Science of D&D: Recent Episodes

Justin Frazee

Join a research biologist and a physics enthusiast as they investigate the fantastical world of Dungeons and Dragons.

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How are magic items created? How do they become cursed?

Join a research biologist and a physics enthusiast as they investigate the fantastical world of Dungeons and Dragons.

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Music: Destiny Day by Kevin MacLeod

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What does it take to be one of the biggest?

Join us on season 2, a research biologist and a physics enthusiast investigate the fantastical world of Dungeons and Dragons.

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Music: Destiny Day by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4984-destiny-day

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Weal or woe? Time loops? Is the future determined or can we choose? 

Join us on season 2, a research biologist and a physics enthusiast investigate the fantastical world of Dungeons and Dragons.

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Music: Destiny Day by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4984-destiny-day

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What is cold damage? What is cold? What would it take to survive it?

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Music: Destiny Day by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4984-destiny-day

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How do Bards cast spells through music? What is the song of creation? Why is the floor all wet?

Join a research biologist and a physics enthusiast as they investigate the fantastical world of Dungeons and Dragons.

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Music: Destiny Day by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4984-destiny-day

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Why do some spells have people's names? Who are they and what makes these spells unique? We also talk about a Thanksgiving monster of the month.

Join a research biologist and a physics enthusiast as they investigate the fantastical world of Dungeons and Dragons.

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Music: Destiny Day by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4984-destiny-day

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Transmutation is by far the most complex topic we've covered. Find out why...

Join a research biologist and a physics enthusiast as they investigate the fantastical world of Dungeons and Dragons.

Like to know more about how light travels through things? Here are some videos to get started.

https://youtu.be/Omr0JNyDBI0

https://youtu.be/CiHN0ZWE5bk

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Music:

Destiny Day by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4984-destiny-day

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We investigate the spookiest of magic schools and one of the most popular Halloween monsters.

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How weird is Weird? Why are there limits on True Resurrection? What does a tesseract and a door have in common? Why horses?

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Music:

Destiny Day by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4984-destiny-day

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Do the playable humanoid races have a single origin? Why don't we see half-dwarfs or a combination of half-elf and half-orc?

Join a research biologist and a physics enthusiast as they investigate the fantastical world of Dungeons and Dragons.

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Music:

Destiny Day by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4984-destiny-day

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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What are the particles in D&D comprised of, and how do the Elemental Planes connect with them? We also start a new segment: 'Monster of the Month' where we take a deep dive into the biology of a specific monster.

Join a research biologist and a physics enthusiast as they investigate the fantastical world of Dungeons and Dragons.

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Music:

Destiny Day by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4984-destiny-day

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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How does damage work and how do our characters recover so quickly from it?

Join a research biologist and a physics enthusiast as they investigate the fantastical world of Dungeons and Dragons.

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Music:

Destiny Day by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4984-destiny-day

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How does physics work in a world of magic?

Join a research biologist and a physics enthusiast as they investigate the fantastical world of Dungeons and Dragons.

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Music:

Destiny Day by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4984-destiny-day

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/