66 episodes
Making a Monster Lucas Zellers
-
- Leisure
-
-
5.0 • 8 Ratings
-
Game designers show you their favorite monster, how it works, why it works, and what it means. Each bite-sized episode features a D&D or TTRPG designer and the monster of their choice.
-
Giant Sharkbowl Ooze by Kobold Press
Megan Maricle shares the deadliest catch for dungeon delvers everywhere!
Read the transcript and get more from the show:
https://scintilla.studio/monster-sharkbowl-ooze/
Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio
Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter
Meet my guests:
https://koboldpress.com/the-kobold-team/
Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com -
Wave Lurcher: Astra Fauna by Sarah Dahlinger
An alien shark feeding off the living islands of an alien world, the wave lurcher is a partner in the search for life.
Read the transcript and get more from the show:
https://scintilla.studio/monster-wave-lurcher/
Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio
Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter
Meet my guests:
My about page has all my bio info :)
https://www.sarahdahlinger.com/about
Sarah's Website
Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com -
Extinction: The Dodo
The dodo is a funny-looking bird with a funny-sounding name that never knew what hit it. There isn't a more fitting icon of extinction.
Back the Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/magehandpress/book-of-extinction
Download a dodo: https://magehandpress.com/2023/03/the-dodo.html
Join the conversation:
https://www.instagram.com/sparkotter/
https://twitter.com/sparkotter
"Extinction Theme" by Alex Miller, the Boy King of Idaho: https://www.instagram.com/theboykingofidaho/ -
OGL 1.1 & The Extinction of D&D
OGL 1.1 risks killing the thriving ecosystem of valuable third-party content for Dungeons & Dragons. Don't wait: tell Wizards of the Coast they're making a mistake, and tell your favorite third-party creators it's worth staying in the fight.
Transcript of the episode:
Legal analysis of OGL 1.1: https://medium.com/@MyLawyerFriend/lets-take-a-minute-to-talk-about-d-d-s-open-gaming-license-ogl-581312d48e2f
Io9 leak: https://gizmodo.com/dnd-wizards-of-the-coast-ogl-1-1-open-gaming-license-1849950634
Polygon review: https://www.polygon.com/23540640/dnd-ogl-1-1-leak-dungeons-dragons-pathfinder-2e-wotc-hasbro
The aurochs as "Nazi Supercow": https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-nazis-tried-bring-animals-back-extinction-180962739/
Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter -
Ol' Chap Ettercap, ft. Critical Crafting
O'l Chap Ettercap is a monster whose story grew in the telling, from meaningless
Download Ol' Chap Ettercap in every form a tabletop needs:
https://scintilla.studio/monster-ettercap-critical-crafting/
Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio
Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter
Meet my guests:
Dillon Onley, Creative Director
Cameron DeFord, Marketing Director
https://www.critical-crafting.com/
Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com
"Creepy Dungeon Ambience" by DrMinky from Freesound.org -
Mörk Borg's 7 Deadly Sins
Mörk Borg, the doom metal TTRPG by Free League, gets an adventure with seven deadly sins chained in an off-shore prison boat where nothing is as it seems.
Read the transcript and get more from the show:
https://scintilla.studio/monster-mork-borg-dolja/
Get stat blocks, bonus content, and other monstrous perks: www.patreon.com/scintillastudio
Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter
Meet my guests:
Zac Goins, World of Game Design
https://twitter.com/wogdesign
Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com
Customer Reviews
Great podcast, great concept
I love the artistic and cultural approach to villains taken in this podcast. Showing how a monster is conceptualized and designed as well as how that connects to the human condition is intriguing. The first episode is especially great on the human front, showing how the monster and the player identity can blend together as you play, bringing a totally new approach to gaming that I’ve experienced.
It’s also a plus that this series exposes listeners to games they may never have heard of otherwise.
The editing keeps things moving so there’s no nonsense to skip past. It’s all engaging all the way through. And the previews of the next episode keep me listening as they come!
Enjoyable look into Monsters
This is such a fun 'cast, it breathes life into monsters, that perhaps isnt' something people would have thought of. Having great guests on and their genuine conversation is enjoyable. I am appriciative of the smaller bite-sized episodes, but if in the future longer episodes were to be made, I would listen happily.
Very cool
I thought that it was great how excited you can tell everyone is to talk about their creations and all the insights that go onto that creation. It’s like this peek into why these guys do what they do and also surprisingly reflective and makes you think about just what’s around and why you may be into ttrpgs. Anyway I loved it. Sounded great