Jan 13 2020 70 mins 4
Leann and Jordan talk about Jordan’s other passion, Dungeons & Dragons and explore how D&D alignments, characters, and classes act a lot like the zodiac signs and other astrological personality markers.
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Art by Kelsey Heaton: @kelsey.heaton on Instagram
Music: Scott Buckley, “The Call” from Monomyth
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Timestamps
1:06 -- Why are we talking about D&D on this astrology podcast?
3:12 -- NO SECRETS WITH JORDAN AND LEANN
6:01 -- When did Jordan get interested in D&D? (2014 is 6 years ago, lol)
10:05 -- HOW did Jordan get interested in D&D? Shoutout to Nerdpoker podcast.
11:06 -- Jordan’s friends are Scorpio AF, or is Jordan just he Alpha Scorpio?
13:08 -- What is the history of D&D? How did the game get created?
15:28 -- What IS Dungeons and Dragons?
17:17 -- Building characters in D&D
19:55 -- Why do we LIKE D&D??
21:29 -- Why is D&D so popular right now? According to me and Jordan.
22:41 -- the *personality* of D&D and what it says about the people playing
25:54 -- Libraries AREN’T neutral
29:13 -- Alignments
32:04 -- Robin Hood and Peter Pan in Leann’s life
34:29 -- What alignments we thought we were going to be
41:34 -- What D&D characters are we?
49:07 -- Self identifying our character traits -- Jordan needs to be nicer to himself!
57:18 -- The Zodiac Sign as D&D Races and Classes as deemed by Jordan
1:06:30 -- Wrapping up and how to get involved with D&D if you want to get started
Bibliography
Online Alignment Test https://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd%2Fdnd%2F20001222b
What D&D Character Am I? http://www.easydamus.com/character.html
D&D Official Homepage: http://dnd.wizards.com
Most of what Jordan knows about D&D history was learned from David M. Ewalt's Of Dice & Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and The People Who Play It and Rise of the Dungeon Master: Gary Gygax and the Creation of D&D by David Kushner and Koren Shadmi.
Additional D&D podcasts:
Brian Posehn's Nerd Poker https://nerdpokerpod.com/
Not Another D&D Podcast https://www.naddpod.com/
Critical Role https://critrole.com/
The Adventure Zone https://maximumfun.org/podcasts/adventure-zone/
