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Discover the captivating world of Dungeons & Dragons with "Roll for Lore," a fun and light-hearted podcast hosted by Sean and Jessica. Perfect for both beginners and veteran players, this podcast dives deep into the rich history and lore of the D&D universe. With their friendly and approachable style, Sean and Jessica make learning about D&D enjoyable, and they always welcome listener feedback to keep the experience engaging. Whether you're a seasoned player or new to the game, "Roll for Lore" is your go-to guide for exploring the legendary worlds of Dungeons & Dragons!
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- 3 days ago1h 4m
DnD Events: Tearfall
There are two events known as Tearfall in the history of Faruen and they are both buck wild, so if you like Dungeons and Dragons lore and are especially fond of apocalyptic dragon stuff.... JOIN US!!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 1 weeks ago1h 7m
DnD Locations: Feywild EPISODE 100
One hundred episodes deep, and we finally set foot in the Feywild. Welcome to the Plane of Faerie, a warped mirror of the Material Plane where the colors run too bright, the emotions run too hot, and a single night of dancing can cost you a decade of your life.In our 100th episode, Sean and Jess trace the Feywild from its earliest D&D roots through its modern 5e form. We break down the great fey courts: Titania and the Summer Court on the Seelie side, and the Queen of Air and Darkness ruling the Gloaming Court for the Unseelie. We get into the Archfey themselves, the eladrin and their seasonal moods, and the sheer variety of fey that call this plane home, from harmless pixies and sprites to redcaps, quicklings, and the truly nasty hags lurking in the deep woods.We also wander into the Domains of Delight, those pocket realms ruled by individual Archfey, and talk about why the Feywild remains one of the most dangerous places in the multiverse precisely because it looks so beautiful. Time distortion, stolen memories, bargains you should never have made. It is all here.Thank you for a hundred episodes of monsters, planes, and Forgotten Realms lore. This one is for the community that got us here.Grab your iron, mind your manners, and never eat the food. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 2 weeks ago1h 20m
DnD Planes: The Shadowfell
Grab a torch... it won't help, but grab one anyway. This week Sean and Jess drag Roll for Lore into the Shadowfell, Dungeons & Dragons' gloomy echo of the Material Plane, where the sky is a black vault, the food bleeds, and despair has actual game mechanics.We trace the plane's whole history: how Jeff Grubb's 1987 Demiplane of Shadow footnote became 4th edition's Shadowfell, and how, in Forgotten Realms canon, the goddess Shar helped Cyric murder Mystra, kicked off the Spellplague, lost everything anyway, and built the plane as a consolation prize. Then it's a full 5e travel guide (Gloomwrought, Evernight, shadow crossings, and the despair rules), the truth about where Strahd and Barovia actually live inside the Domains of Dread, fifty years of shadow spells from the 1975 illusionist to shadow blade, and a bestiary of the plane's greatest nightmares: the shadar-kai, the Raven Queen, sorrowsworn, nightwalkers, banderhobbs, and Shimmergloom the shadow dragon.Whether you're prepping a Curse of Strahd campaign or just here for deep D&D lore, this one's for you. Follow Roll for Lore wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 3 weeks ago1h 3m
DnD Villains: Glasya
She's Asmodeus's least obedient daughter, a criminal mastermind he promoted just to shut her up — and it didn't work. This episode we're breaking down Glasya, Archduchess of Malbolge and Princess of the Nine Hells, and Sean's newest crush. from her obscure 1983 debut in Dragon #75 to her defining arc in Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells.We cover her murdered mother Bensozia, her decades-long vendetta against Levistus (Stygia's ice-bound "Prince"), and the two wildly different stories of how that murder actually went down. Then we dig into the Reckoning: the civil war Glasya allegedly started with nothing but forged rumors and a talent for manipulation — pitting Mephistopheles, Baalzebul, and half of Hell's ruling archdevils against each other while she walked away clean.We also unpack how she took Malbolge from the Hag Countess (whose literal corpse became the layer itself — towers made of fingers, lakes of bile, the whole nightmare), why her cults thrive among the oppressed despite her being Lawful Evil, and what her Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes tiefling bloodline means for your 5e game.In this episode:Glasya's stats, powers, and combat tactics (spoiler: she never fights fair)Her origins in Goetic demonology and Gary Gygax's original Dragon Magazine loreThe Bensozia murder mystery — two versions, one dead queenThe Reckoning: how one archdevil weaponized gossip into a full-blown warHow Malbolge became a literal corpse-kingdomUsing Glasya's cults and politics in your own D&D campaignPerfect for D&D lore fans, Dungeon Master's prepping Nine Hells content, and anyone who's ever wanted an infernal soap opera with actual receipts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Jun 29, 20261h 26m
DnD Locations: Skullport
Directly beneath the gleaming streets of Waterdeep, past a mile and a half of solid rock and very bad decisions, sits the most wretched city in the Forgotten Realms. No laws. No government. No sunlight. Just pirates, slavers, illithids, drow factions who hate each other, a beholder crime lord who does most of his business without ever showing up in person, a renegade illithid who has decided to worship the god of knowledge, an aboleth running a spy ring through the sewer pipes on behalf of a kraken who is trying to become a god, and twelve floating flaming skulls who will absolutely kill you if you start a fire or try to impose a tariff. Welcome to Skullport.This week Sean and Jess dig into one of the Forgotten Realms' most unhinged locations, the Port of Shadows, using the 1999 AD&D 2nd Edition sourcebook as their bible. They cover the whole thing: the ancient Netherese mages who accidentally became disembodied skull wizards when Netheril fell, the thousand-year-old necromancer who showed up uninvited and built a city around them in under three decades, the slave economy that somehow requires more logistical sophistication than most legitimate port cities, the five Iron Ring members who hate each other but have agreed that a bigger pie is worth the occasional assassination attempt, and the deeply codependent relationship between Skullport and the city of splendors directly above it that absolutely does not want to talk about any of this. Plus the chaos frog demon who caved the ceiling in and the goddess murder that finished the job.It's a love letter to one of the most creative, deeply cursed settings TSR ever put to paper. Roll for Lore. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Jun 22, 20261h 1m
DnD Monsters: Demons Part 2
In this DnD lore cast we discuss the higher level demons found in the infinate layers of the abyss. You might need these for a planescape game but you also might need them for a Forgotten Realms or Eberron game because Demons are crazy and the Abyss touches everything. We go over:Yochlol - They serve LothAlkilith- one of the slimiest of all slime boysNalfeshnee - one of the OG D&D demons and one of my personal favorites.Nabassu - a classic set to terrorize your groupsMarilith - The military tacticians of the underworld. Balor - the big bad demon daddy. https://www.patreon.com/c/RollForLore Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Jun 15, 20261h 14m
DnD Creatures: Merfolk & Tritons
https://www.patreon.com/cw/RollForLoreTake a deep breath and grab your trident... this week on Roll for Lore, Sean and Jess head underwater to cover two of the Forgotten Realms' most criminally underused races: merfolk and tritons. We're talking full lore breakdown, from their first appearance way back in the original Monster Manual all the way through to their modern 5e treatment as both monsters and playable races.We dig into their gods first, because the sea pantheon is way more dramatic than people realize. Eadro, the merfolk and locathah creator deity, leads a coalition of good and neutral aquatic gods called the asathalfinare... and they're locked in an eternal cold war against Panzuriel, a kraken-god backing the sahuagin and their shark-toothed nightmares. Tritons get their own divine champion too, Persana, who's basically the sea's answer to a paladin order. We trace how this rivalry plays out across the Sea of Fallen Stars and the sunken city of Myth Nantar, one of the coolest underwater locations the Realms has ever produced.From there we get into the stats and crunch... how merfolk show up as a low-CR humanoid with that classic amphibious trait and a spear, while tritons evolved from a Princes of the Apocalypse era ally race into a full playable option with elemental resistance and a serious grudge against demons. We talk plotlines too: elemental cults stirring up trouble in the depths, sahuagin raids on merfolk settlements, and how tritons ended up as frontline defenders against the Elemental Chaos itself.Dungeons & Dragons, Forgotten Realms, Merfolk, Tritons, D&D Lore, Aquatic Races, D&D Gods, Eadro, Sea of Fallen Stars, Myth Nantar, D&D Monsters, Tabletop RPG, Sahuagin, DM Resources Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Jun 8, 202659 min
DND Monsters: Demons Part 1
We are kicking off a deep dive into the Abyss and honestly... we don't even know where to start because the Abyss is massive and deeply unhinged. So we're doing what any reasonable lore nerds would do, we're going in challenge rating order and starting at the bottom. And the bottom of the demonic food chain is a wild and strange place to be.This episode is all about the low CR demons, the weird funky little guys that don't get talked about enough. We're talking manes, the pitiful miserable bottom rung of demon society... dretches, which are basically just clouds of suffering with legs... quasits, the sneaky little imps of the Abyss... and more. These aren't the flashy demon lords, these aren't the ones with cool names and big campaigns built around them. These are the ones that make the Abyss feel genuinely alien and gross and wrong in a way that honestly slaps.Sean and Jess dig into where these things come from, what they actually are in the lore, how they've changed across editions, and why the bottom tier of demonkind might just be the most interesting part of the whole hierarchy. Buckle up because it gets weird.D&D demon lore, Dungeons and Dragons Abyss, D&D podcast, manes demon D&D, dretch demon lore, quasit D&D, low CR demons, D&D monster lore podcast, Forgotten Realms demons, D&D 5e demon types, demon hierarchy D&D, D&D lore podcast, Fiendish Codex, Planes of Chaos, D&D planar lore, tabletop RPG lore, D&D deep dive podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Discover the captivating world of Dungeons & Dragons with "Roll for Lore," a fun and light-hearted podcast hosted by Sean and Jessica. Perfect for both beginners and veteran players, this podcast dives deep into the rich history and lore of the D&D universe. With their friendly and approachable style, Sean and Jessica make learning about D&D enjoyable, and they always welcome listener feedback to keep the experience engaging. Whether you're a seasoned player or new to the game, "Roll for Lore" is your go-to guide for exploring the legendary worlds of Dungeons & Dragons!
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