About this podcast
Hi, we are D&D Legends and Lore, the series that presents narrative driven, zoomed-in perspectives on stories that D&D’s decades of lore has to offer. Join us as we venture from the deepest pit of the Nine Hells to the enchanted forest of Arvandor telling tales both wondrous and terrible.
Episodes
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- The Lore of Red Dragons | D&D Legends and Lore Episode 59 · 29 min · Episode 59When legends, fairy tales, and fables speak of dragons without specifying a color—when they tell of kingdoms laid waste, virtuous maidens sacrificed, and valiant heroes sent home…
- The Lore of Liches | D&D Legends and Lore Episode 58 · 27 min · Episode 58The lich is, perhaps, the single most powerful form of undead known to exist. Liches are the remains of great wizards who embrace undeath as a means of preserving themselves…
- The Lore of Ghouls | D&D Legends and Lore Episode 57 · 19 min · Episode 57Ghouls are among the most iconic corporeal undead. Haunting graveyards, battlefields, and crypts, they hunger for the flesh of living or recently dead creatures. Once human…
- The Lore of Vampires | D&D Legends and Lore Episode 56 · 24 min · Episode 56Of all the chaotic evil undead creatures that stalk the worlds of Dungeons and Dragons, perhaps none is more dreadful than the vampire. Forever shunning the light of the sun…
- The Lore of Death Knights | D&D Legends and Lore Episode 55 · 23 min · Episode 55None can win the war with death, but losing the war does not mean the combatants have seen their last battle. Warriors who wish to fight beyond the limitations of flesh and blood…
- The Lore of Lolth | D&D Legends and Lore Episode 54 · 42 min · Episode 54Deep beneath the surface world lies a realm of darkness, danger, and betrayal. Although many races claim it as their home, the sinister drow claim to be its rulers. With…
- The Lore of Juiblex | D&D Legends and Lore Episode 53 · 30 min · Episode 53The horrors the Abyss disgorges are without number, and no limit restricts the disquieting forms that its spawn, demons, can take. Easily the most disgusting master to claim…
- The Lore of Szass Tam | D&D Legends and Lore Episode 52 · 41 min · Episode 52In the sinister land of Thay, scheming mages called Red Wizards dominate a society steeped in magic and deceit. Those without magical or economic power are at the mercy of these…
- Bonus Drop: Dark Dice - Shores of the Silver Thrum · 1 h 3 minThis is the bonus episode that leads into our new story: Shores of the Silver Thrum. We recommend starting here! If you have never listened to Dark Dice before, you can start…
- The Lore of the Drow | D&D Legends and Lore Episode 51 · 55 min · Episode 51Tavern tales across sunlit lands whisper of the Underdark, a lightless, subterranean realm that is home to fabled races and ancient, unspeakable evil. It is a domain of primeval…
- The Lore of the Tarrasque | D&D Legends and Lore Episode 50 · 43 min · Episode 53In Dungeons and Dragons, a monster is defined as any creature that can be interacted with and potentially fought and killed. Even something as harmless as a frog or as benevolent…
- The Legend of Asmodeus | D&D Legends and Lore Episode 49 · 38 min · Episode 49Asmodeus. The Archfiend. The overlord of all the dukes of hell. He is a primal embodiment of lawful evil and a supreme strategist of unparalleled skill. He alone commands all…
- The Lore of Baphomet | D&D Legends and Lore Episode 48 · 34 min · Episode 48A demon princes’ arrogance is exceeded only by their ambition. One such demon prince is an insidious presence that worms into mortal hearts and minds, and deceives them into…
- The Lore of Orcs | D&D Legends and Lore Episode 47 · 38 min · Episode 47To feel the thunder of orcish war drums outside the gate and to hear a chorus of voices growling, “Gruumsh!” is the nightmare of many human, dwarf, and elven settlements in the…
- The Lore of Gnolls | D&D Legends and Lore Episode 46 · 37 min · Episode 46The first gnolls arose from hyenas that fed on flesh tainted by the Abyss. Their corruption and violence delighted the demon lord Yeenoghu, who encouraged their numbers and…
- The Lore of Oozes | D&D Legends and Lore Episode 45 · 25 min · Episode 45Among the more peculiar creatures in the world, formless oozes squeeze through dank underground passages, mindlessly feeding on creatures and objects that dissolve in their…
- The Lore of Warforged | D&D Legends and Lore Episode 44 · 38 minCreated as soldiers for a war that spelled the end of an age, warforged are artificial beings that display a humanoid level of intelligence and self-awareness. To look upon one…
- The Lore of Krakens | D&D Legends and Lore Episode 43 · 26 min · Episode 43Krakens. They rule the mightiest kingdoms, lightless trenches of crushing pressures where the sun never touches, unreachable seas that writhe in anger, jagged depths under sheer…
- The Curse of Strahd | D&D Legends and Lore Episode 42 · 42 min · Episode 42In Barovia, the night is a curse. With the dying of the light, the howls of wolves and shrieks of raven swarms echo through the dismal valleys and wicked souls slip from the…
- The Lore of Trolls | D&D Legends and Lore Episode 41 · 22 min · Episode 41The Trolls of D&D are a perfect ideation of a monster. Cruel, vicious,merciless. Their warped bi-pedal shape is both grotesque and alien to behold and yet, human enough to make…
