D&D & TV
Ever wonder where your favourite game master gets their ideas from? Or are you starting out and looking for ways to make your game or character memorable to the rest of the table? Inspiration for an RPG story is everywhere if you look, but the best places are the stories you can get every day from television and movies. Here is a podcast that re-watches and analyses favourite TV shows and discusses how to make them into RPG adventures.
Episodes
While teaching Aang about waterbending, Katara realises her skills are inadequate. Luckily, she comes across a waterbending scroll at a boutique
Episode 9: haggling, alignment, and downtime activities
Music by astrafreq on pixabay.com
Avatar: the Last Airbender (2005) is available on Netflix (Australia)
Masters of Alchemy - https://mastersofalchemy.au
During the winter solstice, Aang must travel into the Fire Nation - which wants to capture him - to communicate with his predecessor, Avatar Roku
Episode 8: timed challenges, the passage of time, and allies as enemies
Music by astrafreq on pixabay.com
Avatar: the Last Airbender (2005) is available on Netflix Australia
Masters of Alchemy - https://mastersofalchemy.au
Aang takes on the task of defending a town from an interdimensional beast, but his untested skills and uncertainty could prove the town's undoing
Episode 7: side quest panic, guest PC Iroh, and limiting abilities
Music by astrafreq on pixabay.com
Avatar: the Last Airbender (2005) is available on Netflix (Australia)
Masters of Alchemy - https://mastersofalchemy.au
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/dndntvpod
Aang and the others find an Earth Kingdom mining town under the thumb of the Fire Nation, and Katara feels guilty when her actions lead to an arrest
Episode 6: impossible tasks, George Takei tangent, and banned classes
Music by astrafreq on pixabay.com
Avatar: the Last Airbender (2005) is available on Netflix (Australia)
Masters of Alchemy - https://mastersofalchemy.au
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/dndntvpod
Sokka and Katara must again indulge Aang when he drags them to the Earth Kingdom city of Omashu, another favourite haunting ground of his youth
Episode 5: challenges, NPC backstory and Bumi. Just... Bumi
Music by astrafreq on pixabay.com
Avatar: the Last Airbender (2005) is available on Netflix Australia
Masters of Alchemy - https://mastersofalchemy.au
The gang arrives at Kyoshi Island and are captured by some Kyoshi warriors. When Aang reveals that he is the Avatar, news quickly spreads out and suddenly reaches to Prince Zuko who then goes to Kyoshi Island to capture him.
Episode 4: Sokka's level up, avoiding combat, and unagi!
Music by astrafreq on pixabay.com
Avatar: the Last Airbender (2005) is available on Netflix Australia
Masters of Alchemy - https://mastersofalchemy.au
After his departure from the Southern Air Temple 100 years ago, an excited Aang finally returns home but is disillusioned by what he finds there
Episode 3: resource management, top-down map building, and trial by combat
Music by astrafreq on pixabay.com
Avatar: the Last Airbender (2005) is available on Netflix (in Australia)
Masters of Alchemy - https://mastersofalchemy.au
Aang and Katara inadvertently set off a trap that brings the warmongering Fire Nation to the Southern Water Tribe's peaceful village at the South Pole
Episode 2: banter, the Avatar Legends RPG, and Zuko
Music by astrafreq on pixabay.com
Avatar: the Last Airbender (2005) is available on Netflix (in Australia at least)
Masters of Alchemy - https://mastersofalchemy.ay
The legend of the Avatar is told. Katara and Sokka find a strange boy in an iceberg.
Episode 1: character motivation, tone, and first dungeons
Music by astrafreq on pixabay.com
Avatar: the Last Airbender (2005) is available on Netflix (in Australia at least)
Masters of Alchemy - https://mastersofalchemy.au
It's over already? This wrap-up may include:
- Pokemon relatives
- Daredevil
- Solo backstories
Music by astrafreq on pixabay.com
Echo is available on Disney+
Masters of Alchemy - https://mastersofalchemy.au
Fireworks at the powwow
Episode 5: the cost of healing, rolling for gaslighting, and ending an adventure
Music by astrafreq on pixabay.com
Echo is available on Disney+
Masters of Alchemy - https://mastersofalchemy.au
Maya finds herself at a crossroads after learning more about her past
Episode 4: ancestors, magic contact lenses, and the lesser kingpin
Music by astrafreq on pixabay.com
Echo is available on Disney+
Masters of Alchemy: https://mastersofalchemy.au
Trouble comes to Tamaha
Episode 3: previously on, genre shifts, and Marvel Multiverse combat
Music be astrafreq on pixabay.com
Echo is available on Disney+
Masters of Alchemy - https://mastersofalchemy.au
Maya hits back against Kingpin's army
Episode 2: narrative skill checks, sports, and awesome shopkeepers
Music by astrafreq on pixabay.com
Echo is available on Disney+
Masters of Alchemy - https://mastersofalchemy.au
Maya Lopez flees the criminal underworld of NYC after killing Kingpin
Episode 1: spotlights, vengeance, and I Know A Guy
Music by astrafreq on pixabay.com
Echo is available on Disney+
Masters of Alchemy - https://mastersofalchemy.au
We're off to be the King of the Podcasts! Jeremy and Afif answer listener questions about maps, pirates, and parenting.
Music by astrafreq on pixabay.com
One Piece is available on Netflix
Masters of Alchemy - https://mastersofalchemy.au
The Straw Hat crew strives to take down Arlong and the Fishmen once and for all. After a tense family reunion, Luffy inches closer to his dreams.
Episode 8: power levels, fish karate, and environmental effects
Music by astrafreq on pixabay.com
One Piece (2023) is available on Netflix
Masters of Alchemy - https://mastersofalchemy.au
After striking a deal with a familiar foe to find Arlong, Luffy and his friends set sail for Coco Village and learn about Nami's mysterious past
Episode 7: gambling, fish supremacy, and tattoos
Music by astrafreq on pixabay.com
One Piece (2023) is available on Netflix
Masters of Alchemy - https://mastersofalchemy.au
Sanji and the head chef Zeff put their differences aside to save a severely wounded Zoro. A ruthles Fishman on a mission stirs up trouble for the crew
Episode 6: chefs, wounds, and adopted goblins
Music by astrafreq on pixabay.com
One Piece is available on Netflix
Masters of Alchemy - https://mastersofalchemy.au
The Straw Hat Pirates face their first adversary as a group. At a floating fish house, Luffy befriends a cook, and Zoro enters a duel with a warlord.
Episode 5: slugs, flirting, and food
Music by astrafreq on pixabay.com
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