Monster in My Podcast show

Monster in My Podcast

Summary: A podcast by Kole Ross and Gary Butterfield taking a monster-by-monster look at all of the goofy, inspired, and sometimes dull creature designs in the 2nd Edition Monstrous Manual of Dungeons and Dragons. Join us every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for short episodes about your favorite beasties.

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 Dragons, Chromatic | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 11:56

It's a whole rainbow of shitty eternity lizards.Links: Chromatic dragon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia — A Chromatic dragon is a classification of fictional dragon found in the role playing game Dungeons & Dragons. In this setting, chromatic dragons are typically of evil alignment.

 Dragons, General | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 7:58

Exdragonanza 2016 begins in earnest as we discuss dragonkind in general, before diving into specifics over the next few weeks.Links: Dragon, General Information (Monstrous Manual) — Dragons are an ancient, winged reptilian race. They are known and feared for their size, physical prowess, and magical abilities. The oldest dragons are among the most powerful creatures in the world.

 Dracolich | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 6:06

Contents of the Dracolich may be less bony than they appear.Links: Dracolich (Monstrous Manual) — The dracolich is an undead creature resulting from the unnatural transformation of a dragon. The mysterious Cult of the Dragon practices the powerful magic necessary for the creation of the dracolich, though other practitioners are also rumored to exist.

 Doppelganger | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4:20

We are Gary and Kole. Please proceed as normal.Links: Doppelganger (Monstrous Manual) — The doppelganger is a master of mimicry that survives by taking the shapes of men, demihumans, and humanoids.

 Dolphin | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3:55

Somehow they made a real animal the most fantastical creature in this book full of sentient jelly and fire nymphs.Links: Dolphin (Monstrous Manual) — The dolphin is both a hunter and hunted in its marine world.

 Dog, Moon | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3:44

If you come at the Displacer Beast, you best not miss.Links: Dog, Moon (Monstrous Manual) — Often mistaken for baneful monsters, moon dogs are native creatures of Elysium and champions of the causes of good. They often appear in the Prime Material plane to fight evil wherever it shows itself.

 Dog | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5:23

Tell me all your thoughts on dog, because I know we're going to talk about them.Links: Dog (Monstrous Manual) — Smaller than wolves, the appearance of the wild dog varies from place to place. Most appear very wolf-like, while others seem to combine the looks of a wolf and a jackal.

 Displacer Beast | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 6:51

You can't hit what you can't accurately see.Links: Displacer beast - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia — A displacer beast is considered to be a "magical beast". In the game, it resembles a black puma with a pair of powerful black tentacles sprouting from its shoulders, and two to four additional forelimbs. They are colored blue-black, like a dark panther. The tentacles are tipped with horny edges which can inflict terrible wounds and resemble the club-shaped catching tentacles of a squid.

 Dinosaur | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5:57

Somehow the Monstrous Manual made dinosaurs boring. Bra-fucking-vo.

 Deepspawn | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4:33

It's a beholder, it's a shoggoth, it's redundant!Links: Deepspawn (Monstrous Manual) — Deepspawn look like large, rubbery spheres of mottled grey and brown. Six arms project from their bodies; three are tentacle-arms, and three are jaw-arms, ending in mouths of many teeth. A Deepspawn also has over 40 long, retractable, flexible eye stalks it extends only three or four at a time, well away from harm.

 Death Knight | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4:19

It's your favorite Dragonlance character, Lord Soth, singing his sorrowful song about his demise.Links: Death Knight (Monstrous Manual) — A death knight is the horrifying corruption of a paladin or lawful good warrior cursed by the gods to its terrible form as punishment for betraying the code of honor it held in life.

 Crypt Thing | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5:30

Someone ctrl-v'ed the skeleton entry again!Links: Crypt Thing (Monstrous Manual) — A crypt thing looks like nothing more than an animated skeleton, save that it is always clothed in a flowing robe of brown or black. Each eye socket is lit by a fierce, red pinpoint of light that is almost hypnotic in its intensity.

 Crustacean, Giant | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4:58

Just goes to show you: The angle is everything.Links: Crustacean, Giant (Monstrous Manual) — Giant crustaceans are peculiar mutations of crabs and freshwater crayfish. The first inhabits saltwater regions, while the latter is found only in fresh water.

 Crocodile | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3:39

Cave Man Boy is back, and he's going to have his say, god damn it.Links: Crocodile (Monstrous Manual) — The crocodile is a large, dangerous predatory reptile native to tropical and subtropical climes. It spends most of its time submerged in swamps, rivers, or other large bodies of water.

 Crawling Claw | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4:09

Animated, disembodied hands aren't as cool as you'd think!

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