Crit Academy: A Dungeons and Dragons Podcast
Our podcast was created to deliver guidance to our heroes and provide them with new and reusable material for both players and DMs. We hope to inspire you with creative content that you can bring with you on your next adventure. Visit us at www.critacademy.com and subscribe to our emailing listing for a chance to win awesome prizes.
Our podcast is broken into three segments!
Crit Nation feedback! Where we dedicate and entire segment to the concerns, questions or anything you have to share with us.
Main Topic! Our primary topic of discussion ranging from combat effectiveness, roleplaying and similar tips to help you learn or improve your gameplay experience!
Our Unearthed Tips & Tricks Segment! Our favorite segment where we share with you ideas that you can use on your next adventure. This includes character concepts, magic items, encounter ideas, DM tips and player tips.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 73 minutes
- Episodes
- 340
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Episode 97: DM Options: Monster Talents
This week on Episode 97 we discuss an amazing D&D5e supplement DM Options: Monster Talents by Dragonix!
DM Options: Monster Talents: contains over 150 pages of detailed talents to spice up your monst…
Episode 96: Character Options: Talents
This week we interview DMsguild creator Dragonix, and talk about his amazing D&D5e supplement Character Options: Talents
Character Options: Talents offers variant rules for your 5th edition gaming. I…
Episode 95: Versatile NPCs
On today's show we interview Darrin Scott about his Versatile NPCs and Versatile NPCs II supplement, a tool for adding a host of interesting and inspiring NPCs to your games, available now on DM's Gu…
Episode 94: Midgard Heroes Class Analysis: Wizard
On today's show we dig into Kobold Press' awesome Midgard Heroes Handbook! We finish our short series of class analysis of this must have supplement to any D&D player. Huge thanks to Wolfgaung Baur …
Episode 93: Midgard Heroes: Class Analysis: Rogue
On today's show we dig into Kobold Press' awesome Midgard Heroes Handbook! We continue our short series of class analysis of this must have supplement to any D&D player. Huge thanks to Wolfgaung Baur…
Episode 92: Midgard Heroes: Class Analysis: Fighter
On today's show we dig into Kobold Press' awesome Midgard Heroes Handbook! This is the start of our short series of class analysis of this must have supplement to any D&D player. Huge thanks to Wolfg…
Episode 91: Midgard Heroes: Class Analysis: Bard
On today's show we dig into Kobold Press' awesome Midgard Heroes Handbook! This is the start of our short series of class analysis of this must have supplement to any D&D player. Huge thanks to Wolfg…
Episode 90: The DMs Craft
Today special guest DM Scotty of the popular youtube channel The DMs Craft. DM Scotty's youtube channel is all about helping you build, beautiful and inexpensive terrain for your table top experience…
Episode 89: UA Class Analysis: Wizard School of Invention
The School of Invention claims credit for inventing the other schools of magic—a claim other wizards find absurd. Wizards of this school push magic to its limits. They stretch the known laws of arcan…
Episode 88: UA Class Analysis: Fighter Brute
Brutes are simple warriors who rely on mighty attacks and their own durability to overcome their enemies. Some brutes combine this physical might with tactical cunning. Others just hit things until t…
Episode 87: UA Class Analysis - Druid Circle of Spores
Druids of the Circle of Spores find beauty in decay. They see within mold and other fungi the ability to transform lifeless material into abundant, albeit somewhat strange, life. These druids believe…
Episode 86: Metamorphica
Today we discuss Metamorphica a book with a collection of biological, psychic, and supernatural mutations, all grouped into tables so results can be randomly selected, using dice. These can be used f…
Episode 85: Achievements
Campaign Achievements
What is a campaign achievement?
It is a predefined goal that the players must achieve in game. In video games for instance, a player may earn them just playing thru the game, b…
Episode 84: Cliffhangers
Cliffhangers We discuss the different styles of cliffhangers and how best to incorporate them into your game.
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Episode 83: WotC Easter Eggs
Wizards of the Coast Easter Eggs We did a little more relaxing show for this week to talk about how cheeky the Wizards of the Coast writers and designers are.
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Episode 82: Plot Twists
D&D games are memorable because of the stories told during the game. In rare cases players experience an event that occurs that catches them off guard, something they didn't see coming...a plot twist…
Episode 81: Campaign Pacing
Pacing is the rhythm of action and story progression that unfolds in encounters over the course of the session. You can keep tension and focus by having great pacing in your encounters. Generally spe…
Special Episode: Crit Academy Plays
This is a special episode. Our show doesn't generally release an episode for the holidays. But, we had this recording of us playing an adventure called "The Haunt". We had so much fun, we decided to …
Episode 80: Cloak and Dagger
Summary:
Cloak and Dagger
While everyone loves a good smash and grab job, sometimes you need a bit more subtlety to accomplish your goal. We discuss handling a more cloak and dagger style adventure a…
Episode 79: Political Intrigue
Political Intrigue
Sometimes dungeon crawls aren’t your bag, or you need a change of pace. Cloak-and-dagger style play is a great way to change it up. This covers political intrigue, stealth missions…