Villains, Beware!

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Critical Role Models

32 episodes

2 days ago

A show where two nerdy-ass podcasters, Josh and Dev, sit around and talk about Dungeons & Dragons and how to level up your skill in storytelling and roleplay by looking to the greats, the cast of Critical Role. We created this podcast because we would have these conversation about what we could learn from the cast of Critical Role and we had so much fun talking about it, that we felt Critters and non-Critters alike would appreciate and learn from them. We hope you enjoy! Like our art? Look for Amy's Art Animations @pastripink on Instagram!

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Villains, Beware!

Critical Role Models

1 hour 54 minutes 48 seconds

6 months ago

Villains, Beware!

Villains beware cause you're bout to be dead! Bwahaha! We are covering several different aspects of villainry (see our timestamps below for the different topics) and we hope they give you some useful tricks when writing or designing your next BBEG!

Villains are not just for DMs! We discuss how players can create compelling villains in their backstory like Caleb's Trent Ikathon or Percy's Briarwoods. We also discuss useful play tips for taking down your DMs most dangerous bad guys.

Making a great bad guy is more art than science. We are lucky to have so many to learn from: Avantika, Obann, The Laughing Hand, Kevdak and Predathos (just to name a few).

2:42 - Crit Role News

7:38 - Intro to Villains

22:00 - Teasing Bosses

30:00 - Encountering the Boss

49:30 - Motivations

1:06:00 - Roleplay aka Dinner with the Devil

1:19:00 - Boss Fights

1:43:00 - Takeaways

Please consider nominating us for best new podcast (2 years or less) or best podcast hosts at https://www.critawards.org/ (Nominations are open until April 30th)

The Studio Binder video we reference on villain archetypes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZOEPpjll0U&pp=ygUWc3R1ZGlvIGJpbmRlciB2aWxsYWlucw%3D%3D

The article on DMing without plots: https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/4147/roleplaying-games/dont-prep-plots