Monster Man, Episode 1

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Monster Man, Episode 1

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Sep 20, 2017

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In this episode, we start on the actual monsters of the 1977 1st edition AD&D Monster Manual, beginning with the kind of underwhelming Aerial Servant.

Released:

Sep 20, 2017

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