Sean Merwin

Nice, nice. I can't wait to see that. You can find me on the socials at Sean Merwin. You can follow Teos at alphastream.org. You can follow the show at Mastering D&D on the socials. We have our Patreon. We have our YouTube channel, youtube.com slash at Mastering Dungeons. So we have discussed what we know or what we have learned about the new Monster Manual. What should we do now?

Nice, nice. I can't wait to see that. You can find me on the socials at Sean Merwin. You can follow Teos at alphastream.org. You can follow the show at Mastering D&D on the socials. We have our Patreon. We have our YouTube channel, youtube.com slash at Mastering Dungeons. So we have discussed what we know or what we have learned about the new Monster Manual. What should we do now?

I am going to go make a real monster. Me.

I am going to go make a real monster. Me.

Hello, and welcome to this week's episode of Mastering Dungeons, your favorite tabletop role-playing game, RPG, news reviews, interviews, et cetera, et cetera. We made it through 2024, and I'm Sean Merwin here with Teos Abadie. Hey, Teos.

Hello, and welcome to this week's episode of Mastering Dungeons, your favorite tabletop role-playing game, RPG, news reviews, interviews, et cetera, et cetera. We made it through 2024, and I'm Sean Merwin here with Teos Abadie. Hey, Teos.

Happy New Year, if you're hearing this and your name is not Sean Orteos, then it is probably the new year. Numerologically, I noticed that this is episode 222 of you and I as co-hosts, but episode 111 of Mastering Dungeons. That worked out interestingly. I think that means we're half as good as we once were.

Happy New Year, if you're hearing this and your name is not Sean Orteos, then it is probably the new year. Numerologically, I noticed that this is episode 222 of you and I as co-hosts, but episode 111 of Mastering Dungeons. That worked out interestingly. I think that means we're half as good as we once were.

I welcome my Transformer overlords. They are more than meets the eye. That's true. And as are we. And as are our listeners. So thank you, everyone out there, for listening. We hope that your holidays have gone well, and we hope that your 2025 kicks off with, I don't want to say a bang, because bangs could be good, could be bad, depending. So, yeah, it kicks off well. How's that?

I welcome my Transformer overlords. They are more than meets the eye. That's true. And as are we. And as are our listeners. So thank you, everyone out there, for listening. We hope that your holidays have gone well, and we hope that your 2025 kicks off with, I don't want to say a bang, because bangs could be good, could be bad, depending. So, yeah, it kicks off well. How's that?

Yeah, really interesting stuff. I've been perusing my copy, my multiple copies. Amazing thing. It was great to have Jamie on last week. And it is great to be back with you this week. And it's great to be back with all our listeners who sometimes send us questions. They send us questions via our Patreon Discord.

Yeah, really interesting stuff. I've been perusing my copy, my multiple copies. Amazing thing. It was great to have Jamie on last week. And it is great to be back with you this week. And it's great to be back with all our listeners who sometimes send us questions. They send us questions via our Patreon Discord.

via YouTube, via Mastodon, via Blue Sky, via email at masteringdnd.gmail.com, sometimes in real life, sometimes, you know, to pass them in the grocery store and say, hey, I had a question. Conventions, wherever. Send us your questions if you have them. And the Welsh DM did, via Blue Sky, asking, does the 5e fancy and magic system actually limit the narratives we can tell?

via YouTube, via Mastodon, via Blue Sky, via email at masteringdnd.gmail.com, sometimes in real life, sometimes, you know, to pass them in the grocery store and say, hey, I had a question. Conventions, wherever. Send us your questions if you have them. And the Welsh DM did, via Blue Sky, asking, does the 5e fancy and magic system actually limit the narratives we can tell?

Is its strict rigidity actually a hindrance to storytelling in tabletop role-playing games? And so my first thought was, well, any system by definition limits what's allowable because that's what systems do. But I think if we get rid of that semantic argument, it's a good question to look at how Mancian magic systems can guide play and therefore guide the stories that come from that play.

Is its strict rigidity actually a hindrance to storytelling in tabletop role-playing games? And so my first thought was, well, any system by definition limits what's allowable because that's what systems do. But I think if we get rid of that semantic argument, it's a good question to look at how Mancian magic systems can guide play and therefore guide the stories that come from that play.

But let's step back for a second, Tez. Yeah. Why do we say Vance-ian magic system? What does that mean?

But let's step back for a second, Tez. Yeah. Why do we say Vance-ian magic system? What does that mean?

So Jack Vance was a fiction writer, sci-fi fantasy writer. There was a particular collection of stories called The Dying Earth. And in those stories, wizards, in order to cast spells, would need to first sit down with their spell book and do these magical rituals that would transfer the power of the spell from the book into their brains.

So Jack Vance was a fiction writer, sci-fi fantasy writer. There was a particular collection of stories called The Dying Earth. And in those stories, wizards, in order to cast spells, would need to first sit down with their spell book and do these magical rituals that would transfer the power of the spell from the book into their brains.