Knights And Nerds - A Dungeons & Dragons Podcast

This week is our 50th episode! The heroes are face to face with an enemy that has so far remained in the shadows, exerting their malign influence from afar as their complex plan inexorably unfolds. Don't forget to check out the details of our giveaway!   Follow us: https://www.facebook.com/knightsandnerdspodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/knightsandnerds/ https://twitter.com/knightsandnerds https://www.knightsandnerds.com/   Background music by www.tabletopaudio.com

In this campaign planning episode, Tim is joined by fellow Dungeon Masters Sarah and Matt to discuss siege battles, character arcs, victory, defeat, and character deaths. Will any of their discussion be relevant to the current campaign? Only time will tell.   Follow us: https://www.facebook.com/knightsandnerdspodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/knightsandnerds/ https://twitter.com/knightsandnerds https://www.knightsandnerds.com/

This week, in Dungeons and Dragons... The party tracks down the stolen black orb to a monastery where they encounter a host of enemies. As they fight their way up through the monastery's tower, their Githyanki ally senses the presence of a deadly foe...   Follow us: https://www.facebook.com/knightsandnerdspodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/knightsandnerds/ https://twitter.com/knightsandnerds https://www.knightsandnerds.com/   Background music by www.tabletopaudio.com

This week in Dungeons and Dragons... Gilly continues to struggle against a strange sort of mind control. Fey overhears a clandestine conversation and suspects an impending betrayal. Later, the heroes return to Boldbrook but do not get the greeting that they expected.   Follow us: https://www.facebook.com/knightsandnerdspodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/knightsandnerds/ https://twitter.com/knightsandnerds https://www.knightsandnerds.com/   Background music by www.tabletopaudio.com

This week, in Dungeons and Dragons The party continues to negotiate with Arizax over the fate of Farro's Point, letting slip an important piece of information in the process. Meanwhile, Gillidob fights a psychic command to kill Elwyn, and the Githyanki begin to grow suspicious. Follow us: https://www.facebook.com/knightsandnerdspodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/knightsandnerds/ https://twitter.com/knightsandnerds https://www.knightsandnerds.com/ Background ambiance by https://freesound.org/people/peridactyloptrix/ (In the Belly of the Beast)

This week, in Dungeons and Dragons... While aboard the Githyanki airship, the heroes fine tune their plan to get Arizax on their side in the larger conflict. Fey realizes the party forgot to put something back in the portable hole. Gilly gets invisible to do some thieving before being subjected to an alien influence.   Follow us: https://www.facebook.com/knightsandnerdspodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/knightsandnerds/ https://twitter.com/knightsandnerds https://www.knightsandnerds.com/  

This week in Dungeons and Dragons... Facing a group of enemies breaking down the door to their current hideout, the heroes choose between fight or flight.  As they struggle to grasp the full extent of their enemy's reach, they make a pitch for an unlikely partnership.   Follow us: https://www.facebook.com/knightsandnerdspodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/knightsandnerds/ https://twitter.com/knightsandnerds https://www.knightsandnerds.com/   Background music by www.tabletopaudio.com

In this week's episode, the heroes find themselves suffering from various forms of memory loss. While calling on an old ally from either a few weeks or a few years ago for help, they find that another friend has been turned against them. Follow us: https://www.facebook.com/knightsandnerdspodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/knightsandnerds/ https://twitter.com/knightsandnerds https://www.knightsandnerds.com/   Background ambiance by www.tabletopaudio.com

The heroes return to Farro's Point in an effort to save Elwyn, but their attempt puts them all in grave danger.   Follow us: https://www.facebook.com/knightsandnerdspodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/knightsandnerds/ https://twitter.com/knightsandnerds https://www.knightsandnerds.com/   Background music by www.tabletopaudio.com and by James Longley (https://freesound.org/people/james_longley/)

In a brief interlude away from our heroes, we join a squad of evil dragonborn soldiers searching Farro's Point for a notorious resistance fighter. In between attempts to burn everything to the ground, the dragonborn make surprise discovery...   Follow us: https://www.facebook.com/knightsandnerdspodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/knightsandnerds/ https://twitter.com/knightsandnerds https://www.knightsandnerds.com/   Background music by www.tabletopaudio.com

Tim is joined by fellow Dungeon Master and supporter of the podcast Conner McMahan. They discuss difficulty, consequences, and they also create a terrifying monster that will hopefully make an appearance in a future episode. Spoilers ahead!   Follow us: https://www.facebook.com/knightsandnerdspodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/knightsandnerds/ https://twitter.com/knightsandnerds https://www.knightsandnerds.com/

In a long overdue episode, we look at the monk and brainstorm some ideas for plot hooks and abilities for a monk villain you can use in your game.   Follow us: https://www.facebook.com/knightsandnerdspodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/knightsandnerds/ https://twitter.com/knightsandnerds https://www.knightsandnerds.com/

In this week's episode, the heroes and the Githyanki head back to Farro's Point while discussing a way to get back into the city to see Elwyn.   Follow us: https://www.facebook.com/knightsandnerdspodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/knightsandnerds/ https://twitter.com/knightsandnerds https://www.knightsandnerds.com/   Background music by James Longley (https://freesound.org/people/james_longley/)

In our 40th campaign episode, the heroes find themselves in one of the most dangerous encounters yet. Death saves are rolled, inspiration is used, and fuzzy objects are thrown.    Follow us: https://www.facebook.com/knightsandnerdspodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/knightsandnerds/ https://twitter.com/knightsandnerds https://www.knightsandnerds.com/   Background music and ambiance is by www.tabletopaudio.com and SoundFlakes (https://freesound.org/people/SoundFlakes/sounds/423499/)

The heroes are in a tense stand-off with a group of dangerous intruders, where the conversation teeters between diplomacy and violence.  Later, the group learns some troubling information about an as-yet unseen enemy. Follow us: https://www.facebook.com/knightsandnerdspodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/knightsandnerds/ https://twitter.com/knightsandnerds https://www.knightsandnerds.com/   Background music and ambiance is by www.tabletopaudio.com

This week in Dungeons and Dragons, the heroes try to make sense of an ominous warning, and wonder if a familiar face is friend or foe.   Follow us: https://www.facebook.com/knightsandnerdspodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/knightsandnerds/ https://twitter.com/knightsandnerds https://www.knightsandnerds.com/   Background music by www.tabletopaudio.com and by James Longley (https://freesound.org/people/james_longley/)

This week in Dungeons and Dragons, the heroes bond with the people of Tall Hill after taking stock of their findings in the Black Bog. Later, they make an important step forward in their quest to save Farro's Point.   Follow us: https://www.facebook.com/knightsandnerdspodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/knightsandnerds/ https://twitter.com/knightsandnerds https://www.knightsandnerds.com/   Background music and ambiance is by www.tabletopaudio.com

In part two of this Campaign Planning episode, Tim and Ryan continue their discussion about possible player actions in the next part of the campaign, and how the enemies should react to the party's successes. Also, a "nuclear option" is put on the table. This was recorded before Ryan interviewed Keith Ammann of TheMonstersknow.com   Be sure to check out Ryan's podcast: https://anchor.fm/rollin-bones   Follow us: https://www.facebook.com/knightsandnerdspodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/knightsandnerds/ https://twitter.com/knightsandnerds https://www.knightsandnerds.com/

Tim is joined by long-time supporter and fellow podcast host Ryan Howard (of Rollin' Bones with Ryan Howard) to discuss where the campaign is heading.  This is a two-part conversation, with the second half coming later this week. Major spoilers ahead!   Be sure to check out Ryan's podcast: https://anchor.fm/rollin-bones   Follow us: https://www.facebook.com/knightsandnerdspodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/knightsandnerds/ https://twitter.com/knightsandnerds https://www.knightsandnerds.com/

This week in Dungeons and Dragons... The heroes find the long-lost vault in the Black Bog which supposedly holds some magic items, however their presence is soon noticed by some entities in the forest who do not like visitors. Death saves are rolled, illusions are conjured, and people are poisoned.   Follow us: https://www.facebook.com/knightsandnerdspodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/knightsandnerds/ https://twitter.com/knightsandnerds https://www.knightsandnerds.com/   Background music by www.tabletopaudio.com and by James Longley (https://freesound.org/people/james_longley/)