About this episode
Episode 175 of Mastering Dungeons! Main topic: Shadowdark RPG – Characters and Magic With Shadowdark’s simplicity, how do ancestries, classes, and class features distinguish themselves? Shawn and Teos examine the classes, alignment, and magic systems to see how this game manages to be so good. News: D&D Turned 40, D&D in VR, a Real Fortress Dungeon, and more! Contents 00:00:00 Rub Your Face 00:01:19 Compelling Hooks? 00:11:43 RPGs for New GMs 00:19:02 D&D Turns 50 00:21:56 D&D VR Game 00:26:35 Beyond Stats 00:29:33 Real Dungeon 00:31:01 50th Minis 00:32:48 Mathemagician Rituals 00:34:38 Zweihander Reforged 00:35:22 Hacking Across Editions 00:39:03 Shadowdark Characters 00:40:48 Ancestries 00:46:14 Classes - Fighter 00:48:35 Talents 00:50:12 Stat Boosts 00:51:46 Wizard and Priest 00:53:30 Thief 01:00:29 Backgrounds 01:02:08 Alignment and Deities 01:05:16 Titles 01:07:24 Gear and Slots 01:10:36 Cohesive Game Elements 01:13:27 XP 01:17:41 Magic 01:32:05 Shout-Outs Thank you for listening! Get the full show notes with links on Patreon. Our intro and outro music is Metropolis Fanfare, provided royalty-free by Tabletop Audio (https://tabletopaudio.com) under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).