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April 9

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It has been 1 year, 11 months and 21 days since our last podcast. So, it is with great pleasure that I announce a new podcast has been released. It was recorded and 'lost' last year and we have just finished editing it and polishing it up. It hasn't appeared in iTunes yet, although it is available on the site.

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Dice of Doom Podcast 046: Thoughts on D&D 5th Edition and wrap up of Temple of Elemental Evil
In this episode of the Dice of Doom Podcast, we discuss Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition, past editions of D&D and the industry in general. We also wrap up our run through of the AD&D campaign for the Temple of…
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Equality in D&D
A female fighter, a tiefling rogue, and a dragonborn walk into a bar. Nobody blinks an eye, and the bartender calmly serves the full-plate-armoured girl, the dude with a tail, and the walking talking lizard. Why? Because in D&D, they’re…
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Star Wars and the Continual Canon Confusion with Continuity http://wp.me/pi8s4-1aL

Star Wars and the Continual Canon Confusion with Continuity
I love Star Wars. I am a big old Star Wars nerd. I don’t own all the figures and the toys and the books, but I have a reasonable collection of books and a few knick-knacks. I read the books avidly, and for the most part I loved them. The tales of rogue squadron and their battles against the empire really fleshed out the Star Wars universe for me. [ 827 more words. ]
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I have all the options in creating a D&D character, so why do I stick with clichés?
When I started getting into D&D I was every inch the wide eyed enthusiastic metaphor. Not having years of games and characters under my belt is somewhat liberating. Oh your character is a dark brooding orphan with a troubled past…
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D&D: Beyond Character Death
You die. A simple statement, but one potentially accompanied by tears, laughter, or rage. A D&D character can die so easily, but the story doesn’t always end there. It shouldn’t always end there. Even without straight resurrection, a death can…
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Our newbie GM updates us on his continuing journey...

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Note-oriety, or, the Benefit to the Dungeon Master of Keeping Extensive Campaign Notes
For my second session (read about the first here) I initially attempted to get the group back on track somewhat. Despite them initially siding with the kobolds, after an attempt to loot the already looted town, they decided to head…
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http://diceofdoom.com/…/creating-a-sense-of-immersion-in-r…/

Creating a sense of Immersion in Roleplaying Games
We have previously talked about using all the major senses in your roleplaying game - that is, referring to the sounds, smells, describing the way something feels etc. in order to expand the impact of your narrative and pull your…
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D&D: Rewarding Creativity in your Players
The best feature of a pen-and-paper roleplaying game, over an MMO or other more structured game, is the ability to be creative. But DMs vary significantly in how creative they allow their players to be, often through concerns about the…
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All about the awesomeness of dragons...

http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2015/03/enter-the-dragons/

Enter the Dragons
It has become clearer that the longer I play Dungeons and Dragons and create my own world for future use, the fonder I become of all things draconic. Even the latest Magic: The Gathering expansion is Dragon related. D&D has…
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Terry Pratchett Passes Away http://wp.me/pi8s4-1a2

Terry Pratchett Passes Away
It is with great sadness that we learn today of the passing of Sir Terry Pratchett, well loved author of the Discworld series of fantasy novels. Pratchett, who has been suffering with Alzheimers has finally succumbed to this affliction at age 66. Pratchett has been a huge influence to all of us at Dice of Doom. In particular his characters of The Night Watch have been so memorable and important to us. [ 225 more words. ]
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Our newest writer/player/GM has some thoughts on building a 'proper' cleric.

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You gotta have faith…
When I started creating my first character for Dungeons & Dragons I quickly settled on a dwarven fighter. For some reason dwarves were my favourite, images of warhammers, armour and quaffing copious amounts of ale just seemed right up my…
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Help us build our next Campaign World
Help us crowd source our next campaign setting. Leave us one or two lines that expresses something about a place, an NPC, an event or a feature of the world. Continue reading →
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We started creating a new campaign world for us to play in. Then we had the bright idea, how about we all build it? Help us build our next Campaign World! http://wp.me/pi8s4-19y

Help us build our next Campaign World
This last weekend I came to a sudden and awful realisation: I hated the campaign that I had spent hours and hours creating and had just started with my group. I couldn’t bring myself to prepare for the weekend’s session. I dreaded having to run yet another game in that world. This loathing of the setting that I had put lots of precious spare time into led to massive writer’s block. [ 668 more words. ]
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A first time DM has players roll up characters for the first time running through a printed campaign for the first time. What could go wrong?

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My First Dungeon Mastering Mistake, Or, The Unexpected Virtue of Backgrounds
I am new to tabletop roleplaying games. Despite a lifelong love of games of all kinds, I only just picked up playing D&D with the release of 5e. Dungeons and Dragons always interested me, and I was looking for an…
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Ever had a new group of players whose only experience with RPGs are MMOs?

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D&D: Shaking bad habits out of new players
I’ve been running a game where all the players are D&D noobs. But most of them have played MMOs, other computer RPGs, or even have read D&D novels, and some of this comes with some bad habits that need shaking…
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