Teos Abadie

I'm going to turn to the secret page in the Monster Manual they haven't talked about yet, where you find out that the real monster is you.

I'm going to turn to the secret page in the Monster Manual they haven't talked about yet, where you find out that the real monster is you.

Happy New Year, almost. Happy New Year to listeners.

Happy New Year, almost. Happy New Year to listeners.

Yeah. As foretold by prophecy, if Mastering Dungeons records its 222nd and 111th episodes simultaneously, car-sized drones will attack New Jersey.

Yeah. As foretold by prophecy, if Mastering Dungeons records its 222nd and 111th episodes simultaneously, car-sized drones will attack New Jersey.

I kicked mine off by getting a copy of The Psychology of Dungeons and Dragons, Jamie's book from our host from the last show. A lot of people said they bought the book based on our show, which, wow, that's kind of cool.

I kicked mine off by getting a copy of The Psychology of Dungeons and Dragons, Jamie's book from our host from the last show. A lot of people said they bought the book based on our show, which, wow, that's kind of cool.

Because Gygax read stories from Jack Vance and was enamored with it, as with various other parts of fiction of the day.

Because Gygax read stories from Jack Vance and was enamored with it, as with various other parts of fiction of the day.

In days even, I do, I recall during play that our high level adventures, and this could possibly be when I'm playing like a really, like 23rd level or something like that, but I remember we, um, We needed like I'd say more than a day and a half.

In days even, I do, I recall during play that our high level adventures, and this could possibly be when I'm playing like a really, like 23rd level or something like that, but I remember we, um, We needed like I'd say more than a day and a half.

I want to say like like it was it was weird how long it could take you when you were totally drained, especially if you did things like pilot a spell jammer, which back then required eating up all your spell slots when you sat on it. That was wild.

I want to say like like it was it was weird how long it could take you when you were totally drained, especially if you did things like pilot a spell jammer, which back then required eating up all your spell slots when you sat on it. That was wild.

A menu of options, yeah.

A menu of options, yeah.

Yeah, there was a fun conversation in our Discord, too, about what is magic and how do you represent it and what kind of storytelling you can do.

Yeah, there was a fun conversation in our Discord, too, about what is magic and how do you represent it and what kind of storytelling you can do.

And so we've had various explanations over the years for Dungeons & Dragons, but the sort of prevalent Forgotten Realms one is this idea of the weave, and you're pulling it in sort of mystical strands, and by learning magic, you learn sort of how to pull on these strands and turn it into a spell like Comprehend Languages or whatever it might be, rather than it being...

And so we've had various explanations over the years for Dungeons & Dragons, but the sort of prevalent Forgotten Realms one is this idea of the weave, and you're pulling it in sort of mystical strands, and by learning magic, you learn sort of how to pull on these strands and turn it into a spell like Comprehend Languages or whatever it might be, rather than it being...