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 50: Recklessly Bloody Struggle
Nov. 22, 2022
Battle of cantrips; Death by a thousand magics; Secret underneath. The party faces off with Lillian, who offers Niklaus a choice. A long struggle with a shocking amount of DM natural 1s occurs. Hyrkir, Niclaus and Seirys st…
Episode 49: Violently Rocky Battle
Nov. 8, 2022
Earth Elemental; Smash, smash, smash, smash, smash, smash, smash; Exhausted party. The party continues their attempt to save the plaza. Unexpected casualties are sustained. Beatdown City -- Darren Curtis; Action Epic Cinema…
Episode 48: Slightly Belated Rescue
Nov. 1, 2022
Weapons exercise; Free magitech everywhere; Another battle. Hyrkir, Niclaus and Seirys return to find the plaza under attack. They promptly jump into the fray. Allies help. Beatdown City -- Darren Curtis; Schoolyard Spy -- …
Episode 47: Evenly Distributed Justice
Oct. 18, 2022
Invisible fight; A Valdivian weapon; No time for justice. The party fights the invisible stalker sent to kill them, and then hurry back to save the plaza. Beatdown City -- Darren Curtis; Tactical War; We've Been Breached --…
Episode 46: Helpfully Revealing PowerPoint
Oct. 11, 2022
A destroyed office; Look at these slide transitions; Enemy returns. Hyrkir (Jeremiah), Niklaus (Roy) and Seirys (Mitchell) finish teleporting and discover a destroyed branch office of a mysterious company. They learn about t…
Bonus Episode 17: Truly Kobold Parents Pt.4
Oct. 4, 2022
Tree chomper combat; A near death experience; Someone left behind. Goblet (Roy), Kaurnflek (Juanne) and Goblet (Willy) face off against Herbert and his Moondeer coffee kobolds in a final fight. This the end of arc (to be co…
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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.