Roll for Lore

Sean McDonnell

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! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. -14 ч

    DnD Locations: Deep Imaskar

    The Imaskari built the greatest magical empire in the history of Toril, and then they did something so monstrous that it took their victims' gods four thousand years to make them pay for it. This episode traces the full arc of Imaskar, from a fertile basin in −8350 DR to the dust desert it is today. We cover the Lord Artificers who ruled without gods, the portal network that let them conquer a continent by stepping through walls, and the kobold kingdom they erased using golems built specifically for the job. We get into the plague that drove out their priests, and the decision that doomed them: Lord Artificer Khotan opening a gate to a world without magic and dragging back hundreds of thousands of people who would become the Mulan. Then we go underground. Deep Imaskar, the City of the Great Seal, where one wizard-lord's household hid for nearly four millennia behind a ward so powerful it convinced all of Faerûn they were extinct. We cover the necromancer coup, Chaschara's revolution, the invasion that came through their own portal, and the Elder Evil Pandorym, waiting inside a demiplane that the merchants of Vaelan were quietly mining and selling as luxury prosthetic limbs. And we finish in the present, because the new Unearthed Arcana playtest brings the Deep Imaskari back with the Path of Unlight barbarian and the Imaskarcanist wizard, and this time they intend to conquer the Underdark. Sources include Lost Empires of Faerûn, Underdark, The Grand History of the Realms, and Bruce R. Cordell's Darkvision. Imaskar, Imaskari, Deep Imaskar, Forgotten Realms lore, D&D lore podcast Unearthed Arcana Underdark Options, Path of Unlight, Imaskarcanist, Unlight D&D, new D&D subclasses 2026. Underdark, Great Seal, Raurin, Plains of Purple Dust, Mulan, Mulhorand, Lord Artificer, Imaskarcana, Celestial Nadir, Pandorym, Elder Evils, Ususi Manaallin, High Imaskar, Faerûn history, fallen empires D&D. who were the Imaskari, why did the Imaskari go underground, what is Deep Imaskar, how did Imaskar fall, D&D ancient empires, Forgotten Realms Underdark cities, Path of Unlight barbarian explained #DnD #DungeonsAndDragons #ForgottenRealms #DnDLore #Imaskar #DeepImaskar #Underdark #UnearthedArcana #PathOfUnlight #Imaskarcanist #TTRPG #DnDPodcast #LorePodcast #Faerun #ElderEvils #DnD2026 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  2. 17 авг.

    DnD Gods: Wee Jas

    She's been in print since 1983. She made it into the 3rd Edition Player's Handbook deity list. She survived the Edition Wars and she's still in the current game. And if you asked a hundred D&D players to tell you one thing about her, most of them couldn't. This week Jess drags Wee Jas out of the Greyhawk footnotes and makes the case that the goddess of magic, death, vanity, and law is one of the most underused deities in the entire game. On paper those four portfolios look like a grab bag. In practice they're all the same thing: preservation. Knowledge, precedent, souls, and faces — Wee Jas is the goddess who doesn't let things rot. To get there we have to talk about the Suel Imperium, a mage-ruled empire with slave labor, engineered peoples, and a sixty-three year war it could not win. We cover the Invoked Devastation and the Rain of Colorless Fire, including Gary Gygax's own descriptions of both from a Q&A in Paul J. Stormberg's Oerth Journal — material that never made it into a sourcebook. Then the aftermath: a goddess whose worshippers essentially prayed a death portfolio onto her because nobody else was left to tend the dead. Plus the Ruby Church and its hospice work, the Ruby Knight Vindicator prestige class, her stance on necromancy (consent matters), her rivalry with Nerull, and a very long detour into the battle cubes of Acheron. Wee Jas, Greyhawk deities, D&D gods, Suel Imperium, Suloise, Baklunish, Rain of Colorless Fire, Invoked Devastation, Nerull, Ruby Knight Vindicator, Acheron, Oerth, Gary Gygax, Oerth Journal, Dragon Magazine 350, Core Beliefs, D&D death gods, necromancy in D&D, goddess of magic, Dungeons and Dragons lore podcast, Greyhawk lore, D&D pantheon, prestige classes, 3.5 edition, D&D history Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  3. 10 авг.

    DnD Demigods: Cthulhu

    Grab your Elder Sign, because Sean and Jess are diving into the sleeping god at the bottom of the ocean: Cthulhu. This one goes way past the tentacle face. Sean breaks down what a Great Old One actually is (older, weirder, and far more indifferent than any demon), why the Elder Gods sealed these things away instead of killing them, and how Cthulhu ended up dreaming in the drowned city of R'lyeh. Then it's on to the man himself, H.P. Lovecraft: the sickly Providence recluse who fired off a hundred thousand letters, ghostwrote Houdini's autobiography, and died broke and unknown in 1937 with no clue he'd become the backbone of modern horror. From there Sean traces fifty years of Cthulhu creeping through Dungeons & Dragons, from a throwaway line in the 1975 gate spell, to Rob Kuntz statting him up in Dragon #12, to the infamous Deities & Demigods printing that caught a cease and desist, all the way to his 2026 turn as a full Darklord in Ravenloft: The Horrors Within. Plus the conversation nobody skips: Lovecraft's racism, and how you reckon with art that grew way bigger than the person who made it. Come for the squid god, stay for Jess deciding whether Cthulhu even belongs in D&D at all. Want to pick our next topic or hang in the most active Discord in D&D? It's all on the Patreon, and it costs nothing dollars. Cthulhu, Cthulhu D&D, Dungeons and Dragons, D&D lore, H.P. Lovecraft, Great Old Ones, Cthulhu Mythos, Call of Cthulhu, Deities and Demigods, Erol Otis, Rob Kuntz, Ravenloft, The Horrors Within, Darklord, Great Old One warlock, Elder Gods, R'lyeh, Arkham House, Gary Gygax, D&D history, tabletop RPG, TTRPG 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! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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