You Should Have Been a Meat Shield
An actual-play Dungeons & Dragons Podcast.
We've been questing since 2022.
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Starring in alphabetical order:
Adelaide Underhill the halfling rogue (played by Alex Dunne)
Rowan Harcourt the human warlock (played by Chloe Homewood)
Sapphire Crow the tabaxi monk (played by Gráinne O'Brien)
Sybilline Ex'eventu the anteater wizard (played by Alex Foulkes)
Your Dungeon Master is Lucas "Zero Fun" Maxwell
Your friendly NPC is Ting the Verbeeg druid.
All artwork for the show by Gannucci Art.
Episodes
224 episodes
You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 67: Chapter Four: My Jammies!
The gang get attacked at Candlekeep Library which brings up old wounds.
You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 67: Chapter Three: Will We Ever Be Free of That Giant Owl B**ch
The gang uses Candlekeep Library to find out about the disruption to the giant kingdom.
You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 67: Chapter Two: Between the Heaves
The gang arrive at Candlekeep Library to begin their research into the missing giant king.
You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 67: Chapter One: We Don't Do Maps
Seeking information on the missing giant king, the gang head south to Candlekeep Library on the ship known as The Wave Lurker and meet a cast of strange characters.
You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 66: Chapter Four: Mystery Kobold
The group head out on the high seas towards Candlekeep, but not is all what it seems...
You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 66: Chapter Three: the Soggy Biscuit
The group goes to Waterdeep to hire a boat to take them to Candlekeep Library.
You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 66: Chapter Two: Stool's Decision
The group breaks bad news to a Dwarven King and then get on a boat to Waterdeep.
You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 66: Chapter One: The Return of the Fart Jar
The gang returns to Gauntlegrym to give Bruenor some sad news.
You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 65: Chapter Two: I'm Feeling Neither Topsy Nor Turvy
The gang try to escape the underdark with a new group of NPCs and a hoard of drow elves on their tail...
You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 65: Chapter One: Stool Sample
The group are in the Underdark, trying to rescue the warden of Revel's End, but all is not going to plan.
You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 64: Chapter 4: Don't Mention The Drow Outpost
The gang engage in a vicious battle in the underdark against a drow prisoner outpost in order to save the kidnapped warden of Revel's End prison.
You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 64: Chapter Three: It's Been a While Since We've Had a Bucket of Excrement
The gang go on a hunt for the warden of Revel's End, who has been kidnapped by drow elves in the underdark!
You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 64: Chapter Two: Xorn Smells Gold
The group finds a strange creature on their journey to save the warden of Revel's End.
You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 64: Chapter One: The Fart Box Clarified
The gang heads to Gauntlegrym to help an unlikely friend.
You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 63: Chapter Four: Damn You, Ironballs!
The gang heads to Gauntlegrym to help an acquaintence from the Icewind Dale's notorious Revel's End Prison.
You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 63: Chapter Three: Don't Make Me Sneak a Pickled Egg into Your Pocket Again
The gang head north to findd a dwarven mine called Gauntlegrym.
You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 63: Chapter Two: You Can Tell By My Haircut I Mean Business
The gang head to a fancy Inn and get into some trouble.
You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 63: Chapter One: Stuck in the Ethereal Plane With No Hair to Go
The gang uses a teleportation circle to travel to Neverwinter where they get hair cuts, and things get weird.
You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 62: Chapter Four: The Incredible Rat Statue!
The gang explores the small town of Loudwater, buying stuff, gathering clues about the missing giant king.
You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 62: Chapter Three: Big Toe, The Big Snitch
Fleeing The Maelstrom, the gang makes their way to Loudwater to shop and plan their next move in solving the mystery of the missing Storm Giant King.
You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 62: Chapter Two: For Once, We're Not Lying!
The gang teleport out of The Maelstrom and head towards Yartar to solve the mystery of the missing Storm Giant. Will they succeed??
You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 62: Chapter One: The Little Casino That Could
The gang are stuck a mile under the waves in The Maelstrom, when things get a little...fishy.
You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 61: Chapter Four: Shush, Zebra!
The gang are a mile under the ocean in a Storm Giant fortress known as The Maelstrom. They pretend to be the children of a Cloud Giant named Zephyros in order to gather information on the missing Storm Giant Hekaton.