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Let's Build: Hive Rats

The Lore Foundry

Release Date: 10/31/2019

Villains! show art Villains!

The Lore Foundry

Crafting a villain for a tabletop campaign is no easy task. What details are important? What if I get bogged down in the details?  Never fear, sweet listener, for Daron and Greg go through the basic framework for creating a villain, and you can too!  Check out the write up here:  

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Nobility and Fertility show art Nobility and Fertility

The Lore Foundry

You are part of the Wizard Inquisition. You hunt down practitioners of magic that don't follow your arcane laws. Unless, of course, those practitioners are favored by the noble elites who are also your biggest benefactor.   Join Daron and Greg as they look into what it would be like to have a fertility  cult that the nobles just HAVE to have around. 

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Bonus Episode: You don't need to be sailor to be on a ship show art Bonus Episode: You don't need to be sailor to be on a ship

The Lore Foundry

Greg had something on his mind about Charles Darwin and the pals get into the weeds about party roles. Enjoy!

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The Shattered Empire of the Orks show art The Shattered Empire of the Orks

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You approach the ancient ruins of Atal-Dur. The crystal necklace around your neck begins to glow. In your bones you feel a connection to this place. Something ancient. Primal. Your Ork blood burns with forgotten cultural memory.  Come with Greg and Daron as they build out a fallen empire with some Ork flair.

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Slimes and Oozes show art Slimes and Oozes

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A monstrous mass of ooze slowly creeps through a maze. The cult of the Ooze looks on and frantically charts its path onto their own maps. They look to this ancient entity to divine for them ancient paths and pathways to other worlds. Come along as Daron unloads his excitement about slime molds and the duo talk about how they could add this to their fantasy settings

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The Abandoned Sailor show art The Abandoned Sailor

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Upon a derelict ship there lives a sailor abandoned by his company and crew. Why was he abandonded? What if he wasnt' alone?  Well, Greg and Daron are about to talk about it.   

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Dungeon Ideas: The Vault of Glass show art Dungeon Ideas: The Vault of Glass

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You wander the many halls of the vault of glass. Within it, all timelines are known. - You - are known. You are looking for something the Vault does not want to give you. You have an artifact that will aid you. How will you make your way through its timeless halls?

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Town Tension: Guilds! show art Town Tension: Guilds!

The Lore Foundry

The people have spoken and guilds are OUT! Well, most of the guilds. Some on the edges of society remain, and there is a movement of people in response. Let's talk about it!

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Magical Infrastructure: Wizard Web Developers! show art Magical Infrastructure: Wizard Web Developers!

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You're familiar with spells, spell components, focuses, costs, preparation, etc... But what is it REALLY?

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The Long March Home show art The Long March Home

The Lore Foundry

As the dust of the last war settles, a revolution is underway. Two sides, pitted against each other for control of the country. But the most powerful faction is... unaligned? Greg tells us about one possible central tension you could use for your campaign based on the Czechoslovak Legion from WW1. 

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More Episodes

What happens when Daron wants to build a society based on Beekeeping? Something along the lines of an almost hive-minded rat society that worships a galaxy rat-king. Tag along as we build it LIVE!

References:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_king

https://animals.howstuffworks.com/insects/bee7.htm

Other Links: 

https://lorefoundry.com/

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