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Matt and Rob sit down with Cristina of I Seduce the Dragon to talk about Knife Theory -- a way to think about character creation and a tool for DMs to use to create drama. Have fun! Stab your friends!
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It's back to the archives of Dragon magazine for DMs Rob and Matt. When is giving characters too much information too much of a good thing? Tune in to find out!
Dragon Magazine #161: https://archive.org/details/DragonMagazine260_201801/DragonMagazine161/page/20/mode/2up 
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Matt and Rob go to hell! Hell-lite, anyway, specifically the nation of Cheliax, in Paizo's twin APs, Hell's Rebels and Hell's Vengeance. One of them is good and one of them is not so good, and you probably don't need to even listen to the episode to guess which is which (but you should listen to it anyway).
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DMs Rob and Matt are joined by a special guest: a random table!
But this isn't just any random table, but a table of your over-used, loved or hated, fantasy tropes. Listen in as Matt and Rob attempt to remix and reuse these tropes into a workable bit of region, adventure, and faction prep. 
d12
Fantasy Trope
1
The Dark Lord in his Dark Tower Ruling his Dark Land
2
Metal, Elemental, Color-Based Powers or Magic 
3
A Not-Arthur Rules a Not-Camelot
4
PCs are the Chosen Ones (sic)
5
Multiverse Hopscotch 
6
Ancient Magical Rome That Is Now Gone
7
Magical Resource Extraction (Crystals, Spice, etc.)
8
Actually, Man is the Greatest Monster of All
9
The Orange-Blue Alignment Axis 
10
The Gods are Grifters 
11
This land is cursed 
12
Of course it's a giant floating island 

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Matt and Rob read some BLOGS and talk about OSR design, especially around how to run big, epic monster combats that don't just feel like slugfests. 
https://www.latorra.org/2012/05/15/a-16-hp-dragon/
 
https://www.explorersdesign.com/the-1-hp-dragon/
 
https://www.mindstormpress.com/nested-monster-hit-dice
 
https://idlecartulary.com/2024/02/29/red-button-monsters/
 
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