You Should Have Been a Meat Shield

You Should Have Been a Meat Shield

Lucas Maxwell

Episodes 212
Avg. Duration 37m
Activity Sporadic
Since May 2022
Latest Episode Dec 2025

Publishing Details

Schedule
Weekly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
84%
Hosting
feeds.buzzsprout.com

About This Podcast

An actual-play Dungeons & Dragons Podcast.
We've been questing since 2022. 

Follow us on Instagram @meat_shield_pod 

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. 

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Recent Episodes

You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 64: Chapter Two: Xorn Smells Gold

Dec 15, 2025 53m

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

Dec 08, 2025 45m

The gang heads to Gauntlegrym to help an unlikely friend.

You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 63: Chapter Four: Damn You, Ironballs!

Dec 01, 2025 58m

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

Nov 24, 2025 45m

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

Nov 17, 2025 54m

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

Nov 03, 2025 59m

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!

Oct 27, 2025 54m

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

Oct 20, 2025 59m

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!

Oct 13, 2025 48m

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

Oct 06, 2025 47m

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!

Sep 28, 2025 41m

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…

You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 61: Chapter Three: Two Damage?? I Need a Rest!

Sep 22, 2025 32m

The gange escape the Cloud Giant Castle with Zephyros in tow, only to find themseves miles below the ocean....

You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 61: Chapter Two: We Choose the Most Sensible Looking Door

Sep 15, 2025 53m

The gang sneak around the Cloud Giant castle stealing everything they can find.

You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 61: Chapter One: Salty Ankles, Sweet Hearts

Sep 08, 2025 50m

The gang tries to spring Zephryos from the cloud giant castle one mile above the Evermoor swamp.

You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 60: Chapter Four: Wait, That Sounded Campy!

Sep 01, 2025 51m

The gang scours a cloud giant castle in search of their friend, Zephryos.

You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 60: Chapter 3: Carefully Curated Tat

Aug 25, 2025 57m

The gang are in a cloud giant castle, one mile above the Evermoors, searching for their friend Zephyros but getting distracted by shiny objects.

You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 60: Chapter Two: You're Off To the Cloud Castle? You Will Be Mist!

Aug 18, 2025 57m

The gang heads to a cloud giant castle located above the Evermoors in an attempt to find their missing friend, Zephyros!

You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 60: Chapter One: Immovable Roddie Piper

Aug 11, 2025 52m

The gang are on a cultist's airship, then Syb get's rowdy with her immovable rod and everything goes haywire.

You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 59: Chapter 3: What's Kraken?

Aug 04, 2025 1h 5m

The gang asks the Oracle some key questions and meet some strange and unlikely allies!

You Should Have Been a Meat Shield, Epsiode 59: Chapter Two: Broomalaide Gets Eaten

Jul 28, 2025 1h 2m

In this episode, Adelaide gets swallowed by a Remorhaz in The Eye of the All Father as they seek answers to the problem of the missing Storm Giant King.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does You Should Have Been a Meat Shield have?

You Should Have Been a Meat Shield has published 212 episodes since May 2022, covering topics in Arts, Comedy.

Is You Should Have Been a Meat Shield still active?

You Should Have Been a Meat Shield is currently sporadic with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 37m.

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