an extra pair of pants or whatever to work! Alright, that was too much hype. Sorry. You should bring extra … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Having bested those strange rooms that Riekert Svenson set up the gang prepares themselves for a nice night. They have earned a nice feather bed and maybe a fine meal. But, can they really trust this zany necromancer? These situations these people get into are just so bonkers. I am sure everything will work out. The … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why do all these strange things happen to us? We just want to have a nice night with friends, maybe save the world. Nothing big. Nothing special. But no! We have to go deal with this zany necromancer. Why does he have so many weird rooms? This is zany. The adventure continues with Titus Harper … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Necromancy is the most metal of all magics or mancies in all the realm. Why did it take so long for us to hang out with a most choice Necromancer is a question for the ages… But we corrected our mistake by going and meeting an old pal of Zird’s. I have to assume that everything … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Having bested those noodly demons, the gang preps themselves for the next big step – taking down Fennekin. It would be madness to whisk our way straight his flying sky fortress over the demon void that was Caer. The only way to take him down is with allies of both dragon and non-dragon type. We … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is a land of monsters and horrible demons. We should have known that we were never safe. Honestly, if you are asking me, those damned demons attacking us was more of a “when” then an “if.” Sometimes you have to appreciate the quiet times, you know? They are shattered so quickly and unexpectedly that … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Well, it looks like your heroes have to make a tough choice. Maybe the knowledge found within the Demonomicon was actually a curse? Maybe it was better to be ignorant? Regardless they are now closer to their goal than ever before and that naturally is terrifying. Our heroes are used to dealing with tough decisions … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Having allowed Zird to Zird up the demon protection barrier outside the White Dome of Fairmire, your plucky group of adventurers is now forced into yet another dicey situation. A large group of demons can be seen rushing their way. Great. Wonderful. Demons will get what they have coming for them. Roll for initiative. The … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After the good-byes are exchanged there is nothing left but to continue on your journey. Yes, we had a nice break on that island, but we must go to Fairmire and meet with the only person who is able to help us with the Demonomicon. Not sure what we expected to find when we reached the … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After making the lives of some very special people just a little bit safer amidst all this chaos, the gang prepares to head towards Fairmire. I think all of the excitement with the residents of Drunkeros’ Madagascar let us forget for a moment the next step in our adventure. This feels like the first quiet … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi! Quick warning before you start this episode – since it had been a little bit over an hour and half since we started recording, our sobriety was in shambles. It was still a fun episode (from what I remember) but this shouldn’t be your first episode, or maybe even your eighth. Hope you like … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After saving the inhabitants of Drunkeros’ Madagascar, we learned that the island held more secrets than we originally were preppared to handle. I mean, we already saved several of their lives against what appeared to be dinosaurs, right? What more should we be expected to do? But, we were in sore need of provisions, provisions … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The viscous battle continues to rage all around us on this week’s episode of Drunks and Dragons. Who knew that these dinos would be so dangerous?!? Cat people are getting mauled left and right, and I swear I hear a loud pounding noise coming from the forrest. This cup of water is shaking, is all … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.