About this episode

The episode discusses the role of monsters in D&D and TTRPG games, exploring their narrative and mechanical purposes.

Monsters are not just for swords and fireballs. In your D&D or TTRPG game, monsters exist in your world... for various reasons and to serve both narrative and mechanical purposes. Why and how do we place monsters into our game realms and how can we adjust our thinking to get max value from our baddies? *** SUPPORT THE SHOW! Be a Check Mark Hero: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=VREXR2J3E6GGA *** Episode Sponsors and Affiliates We earn a small commission for each purchase at no additional cost to you! Check out Aoethra and CritHeads on DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/31439/critheads-gaming?affiliate_id=3908211 Check out Strange Tales from New England on DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com//product/556832/strange-tales-of-new-england?affiliate_id=3908211 Looking for dice? ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://onlycrits.com/nerdcognito⁠⁠⁠⁠ Use code NERDCOGNITO to save 15%! Grab something from DriveThru! ⁠⁠⁠⁠http://drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=3908211⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get YOUR T-shirt!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3D5xr0z⁠⁠⁠⁠ Shop Amazon and Support the Show: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3djotja

Topics covered

• monsters
• D&D
• TTRPG
• game design
• narrative
• mechanics

Keywords

• monsters
• D&D
• TTRPG
• game mechanics
• narrative design
• game realms

Sponsors

Aoethra, CritHeads, Strange Tales from New England, OnlyCrits, Amazon

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Nerdcognito, INFAMOUS Media Group, DriveThruRPG

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