Detentions and Dragons

The sulfur smell means it is working.

"It's literally a ship full of rats. Its a rat ship."

Come for the Gnome Depot. But don't stay for the churros.

Not actually about currents and seas.

Slim Jim. Snap into it!

Your word is "aarakocra."

Lesson # 27 Agenda Grab your beach D20, put on your +1 Flip-Flops of Relaxing and join Josh and Matt as they celebrate the American school tradition of SPRING BREAK! In this lesson, Josh and Matt discuss how they integrate "Spring Break" into their classroom and club campaigns. Have your students' take a break from the dungeon delving life style and try one of their techniques to add a little variety to your main campaign.

Lesson # 26 Agenda In this lesson, Josh and Matt kick off their shoes, sit back, and discuss potions in Dungeons and Dragons 5e. Are potions a relatively simple mechanic? Yes. Drinking a potion takes and action and then the player character is imbued with the effects. Done. However, there are a lot of fun ways to enhance your campaign by providing players an opportunity to use potions!

Lesson # 25 Agenda Two spellcasters enter the ring. Only one will exit. On this lesson Josh and Matt discuss wizards and sorcerers. Sure they are synonyms in layman's terms, but in D&D 5E their are stark and powerful differences. Is magic powered by brains or bloodline better? Find out! Gold Star Winner: Teachers. It is a difficult time in the school year to be a teacher. But you serve as a beacon of hope, knowledge, and inspiration to the most important people. Continue to do what you do.

Lesson # 24 Agenda On this lesson, Josh and Matt discuss strategies to work with trouble makers, players who intentionally or unintentionally disrupt the game with unsportsman like conduct. Player conduct management is a difficult and often times unavoidable. However, Josh and Matt are confidant that some direct and indirect approaches can help any DM maintain a welcoming gaming environment.

Lesson # 23 Agenda Your players have won the battle but few encounters end without a scar or two. In this lesson, Josh and Matt talk about healing in D&D 5E. The concept is basic but foundational to a player unfamiliar with tabletop RPGs. Smeagle Bobson gets a Mountain Dew can to the head. Goldstar Winner: Heartless PE teacher on twitter @heartless_pe for his innovative use of 3D printing at his dungeon and dragons club.

Note: When recording, Matt forgot the AC adapter to his mixer. As a result the whole episode was recorded using a single USB microphone. If this is your first episode, try any of our other lessons for better audio quality. Matt's bad! However, this makeshift solution fits into our lesson's theme: Homebrewed Items. Agenda for Lesson # 22 In this lesson, Josh and Matt discuss ideas regarding when and why to make customized items for your school or personal campaign.

Lesson # 21 Agenda On this lesson of Detentions and Dragons, Matt is joined by a special guest and substitute co-host Rachel Nimlos, a former graduate of Matt's high school and an alumna of his D&D club! The topic? Matt and Rachel review the movie Dragonheart: Battle for the Heartfire and discuss its value as inspiration for your campaign or for your students. Spoiler: Patrick Stewart is a dragon and has one of the greatest movie moments of all time. Otherwise, lots of whiny teens.

That's right, I'm a skate board paladin. My paladin patron is Tony Hawk.

Lesson # 19 Agenda Climb a mountain.Break down a door. Sell someone a duck. How? Ability Check. This week, Josh and Matt discuss the basics of ability checks in D&D 5E. They also review their tips to manage ability checks in their game. (i.e. no one wants 2 hours of perception checks) Gold Star Winner: RPG Crunch Support Community. A new Facebook group dedicated to providing info about using RPGs for therapy and in schools. Anything is possible in D&D. With a good enough ability check ;-)