The Tavern Bargain
The party haggles with a dragonborn innkeeper over a map none of them can read. Three charisma checks, two broken chairs, and one alliance nobody saw coming.
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SAVE VS PODCAST
Actual play, table talk, and rules arguments from a party that should know better — recorded live from a torchlit dungeon.
The Grimoire
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Table Talk
Ep. 11
The Hoard Listening Session
Dragons are simply audiophiles with commitment issues. We examine the dragon economy in exhaustive, barely scientific detail.
46 min
Actual Play
Ep. 10
Nat Twenty, Flat Impact
A critical success on the least important roll of the campaign changes everything. A lesson in why the dice giveth.
52 min
Behind the Dice
Ep. 09
Field Recording from the Crypt
We drag the whole rig into a haunted crypt for ambience. The ghost feedback was, technically, free of charge.
39 min
Ep. 08
Goblin Negotiation Tactics
Is Intimidate a charisma check or a lifestyle? The answer may disappoint you.
Rules Corner · 44 min
Ep. 06
The Case for the Commoner
A level-one commoner walks into a tavern. The tavern regrets it.
Actual Play · 62 min
The Quest
Save Vs Podcast is a show about the table — the campaigns, the arguments, the snacks, and the saving throws. Every episode, a party of lifelong adventurers sits down to roll dice, settle rules disputes, and tell the stories only a critical failure can produce.
No quest is too small, no dungeon too dark, and no house rule goes undefended. Grab a seat, pour something warm, and roll with us.
The Party
Meet the Adventurers
Three voices, one dungeon, and a shared inability to leave a rules question unanswered.
The Dungeon Master
Keeps the story moving and the dice honest. Speaks exclusively in character, including during snack breaks.
Alignment: Lawful Narrator
The Rules Lawyer
Has a citation for that, and will bring up opportunity attacks at the worst possible moment. Usually right. Rarely forgiven.
Alignment: Rules as Written
The Dice Goblin
Hoards polyhedral dice in a velvet sack cursed by three separate editions. Rolls nat twenties for everyone but themselves.
Alignment: Chaotic Lucky
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