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PODCAST

Inspiration Point

Adam Power, Andrew Geertsen, & Tiana Ren Hanson

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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All Episodes

01:03:45

S7E18: Heroic Classes for IP D&D - Paladin

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2025/06/01

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 common in other Heroic Classes. The Master Document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xHSJopmC5TPNcxnKFNxXKZRZlZKu_sgVIzwPAdJ1BxI/edit?usp=sharingJoin the Discord! https://discord.gg/gYSp3vcrqsDeath Campaign:

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01:02:26

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

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2025/05/25

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://docs.google.com/document/d/1xHSJopmC5TPNcxnKFNxXKZRZlZKu_sgVIzwPAdJ1BxI/edit?usp=sharingJoin the Discord! https://discord.gg/gYSp3vcrqsDeath Campaign: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIN_3aqfME8Ut_xe36dWasRaSO-HKfYAp&si=gv4g3PVAPa4xV4m3

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01:06:26

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

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2025/05/18

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/d/1xHSJopmC5TPNcxnKFNxXKZRZlZKu_sgVIzwPAdJ1BxI/edit?usp=sharingJoin the Discord! https://discord.gg/gYSp3vcrqsDeath Campaign: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIN_3aqfME8Ut_xe36dWasRaSO-HKfYAp&si=gv4g3PVAPa4xV4m3

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

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2025/05/11

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 lot of decisions baked into the design process. Let's talk about it!The Master Document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xHSJopmC5TPNcxnKFNxXKZRZlZKu_sgVIzwPAdJ1BxI/edit?usp=sharingJoin the Discord! https://discord.gg/gYSp3vcrqsDeath Campaign:

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01:02:09

S7E14: Magic Systems and Spells for IP D&D

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2025/05/04

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, and Martial. Check out the document linked below to get more information as we discuss magic, and feel free to leave your thoughts as comments!The Master Document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xHSJopmC5TPNcxnKFNxXKZRZlZKu_sgVIzwPAdJ1BxI/edit?usp=sharingJoin the Discord

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01:02:12

S7E13: Weapons Deep Dive

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2025/04/18

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 Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/gYSp3vcrqsThe Weapons/Armor/Combat actions doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nIZqZ49ixjmUiW1HtgFNgnZ39wuiYHi--ePeqY68m64/edit?usp=sharing

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01:01:10

S7E12: Weapons, Armor, and Combat Actions

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2025/04/04

This week, Adam and Tiana focus on redesigning the weapons and armor, with an eye to balancing accuracy in depiction with fulfilling the fantasy of the combat.Death Campaign: https://www.twitch.tv/vanalosswen Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/gYSp3vcrqsThe Weapons/Armor/Combat actions doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nIZqZ49ixjmUiW1HtgFNgnZ39wuiYHi--ePeqY68m64/edit?usp=sharing

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01:06:31

S7E11: Redesigning the Classes: Acolyte and Rogue

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2025/03/27

This week, Adam and Tiana talk more about the new base classes they've been working on, taking a closer look at Acolyte and Rogue. As ever, this is all super loose and we're taking any and all suggestions in the Discord.Death Campaign: https://www.twitch.tv/vanalosswen Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/gYSp3vcrqsDocument with the base classes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xHSJopmC5TPNcxnKFNxXKZRZlZKu_sgVIzwPAdJ1BxI/edit?usp=sharing

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01:01:38

S7E10: Redesigning the Classes: Fighter and Mage

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2025/03/20

This week, Adam and Tiana dive into the write-up Adam did for two of the four base classes: Fighter and Mage. The ideas held here are super loose, and we want to hear other people's opinions too! Death Campaign: https://www.twitch.tv/vanalosswen Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/gYSp3vcrqsDocument with the base classes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xHSJopmC5TPNcxnKFNxXKZRZlZKu_sgVIzwPAdJ1BxI/edit?usp=sharing

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01:01:07

S7E9: Redesigning the Classes: Back to Basics

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2025/03/13

This week, Adam and Tiana talk about Tiana's idea about taking the class system down to four basic classes for the first few levels. It's a bold strategy, Cotton, let's see how it works out!Death Campaign: https://www.twitch.tv/vanalosswen Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/gYSp3vcrqs

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01:05:57

S7E8: Redesigning the Classes: How Did We Get Here?

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2025/03/06

This week, Adam and Tiana take a break from looking at individual classes to take a broader view at the class design ethos as a whole. Both Adam and Tiana have ideas for how to dig deep into overall class design, but first, how did we get to where we are now? History and idea document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P1EQbgnXd7eFFffN_H9H6M2st6FPsITwChXZ_dWzVXo/edit?usp=drive_linkDeath Campaign: https://www.twitch.tv/vanalosswen Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/gYSp3vcrqs

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01:05:32

S7E7: Rebuilding the Monk for IP D&D (Guest Host:...

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2025/02/28

This week, Adam and Tiana welcome Chris back onto the podcast to talk about fighting games redesigning the Monk. We discuss cultural expectations tied into the name of the class, how to think about martial arts as a whole, and why Tiana is now committed to playing a Monk in Baldur's Gate 3.Sugar Punch, Chris's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@SugarPunchDeath Campaign: https://www.twitch.tv/vanalosswen Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/gYSp3vcrqs

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01:00:01

S7E6: Discussing Dungeons

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2025/02/20

This week, Adam and Tiana talk about the first "D" in D&D: Dungeons. What's the point of dungeons? What's the best way to use them in storytelling?To watch the Death Campaign live: https://www.twitch.tv/vanalosswenJoin the Discord! https://discord.gg/gYSp3vcrqs

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01:01:00

S7E5: Monster Design for IP D&D

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2025/02/13

This week, Adam and Tiana sit down to talk about monster design and some thoughts about combat in this revamp of D&D. We talk about swarms, ideas for how to categorize monsters, and build more of our design ethos as we approach the concepts behind how to handle combat and monsters.To watch the Death Campaign live: https://www.twitch.tv/vanalosswenJoin the Discord! https://discord.gg/gYSp3vcrqs

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01:08:35

S7E4: Rebuilding the Fighter for IP D&D

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2025/02/06

This week, Adam and Tiana tackle rebuilding one of the most basic classes in D&D: the Fighter. (After about a half hour of talking about video games.) Join us as we talk through the changes made thus far, and how we want to adjust more as we go.Fighter Write-up: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NxGKfFZ6VAs-8jR9Lnyi86XV0xMbwigUy2M2lnQ9xGI/edit?usp=sharingTo watch the Death Campaign live: https://www.twitch.tv/vanalosswen Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/gYSp3vcrqs

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01:06:25

S7E3: Rebuilding the Character Sheet for IP D&D

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2025/01/30

This week, Adam and Tiana take a look at the reworked character sheet Adam is working on for IP D&D. The goal is to have everything easily accessible and streamlined in a way that makes sense, while keeping the skills and information that are important to the fantasy of the game. How did we do? What you would add or take away?To watch the Death Campaign live: https://www.twitch.tv/vanalosswen Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/gYSp3vcrqs

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01:20:10

S7E2: Rebuilding the Barbarian for IP D&D (Guest...

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2025/01/23

This week, Adam and Tiana sit down with guest host Dane Filemyr to talk about Adam's rewrite of the Barbarian class. Dane plays Drausken in the streamed Death campaign, who is a multiclass Fighter/Barbarian using Adam's rewrite, so we wanted to get his take on the Barbarian fantasy, how he feels about Adam's rewrite, and whether Barbarian should be a full class at all. To watch the Death Campaign live: https://www.twitch.tv/vanalosswen Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/gYSp3vcrqs

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01:01:53

S7E1: Inspiration Point D&D Overview

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2025/01/16

Welcome back from the holiday break, folks! This week, Adam and Tiana sit down to talk about their ambitious project: rewrite D&D to make it more of a passion project than the lackluster thing WOTC gave the world with D&D 2024. We have a lot to unpack and rebuild and discuss; please join us as we dive ever deeper!To watch the Death Campaign live: https://www.twitch.tv/vanalosswen Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/gYSp3vcrqs

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01:11:10

S6E45: Season Wrap-up

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2024/12/12

This week, Adam and Tiana look back over the year and talk about the lessons learned and the many games played. Time for us to head into hibernation for the rest of the year!

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01:09:33

S6E44: The Art of War in TTRPGs

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2024/12/05

This week, Adam and Tiana talk about Adam's favorite strategy manual: The Art of War by Sun Tzu. We talk about how to use the principles in that book to change the way GMs and players think about their roles in encounters and overall gameplay. To watch the Death Campaign live: https://www.twitch.tv/vanalosswen Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/gYSp3vcrqs

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