About this episode
Episode 151 of Mastering Dungeons! This week's main topic: The 2014 DMG Chapter 6 – Treasure! Shawn and Teos ponder treasure. How much to give out, and how often? What is the role of treasure and its implications? From attunement to sentient items, we dig into the 2014 5E DMG and what we might want to see in 2024. News: A giant problem for D&D, Free League rocks ENnies, Cthulhu Saved, and more! Contents 00:00 Gen Con Glow 04:19 Subclass Variance? 10:45 Higher Level Complexity? 17:06 Valiant Playtesting? 20:56 Know Rules to Break Them? 28:54 Psychological Horror? 30:42 Giant Freebies 32:04 Giant AI Debacle 45:07 Free League Rocks ENnies 48:27 Storytelling Collective 49:45 Where Evil Lives 50:29 Cthulhu Saved 52:18 DMG Ch7 Treasure 55:17 Role and Impact of Treasure 59:09 Across Editions 1:02:21 How Much Treasure? 1:08:11 Swingy Results 1:10:05 Xanthar’s 1:11:06 No Magic? 1:14:52 Attunement 1:22:33 Resilience 1:24:25 Special Features 1:30:40 Artifacts and Sentient Magic 1:35:26 Other Rewards 1:37:05 Shout-Outs Thank you for listening! Get the full show notes with links on Patreon.