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Inspiration Point

What's the point?! Join Adam and Tiana for some friendly, off-the-cuff discussion about their ideas on D&D, RPGs, or just games in general!

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Update frequency
every 7 days
Average duration
75 minutes
Episodes
225
Years Active
2020 - 2025
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S7E32: IP D&D - Tier 2 Spells Part 3

S7E32: IP D&D - Tier 2 Spells Part 3

This week, Adam and Tiana wrap up their quest through the second level spells. Do you agree with our choices? Disagree? Do you have suggestions for martial spells? Join the Discord and tell us all ab…

01:01:58  |   Sun 07 Sep 2025
S7E31: IP D&D - Tier 2 Spells Part 2

S7E31: IP D&D - Tier 2 Spells Part 2

This week, Adam and Tiana continue their herculean sorting task, discussing their way through the good, the useful, and the Acquisitions Incorporated.

The Master Document: https://docs.google.com/doc…

00:57:42  |   Sun 31 Aug 2025
S7E30: IP D&D - Tier 2 Spells Part 1

S7E30: IP D&D - Tier 2 Spells Part 1

This week, Adam and Tiana take on a herculean task: going through the second level spell list in D&D 5e and assigning each spell to one of the four power sources within the game. (And we develop a se…

01:01:40  |   Sun 24 Aug 2025
S7E29: The Worst Advice!

S7E29: The Worst Advice!

This week, Adam and Tiana Ren take a break from giving good advice and lean into the mirror universe version of this show. Hopefully, some conversations that come from this are helpful for you and yo…

01:07:29  |   Sun 17 Aug 2025
S7E28: Going Through Your Notes - Heroic Class (Assassin Through Druid)

S7E28: Going Through Your Notes - Heroic Class (Assassin Through Druid)

This week, Adam and Tiana go through the notes left in the Heroic Classes section of the IP Master Document (link to the doc below). We discuss what we agree with, reword a couple things to make them…

01:04:24  |   Sun 10 Aug 2025
S7E27: Discussion about Way of the FromSoft DM

S7E27: Discussion about Way of the FromSoft DM

This week, Adam and Tiana talk about Adam's DMing style, affectionately known as "Way of the FromSoft". What does that mean to him? How does it differ from his previous styles?

The Master Document: ht…

01:06:27  |   Sun 03 Aug 2025
S7E26: Roast Adam

S7E26: Roast Adam

This week, Adam turns to Tiana to get a read on how she feels about his GMing after sitting at his table for years. He wants it all! The good, the bad, the "WTF, man?"

The Master Document: https://doc…

01:05:17  |   Sun 27 Jul 2025
S7E25: Building Monsters - Blue Dragon

S7E25: Building Monsters - Blue Dragon

This week, Adam and Tiana work through Adam's Blue Dragon build. We discuss the design ethos we have in mind for enemies, how it plays out with the Blue Dragon, and where we go from here.

The Master D…

01:09:33  |   Sun 20 Jul 2025
S7E24: Control Spells (and Other Moments When Players Lose Control)

S7E24: Control Spells (and Other Moments When Players Lose Control)

This week, Adam and Tiana talk about control spells and how to make them work without players losing agency. But what does that mean, specifically?

The Master Document: https://docs.google.com/documen…

01:00:29  |   Sun 13 Jul 2025
S7E23: Equipment and Shops

S7E23: Equipment and Shops

This week, Adam and Tiana talk about equipment in IP D&D, and the shops where player characters can obtain this equipment. We also introduce the idea of "comfort" to the game, with various effects (b…

01:04:00  |   Sun 06 Jul 2025
S7E22: Playtest After-Action Report

S7E22: Playtest After-Action Report

This week, Adam and Tiana talk about the game Adam ran as a playtest for the IP D&D system. We're excited about how it went, and how the input from the players offered suggestions for changes!

The Mas…

01:06:21  |   Sun 29 Jun 2025
S7E21: Conditions and Damage Types

S7E21: Conditions and Damage Types

This week, Adam and Tiana take a look at conditions and damage types; we want the damage types to feel like they have individual identities, which means they need to do different things!

The Master Do…

00:45:55  |   Sun 22 Jun 2025
S7E20: Backgrounds and Ancestry

S7E20: Backgrounds and Ancestry

This week, Adam and Tiana follow up on the idea of a level 0 character with backgrounds and ancestry, allowing players to get the basics of what a character is and can do before diving into base clas…

01:01:59  |   Sun 15 Jun 2025
S7E19: Taking a Step Back

S7E19: Taking a Step Back

This week, Adam and Tiana talk about the difficulties of teaching and learning a new system, and how we're using those difficulties to build a smarter system while still keeping it as distinctly Dung…

01:02:21  |   Sun 08 Jun 2025
S7E18: Heroic Classes for IP D&D - Paladin

S7E18: Heroic Classes for IP D&D - Paladin

This week, Adam and Tiana do a deep dive into Paladin as rewritten for Inspiration Point D&D. This class means a lot to both of us, so we dove deeper into the fantasy of the Paladin than will be comm…

01:03:45  |   Sun 01 Jun 2025
S7E17: Heroic Classes for IP D&D - Assassin and Champion

S7E17: Heroic Classes for IP D&D - Assassin and Champion

This week, Adam and Tiana dive into the builds for Assassin and Champion. These were two subclasses in D&D 5e, but we're fleshing them out into their own Heroic Classes!

The Master Document: https://…

01:02:26  |   Sun 25 May 2025
S7E16: Heroic Classes for IP D&D - Cleric and Monk

S7E16: Heroic Classes for IP D&D - Cleric and Monk

This week, Adam and Tiana begin talking about the builds for the Cleric and Monk classes. We had to start with Tiana's favorite class, after all!

The Master Document: https://docs.google.com/document/…

01:06:26  |   Sun 18 May 2025
S7E15: Heroic Classes for IP D&D - The Design Ethos

S7E15: Heroic Classes for IP D&D - The Design Ethos

This week, Adam and Tiana begin discussing the Heroic Classes, which are the classes that player characters will choose at level 3. This is where the tree begins to truly branch, and thus there's a l…

00:59:58  |   Sun 11 May 2025
S7E14: Magic Systems and Spells for IP D&D

S7E14: Magic Systems and Spells for IP D&D

This week, Adam and Tiana do a deep dive into the magic system for IP D&D. This covers the ethos of designing the magic, the magic types, and the cantrips created thus far for Arcane, Divine, Primal,…

01:02:09  |   Sun 04 May 2025
S7E13: Weapons Deep Dive

S7E13: Weapons Deep Dive

This week, Adam and Tiana dive deep into the weapons document to talk about how weapons behave in this new system, and how to make them unique.

Death Campaign: https://www.twitch.tv/vanalosswen

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01:02:12  |   Fri 18 Apr 2025
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