RFI is back, busting out the hex maps, as we talk about how opponent adjacency during combat. We also discover, saving throws aren’t just for PCs when we discuss item saving throws. A Meelock pops out of its lair to torture us in our dreams in Creature Feature Theater, and Arlock the Wizard joins us
Issue 44 – I’m a Monster! RARRR! RFI returns this week and approaches the idea of monsters as PC classes. We also answer the ago old question of who would win a foot race between two player characters and a hippopotamus, when talking about chase rules. And Blackstone returns this week reviewing the final module
RFI is back this week discussing the more optional aspect of 1st edition, when we talk about Honor and Comeliness. Also we reveal why the worst monster to be would be a hemophilic Firedrake. All of that, plus Paris Hilton’s Con score is in this weeks issue of Roll For Initiative. Intro – 0:00.000 Roll
This week the RFI staff brings you the answer to the life, the universe and everything. Okay, well actually they bring you the answer to Unseen Servants, Surpise and Perytons but that’s close enough. Also hitchhiking his way to this issue is Arlock the Wizard bringing us another Prestidigitator’s Council. So go grab your towel
RFI brings in this new year, a little older and wiser, discussing the effects of aging in the game. We then lose ourselves in conversation about being lost in the woods and we are joined by an old friend, Mr. Blackstone and a new friend from the Prestidigitator’s Council. All of this and some GenCon
For our first recording of the new year, we bring you a special interview with Larry Elmore. Notes: Larry Elmore Interview Larry Elmore’s Website – larryelmore.com/ Smirth – Dragon Issue 55 Page 74 Donato Giancola – www.donatoart.com/index.html Defenders of the Realms boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/65532/defenders-of-the-realm media.blubrry.com/rfipodcast/archive.org/download/RollForInitiativeVol1/RFISI003.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS
This week RFI unearths arcana and discusses the Cavalier. Is this class a worthy addition to your game or is it a lawful stupid paladin on a horse? Find out in this weeks issue of Roll For Initiative. Intro 00:00.000 Roll For Initiative Website www.rfipodcast.com Roll For Initiative Twitter www.twitter.com/rfipodcast Roll For Initiative Facebook Page
We’re starting a new semi-regular section, the DM Challenge. Give this week’s special insert a listen for the first DM Challenge, and call the voice mail with your best answers to the challenge! Our voicemail is (570) 865-4210. (Challenge was canceled, no winner was decided) media.blubrry.com/rfipodcast/archive.org/download/RollForInitiativeVol1/RFISI001.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts |
Gamers often complain about being railroaded in a campaign, but giving them complete and total freedom can just as easily derail game. This week on Roll For Initiative, we talk about the ultimate free flowing campaign, the sandbox campaign. And we have a special guest DM, as Stephan McClanahan joins us for a very sticky
This week Roll for Initiative has a very special guest – Hardcore History podcast host Dan Carlin. Ancient and medieval societies are discussed, as well as real life counterparts of AD&D classes. Also, this weeks Creature Feature Theater has roots in ancient Greece, as we discuss caryatid columns. All of this and more is in
Just because it’s in the book doesn’t mean it’s written in stone. This week RFI discusses house rules. Also on the agenda is a listener question on how best to fortify a castle. And Creature Feature Theater returns this week with a guest DM. All of this and more is on this weeks Roll For
Is this talk of the Illusionist being an unplayable class an illusion? What’s this about an extradimensional Pokéball? And which one of the RFI hosts needed to “Rally for Sanity” after last weeks Cthululu discussion? Find out on this weeks issues of Roll for Initiative. Intro – 0:00:00.000 Roll For Initiative Website www.rfipodcast.com Roll For
It’s the Hallowe’en episode! Witches, Great Old Ones, vampires and other ghoulish things are the topic of conversation – and we find some candy you may think twice about eating in the Dragon’s Hoard. Intro 0:00:00 Todd Hughes Brains for Dinner, Brains for Lunch Roll For Initiative Website Roll For Initiative Twitter Roll For
This week, the RFI Staff discusses the role of a magic user in the party, and it’s not just lobbing fireballs behind the rest of the party. A caller from a galaxy far far away ask what is everyone’s favorite monster. We take a look at a magic item worthy of Ned Flander’s Leftorium, the
