About this episode
Episode 153 of Mastering Dungeons! This week's main topic: Shadow of the Weird Wizard with Rob Schwalb! Rob Schwalb talks about his fantastic Kickstarter for Weird Wizard, his days at Wizards and insights into 5E’s creation, and what makes for a fantastic RPG. News: Tal’Dorei Reborn is the first 3rd party product on D&D Beyond, WotC Playtest Experiments, New D&D Beyond Survey, and more! Contents 00:00 Mr. Funny 01:39 Weird Design? 07:15 Design for Streams? 10:23 Short Design? 13:12 Prescription vs Teaching? 23:14 Tal’Dorei on Beyond 28:06 Crawford on Playtest Experiments 38:24 Beyond Survey 40:45 Eldritch 100 41:23 Seize the Means 43:39 Weird Wizard! 45:06 Glorious Rob 48:50 Exorcising Demons 50:06 5E’s Compromises 54:27 Preparation 1:00:01 Session Length 1:03:24 Why Weird Wizard 1:08:25 Project Rewards 1:14:51 Weird Setting 1:19:34 Find Rob and Weird Wizard 1:21:10 Kim Mohan’s Impact 1:24:26 Shout-Outs Thank you for listening! Get the full show notes with links on Patreon.