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Sean Merwin

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Mastering Dungeons
Looking Back on Gamehole Con ‘24 (MD 214)

Absolutely. So thank you for those questions. And at the end of the show, we'll tell you how you can ask yours. Let's jump into our news and commentary, starting with. being able to claim the adventure scions of elemental evil. I know that we talked about this last week, but by golly, I actually got the chance to look at it. Finally. And I liked it. I liked it. I'm not surprised.

Mastering Dungeons
Looking Back on Gamehole Con ‘24 (MD 214)

Absolutely. So thank you for those questions. And at the end of the show, we'll tell you how you can ask yours. Let's jump into our news and commentary, starting with. being able to claim the adventure scions of elemental evil. I know that we talked about this last week, but by golly, I actually got the chance to look at it. Finally. And I liked it. I liked it. I'm not surprised.

Mastering Dungeons
Looking Back on Gamehole Con ‘24 (MD 214)

I liked it because we'll Doyle worked on it. And I always trust, you know, what, what will does, but I just want to clarify and, and point out that this is an adventure you can get on D and D beyond Lincoln, our show notes.

Mastering Dungeons
Looking Back on Gamehole Con ‘24 (MD 214)

I liked it because we'll Doyle worked on it. And I always trust, you know, what, what will does, but I just want to clarify and, and point out that this is an adventure you can get on D and D beyond Lincoln, our show notes.

Mastering Dungeons
Looking Back on Gamehole Con ‘24 (MD 214)

uh it's for uh characters of level four four to six of them and it also comes with those pre-generated characters based on the 1980s dungeons and dragons animated series if you are looking for just the briefest of spoilers on the plot if you've played any of the Temple of Elemental Evil adventure from first edition and subsequent, it's very much along those lines.

Mastering Dungeons
Looking Back on Gamehole Con ‘24 (MD 214)

uh it's for uh characters of level four four to six of them and it also comes with those pre-generated characters based on the 1980s dungeons and dragons animated series if you are looking for just the briefest of spoilers on the plot if you've played any of the Temple of Elemental Evil adventure from first edition and subsequent, it's very much along those lines.

Mastering Dungeons
Looking Back on Gamehole Con ‘24 (MD 214)

And so as I read this, I'm like, okay, this is cool. And then I began to worry that we are going to get an absolute flood of the return to the return to the return of Elemental Evil, except it's not a return because we're back in time to actually before that it's it's a we're bouncing all over the place so uh

Mastering Dungeons
Looking Back on Gamehole Con ‘24 (MD 214)

And so as I read this, I'm like, okay, this is cool. And then I began to worry that we are going to get an absolute flood of the return to the return to the return of Elemental Evil, except it's not a return because we're back in time to actually before that it's it's a we're bouncing all over the place so uh

Mastering Dungeons
Looking Back on Gamehole Con ‘24 (MD 214)

And if you're interested in what the 2024 monsters are going to look like, there is an appendix in this that has three magic items. I'm not going to spoil by saying which ones. And many, many monsters. And I, again, not going to spoil by saying which ones in case you're going to play. But you can get your sneak peek about that stuff in the appendices of this adventure. Yeah. Jumping into D&D maps.

Mastering Dungeons
Looking Back on Gamehole Con ‘24 (MD 214)

And if you're interested in what the 2024 monsters are going to look like, there is an appendix in this that has three magic items. I'm not going to spoil by saying which ones. And many, many monsters. And I, again, not going to spoil by saying which ones in case you're going to play. But you can get your sneak peek about that stuff in the appendices of this adventure. Yeah. Jumping into D&D maps.

Mastering Dungeons
Looking Back on Gamehole Con ‘24 (MD 214)

We got a message, or at least I did, saying we're now in beta. I believe they were in alpha before. And now I think they've gone to beta by adding some new features, including initiative functionality and encounter building functionality. I didn't see the video. I just read through it, Teos. But what did the video say?

Mastering Dungeons
Looking Back on Gamehole Con ‘24 (MD 214)

We got a message, or at least I did, saying we're now in beta. I believe they were in alpha before. And now I think they've gone to beta by adding some new features, including initiative functionality and encounter building functionality. I didn't see the video. I just read through it, Teos. But what did the video say?

Mastering Dungeons
Looking Back on Gamehole Con ‘24 (MD 214)

It is. And I loved the announcement on D&D Beyond where it said, Maps is the official D&D VTT that seamlessly integrates with your digital library on D&D Beyond. And I'm thinking, okay, I wonder if people are talking to each other there about certain things.

Mastering Dungeons
Looking Back on Gamehole Con ‘24 (MD 214)

It is. And I loved the announcement on D&D Beyond where it said, Maps is the official D&D VTT that seamlessly integrates with your digital library on D&D Beyond. And I'm thinking, okay, I wonder if people are talking to each other there about certain things.

Mastering Dungeons
Looking Back on Gamehole Con ‘24 (MD 214)

But you can get maps if you have a Master Tier subscription, and you can share it with your players regardless of what their subscription status might be. And link in our show notes to the YouTube video that shows that, or you can just go to D&D Beyond and it's one of the main stories. Next, we have a new R. A. Salvatore Drist novella, but it's Audible only. So R.A.

Mastering Dungeons
Looking Back on Gamehole Con ‘24 (MD 214)

But you can get maps if you have a Master Tier subscription, and you can share it with your players regardless of what their subscription status might be. And link in our show notes to the YouTube video that shows that, or you can just go to D&D Beyond and it's one of the main stories. Next, we have a new R. A. Salvatore Drist novella, but it's Audible only. So R.A.

Mastering Dungeons
Looking Back on Gamehole Con ‘24 (MD 214)

Salvatore announced a new short novella on Audible called Betwixt Two Worlds, a D&D 50th anniversary adventure, which features Driss's daughter with Ketebree, Briennelle Zaharina. Yeah, there's a show notes to that.

Mastering Dungeons
Looking Back on Gamehole Con ‘24 (MD 214)

Salvatore announced a new short novella on Audible called Betwixt Two Worlds, a D&D 50th anniversary adventure, which features Driss's daughter with Ketebree, Briennelle Zaharina. Yeah, there's a show notes to that.

Mastering Dungeons
Looking Back on Gamehole Con ‘24 (MD 214)

Yeah, if you've read all of them, God bless, because even I know people have tried and they just they run out of time. But we have time to look at Discord and the D&D collection that they launched. They have launched a set of avatar and profile decorations, including a gelatinous cube, glowing dice to go around your avatar, or a dragon breathing fire on your profile page.

Mastering Dungeons
Looking Back on Gamehole Con ‘24 (MD 214)

Yeah, if you've read all of them, God bless, because even I know people have tried and they just they run out of time. But we have time to look at Discord and the D&D collection that they launched. They have launched a set of avatar and profile decorations, including a gelatinous cube, glowing dice to go around your avatar, or a dragon breathing fire on your profile page.