The Summer of Art

 I feel so blessed to have what feels like a torrent of incredible artwork coming my way this summer.  Here's the latest - it's a portrait of D'Reni by the creator of Legend of the Bones, the wonderful Simon Williams.

FanExpo 2025

 I really enjoyed FanExpo this year - even more than last year. Great to meet so many people and have the chance to promote the show. My thanks to the Canadian Podcast Awards for giving me that opportunity :)

                                        

                                        

                         

Custom Creature: the Giant Forest Troll

 

Giant Forest Troll

Climate/Terrain:      Any forest

Frequency:             Very rare

Organization:         Solitary

Activity Cycle:        Night

Diet:                       Carnivore

Intelligence:           Low

Alignment:             Chaotic evil

No. Appearing:       1

Armor Class:         16

Hit Dice:                 8

No. of Attacks:       1

Morale:                   11

A Giant Forest Troll is a mix of regular troll and hill giant. They are truly gigantic, standing 13' tall. In appearance they more closely resemble their troll parentage but take their enormous size from the giant.  A Giant Forest Troll is both evil and stupid. It is extremely tough, with an armor class of 16, 8 hit dice and the ability to regenerate 2 lost hit points each round. They can reattach severed limbs, even after falling below 0 hit points. Fire or acid is needed to destroy them permanently. All Giant Forest Trolls have infravision and acute senses.

A Giant Forest Troll does not typically use a weapon.  Instead, it has a variety of attacks that follow a particular order. The Giant Forest Troll will always cycle through the following, making just one attack per round: 1) stomp – or - grab and then smash an enemy on the ground or nearby tree; 2) grab and bite the enemy; 3) grab and throw enemies of human size or smaller a distance of 20’. The first type of attack is rolled at random and from then on the cycle simply loops.

The stomp/smash attack does 2d6 +7 points of damage; the bite does 2d8 +4; the throw does a mere 1d6, but the thrown enemy will miss their next turn due to being stunned and from having to run back into melee.

Shownotes for Episode 32 (S3E32)

Theme           Enchiridion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8NkG3bhIxU

Welcome       148 Barovian Castle https://tabletopaudio.com/

LTO               Scott Buckley Legionnaire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwW0vFUCz

Pt 2b             10 In the Shadows https://tabletopaudio.com/

Some  FX      https://www.zapsplat.com

More Crazy Good Art by Tobias Neal

 Man, this artist is just awesome!!

One Shot in the Dark is Now Available in Portuguese!

Through the generosity of DailyHeroForge (João Luiz Guimarães), OSitD is now available translated into Portuguese. Thanks, DailyHeroForge, for helping me reach a new audience!!

Get it right here.

Shownotes for Episode 31 (S3E31)

Theme         Enchiridion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8NkG3bhIxU

Welcome     148 Barovian Castle https://tabletopaudio.com/

LTO             Scott Buckley Legionnaire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwW0vFUCz

Some FX     https://www.zapsplat.com