Adequately Advanced Magic
Adequately Advanced Magic is a Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) 5e actual play podcast set in the post-fantasy, modern world of Falcon's Reach, a dungeon punk city in which magic is technology. Join our players on a trope-breaking adventure as they tackle challenges such as automated gelatinous cleaning cubes, cutthroat magic corporations, and the science of magic spells.
Recommended
Here are some great episodes to start with. The bonus episode listed here is mostly standalone, if you're not quite ready for the main campaign.
Recent Episodes
Episode 56: Peculiarly Living Disposer
March 21, 2023
Compactor physics; Living garbage disposal; Finally, rescue. Hyrkir, Niklaus and Seirys continue to traverse the underground maintenance area of the arcology. Turns out it's a pretty dangerous area. Beatdown City -- Darren…
Episode 55: Abnormally Humanoid Garbage
March 14, 2023
A dangerous man; Billow, Billow, Billow, Sword; Taking out the trash. Hyrkir (Jeremiah), Niklaus (Roy) and Seirys (Mitchell) encounter a deadly bounty hunter. Beatdown City -- Darren Curtis; Tactical War; Canyon -- Presence…
Warmup 5: Mysteriously Fungal Protest
Feb. 28, 2023
This is a short improv warmup session with Roy, Jeremiah, and Mitchell as their characters (Niclaus, Hyrkir and Seirys, respectively) encounter a mushroom miscreant. Beatdown City -- Darren Curtis; Shady town; Evil garden --…
Episode 54: Defiantly Fierce Resistance
Feb. 14, 2023
Investigation; Then an interrogation; Man in a duster. Hyrkir (Jeremiah), Niclaus (Roy) and Seirys (Mitchell) make their way to Rudiger Niigrim's apartment. Surprises (and plungers) await them. Beatdown City -- Darren Curt…
Episode 53: Highly Dangerous Ride
Feb. 7, 2023
Pricey suicide; Magic purple smoke everywhere; Questionable ally. Hyrkir (Jeremiah), Niclaus (Roy) and Seirys head to a new part of the city. They are given a new task. A special thank you to our patrons Rachel and Vegar, …
Episode 52: Yet Another Recap
Jan. 31, 2023
Another recap; That's a lot of episodes; Watch out for spoilers. Niklaus (Roy), Seirys (Mitchell) and Hyrkir (Jeremiah) recap the events of season one and two as they travel through Niklaus' mind. Beatdown City -- Darren Cu…
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About the Hosts
Joey Cheng
Creator
Joey Cheng is a news editor typically covering explosions and other unsavory things. In his free time, he enjoys inserting as many cats as possible into his D&D campaigns and punishing his players with never-ending loops of Final Fantasy soundtracks. Joey is the DM/Creator/Editor of Adequately Advanced Magic.
Willy Gu
Host
Willy is playing D&D for the first time, and he hopes to explore the relationships between technology, superheroes, and power. He is also interested in creating a character and watching the character grow while being that character. He takes game notes on a computer and uses DnDBeyond to help him figure out his modifiers, so you may hear typing and clicking when he speaks. Willy plays Jack, a human fighter, in Adequately Advanced Magic.
Roy Arguelles
Host
Roy loves technology, space, and long walks into monster infested dungeons. In his spare time, Roy spends a lot of time playing Factorio with triple-digit mods, among other survival games. Roy plays Niklaus, a human sorcerer in Adequately Advanced Magic.
Mitchell Sommers
Host
Mitchell is a long-time D&D player (though not as long as Jeremiah) and video game enthusiast. He enjoys failing to git gud at Dark Souls, ruining Joey’s (non-podcast) campaigns with his ridiculous rogue skill-checks, and creating fun characters to role play. Mitchell plays Seirys, a half-elven paladin in Adequately Advanced Magic.