I Cast Pod!

About I Cast Pod!

Welcome to I Cast Pod! A new D&D discussion show that aims to help you bring flavour to your roleplaying sessions with news, as well as tips and advice on how to be a better role-player or DM; how to add flavour to your characters; collaborate with your party, and ensure everyone at the table has fun. I'm looking to publish a new 30-45 minute show every couple of weeks, so it will fit perfectly into a commute, lunch break, or a quick listen. So if you're a seasoned campaign veteran or someone who's looking into playing for the first time, there will be something for everyone. Questions and feedback are welcome - You can connect with us on: Instagram - https://instagram.com/icastpod Twitter - https://twitter.com/icastpod Or email - icastpod@gmail.com.

Publisher

Mike Rickard

Category

leisure · leisure · news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

7 Feb 2020

Latest episode

10 Jul 2020

Latest episodes

15 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   10 Jul 2020

   Episode 12: Sorcerers, Entertainers, Jackalweres and Volo

   Here’s a rundown of the episode: 00:43 + Heard Any Good Rumours Lately? News from the Planes 01:56 + Off To The Races: This episode features - nothing. We’ve covered all the races in the PHB! 03:56 + You So Classy! This episode, we’re looking at Sorcerers 15:55 + Background Check: Entertainer 18:40 + Monster Menagerie: Jackalweres 22:03+ Lore Academy: Volo Total runtime 26:53 Sources & further reading: Sorcerer: PHB: 99-104 XGTE: 48-52 SCAG: 136-137 Entertainer: PHB: 130-131 Jackalwere: MM: 193 Links News Ultra Pro (https://www.ultrapro.com/product_list.php?cPath=248_265)’s range of D&D merch 80’s Tees (https://www.80stees.com/?q=dungeons%20and%20dragons&page=1)- D&D selection. Volo https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Volo%27s_Guide_to_All_Things_Magical (https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Volo%27s_Guide_to_All_Things_Magical)- Volo on the FR wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volothamp_Geddarm (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volothamp_Geddarm)- Wikipedia’s entry on Volo Contact me: email (mailto:icastpod@gmail.com) https://icastpod.com (https://icastpod.com/) - Website Instagram (https://instagram.com/icastpod) (most often used Social media) Facebook (https://facebook.com/icastpod) Twitter (https://twitter.com/icastpod) Episode Transcript Cold open Welcome to I Cast Pod, a D&D podcast about creating characters, taking chances, rolling dice and having fun. I’m Mike, your DM and guide to all things dungeonesque and dragon-y. This episode is the end of season finale, and we’re talking about Entertainers, Sorcerers, Jackalweres, and Volo. Heard Any Good Rumours Lately? WotC has been busy recently, in light of the Black Lives Matter movement and general social change of our time, adding disclaimers to some of its older content, which may be seen a racially or culturally insensitive, or gender biased. D&D includes many races and has never penalised players who choose to play any gender, which was already admirable, but these steps will continue to ensure that anyone can play without feeling excluded or maligned. Ultra Pro showed off their ultra-cute vinyl Figurines of Adorable Power during the D&D Live 2020 livestream, including adorable Mimics, Flumphs, Owlbears and more. I’ve already seen the Red Dragon figure for sale and have been tempted… 80’s Tees now have a range of D&D based merch, both from the main game and from the 80’s cartoon spinoff, and includes character armour hoodies that make you look like you’re wearing the armour of Hank the Ranger, Bobby the Barbarian or Eric the Cavalier, with more to come. Off to the Races None We’re skipping playable races in this episode, as we’ve actually covered all the races in the PHB. Now I know that there are many more playable races, but it seemed a good point to end the season, and give me time to buy one of the other sourcebooks. Do you think I should go for Vole’s Guide to Monsters, which contains Aasimar, Goblins, Orcs, Kenku, Tabaxi, Yaun-ti and more, or perhaps Mordekainen’s Tome Of Foes, that includes Gith, and… er, well, Eladrin. Let’s be honest, in terms of continuing to make content, it’s going to be Volo’s. I will also be looking into the Elemental Evil Player’s...

2. 

   26 Jun 2020

   Episode 11: Half-orcs, Rogues, Folk Heroes, Illithids and Intellect Devourers

   Here’s a rundown of the episode: 00:43 + Heard Any Good Rumours Lately? News from the Planes. 03:31 + Off To The Races: This episode features 08:54 + You So Classy! This episode, we’re looking at 16:27 + Background Check: 18:23 + Monster Menagerie: 22:18+ Lore Academy: Total runtime 29:57 899 4 2 161 Sources & further reading: Half-orc: PHB - 40-41 Rogue: PHB - 94-98; SCAG: 134-136; XGTE: 44-47 Folk Hero: PHB - 131-132 Intellect Devourer: MM - 191 Links News https://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/rpg-products/icewind-dale-rime-frostmaiden (https://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/rpg-products/icewind-dale-rime-frostmaiden)- WotC page on Rime of the Frostmaiden https://dnd.wizards.com/products/fiction/comicsgraphic-novels/spine-world (https://dnd.wizards.com/products/fiction/comicsgraphic-novels/spine-world)- At the Spine of the World https://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/rpg-products/icewind-dale-dice (https://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/rpg-products/icewind-dale-dice)Icewind Dale Dice and Miscellany https://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/rpg-products/icewind-dale-platinum (https://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/rpg-products/icewind-dale-platinum)- Beadle and Grimm’s Platinum Edition https://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/miniatures/icewind-dale (https://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/miniatures/icewind-dale)WizKids Icewind Dale Icons of the Realms Illithids https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Mind_flayer (https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Mind_flayer)FR Wiki on Mind Flayers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSc17QXxfyU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSc17QXxfyU)Baldur’s Gate 3 Live Gameplay Presentation - includes opening cinematic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9hU6UJX_pc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9hU6UJX_pc)First gameplay demo of BG3, featuring combat with Intellect Devourers. Syrinscape https://syrinscape.com - syrinscape tabletop audio. Episode Transcript Cold open Welcome to I Cast Pod, a D&D podcast about creating characters, taking chances, rolling dice and having fun. I’m Mike, your DM and guide to all things dungeonesque and dragon-y. In this episode, we’re talking about Icewind Dale, Half-orcs, Rogues, Folk Heros, Illithids and Intellect Devourers. Heard Any Good Rumours Lately? There’s a new sourcebook coming! Icewind Dale: The Rime of the Frost Maiden ties in with not only R. A. Salvatore’s Icewind Dale trilogy of novels - the first he wrote containing the Drow ranger Drizzt Do’Urden, but also it apparently has some tie in to the upcoming Dark Alliance game. (And presumably the previous Icewind Dale CRPG,) Touted as a horror adventure module, with 320 pages and over 50 stat blocks contained within - the most in any 5e module so far, several of which will be for the Frostmaiden Auril, herself as she can appear in various forms. Journey to the frozen wastes of the far north, to the communities of Ten-Towns and help defeat an ancient evil, brave blizzards, fish for Knucklehead trout or participate in an as-yet unnamed Goliath sport! The release date is Sept 15th and it should retail for $49.99. Want more Icewind Dale? IDW Publishing is going to be releasing At the Spine of the World on 21st Oct. The comic is set in...

3. 

   12 Jun 2020

   Episode 10: Rangers, Half-elves, Hook Horrors and the Underdark

   Here’s a rundown of the episode: 00:43: - Heard Any Good Rumours Lately? News from the Planes. 03:25 + Off To The Races: This episode features Half-elves 08:52 + You So Classy! This episode, we’re looking at the Ranger 18:30 + Background Check: Guild Artisan 23:16 + Monster Menagerie: The Hook Horror 29:56 + Lore Academy: The Underdark Total runtime - 34:56 Sources & further reading: Half Elf - PHB: 38-39 Ranger - PHB: 89-93, XGTE: 40-43, SCAG: 133-134 Guild Artisan - PHB: 132-133 Hook Horror - MM: 189 Links News https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/lrdtob (https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/lrdtob)D&D Beyond - Legends of Runeterra: Dark Tides of Bilgewater https://www.dmsguild.com/product/316467/The-Book-of-Weird-Magic (https://www.dmsguild.com/product/316467/The-Book-of-Weird-Magic)- The Book of Weird Magic by Oliver Clegg https://www.dndbeyond.com/marketplace/sourcebooks/mythic-odysseys-of-theros?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=moot&utm_campaign=TOF_+D%26D%2BMTG&utm_content=spider-+preorder&fbaid=23844632008460174&fbclid=IwAR3O09bVyZDKqt0rKkSpD5VMm8qgbz55CEuSpCbjIpTIomQmC6t6UheEQXI (https://www.dndbeyond.com/marketplace/sourcebooks/mythic-odysseys-of-theros?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=moot&utm_campaign=TOF_+D%26D%2BMTG&utm_content=spider-+preorder&fbaid=23844632008460174&fbclid=IwAR3O09bVyZDKqt0rKkSpD5VMm8qgbz55CEuSpCbjIpTIomQmC6t6UheEQXI)- Mythic Odysses of Theros on D&D Beyond Underdark areas https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Underdark (https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Underdark)- FR Wiki on the Underdark https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Buried_Realms (https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Buried_Realms)- FR Wiki on the Buried Realms https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Darklands (https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Darklands)- The Darklands https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Deep_Wastes (https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Deep_Wastes)- The Deep Wastes https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Earthroot (https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Earthroot) - Earthroot https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Glimmersea (https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Glimmersea)- Glimmersea https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Great_Bhaerynden (https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Great_Bhaerynden)- Great Bhaerynden https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Northdark (https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Northdark)- Northdark https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Old_Shanatar (https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Old_Shanatar) - Old Shanatar https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Great_Rift (https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Great_Rift)- the Great Rift Underdark denizens https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Phaerimm (https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Phaerimm) - Phaerimm https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Aboleth (https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Aboleth)-...

4. 

   29 May 2020

   Episode 9 - Tieflings, Paladins, Goblins and Hermits

   In this episode, we’re talking about Tieflings, Paladins, Goblins and Hermits - Red Nose Day and other podcasts too!

5. 

   15 May 2020

   Episode 8 - Nobles, Gnomes, Monks and Flumphs

   In this episode, we’re talking about Gnomes, Nobles, Flumphs, Monks and Bahamut. Try saying that 10 times quickly! I can barely narrate the podcast …

6. 

   8 May 2020

   Bonus Episode 2: A Brief History of D&D

   In our second bonus episode, we're looking into the history of the game we love - how it came about and the bumps in the road along the way.

7. 

   1 May 2020

   Episode 7 - Outlanders, Ettins, Humans, Fighters, Death Metal and Tiamat

   In this episode, we’re talking about Death Metal, Ettins, Tiamat, Fighters, and Outlanders, amongst other things. Also D&D for Comic Relief!

8. 

   24 Apr 2020

   Bonus Episode 1: No Dungeons, Just Dragons

   In this, our first bonus episode, we’re talking about dragons. Dragons are ubiquitous across human culture and no one really seems to know why. In the 1970’s the creatures made their way into a game that evolved from tabletop war-games into something more fantasy based, which provided an ideal home for these reptillian monstrosities… So listen on, intrepid adventurer, but beware - for here be Dragons!

9. 

   17 Apr 2020

   Episode 6 - Halflings, Harpers and Druids - but no Dragons?

   In this episode, we’re talking about … Halflings, Harpers, Druids, Elminster - but not Dragons. Listen on to find out why.

10. 

    3 Apr 2020

    Episode 5 - Elves, Clerics, Sailors and more

    In this episode we look into the Elves, Clerics, Sailors, Carrion Crawlers, evil-hating Rangers and their miniature giant space hamsters, and how to play safely during the Covid pandemic.

11. 

    20 Mar 2020

    Episode 4 - Soldiers and Beholders and Dwarves - Oh my!

    In this episode, we’re talking about Dwarves, Bards, Soldiers, Beholders and the Legendary character Drizzt Do’Urden. So let’s strap on our scimitars, pocket the statue of Guenhwyvar, and get stuck in!

12. 

    6 Mar 2020

    Episode 3 - A New Beginning

    01:02 - Heard Any Good Rumours Lately? News from the Planes. 04:23 - Off To The Races. This episode features the Dragonborn as its playable race to discuss. 11:02 - You So Classy! This episode, we’re focussing on the Barbarian. 17:36 - Background Check. Talking about the Urchin background and ways it can inform your roleplay of your character. 19:28 - Monster Menagerie. Starting with the Aaron A. Aaronson of D&D Monsters - The Aarakocra. 25:40 - Lore Academy. The Spellplague and its effects. 29:41 - The Infamous. Legendary characters from Dungeons and Dragons. This episode, we learn about Tymora. Total runtime - 33:17.

13. 

    21 Feb 2020

    How To Be The Dungeon Master

    In this episode, I’m going to be talking about being a Dungeon Master - What’s involved; what rules you need to know; what makes a good or bad DM; managing player expectations; prebuilt campaigns vs homebrew; NPC tips, and lots more.

14. 

    7 Feb 2020

    What Is D&D?

    In this, the first episode, I will be talking about what D&D is, go over some of the basics and give advice on how to get started playing.

15. 

    7 Feb 2020

    I Cast Pod Trailer

    A trailer for the upcoming podcast, "i Cast Pod!" A Dungeons and Dragons discussion show.

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