Episode 11: Half-orcs, Rogues, Folk Heroes, Illithids and Intellect Devourers I Cast Pod!

Here’s a rundown of the episode:
00:43 + Heard Any Good Rumours Lately? News from the Planes.03:31 + Off To The Races: This episode features 08:54 + You So Classy! This episode, we’re looking at16:27 + Background Check: 18:23 + Monster Menagerie: 22:18+ Lore Academy: 
Total runtime 29:57
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Sources & further reading: Half-orc: PHB - 40-41
Rogue: PHB - 94-98; SCAG: 134-136; XGTE: 44-47
Folk Hero: PHB - 131-132
Intellect Devourer: MM - 191
LinksNewshttps://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/rpg-products/icewind-dale-rime-frostmaiden- WotC page on Rime of the Frostmaiden
https://dnd.wizards.com/products/fiction/comicsgraphic-novels/spine-world- At the Spine of the World
https://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/rpg-products/icewind-dale-diceIcewind Dale Dice and Miscellany
https://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/rpg-products/icewind-dale-platinum- Beadle and Grimm’s Platinum Edition
https://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/miniatures/icewind-daleWizKids Icewind Dale Icons of the Realms
Illithidshttps://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Mind_flayerFR Wiki on Mind Flayers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSc17QXxfyU Baldur’s Gate 3 Live Gameplay Presentation - includes opening cinematic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9hU6UJX_pcFirst gameplay demo of BG3, featuring combat with Intellect Devourers.
Syrinscapehttps://syrinscape.com - syrinscape tabletop audio.
Episode TranscriptCold openWelcome to I Cast Pod, a D&D podcast about creating characters, taking chances, rolling dice and having fun. I’m Mike, your DM and guide to all things dungeonesque and dragon-y. In this episode, we’re talking about Icewind Dale, Half-orcs, Rogues, Folk Heros, Illithids and Intellect Devourers.
Heard Any Good Rumours Lately?There’s a new sourcebook coming! Icewind Dale: The Rime of the Frost Maiden ties in with not only R. A. Salvatore’s Icewind Dale trilogy of novels - the first he wrote containing the Drow ranger Drizzt Do’Urden, but also it apparently has some tie in to the upcoming Dark Alliance game. (And presumably the previous Icewind Dale CRPG,) Touted as a horror adventure module, with 320 pages and over 50 stat blocks contained within - the most in any 5e module so far, several of which will be for the Frostmaiden Auril, herself as she can appear in various forms. Journey to the frozen wastes of the far north, to the communities of Ten-Towns and help defeat an ancient evil, brave blizzards, fish for Knucklehead trout or participate in an as-yet unnamed Goliath sport! The release date is Sept 15th and it should retail for $49.99.
Want more Icewind Dale? IDW Publishing is going to be releasing At the Spine of the World on 21st Oct. The comic is set in...