In our 28th Breaking Initiative video, we meet in person to have Brett run a short encounter involving a creature from Tome of Beasts (Volume 1) by Kobold Press. Rob creates a character to see if he can survive. We also give tips at the end at how to add this and other encounters from various materials to your games. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brett-goldin/support

As a special treat, in our 27th episode of Breaking Initiative, we discuss how to run a D&D game set in the Star Wars universe as a setting for your campaign, as well as awesome overhauled rules for D&D to introduce new races, classes, and alternatives to spells. To run a Star Wars game using the rules mentioned in this video, head over to SW5e, an unofficial site dedicated to providing free tools and digital character sheets that are easy to upload into your games using Roll20.   https://sw5e.com/ And here's Wookiepedia, a nearly limitless encyclopedia of Star Wars lore.   https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Main... --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brett-goldin/support

In this episode, we discuss the new show on Amazon Prime from Critical Role, an animated show based on their first campaign, the Legends of Vox Machina. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brett-goldin/support

Our 25th installment of Breaking Initiative, the show where we start talking about D&D advice, until it devolves into Rob explaining why he keeps killing Brett's pets in D&D. Beast Master hunters get them, but anyone can own a pet, really. What should you allow, what should you be cautious of, and of course, when is the perfect time to kill the player's pet? Sure, and I guess when NOT to do it too... --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brett-goldin/support

We're back for our 24th episode of Breaking Initiative! Today we go over an optional rule for providing variation for your magic item rewards you give your players, particularly in relation to cursed magic items, and making the curses harder to break. ANY MAGIC ITEM COULD BE CURSED! A luckstone that transforms you into a rabbit, an axe that tries to kill you if you don't provide it with fresh blood, an unbreakable spellbook that whispers secrets that slowly drive you insane, a decanter of endless water that soaks your bed at night to make you think you're a bedwetter. ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES.   0:00 Introduction  1:25 What are we talking about?  2:55 Overview of Cursed Items  5:34 Any Magic Item Cursed!?  7:21 Magic Item Variations  9:00 New Variable Curses  23:11 Difficult Curses to Remove  26:48 Wrap-up   What's even better is that you can grab a copy of this rule from the link below and start using these devious curses today. Roll randomly based on these provided tables, or just pick what would be best for the right opportunity.   Any Magic Item Cursed (document) https://drive.google.com/open?id=171N...  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brett-goldin/support

It's our 23rd episode of Breaking Initiative! Watch as two grown men geek out over showing you their pretty okay miniatures they painted. We discuss why you should use them, how to use them, many (MANY) alternatives to using them for all sorts of budgets and levels of cheapskates out there, as well as just shameless bragging and rambling rants about shaped plastics. By the way, you can also catch us on Spotify, as well as many other platforms! https://open.spotify.com/show/4kc2G6JjpRFeg8cv0CTLor We have a subreddit!  https://www.reddit.com/r/BreakingInitiative/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brett-goldin/support

in the 22nd episode of Breaking Initiative, we take a short break from our Wild Beyond the Witchlight series to discuss our own advice for magic items in Dungeons and Dragons (Fifth Edition). When and why should you hand them out? How does this affect Challenge Ratings? Using published charts to reign in "Power Creep", and more.   0:00 Introduction 1:07 What're we talking about?  1:46 What's the point of Magic Items  4:07 Interesting Magic Items  19:20 Distributing Magic Item Awards  15:50 Awards by Challenge Rating  19:21 Warning: Power Creep  21:37 Comparing to Previous Editions  25:00 Starting with Magic Items  27:53 Wrap-up   By the way, you can also catch us on Spotify, as well as many other platforms! https://open.spotify.com/show/4kc2G6JjpRFeg8cv0CTLor  We have a subreddit!  https://www.reddit.com/r/BreakingInitiative/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brett-goldin/support

Rob and Brett's solo playthrough of Wild Beyond the Witchlight, Episode 04. Archilus and Bezel clean up a mess, partake in some intense eating, and become aware of a much larger stakes.   Character Sheet:  Archilus  https://drive.google.com/file/d/124Xj...  Bezel  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1olOm...  Player Map:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/12E79...  Shoutout to Hero Forge for providing tools we used to make the character(s) in the thumbnail!  https://www.heroforge.com/  By the way, you can also catch us on Spotify, as well as many other platforms!    https://open.spotify.com/show/4kc2G6J...  We have a subreddit! https://www.reddit.com/r/BreakingInit... --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brett-goldin/support

Rob and Brett's solo playthrough of Wild Beyond the Witchlight, Episode 03. Archilus unexpectedly tries to help someone in trouble, while trouble in the shadows unexpectedly comes for him and Bezel.   Character Sheet: Archilus https://drive.google.com/file/d/124Xj6vCRsiJ1lH2WxSAHt_5IedaELdHg/view?usp=sharing  Bezel https://drive.google.com/file/d/1olOmBBlO7TQLomQ0MluGw8k8lEezGrxY/view?usp=sharing Player  Map: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12E79P6gteaP-DqbFdr3abzU0nQaS7iFU/view?usp=sharing  Time Codes: 0:00 Intro 1:37 Recap 6:27 Skill-based  Challenge 17:35 Roleplay 22:50 Exploration and Roleplay 29:30 Combat and Resolution   Shoutout to Hero Forge for providing tools we used to make the character in the thumbnail! https://www.heroforge.com/  By the way, you can also catch us on Spotify, as well as many other platforms!    https://open.spotify.com/show/4kc2G6JjpRFeg8cv0CTLor  We have a subreddit!  https://www.reddit.com/r/BreakingInitiative/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brett-goldin/support

Rob and Brett's solo playthrough of Wild Beyond the Witchlight, Episode 02. Archilus is free to explore the fairgrounds, and makes his way to the carousel, and something may have been lost... --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brett-goldin/support