At least it has come, the finally to our class series. The Wizard has shown its face at last! Gabe and Orion talk about this final spell casting class, but certainly not the least. We have a chat about the few main class features, have a length

Session 14: Fighter Man!

Sep 5th, 2020 1h 28m

This week Gabe and Orion sit down to talk about everyone's favorite default character. The tall, grizzled, older variant human man who's on a revenge plot to kill the guy who killed both of his parents. Totally original idea by the way. They ta

Session 13: Monk. It. Up!

Aug 29th, 2020 1h 22m

Welcome to this week's episode of Basements & Lizards, where Gabe and Orion talk about D&D. This time we take the time to talk about everyone's favorite punching lad, the monk. We discuss our thoughts on each of its class abilities, sub classes

Session 12: 3 Bards Walk Into a Bar...

Aug 22nd, 2020 1h 33m

This week, Gabe and Orion are joined by their current DM Jon and have a little chat about the wonderful world of bard-dom.If you enjoy what you hear, then rate, review, and share us with your friends!

Session 11: Build-A-Boss Warlock

Aug 15th, 2020 1h 34m

In this episode, Gabe and Orion speak on the wondrous customization that is the Warlock class, talking about the strange casting system they use, the dark powers invoked via the Eldritch Invocations, and to top off the madness with the various

Session 10: Artificer, The Arcane Engineer

Aug 8th, 2020 1h 5m

This time, Gabe and Orion sit down and talk about the newest of the official D&D classes in 5th edition, that being the Artificer. Tune in to our discussion on the features this new class brings to the table, both as a support class, but also i

Session 9: Druids, The Flower Children

Aug 1st, 2020 1h 20m

This week Gabe and Orion talk about the guardians of nature, the Druid. Tune in as we chat about the intricacies of Wild Shape and other main class features, as well as talking about the sub classes spanning the Player's Handbook and Xanathar's

Session 8: Character Creation 101

Jul 25th, 2020 1h 25m

This week Gabe and Orion take a step back from class analysis, and enter the new player seat to go through the process of creating a character. Listen as we go over some character races, choosing classes, generating ability scores, backgrounds

Session 7: Blood Hunters, Man or Monster?

Jul 18th, 2020 1h 31m

This week, Gabe and Orion talk about an unofficial class *cue collective gasp*. That class being Mathew Mercer's Blood Hunter, quite possibly the only class that's more edge and goth than the rogue! Listen as we talk about the ancient somewhat

Session 6: Clerics, Missionaries of Mass Destruction

Jul 11th, 2020 1h 49m

This week, Gabe and I (Orion) talk about the infamous Cleric, the holy priest or priestess that's, in reality, a fantasy war machine sponsored by the Gods themselves. We do a deep dive into the subclasses spanning the PHB, DMG, and Xanathar's G

Session 5: Sorcerers, the Genetic Jackpot

Jul 4th, 2020 2h 3m

This week Gabe and I (Orion) talked about the snob, uptight rich kid who's dad is a lawyer. That's right, we're talking about the sorcerer! We go in depth into the how spell casting works, some of our recommended spells for your sorcerer, the v

Session 4: Rogues, the cutting edge

Jun 27th, 2020 1h 42m

This week, Gabe and I (Orion) talk about the rogue, also known as the designated edge-lord, kleptomaniac, and goth of the party. Jokes aside, we go in depth as we talk about the rogue's main class features and diving into some of the specialtie

Session 3: Barbarians Go SMASH!

Jun 20th, 2020 1h 26m

This week Gabe and I (Orion) go in depth in talking about everyone's favorite smasher and basher, the Barbarian. We go in depth about the main class features, a few different role play options you could do, some combat options, and of course th

Session 2: Go Go Average Rangers!

Jun 13th, 2020 1h 31m

This time Gabe and I (Orion) sit down and talk about the Ranger class. We talk about the main class features, the spell casting, the different archetypes, and dabble in the Revised Ranger as well. Listen as we give our thoughts on each of these

Session 1: Paladins Galore

Jun 6th, 2020 1h 58m

In this episode Gabe and I (Orion) sit down and talk about the Paladin class, and we're talking about everything. Starting with the basic class features, some of the spells, archetypes, and some role and role play potential.