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A 7th-level spell can turn a dragon’s breath weapon into zero damage on a successful save.

1. The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish covers new D&D news, Daggerheart, and RPG sales around 1D4Con and DriveThruRPG. 2. Mike Shea is the solo host and Sly Flourish creator, and he frames the episode around GM prep, product news, and his own play experience. 3. The episode asks what these new D&D announcements mean for GMs, players, and store-based play. 4. Mike Shea recaps his article “Do the Eight Steps Work for Other RPGs?” and says the answer is “yes.” 5. He points to the patron audio version, Readings and Reflections, as a 12-minute read-aloud tied to that article. 6. He previews “Play Solo RPGs” as next week’s article and calls solo play a way to stretch creative muscles. 7. He says the new secret project is on packet three of four and may become a Kickstarter in the summer. 8. He notes that the project now has art, cover art, and a switch from PDF format to a word-based manuscript format. 9. He describes a live Ship of the Dead podcast with Luke Stratton of Pirate Borg and says the in-person recording felt different from online shows. 10. He recommends the Dolman Wood sale on DriveThruRPG, including the $15 campaign book PDF and the $11.25 player and monster books. 11. He highlights the Kobold Press Fanatical bundle, Tales of Sand and Scales, with 32 products for $15 and a Southlands focus. 12. He names several included items, including Southlands World Book, Southlands Player Guide, Vault of Magic, Tome of Beasts 2, City of Cats, and two adventures, Tomb of Mercy and Tomb of Tibriash. 13. He says the first new D&D book is Ravenloft: The Horror Within, with new dark gifts, backgrounds, species, subclasses, domains of dread, dark lords, monsters, and Cthulhu. 14. He compares that Ravenloft book to Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft and asks how much is new versus repeated. 15. He says Arcana Unleashed brings new magic spells and subclasses, and he worries about power creep and encounter balance. 16. He gives a specific example of a 7th-level spell that grants advantage on Dexterity saves and can reduce half damage to no damage. 17. He says Arcana Unleashed Deadfall is a $29.99 Fae-focused product that he hopes can become a mini-campaign setting. 18. He explains that Dungeons & Dragons now has a dedicated dungeonsanddragons.com page with a mini-adventure and a stronger marketing look than Sly Flourish. 19. He says the episode feels like a solo news and commentary format with long stretches of product analysis and GM-focused opinion. 20. Listeners who follow D&D releases, GM tools, and RPG sales will get the most value; listeners avoiding product-news commentary may skip it.

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RPG news, prep, and opinion filtered through an experienced GM's table-first lens.

Mike Shea uses the show to turn RPG news into something a table can actually use. New D&D updates sit next to a sale, a local convention, and another pass at Daggerheart, so the pace stays lively while still circling back to play, prep, and what matters to a GM.

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