
Vox Arcana
By Vox Arcana
Vox Arcana is a Dungeons & Dragons podcast about game design, philosophy, storytelling, and role playing, from the perspective of three different Dungeon Masters.

Vox ArcanaOct 08, 2018
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#69 The End
This is it. <br />
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In this final episode of Vox Arcana, William, Jake, and David look back on our favorite moments from the show, and say goodbye to you, Dear Listener. <br />
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In this final episode of Vox Arcana, William, Jake, and David look back on our favorite moments from the show, and say goodbye to you, Dear Listener. <br />
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Keep subscribed to this feed to eventually get all of the Patreon bonus episodes.
Feb 17, 202146:34

#68 DM Pet Peeves
Every Dungeon Master has certain quirks which make their tables unique including things that drive us nuts! This episode we look at some of our various pet peeves in our games including methods of alleviating them. <br />
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Feb 03, 202157:24

#67 Using Tropes
It is impossible to tell a story without tropes. In this episode, we dive into what tropes are, how to use them in your games, ensuring tonal consistency, and how to enhance some overused tropes. <br />
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In the Question Vault, we answer a question about resisting the urge to metagame. <br />
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Jan 18, 202101:14:19

#66 Building Better Monsters
Adversaries are essential in all roleplaying games. Here’s how to make those enemies strike fear into the hearts of all PCs!<br />
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Nov 18, 202001:09:33

#65 Hot Takes
We heard hot takes are selling like hot cakes, so we decided to assemble a few of our own.
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Aug 05, 202001:10:39

#64 Lasting Consequences
This episode we dive into gruesome injuries, lingering effects, and how to make combat more scary and less trivial. In the Question Vault we answer a question about essential GM supplies we each utilize at the table.<br />
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Jun 26, 202057:31

#63 Interview with Matt Corley
Friend of the pod Matt Corley returns to talk about module design, historical fiction, and the tabletop RPG community coming together during crisis.<br />
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May 27, 202001:06:14

#62 Large Parties vs. Small Parties
Do you prefer your sessions bustling with players piled around the table or a smaller scale, more intimate experience? In this episode, William, Jake, and David discuss the pros and cons of small parties and large parties. <br />
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Finally, we dig into the newly released Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount and create a backstory utilizing some of the random tables held within.<br />
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Apr 29, 202057:40

#61 Mystery & Intrigue
From world building to scene description, an element of mystery can make any game better. In this episode, William, Jake, and David discuss how to control your genre and tone, creating interesting backstories, and tips for injecting intrigue into your sessions. <br />
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Apr 01, 202001:14:35

#60 Downtime
When the players aren’t traversing dungeons or slaying monsters, they do all sorts of other things: Shopping, training, carousing, running businesses, researching… The list goes on and on! This episode we dive into all sorts of downtime activities and how to make downtime incredible. <br />
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Mar 17, 202001:19:22
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#59 [Bonus] Post-Total Party Kill
Sadly, episode #59 is lost, but instead you'll hear one of our Patreon bonus episodes where Will tells us about his first total party kill. The conversation quickly turns into one about lethality, tone, and the nature of death in role playing games.<br />
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Mar 06, 202034:24

#58 Sandbox Games
Every Game Master wants to free up their players to explore the world around them, but how? In this episode William, Jake, and David go through tips and tricks for creating an amazing sandbox for your players to play in. <br />
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Jan 27, 202001:11:18

#57 2019 Year in Review
The times, they are 'a changin'! Before the new year, we look back at our favorite moments and important lessons from 2019, as well as looking forward to the future in perhaps our most introspective episode yet. <br />
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Dec 31, 201952:39

#56 Running an Open Table
William, Jake, and David discuss a controversial gameplay philosophy to solve D&D's biggest problem: Scheduling!
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Dec 09, 201901:01:45

#55 Collaborating with Players
Collaboration plays a central part in every single tabletop RPG, so in this episode, dungeon masters William, Jake, and David dive into how to best collaborate with players from character creation to story arcs to mind control. <br />
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Nov 20, 201901:00:56

#54 Game Preparation
Note taking? Game prepping? Improve your techniques in this week’s round-table discussion that will surely reduce the amount of time you spend wasting on prep!<br />
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Nov 12, 201901:11:52

#53 Deities and Religion
Gods, pantheons, cults, creation myths, crusades... This episode we get downright theological as William, Jake, and David dive into all things divine in roleplaying games. In 'The Creature Feature,' we discuss angels and how to utilize them at your table.<br />
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Sep 22, 201901:19:46

#52 Strongholds & Followers
In this episode William, Jake, and David dive into Matt Colville’s D&D 5e supplement Strongholds & Followers and see where it fits in the D&D product ecosystem.
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Aug 19, 201901:15:45

#51 High Seas Adventures
Dirty pirates, cunning smugglers, beautiful port cities, horrors from the depths – this episode is all about maritime campaigns and what makes them great!<br />
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Aug 12, 201901:25:31

#50 Advanced Dungeons
For our 50th episode, we add more thoughts on to our very first episode and delve back into the topic of dungeons! This time around, we discuss mega-dungeons, misconceptions, and exploration. In the Question Vault, we answer a question about health, long rests, and grievous injuries. <br />
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Jul 29, 201901:12:26

#49 Ability Scores
Those little numbers on your character sheet determine a lot about how your character operates in the game. This episode is devoted to those little numbers, their importance, and character stats’ overall effect on the game. <br />
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Jul 02, 201901:18:15

#48 Roleplaying as a Player
Listen up, players! It’s time to up your roleplaying game. This week, we talk about how to build better backstories and make them useful within your game as well as tips and tricks for playing the role of your character more effectively. <br />
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Jun 25, 201901:02:26

#47 Roleplaying as a Dungeon Master
There’s more to being a Dungeon Master than drawing maps and writing notes; don’t forget to roleplay! In this episode, William, Jake and David discuss how to be a better roleplayer while running your game.<br />
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Jun 12, 201901:30:14

#46 One-Shots
What’s the fastest way to play D&D? In a one-shot, of course! We present our best practices for making a thrilling night of gaming with the highest stakes imaginable. Towards the end, William, David, and Jake get wild while designing a one-shot based on five random action verbs.
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Jun 05, 201901:18:48

#45 Horror and RPG Design with Matt Corley
This episode is an interview with game designer Matt Corley, where we dive into how to infuse horror in tabletop RPGs, general game design, and the tabletop gaming industry. Matt Corley is the creator of Lamp's Light Sanitarium which is available today!<br />
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May 08, 201901:15:47

#44 Character Death
When adventuring, death is always a possibility... In this episode, William, Jake, and David discuss encounter lethality and what to do when a character’s life ends. <br />
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Apr 15, 201901:29:56

#43 Magic!
Magic is essential to nearly every fantasy roleplaying world. In this episode, Jake, William, and David discuss the importance of magic and the effects magic has on roleplaying, worldbuilding, and gameplay. <br />
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Apr 01, 201901:15:24

#42 The Question Vault Strikes Back!
The question vault was filling up with listener questions, so we decided to devote this entire episode to answers some of them.<br />
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Mar 19, 201901:11:19

#41 Star Wars Roleplaying
A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away... <br />
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Stars Wars is a rich universe to explore; ripe with compelling stories and intriguing situations. In this episode we talk about role playing in the Star Wars universe and all the wonderful adventures that come with it.<br />
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Mar 11, 201901:14:13

#40 Creating Magic Items (Interview with Griffin Macaulay)
This week's episode is an interview with graphic designer and magic item creator Griffin Macaulay. We talk about what makes magic items great, how to balance all types of items, and then we take a look at some of our favorite items Griffin has created. <br />
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Mar 04, 201901:11:30

#39 Leveling, Progression, & Experience
Leveling up is one of the most rewarding experience in RPG games. How that happens, however, can take many forms. This episode we dive into experience systems, level ranges, and how to best allow the players to progress. <br />
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Feb 26, 201901:15:54

#38 Post-Apocalyptic Settings
What happened after the end of the world? In this episode we dig into how to create post-apocalyptic worlds and ways to build adventures in worlds altered by cataclysms. Towards the end, we mess around with a post-apocalyptic world generator and see where creativity takes us!<br />
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Feb 19, 201901:20:04

#37 Initiative
Get in line and wait your turn! It’s time to organize ourselves into combat order and take turns discussing combat rules and their alternatives. Plus a bonus discussion on the Triton race, and a juicy question vault about the Help action.<br />
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Feb 12, 201956:43

#36 Factions & Organizations
Filling your world with interesting groups and organizations is a great way to bring your sessions to life. In this episode, we look at how create compelling factions and how to use them effectively at your table.<br />
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Jan 29, 201901:35:45

#35 House Rules
There’s a game designer inside all GMs, but everyone needs a little help sometimes. Here are our best practices for making house rules!<br />
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Jan 15, 201901:47:18

#34 The Warlock Class
Signing a deal with the devil can't be that bad, right?
This week, we conclude our series of deep-dives into the D&D 5e classes with the warlock. Enjoy the discussion about warlock patrons, abilities, and character concepts!
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This week, we conclude our series of deep-dives into the D&D 5e classes with the warlock. Enjoy the discussion about warlock patrons, abilities, and character concepts!
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Dec 31, 201801:23:41

#33 Randomness
From dice rolls, to random tables, to the players themselves, unpredictability is a huge part of role-playing games. Here’s some tips and tricks on how to manage randomness at your table.
Dec 19, 201801:32:28
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[BONUS] Dungeons & Dragons and The Satanic Panic
This episode is a little different. As many of you know, Jake hosts a different podcast about obscure stories from history called Historium. This episode is from that podcast and is all about the origins of D&D and the moral panic surrounding the game in the 1980s.
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Dec 13, 201826:08

#32 The Cleric Class
Holy moley! Bless up and get ready to learn about everyone’s favorite holy warrior that isn’t the Paladin. <br />
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Nov 19, 201801:50:28

#31 Tone, Atmosphere, and Music
How do we, as Dungeon Masters, convey the tone we want? How do we use music and sound effects to create the perfect atmosphere for our games? William, Jake, and David answer all of those questions and more!<br />
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Nov 12, 201801:46:13

#30 The Sorcerer Class
Discussing subclasses, creating backstories, and Jake making a case that Harry Potter is actually a sorcerer... All that and more on this episode all about the Sorcerer class from 5e Dungeons & Dragons.
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Nov 06, 201801:19:41

#29 Boss Battles
Hulking bosses, set-piece encounters, epic finales. All that and more in this episode where we share all of our tips and tricks to improving boss battles in all tabletop roleplaying games.<br />
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Oct 30, 201801:32:09

#28 The Barbarian Class
Fly into a ferocious rage with us as we examine the 5e barbarian class; where we look at class features, subclasses, and character concepts.<br />
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Oct 22, 201801:23:55

#27 Exploration & Discovery
Christopher Columbus. Lewis and Clark. Sir Francis Drake. Champions of exploration and discovery. Since the real world has been mapped out, it’s time to explore our own fantastic worlds!<br />
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Oct 17, 201801:01:43

#26 The Druid Class
William, Jake, and David explore the fifth edition Druid class by looking at history, analyzing the subclasses, and thinking up some sweet character concepts. <br />
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Oct 08, 201801:08:16

#25 Plundering the Question Vault!
This episode we venture into our mailbag and answer some of your questions! <br />
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Oct 02, 201801:08:20

#24 The Bard Class
Grab your best flute and put on your pants, this week the Bard is making us dance!<br />
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Introduction by Alan Moore.<br />
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Sep 25, 201801:35:37

#23 Old School Revival
There's no school like the old school!
Much has changed in the 40+ years D&D has been around. We discuss the finer points and some major differences between the past and the present.
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Much has changed in the 40+ years D&D has been around. We discuss the finer points and some major differences between the past and the present.
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Sep 17, 201801:33:10

#22 The Monk Class
Life in a monastery is tough. Carrying buckets of water. Punching through boards. Welcome to our 5e monk class episode!
Sep 03, 201801:08:58

#21 Cities & Settlements
Building worlds is one thing; building cities is another. We discuss our techniques for developing realistic, believable hubs of civilization.<br />
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Aug 27, 201801:25:09