There are a lot of D&D sourcebooks to collect and it’s hard to know where to begin. The D&D Essentials Kit, and it's adventure Dragon of Ice Spire Peak, offers a convenient and inexpensive place to start. This week we review our play-through of it, first giving you a spoiler free overview of the product as a whole then delving into the adventure details for all the DMs out there.Our theme was written and produced by Saea Havea - https://www.instagram.com/saeamusic/If you liked what you heard and want to hear more please consider rating, reviewing and subscribing. Or tell a friend word of mouth is incredibly helpful to get the word out there. If you have any suggestions or requests, you can find us at eldritchllama.net

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Dragon of Icespire Peak

Its coming to the end of the year and I wanted to cover some updates for nutmeg and salt and Eldritch as a wholeOur theme was written and produced by Saea Havea - https://www.instagram.com/saeamusic/If you liked what you heard and want to hear more please consider rating, reviewing and subscribing. Or tell a friend word of mouth is incredibly helpful to get the word out there. If you have any suggestion or requests, you can find us at eldritchllama.net

Update 2019

Technology has made some amazing leaps in the last few years, especially in virtual and augmented reality. In this episode we explore how some of these advances are shaping D&D right now, and what this new technology could mean for the future of the game.Our theme was written and produced by Saea Havea - https://www.instagram.com/saeamusic/If you liked what you heard and want to hear more please consider rating, reviewing and subscribing. Or tell a friend word of mouth is incredibly helpful to get the word out there. If you have any suggestion or requests, you can find us at eldritchllama.net

Augmented Reality

Fighters are the bread and butter of a D&D party: Reliable, simple, and with enough freedom in their aesthetic to spice them up however you like. This week we explore those possibilities and take a closer look at some of the tropes at work in their design.Our theme was written and produced by Saea Havea - https://www.instagram.com/saeamusic/If you liked what you heard and want to hear more please consider rating, reviewing and subscribing. Or tell a friend word of mouth is incredibly helpful to get the word out there. If you have any suggestion or requests, you can find us at Eldritch Llama.Net

Fighters

This time around we take a closer look at the downtime between adventures and what this can mean for both low and high level characters. We explore how both players and DMs can use this time to progress their narrative or to simply enjoy a break from the high-stakes world of adventuring. We also touch on those strange moments of quiet when characters find themselves with unexpected time on their hands.Our theme was written and produced by Saea Havea - https://www.instagram.com/saeamusic/If you liked what you heard and want to hear more please consider rating, reviewing and subscribing. Or tell a friend word of mouth is incredibly helpful to get the word out thereIf you have any suggestion or requests, you can find us at Eldritch Llama.Net

Adventure Downtime

This week we take a look at the fiends of Enta'kos in the form of spiders.We discuss tarantulas, funnel-web, trapdoor, jumping, wolf, wandering, redback, and black widow spiders.Our theme was written and produced by Saea Havea - https://www.instagram.com/saeamusic/If you liked what you heard and want to hear more please consider rating, reviewing and subscribing. Or tell a friend word of mouth is incredibly helpful to get the word out thereIf you have any suggestion or requests, you can find us at Eldritch Llama.Net

Spiders

This week we have each chosen three topics we are interested in but couldn’t make into an entire episode. We discuss how a DM can choose and control a pace for their game that they are happy with. Looking into how magic contributes and changes the landscape of crime and the investigation of those crimes. Finally, we dive into underwater civilizations, from how to approach them as a concept, to how that can change your setting as a whole.FillibusterFrog (Magical scars) -Patron - https://www.patreon.com/filibusterfrog/overviewTwitter - https://mobile.twitter.com/filibusterfrog?lang=enTumblr - https://filibusterfrog.tumblr.comOur theme was written and produced by Saea Havea - https://www.instagram.com/saeamusic/If you liked what you heard and want to hear more please consider rating, reviewing and subscribing. Or tell a friend word of mouth is incredibly helpful to get the word out thereIf you have any suggestion or requests, you can find us at Eldritch Llama.Net

Pacing, Magical crimes, and Underwater civilisations

This deep dive delves into barbarians. We explore where they came from and where you can take them. We cover things from fitting your barbarian into regular societies, to Lycanthropy and much more.Our theme was written and produced by Saea Havea - https://www.instagram.com/saeamusic/If you liked what you heard and want to hear more please consider rating, reviewing and subscribing. Or tell a friend word of mouth is incredibly helpful to get the word out thereIf you have any suggestion or requests you can find us at Eldritch Llama . Net

Barbarians

 In previous episodes we have done quite a bit of race building and expanded the lore surrounding them. Now its time to fill our world with monsters

Monsters of Ento'kos

For this episode we discuss how to make and expand on your merchants.Music by - https://www.instagram.com/saeamusic/

Merchants

We continue the lore building for our insects This time we finish the Beetles, Wasps, Bees, and Dragonflies

Expanding the world part 2

Its time for our second deep dive this time covering the Paladin First, we are learning about where the Paladin as a class came fromThen we see where we can take it Music by - https://www.instagram.com/saeamusic/

Paladins

We wanted to take a break from our insect settingSo for this week we take a beloved monster from the monster manual and take it furtherTaking our inspiration from the Owlbear and making more hybrid creaturesMusic by - https://www.instagram.com/saeamusic/

Making more monstrosities

We have done 3 episodes building out the stats and physical characteristics for some our insect-based homebrew. Now its time to expand off that delving into the lore of that world We start the lore with the same insects we started this series with; the ants Music by - https://www.instagram.com/saeamusic/

Expanding the world

Building out another 3 of our insect based races This week its bees, wasps and dragonflies Music by - https://www.instagram.com/saeamusic/

Bees, Wasps and Dragonflies

Nutmeg and Salt is a D&D podcast with a little extra. Your hosts (Thomas Lynch, June Tickle, and Matthew Macpherson) take on topics from Science, History, and Mythology to anything else they find interesting - and explore how you can apply them to your own homebrew D&D. If you like learning more about the world you live in, or love Dungeons and Dragons, this is the podcast for you. If you have any suggestions or requests, you can find us at EldritchLlama.NET Music by - https://www.instagram.com/saeamusic/

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