
Rod in Flagon
Boots & Swan
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A D&D comedy improv podcast, where two retired adventurers give questionable advice to the next generation of heroes. Starring Oliver Redboots & Swan Maulsmith, and broadcast every week from the Yawning Portal Tavern in Waterdeep. Send your questions to: [email protected]
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Episode 2: Elves are Terrible Chefs
Rod in Flagon
03/29/21 • 35 min
Highlights from this episode include:
- Dave the Flumpf
- Thug the Barbarian becomes a stay-at-home dad
- How to avoid joining a cult
- How the Zhentarim are just passive aggressive bureaucrats
- The all-star civic engineering team of Sigil
- Camping road pranks
- Elves are terrible chefs
- Pauldrons are multi-purpose
- Boots gets a job from the Cassalanters
- The secret weakness of Dragonborns: coffee tables
- Rolo the Halfling trap finder
- Swan will start his kids' training in a mausoleum

08/24/21 • 53 min
Highlights:
- We rekindle our on-again, off-again acquaintance with Balthazar the Grim, a serial cultist
- Cult free-lancing, the new old gig economy
- Knowing your lane
- Benefits of being in cult middle-management
- Young liches are impatient
- The importance of a good tailor, that can make 800-year old fashion

Episode 17: Awkward Treasures
Rod in Flagon
08/17/21 • 45 min
Highlights:
- First world sorcerer problems
- Random encounters of the worst kind
- Order of the Ancient Philosophy lacks conviction
- The treasure you don't want
- Terrible sorcerer parents
- The flying halfling problem

Episode 16: Fruit Basket Diplomacy
Rod in Flagon
08/10/21 • 40 min
Highlights:
- The unwilling transition to semi-retired adventurers
- Swan discovers a bad spy
- How to apologize to high level adventurers
- Kobolds are not pets
- The spell 'Heat Metal' for smelting
- How not to tip a squire
- Boots is angry

Episode 15: Live, Laugh, Love, Abjuration
Rod in Flagon
08/03/21 • 41 min
Highlights:
- Boots and Swan take on their biggest challenge yet: fundraising
- Artistic genius of destruction
- The paperwork of producing golems
- Abjuration wizards and you!
- Meathead fighter, meet tanning paladin
- Tips for dealing with embarrassing moments from high school
- The best magic items are not the same thing as your favorite magic items

Episode 14: Forget it Swan, it's the Feywild
Rod in Flagon
07/27/21 • 42 min
Highlights:
- Boots & Swan return from an unplanned trip to the Feywild
- The Feywild is amazing and annoying for so many reasons
- Ajax the Warpoodle delivers an important question from Dr. Zed (@RPGsAnonymous1), and we deliver well-meaning advice of questionable value
- The absolute wrong use for a Bag of Holding
- The worst Club Sport at Waterdeep Community College

Episode 11: Thief Emeritus
Rod in Flagon
06/08/21 • 38 min
We're back after our short time away! This week's highlights:
Swan visits his sister in Tribor and does some forge sightseeing
Boots has Thieves Guild business that involves a dinosaur
Ten foot poles are beyond stupid
Carry the tiny shiny
Never trust a weapon that thinks for itself
You could do worse than a Warforged companion

05/24/21 • 38 min
Highlights:
- Boots and Swan return from Amphail
- Nora the Barbarian makes her first appearance
- Barbarians in retirement
- Dimension Door Dash
- Morgantha is something we still need to deal with
- Sandwiches are the key to happiness
- Magic Mouth Mementos

Episode 9: Live from Amphail
Rod in Flagon
05/17/21 • 42 min
Highlights:
- Our first remote show, from Mother Gothal's in Amphail
- Swan is very cranky
- We recap the week's travel and how much mentoring Boots' niece's adventuring group really needed, with the absolute fundamentals of adventuring
- Barbarians up front, finger wigglers in the rear
- How an encounter with a Beholder can go spectacularly wrong, in so many ways
- Taking the comfortable way back to Waterdeep

Episode 12: Waterdeep HOA
Rod in Flagon
06/15/21 • 39 min
Highlights:
+ Swan gets annoyed by the Castle Ward HOA
+ Boots tests his magic on Vincent
+ Messing with warlocks
+ Apologizing through prayer
+ The factions of Waterdeep
+ The fancy balls of the Lords Alliance
+ Planning to crash a wedding
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FAQ
How many episodes does Rod in Flagon have?
Rod in Flagon currently has 32 episodes available.
What topics does Rod in Flagon cover?
The podcast is about Dungeons, Dnd, Dragons, Fiction, Comedy Fiction, Improv, Comedy, Podcasts, Fantasy and Ttrpg.
What is the most popular episode on Rod in Flagon?
The episode title 'Episode 19: Funeral for a Friend' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Rod in Flagon?
The average episode length on Rod in Flagon is 43 minutes.
How often are episodes of Rod in Flagon released?
Episodes of Rod in Flagon are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of Rod in Flagon?
The first episode of Rod in Flagon was released on Mar 21, 2021.
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