Vince and Kat mix things up this week and chat about, after various requests by the community, a “Beginner’s guide” or a “Newbie’s guide” this time in part 2, its for the DM and how to get started. Vince and Kat give you their opinions and tips for getting started, based on their experiences over
Vince and Kat mix things up this week and chat about, after various requests by the community, a “Beginner’s guide” or a “Newbie’s guide” for the Player and how to get started. Vince and Kat give you their opinions and tips for getting started, based on their experiences over the years and what they believe
The crew is back for a new show, talking about Sal’s Green Gene Ogrelund Arena, a thing to use in a large city to add some flavor to your session, Vince talks about Gadgets at the table in fireside chat, and Kat brings us in a new direction with the summoning circle! The live YouTube
Fausti’s flute of Dancing Chaos Rare Item This instrument appears to look like a normal everyday flute, and can be played as such if needed. If checked it will only faintly come up as magical, but normally brushed off as the check will be so faint, it’s not believable and can be misinterpreted as a
These rings were designed by me to give to the players when they joined a guild of bandits that were robbing the lords and ladies of Asheville Times. The characters would each put on a ring and this ring would give them the ability to communicate to one another telepathically. They can only each and
Items talked about on today’s show: Foldable Stool Item, uncommon (Cost: 25 gp, Weight: 1 lb) For the short rogue who needs a step up to unlock the door or disarm the trap. Gives a +2 to Halflings, Gnomes, and Dwarves when making lockpicking/trap disarming checks Jar of Preservation Item, uncommon (Cost: 50 gp, Weight: 5
We are back for another show! This week we get right into the swing of things and talk about weapons (ha!). Sal talks about taking boring old weapons and making them special with “named” weapons. Listen to what he has to say, and maybe try it out. In fire side chat, Vince talks about guns
Join the crew this week as they talk about weird and wacky pets and what use they could be for your campaign! Links of Importance: AfterDark Compendium – http://www.dmsguild.com/product/228752/The-Pocket-Mimic-After-Dark-Compendium-no1?affiliate_id=421647 Watch Kat on EncounterRP – http://www.encounterroleplay.com/tales-from-the-twisted-tower/ World of Arkonis Actual Play Podcast Links Click here to find Arkonis on iTunes
In this very episode the crew is back for a full show, starting off with Sal talking about how named creatures are really important to add the flavor to your campaign, and comes up Skaava The Devourer! Vince follows up in the fireside chat with adding some spices to that flavor by talking about reskinning monsters,
Gems: Silver Colored Gem (maybe can call it clear) Red Colored Gem (ruby like) Blue Colored Gem The Silver Gem if placed inside a bag with any coins (gold, silver, copper..etc) will make more of it while the character sleeps. For it to work again, the character would need to take out the funds
Gem Coated Weapon – Just like you can cover your weapons in silver to be able to fight ware-creatures, master-smiths can coat your weapons in gem dust to add damage effects to your weapon. You must provide the smith with gems = 200gp of one type, and also 200gp for the work. Your weapon will
Well its a new year, which means a new season for this show, yep, Season 2 starts, with episode 19! So what’s on this show? WELL.. this show starts off with Sal talking about his homebrew world some more and the Zealots of UL… An interest group of people that carve spells into their flesh
Lantern of the Fell: This lantern is painted in abyssal black. When it’s front cover is opened with a switch on the handle, the lantern casts a ray of darkness. This ray projects the view of what the Shadowfell looks like wherever the lantern is pointed at. The ray is not only casting a projection
You think Christmas specials ended with episode #18? Think not as a special treat, we are releasing all the interviews Kat did at Dragonmeet this year for your listening pleasure! Our second interview with the makers of the game Shadows of Esteren discussed both this game which is less combat based and more about the
You think Christmas specials ended with episode #18? Think not as a special treat, we are releasing all the interviews Kat did at Dragonmeet this year for your listening pleasure! Special guest: http://rolistespod.com Twitter: @rolistespod Follow us on Twitter The Show – @PocketMimic Vince – @TheEvilDM Sal – @Deadnosave Kat – @KatTulip Zac – @Zactru
Its our Christmas show! Let’s talk about the various things that could make your game more holiday like with such ideas talked about on the show as Sal talks about his “Winterbeast” and how he used it in his game (and see if you can figure out what movie he ripped the idea from?). In
Masterwork weapons and armor can be bought at double the price from a master smith. Masterwork weapons have sharper edges that don’t dull as quickly and are made from finer materials. Weapons do one die greater damage on hit see table below. They offer no plus to attack. Armor grants 5 temp hp per short
Join the crew this week as they take you on a trip, an adventure of sorts, fueled by dru- Imagination! Sal talks about a location from his world, called “Drakkanridge ” and provided us with a nice drawing to show what it would look like in his world! Then in the fireside chat, Vince talks
Those that have been asking after hearing about it, here it is! The Actual play podcast for the Pocket Mimic Podcast, hosted by DM Vince, and his local face to face gaming group. Listen in as Vince weaves the strange tale of the World of Arkonis, a homebrew world with wacky NPC characters, mystery and
Bow of many Arrows Features: This is a +2 magical bow that has the ability to magically modify your arrows when shot. It can shoot one of each shot per long rest. Each shot takes an attack action. Dual Shot: You nock two arrows on your bow and let fly. The arrows use the
The Feast Encounter – Starving adventurers come to a cozy camp or room full of their favorite foods, drinks and desserts. It is irresistible. DC 20 Wisdom Save against the Confusion spell cast by a pixie. The adventurers sit down and immediately start eating. They start gorging themselves on food being overwhelmed by how delicious
Welcome to another episode of After Dark, with your hosts, Zac, Vince, Sal and Kat! This week we talk about designing a magical location. We go into detail about a location that has been designed for this very show! Your party has been wandering in the wilderness for weeks trying to find the Old Wizards
The Pocket Mimic Podcast is back with another episode! This week Sal returns from his trip bursting with interesting ideas for the show as he talks about a custom little creature to use, and explains how he uses this little cute creature to recharge the magical weapons and items in his game (see pics below).
Welcome to lucky #13 of the Pocket Mimic Podcast, or as Zac says, “14”, Why? you’ll have to listen in to see his reasoning and you decide! But in this very show we break the normal format while Sal is out of town on vacation. Vince, Zac & Kat sit down and do a review
Welcome everyone to another edition of After Dark, as Zac leads the crew in a chat about designing siege weapons. The group talks about designing Gelatinous flying cubes as the weapons. How would you keep them? how would it work? Have you done this? We chat it up and discuss what can happen and how
Greetings Mimics! Here we are with another show this week, and we had a little running joke the entire show about how Kat was supposed to be eating some yummy donuts and we were keeping her from doing so..Thus we named the show #NoDonuts4Kat – But onto the what show is about, we announce the
Join Vince, Sal and Zac this week as they tackle the question of designing quest items for D&D 5e! Listen in as Vince goes over his item, the Ashes of Witnessing. Sal gives the run down on The hand of Tzentok and Zac show us Lurues Golden Heart! All this in one giant packed show
A new show is brought to you this week, just like every week! This week, Vince, Sal and Kat sit down talking about different takes on races that you can incorporate in your worlds, with Sal’s WyldBourne Elves, and Vince’s Dwarrow race. Listen in as they talk about what they are and how they can
In episode number 8, Sal and Vince discussed an idea of a wig shop that was a front for a demon worshipping cult. While we really didn’t think much of it, you the listeners wrote in and tweeted us on how you loved the idea and wanted to know more about. Tweeting us and emailing
Welcome back to another show from the Pocket Mimic crew, Join Vince, Sal and Kat as they open the show up talking about city building, what goes into your town, what’s needed, and what’s not needed? Things that are mostly important to remember when designing up your campaign, or even your one site, so good
Welcome to episode number 6! The team is back with another full show full of ideas to spark the fire that lights the imagination in your brain when creating YOUR stuff. Listen in this week as Sal talks about a creature he was thinking about designing up in his world, in the worlds we live
This week Melanie and Vince sit down and answer an email question from a fan about designing Big Bads! Listen in as they talk about the process, and then design up big bad for high end games and then a mid level big bad. Big Bad is a term that comes from the Buffy the
Welcome to a brand new show of the Pocket Mimic Podcast! Sit back, enjoy as we chat about how to introduce new elements into your campaign worlds, do you use a clever reason or just say, “F it, its the speed force baby!” ala The Flash TV show style? Next up in the Fire Side
The After Dark train is chugging along as this week we tackle the subject that is often asked when playing D&D, creating a custom, balanced class for your players. Melanie and Vince speak this week about designing a class called “Rune Priest”, a custom runic casting priest for that was designed up for a player
This week the show starts off with Sal as the main host and going insanely silly for our intro, What did you get yourself into this week folks? As Vince steers the show back on track, the group talks about flavoring your world, with NPCs, and government structured societies. The fireside chat gets heated up,
Welcome to show number two! The crew will sit down this week after deciding on our world names, giving you a little about the background in the world, how it was kind of created, and where it maybe heading this week. During the fireside chat, Vince leads us in a talk about Alignments and how