Josh Drew

A geek, a professor & a dad. Doing science over at @Drew_Lab. Being nerdy everywhere. (he/him). World Builder for @DugongsD, the Dugongs and Sea Dragons podcast

[Josh Drew @d20Prof]

@foundfamlindsay I bought a wool cardigan when I became a professor and keep them in my pocket at all times

[Josh Drew @d20Prof]

This is like me with my dice collection except DICE AREN'T DESIGNED TO KILL

[Josh Drew @d20Prof]

@AzurigenMCS I KNOW! This dual household life is not ideal, but the end is in sight!

[Josh Drew @d20Prof]

The end of the semester brings some freedom but oddly it's also making it hard to make my DnD games

[Religion of Sports @religionofsport]

16,000 women will run in today's #BostonMarathon. It's the 50th anniversary of women officially being allowed to race.

But 5 years prior, in 1967, a college student faked her name, wore a hoodie, and ran the most important 26.2 miles in the marathon's history.

Here's her story:

[Josh Drew @d20Prof]

@POCGamer @MagpieMakingDo @d20Dames @TheBroadswords Those two podcasts totally got me into Actual Play games, and were HUGELY influential in me wanting to get @DugongsD up and running.

[She-Rage, Princess of Pain @ClaireMax]

Be gay, do crime

[Josh Drew @d20Prof]

I have this really fun, poignant, backstory RP idea for tonight's @DugongsD, but as I write it I am worrying that it's too self-indulgent. How do y'all make sure your characters have depth but don't take up all the air?

[Josh Drew @d20Prof]

I played in person DnD at a friend's house last night for the first time in like two years. I forgot how restorative it was to eat pizza and sit around the table rolling dice and telling stories.

[Josh Drew @d20Prof]

My favorite house rule. If you role a nat 1 on a save against damage, you take double damage (analogous to taking 2x damage on a nat 20)

[Josh Drew @d20Prof]

Does your Druid make potions? Why limit yourself to glass vials when nature has these!

[🏆Joshua Drew🏆 @[email protected] @Drew_Lab]

The diversity of eggs in Stick Insects (Phasmatodea) is astounding (photo from https://t.co/oz1e4Ysoab)

[Josh Drew @d20Prof]

Apparently I'm the only one in @DugongsD who doesn't know what Red Dwarf is. They were aghast

[Josh Drew @d20Prof]

Any tips for playing DnD with people from work where there are different power structures? I'm a non-tenured professor who will be the DM for several tenured profs at the table.

[Kat Kruger🦄 @KatKruger]

Hello, I’m Kat! I’m a freelance game designer (and mom) and have had the privilege of working with Hasbro, WotC, Larian Studios and a number of wonderful people in the #TTRPG space. #WhatAGameDevLooksLike

[Josh Drew @d20Prof]

This is the dog, and the squeaky toy, that have teamed up in such a loud fashion that we have had to invent cannonical reasons why this sound exists in @DugongsD

[Josh Drew @d20Prof]

@HN2DM yeah we constantly have to worry about this for our podcast. Like it's fun and games to rip off a song, or to make references to bands, but we're only one Cease and desist away from having to revamp much of our plot

[Josh Drew @d20Prof]

@Craken_MacCraic Cough ucla cough

[Josh Drew @d20Prof]

Here's a better pic

[Josh Drew @d20Prof]

Ok so we have long known the major character classes in #DnD have had SOME sort of relationship, but I wanted to see what the data would support (1/saddle up)

[Josh Drew @d20Prof]

So without further ado here's the NJ tree

[Josh Drew @d20Prof]

@WesMakin Probably, although in this one we weighted all traits equal (so casting a spell carries as kuch weight as having proficiency in using a shield) which seems intuitively incorrect

[Josh Drew @d20Prof]

In case you want to do this at home I used the PHB for raw data, and used PAST free software (https://t.co/5TdV85hIfj)

[Josh Drew @d20Prof]

And here's the Parsimony tree