Hook and Chance
Hook & Chance is a Dungeons and Dragons advice and game enrichment podcast for players and Dungeon Masters full of entertaining ideas for incredible games!
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 46 minutes
- Episodes
- 171
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2023
Create Sorcerers with Art
Sorcerers are channelers of cosmic power, and that's rad. They don't need all that book-learning, they've just got that something special. Roleplaying that something special can be a little tricky, h…
00:45:50 |
Mon 17 Jan 2022
Kuo-Toa - The Deep Ones Rise
Kuo-Toa seem like just another throw-away low-level mook at first glance. But with a little attention paid to their strengths, they can become a powerhouse of creepy, unsettling, off-putting, and dow…
00:54:13 |
Mon 10 Jan 2022
Creating Holidays for your Homebrew
Special celebrations can be a great addition to your games. You can use them to flesh out and ground your cultures. You can use them to add to the backstory of a character. You can use them to insert…
00:47:11 |
Mon 29 Nov 2021
Detect Thoughts Could Be Steeped in Tension
Trying to respond to spells like Detect Thoughts can be tough. The challenge for a DM is either improvising a rich inner world for every NPC or revealing your secrets too soon due to a single spell. …
00:39:59 |
Mon 22 Nov 2021
Designing Lovable NPC's ft. Geoffrey Golden
There's nothing worse than trying to introduce a character you think is going to kick off the adventure with whoops and hollers, but ending up with everyone leaning back, getting hungry, and talking …
01:28:19 |
Mon 15 Nov 2021
Five Simple Steps to Prep Every Story
As newer DM's, we would prep for games by throwing d&d spaghetti at the wall and trying to see what would stick. It was a mess. This podcast is about finding systems and structures that help with tha…
00:44:51 |
Mon 08 Nov 2021
Collaborative Session Zeros ft. David Rae
There are a million ways to conduct a session zero, and a lot of them will work. The basic thing to keep in mind is getting everyone on the same page, and the more we learn, the more we realize this …
01:15:08 |
Mon 01 Nov 2021
Make Menacing Goblins
Goblins get plenty of attention, and we love the classic chaotic little beasts. A lot of the time, they end up wherever a game master needs something to fight. But this episode is all about getting i…
00:51:58 |
Mon 25 Oct 2021
The Secrets of the Allip
Halloween is creeping up like an Allip creeps through walls, and we are bringing you another monster episode that really fits the tone for your Halloween games. The Allip is an underused undead, and …
00:36:14 |
Mon 18 Oct 2021
Craft Chaotic Elemental Planes
Continuing our Monster Month because elementals are monsters too! Elementals are very inspiring, but we find the details leave a lot to be desired from the perspectives of where do they live and what…
00:36:09 |
Mon 04 Oct 2021
The Oblex of Players Nightmares
Some monsters are meant to merely distract a party of adventurers, and some are meant for the spotlight. This monster is the latter. It combines elements of some of the greatest horror classics like …
00:54:07 |
Mon 27 Sep 2021
A Meditation on Elves
This episode gets real specific, then real broad. We started with the fact that meditation is unique to elves in the D&D world. and the most we've seen on the subject in our games has been "cool, I h…
00:45:45 |
Mon 20 Sep 2021
The Flavour of Darkness
Too often is this spell discussed only in relation to its conditions and mechanics. Immerse yourself in the inky blackness that is darkness, and make sure the next time you use shadow magic, it feels…
00:38:57 |
Mon 13 Sep 2021
Wave Combat or All Out War?
So here we are. You want to throw a combat at your party that's dynamic, overwhelming, strategic, and involves multiple waves of enemies that get increasingly harder. When pulled off properly, these …
00:45:38 |
Mon 06 Sep 2021
Fighter Culture for More Diverse Warriors
Fighters are unique in that they dont necissarily come from a particular legend or source, like Druids or Bards. A fighter is... a fighter, someone who fights. The whole of human history we could dra…
00:53:40 |
Mon 30 Aug 2021
Mind Flayer Horror
These creatures have so much potential as villainous foes. Almost too much! Evil entities from alien realms, hyper intelligent and terrifying in every way. All the detail and lore is great but it can…
00:52:52 |
Mon 23 Aug 2021
Martial Arts and Culture ft. James Mendez Hodes
When creating your character, when was the last time you considered how they learned to fight with any real weight? If you've ever done it, congrats! You got us beat. That's why we've got an incredib…
00:59:28 |
Mon 16 Aug 2021
Menacing Mind Flayer Culture
These creatures have so much potential as villainous foes. Almost too much! Evil entities from alien realms, hyper intelligent and terrifying in every way. All the detail and lore is great but it can…
00:51:11 |
Mon 09 Aug 2021
Planning an Action Quest
Want to capture that feeling when the game keeps picking up steam, the tension is rising, and everyone's in sync, almost instinctively knowing the flow of the game? Well, we wanna make it easier to g…
00:49:49 |
Mon 26 Jul 2021
The Many Wonders of Shape Water
Overlooked cantrips are some of our favorite places to look for creative gameplay opportunities. This one covers a lot of ground. Since it has so much potential, however, it's easy for it to become a…
00:44:05 |
Mon 19 Jul 2021
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